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Theflint1:
Single parent with 3 kids and hoping to combine school and side hustle sounds like a recipe for disaster. Maybe like 4 years ago, to wing am no go ruff like that, but from what I'm hearing of Canada these days, all that baggage e go hard wella.

And true, e no get how you wan plan reach for these things, if reality is determined for fvck one over, it will. Even people with tons of experience from Naija and overseas dey find am difficult.

They were probably thinking the husband sending naira combined with the wife working over there will see them throughout the period of her schooling. I guess the naija economy made the husband's contribution insignificant.

nihilistjnr:
Canada has been fücked for a long time based on what I've heard from awon temi over there.

The biggest problem most people would find is the managing high cost of living vs Income earnings.

That's why I said you can survive in UK because low income jobs still dey and low to mid incomes in the 40-60k bracket are harder to find but them still dey around.

The problem is when you have settled down and are now looking to move from surviving to thriving. Firstly taxation will kick you in the throat.

For example the difference between earning 50k annual salary and 60k annual salary is only £500 extra a month, because additional taxes kick in to ensure that you don't take too much home...yet the difference in operational responsibilities between a 50k earner and a 60k earner in the same company could be fairly substantial.

So like in Hezbollah, you might find people trying to avoid promotion because their responsibilities increase significantly with only margnial increase in compensation. Meanwhile bills are high af and only getting higher.

But it's when you hit 6 figures that you really feel that pain. Your take home on a 100k salary is about 68k before pension contributions. Your take home on a 200k salary is 118k - the government is eating 82k of your money just like that.

When im talking about japa struggle its this particular part I'm talking about. Most of us came here to thrive not just to survive. And the government is making it increasingly more difficult to do so.

Na wa o.Even here in naija I dey vex for how much I pay as tax; anytime I look at my payslip anger dey always build inside me.

Does this high tax rates also apply to footballers too?

iamoyindamola:
You see this japa thing have stopped thinking about it
Every country don't have it easy again, I read from a lady in this Nairaland
She started Canada PR from 2015 and got it this year, then she started looking for work from April only to get it by September imagine she's not financially okay or have people to rely on during those tough times
If you are balling in 9ja it's better to continue or try get foreign remote jobs that pay in USD or pounds
If not to start all over again in foreign land is my biggest fear especially with family
They only have better life in terms of security, good warfare etc
If you look at it sef with money all these are possible in 9ja
Why spend fortune of almost 30m to japa Omo I no fit


Someone was telling us about US sef, school route

Na US Visa hard pass, but if u enter US u go still see way to survive unlike UK wey be say depression fit kill person before things soft.

The fact that some Nigerians over there in the UK are further exploiting new entrants is not helping matters. Naija's will give plenty people COS for care job with few shifts available.

Theflint1:
Sorry to say, but it's sounding like they didn't do proper research before moving, e go pay dem down the road, but dem go find am really tough first couple years.

That schooling and working paroles not as easy as it was, even PRs and citizens dey find am tough with jobs, it's why you're seeing Trudeau, a pro-immigration politician enacting stringent immigration policies.

Lol @ the bolded. If e never happen to u ehn, u go think say the people involved no plan well. Mike Tyson said everyone thinks they've got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Even people that planned are extremely well are finding things difficult over there. A very close friend of mine moved to UK around October 2022 for Masters. He already had a masters here in naija and had a decent paying job where he's a team lead. Initially I was worried how he's going to cope running masters and work togther but he was able to weather the storm.

Fast forward to 2023 he was done with masters and the search for a decent job began. It's been over a year now and he's yet to get a decent job that can at least change his status. He's been doing jama-jama till date and bitterly lamenting about situation of things. He has attended several interviews and all they kept telling him is sorry he doesn't have a UK Job experience.

I didn't know how bad things were for my guy until another of our friend who entered UK on care visa was gisting me about his own experience. They both linked up for a while over there before that one japa commot UK. That one told me how they both did any menial job that comes their way from lawn mower job to security for night clubs to even serving jollof rice & small chops at parties. I felt pained that my guy with 2 masters is serving food at parties but the guy that was gisting me said and I quote " Padi even if u get 3 PhD's if u never see better job for UK ehn, u fit do cleaner just to pay ur bills o"

I agree that things will get better in the long run but make person never enter depression before things get better o.

nihilistjnr:
Completely understand your point but subsidy recipients don't all have to be on tbe same level - that's why I mentioned school, fuel etc in addition to Hajj and Jerusalem pilgrimage.

The government doesn't have enough to share to anybody again even the well connected like you mentioned, and that's a serious problem.

Omo with regards to UK, I don't even know where to start..I work as a contractor offering consultancy services to clients but the UK implemented some tax legislation 2 years potential penalising clients if their contractors don't declare taxes appropriately.

As a result a lot of the work that I used to get has now gone offshore, whilst my tax liability has gone through the roof (My business paid over £40k in taxes last year alone, excluding personal income tax), and the prime minister is rumoured to be looking to increase taxes even further up to a rumoured 45%

I ran one small contract on the side this year in a personal capacity rather than through my business and the tax legislation I spoke about led to a situation where my take home after tax and minimum pension contributions was 48%.

Talk about monkey dey work, baboon dey chop. Omo UK as a country is finished for now. It might recover later down the line, but I won't advise anyone to Japa here anytime soon if you want to do more than survive. If you want to earn 25-40k you can turn up - but the moment you decide you want more from life, this country will smack you in the face and dropkick you in the balls.

Omo! Where person wan come japa to if it's this tough already in the UK?

I spoke with a relative in the US over the weekend and he was telling me of how things are tough in Canada too at the moment. He shared the story of a family he's currently following up with in Canada.

The wife was supposed to study and work in Canada so she moved with 3 kids while the husband remained here in naija. He was supposed to join them after they had fully settled over there. Due to one reason or the other, the woman entered CA one week later than resumption date so the school said she couldn't register this September and will have to wait till January.

The issue now is she has been unable to get any job with 3 kids. One of the 3 kids knows how to braid hair so the girl is the one practically sustaining the family of four with the meagre income from the braiding of hairs she does. The father who is in Nigeria is a businessman and has been sending naira to them but his business is on the brink of collapse because the money he's sending is putting a hole in his business account. The current state of naija economy is not helping matters.

iamoyindamola:
You are looking for trouble
Remember the woman that was fighting against mass wedding what later happened

It just doesn't make sense to me sha. I mean why sponsor a broke man to pilgrimage, he comes back as an Alhaji but a broke Alhaji.

I mean all my life I've seen middle class people going to hajj off their own pocket. I've also seen wealthy individuals sponsoring members of their family to Hajj; but before thinking of sponsoring them to Hajj they already set up businesses for them like bakery, transportation business etc. That makes more sense to me.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Trying to charter a Sienna to attend a burial in Abia state; 7 passengers

The cheapest we got was 500k...To and Fro

We still dey scratch head to raise the money, na him price of fuel change this morning.

Nigeria has never had it this bad.[/color]

Omo!

500k to charter a Sienna? How much Sienna drivers go dey deliver weekly?

I think the price is on the high side, but then when one thinks of PMS being sold for over 1k per liter u start think the driver's gain might not actually be much sef.

GloriousGbola:
islam counts your sins against your good deeds. in the end it is the tally of your sins against your good deeds that determines if you enter hell or al jannah. if you do a pilgrimage and it is accepted, your slate is wiped clean. so from a purely religious standpoint, it is subsidized salvation

Then people should put more efforts into doing good now that government can't afford to subsidize Hajj anymore. Salvation na personal journey

iamoyindamola:
Hello, you need to go to the north
The entitlement these guys have is second to none, the government sponsor 80%of them the 20% are the rich or not broke

I know bro, that's why I said no reasonable state goverment should be subsidizing Hajj/Sponsoring Hajj at this point. States like Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, etc have no business sponsoring anybody to Hajj because like majority of the states in Nigeria they are struggling economically and borrowing to run government affairs. They should shed the weight of sponsoring Hajj

izzou:
[color=royalblue]When they changed to 858 last month, it was without subsidy naa.

Which kind opaque Leadership be this?[/color]

The more u look, the less u see.

There was subsidy involved, that why NNPC and Dangote were both issuing useless press statements without stating the actual cost price of Dangote's PMS from source.

GloriousGbola:
but but but is this not wickedness? denying the common man his right to salvation? how can you support this act of cruelty by T-pain

There's no religion that makes pilgrimage a requirement for salvation na. Even Islam requires u to go for Hajj only of u can afford the trip.

nihilistjnr:
This is actually a harbinger of doom in my opinion. The only reason these subsidies exist in the first place is to go someway towards pacifying the masses.

If the government was broken but you were at least seeing cheap petrol, cheap school fees and subsidised Hajj, at least you go dey hold your side.

When the government is broken and you're seeing nothing....

We dey experience something similar for this side, and since the beginning of the year I've been seriously exploring opportunities to leave the UK for good. It's Japa time

The issue is most people going for pilgrimage are not broke in any way. At least the people in my family who have been to Hajj are either sponsored by a wealthy relative or those who are living comfortably well. They are people whom Yorubas will say "won ni ajeseku". Dem don chop and e still remain for ground.

So the subsidy is not really going to the masses like that. Cheap education and cheap petrol are actually things that will pacify the masses jare.

As regards leaving the UK, most of the people I know whom relocated to the UK are not finding things easy.

Is it brexit that 4cked the UK up or there's something else ? A friend of mine had to run commot UK to Ireland, he claimed things are a little bit better over there even tho the Euro is not as powerful as the Sterling.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Why is NNPC changing price overnight?

What is the reason for this increase again?[/color]

They obviously don't want to subsidize Dangote's PMS like they have been subsidizing imported PMS(The same subsidy Tinubu allegedly removed on May 29 2023). I heard on a radio program earlier this morning that NNPC was subsidizing Dangote PMS with over N3bn daily.

It appears they want to hands off doing that and obviously it will lead to further hardship on the general public.

https://www.nairaland.com/8234602/hajj-fare-hit-n10m-nahcon

This is a nice move . Let subsidy be removed on all forms of pilgrimages be it to Saudi, Israel, Jordan, Cuba or any other country.

Anybody that wants to go on a pigrimage should fund it 100% from out of pocket.

I hope state governments would follow suit as well. Any state that is still borrowing money from internal or external lenders has no business subsidizing pilgrimage for its citizens. Any state that continues to subsidize pilgrimage should be sued by concerned citizens.

Ellexy:
Please can you list members of this crew....?

They know themselves na . Awon terrorist apologist .

I’m sure if we reverse the hand of time to October 2001 , these set of people will be talking us how Osma Bin Laden was a “resistance “ one man army who used the 9/11 to fight against the West’s oppression. 🤦‍♂️

iamoyindamola:
Like football actually saved the guy if not he will fit a thug
Did you see the part he clipped the wolves guy trying to counter or the Bournemouth guy in front of ref
He escaped booking in those 2 scenes

I guess these are the clips our rivals watched and claimed we were using dark arts .

White is never beating the allegation. Na real agbero

Roland17:
I will use Osibanjo, whom you have on your list as an example. Osibanjo did not jump into commercial law right out of school. Osibanjo created his visibility and legal presence through the academia which gave him credibility and experience. He became a lecturer and grew in the academia before joining government and active politics. Deji doesn't have that, infact, at 41, he is a late bloomer in the legal field, consequently, he has to find the shortest route to earn that visibility in comparison to a 23 year old Osibanjo who joined the academia right after school and grew in the field.

At 41, he doesn't have the "working" in the field to earn any credence, especially if he hopes to become a SAN someday. Consequently, he understands he has to build the blocks using the shortest cut to earn that credibility, experience and constant visibility in the legal world. Another example is Kenneth Okonkwo, another late legal bloomer. He was over 50 years old when he graduated from law school but he also knew he needed a different type of visibility that is fast in earning his stripe in the field.

I think Activism is the easiest route to earning the human rights lawyer tag. If he keeps raking these stripes with his now "legal" activism which now gives him some level of credibility, he would be able to take advantage of opportunities when they come up. Considering he is a fresh lawyer, no one is going to give him a primary role in treasonable cases like you mentioned. However, if he earns his stripes by winning cases that also involve some form of activism, he may be invited to join a legal team for a high profile case, again, not as the lead counsel but a part of the legal team. Na step by step. That experience will give him the needed experience exposure which he needs, especially if that is the route he wants to follow.

I get ur point now. You are right , if he actually wants to make anything out of his law career activism seem to be the easiest route .

[quote author=iamoyindamola post=132342297]Benny Blanco is a menace
I sure as fvck I will hate this guy if he was playing against us🤣🤣🤣

https://x.com/AFC_Jerry/status/1843559438776689108?t=9wcS1GZ84xmHkeIzLitTIA&s=19[/quote]😂😂😂

The guy na weyrey . Just look at the way he threw cucurella away like piece of paper. The funniest thing is that he does all of that with a straight face . Zero Joy!

Roland17:
Since he is new, he has to establish his credibility in the field and there is no better way to earn your stripes in the Nigerian legal field than what he is doing now. While commercial law has more bar, it has reduced visibility which is important for a new lawyer looking to make his/ mark on entry. No big company is going to take you without the experience which is what this current situation offers him.

I believe it is intentional to raise the number of cases particularly popular cases he has taken. Also, these sort of cases are arbitrated on faster than your typical commercial law. He needs to stack some stripes/ W in his closet as building block for his career. Most of the popular lawyers, now SANs started out this way, built their portfolio, legal visibility, credibility before branching.

You are right that many popular senior lawyers who are SAN today took the route of activism to get to that point. Yet, there are several who got to the pinnacle of their career through commercial law.

People like Wale Babalakin, Osinbajo, Wole Olanipekun, the current Attorney General, etc to mention a few.

There's actually nothing wrong with using the activism route, but then I just feel Deji's intention is just to be regarded as an activist without really being a human right lawyer whose name carries weight. What I mean is : For example if someone is facing a serious charge like Terrorism, Reasonable felony in the hands of FG like Nnamdi Kanu or Sowore ; it will be suicidal to have someone like Deji act as Ur lawyer o.

Ellexy:
https://x.com/Dr_logicaI/status/1843392753583222956?t=VjYqn3QfSKVtueHtn1bhOQ&s=19

A thread of atrocities committed by Hamas that some people are boldly supporting here. Mehn these guys are demons, pigs. The Nigerian guy too was not spared...

Yet the other day Okpa and his murderous crew were busy serving word salads talking about Mandela, South Africa and disgracing one's race for not supporting the terrorist organization called Hamas.🤮

I bet they don't know this is exactly how Hamas will execute their black asss if caught on the wrong side of the border.

Ballzproblem2:
Hezbollah swore they will not stop until Israel stop their operation in Gaza ,now they fighting for their existence,is the Lord not amazing?. You since last year to cease attack .

There's a saying in Yoruba that roughly translates as " If person dey beat u and the beating no pain u, u go talk say e no go better for who dey beat u. If hand meet u well well, na abeg sir u go dey talk"

That's exactly what's playing out here.

Shegzdave:
Can’t forget when United bought the guy and he scored his debut goal against Arsenal with that his poco lee dance moves, my guy taunted Me throughout that week and he keep saying they’ve gotten themselves Neymar regen

If you see the way the guy swears for him now ehn, na Me dey beg am to stop

Like the way they all hate him now no be small thing at all. Anytime I saw Man utd fans on my timeline na so so complain dem dey complain

iamoyindamola:
S1 https://driveseed.org/file/6Kw1TqgQNtAT0A5YE7z9

S2 https://driveseed.org/list/76cf9efbf8fe1e70f5261798e217cbdeI40lvevo4X

Chai. My network is not stable for now.

Hope the link will still work by tomorrow?

izzou:

He has it in him to surpass Pele he just needs to work on his ball control, dribbling, goal scoring ability, speed, strength, momentum, technique, shooting, heading, dribbling, and everything.

iamoyindamola:
https://driveseed.org/file/lFweHf7Mstr2KTE9b04L

Thank you. Do u have The Serpent Queen link too?

One of the best videos you’ll see on socials today🥹❤️ pic.twitter.com/lvipdfwweF

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) October 8, 2024

Omo! See how the drivers countenance changed from A to Z

Theflint1:
It's funny that Burna turned out the way he did sha, cause he grew up a rich kid, controlled environment and with parents that were very much involved in his upbringing.

You are right, he attended Corona Primary school so by naija standard they were never broke.

GloriousGbola:
someone who was implicated in gang murder in uk?
someone who had a person who dissed him robbed at eko hotel?

this is very much his brand . it is why he is here to stay in naija. once you have naija money you can literally do anything

Something that should be a kidnap case

I understand Burnaboy had all of this baggage long before he became a global brand, but now he's a global star with a grammy to his name. He supposed dey avoid these kind matters.

He should've just slammed Akpi a civil lawsuit for defamation of character. Make Akpi withdraw his defamatory content, apologize and possibly pay damages.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Make e try

He can start from Okuama community killings

From there, look for one village that Chinese is oppressing and fight for them in court.

I hope he can step up sha. Those old activists don dey go finish, and the vocal ones we have lately na mostly blue tick and likes; No legal know-how.[/color]

Bold of u to think Deji Adeyanju is a real serious lawyer

At best he will keep doing all these social media amebo cases to gain more clout amongst Gen Zs. Even his friend Sowore will not risk retaining him for any serious case like Treasonable felony.

He will always put body in all these cases bordering on "You carry me go alagbon force CID because of civil matter; oya Deji Adeyanji come and stand for him and let them release me".

KingTom:
This was running in my mind even when I saw his shenanigans at the EndBadGovernment protests so when we mention Gani, Falana, Ozekhome, we should also add Deji

That's the game he's playing; he wants to be in that conversation.

Theflint1:
Burna boy doesn't strike me as someone that believes in operating within the confines of the law...no go shock say the video of Speed's mum begging in tears is sufficient justice for him.

Burnaboy no send normally sha, but this kind of stuff is not good for his brand.

On the lighter note, I noticed since Deji Adeyanju finish law school he just dey jump on any case of illegal detention wey dey trend. Guyman wan smuggle himself enter conversation of human rights lawyer by fire by force. I wonder if he does not want to make any money at all practicing commercial law.

Theflint1:
I'm not sure what Speeddarlington was expecting would happen to him coming at Burna and his mum the way he's been...at best he'd get slapped with libel and is made to retract his statements, and at worst he's vanished without trace. He should be thanking his stars that Burna has hinted that he's responsible for his disappearance, by the time he's out he'd calm down small, or maybe not

His neighbors actually made a video of when the police whisked him away. If they had come at night wearing plain clothes it would've been worse cos nobody would even notice he was missing until a long while.

Make Burna pursue civil case for defamation against him and let the police release him abeg.

I come dey pity the mama watching the video