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ednut1:
Net pay in Ontario for that amount is about 5,800. Average one bed condo is 2500(studio like 2k) , car insurance 300, gas, groceries, utilities, miscellaneous etc. what about those with mortgages . Dey play 😂

You have a point. However, location matters too. If you don't live in Toronto or GTA, you have no business paying 2500 for 1 bed condo and paying 300 for car insurance except you are a brand new driver. I insure 2 cars for less than that amount.

Savings is majorly a function of income, location, responsibilities and lifestyle choices. There is a difference between living in those sweet serviced condos where you have gym, in door swimming pool, conference room etc and living in basic apartments There is a difference between living in Toronto and living in London

At the end of the day, the country favors married people with children more than single person except you are willing to live in shared apartments outside the GTA

But I agree with the response you gave that person about saving to pay fees, it won't work.

Lol.

At this rate, men will become scarce in Russia. They now have to rely on north Korean soldiers to augment their army in their own land. What a shame! Unfortunately for them, immigrants are not that interested in them compared to the west. The effect of this stupid war will start becoming evident in the next few years.
They will win the battle but loose the war like America in Iraq and Afghanistan.

amdman:
What percentage of the premiums you paid for 9months was refunded to you?

Nothing ooo. I lost the money but I didn't mind cos it's better than continuing it. I took it as the price to pay for lack of knowledge

megastu:
I am still not convinced. Is the purpose of insurance to make money or to take care of loved ones in the event of Mishap of the policy holder (In most cases, the breadwinner)?

You are correct. However, I think he is specifically talking about those kinds of insurance those agents are selling. It is a kind of hybrid insurance plus investment package and it makes no sense. If you read the details you realize that the risk of losses is too high.

It is better to separate your insurance from investment. I do insurance for insurance and investment for investment and not those nonsense they are tricking people to enrol which costs a lot.

I got tricked by one Nigerian agent when I first came to Canada so I got the package but I canceled it after 9 months when I had a better understanding of how things work. The day I canceled it, he begged me eeh, told me so much sweet stories to make me change my mind but I didn't. After I canceled it, he didn't talk to me again even till today

YoungBTCxchange:
UK, Canada and USA will never try that, they enjoy milking Africa

They won't try that cos doing that creates more incentives for people to apply. They are already overwhelmed with applications even when people know they will lose their money if rejected. Imagine what it will look like when people will have nothing to lose when rejected, applications will quadruple.

Dyingdebtor:
Japan embassy will only ask you to pay for visa once they are sure of giving you the visa. You don't pay upfront

We need to be realistic. Japan and China and some other countries can afford to do that but western countries can't do that for obvious reasons.

Can you compare the number of people trying to go to China and Japan with the number of people trying to go to the US or the west in general?

People know that they will lose their visa fees if they are rejected yet hundreds of thousands of people still apply, then imagine what will happen if they start refunding for rejection, my brother millions of people will start applying since they have nothing to lose and it will become unmanageable for these embassies. Let's put ourselves in their shoes naa.

funkyy598:
Based on your assumption, the majority of new immigrants are not getting jobs in Canada because they are not qualified, even though the jobs are available. So, it's not a case of job unavailability... CASE CLOSED!

My brother that is not my conclusion cos I don't any data to back it up. I'm just laying out some factors that could be an issue as i have seen around me. The reality is that the job market is tough at the moment but then some people are not also helping their case when the opportunity comes cos they aren't as good as they should be. So at the end of the day, it is a combination of different factors not just one.

House34:
In summary, it appears that the Canadian government may be presenting an illusion of abundant job opportunities and addressing labor shortages through the Express Entry program. While the initiative is framed as a solution to these shortages, the reality for many immigrants is different; often, suitable jobs are not as accessible as expected. Consequently, skilled professionals may find themselves having to pivot to entirely new careers (such as transitioning from finance to nursing) after years of experience in their fields. This raises the question: why is the government bringing in individuals for roles that seem mismatched to actual market demand? It gives the impression that the primary motivation might be the tax revenue generated rather than a genuine need for the skills immigrants bring!!

It is not a black and white issue as you are making it sound. The government brings in people based on the qualifications and experiences they said they have and whether they really have that skills they claim will be tested by employers once they arrive.
A lot of immigrants parading excellent resumes claiming years of experience may not be actually as good as they claim ooo. Some claim years of experience but can't pass intermediate level coding tests.
I used to think probation was mere formality, once you get a job, you no get wahala again. I didn't know it was a serious issue. Last week in my organization, a senior developer was fired after his probation and it was the 3rd time I'm seeing someone asked to go after probation. This developer was making too many mistakes that even entry level developers will likely not make but he claimed to have 7 years experience from his country. At the end, the team lost confidence in him as he was dragging everyone back and they had no choice than to let him go at the end of his probation. When you see him driving uber tomorrow, you will think there is no job but the problem is actually him. My worry is that the hiring manager would probably want to poach someone from a rival company and pay him more money instead of gambling with immigrants whose experience is outside the country cos of this experience

I have referred someone who got an interview but couldn't answer basic questions for someone who claim to have years of experience. At the end, he didn't get the job but he started blaming me for not telling him what the hiring manager will ask, how? Am I the hiring manager? How could you not answer basic questions on something you claimed you did?


If you are not well grounded in your skills and experience, it is going to be difficult, your years of experience count for nothing if you can't demonstrate your skills and capabilities especiallyin the tech space. Interviews are mostly thorough so you may not pass sef especially if it is an intermediate or senior role. So there may be jobs, the question is do you have what it takes to get it?

Amayabor1:
You are contradicting yourself. You wey get pr through general draw with 465, na you e favour pass na. Because if na by now, you nor fit smell canada pr 🤣😂.

That is why I told you that if canada pr is difficult
for one person, e dey easy for 10 People.

You dey complain say pr dey hard now because them don increase the score for general draw. But they also introduced new categories where they are picking people with lesser scores. For those of us in category based draws (health, tech, agriculture, French etc), canada pr nor hard.

You must not apply for health jobs in canada. If you can excel in other fields, go for it. My guy wey be doctor for Nigeria don leave the stressful doctor work and he is into IT now. He is doing well. He bought a big house recently. The bottom line na to make money. If other fields can help you make that money, go for it. You must not be a health professional in canada.

I think you are wrong. Ednut1 is correct. It is more difficult now. Category draws don't make it easier.

Correct me if I'm wrong, the last heath draw was in July with a score of 445, Trades was in July with 436, STEM was in April with 491, Transport was in March with 430, Agric was in February with 437. No one knows when these Category draws will happen again. As they keep delaying, more and more people with high scores are filling up the pool so it is possible that the next Category draw if it happens will cut very high scores.

It was easier year's past. I got ITA with 441 about 8 years ago. Then there was a general draw every 2 weeks. Once you enter the pool with high score, every 2 weeks there is always hope that you will get it. There was some level of certainty compared to now that things have turned upside down.

So you can be in the pool with your Category for a long time. In fact, they can change the Category at any time sef since it is based on needs of the economy. I think you started following Express entry in the last few years that's why you think it's easier now.

planetx:
Director in 4 years? Keep deceiving yourself and whomever believes the nonsense drivel you are spewing on an anonymous forum.

The only thing that would make some of you in this forum happy is if Nigerians abroad are packing oyibo shit. You guys wish Nigerians abroad to do odd jobs to justify yourselves unfortunately that is not the case.

Majority of Nigerians who came as PR or transitioned into PR become professionals in their career. Some continued their careers from where they stopped in Nigeria, some started in the factory and upgraded before transitioning into a professional career over time.
Success is not measured overnight, it is a long term game. Nigerians migrating are smart to capitalize on the working system to position themselves for long term success.

You can believe that majority of Nigerians are homeless or packing oyibo shit abroad, it is your right to believe whatever you want if that makes you sleep well at night.

maziude:
This is terrible reporting.

Fact: You cannot hire foreign workers unless you can’t find anyone in Canada to do the job. Companies have been using some loopholes to circumvent this.
New Policy aims to make it harder to circumvent amongst other things.

Daily post needs to read and understand the policy before publishing anything.

This has nothing to do with those currently working or have their work permit.

My brother fear media ooo. See as they cleverly reported it to make it seem like Nigerians are in danger. Nigerians are not even up to 3% of the total population of the so called temporary foreign workers yet they had to put Nigeria's name to make it sensational.

Unfortunately people who are hoping for bad news are salivating on it

Sorry to disappoint some people, this doesn't affect anyone on work permit or permanent resident. In fact, it affects people who intend to go to Canada as foreign workers going forward as the number of visas to that effect has reduced as per new policy. This is mostly Philippines, India, Chinese as Nigeria don't normally get that option due to lots of factors

If there is any country in the world that needs these types of innovation it is China and India. This is a necessity for them. You need every technology to make the lives of 1.4 billion people worthwhile. You need all kinds of transportation for that vast population. Traditional means of transportation would be insufficient so I understand their motivation.

However, there would be less motivation to embark on these expensive ventures in the west. The cost benefit analysis shows it isn't profitable. An average American still prefers his gas guzzling cars than public transportation and their population is not large enough to offset the cost like China. Except it is for show off I don't see how these expensive technologies make sense for countries outside China and India from a cost benefit perspective.

starz100:
How do you remove a video/audio that is in public domain and why is no one interested in the content, but the carrier of the content.

If I were falana, I will first move to ascertain whether the audio is real or fake. Do you know that right now no one is yet sure whether the audio is real or fake and falana doesn't seem to care.

If I ascertain the audio is real then I'll sue Bobrisky for defamation. If it is fake, I'll sue VDM for defamation. This way we will know the truth cos that is the only way Falana can clear his name. If the only thing he does is to shut down VDM, I'm afraid he is giving room to suspicion that what is said in that video is real.

I know Falana is innocent but I expect him to approach this matter better but he isn't doing it. If that audio is true, Bobrisky needs to be prosecuted since the whole thing is now in public domain

pansophist:
Thank God for your morals sha.

If na some boys, those ones wey their conscience dey their back, wey no send, them go ejaculate and evacuate, afterall, if them no do am, she go hawk the honeypot go give men wey go do am.

You try. See just know how to earn in hard currency go naija go relax, or maybe some chill african countries. Life sweet that way. The west don outlive its fun. Na suffer full am now.

Oga mi, abeg where you dey live?

Talk is cheap my people. Person wey dey use mouth drive car no dey get accident

You can easily spot people who haven't done any business in Nigeria from this conversation. Their mouth just dey run like tap water

People wey fit turn water into wine dey here oooo I hail oooo

DaddyGngeess:
Someone that understands, thanks i send my either brother son to abroad since January this year, till now that boy has not find his feet i still send him house rent every month( 200 dollars)from Nigeria here which i am regretting why i send him there, sometimes i still feed him from here because he hasn't gotten a job yet but i think is because of his laziness shall. ( i am sorry festi if you see this but i am not happy)

Interesting. You sent him abroad with which visa? Permanent residence, study visa,visit visa etc which one?
Can you provide a full picture of the situation so that others can understand and learn?

Saladdin:
First off, I am not "consoling" myself in anyway, and I have friends and colleagues that migrated there via Skilled and Student Visa respectively. Migration is not my priority now.

Now, who taught you in today's world to strictly correlate population with the strength of the economy and number of job openings available?

Japan is is the world's 4th largest economy with 125m people and has 609k jobs advertised; Italy is the 9th largest economy with 58m and has only 168k jobs. Now in a deep contrast, China is the second largest economy with 1.4 bn people, yet it has 1.2m jobs.

In these scenarios, we see that UK with a much smaller population has slightly more jobs than Japan, which ranks ahead of it in both population and economy.

Then also, Italy with a larger population and economy than Canada has significantly lower job opening than the latter.

The same holds for the US too, there's a stark disparity in the job openings when compared to China and these two economies are the top two in the world, with China having a whole lot more population than the US.

Bringing it down to Africa, if we are to go by your "statistics", Nigeria ought to have the largest number of job openings in Africa, but is that the case?

It has a measly 8k job openings, while South Africa (with a much smaller population) has more jobs openings—33k jobs and Egypt has 13k jobs.

Can you see the absurdity in your first two paragraphs?

Canada is no longer what it used to be, and it's quite complicated now. I understand.

My brother, let me tell you something you guys need to understand. See, if your idea is to discourage useless japa, I'm 100% with you. I have been saying it on this platform that japa is not for everyone and if you don't have the finance, skills and strategies to succeed abroad, it is better to stay in Nigeria.

However, the mistake most of you make in this crusade that makes whatever you are saying not sinking in people's ears is that you guys don't talk in specific terms, you lump everyone and everything together and exaggerate the negatives. At the end, people read it and spot the lies and then feel you guys are just consoling yourselves even if that is not the intention.

For example, you said " those Nigerians in Canada dey hear am" You are implying that all Nigerians in Canada are suffering which is false. It would have made sense if you highlighted the categories of Nigerians in Canada that are suffering then people in Nigeria in that category would see sense in it but you made it unbelievable when you throw a blanket statement like that.

Besides a lot of issues students are currently facing in Canada also has to do with Nigeria. I met a woman who came to visit her son who is an undergraduate in a university in Canada. She just paid the third year school fees of her son but she needed double more naira to pay the fees even though the school fees in Canadian Dollars was still the same as what she paid for her son 2 years ago. She had to sell one of her properties to raise the money cos the son can't drop out at this stage. If naira was stable it won't be this bad for students at least.

Most of you guys have solid points but you spoil it by adding salt and pepper cos you want to win an argument.

Please be specific and real. For instance, instead of saying selling your property to migrate is useless for everyone, it will make sense to say selling your property to go a study one yeye course in one college is useless. Cos there is a difference between that and selling your property to go and study software engineering, Artificial intelligence etc in a top university or selling it to migrate as a PR. The last 2 would likely recover but the first one may not. I hope you get my point

Saladdin:


Truth be told, those Nigerians in Canada dey hear am. At this point, even the UK is a bit better than Canada especially in the area of jobs. The latter is not even a global leader in any key industry, and good jobs are very scarce.

Now, it's very difficult to get almost any kind of visa to Canada now. A simple LinkedIn search on "Jobs in Canada" results in 272k jobs; For the UK it's 650k; and the US is 5.8M jobs.

If any miracle happens and Nigeria's economy returns to near pre-2015 and security improves, I'm almost certain that most of those those in Canada will fly back!

Canada has a population of 39million, UK has a population of 68 million, US has a population of 340 million people.

US is world's biggest economy, UK is 6th, Canada is 10th biggest.
How is the number of jobs supposed to be identical in these countries?

Do you guys just spew trash online just to console yourselves or you actually believe in what you say? Which kind of illiterate comparison is this?

Btw, Nigerians in Canada wey dey "hear am" are ones that came to school without money with the hope of working to raise money for school fees and living expenses. Unfortunately, the chances of that happening now is very low.

To your last point, migration didn't start in 2015. People have been migrating before then. The thing now is lots more people want to migrate for obvious reasons and they are now getting desperate. This is just not only Nigeria. The rate of migration since after covid has tripled globally and the reason is that almost all countries of the world suffered economic decline after covid and the worst hit are 3rd world countries.

Gerrard59:
If true, then the situation is deplorable! No ifs or buts! Terrible and disgusting! Why should getting cleaning jobs be so difficult for international students?


I thought @maternal believes a married man with a child who got 26M should move to Canada?

Should the Nigerian economy get back to pre-Buhari, expect a massive exodus of Nigerians in the abroad back home.

What has happened over the last 2 years is overpopulation. They let in too many people that is now affecting the system. It is not that there is no job but the amount of students chasing the jobs are unprecedented. For example, before now, let's say the number of jobs available for students is 10 and students were 12 so only 2 students probably don't get jobs. Now there is still 10 jobs available for students but the number of students have increased from 12 to 36, you see the problem?

It is the fault of the government to bring in too many people within a short time frame. They messed up big time and they are going to be wiped out in the next election. This is why they are now trying to correct the issue by reducing the numbers of people coming in and tightening the entire immigration system but it is too late. It's going to take another 2 years to bring the ratio of jobs to people at a balanced level.

Having said that the students themselves are also to blame. The government can argue that they gave visa to students who demonstrated that they are financially capable to study without work. Every student who got a visa convinced the visa officer through their financial statements that they have the required POF so why are they not using it? The 20hr work a week was supposed to be jara to students and not for raising money to live in the country that is why you have to show the POF without considering money realized from potential working.

Our resilience and CANDO spirit in Nigeria is both a blessing and a problem because it makes us overdo things. Because of what Nigeria has put us through we believe we can survive in any situation without realizing the peculiarities of different situations.
There is no justification for someone not capable to go to another man's country as a student. A citizen can fall back on government benefits to stay afloat when kasala burst but a student is on their own after all you showed millions in your account before coming.

Abroad is not for everyone. Nigeria is not smiling but if you don't have the financial strength to make a successful move then stay back and fight the government instead, especially when you are going on a visa that is not a PR. Right now, there is no longer a guarantee that students will get a work permit after graduation as they are now trying to link work permit to labor market. People should stop gambling, it could end up badly for them.

Japa to where? With what visa? With what skill? Even immigrant friendly countries are now tightening their immigration policies. It is no longer sure for students to get work permit after studies now sef. Some of you guys talk like it is just easy walking into an embassy and getting a visa. N26m is less than $18k oooo

DaddyCoool:
What has this to do with Bob being gay?? Some guy gave VDM a one-sided story and VDM is threatening Bob to respond, or else. Well, Bob won't respond and nothing will happen

A man kissing his fellow man is what?

DaddyCoool:
Actually Bob is not gay. Check this out:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXDzg6Ymj_Y?si=C2c3WykIkcJM7t0R

https://www.nairaland.com/8221872/verydarkman-gave-bobrisky-4-hours

I can't imagine that you can be fooled by Bobrisky. The guy is using gaybriel to fund his lifestyle

https://www.nairaland.com/8221872/verydarkman-gave-bobrisky-4-hours

DaddyCoool:
You don't understand that Bobrisky was asked POINT BLANK in a most candid interview (mind you, he didn't have to answer). His EXACT answer: "the truth is, Bobrisky is not gay".
See survey of crossdressers below: do you think he's likely to belong to the 87% or the 13%??

Well this person said he knew he was a lesbian because he knew he was a woman but sexually attracted to women. He likes to do everything a man would do with a woman, except that after everything he wanted the woman to fụck him with strap-on instead of him fucking her!

Brother, do you expect Bobrisky who is still living in Nigeria to publicly say he is gaybriel?

Which Nigerian man has ever done that?
Look at his actions and not just his words, it tells you everything.
As at today, there is no law against crossdressing but there is a law against homosexuality. So he can use his crossdressing antics to disguise and maintain a plausible deniability

BowaleShow:
Hello everyone,

Please I am landing next week in YZ Pearson as a PR with my wife and kid.

Would I need to show the proof of funds again on our arrival ?

They asked me oooo. Before then I thought they don't ask cos I haven't heard or seen anybody asked. However, I had more than enough money both in cash and bank account so I showed them. Don't know what would have happened if I didn't have the money.

My advice to you is go with the complete money, don't take chances. Canada is becoming aggressive on immigration lately.

Treadway:
illagal Mexicans look like me and you?

They are in the same group as you in Trump's world because they are not white caucasian people. Can you please stop this childish argument, it is not funny. So of everything I wrote, this is all you could interpret in defense of Trump? You don't know the difference between white and non white? Mtshewwwww

Treadway:
Jedisco

Blacks, if you don't vote for me you ain't black enough - Biden 2020. How's that for divisiveness? Apologised a year later, but hypocritical much ain't it?

Someone up there is basically rehashing the same divisive rhetoric, and he certainly won't apologize, cos he wouldn't know a wrong thing if it hit him in the face.

If you don't vote for Dems or Kamala,you ain't Christian enough is his message.

I can just imagine the bile and rhetoric about racial and religious divisiveness if Trump had made these two statements. Lol

So much for the hypocritical hate on the evil called divisiveness.😁💯👏

To be calming down na good thing aswear🤣..cos when person hyperventilate too much, esp about things im no dey knowleageble on, by the time e rope himself in sef or shoot himself in the foot, him no go know.

Lol

So this single Biden quote in which he apologized compares to the hate venom Trump has been dishing out not once but back to back to back since 2016 and hasn't apologized for even once? Instead of apologizing, he doubles down on it. Are you for real?

Trump said "Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country" echoing the words from Nazi Germany before the holocaust. Do you realize the amount of concentrated hatred that would reside in someone's heart before he can voice that dangerous rhetoric in public?

In case you don't know, immigrants he is talking about is people that look like you and me. He is saying you carry poison that is destroying his white country. What do you do with a poisonous creature when they are near you? You kill them before they attack you.

So what Trump is doing is to give cover and justification for his base to attack immigrants should a UK style anti immigrant riot happen in America which will happen very soon as
" Haitian immigrants start eating pets and dogs" according to him and his base

There is a valid argument to be made about the amount of immigration pouring into a country but Trump and his base issue is not whether immigration is high or legal, it is they dislike non white people are coming in. A white boy tried to assassinate him, white guys are king of school shootings that have killed many American kids, he doesn't bring that up even on campaign train. Imagine if they perpetrators of these crimes were black and immigrants, the whole black community and immigrants would have been recieving it wotowoto from him

I'm going to assume that people like you who are immigrants and make kindergarten arguments in defense of Trump have not really known him well and what he and the entire MAGA movement represents. Otherwise, I will say you guys are too naive.

Treadway:
I know/realise that he was trying to stay on point with regards to the top two things Americans consider the focal issues:

Immigration/The border crisis
Inflation/State of the economy

But I still think he had a lot of opportunities to really call Kamala out on her self righteous BS by putting her on the spot, which the mods clearly had no interest in doing. Look at how he put her on the spot on the border, when Kamala blamed Trump (talk about passing the buck), a former president for the Biden/Harris failure to secure the border, claiming that they were unable to pass a supposed bill that could have solved that, and Trump told her that they have executive powers to close the border and asked her why they haven't done that. That was a good one. Also the one on the tarrifs he (Trump) imposed on China, which they (Biden) didn't remove and still benefit from till today but she supposedly and deceptively tried to twist it as a con/negative. He should have done a lot more of that, and there were opportunities to do so, which he missed. If he had, that would have been glorious. The last question also, all these so called promises you're talking about, how come you haven't delivered on just one of them all through a full four year term? He should have unravelled her on national TV, and even put the mods on the spot too, rather than needless ineffective comments like migrants are eating pets, and all that BS.

Anyway, I agree that Harris benefitted more from the debate in terms of being who is likely winning some new people to her side...can't say the same for Trump, cos not many are as knowledgeable or objective about the nuances playing out here as I am, for example. Only thing I've seen Harris contribute in 4 years is junketing around the world being a champ for lgbtqrstuvw and all that BS. She can champion and strengthen that group specifically, but no such initiatives for the black community for example.

Bringing up things that happened before she was born, cos they can't find anything recent to label him a racist... same Kamala that called Biden racist too before she became Vp due to shit he had done also before she was born, same Kamala that got into politics on the back of being a side chick to a married political big-wig..talk about breaking a black home. She ain't no saint, and doesn't have me fooled, not in the least.

Let's see how it all plays out in November.

I am even disappointed in Kamala for not putting Trump in his place on those issues you mentioned.
First, Trump failed to solve the border issues as president. Remember " I will build a wall and Mexico will pay for it" he said in 2016. So he campaigned on the border, but didn't solve the issues as president.
Go and check the data for US illegal border crossings from 2000 till date, you will see that millions of " rapists and criminals " in his own words crossed the border under his watch. In fact, in 2019 alone, about a million people crossed that border. Yes, more people have crossed under Biden but then Biden has also deported more people than Trump. So where was the outrage from Trump when millions crossed under his watch? Immediately he was out of power, all of a sudden the border became an existential issue again. If he didn't solve it as commander in chief, what moral authority does he have to blame Kamala who is just a mere VP?

On Economy, that is simple, he left the economy worse than he met it and that is a fact. Obama did a good job in reviving an economy battered by the worst financial crisis in 2008, handed it over to Trump and he left it worse than he met it. Ok that's because of the pandemic abi? If he can be excused cos of the pandemic, why shouldn't Biden who inherited the pandemic riddled economy not be excused also? Did Trump hand over a booming economy like he inherited from Obama to Biden, and Kamala crashed it? Trump is running like he wasn't in power 4 years ago.

I struggle to understand why some of us immigrants support a con man like Trump. Have you guys listened to his MAGA base like Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and other of his surrogates and see the kind of venom that comes out of their mouth? MAGA is not about policy, it is about " white grievances " and you guys are being used without knowing.

Trump had the opportunity to pick Tim Scott or Vivek as VP but his racist mindset can't accept the idea a non white man being next in line to the presidency. He has not recovered from the fact that Obama was allowed to be president or the fact that a black woman is tryingto be president. Those 2 people debased themselves supporting Trump more than anyone yet he forgave someone who called him unprintable names just years ago to be his VP. How is JD Vance better than those 2 people? Non white men don't qualify for those positions, they are product of DEI.

Make no mistake, I don't like liberals. My preference for leadership are moderate conservatives who don't subscribe to hate of other people and apply common sense in governance something liberals lack. But I will take any liberal over Trump any day. He will still likely win as there is a silent " white grievance" powering his campaign. He has used it before and it worked for him, it can still work this time especially since there are many naive people out there who think MAGA is just about policy.

Nigeria has made people become monsters against their will. Imagine if you are in a situation where you can help save an accident victim and you couldn't cos you are afraid of your own life and that person dies, imagine the trauma and guilt you will genuinely feel.

Imagine if you were the victim and people also can't help cos they are afraid and you see yourself dying slowly.

In Nigeria, your "good life" can take a turn for the worst in a twinkle of an eye, all it just takes is being at the right place at the wrong time. God help you that you are just an ordinary person without big money and connections then you are finished. A lot of lives have been ruined due to circumstances like this.

I'm sorry to say this but I can't live in a 3rd world country again no matter how much is on the table except I don't have a choice. The risk is to high for my liking

Ge0grapher:
You all sound weird when you ask these kinda questions .. Do you know the n0 of Americans already in China?? Exploring without any problems? Go on Facebook and search for foreigners in China.. Don't let western media cloud your thought.

I think you are right. Looking at it critically, Chinese don't seem to target Americans for diplomatic extortion. However, US allies are mostly targets maybe they believe they are weaker. So in a way, Americans will be safer in China than citizens of US allied countries like Canada and Australia in particular.

However, the reverse is the case for Russia, North Korea and Iran. Those ones target Americans all the time. This does not mean that they hold every American that enters their country just that you could be unlucky on a day Putin is angry at America and decide to use one American as a bargaining chip to get what he wants.

MachoMontana:
I am American (with a Nigerian dad) and love to travel the world. Been to many Middle Eastern and European countries but never been to Far East Asia or Eastern Europe. Now I am planning to do so....starting with China and Russia. Naturally, as an American, I am a lil apprehensive about visiting America's 2 biggest and most powerful global adversaries.
So I got questions:
1) Do anyone know how Americans are treated in China and Russia?
2) Is it advisable for an American to visit Russia and China now considering that the US is an adversary of China and Russia in the Ukraine conflict?
3) Are there any Chinese speaking and Russian speaking Nigerians or Nigerian-Americans living in China and Russia that I can connect with when I get there?

PS: I hope to be in China by end of this month.
Thanks yawl for yawl's useful inputs!

Regards from ur nigga, Macho

My humble advice to you is to perish that thought. Since you are an American, avoid China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.

It is not that they will grab you immediately you land there but there could be a diplomatic wahala between America and them when you are there and they will just grab any American they see and label him a spy or national security threat in other to use you as a bargaining chip. You could be the unlucky one they catch so why take the risk?

The US government will come for you but it may take years to get you out but before then you could have chopped enough beans and beating in their hands.

Those countries don't have independent judiciary unlike the west where you can sue the government and win so it won't be about whether you are innocent or guilty.

If you must go to those countries, then drop your US passport and go as a Nigerian if you can get the visa, it is even safer for you.

As a Canadian citizen myself, I can't go to those countries even if you dash me money to go there for one day not to talk of being an American citizen which is even worse in this case. In my opinion, go to Japan and South Korea instead and have peace.

DaddyCoool:
But gives u food for thought. Despite having citizenship and knowing both countries well, she chose Nigeria. Don't you wonder there must be something chasing her?
Guy below summarizes it well:

You guys are blowing this out of proportion. There is nothing new here, it happens all the time.

On one sunny Sunday afternoon years back, one of my older cousins who grew up in Houston Texas sent a message that he is returning to Nigeria finally. Reason? He is fed up with life in the US and feels at home in Nigeria.

He carried his load back to Nigeria and started working with Chevron. I don't know if he got that job from the US or he got it in Nigeria. He lived and worked in Nigeria for 2 years 8 months and on one faithful day, he resigned his job and relocated back to the US till today. Even his wedding was done in the US. In fact, his case was one of the main motivating factors for me to chase dual citizenship cos the idea that you can easily switch around between countries was appealing to me.

Let me tell you, it is easier to love Nigeria and be patriotic when you have a citizenship of a first world country. The reason is simple. You begin to feel that the nonsense in Nigeria does not limit you and you are not stuck. That alone makes you feel better than someone in Nigeria who does not have any other country to call his own. When he queues and fight to buy fuel for his generator, he is more angry and bitter as there is no where else to run to and his is stuck, he becomes less patriotic and start hating the country out of frustration.

Since I became a dual citizen, I am happier to travel to Nigeria than before. So to take people like this serious, let them denounce their foreign citizenship and have Nigeria as their one and only country so that they cannot escape when their mind changes like my cousin did. Otherwise, all they are doing is to make you guys feel good that Nigeria is the best thing after slice bread and you guys are falling for it

Mom007:
Bro, it's actually not. Ours is actually better... if you actually want your children to learn anything. Who no go no go know. These people don't teach kids anything in school. They just play and color and have a good time and play with tab. It's quite maddening! They hardly hold pen to write anything, the hand writing terrible, attention span zero! No discipline, highly entitled, see I no fit talk abeg. Living in abroad but your children still doing online lessons from Nigeria because they don't learn much here..

Don't just argue for arguments sake, we were sold a big lie!

I don't want to chuk my mouth in these over flogged japa topics but this your assertion shock me.

What is the essence of education? It is to use it and make things happen. If you can't create things and make things happen, that educational system is as good as bullshit.

If our system is better as you are saying, then we should be exporters of technology. We should be making things happen. Even our oil is being extracted with foreign technology and systems. Without them, our oil will rot in the ground and these are product of their own system not ours.

Education is not cram and pour, this is what our system is about. Those coloring and play play things you think are useless serve a purpose. I used to think they are useless too but they are not. These guys are systematic, they spend early years developing a child's non academic traits like curiosity, team building, thought process,creativity etc but in Nigeria, we are in a hurry to have our children graduate at 18 so we have no time for non academic capacity building, we want a child to become a prof at age 5. We want him to cram multiplication table at 4 etc. This is why we produce first class graduates lacking in basic analytical thinking.

So judging the system as a whole, ours is not better, if it was, then Nigeria will not be where it is today