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RodgersAkpafu:
two things I deduce from your post
to. collect reinforcement from home
Today there are more Pakistani and Brirish Pakistanis than the entire African continent citizens put together

@Ger.rard59

That alone is a major win over Black Brits. Money, we no get like that. Population numbers nko, e no dey.

Kudos to South Asians!

CommentOfDMatch:
They have already established that he overstayed his visitors visa illegally since 2005..

My bad as I did not read the entire article. I just presumed the man has some sort of stable residency. Acquiring assets here and there in the abroad without a form of residence stability sounds odd to me. It reminds me of the Indians who were retrenched by tech firms but owned houses across the US. After the mass sack, they had only two months to get a new job or leave the US. Most resorted to selling those properties at below market rates and left the US.

Cousin9999:
You think black people in the US are united?
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In fighting for their rights? Yes. They get to support the same cause and their interests.

wonlasewonimi:
He can come and do moderator for Daddy Freeze Youtube shows

The wife divorced him already.

Apparently, the plaintiff knows him so well. But what about his presumed permanent residency? Isn't that enough deterrent into deporting him to his native country? Could it be stripped off?

ferhyntorlah:
Lee Juan Yew was a visionary. How he turned a 3rd world country with slums almost everywhere to a rated 1st world country, with the best passport in the world still amazes me. What you said that should francophone African countries make it compulsory for their citizens to learn English right from Elementary school, their economy will start booming makes sense. I think Nigerian schools need to revise their inclusion of French into their curriculum. French makes no economic sense really. I read some years back that Grace High School, Gbagada introduced Mandarin into their curricular. I think there's something spiritually bad with France being involved in their colonies. I don't know but looking at all the francophone countries, something is wrong somewhere. Once there is a negative pattern associated with something, I tend to think outside my physical mindset. That's why I am worried about the deals the Nigerian president went to sign in France.
While francophone countries are expelling the French, ours is welcoming them.
SMH!

Ah! Lee Kuan Yew is a like a G od to me. I frequently tell Singaporeans that I cried when he died. I asked an acquaintance friend if there is a monument or stature of him in Singapore so I would bow to it when I visit there, but his response was no. Lee Kuan Yew was pragmatic to the core. I developed similar traits after reading through his history, speeches, books and policies. I adore Lee Kuan Yew. Na so elite class suppose be.

Teaching French isn't all that bad considering we are abut to Francophone countries, but it should be placed above Chinese or Spanish. These last two should take precedence. For global economic participation, knowing Chinese and Spanish (dealing with two continents and places like dem Texas) is much more important.

I cannot say about spirituality, but looking at the economic outcomes of ex-British and ex-French colonies, I side with the former. White man bad, white man bad, blacks in ex-British colonies and Anglophone countries have it way better than blacks elsewhere. Such an undeniable fact. It is so glaring to the Bahamas and Haiti, UK and France, Kenya and Ivory Coast etc. As a result of the clout of blacks in Anglophone countries, blacks in Asia can rub on that to gain clout and respect.

ednut1:
the cousin was born in uk to Nigerian parents who had papers. He came to live with them in 2005 and came with visit visa.

I don't know the UK immigration laws as of then, but the matter fit reach Supreme Court as he is married to a British citizen and presumably is a permanent resident.

If his cousin is a British citizen, is Mr Tobi not a citizen as well? A dual citizen? Can a dual citizen be deported to his native country? Has there been a precedent of such?

RodgersAkpafu:
A rich black brit is getting his arse "whopped" according to you because the rich black brit is the only minority who has to ward of jealous people of his own ilk, and whitey who feel he is in a place he is not supposed to be.

IF THEM. BORN ANYBODY WELL FOR THIS COUNTRY
(I TYPED IN CAPS FOR EMPHASIS)
attempt to whack the pakistani rich men and see whether this country will not catch fire. Their people will fight to the last and scatter everywhere if they have to.

Well, I have not experienced how Pakistanis live in the UK, but I am intrigued by the "influence or perceived influence" that they have in the country. It could be cultural - "ease of becoming aggressive when need be?" Could the difference between blacks in the UK and the US be the history and the fact that the majority of blacks in the US are African Americans - so they share the same history of fighting the system? Whereas there are varying black groups in the UK - so no shared history.

But when you say "whack rich Pakistani men", in what context please? I am trying to imagine the same done against rich black men here or in China to compare and contrast.

I was in Bradford over the weekend and see them flexing about with their fly cars on the roads where they own almost all the businesses.
Not dem say. I saw it. Heck, they are even influencing the dietary patterns of Bradford with the whole halal thing Even non Muslim joints are complying with halal standards there to gain their patronage. I ate in one of the spots on Sunday,Na black man wey be mugu and dummy
Na black woman be idiat and stupid Despite the excesses of some Paki men, their women on average still give them some reverence because if e set, na the men go fight for them. You dare not harass a Pakistani woman on the street, four of the bobos will appear from nowhere and jump you. But black woman ?Dem dey harass them all the time

Pakistani men are the ones harassing black women or black women are prone to be harassed by every other racial group (other than black men)? With the cultural differences, who do UK born and bred Pakistani ladies eventually marry (assuming they are still Muslims)?

I see their "quick to fight" as a cultural trait, not necessarily because they live in the UK.

And as much as I hate the outcome. I won't blame the black men for watching on the sidelines. Shebi (black) men ain't shit.....
Carry your cross

Oh yes! I recall your conversation about being indifferent towards how other races treat black women because of their perceived or disrespect for us as black men. Previously, I was like "Wow!". Nowadays, I am like "e be like say na true the guy talk o".

In summary, I think we are not good at fighting for a particular cause (I might be wrong here).

P.S. I did not know that Diamond68 is also Sukkot. Good day sir.

Yung6six:
Saidaboj, you're an idiot.
I'm waiting to see the man that will marry you.

She tell you say she wan marry? Trust me, once this class of women hack the ideology of having a child without being married, e don be. Marriage won't move them any longer.

Savagethe21st:
actually with knowledge of french, japa to canada is very easy. The cut very low scores for ppl proficient in french

There is a reason I did not mention Canada in terms of French usefulness because it is mostly tied to ease of emigrating and most of the major economic areas in Canada have English as the dominant language. Additionally, most of the immigrants to Canada come from ex-British colonies, not France.

The reality is that: there is no wealthy Francophone country other than France. My basis for measuring "Francophone" is where it is the official language or spoken by at least 50-75% of the population. A situation where if one does not know how to speak the language, one's economic prospects are minimal. Only France has that with French.

ferhyntorlah:
Thank GOD Nigeria wasn't under the French rule. It would have been terrible. The hold the French have over their former colonies is horrible, especially the African countries. That's why they are fighting back and expelling them outta their country. I thought French is spoken in Belgium and some European countries (eg Monaco).

It is not just the strangulation but the lack of economic prosperity across all Francophone colonies. It is that horrible. From Haiti to where else? The other wealthy place where French has weight is Switzerland, but it does not measure up with Swiss German or German itself. Just think about it for a second: other than English that is spoken worldwide, especially at immigration entry points/business events, where else would you use French other than Africa? The same Africa where the poorest of the poorest countries are Francophones? If French was so good, many countries outside Europe/North America would offer courses in it, not English when they desire international students. In my university in Japan, I wrote TOEFL to prove English proficiency just as others did. They spoke English at varying levels, but not French. This was an elite Japanese university. The professors know how to speak English, not French. Visiting researchers/professors/students speak English, not French. There was a time when my department offered a course with a top Chinese university, na English dem use. In my lab, I have witnessed a South Korean conversing in English with a Chinese.

French is useless!

I was even telling Tensa20 that thank God Ojukwu rejected the assistance of the French to help the then Biafra as we would have been much poorer than present-day Nigeria if we were colonised by France. As for Belgium, that is not an economic hub for anything other than diamonds. And because the majority of diamonds are situated outside Europe - in Russia and Botswana - with refining capacities in Israel and India, I can bet you the players in the industry know how to speak English. Again, the major consumer market is the US. Monaco is too expensive and elite for most people to participate in its economic opportunities. I write this as a black African. Check again, most Francophone Africans outside Francophone Africa know how to speak English, but the same does not apply to Anglophones. Why should I learn a language that does not offer me greater or similar economic opportunities as my current language?

So Spanish has more economic appeal than French?

Yes, because the majority of South American countries speak Spanish. It is equally important in Mexico and similar to Portuguese which is spoken in Brazil - its biggest economy. Most of these countries apart from Venezuela and Bolivia have higher economic opportunities than their Francophone counterparts in Africa where the majority of Francophone countries exist. In terms of migration, as Savage tried to defend the use of French, ex-Spanish colonies' citizens (including famous Equatorial Guinea ) could move to Spain and naturalise within a year or two to become Spanish citizens. With that, they can obtain work permits to work across the EU. Ex-Francophone colonies don't have this privilege.

About English, many non-English speaking countries are striving to ensure thier citizens are taught English right from Elementary school eg China.

Actually, the Chinese are very pragmatic in the way they do things. They do what makes economic sense. So, they learnt English coupled with Hong Kong having a chequered British history. So many Chinese especially those who venture outside Asia and even China can speak English. It makes economic sense to know how to speak English. It does not apply to French. BTW, not only China, but Nepal, Vietnam and the likes. Trust me when I say most African Francophone countries' economic well-being will balloon should they switch or permit the use of the English language by the populace.

Lee Kuan Yew, a man I hold in high esteem, was so smart to have mandated Singaporeans to learn English, alongside their mother tongue, as he believed it was the best thing to do. With the majority of Singaporeans being Chinese, Singaporeans have so much economic mobility to harness economic opportunities by knowing how to speak the languages of the top two economies.

ferhyntorlah:
Uncle Gerrard, I do laugh tiya for your comment calling French language a useless language. And to think I used to regard it as one of the languages one should learn.

I am a fan of Cdrama (Chinese drama) and I've been picking up some Mandarin just by watching.
At least, I knowGood morning
Good night
Hello
Goodluck (Jia you, which happens to be my favourite word, especially when it's said with the fist.)
Shut up
Why are you here (another favourite word)
Long time no see.

Still laughing at your remark on French language
Phahahahahahahahaha.

Learning Chinese is good as China is a major economic power. I intend to learn it within a few years from now. Anything I wan learn now is strictly because of economic reasons. When I was a corp member in camp, I had a roommate who earned 250K per month as an interpreter for a Chinese businessman in the north. Young Rwandans can earn at least $500 per month doing the same activity.

Oh French! It's that useless! I realised it after I and Tensazangetsu20 analysed languages to learn as a black African and we came to the conclusion that French is too useless to learn. It's why Françophone Africans strive to learn English if they want to play on the global stage. It's a major advantage for us as Nigerians. The wealthiest African countries are Anglophones. When Namibia starts gushing out oil, that's an addition.

My mom studied French and was born in Cameroon. I used to tease her that she didn't do well in not teaching us her children the language. But looking back, I'm glad she never did.

IFezki96:
I was KIDNAPPED and robbed together with other passengers of a "benue link" Bus from Ibadan by fulani bandits on my way back to Makurdi, benue state along itobe-ajaokuta road in kogi state on October 13 and held in captivity for 5 days. All my possessions were taken from me.... funny thing is it happened just a few metres away from an army check point...Thank God for life sha...

No one can tell they don't know what is going on there.

TOPCRUISE:
Baby girl is having fun. Na mumu dey fall in love is the reply for their defense. Women love men whether they are crook or villain so far they have the resources that can intimidate others.
Later when this over-ravished fairly used ladies realize that they are no longer getting younger they will now want to settle down for a God fearing husband that doesn’t cheat while others will now give green light to that nice and serious dude they turned down his proposal years ago

That's where I've issues with these women. After frolicking with married men and fvck boys, they suddenly want to marry financially stable men - hypergamy still in play - but don't want the same men to cheat explore as they did when they were much younger.

Darlingme:
I'm sure what's he's trying to say is, Despite all, they collectively develope their countries. They can't have bad leadership for many years and they will all keep quiet.

There's no society that's developed today that was ethnically and racially heterogeneous at the time of its development. Other cultural traits contribute to development, but without a dominant ethnic/racial group, it's very very difficult to achieve.

Bullman:
You make me laugh' na only Nigeria dis thing common , here in the Gambia there is dignity in labor even if you de pack shit' you go still see endowed sexy lady with self respect for herself weh no de materialistic weh go love you. Like someone said earlier togo benin Cameroon no far . If you are looking for a good wife go there .

Nigerian men spoilt their women with giving them free money simply because they look beautiful and have big yansh. On TikTok, young Nigerian men were urging a Liberian lady with big yansh to leave her husband and move to Lagos where big boys will spoil her.

You people deserve the women you have! Stop complaining!

Sleekfingers:
.you are right......
1. Sex sex sex
2. No morals
3. Always looking for shortcut to wealth
4. School is a scam
Most parents are complicit. They encourage their kids making money without any tangible work they are doing. They collect gifts and money from them.....

The older generation isn't any better. There just wasn't the Internet and social media.

IBB, Obasanjo and Co aren't Gen-Zs.

Bukfab:
Beta ladies still dey oo,wey be say if dem hear yahoo,dem no go wait to hear from u or be Ur Frnd.
B4 i got married,I hated yahoo guys ,I no dey follow dem talk o,to enter dre car sef na war,i go tink say dem fit use me...Just few months ago ,my hubby told me the yahoo guy in our compound told him to get beta iPhone,e wan teach am work,e came in to tell me...Na beg i beg am oooo.. I told him Sebi u knw i use to spread my pants in the toilet abeg,no do ooo...Cos my believe is,this people fit use anybody...I told him,let tank God for the little we have

The interesting thing is the same men lamenting of the non-existence of good girls support yahoo yahoo. They have just not been opportuned to perpetrate crime. When one criticises yahoo yahoo, they come to their defence. At the same time, they are surprised "many" ladies prefer yahoo yahoo boys.🙄

Talk about cognitive dissonance!

MrPresidon:
Especially in this Abuja. I pity young people who come into abuja newly from other states and think thy can find love here

Yet there are weddings every Saturday in the same Abuja. Are those who get wedded ghosts? 🙄

Dcaliphate:
There are still good guys and ladies around, didn't look only on one direction alone

The problem is that everyone who says "I want a good person" hasn't analysed him/herself enough to if the person is good for the other party. People want good people without putting in the work.

Things don't work out like that.

VirginOlosho:
He must be staying in Edo state or Delta

With what I read online, I strongly doubt one can raise morally sound/balanced children in Warri, Ekpoma, Benin City and Asaba.

CalabarPikin:
That's the time we find ourselves.

For reasons, I choose to go on relationship break.....
I was now rolling base on short term paroles.
Hooking
I met this girl in Makurdi that I seem to like, I choose to be with her any time I'm in town. Babe come begin bring funny leg ooh, I say fine, since I seem to like you too, we can go on normal relationship levels. Babe change am for me ooh....say I'm looking for a way to be chopping free. I say torhh...no wahala let's just be doing as usual then. After a while, babie chat me say if I'm still interested in that stuff I asked, that I'll still be giving her money. That was the last time I contacted her....and it stays that way.
The idea of getting quick money has completely destroyed what nature has made for us to enjoy without stress

That's because we - Nigerian men - have demonised causal sex in the name of calling them "h0es", "ashawo", "olosho" etc. When these ladies experience such, they put money ahead as that would reduce the stigma behind causal sex. You will be the first person to say "I don chop am". So, to her, it's better she also chops your money.

Men in general caused it. You cannot demonise premarital sex, later seek it but expect no consequences. Since birds have learnt to fly without perching, hunters have learnt to shoot without missing.

RealityKings1:
That's super rare

No, they aren't rare. It's your environment or yourself. The way some of you rant, one would think una be Jesus Christ sef.

This thing is simple as basic biology: if you want a good girl, you must be a good boy. Finish!

How can you categorically state that EVERY lady/girl you come across wants a yahoo yahoo boy as her boyfriend? Do you know how that sounds?

Skooltynz:
It's seems this yahoo and hookup generation have totally killed and buried love based relationships,to get babe don hard these days e don hard ooo.

It seems you have to be a guy with dreads, wear baggy jeans,use big iphone before these ladies can date you.
It doesn't even matter if you are faking it just give off yahoo boys vibes then ladies will take you serious where is this world going?

It's your environment or your mentality, not the women. I don't know why some of you indulge in hasty generalisations so much. If you reside in Taraba or Bayesla, you think the reality will be the same as someone in Imo or Lagos?

If the only ladies you come across LET ALONE woo are those who like dreads and baggy wearing dudes, the problem is YOU!

budaatum:
We are ignorant. And that's why we are bigots and subject to divide and rule. If we weren't ignorant, we'd be like the Chinese who don't care if the cat were black or white so long as it caught mice.

Good thing is this suffering is like rain that falls on everyone's head, so when we all get wet we'd all try to alleviate it together or just suffer more until we learn to elect competence regardless of tribe or religion or gender.

The Chinese are a monolithic and dominant ethnic group (Han Chinese) wherever they are - Mainland China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau and in Malaysia where they dominate the major sectors of the economy. In Malaysia, they consider themselves first before ethnic Malays. The Malays in turn dominate politics and use the political power to crave benefits for themselves. The Chinese Malaysian saving grace is that they have nearby Singapore (Chinese-dominated) to store their wealth, ease of becoming a permanent resident/naturalised citizen and as Mainland China grew economically, they had a big brother to protect them and participate in a much bigger economy. Chinese in Indonesia suffered from ethnic riots there, so those in Thailand and Malaysia learnt their lessons.

Humans are tribal. Just that, in my opinion, others developed their lands/countries alongside their tribalism.

Solcampbell:
It all depends on their leaders. Saudi Arabia you just mentioned was literally a very conservative society until they had a new crown prince in 2017 who implemented various reforms aimed at modernising the country and opening it to the rest of the world. Leadership is very sacred in Islam. The Quran emphasizing the importance of loyalty and obedience to leaders even in challenging circumstances. So if the leader is going to make a change, the followers are expected to offer thier full support even though he might not be totally right. Infact it has been stated that protesting against a leader is forbidden. Just pray for Allah's guidance upon them. And if the leader's reforms or actions deviate from the teachings of Islam, Only Allah can judge him and the leader would be held accountable on the day of judgement. (Reason why they still stuck with buhari even though he obviously didn't know what he was doing.). Trust black man as how he dey manipulate and exploit religion for his own selfish and evil purposes The Northern Nigerian elites continue to prioritize the own political agendas and interests rather than seeking the betterment of their people and region. They don't want the people enlightened because it would threatened their own status. Before the 2023 election when Peter obi took over the media by storm, kwankwaso just laughed and said "70 percent of his people are not on social media." As a leader, is that something to be proud of or be ashamed of In this 21st century. Northern Nigeria is the only place in the world where you will find children in urban areas in large numbers, bowls in hand, roaming the streets for food. A phenomenon that can't be found in the poorest villages globally. And the elites still don't see anything wrong with it. Infact they're proud of them and use them to brag and threaten the south during election. Even me wey I no be hausa, the sight of those children dey torment my soul especially during this cold The other time, emir Sanusi tried call them out but they all ganged up and took away his throne.

Generally, Nigerian elites across all ethnioc groups no do well. It is very disappointing. The north seems to have it worse than others. This development of a thing isn't that hard. I am all for respecting people's customs and culture, but at the same fostering prosperity and real-time development within the region.

Sorry, but why can't those children be told to work in farms and warehouses? Something to keep them actually busy.

Solcampbell:
Same way he's viewed in other northern states. Generally, everyone knows that apart from being corrupt, atiku is more detribalised than buhari and kwankwaso. Before the 2019 election, a friend told me that even though buhari had performed below par in his first term, atiku still isn't an option for him because he have alot southern and Christian friends

( The killing of Deborah in sokoto... When he spoke against it, remember how the core north attacked him on social media and even threatened that he will never get a single
vote from them in any election? ). They preferred buhari because he possesses same fanatical behavior ( remember what he said about implementing Sharia law when he becomes president and how he criticised Jonathan methods.."an attack on Boko Haram is an an attack on the north")

The region has a big issue with tolerance and cohabitation.

Why isn't there a movement to copy or do things as those in the UAE, Qatar and now Saudi Arabia are doing?

Solcampbell:
DITV is based in kaduna and owned by a northerner named Shariff Baba Ahmed. He's from same family with Datti Baba Ahmad, Obi's mate.

I was born in kaduna in the mid 90s and I have memories of watching the channel up until mid 2000s when the founder died and the elder brother took over operation. Before the death of Shariff, you would hardly know that it's owner is a northerner because it was highly entertaining, diverse, educative, Disneycartoons, WWE, American soap operas(young and the restless, etc), nolly wood movies etc. Infact it was more sweeter than AIT sef ( since I watched AIT too which was a Nationwide broadcast). Infact it is only when we want to watch superstory that we change to NTA. After the death of Shariff, the elder brother who was more conservative declared all those things Haram and began to air hausa, hausa and Islamic, Islamic programs That's when the channel started dying, like from 2007 downwards. It lost a huge number of viewership from his non Muslim audience. They began to lose revenue too because nobody was coming to advertise with them anymore since they turned it to regional affair.

Don't you love capitalism? I love it! It is the true essence of freedom and the right to choose.

(Just so you know, the population of non-muslims in kaduna is almost similar to that in Lagos. Infact KD is the most civilised northern state followed by Jos)

What do you say about Adamawa and Taraba?

dadalicious:
If i calculate in months, person BP fit high.
Some days over 20k in expenses.
But i noticed that fuel is taking a chunk of the money.
Like a poster above said, remove eye from gen this period. Na mosquito dey make us on gen oh. Nepa nor serious.

In all God has not left us

The surrounding environment is to be blamed. Have you checked the sanitary conditions?

Wakatumbit:
For a family of 4 I spend close to 200k monthly on just feeding, we can no longer buy food stuffs the house because even if u take like 150k to buy food stuffs, u won't see anything.

I want to know if others are spending more or less and if there's a way around it.

Thanks

Good thread. State/city of residence, number of mouths to be fed (nuclear and extended if possible) are important aspects to be included.

Solcampbell:
During the build up to the 2019 election when Atiku mentioned that he was going to sell nnpc and the refineries, could you believe that alot of hausa people refused to vote for him because of that statement?

They voted for buhari instead.

Now see where we are today.

What exactly is behind this ideological movement in the region? Don't they question "constituted authorities"? Also, outside the North East, how is Atiku viewed in other Northern regions?

27 is not too old to make amends or turn a new leaf. However, I see 25 as the best to learn from the mistakes of the late teenage years to early 20s. Nonetheless, the only tip I can offer is that anything you put your hands into, ensure you put in your very best and be consistent at it. You should not make a lot of mistakes, so learn and read from other people's mistakes. Most importantly, do what your head can carry/understand. This is no time to dabble here and there.

Magnoliaa:
Identifying social media content creators nuisances is now a hallmark of masculinity?

You guys are now saving, and reuploading pictures of a man like yourself, and posting it to a forum to chit chat over?

Like... I don't understand.
You people don't have jobs? You don't have mergers to pursue? Or business branches to open?

Those men are exploiting the gap in male mentors across the world especially after young men have been bullied online by feminists misandrists. There was a vacuum and they filled it.