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99thEnemy:
Exactly.

Someone used to tell me "Its all in your head" until she experienced it too.

I was glad she did experience it. That was the only way she could understand the feeling.

Aydot99:
When you are in naija and your sis sends you just 10k like it's one big money, you get pissed of. But when you get to UK your self, you send people 5k

WriterrNg:
Remember when we were kids and an older kid hits you on the head and you pretend like it was nothing.

Meanwhile, we were dying inside. That's how Ukraine and their supporters are acting now.

Getting their nose bloodied but pretending like it didn't hurt.

The next bodies exchange will however tell a different story. Might be a 🇺🇦 2000 to 🇷🇺 19 ratio this time.

The bodies exchange are those who died behind enemy line and for Ukraine, the number is huge.
Just imagine the number of those who died within Ukraine battle line that they have silently buried.
If there is a battle between Nigeria and Benin rep. At seme border and we exchanged bodies at 20 ratio 1000, imagine those who died at the Benin rep. Side of the border.

Haydens:
Who wan even settle down with her again ?

Her ship has sailed.

Don’t focus on rich men. Focus on men who are hardworking and ready to grow with you,” she said.

Choosing Peace Over Pressure.

Na when they are tasteless they'll be quoting all these trash to look for a Christian brother to trap.

It is very hard to be wise and still be in love.

I don't even know if this 3 weeks ban is working.
I do ban some monikers just only to see them surface back with 10 days or 2 weeks.
Infact, i am tired of regularly banning them.
Can't seun just give us the option of picking the number of days we want? like i can put 150 days or more instead of these 3-3 weeks painful routine.

megawealth01:
Don’t See Taxes As Punishment, FIRS Boss Tells Nigerians

https://tribuneonlineng.com/dont-see-taxes-as-punishment-firs-boss-tells-nigerians/

Lol

tensazangetsu20:
I grew up poor in Nigeria, so I learned to guard every little thing I get. Life was hard, so I always think about tomorrow. I worry I may not get money again. That feeling made me keep everything to myself.

Since I moved to Chile, that mindset still follows me. I am very careful with money. My girlfriend even told me I am stingy. That surprised me.

For example, I share a small room even though I can afford a better place. I could pay three years’ rent with one month’s salary, but I still stay where I am. I do not spend on clothes. I have never taken a vacation here. I mostly stay in my neighbourhood and only went to Santiago one day for a job interview.

It is not because I do not have money. Poverty in Nigeria left deep fears in me. I would rather protect what I have than risk losing it. Sometimes the fear is so bad I would rather not face a future with poverty. People may call me crazy, but these are the scars I carry. I am trying to change, but it is taking time.

Don't beat yourself over it.
You will come out of it with time.
You will loosen up.
I call it Post-Poverty Trauma (PPT).
Where you are scared of spending unnecessarily due to long exposure to hardship. Something very very common in Nigeria.
Reason why when you loosen up and start spending, families and friends in Nigeria always look at someone as wicked or wasteful because they believe you have to be extremely careful in spending it and should only be investing - their investment is mostly to dey buy land and mould block they build yeye houses sef.
There is this fear deep down you that keeps reminding you that poverty is lurking just behind the corner breathing down on you ready to pounce on you if you nogede.
It seems you are feeling the heavy breathing of poverty just close by waiting for you to make just a single simple mistake.
Have been there, I was there but slowly I started loosening up.
It was from buying 15k clothes to over 40k ones, sneakers started upgrading, perfumes sometimes over 100k and so many more.
Food taste and choices started changing, attending events/vacations/movies at cinemas and so many more.
My wife observed me for a long time a day and just said have changed a lot.
We don't argue about money again nor does she have to ask and ask or talk and talk before I do small small things. I just do them quietly even beyond her expectations and she always get surprised.
Chaii....
God punish poverty and Nigerian Politicians .... Amen

ositadima1:
Nawao, I think say na only me, I dont port enter Dangcem teh teh, Dangcem most favour me ooo.

I sold mine early this January sef with dwindling margins

If you survive losing the woman you loved most, you can survive anything.
Losing the woman you loved most is one of the deepest emotional trials a man can face—it shakes your identity, your sense of security, and even your vision for the future.
But if you endure it without breaking, you discover an inner strength that becomes unshakable.
Pain forces growth, and heartbreak teaches discipline, self-respect, and emotional resilience. Once you learn to rebuild yourself from that kind of loss, setbacks in business, friendships, or life challenges become easier to face—because you’ve already survived the hardest test of the heart.
The real strength is in the man he becomes afterward. That kind of pain is either an anchor or jet fuel. Choose the fuel.

GeneralDae:
Let’s all just wait and follow the Taiwo Oyedele meeting. We would summarize the nuances after that.

I entered a twitter space two days ago where tax (as related to the stock market and fixed income market) was being discussed, they invited a tax expert but I entered late and they were almost done. But it seemed the tax guy (guest speaker) did a good job answering most of the questions.

So I believe there would be clarity when more of these guys come out to explain the nuances involved.

I strongly believe they have modelled their system based on the European model but in a little bit more progressive way.

Is it only when it comes to squeezing the people that we know we have to model European/advance countries?
When it comes to taxing, increasing fuel price, education fees etc. We remember ours is low compared to other African countries and Europe but when it comes to raising salaries, good and proper train networks, electricity, subsides on many sectors and commodities, we tend to keep silence.

Agbalowomeri:
E be like we go soon put you and Tinubu for ring to battle it out

mysticwarrior:
when you are on leave from work, tell her that you have lost your job then come back here to tell us your experience after two months.

Someone says his wife is here reading his comments and you expect him not to respect himself

LordAdam16:
The Resistance has exposed all of them.

Genocidal oafs.

This was in Carney's statement.

After gaslighting the whole world that it was the Palestinians that did not want a two-state solution, they have finally dropped the mask.
They want to conduct ethnic cleansing in 2025.
You came to a land in 1948. You drove out the inhabitants and took the lion share.
Over 70 years, you've killed and displaced millions of the original owners.
Now, in 2025, you are saying that you will not allow the inhabitants to manage the small land they have left and form an independent state.

Hell is empty and the demons are here with us.

-Lord

Gerrard59:
In Nigeria? Yes. In Africa? No. South Africa has the highest middle and upper class folks in Africa.

I stand to be corrected.
I think the igbos have the highest middle class in nigeria because they are mostly into business.
We under-estimate the large chunk of people business/market has elevated out of poverty - Kano markets, Jos, Lagos, Aba, Onitsha and co

shoodboi2:
Everything goes back to self confidence. It is common for UK dudes to convert their “wealth” into naira and then turn around to claim they are billionaires. Our people in the US, Australia, and Canada rarely do it, but those in the UK are pros at it.

Even a 2000 pounds salary in the UK is around 4 million here. That makes you a millionaire in naira, but is barely enough for you over there. By the time you remove taxes, rent, and utility, there is barely anything left. So what is the point of the conversion if you are not spending it here?

This issue has been addressed here on NL several times. Wealth is based on where you live, and wealthy people do not need to convert wealth into a weaker currency to prove they are wealthy.

Leave it in your currency, subtract your debts and bills, and then compare what is left with the middle class of the country you are based. Then you will understand where you stand.

I agree with you at the bolded

nairalanda1:
Most African countries are basically like Nigeria.

Yes, what you see are the pictures of the capital cities or the large cities, where they show the nice parts of the city, and you also think that they are living well, but at the end, step out of the city...and you go see most places are like Nigeria.

I have seen videos of Ivory coast and Liberia for example...outside the city, and even in the city, it's like Nigeria.

I know I am going to hear the old 'they have light'...but what many of you don't ask is how much they pay. Ivory coast and Ghana for example pay more than Nigeria for light. Because of that, Ivory coast for example has not had a grid collapse for over 40 years...and they started around 1990 with high power fees.

Population plays a role. Ghana has 20 million people, yet earns more in cocoa exports than Nigeria, ditto ivory coast. At the end, they will have money to spend

Even then, many of these countries suffer the resource curse....so they are underdeveloped.

Not just west africa...check out other countries like DR Congo, Central african republic, congo, zambia, malawi, tanzania, even rwanda...step outside Kigali and it is basically Nigeria part 2. Kigali even has slums that look like Nigerian slums self. Ehtopia...outside Addis, it's basically rough living. Some parts don't have tarred roads self (one journalist once went to a remote area in tigray...the road was so rough they needed to travel by range rover. ).

South Africa probably looks nice, but they have a diversifed economy. Meanwhile....some parts look like Nigerian slums self.


That's why, before you accuse me of defending the uselesss APC government and tinubu...I keep saying that if NIgerian must be better, we got to do what developed nations did to become better...and that means fighting corruption, better tax net, diversified economy, and eventually an economy that sells manufactured goods and services.

Yes, an economy that sells manufactured goods and services, whose prices we can control, and as a result we would rake in dollars in the hundreds of billions. Yes, that is how china went from a gdp behind sierra leone in 1973 to being a lender to the same sierra leone today. But when I say this on this site, tinubuites abuse me, and anti-tinubu people call me agbado, so I just keep shut.

Thank you jare for the write-up.
When i see people create such topics, i just classify them as one of those people who hate the country with passion and will constantly look for points to degrade it more.
If you have travelled round sub-sahara africa, you will know most of the african countries are like nigeria aside south africa.

peleson1:
Give update on the politics of the oil rich region and let us know if they still have similar immigration system at their borders .


But if angola government is serious,they can open up Angola through regional infrastructural investments and improve on healthcare, education and sports massively

The issue is the massive corruption in the country like every other black african countries.
Are you in Angola presently?
The immigration bottleneck is still in place.
You need to pass through immigration when going from one region to the other e.g Luanda to Soyo to Cabinda

And this