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The whole of this story is bullshit. This person na never seen the border before. I also embarked on this journey about two years ago, was heading to morroco but I'm settled in Mauritania now.

The very first lie from the OP is when he said he was in kano, then ed through Maiduguri to get to Agadez.

Bro, that's a bloody lie. The route is Kano -- Katsina(Jibya border) -- Niger republic (dosso to maradi then to Niamey) -- Burkina Faso -- Mali then from Mali to Mauritania ( visa on arrival ) at the Goggi border. If you have the morroco visa then you can proceed from Mauritania to morroco but if you don't then Mauritania is your last destination that's how far your port can take you except if you want to try the desert and believe me you don't even want to try it.

Some people might decide to by Mauritania and take the Mali to Algeria to Morroco route but I don't think the USA mexico border is as rough and tight as the border between Algeria and Morroco, don't risk your life.

Some people might decide to enter Senegal from Mali and enter Mauritania from the rosso border in Senegal, anything goes here. It's not strict like the other border.

If you're in Lagos just get to Cotonou, get a bus from Cotonou to bamako, then from bamako to Nouakchott.. easy as that.

Bro, you didn't spend up to two million for this trip. You didn't even spend more than 600k naira max. It's now that cfa has gone up that you need about a million naira to get into Mauritania.

Guys guess what? There's direct marcopolo buses from Kano Nigeria to Nouakchott Mauritania. The last time I took it, it was around 100k cfa, that's like late 2022 or so.


I'm not saying you should travel and stuffs, I'm only trying to dispute the fact that you painted the whole journey as an evil thing to do. People are exposed now and are making a living in other west African countries Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania etc. What ever works for you.

Also, I won't reply any question regarding, can you put me through the journey bla bla bla

Wonder why people are saying it's a lie.

One of my mum's former tenants made this kain waka about 10years back or so Never made it back alive.

He told my mum he was going to Abuja left his wife and a young boy, less than 2 at that time.

Some months later he called us that and the code was a Libyan number, I was shocked Libya, Libya ke. Libya post gadaffi?

Things seemed to be fine I guess about a year or so we heared he was dead, that was around 2014. They buried him there, they sent pictures of all.

His son in in secondary school now a splitting image of the father, and his wife just remarried this year.

lovat:
From Kano to Maiduguri to connect to Agadez when you can just veer through Katsina


Your story is for those gullible ones

He thinks we don't have people that have ed that route on here. Even my grandma travels from Kano to Niger republic every weekend. You can go and come back that same day, but this dude is here telling us he left Kano to Maiduguri to get to Agadez

yungchop:
The whole of this story is bullshit. This person na never seen the border before. I also embarked on this journey about two years ago, was heading to morroco but I'm settled in Mauritania now.

The very first lie from the OP is when he said he was in kano, then ed through Maiduguri to get to Agadez.

Bro, that's a bloody lie. The route is Kano -- Katsina(Jibya border) -- Niger republic (dosso to maradi then to Niamey) -- Burkina Faso -- Mali then from Mali to Mauritania ( visa on arrival ) at the Goggi border. If you have the morroco visa then you can proceed from Mauritania to morroco but if you don't then Mauritania is your last destination that's how far your port can take you except if you want to try the desert and believe me you don't even want to try it.

Some people might decide to by Mauritania and take the Mali to Algeria to Morroco route but I don't think the USA mexico border is as rough and tight as the border between Algeria and Morroco, don't risk your life.

Some people might decide to enter Senegal from Mali and enter Mauritania from the rosso border in Senegal, anything goes here. It's not strict like the other border.

If you're in Lagos just get to Cotonou, get a bus from Cotonou to bamako, then from bamako to Nouakchott.. easy as that.

Bro, you didn't spend up to two million for this trip. You didn't even spend more than 600k naira max. It's now that cfa has gone up that you need about a million naira to get into Mauritania.

Guys guess what? There's direct marcopolo buses from Kano Nigeria to Nouakchott Mauritania. The last time I took it, it was around 100k cfa, that's like late 2022 or so.


I'm not saying you should travel and stuffs, I'm only trying to dispute the fact that you painted the whole journey as an evil thing to do. People are exposed now and are making a living in other west African countries Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania etc. What ever works for you.

Also, I won't reply any question regarding, can you put me through the journey bla bla bla

How is Mauritania as a country in general bro

Sad to read, but I'm not surprised though.

@poster, I'm currently in Morocco for a short business visit.

If you know any of those girls trapped and how to reach them, please send me a pm.

I'll involve the Morrocan police and Nigerian embassy in Rabat to come to their rescue.

LandMann:
By now you should have guessed correctly that the op is either a mad person or a government propaganda agent, one of many who roam daily on Nairaland dishing out propaganda with written AI content to either whitewash Tinubu's government or discourage people from fleeing from the poverty inducing istration of Tinubu.

TLDR;

The story is fake and generated by AI

You are very correct. The story is not true; it is made up, a figment of the writer's imagination.

chatinent:
I personally cannot take loans or sell my property to travel to another African country, America or Europe to finally end up suffering again..

While I would like to be gentle on you, this was a pennywise pound most foolish decision you made.

Me too I'm shocked O.

The op writes well and even have 2M to spend, and somehow, fell for this?

If your port doesn't take you there without a visa, don't go. That's the first line of your safety you must not cross.

You can't break established rules and surprised you're suffering. What do you expect? It's inevitable.

At least he came back alive and with contentment. Lots of people will never appreciate their level until they experience something worse.

Op your story is not adding up o.

From Kano to Agadez, you must go through Katsina, so why through Maiduguri? Especially when Nigerians don't need a visa to enter Niger republic?

It's surprising how often people jump at opportunities abroad without proper research. Well, lessons are learned.

tobby20:

Any small thing edo
But edo people dey take risk Sha ,

Yes dem dey take risk because dem wan to escape this hard life in Naija.

cathodekazim:
My story isn’t one of triumph but of lessons learned in the hardest way possible. I left Nigeria with big dreams but returned with nothing but heartbreak and regret. This is my journey.

The Call to Adventure

It started in Ikorodu, Lagos, where I worked as a phone repair technician, barely earning enough to feed my family. One day, a relative who lived abroad called me with an opportunity I thought was heaven-sent. He claimed Morocco was a land of opportunities where I could earn in dollars working in construction or as a welder. “You can make ₦500,000 monthly,” he said.

The cost of the journey was steep—nearly ₦2 million—but he promised to connect me with agents who would handle everything. I thought about my wife and two kids and decided it was worth it. The goal was to leave Ikorodu with hope and return with success.

. I don't understand how people will want to travel out of the country through this means

I don't pity any of them one bit, it is GREED that is motivating them








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pansophist:


Me too I'm shocked O.

The op writes well and even have 2M to spend, and somehow, fell for this?

If your port doesn't take you there without a visa, don't go. That's the first line of your safety you must not cross.

You can't break established rules and surprised you're suffering. What do you expect? It's inevitable.

At least he came back alive and with contentment. Lots of people will never appreciate their level until they experience something worse.

Gbamsolutely

How can one start a blog?
Am good in sports(football) niche.

IdeasPro:

Guy, your write up is topnotch in of English usage. Sometimes, we look for opportunities where they are not. Creating a blog and consistently publishing content in your area of expertise like phone repairs and technology would earn you at least $500 per month from income, contextual adverts like Google Adsense, and so on.

All you needed is at least 6 months of consistent work going forward to start living the life of your dreams.

You don't need to travel abroad the hard way that is not even guaranteed to pan out.

Love800:
How can one start a blog?
Am good in sports(football) niche.

It depends on your budget and/or willing to invest to a start. Options are:

1. Totally free route using free blogs such as Blogger dot com or WordPress dot com. But you get sub domain to use which is not too professional e.g. https : // yoursubdomain . . com

2. Semi free start up using custom domain with free hosting. That is, a domain name for $10 and about that same amount to
renew per year and configure it to free web hosting e.g. https: // yourdomainname . com.

3. a domain name and use self hosted WordPress blog where you've to pay for website hosting per year. It cost about $100 or less to tow this route. But it is the most rewarding because you assume landlord status while (1) and (2) above is like a tenant's status.

Options to monetize your blog is wide and flexible with option (3). But dollar exchange rate can be a problem now if you're on a tight budget and not willing to make sacrifice and invest forward.

I hope it helps. You can do your due diligence as well

DomPerignon:
This is why geography and map reading is a must.

You are going to Morocco that is to the extreme northwestern corner of Africa and you board a bus to Kano and then head east to Maiduguri only to head west by another 1,000km to Agadez in central Niger?

The best route would have been cradling the west African coastline from Lagos to Benin, Togo, Ghana , Ivory Coast then through Liberia , Serie Leone to Senegal and from there make your way north through Mauritania on to Western Sahara up to the border to Morroco.

Going through the route OP described nah one heavy Israelite waka.

Those routes mentioned are probably well policed, so ing there will require proper documentation/visa which I am sure OP didnt have.

LandMann:
By now you should have guessed correctly that the op is either a mad person or a government propaganda agent, one of many who roam daily on Nairaland dishing out propaganda with written AI content to either whitewash Tinubu's government or discourage people from fleeing from the poverty inducing istration of Tinubu.

TLDR;
Blood of Zacharia how did you find out?

The story is fake and generated by AI

Urgent1Million:
We are discouraged from leaving the country.
Message taken.
You helped girls to get help from a priest into an NGO but couldn't get help yourself.
Continue!

Hahahaha

cathodekazim:
My story isn’t one of triumph but of lessons learned in the hardest way possible. I left Nigeria with big dreams but returned with nothing but heartbreak and regret. This is my journey.

The Call to Adventure

It started in Ikorodu, Lagos, where I worked as a phone repair technician, barely earning enough to feed my family. One day, a relative who lived abroad called me with an opportunity I thought was heaven-sent. He claimed Morocco was a land of opportunities where I could earn in dollars working in construction or as a welder. “You can make ₦500,000 monthly,” he said.

The cost of the journey was steep—nearly ₦2 million—but he promised to connect me with agents who would handle everything. I thought about my wife and two kids and decided it was worth it. The goal was to leave Ikorodu with hope and return with success.

This I promise will never stop me from selling my family property to travel ✈️

Alright.
So the option three(3) is the best one?
I will like to start with option three(3).
The $100 you said i will use to start, how much is it in nigerian currency?

Will someone help me to open or create this blog, then afterwards i will start using it?
How will i actually make money from blog?

IdeasPro:

It depends on your budget and/or willing to invest to a start. Options are:

1. Totally free route using free blogs such as Blogger dot com or WordPress dot com. But you get sub domain to use which is not too professional e.g. https : // yoursubdomain . . com

2. Semi free start up using custom domain with free hosting. That is, a domain name for $10 and about that same amount to
renew per year and configure it to free web hosting e.g. https: // yourdomainname . com.

3. a domain name and use self hosted WordPress blog where you've to pay for website hosting per year. It cost about $100 or less to tow this route. But it is the most rewarding because you assume landlord status while (1) and (2) above is like a tenant's status.

Options to monetize your blog is wide and flexible with option (3). But dollar exchange rate can be a problem now if you're on a tight budget and not willing to make sacrifice and invest forward.

I hope it helps. You can do your due diligence as well

Love800:
Alright.
So the option three(3) is the best one?
I will like to start with option three(3).
The $100 you said i will use to start, how much is it in nigerian currency?

Will someone help me to open or create this blog, then afterwards i will start using it?
How will i actually make money from blog?

Yes, option 3 is the best. The exchange rate is what scares new bloggers now. When it was $1/N500, you'll be looking at N50K as start up capital. But at $1/N1700, that is huge investment for a business you may not be confident about.

Creating a blog can be done by you with guidance. Every set up is done by you. So, you've every business information to yourself. You're not depending on somebody to get along.

How much money you'll make is a function of your effort, energy and determination really.

And one more thing, you must be a good writer to excel in this business without spending additional money to hire freelance content writers to write for you consistently.

But the returns can be mind boggling if you know what I mean.

If you're not a good writer and not willing to learn as well, blogging is not for you

Love800:
Alright.
So the option three(3) is the best one?
I will like to start with option three(3).
The $100 you said i will use to start, how much is it in nigerian currency?

Will someone help me to open or create this blog, then afterwards i will start using it?
How will i actually make money from blog?

I did a quick search right now to see if there is cheaper but reliable web hosting company to start with instead of the big ones.

With less than $30 you can get a domain name and cheap web hosting. This is less than N50K cash investment. You set up your blog website yourself with our training or go online to get free tutorials on how to do it if you are not a newbie.

But our digital marketing training comes at a price. We're not heavily doing training anymore but investing the time to earn more money in dollars instead of chasing Kobo Kobo in Nigeria.

Thanks so much.
But i want to say something about your last comment. So one cant earn dollars with blogging?

IdeasPro:

I did a quick search right now to see if there is cheaper but reliable web hosting company to start with instead of the big ones.

With less than $30 you can get a domain name and cheap web hosting. This is less than N50K cash investment. You set up your blog website yourself with our training or go online to get free tutorials on how to do it if you are not a newbie.

But our digital marketing training comes at a price. We're not heavily doing training anymore but investing the time to earn more money in dollars instead of chasing Kobo Kobo in Nigeria.

Thanks so much.

IdeasPro:

Yes, option 3 is the best. The exchange rate is what scares new bloggers now. When it was $1/N500, you'll be looking at N50K as start up capital. But at $1/N1700, that is huge investment for a business you may not be confident about.

Creating a blog can be done by you with guidance. Every set up is done by you. So, you've every business information to yourself. You're not depending on somebody to get along.

How much money you'll make is a function of your effort, energy and determination really.

And one more thing, you must be a good writer to excel in this business without spending additional money to hire freelance content writers to write for you consistently.

But the returns can be mind boggling if you know what I mean.

If you're not a good writer and not willing to learn as well, blogging is not for you

Love800:
Thanks so much.
But i want to say something about your last comment. So one cant earn dollars with blogging?

Absolutely! It's the financial roap for many high income earners online all over the world.

But the secret to blogging success is consistency. And it's a solid business model that opens other opportunities you may not have imagined as you grow over time in your blogging career..

You can check out my old digital marketing thread I started about 5 years ago to confirm. I'll check now and drop the link for you.

Love800:
Thanks so much.
But i want to say something about your last comment. So one cant earn dollars with blogging?

This is it:
https://nairaland.macsoftware.info/5453381/complete-digital-marketing-training-online

IdeasPro:

This is it:
https://nairaland.macsoftware.info/5453381/complete-digital-marketing-training-online

Can I get your number please

nwadikeokey11:
Can I get your number please

It's on my signature file below every post I publish on Nairaland. It's my WhatsApp number too.

PapaNnamdi:
I don't believe this story,

Any man that has had a near death experience is not afraid of dying,


Getting to Morocco against all odds should further boost your zeal to cross to Europe, but you saying you returned back to Nigeria by yourself, makes me doubt this story,
It's either it's made up
Or you are not a fighter

We Get what we aim for or we die trying,
There is no grey area once the mind is made up,

Cross enter Europe from Morocco how? From where? With which money?

You realise there is a ocean separating Morocco and Europe right? Also, Moroccans needs a visa to enter Europe, so how exactly will he cross?

When people say "see Morocco see Spain", they are referring to the two Spanish enclave (Ceuta and Melilla) in the Moroccan Tetouan province.

Yes, You can walk from Morocco to these two Spanish cities, and you're officially in Spain. But it's heavily guarded and you can't enter without visa.

But let's assume you find your way inside Ceuta or Melilla, then you have another problem. You can't enter into mainland Spain because these two enclaves have been excluded from the Schengen agreement. ,

Which means you'll undergo border checks like you're traveling to another country. Your visa, port will be checked, and if you don't have it, you're basically still in the African continent, though you're in the territory politically controlled by Spain.

But if you have special skills in ocean swimming, then feel free to swim through the strait of Gilbratar and cross into Spain, it's just about 15km long.

LandMann:
By now you should have guessed correctly that the op is either a mad person or a government propaganda agent, one of many who roam daily on Nairaland dishing out propaganda with written AI content to either whitewash Tinubu's government or discourage people from fleeing from the poverty inducing istration of Tinubu.

TLDR;

The story is fake and generated by AI

You can as well try the journey and come and share your story here

Ok. Thanks so much.

IdeasPro:

Absolutely! It's the financial roap for many high income earners online all over the world.

But the secret to blogging success is consistency. And it's a solid business model that opens other opportunities you may not have imagined as you grow over time in your blogging career..

You can check out my old digital marketing thread I started about 5 years ago to confirm. I'll check now and drop the link for you.

Okay.

IdeasPro:

This is it:
https://nairaland.macsoftware.info/5453381/complete-digital-marketing-training-online