₦airaland Forum

VanuatuWycombe:
Most of them are either agba G boys, government and political cronies serving as middlemen for corrupt politicians, illegal product dealers, drrug sellers in/within towns, Naira-Dollar-Euro currencies flippers. They do small importation too to make things look real in their communities.

Or shouldn't we accept that there has been a change in how people work? Why do you believe that those who can afford free time make their money illegally? What about much older folks who might have retired or semi retired?

greypencils:
When I see a gym for ONLY women with the instructors ONLY women, then will I encourage my wife to attend such a gym. Until then, a thread-mill at home can do.

That is why I married my lepa. I was mocked then. Now, she is moderate and jutting out in the right places after giving birth to two. No bloating of any kind.

Such gyms exist in Abuja and anywhere in Northern Nigeria.

As you all know, Trump has tarrifed countries reciprocally with China being the hardest hit. Some weeks ago, I came across a video by a Chinese economist at Peking University who stated they expected a 60% tariffs. This was right after the first tariffs. So, now the tariffs have exceeded 60% as they expected.

So in this article on the FT "Trump’s aggressive push to roll back globalisation", in the comment section, many bash Trump for the tariffs, but this particular comment got my attention where he wrote that the aim is to prepare the US in the aspect of manufacturing for an eventual military conflict with China. In the linked video, the poster stated the ultimate plan will be to weaken the USD while maintaining its reserve status, get vassal states to sign to the USD in exchange for access to the US market and security while having China to consume more from the US. This deal comes across as similar to the Plaza Accord, which I have mentioned several times here. However, unlike the Plaza Accord - most of the complaints then are similar to present day China - Japan was and still a vassal state of the US especially in non-possession of nuclear weapons, hosting US military's bases and not as spread out as the Chinese in terms of critical mineral controls, access to wider markets, bigger tech developments/innovation and a huge manufacturing capabilities.

So, the question is: Would the Chinese sign a similar Plaza Accord or, as stated, a Mar-a-lago deal? My answer is an emphatic no.

But we would see how this goes.

Trump's Tweet: https://x.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1908499102473613666
Bessent's interview:

🚨 President Trump’s Tariffs Broke China

How can China respond to President Trump’s tariffs?
—— Bissent says he don’t think China can.

“The Chinese manufacturing system is like that old Disney movie, with the brooms carrying the buckets. That’s their business model…

When you… pic.twitter.com/jsYu7iuAho

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) April 5, 2025

The FT's article: https://www.ft. com/content/ed994477-a23a-4f48-9019-917b5dc51041
The linked Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts5wJ6OfzA&t=868s

cc: pansophist, LordAdam16

3Csbutterfly:
I'm honestly not pleased with the responses I’ve been getting. Maybe I didn’t explain myself clearly, or perhaps I didn’t choose the right words to ensure proper understanding.

Let me be direct: based on my experience, marrying a virgin hasn't turned out to be a good idea. My wife was a virgin when we met. She asked that we wait until our wedding night, and I respected that. Within two months of marriage, she became pregnant. Please note, we hadn't been very intimate, and she’s still quite tight. And no, I’m not a man with a small manhood. What I don't understand is how I'm expected to continue having intimacy with my wife only for the sake of making babies. That’s not acceptable to me. Why should I keep engaging in intimacy with my wife, half way in? I want to go all the way in fully! It’s frustrating and unfulfilling so far! Well, I'm taking her to the hospital this morning. They should do something to through the way, I'm not happy!

Pretty certain you were one of those championing the need to marry a virgin. Now, you don dey complain.

E no go tey you go begin carry side chics and spend heavily on them so you perform your acrobatic styles on them. If yu so much loved acrobatics, why you no marry your ex or a much more experienced lady?

las las, the "bad girls" are winning. the "good wives" go turn to museum relic for house.

folake4u:
Tor! @ the bolded. Since her púnnani now belongs to you, these are styles that you can use to dig further. Research says the Prison style position gives a feeling like bungee diving. Blood rushes to the brain plus the feeling of being helpless. With every thrust, you'd feel like you will fall but you don't. #Adrenaline rush.
Happy digging!

The positions actually look good, especially 1 and 3. These positions na for people wey dey fit, not those who consume fufu every two seconds.

Tradepunter2:
You are demented for saying this..... God gave everyone choice.... So everyone is responsible for their choices.... But to create a fake law that allows devil subject people to suffering..... Never.... If you see the gym is no good, then move on

You should tell that to the men who complain and whine tirelessly. Why advocate for women to be barred from gyms? How is that different from implementing Sharia Law?

Who is the demented one, Mr Punter?

Celestialsword:
Women are wired like that.I blame those men that allowed their wives to be close to a male .

There are boundaries you set for your wife,or else she will go haywire.

Most Nigerian men too, cannot control their libido, given an opportunity 80%
of Nigeria men can bleep their friends wife

So, how is it the women's fault when the men are always on heat? It is not like these gym women sleep with ghosts. They sleep with Nigerian men.

For men who pursue girls upandown, Nigerian men complain the most. From the top of society to the lower class, the average Nigerian man loves sex and hunts for it daily. So why the hullabaloo about gyms?

Most Christian men in southern Nigeria wouldn't mind having Sharia Law throughout the south. Yet they criticise Northern Muslims for the same Sharia Law. You people should choose a struggle. The complaints are tiring.

pansophist:
Congrats

You just cracked the code to why polygamy has existed since the beginning of time.

Even in dating, polygamy is the default, with the additional element of rotation to it, as different girls visit her odogwu in different times.
good men. So in her mind, she can convince herself that she is the one and only of her odogwu, both at her absence, her wicked odogwu is busy rotating other women

Polygamy is the default

Polygamy mostly thrives in poorer societies. In wealthier ones, the women prefer to remain single while the men move to poorer countries to seek sex partners. Should Nigeria become as rich as Malaysia, many southern Nigerian women will remain single for life.

Nevertheless, the current state of Nigeria fits a man who is financially comfortable, has few children and has undergone vasectomy.

Any man who goes to impregnate a woman he cannot foot the pregnancy delivery bills is an irresponsible man. No ifs or buts!

Use condom
Undergo vasectomy
Masturbate
Pay for abortion
Be celibate

The moment you give woman belly, it becomes your responsibility to cater for her delivery whether you like her, the child or not!

advanceDNA:
Here we go again.....Always making it look like they are doing you are favour by having sex with you and birthing kids they wanted in the first place

That's why you as the man need to be careful with the number of children you have. The man in question had two children already. He need not have another. Fine, children later become closer to their mother than their father. So, why have them plenty?

From the posts so far about this issue, many Nigerian men haven't realised the power they've when it comes to procreation yet they complain the most.

I will always be here to remind you all.

Just as I've stated countless times here, the entire focus ab initio is on China. Nothing else. Western countries led by the US want to cut China to size and/or cause economic depression in China.

armyofone:
In essence she is going to be burnt out in Nigeria but won't notice it or take it seriously, correct ?

There is a major difference between being burnt out in a place where the majority don't look like what you grew up with. One of the reasons Nigerians tend to congregate in certain areas in the US.

Mandate1:
dat Japan is an isolation camp on earth for migrants. A friend of mine is complaining bitterly. Japanese are racist who don't have your time.

If he speaks Japanese, they will have his time. Does he speak Japanese? What kind of job does he do?

P.S. The talk about racism is tiring. Nigerians are crude tribalists. Humans are generally tribal in nature.

nnaemeka60:
Hello,
For ALT, must I get a letter from my Primary and Secondary schools to prove the 12 years system and English as the program language?

The issue here, is that my Secondary school is moribund, it ceased operations after the death of the proprietor. It's a private school.
Is there any way around this? Can my LGA Education Authority write on behalf of my school or who can write in this case?

I've received my TEFL after course completion, and I've equally started sending out applications to dispatch companies, but this letter is discouraging me.

The bold is acceptable just as getting a lecturer, senior lecturer or HOD, in the Department of English in your alma mater to write a letter proving you had your education in English. Most importantly, explain your situation to the recruiting school or organisation so you get a tailored response as such cases are treated on an individual and country's basis. Also tell them that Nigeria was colonised by the British and thus, English is the only official language, we speak native level English. In return, make sure you speak fluently, eloquently and flawlessly.

SeaTrade:
A lot of Nigerian men can provide baby girl lifestyle oo,na them don spoil these kids finish .
Entitlement everywhere.

While that's true and I'm happy you agreed na men cause am. These abroad women come with the belief that they should be the only ones who should enjoy the man's money. They complain about patriarchy but keep mute when they benefit from it.

Unfortunately for them, there are little to no consequences for a man who has relationships with many women in Nigeria. So for those who seek marriage, they should be expected to share the men with other women.

RodgersAkpafu:
First of all, I am a liberal, and I see nothing wrong with liberal policies at all. Caring for the environment, marriage equality, and worrying bout inequality amongst others are laudable causes.

I'm socially liberal to an extent and but generally pragmatic. I'm all for the economy to be expanded and protected.

Second, liberals are not always pro "open the damn border". That is a stereotype that people have that has to be squashed

Sorry, but that's untrue judging from views surrounding elections in Germany, Netherlands, UK and the US. The ones in Canada surprisingly changed their views.

Third, a Nigerian who is "stereotypically right wing" is someone I can't take serious because why support what is am existential threat to your well being

Nigerians are generally conservative people. So them or we supporting parties that promote such ideologies isn't an odd thing.

And fourth, the world is on the knife edge right now
We need less people that will tip it over

Unless there's a new major war, I don't see the difference between now and when liberal politicians in the West held sway.

What is even more funny about this whole immigration malarkey is that as with Canada, it was the Conseevatives in UK that were directly responsible for the "mass migration" into Britain, and Reagan, an almost far right republican president that granted blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants

Because birth rates weren't as terribly low as they're now considering the ratio to elderly people in the society. The pension system has to be sustained. Two, the West has got new competitors in industries and markets it once dominated. The Chinese market was once a free-for-all for many German companies, but today, they've to compete head on in both China and Germany itself.

Angelfrost:
Let's just be real...!

Davido was correct... If you no get money or connection for Naija, just hide your face.

The few wealthy in Naija are not anywhere as hardworking and success-seeking as the millions that are poor and wretched.

Let's quit gaslighting abeg.... This is not patriotism when you fail to speak the truth.

[b]Nigeria is not doing well economically and has one of the worst leaderships on Earth from LGA and state to Federa[/b]l!

These abroad people can afford to be 'patriotic' and brag about opportunities simply because they are PRIVILEGED!

Argue or insult, but this is just the truth!

That's something many don't want to agree on - our leadership is nothing to write home about. There's nothing wrong with returning to one's country after working abroad for a while, but where the leaders make things worse or are nonchalant towards pressing issues, it becomes a problem.

Our political elites no try at all!

ednut1:
because its a thing and a legit reason some of them move back to Nigeria. A childhood friend of mine from my time in uk went to Nigeria 2 years ago. She said she felt alive from the attention and persistence from 9ja men. 🥱

Reminds me of the Nigerian-American influencer on IG who had to move to Texas from New York after realising only three of her friends within her age group (30) are married.

Only for she to go to Texas and start complaining about the laws and Nigerian men there.

Fiscus105:
In all online platforms I have visited, nairaland is the worst,wen it comes to people commenting, 95% of comments here are completely hogwash, full of irrational and illogical comments. I don't know why so many irrational people gather in a particular platform.

YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH A PARTICULAR OPINION, BUT YOU WILL BACK IT UP WITH VALID POINTS. BUT FOR THEM, THEY JUST COMMENT LIKE DRUNKARD, IF NOT slowpoke.

Anyway, I dnt blame them but moderators who doesn't block and throw them out, from the platform.

That's a Nigerian problem, not solely Nairaland's. Nigerians don't know how to debate rationally. We're so emotional when it comes to simple debates. We pride ourselves on "trust me bro" rather than basic facts and figures.

dederocs:
We need solutions here not jesters, a dumb head can only complain and jest, but solutions make the difference. Don't be a dumb head. So because a bunch of jobless people are trolling themselves online, we should not look for solutions for pressing problems?
You IQ is very low,am not naive you just can't reason at this level, stupid.

I'm sure one of such jesters is Bayo Onanuga who mocked Igbos who were flogged in Lagos during the previous elections. What's Bayo position in the present administration?

Lol...see hin smelling mouth like solutions. Nigeria will be Fulanised and there is nothing you and I can do about it. Na today una dey find southern unity. Last year, there was a suggestion of a railway linking the southeast and the southwest, people roared that it should never happen. Railway to enhance economic activities o. Na security una wan collaborate 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm sure you were quiet when Fulanis were ravaging Benue, Kaduna and Plateau. Now it's coming down south, una dey find collaboration. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Honestly, I can't wait to see Nigeria becoming islamised. That would be a massive win in my soothsayer history!

manuelkel:
I tell una say these terrorists full everywhere una think say na joke. Buhari made a black deal that brought them to Nigeria from Chad and Niger under his government.
Before we tackle these guys we have to hold Buhari responsible for everything.
I overheard two Fulani guys as of 2017/2018 in a public transport speaking Fulani, I'm always too sensitive and can easily code conversations. I was able to code that they were discussing about how populated they've become in Nigeria. They were making jest with it and I had to understand that one day one day, Nigeria will be held under siege by this Fulani herdsmen and nothing will happen because the country had been sold a long time ago.
Forget Tinubu bros, you see Buhari, that man's death will bring a bit liberation to Nigeria..... Buhari is the power, but he can't do that, not even the military can stop this herders,

Tinubu campaigned and voted for Buhari in 2015. Why should he be forgotten?

Nigeria is gradually moving into a civil war and the Fulanis are prepared 100%.

Agreed.

dederocs:
These fulani herdsmen are bandits and killers, the cows are a ploy, the herders work with their associates and gang members who are deep in the forests as lookouts, logistics people, ransom collectors etc. it is an organised crime now, kidnapping southerners is a big trillion naira industry for them.

The solution is removing all fulanis and their northern brothers from Southern forests and outlawing open grazing by imposing 10 years imprisonment for anyone caught grazing cows or cattle, this has since been outlawed but should be enforced with offenders punished.

Anyone caught staying in the forests should also get 10 years imprisonment.

Southern Nigeria need to come together via the southern governors forum, create a southern border and highway force, empowered by all southern states, under one command and control, one million southern youths, spread across all forest of southern Nigeria, well identifiable with a strong command and control system will eradicate these fulani herdsmen killers and their bandits brothers.

The Nigerian army is controlled by the Fulanis. Southern Nigeria isn't a united entity - the governors seek votes from the north and as a result won't want to disrupt the activities of the Fulanis. Looking at Nairaland and TwitterNG, why do you think southern Nigerians love themselves or can agree on one project?

Lol... Some of you come across as very naive to me. No vex.

plankyjacky:
From Kano ,they go feed their animals in Bayelsa .
The purpose of their normadism is not because of the cows ,they are criminals . Kidnapping other for ransome by Fulani no be now and government want us to believe they are innocent.

They are not criminals but conquerers. The aim is to dip the Koran into the Atlantic ocean.

If they had told me almost ten years ago that Fulanis would occupy forests in Bayesla, I would have vehemently objected.

The road to islamisation continues...

donmik:
He did invest huge on a large expanse on citrus farm in my state

Within a year, our youths burnt down everything simply that he is not from our state

I no blame am. Invest where you find security for your life and biz

I'm genuinely curious, which state is this? They burnt the investments of an ex-general and president, and nothing happened?

NOETHNICITY:
You have 300m dollars, yet you are roaming here on NL

Akin Alabi is also a Nairalander.

Saao:
can u farm or invest in farming currently with fulani? My uncle a multi billion farmer and a retired military man like obj was killed on Tuesday by fulani. They shot at his leg, he was running to his car to pick his gun, they ran after him and used cutlass on his head. No sensible person want to invest in farm in Nigeria with fulani acting above the law

I'm sorry for what happened.

May I ask, which state or region did this happen?

franchasng:
Jeni is tired of being single in America, every other reason she gave is secondary and tertiary....as most Nigerian guys in America aren't ready to marry US-based Nigerian ladies.....they only chop and clean mouth, and when they want to marry, they remember Funke from their hometown in Ogbomoso.....Nneka from their Mummy's village in Nnewi and Onome from their small hamlet in Ugheli

Then they should marry African American men even though it's rare for first generation Nigerian-American ladies. Alternatively, they should marry other Africans or races or remain single. They're not alone in the road to singlehood - there is a growing percentage of single and childfree women in the United States.

ednut1:
kainji dam was built in the 60s, electricity is not a new technology we also have gas for turbines. Libya was able to provide electricity and warm in the desert. Nigeria own is deliberate as people benefit from the rot.

no matter the circumstances people have been socially engineered to be unhappy. Alot of Nigerian babes abroad still believe in my money my money/ your money our money BS. Did you notice during dirty December more babes came, to come hustle for the few yahoo boys , musicians or politicians . People like odion Ighalo, kelechi iheanacho, davido, Dino melaye etc are the ones sponsoring and chopping them 😂

Except they desire fun, they shouldn't expect marriage from that class of men. They have to slug it out with home based women for the moneybags who want to marry. Carrying their Ndi abroad feminist mentality is already a no no in most well-to-do Nigerian men, most of whom are very traditional.

As usual, even a Nigerian neutral thread has been tribalised. These are the people who want to fight White and Chinese men. 🤣🤣🤣

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Kudos to the Han Chinese. From Hong Kong to Singapore to Mainland China. Throw in their brothers from Malaysia and Thailand. Not a mean feat.