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The woman sef dey try. \i never knew she could garner this number of votes. She is a great woman then.

Beekeeper1:
I’ve always been that person who says, “Naija till I die!” I grew up here, spent my whole life here, and I love this place like it’s part of my DNA. The food, the culture, the vibe—there’s just nothing like it. Even when my friends left for “greener pastures,” I was here, holding down the fort. “Who will remain to fix Naija if we all run away?” I’d joke.

But last month, my patriotism met its match.

It all started on a Monday morning—the kind that already feels like it’s out to get you before it even begins. I had a big presentation that day, one that could finally lead to a promotion. I got up extra early, suit pressed, slides perfected, and was out the door, determined to make a great impression.

Then NEPA happened. Halfway through my morning routine, the lights went out. No electricity. “No wahala,” I thought, scrambling to find my power bank for my phone and a flashlight to finish getting ready. I wasn’t going to let a little thing like no power stop me, right?

As I headed out, I noticed the fuel gauge blinking “empty.” Just my luck. I made a quick detour to the petrol station, only to be greeted by a line that looked like half of Lagos was there. An hour later, I was still in that line, watching the time tick by as my promotion dreams started slipping out of reach. But I finally got fuel, threw a thank you to the attendant, and sped off, hoping to make up for lost time.

And then I hit the traffic. Not today, please, I thought, gripping the steering wheel, whispering every “I cast and bind” prayer I knew. But Lagos traffic doesn’t answer prayers—it just swallows time, no matter how hard you beg.

I was almost at the office when I got stopped. You guessed it—police checkpoint. The officer took his sweet time inspecting my documents, dropping hints about “something for the weekend,” and I watched the last precious minutes melt away. By the time he finally waved me off, I’d missed my meeting.

When I finally got to the office, my boss didn’t even let me explain. She just gave me the look, that one that says, You had one job. I knew then that any hope for that promotion was gone.

That was it. I was drained, frustrated, and completely over it. It was like the universe was telling me, “Oga, it’s time to go.”

I don’t want to leave Naija; I really don’t. But sometimes, loving this place feels like being in a relationship with someone who just can’t get it together. You see the potential, the charm, the good heart underneath, but there’s always something—always some last-minute obstacle, some hidden clause that makes it so hard.

So yeah, I have a ‘japa’ plan now. I still love this place, and I always will. But maybe I need to love it from afar, with a little less “NEPA wahala” and a bit more stability. It’s a bittersweet plan, but hey, maybe one day I’ll come back, and Nigeria will be ready to meet me halfway.

Until then, my ‘japa’ plan is officially on standby. Because as much as I love this place, sometimes love just isn’t enough.

I used to be a great ambassador of "Nigeria will be great", and I did quite a lot in the youth ministry because I felt we should work on the youths to change their mindset. But by 2017, it was becoming glaring that I didn't fit in. I was the odd because I wanted to do things right. It came to a head in 2020 when my wife agreed with me and said 'oya, it is time for you to leave'.

To put this in perspective, I never out of Nigeria until then, even though I had unlimited opportunities. When I left was the first time I ever applied for a visa. Today, I am super grateful to God I left when I left, I don't know how my life would have been, even though my guys still tell me I would have found a way to survive.

Fiscus105:
James cursing Esther for no reason?

That's to tell you James had loved Esther since they were younger, but to express his feelings became mighty task for James, yet, "James was burning inside for love". Instead for James to accept his shortcomings in good faith, he resulted to name calling and curse.


The same thing applied to many of hopeless teenage guys full here today, many that are saying all sorts of yamayama to female gender, are actually doing that because of low self esteem and conditions they find themselves now, which make them not suitable enough to even stand before girls and express their mind, let alone dating girls, instead to improve on themselves, they result to rhetoric of abusing women.

You may be right

That was the case for James and Esther. This life is too complex to be understood by the vibes human give out. James was always showing hate towards Esther in Lokoja in CMC that year. Me I just said this kind natural hatred was too much. When you see a girl you just start cursing her and showing anger. many years later, na Esther James go marry. I still dey think am till today. Trust human beings and die.

dheilaw1:
Peter Obi influence In only one ward out of hundreds. You get sense so?

Bro this is happening in the 'mighty' north, bauchi, not Anambra. Come on. Tell us what it is jor.

AntiMarxist:
NNPC is a bottomless money pit that needs to be liquidated asap.

What we need are for local investors to take over their assets so that they can compete against Dangote's mega refinery.

Trying to get NNPC with its institutionalised corruption to function as a profit making company and at the same time as a govt service corporation is the height of madness.

Sell it off and dissolve it's management board and give everyone working there sack letters.

My brother, the greatest shock of your life will be to find out that that NNPC may not be worth up to 200m usd, and that it will not be profitable to any investor to buy even 50m usd. It will be a shock.

I am yet to see a country that will say a govt institution has been privatised, and then year after year pump in huge funds into the company to maintain it's useless assets, and also allow it to control the countries resources. I think it is just a way of officially handing over Nigeria to the cabal.

My wonder is amidst all these, Nigerians just keep quiet. Once in a while one lone voice will just stick out here and there and then go silent. Nigeria keeps going down, daily. By the time they will truly wake up, it may be too late.

Nigeria services debts with over 95% of her revenue, the president is still looking for loan, the most recent is a 500m usd loan. A private chinese firm has started seizing Nigeria's assets in UK and France. Countries will soon come after Nigeria. They are quiete yet because they are being paid with oil. They give Nigeria 3b usd and take their payback through oil worth 12b usd. My brother, I cry sometimes when I discuss Nigeria and honestly wish it's not my country sometimes.

Botragelad:
Source;
https://www.sportsvillagesquare.com/2024/08/18/breaking-israel-adesanya-loses-to-dricus-du-plessis/

I congratulate him. He is a great man. This is not the end. He put up a good fight. Duplesis was simply better and en form this time.

CyrusVI:
If its for health sector, then thats a big plus

Anything to reduce the brain drain in that sector

That will go a long way to drop the mortality rate by at least, 5%, which is a whole lot in terms of population figure

It means Nigeria can't pay salaries? Even if it for health workers, will that make the hospitals generate additional income to pay back the loan?
Nigeria can increase health workers salaries and comfortably pay, they would have done it if it will help them win elections. Judicial workers salaries were increase by 300%.

The heartache is they are just eyeing the loan to embezzle.

Kobojunkieee:
Stop lying abeg and tell me the location already!

Leave my mention please and quit calling me a liar. Can't you research yourself? If it doesn't exist it's none of my business. He is neither better nor worse than other politicians.

Kobojunkieee:
Where in the U.S. are his so-called fast food franchises? That is my question.

It's one of the very popular brands. If you dig deep, you will get it.

I hope they are not thinking it is Nigeria where tilumbu and wiked have the supreme court in their pockets. We are watching

Kobojunkieee:
There is no record of this man working or creating any product in all of his life or running any profitable company in or outside of Nigeria before entering into politics. Dino is a career politician.

He owns some fast food franchises in the US.
But, how many Nigerian politicians live with their salaries? They all milk Nigeria.

You should know that some wine you drink from Europe are processed mashing them with their feet before pressing.

CyrusVI:
Did you even read the content of the news at all?

Tinubu was in charge in 2016? And you expected the President to automatically know about a dealing that happened between Ogun state and a private firm for as back as then?

Jeez... You guys keep giving us reason to question the quality of Education in your region

Come on bro, the seizures happened in 2024. Government is a continuum. Even if he was not there in 2016 he must have been briefed after the first seizure in UK. This is a national disgrace actually because Ogun state is tagged "a nigerian subnational".

I think the FG should just get a supreme court order to pay the money and deduct from Ogun state monthly allocation.

If you look closely, Ogun state thought it was the usual pally pally they do to impoverish Nigerians at their whimp without repercussions. One a new govt enter power, they start taking positions from existing managers and hand over to their 'boys'. I like this chinese company. Fight them to finish. Unless there is no national asset abroad. They gon learn.

Useless NNPC arresting innocent people supporting Nigeria by doing what NNPC cannot do

Who read the full gist please? Who are the actors arrested? So they can track crypto transactions? Tinubu's government has gone ahead of all NATO countries put together. Hahahahahahaha

I stopped reading once I smelt the lies.
Honestly, this ribadu should have just lived quietly and died with the respect I had for him as an upright and honest man, instead of getting himself into this. Anyway, perhaps this is who he has always been. My impression about him was wrong all these years I rooted for him.

Sapasenator:
I have actually seen people making good money from low-paying jobs with the addition of overtime.

I asserted same in my subsequent analysis. I agree with you 100% In some parts of Europe, some people sign up to 3 or 4 delivery companies and they go home with about 4-5k usd equivalent monthly. No job is lowly, so long as it pays your bills.

GboyegaD:
What mentality do you carry when you think yourself as an authority over someone else's life and choices?

As what na? It is only a fool that will "live above his means", he will end up a thief, no matter who he is.

IbeOkehie:
He specified a group of Nigerians he observed at work and tagged them as people living above their means because they were desperate enough to work in freezing temperature.

He shouldn't have made that assumption....they might have been living below their means AND working extra to save up even more money.

His post is STUPID.

Good Luck to Nigerians

Perhaps I was misunderstood. I did not agree to him tagging them "living above their means", I only agreed to the phrase universally. Of course he cannot, just by seeing them working, adjudge them as 'living above their means'.

IbeOkehie:
There's NOTHING in his story that makes sense. I can point to a DOZEN guys in the USA who started 20 to 30 years ago as taxi drivers and cooks and retail clerks who have moved on and up to higher income jobs and entrepreneurship.

I know a taxi driver who entered pharmacy school in his 40s and today owns a pharmacy store in California. Yes some of them are still in those lower skill jobs today, but they're a small minority. That's FACT.

I know another taxi driver...that's all he did after coming to the USA in the 1970s. His wife is or was a nurse in Maryland. Both are now retired. They produced 4 children...lawyer, nurse, doctor and a manager in the professional sports. There's plenty grand children from good marriages. By the way, Maryland has some of the most toxic Nigerian communities...Texas is the worst....yet they still did OK in a long term, generational way. What is your take on that?

How can you take a look at a group of lower working class Nigerians in an Anglo-Western nation and just assume that's the end of their economic journey Which kind of STUPIDITY is that? These people have no plans, they're not aware of the economy around them or what? In fact it's in Nigeria that such economic stagnation is more LIKELY to happen and that's why so many are choosing to migrate away to Europe and North America! It's common sense but people just come on here and pretend they're ignorant or something 😒

@Lionize, you are the one making sense. The basic thing a Nigerian needs to do in North America is buy a home. I have illustrated the importance of this on at least one thread. And also get life insurance.

Once that is done life is set, upgrade skills if possible, just live reasonably and you will be fine, most will make it to the USA median household income of $65K and that will likely provide a better family HDI than 99% of Nigerian residents will ever attain.

If a person decides to take risks, they may end up with outsize rewards, but as long as the risk is commensurate with your status, they will be OK even if the venture fails. And the next generation can carry on with inherited capital and lessons learned.

Thanks.

Good Luck to Nigerians

I guess you just read the opening phrase of my comment and didn't bother to continue.

I extracted the below from his write=up, and till tomorrow, makes sense to me.
do not live above your means

Even the low-paying jobs, with great planning, and consistency, one can make a great future out of it. People make equivalent of about 3-4k monthly in Europe doing multiple delivery jobs.

i hate it when Nigerians carry Nigerian mentality abroad. Because you are privileged to get a good paying 9-5 job does not make you better than another, so long as you don't pay the person's bills. And, like you said, abroad is a land of unlimited growth opportunities compared to Nigeria.

Sapasenator:
About three years ago. It was a bitter winter and I was dining at a restaurant around 11 pm in the night. It was very cold and if I remember correctly, it was -35 degrees Celsius below freezing point and [s]if you pee outside, it freezes before hitting the ground[/s]. cold.

The restaurant was filled with everyone white except myself. I looked behind me and it was crowded with delivery drivers working for the delivery app, Skip the Dishes, waiting to pick up food orders. Nine delivery drivers and all black guys mostly Nigerian looking.

Imagine what it means to have to drive constantly in the bitter cold to deliver food when most people are either sleeping or enjoying themselves in a warm restaurant.

Some of these guys are even delivering with brand new SUVs purchased on credits and after a deeper dive, I came to realize our people here live mostly above their means to impress fellow Nigerians. They buy houses or cars they cannot afford and now have to work three jobs and drive on the side to maintain their fake lifestyles.

This is not a healthy way to live guys, learn to relax and enjoy yourself once in a while, do not live above your means and the fact that you are pre-authorized for that big mortgage, loan, or line of credit does not mean you have to accept.

Learn to live your life without trying to please or impress anyone and occasionally, take time off to have fun and enjoy yourself, take vacations.

Oga, the only advice in this write-up that makes sense is the bolded.

You see the pee matter, na big lie bro.

Lastly, the guy who buys a house has made a huge investment. Saving up to make initial deposit, and the monthly principal repayment is a big win. The house can be sold anytime and deposit+contribution+appreciation will become his gain.

One can still work 3 jobs and have vacations and rest with good planning.

When you don't know people's story, don't come to portray yourself as living the best life. Life na turn by turn.
You were 'dining' amongst 'whites' does not make you better than the " Nine delivery drivers and all black guys mostly Nigerian looking".

So you mean everyone living in Abuja earn nothing less than 3m monthly? You look like a terrible liar, a very bad propagandist.

Newlymarried:
Credit: Mr Mekzy

That okazi for restaurant?
And the matches, na how many packs abi cartons be dat?

treesun:
https://punchng.com/fg-spends-600m-on-fuel-importation-monthly-edun/

This was what Peter Obi specifically said he will stop. You are still using this as an excuse to pay yourself subsidy and at the same time jack up the price of fuel. I know you know Nigerians are stupid, but many of them know what you know now.

Is government directly involved in importation of fuel? No!
Who are the importers? Wale tinubu and other NNPC officers.
Is Subsidy gone? No!
How much is spent on subsidy now? About 250% of the last amount buhari paid as subsidy.

OALandAgents:
We can simply remove bribing in the process by having zero tolerance for it and screening delegates thoroughly for honesty. And independent candidates could also be allowed.

I am curious about how to achieve the bolded sir.

in one of the videos, the lady said spirits kill people in the desert. I need more info on this please. Can anyone help?

trutharena:
This is absolutely disgraceful! Such childish antics from these so-called protesters. Instead of addressing real issues, they resort to this mockery. It's clear they have no respect for our democracy or our leaders.

what democracy? The one in the mud? Which leaders? The ones starving the people? Leaders who bathe only themselves and their cronies in stupendous wealth by stealing the resources that belong to the people at a point when the people are crying 'hunger'. Are those leaders? Is it not rather too callous to do such? People are complaining of subsidy removal and rising cost of governance, and the politicians spent a whooping 160m for each lawmaker. Not even that they purchased it locally, they imported them, thus further weakening the naira. These 'leaders' are not humans, their consciences have been seared with hot iron.

Even Nigerians abroad are feeling the mess these politicians have plunged the country into.

otipoju:
Karma.

The big problem with Nigeria is that these politicians are slaves to the demons that they entered into covenant with in their quest for power.

Just like the demons they serve in their various secret societies...their goals are to steal,kill and destroy.

That is why dem do dey pity, those wey dey suffer. If you no dey their settings, they believe you have no right to enjoy anything at all because unlike them they have paid the price by sacrificing their souls and other human lives to the demons.

Until we start having decent and morally upright God fearing men in government, nothing will change.

Chai, this is what I scream but everybody seems to either feign ignorance, or choose to ignore. This is 100% true, and it is the more reason Nigeria will everly struggle to be good.

As we speak, the likes of Wike and others are busy making sacrifices to their gods to keep the protesters shut. They did a lot before the protest, hence the arrogance and impunity.

I have a very long story about a youth revolution against the occultic elders who held a small community in Akamkpa LGA of Cross River state hostage many years ago.

Nigerian politicians are possessed by demons. Nigerians need to know.

OALandAgents:
We can simply remove bribing in the process by having zero tolerance for it and screening delegates thoroughly for honesty. And independent candidates could also be allowed.

The bolded seems like Nigeria going to the sun bro, not in this generation. What might perhaps work to a better extent is conducting primaries like general elections, let all members of the political party participate. It will only make the bribery a little more burdensome by the 'bribers'. Vut to select few people and call them delegates, naa!

OALandAgents:
It is true in the current system, which needs to be overhauled , Perhaps a branch of INEC can run all party primaries and each party could be permitted to submit up to a maximum of 3 aspirants to contest the general election

Honestly, no matter how transparent primaries are in Nigeria, the highest bidder takes it. I'll propose independent candidature.

For general elections, if we can't do jack, then let us jewelry goan copy Ghana.