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DexterousOne:
You know the problem is that many Nigerians dont read to understand

The read what they want to see in a post, and pass judgement according to their bias


Regardless of what you think, or what should be

It is what it is in today's Nigeria

And anyone still clinging to that notion that he is entitled to certain opportunities because you have a degree is already bound to be poor and hopeless in Nigeria


The system is rigged
The earlier you know it
The better for u

This is why it is important not to hate the palyer but play the game. I made my first million teaching my peers at the university how to trade forex, a simple skill I picked up from forums and webinars turned out to be a moneymaker for me. I almost made as much money teaching as I made trading....lol. The system is rigged so f*ck the system and make your own rules!

wman:
For every degree holder that is poor, there are far more illiterates that are poorer.

Education remains the best bet out of poverty. Education opens up more opportunities for you and give you more options.

Of course, that doesn't mean you won't hustle hard when you need to.

Read the post very well this is not about illiterates, it is about those who put all their hopes in certificates rather than skills to solve problems. Job openings in 9ja is less than 30% of the amount of yearly graduates. What will happen to the 70%? Nobody wants to farm even tho it is guaranteed that tomatoes, rice will increase in price yearly. Nobody wants tolearn importation, even tho people in places like USA are dying for cow skin, dried fish and so on. It's like we attend school to become more educated but less useful.....lol.

Horlayhemy:
Well said.
But have you also seen those who see opportunity but couldn't seize it because there's no financial support. All in all, destiny is above all.

Same people complaining of no financial support are the same people too proud to use a palasa phone, too proud to farm, work at bakery, do some other low skill jobs just to amass the necessary funds to implement their dreams. Same 9ja that someone sold recharge cards and snacks for tuition is the same 9ja that someone would watch the days go by and say, well nobody wan give me money

coputa:
Are you for real? Twenty years after Abachas death his loots is still being repatriated back into your country.is that your role model,

Read slowly and see the adjective I used to qualify Abacha, "DISASTROUS"! Even as damaging as Abacha was, Nigeria was given debt relief under Obasanjo and under GEJ, Billions of dollars in debt wiped off, one would think we would stop using the Abacha excuse by now and acknowledge the constant raping of our future by these incompetent fools!

These two have done more damage to the future of Nigerians than all the previous leaders combined. Even the disastrous Abacha and IBB still managed to maintain some form of authority. These ones, mr clueless and mr lifeless have set 9ja back another 100 years.....SHAME!

Miarose:
I should show you stats? HAHAHA, Lol, My time is too precious to argue. This is just sound advice that i give to brothers and friends around me.
Check the stats on covid deaths, heart attacks, strokes, death during sex, etc if you need stats.

Incoherent ramblings....Equating Covid 19 deaths to death during sex, I'm done with y'all.....Ignorance is bliss I guess

Ladycewhy:
it will be jargons to a nagging airhead

Lol , so in your mind financial responsibility is the reason why marriages of today crash , another joker.


Now let me remind you that men make up a higher percent of people who patronise road side food sellers, buka and beer parlours. Men also make up a higher percentage of agbo and bruntashi customers . Go figure.


I have one factual evidence, and that is my mother, I don't need to go far to look from evidence . She runs the home financially, oh that mother of mine ,such a hard-working multitasking human.



So let me ask who made it a norm to buy your wife a car and send your children to private schools? ,you put uncessary pressure on yourself to compete with your mates and come on nairaland to whine . There are people who have not bought their wives a car and who's children attend public schools just so you know. If you made these things a norm due to your environment ,then that's on you bro , again stop nagging, it's irritating.

You see no evidence but your mom and since your mom represents the majority of Nigerian women I guess it is good enough for you, no stats, no scholarly references but your mom?....This is exactly why I don't argue with Nigerians especially Nairalanders, I have had more substantial conversations with a cat than the average Nairalander.....Ignorance is bliss tho, so ENJOY�������

Miarose:
Men are more reckless and yes, they take less care of themselves. So many hotels, bars and joints springing up all around town.. who funds them? who spends most time in those places? why have men boughtthe narrative that fun==alcohol,late nights, careless sex, football?? Financial pressure to spend more on your side gangs, alcohol and hanging out. In your 40s, you are still eating suya with alcohol at 12 midnight, then you take viagra or kolakalagbo to finish that your side chick. Bro, you are finishing yourself. Do not blame anyone but yourself.
Yes, men take less care of themselves.. that is a fact.

Yet when it comes to health related issues like diabetes, obesity and so on,9ja women have the larger share. Like I told the previous commenter, show me your stats and stop this sentimental bullshit!

Ladycewhy:
let me correct you there, the life span of the Nigerian man is lower largely due to life style and diet .


Most men are not only irresponsible to their children but themselves too, eating rubbish,even to take drugs when they are sick na wahala,unlike women who know when they are sick ,no dinner for the entire house hold cos according to husband it's her duty to cook for him in sickness or in health .


And let me also correct you that statistically speaking most women run the home financially, Nigerian women know how to massage the ego of their husbands alot,I know someone who still gives her entire salary to her jobless husband ( his neighbors think he is a self employed business man) .


And lastly,how things worked back then doesn't change the work load, or you think it's easy to go to the farm? , if you think so,then you should go back to the village where life still looks like the scenerio your grandpa described to you.

I'm sorry to say but you're typing jargon! Men poor diet? Who cooks their food? Are the women eating differently from what they cooked? Tell me you're joking?

Statistically speaking most women run the home financially? I DARE YOU TO FIND ONE FACTUAL BASED EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENT? I'm not even going to argue with you, just go North and see how men with 2 or more wives are living, then come back here and tell me how the women are the ones supporting those men financially....LMAO!

Finally I am talking about demands, you are talking about labor, two different things. Back then it was not the norm for a man to buy his wife a car, not the norm for children to attend private schools, not the norm to take care of one or all of your wife's siblings.

Demands back then drastically differs from the expectations today. This is why more marriages crash today than in the past. Greed, demands and oversabi are things leading the modern man to quickly demise, a man that provides financially but is still called useless father sounds reasonable to you? This is what the OP was getting at, he called his father useless because all he did was provide financially�������.

Ladycewhy:
So you think men of old didn't do all that ? The value of a hut and cowries of their time is just the same as your naira now , again stop whining, geez! modern men are something else. Even now that women still contribute to the financial upkeep una still dey complain.

No they didn't! Thank God my grandfather is still alive, his stories of how things worked back then drastically differs from today. Whether you spin it left or right, there's no denying that we live in a more demanding world, peole want more and more, greed has replaced love and envy has replaced compassion. Women contribute but statistically speaking in 9ja, most households are still heavily dependent on the man. This is why the lifespan of the average 9ja man is way lower of that of the woman.

zedegit:
Even if his father failed, it still doesn't invalidate his point.

He spoke from an African perspective. Let him be. If your own father is an exception you don't have to drag him or go scavenging in the bin to counter him.

Let peace reign.

I disagree, he said most fathers, so he's not speaking from a point of objectivity or any reasonable fact just sentimental bullshit! His points were so incoherent that it makes one wonder what type of childhood he had? I mean if he grew up with a fther that provided everything financially but he still regards his father as useless, does that not speak more of him than the father? Does that not make him look like a foolish child with no comprehension of the world he lives in today?

Ladycewhy:
with regards to the bolded ,men from time have always done this, why are modern day men acting as it it just starting being a thing a century ago?


Stop whining, even now modern women now share from the financial burden. Men of old has bigger responsibility but didn't whine and complain like these modern men ,na wah for una o.

You made sense until the last part, men of nowadays are not seen as men until they send huge money on wedding, owns a car and buys a car for wifey, working towards owning a house, a job that makes at least 150k per month. In the old days , men could survive in their huts and live off the farm. Times are changing and we must not ignore men who are still able to provide for their family. Even if that's all that they do, they should still be appreciated because only those who have lost their fathers can truly appreciate the void it leaves, even a bad father is missed!

magicminister:
I don't know why Hush is making this move but i will only assume it is due to financial considerations.
The importance of hiring a seasoned and high profile lawyer is not because they can argue lost cases. Its simply because these lawyers often know well placed people within the judiciary system that and can often leverage their relationship to get their clients (the accused) a better deal.

They often charge hefty fees from $500 to $1,500++ per hour.

A court appointed lawyer is simply a "charge and bail" lawyer provided to the those without the means to pay for a private lawyer.
A court appointed lawyer may be vested in your case but they often have incredibly high case loads and cannot give everyone the attention they need to overcome their legal travails. They always recommend you plead guilty or "no-contest" and leave you at the mercy of the court system.

As a non-American and also black, the chances of Hush beating this case is extremely bleak and the fact he is settling for a court appointed lawyer makes me feel his assets have been frozen or he does not have any means to bring funds to the U.S.

I do not condone Fraud as this makes it harder to do business with the rest of the world but Hushpuppi is a Nigerian.
[s]We condemn the crime but we must never support outsiders choosing to prosecute our citizens for crimes they committed.[/s]
If the crime was committed on US soil, it is a different ball game. But it was committed outside US soil with victims from all over the world.
We must all call for Judicial reforms in Nigeria whereby, the common man can expect a speedy and honest justice in every circumstance.


Lets not forget John Mitchener, a White American that is currently in Nigeria and has defrauded Nigerian companies to the tune of Billions of Naira. His activities contributed to some major Nigerian companies going bankrupt.
Our law enforcement agencies granted him bail while quietly allowing him to work with the US embassy to scurry out of Nigeria. Must we keep bowing to the White man Hushpuppi's fraud is not even a fraction of what Mr John stole but he is facing 20-life while mr John is patted on the back and sent back to US. where is the BBC article, where is the CNN article, where are the bloggers? smh!

He defrauded American companies and American citizens, don't blame the Americans for caring more about their citizens than our government cares for us. Haven't you ever heard the phrase, "You hurt one American citizen and you face the wrath of the United States' government"?

safarigirl:
In America, you can only practice law within a certain State. A licensed Chicago lawyer cannot appear in a California court, because he most likely does not have a license to practice within the state. He will have to apply through a California-licensed lawyer, in order to present himself as an attorney to the accused.

The process is too long, and Hushpuppi might not have had time for it.

Technically you're right but we have what we call reciprocity license, if you have a license in one state, it is valid in another. Most top lawyers are able to practice law across states.

sharone21:
So far dem no trouble Nigerians with crime, holding people from abroad hostage+ swindling them, 419 & rape....Your type still never agree say Nigerian women are among the MOST hardworking in the world? Anyway, which date has Nigerian men agreed upon to fix Nigeria's image they have majorly battered?

Whom did they batter it for? Is it not the brazillian hair needing, dollar spending, assurance wanting, nothing to offer but knacking body that most Nigerian females are known for. Just admit it, your sisters and friends are just as responsible for our bad image as the brodas dem

Right now as I'm typing this, I just came from a Bet9ja shop where I lost money. Money that is not even my own.

The only way to save a person like this is to remove them completely from the enabling elements. No phones, no socializing, no freedom! I suggest your parents register you at a military bootcamp.....I swear you'll never gamble again but most parents are too non chalant.

So let's get down to the koko. Your addiction is not gambling, your addiction is that you are still living off of people's money. Once you know say na hunger go kill you if you no work, once you realize you haven't eaten for 3 days and you are living from one bridge to another then your eyes go clear.

Until you reached rock bottom, you will never know the true value of money. There's only one thing more dangerous than a gambler and that is a gambler with access to other people's money

Ambitious kid, now this is a true son of the soil not the useless Hush and other touts spoiling our name. Great career path too....Director of the CIA......You might have to shed your Nigerian history completely because the secrets of the USA lies with the CIA.

Okuda:
if what i emboldened does not makes sense to you then your own case is lost. abi 1k no be person life savings?

So the marketwoman and the banker are both sinners and committed the same crime.....Wonderful! Professor you're truly a blessing to Nigeria

Okuda:
Dont try to play logic or twist whatever it is that brought up this topic in the first place. like i said, if you have cheated before for financial gain, you are not different from hush in mindset, the only difference with you both is that he took his a notch up when the opportunity was presented, meanwhile everyother person who would have had his opportunity with his same mindset, would do the same but as the opportunity did not get to them, they see him on tv and the news and criticize him to the full extent their mouth and mind can carry them thinking they are better than him and would not have done what he did but they fail to realize that that they have once cheated for financial gain and are no different than him...

You're simply misguided or plain ignorant, I can't think of any other explanation. In your own twisted mind, CEOs and business leaders who play the market, seek competitive advantage, sidevent some laws are in the same boat as a scammer who purposefully scam people out of their life savings. In your own own delusional mindset, a marketwoman that sold items to you for a higher price is just as guilty as a banker who took 1000 Naira out of your bank account.

When will people like you stop equating scammers with petty theft. I know why you reason this way, it's because you've never fallen victim. Perhaps you don't have much in life savings but imagine you're worth millions and some unknown nigga out of nowhere wipes out your account, would you sit here and type the rubbish you typed? I can bet my last penny, you'll be suicidal, so GTFO with your illogical reasoning!

Okuda:
little drops they say make a mighty ocean. hushpuppi did not start from defrauding comapnies of 100s of millions of dollars. he probably started when he was selling his clothes as a boutique owner in Lagos, stop giving excuses. like i said, if you have tried to outsmart other people before especially for financial gains, you are no different than hishpuppi, being a christian or a muslim, they are both sins unto the most high and attract same punishment..

Bullshit! I'm going to use your own words against you, I'm sure you've lied before, I'm sure you've done things you shouldn't have, do you deserve a prison sentence? Do you deserve the same treatment as Hush? I'll let you judge yourself since you've refused to reason like normal human beings!

Okuda:
most of you are angry because una dey wonder how him tske make am illegally and not because una hate cybercrime.. you are no different from hush if you have ever tried to outsmart someone your entire life...the only difference is hush made it with his but you not...

You sound very ignorant, human being lie, human being cheat but when your lies and cheats are responsible for bankrupting people and companies, when they are responsible for families and their offsprings going from okay to abject poverty then you're no longer just a liar or a cheater you're pure EVIL.....Stop pretending like you don't know the difference but perhaps you're not pretending, perhaps you're truly that IGNORANT?

hammer3:
THEY ARE NOT OFFERING HIM THAT AND HE IS ALSO OVERRATING HIS INTELLIGENCE.

HUSHPUPPI NEVER KNOW THE PEOPLE HAND HIM FAL ENTER.

EVERYTHING THAT LAWYER SAID IS WAT HE ASKED HIM TO DO.

NO SENSIBLE LAWYER WILL RAISE SUCH DEFENCE IN COURT.

I MEAN DO U CALL THE PROSECUTION, JURY AND JUDGE FOOLS?

HUSHPUPPI IS SHOWING NO REMORSE AND THIS IS WAT THE COURT LIKE, IT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO LOCK HIM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEYS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

Lol...Let's not conclude just yet, the road to trial is very long and it is possible by the second or third month, Hush might be singing like a bird and providing information that is very vital to catching the rest of those scamming mudafudgers

Here's the koko, once you enter the USA under criminal prosecution, only a miracle can save you from the slammer! The best possible scenario here would be for him to corporate and strike a deal that gives him a reduced sentence in exchange for naming all his coconsiprators and possible bosses. It is certainly possible that the FBI is after bigger fishes and Hush could play a role like 69 and snitch snitch snitch

Gerrard59:
I thought Donald suspended it till the end of the year? Regarding your last statement, they came in legally or illegally? They studied in US' universities or continued using Nigerian degrees?

Define legally and illegally? We have several legal options, tourist, student, greencard and work visa but tourist and student visa can quickly change from legal to illegal if you overstay or don't maintain the required conditions. Nigerian degrees are basically useless, more schooling/certifications is needed to even get an average professional job as a fullstack developer.

BotherMleeper:
The problem here is that the US government declares that all foreign students whose institutions are going online will be required to leave the US. The visa was conditional on attending classes in person, since that's no longer attainable even the option of remaining in the US to study online is not an option else the declaration would not have been made. Therefore the initial visa will be rendered invalid thus requiring the foreign students to leave.

However you slice it or dice it, that's the whole point.

The point is the US government just cited a condition that the visa was issued in the first place. USA does not give student visas for those wanting to study online. People are making a big deal of it but the rule has existed for decades now....lol.

Most people here don't understand how the USA works....lol. You can be making 200,000 dollars a year and not be able to save 10,000 dollars a year. You can be making that amount and still be in debt, I love how innocent and clueless most Nigerians are when it comes to life in America .

Now the koko, the question is not whether he should leave Nigeria but how? If he plans on using visiting visa, he'll be on a long thing, it might take him 5 to 7 years to even smell $80,000 USD per year. If he's very talented and already has a job offer with H1B visa then he might be luckier and reach his potential a lot quicker.

I have seen a lot of guys with dreams of gold and el dorado come here and end up being stuck, they have no path to citizenship, begging white women or akata to file for them. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail!

uruba23:
Some people are on scholarship

How much was the plane ticket? The housing? The feeding? When you calculate all those, trust me fueling of generator or buying inverter is chicken change

BotherMleeper:
The papers are valid only when the government says they're. Now they're saying they ain't.

They never said the papers were invalid, what they're saying is that those paper comes with terms and conditions, one of the most important conditions is that the student must attend a school physically and not remotely. They do make exceptions for one online class per semester but you cannot take majority of your classes online. The problem here is that my people once again FAILED to READ!

uruba23:
Someone better tell the U.S government electricity isn't stable here, even inverter might not help sometimes. The fact their course is online does not guarantee success. ..people who do remote jobs can attested to the power sector iskanci and how it is affecting their jobs.

If you can pay between 4 million to 10 million Naira per semester for schooling in the USA, shouldn't you be able to afford inverters or fueling your generator?

mamaafrik:
many times we say things we are ignorant about,maybe you don't know, I'm not a moslem too but i know that of a truth islam frowns at moslem woman marrying a non Muslim man but allows a muslim man to marry a non Muslim.
Which i feel is biasedly schemed.
If you are sensitive to history and happenings around too you will know that the Fulanis are having a conquest motive and mindset ,not in only Nigeria but everywhere you find a Fulani herdman.
If they could travel all the way from futan Jalon in sudan,read about how the Hausa land of the North got so islamized and Fulanized in governance,commerce and culture.
The aim is still alive.
Th only err in what he said was assuming the actor is a muslim because of his name.

Would you stop it already! You're confusing two things, patriachy with divine instructions. A Muslim man can marry a non muslim woman and a Muslim woman can marry a non Muslim man, nothing is stopping them. It is discouraged but nothing actually stops them!

Do you understand why a Muslim woman marrying a non muslim man is discouraged? It is simple, the man is the head of the household, how many times have we seen men stop their women from going to church, mosque etc? When a muslim woman marries a non Muslim man, she is at the mercy of what he allows. How easy would it be for the man to convert her to another religion? In fact the Quran specifically states that women are to be submissive to their husbands, so how can such a woman disagree with her husband's wishes?

Now let's turn it around, do you see the same problem when a Muslim man marries a non Muslim woman? Of course not, since the man is the head of the household! Let's be guided in our utterances and not just make bias assumptions because of what we read, let's try to seek deeper knowledge about the issue before commenting!

SUFFERInSMILIIN:
Please you need to understand Nigeria is a country of illiterate and illiterate people.
The first thing you need to know Nigerian Communities abroad and all dead. If you go to Canada America South Africa United Kingdom France Germany all of this country the Nigerian committee does not exist. What is going on is everybody and broad nose Nigerians are criminals so what is taking place in Nigeria have no community abroad. Because everybody looks at Nigerians like criminals and broad. So now this so-called Nigerian Communities all over the world are based in Abuja Ida aso rock or senate building. Is South Africa UK and all over the world there is nothing called like Nigerian community just Nigerians fooling themselves that they exist abroad but most Nigerians abroad are in fear and total hiding. So now what the government of Nigeria does they start making comments from Abuja and fully the Nigerian community that there is a Nigerian community in America when everybody in America news Nigerians are [criminals/color]

[color=#990000]Look what happened in India South Africa and china the way Nigerians were just slaughtered do you think there is any Nigerian community in those countries know there is not the Communities are dead what goes on is the Nigerian community is in Abuja speaking for those countries

Don't be absurd! Come to the USA andf you'll see the various Nigerian communities and infrastructures dedicated to them, come to South Carolina and see an entire village where Yoruba culture is the norm. Come to Atlanta and see how the medical profession includes top Nigerians, who told you majority of Nigerians are living in fear? You need to realize there's a difference between sneaking into another country and being there with residential/citizenship rights. I can't speak for those in South Africa or India because why would I leave Nigeria(shithole) for another shithole?

Finally, whatever NDMG means, we don't know their ass here in the USA, in fact majority of Nigerians here have never heard of them, they are just useless noisemakers, majority of Nigerians here still hate Buhari and we have passed our own vote of NO CONFIDENCE!

franozx:
Who and who will start the revolt. Is it our people that can be easily bought

That is why we must continue to bear the consequences and not blame outsiders, until we grow some balls and do the right thing, outsiders can do anything they want to us.....It's the cost of living in a shithole!