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Politics › Re: The Kind Of World I Want To Live In by budaatum: 1:08pm On Aug 03, 2025
lawani:
From the above, a family of five consisting of three children and two parents should not pay more than three hundred dollars per annum in rent anywhere in the world if things are done right. If they are paying that, then they don't need more than three thousand dollars per annum in household income. Not individual income but household income!. Inside the economy as it will then be, they will be able to afford everything like smart phones and other gadgets.
I think you want to live in a dreamy imaginary world.

Your "three thousand dollars per annum household income" is some people's monthly rent in some countries, especially the dollar country. More dreamy is it sounds like you don't want to earn enough or afford anything since useful gadget makers wouldn't pander to your very low wage, unless your gadget is a simple ordinary spanner.

You can't use Nigeria to determine costs everywhere else. In UK, a Nigerian Guinness is about £4, a small yam is 2 for £5-£7, and 3 plantains is £1.50. A UK doctor earns £32,398 to £70,425 per annum, and a qualified UK teacher's pay generally ranges from £31,650 to £60,092. Average rent for a 3-bedroom house in the UK is around £1,344 per month, while the average sale price for a 3-bedroom house in the UK is around £326,491.

Do the maths.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 11:02pm On Aug 02, 2025
LordReed:
Bwahahahahahahaha! Why did you give him the bedroom? That's why he thought he has been promoted to demi-god. LMAO!
Funny reason to be honest. My telly, which I wasn't intending to give up, was in the living room in front of the sofa.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum:
Bsssss:
There's nothing sad about it. Many Nigerians who play for big clubs wouldn't have make name for themselves if the club owners are focused on getting players from their country. In the game of entrepreneurship, talent matters more than anything else. Dangote doesn't care if the cat is white or black in as much as it catches mice.
You must have stolen this from right inside my mind. He wouldn't have 20b to invest otherwise.

I am sad a Nigerian did not qualify.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 5:34pm On Aug 02, 2025
Saao:
hmm Nigerian? Nigerian will sabotage his effort
It is very sad isn't it.

Da once managed a huge farm that produced frozen chicken. One day the owner called him and said he's fired for not letting people steal his chicken. He'd set it up so his family steal the chicken and don't steal his granite and pharmacy and other businesses, but I guess da wasn't up with the strategy.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 5:17pm On Aug 02, 2025
Harddiskng:
Lool UK people una dey try. Bills, bills, bills, UK can turn someone to a heartless human but can you blame them, no lap anybody if you never sabi well
The essential bills are electric, water, gas, Internet, tv license if you watch, house/home insurance if you got one, and the infamous community charge. Others are non-essential consumption if you asked me, like Sky or pure water subscriptions, which are matters of choice.

No bill for school or sick though, makes up for I think, and a clean semi-secure environment to live in. Going to borrow a free book at a library was divine for me, and Gods help me if I'd had to pay hospital bill.

I'm not turned to a heartless human, least not where my very extended family is concerned, except to lazy fuqs.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 4:57pm On Aug 02, 2025
harmargedon:
bro, go and watch Dangote's interview when he was asked why he uses Indians instead of Nigerians. Then come back to prove what i wrote wrong.
If you read my other posts here you would not ask me to prove what you wrote wrong.

Even the post you quoted agrees with you more than disagree, except for the reasons I gave.

If you have this Dangote interview, link please.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 4:53pm On Aug 02, 2025
Gboss247:
Sad Ke?
Devakumar is the vice president of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), the conglomerates that holds majority shareholders in all Dangote businesses.
He is very experienced too. And better placed for growth than tied down to a refinery.

https://www.dangote.com/about-us/devakumar-v-g-edwin/
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 4:40pm On Aug 02, 2025
Eastcoastboy:
Oh, boy! Sorry for that. Thank God you were able to make it out.

Please share few tips on how to avoid or spot such?
There's a thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/7383064/schistosomiasis-cure-schistosomiasis#117558658
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 4:36pm On Aug 02, 2025
Gerrard59:
There aren't many Nigerians with refining experience on a global scale. Before his refinery, Nigeria was a major importer of petroleum products. So where would have such Nigerians obtained cognate experience from?
I do agree. Oil business is way more than our buying and selling.

Dangote should make his refinery a university where Nigerians can be trained and get world recognised degrees. In fact, I make a note now to write to tell David Bird to bring us some shells.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 4:24pm On Aug 02, 2025
MichaelSokoto:
appointing a Nigerian would be a quicker path to death for d refinery...

if u know u know!
wink


pls ayam not bn sentimental, Jez bn factual.
cool
I can't disagree with you, see my above.

It is what is sad about this.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 4:22pm On Aug 02, 2025
Ajalalomo:
There is nothing bad in appointing a non-Nigerian man as CEO of Dangote refinery. Go to the UK or other western world, you will see that Nigerians hold important roles in global corporations too.
I never said "there is nothing bad". I'll post it for you to read again.

budaatum:
Looks like Devakumar is a builder, and not a manager. Different skills set.

Sad though, that Dangote could not find a Nigerian.
I do not say, sad for Nigeria or for you. Just that I would have wished a Nigerian could have been appointed and I'm sad one wasn't.

Do know that when I build $20b Dangote Refinery I wouldn't limit my CEO hunt to Nigeria. If a martian applied and was better qualified, martian, you're hired. With gratitude for having the wisdom to not think I could CEO my refinery myself just as Dangote has wisely not, and is one more reason why I elevate him to God.

budaatum:
And on that last note, let me annoy some people so I'm insulted. Dangote is the new God. He said, "let there be local produced petrol", and there is local produced petrol, and I can't wait for him to say, let there be uninterrupted light.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 4:01pm On Aug 02, 2025
lordm:
Don't Nigerians work in the UK?
We do.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 4:00pm On Aug 02, 2025
Eastcoastboy:
Sorry to ask, is it like a family (generic) ailment?
Haba! Lol!

Parasite is not "generic" in my family.

budaatum:
No, not sickle cell. Got hit by a parasite that crippled my spine and ruined my plumbing after almost killing me.

Cousin was diabetic. He's buried 6 feet deep.
A water parasite. Schistosomiasis. Stupidly caught by ignoring how unhygienic Nigerian's can be.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 3:53pm On Aug 02, 2025
harmargedon:
he does not trust a Nigerian for that position, from my end, i have seen what an average nigerian have done to peoples businesses. it would seem like they were sent to destroy you, all they care about is how to cash out from the owner
He will have loads of Nigerians in equally trust needy positions, proven too, since he can internally promote.

I think it is experience and knowledge and contacts in the business that might have excluded a Nigerian. This guy has to make that refinery work and not be tribally hampered, which might affect a Nigerian, perhaps.

What I do like about Dangote is, he does not seem to care about tribe, least going by his directors.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 3:15pm On Aug 02, 2025
HEAVEN4444:
wow well you know what they say ? Absence of body is presence with God and so he is in a better place . Is it sickle cell ? Or you dont want to disclose ?
No, not sickle cell. Got hit by a parasite that crippled my spine and ruined my plumbing after almost killing me.

Cousin was diabetic. He's buried 6 feet deep.
Politics › Re: I Regret Coming Back to Nigeria- 92 Yr Old Mourns Son Who Died In Police Cell by budaatum: 3:13pm On Aug 02, 2025
IGBOSON1:
Nigeria happened to the poor man and his family....simple!

Listen, if you live abroad and are silly enough to want to relocate back to Nigeria after hearing Tinubu and his APC, then it's best you leave your family out of your madness and embark on your journey of folly on your own! I know of many families who relocated back to Nigeria based on the belief that the country is 'improving' in governance and economy, only for them to regret their action few years down the line! Never be deceived if you hear of one little improvement or the other in Nigeria! Knowing Nigeria from the 60s to date, you can be sure that such a improvement will not last and will be reversed owing to the normal nepotism, tribalism, greed, thuggery, semi-illiteracy and envy of most of the Nigerian elite!

The only time you should have the confidence to relocate back to Nigeria with your family is AFTER it is restructured and every region/ethnicity has control over their resources, policing, leadership and destiny!
Taking ones children away from the UK's (and I assume the US' too) education system is a sin parents should be shot for.

My parents took me home, and the only reason I forgive them is there was much hope early 70s, and I got to know where I'm from.

If I'd taken my own children to Nigeria, I might have had to shoot myself before they shot me, though I'm amused they now go themselves for Detty December.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 3:07pm On Aug 02, 2025
HEAVEN4444:
lol it's just the name rhyme , I don't follow football . Well sorry to hear about that bro I hope it's not too serious. May the good Lord heal you 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'm healed as much as, thank you.

A cousin of mine who came to see me off when I left Naija for the NHS died a week after I left, so I dare not moan. We did not have the same illness, and his was in fact more manageable than mine except in Naija, unfortunately.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 2:59pm On Aug 02, 2025
HEAVEN4444:
Not bad smell. Good smell of Nigerian food being cooked. Ahhhh queens park rangers. Is the medical equipment permanent or temporary?
Permanent.

Well aired home ensures no smell. Just close kitchen door to contain, and open windows and switch on extractor.

QPR has not been in Queen's Park since 1917.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 2:47pm On Aug 02, 2025
The amount in tariffs collected by the government in July rose to $28 billion, from $26.6 billion in June, $22.2 billion in May, $15.6 billion in April, and $8.2 billion in March, when collections from the new tariffs began.

https://wolfstreet.com/2025/08/02/tariff-cash-is-rolling-in-hits-28-billion-in-july/

Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 2:39pm On Aug 02, 2025
HEAVEN4444:
that's a very interesting story. This is how you can live in the west and not miss naija. You bring the WHOLE family with you 😀😀😀😀😆😆😆😆 the whole flat will be smelling like egusi and ogunfe fufu 😀😀😀😀. Where exactly west ? What's closest tube station ?
Queen's Park station.

Me and my whole family do not smell. Our mother was a theatre nurse. Cleanliness is not optional.

I do still miss Naija. I got relatives there I miss and my farm, and unfortunately can not go because of the health equipment I'd have to take with me.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 2:34pm On Aug 02, 2025
Was about to eat my one meal of eba one night when a classmate turned up crying. We'd just started poly, and he'd gone home to get money from his brother he'd been saving his wages with for last 5 years, only to be told there was no money.

I was having issues at home at the time and was skint managing 001 with lots of water, but asked him to lets eat my eba first then think what to do.

We decided to live together to save on rent and share resources, which worked fine, especially when my dad took responsibility (9 year dead today incidentally). I'd come home and drop my wallet in the draw where we'd both have access.

Once, his younger brother visited and stayed a couple of days. By the second day he was starving and asked me if we wouldn't eat, to wit I told him we were broke, and would eat at night.

"Broke kẹ? He said. "I gave my brother money when I arrived".

That modafuka brother had been eating out behind our back while we starved! Ruined our friendship, it did.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum: 2:21pm On Aug 02, 2025
HEAVEN4444:
from what part of London did you go to peckham to shop ? Do you live nearby ? And why is your house the gatecrash pad ?
Aww
Lived in West London, far from Peckham, but bus 36 was direct then as it still is.

My house was the gatecrash pad because I was the first to return, and my siblings and parent soon followed, plus a couple of cousins and a few temporary guests.

There were times I slept in the bath.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 11:30am On Aug 02, 2025
Enice:
So, after person work, another person go chop him chop! Is that fair?
When you hire a builder to build you a house, does he move into the house so you don't chop your chop?

Devakumar Edwin has worked for Dangote since 1992. I'm sure he chops comfortably.
Family › Re: What's The Most Annoying Thing A Visitor Has Ever Done To You? (Photo) by budaatum:
Had a cousin live with me once. I gave him my bedroom and I slept on the sofa. He paid no rent, apparently assuming the government paid citizen's rent, and would eat everything left in my pot after I ate.

One day I went to Peckham, bought fish and Guinness and went home to cook rice and dodo. As I was eating, he arrived and asked if I'd taken all I want so he can eat the rest as he normally would, but I told him I hadn't, and would be eating it all as I didn't cook any for him. All the Guinness was mine too, I said, which shocked him as I usually share. "Oh", I said, "and when I finish, I'd like a word please".

"Did your family (my maternal) tell you my family owes you and you should come and collect", I asked. That's when he told me he thought the government was feeding me and paying my rent.

"So, when you see me go to work l, What's that", I asked.

We decided he'd be paying rent and would contribute to electric and water and buy his own food or pay for mine if he eats it. He stayed for 5 years and sensitised the 8 other people who stayed with us in that time.

He did run up my landline with calls to America so I got a £200+ bill. I called the person, got number from itemised bill, and found out it was his friend before confronting him. He said he thought it would not count because the phone was locked and he'd found a way around it.
Business › Re: Dangote Refinery Appoints David Bird, Ex-shell Executive, As CEO by budaatum: 11:10am On Aug 02, 2025
Enice:
What will now be the position of that Indian man? What's his name again, Devakumar Edwin
Looks like Devakumar is a builder, and not a manager. Different skills set.

Sad though, that Dangote could not find a Nigerian.
Politics › Re: Amid Controversy, Lagos Council Releases Fresh List Of Renamed Streets by budaatum: 11:07am On Aug 02, 2025
If Tinubu were sincere he'd call to make this illegal. He did after all impose the old anthem on us.

Politics › Re: I Regret Coming Back to Nigeria- 92 Yr Old Mourns Son Who Died In Police Cell by budaatum: 11:03am On Aug 02, 2025
esnbrutality:
When it's called a ZOO, fake lovers of NIGERIA who change street names based on tribal inferiority will be shouting 1 NIGERIA because they are parasites. grin
Nigeria does not feed me.

When you call Nigeria a zoo you call your Nigerian self an animal.

Politics › Re: I Regret Coming Back to Nigeria- 92 Yr Old Mourns Son Who Died In Police Cell by budaatum: 11:02am On Aug 02, 2025
This is sad, and I hope they get justice.

Ruke1990:
This name arhagba shows this grandpa and his children are urhobos. They died in Yoruba land over attempt to buy a ......
I am very delighted very many non-Yorubas do not reason like you do and assume there are average Yorubas or Nigerians.

Science/Technology › Re: Nigerian Space Scientist Sends Egusi Seeds To Space by budaatum:
"This is the first time in history seeds from Nigeria will be going to space."
Some day, the first Nigerian might go to space too so we don't end up celebrating egusi only.

Edit*

I'm tutored. A Nigerian has been to space!

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/07/space-how-i-travelled-in-diapers-holding-alligator-pepper-bitter-kola-owolabi-salis/

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 3:51pm On Aug 01, 2025
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 4:49pm On Jul 31, 2025
Ibime:
Israel has provided the food long time ago. UN should do their work
Not that I expect this to make a difference.

Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure while avoiding starvation. Yet data compiled and published by Israel’s own government makes clear that it has been starving Gaza. Between March and June, Israel allowed just 56,000 tonnes of food to enter the territory, Cogat records show, less than a quarter of Gaza’s minimum needs for that period. “The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,” a senior adviser to the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in 2006. An Israeli court ordered the release of documents showing the details of those macabre sums two years later.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/the-mathematics-of-starvation-how-israel-caused-a-famine-in-gaza

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