How to Start Sachet Pure Water Production in Nigeria, All The Requirements

Sachet Water (Pure Water as it is popularly called in Nigeria) is one of the products out there that is in high demand. Hundreds of millions of sachets are consumed everyday, and the demand of Pure Water supply is always on the rise as the population keeps increasing. Go to any major city in Nigerian, you'll see how the streets are littered with empty sachets of pure water which is the testimony to the  quantity that is consumed everyday.

A smart investor knows that the best product to deal on is the product in high demand, that automatically placed pure water production business "Investors Choice" any time. The demand doesn't seems to go down very soon as it has become the most credible alternative means of getting anything close to clean drinkable water for the average Nigerian. Therefore, how do you cash in on the demand of sachet water to make money for yourself?

The business of pure water production is quite simple, and here I'm going to run down the step by step guide "How to Start Pure Water Business in Nigeria" without much stress. In water business just like every other business, the number one priority should be service to humanity then, the money will come naturally. Like any other consumables, life is involved so try and put everything in place properly.  Here are the things needed to get started:

1. Get a place of business - You need to acquire a property or rent a place, getting your own property and developing it is the most desirable option as that will save you cost in the long run.

2. Register your business name - The name your water products will be known for. Branding is very important in business, so in addition to your business name, design a very professional logo for your product because perception is the best sales man. Make your brand stands out among others!

3. Sink a Borehole - The most common source of water for commercial drinking water production like sachet water and bottled water is borehole, let there be borehole within your premises for constant water supply to your pure water production factory.

4. Install Overhead Tanks - This will serves as reservoir to supply water to the distillation system, it has to be overhead to ensure proper pressure to be able to pump down the distillation chamber.

5. Install Distillation System - This could just be a micro filters and cup filters depending on your start up capacity, but if you can afford it, then you go for more comprehensive distillation system. Otherwise, use Purification process known as Ultra Violet sterilization bulbs process. After distillation, you need to take your product (the resultant water) to the laboratory for results.

6. Get NAFDAC Approved - NAFDAC Is the agency that supervise foods and drugs in Nigeria, you need their approval to carry out business that involved consumable products of which water is one of them.

7. Acquire Automatic Sealing Machine - Automatic sealing machine cost between N400,000 to a Million Naira. Go for the ones that seals or produces about 40 sachets per minute.

8. Employ Staffs - You will need minimum of five persons to work in your factory for a start then increase with time as the demand may be.

9. Distribution Mechanism - Buy truck for your distribution of rent but renting can be expensive and disappointing most of the times. My recommendation is that you buy your own truck if you can afford it at the beginning.

10. Get Power Generation - You know the situation of power supply in Nigeria, except if things changes tomorrow. If not, you will need a standby power generating set, and 25KVA will be just perfect for the job.

With all these in place, you are good to go! For a start up and depending on what you already have like land and other things, you may need up to five million naira for a start up in order to get the sealing machines, nylon and other materials, and pay for labour for about some months before it begin to yield profits. Your cost could be higher if you are also paying for rent and hiring trucks.

Assuming you have only one Automatic sealing machine that produces your sachet water and you can afford to have only one delivery van that distribute your products. one automatic machine (at 100% utilization) Capacity: 40 sachets per minute i.e. 2,400 sachets in 1hour Which is equivalent to 120bags in 1 hour.

Let’s conclude that; On the average, you produce 100 bags in 1hour, and assuming you was able to work for 4hours in a day. i.e. one machine producing 400 bags of pure water in a day. (sincerely, an average sachet water factory in Nigeria today produces between 700 bags to 800 bags per machine in a day) so it all depends on you.

Still based on our assumption of 400 bags in a day and a bag is being sold between N70 and N80. So let’s also assume N70 per bag; 400 bags x N70 per bag = N28, 000 per day. N28, 000 x 28 working days in a month  = N784, 000 per month. Wait and see; N784, 000 x 12 months in a year, = N9, 408,000

Here are some other reasons to invest in this business:

* Government has failed to provide the basic drinking water need of every household in Nigeria. So, everyone make provision for themselves and buying pure sachet water is one of the most reasonable option.

* The more the population increases, the more the need for people to drink water, and the more the demand for the product of sachet water.

* There is not going to be a day, people will stop drinking water. In fact, it is one of the most essential consumable product and the most consumed natural resources on earth.

* Sachet water currently has no close or partially close substitute in Nigeria where the majorities are poor to depend on bottled water which is more expensive.

* One can never run out of customers to supply to. The more the producers, the more the consumers of sachet water.

* The popularity of sachet water is growing on alarming rates even in towns and villages across Nigeria.

* At five naira for a sachet, pure water is very cheap and affordable to buy even by the poorest man on earth.

* It is a major source of revenue for the government, so the government is even encouraging more producers.

* There is really no distinction between the consumers, it is widely acceptable to the rich and the poor, and is used for events and parties.

* Consumption of sachet water is not restricted by any law or religious belief unlike alcohol or some other drinking products and has no side effects.

* The set up requires little start-up capital compared to other factories. with five to 10 million naira, you are go to go and the return is guaranteed.

* There is ready made market for the product. All you need is just produce, it is one of the product out there that requires no much marketing to get the product accepted as it is already accepted by nature.

* The payback period for the investment into the business is less than six months. It's one business you confidently get loan to do start with 100% assurance that the business would pay.

* The return on Investment (ROI) is more than 50% and it is subject to increase on expansion of the business.

* It requires little or no periodical acquisition of raw materials for production; water is a free gift of nature.
By Darlinton Omeh

How to Start Fish Farming in Nigeria

There are so many information on the internet on "How to Start Fish Farming in Nigeria" but few are detailed enough to really assist aspiring fish farmer to get started. I will be endeavor to make this article as detailed as possible and hope that other experienced fish farmer will add to it as we try to answer people's questions through commenting. 

One of the most popular farming in Nigeria is fish farming and for good reasons. Gone are the days when the only means of getting fish is by catching it in the local rivers and ponds through trial and errors. Today, the modern farm practice has made it possible to grow fish in the farms and control the input.

Matured catfish, ready for market | WealthResult.com

If you are thinking of business to start now, I recommend you start CatFish Farming in Nigeria. If you are an existing farmer and you are looking for expanding your farm capacity, I'd encourage you add fish farming to your farm. Fish farming (especially catfish) is most compatible with poultry farming as you can use the poultry drops to make the feeds for your fish.

Benefits of Fish Farming

1. Fishery products is by far the most popular animal products in the market, constituting more than 60% of meat products in the Nigerian market.

2. Fish is one of the highest source of protein. Fish is a low-fat high quality protein that is filled with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins such as D and B2 (riboflavin). Fish is also very rich in calcium and phosphorus and is equally a great source of minerals, such as iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and potassium.

3. Fish sells faster than any other animal products in the market and is relatively cheaper than meats, making it the number one choice when it comes to affordability.

4. Fish grows very fast as practices in fish farming makes it possible for farmers to increase the fastness of their fish growth by giving them certain feeds, ensuring that you harvest and sell within short period of time.

5. Fish is the biggest source of Omega-3 fatty acids which is extremely beneficial to human heart; Omega-3 helps to keep our heart and brain very healthy. Since bodies don't produce Omega-3 fatty acids, the only source through which we can get it is by what we eat, that is where fish comes to the rescue.

6. Fish farming is very profitable. With proper planning and good management, N3 million investment in fish farming could easily result to N4 million of pure profit within six months.

7. Fish farm does not cause any environmental hazard. Unlike poultry farming, you can setup fish farm anywhere, including residential areas. If you have a specious compound, you can easily setup a small fish farm within your backyard without any regulatory precaution.

Risks and Challenges in Fish Farming

1. Fish is very sensitive to manage and a slight mistake could result to degenerated growth of your fish or even death which may cause massive revenue loss.

2. Setting up fish farm is capital intensive, much more than that of poultry and snail farm. Setting up fish farm requires more careful planning and much capital input. A relatively small fish farm may take up to N500,000 to setup, while bigger ones takes millions of naira.

3. Due to the cost of production, fish produced from the farm is priced higher than those caught from the rivers and ponds by fishermen. Therefore, if there are good quantity of fisherman's fish in the market, you may find it difficult to sell as people would prefer the cheaper ones.

4. There is no byproduct in fishery unlike poultry where even the drop can be harvested and sold to other farmers and make extra profit. In fishery, all you get is the flesh. 

Types of Fish You Can Farm

Haven seen the benefits as well as the risks involved in fish farming, let's now proceed to decide which specie of fish we want to farm. Below are some of the most popular fish species that is suitable for Aquaculture.

1. Cat Fish - Even though Catfish is not the most popular fish in Nigeria, this fish species is by far the most cultivated in Nigeria. One thing good about catfish is that it is one of the easiest fish species to cultivate. So, people naturally flow to the direction of fish specie they found to be the easiest to cultivate.

2. Tilapia - Second most popular fish in Nigeria's aquaculture industry, Tilapia is a fish species that lives in fresh shallow water. Tilapia is very easy to cultivate and very popular in Nigerian market, it reproduces very rapidly and grows fast too.

3. Mackerel (Titus) -  This is by far the most popular fish in Nigerian market but so sad it's not farmed. All Mackerel Fish are "wild caught" but some farmer in Nigeria are considering the possibility of creating artificial salty water that will be similar to sea water where mackerel can only survive. Can this deep blue sea fish specie be cultivated artificially? Only time will tell but for now, you have to focus your attention to Catfish and Tilapia.

What You Need to Get Started

1. Secure a Land - Any location is good since fish doesn't cause any environmental disturbance. Look for land where you can get it cheap and buy. Depending on the capacity you wants to operate on, half plot of land is just good enough for average fish farm.

However, you may go for something bigger like full plot or two if you can afford it probably for convenience sake. If you already have a compound with leftover space you thing can accommodate two or three ponds, you may use it.

2. Construct Ponds - You need to engage the service of expert pond construction engineer or you go to another fish farm to get the specification and construction requirements. The plumbing work must be properly done to ensure proper drainage.

Example of local fish ponds in Nigeria

3. Dig a Borehole - Adequate water supply is the lifeblood of fish farm and lack of it may result to disaster because water need to be changed on regular interval. Naturally available sources of water such as borehole and river water is the most suitable. Rain water and tap water from chemically treated source is not recommended for fish cultivation. 

4. Overhead Tank - This is the water reservoir from which water is supplied to your ponds. This tank has to be connected to your ponds through plumbing system to make it convenient for water to flow into your ponds when needed. 

5. Juvenile Fish - Get your juvenile from another farm that specializes in supplying it. You need to go for the high yield specie of catfish or tilapia and make sure you are getting it from a healthy farm.

6. Get Training - Not the kind of training you get from one day seminars; you need to get attached to a fish farm for proper apprenticeship. For you to properly learn this trade, you need at least two months training on this. 

Remember that your investment is at stake, trial and error is not good in business except you have unlimited funds to experiment with.

Feasibility Study for a Standard Fish Farm

I found the analysis below from Kings Way Agro Services and decided to add it as sample case study you can follow. 

"This feasibility study prepared for a catfish farm capacity of 10,000 and fingerlings of high breed catfish where to be stocked. The expenses from pond construction to marketing is considered. The farm is to have 10 concrete ponds of flow through system and each pond is to contains 1,000 stocked catfish.

Cost of constructing each pond is as follows.

Each pond is 3m x 2.5m by 1.4m, each pond consumes 210 blocks and each bag of cement for 30 blocks. Hence 210 x 10 = 2,100 blocks. 2,100/30 = 70 bags of cement needed. 2000 x 70 = 140,000 naira.

4trips of sand used =7,000x4 = N28,000 

2trips of gravel = 32,000x 2 = N64,00 

Cost of labour = N150,00 

Cost of plumbing (inlet and outlet facility) = N100,000.

Cost of bore hole = N150,000.

Cost of treatment = N50,000.

Cost of high breed fingerlings 30x10,000 = N300,000.

Cost of feeding from day one to maturity stage is 200 bags of foreign feed = N1,000,000.

After the average weight of the fish was 1.7kg. And it was sold at 800 naira each. The output was 800x9800 fishes, due to 200 mortality. 800 x 9800 = N7,840,000.

Input is N3.25'million. The profit is N4.59 million after six months of culture." Following this cost analysis, you can easily invest N3 million and expect a massive turnover of N4 million with six months it will take for you to harvest and sell.

There is no doubt that fish farming is very lucrative and profitable in Nigeria. You need to get it right by drawing complete business plan and following it to the later. You need to apply good management skills and follow the acceptable standard. If you do all these, you are sure to make good profit from your fish farming business in Nigeria.

Ask questions or share your experience in fish business with us through comment below.
BY Darlinton Omeh

Xtreme Fuel Treatment

Introducing Xtreme Fuel Treatment: The most efficient fuel saving science

Have you ever thought of how you can possibly spend less on fuel and maintenance while you maximize your profit? Then XFT is the answer.

Nigerians can now enjoy longer lasting, fuel efficient engine performance with the new Xtreme Fuel Treatment. XFT is a 21^st century break-through product which helps your petrol & diesel engines – cars, utility vehicles, heavy trucks, buses, generators, motorcycles, construction equipment etc - to save fuel,prolong engine life, reduce engine wear, improve vehicle performance & horsepower whilst reducing harmful emissions & pollutants.

This means that, for example, a full tank of petrol which would usually last two or three days (depending on usage pattern), would last at least 5 to 6 days with Xtreme Fuel Treatment. And yes, XFT is perfectly safe for all types engine!

XFT is a product of Syntek Global Inc, registered and licensed in the USA. It is patented, time-tested, and has been used for over 20 years by large industrial companies around the world. XFT was also previously sold only in large, 55 gallon drums; it is however now available to the public in small inexpensive bottles and foil packs for daily use.

The oil-soluble organo-metallic compound found in XFT simply means it can easily mix with other oil-based products evenly without any difficulty of separation or an uneven concentration in the fuel. XFT makes sure every drop of fuel is treated before it burns in your engine.

Why not give XFT a try for a month or two and see if you don't notice an improvement in your fuel economy, the way your engine runs, or even your horsepower!

*Distributors are also wanted across the country

Posted by linda Ikeji

How to Make Money From Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Short term trading in the Nigerian stock exchange (market) is what most people are advised to go for, you can make quick money from speculation quicker than you could ever imagine. It is possible to get some stock unit, let's say for N200,000 and quickly make gain by selling it within the next few weeks or months. 

The Nigerian Stock Market

However it is possible to buy some unit for N200,000 and watch your money deplete into half within the next few weeks. So, it's a lose or gain approach, but if you are well informed about the ins and outs of the Nigerian stock exchange, it is possible to avoid the risks and many quick cash. 

Some people prefers to trade on high cap stocks, while others prefers trading on penny stocks.Whichever one you chose or you decides to trade on both, the truth is that you can make money if you are wise and informed about trading in the Nigerian stock market. Now, let's get over to the things you will need.

What You Need to Start Making Money with Nigerian Stock Exchange

There are three major things you will need to start trading and there are as follows -

1. Stock Broker/Brokerage Company - The Brokerage firm or your stock brokers acts as the intermediaries between you and the stock market. They handles the intricate parts your transactions and get commissions for their efforts.

The Duty of Your Stock Broker: Your Brokers will help you opens a CSCS (Central Securities Clearing System) account which in turn would make it possible for you to buy stocks, you may not be able to buy stocks on your own; you have to go through your stock brokering firm. 

If you are buying from the primary market, that is the one that the company advertises directly, in filling the forms, you must state the name of your stock broking firm and your CSCS account number. So, you must have a stock broker even if you are buying the primary market.

For the secondary market, you must inform your stock broker, who will then go to the stock exchange and buy your desired stock on your behalf on a regular basis.

2. Investor's Account - The moment you decides to trade in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, you are becoming an investor. Therefore, you will need investor's account. An investor's account is an account that is unique and tied to your name as an investor. It is normally opened for you along with a CSCS account with which your stock would be moved. It is opened for you by the stock brokerage firm or broker whom you have assigned to act on your behalf. All transactions done on your behalf would then be recorded against your name in your investor's account.

Each time your broker wants to buy stock on your behalf, he buys it into your investor's account. It is for both equity and bonds.

3. Trading Capital - You and I know what that is. There is no technicality involved in explaining that. Depending on the volume you want to trade or what I will call the amount of risks you want to take, you will need enough trading cash that is proportional to your trading options.

More than anything else, knowledge is your power in this business. You must be in the know, constantly updating your knowledge of the market and be in-tune with the latest trends. You must be good at spotting opportunities and possess the ability to predict trends.

"But the rumour and sell the news". This is a very popular saying among investors. Do not trade on sentiment.

Your Chance to Make Money with the Nigerian Stock Exchange

The game is simple! Spot a good commodity in the market, predict accurately it's movement. Buy and sell at the right time.

Let's take for example you bought Ashaka Cement shares worth N200,000 at the price of 1.00 kobo per share, if by next month the price appreciates to 4 kobo per share, you've made 40 times your money after selling, which will amount to N200,000 x 4 = N800,000

On that trade, you will pay a total commission of about N8,000 and pocket your profit of N592,000 from that single trade.

Snail Farming in Nigeria.

Snail farming in Nigeria is one of the most neglected and yet one of the post profitable animal rearing business anywhere in the country. It provides one of the finest opportunity to make good money at a very short time. But why are Nigerians not yet fully engaged in this money making animal rearing? The reason is ignorance.

Most people in Nigeria still have the believe that snail can only be picked in the bush. The culture of going to the bush to pick snails in the villages during raining time has been there for generations. So, it has been difficult for people to come to term that snail can actually be kept and grown at home.

Just like in many other aspects of farming in the country, Nigerians are yet to discover the great money making potential in snail rearing business and that is why we suffer in hunger and poverty. We neglect where the money is and keep pursuing it where it is not, going from one city to the other looking for one petty trading after another to trade on. 

The good new: After reading this article, you will be on your way to starting your own snail business in easy and simple steps. And we are backing it up with a Practical Snail Farming eBook for those who can afford it.

Making ₦50,000,000 annually in snail rearing is a done deal if you do it well and get it right in a big way.

I will try to be as comprehensive as possible with this article so that you can get going after reading it, and as people starts commenting - asking questions and adding what they know about snail farming, the information here will be more enriched for everyone's benefit.

What is Snail: Land snails we wants to talk about belongs to the class of Molluscan, Gastropod. The one popularly known as 'Congo Meat' in many parts of Nigeria - Eju, Igbin, etc... There are so many species of snails but the ones we are looking at here are the ones that are suitable for Snail Farming.

There are three Species that are most suitable in this regards, there are:

1. Achatina fulica - The East African land snail, or giant African land snail, scientific name Achatina fulica, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae

Achatina Fulica - The East African Snail

2. Achatina Achatina - Achatina achatina, common name the giant Ghana snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail, is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

 3. Archachatina Marginata - Archachatina marginata, common name the giant West African snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. They can grow up to 20cm long, and live up to 10 years.

 

Archachatina Marginata

Among these three species, Achatina Achatina is the most desirable for farmers because it grows so big to become the biggest snail species in the world. Achatina Achaina has it's origin from Nigeria, get to Liberia from Nigeria and then Ghana

Another reason is due to it’s high yield capacity. The other species are very good too but I will focus on Achatina Achatina and Archachatina Marginata in this blog post because, they are easy to find in Nigeria.

Achatina-Achatina is very good for commercialization as well, because of its profitability. This is because of the volume of eggs it lays at once. Each achatina lays 300 to 500 eggs at a time in clutches, three times a year. Therefore, if you start a farm with about 1000 snails, in one year you would be getting about 1.5 million snails going by the number of eggs they produces.

Having decided on the specie, let’s take you through the step by step how to setup your snail farm in a small scale level and starts rearing your snail towards harvest.

1. Snail Farming Environment - Snails are easily dehydrated, and wind increase the rate of moisture loose in snail which in turn, leads to the dryness of the animal. To prevent snails from losing water so quickly, your snaileries (the snail house) must be located in environment that is protected from wind.

A low plain, downhill site surrounded with enough trees is perfect for snail farming. You may plant plantains and bananas around your snail farm to prevent the impact of wind.

2. Type of Soil For Snail Farm – Snail’s major habitat is the soil, and soil contains some of the components and chemical substances that it needed to survive. However, not all soils are suitable for snail rearing. The shell of the snail is mainly calcium and it derive most of them from the soil. Snail also lay it’s eggs on the soil and drink water out of the soil.

Hence, the suitable soil for snail farming must contain these elements.  Must be balanced, not waterlogged, not too dry, and must not be acidic. The most desirable soil for snail is sandy-loamy soil with low water holding capacity. Clayey soil and acidic soil must be avoided.

3. Getting The Sails For Farming – To start up a snail farm, it is advisable to get snails directly from the forest instead of buying from the market after they have been exposed to sunlight and have dehydrated. This is because snails drink a lot of water, so are easily dehydrated and this stresses them out, and reduce their fertility capacity.

The intending snail farmer could pick the snails from the bush with a very simple technique; clear a little portion of land during rainy season and sprinkle spicy fruits like pineapple, pawpaw, plantain, banana etc at about 5o’clock in the evening, when you go back there about 7pm or 8pm, you will pick up snails suitable for rearing. Repeat the procedure until you get enough quantity.

Another way could be to pick up snail eggs littered in the market place where it is sold and through a technique, check the fertility of the eggs, because some of them must have lost fertility due to the exposure to sunlight. The eggs are later put inside a container containing wet sand and covered with cocoyam leaf. Between 21 to 28 days, the eggs would hatch into baby snails. You start feeding them and gradually you raise a snail farm.”

4. The Snail House (Snailery) - Snaileries can vary from a patch of fence-protected ground, sheltered from the wind to a covered box if you are breeding in small scale.

For larger population of snails, you can dug a trench or make a concrete pen with soil deep of about 10 inches, and cover it with screen or wire all around to prevent the snails from escaping. Remember that snails can reproduce fast and become pests when their breeding is uncontrolled.

Snails love dark and cold places, but make sure the humidity does not drop to levels harmful to the snails. You can use fresh leaves and cloth that is regularly wet to regulate the temperature.

Also, the wire is useful in keeping away rats and snakes or other predators from eating the snails in your snail farm. But aside from these bigger predators, you should be wary about smaller ones like ants and termites. Your construction must have these predators in mind.

5. Snails Foods and Feeding – Snails especially Achatina mainly feeds on green leaves and fruits though they can utilize other ranges of foods. Feed your snails leaves, fruits, or even formula from the feed store. Aside from food to grow tissues, snails need calcium to grow shells.

Leaves: Cocoyam leaves, pawpaw leaves, okra leaves, cassava leaves, eggplant leaves, cabbage and lettuce leaves.

Fruits: Mango, eggplant, pawpaw, banana, tomatoes, oil palm fruits, pears. and cucumber.

Once they start growing, separate the big ones from the small ones. It take more than a year for the Achatina type to grow to harvest size. Others mature in two years.

One million snails after a year or two sold at the rate of N50 each (highly reduced price) will give about N50 million! Isn’t that a good investment?

Drop your comment below. 
By Darlinton Omeh

Reasons to Overcome Depression.

Reasons to Overcome Depression and to be Hopeful

  Have you experienced a critical low in your life?Have you lost someone close to you?Do you look at your life and think it's all over?Do you think you've lost the love of the world including the non-living things?(IT COULD BE THAT BAD).

              Well if you have,i share and feel for your pain,but I'm not here to write in tears but in hope and faith and strength.I'm going to highlight 10 points to encourage anyone in this deep "hell-hole" to fight out of it.

 1. In the movie, Pursuit of Happiness,Chris Gardner played Will Smith was a salesman who lost all his family savings in a business deal and had to struggle for a year with homelessness,which made his wife leave him.His son chose to be with him.Through all the embarrassments of dodging cab fares,he was able to impress a manager of a sales company, by solving the Rubik's cube and so got internship at the company.All through his fight with poverty,he never showed it and was able to make more phone sale calls and quicker than the other interns.After all this pain,he eventually got he job and celebrated with his son in tears.Chris went on to form his own multi-brokerage firm.

2. In another movie,Life,Ray Gibson and Claude Banks played by Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence respectively,were sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder crime they didn't commit.They were sent to "Camp 8", a harsh prison facility.These two friends faced a lot of ups and downs and even had a huge argument which halted their friendship for a long while.They eventually found out that the person who framed them up and the chief warder was shocked and promised them that he 'll sign for their freedom."Great!!!!!!!" you'll think, right? When they thought everything was going well for them,guess what?THE CHIEF WARDER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!This did not stop them from formulating ways to escape for their freedom even in their now-old age.Eventually they escaped through a cleverly planned fire scheme,that everyone believed killed them.They were even given burials.They enjoyed a baseball game together after so many years of torment.

3  Christopher Columbus,amidst being called "mad",sailed for more than a year through three trips to fulfill his long dream of finding an independent vast continent across the Atlantic ocean which is America.

4. The Spanish football national team had been named as the "weakest" superpower team in the world for years before winning two major titles in two years,2008 and 2010,which were the European championship and World cup respectively and immediately surpassed world and reigning champions,Brazil on the ranks.

5. After 76 years,just recently,Andy Murray became only the second British man to win a U.S. Open tennis championship which was also his first grand slam title since starting professionally in 2005.

6. Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers,but through faith progressed to become the King of Egypt.

7. Living Hip Hop legend.Eminem,was wretched and facing hard times while living in his mom's house with her boyfriend and found succor in listening to rap music and writing rhymes.He struggled to feed his daughter as a single parent and eventually participating in rap battles across Detroit.He eventually got signed by Dr Dre,and today is one of the 100 greatest hip hop artists of all time.

8. In 1962 Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years and finally came out to become south African's first democratic president in 1994.

9. In Phil 3:13,the apostle Paul wrote,"Brethren,i count myself to have apprehended;but this one thing i do,FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND,AND REACHING FORTH UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE.

10. As long as you are alive and breathing your life can still change for the better.Try telling that to someone in the grave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PayPal!!!

Let’s talk about PayPal

Posted on November 6, 2014

A few months ago, Paypal started accepting Nigerians partially on their platform.
Partially because we are allowed to use just the send function. That means we can send money but we cannot receive money through the platform.
To some people, that is a relief because they can now use it to pay for stuffs online. They can pay on fiver, pay on clickbank, warrior forum and on the websites of many merchants that use paypal.
Some people feel the partial lift is an insult and another way to just take money away from Nigeria without putting anything back.
Personally, I have opened one and I use it to buy online almost everyday.
What about you? Where do you stand? Have you opened yours? What is your experience like?

This entry was posted by Akin Alabi.