₦airaland Forum

Fredrick010:
Point of corrections You can't just go ahead and generalised all the Kogi ladies like that, that's disrespectful
No offense

No offense to your comment but I grew up with a neighbor whose wife is kogi, the wife's children were always fighting in the neighborhood, female children for that matter. They are Igbira tribe.

Currently, there's another female neighbor (born in Kogi) whose husband (also born in kogi) stays in Dubai and wife stays in another country. It was the husband that used his money to send her to that country o. The husband sends me voice note every week concerning his wife, na every week dem dey fight. And if you check reason for the fight, the wife is just super unreasonable. Mind you, I listen to complaints from both parties. At times, I wonder how an human with fear of God can reason like this.

In summary, there's really nothing disrespectful in that generalization from the person you quoted and I personally will only have a change in opinion until the day I meet a kogi girl with no anger issue.

Drey143:
Good day Everyone, I got into University of Toronto for a 2 year M.Eng In Mechanical and Industrial Engineering starting September 2026 and I have a few questions.

1. My tuition is CAD35,718 per year for 2 years while living expenses is CAD23,000 per year totalling CAD58,718 per year. My Father is my sponsor, he owns a business, in his business account he's got about #230,000,000 ~CAD232k and his personal account he's got about #30,000,000, ~CAD30k. Additionally, I have secured a loan of 41,000 USD which is what I actually want to use to pay my tuition while my father covers my living expenses. Do you think showing Loan + Business account + dad's personal account will be enough POF to convince IRCC? Do you think I should ask my dad to send about #30,000,000 more from his business account to personal so I can show #60,000,000 or more?

2. I did my undergrad in SA, graduated 2024 and been working since then, I'm leaving my job end of may to come apply for my study permit in Nigeria. When showing proof that I worked, is my employment letter and payslip enough? I'm asking because my previous expired passport with my work permit was lost and I have an affidavit that proves it.

3. How do I prove home ties because I'm single, not married, mid 20s? I plan to write about coming to manage my dad's business as he's in the manufacturing sector which aligns closely with industrial engineering. Is it compelling enough?

Whatever you want to write in your SOP, try your very best to avoid including that you stayed and worked in south Africa after schooling. And your real challenge now is not even financial but Home Ties. Trust me, it wont be easy for you to scale through that, you need God's grace.
You literally spent 2 more years in SouthAfrica after graduation, coming home now just when you are about to apply for Canada visa is a big red flag to IRCC.
To make your home ties strong, you need Marriage or Established business with CAC document and tax receipt....

AbelAbdul:
How do i pay 30k CAD from Nigeria to the school?

Flywire

Compliant:
Story for the gods



This is not practical

A good plate of food in Ghana cedi is 190cedis which is equivalent to 19,800Naira

I bought Car coolant for equivalentof 45,000naira

The Naira is so useless in ghana that if you mistakenly bring it out.........

If you earn in Naira and you visit Ghana, your body will tell you for sure but if you earn in cedi and you visit Nigeria then you are a big boy

The only thing cheap in Ghana is chocolate and toys

What are you eating that you are spending 190 cedis on a plate of food ?
A plate of food in Ghana is easily less than 100 cedis please. You are the one that went to eat in high end restaurant

franchasofficia:
No nation on earth can dare attack US homeland, be it with catapult or even jack knife unlike the paper Tiger Russia that ordinary Ukraine has been capturing their cities and turning their women to sex slaves while Putin hide from bunker to bunker, changing cooks every meal and dining in a very tall dining table because he doesn't even trust his own family members talk more of his cabinet members, ire oh

You are just ignorant. And your point is the main reason why this Russia-Ukraine war started. It takes a Russian Neighbor to betray Russia, It takes an Iranian Neighbor to betray Iran, or where will US be launching those missiles from ? All the way from US ?

When people keep saying US mainland doesnt experience war, its all thanks to its Neighbors that doesn't betray it.

Russia keep on tolerating Ukraine because they still considered them brothers. They belived the leaders are the problem and not the people. In 4 years of the war, how many Ukrainian citizens have died ? in just 10 days of US-Israel-Iran war, how many Iranians have died ? Let me answer them for you
Over 4 years in Ukraine, 15,172 deaths
Over 10 days in Iran, 1,200+ deaths
In 2 and half years in Palestine, 173,000+

Imagine Russia deciding to go US or Israel style on Ukraine and start killing all the leaders and leveling kyiv, the capital city, do you think all these won't be over in days ?
Russia literally have complete control of Ukrainian airspace, they strike whatever they want.

So Ukrainians should just thank there goodness they are not dealing with US or Israel that doesn't give a Bleep.

uche87:
On the 30th of January, 2026, I fell ill while at work. After struggling through the rest of the day, I returned home to rest. When my condition worsened, I decided to visit the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit at my local hospital.

I arrived at exactly 10:13 pm. Within a minute, I was booked in by the receptionist and asked to wait. Shortly after, a nurse called me, took my details, and recorded my vital signs. I was then asked to return to the waiting area to see a doctor. That moment never came.

Instead, I was called twice more by nurses to repeat the same observations, each time urged to remain patient. A notice board nearby displayed the previous day’s estimated waiting time — seven hours. My ordeal lasted until 9:30 am the following morning. I never saw a doctor. Eventually, a specialist nurse briefly attended to me, offered verbal reassurance, handed me a leaflet, and asked me to leave. The A&E waiting area became a temporary shelter. People turned chairs into makeshift beds. Others left in frustration. The environment was chaotic. Police officers intermittently brought in injured suspects in handcuffs, adding to the tension and discomfort.

As I sat there, exhausted and unwell, my thoughts drifted back to Nigeria. I remembered a day in 2016 at a government hospital in FESTAC Town, Lagos, when my condition deteriorated so badly that the crowd insisted I jump the queue. I also recalled how, at the private hospital attached to the multinational firm I worked for, I could see a doctor within five to ten minutes.
Now, in the UK, seeing a doctor sometimes feels like winning a lottery. According to The Sun, 554,018 patients in England waited 12 hours or more in A&E in 2025. Data from the Nuffield Trust shows that during peak periods, over 61,000 patients per month experienced 12+ hour waits — around 11% of all emergency admissions. At a minimum of 12 hours per patient, this amounts to over 6.6 million hours lost annually.

Unsurprisingly, many Nigerians living in the UK now travel back home for major surgeries and treatments. It is often faster, cheaper, and far less stressful.

While the quality of healthcare in the UK and Nigeria may appear worlds apart, few imagined that Nigeria would one day serve as a medical lifeline for those living abroad.

Beyond healthcare, the economic reality is equally sobering. Many Nigerians sold land, cars, and family properties to relocate. Today, they struggle under hyper-inflated rents, rising energy bills, and high living costs, barely staying afloat.
Securing a white-collar job often feels like requiring divine intervention. The system appears structured to trap certain groups within physically demanding, low-paying roles. Warehouse work destroys the body. The care sector drains emotional and physical strength. Mental health support work, though meaningful, exposes workers to extreme violence and psychological trauma.

NHS England records over 100,000 violent incidents against healthcare staff annually — an average of 285 assaults every day. In June 2025, Irene Wanjiru Mbugua, a 48-year-old care worker originally from Kenya, was tragically killed by a patient in the West Midlands. While rare, such incidents reveal the severe dangers frontline healthcare workers face daily.

Social conditions are no less concerning. 21% of people in the UK — about 14.2 million individuals — live in poverty. Without social safety nets, this figure would skyrocket. Additionally, 24 million people receive at least one form of state benefit, including pensions, disability support, and working-age benefits, highlighting the scale of economic vulnerability.

In terms of safety, police recorded 53,047 knife-related offences in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025. While the UK remains safer than Nigeria overall, rising violent crime remains deeply troubling.

For parents seeking better opportunities for their children, another danger lurks — hard drugs. Government data shows 16,212 children aged 17 and below were in drug and alcohol treatment between April 2024 and March 2025, a 13% increase from the previous year. This underscores the growing exposure of young people to harmful substances.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, social life thrives. Community bonds remain strong. Laughter is louder. Life feels fuller. In contrast, the UK work culture often reduces life to an endless cycle of work, bills, exhaustion, and survival. Tragically, between 2024 and 2025, several Nigerian students and workers collapsed and died in the UK due to stress and exhaustion, including cases in South Wales and Hertfordshire.

I’ll end on a lighter note. The stress levels here are so intense that almost everyone snores like old power generators. Many refuse to believe it — until shown video evidence. This was never the case back home.

The hustle has shifted gears. And this one runs at a dangerously high speed.


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"Meanwhile, in Nigeria, social life thrives. Community bonds remain strong. Laughter is louder. Life feels fuller."

15k RMB Available To Nigeria or Chinese Wechat

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Any amount can be sent out.

johnwen123:
I can't believe it, this car costs at least 90,000 RMB (13,680,000 naira) in China

Its called "buy at your own risk"

surgical:
These are the reason for the distortion we have in forex
Why should you buy forex outside the banks

There are licensed BDC in every country's airport.

heykims:
Looks like na by land mass, not bad.
It's equity, not equality.
Anyway, u can't criticise the formula until we truly know the rationale behind the fund allocation.

Land mass ? Am sure Oyo and Niger are larger than Lagos

ZaraArewa:
He will go days without talking to me

You have your answer already.

ZaraArewa:
Trust me i am his spec

Are you very very financially stable ? Don’t think breast and yansh only constitute a man's spec in 2025

Men don't really take liability girlfriends serious nowadays. They are only good for sex while on the lookout for the very very financially stable or goal getter ladies.

99thEnemy:



Honestly, she does not need any help at all.

Especially yours.

That is 20% of her supposed N3 Million capital gone before even starting, now left with N2.4 Million, or probably even less.

She lacks planning, prioritization, and the discipline required to manage money effectively.

I also hope you are not planning to commit to someone who is clearly poor in financial literacy and decision making.

Red Flag!!!

A very Jobless girlfriend that doesnt know how she will pay her rent coming up in next 5 months was begging me to help change her 11 pro to 14 pro max or higher version. I put this same girl in tailoring school (300k registration fee) and bought her machine to be practising, two months after, mama said she don't feel like learning again.
She started salary work, earning 100k, mama still dey say one pastor said her destiny does not support working under anyone say she wan quit the job.

motymop:
rent a space, Start a professional hair salon in a busy place with less competition

employ competent hands, pay them salaries and commission, also pay them commission if they refer anyone, that way they can not leave.

Paying salaries doesnt work for that kind of handwork.
Percentage on the hair you make is what is ideal.

Ijoba85:
Why is there this phobia for marriage these days? Is it money or what? If the mentality is on making money first , then all singles should be ready to be "ancestral singles". Who knows what's what in the next minute ? Who promised you tomorrow ? We are all living on hope. Living within one's means is the key. If it ain't making sense in the city , it might in a town . There's no life style or standard without its own provisions. Those who gave birth by mistake some years back with shame and rebuke are now so proud of the so called "children". Then , they never wanted them cos they had no money but those children are making them proud now. Ask Clarion Chukwura, Genevieve and co. Our old mothers never set unrealistic standards for themselves during their prime . Their husbands too were never "Dangote" before taking the bull by its horn. But today , every single is scared of the bills. Let me tell you all, " the cost of things " may never drop. It'd continue to get expensive cos everyone wants naija to become UK, so expect things to become the way there are there.
If you don't have money for flat , get a single room, there are plenty single ladies that would understand and stay with you there .
If you don't have money for pampers , use napkin
If you can't afford private school , take your child to jeleosimi or public school. We also attended public schools when we were kids.
If you can't afford baby's food, grind some grains together with akamu, your baby would take it.
Whatever a child would become he would become .

You man, just get something doing no matter the little it brings . The sky is wide enough for the birds to fly. No fear . God bless us all.

Just die childless if you don't have means to take care of a child. No need to bring a child and put all your generational problem on the child. Nigeria is overpopulated enough, don't add to the problem.

I need someone in Lagos that can Repair Heat Extractor. Phiima Brand . It is switching on, light is working, but the fan is just not working.


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opicgif:
Please this is the quotation I got for a tank stand

And it looks quite high

You inputs please

You have to send picture of what he wants to do first. There are different tank stand with different prices. Send the picture so people tell you the real price. Am eager to know the kind of tank stand that cost 2.9m.

amSTARboy:
Ogbeni you know nothing about cars….
The only thing Es350 is better than IS250 is just that it has more space.

In terms of performance and fuel economy, Is250 beats it hands down.

Before giving people advice, kindly make your research first. I repeat, ES 350 is in no way comparable to that Advanced Micra.

Royalseed20:
Hello Nairalanders,

I’m a first-time car buyer and I’m seriously considering going for a clean Nigerian-used Lexus ES350 - for my commuting to work on a daily basis and church and other outings around the city.

I’d really appreciate advice from car experts and experienced owners here. I’m particularly interested in:

1. What should my budget be for a clean Nigerian-used ES350 (model years 2007/2008–Full Option)?

2. What’s the average maintenance cost annually?

3. Fuel consumption for city driving – how much should I set aside for fueling averagely per month?

4. Any red flags or common issues I should watch out for when inspecting?

I’ve done a bit of research and I hear it’s reliable and comfortable, but I want to be sure I’m making the right decision.

Please share your experiences and advice.

Thanks in advance!

Watch out for the AC ( air condition). Take this advice very very important. And this is not just about ES350, most people sell there cars when the AC system start giving them issue.

You won't really know the AC have issue until maybe after 1 month You will realise compressor is leaking.

amSTARboy:
Budget between 6.5M - 8M for a grade one Nigerian used.

Please bear in mind that the parts are really expensive. The fuel consumption is not too bad as long as the catalyst is still intact.

Would have suggested a Lexus IS250. It’s a back wheel drive and has a better fuel economy than the Lexus ES350. In fact it’s the Corolla of Lexus.

IS 250 is nothing compared to ES350 please. Its bad choice to leave Es350 and go for that advanced Micra.

Just to add to this, Nigerian doctors are too quick to recommend drugs. I dont know if they don't teach non-pharmacological methods of approaching ailments in medical schools.

Cmanforall:
Jman06 said in previous post that doctors earn above 300k, so I attached the photos as proof

You really can't fault his opinion. As at last year, University college hospital Ibadan pays 150k to internship pharmacy students. Now think of how much resident doctors will earn. Ebonyi have to be a worst case scenario if that salary is true...

Zirconia16:
Hello all,

Pls I need help from anyone who can provide solid advice on this.

A relative is seeking to process her study visa for masters, she reached out to me saying that she had a former school mate in the same school she intends to go to who said she can help put her through and these are the list of items she told her were needed:

Visa application fee
Biometric fee
Medical fee
Medical express fee
And immigration lawyer charge

Total $3000

Pls can anyone help verify these requirements and help out with the actual charges. Thanks a lot. I really do appreciate. 🙏

The friend just want to hustle through her. Nothing is real in that list and what the hell does she mean by immigration lawyer. Lol, I bet she's the immigration lawyer she's referring to.

Diyke4rich:
Good day everyone,

Please if i am going to do 2years carpentry and renovation course or 2years practical nursing in Canada college. Will I be allowed to travel with my wife?

I will really appreciate answer or advise.

Thank You

No, professional courses at BSC level are what is required.