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Caleycash:
Somethings are better left unsaid!... most times people you are asking when they are going to get married are also worried and pondering over it, no need emphasising on it, I see such as mockery sometimes not care!

They mean no harm actually

freshalien:
It is called football not soccer

Thank you Ete Uche

Caleycash:
So they don't need psychiatric evaluation asking someone when he'll get married without even caring to know how you fare or if you are even living okay where you are coming from!?... actually one don't have to hate them just see them as stupid cus most people are actually stupid!

They're not stupid bro. It is your own emotions that is playing tricks with you. You expect them to care about your wellbeing? Do you equally care for their own wellbeing? We don't need to expect much from people. They show concerned enough by even asking you about settling down. Are you waiting for when they'll start asking you how much you're making? Lol. Did you equally do same to them? Everybody is suffering in this economy, so if someone is kind enough to ask after you in any aspect, be grateful

Drinking beer in your house and drinking beer in beer parlor, which one is batter? Watching soccer in your house and watching soccer in viewing center, which one is better?

It all boils down to your choice

nedekid:
Nice suggestion.
But who should compensate them naa?
The police investigations has placed no blame on the school, on government etc. So compensate them based on what? Culpability, compassionate grounds?.
Will you as a person give money to someone fighting you eg legally or with police to then have more money to fight you?

This matter should be settled out of court. Lagos state government should mediate, compensate the victims and caution the school authority

So I traveled home this December and everyone was asking me when I will get married but no one asked about my business

But op, if you hate people because they ask you those questions, you need psychiatric evaluation

Nawao. But rain fall for too yesterday. Coincidence?

Lips sealed

When it comes to sports, I'm an illiterate. But you see the names - Nwankwo kanu and J J Okocha, I know them very well

The best solution to this case rn is: compensate the family and close the case

ePoster:
Because 80% of men would kiss the ground she walks on... Most gonna sell their balls for a single night... Inspite of the criticisms...

If men would stop giving girls such as this attention... But most wouldn't dare approach the simple girl wearing just a polo shirt and jeans... Every man loves the baddie ..

Speak for yourself bro. Not every man loves the baddie. Me for instance, if I do olosho I can never cum because they don't appeal to me, especially those that appear overused like the lady in the thread.

He's very correct. The future crop of politicians are going to make a mess of royalty the more in the country because they do not understand culture...

I foresee a time when royalty will be completely outlawed in southern Nigeria

Buhari will NEVER support a Jonathan's presidency. GEJ will instantaneously loose my respect the day he declares interest for the position

My own is, teach your child mathematics and programming. Reciting 36 states and capital will not put food on his table in future

This one now thinks she's fine...

Never forget the 11th commandment...

Thou shall not be caught

Abaribe, you're one of the darkness so we moooove

joinnow:
OP
Everything is mindset
If your mindset is program to succeed
The law of attraction will kick in and everything will be going in your favour.
I know of a Keke rider at ibadan he bought land built house buy Micra marry wife and had plantation farm all from the Keke business.
I also know someone Oga settle with 1ml and the boy blow the profit and capital.
I also know of someone that build up from one small chemist shop to 3 now.
All is mindset
That is why gambler will win 6miliion today 3years from now money don finish

Also note most time it's not the amount you make but how you manage your money.
I know of keke driver that can eat 2k meat at a sitting. Too much flexing but no investment and always fighting with his wife.

Everybody can not be a shop owner
Likewise every body cannot be a Keke driver

Both foo.ls and intelligent people are born everyday. They all grow up and they all die. Even your community is made up of the wise and food.ls. So because of that, it doesn't matter whether you're wise or not. Abi? That a lot of people invest in it doesn't mean it is good. There's something called the "foolish majority." You don't do business based on sentiment or emotion. I'm not a business consultant. But I only want intelligent people to learn from my experience. The rest can follow their eyes

Abilistic:
You should have shared your experience without rebuttal attack on the previous thread.
Nothing worthwhile can be achieved without taking a sizable risk.
Taking a risk to achieve a goal requires courage to face the fear of uncertainty. No matter the outcome, either way, we grow through the process and become more resilient and confident.

We take calculated risk. It is better to learn from experience than out of experience. Like I said, keke business doesn't worth it. Why invest 1milion naira in a business that has no growth prospect while there are many better alternative and better business you can do with a prospect of growth?

Y'all can go ahead and do whatever business that suits you; but I'm advising everyone, based on experience, that there's no road here. Only do keke business just to keep yourself busy, maybe in the meantime, but NEVER do it as a long term business

SUPERPACK:
Life is risk, going by your analysis we should stop driving our cars since we can be involved in an accident and all money gone down the drain. What about refusing a taci job because they can snatched and drivers killed? Business is risk and if you don't have the balls to handle the risk go and look for a 8 to 5 job simple.

You just like trouble

SUPERPACK:
Useless analysis and a poor rebuttal of the original thread. I have seen people use their keke for 6 years and still sound, I have also seen people open shops with huge capital only for it to be looted or mismanaged.

But you've never seen people whose new keke involved in accident and everything went down the drain in a twinkle of an eye. You've never also seen people who started business with little money and overtime, it grew very big. SMH

tuclap:
My friend bought a second hand keke late last year (october) here in kano. And a week ago he has put the keke for sale. Reason is that; there is no week he doesnt take the keke to mechanic

Second hand keke will make you think your village people are after you

SUPERPACK:
Useless analysis and a poor rebuttal of the original thread. I have seen people use their keke for 6 years and still sound, I have also seen people open shops with huge capital only for it to be looted or mismanaged.

"I have SEEN..." That is how it all sound but we know better

Opened this thread partly to respond to a thread I read on front page https://www.nairaland.com/6929052/how-started-tricycle-keke-business and partly to educate those who run into a business based on hearsay.

Before I go into the main thing, let me ease your mental stress a bit. According to the guy on that thread and the analysis of many people I have read on this platform, you can save just 5000 daily, that should give you about 150k/month and 1.8 million annually. But come to think of it, how many keke operators do you see living in a good apartment? With annual net income of about 1.8 million, one should be able to afford a semi decent home; fairly nice dresses and send his children to fairly good schools. After all you can hardly see a civil servant that saves up to 150k monthly yet they live more decent life than keke riders. Why? Before I answe this question, let me say that, although I'm not sure, the OP of that thread is still new in that business; he hasn't stayed up to a year. So at the right time he will come and edit that thread.

The truth about keke business
1st scenerio: fairly used keke...
There are two major reasons why people sell their used keke.
1. The keke is faulty. Most riders have very bad maintenance culture especially those who started their keke with brand new one. They feel the machine will remain sound inspite of their abuse until it down on them that great damage has been done on the machine, they put it up for sell. If you're the unlucky buyer that would be moved by the deceptive statement "five months old", sorry will become your name.

2. The owner is having issues with the operator. The owner might just decide to sell off so as not to loose out completely. In this case, the maintenance history of the machine cannot be guaranteed because in most cases, the operator see it coming and is more concerned about how much he can make before the owner seizes it.

Whichever is the case with the keke you're buying as second hand, you're 85% probably going to suffer in the hands of mechanics just few months after purchase. You will spend the little you have saved fixing the keke and will likely spend a lot of time in mechanic workshop making it hard for you to be able to save more. After one year, instead of the 1.8 million you're have calculated initially, you might just be VERY LUCKY to see 300k. In fact this is one of the realities why keke operators can't afford fairly decent life for their family.

2nd scenerio: new keke...
If you want to get a new keke now, just budget 1 million naira. At the start you'll be making a lot of money because passengers prefer to board clean keke. Because of how much you're making, as a real niggar, you will want to love-vendor your ride so that it will become more appealing and exquisite; the satisfaction you feel while blasting jams filter into the air from your keke... you can work from morning till night without getting tired because your ride is soft... you start paying all your bills without any issue... Hardly will you realize how quickly the machine is detoriating.

The reality will set in when your engine start shorting oil. After sometime you're asked to change your piston and ring. That is the genesis of a downward spiral in your financial life.

There are two very important things everyone should know. First, the lifespan tricycle is short. Remember that keke doesn't have radiator yet many of them are three cylinder. If you're serious minded, just give your keke 6 months, maximum one year, before you replace it. Secondly, every other business appreciates while keke depreciate. From the day you bought it, it starts depreciating till you need another 1milion to buy another one. But the shocking reality is that most people can't raise that money when they need to replace it. The reason is that, the death of their machine normally comes at a time they don't expect it, and they try to maintain the old one with their savings thinking that they can use it to raise more money.

If you spent 1 million naira opening, let's say, a provision store, after one year you would be surprised how big it has grown because it grows daily. But the pain of coughing out the equivalent of your initial capital once a while just to remain in business is not easy.

Conclusion.
If you want to start a keke business just to keep yourself busy for the meantime, go ahead. But please instead of buying new keke, invest the money in a business that has growth prospect. I've not talked about how often you will scratch somebody's car and you're asked to repay it; how many times the authorities will impound your machine; God forbid you involve in accident... Everything I wrote is based on experience.

No be India again?

Next...

Electoral business....

What do I know apart from roofing house

Everything must be news. I think it's high time journalism is removed as a profession

Ukraine should watch it. Hoping on Biden's America for protection against Russia is like trusting that NSCDC can protect you against UGM. How have the mighty fallen!

Please add NPF and NA in the list

The name our God is powerful; so powerful that it cannot heal COVID-19; cannot heal HIV; cannot eradicate unemployment and extreme poverty. Can it even cure ordinary malaria? Yet when science discover cure to ailments, we go church/mosque to praise and worship him. My generation will rather worship a white man that has solved most our challenges if worship becomes a must.

One thing I know for sure is that every crime, whether political, tribal, geographical, sociopolitical, religious or otherwise, is now lumped in one nomenclature - IPOB/UGM. By the time we realize how lawless this country has come to be aside ESN, Boko Haram/ISWAP, Bandits...