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Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by manny4life(m): 4:01pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
CHESSBOARD: LOL, I know bro, I know someone can live a good life in Nigeria, because all my cousins who relocated back home are good witnesses to that. Even my siblings and I have same long term goals as well, I'm gradually getting tired of staying here. You make so much expense yet income stays the same way, anyway, i just wanted to clarify that someone's job doesn't determine what kind of citizens they are except if you're talking about social class, then YES, but if it's racial class, that's different. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Rhino5dm: 4:03pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
what head way are you making? creating a forum for the sole aim of harvesting vital info of your forumites and channeling it in to wire frauds. I pity any person that will submit his email address on that forum, only to be wanted by interpol. afam4eva: |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by ichidodo: 4:04pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
afam4eva:yee! oga easy nah? u wan finish d man?! |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by ola4yinka(m): 4:06pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Finland: The truth is no matter where you are there will always be people not happy with what they have. Different people with different approach to life. Here in Finland I am very ok. In fact I got married few weeks ago and I am happy but there are people here that are yet to buy a car , squatting with friends as no house of there own and talk-less of getting married.So, it goes like that all over the world. There are people living life at its fullest there in Nigeria and there are people suffering. So it's all depends on God's favor I believe.There will always be poor in this world no matter where. As the topic did not say we are comparing Nigeria with where we are so I will speak no further.This is the best reply I've read so far ! |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Nobody: 4:06pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
manny4life: Manny tell me what you do then i will classify you, 2nd or 3rd class |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by 2sexy(m): 4:09pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
pDude:u neva c ova saturated dumb skull. Imagine if it were an aptitude test na so d fail go easy na. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by manny4life(m): 4:09pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
CHESSBOARD: LOL... Chei, not even the option for the 1st, wow, there's trouble o... I do so many things but let's keep it simple, money/finance... Ok now , rate me I want good ratings though... Nevertheless, i still wanna know how 23/25yr old pay down their mortgage, I want facts and figures (numbers), I can pull Excel sheet right away and know if it's doable based on what you said... |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by ocelot2006(m): 4:09pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
latest: Gbam! No matter how hard they try to scare me, my visa is already on my palm i must take my trip soon. No one's stopping you from travelling out. As a matter of fact, I'm fully in support. That way you'll get to experience everything firsthand. But don't say you weren't warned oh. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Afam4eva(m): 4:10pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Rhino.5dm:Hmm, you must know this for sure because you were in that line of business. How's it possible to use someone's email address to wire money from the person's account. No wonder you failed as a fraudster. Your life is pitiful. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Nobody: 4:12pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
manny4life: Noo, i am talking generally, as per a Nigerian to live in abroad there will always be discrimination coming from diff angles, thats my point |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by bjdon: 4:14pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
As some other posters have noted, it really depends on your skills, the country your in, and your legal status. Highly skilled, legal Nigerian's in the US and EU are mainly doing quite well. Let's try and avoid the 'Nigeria is better-Away is better' argument. Both places offer different things to different people, let's try and use meida like this as a source of good usefull information for those in Nigeira who want to come abroad and for those abroad thinking of going back home. if we are all well informed, it'll help avoid making mistakes and eventually people will settle in the place that best suits their talents and chracter. Peace to one and all 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by manny4life(m): 4:16pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
CHESSBOARD: Ok, I see your point. I live a good life but let's face it, it can get TOUGH. Regardless of whether you're earning six or seven figures, it will always tell. It's one thing to live a good life, and can afford it and sustain it and be happy and it's another to live a "FALSE GOOD LIFE" which = awful life. In all, I love my life here but it's a lil hard though... |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by 2sexy(m): 4:16pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Dawdy: It is not easy! It is not easy! Yet u people remain there, obviously It is easier there than In nigeria.is that what you think? |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Wallie(m): 4:17pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Life is rosy for some but bad for others. That's the case before now and will probably be the same in the future. The only people that I know who are currently jobless are recent college graduates. The problem with seeking employment during an economic downturn is the fact that you're competing with people that have the same degree as you but also have years of experience. Even with a B.Sc. in nursing, the coveted hospital positions are looking for people with over 1 year of experience. Without experience, a recent nursing graduate will be lucky to find a full-time Nursing Home job. In nursing homes, you don't develop your skills as much, the job is dirtier, and the pay is lower. The last thing you want as a recent graduate in any professional setting is to be in a position where you have no skill and in no position to develop any. That's why you would see someone with 10 years of experience that's unemployable because all he did for the 10 years was some mundane thing that anybody could do. For those considering law school in the US, forget it! There’s an oversupply of legal graduates for fewer legal positions that are occupied or competed for by seasoned unemployed legal professionals. Save your $100k- $200k and do something else! For those looking to an MBA as a way out, that will only be true if you go to a highly rated program and you have years of experience to back up your resume. Like was said earlier, if you’re currently unemployed, go back to school and hope to weather out the storm. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by TinTin18(f): 4:17pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Arhie owa na... #%&@: |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Nobody: 4:18pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
manny4life: , so your real name is money4life, anyway lets keep it low b4 Nl ladies rush u , for mortgage i dont know much, but any of my relation whom I have not seen for d last 10 yrs must have been chained my mortgage over there |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Nobody: 4:20pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
manny4life: enjoy men |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by mylunch: 4:28pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
ocelot2006:You must be very smart to do this. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Nobody: 4:31pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
manny4life: It's absolutely right my guy. If you're in the industry you'll know what i'm talking about. MWD guys make between 120 -180 gees per annum depending on the company. Obviously the younger guys start at the lower end. Directional drillers make an average 800 bucks a day and they work an average of 20-25 days a month. You do the math. With regards, 23-25yr olds, i'm not bluffing oo. Most of the companies now hire fresh college guys as Company Man in training (Drilling rig supervisor). Used to be reserved for guys that have worked from floorhands on the rig all the way up. This boys are banking big time. The average daily rate for these guys is from 1000 and above men. We talking black gold here son. Dont even let me get started with what us older guys are doing. Word of advice. If you have the opportunity to study engineering/petroleum engineering in the US, get your bum to houston,tx/lousiana/south texas/midlands,tx/north dakota and you wont regret your life. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by chmod777: 4:37pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
The main reasons I still prefer developed world to Naija -Better life due to Transport infrastructure Security and healthcare..... I can sleep with my dorrs open Internet Roads Things are working right Water supply and quality Clean environment free from pollution and noise quality assurance of food you buy easy to travel to other places THESE Make up possible better life and higher life expectancy for me.... Life is just Once 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by 2sexy(m): 4:38pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Rhino.5dm: I didn't want to say anything till I read this. But mind you, whoever you work for owns the company and it his business. You are helping him build his business . Where is yours. Being a business owner is the only way to guarantee financially security. Bro, it is not easy to own a business either but if you have a long term goal, you will make it. I have never left the shores of Nigeria, but I do know that owning and growing a business is the smartest, wisest and surest decision you will ever make in your life. The problem we have is that this subject is not taught in school... I will have to beg you or anyone to get this book : Rich Dad , Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It will change your life for good. You will begin to see life, money and working from another angle. Please get that book and read it. I bet you wouldn't want to work for anyone, but yourself. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Nobody: 4:38pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
why dis Rhino.5dm and afam4ev dey act like small childen sef? |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Kobojunkie: 4:54pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
ocelot2006: At least you hear of the serial Killers in the USA. Think about it really. You hear of the shootings, and the serial killings because here, it is considered a big deal and people want to know(they are paranoid that way). In other countries, you might live next door to a child rapist and never know it. So don't drive yourself into living paranoid when there is really no cause for alarm. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by somebody(f): 4:55pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
This topic has been dealt with so many times under several guises on this forum. And as we were taught in university, the answer to most questions is "IT DEPENDS". It depends on: 1. What kind of job you have 2. How much your salary is 3. How many dependants you have 4. How much debt you have incurred 5. How much savings you have Around me, I see a mixture - very rosy for some and not so rosy for the others. When I ask those it isn't rosy for why they don't move back to Nigeria, the answer is still the same - it is worse in Nigeria. Before, having some sort of foreign degree was enough to get a reasonable job offer in Nigeria. But I hear it is not the case any more, some people move back home and are still jobhunting after a year or 2. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by dayokanu(m): 4:56pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
afam4eva: But dont you have to deal with highway robbers, kidnappers and Boko haram on a daily basis In US you can start your car at 3am to enter a gas station to buy anything. In Nigeria if you dare go out beyond a certain time, you are on your own 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Kobojunkie: 4:58pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Africans in the Diaspora need to look outside of social services and nursing a bit more. There are some states where Agricultural markets are booming and their is need for professionals in that area. There are so many other areas to plug oneself into. So we need to get away from this Taxi driver/CNA/LPN scope and try to see the many opportunities that abound. Granted limited but they are out there, and only those who are skilled and ready will get it. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by hrhobi1(m): 5:02pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
ANYTIME I VISIT UK I ALWAYS LOOSE WEIGHT WHEN I ARRIVE BACK NAIJA, MUMMSY , MY BABE, MY FRIENDS DON CONFIRM THIS ISSUE MANY TIMES, SAY WHEN I NEWLY ARRIVE MY SHIRTS DEY FIT ME BETTER. UK NO FUCKEN EASY MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Kobojunkie: 5:03pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
afam4eva: Ofcourse there are serial killers right there in Nigeria. Just cause you do not here of them on TV does not mean they don't exist. I mean from the many killings that happen in the South(cities and rural places) to the killings that have now become the norm in the North, do you think it all started overnight? Of course not. I like to talk on this because only a couple of years ago, many Nigerians also believed that Nigerians do not commit suicide. But with the increased used of social media, more and more people are beginning to realize that it has been going on right under their noses only that they ignored it out of ignorance. Think! Do you know how many of those cases of people suddenly dying are the work of serial killers? How many of the deaths were investigated? How many of the bodies were autopsied? I am sure there are still stories of people getting killed in alley ways, and on the side of the road in the city where you live now. Stories of bodies mutilated or decapitated, or even people strangled to death(if the coroner even bothers to check). You may just shrug them off as simply random cases of violence, but the could be serial killers at work too. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by dayokanu(m): 5:03pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
manny4life: manny, Dont let anyone deceive you. I worked in both environment at the topmost level and I can categorically tell you that You are way better in the US than in Nigeria Anyone that wants to dispute this can lets have a debate and see how it goes, I would give you specifics. Dont mind people who have never worked anywhere in their life claiming one is better. Politics or getting contracts is the only field where you can be better in Nigeria than in America 4 Likes |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Afam4eva(m): 5:03pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
dayokanu:You're right. But in Nigeria, people who take precautionary measures and are not lousy live longer than the talkatives and waka abouts. But in the US, you could be shot because just because someone's name is "psycopath". |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by deshclones(m): 5:06pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
dayokanu: Shut up dat gutter u call a mouth...naija's crime rate is a dot when compared to what happens abroad esp d u.s..d only unsafe place in naija is d north..we in d south run things wella..we roll anytime we deem fit..day or midnight...how on earth will anyone in his right state compare naija nd u.s in terms of crime?..so u r dis silly?..tot ur only problem was being a bigot.. |
Re: Nigerians In Diaspora - Is It Really Still Rosy Out There? by Afam4eva(m): 5:07pm On Aug 07, 2012 |
Kobojunkie:Serial killers are not popular in Nigeria like in the US. The thing about Nigeria is that, if you mind your business, you'll live longer than Metusela. |
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