₦airaland Forum

dominique:
i^^^ my bad, i didn't go through the thread well. the foodstuff prices you gave are quite reasonable except for the plantain.its almost the same if you convert it to naira.
prices of stuff i bought recently. . .
1/2 gallon g/nut oil- N700
2 huge tubers of yams- N500
30 eggs- N740
beans- N600
4bulbs of onions- N100

thats all i can remember for now

interesting, it seems the price of egg is the same in nigeria and uk.

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these are very nice,
you have to put the price so we can compare it.

babe, i did start,
but it seem no one is interested.
if u look at my second post, i wrote my list there.

it is better to be jobless in uk than in nigeria.
if you are the benefit system will support you, if u r not
there are alot of other charities, food banks etc that can help.
but in nigeria, u become a nuisance to ur friends and family.

JUST CURIOUS
wat are they for??

just my 2cents,
becareful situations like these can make a man very manipulative.
i guess he is planning to come and live with u in America.
snoop, snoop, snoop, u will hardly get the truth from him.
Nigerian men are not easy to marry.
Good luck!!!

Davedavy:
It depends on how big the house is.if you can attach the plan,we will be able to give you more precise answers.From my own little knowledge though,i think 600 blocks isnt too much for the foundation of a 3 bedroom flat.

srry i dnt have d plan.
i live in the uk, its my mum dats handling everything.
i think its jus a small 3bed.
the land is not very big.

30 by 50

hi spyderman, fhemmmy etc

pls i desperately need your help.
i have 100 by 50ft that i built a little 3bedroom house on
there is a small plot left at the back
we want to put a 2 or 3 bedflat adjoing the first house so it will be 2 flat on the plot.

the briclayer is quoting 60k fo workmanship upto DPC
15 bags of cement for the foundation
600 blocks.
is dis reseanable? my 70yr old mum who was a contractor is the one negotiating the price with them
i feel they may want to cheat her becos she is old and a woman.
pls help

i need to know approximately number of block that i would need.
bags of cement
wormanship etc.

[quote author=Sapele_Don link=topic=790461.msg9433205#msg9433205 date=1319758853]Yes they are stuck, And another thing which i forgot to mention here is that for the fact that her children are Citizens does not guarantee her papers for one simple reason and that is because she has a RECORD with the US Govt and was Forcibly removed(deported)from the US. It is practically impossible and i challenge anybody here who has seen or heard of anybody that was removed from the US and the person comes in again legally. If it was that easy nearly all the Hispanics(especially the Mexicans)who cross the border to have their children here,sometimes 6 or 7 kids who are citizens and get deported back are never given entrance again and instead they tell their kids to go visit their parents. And this is why i said earlier do not get into any kind of trouble in the United States that will make them fingerprint you especially if you dont or have not gotten your papers as you just automatically closed the US Dream on yourself. Most Nigerian's usually leave the US for Canada to pursue their papers since Canada don't have those kind of tight laws. Weeks ago i was on a flight to Nigeria that did the transit thing in Germany and the guy that sat next to me from Germany was coming from Canada and he told me how he wasted 9 years of his life in Florida in the US hiding from the law as he was there illegally but his wife convinced him to leave for Canada and today he has his Canadian papers.[/quote]very sad,
God bless GREAT BRITAIN[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=790461.msg9433048#msg9433048 date=1319756291]just trying to clarify here.

1. your aunt came to the US with her first husband, who later returned to nigeria while she remained in america.

2. your uncle is her second husband, and they didnt do a court wedding in addition to the traditional one.

i suppose, from the tone of your post, your uncle has his own papers but your aunt doesnt.

3. or is your uncle the same husband who returned to nigeria after they both originally travelled abroad.

pardon my slowness- i just dont get the general picture.


and yes, her kids can file for her if they're US citizens and over 18.

assuming the laws havent changed.[/quote]She was married before, dats the father of the 25 yr old.
i dnt know why my uncle did not wed her in america.
he isnt a very nice man.
dats why women must open their eyes, to avoid being used.
if the shoe was on the other foot i bet the woman will do everything in her power to grant him papers.

Fiver:
Wow and they said the British system is more cruel, they wouldnt deport her like that in Britain, after XXyears as an illegal, she'd probably get hers pronto even without a lawyer!

British not cruel at all.
they now the s-hit
but have sympathy on people from third world.

Am just me:
SOUP KITCHEN ke!!! nothing in nigeria like dat o! I see people saying churches but its not only churches who shld be doing dat, infact muslims too shld think of that cos of d rising no of almajiris(who are mostly muslims). Also Philantropists shld see d soup kitchens as projects( just that in nigeria, i dont knw who i can call a philantropist, na Rochas dey try well b4 his appointment as governor).

who be Rochas?
the reason why i said church is becos they seem to ask and get a lot of money.

i havent heard of any imam that has a private jeep.

Cool:
RCCG Apapa family operates a 'soup kitchen'.
Every Sunday, the different branches under this group organise themselves and go to strategic locations to give out food.

The traditional soup kitchen operates from a specific location which people go to for food but here, the churches go to where the people are to give out food.

Different mode of operations but same intent, I would say.

We just need to look closer, I'm sure there will be other varieties.

glad to know, but thats not enough, i am a member of RCCG in manchester.
know to the point, if the order comes from the top asking all redeem churches to do the same the impact will be better felt.

seyibrown:
Nigerians still have and have always been charitable. It is what hss brought so many people this far, considering that there is little or no help from the government for the masses. The culture of 'organised' charity such as 'soup kitchens' might not be existent, but there are many neighbours (and even strangers) who feed and clothe other neighbours, who lend them money when they are in need, who provide shelter, who pay the school fees of people they are not even related to.

Many Nigerians survive on the 'unorganised unrecognised unpublicised' charitable deeds of fellow Nigerians. We may not have Soup Kitchens but we give more than food.

thats not enough, we need bigger organisations, churches, companies etc.[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=790239.msg9428170#msg9428170 date=1319710030]@ O.P

I am going to attack this question from different angles just so we can all start reasoning broadly about this issue;

ARE THERE SOUP KITCHENS IN NIGERIA?!

ANSWER:: The answer is a flat NO!!

Charity in Nigeria is still an alien concept to us. Many people who indulge in charity work (NGO's) do it for selfish reasons (Tax evasion, self enrichment, money laundering, popularity, press-time, e.t.c).

I will start with the company in which I work. They are on the top 3 largest oil companies operating in Nigeria. They have built several orphanages, homes and things like that. Everytime they participate in charity work, pictures are taken and splashed all over the media. Just three months ago, we paid a visit to a home and supplied them with over 30 bags of rice, diapers, detergents and beverages. Then as usual pictures were taken. Now this is good (cos atleast they would have rice to eat), but then I thought to myself, we can do way much more than this and it wouldnt even cost us that much. Rather than stuff them with rice, why not give out a contract to a catering company to provide food for (say 500 people in 3 different homes) at a price and we can call it part of our coporate responsibilty. We have no problems doling out millions to communities for doing nothing yet all we can do is this 200 thousand Naira charity?! NO!!

What about the churches?! The very first week I landed in Canada with my family, we were walking aroud in downtown Hamilton when I noticed a Salvation Army food van parked in a corner and was handing out food, sugar, medical supplies and blankets to the homeless people in the streets. I was so facinated that I started discussing it with my folks and was even pointing to it when one white lady over-heard us and said "Yes!! go over and have some, its free". Apparently she thought because we were a large black family we were homeless (Fuc'king racist bastard. . lol), but I thought it was really nice, Now in Nigeria, how hard is it for the churches to set up shops where people can bring in their old clothes, toys, and what have you so that the less priviledged in the society can come in and get them at a very cheap rate or even for free. Everyday you hear of a crusade here or that they have just opened a multi-billion naira church building or they just acquired a new jet, yet you do not hear a word about the charuty that they are doing.

Lets transfer it to the government. When all the homes get the most attention and supplies ever are during election periods. Who can forget when the First lady brought in over two trailers of rice just for campaign purposes. Now what you would realise is that the same applys to every other politician. When election time comes, that the only time they remember the less priviledged. When once they are elected into offices like their election promises, everything is forgotten.

Now to the general population, We just dont have the spirit of charity in us as a nation. Associations like the boys scouts, girls guild, red cross, rotary club and co are all but non-existent. They have all faded into obscurity. People are more interested in collecting than giving. Even I am guilty of this. I have never done any charitable deed in my life. If not for this thread, It doesnt even cross my mind. Even the beggers in traffic dont even compel compassion in me. It is like every emotion and compassion in me has been so surpressed I dont even think I could be charitable to myself.

In conclusion, we in Nigeria dont have the spirit of charity. The beggers themselves have also become sort of professionals at it. They have deviced different gimmicks to compel us to give. SOme use the babies, the fulani abi Niger republic refugess use their wives and kids, the kids on the street now do windshield washing in traffic, the northern guys on skate borads now even control traffic just to get money. We need to first of all awaken the humanity in us as a nation and then things would start to look up. If we feel compasion towards one another, it would reflect in our governance, our day to day lives and corruption would drop drastically.[/quote]thank God, you totally get my point in all areas.
wen i lived in lagos, for the first few months i was so distressed my brother use to send me lagos island and i would spend all his change on beggars. i cudnt bear to see those oily hair babies in the blazing sun.
but after sometime i lost that sensitivity, it became normal, which is wat is happening to most nigerians.

PPLE should stand up and ask questions, no more suffering and smiling.

Wallie:
I posted something along the same lines a while ago in a different post.

just watched the video, very inspiring.
i use to work at great ormond street children's hospital, pple would just come in and give us a cheque,
wen kids die some parent's would ask sympathisers to donate to the hospital or to a particular ward.
that how the hospital have lots of money to buy toys and video game even throw birthday parties for the kids.

the have a hotel close by, were parents go to have a rest from all the hospital wahala, a private company pays for it.
we dnt even know the name.

then we go dey wonder why God dey bless oyinbo.

All very useful points.
all pastors should be made accountable,
if u r preaching to me about God's love etc you should show it in ur action.
wat about, providing school meal for children in a particular school close to ur church, or
providing a nice tv or play equipment for kids in hospital.

there are thousand and one thing they can do.
we say oyinbo no know God but na dem do good pass and they do it without expecting anything back
if you say thank you oo, GOD will bless you, dem go say i dnt believe in God. lol

bekay911:
A rel man of God wont and cant tell u dat

I think u r missing the point.
the debate is are you serving God / going to church for selfish reasons?
hence the question.

2buff:
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thanks.
that was shocking.
NOW I KNOW.

from wat i now know, she was asked to leave in 1992 that was wen they told her that her appeals has been rejected.
her then hubby that she came with went back to nigeria.
but she did not.

i dont she committed any crime, they have been looking for her.(I THINK)
last time i spoke to dem, they were arguing about my uncle coming late for their son's graduation, just family stuff.
she was going to work wen they picked her up.
she has no investment in nigeria,
her wardrobe is still stuck in the 1980s. not very money conscious.

very confusing.

HI all
just got the shock of my life.
just been told my uncle's wife has been deported from america after 22 years.

she has 3 kids there first one is 25 she had her innigeris before moving to america.
the other range from 19 to 15. she is not married tomy uncle in america they only did the traditional one

i dnt believe they can do that after so long.
she is now living with her younger sister in abuja.

Food for thot!
if your pastor told you that God will not bless you or protect you.
but he just want you to serve him,
will you still go to church??

i no fit laugh ooo
9jaaaaaaa
una strong ooooo
can any good thing come of bethlehem??

bebe2:
with the level of poverty and hunger in nigeria.
are there fixed points were homeless or hungry pple can go have
a meal.

who do you think should be running programes like these?

dats d problem its very shameful.
pple have lost human feelings.
they can drive their jeeps pass a woman with a new born baby begging for food.
it wont even cross their mind to think wat the can do to help the situation.

but pple have been brain washed so much they cant even think for themselves anymore

please o, dnt bite my head off. see the question mark

Now,there is money nigeria, dats a fact.
there are lots of dirt poor pple.
how much charity work do these rich pple?

how many charitie do they own.
this is a common practice in the uk, until recently i didnt know that the guy that
owns carphone warehouse also own the caudwell children's trust.
helping terminally ill kids fulfil their last wish.

if there are anymore u know, wherever u live please let us know.
is this a common practise in nigeria?

with the level of poverty and hunger in nigeria.
are there fixed points were homeless or hungry pple can go have
a meal.

who do you think should be running programes like these?

How much charity work does your pastor do?

ho many students does he pay fees for.

how many widows does he have on his payrol

how many soup kitchens does he run, etc.

start asking questions, its the only way to bring change.

why do pastors need body guard to surround them
even wen they are on the altar preaching the men are standing in front.
DIS NA MAFIA BEHAVIOUR O!

the drunk babes pics made me laugh,
dats british girls on a weekend.

HI all,
i remember my childhood with lots of happy memories.
i want to dedicate dis post to my mummy.
what do you miss most about your mum now that u r living away from home.

for me, i miss all the affection my mum gives me,
i rebelled when i was a teenager, i was rude and angry and thot everyone hated me.
i would storm out of evening devotion refusing to pray with the rest of the family, BUT
my mum would sneak intomy room at night place her hand on my fore head and pray for me.

now i remember all that and pray dat God give her long life and give me grace to treat my kids with
such patience.

buzugee:
lol i was just being funny. are you in england or america ?

na england GOD for pour his blessings upon me o.

am surprise this post isnt flying.

atleast u guy's went shopping this weekend.

it a simple task.

you will also gain from it wen we compare prices at the end.

buzugee:
yes but did you go see your friends who live in lekki or VGC or magodo or abuja

I dnt have friend's in those areas, how many pple live in those areas?
am still grateful to GOD for wat he has done for me.

JUST FOR THE RECORD.
i dnt hate my life, i appreciate all wat God has done for me.
i came home in 2009 and i saw alot of pple that i went to school wit,
i cudnt believe their situation.
even those that were classed as being RICH were not that alright.

i thank God for his favour.

To crown a not so good sunday my son's football team beat their rival for 4 - 1.