It seems this confused, political, and product of a quota system WHO DG has finally come to his senses.
In the beginning, he was so confused, with his frequent illogical suggestions. The outbreak got this bad because of the confusion from WHO.
Imagine, advising countries to be checking for symptoms of travellers from affected regions — for an air-born virus that can be transmitted during the incubation period — when they should all have been placed on compulsory quarantine.
Countries that tried to do the right thing, the made them look bad and discriminatory.
Guess what, they played into the hands of the virus and presented suicide terrorists with a golden opportunity to deal with the western countries. Those guys decided to spread the virus with reckless abandon.
If the world has learned its lessons, never again should there be a political WHO DG.
Well, if this story is real, thank God for your life. Learn a skill and keep hope alive. We will all smile at last.
As someone who doesn't believe in all those fetish money BS, I don't know what to make of this story. How red clothes wiped on virgy and goat blood bath will yield money is one thing I find very funny, and they call it Yahoo ABI Yahoo Plus — just lazy African youths giving their minds reasons to continue in their laziness. Why isn't the babalawo as rich as Dangote? Did Mark Zuckerberg or our own Seun here tie red clothes before developing their own money-yielding ventures?
The whole world awaits the emancipation of African youths from the shackles of laziness and superstition!
Oh ye masses out there! They aren't talking about you — they're taking about themselves. They aren't assuring you of food safety; it's for themselves. The same way they keep medical supplies and ventilators to themselves.
Oh ye masses out there, please find a way to survive on your own!
See them talking about digital services as if they have one. If they did, I won't have visited the bank 4 times in less than 2 weeks. I can stay 3-6 months without visiting UBA because of their robust and reliable online presence. But Stanbic, ordinary prepaid card transaction has taken to the bank 4 times in 2 weeks without any solution. What a bank! — the worst bank when it comes to online services. I told them that today was the last time setting my feet there — dusted the sands off my feet when I left.
But your best chance at making any sense off these portals is when efficient with a particular (professional) skill set...a requirement/qualification you can also acquire remotely of course.
Look YOUNG NIGERIANS, You can legitimately BECOME RICH...YES, I mean it, be a BIG Boy...by legitimately using you laptop and a fast internet from the comfort of your Ajegunle. Eschew yahoo-yahoo please! You are wasting your life and that of your unborn generations scamming innocent souls. Nigeria has great talents and you are part of those talents - whether living in diaspora or at home.
I and my team will soon be launching a project that will enable Nigerian youths legitimately study and work abroad and legitimately earn good money ($£€¥₩) without leaving 9ja...or even ever needing do - just like smart youths from India, China, S/Korea and South Asia are doing . Trust me, if u have just small BIG Boys change, 9ja na paradise...e better pass Yankee on the same cash flow!
Stay tuned for more details...
I can relate to what you have said. But the incessant harasment and extortion by ill-informed security agents (SARS & EFCC) makes this environment unsafe for online soloprenuers, especially the introverted ones with social anxiety like myself. The last thing I'm willing to take is unnecessary harassment from a 19th century dundee security officer.
Already thinking of moving to Canada once I'm consistently hitting above 5k per month. Even considering moving to a safer African country before then.
When Abacha was president, Nigeria was under a choke hold, there was no electricity just like today but that was the period in which the Nigerian home video industry (Nollywood) became an African brand.
What of the Afro music that has gone global today, when did it germinate? Same time as when Abacha was in power.
That is the kind of creativity we need in all spheres.
Today, we are talking of Coronavirus, how many protective Hazmat suits are being built in Nigeria?
How many masks are being built?
How many of the clothes in your closet are made in Nigeria?
Honestly, we lack productivity and it stems with the populace.
And what do you say about those produced in Aba? Aba made, bla bla bla. What's you or the government done to support them?
MansoryMX: I won’t lie you. I am just holding on because I want my wife to finish her youth service so that we can relocate to Ghana and start afresh. I plan on traveling there to buy a house there in a nice and conducive place. Nigeria isn’t a safe place for the common man anymore despite no single basic amenities from the govt. it’s a shame, it’s a big shame. I cannot bring up my kids in this kind of nation. God forbid! My advice to you is trying and belong to a human right organization or better still go to any Barrack around you and apply to be a Mess member. Police people will see you like a plague and stay away from you. Thank me later
MansoryMX: I once did that o. Introduced myself as the Hon. Sec Nigeria Navy Senior Officers Mess and flashed my ID, told the DSP they collected 25k inside my car while searching it. The DSP begin sweat and ordered they returned back my 25k instantly. I nor wan too wicked them since I live not too far from the station make dem nor plan me shoot. Those people are something else. I use the money buy full barbecue chicken and Ice cream go give wife for house plus recharge card 5k . The day one encountered me at a fueling station, he said am a Devil. I just laughed and drove off lol.
Stories of police harasment and brutality like this make me want to leave this country. A country where phone and laptop are seen as criminal tools. My neighbors and everyone in my street think I'm into fraud because I work from home.
As someone who works online everyday with those tools, I'm getting seriously concerned about this.
Please, what's the most peaceful English-speaking African country where one can do his business in peace, without fear of harassment?
The country is looking for ways to earn foreign currency, but UBA just blocked their Africard from receiving funds from PayPal. Thousands of people who make foreign currency from legitimate sources online — freelancing, blogging, vlogging, publishing, etc. — are stranded on how to bring it into the country.
If just 40,000 persons are bringing $30,000 per annum into this country from their legitimate online hustles, that would be about $1.2 billion earned outside oil.
You can't tell me UBA blocked Africard because internet criminals are abusing the channel — fraudsters abuse every system. You fight criminals by improving your technology and identifying fraudulent schemes — never by isolating yourself from the world.
I just don't understand why it's very hard to be a Nigerian — feels like a curse.
I told my Liverpool friends that ATM is the worst team to play against at this stage. Barca, Madrid, or even Bayern would have offered them a better chance at qualification. ATM is an usual team to play high-energy tengem style against.
toprealman: It may please you to know that there is no concrete evidence that she is guilty as "charged". "She comes to fetch water used in bathing dead bodies...". Like seriously? They store such water in tanks or something? We have an evil mind in Africa and will suspect everyone and everything that is ahead of us in the almost anything. Some call it jealousy....others call it backwardness. Regardless of what you choose to call it, we just need to recalibrate. Addendum: Just saw this post https://www.nairaland.com/4484028/austria-based-man-helps-food
The Nigerian mind in particular. No wonder the politicians and pastors play ludo with their heads.
ablejesus26: I never threw any support for d dastardly act of jungle justice but because you are carrying a dead brain on that big head of yours you won't be able to know that there might be possibility of the woman being guilty the best would have been to hand her over to the police
and your first comment shows you are really carrying a dead brain
let someone suspected to be a ritualist go who does dat
and if you think you have insults to throw about be rest assured that you have met your match
We obviously don't reason at the same level. I don't have time for people like you. Too busy for that.
I remember some few years ago when i started online business working from home, there's nothing my neighbor didn't say and they called me all sorts of unprinted names and then God blessings kept pouring in left and right. in any giving opportunity i will try and explained to them how i run my online business but i noticed that they already have their 'mind set' about my business so i stopped explaining myself to them.
They just couldn't figured out how one can stay at home and work. working to them means 9-5pm jobs regardless if you are getting paid or not.
Either they gossip me to my face or not alerts was coming left and right
Must nights i will stay up late till in the mornings and as early as 5:30am i will be at the courier office to send goods to clients but yet they don't know what it take to be an entrepreneur.
the only thing they can do best is to sit down and gossip 24/7 repeat same thing over and over again
but today i thank God for that experience and knowing that hatred is rooted in the cores of Nigerians
My God help,us all
My dear, the jealousy and hatred can cause depression. I really thank God for the strength to rise above them. God help us all.
ajl: There is a very popular burger joint that recently opened in Houston area called IN/OUT. The first day I saw a branch, I wanted to make a right turn to join the highway and there was so much traffic with a long line of cars that I thought were waiting to join the highway. Then someone told me the lane I was in was for cars queuing to buy burger. About 2hrs after, close to my neighborhood it was a similar story as I could see long queues of cars at another branch of the burger. It's been like this for about 2 months with constant queues. People say they sell the best burger in the US. But each time I see the queue my mind go back to Nija people, that if this happen in Nigeria people will claim there must be something the owner of the business must be doing "under-G". Do we even believe we could build great products or offer impressive service to the point that all and sundry will want a piece of such product/service? Probably not.
The Nigerian mentality is so disgusting that one can't help wondering how he got here. Even the so-called educated one. It's a pity.
Will they also say that Seun is using jazz to attract people to Nairaland?
That's how my and my biz partner were said to be kidnappers. One guy was going around our estate bad mouthing people he was jealous of. As people in construction, we sometimes keep materials like rope (for tying and pulling materials upstairs, and sometimes for checking that something is plumb) and cutlass (for clearing bush and cutting other things). That's how the rumor grew that we were kidnappers, just because we mostly keep to ourselves, are out by 6 or 7am, coming back after dark.
There's trowel, saw, hammer, pickaxe, wire, gloves, measuring tape, ruler, pliers... dem dey take ruler or trowel kidnap person I tire for some Delta people.
If not for the grace of God, I for chop am that day - no evidence, no real analysis - just rumors. I'm just grateful they finally saw through the guy, and now we are cool with everyone. I shudder to think how many people have been falsely accused and never had a chance to protest their innocence.
Nigeria is a dangerous place to live in. People just gossip and carry false malicious rumours. That's how they gossip in my street that I'm an internet fraudster, simply because I work from home with laptop and internet connection — in a digitalized 21st century gig economy. None of them could even approach me to ask me what I do for living. Just walking around and gossiping.
The number of stupid comments here makes me wonder what lies inside the skull of an average Nigeria.
It takes a high level of stupidity to believe that water from corpse will make food have a delicious aroma. How on Earth does formalin have better aroma than the seasoning in the market?
Who verified the accusation?
The woman was obviously a victim of false accusation. Everyone involved in this jungle justice deserves death penalty by hanging!
FManager: Your smart tho, unlike most blokes here, the guy runs such kind of business, also drug business can't be left out. Scamming people would never fetch him such amount.
Even Emoney too — tempted to say that's where he got the nickname from. I don't know about drugs, but forex brokerage is highly likely. While reviewing some brokers for a client, I came across many Island-based brokers that accept Nigerian payment channels — obviously a Nigerian must be involved.
I was once contacted by one of those Island-based forex brokers to help establish a Nigerian affiliate office. Don't know if I should consider the proposal.
I have reasons to believe that Mompha and Emoney run forex brokerage firms. Questioning their source of wealth is like questioning Akin Alabi's and Kunle Soname's source of wealth.
made4naijamusic: Looks like Instagram celebrity Mompha has been allowed to leave Nigeria. He shared videos of himself on a first class flight this afternoon as well as a video arriving his destination which looks like Dubai, UAE.
Mompha was arrested on October 19th 2019 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He was arraigned in court on Monday November 25th for alleged N33 billion fraud which he pleaded not guilty. He was granted N100 milion bail on November 29th and fulfilled the bail conditions on December 9th 2019.
While I'm not certain of his business lines, I believe he's one of those guys that operate poorly regulated forex brokerage firms in those Island nations like Belize, BVI, Vanuatu, etc. Those guys deal with forex traders — more like free money for them.
Ifesinachi22: I suffered a heartbreak just yesterday. But i won't commit suicide because of her.
To even imagine it was still that yesterday that i bought a phone for her. She lost her phone and put her Sim in her roommates 2nd phone. I emptied myself and bought a phone for her. She saw my ex pics on my phone and flayed up calling me many names, a womaniser that can sacrifice anything to have her tight pussy. The thank you she will tell me is that am a womaniser that she's done with me. The insult was too much that i blocked her yesterday. I unblocked her this morning and made a threat that if she leaves I'll release her nude. With this i pinned her down. I love her so much and can go to any length to keep her. Am never going to release her nude. But she calmed down immediately she heard this. She has been seeking for advice on Facebook groups the whole of this evening. I've been seeing her "i need advice" on Facebook groups.
She has been loyal since 2pm that i told her this.
Am the boss
Very childish. Simply collect the phone you bought and walk.
I don't believe the girlfriend story. He must have lost heavily in the forex market! Probably clients' funds! Stock indices and crude oil dropped heavily this week.
Built2last: Northern Nigeria is a tragic paradox. A walking contradiction, I mean.
For over 40 years, the North has ruled Nigeria and controlled every aspect of her national life. The current President of Nigeria is from the North and virtually every security agencies in Nigeria including the paramilitary ones are in the hands of Northerners. Yet, almost half of the North is firmly in the hands of terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements operating under different names. Both our Army Chief, Defence minister and even the Commander-In-Chief now need to be escorted by almost the entire Nigerian armed forces before they visit their home towns all in the North. As I type, some of the bodies of dozenS of people butchered by bandits Friday evening in President Buhari's own home state of Katsina are yet to be interred.
All the revenue generating agencies in the country from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) etc are manned by Northerners. The richest man in Africa is from the North. Yet, according to a recent report released by World Bank, 87% of Nigerians living in poverty are in the North.
Beyond poverty and insecurity, the North boasts of having the highest number of out-of-school children estimated at 12 million by a UN report. The worst case of infant and maternal mortality in Nigeria is in the North. The worst case of illiteracy and drug abuse is in the North. It is also in the North that the highest number of unemployed and unemployable youths are found.
This raises the question: What exactly has the Northern elites done for the North with all the long years they've controlled political power in the country? Of what use is power if you cannot use it to change the fortune of your people?
In the midst of all these internal contradictions, why do Northern youths still seem to worship their political elites as some god instead of seeing and treating them as the real authors of their misfortune? Why do Northern youths only care about helping their elites acquire political power without deploying that same energy towards making sure they use that power in a way it will benefit the average Northerner?
Funny enough, despite the consensus on the nothingness that is the Buhari regime and the entire North becoming a hotbed of terrorism and banditry under a Northern Commander-In-Chief, if elections were to be held today between President Buhari who has failed beyond every doubt and a Southern candidate with excellent record and a credible chance of transforming Nigeria, chances are the average Northern youth will vote Buhari even if doing so will conclusively put the country on the way to golgotha. He will, because all that matters to him is having a fellow Northern Muslim at the helm of affairs. Mind you, if the North were to be a separate Nation, Northerners would never elect someone of Buhari's intellect and competence to head even a hamlet because they know he has nothing to offer. The only reason they support Buhari is because they care more about dominating others than they do about performance.
It is a cultural thing. It has a name: Feudalism.
And this is exactly why the North and the South can never coexist happily because the two regions have a world view and value system that contrasts sharply with each other. One wants to explore the world and her full potentials while the other simply wants to dominate everyone and force others to go back to the dark ages with her.
I understand that we are in a time when truth sounds like hate to those who hate it but it must be stated in an unmistakable term that the Northern part of Nigeria is a huge liability to the rest of the country. If the region fails to take immediate steps to address her issues, the North risks collapsing under the weight of her internal contradictions. And when it happens, it will drag the rest of the country along as we are already witnessing.
Southern leaders must start making preparations for the day-after-tomorrow because if a man cannot stop a bad rain from falling, wisdom demands he should at least take measures to protect himself from being beaten by the rain.
Truer words have never been written on this platform. You said it all.
FarahAideed: Why do you think people don't kidnap and ask fo ransome in America ? Paying ransomes in America will get you to a long jail sentence ..since the Americans passed the law after kidnap of Lindberghs kid kidnappings became unprofitable and whithered away ..I know it's had but its the only proven way to quickly stem kidnapping. ..it might look like a hard price to pay but it's the only solution because the more you pay ransome the more people get kidnapped so how long is the circle going to continue , are you aware a large percentage of those kidnapped are still killed after the ransom is paid and some even eventually go home and die from the trauma ..pass this law and enforce it for one year and see this thing phase aways like it came .
It can work, especially if people start holding the government responsible for wrongful deaths in the hands of kidnappers.
Dead on arrival line of thought. How would the govt verify you were kidnapped and you eventually paid ransom to secure your release? Are kidnappers giving receipts of payments now? Ransom fees will not even be affordable since govt will refund the kidnapped. Nigerians will incorporate businesses just to kidnap family members.
The logic can work in cases of deaths in the hands of kidnappers and bandits. There are many ways to prove that — police statements, call records, autopsy, etc!
This way, the government will wake up.
It's good lawyers are finding ways to hold the government responsible.
hisexcellency34: Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, Wednesday, called on Nigerians paying a ransom to secure freedom for their abducted loved ones to feel free to approach the courts to compel the federal government to refund same because, in his words, “the responsibility for protecting lives and properties lies squarely with the government.”
Falana disclosed this yesterday at the 18th Anti-Corruption Situation Room, ACSR, organized by the HEDA Resource Centre in partnership with the McArthur Foundation.
The senior advocate who was the keynote speaker at the event also flayed anti-graft agencies in the land for what he called the selective prosecution of corrupt cases; a development he stressed, makes winning the fight against corruption difficult.
Falana said: “If a family pays a ransom to secure freedom of their abducted ones; they should approach the courts and demand a refund of the amount paid because the primary responsibility of government is to secure the people.”
I like Mr Falana's reasoning on this, but the government will easily win the case.
The people that can file for damages against the government and win are those whose loved ones died in the hands of kidnappers. It's easier to prove such cases. Just as the learned gentleman said, it's the primary duty of the government to protect the citizens. Banditry and kidnapping show that the government has failed.
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I tire for some Delta people.