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Jman06:
But that poster has some tangible points. The rate at which the youths of this country, especially Igbos, are running away from farming these days is alarming!
A people that want to be independent, yet most of the food they consume are supplied by northerners! Funny.

We seriously need to start farming what we eat! It is very important!

There is no land in the Southeast. This is like telling Singaporeans to go into agriculture when they have the money to buy from Indonesians, Filipinos and Malaysians.

folake4u:
I bought this paint of tomatoes for 1500 and N700 onions recently.

That is cheap for those sums, right?

I am surprised that David does not know that journalism does not really pay like that. This is the same person who said most journalists working for prominent newspapers and media companies have Trust Fund aka Daddy and Mummy support. This is largely true as the likes of WSJ, Financial Times, New York Times etc., don't really pay handsome salaries. These media houses employ from elite universities where tuition fees are very high. The recognition is in the name of the firm. Akin to the Big4 - the entry-level salaries are lower than banks but the training and recognition of the Big4 make their employees to be hotcakes in a few years. An instance is Suleiman of Sterling who was an ex-Big4.

David is a proud somebody, quite alright. But he mixes that with business - pride does not work well with business. In business, you have to beg, cajole, persuade and coddle customers to patronise your products and services. Apparently, he seems to be proud to beg his customers.

Nonetheless, I applaud him for his efforts in contributing to the expose which explained the relentless butchering of Christians across Northern Nigeria. He is way better than most megachurches' pastors, including those from the North, who have never condemned the killings or cried out. Reverend Kukah is an exception though.

Expectedly, APC folks have finished him. I am sure David would read this thread since he said he visits Nairaland everyday.

opamoses1:
Ghanaian refugee don drip quote. If he had more than one passport, he won't be applying for assuming in Ghana.

Agreed.

BareFacedLies:
A typical Niger Delta family

Just saw it. No wonder. Six children from six different men is ridiculous!

tishbite42:
Harrysongs' mother?!

Yes, according to the ex-wife.

LordAdam16:
Kenya becomes a Major Non-NATO Ally.
Joining a quite enviable pack comprising Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia.

Like clockwork, dividends already pouring in.
Microsoft + G42 with a billion-dollar investment. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-22/microsoft-g42-announce-1-billion-geothermal-data-center-in-kenya
Alphabet to connect Kenya to another MNNA Australia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-23/google-builds-first-subsea-cable-connecting-africa-to-australia

NSA is breaking ground and needs to have its tentacles firmly attached before other sectors gain attention. Multipolarism has compelled the Hegemony to designate an MNNA in sub-Saharan Africa.

Happy for Kenya. The bold is what I have been preaching for - how we benefit from multipolarism, largely as a result of China's rise. At the same time, Kenya should remain open to Chinese investment and funds regardless of this new membership.

I hope Kenya leverages the opportunity to level up and get on track to an OECD membership.

OECD is more about economics than politics. If any country in sub-Saharan Africa should be an OECD member, that should be South Africa.

haybhi1:
Heck, I only went through your first paragraph and could see where you're heading. Seems you've got a chunk of time up your sleeve. Damn... I don't even have this energy or time, heaven knows. I swear, heaven knows, but this last time.

Just one point to make anyway: are you being intentionally daft or you choose to intentionally ignore his crass expletive on the Black race—are the Igbos not of the black race or how have I insulted them if their son openly calls us, Blacks, worldwide, fuuls—or you simply want to defend your kinsman, as his minion... because I don't understand where all these gaslighting and defense is stemming from.

The unfortunate thing is before the year runs out, a headline may throng the media with a case of Nigerian moving drug in Chile, and it will be one of his kinsmen giving the Black community another disrepute, so his brother can keep calling Blacks fuuls.

Lastly, I really wish any manipulating Igbo person can be open-minded enough to see I don't care about/envy them in any way whatsoever enough to even think about them/their success/their shortcomings because why? There's nothing any Igbo will be tomorrow that one Yoruba or others haven't already been. Absolutely none!

Typical Nigerian, especially an Agbadorian. When one tries to have a discussion solely based on logic and free of ethnic chest beating, they find ways to engage in a fight. Thankfully, my comments show that I am more balanced in my outlook than you are.

If this is how chest beating is when discussing topics, I wonder how the Chinese and Swiss would go about theirs.

Racoon:
Air Peace topped Africa! Congratulations Air Peace! Congratulations Allen Onyema. You have created a record and made the Igbo race proud.

NOTE: Same people that castigated Allen Onyema calling him a wanted criminal in the US despite that his airline greatly salvaged this nation freighting COVID-19 relief packages are the ones neighing on my mention. Perhaps had it been that Allen Onyema was implicated in drug running then we see how bloody some hypocritical humanity can be. Abeg make una pack one side

Descarado, the bold is why I don't blame Igbos who are generally braggadocious. Had it been that Allen trafficked drugs, one innocent Emeka in Owerri would have been blamed.

cc: HilcomTech

Racoon:
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/largest-airlines/


Africa's Largest Airlines by Number of Passengers Annually
@AfricaFactZone

Your first source is reputable. The second isn't. Where did the second get its stats from? I strongly doubt that Airpeace outdoes Ethiopian Airlines - Africa's most profitable airline company.

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haybhi1:
Damn, eff you bro, if you think we're all suffering in Nigeria, then you're capping. If you think we're all shits being Blacks, I bet my life, your

I've seen guys doing so much to bolster themselves and the society, and things seem to be aligning. Harvard and the rest all came for Animashaun, but he settled for John Hopkins Medical school eventually, for their records and the mad cash that follows. Oxford kept on sponsoring Adebisi, even after he finished his MSc.

Yeah, the economy is strangling for the majority of people, and I utterly hate our leaders and the state of things, but I bet some are perfectly doing okay. No be everybody dey beg.

Omo, I don't know for you o, but I long to be part of the circle who will improve the status of Africa. I'm part of those who believe it will not continue like this for us, Blacks. I know there's no genetic difference in our brain's size or composition with the white, and thus believe we can still zoom.
May you not

This is a much more well-thought-out response rather than cursing Igbos even when Tensa20 did not mention ethnicity in his earlier outbursts. This attitude is very synonymous with Buharists (I am cocksure you supported him in 2015) and Agabadorians - when someone derides the state of things even without mentioning ethnicity, you lots throw the blame on Igbos. Sometimes, the person might not even be Igbo or even if Igbo, did not have ethnic bigotry in mind, but boom! Omo Igbo blah blah blah!

As for your first reply, well well well. Tensa20 takes extreme positions on most topics, some of which I shudder at. But the intriguing thing is, after some analysis and debates, I later agree with him. BTW, another Igbo person (Kelechi009) has chastised me for holding the same position as Tensa20, so you see, when you go Ronu the way, it is distasteful. Although, I am not surprised anyway.

I am very interested in the affairs of the black man and his world in general. I was raised to ask questions on everything I come across so I better understand how things work. It is disheartening that we no reach the rest of the world and time is not on our side, but na our population dey expand like elastic. Seeing how the rest of Southeast Asia, apart from Malaysia and Singapore, are riding to economic prosperity and India showing signs of economic advancement, na we go remain as poor people if things continue the way they are. Black people do have a LONG WAY to go in the general state of affairs. But this is something so many black "intellectuals" or "intelligent" black folks, especially those abroad (black Africans and African Americans alike) are refusing to question or come to terms with. This is where I agree with the bold part of your post, because it is not whether Oxford or Harvard (not belittling those achievements) awarded some folks with scholarships, then all is good. Or oh, we have our people in the West working in so so so company or attended so so so university or won so so so award, but how do those achievements correspond to the general development of those people's places. A few days ago, Tensa20 and I analysed winners of International Olympiad competitions and acknowledged that Indians are doing pretty well. However, since their intelligence did not or has not translated to the general development of India as compared to China, then the Chinese are better off. One's intelligence is over-rated if the person's environment isn't benefitting from such brilliance.

tensazangetsu20:
Nigeria is a proper shithole. A country that cannot provide electricity after 50 plus years of independence. I can understand that roads and clean water are probably too difficult and too complex for the Nigerian brain to understand but electricity. Come on. Choking generator fumes and queuing up for fuel in 2024 is only something shihole dwellers do

You see, this is something that pisses me off to date. I had traumatic experiences dealing with buying fuel, standing in queues or putting on the generators while in Nigeria. It was the first phenomenon I was stunned with here - constant electricity that has never blinked. For the very first time in my life, I know what constant electricity is like, not just for me, but for everyone across the country. Meanwhile, this invention one Faraday did hundreds of years ago is what we are battling in the 21st century.

And it is something anyone, especially the female folks, who leaves Nigeria is mesmerised with - a system that works. The Nigerian ladies I have met here aren't interested in returning to Nigeria o. If here is too tough due to the language or cultural differences, they are aiming at the US either via marriage or pestering their husbands to move there. None is planning to return to Nigeria afterwards. The one I met recently explained that life is so easy and sweet here (just one month o) and she would find it hard to return to Nigeria.

NOTE: None is planning to move to another black-dominated environment because economics and living standards trump emotions - no black-dominated environment can out-do what they have experienced here. Everybody aims at white men's countries.

Troll moniker and thread.

No Tinubu's voter regrets voting for him because, given the opportunity, s/he would do it again.

EmperorCaesar:
Where are the "Make money and you have the woman" crew

Be like women will keep serving the breakfast to all men, regardless of their socioeconomic class and age

It's a beautiful thing to know

His mother had six children with six different men. They don't know their fathers. If true, then I find it hard to believe Harrysong is a responsible man. Children from such homes are usually very irresponsible.

Kelechi009:
Yes you are correct and I just realized recently Igbos actually develop any where they migrate to even more than their own lands, so I wouldn't be surprised if in decades from now igbos own corporations in Japan and Germany that actually hire people.

I will be there to witness when this happens in large scale, God keep us alive till then.

Actually, the head of the Nigerian Union is very rich as he opened a recycling factory to take advantage of a new law mandating the recycling of plastics in the country. Most own properties and are quite well-to-do; the usual trading and export of goods. But I believe their numbers here declined as China's economic strength ballooned. That is where I believe there are many Odogwus

It is funny how miscreants who and/or whose parents campaigned and voted for Buhari in 2015 are stunned that things have worsened over time. What were you lots expecting?! Fast-growing economy? You people ganged up against a president whose tenure witnessed unprecedented GDP growth rates, a ruthless onslaught against Boko Haram (a political invention anyway) and a diversifying economy. No!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Una say you wanted to phight kwarruption, so you voted a feudalist who was grossly incompetent!

Buhari’s antecedents date to 1984 when some of you were either zygotes, babies or una mama and papa were chanting to themselves I love you, oya talk ya own. After witnessing the terrible policies the disgruntled cattle rearer implemented, you lots conspired to vote him again in 2015 because he would handle cecurity, while the reticent pastor would handle the heconomi. How the matter don go?

This is a man who had 150 cows year in, year out! Buhari’s cows defied the basic laws of economics and biology! None of you people bothered to ask why. A man who proclaimed that he would advance the implementation of Sharia across the entire country. Una say he was the best thing since sliced bread. In 2016/7, there were countless threads on Nairaland by Nigerians who ventured into agriculture as a result of the policies of GEJ and his Agric Minister. People were investing into large-scale poultry, cassava, corn, soybeans etc., plantations. This incompetent feudalist empowered his marauding brothers to wreak havoc across farmlands waylaying people, burning farms and destroying investments worth millions! You lots still voted for him 2019 (not like an erstwhile dictator would have lost an election anyway). Ever since then, una don see anybody comot millions talk say him or her wan invest in kini kon large agricultural farm land? Everybody don run go yukay to clean oyibo yansh! Even Rotimi Williams, the then second biggest rice farmer in the country, fled to Senegal: https://www.nairaland.com/7723312/nigerian-kidnap-gangs-drive-big-time

Even those currently farming, can you enter your farms at peace?

Prior to Buhari’s ascendancy, hookup were not rife nor was yahoo yahoo. But today? The rate of hookup has ballooned while that of yahoo yahoo has swelled. Una no go ask questions to know why certain practices became so common. Why won’t they since children became orphans as a result of incessant killings across the country or parents wrecked financially as a result of continuous kidnapping of their children. Parents of kidnapped children in Kaduna in a year and few months paid ransoms of over 500 million naira. Nigerians across the North Central were butchered like suya! Una keep quiet.

Today, e don red and you bastards are lamenting of failed heconomi and lost years! Foolish people! Una never see anything! This is just the preamble!

franchasofficia:
This story is touching. Unfortunately one person alone who isn't a billionaire yet and not even a government official cannot make a visible change.

Seu.n please how can you pull willing Nairalanders together to assist some focused, willing, sincere and dedicated Nairalanders with a Nairaland skill acquisition and business training with some startup capital or tools at the end of the training? I am willing to be a part of it, unfortunately I am not a billionaire yet to embark on this journey alone, so we need a crowdfunding or joint committee of volunteers to do this, I am in.

Se.un Os.ewa lead this, open a thread for it and call for volunteers and put the thread on front page everyday for 30 days let's get this started because APC government have shattered hope for most Nigerian youths, it's sad. We need to play our own part as willing individuals and help the few we can and also encourage more volunteers to come on board to pull more youths out of this situation.

Sighs

Total nonsense! Why should you, an Igbo man, proffer solutions to miscreants who voted for a man who called your region a dot and promised to repeat the lessons your ancestors learnt over 50 years ago? When you folks were flogged like babies in Lagos during the 2023 elections, did any of the miscreants lamenting offer to assist you and heal your wounds? So, why cry more than the bereaved?

This Christianity of a religion don make Igbos not to understand that there are certain people you don’t forgive or forget what they did to you. A Buharist would always harbour hatred towards you as an Igbo man even if you offer your assets to him or her. These people loathe you so dearly and were actually shining their rotten teeth when young Igbo men were forced to drink mud water. Have you helped those men before these miscreants who campaigned and voted for Buhari in 2015?!

As I have written elsewhere:

Gerrard59:
To solve the housing shortage problem anywhere is relatively simple:

- Increase the supply of land and ease the process of building houses/apartments. The government should also go into public housing provision. That is what the Singapore government does. After COVID, property prices ballooned because of WFH policies, returning Singaporeans from abroad, people who emigrated from Hong Kong because of kini kon CCP laws, rising costs of labour as most workers moved back to their home countries, rising costs of building materials because of supply chain backlog from COVID etc. Expectedly, citizens complained and the government rose to action by easing border rules for construction workers and investing massively into newer PUBLIC housing developments. On the other hand, she released new lands to private developers while also increasing the taxes on those who purchased more than one property. The government also increased the tax rates on foreigners who purchased properties and closed loopholes. As I write, house rents have declined considerably compared to 2022 levels. It is not magic, but specific government policies.

- In Hong Kong, prices plummeted as many foreigners emigrated for various reasons. The government still had to invest in PUBLIC housing developments to satisfy the demands of younger Hong Kongers, especially as housing is tied to marriage, which is tied to fertility rates. But because the HK City Council generates hooge revenues from land sales, the government has not reduced the prices, unlike its counterpart in Singapore. However, compared to pre-COVID, house prices have declined significantly. To prop up demand, the government has eased immigration rules.

P.S. None of those governments DICTATED or stipulated to private developers the prices they should peg to lease their properties like our resident Karl Marxes argue, foolishly as expected anyway. Dictating to private developers how to price their rented properties has not worked anywhere in the world.

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To solve Lagos housing issues, again, it is simple:

- Lagos MUST build UP. It is Nigeria's smallest state with the biggest economy and the most populous. That is more than enough to warrant consistent and increasing demand for apartments.

- High-speed railways to Ogun, Oyo and even Osun states. Everyone must not live in Lagos itself. Well-tarred roads leading to train/metro hubs so that commuters can easily and quickly move from Point A to Point B. Make driving, especially personal cars/vehicles, expensive within Lagos itself. Upgrade and privatise the water ferry transport systems. Insist on safety, cleanliness, punctuality and efficiency.

- Other states should be opened up economically so that the majority of young Nigerians don't have to move to Lagos to begin their nascent careers. States like Delta, Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Ebonyi, Bayesla, Cross River, Benue, Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna, Plateau, and even the unfortunate Kogi should and can be developed as commuter hubs for residents. That is how it is easy in Japan, where most commuters live in Chiba and Saitama but work in Tokyo. How is this possible? Trains!

Are we so unintelligent in that part of the world that we cannot copy good things from others who have mastered them?!

For those aforementioned states to become commuter zones, invest in infrastructure, especially roads and railways, and most importantly, in security. Again, these are simple policies. Nothing is hard here, as it is not rocket science.



Because fewer people are not building newer homes for tenants to rent. People rather build and offer as Airbnbs. The Airbnb phenomenon also affects house prices elsewhere in the world. Since private investors own those properties, the government cannot regulate them, so the government should invest in public housing. The Singapore government banned Airbnb in public housing.



How is that bad? Is the landlord unaffected by the increase in goods and services in 2024? Is the value of 50K in 2013 the same as 50K in 2024? The very reason why landlords with older homes can increase their prices to compete with newer ones is supply and demand. I already covered supply above. If the demand for residential properties remains consistently high, basic and elementary economics says there would be a corresponding increase in the prices of properties regardless of their ages.



And if the shape is renovated to 2024 standards, should the landlord lease them on 2013 prices because the property was built in 2013? Is the price of cement in 2013 the same as that in 2024? What about the wages of construction workers?



It is not wickedness but basic economic principles and concepts. Nigerians have this attitude of using words anyhow. Wickedness is when the landlord outrightly refuses to lease the property even after offered millions. Looking at it again, that is not wickedness because the landlord has the right to choose whether or not his property should be rented out.

If you want to be kind with your properties, it is very simple. Go out there to build houses and rent them out however you like. That is the beauty of capitalism: you choose what to do. Hopefully, you and many others get to practice what you people have mendaciously preached in this thread.

From this thread, it further proves my hypothesis that certain states' futures are doomed: Edo, Delta and now Osun.

Let's see what the future has to say.

Jokerman:
In Ogudu, Ojota, Gbagada.

As an Realtor myself, I shudder when I hear some prices some landlords call for rent...

How can a Miniflat be going for 1.5M per annum ?? For what reason??

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Those places have almost 24/7 electricity. Did you not study economics in your SS1?

Azazyel:
Go to warri and see what yahoo boys are doing there. You would marvel. The yahoo boys in Ikorodu dey learn work. Go to Benin too and see. The biggest supporters of Yahoo boys are our musicians. I remember that endsars protest, I wanted to join cos truly SARS has been a problem but when I saw yahoo boys sponsoring and joining the protests, I had to calm down. Yahoo boys wanted sars out of the way so badly and now we can see the results. They are coming out very boldly ever since sars was disbanded. Well... Sars also fumbled and got what they deserved. It disgusts me to see people hailing fraudsters here in the south. If you trace the root of ritual killings between Ikorodu and Ogun State, you would find that it leads to these boys. We are not yet ready to deal with fraud cos only few people are speaking against Yahoo boys. Some people would even tell you that Yahoo is far better than armed robbery. That Yahoo removed robbers from the streets. Nigerians sha. Na we dey do ourselves.

I saw the defence by SoNature and shook my head. When I read about the atrocities of Yahoo boys in Osun, I was shocked to the bones. People who deliberately open hair saloons so they obtain women's hair are who Nigerians are supporting?!

Let them keep defending evil.

Alphiegabe:
While I agree it's general expansion any body doing internet business legit or not who does not need to leave home every day is now looking to go to inner mainland even Ayobo they full here legit and non legit. For instance it's far easier to g into interiors Nigeria needs to expand. We need a new city if things continue like this Lagos will be for the rich. My rent practically doubled. if I go to Ogun state place like itele, Cele men transport will be dam high. their road is really damn bad. if it rains heavily no one can pass through it. you must wait for the water to drain before you can pass through. People have been trapped during evening heavy rain. They must wait till around 3am to pass through

That is option 1. Option 2 would be to build a railway connecting Ogun and Lagos. Honestly, infrastructural development is not that hard. The Chinese are already there. Koreans and Japanese are willing to provide technical know-how. Why do we make things unnecessarily difficult?

samsard:
I think you people are forgetting the fact that Nigeria currently has an annual inflation rate of over 28%. Please do keep in mind that it's the "official" rate and real-life inflation is way more than that. While I can't speak to the truthfulness of the op's claim, you have to keep in mind that living costs have gone up astronomically and even property owners will not be left behind in price increases.
Someone mentioned polo of 5k now going for 20k, when last did you check the exchange rate? Almost every piece of clothing is imported.
Between Tinubu's inauguration last year and now the exchange rate has all but doubled.
The former neighborhood I stayed are very picky about renting to young guys with questionable income. But rents have kept going up and most of the people living there are family people.

Don't be surprised by their gross illiteracy and ignorance. Most Nigerians are economics illiterates.

Sapasenator:
Men get mind sha.

If my first marriage fails, I will never marry again , only friends with benefits and part-time common-Law .

No second or third marriage.

Most of these men are forced to marry when their chicks get pregnant. To prevent such, do vasectomy. Another reason some re-marry is for companionship purposes especially as they get older. To prevent such, develop/have hobbies which are mentally stimulating and physically engaging.

There are many ways around it.

shaybebaby:
Mr Bentley oppressing me🤩

Bentley or a Harley?🤔

The car is beautiful. Money is good!

Kelechi009:
This is interesting, I never knew there was was anything like this in Berlin. Can you trust Google information on population of igbos in Japan?

Google says 3,500.

Many in Japan's majority-Igbo Nigerian community — officially numbering 3,500, but possibly several times that in reality — hope that the fair and transparent election of an ethnically Ijaw political outsider to the presidency signals an end to the marginalization they feel characterized life in their home country.

Japantimes.co.jp/community/2011/07/19/issues/japans-nigerians-pay-price-for-prosperity

The article you quoted did an interview with the Igbo Union President Japan, who I think has a close relationship with the Nigerian Union President (who is also Igbo). Both unions collaborate very well because the majority of Nigerians here are Igbos. So, the number might not be too far from the reality. The next thing is to know the numbers in Germany and other non-Anglophone countries. Germany, due to the size of the economy, should be higher than other non-Anglophone countries.

The plan would be to inquire from all Igbo unions in those countries to know the true numbers.

phorget:
So Nigeria is poor?
We are poor but yet people are still embezzling millions of naira and dollars anyhow, where are those money coming from?
We are not poor,weve only got bad managers.

Yes na.

phorget:
To be candid,every state should own an airport.

No. It is an economic misnomer for every state in a poor country to have an airport. Abia does not need an airport. Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Imo and Rivers are nearby states with airports. Abia needs railway lines connecting with those states.

Klass99:
This is about attitude and not about ballots cast or voting wisely. Attitude is the secret to making good things happen!

Your ethnic bigotry on these streets is unbecoming, some where in your mind and head you've latched on to the belief that Peter Obi was the messiah Nigerians missed in the last presidential elections and it makes me wonder is it not the same Peter Obi that Anambarians bitterly complained of, in 2012, on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/870945/

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Someone who said anyone who does not agree with APC's policies should go back to Anambra, even when the person isn't residing in Lagos, is accusing another person of ethnic bigotry?

Pot, black and kettle. Interesting stuff!

Nice celebration.

The numbers got me interested in the population of Igbos, especially in non-Anglophone countries in Europe vs East Asia. For instance, what is the Igbo population in Germany vs Japan?

cc: IbeOkehie; kelechi009

That said, I checked the previous thread and this was my comment:

Gerrard59:
You do not know how to travel abroad, but you have a girlfriend who does and you supported her so much financially to enable it happen. While doing this, you did not ask her; Nne, how are processing this application to move abroad? Could you teach me considering I am sponsoring the process?
Did you? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Then, you came to Nairaland typing mendaciously about how she has changed her mind even though you wanted to travel but you don't know how. Not only that, you had created the same topic in the Family section, but since that had little traction, you came here to try your luck, all in a bid to enter FP.

I understand that the unemployment situation in Nigeria is extremely high, but don't you think there are better things to do with your time and precious bandwidth?

https://www.nairaland.com/7557665/girlfriend-wants-travel-abroad-without

I am proud of my consistency and thought process. If I were your girlfriend, I would have stopped at a point, especially sourcing your undergraduate transcripts. If you cannot do that, it shows you are not interested in studying abroad, which is perfectly okay.

I am happy the relationship has ended. Your ex-girlfriend is the kind of girl I am looking for. We would make a great couple!

Lifeinbits:
Updates!!!!

It's a year since I made this post about how i feel cheated by girl friend because she doesn't want me to travel with her to the US after she got a fully funded offer .
Well, after a year my girlfriend helped me secured an admission to a school in the USA even with my low grade. She tried her best with securing admission, searching for dates and even paying someone to help me with mock sessions.I didn't do anything, even mailing the school for i20 , paying my sevis fee and all that is needed she did everything including getting my transcripts from my undergraduate.

been affecting me mentally and I have been unable to concentrate on my work.
Please what should I do ?

She sourced for a school that provided you funding with your low grade. Bros, do you know the enormity of what she did? The stress and constant emailing involved? That woman has SACRIFICED for you. Getting admitted is one thing, and having a good grade is another, but having those two and securing a fully funded scholarship in one’s late 30s is not always possible. She worked so hard for you to succeed and even secured an interview. People pay 500K to secure interview spots at the US embassy. Check their Facebook page.

And this is how you pay her back? She even offered you re-try, but you are dragging your feet. I truly hope you don’t get jealous or develop one kind of witchcraft envy for her, because Mother Nature aka God aka destiny no go answer such plans. You don’t deserve that lady, neither does she need your type in her life. It is one thing to be financially and academically disadvantaged in trying to study in the US, but being offered the opportunity and yet allowing her to source YOUR UNDERGRADUATE TRANSCRIPTS shows you have a lifestyle that does not align with hers, which is perfectly fine. So, allow her to be, and please don’t go about lying that she dumped you blah blah blah. Explain how things unfolded and how you misused a hard-fought opportunity.

I have people who for one financial or academic reason don’t think it is possible to study in the US, but if they have someone or persons who can source for a fully funded program, they would jump at the opportunity and work their way to get their undergraduate transcripts.

That said, be thankful you did not even get the visa, because with this attitude, it would not have been easy for you in the US. Had you obtained the visa to study, you would be tasked with searching for internships on your own because she sef go dey hustle hers. You would be made to search for jobs by yourself, and this means attending career talk sessions by all kinds of organisations and groups. You would have to undergo a lot of unlearning and relearning process to ace American-styled interviews. ALL by YOURSELF!

This time, your competitors would not be only Nigerians, but citizens, both native and second-generation immigrants. In fact, your fiercest competition would come from fellow immigrant students like you, especially those from China and India. Those ones, especially the Chinese, as you are thinking 1, they are thinking 5. These are folks who could not pass the Gaokao and get into the top schools in China, and had to apply to schools in the US. Imagine someone who is studying Operations Research at say Georgia Tech or Princeton. The person is at either of those places because s/he could not get into Tsinghua or Fudan University, NOT because na America the person wished to study in.

I have a research paper which looked at the trajectories of top scorers in Indian universities and entrance examinations aka JAMB, 90% of those people are living outside India, with the majority in the US. So, imagine 90% of the First class and Ndi Strong 2.1 graduates in Nigeria and top WAEC/JAMB scorers move to the US? In fact, these links show that presumption is a fact:
- http://www.thebridgeinitiative.org/mentors
- https://www.nairaland.com/7763389/top-jamb-scorers-where-today
Those would have been your competitors. Remember that there are 800K+ H1B applicants for slots that are 65K per fiscal year. So, it is one thing to get qualified, but another thing to possess the right visa.

Na this kind of lackadaisical and terribly laid-back attitude you wan go display in the US? I have two things you should do this Sunday:

- Go to your church and ask for a testimonial time to praise God for not securing a US visa. Yes, the congregation would be stunned, but explain your reason honestly.
- Earnestly pray for your ex to succeed in whatever she finds herself doing as she deserves to enjoy.

fullclub:
Form A rate was 560-565 while black market rate was around 800. So we are asked to put the money in the bank and fill form a online and wait for 60 days or highest 90 days to get funds processed.
I got mail from bank that my form A has been approved and I should wait for disbursement... Am waiting for disbursements till nw

Form A as of 2020 took two weeks to process. Fast forward to 2022, it took two months. Nobody should use Form A. This is why the funds MUST be saved in dollars till you enter the country. Dollars all through. Pay it as stated. It is the World's Reserve Currency.

[b]Even at that time u can't buy dollars from aboki to pay fees because banks won't process it as it is deposited not inflow.

That wasn't the case in mine. I simply paid directly to the school's account just as one would pay into someone's Nigerian bank account. Nothing concerned me with Form A.

ProjectsCityNG:
Lies. Check Naira UK and US population online

Nigerians, both first and second generation in the US aren't up to 500K. The black population in the US would drastically change if the number of Nigerians increased in the US. With the White population suffering from low birth rates, I doubt that would be possible. The ones in the UK too aren't up to 500K.

These figures are verifiable on the Internet you and I use. Say No to I no Fit Lie Give You

https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/nigeriansintheuk#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20people%20that,0.5%25%20in%20England%20and%20Wales.&text=The%20figures%20provided%20are%20for%20England%20and%20Wales.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/02/03/fast-facts-about-nigeria-and-its-immigrants-as-u-s-travel-ban-expands/