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Chemicalboss1:
Just today I was wandering though my WhatsApp status when I came across an old friend status. Dude was videoing his moment in airport flying plane and displaying the big man life.
Well I started reminiscing on how this dude started. How we were together in 100l 8yrs back.
Dude was a slight above average student who had a profound purpose in life. Very focused.
He started his unidays through writing article on both national and school politics.
Dude wasn't making profit but was instead passionate about being a media man.
Gradually during our 300l, he started advertising his blog on WhatsApp with some very creative political contents.
Usually they look bored to the majority of student but I've always maintained a positive contribution to friends even though it looked bored, I still took genuine time to read his content which in the end sometimes grab my interest other times I don't finish but I try as much as visiting his site.

Well dude was the slightly below average lifestyle spender. He wasn't having enough and sometimes go broke and rich.

I'll tell you how he grew up in fame

As at 300l dude was already a recognised name on campus, he had already made some political headwaves to gain some level of recognition on school affairs. Dude got into politics fulltime but never contested..
He was quite influential in our final SUG last election which his candidate won, But dude dint stopped there.
He's always on the media for several reason, I got to know this website through him, the way he picks up our phone as friends and the first thing he does was nairaland. Dude was so addictive to this site and was always typing.
Today dude is a member of the Nigerian youth Parliament, I checked his twitter page and even though he's gat good contents, dude has less than 5k followers. Deserves more if you ask me.

Well he's a low key individual with potential cashing out big time from politics without publicity. I got a good FG programme which I earned a drone for from him two years back and today dude is living the dream life, moving with kids of influential men. Well he's that good without much publicity, he was found so people needed him.

Today I decided to check the price of flight from lagos to Abuja and I got to know that its around 160-180k🙄🙄
Ive never entered plane in my life and that dream doesn't look like happening sooner.

My earning level won't make me spend 160k for service I can spend less than 20k for. Only that time factor. We'll 12hrs is enough time to save 140k in a bus ticket.

If there's anything in life I've learnt is that.
Some have wealthy destinies other just have to strive.
Very few of my coursemate are settled.
Besides if you take only the men as sample study, you'll find less than 10% as fully settled. A good number are managing can't say for the rest.
It's 3years since I finished service. No profound job, besides the jobs coming in don't look attractive enough. Imagine a stressful job of 150k a month with over 50k going away for transport and small chops when I can just dedicate 2weeks to my bolt driving and earn that same amount. I've made comparison and I'll rather stick to my job but yea, Im not gunning for a manageable lifestyle.
We've heard people sharing their their life experience on how they make their breakthrough.
But those who didn't make it, its true no one wants to hear your story but I'll love you to share you fails and trials rather than share nothing.

So you call flying in a plane grass to grace?

Omo, poverty has really dealt with you.

What is the difference between someone that boarded a plane and someone that boarded God Is Good to the same destination?

Chronicwanker:
Is there any way I can contact you outside here?

First of all; I am not a doctor, secondly; do not listen to people advising to get different forms of antibiotics.

Go to a proper and standard lab, it will cost you around 10k-18k to run a culture test.

Through the test, they will be able to ascertain the type of antibiotic that will work with your body system, because 2 different people might be suffering from same infection, but different antibiotics will be administered.

Depending on the spread in your body; an injection for staphylococcus cost around 9k per shot, and you need it morning and night for 7days.

After the injection, you will be placed on drugs.

As soon as the drug finishes, seek for a good agbo seller (not those that hawks), so you can use your hand to mix the roots to get 100% of its effectiveness... And you will have to drink it for like 6months-1yr, else it will return with full force.

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most difficult infection to treat.

You go budget minimum 150k for the treatment.

Nigeria go better

Chronicwanker:
Greetings everyone. I've had this on my thighs and under my scrotum for a while now and I've tried to get rid of it but it's still there. Please who knows what it is and how can I truly get rid of it because I'm worried.

I bath twice a day and I don't wear a boxer for more than 12 hours. I shave regularly too so I'm confused.

The skin area is white and sometimes falls off when I scratch it, but the marks are there and the whiteness still.

100% sure this is staphylococcus aureus.

Why did you allow it get to this stage?

Even after treating it(very hard to treat), the chances of you impregnating a girl is 5%, meaning you might be impotent.

SerikiFulani:
The only difference between Azul & Seaman's schnapps is packaging.

Seaman na harsh drink wey go damage your liver, while Azul dey mild.

InvertedHammer:
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It is a more expensive poison. That's all.

N100 kaikai and N500k Azul will equally damage the liver. In less than 30 minutes, the consumer go piss both of them comot from body. Water still remains the best option.

Take away the hyping and showing off environment, most people won't touch Azul.

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Broooo, which school teach you this one?

If it kills, everybody going to the club every friday would have all died.

One of the main cause of a drink damaging the liver is; when you drink in an empty stomach & when you drink harsh whiskey/spirit/gin/rom all the time.

Drink like Azul is a mild drink

Rema should shoot his shot on his daughter Phoebe.

helinues:
How many parties do you attend in a month, for the party goers, average of 4 times. You will buy cloth, sew it, probably buy new shoe, gift the celebrant something, spray them money when they are dancing all because of plate of rice with chicken and 5 bottles of beer.

Do the maths, cloth 20k( level dey but on average), new shoe 5k, gifts 5-10k, spraying of money 5k. Let's say N35k.

Please how much are they selling food at restaurants abi na how much beer cost for bars that you are wasting your hard earned money on partying?

Don't get me wrong, partying is part of social life but it shouldn't be a hobby cos it's expensive. That money could have done something meaningful than wasting it on hours event .

How about the preparation for the party, imagination of who would be at the venue and how to relate, infact, you might even meet those who have been looking for you for long as some people have now turned begging to a professional job.

It doesn't worth it

The your report is for low salary earners, or new business owners trying to build up financially.

Hamachi:
From DM

So you plan to fight your mother in-law hamachi

Girl is a typical Ekiti girl, her accent is 100% Yoruba

Razgas:
So a few years back while living in a rich Arab country and working in an oil servicing company, a friend gave me the phone number of one girl from Abia who was a doctor. Told me the girl just graduated from medical school and was doing housemanship and ready for marriage that I should try my luck.
Called the girl up, introduced myself to her. Told her my friend game me her number, told her I was looking for a girl for serious relationship that could lead to marriage.
She took offence and said I shouldn't have told her I was looking for something that will lead to marriage...that that's not how it's done. That I should just have tried to be her friend first.
I was like hmm, when has stating your intention from the get go been wrong?
Anyway I kept trying to sound nice and remain calm.
The next time we talked, I asked her why she has an English surname even though she's from Abia state. She told me that I sound like a typical Nigerian man and she hates typical Nigerian men and our wack mentality. She asked me don't I know that some of these our igbo names have ancestral curses? That they changed their surname because they don't want ancestral curse.
I was like hmm. So the English name you are answering doesn't have ancestral curses? The same English people that bought and sold slaves, killed millions and used children for sex? The girl cut the call and stopped replying my texts.

Thinking about it now, I just realise how much low opinion we hold of ourselves.
I have lived abroad for 7 years and I have come to realise that we are not as bad as we think we are. Our culture is not as bad as we perceive it once we become exposed to white man's culture

A doctor with shallow and petty thinking...

If family names comes with curses, every family will be held in bondage.

Are you sure she is not a native doctor, better ask well ooO, make you no go do mistake, thinking she is a medical doctor.

[quote author=Meerahbel post=123934245][/quote]Happy birthday to you, but you look older than your age.

Leave bad thing, make bad things leave you 🤐

Magnoliaa:
Actually, I am more inclined to believing the research, because it was self-reported.

So why didn't Nigerian men just lie, unless of course, they were saying the actual truth that got them the 44th position? 😅

I don't understand where you're coming from...

Pclemenza:
Sauce?

Source!!!

skywalker240:
Logical question

Irrespective of habitat, climate region, domain and territories, adaptiveness etc

Between an African Lion 🦁

A Silver Back Gorilla 🦍

A Grizzly Bear 🐻

And an Anaconda 🐍

Locked up in a cage, Who Would actually come out victorious

Ps animals fighting are not legal and shouldn't be encouraged, but if such situations ever take place, who will be the last one standing?

Please can this make Front page for a louder audience?

Thanks

Anaconda is the weakest

Atiku is not someone that challenges the outcome of past election, as soon as he loses, he runs back to Dubai.

The only reason Atiku took up the case was because of Peter Obi.

Funny enough; na still Nigerian guys go still wife all the hookup girls

BloomingDale:
A white man? I swear African “men” no get shame.

How much do you have you your savings account?

No need asking for fixed deposit, current account or business account, because i know you have non.

I can bet you don't have up to N10m in your account.

TONYE001:
Hello!

In this post, I'd be sharing ten (10) lessons I picked from medical school. I do hope that this post benefits someone somewhere.

1. Our Abilities are Stretchable.
Many years ago as a student of Human Physiology, I used to wonder how medical students can read large volumes of information and recall the same in their exams. In Physiology, we ran a semester system where we studied selected body systems, and our exams are limited to that system. For example, in Year 2 first semester, we studied Blood and Body Fluid Physiology; our exam was limited to this system, and after the semester, we'd not be required to recall the information about this system in any other exam. In the worst-case scenario, we may need to APPLY the lessons learnt in the previous semesters.

The situation in medical school is different. In the Year 3 professional examination, candidates are required to recall ALL they have been taught in their first two years in medschool. Candidates must remember all they have learnt in Human Anatomy (including genetics in some centres), Human Physiology, and Medical Biochemistry. In the Path-Pharm medical board examination, candidates must recall all they've learnt in Pathology (Medical Microbiology, Haematology, Histopathology, and Chemical Pathology) and Pharmacology. Actually, this is enormous, and I want to believe that some people may be wondering how this is possible, just like I had once wondered.

Well, I now know. The answer is that the human mind is stretchable. Once there is a need to do a particular thing, the mind contorts itself in its preparation to achieve the given goal. There is absolutely nothing special about this. It's an ability EVERY mind has, with a little perseverance and discipline here and there, anyone can achieve this. The reason it seemed impossible/difficult then was because I didn't need to recall everything in a given exam; if I had had such a need, I too would have weathered the storm, all things being equal.

2. Medical Students need a Good Support System

Well, every student needs a good support system. But in medschool, this is particularly important. Your support system may be your parents, siblings, friends, roommates, spouse, etc. In medschool, there are some very low moments. Examples include a poor exam outcome, having to repeat an entire year, cashlessness, etc. I remember when I had to resit Anatomy in my first professional medical board exams. It was a crazy moment as I had never expected this blow. I remember getting on a night bus the same day I saw the result. I went home to spend some time with my family. My wife was very instrumental in my healing process. My wife was (is) my support system, and she did a pretty great job. I got back to school, retook the exam, passed, and joined my colleagues in the hospital.

As you prepare to go into medschool, it will be wise to begin to organize/identify your support system. This is one reason you must scrutinize anyone that wants access to your life. Your circle must be made of reliable people you can turn to for advice, encouragement, etc.

3. Hard Work and Smart Work are both Necessary.
People tend to subscribe to philosophies that substitute hard work for smart work. This is fast becoming generally accepted, but I don't completely agree with this. In my opinion, both are necessary and important. There are times one needs to work hard, and there are other times one must work smart.

I employed these two concepts in medschool. I did hard work during the session. I ensured I read and had a good grasp of the things I should know. I like understanding concepts, not just holding on to outputs. Let me explain; instead of knowing that excessive thirst is a symptom of diabetes mellitus, I prefer knowing HOW diabetes mellitus can make patients excessively thirsty. These concepts and pathology mechanisms help me work things out if/when I forget the details. In exam periods (like the MB exams), I employ smart work. To me, this isn't the time for hard work. I study the patterns of questions, I look at common diseases in a given subspecialty, and I study the body languages of our lecturers. This worked for me most of the time, in times that it didn't work, I fall back to the mechanisms I had grasped and navigate my way through the exam.

For example, let us consider a candidate preparing to take an assessment on the gross anatomy of the upper extremities. Hard work for this candidate will be ensuring he/she reads everything about the upper limbs. This should be done long before the exams. As the exam approach, this candidate will be smart if he ensures he internalizes things like the brachial plexus, course, and distribution of major arteries and nerves (axillary artery, median nerve, etc). This candidate will also be smart if he goes through previous questions; not just memorizing them but understanding their patterns.

4. You can do Extra-Curricular Activities in Medschool and Still be Successful

I've met some medstudents that lived a triangular life. They go to class, then fellowships, and to night class. They hardly are involved in anything outside of academic work. This isn't bad, especially if this is what they want. But if you believe this is the only way to go through the training successfully, then you are grossly misinformed.

Life is beyond medicine, really. You can enjoy other activities in life and still be a very successful medical student. For example, you can be involved in politics, entertainment, freelancing, etc. I've been freelancing for over three years now. While preparing for my final MB exams, I got a series of jobs; I needed the cash so I took all the jobs that came my way. Sometimes, while my colleagues read through the night, I was writing papers for clients.

The only way to successfully achieve this is to ensure you work hard whenever you have the time. The harder you work, the more free time you create for yourself in the future. I was able to spare some nights for freelancing in the heat of my final professional exam (the most important of all exams written in medschool) because I had worked hard long before this time. I think this is straightforward and does not need further explanations.

5. Anything is Possible.

In life, anything is possible. I believe anyone can achieve any dream in the right circumstances. I don't think becoming a medical doctor is reserved for a particular group of people. In fact, in some Western societies, anyone can study medicine irrespective of their background.

Some dreams may take a while, but you can still achieve them. I'm a medical doctor today, this was a dream I first chased 17 years ago. But I did not fold my hands hoping to get into medschool all these years. In these 17 years, I got two degrees (a bachelor's and a master's degree), I served my fatherland (NYSC), I started a career (which I later dropped to return to school), I got married, and we have four wonderful children. I'm very grateful that I've been able to achieve this today. The wound has suddenly healed. The pains are gone. I now feel fulfilled. I now feel satisfied. I'm now ready for the next challenge life has got for me.

So, some of you may have tried several times to get into medschool. This is a common finding. While I urge you to continue trying, I'd advise you to ensure you get your lives going. Don't join the medicine-or-nothing gang, I don't think there's much sense in that. I know some people that spent years looking for medicine, they paused their lives in all these years. All they did was to write UTME, read for the next UTME, and the cycle repeats. Some of them fail out of medschool after getting in. Guess what? They fall to nothing. They fall back to stage 1. Time, effort, finances, and opportunities lost. Again, perhaps, you should realize that retaking an exam without assessing why you failed it in the first instance is analogous to repeating failure as you'd likely fail in your subsequent trials. Ensure you take out time to analyze why you failed an exam before retrying.

6. Be a Good Support System to Others.

I earlier mentioned that in medschool, you need the right support system. This is absolutely true. But, don't be greedy. Also, ensure you're a good support system to others. In life, we take to give (we don't necessarily give to take though). Life is a closed system where things go around. We all have materials another person needs to climb to his/her next level. If we refuse to share or reach out, we'd be hampering the progress of that person. Reaching out to others, and helping where and when needed WITHOUT expecting anything in return should be basic human thinking. In life, we take to give, we don't take to keep.

7. GO TO YOUR POSTINGS!
If you're a medical student reading this, please, as much as possible, ensure you are present in all the meetings you're expected to participate in. Attend classes, practical sessions, go to your clinics, ward rounds, theatres, emergency call duties, etc. Just show up.
Some of the questions in my Paediatrics exam were about cases we managed in the Emergency Paediatric Unit (EPU) of our facility. If I hadn't gone to call the times these cases were managed, I may not have answered those questions satisfactorily. You may not have the chance to read some of these things in the books. Seeing these cases being managed will usually stick to your memory, and you never can tell when you'd need this information.

Also, for those that understand what "ophthalmology" is in medschool, you'd agree with me that showing up is very important.

8. Malaria Prophylaxis

In our environment, taking malaria prophylaxis is part of prepping for your exams. Some of my colleagues came down with malaria while we prepared for our final MB exams, and this wasn't funny. Ensure you protect yourself from malaria, use insecticide-treated mosquito nets, clean your environment, don't unnecessarily expose yourselves, and take prophylaxis before any major exam.

9. Be in Good Standing with your Lecturers and be Humble, Respectful, and Teachable.

Do I need to emphasize this?

10. GOD!!!

This may be the last, but it's the most important. I'm a Christian, and I believe in the power of God Almighty. It is God that made it possible for me to come this far. It is God that will keep me. It is God that will ensure I go farther than this.

Throughout my training, my trust was in Jehovah, my Creator. I knew He didn't bring me this far to abandon me. I knew He would see me through, and He did. I still trust in Him, and with this trust, I know I'd make further progress in life.

Turn to God, guys, not because you want success, but because it is the right thing to do.

Conclusion

Going through medical school is a serious business. It's one of the most stressful endeavours in education. I once argued that it is more difficult to stay in than to get in. But guess what? IT IS POSSIBLE. You just need to properly plan your game before you come in. Many people think all they need to do is to prepare for WASSCE and UTME, write and smash these exams. Na, preparing for medschool is beyond this. You must make plans for finances, you must develop your strategy, and you must establish a support system.

I honestly hope this post will provide more insight into medical school in Nigeria.

Thank you.

My problem with all these, is after going through a medical school, you are faced with a salary of less than 150k, some medical doctors here in Nigeria earns below 60k.

BloomingDale:
Nigerian men prick no even reach 6. No wonder dey always accuse Nigerian girls of swallowing their gbola. Their gbola too small. Yeye dey smell.

U tripping...

This statistics aren't true, Nigeria is amongst first three with the biggest penis in the world.

Flows001:
Admin please push this to front page.

My first post on nairaland, so please pardon any error.

Good morning everyone, so let me just go straight to the point.

My elder sister has been dating this guy for more than a year now, she became pregnant months into the relationship and he begged her to keep the child, that he was going to marry her.
So she did and about two months ago, she gave birth to a boy.
Just like he said, he started making moves to marry her, she took him to see my uncle (because our dad is late), alongside with one of his brothers, they also went to see some of my aunties; as well as my Mum. So basically everyone knows them together in our extended family, as well as the street where my sister stays (she resides in Enugu State), because he usually goes to spend time with her and I must admit that he has been really nice to her and made sure she has been comfortable and never lacked anything.
Along the line, my sister started suspecting that this her husband to be has been avoiding picking up strange numbers calling him, she asked him but he told her not to worry.
Fast forward to earlier this week, she stumbled upon a text he received from one unsaved number, the text was begging him to allow the sender to atleast come visit him, apparently; this same guy was already married before and already had two grown children before he left the marriage for reasons which she didn't tell me, so his children have been making efforts to reach their father as their mother went to dump them with his brothers and went her way..

When my sister confronted him, he had to open up to her and apologised, stating that he wanted to start another life and couldn't tell her from the beginning because he didn't want to lose her..

Now my sister is in a dilemma, their traditional marriage was scheduled to hold by the end of this year and he has already started making efforts to officially pay her bride price.
Her two options are:
1. Leave him and become a single mother at this young age (she's a student of NOUN and does business which he supported her to expand).
2. Stay with him and accommodate the children from his former wife.

Please advice 🙏🙏🙏

As far as she is after one now, her options are limited.

Let her face the consequences of her action.

If she quit the marriage, life will be miserable for her and the child.

Yvonne Nelson is 37yrs of age and she is not married.

I can categorically tell you that her just shot herself in the leg, by revealing this dirty secret.

Nobody will marry her again.

Sex slave ke!!!

Just like peak milk will say; its in you.... Omo olosho hustle is in them, they willingly chose the job.

The hotel owner should get a good lawyer.

snthesis:
My childhood friend invited me to his home, he is been married for 8yrs now, with no children, we stay in different states but kept in touch, he has been suggesting a meet-up but i've been busy, finally made out time to travel (tickets on him ) during this Democracy day holiday break.

we ate, drank, gisted late through the night and caught up on old times, with his wife in company, actively engaging, and then he asked if i could get his wife pregnant , and it would be between us, his wifey was also ok with it then she stripped..., and i could see the despair in both their faces (they been through all medical procedures and its pointing towards my friend being impotent), i was the only person they could confide in and sure of keeping their secret...

Is this adultery on their part or not, especially since it is consenting from all parties. Adultery i.e "sex outside marriage", or can this be classified under surrogacy? is surrogacy Adultery?

You lying...

MechanicMike:
Indomie is poooor people food, clearly
Brick layer, Uber driver, receptionsit, danfo driver, Bus driver, bus condoctor, plumber, waiters, breead sellers, gateman,. security, bouncers, unemploy people, ilitarate, Okada drivers, tailors, teachers, hairdressers, barbers & so on all chop this kinda $hit.
So wot if babe spots u eating indomie, how would u cope. Wot will u do?

Please advise?

Your write up proofs that you are poor, and an illiterate at that.

saweide:
Pls something is really bothering my mind and I pray I will find good advice here.

I reside in Port-Harcourt about 1 and half years ago Iost my cousin. He died of heart attack. After his death, his wife has been getting closer to me, always calling me and visiting me and am still single. I have had failed relationships in the past. I have been so unlucky with the kind of ladies I met. They are always violent and disrespectful which I dislike so much.

But during my cousins lifetime, she was so good, cool and caring to my cousin and they never had any misunderstanding and they married for just 6 years here in Port Harcourt before he died and they never had a child due to infertility on the side of the cousin. But now everyone like friends and family knows me and scared if I should make advances to her if they won't be saying things against me or should I just forget and look for another lady to marry.

Pls i need ur serious advise. She has fallen in love with me already.

Nothing you want tell me; you've been sleeping with her before now.

Hhansome:
Rest on chief!

And to these young women killing our gallant men with sex. E no good oh! Please stop!

Sex didn't kill him, he killed himself with drugs.

Walkerstilldey:
I just entered 30 and experience low sex urge and low libido,is it normal

Do you masturbate?

fadsam:
Hope they heed.....busy-body clout chasers

In all ramifications, David is better and ahead of you.

Except you proof me wrong, by stating any advantage you have over him?