₦airaland Forum

obinna58:
An average black man doesn’t need erection anymore, we’re already overpopulated

Thanks for making me laugh so hard.

What is funny is how a typical Nigerian woman would want a "God fearing man", but would drag her feet in marrying a pastor.

The term sef "God fearing" when used by a Nigerian denotes fraud and dishonesty.

Magnoliaa:
Every other day this man is always coming out to drag women. Using his position of authority to be peddling misogynistic narratives.

Does he not rest?! Women this, women that, women here, women there. Is he not enjoying his own marriage? Abi kini gan? He should stop with all the projection if it's about his own marriage o. Haba.

Religion when assessed using modern day women's ideological leanings is misogynistic. What is funny is how women cling so much to it and adore its leaders.

Your Favourite Road Side Analyst,

Solcampbell:
Good morning
I believe their lifestyle could be a major contributing factor. Majority of the northerners still strongly maintain traditional and religious values. I'd say about 90 percent of northern women wait until marriage to lose thier virginity. Even when they get married, northeners still frown at birth control pills and methods. We all know that. Generally speaking, It has been suggested that hormonal contraceptives, abortion pills could interfere with a woman's fertility in the future. You see, it's not just about the eggs released every month, there's also an intricate web of reproductive system and every part play a role in fertility and birth. Also, the regular food people eat might influence their overall health and immunity. The core and improverished north consume fresh and locally source food which are still nutrient-dense. This is way better than junk food and sugary snacks.
Honestly, I've never met or heard of a hausa woman with fibroids. But that doesn't mean they're non-existent.

Food was the first thing that came to my mind after I saw your initial post.

Na time sha and soon the article would be published.

Gerrard59:
Too bad to read that teenage girls are trafficked for prostitution. Nigeria is a bigger market for sex workers, so I don't see why a sex worker should relocate elsewhere in Africa except South Africa where the market is already uber-competitive. Ghana might be okay for sex work, but I am yet to be fully convinced it is better than Delta or Imo. There are Kano, Abuja, Imo, Delta, Edo, Lagos/Ogun/Oyo, Rivers, Cross River, Adamawa/Taraba etc. Nigeria is like the or is supposed to be the United States of America in Africa. So if you must leave the country, move to where there are jobs for non-natives (a different term from non-citizens). Move to where permanent residency is possible, and if not, the salaries are very high to make up for the impossibility. Grind hard, save and move elsewhere or back to Nigeria.

For instance, English teaching can be a means to raise funds in say 2 - 3 years, but don't go to a place like Vietnam to teach. Try Japan, Korea or China (it pays the highest) if you have the relevant credentials. For blue collar jobs, try the UAE and Singapore. Yes, they are tough to get jobs in those countries, but the work conditions are better and the salaries are high enough. Qatar might be okay, but I don't believe there are more jobs there than in the UAE. The same applies to Turkey. Don't go to Malaysia or one funny looking country in the Middle East. Most importantly, don't attempt to travel on a visit visa. LIFE WOULD BE MISERABLE FOR YOU!

My school mate who had a first class in Chemical Engineering, is adept in data science and has almost graduated with a M.Eng from a recognised Canadian university has complained of job rejections when he applies for jobs. However, a part of it is his fault as he did not commence the job-hunting process immediately after he arrived. He left it too late. Anyway, the reason I quoted this post is because if he were to be in Japan, I am dead sure he would have had multiple offers from Japanese companies. The only persons I know who don't have good jobs after graduation are those who leave it too late in job applications, lack the relevant engineering skills and/or don't bother to improve their Japanese proficiency. Every engineering grad who marked these boxes has a good job. The language proficiency can be dropped if relevant skills are examined.

So, where am I going with this? It means it is not only the West that folks should target in the bid for a better life and/or employment opportunities. There are equally other places in the world which offer similar if not a higher quality of life and surfeit of employment opportunities provided you follow the rules, invest in learning the native language, attend a good school, have the relevant skills etc. For Japan and Taiwan, I am dead sure any engineering grad who is sound and has a knowledge of intermediate Japanese and Chinese would get employed because these countries are in dire need of workers for their manufacturing facilities and to maintain their dominance in technology. In Hong Kong, there are plenty of jobs, and more so should you attend a good school and speak Chinese. This means rather than keep toiling to get issued a Polish/American/German/Danish/Czech Republic/Canadian student visa, invest that time in gaining admission into a good university here in Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Their visa processes are relatively straightforward than the popular countries I listed. There are PLENTIFUL of scholarships while as a grad student. I benefitted from them to the point my face was noticed by the screening team for having been awarded multiple scholarships. At a point, I earned the equivalent of $4K per month from scholarships and while some whose duration elapsed, I applied for tuition waivers and got them twice! My education was literally free! I am yet to meet any African who paid FULL tuition fees till graduation without one or two scholarships. As I have stated in a post, I was pampered. All I had to do was go to the lab, that is all. Everything was taken care of including subsidised student housing. Even before graduation, I was asked twice if I wanted to advance to PhD, and if yes, funding was assured. I need not to apply again. It was that good, and I believe it can be the same for anyone with something in the head, willing to follow/abide by the rules of the land and focus on what took you to that place.

For employment, the same as I got two offers and had to decline one. I explained my hunting experience here: https://www.nairaland.com/7788707/memoirs-chile/49#130041370 If I had applied earlier than when I did, I could have gotten more offers.
A typical good job in Japan pays you the standard salary (plus annual bonuses) for entry level or mid-career (depending on the experience) and depending on the location, offers you housing allowance, transport allowance and pays your health insurance. All you have to do is go to work, do what you are tasked to do and speak Japanese. As I stated, all the Africans, Indians and Vietnamese I know who applied early, speak Japanese and possess relevant skills have good jobs. What about China? I know of a celebrated UI grad (it was on the front page) who is an assistant professor at a university immediately after her PhD. The same will apply in Hong Kong and Taiwan, especially for those with STEM backgrounds with an emphasis on the E aspect. A bit of Chinese and a good job is assured. I am that confident. I read the job stats from these places almost every month and I could feel it inside me that these folks acknowledge the lack of a growing workforce to replace ageing workers. Vietnamese and Indonesians are benefitting immensely from this. Nothing should stop an African.

However, my fear with our people is that should they enter, they would abuse the system either by trying to be fraudulent or displaying poor social mores. These are places with few black people, so it won't be hard to notice any anomaly. It was on Nairaland that I read that Cambodia cancelled the visa free status for Nigerians because our people there were into yahoo yahoo, cultism and other fraudulent activities. Cambodia is a poor country, so as a black African, why would you go there to misbehave? The other day, I read that some have created cult gangs in China. These are countries that don't give a hoot about rAcIsM because I know that is the first word that will ooze out of these people's mouths when disciplined. Talmbout wE wAs kInGs. Additionally, don't come here to chant hUmAn rIgHtS kini kon. Do that with Tinubu and your state governor.

Another one is that as a man (I cannot speak for the female folks), enter and get used to the system before carrying your family along. I know our people: they enter, then boom! They don carry woman and pikin dey waka for air in the name of dependent visa. You are not yet acquainted with the environment, you have brought alongside extra mouths.

I decided to pen this long post because I got the push from another Nairaland who wrote how laboratories in Japanese universities lacked students in their graduate programs. I am paying it forward. The onus on gaining admission is on you - the interested person. The Internet is free. Please use it. I have given you foam, please don't ask me for a pillow.

If I could do it, anyone can.

Best wishes as you apply.

GloriousGbola:
https://davidhundeyin.substack.com/p/journalism-career-graveyard-the-bbc

from the original article
david hundeyin used his position as a celebrated investigative journalist to smear and cast aspersions on other celebrated reporters.

does what he posted not count as an article?

you have also omitted a simple fact - no one has bothered to challenge his articles in a court of law. this is the first time his article has been challenged and he ducked out and did not appear in court.

Agreed. He lost out by not appearing in court. Maybe those who he accused but he did not sue have seen that he is not worth the stress.

the other day he was writing contrived conspiracy theories that bola tinubu is a cia asset. then he was writing that dangotes refinery would never take off, then after that that there was an international conspiracy against dangotes refinery. clickbait articles with littel actual substance. but designed for the low information tldr reader.

The CIA link is purely nonsensical by him. The Dangote episode is where he should have admitted he goofed, but the arrogant him wouldn't. But to be fair to him, Dangote has complained of or mentioned of foreign or powerful resistance in refinery construction in Africa.

babasolution:
Research on most tribes outside the big three especially in the middlebelt and Edo you'll understand my POV

Okay. But you didn't define "great" in this case. Great can mean many things.

Solcampbell:
Good morning.

Ofcourse there are birth defects Boss. But it's very rare. The most I've seen are that of polio, which is not exactly a birth defect. Still births are far more common.
Perhaps when it comes to birth defects other factors might come to play aside age of the women.

That is what the study aims to know. Thanks anyway for the observation. I have noted it and hope to find out the reason(s).

wonder233:
Which "black south Africans"? Please stop that joke. When you go to South Africa, I'm not even talking about the rural areas, I'm talking Pretoria, Cape Town, Joburg, etc... You see the prosperity of the whites and the blacks looking so wretched, with drawn faces, they know they don't belong there, in their own country! That is why they lash out every now and then with xenophobic attacks. Julius Malema is trying hard to see how blacks can have economic empowerment cos the whites have a stranglehold on that.

It is a fact that Black South Africans are the second wealthiest group of black people globally after African Americans. I am not going to believe an anecdotal statement over a verifiable study. Apart from the wealthy areas in Lagos, a mere stroll in many neighbourhoods shows people with forlorn faces and poverty biting everyone. The same across other parts of Nigeria. In the oil-rich Niger Delta, the same holds and a first-timer would wonder why the oil wealth does not replicate on the natives of where the oil is drilled compared to Emiratis and Qataris. Does this mean there are no rich people in PH, Uyo and Warri? No. The number is the difference.

South Africa has the highest number of dollar millionaires in Africa. South Africa has the highest number of black dollar millionaires in Africa.
Facts, not fats, figures, not figos. I will go with verifiable facts.
- https://www.news24.com/fin24/big-shift-in-racial-distribution-of-sa-millionaires-20160427
- https://african.business/2023/04/quick-reads/number-of-african-millionaires-to-rise-by-42-by-2032-says-report

Thank you.

Qinglong:
Nice to know.

With the growing number of anime fans and Japarians in Nigeria, I think there could be enough interest if they open centres. But as you said, there’s always the negative rep Nigerians have created for ourselves abroad. It’s too bad. I did not see Cameroon on this list. https://www.jlpt.jp/e/application/overseas_list.html
Oh well, I think I might go ahead with the Japanese foundation site I found.

Someone has to set up the centre and advertise it. If recognition, not necessarily support from the JLPT foundation, can be obtained, that'd be brilliant.

At the bold: while that is a popular reason for many foreigners who decided to move to Japan, I am yet to meet an African, young, mid or old, who mentioned it as a reason for moving here and eventually living. The core reasons are business, education, and love for Japan's technology. I also find it funny because I have never watched anime or anything related to Manga. The first time I read about the love for anime from a Nigerian was from Tensazangetsu20. I am yet to hear it from another Nigerian until you.

babasolution:
So called wazobia,biggest black tribes of the Hausa,Yoruba and Igbo.
Y)

Eating n birthing

Historically the small tribes in NIGERIA has always been greater.

Why these wazobia no dey shame.

See their president

Historically (how long?) have smaller ethnic groups been greater (define greater)? Which are these smaller "tribes"?

Solcampbell:
Bro. Thanks for your this. I've seen many comments saying " statistics that have proven that getting pregnant over 35 years is risky" and blablabla and I'm kinda confused. Here in the north, some women will get married at their late teens or early twenties and continue to give birth till the day they stop seeing her menses, 45, 50 or 55. Giving birth to 12, sometimes 14, or 17 children. Infact I've even seen a woman who dropped 21 children and there was no twins o. All na single births. What's more intriguing, southerners no dey born plenty. I guess the average children amongst households over there is 2 kids, especially in this economy. But a average hausa woman at age 35 might still go ahead and add like 3 to 5 children to the kids she already have. Here in the north, it is very common to see a woman whose first grandchildren are same age as her own last borns or even older sef.

Mind you, quite a number of northern women still give birth successfully at home rather than opting for the hospitals, even the ones that are above 30 years. No surrogacy or IVF no nothing and the baby very healthy. Are these commenters saying that women in the southern part of Nigeria were built differently since they are prone to a higher risk pregnancy due to age according to "statistics?"

An interesting observation you have made there. This is the kind of study I would put my money into: the study into the supposed divergence between Northern Nigerian women and their counterparts in the south during late childbearing. Or phrased as: "Are there more childbirth deformities as a result of late childbearing in the south than in the north? If yes, why?"

As for birth rates, yes, the birth rate is higher in the north than in the south. I recalled when I stated so a few months ago but was rebuffed. lol.

Link (free-to-read): https://archive.md/3UMVL

tensazangetsu20:
It’s useless. Peru has a stronger passport than even Russia.

Russians wey get sense are moving to Japan. Since they are white people, the Japanese wouldn't mind. They stay long enough, learn the language and naturalise. The Russian passport stain gets washed off. At most, they stay in the Hokkaido region which is as frosty as Russia itself.

folake4u:
My friend is also an investigative journalist like David and when we talked about this niggar some time back, I no longer rated him because he had ALWAYS been a questionable character. Infact, the two journalists don't see eye to eye till this day.

Well, since you love him that much, kindly assist him to pay the fines.

Two things sha..

- His investigative articles have never been found to be false. The Kiki issue is not a major publication or investigation of his
- He writes well. I read his reply and it was a nice read. Sha, he studied Creative Writing at Hull, so a good testament to the tuition fees his dad paid.

Twice married and twice divorced.

Good luck to the third woman who marries him.

Qinglong:
Ok, talking about the language stuff, I just tried looking up the JPLT as someone mentioned earlier in the thread…and I noticed there doesn’t seem to be any centre for taking the exam or lesson tutorials in Nigeria? This is a bit odd to me because it seems as though we have centres for HSK (Chinese) and TOPIK (Korean) from a quick search.

So, why’s it only Japanese that isn’t available. Any alternatives? I’ve been thinking about studying Japanese from scratch next year. I found this platform (https://minato-jf.jp/Home/Back#CourseList), not sure how suitable it is.

I had the same thought a few years ago. What I think is that Nigerians in Japan did not make efforts to establish a certified language school in the country. Another thought is that Japanese officials opposed it because had it been possible, more Nigerians would have been able to travel to Japan either for language studies or jobs. This opposition comes because there is a negative view of Nigerians especially in the Tokyo area for them being too arrogant, loud, aggressive and thieves, especially at bystanders and tourists. "The Nigerian gang" in Tokyo is an infamous phrase. The third thought, to support the first, is that Japan fell off the radar of Nigerians in East Asia as China's economy grew. Also, the Chinese were and are more aggressive/willing to spread Chinese language learning centres (backed by the central government) than the private initiative by language schools that prep for the JLPT. Your examples of the Korean and Chinese language centres are supported by their respective governments. The second thought supports my belief why there is no JLPT learning centre in Nigeria.

That said, there is a JLPT centre in Cameroon (I was stunned when I was told). So, it is no surprise a Uganadan told me how he sees many Cameroonians in the Saitama region. I checked the website and saw that it was established by Cameroonians, so my first and third thoughts are probable reasons to why there is no JLPT centre in Nigeria.

princepee:
he was duped.
They promised to take him to Japan en route UAE. He was abandon in UAE

Terrible. People should do their research very well. The UAE as at when Emirates plied the Lagos - Dubai route was a transit point onwards to Tokyo. However, I doubt he went to the Japanese embassy at Gana Street in Maitama to apply for a visa. So, why did he think he would be granted access into Japan?

Nigerians should learn to question everything under the sun regardless of who said it and what it is. Question everything.

sonofanarchy:
this is a different topic entirely, I will choose Nigeria over any African country including South Africa. Immigrant who go there, indulge in drugs and fraud. A Nigerian going to America can become a millionaire, not in South Africa. A Nigerian can become a billionaire in Nigeria. We know say government don fail us, but imagine with all this, we still dey strive. We are proud people and I will say Nigeria is better than South Africa.

The quality of Nigerian migrants who move to South Africa is the issue, not South Africa as a country. There are Nigerians who do well in South Africa. South Africa's problems had to do with weak borders and poor policing. If South Africa had a similar border policy as Singapore, the difference would have been glaring. This applies to Malaysia and Singapore. The quality of Nigerian migrants in Singapore supersedes those in Malaysia.

That said, South Africa has more advertised jobs on LinkedIn than any country in Africa. You can check it for yourself. About Nigerians being billionaires in Nigeria, where else should they have become billionaires other than their home country? No country has more of its citizens being wealthy outside of it. The wealthiest Nigerians, Americans, Chinese, and South Africans reside in Nigeria, the US, China and South Africa respectively. It is simple mathematics.

Sorry, but the country with the second wealthiest group of Black people in the world is better than the one without that sub-group. Nigeria is not better than South Africa.

sonofanarchy:
Continuation..

We woke up with a loud voice from the mosque across the border, at 4am people are already awake infact 24hrs people don't sleep over there, you still going to see people walking, sellers selling and buyers buying. The driver told us to bring our bag down, we are going to use bike to cross the border to avoid police. I told the driver, I'm not a fugitive, I have passport and I would love my passport to be stamped, th

We spent the whole day waiting for Usman, while waiting I saw young teenage girls from Nigeria also heading towards our direction, one said mali the other said ivory coast, all going for prostitution.

Too bad to read that teenage girls are trafficked for prostitution. Nigeria is a bigger market for sex workers, so I don't see why a sex worker should relocate elsewhere in Africa except South Africa where the market is already uber-competitive. Ghana might be okay for sex work, but I am yet to be fully convinced it is better than Delta or Imo. There are Kano, Abuja, Imo, Delta, Edo, Lagos/Ogun/Oyo, Rivers, Cross River, Adamawa/Taraba etc. Nigeria is like the or is supposed to be the United States of America in Africa. So if you must leave the country, move to where there are jobs for non-natives (a different term from non-citizens). Move to where permanent residency is possible, and if not, the salaries are very high to make up for the impossibility. Grind hard, save and move elsewhere or back to Nigeria.

For instance, English teaching can be a means to raise funds in say 2 - 3 years, but don't go to a place like Vietnam to teach. Try Japan, Korea or China (it pays the highest) if you have the relevant credentials. For blue collar jobs, try the UAE and Singapore. Yes, they are tough to get jobs in those countries, but the work conditions are better and the salaries are high enough. Qatar might be okay, but I don't believe there are more jobs there than in the UAE. The same applies to Turkey. Don't go to Malaysia or one funny looking country in the Middle East. Most importantly, don't attempt to travel on a visit visa. LIFE WOULD BE MISERABLE FOR YOU!

As you have seen, there is no good Francophone African country. The wealthiest countries in Africa are Anglophone. As a Nigerian, the greatest gift from the British is the English Language. Utilise it well enough.

princepee:
before you Japa to anywhere make your research.
A friend sold his house and order properties to travel to Japan he is now stranded in UAE.
He was duped.
He said he can't come back to Nigeria because he has nothing to fall back on.
He is full of regrets,
he was doing fine here. But wanted something bigger..

E sure me die say na visit visa him apply for.

How many times should I reiterate that a visit visa in Japan is strictly for visiting aka tourist purposes? BTW, how come he is stuck in the UAE? He did not get to Tokyo?

sonofanarchy:
Nigeria Is the best in Africa, an average south African can't build his own decent home. Make government provide us with light and water, see wetin we go do.

The arrogance comes out again! Honestly, for a country so poor with security crises here and there, Nigerians are too arrogant! Damn! Americans and Chinese are loud and somewhat pompous, but they have money and functioning societies. But Nigeria?

South Africa is the only African country better than Nigeria, and Black South Africans (to be specific) can own their homes with piped water, not Geepee tanks, and access to basic amenities that are out of reach of most Nigerians. Also, Black South Africans are the second wealthiest group of black people globally after African Americans. More black dollar millionaires, and dollar millionaires in South Africa than in Nigeria.

tensazangetsu20:
As bad as Nigeria is, the only African country better than Nigeria is South Africa. I always
assumed Nigeria to be the worst country in Africa till I did some traveling years back. The black man has failed completely.

My leader

I am LOYAL to your gofment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sonofanarchy:
Please tag moderators I want this awareness to spread, there's no dollar paying job in any francophone countries. This countries is very very poor.

This is what we've been preaching on Nairaland - Francophone countries are notoriously poor! The wealthiest countries in Africa ARE ALL ANGLOPHONES! When Namibia starts exporting crude oil, that would be an addition.

Georgekyrian:
They are

This same mentality was why young Nigerian women got disgraced when they dipped their feet into a swimming pool where Moroccans were inside. As their feet got inside, the Moroccans hurriedly left the pool for the Nigerian women.

Keep doing attachee to North Africans because they are aFrIcAnS.

owagbeba:
The disgrace is just too much. Same on an ET flight to MMIA today and two Nigerias were in a heated argument over overhead baggage compartment. The IBo guy called the Bini girl, “ your generation is rude.” The Bini girl went into a long tirade that almost turned into Bini versus Ibos, females versus Males brawl. It was so shameful. It felt like a market place. Ground security were called up to settle both sides.

I don’t know why we so often appear obnoxious, loud and seemingly ignorant with a fist. Many of the loud mouths had unkempt dreads and wave-on. They all looked so rough… awful sight.

Two other guys on a row ahead of me with rough dirty dreads were “nicking” bottles of wines from the hostess cart while she is out to the kitchen. It’s so shameful. These are not the best tasting wines, cheap small brands, but he was eager to “nick” as many as he could. We need to change our ways.

Everywhere we go… we get banned! And the list keeps growing

Those are your "intelligent Nigerians". Bunch of arrogant and ignorant miscreants who parade this forum.

It's better they stay in the part of the world sha.

Or she can as well remain single for life or marry a fellow woman. It's not mandatory to marry.

Coming from someone who campaigned and voted for Buhari in 2015. It amuses me to see some Nigerians try to educate Americans, especially elite Americans.

What do you possibly know?

Basiljoe:
Ironically. Negative birth rates can be associated with prosperity. I[b]'m not totally sure but I think countries with prosperous economies have declining birth rates.[/b]

This is why I love we Africans, once we don get small money like this, na to marry 15 wives and born 50 children.

Individualism of the west has its negative effects.

You are absolutely correct. Wealth begets low birth rates. Israel is the only "developed" country with a high birth rate above 2.1. However, India, much of the wealthier Middle East, Thailand, Indonesia etc., also experience declining birth rates. So, it is much bigger than just prosperity. The individualism of the West has permeated everywhere so it seems.

ednut1:
how does it benefit the woman more?

The man is expected to still provide manly benefits and the woman is still hypergamous. The man does not benefit anything from her. The tale about companionship does not work well as he could get that even as a bachelor. The only benefit comes if the lady is financially higher than the guy.

aestake:
Bhahaha. Nigerian assests are being seized over the one one governor did o.

Different deals and agreements.

trium:
Women, should be married with kids. Except she is barren and that's no fault of hers. QED

INo humanity.

Selfishness all around.

I love Africa for this reason. Go abroad, Jamaicans, Brazilians, Every person who has an African connection, they have connection to human beings than these selfish people who have become soulless.

Elon Musk was never in their calculations, that's why they loathe him. He has the money to call their bluff. He has kids and he takes care of them. That is being a mashould be subtle about it, unlike before where they complained. That's why they now use social media to deceive Gen Z. Go and check what is happening around the world. There is a declining fertility rate, some of them are caused by health issues caused by us, others are these agendas that prevent procreation, including LGBTQ. Go into the world and multiply jare. Rubbish

While I agree with some of your points. Elon Musk's population drive ideology is for white people, not blacks.

ednut1:
is it not also selfish to give birth to 5 children without stable income?

Agreed, but this DINK model benefits women way more than men. I rather remain single completely than be married without my biological children.

I knew they were not black people.