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Awon ode. Burn the banks today and then come back in one year time to complain about how you have to go longer distances to use banks cos there aren't any in your locality, cos you baboons have burnt them all.

Dem dey try give hopeless idiots an opportunity of a free and fair election, such that hasn't been seen since return to democracy in 1999 these ones dey burn banks. Odenson!

hustla:
What of from countries like Germany (if im not mistaken) with left hand drive?

Viable?

not so much. Two constraints will come up: long delivery/arrival times of the vehicle(s) as those aren't really busy routes for auto shipping to Nigeria..and then cost, the landing costs altogether will be higher for a car coming from Germany than the US or Canada. Both put you at a disadvantage in the market.

pheranmie:
Hello my Oga’s
I want to do car exportation biz from
Uk. Please anyone with agent links and reliable information on this. Also I check copart the prices of cars there are bit crazy (cheap) please is anyone here that has bought from that website cause some prices are just too to be true though it’s a biding thing it’s who wins the bid. Please anyone with vital information on this website should help

some have stylishly told you to abort mission. I am directly telling you to abort mission. If you still wanna continue, the warnings here will be a point of reference at least.. lol😎

You wanna bring a car from the UK to use, is very very very different from you want to bring a car from the UK to sell as far as the 9ja auto sales market is concerned (been selling cars for 4+ years)...I no go talk pass this one.

Heathrow44:
1. TERRORISM, MONEY LAUDERING/CORRUPTION, KIDNAPPING, ELECTION RIGGING, NAIRA REVALUATION IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET

2. BUHARI ISNT THE ONE THAT CREATED THE ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY OF THE NAIRA NOTES, IS THE CORRUPT PERSONS IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMERCIAL BANKS THAT HAS CREATED THIS SCARCITY, BUHARI ISNT YOUR ENEMY, ASK YOUR GOVERNORS, POLITICIANS, AND ELECTION CANDIDATES

3. MOST OF THE MONEY IN CIRCULATION HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY THIS SAME POLITICANS BUT NO MATTER HOW THEY TRY TO POLLUTE UR MINDS, WE WILL REMAIN STEADFAST IN PROTECTING UR INTERESTS EVEN IF IT DOESNT APPEAR LIKE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR YOUR WELFARE NOW, SOONEST YOU WILL

4. AS WITH NEW POLICIES COME UNEXPECTED DOWNTURNS, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO RESOLVING THIS ENPASSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE


Thank You!

I was just about to answer his repeated questions before you did. Not that he'll see reason anyway.

Also to add, one of the causes of the scarcity of the old notes aside the politicians is simply cos majority of us are holding and not spending, as an adaptation mechanism of current happenings. I had 10k new notes since Jan 31, it just became 4k yesterday. 99.9% of all I have been paying for has been by TRF. This is the case for very very many people, we are holding the new notes and not spending, so it isn't exchanging hands as should, simple!

Okealaaye:
So you think that what Kanu, Dasuki, etc. did was in the interest of Nigeria?

lol.. disobedience is disobedience! Heck even the EFCC chairman has given the judiciary the middle finger, after the phantom court conviction delivered on him.

spartachico:
i pray this election dont turn bloody
the government should do something fast or postpone the election and have enough time to get things in the right order, how do we vote peacefully when there would be fear or riot happening anytime, even polling units wont be safe. omo na wa oo.

3rd world war tension is brewing between the east and west of the world but our nigeria govt is giving civil war a chance like as if it none of their business.

May God heal the land

one man has 800k in his account , he is begging bank cashier to let him withdraw 50k feeding, they told him no cash.

the bolded just seems very lazy to me. Using myself as an example, I have spent all old notes since Jan 31. I had 7000 new notes handy, as at this morning it is 4000. Virtually everything I buy I pay with transfer. So that man does not have internet banking, his wife doesn't have, his child doesn't have and they all collectively don't want to have or what. My conclusion is the man is either lazy, stubborn, loves stress or all of the above. The only things I have spent cash on are petty things that my people for house ask money for maybe to buy small tins in the area AFTER i have returned home. As of this week even those petty things in the street have been bought with TRF. Abegi. The only one that I agree will be a challenge is for those who don't have a car to move around with, paying tfare thru TRF can be tricky not all this talk about money in the account but no money to feed. That is wack.

More and more confusion to their camp, O Lord.

Brendaniel:
I was suspecting it will be in the north and I was right, the man was bringing 50 million to deposit, they asked him what has he been doing since?

If this man who is not a politician can still have such amount with him, you can imagine what evil politicians will still be having with them. You now see why they are crying up and down, vote buying gone wrong.

cmon, you should know that man is simply a courier. If hell rufai wants to change his stashed money, do you reckon he will go himself with all the money or funnel it through various couriers/mules?

Lol.. no where in that speech did Makinde state even remotely that he is voting for Tinubu. He said and I quote 'he/we are voting for equity and fairness'. That means many things to many people particularly in the much contested SW. To me his statement means Obi and you all will see first hand in a few days that Emilokan is not as strong as home as he thinks. Lol

IDeyNL:
I don't know what other support APC is looking for after stating severally that they have the support of Buhari.

Except they mean Buhari should support election manipulation.

Tinubu should test his popularity on a level playing field.

no mind bat and Batists. Whatever agreement he has with Buhari let them leave us out of it. I dare say Buhari owes him nothing sef, he already ensured that all Tinubu's boys got juicy roles (Fowler, Aregberascal, Lai, Gbajabiamila, Fashola, etc). No be a form of repayment be that??

jesmond3945:
Ok thank you.
Now let me school you.
When you pay 548 pounds a year thats 48 pounds per month. Thats half day of work pay.
What do you get
Unlimited water. You can leave your water and go and sleep. Nothing like everyday pumping of water.
You get clean purified water. You can even drink the water. Nothing like buying pure water.
You get heatable water for washing plates
Your poo is taking care of nothing like soakaway.
Anybody complaining of bills in Uk should take the first flight back to nigeria. Enough said.

lol. I would think the person you should be quoting directly is the one who came to complain about the bills and ask for help na. Na that person really need this enlightenment.

leisuretym:
Do you have any evidence or newspaper release to that effect? At least I used news paper headlines to back up my comments, do you have any?

just passing by..🚶

https://punchng.com/coronavirus-print-more-naira-notes-tinubu-tells-fg/

kingdotman:
Is 17th still the deadline?

I believe it is. It was stated that it would run from Feb 10-17. Bubu the cattle herder did not say anything pertaining to an extension. So I don't know why people are assuming the extension for 200ngn is the same as this 'window period' for 500 and 1000 as earlier stated.

tonididdy:
The highest court give an order … two miscreants are disobeying it in broad day light, just 2 persons oh!


And the people are happily dancing to their tune.

because it isn't a new occurrence. Why are you making it seem like this scenario is even remotely a new one? Bubu has been disregarding court orders for as long as I can remember. These marauders didn't see anything wrong then, so why screaming blue murder now. Lol. They never knew this day would come. All I am waiting for is for Bubu to mandate Femi Adesina to write his usual silly articles/press releases justifying this masterstroke of a move, as he has always done. Now that would be a very iconic boss move, adding premium salt to the injury 😁😎

Bodmum:
for the first time, God bless president Buhari.

as in ehn!!! For the first time, I never knew he could be capable of such a fine masterstroke...what funny is one of his children isn't giving kudos to his daddy of recent now that his daddy is actually doing what will benefit people even though it isn't from a place of any good altruistic intention. But hey anything to put confusion in the camp of the enemies of this country is a prayer answered..even better that he is the one the Lord is using to do the work. When he was disobeying court orders all this while, they never knew this day would come...Lol. Joy like a river in my soul mehn. We don go cashless tey tey, even our businesses requires huge cash to buy the products. So cashless is or own way. Una wey need notes, 200 is back!

studyless123:
There are some things that we don't have control over in life and I don't bother myself about those things. In fact I hardly have serious worries. All humans make mistakes, but like the saying goes...you don't cry over spilt milk. I'll tell you a little about myself. I was a shareholder in two small companies in Nigeria, they became so successful and I could travel anywhere in the world. I reached a settlement with the founders and moved on. I've started 3 businesses in the US and they all failed, the bank took my house as a collateral. I worked with one of the best companies in the world and got laid off, worse, I don't have anything to show for it. My mates are married with kids but I still have debt hanging over my head. But you know what, I'm perfectly fine, I've learned from the past, I don't sulk, I re-strategize. As they say we move.

you will bounce back. I don't know you, but I'm here to just tell you what I have a hunch you already know, which is that you will bounce back. It takes a certain kind of courage and guts to make the moves you have made, jumping into the deep end of the pool. Same courage and guts are evident in people who have achieved greatness. Keep your head straight and before you know it, you will strike GOLD again, but this time wiser and better prepared/equipped.

Cheers.

seunpinky:
Just to steer u up a bit, remember that second property I talked about, a tenant moved in and voluntarily paid one years rent in advance🤪🤪… incase you don’t know what that means, it means I have literally recovered my downpayment for the property and can use it to fund another purchase if I so wish…. Lemme drop another 💣 for u, I can conveniently pay both mortgages from my monthly income and still have savings of 1k after all expenses.. what about that😂😂🤣… joke is on u mate, follow who know road..
N:B: for those who are reading for education purpose, I use the word “I” in this sentence to connot me and my spouse.

Also guys, there’s a series of message titled “why Christians fail” it’s on YouTube preached by Pastor Wale Akinshiku of House of Praise Mississauga. Pls listen to that message whether u are a Xtain, Muslim or Atheist. That message holds a lot of keys to succeeding in Canada. Would have love to drop a link to the message but I don’t want to be banned… Shallom

stir me up? I thought we had wished each other good luck in this life's journey months ago? Lol ok.

Cheers.

LordAdam16:
To be fair, in Nigeria, besides the Igbos and Hausas, not many other ethnicities are overtly entrepreneurial.

The state of the economy is the primary motivator for every Ola and Chinwe engaging in mini hustles (like selling data or shoes). Else, the average Nigerian is content with a fat salary and soft life.

When we build businesses, they do not last for more than 2 generations. The Dantatas are an exception not the rule. Otedola's dynasty will likely end with him. The Elumelus and Ovias will lose primary control of their empires after the founders kick the bucket.

Thus, it should not surprise you that Nigerians emigrants in well-run societies for the most part stick to the employee track.

Lastly, as regards running a business, Nigerians can't hold a candle to the Jews, Indians, Chinese, and Germans. In the West, the best of every ethnicity worldwide get to duke it out to succeed. And that is for the US, where there are not as many institutional and cultural impediments to immigrant-ran businesses.

Elsewhere in the developed world, there's an echelon with access to preferential rules, with natives at the top. In the second world, some countries have laws that mandate foreigners to get a native partner (sponsor) before they can set up shop. This used to be the case in the UAE until recently.

As such, there are not a lot of lucrative businesses you can start in the Diaspora as an immigrant.

And truthfully, if you do manage to set up a fledging business, there are very few, if any, reasons to employ a Nigerian over other nationalities. Dangote employs Indians in sensitive positions for a reason. Silicon Valley does too. Except for token roles, at which point you're better off giving it to a relative or referral as a favor (as @ednut opined).

All of that said, a lot of diasporans own or co-own SMBs in Nigeria. From education to real estate.

-Lord

at the bolded, Op was talking about Nigerians in diaspora doing business there, and not back in Nigeria. To your other points, you are 💯 correct. I share similar views.

Cheers.

4 pages and not even up to 20 names..bear in mind more than half of the names mentioned na 'oldies' that made those moves decades ago. Now ask yourselves if after over 6 decades and generations, you can say Nigerians are doing well in business overseas. I emboldened the overseas cos it appear some folks with low comprehension that were quoting me with very weak slurs missed tha fact that op was talking about Nigerians in diaspora doing business overseas and not Nigerians in diaspora doing business back in Nigeria.

The overwhelming majority of Nigerians do jobs overseas, not business, except maybe church business sha😎

Also to provide an update of sorts, Gatwick airport majority shares (over 50%) were sold to Vinci in 2021. GIP (Bayo Ogunlesi) still retains the remaining shares/ownership though.

Lol. Unfortunately, most Nigerians who emigrate are not entrepreneurial.

As it was in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, it is till now. Unlike other races and nationalities (Indians, Asians, Mexicans) that also emigrate, but over the years have made their mark and are thus more formidable as an racial/ethnic bloc/community, most Naija simply do not have their brains wired for entrepreneurship...even harder to think that way now considering how difficult it is to make enough money to start a business in 2023, not to mention the inherent risks. Which Gbadebo or Okoro would wanna risk losing what took him maybe 25+ years to accumulate if their business goes belly up?

When they do have children, for the few that have truly special children that have the fire, they have to come back home to really make sense. Demand and supply! Do you think Andela would have made any mark in the US? Demand and supply. Andela in the US is just another bee in a swarm of bees, but in Nigeria, same Andela is a queen bee.....now the shocking part is even these special children that have it in them, you can literally count them by hand. Like most emigrants state here on this forum, most moved overseas just to live a happier life. Being an entrepreneur certainly and evidently isn't in the cards for most Nigerian emigrants.

Lol

grammarian247:
Cry us a river; we don't expect you to express your shock that the man you said was going to withdraw from the race is not only still in the race but setting the pace. Cover you face, this is a new phase.

nice word play💯

February 10 deadline is sacrosanct!

Remember how they made it seem like they cared when they riled us all against Jonathan when he wanted to remove subsidy in 2012. They didn't care then, they were only looking out for their selfish interest and used the people's Fury and angst to achieve their aim. They are doing it again now. Are you gonna side with them cos of this discomfort just like 2012 subsidy removal attempt or are you gonna hold firm as we witness their ill gotten stashed billions go to waste as one hell of a karma?

They don't care about you!!!! All the storms and sufferings they have put Nigerians through, no one spoke for the people then o, but they all have voices now. You wanna continue protecting their ill gotten money for them FOC...Ok o

Haha. This should be interesting.😎

My instincts tell me this is all made-up bull. Give us names, let's verify the authenticity of this story and stop with this joro olumofin type fictional bullshit. Next thing you know cheating women will start latching on to this when they get caught and owned by a paternity test, only in real life they won't agree to have their own DNA ran.

Inject some credibility and provide name or gtfoh with this made up bull.

odi1278:
The deadline won't change. Neither CBN or the commercial banks was joined as parties to this suit. The 3 state governments simply took advantage of the fact that in matters purely between the state and the FG the supreme court can serve as a court of first and only instance. Joining CBN in the matter would immediately rob the supreme court of jurisdiction. Sadly, the attorney general cannot issue a binding order on the CBN governor, the CBN act didn't contemplate such and the interim order is simply an academic attempt at grandstanding. They're indeed forces determined to derail the forthcoming elections and trigger social unrest. If your ATM card is working go to any large supermarket and stock up. The next 3 weeks are exciting times to come. I forgot to add that only CBN is empowered by law to determine what is termed legal tender. As for this set of JSCs, they've taken judicial rascality to the high heavens. One day soon we will put the searchlight on how supreme these odoriferous judges have become.

you have spoken wisely. I share your sentiments to a T.

Racoon:
How it is wished Buhari disobey this supreme court judgement as he has been doing yet the current fools antagonising were cheering him on.

does that aboki obey court orders? Expect a firm statement from him and/or CBN on how Feb 10 remains the deadline. They will use legal rigmarole as they have always done to evade that court order. Discomfort or not, I'm happy to see them antagonising themselves. More bouts of confusion and burning hot coals be rained down into the camps of the PDAPC, I pray.

Filter..lol

dyera:
Not just his father Femi Kuti, but also his grandfather Fela Kuti.

Truth is, Seun Kuti failed to live up to his father and grandfather's achievement.

lol. Seun and Femi are siblings. Seun is the baby of the house. Both of them are Fela's sons.

Hehehe... insignificant twats who took on a god complex...cant even save themselves from mere mortals just like them, can't heal disease..What's worse is, I can bet these hardened bastards haven't learnt a damn thing from this sordid experience.

This hand wey touch you, may it not depart. Furthermore, may it also locate all the other evil rogues who have sworn to live as Pharaoh's at the detriment of millions of others.

fact of the matter is it has all ended up to be rubbish. The supposed corrupt people and kidnappers etc whom this was supposed to sting, ain't gonna feel any sting now. Legal tender or not, as long as that money can be accepted at a bank and paid into an account, it still holds its value. So if I have 500billion stashed all I have to do is funnel it all into some accounts lobatan. Vote buying nko, if someone is give 5k, 10k or whatever as bribe to vote, they can simply now take the 5k or 10k to the bank and that's that.

So all those reports of people dumping bales of 1000 and 500 naira notes in stupendous quantity across the country, na im be say those wey see am and pack am don jam free manna from above be that. I saw a post where a tricycle was supposedly abandoned and filled to the brim with old notes. Abeg who know where that tricycle dey??

So ultimately, nothing worthwhile was achieved at the end of the day..and I am freaking pissed!!!🤬

[quote author=Oyindamolah post=120521557][/quote]nice of you to clarify this, so people know the difference.

But still..

For a long time I have held the notion that those two questions on strengths and weaknesses are vapid, stupid and are not in the top 100 of employers' actual considerations or expectations about you or the job in question. No one assigns job roles or formulates KPIs with any recourse to the crappy answers derived from these crappy questions. Ati HR o, ati boss o, I can assure you within the 3mins after you have answered those two silly questions, that they have already forgotten any crap you might have said. It is a crappy formality that no one in these parts really remembers or gives a damn about, but we still somehow consider it a critical part of interviews. Straight jacket thinking is a weakness of those who still NEEDLESSLY major on the minor (things like this) and minor on the major (the things that actually create and foster a great working environment for skilled staff).

The only reason the interviewer was stunned by those incredulous answers and still remembers them is because they are unlike the basic, vapid, 'expected' answers in the cookbook. Lol

The end.