₦airaland Forum

georgeakins:
Tinubu does not need ibo votes.
Nobody needs Ibo votes to become president of Nigeria.

Fine, Tinubu does not need Igbos' votes to be president, but how is Tinubu's administration going on for Nigeria? That is my interest. Also, even though what you said is largely true, does it make sense to you to flog Igbos simply because they wanted to vote in an election?

lastkingsman:
So she should separate from Davido and find who?

The mistake was getting pregnant for a brostitute. Fortunately, he is wealthy. But if I were her brother - as I would have warned her against being pregnant for Davido - I would cut her off. I have done it before in life, so this won't be difficult to do.

manmade:
if he reaches your turn do am as you like, chioma is not complaining , Mr saint Gerrard

Well, I am not Chioma's brother or father. I just say it as I have a conscience and principles. I understand not everyone has them.

P.S. I am not a saint.

muykem:
The one that Peter Obi built that made him to have 95% of igbo vote is what.

So Igbos should have voted for Tinubu? How is that going for Nigeria? When Igbos voted for enmass for Obasanjo, was that ethnic politics as well?

O ye beaters of anyone who looked Igbo during the elections in Lagos state

Karleb:
Supply can cause demand too.

In all these, women have their roles to play too. When a woman has a good personality, she'd get her fair share of admirers.

But take away the clothes, breast and nyansh, many women in Nigeria don't even have that great personality.

The worst of men have better game than most women out there.

Poverty also plays a major role. Poverty has made people more brutish and have an "an-anything-goes" mentality. To make Nigeria prosperous, we men have to do the work. So, again, the men are to blame.

1Alex:
if you are married you may not have said this. Chioma's resilience is a sign she will make a wise wife. Except domestic violence, it will be ill-advised for a woman to leave a cheating husband. If she leaves, she loses, because her next man may be worse in cheating.

To the point of him begging a woman on camera or like RudyBoy (P-Square) wey bin dey fvck him housemaid?

There are some actions we men take that are totally reprehensible and unacceptable. Accepting such does not make her wise.

ednut1:
study visa is not easy. Many people don’t qualify for scholarships and there is no guaranteed stay after studying for many countries. Permanent residency is still the best way unfortunately due to economic conditions canada and Australia that used to be easy for permanent residency have made it tough.

Accountants are in short supply in the US. The governing bodies seek to be lenient regarding certification. Maybe NIW would be a good way. NIW removes the need for work authorisation. The remaining part na to look for work. Nevertheless, a CPA qualification is extremely important. The question is: which certification can he acquire which has links with the issuing body of CPA? Just as ICAN has to ICAEW in the UK.

ukaface:
Well I dress like this , and these naija guys were not coming my way because I no show them skin and cleavage. Hypocritical lots.

These ladies no get nyash and boo.bs o but ask these guys shouting decency upandan on here, them go say their woman must have nyash and boo.bs. Ndi hypocrites

No too dey vex na.

But you are right anyway...women are supplying what men demand.

How the times have changed.

Cc: Davidhobo

Is anyone still here?

It’s been 4 months and I’ve gathered enough info from my Survey like a lot of you advised me. Abuja, May afterall not be a promised land some of us tout it to be.

Sales have been poor.
Spending power of residents seem to have dwindled.
Almost seems like Residents here are now constrained to buying only needs for now and not wants.
Cost of overhead and transportation have made a major dent on revenue.

Thanks a lot for the insights and comments guys. I really do appreciate!

This was four years ago. I wonder how it is now.

sunmarouk:
guy, he just said the truth. which nonsense targeted add is that, out of 100 people targeted, maybe only 3 might end up patronizing you(after pleading and assuring them seriously). The leading by hand or referal is the best bet. Even ordinary home teacher, if they don't know you, you will place targeted add and posters tire, thereby wasting your money, time and energy. Don't try argue, cos am speaking from experience as a business man & educationist.

for you to sell in wuse market, you must already have your dedicated customers, otherwise your money and materials will be tied down. 1year will reach without you making any reasonable sales and still need to renew shop rent worth millions

An acquaintance even told me this recently. She had to start from scratch in a good school before she registered with a matching company. It is the rep of the matching company that has seen her being able to get a bigger clientele. But imagine her just moving in straight from Benue say she wan do home tutoring for children who attend Turkish Nile? Just like that?

davidhobo:
zing her, even in that sleazy, dirty plaza? Network, connect- contacts. They can vouch for her and her authenticity.

All the people coming there, schooled with her or her husband at uniMaid, Fed Poly Birnin Kebbi, college of education, Dass or ABU Zaria Or her father was one of the early allottees in Abuja in 1991 who housed many of the movers and shakers of the city now for free then, so now they patronize her business.
ot rich. Or try selling building materials in Nyanyan or Madalla.

Forget this luxury item business wey u dey talk. I sure say u never even hold real saudi abi white gold for hand for that calabar wey u dey so.

My 2kobo. Listen to these children like Sweetcunt at your own peril.

Man, thorough post filled with harsh truths. I LOVE honest people. You are one of such! Well done.

The post about Calabar is funny as hell!

Karleb:
The comparison between animals and humans is not a good way to explain this thing.

I see people use it everytime because it suits their narrative but it is wrong. It is worse than comparing apple and orange.

Humans are way different from animals. If you put 100 women and 100 men in a cage, 20 men won't be dating all the 100 women.

IRL, there are women hotter than Yvonne Jegede that are happy with their husband in a face me and face you apartment.

I beg to differ, humans and animals in the jungle have so many similarities. Only that humans have laws guiding them and higher intelligence. Everything else is almost the same. Besides, the cage example of 20 men to 100 women is extreme. Rather 20 men to 80 women. Just yesterday, I read that women in Singapore prefer men who earn more than they do, and taller men too. Mind you, these women earn too and even have 2 years ahead of the men since they don't go for compulsory national service.

It's the reason your class rep wasn't dating all the girls in your department in school.

No way a male class rep would date all the girls, but he would be able to date as much as he desires. The opportunity is there. Also, the environment is different - academic. The richer classmate would have almost all the girls to himself. There should be some room for statistical error

tshtsh:
Its a very debatable topic lol. Irrespective of all the data out there, I prefer to attain success in my home country than in any other country. Tony and Jim built a bank in the largest black nation. I don't think the achievement of an African appointee in EU dwarfs their achievement

Undeniable and unbeatable. This debate reminds me of this thread where folks argued that being wealthy in a foreign land supersedes the same in one's home turf.

Gerrard59:
Mathematically, it is appropriate for the wealthy to reside in their dominant environment. The wealthiest Japanese reside in Japan, ditto Chinese in China or Singaporeans in Singapore. Expecting your wealthiest folks to reside outside their dominant environment is an aberration. The tale that they won't get the level of respect abroad as at home is even more reason they remain in their dominant environment. Wealthy Chinese who relocate from Mainland China tend to move to Singapore or Hong Kong, where the majority look like them.

The mathematical reason is also why most black billionaires come from Africa, not the US or Europe (no black billionaire in all of Europe anyway). Sub-Saharan Africa is the home of black people. So, statistically, it should produce more black billionaires.

Modified: Mo Ibrahim and Strive Masiyiwa are black billionaires with British nationality. However, both men generated their wealth from Sudan, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

I know an ex-IFC/WBG employee who was always lobbying to serve as an appointee in Nigeria. He was earning a tax free income in Washington with a number of benefits here and there. I asked him why he was so interested in an appointment in Nigeria. He told me you have to show that you're valuable back in your home country to be able to rise within the world bank group. Okonjo Iweala returned to the WBG in a higher capacity after serving in Nigeria as minister (2003-2007). Ali Pate resigned as CEO-designate of GAVI to take up an appointment in Tinubu's government. Chikwe became a Deputy-DG at the World health Organization after his stint at the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control. The current DG-of World Health Organization was a health minister in Ethiopia. One of the serving UN under-secretary generals was a cabinet member back in Buhari's government. The current chief economist of AFREXIM bank served at the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). I can go on and on even though many see their home country as hell. The current exchange rate seems to mask every other thing

My own be say upon all these achievements and appointments, the life of the average African never change. Chai!

but I wouldn't like to be in any environment that limits what I'm able to do or achieve. Nigeria has its own limitations but home advantage is underrated

Undisputed. If e didn't dey, e didn't dey.

RodgersAkpafu:
I'm just wondering
Why the "Anglo West" distinction in all your posts.

France and Germany are also very good countries , maybe language barriers but apart from that they are alright too

Mr Ibe would touch it on later, but from a previous conversation, he narrowed it to prosperity, rule of law, meritocracy, protection of property rights and a dominant ethnic/racial group. He defines it as "Anglo-Saxon". The Anglo-West is specifically English-speaking countries because Nigeria is an English nation. I recall proffering that East Asia - China, South Korea, Japan and Singapore - could be alternatives to the Anglo-Saxons, which he agreed to.

Over to IbeOkehie

wunmi590:


When be say nah Davido dey always buy everything for you, why won't it be expensive, Davido is not in London with you now, nobody you can prostrate to, to buy something for you, no wonder your wife left you...

Pele, be coming nqck home, so that London can breathe

I still wonder what the ex-wife saw in him o. Not like she was forced sef.

Meti99:
Why are you attaching Edo to Delta?
Delta state has nothing in link with Edo, we can even go with some part of Bayelsa and Ondo rather than Edo parasite

Lots of ignorant takes. Even JAMB admission requirements has it that someone from Delta has a higher chance of being admitted into UNIBEN or AAU than someone from Bayesla. However, one random Meti99 says Delta and Edo have nothing in common. Going by that statement, Akwa Ibom and Cross River, and Rivers and Bayelsa have nothing in common.

So much ignorance laced with profound arrogance!

RodgersAkpafu:
Tidjane Thiam led Credit Suisse, one of the biggest banks on planet earth out of the woods and back to winning ways.
Where Thiam can enter, Wigwe plus Ovia plus Emefiele sef can only dream about it
He went to the best schools in Europe

just saying sha

Are you really sure about that? A prosperous Nigeria would see those who built thriving businesses or head similar organisations in Nigeria being accorded higher respect than successful blacks in Europe. Chinese entrepreneurs in China are accorded higher respect than those elsewhere because their companies thrive in one of the biggest economies. So, anyone who wants to partake in it has to meet them, not those elsewhere. The same applies to Indian CEOs in India vs those in say the US/UK. A good example is the music industry: DonJazzy has greater social capital than say Jidenna (if there is a much better example, someone should please mention him/her). DonJazzy can enter any music circle in the world because of his feats in Afrobeats as he is a Don (pun unintended) in his industry. Now, compare this to when we were listening to American hip-hop artists during the early-2000s. Should Nigeria's tech industry continue to blossom and become financially/venture capital independent, Shola of PayStack would command greater social capital than say Tope Awotona.

The problem is a poor sub-Saharan Africa, which is why I long to see prosperous countries on the continent.

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The conversation has been very interesting and data-driven. Thanks to Mr IbeOkehie. Even though we disagree on a few issues. Thanks too to Mr Tshtsh. Mr Ibe, I think your animosity is largely because of the sector you attempted to break into, coupled with your ethnicity. Some ethnicities would find it hard to thrive in some sectors in Nigeria.

lastkingsman:
How is it reflected?

Amongst chickens, the cock with the biggest and reddish comb gets the most hens. We have chickens and I noticed how they move: all the fine babes follow one cock. I witnessed cocks with shorter combs and stature being so lonely without any hen moving towards them. The same applies to the Cat animal sub-classification.

Zahra29:
Agree completely, but any suggestions on how this can be achieved when the prevailing advice is to "japa at all costs" and many japarees would rather seek asylum than return to their homeland with their recently acquired degrees?

It depends on the political elites. They must have that sense of nationhood and the resolve to prosper at all costs. Once that political will is present, they develop the country with the talents available in the country. As the country prospers, nobody go tell those outside to move to Nigeria and contribute their quota.

Chinese political elites have done it. IF we as black people cannot do, anything wey black people receive outside the sub-continent, they should take it like that.

ComeToJesus:
But why are they always after men's money?
Can't they make their own money?

Men are already facing too much problems.

Enough already..

It is nature, aka biology. Women like men's money. It is even reflected in the animal kingdom. The problem is when the same women are challenging men YET demanding baby-treatment/pampering. It does not work out that way. I will treat you like a man regardless of the breasts in front.

dibunotion:
When is it convenient they push for gender equality, other times they want to be a baby and pampered. Very confused creatures. Shiiiooor

THANK YOU!

It is the disgusting dishonesty that I hate. You wanted rights, which you got, but abhor responsibilities. You cannot ask for baby treatment while dragging jobs, equality and whatnot. Choose a struggle!

pansophist:
China is one of the most difficult countries to migrate to.

Even if you marry a Chinese person, you will not be granted citizenship. And if you are among the 'exceptionally small' number of people granted Chinese citizenship, you must renounce whichever citizenship you previously had.

If China made living in their country easy, I swear to God, I would move there and live there. So cut the crap, thinking the West is the best. I have been around, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Southeast Asia and China in particular are far advanced and ahead of the West.

So stop living in the past, and onboard the future. China is better. China is the future.

Open a branch in China. Voila! If many Africans can make a home in Guangdong province, a Finnish should be able to do the same.

cc: jedisco

In relation to my recent comment, please check out the above post.

jedisco:
It's sad sometimes. Many second gen folks have been exposed to decades of humiliation of black folks without experiencing or hearing our stories. Their psyche has been conditioned towards self-hate.
Also the timidity and impoverishment of many Africans back home and in the West doesn't help. It's like we're too quick to absorb insults. It's one reason I'm vehemently against anything that'd unfairly limit attainment or wealth of immigrants e.g selective taxation in the name of exhorbitant visa fees or different bottlenecks in the workplace.

As I stated a few days ago in response to another Nairalander, poverty is a bad thing, and I dare say, it is worse than death. The excruciating poverty experienced across the sub-continent has made blacks in Europe, who, unlike their counterparts in the US, are WILLING and recent migrants who can trace their ancestry to Africa to behave like the downtrodden.

To be honest, there is that self-hate when one resides in the developed world but realises that no matter how well-off one might be, as long as home isn't as well-off, one isn't really well-off. Compared to the Chinese, whether those in Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, supplants in Korea, Canada, Japan, or the US., they have this sense of pride that their motherland - Mainland China - is wealthy and powerful. One does not have to like the CCP, but hey, my cousins are as prosperous as I am in, say, Vancouver.

Unfortunately, that is not the same for us, even as far-flung as Haiti. Poverty bad true true.

Go back a few years on NL and I remember one chap from Peckham who's hobby was to insult Nigerians especially health workers and how they wouldn't survive a day in his UK. Not surprising, he has since gone quiet. I don dey find find the rascal since.

Oh Shymmex! That agbero from Peckham? He has a new moniker which, unfortunately, I cannot recall. But from the posts I read, man sounds dejected that Nigeria has not materialised to what he envisaged, especially when compared to China. Still in the UK as most go don resign to fate say sub-Saharan Africa is still not okay, especially judging from the mass arrival of Nigerians. I am trying to imagine their faces when they read that Teesside University wants to pursue Nigerians for failure to pay school fees!

_{I no dey laugh people wey not fit pay school fees. I just dey imagine the faces and thoughts of these long-time Black Africans, now Black British folks.}

Well, to his records, he was one of the crusaders alongside 50Calibre and Cap28 who derided the UK, the West and its ills. What most people are voicing out against the West today, those men championed them on NL. For that, I commend him. But whether he likes it or not, just as the many of his cohorts who despise the continent regardless of their residence, they have no choice but to be counted as every one of us by virtue of skin colour.

And this is why black Africa, aka sub-Saharan Africa, has to be rich.

Within the past two days, I have read quite a number of news articles on the Financial Times, and most importantly, the comment section. Most times, the comment section is more interesting, fun-filled, and informative than the actual article. One such article was about EU manufacturers trying to "decouple" from China. Decouple just like its sister-phrase "de-risk" is one of the buzzwords currently in supply chain management in the West. Anyway, commentators narrated how they worked in China and in order to gain market access, the Chinese requested technical transfer, which Western companies were eager to offer. Because hey, the market was and is juicy. Bigger profits and higher salaries.

You know, the belief, misplaced anyway, was that by offering China ascendancy to the WTO and the country becoming capitalistic, Western elites believed China would become "democratic". Democracy in the sense that there would be elections through which Western governments can influence the numerous parties in order to cause chaos, especially as China, unlike Japan and South Korea, is too big both in land mass and population. That has not come to fruition. Moreover, the intentional upskilling of the Chinese and their entrepreneurial nature to go anywhere in the world as long as money can be made has shocked Western elites, all of whom are men. As a result of these two factors, China is competing head-on with the West. This time around, unlike Japan which was spoon-fed the Plaza Accords' medicine, China has refused to gulp it. Also, China is a nuclear power. So, nothing like invasion or we-are-going-to-offer-them-democracy something something Libya or Iraq.

I must commend the foresight nature of Chinese elites, both political and private, and most especially the politicians. The deliberate and painstaking devotion to learn techniques, hone them and mass-produce them for societal development and profits. Additionally, the focus on hardcore science and technology, plus improving so much that most patents in new technologies come from Beijing rather than Washington. The EU does not come close at all. It is a lesson to developing countries such as Indonesia, India and Africa. However, I am not too sure about us in Africa as we are so culturally/ethnically divergent - only skin colour binds us - compared to the rest or the Chinese.

Reading through the posts, one could sense the agony, disappointment, disbelief, sorrow and sometimes anger that China turned out so economically powerful that it cannot be stopped. In other words, China is that coconut head person you must work with even when you don't like the person. You just don't have a choice.

And the Chinese are brilliant, man. The foresight is legendary. Take Graphite for instance, whether synthetic or natural. It is an important feature of lithium batteries in EVs. Both forms are produced in China with dominance of almost 100% of the global supply. Graphite is so important that carmakers had to pressure or better still, lobby (a favourite word over there) Washington to give them a two-year grace period to find alternative sources. This is because the new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) prevents parts or materials from Chinese producers or China. However, analysts are even saying that bringing those plants into operation would take time. Also, China could flood the global market with graphite thereby reducing the price to scare away competitors.

Lest I forget, as I envisaged or advised or predicted, Chinese EV makers are building factories across the world and this is way ahead of Western carmakers. Obviously, you don't expect a politician in Brazil or Indonesia to reject FDI simply because the source is Chinese. And as I stated, this decision would lead to Chinese cars being the most sought-after in the world. After all, the West with its declining population is less than 20% of the world's population.

In summary, I wish China and its people strength to continue the good work so far. I admire everything about them. I really do.

NeckingNgulping:
This is what I don't really like to see. So you mean the northerners are ready to keep dying under this administration and encourage reelection because they don't want another southerner that will do 8yrs after 2027, even if it means the person could make life better for them.

LOL!

If so, why didn't they, especially those in the North-West, vote for Peter Obi or vote en-mass for Atiku if they wanted a change from APC? Is there any difference between Buhari's APC and Tinubu's APC?

The naivety amuses me.

jedisco:
Absolutely agree with the first. Let the child not grow up and start reffering to his compatriots as 'black and brown people'. Also, this is my worry with recent migrants. Due to a number of factors- mainly cost and home security, very few of folks have been able to take family home in 5 yrs. Even among a group of folks who are doing well, virtually no one I know has done that.

Just as I read an earlier post where a black British-bred dude mocked or derided a Nairalander or the video I watched on Twitter where a black dude, most likely born and bred in France, was yelling at a recent black African migrant to "go back to her country". The white French lass nearby looked amused and was somehow confused.

In a world where black people, especially black Africans, are not liked, it is important for would-be parents to train their children for the challenges ahead. As long as sub-Saharan Africa - home of black people - remains poor - racism is tied to wealth/poverty - black people will keep encountering racial slurs and discrimination. One can only hope for a prosperous sub-Saharan Africa.

Being a Nigerian offers me certain investment advantages when investing in Nigeria. As na small small money wey person dey look to invest, the whole process of setting shop in a foreign country while staying in the west is cumbersome. Imagine if we had well developed financial markets where one could buy global index funds safely and cheaply.. That could be a backup option where one could drip feed funds into and profits would be subject to home tax rules which are much lower. Also, with 9ja, we have the advantage of knowing the country quite well and what opportunities exist. We just need the country back on the right track

OK. The investment is stock market-related. I thought it was physical/real sector-like investment.

Botragelad:
Ah, the comedic gold that is Russia's desperation! They've stooped to sacrificing their own youth, and Africa students, in a futile attempt to annex Ukraine.

How delightful that their African cheerleaders/supporters on here will revel in the bloodshed of these naive students, all for the sake of Russice.

There are pictures of black people barred from being ferried to safety by Ukrainian officials. We are yet to see such from Russia. But we should suddenly believe that African students are forced by Russian officials to enrol to fight a war that does not concern them?

No picture, no evidence! Unnamed European officials are not valid proof. Show workings!

We would have to hear the voices of actual African students studying in Russia to know the veracity of this "news". Kyiv Independent is known for being the mouthpiece of Ukraine and Bloomberg is a well-known Western media organisation. Just as RTV is for the Kremlin.

It is funny how the same Ukraine that barred/restricted African students and residents in Ukraine from joining the exodus out of the country is now accusing Russia where many black Africans reside peacefully of forced enrollment.

Until we hear from actual black Africans in Russia, take this information with the tiniest pinch of salt!

thedio:
I see Ukrainian importing husband for their ladies and widows after this war

They would. They have to. I have read posts of lamentation from right-wing Whites who lament the death of Ukrainian men and the possible introduction of male migrants from the Middle East and West Africa to re-populate the country.

_{The good news though is that black African men have little competition for young Slavic women. Both Ukrainians and Russians.}

If true, the country is gone!

Chinese in Taiwan, aka Taiwanese, should learn a thing or two.

uche87:
Osahon George Osayimwen is a UK-based Nigerian journalist

I thought the post would cover relationships as a unit, but it was targeted only at women. What about the men? Na ghosts the women go marry?