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[quote author=invisible! link=topic=542060.msg7141044#msg7141044 date=1289738686]Anybody in Nigeria not visiting his village will have visits from his relatives regularly. We can easily send garri, yam and native fowls for them. Tell me if it will be easy to pay DHL for same package to the US.
If you cannot send goodies from abroad, we have to judge you harshly because you are not perfoming your own share of family work. Its better you return and be weeding your mumsie's cassava farm or replacing your dad in his suya hawking business under the flyover![/quote]

Yea send some goodis to some grumpy uncles who never saw anything good in u but the moment u left Nigeria he start checking exchange rate for u, telling u stories about how he bought u rainbow pant when u were 1yr old.

Not only goodis, u will get microwave from abroad, greedy things

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=542060.msg7140703#msg7140703 date=1289733794]There you o again with your 'many Nigerians abroad' quotes. I ask again, what of those we have not heard from in 15 years since they travelled? Some have even changed their names and are peeping from far away lands and waiting for their dads to die so they can come home to divide his properties.
If that is your idea of a great relationship then rant on.[/quote]There is no doubt that there are many Nigerians who travelled out and things turned out badly , but there are those who made it as well.
There are many Nigerians in Nigeria who left their villages to lagos or Abuja and things never turn out the way they planned and going back to the village becomes a nightmare, they spend yrs on and never visit. There is no smooth ride anywhere in life.

Wht i don't understand about some of you moaning about Nigerians abroad not sending gold and silver home everyday is by whos standard are you judging them? Yours or God?

Yorisb:
Word!

You sometimes we Nigerians marry cos 'our friends' are getting married and all that, we rushed into one, year in, year out there is no peace, all the promiese we read in the bible about marriage only happen when u married ur God given partner.

STACYM:
Both, because he foundeth a wife/husband findeth good thing.

Only when u found the right wife/husband, else it will be a nightmare

marahcn2:
This is hilarious. A $12 per night hotel? That must be a zero star hotel!

fbiswagger:
Which damm account? Thats a bloody lie. Try better next time. You just flopped this deal with your own hands

the poor poster couldn't get any victim.

r231:
i will keep u posted

Thanks, that will make me pretty rich

r231:
you neva knw, she might want to show me the way

hahahahah please when u get that answer pass it to me. .

r231:
ma bi nu


sorry o what do you do for £500 a day
just asking o pls don abuse me

You really want to get an answer for that?

ishit4body:
^^^^

When you rant about how things are bad in Nigeria, no one asks you to calm down, did anyone ask you to?

Things are bad both in Nigeria and abroad, there is no heaven here, i never claim in any of my post that leaving outside Nigeria is the best thing ever, i just don't like it when pple start this home vs abroad bashing.

ishit4body:
It is a life of pity. Some want to go home, but no papers, no money for ticket, no where to start, just living from hand to mouth. you can say all you want, but when reality bites you in the anu.s, thats when you will know there is nothing big deal about living abroad, absolutely nothing. Dont come here to hoodwink us about how life abroad is sweet and rosy. Yeah right, or how you are a Nigerian American or British Nigerian. Who cares about your nationality? We agree, you can live anywhere you want, but to come here and start making mouth about how things are bad in Nigeria as if you live in paradise. Hell no.

Calm down!!! why are sounding so bitter? Why do you care so much about how pple live their lives outside Nigeria? If life is heaven in Nigeria then gr8!! enjoy it and let those abroad suffer, wash plate to survive.

Another [b]H[/b]ome vs [b]A[/b]broad bashing is about to start

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=542060.msg7139910#msg7139910 date=1289721409]And those that have left naija dont talk bullcrap? They are even the major distractions. Someone manages to save 20 thousand dollars abroad and now thinks he can lord it over those naija based ones. You will be surprised when you return.[/quote]People like you are stiring up this hatred between Nigerians outside Nigeria and those at home, many Nigerians abroad have great relationships with their families and friends back home but sometimes we read from grumpy old uncles like you moaning about ur achievements and ur dozen kids, i don't just get it.

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7140136#msg7140136 date=1289724456][b]Daily, they come back to marry, and get her pregnant, anandon her to her fate and be promising to come and pick her up later when his papers are complete.[/b]The worst are those young girls 'tied' up in marriages to those that run away again, leaving her confused and lonely, while the guy is married to his older white lady.[/quote]Days are gone for that, you are really out of touch. You still recycling stories we heard in primary schools.

[quote author=D-sense link=topic=550414.msg7139109#msg7139109 date=1289701547]Pls stop yawning wrong info her jor.U don't just listen to what u hear or see on TV,Besides none of these countries has escaped the recession ,They re still fighting hard to survive it.especially US plus many europaen countries.
Op,
Heaven is the best place :PKidding ;Dabeg fly go Italy jor.

omega25red:
The recession is actually not over it has eased a bit but it's not over. The unemployment rate is still at a high percentage rate until that goes down the economists will always talk about there still being a recession

[/quote]Officially there is no country still on recession, you can twist unemployment figures the way u like, USA and German economies are growing though very slow but they are out of recession 'officially'

[quote author=oyinda. link=topic=549292.msg7139794#msg7139794 date=1289718873]^ yea elderly people tend to be more mixed about it. they are more likely to say that they regret moving abroad (at least partially).
it think it also depends on the age of the emigree. If you came to the US/UK early in life you might have less regrets than someone who came at a later age.
so the factors that affect it, in my opinion, are:
1)the age of person at time of immigration. the older you were the less opportunities you may feel are available to you abroad.
2) length of time abroad. the longer u've been abroad, the more disenchanted you may become and start thinking of coming back home.
3) position in Naija. If you were rich in naija, it may be better to stay home. That's why politicians and big business men only go abroad for summers and vacations even though many have the option of staying abroad permanently. 4) success abroad. obviously if you have achieved your dream abroad, then you probably want to remain there.[/quote]Have to agree with u there, if pple are doing well in Nigeria then leaving Nigeria permanently makes no sense.
Many left Nigeria cos things are not working out and they want to explore other avenues outside Nigeria.

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7140020#msg7140020 date=1289722776]Dont mind them, their mates in naija have five kids each and living well. They wont regret now, give them more years.[/quote]Some of ur comments sound very silly, so those outdie Nigeria can't have kids where they are? Living well? Do they need to come back to Nigeria to achieve all that?

Studio CFR:
I thought as much

Kunbee:
He is a spec, insignificant thing

Who are these muppets?

tani123:
seeking to know our divine destiny and where it lies should be the motivation and therefore reason we seek to leave our home countries. unfortunately, the majority of people, nigerians in particular are motivated by the need for 'making it' and comfort as their reasons for moving abroad. while there is nothing wrong with this, it is painful to watch when so many of us then look back on our lives abroad to see that the only thing we have to show for all the years there are the material status symbols of our westernised lives - and nothing with eternal value that can really give us a sense of satisfaction or sense of having been a real blessing to many. this lack of fulfillment of our individual divine destinies is what really lies behind questions such as 'do you regret moving abroad'.God has made us africans - indeed, nigerians, for a reason. whether we choose to leave or stay should only be part of the bigger quest to find out what are God's plans for our individual lives are.remember, the Book says, "what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his own soul( i.e his very identity)?

I really don't understand the point u are trying to make here. Does it mean that i can't fulfill my destiny outside Nigeria? How does leaving Nigeria to another country equate to waste of time or even sin aganist Nigeria?

Studio CFR:
Kunbee is JUSTWISE[b] MAKE [/b] OR FEMALE?

lol

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7136988#msg7136988 date=1289670493]Dont mind them, what will they not do to justify bashing Nigeria, even for those who dont know where Nigeria is. Its very cheap to be a critic, e-warriors.
Many of them failed miserably here and are afraid to come and face facts here.

Continue to decieve yourself. You are not better than any of those policeman, is he worse than you who would lie, cheat, steal, do yahoozie and marry an old woman jsut to get papers? His own is lighter.[/quote]I'm definitely better than any criminal in police uniform, its very naive of you to think that every Nigerian outside Nigeria is involved in yahoo yahoo business, oh well, you may have friend who are involved in such crime, so you know much better than i do.

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7136902#msg7136902 date=1289669488]No accurate records, and thats why you should shut up. It may even be only two persons who died in the whole saga and yet the media decided to elevate the bad news because they were financed.[/quote]You can't stop misleading urself.

ROSSIKE:
justwise said:

Have you actually ever requested a ''crime record'' from the police department?
(I know the answer to that - NO)
You just may be surprised that they actually DO keep records of crimes reported in their region/area.

A lot of people here just come in and type rubbish off the top of their heads.

Oh please stop talking garbage, have they finish collecting bribe let alone writing down number of innocent pple killed by armed robbers and police themselves. You will only liar to non-Nigerians about zero-crime figure in Nigeria, not me

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7136846#msg7136846 date=1289668875]Very petty, especially when you place them side by side with the horror flicks we watch every night on Crime and investigation channel. How do you compare kidnapping in naija with that of Mexico, Colombia? Yet you will give an arm to be smuggled into that country in a barrel! Hypocrisy!

Just overblown cases by people like you looking for excuses to hide you poor azz in one obscure country where the crime rate is much higher. I still maintain that I have not been robbed neither anyone I know.[/quote]How can you compare when nobody keeps crime record in Nigeria? Which govt depart keeps accurate crime record in Nigeria?

Its very silly of you to call killing a petty crime, tell that to the victim relatives.

rokiatu:
Depends on the individual. Is not gender specific.

For me I went to this wedding, it was the other way round actually the dude was so happy, I [b]have never seen a groom that happy.
He make his entry with a backflip no joke.[/b]So that pretty much answer your question really.

Maybe he worked so hard b4 the bride agreed to marry him.

[quote author=Schrödinga link=topic=127964.msg7135498#msg7135498 date=1289652645][b]urgent advice needed.
Hello House, a company in UK has offered me an employment with feeding , accomodation also taken care of. Now I am to apply for entry visa through the Ukimmigration office in london , then the London office will now send my information to the Naija office for stamping. So I want to know all the necessary document am going to submit to get a the my passport stamped.

Please urgent.[/color][color=#990000][/quote]Something doesn't sound right here, if a company in the uk offers u a job, they will send you the employment letter then u will use that to apply for visa in Nigeria. I hope you haven't paid any money to anybody cos this sound dodgy to me. Just be careful

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7136687#msg7136687 date=1289667147]How many banks were robbed? How many were staged by bank managers themselves, my point was that I never saw any robberies and maybe you witnessed any?
Go and sit dow joo.
Pretending that all is well abroad will only keep you in blind delusion.[/quote]Here we go again, i thought u said u don't know of any armed robbery? Now u remembered that some were staged by bank managers.

Do you need to witness one b4 you call it crime? If you don't witness or have personal experience then its called 'petty crime? You are such a big joke

dayokanu:
The bus driver that was shot and killed by police is what you call petty crime?

This link is what you call Petty crime?
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-487969.0.html
Or this?
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-519181.0.html
Then I dont want to witness violent crimes then

Don't mind him, kidnapping is petty crime, killing by armed robbers is petty crime. Rubbish.

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=549292.msg7136570#msg7136570 date=1289665563]Sometimes while watching foreign news about crime, I realize we dont even have crime here. What we have are overblown isolated cases of petty crime. Watch reality TV about serial rap.ists and other violent crime and you will see who the real criminals are.
I[b] dont know anybody who has been robbed in broad dayight here, I dont know anyone police have shot, [/b] I only hear about Nigerians killed in London schools, teenagers that died because of racism.
Our police are even timid and afraid of us. I shouted on one last week and see as he was begging me, thinking am a law officer.[/quote]You are a bloody liar, and u just made a fool of urself here. How many banks were robbed by armed robbers this year in Nigeria?

Pretending that all is well with Nigeria will not change the reality.

brabus:
@ justwise
come to think of it, if I leave like every other person, who get's to change it. I'm sure we all know that Rome was not built in a day. Europe, America, Asia all have their stories to tellmake we no dey fight ourself, but try to see how we can rebuild this country whether we live in it or abroad. see what's happening in china and other asian countries recently, who believed it could be so. The Chinese believed so much in themselves, in spite of all odds.we shouldn't turn this community to one where we speak evil of our own country.

I'm not speaking evil about Nigeria, the point is, not everybody will move back to Nigeria to help build Nigeria, some pple can still help from outside Nigeria. I may move back oneday or i may decide to stay here and visit as often as i can, its all individual choices.
There are Chinese communities here, many i know have established homes here, some never went home for ages that doesn't stop China from developing. We can not pretend that we don't have problems in Nigeria like every other country and one should not be hanged for speaking out.

brabus:
[b]What's your definition of suffering? Don't even go there![/b]You'll be shocked, gbabe!

When i said suffering. . . i meant fighting corruption, working hard to change things, steping on toes to make positive changes. I'm basically saying that one can contribute whether u living and suffering outside Nigeria or inside Nigeria. Don't get it twisted.

Odunnu:
Yea,i'm sorry I got so angry. The guy actually got on my nerves. I'm nt ready to fight anybody,he shd just stay away frm Justwise.

I know u got ur back anytime