RedboneSmith:


What stops me from doing the same here? LOL. You seriously think it is a level playing field for everyone out here? You really ain't that naive, are you?

ogongogames:
Some of the responses on this thread made me chuckle. Majority of you will bribe, cheat and steal etc as well if opportunity presented itself where you would be in a influential position. Weren't some of these "Rich" folk young like you at some point? Didn't some of them come from poor backgrounds initially, did their humble beginnings stop them?

My biggest issue with Nigeria was the mentality. it's a dog eats dog world. Too much envy and desperation. However there are some fantastic, lovely and God-fearing people in that country and as long as such people exist...Nigeria is worth it. This coming from someone who was born and bred abroad. Having lived in Nigeria for just over a year I sympathize with her frustrations. She was probably just having a bad day when she made that post.

Ugosample:


that's true
I'm not denying that

But the black communities too need to step up and be in charge of their own destiny.
You know black people don't get second chances in the U.S.; so the community have to step up, which they are not doing

We really have a lot to learn from the Chinese in that regard.

Ugosample:


Rich people get convicted more abroad than Nigeria

If you are a rich man in Nigeria, you can get away with owing salaries
can you try that elsewhere?

I still stand by my word, the rich are here because the country is LAWLESS

MrBrownJay1:



if that country is indeed lawless then why dont you ALL make it then?!?!? abeg make some sense in this discussion!



exactly!!!! so as much as "some" people may call it a hell hole, other thrive in that hell hole

baby124:

The Chinese face the same discrimination but they live in closed up communities. The last time black people tried to create a closed up community it was bombed. That was black wall street, look it up. There is so much suspicion and hate just because you are black. If you face discrimination then you sympathize with African Americans in how they have given up as all their efforts to rise above their situation is somehow blocked. Now, instead of educating those at home about the reality of life of a black man abroad, we have morons like this Moni painting it as heaven. When it is clearly not.

Litmus:
Ironically in the types of nations she elevates over Nigeria she would loose her job for such derogatory comments. The fact she would mock and abuse Nigerians in this fashion, without care for the consequences, knowing there would be no consequence, to me is the more telling indictment of Nigeria than her infantile sentiments.Those that support her comment, if they are Nigerians, ought feel shame at the abuse hurled at them or they are not wise enough.

ROSYL:
It's still a BIG HELL HOLE whether people thrive in it or not. You too haven't made any sense. I have given
you reasons why they thrive! How about pointing out civilised countries where the above mentioned happen?

divineneed:
Any chance i get to leave this country, m never coming back

Ugosample:


yes I know about black walk street in Oklahoma

But I don't think it was bombed tho

The racist democrat government of the south instigated the white people to destroy the place

But I hear the place is still thriving today.

blavl folk should build their own communities, that's the solution, and in that way, you will gain more respect

on the positive side tho, I met a guy at the airport late last year and we got talking
he asked me where I was from and I told him and he had good things to say about Nigerian students in his school and how they are doing well.
And I got to quora when I got to my destination and did some digging, and found out that indeed, many share that sentiments that Nigeians, along with Indians do so well in the school system and are better off on the average


Black communities need to step up, that's just the long and short of it

we complain of racial profiling but almost every shop lifter caught is of a certain demographic, the gangster, etc



We blacks will not feel so comfortable if an Arab is sitting next to us dressed up like the stereotypical bomber with a school bag, then harmlessly say Allah ahbat, or Ahamudillah

most blacks will freak out

We need to step up

RedboneSmith:


What stops me from doing the same here? LOL. You seriously think it is a level playing field for everyone out here? You really ain't that naive, are you?

MrBrownJay1:


i already have...here is against a list of known criminals who, due to their wealth, were never prosecuted..... and that is just a small list:

- Ethan couch, rick underage kid, steal beers and kill 4 people while driving drunk, get probabtion.
- Ted kennedy (of the famous Kennedy family) drove drunk and killed a woman who was in his car. no jail!
- NFL Star Donte Stallworth drove drunk and killed a man, served 24days in jail.
- Snoop dogg shot a man in the back, and was NEVER acquitted of murder
- OJ simpson killed his wife and never spent a day in jail for that murder
- R Kelly and MJ are well known pedophiles, yet they never spent a day in jail
- Kobe raped that biatch and paid her off. no jail there neither
- actor Robert Blake paid drug addicts to kill his pregnant GF. they testify to that. but he was acquitted and only had to pay a fine/
- Robert H.Richard the 4th...wealthy pedophile, raped his own daughter, found guilty, given only probation
- Vince Neil of the famous bamd Motley Crue drunk drove and killed a person while seriously injured another one. served 3 weeks in jail.
- Vince Alexander, former ceo of Converse shoes, swindled $140M out of investors and simply moved to Namibia. never spent a day in jail
- Reginald Vanderbilt (of the Vanderbilt family) killed 2 people while recklessly driving and injured dozens of other, many times over, never spent a day in jail
- judge Alcee Hastings was caught accepting a bribe, but because he sent a friend to get the money, he never spent a day in jail.

then Google, global financial crisis of 2008, Enron Scandal, Lehman Bros scandal, Madof scandal for more info

enjoy!

Ugosample:


She said the truth, and is it the Nigerian youth that is feeling the brunt of the hopeless country he/she was born in that will boycott someone who told the truth and it's being evident in the way the youths are suffering

Oh please

The country is fvcked and the world should know

shameless leaders

ROSYL:
Bullshit!! All these are hear say! Any proof? Like I said earlier, it still doesn't make Nigeria not to be a HELL HOLE.

MrBrownJay1:


hearsay?!?!?! if you are not willing to accept facts here, then why are we even discussing this issue. Google any of the name i mentionned and get acquainted with the facts, instead of discrediting what has been confirmed over and over again!

yes there is corruption in Nigeria, and rich are getting away with murder....JUST LIKE IN THE WEST, duh!

peacengine:



Guy I suspect u are Nnamdi KANU. U don't seem to have any meaningful use of ur time other than to criticize a country where u don't live and u have vowed several times not to move to or raise ur kids. Move on with ur life bro, raise ur kids, life's too short to be negative especially since uve given up. Respex bro leave naja matter get ursef a wife and ball ur life. My guy de come abhijan send ur email make we relate

MrBrownJay1:



if that country is indeed lawless then why dont you ALL make it then?!?!? abeg make some sense in this discussion!



exactly!!!! so as much as "some" people may call it a hell hole, other thrive in that hell hole

MrBrownJay1:
this woman should ask herself this simple question.... WHY ALL THE RICH MEN IN NIGERIA STAY THERE (if it was indeed so bad there)?!

WhiskeyTangoFox:

For your mind, you made sense but unfortunately, you just sounded as daft as one can. How do you know if some of us have or don't when all you see is your screen and keyboard? I didn't say nobody thrives im this shithole, the question is what is the ratio of people that made it purely on merit, without nepotis/favouritism compared to the others?

hollywater:
You should also ask yourself why all rich Nigerians send their wife to abroad to have their babies when there are pregnant. Also ask yourself why our leaders travel to abroad for medical treatment.Take the message for your good.

MrBrownJay1:


the same rate as anywhere else in this world... but hey, if you indeed think that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner deserve to be senior advisors to the US president, then i guess you have no idea about what happens in the west.

WhiskeyTangoFox:
Lies and fictional words. Big difference between political appointments and recruitment purpotedly based on merit and due process. I can't even believe the subject of this dialogue. Seems like you have completely lost touch with the reality on ground like our so called leaders in this administration. Anyway, i won't entertain this baseless claim of yours. Go make extensive findings and become updated with reality.

Sapphire86:
She’s right ooo (in my own opinion). Don’t let anyone deceive you that it starts with you when the top is terribly rotten. Change yourself, then change your family then change your environment, your office etc before you start chasing the no. 1 citizen office.

She’s right about this tho: Trump over Buhari, any day, any time.

baby124:

I don’t think crime will be that rife in communities if they are given the same educational standards and opportunities as whites. The truth is a lot of us Nigerians travel with their parents stolen money to attend elite schools. Since they were born they have been exposed to better education so they cannot be compared to the blacks in America. Blacks including Nigerians have the highest unemployment rate in America, why? And you wonder why crime is higher in black communities?

Also, there is a epidemic of drugs in the black communities and these have been since the 70’s when a lot of people benefitted financially from this epidemic. There are also a lot of guns. Black Wall Street has never been the same after that attack. Valuable people were killed and most people lost all they had, since that experience a lot of successful ones are afraid to form such communities.

Black communities are heavily policed, creating new criminal records daily. With a criminal record you are already a failure in America. In all America is a good country, so is Nigeria. Each country has serious challenges that should not be glossed over. Until we learn that no country is perfect, we will keep believing in a fake dream.

Ugosample:
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yes I know about black walk street in Oklahoma

But I don't think it was bombed tho

The racist democrat government of the south instigated the white people to destroy the place

But I hear the place is still thriving today.

blavl folk should build their own communities, that's the solution, and in that way, you will gain more respect

on the positive side tho, I met a guy at the airport late last year and we got talking
he asked me where I was from and I told him and he had good things to say about Nigerian students in his school and how they are doing well.
And I got to quora when I got to my destination and did some digging, and found out that indeed, many share that sentiments that Nigeians, along with Indians do so well in the school system and are better off on the average


Black communities need to step up, that's just the long and short of it

we complain of racial profiling but almost every shop lifter caught is of a certain demographic, the gangster, etc



We blacks will not feel so comfortable if an Arab is sitting next to us dressed up like the stereotypical bomber with a school bag, then harmlessly say Allah ahbat, or Ahamudillah

most blacks will freak out

We need to step up [/s]

chukxie:
There's no place like home. No matter where you go, no matter how far you travel, home is home! However, when one's home is constantly in disarray, the urge to return to it would be weakened. I wish the standard of living in Nigeria were improved. I wish there were constant electricity in Nigeria. I wish our politicians weren't so corrupt, mindless and wasteful. I wish there were train networks all over Nigeria. I wish there were good roads in Nigeria. I wish the lives of Nigerians were valued by our government. I wish our healthcare, and educational systems were good. I wish. I have a lot of wishes for my dear country.