hothead:


How will consumer spending increase? Currently majority of the population earn less than $2.50/day. How can we increase the people's earnings to $10/day?
What resources/tech can be leveraged on?

I have ideas of several solutions leveraging on tech that can help increase earning of the people. That's another topic.

How will exports increase? What are the most exportable resources? Which ones have the highest return rates and the lowest creation cost? There are there in plain sight: we invest in them and make them 1st solve local gaps and then export across Africa and the world.

Can you shed more light

tradepunter:


Better snap out from that fantasy and go find tangible that will bring money...... Not putting down anybody but in this life you must plan it well... The business I am running now was set in motion 2009..... It's was a fking difficult road but failures and challenges takes you to your destination.

Rookie numbers, buddy. Mine was set in motion in the early 70s. I'm long overdue for a bounty harvest

PJtech:


This moniker dey also watch football? Nah only Ashawo matter i been think say you sabi

Now wey dem don remove the ashawo thread you guys now frequent betting thread

Hallelujah

MrLibrarian:
honestly I surprised

This una see finish loud o. Those bums masquerading as admins punished many for the sins of a few, treating with levity and disdain, the magnanimous exploits wrought by credible contributors curated and honed there over the years

Their abuse of power is made more unfortunate by the fact that there isn't a backup to pick up exactly from where the legends left off

Anyway, is nobody going to address my question? Help a brother realise his dream of riding benz this June

DonroxyII:
Away must not score 3goals ... if yes after the match you win !

Handicap 0:3 means Away already leading by 3goals even before the match begin thus Home must not score up to Equalising the 3goals ...

As far as Home didn't equalize or lead, You win !

Then why not just play home under 2.5? they sound analogous to me. Is there any peculiar difference?

Good evening, gurus. Has anyone decided on selections for ucl final? After Madrid's bare-faced robbery 2 days back, they will certainly swindle the living daylights out of dortmund. I'm considering staking my meagre life savings and family inheritance on the straight win selection but decided to weigh in with you juggernauts as due diligence

Just read this evening that don Carlo plans to field thibaut courtois in the game after 2000 years on the sidelines so I'm having second thoughts. Might be surprises. Anyway, is it too early? Wanna make hay so I can reap cataclysmic fortunes overnight, leapfrogging those paupers dangote and his indigent cronies

emperor4love:
0:3 means, away had 3 goals ahead as football starts,if it ends at 2:3,away is a winner, but if it ends at 3:3,it means draw nd u loose, 3:0 means home had 3goals already as football starts

How's this different from away under 2.5?

PJtech:
3/10 of your capital

What does this mean? 3/10 of what capital?

BigAssLover9ja:
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Thank you Infolenka you have saved a life. Looking at women's bodies has been my medicine since childhood. I did as you said and I got more scandalous videos of Nigerian slay queens. I checked for Sade Johnson and I came up with zero. I dream of her taking a bath and soaping her Massive breasts. When I get that video I shall be healed of all sickness, tiredness and exhausted. Infolenka thank you for contributing so much to the lives of Nigerian men. Only God can reward you.

You people will not kill me

@Beggersarenotal do you see how to do a model thread properly? Attach the handle beside each woman, it's not rocket science. I don correct you tire

@OkpaNsukkaisBae, we needed you in our darkest hour, to ward off these blasphemous, moimoi eating savages, but you deserted us, sadly

Obavoh:
I started construction at the beginning of last month.

I am planning to give it to her on New Year’s Day as a surprise gift.

She will sell food stuffs and little provisions by Gods grace

Fam! I cracked up for real

Jakumo:
It never ceases to amaze and baffle how Nigeria's wealthy people completely neglect their health and balloon in weight until they resemble a herd of bloated hippopotami. Compared to the teeming poor masses, a wealthy person has millions more reasons to adopt a healthy lifestyle grounded on regular exercise and sensible diet choices that one would expect to be emphatically recommended by the best medical doctor money can engage.

On the contrary, Nigeria's wealthy class choose to forfeit decades of their lifespan by gorging themselves with fatty foods and copious sugary and alcoholic drinks, while maintaining a lazy and deliberately slothful sedentary lifestyle that GUARANTEES premature death from any number of avoidable obesity-related diseases.
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My humble prediction is that this obese gentleman called Cubana will be dead and buried in an oversized casket in less than 7 years from today May 3rd, 2024, as a direct result of his decision to completely neglect common sense health advice that any competent medical doctor would recommend if the best interest of their patients are the motivating factor. RIP in advance Mr. Cubana.

Egbon, what a pleasure you are to read. I introduced you to my highly revered muse, who you are uncannily reminiscent of. Below, he acknowledged you as a Worthy competitor

You both have a huge fan in me. I suspect you both draw from identical influences. Do you by chance, possess a staunch predilection for soyinka's books? Lmk if you're interested in glancing through his own work

grandstar:


There's a mistake I notice that several people make. It is the belief that it id hardwork or sacrifices that make their country great.

This isn't true. What makes countries prosper are down to the policies the government enacts.. They are the foundation for development and prosperity.

For Instance, the World Bank has an "Ease of Doing Business" report. This looks at how easy is it to do business in a country. Guess which companies are at the bottom: a lot of African countries.

The easier it is to do business, the better run the country would be.

For instance, in Guinea Bissau, it takes about 260 days to register a company. Compare that with Rwanda where it takes a day. During Jonathans rule, many foreign investor who were interested Investing in the country had to turn back as they found it extremely difficult to a register a company. You can imagine the billions of dollars of investment lost.

Dangote said he'd never have been able to have become as big as he is today if not for the recapitalization exercise carried out under Soludo. So, no matter how hard he worked, if Soludo had not recapitalised the banks, it would have restrained his growth.

Asking people to stay behind or come back to develop their country would yield very little if the government does not make the country fertile for development.

Buhari left the economy a total mess, thousands who never envisaged traveling were forced to do so as the economy collapsed.

Buharis bad economic policies ran the economy aground, starting with the utterly useless foreign exchange controls that was something out of Chairman Mao's red book.

As for those traveling overseas for greener pastures, you were too harsh and condescending. Yes, many work with the old and invalid, but one must respect their choices. It beats stealing.

Your grouse is that they should have done their homework before sojourning overseas. Yes, many preferred to remain uninformed before checking out probably saying "Any country is better than Nigeria." Many of these end up biting more than they can chew.

A large number of Nigerians are also doing very well overseas. Many might have started life there by cleaning shit. Nevertheless, they rose.

I have a younger brother who traveled to the US. He went there as a student but now a specialist medical doctor in his field. His qualufication is so rare that he was once the only specialized black doctor in a state in the US. When he got there, he stayed with a step aunt who ran a nursing home. I'm certain he cleaned shit.

Boss, we are the best in apportioning blames. At every level, nobody admits the buck stops at his desk. It's a major fault of ours yet we feel we are entitled to benefits

All the time, the Nigerian people blame their government for their woes. In one fell swoop, you've criticised both buhari and ease of doing business. Are you saying we, the common people, have no role to play in the way things turn out?

Let me just hit the nail on the head:

1) the people in power are an identical reflection of what the led are. They are no bigger criminals than the rest of us

2) (and this is where you come in) it never sits right with me that for all the riches and intelligence of both Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, we cannot muster a violent group that can overhaul the "leaders". We know they're mismanaging our commonwealth. We keep relying on stupid polls and protests, whining online day to day with each scandalous headline that unfolds. Regurgitating same thing on a daily basis

That doesn't make any sense to me. How do you expect the impunity to stop if nobody calls them to order? Everyone just folds their arms, moping like zombies. In a nation where you have unknown gunmen, you have militants, you have Islamic terrorists, you have cultists. None of you OUT OF 200 MILLION can coordinate yourselves

That's truly crazy to me. It's not as if the so-called leaders commute to and from heaven. Same country, flesh and blood

So what I'm saying is that it's a reproach to all involved. I have tried my bit. I have an action plan, continuity in the form of a manifesto. Because kicking out incumbent is just the beginning. How we carry on afterwards to forestall another waste of 60 years is what matters. How we chart that cause

I tried to engage David hundeyin and a top cult guy but neither gave me a listening ear

As for the harshness of my earlier message, It's not personal. It is not something we can run away from. Those people developed their lands. Instead of replicating same, we sell off all our belongings and run there to do menial jobs. That's the reality and you can't shy away from it. The people back here, who couldn't escape are bearing the brunt. The scary part is the impoverishment

If you know or have access to anyone in a paramilitary or mercenary position, I'm ready to share what I have. So I'm not just talking

GiulliameII:


No yawa.
I like to think I can see through the bullshit. Eat the meat & discard the bones.

Sincerely hope my meat to bone ratio outweighs an obese whale

Disclaimer: this isn't a pickme situation but a joke I couldn't resist making

GiulliameII:


Totally didn't see that.
My bad. Guess you're a herdsman now.

Sounds real tough. It'll help to know what it is, although I see how it'll be pointless to reveal if help can not be provided right away.

I think the fella above already said what needs to be said. I think you should hold on to the things that bring you respite right now, however momentary it is.

Brilliant mind, brilliant man.
Huge loss to mankind. Huge loss to whoredom.

Be well & don't die.

Beware of Some of us who barter eloquence for specious and casuistic teachings

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IbeOkehie:


The USA only started subsidies AFTER it became a rich country through applying free market principles. Now that the USA has been paying a lot of subsidies for decades, their economy is going stagnant. In fact the USA and Nigeria have EXACTLY the same problems but at different levels.

Elites everywhere NEVER lose. You can NEVER prevent them from enjoying "unfair" advantage...some get it by raw talent or effort, some via connections or inheritance, some by corruption. They can't be stopped. Trying to redistribute their wealth by taxes or subsidy simply creates POVERTY. It never works because of the human character.

Nigeria has STOLEN and distributed the wealth of the Niger Delta and other crude oil and natural gas producing communities for many decades. How far? RESULT....Poverty Capital of the World

Most importantly, Nigerians especially the university graduates, are very IGNORANT, unreasonable, entitled and hubristic. That's why they voted for a party whose leaders told them "there's nothing like fuel subsidy, fuel subsidy doesn't exist."

Fuel subsidy that has been paid since 1973!!! A subsidy that's always been one of the largest government expenditures, and people couldn't figure out the man was lying.

President Buhari that said fuel subsidy doesn't exist was Petroleum Minister in the 1970s and he negotiated fuel subsidy with the IMF as President in 1984. Just Google! And Nigerians still voted for him...very, very STUPID vote and they're getting exactly the suffering they deserve. The least Nigerians can do is NOT vote for bad leaders and then DEFEND their votes....that's democracy.

Good Luck to Nigerians

I respect most of what you share here but the last paragraph of this tirade is uncharacteristically shallow and myopic. That aside, I have a few questions:

1) why do you imprint all your posts with "good luck to Nigerians"? Aside the fact that it'd be more ergonomic to leave it in your signature, I wonder if it is intended as a genuine or sarcastic remark. I'm inclined to believe it's the latter, which brings me to my next question

2) why do you fretfully compose impassioned posts, stay abreast, and engage in lengthy arguments over a country you've repeatedly declared as doomed and a zoo? You have made boast about cutting off all ties, so I wonder why the fuss. Shouldn't all that energy be spent on forums discussing avenues to better your naturalized nationality?

3) I wonder the reason those of you in the diaspora, touted to constitute our brightest minds, would rather shove the white man's shit (quite literally), abdicating the seemingly rudimentary responsibility of fixing their homeland once and for all. So in your opinion, what is the barrier? Why is it easier and less shameful to throw stones? I mean, I don't dispute the perfection of the life you've bought overseas, or that we are worse off. But I have so many questions. Isn't that cowardice and lazy weakling what justifies whatever shabby manner you guys are being treated in foreign lands and even our embassies? Why are you comfortable with it but come to whine online as things continue to go awry?

4) if you had omnipotent powers, is there an actionable plan of things you'd do differently? I read where you admitted not to have a solution to the primary education and health challenges. But in a more holistic sense, we have proven a gross deficit at anything in general (not just governance). But it does start with governance and cascade down. So sequel to question 3, if you were to think in terms of solutions rather than criticisms, what would you change and where would you start?

1) no penalties, accountability, or consequences when caught

2) it's their way of getting back at the system that put them in a position to exert power

3) sheer greed

4) for cultural, institutionalised purposes ie your own people think you're not smart for underutilising the opportunity of a lifetime

5) poverty –both mentally and financially