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I was watching the news today and stumbled across a court judgment happening live in Edo State. I never knew a kidnapping case happened on Sunday in a vegetable market in Edo State. A man was to be kidnapped, but eventually his wife was kidnapped, and a citizen who witnessed the case helped to carry the children. Four defendants have been sentenced to death by hanging as of today. Importantly, a shop owner who installed CCTV was able to share the footage online. That single act helped the police to investigate the owner of the car, and through him, the kidnappers were caught. CCTV is very important in our environment. I am urging everyone to try to install CCTV in their workplace, offices, and in their houses to help curb corruption in the country. Interested in the news; read the full blog here - Vegetable market kidnapping in Benin and watch the full video on TikTok |
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As of 26 August, about 15 NYSC members were abducted on their way back from orientation camp.
For those not familiar with the term NYSC, it is a Nigerian government program established in 1973 to involve graduates from Nigerian institutions in serving the country through unity and national service. The NYSC is now compulsory for job hunting. Which is one main reason why most graduates choose to come for the mandatory 3 weeks oreintation camp.
In a country where you cannot secure the lives of those involved in national service, why drag them out of their house? The roads are not safe, there is insecurity everywhere in the cities, why take people's children out of their house only for them to later be in the bush begging for ransom to be released?
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A wallet's seed phrase is a secret number meant to be generated randomly from a ballot so vast that guessing is impossible. By mathematical calculation, the chances of guessing a 12-word seed phrase or a 24-word seed phrase are 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000002939%, approximately 0% chance between 0% and 100%.
Breaking news on the internet regarding the Coldcard wallet has raised concern about seed phrases from public wallets. Is it possible that the 0% chance is false? That should be a mathematical error. I guess the chances range from 0% to 3%.
Roughly 594 Bitcoins were removed in less than 25 minutes.
Do the maths;
25 minutes is 1,500 seconds
1,500 ÷ 594 ≈ 2.53 seconds per 1 transaction.
Should we be afraid of using wallets, both cold wallets or hardwallet, since nowhere is much safer?
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A clear meaning of cursed blessing google is - something that is initially beneficial or advantageous, but inadvertently brings unforeseen burdens, negative consequences, or emotional distress
Religion was meant to unite group of person to have one belief and common interest in the way of life. But instead it is creating diversity, war, lack of unity in the society. Individuals choosing their religion over the others. Seeing one religion to have more hierarchy over the other.
Is religion a cursed blessing? Share your thoughts
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So lately, I've been willing to have this discussion with my brothers and sisters. In the process of building our life, most especially for us who have plans to retire at the age of 30, there are things we need to set in place towards financial stability for now and in the future.
Now, let's discuss!
Firstly, I came up with the theory that each asset serves a different purpose, though we may see it from a different angle. However, in the discussion of wealth, investment, or inheritance. I think there is an asset that best fits each of them. It can be different depending on the country, right now we are focusing on our country, and as a citizen, how we can grow into wealth within out country.
Personally, I planned on having;
One asset for income
One asset for growth
One asset for security
One asset for inheritance
One asset for liquidity
Could be more as time goes on
Generally, this is my conclusion;
Cash an asset for survival
Business is an asset for a steady income, and can also be for inheritance
Stocks are an asset to elevate your finances and growth
Real Estate is mostly for Wealth and a backup for inheritance
Gold mostly for value protection.
Bitcoin acceptable future store of value and inheritance
Land is acceptable for inheritance.
Public disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor.
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An old news popped out of my X feed today, perhaps more accusations and sanctions will be taking place effectively. Mykhailo Mudryk to face a ban for four years due to doping before the match. I have one question, if he faces a ban will his recent contract with Chelsea be automatically terminated, or will he still receive wages until the contract expires? Let me hear your thoughts on this.  Image source |
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Who else remembered the 2020 recession and Naira inflation? The casue and what triggered it..? Nigeria’s GDP fell by –6.10% within 6 months before regaining positive growth of +0.11%, marking the end of recession. Did you noticed as of that time, the Bitcoin trading volume in Nigeria grew significantly, see proof below;  Source to read full detail and chartWas this a test to Bitcoin's behavior during period of recession? Yes. In recession period, people that ones gain interest in traditional banks and traditional stock will have no option than to go into Bitcoin. Also the cost of sending money to our loved ones in the diaspora through traditional financial institutions will be high. Bitcoin will be faster way to make quick transaction. Again, people will be motivated to shift their investment into Bitcoin. In summary, recession in Nigeria will push for more adoption. Let me hear what you guys think, am I missing something? |
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The theory of scarcity in Bitcoin states that "limited supply + constant or rising demand = higher value". It is no longer an assumption, many Bitcoin folks has agreed that Bitcoin could be much more expensive in the future due to fixed supply. They were most comfortable with this and happy about it. Nobody bothered about its impact until now.
Currently liquidity is drying is so fast, the recent partial correction in price was driven by leverage and Bitcoin's connection to the stock market which influences both. The four year halving cycle keeps cutting the supply, intuition are stacking more, individuals are more comfortable with holding than making daily transactions with their Bitcoin. 95% of forum members are leaning on Bitcoin pressure directly to the bearish side based on speculations. People have just realized there isn't enough Bitcoin for all at the of the day even if a large number of investors wont even get to get to 0.01 Bitcoin in their portfolio
There are sparks in the internet that the average BTC per person is about 0.026 value at $2,771.34 now. Due to how many nations, institutions, cooperation's, groups and entities that are hoarding and those who plan to buy and never sell, do you think scarcity will be a big issue or not?
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In Nigeria over 22 million Nigerians mostly youths and teenagers use/own crypto. About 1 million are tech savy while more than 400,000 succeeding in remote jobs. Yesterday we saw how all btc, eth and other crypto leverage traders where liquidated under few hours, imagine you were paid in Bitcoin how much value would be lost as of yesterday. Same yesterday a friend was in agony after receiving his payment he got from a paid gig. Now he has to wait until the price return back to the previous price. He is on huge loss. This could be one reason why Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer.com dont accept crypto for payment as well with other reason best known to them. What do you think of freelancer accepting crypto as payment option, do you think they are ware of the advantage and disadvantages of it? Perhaps they are aware but choose to save in crypto or some just want to be part of the crypto network by owning a piece of it? |
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Today my friend was angry after Tottenham nearly won against PSG in the Super Cup final. They were wining 2 goals up till 80 minutes but in the last 10 minutes PSG equalized while winning the final after the Penalties were taken.
While he was expressing his anger, another colleague told him to stop nagging over a small staked amount he lost, he didn't stopped still. That made me to understand that its rarely about the amount that was staked. The real pain of losing comes from watching the potential payout vanish knowing you would have been profitable. That amount you've seen on the platforms when the game was going well, feels like you already had it in your bank account. Only for you to lose it, hurts more than the amount wagered.
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There have been concern on citizens who are complaining about bad government and how it has limited to them to become what they truly wanted to be in life. Must have heard of people saying they cant get jobs because the government dont provide jobs, they have less pay so they can even pay for vacation or staycation in a good resort. I have even come across someone who said, he would have been successful if not for the bad government in the country.
My question is, when did we realize the government was not limiting us? As a person we can write our own story, no matter the condition, I believe the opportunities are out there but we keep looking at every possible excuse and someone to shift blame on.
What do you think?
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I have had arguments with people concerning this topic, because they feel that with more capital they will be profitable, and I certainly believe that even people in this forum fell so too, and that has totally changed your mindset and willingness to learn.
First of all trading is not just all about money, although our initial aim is always to make money from trading but when you are now into the game you will understand that there is more to life than just money. Everybody's mindset is either positive to them or negative. Imagine having a $50 account and you blow it, what makes you think if you have a $50,000 account you will not blow it, the only difference between these two accounts is the time taken to blow it as long as you don't have the required knowledge to manage them.
It is even much better to test your skill and to straighten your emotions and psychology with a small account and after that purchase a prop-firm.
if you have the required knowledge no matter the amount of capital available you will be able to handle it and grow it but when the knowledge is not there no matter the capital will be able to blow it.
People that grow $10 to $10,000 are still humans like you but knowledge is the difference.
Don't just chase money, chase knowledge as priority, that's why I said trading is not all about money.
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 Trump has accepted in an interview today that the US has full involvement in the Israel-Iran War. SEE HEREHis statement - "Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA" , only means one thing. The fight for territory and borders, resources, political power or ideology, security or defense, economic control, Power, Pride, or revenge, support for a Group or Ally no nation wants all of this if not the US. |
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Twale for my contri people. I carry better ogbenga information come so. Based on the matter of Bitcoin self custody, I know say no be new thing for many of us here but i doubt say we plenty wey they actually practice this thing. The truth be say, if we that type of investor wey prioritize self custody and that type wey go like leave Bitcoin wealth for their heirs this information go they very important to you if you take your time look into am. As a core member of the Bitcoin Design community, we dey make sure say when designing Bitcoin apps/software's things go smoothly. So many open source project wey they for the space they only make sure say they concentrate on security and self custody but only few they consider how our family or our loved ones go fit access funds for future in case life happens, we know say nobodi dey leave forever. Na from there we get the Bitcoin inheritance wallets wey come in. Bitcoin Inheritance Wallets - Na wallet wey they designed to help you to not only store your bitcoin in a secured way, but e also they make sure say your chosen heirs fit access am in the long run -- and without compromising your privacy or giving away control before e come dey necessary. Make una check some list of wallet wey they serve this purpose; Very Important: To my people wey done use this type of wallet service abeg try share the one wey we done use and why we feel say na the best among them. And also, if you know anyone wey ah no mention here, try share am here too, you fit they help your brother you no know. Disclaimer!Abeg make una take note this thing no be any affiliated post o, all the wallet services wey i list na from my own research and i choose to share the information so that e go raise awareness on Bitcoin self-custody. Before we use any of the wallet service make we try do our own research . And make sure ou fully understand how the tin dey work, test am before you trust am. |
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Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high (ATH) today, May 22, 2025, the price at $110,611. It has surpasses the previous ATH of $109,486 that was set on May 21. How many more are we going to see from today?
The market is moving so fast today I cant keep up with the chart.
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Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. His funeral was held on April 26, 2025, in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, attended by approximately 250,000 mourners and numerous global dignitaries. But that is not what i want to discuss here.
Over 250,000 people and more than 100 Presidents and Heads of State gathered at the Vatican, yet not a single offertory was collected. No envelopes to package your "quality offering," no tithes, no seeds of faith. Nothing of such manner This is exactly why I love our Nigerian happy-clappy churches. Just imagine the billions we could have made from offertory alone! By now, 50,000 ushers, dressed in black and gold will be recruited from universities, they will be compelled to distribute envelopes to Trump and other big names plus everybody else in under five minutes. I have no animosity towards Christianity in Nigeria. I'm only stating how differently things are done here. |
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Always making sure this is brief as possible.
From my observation on addiction, i get to see how addiction is like a chain. Individuals moving from one addiction to another and how several addictions or one addiction can give birth/rise to the gambling addiction. We can all agree as an individual there are several things in life we can be addicted to aside gambling.
Substances like like alcohol or stimulants addiction (drinking), Nicotine dopamine and weed addiction (smoking), to mention a few others can influence a responsible gambler into becoming addicted. There are people in the society who gamble to humanize, smoke or drink, or go out on expensive rides and stuffs.
When it becomes difficult for someone is addicted to gambling to quit. I think its not just about quitting gambling he has to do, if he as any other thing he is addicted to he should first quit on those ones because quitting those ones might make him lose interest automatically in gambling.
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