₦airaland Forum

cosmatika:
It's of no use, when they've already banned your ass5 from flying over EU air space.
Putin wants to turn Russia to a pariah state

Putin has been trying so hard in the past 22 years since he has been in power to turn Russia into a North Korea. A feared country with a "strong man" leader but useless in the international community. Very soon, Russian citizens will only be able to travel to the same number of countries as North Korea.

21st century power is not by nuclear weapons.
Others are progressing and moving forward but Putin wants to recreate Soviet union in this age and time.

If you can't migrate legally to western Europe or North America stay back in Nigeria. It is better to stay and suffer in Nigeria than to stay and suffer in some of these 2nd or third world countries.

drake99:
couple of friends of mine who traveled abroad now calls me more often than when they were here in Nigeria. Sincerely speaking, most of them doesn't give a damn about me while they were here.

Another thing I noticed is this, anyone that came back from abroad usually don't want to go back. you know when schools are on holidays, children usually wish inside them that the holidays are prolonged.
That's exactly how people that came back from abroad behave (not all though)

they act so reluctant to return to their base, instead of hurrying to leave this shit hole like we addresses it.

What's your experience

Being lonely is a function of where you reside and who you are. It is not an abroad thing. An Igbo man who hasn't left the east before and suddenly finds himself living in a town in Osun will be lonely. A yoruba man who hasn't left the west before but finds himself in a small town in Ebonyi will definitely be lonely. But if you live in Lagos or PH for example, no matter where you come from, you will likely not be lonely

This is the same in abroad too. You can't be lonely in places like Houston, London, Toronto etc cos there is a large community of people who are like you except you are a kind of person who wants to isolate himself or herself. But if you happen to find yourself in one small white town, you will definitely be lonely.

I live abroad and it has been lots of fun.

Shameless man

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Now he has a point..let me see who's sensible enough to counter and prove his Statement baseless..
The countdown starts now..

How many people would have died if this same protest was done in Nigeria in the last 3 weeks. There lies the difference.

Do you know what it means to use heavy trucks to block roads and prevent movement of goods and service between Canada and the US? The money lost everyday? Yet the government has shown restraint for 3 weeks now. No soldiers on the street, no police shooting, no tear gas and everyone has been trying to get a peaceful resolution.

How many countries will tolerate that?
I live in Canada so I am seeing the protest in real time and not through the media. I am not a supporter of Trudeau or those liberal nonsense.
However, Lie Mohammed should learn something from this. You give people chance to protest, give them time and not send soldiers and AK47 wielding policemen to stop a protest like Lie Mohammed will do. Nobody has died or injured in Canada as a result of this protest 3 weeks after, that should at least teach Lie how developed society work instead of trying to justify nonsense

BrodaAgbaya:
Hi guys,

I was planning to travel out to UK, Germany or any other stable European country for my Master`s by September of this year of which i will be able to raise 2million from my pocket and then borrow about 2/3million from a person i know for some fees then get there are do part times jobs to complete my tuition fee.

After some thoughts, i realized this wasn`t a really smart move cos i have a good job here in Nigeria where I'm paid above 200k each month, This will increase to above 300k in the next 2months still with some bonuses.

Is there any sense in dropping all these to go to a place of uncertainty and start leaving from hand to mouth cos i`d be struggling to pay my debt and tuition??

One of the driving forces towards wanting to travel out is the fear of 2023 elections and the fact that many of my friends we finished together are all travelling out. Yeah, i know the second reason doesn't make sense, but that`s just me being honest here.

My plan now is to keep working here in Nigeria probably for about 3/4 years more, live the baby boy life, develop relevant skills then get a job over there or go for an MBA. 3/4 years from now i should have saved more than 2million for travel.

Also note i will be turning 26 towards the end of the year, so i think there`s still a bit of time on my end.

I need advice from you guys, is this a sensible idea putting into consideration things that could go wrong pre/post elections, the current standard of living in Lagos and the current and future exchange rates.

I have noticed the crazy rush to leave the country among we youths but i have also noticed that those that have good paying jobs in multinationals, fintechs, banks, govt etc are not bothered about leaving the country. Also noticed most of my friends who left were all earning less than 100k in salary.

Please tell me what y`all think??

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I won't support borrowing money for the move except if you are going to study hot IT courses like software engineering, AI,Cloud computing etc or you are going there as a permanent resident.
If you are going to study in demand IT courses,chances are that you will get a job quickly, stabilize and pay off your debt.
But if it is just ordinary course,it is not advisable as getting a job quickly is not guaranteed.
Abroad is very sweet and easy but it depends on how you arrive and what skills you have so people need to be very careful. There is a difference between moving abroad as a permanent resident and moving abroad as a student without rich parents.

But the good thing for you is that you are young and still have the time to recover from setbacks. If you look at it and still want to take the risk, do it now before hitting 30 cos your chances of settling down properly abroad reduces with age.

Is there any difference between public and personal funds for Nigerian politicians?

They loot the public funds into their personal accounts and use it for medical treatment or do these guys expect that they would fund their medical tourism directly from the public account? Naija politicians are smart thieves naa.

The bill won't make any impact .
They should rather pass a bill that would ban current leaders to seek medical treatment abroad. If you want to go abroad for treatment as a leader whether local, state or federal then resign your post. Let us know people who can forsake their priviledge cos they wants to lead Nigeria with all their heart not these current and past idiots populating the leadership space across the country.

backbencher:
I own a car and subsidy means i may end up spending one third of my monthly revenue fuelling the car. I havent even touched on generator costs.

If Nigeria keeps on paying for subsidies we will get into more and more debt.

I think i dont want more debt. Thanks.

Better subsides go and refining at home becomes more profitable and the value of the naira improves due to forex savings

P.s answer me.please

Should government set your prices so that the poor can buy the things you sell at an affodable price? How would you cover your resulting losses.?

What you are saying makes sense for an ideal society. However, you are assuming Nigeria is a normal country unfortunately it is not.

Whether you remove subsidy or not, it will not improve the standard of living in the country. You guys should understand that Nigeria is a peculiar country and normal economics will not work.
The solution is to change the structure of the country and governance into regions and let every region start working out their own unique Solutions to pressing issues.

There is nobody on earth that will make Nigeria work in this current state but greed will not allow Nigerians to change course.

Anxiety2022:
I just got diagnosed of been HIV+. I don't even know what to do or where to start at this phase in life. Dream looks shambles. I had that HIV positive patient must take it's drugs everyday in other to survive. I really do not know where to start. I feel like taking my life away. Who can give me a concrete advise on how to survive this. The trauma is much on me. I really do not know who to ask for favor. I am looking forward for your advice.

Secondly is the drugs affordable?

HIV is no longer death sentence like it used to be decades ago. It is now manageable. Just register at the appropriate places and get free drugs to manage the situation, you will live a normal life.

If you don't mind, can you share how you think you got it? Your lifestyle that contributed to the situation? I believe you now have a duty to educate others using your experience. A lot of people still don't believe these things are real and hearing real life experiences from people like you will go a long way to educate their minds.

It is well with you.

When and where next is he going to?

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mu2sa2:
This boy calling himself bobrisky is stupid and an idiot.

He is not stupid. The people who are stupid are those bringing his nonsense story on the front page.

okuta007:
What exactly is your point ? That I am lying or what ? well you asked me to read the income tax rates for the UK and I just did - and I pasted it below - in fact I am almost right on the spot because it’s 20% taxes for the £9 income bracket so £72 earnings attracts £14.4 taxes which makes the take home pay £57.6 so because I was wrong by .6 which is not up to £1 you are blabbing ?

now let's do some arithmetic and relate it to your response - 8 hours per work day x 20 work day a month = 160 hours per month

160 x 12 months = 1,920 hours a year

1,920 hours a year x £9 rate for your cleaner work = £17,280

Tax rate for this income bracket = 20%

160 x 9 = £1,440 and pays a tax of £288 and takes home £1,152 please tell your audience this reality of high taxes and the living standards of the UK and purchasing power of the pounds sterling in the UK as compared to that standard of living - stop deceiving people!

Bros, that is not how tax works. An earning of 17,280 means he will pay taxes on 17,280 - 12,570 = 4,710 only.

Tax system in the west are graduated meaning the first money on the tax band is tax free 0%. This means 12,570 of his money is tax free. The balance of his earnings is taxed with the next tax bracket. So in the end, he pays 20% of 4,710 which is around 940 a year and 78 per month.

Even though his employer may likely deduct 288 per month from his paycheck, he will get the balance back at the end of the year from the government as tax return after filling his taxes. In summary that guy will end up paying 78 pounds per month.
What I described to you is how it works in Canada but I'm sure that is the system in the UK as all these western countries operate in the same way.

frog12:
who's the alternative ?

The alternative is China or Russia but they are messing up for the reasons I highlighted

The reason why America has not been toppled today is because the alternative is more dangerous. Russia and China should ask themselves, why do countries that border them that naturally should be close to them like to align with America and the west instead? Why? The answer to that question will help them solve the problem from the root.

The answer to that question is simple. Nobody on earth wants to live under authoritarianism. The only people who fancy it are those in power and lording over others. Putin has seen the back of 4 US presidents from Clinton to Trump. Is he the only wise man in Russia? Which progressive country will like to align with a one man country with absolute powers?

Despite how bleeped up Nigeria is, the freedom in Nigeria is a million times better than what you have in Russia and China. At least every 4 years , Nigerians have the opportunity to make their voices heard. People can criticize the Government without having to be disappeared like in China or poisoned like in Russia.

You can't build alliance by force as Russia and China wants to do with Taiwan and Ukraine.
The west is very attractive because they are an open society. If Russia and China wants to topple America then build an open society and see the west fall like a pack of cards cos that is the only thing the west have that Russia and China does not have. But if they think they can coarse countries into their orbit with sheer force, then good luck to them, they are not yet ready.

opalu:
I think the Private Sector in Nigeria is very indolent and insolent. Infact there is a huge vacuum created by this inactivity of the Private Sector. The only people representing the Private sector are Banks that oppress the masses and Oil companies that are owned by Cronies of Government officials.

Everyone is waiting for FG to do what private sectors of other countries do. We are waiting for FG that is Rotten from the top to convert fuel cars to electric cars or to gas cars. FG or their cronies cannot solve any of our problems. See the mess they have done to DISCOS which they gave their friends. Now they have huge gbese on their heads as we speak

Don't blame the private sector. Nobody wants to put money in an unstable and uncertain environment. Before you venture into any venture in Nigeria, you need to conduct a thorough risk assessment and they don't come out nice.

ablejesus26:
Then do something about it.
You are the leader of your state.
The people gave you the mandate to champion the affairs of the state.
Don't go down the Orthom lane, that's always complaining and crying about something,but hardly doing nothing

Why are you telling us now, should I leave the Shawarma and waist trainer and my host of businesses I need to make sales and profit from to help you drive out the crazy land grabbers�

What exactly do you guys expect the governors to do? They have passed anti open grazing bill yet the police and the FG are not interested in enforcing it.
They have created Amotekun but FG will not allow them to arm them with AKs to fight the herdsmen and as a result they become ineffective.
The only solution is to restructure the security Architecture of the country to state or regional police forces that would be answerable to the state and regions but again the FG and fulanis will not allow that.
The south needs to come together and elect somebody who will have the balls to restructure the country else we will keep being helpless and wasting the blood of our people unnecessarily

jiniux:
Are you an American or European? You are more guilty of your accusation unless you are a foreigner. You prefer to leave the poor in Nigeria to live in a place where the citizens prefers to make their country work instead of looking for the easy way out like you did!
He’s still in Nigeria and contributing his quota.

It will be selfish of me to claim things are working well for the country because I'm doing well personally. This is what some people do and that is what I'm preaching against.
Btw, who told you we are not contributing our quota? Have you checked the last data for diaspora remittances to Nigeria in the last few years?

GetMeRight:
All he told you was that you don't need to get to USA or Canada to enjoy regular electricity. Even in abroad, those services don't come cheap, you still need to able to afford it before you can have access. Either in Nigeria or abroad, you need to be able to afford it. I don't see where the word selfishness was coming from. There are many homes in Nigeria that couldn't even afford electricity bills. So, what are we arguing about?

It is selfish because he is saying he and his friends can afford 247 light and he is using it as a basis of argument as if every other person can afford it.
It looks like those doing well in Nigeria prefer Nigeria to be in this shape. They seem to enjoy the attention they get. Having 247 light and other basic amenities in Nigeria is nothing to be proud of or happy about in public. Rather what we should be happy and proud of is when the whole country has 247 light for everyone. Nigeria needs to level up with other countries in the world in terms of the basics, we can talk about science and technology later.

The poor in Nigeria deserve to have the basic amenities like the poor in other parts of the world too. Light, water,good roads,good public schools, good hospitals shouldn't be for the selected few who can afford it, they are the basics of living for crying out loud. If we can't understand this fact, I don't know how we can ever get past this level as a country.

planetx:
I can tell you that electricity have not been my problem for a long time, using my friend as an example of people that have discovered that you don't need to be living abroad to enjoy 24hrs electricity maybe you do so goodluck to you.

Since you enjoy 24/7 electricity, does everyone in the city or state enjoy same. Why are we selfish as a people? How can people be taking pride in selfishness? You and your friend enjoy 24/7 light, others can go to hell and you are happy about it. May God forgive all of you in Nigeria.

Too bad

Buhari should refund every Penny paid to him from the Nigerian purse. This is a daylight robbery. How can a man brought to solve problems add to the problem?
Nigeria, a country ruled by an empty coconut head, who will rescue her?

deji17:
There was no concrete agreement? Were you part of the negotiating team? It is one thing not to like the govt, it is another thing to not to wish your country well. When they open their office, will you then be happy? I doubt it.

Don't get me wrong. It is a suspicion and I don't think there is anything wrong in that suspicion knowing how this government behaves.
Secondly, you guys are always quick to bring in love or hate in discussion, is this supposed to be an emotional blackmail or what?

For instance, my love or hate for Buhari or any other person does not have any impact. What will have an impact is Buhari leading the country well. You guys should stop bothering about who loves or hates anyone, it doesn't change anything.

Abeg, where is Twitter office in Nigeria?
I need the address

deji17:
They have 3 months to do it.

There was no concrete agreement. I suspect Twitter has made some vague promises without actually putting pen to paper. If there was, Twitter will have collaborated FG statement. Twitter seem to ignore them and allow FG fool themselves.
FG said they will only lift the ban when Twitter complies with their demand.

Buhari and his gang of criminals in power are empty upstairs.
Since this kasala burst between Twitter and FG, Twitter hasn't said anything, only FG has been talking about conditions. It's like Twitter just allowed them to be fooling themselves.

I was expecting Twitter to confirm the conditions the agreed with FG but they didn't. It is only FG that has kept saying Twitter will do this and that but Twitter has never said anything from beginning. Are you sure FG is not playing Nigerians?

okeyumez:
Was Buhari truly a military General?
I still doubt it
He behaves like a man o war

Quota system general.

michoim:
PMB is very correct. Okinbaloye question is lopsided and lack foresight. Okinbaloye succeeded in listing all negative economic indices (consequences); but he failed woefully in mentioning the fact that the major source of our revenue is oil. And that the average price of oil in the last administration before PMB is US$100 while during PMB administration it has been US$40. And that production before PMB is 2.3 million bpd; Production during PMB is 1.3 million bpd
He failed to mention the impact of Niger delta operation zero economy by destroying 1500 oil pipelines for more than one year(2015 to 2016).
He Failed to mentioned the global impact of Coronavirus on economies, unlike Ebola that's localised to Africa continent. Countries that buys Nigeria oil are Europeans, that shutdown their borders during Coronavirus....

Spin doctor. Is there anything that you guys will never spin for Buhari? How do you guys sleep at night?

nrexzy:
Advance economy u say... Have u actually understood how those country economy works or u just follow what u see on social media

The issue we have is that we were so bent on oil alone we forgot to develop and strengthen other sectors of our economy....
Its just too sad to know we technically import almost everything even palmoil

Who is "we forgot to develop..." ? Has Buhari not been president for 7 years? Some of you forget that Buhari is not doing charity work. He is being rewarded handsomely for being in that seat. is he being paid to talk about problems or fix them?

Buhari funny oooo. Any time you ask him a question he will bring Lagos Ibadan railway. So the only thing he can boast of in 8 years is just that railway.

Congrats Buhari but move on. The railway itself serve less than 5% of Nigerians so the impact is minimal.

megastu:
It was not surprising that U.S who had about the most lenient Visa Policy has now restricted it badly. Lots of people were obtaining U.S visas land in the U.S and the next day find themselves in Canada.

That being said, we are very good at de marketing our country and its people. The sheer number of Indians seeking Assylum in Canada will shock you but you will never hear of these kinds of reports.

There is a very slow and verifiable process before granting claims, however, the reporter makes it seem that Nigerians just go there, claim reused and are sent back. We should do better.

Have you lived in India to follow their press?
You think this article will be published on front pages of international newspapers? You think the rest of the world care about your issues?
It seems some if you just talk for talking sake.

SultanOfPuna:
That Okowa's Aide is an example of Age does not mean maturity and wisdom.
So many Nigerian Men are very stupid. There are 12 year old that are wayyyy smarter than some 40 yr old Nigerian men.

One thing i have seen over and over in this life
You see people like this okiwa aide that are acting Angel Upright, Brother Righteousness,Brother Holiness are the Worst Set of hypocrites ever. I have experienced this many times.
That Okowas aide blaming calamities on cross dressers is probably doing bloody rituals with human parts. But will come and be bashing cross dressers.
He probably is a member of cult in politics but he will still blame calamity of society on harmless cross dressers.

You wont see these fools complain about tge calamites caused by Bandits it is cross dressers that he is worried about.
Hypocrisy is the order of the day in Nigeria

Guy, you are wrong.
We are all sinners no doubt but there is a difference between living in sin and taking pride in sin and promoting it.
It is disgusting to be taking pride openly in rubbish. Nobody cares what people do but don't run it on our faces for the sake of our young vulnerable children who could copy these nonsense .
What if someone comes tomorrow and start promoting incest openly? Would you look away and not condemn it because there is bandits and boko haram?