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Outright rubbish! Everything costs 5 times as much compared to a year ago, people frowning faces up and down, you can smell the poverty and despair kilometers away.....This is not an economic flex but people looking to relieve stress, many are already shocked at the fact that despite dollars exchanging for more Naira, it all goes so fast!

RodgersAkpafu:
The single Nigerian men I have met beg to differ with your assertion though
60-65 hours is 12 hrs 5 times a week and some change
Very easy
In fact, I know one (a good buddy of mine) that do 12 hrs 4/4 (thats 48 hrs weekly already) plus SIA jobs in the 4 days off
Dey play

You r right bout one thing though
Some took it to the extreme and died as a result
But generally, those who take care of themselves are hustling 60 hours plus back to back easily

I no dey argue too much online, if e never happen close to someone you know you won't undertsand the risk. No doubt there are people doing it but is it normal? Do they go for checkup? I fit bet anything person wey dey hustle like that no dey remmber wellness checks, you go just hear one day lagbaja don kick bucket, may God help us all!

RodgersAkpafu:
Thats where extra shifts come in
I have met single Nigerian men work 62 hours ever damn week
Week in, week out, nonstop

We don't even hang out anymore cos they are always working
And trust me, they are saving way more than £500quid
as much as this country has its issues
one thing I can't deny is that if you are ready to throw your hat in the ring, to work and sacrifice, with time, u go make am way more than Nigeria would have ever given you the opportunity to, especially if you are from the lower end of the the Nigerian society

If u are in the Elumelu/Okoya bracket
I'll understand why u won't bother with this hustle life
But someone earning 400k-500k in one corner scoffing at the UK is fooling himself

Even with extra shift, many cannot save that 500, you'll need to have a partner, both of you must be working in order to even dream of saving consistently with that low of a wage. Single guys rarely hustle that hard, time for clubbing and chasing girls would surely cut into the work hours and believe me 60+ hours per week, sooner or later engine go knock.......So many guys under 30 passed away in the UK recently from sheer exhaustion and heart issues........SUPERMAN only exists in comics

casualobserver:
I suggest you ask your father to do a DNA, you may belong to the driver.

Pray you reach my father's age in good health . FYI, as fate would have it we had to do DNA test as part of the immigration process to the USA 15 years ago.....So I'm very confident, can your father say the same about you?

casualobserver:
You made a stupid comment about making it known that you will require a DNA before you marry….fine. I simply asked what about those already married with kids? Stop making daft poorly conceived comments and you won’t be called out.

I think you've drank too much garri or perhaps your eagerness to clapback clouded your comprehension! Go back and read what I worte, wetin concern DNA with marriage? Married or not, men get women pregnant, I simply said right there and then before she puts to bed let her know DNA will be done.....What's so hard to understand about that? Una mumu too much for this app!

casualobserver:
And what if you already married with children? Some of you don’t think before you post!

So that negates the fact that baby switching can happen? Ogbeni face the fact that you're being sentimental and not logical. A man married with children has no bearing on the discussion. In fact, if distrust happens because of DNA for the newborn, he should be very suspicious of his other kids!

justtoodark:
thats alot of money in nigeria....

Still cheaper than raising a kid that's not yours for 18 years

justtoodark:
is that possible....??

Yes, it's a bit more costly but there are few methods such as Non-invasive prenatal paternity (NIPP) test or even Cell-free DNA testing. In the USA it costs around 400-600 dollars.

casualobserver:
I detest her but she is right. If the results are positive and the child is yours, you need to shut up and destro any evidence that you did a test. Nobody (certainly not your wife) needs to know you did a test. Because now you will introduce distrust into your marriage that will never go till the day you die. If your wife finds out you did a test and the child/children are yours, instead of bringing peace of mind, that’s the beginning of your problems for you in that house.

Even if the test is negative, You should keep quiet for a while, tidy up your affairs before you make your move or announce what you know.

I will advise that when doing the test do t do it in your name. Don’t leave any records in case the children are yours. If they are not then you can do a repeat test in your name.

Distrust? Una too like sentiments for this app! Nigerian men will suffer to be something and marry, yet una no wan behave like the head! Let her know right there and then before giving birth you'll do a DNA test to rule out baby switching at the hospital(We all klnow e dey happen). No need for long talk and going through corners, you don't owe her any further explanation. Any woman that distrusts after that should be sent back to her father's house for factory reset, logic should always prevail over sentiments......Shikena!

bukkani:
Please you should dash me 20k to repair my faulty car to hustle life has been unbearable to me over 3 months ..I'm thinking suicide

20k no fit repair wetin I dey see here and besides what happened to your 1 million Naira?

erico2k2:
You lived i n the USA over 15 years so what, that don't mean shyete,Let me tell you, in the 1st instance we do not do Pay check here, that is not a word we use here.
Now the 2nd silliness you made here is this. Your brother has lived in the UK less than 10 years and has access to a student loan and he was not born here or you 4got that part
thirdly, I don't think you even know that you have to earn certain amount of money for the student loan to be deducted even so It will show on your p ay slip, Did you see any on the OPs pay slip.
You have worked in IT Oh lord, what has that got to do with anything, who you epp with that shyte?Brother Plz stop boasting and Embarrassing yourself some of us already owned a British passport B4 you even got o n that flight to the USA to earn 15 years be humble, Im sure if I go fru all your post on nairaland the true you will surface and you aint shyte.15 years indeed Oh lord check my info on here, I joined nairaland 2007 there was no smart phones.

Brother ewwwww.....At least type with some balance, what in the name of chaos did you just wrote? Goodluck bruh, I'm not going to waste my time and energy comparing preeq size

erico2k2:
You obviously do not live abroad. So it will be wise to listen to those who do.Some people wey never reach Enugu airport go describe Heathrow terminal 5 pass you wey dey live for Hounslow sef you go fear
Bank loans comes directly from your bank not your salary unless its work that gives you the loan. There is not one percentage for all in tax however we all have what we call tax codes, This is the minimum you must earn B4 any tax is taken from you. These are all on the internet dunno why its hard for you guys to understand this.20 percent is called Emergency and for those with no tax codes. People who are married and have kids get less tax in form of tax credit than those who are single and doing exactly same job same time same place. The tax system in the Uk is xtreemly complex in a way that if you do not work in DWP you will never understand it.

You obviously don't know shit, I've been living in the USA for over 15 years now, so stick your condenscending tone up your you know what! I have a brother in the UK that collected student loan and the repayment is made directly from his paycheck, he set it up that way so don't waste my time with your jargon! I've worked in I.T and financial industry for over 10 years, no be everybody be your mate here!

MatrixCircle:
People earning that amount in Uk target £500 savings each month after all expenses and deductions. Couples earnings that minimum wage both target at least £1k savings monthly. I have met a few of them and that's thier targets.
But those earning above minimum wage save higher.

Do you live in the UK? Do you work in the UK? I know at least 50 people working and living in the UK and most of them are family members.....Abeg stop using theory and start being practical, reality differs from the picture you're painting!

People earning £1400 per month are targeting saving £500, how dem wan do am? No rent, no food, no utility bills? Una funny o

MatrixCircle:
How will tax bring 1725 to 1k ? at what % ? For instance tax is 20% normally if you earn above 1k by UK law. The total deduction from that 1725 will not be upto 400 ,highest 300+ , at then end take home about £1400. A part time earning less than 1k gets less than 20%, as per 20hrs per week.
But if its extra hustle for someone earning FT pay in another job then gets that 20% tax.

You're right tax in the UK is 20% for that bracket but you have to also consider other deduction such has health insurance and other fees. Many people have signed up for loan repayment directly from their checks and other misc. Even if we went by that 1,400, ain't no way such a person is saving 1 or 2k per month, wetin him go chop? Air and Insha Allah?

MatrixCircle:
8hrs per day shift at minimum wage of £11.5 presently doing full time 37.5hrs is around £1500 after tax deduction. Doing part-time 20hrs for students goes around £800 after tax deduction.

In the other hand , person doing FT has the right to do extra PT which can fetch £800 at minimum wage, calculating 1500 +800 = £2300 after tax deduction.
But in other jobs above minimum wage like Nurses, medical laboratory scientists Band4 & 5 upwards , Radiographer, Engineers can get £28 to £35 and hr rate. Full time earns between 2500 to £3200 per month after tax and NI deductions. With part time added one can get 2800 0r 3200 + 1300 after tax can get 3800 to £4100 per month.

Now rent and bills depends on individual's choice of accommodation and bills.
Last last after expenses one can save up to £2000 per month. The reason some people buy own houses in UK just after two years of relocation.
I am talking out of experience and not hear say.
So disregard whoever posted the above trash.

Your math is funny.......11.5 times 37.5 is what? 1500? You dey joke abi? That's just 431 and even if you times it by 4 to get 1725, taxes would bring it back down to around 1k. Even the extra PT that you mentioned is laughable, you'll never make that much, NEVER!

The U.S does not see tribe or ethnicity, all scammers are the same, whether you're Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa or other, if fraud na your superpower and your confidence high pass Colorado enough to commit on U.S. soil, las las them go catch and DIDDY you

ColonelMichael:
You are already gaslighting yourself, I asked a simple question but watch the bullshit you are lamenting about, oga, nobody pass Una for double standards and hypocrisy, I comot cap for Una.

Just say you have problem with comprehension which one be gaslight? Simple correction, regimes are not used for Democratic governments and presidents are not lawmakers.......Do you think this is incorrect? It is simple knowledge na, even Google can help you, abeg no be everything be fight COLONEL

ColonelMichael:
When did all these threats to people who criticise the government start, in which regime?

Using regime for a democratic government, you're already on the losing side! Furthermore, executives do not pass laws, it is the Legislative branch and last I checked there are more non Yoruba lawmakers than Yorubas!

Dem don swear for many of una in this country e no even funny again, to watch movie you need to be bribed, to vote for candidates dem must drop something, what's next? Soon una go dey demand payment before una shit or piss.......Very anyhow set of people

The problem is not her, the real problem is that she'll end up raising daughters and even sons with the same rubbish mindset. In the name of being liberal and carefree, females like her end up contradicting themselves. On one hand they want to be taken seriously, on the other hand they'll shout do not objectify us, we are not meat or sexual objects.......Well if it quacks and walks like a duck, IT'S A DUCK MY NIGGA

Even abroad pesticides are used for crop preservation. What matters is that you wash those beans and then wash it again before the beans gets soft. If una dey wait for crops that won't need pesticides una go wait tire! The best the government can do is to provide farmers and sellers with pesticides that are effective but less harmful!

Go back to cloth diapers, the government no send you and quite frankly the cost will never come down! If simple things like diapers and wipes are too expensive for you then you need to go back to the natural way our grandmothers did it......There's no shame in that, reserve modern diapers for outings and use cloth diapers at home.....SHIKENA!

Lifestone:
Why not safe yourself all these grammar. I don't have to have same views with you. You guys chooses context as it fit into your narratives. You will soon start comparing Nigeria development with those of UAE yet you won't admit that a country only develops when they obey their laws and deviants are held accountable.

I know you don't have the same(logical) view as me, it is clear for all to see na

I laugh in Swahili, government wey dey on shaky shaky legs already, let's kuku finish it all by joining BRICS. Even the strong nations like China and Brazil are still struggling to work out the kinks in the proposed system but Nigerian government as usual is already licking its lips not knowing it is being led to the slaughter house

Lifestone:
It's suits now that Dubai is not a democracy. And when it suits you you will insult Nigeria in comparison with Dubai.
It's narcissistic to think nobody else should have opinions

The common denominator in intellectual arguments is none other than CONTEXT! If you wanrt to argue about economy and progress do so but don't lump justice especially social justice into it! You don't go to North Korea and shout freedom of speech but in the USA it is allowed, different system different expectations, I shouldn't have to EXPLAIN this to you!

Furthermore, opinions are like ass holes, everybody's got one, still does not mean you should expose it for the whole world to see

Lifestone:
What did she say about the Police? I have continued to argue that Nigerian should know their laws and avoid breaking the rules. A Nigerian videoed her unfair treatment at the Dubai airport and posted it unto the Twitter, she was arrested tried and sentenced to 3 months in Prison for writing and posting negative things online about UAE.
But this activists have no respect for their Laws, yet they expect the Law to protect them. If you have to say or write, do that with provable facts

Is Dubai a democracy? Many of una just argue rubbish online without any iota of wisdom or knowledge!

deolumike:
Let people talk. You cannot cover iniquity forever! Comparing the opportunities available to the chinese, infrastructure and access to what Nigerians have is a dead argument

Yea that's why you're shortsighted and live only for now. It took the Chinese over 100 years to move from abject poverty to sustainable economy, they went through drastic laws including mandatory birth control, seclusion from the outside world and food rationing. It is one thing to criticize the government, it is another to rubbish an entire country......You might not see the value of Nigeria right now based on your condition but when you eventually make it, you'll crave for that heritage, you would shiver at the fact that despite your billions, the whites still looks at you and treats you like a caveman

The wild thing about people like her is that it is only synonymous with Nigerians. You'll never see a Chinese man in power say such a thing despite us knowing China has its problems.

The immediate past UK PM has Indian roots, he never ONCE said anything bad about India despite its many issues. Obama has Kenyan roots, he didn't rant about the lack of development there. Why are Nigerians so damn bent on ridiculing their heritage once outside of the country and in a place of power?

Dem swear for una ni? It's one thing to criticize the government but to disparage the land and its citizens, SHAME!

Lazy professor, any professor worth his or her weight should be able to discern AI generated research from actual human research but as usual lazy Nigerian professors would rather blame the technology than to up their game and be more mindful when grading.

Ningishzida:
Why not also tell us the number of Nigerians that also got killed in combat for America within that period?

I doubt if up to 5 out of 100 Africans who enlist to fight for their Western colonialists will survive for long enough to get the citizenship. They are the ones who will be stuffed into tanks and sent to the front lines where they will be bombed to ashes. Meanwhile their Caucasian counterparts will be enlisted into the Navy and other positions where the chances of them getting killed in battle is close to zero.

Spewing rubbish confidently has to be some kind of mental illness......Did you know that most Nigerians who enlist are actually enlisting as RESERVES? Meaning most of them won't even see active combat within their initial contract. Then you went ahead and added racism into this which is just pathetic, didn't you read that there were more Mexicans, Jamaicans enlisted? Why would Africans be treated differently? Abeg go warm eba chop, HUNGER BAD!

MrPresidon:
The irritating behaviour of many Nigerians is just something that cannot be explained. What is wrong with Fufu and Egusi soup ffs? Is it not food anymore? Is it poison? What does she stand to gain in exposing the name of the school? If the school decide to take legal action against this now she will be the one crying foul. If she thought the school wasn't good enough, then why enroll her wards there? No be her mate they enroll their wards for British-Nigerian schools?

I hate Nigerians I swear

Legal action against what? Did they serve KIDS fufu and egusi or not? Was it part of the school's meal cirriculum? Who approved it? Were parents notified ahead of time? What if a student was allergic to cassava or melon seeds? Una too dey support rubbish for this country!

Abroad you dare not serve kids food outside of the established menu or without parental consent......Na that be the real LAWSUIT!

Bimpe29:
I don't know, please tell us.

There's none so let's leave moprality out of it, presidents can pardon whomever they want!