₦airaland Forum

larride:
They did rubbish in the last season bringing Michael back alive.

They didn’t know when to stop ni. They were trying to milk the last cash out of a rested show

larride:
Prison Break is the GOAT. (Without the last season tho)

Now that’s a show with a very much interesting storyline ! With its twists and turns

Ibime:
Don't say this in public please. Breaking bad is one of the three GOATS with The Wire and GOT

I’m not saying it’s not a good show, all I’m saying is the storyline is not anything special from what one expected .

The wire too is overhyped but has great actors who interpreted their roles well.

I will gladly agree Game of thrones is the GOAT for a lot of reasons

Segedinho:
Lols..

Thief dey get power I swear...there was one we caught with drainage manhole...

How d small boy put am for head we no know....Their life is to service..smoke n fvck.. na who die,e time reach

This thing is actually not funny o. The thing the guy did could lead to serious loss of lives if a train derail cos of the vandalization.

I don’t know if U’ve seen how trains are packed fool around that agege oshodi side .

Spy360:
What's the role of government in all of this? I mean, government is using school loan to shine, why can't they also use jobs to shine? I mean, I know that one has to hustle hard to succeed, but then what's the role of government in this? Or government has no role to play?

Giving student loan and threatening jail term for defaulters without equally creating an enabling environment for jobs or businesses to thrive is bullshit.

Anybody who can hussle to survive, anyone who can succeed outside government, will not need any student loan from government.

Those who know more about Tinubu’s plans for economy and reducing unemployment will answer the questions u raised .


The only thing I countered from the onset of the discussion was :people making it seem like the guarantor part of the requirement is a big ask; it’s not .

See this useless boy caught removing rail track at Agege 🤦‍♂️

Later if train derail and people die ; himself and his community members will be blaming government or claiming it’s the work of the devil .

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtmcRHpgDZK/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Itsrm:
No wonder the governors treat them anyhow

https://www.nairaland.com/7731844/ifa-doesnt-pick-yoruba-kings

Na today ?

U no hear Qdot lyrics ? “ Ifa to fi talika jọba, ẹnu ifa ma gbẹ ".... 🤣. An Oracle that enthrones a poor man as king, will surely not escape the effects of poverty that will greet his tenure .

It’s the governors and in some instances the influential members of the society that select kings now and they sure go for popular , rich and educated people irrespective of what any ifa oracle is seeing .

iamoyindamola:
What the government need is to employ one of them and watch how the rest will be arrested in no time

That’s true sha . If they contract the “Eleniyan” of the area to safeguard these government assets , I’m very sure these incidents will reduce .

I remember when armed robbers robbed a friend in Bariga in his house . At daybreak he went to meet the eleniyan and accused him of allowing him to be robbed in his house despite how he usually gives them money for drinks and donation during carnivals.

The man apologized and asked him to come back in the evening that he will get to the bottom of things . In the evening my friend was at his place and he said he saw over 100 stolen phones and at least 30 laptops paraded in front of him and he was asked to identify his stuff . He did and he got them at no cost to him at that point .

He later told me that the eleniyan knows about any robbery, phone snatching and net cutting that happened in the area every single day ; nothing passes behind him. People like that, na only them fit catch thief cos dem be thief .

raumdeuter:
Thanks for this. I wanted to type something along this lines earlier in the week but some people will start shouting that it's because you are abroad

There is a younger bro to a friend, who I mentored. He did Psychology in school when he graduated like 2014. I asked for his plan, he didn't have anything concrete. He was talking about Masters etc. I told him to consider IT. He went for all these Oracle, then Cisco training later settled in Cisco Security, Around 2015 he got a contract job in a Bank as transaction monitoring and later SOC analyst, he kept developing himself taking more certification then he moved to Interswitch around 2019, by 2022 he was offered BO in a bank SBO on confirmation with a monthly salary of over 600k Naira a month, last April another bank just sent an email for a chat and he will be asking for AM or SBO. Needless to say his monthly pay will be increased for him to move

You just don't sit somewhere and say govt will provide jobs

I studied Engineering in school thinking I will work in oil and Gas my first job was in a bank which I left after a few months. Till date about 20yrs after graduation I have never worked in Oil and Gas as a process engineer. I have worked in at least 3 different industries in Nigeria and abroad without knowing anyone or connections

I have classmates who we graduated as Engineers today who are succesful chartered accountants and authorities in accounting. Shebi the new CBN guy is an Engineer.

I gave that instance of the guy above because some people will say the economy has changed since my time. But this is a guy who graduated less than 10yrs ago, and very early 30s in this same Nigeria. Basically most of his career has been in Buhari years.

There are still people today graduating and getting jobs. It's to position yourself to where you are likely to make a headway. While he was going towards IT, some of his classmates were going for Masters in Psychology and till date they don't have a job or now doing customer service


There are some of my own mates who did Engineering got 2-1 about 20yrs ago and never got a job till now. Or just teaching in one private secondary school in Osun or Ekiti. I can't even start telling them a kid who graduated way after them is working and might be earning close to a million soon.

It's your life. If you think education is the track for you pursue it but do it with everything you have. You are responsible for your success or failure.

If you follow some of Jarus mentees you will see some of these guys are interior hinterland ara ilu oke,, and they are now successful in the corporate world. There are thousands like that all over Nigeria.

I can reel out as many as possible example. All doing legit jobs and making it.

If you are waiting for Tinubu Buhari or those to plan your life for you, then you will wait forever

The bold is the key learning point here 💯

It’s what u make out of ur life after university that people will see to reference either for good or bad !

CrystalTiger:
https://www.nairaland.com/7731562/police-arrest-vandals-stealing-bridge

What goes on in the minds of people like this, I just can't understand ..

They should give people like this long prison sentence ; we need less of them free in the streets .

I remember when Ambode decided to embark on putting iron mesh on express roads to prevent people from crossing the express instead of using pedestrian bridges all over Lagos . These guys cut off the iron mesh bit by bit selling it to artisans who need it . The iron mesh that was out there to safeguard lives, they just turn it to their own meal ticket .

I think the government also need to address the issue of “area boys” , “osanle” and issues surrounding people living on the streets without anybody monitoring what they are doing in the dead of the night . Imagine this guy was sighted at 3.30am cutting bridge railings . If there are no destitutes on the streets , will anybody leave his house 3.30am with the plan of cutting bridge railings ?

GloriousGbola:
Thank you for this. Unfortunately no matter how many opportunities there are, there will always be unsuccessful people. During the Obj years when banks were employing left and right I still know people who missed out.


We all have one or more people who we assisted, coached, coaxed but who simply could not get or hold down a job

A few years back on my faculty whatsapp group an intervention was staged for one of us who had not gotten a job. And this guy finished with a 2.1.

We have a strong and misplaced culture of entitlement and that is part of the issue here.

We assume we are automatically due tertiary education ; we are automatically due soft life white collar jobs.

Baba , I get friend wey graduate with HND distinction from one of the top polytechnics in Nigeria . Personally I took his case heads-on, I had to review his CV, even opened a gmail in his behalf applying for jobs on his behalf cos I know he has a lot to offer whoever employs him, etc .

Las las he didn’t get a job. But he delved into self employment ; today he’s married , has a business which he started from scratch based on skills he acquired while hustling his way through schools . He used his business management skills he learnt from school to manage the business and he’s living better than some graduates who even earn 75k monthly as bank teller with the same qualification .

No be everybody go work for office .

Segedinho:
There are different levels of issue a guarantor would want to involve in.

It is stated that the guarantor (definitely have the means to pay)would pay if things goes awry....

The possibility of the graduate landing a job is extremely low in this country (fact).

Now, would you in your right sense stand as a guarantor for such a probability??.

The student loan will make sense only when there is significant improvement on employment otherwise it is just another nonsense made only against the poor/average Nigerians


People that drafted that student loan weren't crazy not to see the yardstick......

I think I understand u. The thing is; like every other Nigerian u think the purpose of going to university is to get a white collar job and be able to repay the loan.

Not everybody that goes to university will get a white collar job after school . Even during our parents’ time when Nigeria was better , not all of them who attended university got white collar jobs, some had to delve into self employment after school .

For example tge Nigerian Labour market does not have the resources to accommodate everybody that studied law in the university and attended Nigerian law school . Not all of them will work for Afe Babalola chambers, Wole Olanipekun chambers, Falana and Falana chambers etc . Some will have to lurk around courts to do charge and bail lawyer for criminals , some will have to open shops in the area and work as property lawyer for landlords and property developers , etc .

My point is; paying back the loan will require serious planning on ur part before u think of accessing the loan . U will be unwise to know u are not sound academically only to access the loan , graduate with pass or third class and then start complaining of unemployment .

If I want to sign guarantor for any relative or family member trying to access the loan, I will interview such person and know what’s his plan if white collar job doesn’t show after graduation . How resourceful is he ? Will he be willing to hustle with didgital skills like Cloud computing , Data analysis , programming etc so as to be able to pay back the loan ? If the answer is no, then I won’t sign for him.

Wait first ! Are u against the loan arrangement totally or it’s the conditions attached to it u are against ?

Segedinho:
You are equating securing a job with borrowing?

I think your both parent had income worth more than 50k per month n still had to beg for someone to stand in for a job not borrowing o...

Do you even know that if your father was a gateman n your mother a petty trader....your household still have an income worth more than 500k per year??.



You ..in your right sense,would u stand as a surety for a family earning below 41k combined gor a loan....where no job is guarantee

U are conflating issues . I’ve already mentioned it here before now that the #500k combined family income makes no sense and Larride pointed it out that there’s likely to be an amendment of that since what was being shared on the media space is the old framework of the student loan while it was in process .

That being said , my last paragraph has already addressed the issue of guarantor .

If u need a guarantor for something that will affect ur future today, I can bet u will find a way around it . Except u and ur family members have terrible characters and nobody is willing to vouch for u. I’ve signed guarantor forms and charctwr refrence form for people before , it’s no big deal( I only sign for people I can vouch for to an extent ) .

Like I said earlier, the guarantor aspect is the least of anybody’s worry. For example, a student who finished secondary school from a public secondary school can get his or her former teachers who are on grade level 12 and above in the state teaching service to sign for him/her . It’s because u think anybody that gets the loan will run away with it; that’s why u are having paranoia over the whole guarantor requirement .

Theflint1:
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People should stop making mountain out of mole hill as it concerns this student loan especially the guarantor aspect .

There’s nothing special about requesting for a civil servant on grade level 12 as guarantor ( That’s the requirement and not director level which the Op mischievously claim is being required ). Sooner or later , u will have to provide a guarantor on that level .

I remember the first job I got after NYSC , they required a guarantor who is either a civil servant on grade 12 or Senior manager in the bank or pastor/imam/traditional ruler . It’s either u provide them or u can continue to remain hopeful in the labour market. I didn’t even know anyone on that grade level in an instant , but after talking to somebody that knows somebody; I had people who don’t know me signing the guarantor form for me .

Na naija we dey , the guarantor part should be the least of anybody’s worry . When ur future depends on something , u will find a way around it Abeg !

chrisooblog:
Kudos to Soludo but I'm not sure about importing a variety of palm oil seedlings we already have here.

I didn’t say we already have it ; what I said was that they came here and exported the same seedlings we are about importing .

My post was very clear on that .

chrisooblog:
Fantastic choreographed fight scenes. Story line is ok not Breaking Bad level but not terrible either.

Breaking bad is overhyped , there’s nothing special about the storyline !

Emmynator:
Apc guys are saying the maths prof bleeped up, LP guys are celebrating the maths prof.

Omo, make the final results just comot.

Na why e no really make sense forming opinion about cases based on what u read off media reports while case is still on.

Each party will report whatever side Favour them and use their respective media arms to amplify their story to make it seem the decison will swing in their Favour .

I still remember how media report of Adeleke vs Oyetola made it seem like Adeleke was losing the case until the final Supreme Court judgement .(Even thought Adeleke was on how was out )

Make case even end make everybody rest and those of us that want to learn ; make we learn from the rulings and precedent that will be set by the supreme after the aggrieved parties must have appealed to the Supreme Court

larride:
Who has seen Scorpion?

It’s a shitty geeky series; don’t want ur time and data .

I was watching it about 3-4 years ago , it was trash

akwesenana:
Student Loan should be availaible to all legtimate Nigerians.

No let Seankafor see this comment o. Wetin go come happen to illegitimate Nigerians ?

Dinner : fusili pasta + fresh fish in sauce

Incognito9:
Watch this one, the third season will be out on 29th of this month

Warrior

This is another nice series iamoyindamola recommended . I’m patiently waiting for the season 3

Ibime:
What's your take on Into the badlands?

Someone recommended it, make I no go waste time

It’s a very entertaining series . It’s only if u are too serious with life tha u won’t enjoy it especially the fat guy’s role ( I forgot his name now)

GloriousGbola:
This is not vision. This is pathetic. A real visionary would invest in a brewery. Not in a project that will not come to fruition after he has left office. That kind of thinking is for suckers. Who is advising this man?

It’s actually a sad tale that Nigeria is going to import Malaysian oil palm seed 63 years after independence .

I remember my old man telling me tales of how Malaysian government came to naija in the 60’s to get our oil palm seed which they planted and years after it became a major source of income for the Asian country .

It’s ironical that we are now going there to Pay to import the same seedlings we gave them freely 🤦‍♂️. That’s just the tale of Nigeria . We just mismanage everything .

Kudos to Soludo sha , it make sense if the youth in his state will till the land and make something out of it than they being hooked on crystal meth and sagging their trousers here and there .

raumdeuter:
Which series do you recommend then. I will drop succession

Na iamoyindamola gangan be sure plug for series recommendation; I always follow his recommendations.

raumdeuter:
BlueRayDick have you seen succession?

I have watched 2 episodes and it's not catching fire already

I don't want to invest time on some struggle series.

No I've not. I wanted to try it recently but the story wasn't catchy when I tried reading little of the storyline, I just decided against it.

GloriousGbola:
Imho Obj also used efcc as a political tool, but the efcc then was largely a competent and trustworthy organization. Today they are just a bunch of higher level bribe takers and asset redistributiors

I agree with u, the corruption virus has long since infected EFCC too.

Now we hear tales of EFCC operatives wiping out account balance of Yahoo boys as price for not to prosecute them after arrests .

GloriousGbola:
You are just knowing?

Efcc started on a downward spiral the moment they chased out ribadu. From that point on the essential mission profile became self enrichment.

Ribadu was offered 15m.usd in hard cash and he rejected it.

The people after him would have DEMANDED it outright. As it is today efcc is just a bunch of arrogant thugs ripping off yahoo boys, breaking in without warrants and bungling serious cases.

Well , it appears EFCC was Obasanjo’s brain child to go after financial offenders especially those who ate our yams while in public service .

Every other person that has been president after OBJ have all sacked the EFCC boss they met on seat for reasons best known to them . Some say it’s cos every president after OBJ used
EFCC as a tool to go after their political opponents and keep them in line ( cos they know there’s no clean Nigerian per se ).

Whatever dream OBJ had with establishing EFCC and putting Ribadu in charge left the group chat with Obasanjo on May 29 2007.

GloriousGbola:
see the alleged cross. if anything, it looks like a dagger to me. so if you paint this or something like this on your hoise, shop, car etal some lunatics will feel justified in destroying it.

this na why nihilist dey cuss lugard every other day.

this is why i am not sure they can ever destroy boko haram - because in the end most of them embrace the fundamentals

look at the man who made the statement.

They will come for u and say u are stereotyping .

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. That is a cross?
Ahn ahn.

That thing nor be cross nau.
These guys just dey find justification

Shebi na people wey dey Kano talk say na cross . I can’t be in Lagos here and be arguing with people in Kano as to what the demolished monument looks like

GloriousGbola:
He didn't obviously. They are just throwing out different excuses / explanations. They are so ingrained with their intolerance that they cannot even perciece how they sound.

A mindset like that will literally have no qualms demolishing a church.

With this level of religious intolerance being displayed even by the state government , I don’t envy non Muslims living in Kano o

GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/7728247/demolished-gandujes-roundabout-because-it



these northerners ehn - they wear their intolerance on their sleeve like a badge of honour

Omo!


The thing me I’m now wondering is ;how did Ganduje a northern muslim end up building a roundabout with a cross on it?

larride:
He will still most likely be made CBN Governor when the removal of Emefiele is ratified by the NASS after whatever information they are doing.

It's the first time I'm hearing about Special Adviser on Monterary policies which is the job of a CBN Govenor.

Normally sef special adviser supposed close to the president more than ministers . Minister na head of ministry ; na policy wey him perm secs formulate he go dey bring come give president .

It’s the special advisers who are technocrats that should now advise the president whether to go with the minister and his ministry are proposing , modify it or trash it outrightly .

So it’s actually not bad if the man is a special adviser going by how he’s been hyped in the media space .