₦airaland Forum

No mama swagga like her. She got the bragging right. Igbo women always ahead of women from the other ethnic groups in Nigeria since time immemorial.

Igbo are the smartest ethnic group in Nigeria when it comes to formal education.

Ojagun:
Personally,i believe African/Nigerian men should stop trying to control women.
Thinking constantly about controlling women as a man,is the mindset/mentality of pathetically weak,insecure men.
Leave the women alone to roam free and if they later decide to perch someplace and build a nest,then let them.If they don't,also let them be.It is their right/choice.

You sound like a weak man. So if I go all through the troubles to marry a woman and make her well being my responsibility as my wife, I should not set defined boundaries or rather principles that she must respect?
Naturally, whom so ever carries the burden of responsibility towards others enjoys the privileged position of having some leverage or control over the ones he/she is responsible for.

The person urging him to display different dance moves is crazily funny. "Oyaa Wayne your waist" "oya twerk, twerk".

yemmit90:
Can one get a Dog like German shepherd or Rott and be giving it normal food we eat at home withiout necessarily has be special or selective foods for Dogs?

A guy told me I can raise Eskimo like that, and it will be fine.

protein must be part of your dog's diet, if you decide to do homemade food rather than buying pricy premium dog dry and wet food.

Your dog bears features of boxer breed. She's cute just needs to be fed more so that her body stature will fill out.

Good. No headway for BAT to build a one party system.

ITEL P40 plus made me fall in love with the brand. Guys get yourself an ITEL today.

AccidentedCars:
Someone will read this and think "so poor people can't love?"

Of course they can. I literally said you will FIND love without money.

But preserving it? Sustaining it? Being the person who shows up when it counts – not with grand gestures, but with ₦85,000 that makes the difference between her walking into that room defeated or walking in ready?

That requires money.

Not luxury. Not Lekki Phase 1 money.

Just "the kitchen is stocked, the lights are on, we're not trekking in the sun, and when something important comes up, I can MOVE" money.

If that sounds like luxury to you, then you understand the problem even better than I do.

Bro you seem to be fixated on what you can offer to your woman rather than in actually setting standards for yourself. Every account of spending money in your story revolves around your woman.
Ask yourself if you ain't got no money would she stick with you?
Try test that your woman's loyalty with a challenging life, you seem to have it all rolling soft and easy for her.

demstone:
WITH TINUBU'S COURAGEOUS REFORMS
EVEN D BLIND ARE BEGINNING TO SEE A WEALTHY FUTURE FOR NIGERIA

MARK MY WORD
WHEN TINUBU COMPLETES HIS 8YRS

HE WOULD NOT JUST B THE FADA OF MODERN NIGERIA, JUST AS HE IS IN LAGOS

HE WOULD B D SUPREME EADER OF MODERN NIGERIA...

Any future built at the detriment of many would demand more detrimental costs to sustain.
Tinubu is building a modern Nigeria that will take shape in the future without ensuring the availability of security of lives and the means of livelihood of the masses in the present and you think that the modern future would come to be?have you seen where development festers in the face of alarming multi-faceted insecurity?
Oga you are just a stooge, abeg hush.

Adversity has a way of revealing the undeniable power of our strengths which we were unaware of prior.
Iran came, saw, and conquered. Even without a military nuclear program, Iran packs a formidable punch with their advanced conventional missile systems program that can hurt any superpower nation.

Basic123:
TINUBU WILL BE REMEMBERED BY WELL MEANING NIGERIANS FOR MANY LANDMARKS REFORMS
(Most are what pundits all agreed on their importance but each president have always been scared to touch because of fair and politics)


-Subsidy removal
-liberalization of forex
-TAX Reform
-NELFUND
-LG Autonomy
-Lagos-Sokoto highway
-Lagos-Badagry Highway
-MMIA reconstruction
-Regional commissions in all geopolitical zones
-Electricity devolution and decentralization bill
-Latest STATE POLICE

Let me put it to you that all these aforementioned achievements are all inconsequential because of the rising ugly heads of insecurity and economic hardship in Nigeria as at today.
The stings of insecurity and economic hardship is felt badly by the majority of Nigerians as at today;this is in sharp contrast to the gains of those achievements which are not felt by the majority of the masses except a privilege few.
So it's better BAT got it right with security and economic prosperity than those propaganda achievements you enumerated up there.

Why are men always falling into this trap abroad. As a man you have many options to relieve yourself of conji which includes, marrying, masturbation, hiring escorts , knack your fellow man...

OmoOshodi:
just another Love Machine warrior.. ranting about how she decides to live her life

succinct. Thanks.

Can someone pls summarize?

Here to learn cos I wanna japa with my family too. Latest next year.

HacheNoire:
In as much as we still have a lot of work to do, we still have to be thankful and same time applaud our past and previous administration for prudent debt.

If we must compare our self with same climes like the US where debt has surpassed GDP, then you will start appreciating we stand.


With our country blessed with a leader like His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), we are definitely in safe hands.

Thunder wey dey vex na your portion.

Thank you. I think Raenest is working on getting adopted by Amazon KDP as PSP.

These bandits are offshoot of different terrorists groups. The idea is to spread groups' tentacles or presence to distant regions across the country so splitting into smaller but more mobile cells would hasten the theyr reach.
So bandits should be considered terrorists as well.

C

FSBoperator:
Ok oh

Kanu was only trolling Nigeria from his UK studio

His labelling of the Nigeria you hope to govern being a zoo that must be destroyed is just free speech.

His orders to his minions to target and kill security personnel in the SE is just empty talk.

Empty talk that saw the army couple waylaid by Kanu's goons, beaten, tortured, raped and beheaded with the woman's privates mutilated was just empty talk.

His orders for his goons to kill any Fulani they see in the forests of the SE is also empty talk.

I believe this Obi is going senile or he has been a mad man that he is all these while.

I swear down as an igbo man I don't want perter obi in power, he would divide this country deeper than the divided state the country is in currently.
PO is pro IPOB; he has never acknowledged or condemned the mayhem perpetrated by radical armed groups in the southeast inspired by MNK'e hate speech.

I just love this guy, he is super cool.

I opine based on available facts, that BAT administration is good at executing infrastructural projects. I give it to him.

DaudaTheSexyGuy:
So if I bang your wife you will come and arrest me?

Under which law?

Na only mumu policeman go gree follow you

if you bang my wife and I find out, I will part ways with her but as for you, you will go down 6ft because you broke men's code.

A real man does not touch what belongs to another man-wife. It's an unforgivable taboo.

WhiteIverson:
Thank you for proving my point Audio millionaire

No wonder you use Audiomack
Mr Audio

Don't mind that fellow. Real rich people don't talk like that.

Thundafireseun:
Nah poverty dey worry you...

6m is chicken change

Yes 6 million is relatively a pittance to big shots, agree but the OP is a crash dummy and a sore looser.
He probably is not sweating legitimately to earn money.

Na my Rottweiler be that.

Ifeoluwadev:
Before anybody calls me a liar or a complainer, sit down and read this first. Because I have numbers. And numbers don't lie.

In 2019, I was earning ₦150,000 per month. Junior staff. I was not rich at all. But I was comfortable. I could breathe.

Today in 2026, I earn ₦500,000 per month. On paper that is more than 3x growth. I should be living large. I should have savings. I should be talking about investments by now.

Instead I am broke before the 25th of every month.

Let me show you exactly why.


THE NAIRA ITSELF
In 2019, one dollar was roughly ₦360.
Today in 2026, one dollar is over ₦1,500.

The naira has lost about 75% of its value against the dollar in 7 years. So anything imported, whether electronics, medicine, baby products or even some food, now costs 4 times what it used to.

My ₦500k today equals roughly $333.
My ₦150k in 2019 was worth roughly $416.

Read that again.

I earn more naira but fewer dollars. In real purchasing power I have gone backwards even though my salary tripled on paper.


FOOD

In 2019, I fed myself comfortably for around ₦30,000 per month. Decent food, market twice a week, occasionally a small restaurant.

Today that same lifestyle costs me at least ₦120,000 and that is me managing carefully.

| Item | 2019 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Bag of rice (50kg) | ₦18,000 | ₦85,000+ |
| Cooking gas (12.5kg) | ₦3,500 | ₦18,000+ |
| Groundnut oil (4 litres) | ₦2,800 | ₦12,000+ |
| Tomatoes (paint bucket) | ₦800 | ₦5,000+ |
| Full chicken | ₦2,500 | ₦10,000+ |
| Big loaf of bread | ₦350 | ₦1,500+ |

My food budget went up by 400%. My salary went up by 233%. The food is winning.



RENT

In 2019, I paid ₦350,000 per year for a decent one bedroom in a Lagos suburb. That is about ₦29,000 per month if you break it down.

Today that same apartment, same area, same size, same leaking ceiling, is ₦1.2 million per year. That is ₦100,000 per month equivalent.

I now spend 20% of my gross salary on rent alone. And landlords still want one to two years upfront. So every renewal season I need to drop over ₦1 million at once like I am buying land.



ELECTRICITY AND GENERATOR
In 2019, NEPA was bad but manageable. Fuel was ₦145 per litre. My monthly gen fuel was around ₦8,000.

Today petrol is close to ₦1,500 per litre. My monthly generator fuel alone is ₦45,000. And NEPA is still giving me the same 4 hours they gave me in 2019. Nothing changed on their side except the bills went up.


TRANSPORT

Bus from my estate to office in 2019 was ₦150 each way. That is ₦300 per day, about ₦6,600 per month.

Same route today is ₦700 minimum each way. ₦1,400 per day. Nearly ₦31,000 per month.

Ride hailing? Multiply that by three. I now spend between ₦30,000 and ₦50,000 every month just moving my body from home to work and back.



SO WHERE DOES THE ₦500K GO?

| Expense | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Rent (broken down monthly) | ₦100,000 |
| Food and groceries | ₦120,000 |
| Generator fuel | ₦45,000 |
| Transport | ₦35,000 |
| NEPA bill | ₦18,000 |
| Airtime and data | ₦12,000 |
| Toiletries and misc | ₦20,000 |
| Tithe | ₦25,000 |
| **Total** | **₦375,000+** |

That leaves me ₦125,000 for savings, emergencies, hospital, clothes, sending money home, school fees if you have children, and anything unexpected.

In 2019 on ₦150,000, my total expenses were under ₦90,000 and I had ₦60,000 left. That leftover was worth $167 at the time. My ₦125,000 leftover today is worth $83.

I saved more real money when I earned less. That is not a feeling. That is arithmetic.



THE PART NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
Beyond the numbers, what has changed is how money feels.

In 2019, seeing ₦100,000 in my account felt like safety. Like I had options. Like I could breathe easy.

Today I see ₦500,000 land on payday and my first feeling is anxiety, not happiness. Because I immediately start calculating what is owed, what is running out, what will still not be enough.

That shift from feeling okay to feeling like you are always one emergency away from trouble, even as your salary grows, is what this economy has quietly done to the Nigerian middle class.

We are not imagining things. We are not lazy. We are not bad at managing money. We are just running on a treadmill that keeps speeding up.



MY QUESTION TO NAIRALANDERS:
What was your salary in 2019 and what is it today? Are you genuinely better off or are you like me, earning more and living less?

Drop your numbers in the comments. No judgement for anybody. Let us count together.

OP I want to presume that you are still a bachelor and if I am right I can't help but think that you are actually living above your means.
For a bachelor, 500k salary is relatively a fat salary this is of course if you don't shoulder the responsibility of providing for someone else as a breadwinner.
See, I earn just about the same salary as you earn and I am a family man (2 kids, one wife), I can tell you for free that I am able to save up to 20% out of what I earn.
But I must agree with on a general note that the cost of living in Nigeria as at today is really on the crazy high side compared to some years back, no thanks to the draconian fiscal policies of this regime.
The money at hand today is of less purchasing value compared to what it would had been a couple of years back. We are all just getting by, God continue to help us.

Gotocourt:
See as Dem dash that one groundnut 😅😂🤣.

You are funny

Islamizing Nigeria would tantamount to splitting of the country into different independent geographical regions.

The only parts of the country that can be systematically and easily islamized are the ones that relatively have the highest number of adherents of Islam than other religions-that includes the whole of northern Nigeria and parts of SW and maybe SS but you see SE na no go area.