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thesicilian:
You want credit cards, when common online loan apps that people collect money from they'll come here to be looking for lawyers that will help them fight the company instead of just paying up

You are absolutely right on this, I'm sure I have seen such topics even on nl here, Nigerians looking for lawyers to help them fight these companies instead of looking for means to pay up the debts.

Theunbothered:
I like how optimistic you are about this scam project

Not cool though

Cholls:
My brother I find this article really insightful.


Under the cover of counterterrorism, AFRICOM is beefing up Nigeria’s military to ensure the free flow of oil to the West, and using the country as a proxy against China’s influence on the continent.


Last month, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times. It might as well have been written by the Pentagon. Buhari promoted Brand Nigeria, auctioning the country’s military services to Western powers, telling readers that Nigeria would lead Africa’s “war on terror” in exchange for foreign infrastructure investment. “Though some believe the war on terror [WOT] winds down with the US departure from Afghanistan,” he says, “the threat it was supposed to address burns fiercely on my continent.”

With Boko Haram and Islamic State operating in and near Nigeria, pushing a WOT narrative is easy. But counterterror means imperial intervention. So, why is the Pentagon really interested in Nigeria, a country with a GDP of around $430 billion – some $300 billion less than the Pentagon’s annual budget – a population with a 40 percent absolute poverty rate, and an infant mortality rate of 74 deaths per 1,000 live births, compared to 5.6 per 1,000 in the US?

A US Naval Postgraduate School doctoral thesis from over a decade ago offers a plausible explanation: the Gulf of Guinea, formed in part by Nigeria’s coastline, “has large deposits of hydrocarbons and other natural resources.” It added: “There is now a stiff international competition among industrialized nations including the United States, some European countries, China, Japan, and India.”

Since then, the US has been quietly transforming Nigeria’s police and military into a neo-colonial force that can support missions led by the US Africa Command (AFRICOM). Buhari’s offer makes US involvement in Nigeria appear as if Nigeria is asking for help, when in fact the stage is already set for AFRICOM.

The Pentagon’s broader aim is to stop China and Russia from gaining a foothold in the continent. In the meantime, it aims to crush any and all opposition groups that disrupt energy supplies so that oil giants can continue exploiting Nigeria’s resources.

A brief history of a complex country

It’s important to get an idea of Nigeria’s ethnic and regional complexities. The country’s 206 million people, nearly half of whom are Muslim and nearly half Christian, live north of the equator in West Africa. Their country has 36 states, seven of which are coastal. The country borders Cameroon in the east, Benin in the west, Chad in the northeast, and Niger in the north and northwest.

A US Strategic Studies Institute report from the mid-‘90s describes Nigeria as “an artificial state created according to colonial exigencies rather than ethnic coherence.” Its fragility explains the country’s susceptibility to ethnic, religious, and class warfare. The majority of Nigerian Muslims are Sunni, but Islam in the country spans the spectrum, from Sufism to Salafism. The Christian population is distributed among the Protestant majority as well as Anglicans, Baptists, Evangelicals, Catholics, Methodists, and Roman Catholics. Most of Nigeria’s Muslims live in the north in 12 states whose laws are based on sharia.

Nigeria boasts hundreds of languages and ethnicities, the largest groups being the Hausa (who make up 30 percent of the population), Yoruba (15.5), Igbo (a.k.a., Ibo 15.2), and Fulani (6 percent). There are, of course, exceptions, but in general the Hausa-Fulani and Kanuri peoples tend to be Muslim and the Igbo, Ijaw, and Ogoni Christian. Islam and Christianity tend to be mixed among the Yoruba. During the late-19th century “Scramble for Africa,” the British colonized the region, Christianizing the south and leaving in place the Islamic political structures in the north both for convenience and as a useful divide and rule technique.

Black gold, British rule

Drawing up “contracts” for energy companies, the Foreign Office (FO) created a monopoly for Anglo-Persian oil (later BP) and particularly for Shell. Prospecting contracts were awarded by the FO in the late-1930s, but it was as late as 1956 that financially viable amounts of black gold were struck. Most of the country’s oil is in the southern, Niger Delta region populated by the Ijaw and Ogoni peoples, hence there is little militant Islam in Nigeria’s illicit oil sector. Shell operations began in Ogoniland in 1958.

Nigeria gained slow and painful independence from Britain in 1960. Seven years later, armed Igbo fought a war of secession in the oil-rich south to try to form their own country, the Republic of Biafra. Under a One Nigeria policy, the British supported the central regime of General Yakubu Gowon during the Biafra War (1967-70). Fighting and blockade  led to three million deaths. Biafra failed to secede.

The UK Labour government’s Commonwealth Minister, George Thomas, explained at the time: “The sole immediate British interest in Nigeria is that the Nigerian economy should be brought back to a condition in which our substantial trade and investment in the country can be further developed, and particularly so we can regain access to important oil installations.”

As the British Empire declined, the US gradually pursued the same policy in Nigeria. At first, the US considered supporting Biafra.

The Kennedy administration initiated $170 million in economic and military spending in Nigeria under a plan that continued until 1966, into the Johnson administration. William Haven North, who served as the Director for Central and West African Affairs for the US Agency of International Development (USAID) said: “The issue of supporting Biafra was also tied up with the question of oil interests; the major part of the oil reserves in Nigeria were in the Eastern Region with substantial American oil company investments.” In 1978, the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet began the regular exercises in the Gulf of Guinea that continue to the present.


Indigenous activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was arrested on phony charges and executed by a Nigerian military functioning as a private army for the Shell oil company

Enter Uncle Sam

In 1990, the Nigeria-dominated Economic Community of West African States (ECO) established a military wing, the so-called Monitoring Group (ECOMOG). The George H.W. Bush administration contributed $100 million. The succeeding Clinton White House said that for so-called peace-keeping operations in other African countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone, “Nigeria provided most of the ‘muscle’.” At this point, the seeds were sown for Nigeria’s use as a delegate for US wars in Africa.

By the dawn of the new millennium, the 3rd Special Forces Group (Army Command) was training Nigerian battalions to assist United Nations support missions. The Nigerian military enjoyed tens of millions of dollars-worth of US weapons.

Meanwhile, indigenous activists suffering under oil spills and environmental destruction established the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. Nine of this group’s leaders, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, were later arrested on trumped up charges and executed by the national military that had been funded by Shell to act as its own private army.

The murders sparked international outrage and activists successfully pressured the US to terminate military aid. General Sani Abacha, under whose dictatorship the Ogoni Nine were hanged, established a Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to fight both activists and gangs. The MNJTF was later centered in Chad and used as a base from which to fight Boko Haram.

In 1999, Nigeria ended its military rule, at least on paper. By the mid-2000s, Human Rights Watch was wrote that, under the façade of parliamentary democracy, “the conduct of many public officials and government institutions is so pervasively marked by violence and corruption as to more resemble criminal activity than democratic governance.”

With the Ogoni, Ijaw, and other Niger Delta peoples crushed with force, some turned to violence. Following lobbying by Shell, Nigeria’s old colonial master, the UK, began spending taxpayer money on military operations to counter armed groups: £12 million between 2001 and 2014, when Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) co-authored their report. CAAT documents the UK exportation of nearly £500m-worth of weapons to Nigeria in that period, including missiles and grenades. It cites increased UK arms exports as a direct reason for the failure of the southern ceasefire. UK “security contractors” including Control Risks, Erinys, Executive Outcomes, and Saladin Security were embedded with mobile police units to crush protestors.

Nigeria and the “war on terror”

Western propaganda paid less attention to Shell’s systemic violence against the Ogoni and other peoples, focusing instead on the more headline-grabbing resistance, such as high-profile ransom kidnappings and pipeline disruption. State oppression in the drier, less fertile north, meanwhile, fed the narrative pushed by Islamic groups: that Western culture is toxic.

Founded in 2002 and led by Mohammed Yusuf who was later executed by the state, Boko Haram is officially called the Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad (Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād). It emerged in the northeastern city, Maidugari, close to Chad and Cameroon, where it set up semi-autonomous communities. Religious graduates who studied in Sudan attempted to form similar communes but were attacked by the police. In 2009, Boko Haram members allegedly fired at a police station in Bauchi. The government response was to trigger civil war.

The MNJTF mentioned above, is described as “notorious” in a British House of Commons Library report. It was reactivated, this time to fight the Islamists. The report also notes how the Nigerian Armed Forces terrorized the civilian population with raids, arrests, and indiscriminate shelling.

The UK ramped up its training of Nigeria’s military while the US used Chad as a base for its “war on terror” operations: the Pan-Sahel Initiative (covering Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger) and the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (which included Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, and Tunisia). AFRICOM’s initial operations in Nigeria involved maritime training and integrating the country’s forces with those of other African nations to foster pan-African military alliances.

In its early years, AFRICOM paid little attention to Boko Haram. But this changed as the profile of attacks got bigger.

In 2011, Boko Haram launched a formal insurgency. A report published that year by the US House of Representatives Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence outlined Boko Haram’s roots and the reasons for its popularity. They included “a feeling of alienation from the wealthier, Christian, oil-producing, southern Nigeria, pervasive poverty, rampant government corruption, heavy-handed security measures, and the belief that relations with the West are a corrupting influence.” It added that “[t]hese grievances have led to sympathy among the local Muslim population despite Boko Haram’s violent tactics.”

These grievances were met with the kind of violence that further fuels grievances.

The US escalates involvement

In the context of the “war on terror,” the Pentagon saw Boko Haram as an opportunity to train Nigeria’s military and employ it for its objectives. The primary US goal was ensuring that the oil-rich regions did not fall into enemy hands.

The Congressional Research Service noted that by the time AFRICOM was founded in the late-2000s, Africa “supplie[d] the United States with roughly the same amount of crude oil as the Middle East.” An Armed Services Committee report in 2011 noted: “Nigeria’s oil rich Niger Delta is a major source of oil for the United States outside of the Middle East.” The US Energy Information Administration states: “Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa. It holds the largest natural gas reserves on the continent and was the world’s fifth–largest exporter of liquefied natural gas.” The country has 37 billion barrels of proven crude, second only to Libya, which was bombed to pieces by the US and NATO in 2011.

Nigeria’s forces summarily executed Boko Haram’s leader Yusuf in 2009. A thesis published by the US Naval Postgraduate School notes that in addition to the assassination, “security forces killing or displacing thousands of Nigerian Muslims, is credited with swelling [Boko Haram BH]’s ranks.”

Yusuf’s deputy, Abubakar Shekau, took over and escalated a suicide bombing campaign. The Navy thesis also notes that “the actions of BH, along with other militant groups such as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have reduced the country’s oil production, displacing Nigeria from 5th to 8th on the list of America’s largest foreign oil suppliers.”

In 2013, the states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe imposed emergency powers. The Pentagon announced a $45 million-dollar budget to counter Boko Haram by training troops in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. One of the consequences is that Nigeria has been transformed from a peripheral US interest to a proxy force. Years of war, mostly in the north and border regions, have led to 2.1 million internally displaced people. The World Food Program calculates that 3.4 million face hunger and that 300,000 children are malnourished.

Building a Sparta state

In June 2014, it was reported that a 650-person unit, the Nigerian Army’s 143rd Battalion, was set up on the ground and trained by US Special Forces from the California Army National Guard’s Special Operations Detachment-US Northern Command and Company A, 5th Battalion 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne). By then the Nigerian Army was active in 30 out of the country’s 36 states.

Chief of the US Army Africa’s Security Cooperation Division, Colonel John D. Ruffing, said: “It is not peacekeeping … It is every bit of what we call ‘decisive action,’ meaning those soldiers will go in harm’s way to conduct counterinsurgency operation[s].” One US soldier said: “This is a classic Special Forces mission—training an indigenous force in a remote area in an austere environment to face a very real threat.”

In 2015, Boko Haram’s leader Shekau reportedly pledged allegiance to Islamic State, rebranding the organization IS West African Province (ISWAP). A Congressional Research Service report notes that ISWAP “has surpassed Boko Haram in size and capacity, and now ranks among IS’s most active affiliates.”

It’s not as if strategists don’t understand that violence doesn’t work. They understand that violence escalates violence which can then be used as pretexts for more violence. A US Council on Foreign Relations article from 2020 notes: “the last two years have been deadlier than any other period for Nigerian soldiers since the Boko Haram insurgency began.”

As the war against Boko Haram waged on, Niger Delta gangs in the south threatened to resume attacks on oil infrastructure. US “aid” expanded to include training the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) across the country. In November 2016, 66 officers graduated from the Fingerprint Analysis and Forensics training program, an initiative run by the US Embassy in collaboration with the Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement and Atlanta Police Department.

In March 2017, 28 Nigerian officers graduated from courses offered by the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs division, led by US police from Prince William County, Virginia. The program also provided “equipment, training, mentoring, and capacity-building support to various Nigerian law enforcement and justice sector institutions.”


U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Nigeria Army’s School of infantry trained more than 200 Nigerian soldiers in 2018

Expanding AFRICOM’s role

In what the US State Department calls a “whole of government” approach, military operations continued as police training expanded. In early-2018, 12 US Army soldiers, led by Captain Stephen Gouthro, trained 200 Nigerians at the Nigerian Army’s School of Infantry. Facilitated by the US Army Africa, eight Security Assistance and Training Management Organization soldiers and four 1st Brigade Combat Team soldiers shared “ground-combat tactics” with the Nigerian Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion.

In July this year, US Army Special Forces trained 25 officers of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service as part of JCET: a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training program.  The Acting US Consulate Political and Economic Chief, Merrica Heaton, says that the training is designed to help the Nigerian military stop crime in the Gulf of Guinea and “counter violent extremists in the Northeast and enforce the rule of law throughout the region.”

As observers seemingly spotted the top-secret US stealth drone—Northrop Grumman’s RQ-180—over the Philippines, the Department of Defense sold nearly $500 million-worth of propeller planes to Nigeria, marking what the US Embassy and Consulate describes as “an historic level of cooperation …  between the U.S. and Nigerian militaries.” AFRICOM recently confirmed that the inauguration of twelve A-29 Super Tucanos into the Nigerian Air Force will serve a “critical role in furthering regional security and stability.”

The Pentagon allocated $36.1 million to the US Army Corps of Engineers to renovated Kainji Air Base, which will host the Super Tucanos. In addition to training simulator and small arms storage units, the Base includes “aircraft sunshades, a new airfield hot cargo pad, perimeter and security fencing, airfield lights, and various airfield apron, parking, hangar, and entry control point enhancements.”

To be continued on request!!!!!!

I love this, pls continue

Frank20219:
I was in a relationship with a girl for 8 months. I feel she is too much for me. She has everything I want in a woman but she is just too good to be true. She is intelligent, kind, hardworking, beautiful, she has a good job, earns more than me and she is more educated than I am.

For months, she has maintained consistent behaviour and she did not change. That was when I fell in love with her, even when I misbehaved she never insulted me instead she handled everything maturely despite me being older than her.

From the beginning, I kept a little secret from her. I have a daughter from my other relationship. My daughter is 8 years now and she lives with her mother. I pay something to the mother every month but I have not seen my ex or my daughter for 5 years.

From the beginning, she asked if I had a child before and she told me she hates dishonesty. I told her I don't have a child because I sensed she might not want to pursue a relationship with me.

I started to feel guilty when I realised our relationship was getting serious so I started distancing myself from her and asked her to give me some space. She was not offended instead she still kept interacting with me.

Two weeks ago, I broke up with her over text, she did not respond. This is someone who calls me and texts me regularly, but after seeing my break up message she did not call or text me. She did not even acknowledge the break up.

The truth is that I wanted her to beg so that I can open up about my daughter. I know she is emotionally involved with me and at this stage it will be easier for her to accept me despite having a child.

What can I do for her to want me back and reach out first? I still love her.

Do nothing, you ve lost her, even if she agrees to go back with you which is highly unlikely things will never be the same. But then again people are funny, you broke up with her anticipating she would come and beg you? Why would any sane person beg for a crime they never committed. Lady is an alpha, only know you love her when you let her go should be your chorus now.

TurnNewLeaf:
don't worry when next we kill it I'll tag your moniker

Please tag me too biko, I have heard gist about it some years back. Always thought they where just fabricated lies.

Tesie2003:
Dear Friends,

Have used Greenbay, Novo, THT- Liberty Blue, Anchor, and AXA mansard due to different organisations I worked with.
I must confess, AXA Mansard is the best, if you are sick and visit some of the hospitals they have relationship with. You may not want to go home again because of the way you will be taken care of. AXA Mansard has Meal and private room in the hospital as part of their plans for my treatment.

I uses them through my current employer.

They are simply the best for now.

Regards.

do you by any means know the plan your current employer has you under?

Ekez:
Ondo is next

As if ondo isn't one before.

Highlyrespected:
If that should be the case
Ivory Coast is part of one of beautiful destinations to enjoy your vacation.

hmmm thanks for the recommendations, let me start planning towards it then.

Flyingngel:
Who has remembered OBJ words abt Ffk?

OBJ really had the best description about him. A bird that sings for the highest bidder.

Highlyrespected:
Are you planning to come over here or what guy?

just thinking vacation sometime, but haven't really made up my mind yet on that.

Highlyrespected:
Yes of course
With due process
What I mean is that before planing to come to ivory Coast
All your documents must be intact

thanks

Hausaman:
The present administration is the worst for we have data's & figures. For those calling PMB baba go slow, they will have a rethink once they visit Niger state under this present administration, & call him usain bolt.

thank you for saying the truth, a governor that rarely spends a week in his state. If we start listing the 5 worst governors in Nigeria, he will confidently make the list.

yusufu16:
To be honest this government have tried on infrastructure.

Their only problem now is security, corruption and economy

hmmm infrastructure you say and better than talba's?

Atticusxsz:
I've come across the pangolin twice or thereabouts. Never knew it's far too important for its unique properties.

they are also carriers of deadly viruses, one similar to covid 19

owagbeba:
This is always what I have thought to be a good solution to this dollar issue.

Let the DMBs sell e-dollars for FCY remittance. and for BTA they can issue a travelers cheque or visa/master card with higher daily withdrawal limit. This way nobody needs cash dollars.

For those wanting dollar to pay school fee in Nigerian school, same e-dollar bought at counter and transferred to the schools dormicilliary account.

Why can’t we just find a simple easy way for those dollar issue. This cbn’s back and forth with BDC is just creating problems for the economy. Dollar is now 525... expect another uptick in the price of goods, and eventually price of service; meanwhile salary for the employed remains the same, creating need for the employed to find a “short-cut” means to make up for the deficiencies in their personal finance. Of course, expect more corruption! More agbero harassing truckers and commercial buses, more cases of police extortion, more bureaucracy at government office, and many more.

Brilliant idea, USDT can and will even solve this issue,but then again they have to revisit the crypto ban.

GoodIsGod:
Your analysis are borne out of personal sentiments.

Check all guys insulting Peter and Lola on Nairaland, Facebook etc you guys are all Igbo.
I have never seen a tribe full of hatred for other tribes like you.

Can you all bet your lives that you are not Igbo?

What unreasonable outdated parental advice are you talking about. Weak minds like yours are the ones that allow other people to decide their lives for them be they brothers, father or mother.

I am a Nigerian and married to a non Nigerian from another African country. My parents could not have succeeded to interfere with my decision when I was ready to get married. If they had wanted to.
It is my LIFE

What senseless tradition says you can't marry from another tribe or race? Or that your parents have the right to dictate to you who to marry.

You guys are not different from the early cave men with your reasoning and tradition.

Peter is a man and should be commended for standing by his woman.

Even if the woman is a witch.
Is it your witch? ?

You guys should let Peter be. Everyone can't be a pussy like you.

At the bolded is so true, 100%

armadeo:
My first attempt at buying dollars to fund a dom account for travel I was shocked at the loops I had to jump through. When I got tired of jumping up and down I jeje waka go front of the bank buy from aboki and returned to pay it in to the same guy that had me jumping loops.

I gave up on naija that day

Well atleast you bought dollars @ bdc rate from aboki bah? Well last year ending I bought from within the bank @ black market rate for PTA purpose, something that was supposed to be sold @ official rate after presenting all the necessary documents.

abhosts:
So why not sell directly to banks so that customers can have a higher dollar spending limit of their Naira Cards?

Have you ever needed dollars for PTA or BTA? Then you will know the banks are also theives and part of the problem. They will never sell to you like the CBN mandated them unless you are well connected though.

Tochex101:
Oluomoadebayo.......that's it!

thanks

Tochex101:
There's a badass trainer on pet section who does only Malis.....tier 1 quality and his pups go for as much as 600 quids.

Pls can you mention is moniker let me check up. Thanks

Namdeenero:
There are good Malinois breeders in Nigeria

Pls can you mention some or how to reach out to them, let me first see how the pricing is.

tradepunter:
You didn't do this dog justice by just give very brief information.

They are better than GSD and rotties when it comes to law enforcement.

They are more powerful, energetic with intelligence higher than any other do breed.

They are also used in military operations across the world

God bless u for this, wanted pointing out same.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Am beginning to think this akerodulu is a real niggarrrr

like I know we will find you here.

Okoyiboz3:
I can currently attending to sensible posters. When I am replying idiots, I will inform you.

Nairalanders wee not kee person with laugh.

Highlyrespected:
Are you in cote d'ivoire....my guy?
And where especially?
Cos I am in Cote d'ivoire also
Abidjan to be prescise.

Do you know if ivory coast is opened to tourists at the moment

Newton85:
If not that the Ghana hype and lies got busted by the Ghanaians themselves in the past few weeks, I'm very sure vast majority of comments here would have been mentioning another shithole like Ghana, lol. You guys don't want to go to your eldorado Ghana again? E ti ya werey!

Nairalanders and rubbish, person wey never leave him state before to dey follow give advice.

Klass99:
This thing is different strokes for different folks. When I see couples hanging out with their kids, I admire them the same way I would admire a good looking man or woman, car or house.

There's no feeling of - God when, jealousy or covetousness (covetousness is when you want something someone else has abi? I'm not sure again but I don't feel that) It's like eye candy for me.

[b]And when I see couples hanging out with their kids, I usually see a mother who looks stressed, overwhelmed and harassed, trying to maintain order, keep things organized and make sure her kids are not being unruly in public. If it's not the mother, then it is the maid while the man is fiddling with his phone or on a call and he is not really engaging with his family or connecting with them.

I was @ a restaurant one day when a family of 4 walked in (man, wife and 2 young kids) they ordered their meals and when it arrived, the man dived straight into his meal and began to eat. But, the mother fed her 2 kids first, until they were okay before she ate her food.

I watched them and I was like na wao, this man couldn't even feed one child, while she fed the other. It's easy for you men to agitate for kids because you are rarely involved in the day to day physical care and maintenance of them. Even when you're for a few hours, you are eager and quick to pass the bulk to any female relative around...... but I am digressing[/b].

As for whether things will get boring without children, that's speculation I can't speak to. But for couples who don't want kids, I'm sure that's a bridge they'll cross if boredom ever arises. If I have to look at my kids to keep me going and make me happy, then I am not ready to live my best life yet.

I just said marriage and children are life choices NOT goals or achievements I personally have to meet to unlock happiness in my life and you are still insinuating that kids will keep me going and happy, no they will not. Because, I am self aware to the point of knowing my likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, what lights up my heart and what doesn't.

I do things that bring joy and happiness into my heart independent of people and things I own. Just reading a James Patterson novel or working out does that for me.

@ the bolded isn't always 100%, I have seen situations where the husband is so involved in the day to day running of the house and kids and I have seen the other way round where the whole responsibility is left on the shoulders of the woman. Team Patraichy holds sway here, And about what you saw once @ the restaurant, don't think it's so with all couples out there like you rightly stated different strokes for different folks. Your mind is already made up on these, so nothing I say will make you see things differently. Although I doubt if there is any man out there who agrees with ur take on this. In all I wish u the very best in ur search for all u desire in a partner that's if you're searching. Your dreams and desires are VALID.

Klass99:
Lol

@ the part in bold, I usually get that reaction in real life and it mostly comes from your gender. Yet, you people say women want kids more than anything. But, the men seem to want it for me, more than I do.

The whole essence of marriage for me, is two adults taking good care of each other and companionship. Anything else is just extra and not the main koko for me.

There are 3 reasons for marriage;

1. Companionship
2. Sex
3. Children

It's okay to want marriage for three of those reasons or just two of them or even one alone. But, at the end of the day my take is that - marriage and children are life choices NOT goals or achievements we all have to meet, in order to unlock happiness or the adult phase of our lives.

If I may ask, why do you want children?

1. Is it because your parents had you, so you have to birth kids too?

2. Are you blindly following one of society's protocols without questioning if it's something you really want for yourself?

3. Are you continuing the legacy of the African parent - which is having kids for the sake of retirement, who will look after you in old age?

I'm curious so indulge me and pls don't give me the multiply and be fruitful answer. We have since been given a new and better commandment - Love thy God with all your, and thy neighbor as yourself. I think it supercedes the earlier one of multiply and be fruitful, which we have since fulfilled anyway.

lol, multiply and be fruitful you said. My reason isn't one of what you listed up there, generally I love the idea of kids and 2-3 is just enough. Having children to me is like a reward for the companionship cos whenever you look at Ur kids you should feel elated and happy. And no matter the love you guys may share, a time will come when things start to get boring but looking at Ur children should keep u going and happy.
Don't tell me when you see couples hanging out with their kids and happy you don't feel something within you?

studentofTruth:
Why not provide evidence so they can calm down in peace?

lol, evidence for what na? I'm not selling anything and I don't have to prove myself to anyone. Don't just let anyone decieve you that people don't get rich trading Forex, people actually make good money from trading. Seek knowledge first

DictionMaster:
Learn the basics.

Get a reliable signal provider.

Start small and grow your account. Most importantly, work on yourself.

Bad advice, never use a signal service, most will blow Ur account. If he wants to trade, he should be ready to learn and it takes time to put it together. But once it clicks, the reward is exciting. No pain No glory

BadRadio:
90% Forex brokers do not trade but they want you to.

Forex will not make you rich.


No matter how u master the art of Fx trading, you must blow up your account at least once.


The best forex teachers are not the best forex traders. Dont be surprised that those who tutor you on Fx trade do not have any Fx trading account in their name.


There is always a bigger margin for losses than gain in Fx.

Forex brokers earn when u loose or gain while trading...

Forex brokers volunteers to teach you how to trade for free without a fee, but their reward is having you sign up with them and invest, every time you take a trade position they take a percentage of it through spreads.

Those who makes average success trading forex is less than 30% and these set of people are the ones who makes Fx their main source of income and not a side hustle.

The difference between a successful man and a struggling man is access to privileged information, alaye just google the word "smart money concept" and you go they alright. People are making good money in forex, and yes it can make you rich. The question is are you ready to put in the work?

elvhinzey:
Why will it ever even make you rich when you are either a gambler in existence or you have the mindset of an honest gambler??


How can it make you RICH

When every little $95, $200 you make you quickly withdraw and squander. How can you be rich with such attitude? How? No trading plan, trading watchlist, self discipline, trading psychology, risk mgt and emotional intelligence.

How can you be rich

Trading is a real man business FYI.

It's not a play ground. If you need a play ground find an amusement park that offers virtual reality for games and catch cruise there.

Motivation or no motivation, Forex trading is not for everyone.

Simple!

It is not a get-rich-quick-scheme and it will NEVER be.

You try to guess it - you'll face the school of hardknocks, sqaurely.

I leave you with this quote: " If you think you can or you can't; either way you are right."

Discussing trading with a gambling-like mindset is an absolute waste of time - this i know.

Whatever the case maybe, let me survey my trading watchlist for today...USDJPY, USDCHF, AUDUSD, NZDUSD and XAUUSD.

Without disrespect, if you're serious about making money in $/fiat currencies aside trading; i will be pleased to offer you a passive income stream.

Write short reports of not up to 28 pages and make at least, $85-$100/daily on Amazon Kindle Publisher. The course will soon skyrocket from 40K to 100K. I mean it.

This is my fuel for generating cash and plunging it back to Forex accounts.

OR
you prefer a one-on-one training at our office in Abuja.
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Peace!

Would love to recommend this your passive earning method to some of my guys, how do they contact you for the one on one training.