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See What A North American Said About Nigeria by willy25(m): 9:42pm On Mar 19, 2019
As a North American who has spent over a decade in Nigeria, I realized I should state this publicly more often because I think it most every day: Nigeria is f***king amazing. Nowhere else can one test the boundaries of what is possible better than in this country.

What would be considered national emergencies elsewhere barely register in Nigeria. The so-called rules of the financial markets are ignored, twisted and shattered here but people continue on with grace and joy. Electricity goes off randomly multiple times a day yet people's energy is constantly high. Imagine what your life would be like without electricity for one week, and know most Nigerians have been without it for weeks at a time since they were born. Terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 have happened every year for the past 7 years. Still this remains a nation where people will smile, engage and offer assistance more often than not. If any peoples are ready to survive the end times, it is those who were raised in Nigeria.

Every large city has traffic, but in many Nigerian cities a hold-up transitions into a shopping mall. Delicious popcorn, questionable mousetraps, Suzanne Summers thighmasters, real puppies... Where else can you be cursing under your breath in a traffic jam and a random stranger brings you a PUPPY?

Sick of reading long rants about how persecuted your great-uncle is or what a terrible restaurant some random acquaintance went to? Strangely in a country where people have every reason to complain, there is very little of it, especially wrt trivial matters. Why? My theory is most Nigerians generally do not have time for such nonsense, and complainers are not entertained even by their own mothers. Most Nigerians I have met learn early to put up or shut up. Do you have any idea how refreshing this is coming from a culture where cynicism is treated somewhere between an aspiring profession and a god given right?

To be honest, sometimes I think that Nigeria is this fantastic secret carefully guarded by Niger Delta militants, Boko Haram terrorists and internet scammers. But I also realize this would ignore the massive endemic issues that make life a magnitude harder for most people here. I realize that as a relativity rich white person, I get treated better and have a different experience than many. ​I realize this experience is not everybody's cup of tea. But for those who can see past the problems to the opportunities, there is not really a better place to be than Nigeria.

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by tartar9(m): 9:47pm On Mar 19, 2019
Yes o my friend,a very amazing country

...can we switch locations now?

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by neonly: 9:54pm On Mar 19, 2019
I no blame you

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Gucciboss: 10:01pm On Mar 19, 2019
tartar9:
Yes o my friend,a very amazing country

...can we switch locations now?

neonly:
I no blame you

Lol. I don't have any other thing to say.

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Optional09: 10:05pm On Mar 19, 2019
Bunch of insults on the Nigerian people, if you’re Nigerian and you find this funny or seemingly a praise you should be stoned to death. The level of insults in that content is unimaginable. The writer simply wondered if you “Nigerians”are humans

WTF!! Nigerians jokes of the world

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by neonly: 10:05pm On Mar 19, 2019
Gucciboss:




Lol. I don't have any other thing to say.



Na because they are explotn us that why he they talk rubbish
Amazing my foot
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Amuocha: 10:38pm On Mar 19, 2019
Useless country

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by OkunrinOloro: 10:39pm On Mar 19, 2019
Some people are too dumb to catch subtle shadings when they're being delivered.

tartar9:
Yes o my friend,a very amazing country

...can we switch locations now?

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by wowcatty: 10:46pm On Mar 19, 2019
Code word for LAWLESSNESS! Just say Nigeria is a lawless country, but thanks for sugarcoating it to save yourself from barrage of insults.
willy25:
As a North American who has spent over a decade in Nigeria, I realized I should state this publicly more often because I think it most every day: Nigeria is f***king amazing. Nowhere else can one test the boundaries of what is possible better than in this country.

What would be considered national emergencies elsewhere barely register in Nigeria. The so-called rules of the financial markets are ignored, twisted and shattered here but people continue on with grace and joy. Electricity goes off randomly multiple times a day yet people's energy is constantly high. Imagine what your life would be like without electricity for one week, and know most Nigerians have been without it for weeks at a time since they were born. Terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 have happened every year for the past 7 years. Still this remains a nation where people will smile, engage and offer assistance more often than not. If any peoples are ready to survive the end times, it is those who were raised in Nigeria.

Every large city has traffic, but in many Nigerian cities a hold-up transitions into a shopping mall. Delicious popcorn, questionable mousetraps, Suzanne Summers thighmasters, real puppies... Where else can you be cursing under your breath in a traffic jam and a random stranger brings you a PUPPY?

Sick of reading long rants about how persecuted your great-uncle is or what a terrible restaurant some random acquaintance went to? Strangely in a country where people have every reason to complain, there is very little of it, especially wrt trivial matters. Why? My theory is most Nigerians generally do not have time for such nonsense, and complainers are not entertained even by their own mothers. Most Nigerians I have met learn early to put up or shut up. Do you have any idea how refreshing this is coming from a culture where cynicism is treated somewhere between an aspiring profession and a god given right?

To be honest, sometimes I think that Nigeria is this fantastic secret carefully guarded by Niger Delta militants, Boko Haram terrorists and internet scammers. But I also realize this would ignore the massive endemic issues that make life a magnitude harder for most people here. I realize that as a relativity rich white person, I get treated better and have a different experience than many. ​I realize this experience is not everybody's cup of tea. But for those who can see past the problems to the opportunities, there is not really a better place to be than Nigeria.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Chipink(f): 11:02pm On Mar 19, 2019
undecided
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by rex444(m): 11:21pm On Mar 19, 2019
What a subtle way of insulting us, having everything yet having nothing

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by justtoodark: 11:29pm On Mar 19, 2019
idioot....
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by meccuno: 11:31pm On Mar 19, 2019
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by kiddoiLL(m): 11:32pm On Mar 19, 2019
willy25:
As a North American who has spent over a decade in Nigeria, I realized I should state this publicly more often because I think it most every day: Nigeria is f***king amazing. Nowhere else can one test the boundaries of what is possible better than in this country.

What would be considered national emergencies elsewhere barely register in Nigeria. The so-called rules of the financial markets are ignored, twisted and shattered here but people continue on with grace and joy. Electricity goes off randomly multiple times a day yet people's energy is constantly high. Imagine what your life would be like without electricity for one week, and know most Nigerians have been without it for weeks at a time since they were born. Terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 have happened every year for the past 7 years. Still this remains a nation where people will smile, engage and offer assistance more often than not. If any peoples are ready to survive the end times, it is those who were raised in Nigeria.

Every large city has traffic, but in many Nigerian cities a hold-up transitions into a shopping mall. Delicious popcorn, questionable mousetraps, Suzanne Summers thighmasters, real puppies... Where else can you be cursing under your breath in a traffic jam and a random stranger brings you a PUPPY?

Sick of reading long rants about how persecuted your great-uncle is or what a terrible restaurant some random acquaintance went to? Strangely in a country where people have every reason to complain, there is very little of it, especially wrt trivial matters. Why? My theory is most Nigerians generally do not have time for such nonsense, and complainers are not entertained even by their own mothers. Most Nigerians I have met learn early to put up or shut up. Do you have any idea how refreshing this is coming from a culture where cynicism is treated somewhere between an aspiring profession and a god given right?

To be honest, sometimes I think that Nigeria is this fantastic secret carefully guarded by Niger Delta militants, Boko Haram terrorists and internet scammers. But I also realize this would ignore the massive endemic issues that make life a magnitude harder for most people here. I realize that as a relativity rich white person, I get treated better and have a different experience than many. ​I realize this experience is not everybody's cup of tea. But for those who can see past the problems to the opportunities, there is not really a better place to be than Nigeria.

Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by iammo(m): 12:40am On Mar 20, 2019
Why do people need white people to validate them

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Onyenna(m): 5:44am On Mar 20, 2019
Chaaiii!....

We're finished!...

C'est finis.....

Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Almaiga: 5:51am On Mar 20, 2019
One particular Region with their flat heads, caused this.

Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Southwest2023: 6:09am On Mar 20, 2019
Who should we blame for this? This is not the first time this useless white would call us animal.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by baiaon(m): 7:31am On Mar 20, 2019
iammo:
Why do people need white people to validate them
Many monickers on nairaland are young and inexperienced.As they grow older,they will learn how to shrug their shoulders when theyv read real/fake write-ups like this and carry on with their lives

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by dnawah(m): 7:48am On Mar 20, 2019
willy25:
As a North American who has spent over a decade in Nigeria, I realized I should state this publicly more often because I think it most every day: Nigeria is f***king amazing. Nowhere else can one test the boundaries of what is possible better than in this country.

What would be considered national emergencies elsewhere barely register in Nigeria. The so-called rules of the financial markets are ignored, twisted and shattered here but people continue on with grace and joy. Electricity goes off randomly multiple times a day yet people's energy is constantly high. Imagine what your life would be like without electricity for one week, and know most Nigerians have been without it for weeks at a time since they were born. Terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 have happened every year for the past 7 years. Still this remains a nation where people will smile, engage and offer assistance more often than not. If any peoples are ready to survive the end times, it is those who were raised in Nigeria.

Every large city has traffic, but in many Nigerian cities a hold-up transitions into a shopping mall. Delicious popcorn, questionable mousetraps, Suzanne Summers thighmasters, real puppies... Where else can you be cursing under your breath in a traffic jam and a random stranger brings you a PUPPY?

Sick of reading long rants about how persecuted your great-uncle is or what a terrible restaurant some random acquaintance went to? Strangely in a country where people have every reason to complain, there is very little of it, especially wrt trivial matters. Why? My theory is most Nigerians generally do not have time for such nonsense, and complainers are not entertained even by their own mothers. Most Nigerians I have met learn early to put up or shut up. Do you have any idea how refreshing this is coming from a culture where cynicism is treated somewhere between an aspiring profession and a god given right?

To be honest, sometimes I think that Nigeria is this fantastic secret carefully guarded by Niger Delta militants, Boko Haram terrorists and internet scammers. But I also realize this would ignore the massive endemic issues that make life a magnitude harder for most people here. I realize that as a relativity rich white person, I get treated better and have a different experience than many. ​I realize this experience is not everybody's cup of tea. But for those who can see past the problems to the opportunities, there is not really a better place to be than Nigeria.
him rub him story for up.pls tell us the girls u took advantage of and why u came to Nigeria
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by OddsIsland(m): 8:06am On Mar 20, 2019
True
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by lereinter(m): 8:28am On Mar 20, 2019
Optional09:
Bunch of insults on the Nigerian people, if you’re Nigerian and you find this funny or seemingly a praise you should be stoned to death. The level of insults in that content is unimaginable. The writer simply wondered if you “Nigerians”are humans

WTF!! Nigerians jokes of the world

It's not an insult

E.g.

if you tell a typical resident of southwestern Nigeria about the insecurity in northern Nigeria

" ara won Ni won pa" Atlesst they are killing themselves

I really believe Nigeria needs to be broken different regions should be her own country

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by franklingud(m): 9:37am On Mar 20, 2019
Gucciboss:




Lol. I don't have any other thing to say.
Gucciboss long time no see your comment.
You no wan show your boy some love.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by franklingud(m): 9:40am On Mar 20, 2019
Yes we are suffering and smiling in this shit hole. Baba fela said it first. Nah God

But you OP, you are already blessed why not show your boy some love?

Can I write my account details?

I seriously need some.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by tunjiajayi: 9:53am On Mar 20, 2019
I love my country.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Martinez39(m): 10:02am On Mar 20, 2019
When you are on the high mountain of being fortunate and privileged, the harsh and brutal world below would seem like an amusement and a film orchestrated to entertain your eyes and ears. Had it been the North American has been maltreated by SARS; had his family been butchered by herdsmen with the government saying and doing nothing; had he spent months in prison after a police raid for what he didn't do; had he endured what many Nigerians endured on a daily basis then his admiration at our so called resilience would turn to a pile of curses on our corrupt leaders and the hopelessly failed system.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by nwaobitex: 11:27am On Mar 20, 2019
I've seen this write up before. I think on quora
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by Gucciboss: 12:40pm On Mar 20, 2019
franklingud:

Gucciboss long time no see your comment.
You no wan show your boy some love.

LOL. I dey my guy.
How you dey naa
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by franklingud(m): 10:16pm On Mar 21, 2019
Gucciboss:


LOL. I dey my guy.
How you dey naa
Thank God for life oo
Hunger wan kill us but God say no

Show me some love Bro.
Make I give my details?
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by akoaki(m): 11:21pm On Mar 21, 2019
I love the part where he said " imagine a complete stranger offering you puppies inside a heavy traffic and very hot weather...."

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Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by EagleNest(m): 6:38am On Mar 22, 2019
I'm surprised how some people in this forum see this write up as insult to Nigeria. Is it because it was written by a white man or that the content is a raw truth politely presented.

If you have visited or lived in developed world, you too would have been praising Nigerians for their extraordinary resilience.

We are too tolerant and passive to suffering, poverty, bad leadership, dysfunctional system and corruption, such that it's too hard to see beyond our immediate environ how generally wack the system is...way way below the basics.

No wonder that our learned, well travelled and even saintly ones, are easily choked to surrender of any amour of good character after fully immersed into the weird and chaotic Nigeria system. We can't say we were born this way! Yeah, we dey manage!

But like the oyibo observed, it's a land full of untapped opportunities. And Aliko Dangote and other few are spotting and taking these opportunities.
Re: See What A North American Said About Nigeria by valentineuwakwe(m): 7:44am On Mar 22, 2019
wonder how foreigners talk well about us n see this country as 'good' when we inside are suffering and yet to see anything good coming out from "Nazareth!

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