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For me, giving kids Hi-Tech devices is not a problem. The problem comes with what they do with it. You may want to pretend if you like. Those of you saying you will monitor what they do with it; you are just deceiving yourself. Once that child has access to the Internet on that device, you have lost the game; except if you do not have any other thing to do in life than to be tail-gating them. What parental control do you want to set on Iphone or BB? When my friend mistakenly upgraded her Iphone with the wrong firmware, it got deactivated and locked out by Apple. A 12 year old boy jailbroke the iphone and unlock it for her. If a 12 year old by can jailbreak a phone that was deactivated by Apple, it would not cost that boy any effort to outsmart the parents with what ever restriction they put on their devices. Such children only need to go online and find the way out.

Like I said, the problem is not the device but the "Internet access" on the device. While other children abroad are likely use it judiciously to improve on them selves like doing their homework, solve some problems in their curious minds, learning some programming skill or even helping their parents on how to operate their phones, an average Nigerian child will likely use the phone the other way round. The good Nigerian child may either be buzzing all their aunties/uncles/friends for subscription credits, or wasting their precious time face-booking, twitting and even sexting. Others (the bad ones) might even start thinking of monetizing the smart phone through yahoozee. Only very few would likely use it for the actual intended purpose.

Buttom line, the device is not a problem. It is the Internet access on it, that can be a blessing to the Western world, but a course to a nation like Nigerian whose kids are more likely to abuse it than their counterparts here in U.S. Not until Nigerian youths have uncontrolled access to the Internet, there was nothing like yahoo-yahoo which have dented the image of the good Nigerian who are always assumed to be potential fraudsters. The device is good for kids, but the Internet access on it remains a great danger to kids especially in Nigerian.

@poster

I know there are many decent akata and oyinbos but it is so much different dating a nigerian man. I can feel free to watch my yoruba movies, without him asking me questions all the time about what they are saying (if there are no subitles) i can feel free to cook my ila asepo with all sorts of assorted meat, stock fish and iru( without the person thinking it is stinky) I can feel free to cook my egusi and efo riro without any weird comments. I can discuss business proposals with a naija man in a way that a oyinbo man or akata man will never understand. we can discuss naija politics e.t.c it is just so much sweeter being with a nigerian in my opinion.

I have had a few oyinbos promising me cars, houses, anything i wanted if i would marry them, but i just can't see myself saying "till death do us part" with a oyinbo/akata man.

I'm sorry to say, the only sense I make from page 1 to 7 of your thread are those food you mentioned there. I am missing those food seriously. Others are blah-blah blah to me...sorry to say. I am a Yoruba boy right here with you in the US. 4 hours away from you. Please when next are you preparing those food? Abeg invite me next time. I would not mind driving that distance. Abeg I no dey earn 6 figure ooo.... So, let me know if you cannot invite me because of my income. But if you don't mind, just email me. Na that food matter to me pass...the rest na story or mere fantasy. When reality dawn on you, you go know how far. just add @yahoo.com to my user name on nairaland. That would give you my full email address.

I don't mean to judge here. But my question is, how is this Pastor different from 2-baba (2-face)?

As at yesterday, a pastor was still telling us to seek the face of God diligently so as to know the right spouse. So, do we assume that Okotie did not seek the face of God? hence he just chose the pretty ones for himself. If God has indeed been choosing for him, do we now say God has been choosing the wrong women for him? This questions keep coming to my mind, and I keep wondering how the Okotie is different from every other man in Ajegunle

I do not see the tablets replacing the regular laptops soon. However, I have seen devices e.g Dell Latitude XT, XT2 and XT3 which have the potentials of retiring the regular laptops. This is because it has most of the features of tablets and regular laptops combined. The touch screen features and the likes. With the 360 rotation, you can change the look to that of a tablet or to that of a laptop. You do not need to buy or download Apps to do your normal office work. My summary is that, its a normal laptop which is convertible to a tablet (if you like). And you enjoy both features of a tablet and laptop at the same time. I think a device like this have much potentials of retiring the regular laptop than the tablets. Right now, I have 2 tablet; yet I cant do without my laptops for my school and office work.

Find pix of the Dell latitude XT below. XT3 is currently sold above $1500 at Dell stores. But I helped a friend to get the XT at $450 directly from Dell, here in the US.

As for the guy asking me not to return now, wetin I wan come do? As a Grad student working in the Technology department of my school, I get paid more than what an average professor of more than 30 years of experience will get in Nigeria. So, how would I come down and start competing for the same peanuts with those cruel lecturers (local champions) who see themselves as kings and terrors in the classroom? Here in the U.S, my professors address us as "sir" and "ma'am". When in office, they keep their doors widely open except when the weather is cold. But in Naija, lecturers/professors offices are not only closed. They are always locked (probably because they always have babes inside). And when the babe manages to open the door for you, the stern look on the the lecturers face will make you forget why you came initially. I never forget all these memories, and I feel like coursing out all those rude lecturers/professors in Nigeria, each time I see the way professors respect students here. It's just something different.

[b]Note: [/b]I am not trying to paint the U.S as the best solution to everything (the discrimination or whatever). My experience in the U.S just happens to be on the good sides. Others have their stories which might be horrible. So, the best thing is either you have HND or Bsc or even Phd in Nigeria, it still doesn't guarantee you anything good in the Nigeria I know. Just keep trying, and I hope one day you will smile . Im out!

Thanks... From the way you talk it seem you graduated with a distinction. But I will be leaving with an upper credit so what are my chances of being taken when my CGPA is converted to the US standard?

I know the travel section but often visit the Canada thread. I only recently chose US due to the job prospect after following the advice of a fellow member(2good) in another thread.

What about the issue of financing, your tution fees, accommodation etc how did you scale the hurdle? Did you get a grant or scholarship? I know its very expensive to school in US when compared to Canada and as such I wasn't born with a silver spoon but I believe I can do it.
Kindly fill me in.
Thanks.

There you are wrong . I did not graduate with distinction. I graduated with 3.38 on a 4.0 scale at a Federal Poly in Nigeria. The luck I had is that my school is using a 4.0 scale like most U.S schools. So, the equivalent of my GPA is close to theirs. When my transcript was converted, it became 3.46 on the U.S standard. Yes, 3.40 (not a typographical error). If you have upper credit in Nigeria, its likely your GPA will increase when converted. And if you have lower credit, its likely it will decrease from what you have initially. I used www.wes.org for my evaluation. That is what my school recommended for me. As for the tuition, I was also not born with silver spoon. I did not get scholarship or grant. But I came with my one year tuition (no money for accommodation and other things). Somehow, I survived. Like I once said, I do not want to change the focus of this thread to studying in the U.S. A thread for this is already available in the travel section. Please try to read the thread. I suggest you start reading from the beginning, and you don't have to complete it the same day because is very long.

I gbadun your story very well. Very, very unbiased indeed. No BSc bashing, which makes the story all the more interesting to read. You even went ahead to provide practical ways of escaping the negative perception.... Power of exposure.

Congrats mhen. [b]Abeg come back O..[/b]We still need exposed researchers at our pitiable universities in naija.

I definitely will return someday

Bros. I am currently doing my HND and wouldn't mind if you feed me with info about schools where I can do a Postgraduate Diploma in US as a petroleum engineering graduate. Please send me an email through the email in my signature and I'll be more than glad if you help me.

There may be, but I am not sure of any school that offers PGD in the U.S. Most offers Masters direct. So, you can easily escape the PGD thing, and go straight for Masters. Some U.S schools have agencies that convert foreign degrees to that of U.S standard. When my HND was converted by World Education Services (WES), it was an equivalent as a Bachelors in the U.S. So, as far as the school is concerned, I have a Bsc (after the conversion), and they accepted me for Masters. Depending on your undergraduate degree, you may be asked to take some prerequisite courses. But if your HND is directly related to your Masters, you can start the Masters direct. Most US schools look beyond your certificate. They consider your entrance scores (GRE,GMAT,TOEFL) and your statement of purpose. If you impress them with your write up, with a good test score and GPA, you are good to go! Since you said you did Petroleum engineering, I will advise you look for schools in Texas. you can research schools at www.univsource.com . Search by state, and look for schools in schools Texas. On a final note. Do not pay anyone to help you get admission in the US or to get visa. If you take your time to read, you can do it all by yourself. I did not pay agent one kobo to get here. I did it all by myself, and I got my US visa at first appearance on a virgin passport. This tells you how smart HND students can be If you need more information about studying in the US, I encourage you to check the travel section of nairaland, and read threads about studying in the U.S. That place is very helpful, and I consider it as the best section on nairaland.

@ stupor
While top rated universities are taking advantage of these HND quality graduates,offering them direct MSC programmes thereby making them contribute fully well to their own country's economical GDP,foolish Nigerian governments and purposeless employers are recruiting raw BSC holders with no quality as compared to that a finished HND holder.

Thanks my brother. You are talking about me here. And this is why my heart never stops bleeding for the youths of Nigeria. Especially those who couldn't find an escape route from such discrimination. Graduated with HND and served in 2006, I faced this discrimination as a job applicant. Universities in Nigeria will also not allow me to go straight for Masters despite my good strong GPA. I tried the PGD route to Masters. I was also frustrated by those seeking bribes which I could neither afford nor give at that time. Button line, I couldn't get a job with the HND, and I couldn't proceed educationally when I wanted to. I got stuck!! I applied for Masters with the same GPA, performed well in the entrance exams and I got admitted into for a Masters program in U.S. My country is too blind to see the potentials in me, but the smart country can see it and accepted me. They gave me all the opportunities, and right now, I am preparing for my Phd. After my Phd, I will rather work here for a little while and show gratitude to the country which sees the potential in me, and gives me all the opportunity than rushing back to a country which almost ruined my potentials. Call it brain drain if you like, I don't care because Nigeria doesn't care about us (the HND Grads, other unemployed grads & the educated hustlers). And to you HND holders, don't let them hold you down. Struggle till you get to the top because they don't care about you. Your destiny is in your hands

It never seizes to amuse me that people are just talking about impending recession in Nigeria at this time. As far as I am concerned, Nigeria has been on recession since October 1st, 1960 (from the first day of her independence). I am not saying that the colonial era is better, but I do not think things are any better since they left. it has only been good to those in Power. So, spare all all these. Nigeria has been in recession even before I was born. It's not new anymore. We are used to it already. So, madam find something else to say.

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And the winner is "ABIADE" He was born and raised in the UK, but his parents are right here with us in Nigeria. He is proudly Nigerian. Check and listen to some of his works below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJLCueGkFOg

More of the pix. I am still laughing as I type this. God help America, lol

I found all these amusing and I keep wondering about what fashion is doing to our brains. Do these guys have girl friends? I can't stop laughing 

U can also combine oracle and juju

Please watch the view below. This is the way I expect our celebrities to treat their fans. Not the snobbish way our local champions in the nollywood or those Nigeria noise makers calling themselves musicians handle their fans. Look at the Body guard of Akon. See how they handled the fans. They aint bullies like the retired armed robbers who call themselves body guards to our celebrities. I have on several occasions being in the same hotel with many our so called celebrities. You need to see how rude and snobbish they are to the hotel staffs. Even when they manage to smile, you can tell they are faking it, and the fake smile make them look more ugly.

And for all those spreading rumors that Akon is dead, He is alive. He declared himself alive on his website.

find the video below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlcgb8Qw8wE

I think this guys is an advanced keggite

Migration and adaptation is a part of biology (life). These two concepts are not peculiar to human beings alone. Even the smaller species like the spices, mammals, reptiles are involved in moving from one place to the other and adapting there. So I do not know why it should become a regular issue here on nairaland. People have the right to live wherever they choose to, and I do not see the need of criticizing the movements of one another. After all its a free world.

From my observation, I have discovered that people that constantly criticize the migration of others to the Advanced countries, also have some hidden desire to travel abroad for better life. These are the people who will sneak to play the visa lottery and return to say bla bla bla. In my opinion, human beings stand the chance of regurgitating issues that matter most to them. That is why I conclude that the majority of those constantly criticizing the migration of others abroad have their hidden desire to migrate too. But out of their frustrations, several visa denials or failures abroad, acceptance of their fates in Nigeria, or they are lucky to be living above the poverty line they start forming patriotism. I am not saying this because I am no more in Nigeria. I am talking like this because this has always been my line of reasoning while I was still back home.

What is the point staying on the same position, while your dreams in life fade off from you. Many Nigerian youths have their dreams but they watch the dreams go down the drain because of the bad leadership. I suffered while growing up because my parents stayed back hoping it will be well. Unfortunately the poverty continued. I paid the price (suffered) because my parents didn't do what they were supposed to do to make life easier for the unborn generation. If I am selfish, I will remain in Nigeria. But my desire to ensure that my unborn children do not suffer as I did, is what motivated me to migrate to the U.S.A to study. I was 30 years before i left Nigeria, I had nothing to show for all those years. In less than a year in the USA, I have a lot to show. That tells the difference.

So for all you criticizing those abroad; people have been elected and paid heavily to fix Nigeria. If you want to help them for free in doing their job despite the fact that they don't care about you, it's your choice. But for me, I will remain abroad until my goal of leaving my country is met. I will only visit regularly. And of course, I will return home permanently when all my motives of travelling abroad is met

I believe all the old man had said, but I do not believe in Nigerian Police. In my opinion this is how/why Papa Obi was released;

Some money (even if not the required $4M) was paid to those guys somewhere. The kidnappers then told Mikel's Younger brother or the family where to find Papa Obi. Then they decided to go with the Police to pick Papa, but advised the younger brother/family to stay back. Now the policemen are acting as if they solely did the rescue. Nonsense!

From all the stories I have heard/read about kidnaps and rescue, most popular victims do not want to grant interviews when they pay some money for their release. And according to Papa, Mikel didn't want him to grant the interview. I guess papa granted the interview because he is smart enough to know what to say or because they didn't let him know all that transpired before he was released. My summary is, I don't believe the Nigerian Policemen are that brave. I will only believe in their brevity only IF those kidnappers and soldiers are arrested and prosecuted. Simple!

Anyways, welcome home Papa.

I lost hope in the Nigerian Police Force when robbers came to our house which is 3 minutes walking distance to a Police Area command, and less than one minute if you must drive. Somehow my dad escaped to the station and called the police, and they were asking him for money for petrol. First they don't need a car to come to our house. But my dad gave them the money. Then they gave him 50 litters container and asked him to go and buy the petrol at 2:30am midnight. Where did they expect him to get petrol at that time of they night? In annoyance and frustration, he left them. They came at 7am the next morning and started asking stuupid questions from us (when the robbers had gone already). Then they started arresting all innocent pedestrians around the street.

why do I have to write my personal story. Just to show why I lost hope in Nigerian police, and because of those talented abusers on NL. Some may want to rain insults because I do not believe the police did it. Yes, the police did not!. Mikel or the Family raised some money, and the rest were acted up!! The Police is taking credits for nothing.

I wish I could help a child through adoption someday but what they turn out to be when they know the truth scares me. We have the same experience in our family. My dad a military man was deployed to cross river in the 1960. My Mom knew my dad was a "guy man" so my aunts/uncles said they have never seen my Mom fight with him over ladies or something. My dad eventually abused my Mom's tolerance and got a calabar woman pregnant in cross river pregnant. According to my dad, the woman wanted to kill the child after birth, but my dad took the baby and brought her to Lagos. He brought the baby to his rare wife (My mom, whom most ladies of today would assume to be foolish). One of my aunts and our pastor intervened and my Mom accepted and raised the baby.

To cut the long short. My mom loved that baby and raised her well that as at when she was 25, the rest of us (5 other children) never knew she was not our biological sister. How could we have known when she looked like my Mom, talked like her, walked like her, had the same tooth gap like my mom. To crown it all, my mom preferred to be addressed as "Mama Funmi" (the child's name) then being addressed with her own biological child's name. I guess living with my Mom from few months old up to age 25 made her do everything just like my mom so one one can ever tell.

At 25, the aunt who actually intervened when my mom was angry over what my dad did in cross river was actually the one who called my step sister behind, and broke the news that my mom was isn't her biological mother. Meanwhile, My aunt, parents and pastor agreed 25 years ago to keep it a secret. From then on, my loving beautiful step sister became a rebel in the house. Still in that rebellion, she moved out of the house and never returned to that house again. My Mon's job was also affected as she had to quit the job and traveled wide to look for my step sister. The whole extended family was in rumbles as my Mom picked up a fight with the aunt who revealed the secret to my step sister without my Mom's knowledge. Meanwhile, my step sister was moving from place to place, looking for her mother. She instantly forgot all the close ties and resemblance with my own mother. All that mattered to her was her biological mother who according to my dad, wanted to kill her because the pregnancy was unwanted. She died in the unsuccessful search of her mother. Till date my mom is missing her lovely step daughter who died in march 1997, while looking for her biological mother. Everything was still like yesterday in our family.

So, if you are thinking of adopting a child and thinking of weather to tell the child or not, please read my story. Its my true life story, and my mom still cries for the loss, even though the daughter involved is just a step child. If you would ask me, I don't think there is ever a right time to tell an adopted child about the parents. From, experience, it changes their judgement of you even if not at the instance you told them, it will happen eventually. If you are adopting a child, be ready to face anything. Good or bad.

Assuming this the poster is typing in red, and ending his statements with emotions like "   ", I would think he is Mr Cork. Even when the Cork is trying to make a good point, he will still present it in a annoying way. But despite how annoying it is, one might still find it easier to laugh than getting angry. Mr buzugee, if I were you, I would have stopped at my first post. You might have discovered some few (irrelevant) areas where Nigeria might be better, but you are presenting your points like Mr Cork. Are you really serious? or are you just trying to dethrone the great Cork of NL? Because if not, I do not see any reason why you should continue with your line or arguments. Nigeria vs US.  Ha ha? They are 2 distant poles. Why compare them?

if you are a nigerian driving a cab 12hrs on the day here,it is either you no get qualifications or you are just simply too lazy to chase the qualifications for a better job
if you are a nigerian coming here depending on your cert or degree for naija,then you are a bigger fool for no country(maybe eritrea) respects our degrees

Bless you. One of the points I am stressing

If quack companies in your own country (Nigeria) do not even recognize your degree, I wonder why you expect big companies in the US should recognize the same degree. The best that your Nigeria Bsc or Msc can do for you in US is to earn you admission for recognizable degrees in the US which will then give you the chance to tap into the opportunities the countries has to offer. Without which you will only keep hearing of the opportunities. You won't taste it. Let me paint a picture of what a typical Nigerian degree has done for so many university graduates seeking job within their own country (Nigeria).

CANDIDATE:  Presents HND
RECRUITER:  Why not Bsc?
CANDIDATE:  Presents Bsc
RECRUITER:  Why not from O.A.U, Unilag, blah, blah, blah?
CANDIDATE:  Presents degree from the above schools
RECRUITER:  Why not 2-1?
Candidate:    Presents 2:1
RECRUITER:  Why not first Class?
Candidate:   Presents first class
RECRUITER:  Go and take aptitude test and score the highest
Candidate:   Passed the aptitude test
RECRUITER:  Come for interview with letters of reference
Candidate:   Attends interview with letters of reference from people who are not known in the society (e.g top politicians, directors of big companies)
RECRUITER:  Looks a the reference and asks "the names your referees do not ring a bell. So, you do not know anyone"?
Candidate:   Starts looking like lucozade because of his frustration. why must he know Dangote or Otedola to get a good job? Still speechless  
RECRUITER: Ok, drop your CV. We shall contact you (as you leave, the recruiter hisses silently and says God purnis* you)
Candidate:   Waits five years and they didn't contact him. Seek other jobs, and couldn't find one Then decides to travel travel out
US Consular: Denies him visa more than 6 times because the consular knows he/she is trying to run away from hardship and will not return.
Candidate:   pours out all his frustration on the US consulates rather than the system of his own country (Nigeria) which is making life hard for him
Candidate:  keeps participating in all gossip and says lots of nonsense about the U.S. But from the depth of his mind, he still wishes to be in US, and he sneaks to cyber cafe to play visa lottery. Always the first to know when the lottery is played and when results are out.

Above, is the frustration of a typical Nigerian youth in his own country. If your Nigerian degree doesn't guarantee you job in your own country; why should the same degree guarantee you in another man's land. I still strongly believe that if you have the right skills the country needs, the right to work and you don't live a fake life in US, the US is far, far better than Nigeria. I don't even see the basis for comparison. I will not pretend as if I do not see the short comings of US too, but man, the sky is still very far from the land

i know why they cant post on AMERICALAND and DOLLARLAND. they are too preoccupied with the daily grind of american life that they dont have the rest of mind, peace of mind, presence of mind, and time to come up with their own website   bros living in america gives you no time to think. i can imagine seun all relaxed after eating a huge plate of amala and ewedu and orishi rishi meat and washing it down with guiness. then with nothing else to do he just goes into his study abi na boysquarters and puts this website together with rest of mind. he not worrying about mortgage payment or property taxes or student loans. his mind is free to wander and rest. see those in america can never have that kinda rest of mind to come up witth nairaland. the moment you start getting rest of mind, post man comes up and throws 4 bills on your lap

The experience of people in the US are different. It depends on how you get to the US, your right to work or not to work, and the type of job you are doing. So, you want to tell me that Seun is doing better than the database administrator of my school who got here just 5 years ago and making above $120K? he is not an American. he is a Nigerian, an Ibo boy. According to him, he saves almost 5K per month because he doesn't live a flamboyant life. The only problem this guy will have is the one he creates for himself, and not the one the US system creates for him. Also working for my school, I do not earn as much as my Ibo friend. But despite the restrictions placed on students employment, I am still earning more than many Phd Holders or even medical doctors in Nigeria. Meanwhile I am still a graduate student. So, you can imagine what will happen when I graduate and my school decides to retain me just as they did to my friend? I know you will say bills swallow up our money. Yes and No. It depends on what you earn and your lifestyle. After all the bills, I can still save above 500% of my monthly savings in Naija. So, what are you talking about?

America is full of opportunities. But the opportunity is not for everyone. It is for those who are equipped to tap into it. Once you develop yourself to the level the system wants, you can go as far as possible. And the story of Obama should tell you more,

Seun you are truly working hard. But don't get carried with what that guy has just said. Just keep doing your own work. If I want to be your friend, I will also say the same.

America is the best country to live on earth at the moment. Although there are challenges when you initially come in like everywhere else, if you prove yourself, you will be successful. That is why Barrack Obama is president and they don't care if he's father is Kenyan. Problem with most Nigerians is that they come into the country illegally and they expect everything to be rosy. If you come in illegally it will take several years before you can make it unless you immediately get married to an American,
I was a professional in Nigeria, I crossed over to America to do a full time MBA and immediately got a fix figure paying job after my MBA. Infact I had three jobs to choose from all paying over $120k. This is just two years after coming into the country. I have lots of friends that did the same thing and also lots of doctor friends who after their residency earn six figure salaries. Let me tell you the secrets to success in America
1) Come in legally, never be an illegal alien in a foreign country. It is the worst that can happen
2) Go through their educational system. Our degrees in 9ja are rubbish
3) Be hardworking and prove yourself

Goodluck

God bless you brother for saying my mind. Please let me ad more.

My Advice

If you are already doing well in Nigeria, do not come to "STAY" in the U.S. You may visit, have fun, do your business and go back. Why do you think our billionaires or even millionaires remain in Nigeria but only visit the US? But if you are still hustling to reach your goals in life with no trace of light at the tunnel, the U.S is far better. And if the US stops developing for the next 100 years, it will still be better for an average Nigerian hustler. Hustling in Nigeria is not bad. But how many hustlers have actually reached their goals till they die? If majority have been reaching the goals, why are the majority still very poor?

Coming here as an hustler

Coming to the US to hustle still doesn't mean you will reach your goals in life. Your still have to define your purpose of coming here, plan what to do to fit into the system, and doing the right thing. If you do not have any US qualification in your resume, plus their job experience to match that qualification, please forget it. You might only be lucky to find the kind of job that you like.  If you plan to make big money here, try to improve on your skills here. Better still, diversify into any program with high prospects for job, and take the necessary training/certificate/degree if necessary. That is the way around it as an hustler. But if you come to as a Naija hustler, and still with no definite plan for your life in US, your life might even be more miserable than when in Nigeria. In this case, an average hustler in Nigeria will be better than the a homeless US hustler begging for money under the intense heat (above 100 degrees in summer) or begging for money in the deadly cold during winter. Above all, maintain a legal status that allows you to work in the US. Without this, even with better plans you might still be more frustrated than when in Nigeria.

For all those haters who will never believe that anything can come from Nigeria, or that R-Kelly can never be in the same room with someone like Tu-Baba, watch the video. They are not just in any studio, they are in R-Kelly's house. If you still don't believe, Good luck!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMj_I4htgO4&feature=related

Dbanj! Dbanj!! Dbanj!!! How many times did I call? Don't ever think of taking Genevieve along to meet Kanye west in the Studio o! Before you finish shouting your regular " Oooo se!", Genevieve might have fled with Kanye West. Then you will run to the romance section of nairaland with another user name and start crying that Genevieve broke your heart. I warn you o! And when recording with Kanye West, don't ever think of starting with that your "Don Jazzy again" noise. Kanye West fit no like that thing o. If you must make that noise, you may ask Kanye West if he will like something like"Kanye West again!". but as you can see, that doesn't sound well. So, forget about all those noise, and get the best out of this contract. Wish you all the best. Cheers!

what you have is HIV NOT AIDS so if you take good care of yourself and take your madicines as you should, you can still live for about 15 more years. I probably wont live that long. its a good thing you discovered in time. whatever you do, dont tell ANYONE about it. not now , not ever.if you do, the stigma will kill you before the AIDS.one more thing. i dont know how you will do it but you might want to leave your parents with one or two kids before.

^^^ I agree with the first bolded part of your comment, but disagree on the second one.

@Poster. yeah, you are HIV +, but that is not automatically a death sentence. HIV+ does not kill. It is the AIDS disease that kill. You do not have AIDS yet, so you can still live your normal life. What do I mean by that? if you are supposed to live for 100 years, you can still live up to that as long as the HIV does not develop into AIDS. The HIV+ only gives you a chance of catching the AIDS disease, but it doesn't mean you will catch it if you take the required retro-viral drugs. Many Ritro-viral drugs will not turn your HIV+ to HIV negative, but it will reduce the power of the HIV so that you don't catch the AIDs disease. Really, you shouldn't be too worried about being HIV+ positive. But I think awareness about HIV/AIDs are not done properly. Rather than informing the people, some agencies create fear into the people. That is why you are feeling this way, which i understand.

I want you to know there are lots of diseases out there that are even worse than AIDs. Hepatitis B killed my Mom's friend in less than two days. I have heard of people who died of severe headaches in few minutes. You must also understand that those corpers who were killed because of elections might be HIV negative. Why I'm I saying this? just to let you know that death will come when it will. It doesn't matter if you are HIV+ or negative. Take control of your life! and if you are a Christian, give it unto God. My friend, HIV+ is not a death sentence. You can still live your normal life. I know of some popular people who have HIV for decades. One of them is a NBA star here in the US. Its not as if they are now negative. They are taking their retro viral drugs steadily, and they are living fine. If you are living in Lagos, you may not be able to get this drugs easily because of lots of people that might need it. Go to places like Lautech Hospital in Osobgo, and ask for the voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) there. some of the drugs are free, while some are even cheaper than the regular prescription drugs that people without HIV take. Please note, it will not change you to HIV negative. But it will only suppress the power of the virus and prevent you from catching the  AIDS disease. And once it doesn't become full blown AIDs, you can still live up top 100 years, if that is how long you are originally supposed to live without HIV+.

I am not a doctor o. But I worked with Unicef during my NYSC. I also went for the voluntary counseling and Testing in LAUTECH before coming to USA. But I tested negative anyways. Good luck!

some people are confused


by law some goods has to pay duty in every in the world

becoz of corrupt officials and a corrupt system people think that its bribe all the way when some of it its duty required by government

so now some people cant seperate duty and bribes
very few courier companies would pay duty for you, you have to pay yourself

I guess you talk like this because you have never had this kind of experience before. In agreement with Richvkunt, Customs duty is calculated on dutiable items based on:
1.Cost of the goods.
2.Insurance.
3.Freight charges.

So, since when did the 3 years tax clearance of the sender, the place of work of the sender, the appointment letter (abroad) become parts of the requirements needed to get your goods from the customs? What if you buy these items online? You want to ask the seller who you don't even know for his 3 years tax clearance? I tell you, these are the things the NDLEA asked me to bring to collect my phone from them. I used FEDEX then. They deliberately tell you to bring things that are impossble to get, just to frustrate you into a negotiation. So, you call that part custom duty? Take it or leave it; it is much more easier to clear a one million dollar worth of goods at the seaport, than to claim a twenty dollar phone hanging between a corrupt NDLEA and the courier company . I think they work hand-in-hand and they share the money. This thread is reminding me of my own experience again, and its refreshing my annoyance once again.

@MzDarkSkin

Why you come hiss for me like that now? Because you be girl/woman?

@ My correct Naija guys

Abeg make una no vex. I accept say I don furk up tey-tey. That was 5 years ago. I'm a grown man now, moving on the fast lane with my brain calculating 24/7. I already made up my mind that I won't drop a koko even before posting it here. But I was just trying to know what most guys would have done should they find themselves in my shoes.

I got my feedback already, so no need for any insults again. Thanks!

So, we dated until up to our final year at school. Then she broke up with me on the very day we collected our NYSC posting letters. Her reason for the breakup was that she wanted to get married and settle down on time. Since we would be serving the NYSC at about the same time, she assumed that I would not be financially buoyant enough to sustain the marriage. she said a banker was proposing to her, and she had accepted. Painfully, I said ok. That was way back in 2005.

From 2005 to 2010, I didn't set my eyes on her, and neither did I hear anything about her. So I assumed she could have been married by now, following her great determination to marry as soon as we graduated. Somehow, she found me on face book and added me this year. We started chatting on facebook last week, and she started telling me about our old school mates that are now married. I really didn't know what she was driving at with her regurgitation of the marriage stories. So, against my wish I had to ask her about her husband. She told me she isn't married yet. I wasn't surprised anyways.

Now, she told me she would be getting married in October this year, and I have to finance it either I like it or not. I thought she was joking. But she said she was serious. From the last time we chat till this time, she had been sending messages to me, telling me not to forget what I will give for the wedding . The funniest thing to me is that; while dating her she was used to giving me ultimatums when ever she needed anything from me. If I didn't do it on time, I always found myself in hot soup. Lol. We met again after 5 years. Despite the fact that we ain't dating again, she is still giving me ultimatums that is almost the same as threats. I have never stopped laughing each time I remember; then I keep wondering if she is mentally okay. If not; why would a girl break up with me to chase another man, and still expect me to finance the marriage? What does she take me for? Then craziest is the "MUST" she is attaching to it.

If you find yourself in my shoes; what would you do?

@ All those criticizing her

Yes, she might have made a mistake of her marriage to an African-American, which made her to relocate to the U.S Isn't it better that she moved on with her life right there? Many made same mistakes of abandoning good lives in Nigeria, and they turn out to be drug peddlers and prostitutes in the U.S just to survive. This woman still moved on doing something productive despite her mistake (if she ever considers it a mistake anyways) and some people are still criticizing her? Na wa o. If I remember clearly, she and Liz Benson used to be the hottest in Nollywood those days. Liz Benson stayed back in Nigeria. Where is she today? Abeg make una leave matter jor!

I think it's always good to bow out when the ovation is still loud. I think that is what she had done. To the fans, its always painful; but for the celebrities, its always the best means of retaining their honor. Jay-Jay Okocha bowed out when his ovation was loud, and he is well respected till date. Brother Kanu Nwankwo refused to do the same and I guess football fans know the rest of the story.