₦airaland Forum

LowKeyManny:
Show me a man diligent in his work... He will stand before Kings lol

Creamcrest:
Me I have already converted my car and generator to gas.

No time for nonsense.

tensazangetsu20:
Brazilians are complaining that their economy is not growing but as of 1998 their economy was 800 billion usd in GDP. It's now a 2 trillion dollar economy. Mexico was 300 billion usd in GDP it's now a 1.2 trillion dollar economy. We don't even know the size of the Nigerian economy but inwardly I know that the Nigerian economy must have shrinked by at least 30 percent since 2020 and at least 50 percent since 2015. It's only in Africa everyone reminisces about the past and how they are better than the present.

tensazangetsu20:
Lol I have made peace with the fact that Africa as a continent is never gonna make It. The funny thing is that we don't even know how backward we are. African countries should not be tamed developing countries in anyway. So Nigeria and Brazil and mexico are both developing countries and dey the same level . What kind of play is that?

tensazangetsu20:
Congo recently sold all it's natural resources to china and the UAE for pennies. That country is filled with low IQ beasts . People think Nigeria is worst till they visit other African countries

tensazangetsu20:
Congo recently sold all it's natural resources to china and the UAE for pennies. That country is filled with low IQ beasts . People think Nigeria is worst till they visit other African countries

pansophist:
I fear the same thing, man. I have been thinking about this a lot, but I am too overly optimistic that I just believe that if the good stay in power for at least two generations, the evil African leaders and the current generations that are so corrupt will die off, and we start afresh.

I dont want to believe that this rot is genetic. China was called the sick man of Asia, and seen as the dog just 80 years ago until Mao changed everything and the world now respects China.

If Africans are succeding exceptionally abroad, then it can happen. We also have to be aware that the state of Africa is imposed, and the international-led order will only tolerate a weak, divided, servile Africa, and only such leaders will be allowed to be in power.

So right now, as far as the world order remains intact, I do not believe that Africa will see the light. The reason why the West is not trying to fight Nigeria with maybe the Benin Republic as a puppet is because Nigeria is a colony, as simple as that. If the devil is not troubling you, then you are a sinner. The devil only goes for the righteous and tempts them.

Raalsalghul:
Africa's problem or the black man I would say is not lack of intelligence or lack of the ability to create. Reason being because there are so many societies today that are not known for creativity or inventions but they've successfully able to copy and replicate it to their countries: UAE, Malaysia, Singapore and the likes.

Selfishness!

It all comes down to selfishness. Will elaborate more on this.

pansophist:
Destruction is the easiest thing in the world. It takes nothing. You can buy a private jet worth 500M usd, and with a lighter, I will burn it. Lighter is less than 500 Naira.

So no worry,I give the USD this decade max, it won't have the power it once had, and currently had. Over recent history, the US landed itself in a spot that has never happened before, which is, they were the only strong power after the second world war.

China was so backward, the Soviets defeated the Nazis and lost over 20M men, then soviet union disintegrated in 1991, Japan has been nuked, and surrendered as a pacifist nation, and the UK, France, and Germany were broken due to war and being bankrolled by the US (marshall plan),

Colonies all around the world declared independence due to the weakness of their colonial masters after ww2, so just the US could call the shot. Then for the first time in recent history, they tried unipolar.

The dollar then took over pounds as the world reserve currency after the Bretton Woods agreement, then the US designed the international system in its own image, and became so forking wealthy because of it.

All the international organizations were established by the US, and the world was forced to abide by these rules. SO from WTO, ICC, World Bank, ICJ, UN, UNESCO, and so forth. All in the hands of the West.

The US became so powerful, like an earthly God. They can decide to create a country out of nowhere since they controlled all the international institutions. Panama was broken from Colombia (to Punish Colombia), Kosovo was broken from Serbia, Mexican territory was annexed, same as Hawaii,

We shall see.

tensazangetsu20:
Actually the number of rich nigerians is reducing. As of 2012, there were over 10000. It's now 9800. The same people that were dollar billionaires are still the same people that are dollar billionaires today. No new one was added. Devaluation is also eating off the wealth of richer nigerians especially if their assets are being held in naira. As of 2012, brand new cars were very attainable for upper middle class folks. A new picanto was 1.2 million naira and this was a car I knew some parents would even buy for their children in university. Today, Nigerians can't even afford tokunbo cars and are opting for Nigerian used cars. New car sales in Nigeria have also drastically reduced too.

ClearFlair:
Vanity numbers. Failure is very hard to hide

Femisol:
I don’t even know what to type sef

tensazangetsu20:
Nna men. As of when I wrote this, there were around 15000 jobs on LinkedIn Nigeria both tech and non tech and we complained. Today theres only 5000. A dollar was around 500 naira then and we complained. Now it's 850. Hmmmmm

Adakintroy:
Top 4 banters in nairaland.


Man vs women (gender war).


Ronaldo vs messi ( battle of the GOAT).


Igbo vs Yoruba's. ( tribal war)

Christian vs atheist. ( The God consciousness )

Maryam1234:
Do you just want to plant groundnut?
Please allay my curiosity.

As in NOW?

Acidosis:
Wait, I don't understand the idea of denigrating anything with the prefix "house".

Housewife - wahala
Housemaid/house girl - wahala
Househusband - wahala

Do you guys hate your house that much? After paying hundred of thousands to a million naira on rental, why allow public sentiments mess with your psyche so much that you begin to run away from the house you paid for like say dem dey pursue you?

Your house ought to be that place you always want to be. If there's room to WFH, why not? That's an opportunity to make some money and bond with your children. It's also an opportunity to enjoy the comfort you paid for. You're paying electricity bill, Netflix/Amazon prime/dstv, WiFi, etc. every damn month, but in order to prove your manliness, you would rather hang out from 6am to 10pm daily even on weekends. There is no better definition for mental illness.

pansophist:
Your position is a result of closemindedness, without seeing the bigger picture, and can only come from a mind that has been defeated via ideologies and black-and-white thinking (eg Putin Bad, Ukraine good).

Fun fact. The territories the US and Nato occupy in Syria as I speak to you right now, are larger than the territory Russia occupies in Ukraine. Because your darling CNN does not air US occupation in Syria 24/7 as they did with Ukraine doesn't mean it's not happening.

And most importantly, war is just the violent version of politics. Politics is civility, while war is the jungle law of strength versus weakness. If you are in politics with a stronger opponent, you make sure not to make it descend to war, because there are no rules there. It's straight butchery.

Since Ukraine refused all diplomatic channels for peace (e,g refusing the Minsk agreement, refusing to stop killing the Donbas people, refusing to give them autonomy, and canceling the Russian language from the constitution, to name a few), then the law of the jungle will apply.

Ukraine could easily be one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, since its a crossroad between the East (Russia) and the West. But their leaders are so stupid, they decide to take sides. Also, your darling US doesn't have to fight a war to destroy nations.

With the USD, they can cause untold hardships on countries globally, steal their foreign reserves, and sponsor revolution. Now a question for you. Name me one country the US intervened with their democracy bullshit, that is not a failed state. I wait.

pansophist:
I remember that childhood story where all the rats were scared that the neighborhood cat will kill them one day. So they made a meeting and reached a conclusion.

They agreed to tie a bell to the cat's neck when it is sleeping, so they can hear when the cat approached, then they can run into hiding. They all clapped, such a brilliant plan. But one question remains unanswered. Which is,

WHO WILL BELL THE CAT? Who is courageous enough to approach the cat when it's asleep, tie the bell on its neck, and runoff, probably sacrificing its own life? Talk is cheap.

You want to give Putin strokes abi? oya, clap for yourself. Now march to Moscow, in the building called the Kremlin, where Putin stays. When you are there, bring him out and give him as many strokes as you want.

Lol.

IconicR:
Emmy how are you doing, how's wifey and kids

FarmIncome:
This little machine studied Beastology at Harvard and graduated successfully a Beast.

Now it's effortlessly terrifying all the maize on our field. Without remorse.

And the guy's kinda proud.

Mere looking at the picture, you can almost hear it screaming on top of its voice:

"Yeah, I did this! Challenge me to a fight if you can!"

Nazgul:
1. Not necessarily. I don't struggle with my emotions, I won't say I'm a hard person either, I'll say I'm not a persistent person, if you're not reciprocating I'm out before I get hurt. That act alone has helped me manage my emotions.

2. What's a perfect day without profit. When I make a jaw dropping profit from my side Hussle.

I tag

SmartPolician:
If Tinubu could govern the richest state in Nigeria and his biggest achievement was leaving behind a plan for his successors, nobody should expect anything from him.

I live in Lagos, but I thank God I work remotely and online too. Before now, I'd budget 11k for 50-litre PMS for my gen per month. Now, 12k cannot even fill a 25-litre Jerry can. However, electricity has significantly improved - probably because we are in rainy season.

pansophist:
The price of corruption is revealed when there is a sudden enemy at your doorstep, then you regret all the decades you were lazy, and the enemy will use your weakness against you.

Global powers do not bother about Nigeria because it's not formidable. If they want to destroy Nigeria today as they did to Libya, they can. Only Egypt will deal with us, and the fight would be like a tiger and a mouse.

You think warfare is about Hilax trucks, with men carrying guns with strong faces. When modern warfare could be fought without a soldier ever landing in Nigeria.

I mean, how can you defeat an external power when your weapon is bought from them? and they sold the oldest, shittiest, and useless helicopters to you with the loan you borrow from them?

Forget about air defense, does Nigeria have a defense against cyber attack, biological attack, and financial attack,? If maybe Russia decides to blow us off the map tomorrow, can we defend ourselves? The answer is a disgraceful NO.

Nigerian corruption can go so long because we do not have any external enemies that consider us important. When their interest and ours cross, on that very day, Nigeria is finished. That is the price you pay for being weak. The existence of the weak is always at the mercy of the strong.

Evolutionlove:
This is exactly what is called Middle Class Citizens.

If Blacks/Nigerians were to be Godly Beings.

This is what 70% of her Citizens are supposed to be earning.

Razakki1:
yes we are Yoruba Muslims and owns all Yoruba land from ilorin to Lagos. we own 65% of Yoruba land and we determine what happens in Yoruba land. We are the real owners of Yoruba land. No Yoruba christian can dictate for us what to do.

We own Lagos (60% population)
we own Oyo (60% population)
we own ilorin (80% population)
and other Yoruba states where we have 50/50 population or slightly 45/55%.

Yoruba christians should respect us that's all we want. Time to be quiet has passed.

lawani:
Intelligent submission but salary earners earning 500k per month are higher in number than that

Sirseedorf:
I don't think there is any middle class in Nigeria, it's either you are rich or poor.
If you can afford thrice meal a day and have extra money to spend every day on what you want, then you're rich, but if you can't afford thrice meal per-day and still don't have extra money to hold body, or you always complain about the government,then you're poor. No middle class it is either poor or rich in Nigeria.

Peace....

43Ronin:
the Indian has run out of ideas so early how will he generate the billions when they have banned students coming with dependants. be like this guy na uk tinubu, all hype and no substance. lol

Ilekokonit:
Na wa o.

My friends wife in London told him point blank in his car on their way from church with their kids present not to keep playing Sunny Ade music in the car when their kids are in the car as she does not want her kids spoken English to be as bad as their Dads own.

She is inferring that her husbands English is poor because he listens to too much Sunny Ade music.

Biglittlelois:
She moved up....she made her choice....you should move on.