₦airaland Forum

sonnie10:
This your “TO BE CONTINUED “ no be small thing.
Next is child support on top factory work. Pray that you don’t miss a payment, then you would be arrested and tagged criminal due to your background history.
Final story, no employer would come anyway near you with a 100 yard pole. No landlord would want you in their house.
At the end, no money, no house, no food. The child you had it taken away because you cannot care for him/her. That is how generational poverty is passed down.

gypsey:
The Absolute! truth!

See as you open people's nyash.

Na serious something we dey see over here, some go even carry their entire family come suffer for here.

People seems to think that once you get out of the country to a place like USA all your problems go away.....LMAO......My friend come see as people dey suffer over here. You came here with a visiting visa and get stuck, 2 to 3 years later you still dey leech off of family members or friends if you have any. Worse, you are homeless and often sleep wherever you can lay your head. 3 years have gone by and the only place that can hire you is one where you must work in a hot factory with heavy labor, you are yet to find a whitee or black American that can file for you so you can become legal, 5 years have gone by and you STILL DON'T HAVE PAPERS but you are able to survive by being a worker at a church. You're able to survive by working menial jobs under the table, 7 years in America and you don't even know when you're ever going to get papers or start a family. Out of greediness, you gave akata belle, now she files for you.....TO BE CONTINUED!

Here's how a typical Nigerian graduate thinks:

Graduate since 2014, wait for jobs, do underpaid jobs if any= 5 years of nonsense!

Want to know what you could have achieved in 5 years?

It takes just 3 to 6 months to learn how to repair phones/laptops.
It takes 6 to 8 months to learn graphic designing/software publishing
It takes 1 to 2 years or less to learn tailoring, become a good barber, learn how to make and design shoes.

In today's world where people will pay you to build a website, design a logo, business card and so on, I'm surprised many Nigerians are not becoming enterpreneurs. Instead of being frustrated to the point of wanting to kill yourself, you might want to reach out to people around you for small financial assistance and then become a freelancer. Fiverr is really hot right now, you could make 5k to 50k weekly if you know what you're doing.

GreyLaw:
This is one of the major problems of Nigeria. Where one is born is supposed to be where he is from, but I doubt Nigeria can ever get to that level. The division is too deep.

Who cares what bloody Nigerians on Nairaland thinks, what matters is what the law states, if you were born in Lagos, you are from Lagos; everything else is sentimental.

Probe Tinubu for what exactly? Are they saying he's not wealthy enough to own 100 money vans? Are they saying his interests in over 100 businesses are not genuine? The man has not held elected office since 2007, what exactly would the petition be about? The smaller fishes you've not probed, you want to go after JAGABAN, odikwa dangerous. EFCC is not that stupid

wellmax:
If you are blind, sorry healing the blind isn't part of his JD . Remain blind.

Sheep!

wellmax:
He's been working since day one on revamping the decayed infrastructure. Keep your bitterness for other purposes

Abeg is he using Glo sim? Over 4 years, what's the result so far? Infrastructure wise, we're worse now than 5 years ago....what gives?

backnbeta:
But really, the worst Christians do is rant on social media and sometimes on the pulpits... Christians are not known to pick up arms and slaughter 'unbelievers'

Study your history! From tourture to holy wars, the Islamic extremists are only repeating what was done before by Christians. The truth remains that religion is a scam, if you could reason deeply you'll see most of the world's major problem started with religion. Belive in God, do the right thing but be weary of someone telling you only your religion gets to heaven....lol.

LMAO....You'll end up deleting every social media app because they are all hackable. In this age where everyone posts their personal business online, it is easy to guess key details necessary to take over an account. From birthdays to siblings, too easy. This particular flaw isn't something new, ever heard of dropbox? End to end encryption is a myth when it comes to social media, there's always an exploit. Multi factor auth is the way to go, this includes iris and fingerprint scanning, your biometrics is more secured than any password or pin!

People are funny....Abeg is Tinubu an elected official? Are we saying private citizens can't be posperous? People just like to dream of the impossible, what exactly are yo ugoing to accuse him of? Crimes commited before 2008 or profits from over 20 companies in which he either owns or is a major stakeholder. Don't hate the player, hate the game

Just mind your business before they give you something to keep you busy. Children ae often at the mercy of their parents and in this case both the mom and dad are unfortunate/cursed human beings. If you are adamant, you can try having a dialogue with the mother, you might end up seeing things from a different angle. Also you can see that women are fighting to be with him even tho he no get zilch, either the blokos na elele or the man is a spiritual something

MrBrownJay1:
Bro if you believe that the US is the greatest place on earth then I can safely assume you haven't LIVED around the world. Take it from someone who has been around the world a few times and back....there are many places around this earth 100times better than the US.... starting from anywhere in Scandinavia (apart from Finland).

I've lived and worked in a total of 12 countries, from the USA to the UK to Norway and Japan. Trust me no country gives you the opportunities and freedom the USA allows. I'm not talking about being peaceful or even relaxing, I'm talking about pure economic and financial power. Can you name a country with the population almost that of the USA with the same financial opportunities......? DON'T BOTHER, you won't find any! Let me share the beauty of the USA with you, I went from making $18,000 a year when I first got here to over 170k a year now and that is not counting my investments which nets me extra 45k per year. Guess what, that's not even the real beauty. I have 5 properties here earning me good income and I didn't have to use more than 20% of my own money, this is what I mean by financial and economical power. A credit score of 700 and above, a good job and a sharp mind will make you a cash cow in America, no country can give you that type of financial freedom unless you are deeply connected, not Switzerland, not the UK, not Japan. As a Nigerian, if I'm not making money abroad, then what's my gain? If you're talking about clesn water, cool breeze and simple life, sure there are better countries but perosn like me no give a bleep about those, show me the money....Shikena

MrBrownJay1:
Bro, we all know that the US was founded by murdering Millions of indigenous people. The nation was built upon evil and has continued this circle of evil up till today. That's the only way they can stay ahead ( aka by cheating/looting and murdering others).... so yes we know that this is the American way, but sadly, it has turned to bite America in its own behind.

I actually foresee the country falling into chaos pretty soon. Civil unrest is inevitable. Walk around any major city of the US, see the amount of poverty and homelessness while some people would walk pass them with $100k watches unfazed.

So were most of Europe, Asia and Africa.....Abi you wan tell me say you no hear of the various wars between Yoruba tribes, Hausa/Fulani tribes and so on. You wan tell me say you no know of the Otttoman empire, the Roman empire and so on, shey na chicken dem kill before they rose to prominence? See back then it was conquer or be conquered, even the indigenous people you are championing, each tribe fought against the other in order to cliam supremacy, this was why it was easy for the Europeans to conquer them. America still remains one of the greatest country in the world, the alternative is just too bitter for me to taste, abi make we trust Russia, China or even good old Britain to dominate?

heendrix:
Lol this ur idea about chip or remote disarm mechanism should be outta possible solutions coz a criminal would not tell you he/she wants to attack a particular place plus if as an FBI ur looking to lock down a gun from shooting you'll be wasting time as many souls would be gone bfr u can even try

the best solution is nothing really can be done coz NRA wouldn't want this to end as Trump himself also values his life more than anything I'll just say RIP to the many more who would still fall

Lol...there are plenty of things that can be done, I'm in support of requiring mental evaluation for every gun owner and a yearly recertification. I'm in support of giving longterm prison sentence for parents whose children took a firearm they owned and used it to kill people. I'm also in support of banning assault weapons like AK47 and so on. All these would at least reduce the number of gun related incidents in a year. The problem now is that everything is political in the USA, common sense is no longer in the equation.

MrBrownJay1:
We ALL must be sentimental about this issue because dumbaasses are using their guns to do every nonsense known to man. People are shooting up innocent people for flimsy excuses whatsoever.

I am sure you understand that there is a huge difference between a FIREARM and a knife or rope.

The reason why no president has ever stood against the NRA is because they are too powerful, just like no gov will ever go against Jews in America (or Israel), the banking system or pharmaceutical companies. Come on bro!

Again, criminal all over the world have access to guns, yet countries in Europe (Uk, France, Spain, Italy, Germany) are better off when it comes to gun violence... it's a no brainer.

Thinking of what criminal would do, instead of thinking of DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, is the reason why you can never think clearly on this issue. You certainly don't make laws thinking of what criminal elements "may or not" do, you make laws because that what is RIGHT for the wellbeing of your people.

You're not facing reality, many men have had good intentions/ideas but it never became a reality. Perhaps if you had a better idea instead of taking away all guns, your point might resonate with most Americans but your stance as it stands is DoA(Dead on Arrival)! Ask yourself how was America founded? Was it by doing what was right or was it by people being bold and standing up to tyranny? The government represents tyranny and any president that dares to do what you said will find himself in a civil war. This is not nigeria where cowards lives among cowards, this is the US of A, plenty werey dey here o

MrBrownJay1:
A person's freedom and liberty shouldn't infringe on the freedom and liberty of others. Sadly, today it is very common to have deluded deranged people thinking that any of their sick thought process is right, and they have the right to kill to attain it.
So you won't be able to dismiss a child from school any longer, if not he will come back to kill every other students out of anger OR you can't fire anyone at work because that insane bastard will come back and shoot everyone working there. I won't think of the racist individual who thinks it's ok to shoot any colored person in the back, just because his racist self feels like it.



I am under the impression that the war is already on bro.... People do indeed die by the boatload DAILY, from gun violence.



Maybe the above is the reason why so many are killing innocent people at the drop of a hat.
You Burger takes too long to be serve, you attack the cashier, your neighbors plays too loud music, you shoot him etc...
Something needs to be done, that ain't right!



Weed us indeed legal in countless states and the abuse is on the rise...it doesn't stop people from getting high...it simply makes it better policed.... but I am certain that weed smoking never hurt a yoke but the dumbaass smoking.




This is not such a simple black and white issue... but the fact that remains that unless guns andres outlawed, you cant possibly think of eradicating gun violence. So long as common deranged mad people can own a gun, the problem.will persist.

Now let me give you an example:
In the US, neo nazi acists can gladly parade in the streets while insulting and abusing colored people. That's their constitutional right.
In the US, any sect who believes that doomsday is approaching can suddenly decide it is time to protect their communities against foreigners This same set of people can buy guns and assault rifle by the boatload. Why would both above case need the police if they think they can just go home and pick up their guns to make THEIR own sick deranged laws?


Any firearm is a weapon of mass destruction... and only investing money in more police can solve the issue while civilians are disarmed and protected by their police force. That's what needed now until all guns are removed from the hand of common people. By then you would not need that much police any longer

Come off it, you're being too sentimental! Knives kill people, a rope can kill people, even cars kill people. Should we ban all those? Some people prefer to live in eldorado and speak of things that can never happen but I prefer to be realistic. There's no way you can tell the American public that you are banning ALL FIREARMS and they'll take it like that, NO WAY! This is why no president, Democrat or Republican has ever mentioned it.The root cause of gun deaths in America is not guns but a feeling of entitlement, drug abuse and lack of overall morals. You take away guns and criminals would still get them, in as much as you can't find a solution to that, people will never give up their guns...Shikena!

MrBrownJay1:
You made some valid points here, espe ually tjat smart gun point, but let me ask you very simple questions:
- What is RIGHT for any society, citizen owning guns or not?
- how can they arrive at some sort of peace, unless every individual is restricted from.having guns?
- yes there will always be criminal elements with guns if/when owning guns is outlawed, do you think the situation (like in Europe or Australia) would be worst than what's happening in the US today?
Don't you even see the link between mass shooting and the gun laws? I mean where else in the world do you even hear almost monthly of mass shooting?
- Why would anyone in the US need a gun?
- if for protection then why do they need a police force then (whose job is it to protect and serve)?!
- most importantly, why would anyone in the US need any ASSAULT RIFLE (AR15/M16 type) ?
- are you saying that the best way for people to protect themselves (against criminals who may have guns) is to let common deluded crazy deranged people possibly have guns too.....? Then how do you solve the issue at hand?

I believe the solution to criminals having guns in the US is MORE policing, MORE security on the streets, Armed guards in specific places to ensure that these criminal elements are brought to book. It won't be an easy job but in a few decades, the benefits will be evident... you can't possibly reduce gun deaths in the US unless owning guns is banned completely.



Yes, i fully agree that men are the problem.here.... but your solution is just not making any sense. What do you mean acting like girl? Being too emotional and crying over every simple issues?

The thing you have to realize about Americans is that they value they privacy, freedom and control more than anything. You are talking about more policing, military intervention and so on...lol. These are the types of things that makes most of them act crazy and paranoid. Most of them already despise the government and police, most of them already belief that the government is out to kill them, so when you now add all the crazy stuff you mentioned, what you'll get is a full war. See the difference between Americans and Nigerians is that many Americans are willing to DIE for little things. The more you make something a taboo to them, the more they want it....Drugs, weed, etc. Let's also give you an example to debunk your theory, do you know the state with the highest amount of gun laws and policing in the USA? California, New York, Illinois. Do you know the states with the highest gun related deaths? California, Illinois, Texas. This shows that laws and taking away people's guns would only encourage more criminals to be bold and the average citizen to be defenseless. You talk about police as if they can respond to home invasions immediately, it still takes them 15 minutes or more to arrive and by then what's done is done.....the only thing I can agree with is a ban on assault weapons but ordinary handguns, that is just the American way!

Jokerman:
That's why we had Dagrin

Imagine if Dagrin existed for a couple more years, what could have been...smh!

7Alexandre:
I’m not.

But I don’t really think being the capital really have that much of a thing to do with development.

For example

North Carolina State capital is Raleigh but Charlotte is more developed

Florida State Capital is Tallahassee but Miami is more developed

New York State Capital is Albany but New York City is more developed.

New Jersey Capital is Trenton but Newark is more developed

I have lived in all four states described above.

The former capital of Georgia was Savannah then Augusta. These places are also developed. Atlanta's case is unique, most people in Atlanta are not from Atlanta, population boom is in play here. Now we know that population often correlates with development and that is the case for Atlanta. More population equals more corporations and more jobs, this is the reason for the development not democrat or republican magic....lol.

MrBrownJay1:
There can only be ONE solution here...banning ownership of firearm altogether... and maybe in 50yrs time, the US Gov will have succeeded in getting rid of the 393M firearms in circulation in the country.

Sadly, the firearm industry is a $30Billion a year industry who isn't ready to give up on its golden goose that easily...aka going after a very powerful lobby that has very deep pockets and very powerful allies.

But hey, who are we kidding, the foundation of that great nation is based off that "gun culture" (go ask any native indians)

If you ban ownership of firearms guess what? Criminals don't obey laws, meaning the only people with firearms are criminals and the government. Which brings us to a situation like Nigeria where you can be robbed at your home or in your car and there's no defense. Banning firearms will never work but tougher laws and more monitoring is the key. Everyone that owns a firearm should undergo yearly renewal where there mental and physical health is tested, every firearm sold should be equipped with a remote disarm mechanism that the FBI can shut down at any time using the serial number or the chip ID. Any child that obtains a firearm left around by a parent or another adult and commits a crime with it should be jailed for 10 years and above. There are more measures that can be put in place but banning guns outright is a suicidial decision in America right now.

bolayei:
Atleast I don't have to be stuck in traffic for hours or catch the trains anymore or live in one town Monday to Friday and another over the weekend. Please what's the difference between that and living in Nigeria? Look some people don leave that life behind. Abeg who knows Adeleke in Atlanta with all his billions?

You are the bastard that can not see any good you can bring to your fatherland.

Mugu you still dey type....I don leave you go sleep, woke up, drove to office and you still dey display your generational curse on Nairaland. So now you are comparing yourself to Davido ? YOU MUST BE MAD!

7Alexandre:
Maybe that explain why rural Georgia is stagnating while Metro Atlanta & surrounding Areas are booming lol...

Don't tell me you're one of those that believes democrats bring prosperity and Republicans brings chaos? Lol...they're all the same! Atlanta is the capital so naturally it has to develop much faster than the Southern areas but places like Macon, Savannah and others are equally developed.

HeyCorleone:
I'm not a fan of Mode9, in fact I have only heard very few of his songs. But this your write up is rubbish.

What exactly is your stance - That Mode9 in himself isn't a good rapper or that he didn't receive enough attention by compromising?
Because I don't understand. Look at the rubbish you typed. That he should have released Gbedu. For who and why? That is why you have other artistes committed to that genre.

If you don't appreciate hardcore rap, the get the Bleep of that lane. But don't expect a rapper to dumb things down for individuals like you.

First of all mind your tone, you can make a point without sounding like a donkey! I never said Mode9 was not a good rapper, in fact I even tagged him as the best lyricist which I doubt many people can compete with but we are talking about the greatest rapper here. Not hardcore, not gbedu but the GREATEST RAPPER! Ask yourself this simple question, who do you consider the greatest rapper in American history? Many of you would choose between Eminem, Pac or Biggie, why? Because they had memorable songs that can withstand the test of time. Please yarn me one of mode 9's songs that you are confident many people will remember nowadays and 10 years from now? YOU CAN'T! So the next time you decide to get hot, SLOW YOUR ROLL JABRONI!

7Alexandre:
The countryside will always vote Republican no matter what since most of them are really really very conservative.

But the Atlanta Metro Area is overwhelmingly Democrats due to transplant from other Liberal Cities like New York City & Washington DC.

Isn’t the Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms a Democrat?

The thing is that even the metro votes would be split, 60 to 70% Democrats and 30 to 40% Republican. When you add in the fact that the Southern Counties vote rEpublican 70 to 80%, it is unfairly skewed in favor of Republican candidate. Funny enough in the history of Georgia, there's only been about 5 Republican Governors....lol. The last Democrat(Roy Barnes) from 1999 to 2003 almost sunk the state.

7Alexandre:
It’s very close to downtown Decatur.

Nice!

7Alexandre:
The traffic is the only problem but overall Atlanta is a nice city.

I also have a friend that lives in Decatur & commutes from Decatur to Atlanta every morning for work.

He was able to buy a brand new home on Mortgage in Decatur for about $350,000.

You wouldn’t get that kind of deal in Atlanta right now because everything seems to be going up & up.

$350k in Decatur? Is it North decatur? Because most of decatur is ghetto and high crime area. Fro that price it better be North Decatur specifically downtown.

7Alexandre:
The Haves & The Have Not.

Old Money doesn’t want New Money in their Neighborhood.

Maybe if you guys vote a Democrat into office as a Governor things might change.

I laugh in Swahili

7Alexandre:
Nigerians & Dramas are like 5 & 6.

I usually attend their Owambe Parties on Saturdays & Sundays so I can be able to Eat Nigerian Food.

But I always stay clear of joining their Associations like Members Abroad Association & Brothers United Association because it always breeds envy, power tussle & in house fighting.

I also attend Redeemed Christian Church of God but tend to leave the church immediately after service.

This is the best philosophy.....The less they know the better!

7Alexandre:
So why can’t Atlanta expand MARTA?

I used it the last time I was in Atlanta & it was really nice.

It’s takes you from the Airport to Midtown, Fourpoints, Downtown, Roswell, Dunwoody and even Buckhead.

When I was living in New York City, I didn’t need to own a car because the Subway could take you to wherever you want & most of the busy ones run 24/7.

But in Atlanta, you definitely need a car to go from point A to B.

This is the age long question most of us have been asking.....lol. The short answer is that the rich or affluent neighborhoods belive Marta would bring less desirable people or crime to their neighborhood. This is why they've voted against a 1 to 2% tax increase for the last decade.

7Alexandre:
I don’t really want another financial crisis to occur but that might only be the way for people like us to cash in on the falling real estate & become home owners.

The Prices of houses right now all need to come down to previous lows in order to enable people to buy in

From New York City to Washington D.C. to Los Angeles to Miami to Atlanta most Middle Class Americans have been slowly but surely priced out ever owning a nice house.

Yea, knowing Americans, we'll see another housing bubble sooner than later. The country just loves buying buying buying and credit/mortgage is king

7Alexandre:
I also paid a visit to neighboring Columbus, Georgia which’s only about an hour & 30 minutes from Atlanta.

It’s a very cheap city. My friend only pays about $600 for a one bedroom apartment.

Maybe the city is cheap due to the fact that there’re a lot of Military Personnel in town due to its close proximity to the Fort Benning Military Base in Fort Benning Georgia.

Yea we have lots of cheaper places 2 hours away from Atlanta but most people working 8 to 12 hours per day, don't want to commute that long. Especially when main Atlanta traffic can be brutal at times. I have one of my subordinates that commutes from Douglasvile, she go leave house at 4am just to get to office by 7am. She go leave office by 4pm just to get home by 7pm, I keep saying in Yoruba language, man was not born to suffer