₦airaland Forum

Inosky:
Can you help me with the email address

Sorry, I cannot. If I do, I will let myself out as very few Nigerians have written for the magazine. In fact, I was the one who published the highest number of articles. What I will advise is for you to look out for magazines in topics/areas of your interest as that will make it easier to build ideas/points and make it enjoyable. My field was very niche and got more specific as it pertains to Africa.

No vex abeg.

lavida001:
Also in all of this happening, the agitators has never mention Chinese as immigrants they want to leave their country. It’s the usual brown and black skin countries they keep mentioning.

Meanwhile the Chinese arguably own more houses and investments in this country than any other ethnicity yet, they don’t scream we want our country back from them.

The reflection of your ethnicity is how people will treat you in the diaspora. Chinese advancement in technology has given respect to their citizen wherever they go.If we don’t come together and make Africa great, thinking because we own ILR… one day they will ask you where you are really from?

That is the solution. Nothing else. Remi Adekoya wrote a book on this. Even before I came across his works, I did a thread on it: https://www.nairaland.com/5886610/racism-against-blacks-reduce-drastically

Me, I have been thinking about it lately after I visited a shopping mall. Fine, families were having a splendid time and everywhere was safe. But the environment was markedly odd for me as I was the only black person there. I then imagine what it would look like for black children. It reminded me of the video I watched where a black young lady (born and bred in Japan) had to assist a random black teen wandering about in Tokyo Disneyland looking for who to play with, but no one because clearly no one looked like him. Me sef con dey pity the boy. It is no wonder that black people in the UK mostly live in England and a whooping proportion in Greater London. Even in the US, black people are migrating to the Southern states where they have significant numbers from the northern states. Even black women there acknowledge their relationship and marital chances are remarkably low in states like California. Apparently, humans are tribal. Heaven knows should I marry a black woman, I would move back to a black dominated society. E get some kind nonsense I no dey like.

LionInZion:
Thank you for bringing this up. There are two things I noticed in the video you shared (if the story is true): one - failure on the part of the government to prevent a chronic criminal from having access to its boders let alone their country. two - a chronic criminal who should be behind bars but is enjoying undue freedom and could wreak another havoc sooner or later. Now, should these two situations get people angry? Heck yes! Who should the anger be directed at? The govt who failed to do its work, and the criminal himself. Would it be right to now start attacking random people on the street who look like the criminal? Definitely not - and that is the point of the whole argument on the UK issue. Yes I agree with you that criminal act should be condemned outright and the dimwit who stabbed those three innocent girls should rot in jail because I feel bad for the news as if those girls were mine, and I will get personal with anyone trying to excuse the dastard act under whatever guide.

Agreed.

Now, to your last paragraph, what makes you think the first and second-generation immigrants aren't pressuring politicians/parties to be hard on criminals? I asked because I don't think there is an identification mark that shows the immigration status of people condemning/condoning criminal acts. Let's even say they aren't, why should that be counted against them. It may interest you that many migrants only want a safe place to work and provide for their families and care less about politics. And if that's the path they chose, why should it be counted against them?

Well, from what I have read so far, supporters of so-liberal parties are not vehement against criminals or find it difficult to call them out because of certain barriers such as skin colour or the God they worship, which in my opinion is terribly bad. My stance is simple: criminals are criminals and should be dealt with. If there is a preponderance of an ethnic or racial group behind these crimes, call them out and deal with them. Criminals, regardless of where they come from or how they look, should not be pampered.

lavida001:
I laugh at your own country. This are the things you lots say that pisses them off. You get British passport doesn’t make it your country. We all know who the natives are, you are just a British passport holder the indigenes know themselves.

I can see I have been identified as a troublemaker on this thread. But this post got my interest.

There is a difference between being British and English. You can be a British citizen, but it does not make you English. Ethnicity and nationality are two different concepts. Aside from African Americans because their case is different, it is always black people in the diaspora I see trying to dissociate themselves from where they originally come from based on their passports. We know why.
Chinese in the West are always quick to point out they are from Mainland China and here in Japan, they tell you they are ethnically Chinese even though they possess Japanese nationality and speak fluent Japanese.

If na our people, you for don hear say I am Japanese. But do you look Japanese?

DevilsEqual:
50 aides? She get belle?
I dont want to sound sexist, but Women too dey over do things, From Patricia Etteh, Virigina Eti-aba, Diezani and this one
Its why we will never have a female president till year 3000. As for those that would wanna shout "Saner Clime", even the U.S, China and Russia havent had any as far as this day is concern

Clearly, math is not your forte. Men have done equally worse. In fact, I say the SUG president learnt from the previous governor Ayade who employed over 1000 aides. Wike did the same and even Eno of Akwa Ibom. Men have governed and ruled Nigeria since its amalgamation with nothing to account for it. Whatever Nigerian women do, Nigerian men started it. Our women copy what we do.

Leemzyy:
Really?can you let your sis,daughter or wife put on that shit?

In a carnival? Yes. It is a carnival, not a job interview.

A carnival I will attend one day. It is only a matter of time.

Rihanna looks good and charming. Looked like one Queen MamiWater.

It is a carnival and such events have their dress code. The Bahamas is in the tropics. Na the British instill our "conservative/decent" dressing modes. Outside Africa and in places with little British influence, people in the tropics dress scantily.

Staywithbina:
Sorry dear but least you know , there are people ordinarily their daily expenses run into 100 of thousand if not millions , you think is e everybody that eat a piece of meat ,where I buy my food a plate is 5700 and this is enugu ,assuming I had 4kids ,times 5700 by 4 and calculate it by 3 square meal ,that’s like 17100 for one person ,by 4 is 68400,only food ,you pay for light ,this people have constant power supply and they have like 4 aircon on with freezers and what have you ,they have workers in the house they feed ,probably he has two cars ,check how much for fueling a car ,a car would cost you like 10k so two will be 20k ,where is the lie there ,this is enugu oooh talk more of Abuja ,you know you should calculate your rent too cos that also burns by daily ,that you pay it in whole doesn’t mean each passing day is not money spent ,okay i didn’t even add the dogs ,just forget it ,even airtime for call and data ,subscription for tv and laptop ,this one’s are the ones I remembered

Don't mind them. Many Nigerians find it hard to grasp what elementary economics is all about. They confuse the standard of living with the cost of living. They believe everyone should spend like them. They forget that increased earnings lead to an increased lifestyle.

stagger:
You should know that a certain status will place a certain financial responsibility on you. Ordinary wedding I attended last year, I spent 570k for flight, hotel and feeding for 3 days. On top the wedding, several relations came to meet me at my table with boatloads of problems. Another 100k left. Some I had to promise to do something later.

E no easy.

I am curious sir, what benefit do you derive as a well-to-do man living in Nigeria?

blackjack21:
This guy must be a full blooded liar.

100k in 30day = 3million

Like say we not get friends and family in Abuja.
Just say things are hard, we’ll understand. But 100k daily GetTheFuckOuttaHere.

I don't understand, do you share/have the same living standard as Bashir?

Mrshape:
From your comment there is high possiblity you are eating "mama thank you" if a single person in Benin will require minimum of 12k daily to run feeding and transport let alone a family of 5 children and two parent, with school fees, home lesson fee in Abuja
if school fees per term for a child is 500k private lesson fee per term(4 months) for a child 200k

that's 700k for a child in 4months
3.5
For an average family if you do it on average it will be with 70k to 100k daily, let alone the rich family. We are managing in this country just to cut cost of living down

Na you go born five children. What happened to having two kids?

HORLADY:
Unguarded and Unsubstantiated statements like this is what is causing problems. You end up putting others under undue pressure just because you are rich or wants to appear rich. Paddle your canoe in silence and let others do same as our journey can never be the same.

I am curious, how does his tweet warrant those descriptions? He is lamenting according to his living standards. Is there anything wrong with that?

Eastcoastboy:
Wow! Great idea.

Was it a online magazine?

Yes, with its headquarters in the US. It is related to what I studied at the university. I read their published articles frequently until when I saw a Nigerian as an author.

Giving a woman monthly upkeep or salary who is not your wife is what I am yet to understand or be comfortable with.

I saw a Nigerian wrote an article for the magazine. I thought to myself I could do the same. Then, I sent the editor an email, and the rest was history.

Interesting thread.

To be a man is not easy o.

nedu666:
Corruption not taxes is the reason. Corruption is the reason why we cannot build such roads, the same Corruption is why there is no functioning refinery, why there is no 24hr electricity, pipe born water etc.

Corruption is everywhere. There is no corrupt-free society. As Mrvitalis stated, it is our unproductive state - Nigeria is not wealthy enough to embark on certain projects. The focus should be on generating wealth, and capitalism, not the crony type, is the answer.

mrvitalis:
Same uyo that 2 land floods? ... It was udom that did the construction of a drainage system for one road

The issue with drainage is u can't do for one street. The drainage system for one road might take works in 5 LGAs

Akpabio said he did a drainage system. I don't know who to believe.

But is it not possible to construct a state or city-wide drainage system or say Lagos does something like the Dutch did?

mrvitalis:
Bros if u gather all the roads in Rwanda add them to Lagos... U won't see a dam difference that's one

Drainage system is the most difficult thing in road construction especially in places like Lagos and South South even Abia too. The cost of one road in Lagos or bayelsa would do 20 in Abuja or Rwanda. Talk about what u know

I remember when I visited a City my friends where like "you are an expert in fluid mechanics.. How do we solve the flooded road " I looked at it once I told them the solution to this flood would be in a different LGA... They thought I was crazy... 7 years later JB did it and the drainage passed 4 LGA to fix a small flooded road. Drainage system is complex and people like u would prefer 15 roads with open gutter to 1 road with proper drainage

A drainage system is not a complex thing. Other people have done it. Invite them, pay them and it will be done. The issue is that Nigeria is not highly economically productive relative to its land mass and population to embark on such long-term projects. Nigerian politicians, just as most Nigerians, think in the short-term rather than long-term. Akpabio was said to have constructed the drainage system in the state or Uyo at least, but the IBB Way road leading to the state secretariat was impassable once rain fell. It took Udom more than four years to initiate the actual reconstruction of the road in his second term. Whether there exist open gutters, I don't know. I think the government even had to ask World Bank for funds, for an oil-rich state o.

23jerryking:
Oga you lie. Nobody pays 50% income tax anywhere. Do you even read what you type yourself?

Top income earners in the UK pay almost that percentage, ditto in Japan. There are similar or near-like percentages in the Nordic countries.

Kushites:
South Africa has no open gutters.

The difference between Nigeria and Rwanda/Kenya is that when they build new roads, they build them the right way.

In Nigeria, apart from Abuja, Lagos and Akwa Ibom, the NEW roads in other states are still built with open drains for the most part, and not a thought for where pedestrians will walk!

It's like they're determined to remain backward.

Akwa Ibom, and Lagos, in most parts of the state, have open gutters. In Abuja, open gutters exist too except in the elite/leafy parts.

23jerryking:
Just look at the lame excuses you come up with. The people have to start throwing stones at the governor's convoy before the governor should build roads the right way? So they execute mediocre projects as long as the people do not demand for a better one? Kai. How do you guys even think?

Both of you are correct. He is correct that if the citizens are well-informed about how things should be properly done, they will stone politicians who present poorly done projects. You are correct that the politicians ought to know what is right. However, the mistake you make is assuming that Nigerian politicians are intelligent. At the same time, even Nigerian upper-middle-class folks aren't intelligent as well. If they are, why are there open gutters in elite residential districts (I don't mean enclosed estates)?

Summary of everything; Nigerians are not intelligent people.

mrvitalis:
Those people in that road pay 50% of their income as tax

Would u be ready to pay 50% of your total income to have such roads?

Or you continue the tax u pay now and manage the road u get?

Not entirely the basis for having such poorly constructed roads. If so, why are there no such similar well-constructed roads in oil-rich states?

While I do agree that the economy has to grow so public authorities have enough funds to embark on such projects, the existence of states with huge oil windfalls or those with a low population base compared to how much they receive as allocation refutes that notion.

[quote author=Gadafii post=131370029[b]]As a guy man, if you have somewhere to sleep comfortably, have clothes to cover your unclothedness and can afford to eat twice a day, sort your bills as at when due, can still hang out once in a while .. you are doing well for yourself[/b]

no let society out undue pressure on you, but ensure to strive harder for yourself not because you want to please one kpekus or satisfy some mumu society standards[/quote]This is true.

I think the problem is that our men want to negotiate genuine desire. But then, genuine desire cannot exist amidst poverty and economic penury. It is a Catch-22 situation.

ednut1:
A generation that grew up eating indomie, meat pie, rice, shawama, coke, ice cream, catfish ( fed with hormones), agric chicken,bread/flour, imported frozen turkey and chicken. Obviously will look older na.

Dem dey feed catfish with hormones too?

LIVINGICONREBOR:
So much processed foods, GMOs, junk foods. The chemicals they feed those poultry birds and other edible animals to make them grow very fast, what do you think they do to the systems of humans consuming them?
You see females these days already seeing their menses as early as 11. Then they hit menopause really fast too. You see small gals with jugs and ass of a grown woman. If you no careful you fit go dey kpansh minors.
Our world is so "chemicalised" these days. And trust me it is going to get worse.

The bold is very true and it is not just women that are affected, but men as well. Global sperm counts have plunged over a generation and plastics in food, a sedentary lifestyle and the polluted air we breathe are outlined as the major reasons. In fact, in the quoted article in the Financial Times, research showed that certain genes in sexual formation were also affected. This led some commentators to question whether they could be responsible for transgender morphism.

"Global sperm counts are falling. This scientist believes she knows why" - FT.
"Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Count" - The book by the scientist who has spent her career studying the phenomenon.


It is an unfortunate something. Make we mind wetin we dey chop and how we dey live life.

LionInZion:
The irresponsible rioters have unequivocally demonstrated both in words and actions that this is white skins vs people of colour. They care less whether you were born here or through what means you entered, you're a target as long as you don't share the same skin colour. Yet some people on this thread are trying hard to make us think otherwise. Why am I even surprised?

I just hope everyone is staying safe and watchful.

While that is true, how come none of these Labour Party supporters, aka lovey-dovey people, mention the heinous crimes perpetrated which have been going on for a long time? Why is it that criminals are never condemned because of their skin colour and never apprehended because of the God they worship?

Is it a bad thing to acknowledge that crime is bad and criminals should be dealt with regardless of who they are and what they look like? In which community anywhere in the world would three girls be stabbed alongside other devilish acts without the natives complaining?

See another brother in lovey-doveness who gave citizenship status to a known terrorist. Should the natives vote for a party that promises to clamp down on lax border security and lax law enforcement, should they be called racists?

In summary, my point is simple: if law-abiding first and second-generation immigrants cannot pressure the party and politicians they support to be hard on crime and lax border security, don't be angry when the natives vote for politicians and parties who promise to enforce them.

Canadians are learning a man who allegedly dismembered someone on video on behalf of ISIS immigrated to Canada on Trudeau's watch.

Last month, police arrested him and his son while they were allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Toronto.

Who in Trudeau's government is… pic.twitter.com/LkpoDjQlCe

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) August 6, 2024

Kelechi009:
I doubt a lot of things that you say, because you often make a lot of ignorant posts and put it out as facts, rituals are done in every religion and not about being poor or rich. that's how you came to a nonsense conclusion some months ago that only Nigerians sell their body for sex & Nigerian men are the main reason for prostitution until I debunked that nonsense.

Point of correction, I did not say only Nigerians sell their bodies. I acknowledge that people elsewhere engage in sexual activities (which is biologically normal), but not at the rate of Nigerians or people who reside in poor countries. Nevertheless, my focus was on Nigerians not necessarily other groups. Those groups were used for comparison purposes.

Rituals are present in every religion, including Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Pagan rituals also exist, typically focusing on honoring deities, observing natural cycles such as seasonal changes or lunar phases, and celebrating life milestones like birth, adulthood, marriage, and death. Rituals are practiced not only in Africa but around the world. Some refer to these practices as money spells. These spells are believed to open various opportunities, such as successful job interviews or favorable responses from family members when requesting financial assistance. There are literally threads on Reddit dedicated to Witchcraft and money spells, Google and you will find them there. People discussing and asking how to do it. These are not Nigerians and they aren't poor.

Agreed, but the prevalence and belief system in Nigeria have led to the deaths of many people. I am all for demystifying it rather than acknowledging its existence even when in those societies, it is not rampant or a major belief system to becoming prosperous.

In Nigeria, fraudsters known as Yahoo Boys use such rituals to gain favor when scamming victims. However, not all Yahoo Boys become rich, and not all money spells work for everyone. Therefore, it's unreasonable to assume that all Yahoo Boys should be wealthy.

Just as not every employee can be the CEO or every fresher graduating with a first class, this is understandable. However, it should not be promoted or eulogised.

BTW, what about the links to BBC and the Economist? You had nothing to say about them?

Treadway:
Omo, me I can believe I'm rooting for them o...

Like Paul Mooney once said, who dem for root for if no be dem? After slaving for over 400 years pushing through adversity, and literally building the country with their hands, blood and sweat, I'm supposed to not give them preference over Tunde from Nigeria or Juan from Mexico wey wan come chop food wey don done wey dem no follow cook.

Same way I don't support xenophobia, but I can understand the anger of SA towards other Africans notably Nigeria. They (South Africans) didn't run anywhere, they stayed and fought for their country, died in swathes for it. Food come done, peace come come, Chinedu wan come enjoy the calm and goodies of the country, or some other African, that didn't partake in the sacrifice...Nija own go come still dey loud, boastful and proud join. Una come say make pushback no dey. How na. One naija geh with prominent Igbo and Yoruba name wan be Miss SA! Imagine! Like say one geh with SA roots and a name like Nthamelo can come and be Miss Nigeria.

Both groups have their peculiar issues, but I agree with you that they fought for the respect they enjoy and the wealth they possess (number 1 and 2 of the richest set of black people). They deserve all accolades. Our people suddenly develop their human rights activism when residing outside Nigeria. Na we dey arrogant online, yet where we live is run-down worse than those folks' environments.

ilovewater89:
I try to argue this with a friend.if ritul was real,every Nigeriam would have been super rich. But then again life is very hard to explain,
I know there is a certain power behind life and creations on Earth.
Is it possible that what someone carries sacrifices, they allow such person to have access to convenient life?
Also why are those babalawo or dibia never rich

Rituals don't make anyone rich. If so, many in the developed world and elsewhere would be doing it openly after all, it works. Some illegal/"immoral" ways to make money such as drug trafficking and prostitution exist elsewhere. So, how come rituals only exist in poor places? If it works, why are they not rich? Someone can trade drugs and become rich. Another can offer sexual services and become rich. These work in any part of the world. But how come rituals never work outside poverty zones?

Another illustration: a few years ago, there was news that the pants of young women were in high demand by yahoo boys and ritualists. Preferably they should be blood-stained. But the same yahoo boys are poor and wretched. However, in Japan, young girls package their used panties and sell them to stores where men age 40+ buy them to sniff as a sexual fetish. These girls make cool cash. If rituals made people rich, how come these Japanese men, some of whom are pensioners, not using them to become rich? Pensioner no like money ni?

Gerrard59:
In the most prestigious university in the US and I dare, the entire world, body parts are sold and used for ornamental purposes. Unam ikots in West Africa believe by chanting spiritual mumbo-jumbo, they will become rich. Imagine selling a body part for $1000. That's a lot of money. Ritual killings doesn't lead to wealth. It's organ trading, an illegal act, that does being forth money.

https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/06/14/how-much-is-a-human-head

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-659104872023/06/14/how-much-is-a-human-head

haybhi1:
Guy, you're mad! Why did you keep your puddings this hideous that I have to take this long to start following you?

Omo, you get sense o!

This one you follow me, I hope you know we don't see eye-to-eye on certain issues?