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Re: Road, Water, Electricity and digital skills. What would you fix first with 500m?
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Solodoski
on 24/07/2025, 20:15:09 UTC
If you're  given 500m naira to fix one thing in your locality, what would you choose? Road, Water , Electricity and digital skills  for youths.   

Well if I have the opportunity to fix one of the above mentioned in my community,  I will go electricity,  because we have good road and water already, but the electricity is not very good. Although digital skill for the youth would also be nice, but I choose electricity because it's brings a lot of opportunity for the people. It will definitely help small businesses to strive, because with electricity people can venture into different kind of business and it will also attract investors and also attract people from other communities which will definitely lead to development of my community.
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Re: Investment is for everyone
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Solodoski
on 24/07/2025, 19:58:42 UTC
Hearing testimonies from different sources, I can only conclude that "You don’t need to be rich to invest, but you need to invest to be rich." Riches aside, investment can increase your financial freedom, but the problem with most people is procrastination, they want this BIG capital to invest, but it is not like that.


You really don't need to be rich to invest, which I agree, but I think before investing there are things you need to consider,  which to me the most important is the risk of losing your money. You also need to have savings before you can invest, at least if your investment fails you have something to fall back too. So I think this is really the fear why most people don't invest when they don't have much,  rather they wait to have big savings before they think of investment. I really don't blame them, because someone that don't have much would not like to lose the little they have. Like I said earlier you don't have to think of the profit you want to make alone, but also think of the loss. I will conclude that the reason most average people don't invest is fear of losing it all and starting all over again.
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Re: Secret to success of long term betting.
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Solodoski
on 24/07/2025, 17:49:46 UTC
One thing I personally noticed is that watching the games live actually affects my mindset, whether it’s excitement or frustration, it can mess with my decision-making, So one tip I’ve learned for long-term success is this.. analyze the game beforehand, but avoid watching it live. It helps keep your emotions in check.

I am really surprised on this your statement of not being able to analyze better while watching a live game. For me its the opposite,  I really like to watch live matches whenever I have the opportunity,  because it helps me analyze the game better and it also helps on how to gamble on such teams. Although analyzing statistics is very good too, but I think watching the match make me analyze  better.  I would have agreed with your statement if you had said you don't like watching a match you gambled on because of the tension,  but aside from this reason,  I think watching the match helps me analyze better.
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Re: What is the cost of your mistakes?
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Solodoski
on 24/07/2025, 17:32:19 UTC
I assume that people come to the gambling industry as inexperienced people. And in the process of their activities, they gradually learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately, some of these mistakes are dramatic and cause us quite serious psychological trauma. As a rule, this is due to gross errors and stupid persistent beliefs that push us to the edge of the financial abyss.

First of all, this is risk management and money management. The second is probably unsystematic play. Let me make a reservation that I do not mean casinos, as well as people playing "for fun". I mean sports betting.
So, how much did your mistakes cost? Did they cause you a serious psychological blow? What were your mistakes, did you learn from these mistakes and do you apply this knowledge in practice now? Were these mistakes simply painful, dramatic or catastrophic?

I have never really been addicted to gambling,  because I try to gamble responsibly and I don't gamble with so much money, I only gamble with what I can afford to lose, so I have never really been in a very bad situation in gambling. Although I have one experience recently that I really regretted,  I needed some money recently,  so I decided to just try my luck in sport betting, I was giving a cash of almost half of the original winning,  but I refuse to cash out,  but I end up losing everything which I think it was greed on my part. It hurts anyways but I also learnt my lesson and will not make such mistakes again.
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Re: Gambling and superstitious belief
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Solodoski
on 24/07/2025, 17:14:21 UTC
Now I'm confused why I will always miss betting the one that will work but never miss betting the matched that will fail, it has happened countless times. Does it mean there are forces somewhere making this to happen? Does superstitious belief work in gambling?

I think this happens to a lot of people and it also happens to me sometimes,  but I don't think there is anything controlling it or for anyone to put a superstitious belief to it. I thinks it just someone missing out and their chance and nothing more. Sometimes it's might be caused by streak of loses and you just feel reluctant to gamble even after forecasting the game, because you just feel you will not win. So it has nothing to do with superstitious belief. I have a friend that always say you should continue in your pattern of gambling and you will definitely get lucky someday.
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Re: What is been professional like to you?
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Solodoski
on 24/07/2025, 17:01:51 UTC
Is been responsible with gambling all it takes to be a professional gambler or someone needs to win in the process many times already to be considered a professional gambler?

I have always win less, no reason to lie but I get curious when I see gambling related posts online about people pointing to some gamblers calling them professional and the only vital point of this all is because they won many times in their own way.

What is a been qualified as a professional gambler in your own world? The winning part or the responsible part of trying to avoid addiction is all.

To start with I don't believe that anyone is a professional in gambling, because I see gambling as a game of luck or chance. For the sake of this topic I can consider those that win more gambling than losing. I also believe that this sets of people pay a lot of attention on their strategy and never in a rush to place a bet. They try to be sure of every gamble they get involve,  although I know you can never be careful when it comes to gambling. This sets of people are also responsible gamblers and try to minimize taking a lot of risk, so they can get more wins.
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Re: Pregnancy before marriage or after marriage, which do you prefer?
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Solodoski
on 23/07/2025, 21:49:53 UTC
In my observations in our society today,there is an increasing rate up to ninety percent of men that prefer their woman to be pregnant before marriage, reason been that they feel most women have messed up their wombs out of youthful exuberance and may not be able to concieve again and for this reason most bachelors wouldn't want to stay in a marriage without a child and at such they prefer having a confirmed pregnancy result before proceducing for any marital right, what are your stand on this?

To be sincere I really don't have any preference,  but according to the Bible it's better you get married before sleeping with your wife, not to even talk of pregnancy.  Bible aside I really don't blame people that need to confirm before getting married,  based on what is going on in the society right now. Like I said earlier it's all about choice,  so you you can decide what you want .
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Re: What Does "Being Rich" Even Mean Anymore?
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Solodoski
on 23/07/2025, 21:18:22 UTC
I used to think being rich was simple: big salary, nice car, maybe some Bitcoin. But as I grow up, I am not sure anymore

In some countries, the numbers are enormous (such as Singapore, Switzerland), and yet everyday life is stressful: long working hours, high rent, and a lack of free time. Meanwhile, other countries such as Norway and Germany are working on making life easier to ordinary citizens: less work, more leisure time, healthier, more trust

I see more and more people (including me and my friends) wondering: Is all the money worth anything when you are tired, stressed, or anxious about the future? In others, youths are unable to secure decent employment and resort to crypto to stay alive, such as in Nigeria. In Guyana, new oil money is helping some, but only if it is managed well

So I ask you:
- Has your life changed with the "growth" of your country?
- Do you feel more secure, or less?
- If you could choose, would you want more money, more time, or more trust in people?

I think being rich is when you can get what you want at anytime and also have time to spend with your family.  When you are rich your money works for you and you get the profit and also get them to spend with your family , but if you being rich giving you less time with your family then you are going to have issues, probably you are still working for someone and don't have time to spend with your family or even go on vacations.
I believe everyone wants to get rich and also get time to spend with their family, and you can only do that when you have your own investment rather than working for someone else. The goal is to be your own boss, so you can have time for your family and also being able to afford whatever you need without stress.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025
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Solodoski
on 23/07/2025, 21:06:12 UTC
Arsenal won today 1–0 against Milan. They had 23 shots on goal, with 9 of them on target. They dominated Milan, allowing only 1 shot on target. Based on how they played today, I think they’re making a statement about the new season and their ambitions. I see them as contenders for the title alongside Liverpool and Man City.
This is not surprising to me, because Arsenal has always dominated most games and I believe that this is there season. They have made some good signing and I am expecting so much from them. I will really be disappointed if they don't win a major trophy this season.  Arsenal has always been a contender for the league for the past 3 seasons and I am confident that they can go a step further to win the premier league this season.
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Re: When gambling what do you measure? Luck or chances?
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Solodoski
on 23/07/2025, 20:53:30 UTC
Different gambling activities have different chances attached to them and when I mean chances I am referring to the probability you have for actually win the bet or hit the jackpot in games like crash and slots. This is basically because sometimes unrealistic bets can sometimes play out as a win and some other times bets that have a high winning chance can eventually become the losing bet.

I believe people who gamble on sports may understand this better since sometimes in sports betting some gambler's prefer to go for the smaller odds that usually have a higher winning chance and sometimes they can still end up a losing game however some prefer to go for the big game with big odds and smaller winning chances.

What's usually your pick as a gambler since sometimes some persons are luckier than others?

I believe gambling is more of luck than chance. I don't believe that anybody is good a prediction,  because gambling is a game of luck. You might pick odds you feel you will win and end up losing. So I advice that you gamble just hoping that luck will smile on you rather than thinking that you already make the right predictions.
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Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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Solodoski
on 23/07/2025, 20:47:36 UTC
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viktor Gyökeres is basically an Arsenal player.
The price will be araound 75m €.

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I think viktor Gyokores is the missing piece in the puzzle for Arsenal,  and getting him will will definitely help them get a major trophy.  He is what they have been looking for in a very long time and I can see them going all the way to win a major trophy.
I also think it's a very good business for them based on the price for such a world class striker,  but if they don't win anything then Arteta needs to leave the club, because he has no excuse now.
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Re: The processes to prevent scam.
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Solodoski
on 22/07/2025, 18:23:53 UTC
What also leads people to scam is greed. When people are greedy, they find it difficult to reason and make some research to know how reliable what they are planning to get involved in is. Greed makes one lose patience, and any offer from scammers will be so fast to grab, thinking that if they waste any time, they will lose the opportunity of getting the money.

 It is very important to set aside greed if you don't want to be scammed by scammers because greed makes every offer look real and gives the impression that one doesn't need to miss the opportunity.

When some people come across a scam, their instinct tells them it may be a scam, but they have the confidence to take a step to try what it is all about, thinking that if it is eventually a scam, they will be able to run from it. However, in the end, they still get scammed.

You are very correct,  the main reason for people been scammed is greed. I always tell people that if you are content and not greedy you will never fall for any scam.
Imagine people that fall for ponzi schemes, my question is how do they believe that you just give money to someone and you get double or triple the money in some days or weeks. They never bother to ask what investment they will invest their money into for it to generate such profit. The answer is greed, they only see the profit they want to make and don't bother to ask questions. So my advice will be don't be greedy and you might escape being scammed.
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Re: Parents who send their kids to public schools are child abusers.
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Solodoski
on 22/07/2025, 18:12:16 UTC
Let us keep in mind not all parents in the United States have the economical resources to send their children to private schools, in which they would have it harder to meet with all the payments required for their children to complete all years of educations required for them to get all the way until highschool.
There is nothing wrong with attending to a public school and the majority of people in the country turn out being productive members of society, regardless either they had the chance to attend public schools or not.

The important thing one must do is learning to improve one's life in the future.


I don't think I totally agree with you on this one. Yes its good to give your children the best of everything including education,  but if a parent can't afford the fees for a private school, I think that parent has no choice than to send his children to a public school and I don't think that makes them a bad parent or child abuser. I am very sure that if you ask any of these parents, they will tell you they want their kids to be in a private school,  but they don't have the means, so they have to make do with what they can afford.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025
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Solodoski
on 22/07/2025, 15:33:45 UTC
If they're taking about Mbeumo what would they say concerning Joao Pedro, Elanga, Madueke and so on, for a player who scored more goals than all this players I've mentioned then it's worth it, you're right bro any fans that's yet to understand that the transfer market is inflated is not very observant and only being sentimental cause it's involving Manchester United.

I totally agree with you. Sometimes I wonder why people complain about the amount that Mbeumo was bought,  which I think it's a good price in the transfer market right now.
Mbeumo is premier league tested, which does not need to adapt to the league,  I think.he has being in the league for 6 years. He scored about 20 goals and had about 8 assist last season.  In my opinion I think Macherster United got it right in signing him. So I don't see a reason why people say he is not worth it. I can assure anyone that if Manchester United find their form next season, then be sure that this guy is going to be on fire.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025
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Solodoski
on 22/07/2025, 14:52:05 UTC
I don't really what's going on in Mikel Arteta's mind, the man should be more focused on getting a striker but yet he's busy chasing after Chelsea players, or is he having any intention of letting bukayo saka leave the team? And upon all players he chose madueke, I just hope what ever maybe his plan really work out for him perfectly, if he doesn't lift anything this season it's really gonna be a big mess in his time in arsenal, madueke I know didn't give any thing impressive to Chelsea but here is Arteta running after him like he's life and the chance of winning the title depends on him but I just pray it works out perfectly fine with him.

I understand the transfer business Arsenal has done so far does not mean anything to Arsenal fans until they get Gyokores. I really don't blame them for that, because  if Arsenal don't sign a world class striker before the season starts, then I will just call them a joker, although I strongly believe they will get one.
Talking about signing Noni Maduake, which in my opinion I don't think he is bad a player as many Arsenal fans made it look. Arsenal really need to win the league this season and to do that they need a lot of options in the team, so they can have a lot of dynamic ways to play. To be sincere I am really pleased with Arsenal transfer business so far, because I am still very much confident that they will sign a world class striker and with rumors of Eberechi Eze and Rodrigo , if they can get either of this players,  then I think Arsenal is good to go for the season.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025
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Solodoski
on 22/07/2025, 14:28:52 UTC
I hope Amorim don't continue giving excuses next season because we are assuming that Ten Hag messed up with the United team before Amorim took over and now that Amorim has been given the opportunity of signing new players to boost his squad he should do and excellent job and get the team working again. Last season is over and no one is judging him by the performance of the team again but he has to task himself and the new player to do well and work to ensure they get back to top4 that should be his major targets next season.

Definitely I don't think anyone can really judge Amorim performance based on last season. It can be argued that the team has being messed up by Ten Hag and he only had the January transfer to fix things up, which I don't think it's okay for him to fix the team.
This season he really does not have any excuse not to improve on last season,  because he would have had a total of 3 transfer markets, that's if he survive till January,  which I would really want them to give him the chance to prove himself till the end of the season. I believe he will do better than last season,  so let's wait for the season to start.
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Re: No one at the atm stand is your friend
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Solodoski
on 21/07/2025, 19:32:16 UTC
I was at the atm gallery today to Widraw some cash so it was just only two atm machines that was paying so I have to join the chew, as the line proceeds their was a guy I noticed trying to help an elderly woman so the way they were both relating I assumed they both came together so after some time we noticed they have not widraw any money despite the long time wasted, people started asking why the delay and the guy replied it was network immediately the guy work away leaving the elderly woman behind then another person try that same machine and it pays,  suddenly the elderly woman got an alert (debit alert) of about #400000 she screen! haven't said that another alert came again 250000 that was when the attention of the security personnel was called upon and they discovered that the atm card the woman was holding was not her card, her own real card was swap (exchange with the wrong card).

Let’s be very careful while at the atm stand, not everybody seen at the atm machines want to widraw money some came for there fraudulent activities, don't call anybody to assist you except the security personnel working in the banks.

Secondly, for our old parents we should not let them go to the bank alone, assuming that woman came with either her son or daughter that ugly incident wouldn't have occurred.


This is really sad and the alarming rate at which fraudulent activities are being perpetrated at ATM's is sincerely scary.
No one at the ATM is your friend because everyone there have their own agenda
Most people are there for cash while others are there to pry on venerable people especially the naive and elderly that lack the common sense to detect their ill intentions.
 I advice People should look out for strangers at the ATM that offer to assist you especially you don't ask for their help.
Elderly people should always make withdrawals in side the bank with the assistance of a bank staff or official.

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Re: Has self defense become a crime?
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Solodoski
on 21/07/2025, 19:11:27 UTC
When I saw clips of the massive killings in Benue State by the Fulani herdsmen, I quickly had a flashback on a case involving a farmer called Jackson Sunday and a herdsman in Anambra State in 2015. Jackson Sunday in a bid to defend himself against a herdsman killed the herdsman in order to escape from the herdsman attack but recently on March 7th, 2025 he was sentence to death by hanging on the ground that he would have fled instead of trying to defend himself. This is a wrong judgement and a redicule to our judicial system. This judgement have raised contention in the legal and none legal environment.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/2025/06/03/justice-denied-supreme-courts-judgement-in-sunday-jacksons-self-defence-case-part-3/

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/784603-sunday-jackson-a-victim-of-a-miscarriage-of-justice-by-chidi-anselm-odinkalu.html

Now, I begin to question our laws and ask certain questions:

- Should we continue to run when our lives are threatened and properties been vandalized?

- Is self-defense now a crime in Nigeria?

- Is a victim now an offender?

- Does herdsmen have the right to kill?

- What would have been the fate of Benue State if the reverse was the case?

I need opinions on the questions raised.

This is a very important topic and it really needed to be talked about. The Benue killing is something to be condemned by any right thinking person. Self defense is never a crime, but in this part of the world where the law can be bent, you can be sentenced for it, because our judiciary has really failed us.
No one has the right to kill anyone, not even the herdsmen, but we really need to ask ourselves this questions, who really own this cows? How do they get this sophisticated weapon? The answer to this questions will make you understand why they think they have the right to kill and even get away with it .
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Re: How quickly do you forget a loss
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Solodoski
on 21/07/2025, 14:57:09 UTC
There is no gamer that will say they haven’t lost a game at anytime. We have our different staking abilities, I am referring to what you consider your high staking power. Last season was my best season in sport gambling but I had days that i had bitter losses.

I will like to know how quickly do you forget a painful loss and bounce back. I hate losing and after a big loss I will be frank I don’t forget it immediately although I don’t let it define my next game but it takes a while for me to forget a big loss and the best way I forget about a loss is how fast I can have a win in my subsequent games. A win is like an antidote to my sadness after a loss. So how fast do you forget a loss and what can help you in forgetting about it.

I tend to forget my losses very quickly,  because I know there is nothing I can do about it. It's not a good feeling to lose a bet either you play for fun or you are an addict, but what works for me is that I don't expect too much to win, because I know it's a gamble, which you either win or lose. It's more difficult for those that have so much expectations in every bet, than those that just gamble and are already expecting the worst.
 I think I fall into the category of those that don't expect to much from gambling , so I tend to forget very quickly  when I lose .
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Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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Solodoski
on 21/07/2025, 14:42:11 UTC
Between these number 20s Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle have signed, who's going to be at their best next season?
Madueke and Elanga weren't really good in their previous teams, they also need to compete with the other players. In Arsenal they have Martinelli, in Newcastle United they have Barnes.

So I will rank it:
1. Joao Pedro
2. Mohammed Kudus
3. Noni Madueke
4. Anthony Elanga
These are players that I will surely be looking out for next season. Next season should be their breakout season and I am expecting big things to come from these players. I hope Madueke shines for Arsenal and shuts his critics, he is a good player and has a good atmosphere to showcase his qualities next season.


I am very sure that most people will go for Pedro, which I really understand their reason. To be sincere all four players had a good season 2024/2025. Elanga did very well for Nottingham Forest last season,  so I am really expecting a lot from him, because I also believe that Newcastle is really a good fit for him, becausethey are very good in transitionand that the kind of team i see him thriving. Honestly I really see all four players doing well for their respective clubs, but we should pay a lot of attention to Noni Madueke,  his transfer to Arsenal has really been criticized even by his own fan. That should be a motivation for him, so I really see him doing well.