cremedelacreme:
Those saying 450K is more than enough to buy a land and start building do not really understand how expensive things are in Nigeria today. I earn slightly above what the OP mentioned, but believe you me, it's not been easy. If you live in Lagos, Abuja or PH and you are married with kids, you will understand. A 2 bedroom flat in an average neighborhood is over 700K. Cost of fuel and car maintenance is over 60/70K monthly in recent times. School fees for 2/3 children is over 200K per term (600/800K annually). Feeding takes over 100K monthly. Utilities and other miscellaneous dey ooo. Best thing na just to save enough and japa.

You have a perfect understanding of the situation on ground.

MarketDispatch:
Interesting but why did she publicize his phone number and address in USA, and even his driver's licence details.

That's very wrong. She should know better. Identity theft is real.

There will be no external cabal in Tinubu's presidency. The family themselves na cabal.

Aurelius1:
HND Elect/Electronics Engineering.

Quit that job. What dos your wife do?

Ismael97:
I've never been loved because I don't know what love means at all. I was a posthumous child. Lost my dad when my mum was pregnant. Shortly after birth, I lost my mum. I have no siblings. I lived with relatives who maltreated me so much that I thought they even had issues with my late parents cos I have never seen such dehumanizing treatment before except only in movies. Up till now, I hate people due to the psychological impact of the maltreatment I got from the people I lived with. I like been alone most times because I trust nobody, I can't confide in people because I feel nobody got my back. I was so determined to at least get education for myself and today I am glad I did. However I am still struggling

So sorry about what you went through. It really must have been tough. I know it's hard to do but you can start by reaching out to others around you and showing love to them. You need to heal.

omoiyalayi:
I hope d people tha advice you not to collect the money will be around you till your old age for financial support

Money wey u for collect

Killing the man will not bring the dead back to life

I hope the judge award huge sum of money to you in addition with sentencing the man if not wetin u gain ??

Now, she can bring a civil suit against the estate of Adedoyin and get money. She can sue them for millions and even establish a foundation in memory of her husband.

I am sure she got a lighter sentence on account of plea bargaining. She must have provided the missing links which made the conviction of the main suspect possible.

Christistruth03:


I hear say na him late brother be the degrees holder
Na him dey use am pose

No wonder. Abalajo!

DOptical:
If found culpable, that's good for him. Also, The herbalist shouldn't be let be. They should be hanged! All those useless herbalist or Alfa doing black magic or whatever shouldn't be allowed to live!

My grandmother talked about the old days.. Herbalist were all about healing herbs back then.. No black magic whatsoever and there was no problem walking around in the dead of the night..

And one wonders why a PhD holder and university founder like Adedoyin would be involved in ritual practices to the extent of killing a human. His education did nothing to refine him. What sort of education did he get? Baffles me.

marlow1962:
Being a civil servant in Nigeria is the quickest way to sell yourself into slavery.

It depends on the level of government you work with. Federal Civil servants have a lot of leverage. They have a lot of time on their hands for business, their salaries are paid on time and they belong to good cooperative societies where they can get loans at very minimal interest rates for business.

He was a philanthropist, a compassionate man.

Waywardson6:
See as the fiancee WooWoooo die. Of course, you won't be tempted to touch her na. That's why truly, marry person wey fine, so that even when you're angry, the sight of them will make you happy. I don't just get, fiance WoWo, fiance come WoooootooooWoooo. Hypocrites. From their faces, we already know their political party.

That woman is beautiful. Look at her closely. She's a black beauty

Labragadaya:
I bought a 2002 Toyota Camry as my first car in October and for the first 2-3 months the car performed pretty well.

However lately, from January it has been one problem to the other.

From overheating to coil problem to spark plug problem and others.

The recent issue with the car is that the car doesn’t hold slow anymore.

That is the car goes off at slow speeds. I’ve changed coil, changed spark plug, ringed engine twice all to no avail.

This has caused a huge hole in my pocket as I’ve even had to borrow to pay for some of these repairs.

Just yesterday in a bid to resolve this issue, I took the car to another mechanic and he told me my engine block had washed and that even if he grinded the valve the holding slow issue won’t stop. I inquired about the cost of replacing the block and purchase alone was close to a 100 thousand. I’m just tired and frustrated, I need advise, do I sell the car or do I repair this?


Is this mechanic trying to extort me. Experience car users please advise

That car is 21 years old already. Just sell it.

Omooba77:
I discovered any Sunday we have welfare Sundays, especially food, medical, the attendances always soar, but not so or normal Sunday.
Happy Sunday........

Welfare is one of the reasons for which the church was created. Deacons were even appointed in the early church for that purpose. The Bible says they had things in common and no one lacked. Church must do welfare. I attended a church in South Africa where they had a kitchen pantry full of items- milk, eggs, fruits, snacks, rice and veggies. Members in need will go in there and pick whatever they wanted. The pantry was usually filled up on Saturday ahead of Sunday service.
There's so much hardship in Nigeria and no social safety net, so it's OK if people come to church for welfare. I urge Christians to join the welfare team in their churches and donate whatever they can afford to improve church's welfare funds.

13sense:
Nigerians, How do you feel in Canada winter?
What is it like?

Please, write or share your experience.

Thanks

I live in Manitoba. The truth is from December to mid-April, the cold is brutal, I mean the type that can make you lose your fingers and toes if you stay too long in it without proper clothing. Invest in good jackets, thermal wears, mittens, warm socks etc.

Ontario, British Columbia and some other provinces aren't as cold.

Jemex003:




Safe journey and great performance our dearest sister. But don't let them deport you like our Obiscam

deport ke? Tiwa is British citizen

this clearly shows lack of empathy. This could throw a lot of students into trauma. An exam situation is already a challenging situation for most people.

Voice22:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0vgC6MICAs

Crying is permitted — Lecturer tells students sitting for their examination.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrjdwPCL-XO/?igshid=ZWU2MTYxZTY=

otipoju:


Look for Scholarships and tuition free schools in Europe.

You don't plan travel with disposable income.
You make it a priority and do it in stages.

You have too many conflicting goals. Choose one and focus on it.

hmmm. This is so true about traveling.

Zeewirld:
Seeing a lot of persons advicing him not to give birth again. While some were asking why he decided to get marry early. I believe that children are blessings.

Most seems to forget that not marrying early doesn't means that the funds would have been expended on anything productive.

The young man is confused, scared and most likely facing mid-life crises.

I would encourage you to perish the thoughts of comparing yourself with your mates.

In addition,I would advise you peruse DEEPLY the messages/posts on this your page made by the following persons: @spiralwedge ;@VCMoneyInsights;@Davidsol;@hollamie;@ayandee;@Oluwomonext212;@Lionize and finally read the post by @obaidan.

Wishing you all the best.

You are right. While it is important to be stable before marriage, financial stability is not a determinant. My husband and I got married when we didn't even know what exactly we wanted to do. We just enjoyed each other's company and wanted to be together. In our first 2 weeks after marriage, we both slept on a blanket, no mattress because we had spent all our savings on getting a room and parlor. Then, Lagos landlords were asking for 2 years upfront rent plus agreement and commission. We struggled to pay it. Family helped with the wedding (you know yoruba families and weddings). He was working a 28k job, then had a 60k job then lost that job and had no job. But one thing we did was to continue to develop our selves. He had HND then started BSC about the time we got married and at some point we had to make a decision between renewing our rent with the severance cheque from his last job and paying his university tuition fees. Our child was one year at that time. Guess what? We paid his school fees with that money. God saw our heart and gave me a federal job without any connection and we paid the rent.

He got an IT job and started earning way more than me. Long story short, we are in Canada and sometimes we used to laugh over those times.

* Warning: You can only do this with someone with whom you share the same values. I repeat values are important.

greatopec:
Good day Nairalanders
I will be 40 on Oct 19 this year and I am scared the kind of life I have always desired may not be
achievable. Let me list these things that worries me so that you can probably advise me or assist me in achieving any of them.
1) By 40 I had wished I will be living in my house with cars in my garage
Current situation- I am a salary earner who eagerly waits for the salary to drop before my family can eat conveniently every month.
2)I love cars and driving. Was thinking of getting a good car for Uber business.
Current situation- I have not been able to gather enough money to buy a car for Uber or personal use.
3)Seeking greener pasture abroad.
Current situation- I have not been able to have enough disposable income to even get a passport to start with in the first place.
4)Self development. I had interest in programming so I decided to learn coding and all that. I started with free code camp and also this thread by iyenimofe on nairaland has been so helpful https://www.nairaland.com/1383359/learn-web-design-live-nairaland/6#17571611
The issue I have progressing is that of enough data subscription to watch more tutorials.
5)Acquisition of at least Masters.
I have a passion for learning and self development but I struggled to have my HND with distinction. Gathering enough funds to start my masters program has been an uphill task.

Little about my background
I am an HND graduate
I have a sister who am responsible for also.
I have a wife and two kids.
I work 8-5weekdays

I am glad you came to this realization. Not too late. Your wife has a lot of potential as NCE holder. Get a small space in a building around your area and let her start a creche/pre-school. She may need to do a short training course in montessori education usually, one month and design a programme that will help children of age 6months to 4 years.

I don't know how this will work with her egg business but I would have loved she combines the two. If she shows dedication and genuine interest in early childhood he education she can transition into a school later on. Banks support school owners who have potential for growth. I have seen people do this and now they even have secondary schools.

Programming is good. You need to push yourself hard enough to create time for it. It's rewarding if you have the skills.

Zonefree:

Stop patronising mediocrity. University in 21st century producing bread to generate funds is a big low. It's a university for crying out loud! They should go into inventories like Biogas waste management and collaborate with government if they truly want to generate funds. Producing ordinary bread that our dearest daughter Ahnie can produce inside her 2 by 2 kitchen is laughable.

Good point. Our universities need to connect with industries, identify their needs and challenges and proffer solutions. Industries can fund those researches.

HenryTimes:
Prosecutor Hugh Davies KC accused Ekweremadu, of not approaching family members because he wanted the “medical risk” to go to someone he didn’t know.

that's cross-examination at its best

RaptorX:
To the japa crew you would think Nigerians don't get murdered abroad when they start their lamentations about insecurity. Only if you know how many Nigerians have been knifed in the UK or shot dead in the US.

Crimes happen everywhere. There's hardly any society that's completely rid of crime. But see how in this case the criminals were brought to justice. Speedy investigation, arrest of offenders, and prosecution which will take between 4 to 5 weeks. The offenders will be brought to justice.
That's the difference between Nigeria and those countries you mentioned. They have very strong institutions.

But practically, the victim is dead. Nothing we do or don't do will bring him back. But it feels good to know that justice will be done and those guys will be kept away from hurting other people.

Cheryish:
This man is actually doing very well for his people

He loves his people. Their father was a well-respected politician in the old western region. This governor will do everything to preserve the family's good name

Mexyz:
Does it mean that Tinubu has left SanwoOlu to his fate?
I mean the rate at which he and his appointees are appealing to Lagosians everyday now is amusing o.
Just seeing dear, dear dear everywhere.
Ggadebo and his Obidients are currently giving Sanwo sleepless nights.

I feel no pity for him because he actually took Lagosians for granted, was so arrogant and thought he will just be enthroned for his second term without doing anything.

I personally don't have anything against Sanwoolu but this is an opportunity for him to assert himself politically. Tinubu has moved on leaving Sanwoolu to "grow up" and prove himself politically.

you are very funny

Faber:
Sanwo-Olu don dey write letter pass Apostle Paul for Bible o🤣

Just like Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesians
This one na Apostle Sanwo-Olu's letter to The Eti-Osaians..😋

I don read the one he wrote to the Alimoshians, earlier today 😂

oldienavie:

When a woman cheats on you, it never goes away, atleast for me it never does.
It's better not to marry her and start from a new slate.

She is my best friend now, you know that kind of friendship that's just so intimate and pure.
She has a child, that complicates the issue, I'd rather not get into marriage with her but like I said, I love her and I am sure she loves me too.

Love is not enough, I am just wondering if shes not gonna become clingy and impossible to detach when I finally find another person I want to settle down with.

Also this kind of situation is not so easy to move on from since I am still single.

I think you should try to let go of the past. She's much older and mature now and I believe she has learnt her lessons. Both of you seem to understand each other well and you are good friends. Consider marrying her. Take her abroad with you and live happily ever after.

nairavsdollars:
If the above statement by the school is true, then they did what was expected of them. Let's await the autopsy report

The issue is the school didn't make provision for on-site first aid/Cpr. Rushing her to medical facility is no first aid. For an open event like an inter-house sport, provision should have been made for first aid. Red cross offers that service for a pittance.

lazynairalander1:
Last week I had an interview for a data analyst teaching job, after series of interview process which includes.
Analyzing data with Excel and BI
Extracting and cleaning data with Python &SQL
Modeling, analyzing and visualization with R.
Though my Python prowess wasn't that good but I was told that what they needed is a data analyst who can handle R very well and I really impressed in that aspect.

I showed my data analysis projects on the above software excluding Python. Then we went to oral interview which led to the salary part. I was asked to name my price.
I told them to give me a breakdown on how many days I will be coming to work because I learnt it will be part time teaching job, the interviewer agreed to mail me my schedule.

I was hoping it will be weekend (like Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday) only for me to realized it will be Mon-Thur (that's not part time, I told the manager or so).
The worst part is that they are willing to pay me 10k/week for the job and I will be paid each week I come to work which means it's only the weeks the students avail themselves that I will teach and be paid.

Those tech pay such ridiculous amount or am just unlucky?
What am I expected to do with 10k weekly?
Transport?
Data?
Food?
Electricity?
What exactly?

I was furious though and I am still furious.

Since you are interested in teaching, set up your own zoom or teams teaching platform for data analytics. There are people who are want to learn.

PureFace1:


You think they can't buy votes with transfers on Election day if they really want to buy votes ? keep deceiving yourselves

Transfers will be hard. Most people in rural areas and majority of artisans and market women do not have bank accounts.

Buy sulphur cream and apply it morning and night after bath. Alternatively, go to those Women selling herbs, buy sulphur and etu-ibon and osun (camwood). Tell them to blend together for you and mix it with vaseline. Second option is more potent.

crowther15:

You're correct. Takum is like a centre of commerce for those local government like Ussa, Songs etc. I served in Takum. The pupils I taught were very intelligent. The people too are more educated than I envisaged.

yes. They are well-read. I met à guy there back tnen in 2007 who had a Times magazine subscription and could convincely discuss international affairs. He told me that they had early exposire to éducation, thanks to the white Catholics who came there.