₦airaland Forum

024, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos state

LP - 62
APC. - 46
PDP. - 2
Accord Party - 1

Unit 33, Surulere Ikate, Lagos state

No of voters; 150
LP - 113
APC - 18
PDP - 6
Invalid. - 13

Ekpashi Ward 2, Boki local government, Cross River

APC - 153
PDP - 457
LP - 1061

PU 021, Babs Animashaun, Surulere, Lagos

LP - 48
APC - 6
PDP - 1
Invalid - 10

MadeInTokyo:
Tinubu zombies have been warned in advance

He mean business this time

Buhari gave a serious warning to all APC members during his speech at APC caucus meeting. He warned them that instructions have been given to his military directly from him that any attempt to rig the election or steal election materials should result to immediate death of the person.

Buhari says snatch ballot box & thats d last action you'll take in your life.
No wonder d soldiers I saw this morning hv anger issues 😁😁😁#APCIzGone Sit-at-home Rice Confirmed Social Democratic Party Qudus ARISE TV Interpol soso Simi Simon Ekpa BREAKING NEWS #RMKinKano pic.twitter.com/YsjfpItCDE

— ReachObed (@ReachObed) February 23, 2023

JoeNL22:
How?
Apc governors played their cards too early. They overreacted too fast and because of that, they created an Image to the masses that these governors have an ulterior motive in ensuring the naira redesign policy doesn't see the light of day.

Also, the cash issue is divided into 3 parts;
1. The money they will use for campaigning, salaries, logistics and every other thing.

2. Money they will use for vote buying

3. Money they will keep after the elections. Mind you, the millions and billions the governors have stashed in their various houses will soon turn to tissue paper. Hence they can't be happy. Any new note they see, they will keep it.

Even the army has come out to say the policy is really helping them fight against insurgency.

Hence your assertions about Buhari helping Tinubu is outrightly and Totally wrong.

Nairaland have very intelligent and critical thinking people
Very Good and enlightening argument
We are learning

Heavensent01:
No No obidients don't let's be tired with the hate on Tinubu, Buhari is trying his best to make sure Peter obi is swear in at















Amadioha shrine





you igbo are complete neophyte as far politics is concern, you people will learn post election



funny tribe

Everything is not tribal war, we are all Nigerians and we want a better country for everyone.
What have you gained by being tribal
The Igbo states are very much more developed than the south West states. Lagos is the only bragging point and that is sad for the west.
Think bro. Stop settling for mediocrity. We can have better
We deserve better
We are all Nigerians

jefdr001:
from another angle.. give them old cash, alot of it. tell them tinubu will revert pmb decision once president and they would be able to use the old cash. more like commit them for a course with old cash

Hmm
Another good viewing point. Politics is survival of the smartness

rickpat:
I'm so glad that people are now seeing this from another angle... POLITICIANS can never be understood...I feel this election would have many drama, hopefully no violence,let the people's choice win

So much drama already, many more drama to come

Think people. This game of politics is deep
What if the cashless policy is a weapon to help APC and Tinubu win this election.
What if all this CBN drama is all a script that they are acting

Now people don’t have cash, and we must feed. The desperation for cash will make vote buying very easy and cheap.

If votes are being bought for 10k before, now even with 5k people will be in a hurry to sell their votes just to get that cash so as to avoid bank long queue

This Nigerian politicians are master planners, so don’t believe all what you see.

This policy is a 2-way thing, it is either they are telling us the truth about why they are enforcing the policy or they are deceiving us like they always do

Saturday is near. Time will tell
*just thinking aloud*

DONFRANSKID:
Op you are contradicting yourself, for the sake of peace just keep your mouth shut if you don't know what to say.

Nobody is hating anyone we are just exposing the undiluted truth.
#MGTOW

From your comment, you are already full of hate and insult
What is your truth. Only a simp and a kid have to insult to make a comment.

StrongAlphMale:
The OP is a big SIMP.

I don't expect an Sane guy here to take him serious. The Werey OP wants to impress a girl thinking it's Redpill. What a SIMP!

Comrade Ignore the dude. He's frustrated

😅 if you think loving yourself directly relate to impressing ladies, then you are the angry simp my post is talking about

Sixfeetbelle:
The delusion is real with this one

Coming from a lady, PAIN !

Franzinni:
The ramblings of a SIMPle mind... Enjoy

Women Basher spotted

Tallesty1:

Your definition of REDPILL still revolves around doing things to get or impress women.
That is advanced SIMPING.



A real REDPILL knows that he has a very short supply of fvcks to give so he gives a fvck only to fuckworthy things.

I agree with your second paragraph only. Because I read it in Polite English. Some people will still misunderstand the paragraph

Taking the redpill does not mean you should start hating ladies and seeing every lady as a LovePeddler and ingrate

I am very shocked at Nairaland redpillers, you guys are mostly single cry babies and women haters. You can’t even maintain a relationship because you are actually a simp that is why you are forming redpiller so you can hide in hate and you don’t even understand what it is all about

I am a redpiller myself.
Taking the redpill mean putting yourself first and your future first before a girlfriend.
It mean loving yourself so much that if a lady is faking love, you will already know from 100miles away and breakup immediately.
It mean being THE MAN in a relationship, a person that comes into the room and the lady is happy to have him and not the other way round

Taking the redpill is accepting that you want to invest more money and effort in your future than in a girlfriend, and this will even make any lady fall in love quickly with you. Ladies can sense an ambitious man and they will stick with him no matter his broke state, rules and regulations.

Taking the redpill is dressing well and looking neat instead begging for a relationship and bashing any lady that reject you

Taking a redpill is improving on your finance. The ladies know a man that is working on his finance and they will stay with him. That is why some broke guys still have beautiful girlfriends that you can only dream of.

Stop all this hate, that is not the Redpill theory !!

kenedyx:
Apt.

As a man you must first love yourself with all your heart, women will pick up on these cues subconsciously and fall madly in love with you.

You cannot give what you don't have. The message from OP is simple, love yourself and women will love and respect you. And herein lies the major problem with so called "redpillers" on NL these days. They hate women because they hate themselves and women hate them in return for this. You will see them avoid this thread like a plague.

But when it's a woman-bashing thread, they would've rushed in here with their contributions (insults).

Yes !! Glad you got the point. Many redpillers get this relationship all wrong, and if you investigate, they are not enjoying a healthy relationship. Always looking for red flags and spreading hate

tobby20:
I suppose abuse you but I’ve evolved man ....

You are still the kid
No difference, no growth, no money, no wisdom. Just same old you

I have never in my life had a relationship heartbreak
Guys should learn to be tough, whether In relationships or life in general.
I have never looked for a job after graduation, I change jobs like water before I am tough and I always put myself first. If you put yourself and your happiness first, everybody will learn to respect you and put you first.

The more you say NO to a lady, the more the lady will respect you and wish to have you. She will see you as a guy that have so many choices and she will try her best not to offend you.

I learnt about this years ago, when I was still in my year 1 in university and till date, I have dated the finest ladies, never had a heartbreak, I have not even spend much on any woman. Every woman I date don’t even want me to spend much because they always assume that I have one goal or ambition that I am chasing that need my money.

If you take a girl out, stop trying to make sure that she enjoys herself. You are the one doing the spending so please focus more on enjoying yourself. Trust me they will notice it and be surprised because many guys always try to overdo

If the lady you are dating ask for anything unreasonable, turn it down immediately and tell her plain that what she is asking for doesn’t make sense. Don’t sugarcoat words. She will get angry but she will be the one to call you and reconcile

Be the MAN in a relationship, even if you are broke, try to show that you are in charge. No do pass yourself. The ladies will love you more and they will stay with you and believe in your future.

Lastly, your future is better than any woman. You can spend on a lady but don’t forget that your future need your money more. Please the fight of Everyman is against poverty, don’t forget it. NO DO PASS YOURSELF. If a woman find out that you value her more than your future, she will tag you mugu and she will leave you for a better guy and you will end up poor in life like most men in this world.

OP, why will you be broke? A man should not be broke. That is why before you give to your girlfriend, make sure you are very financially stable. Don’t give to any girl if that giving will make you broke.
Many boys are roaming claiming to be men

El Rufai has announced that kaduna state will disregard Buhari order and use the old currency

He is wise enough to know the implications of going to war with the president. The president have all the power to collect his state from him with immediate effect by declaring state of emergency. He could even be arrested and a good case of treason can be charged against him even if it is not and the case will be in court till after elections.

But in Nigerian politics, the more you look, the less you will see.
He could just be acting a script so it will not look like total betrayal from the north to Tinubu

When I wrote that Tinubu is being fooled, many attacked me. The north are the smartest in politics and if they don’t want you, you can’t force them to accept you. They will play you and your billons cannot help you

El Rufai can be the inside man that the president might be using to work against Tinubu. But if not, then he is seriously playing with fire and he will get burnt

Who said you must have a house at 28years
Who said you must finish university at 23 years
Who said you have to get married at 30
Who said you brush 2 times daily to have a healthy teeth. Why can’t it be once or 3 times
Who said you have to sleep 8 hours daily

Who even created all these nonsense timetable? MAN
God created time, and man is manipulating it so as to feel more successful than the other

Just do your best, have goals and work towards it.
Don’t let society time put you under pressure

Wizkid and Davido was already Nigeria best at 21 years
Where was Burna boy? But look at Burna boy now
Everyone one has their own time, just have a goal, work towards it and trust the process

Young men focus, please focus.
There is no joy being broke and poor, please don’t let anybody deceive you that a poor man can be happy
A man is not completely a man without money. He will be timid and always emotional.

The number 1 key to changing your life as a struggling man is to always live below your means. Don’t listen to friends or family jargons, try as much as possible to live far below your means.
Let your expenses be very low compared to your earnings.
Don’t live in any house that will give you headache when it is time to pay rent and light bills. Any expenses that gives you headache, please don’t spend on it.

You will start realizing that you are beginning to have savings. And that feelings of money on your account no matter how small is JOY and peace of mind
When the Joy comes, you won’t like to loose it so without even noticing, you will begin the to save more. This is the first step to financial freedom and peace of mind.

Have a 5 years plan for the savings. The kind of business you want to start or the investment you want to do and how much you need to start it. Write it clearly in a book and look at it everyday till it stick in your brain.

Work, work and work towards it. Don’t loose focus, don’t let anybody pressure you for unnecessary spending not even your family.

Men, there is no joy in being broke. Fight poverty with everything you have and don’t do fraud. There is not peace in fraud

jagaban002:
Very good topic , Lagos comes with a lot of expenses but it always favour business people than salary earners .
I left Ibadan to start my business in Lagos at 2019 and it's 4 years already but i can never archive what I have in Ibadan if have not make that decision.

I never rented house at mainland ,lekki or expensive area just to make things easier and have my business not far from where I stay.
I only have one boy so I won't be spending much but I have 4 boys now .
So Lagos is the best to grow u just have to plan urself well .

Hmm
Good personal success story to motivate us
And other good points to note
Doing business is better than salary job in Lagos.
Planning is important
Note taken. Thanks

Itohanmiwa:
I love this thread op. It shows you must've done some critical thinking to arrive at this topic. During my service year I was posted to Lagos after camp I tried looking for a decent accommodation, the keyword being "decent". The least I saw was 700k with subsequent payments of 500k annually, and this was just a single room self contain. I sat down thought about my plans for my future and how much I would get monthly " 33k". The daredevil in me wanted to take the risk but I thought about how I could practically finish the service year saving nothing and had to work my relocation to Benin city. That was the best decision I took as I was able to purchase a piece of land for myself in my village SAPELE. I already started livestock rearing and will gamble more on my land in terms of agriculture until I am ready to settle down. Truth is most knuckleheads in lagos who refuse to think will end up going back to their various villages to retire in old age filled with regrets of the risk they didn't take earlier.

Wawu! Thank God you looked before you leaped
You have foresight and wisdom

The best physical business you can start is any business where ladies are your customers.
Start selling hair, cream, soap and ladies cloths and you will make millions within a short time.

This advice is not for ladies, I am advicing men only. Especially if you are a handsome guy or you have good dress sense.

I have come to realize that ladies like competition and will always like to impress and outshine their mates.
Don’t be the spender in this chain of money circulation. Be the guy the encourage the competition and make money from it.

For those asking for business ideas, this is a good one.

Anonymous1900:
I love a healthy argument when I see one especially devoid of insults or childish tantrums so kudos to you guys for keeping it clean.

That being said, I think making generalizations from few and specific cases are might be viewing the issue from a tunnel view point. And this is me analyzing both your comment and his rebottle

Questions plaguing my mind are,
1. what of for a family man, is that 500k still sufficient?
2. Since naira continues to depreciate unpredictably against the dollar, what will your savings be worth in 5yrs, can it be answered and will it help with those same migration plans or derail it

This goes to my other point about when you insinuated 500k could afford you a better than decent/average life in Lagos. I respectfully disagree. This is not to knock those earning 200/300 or 400k or even minimum wage but there is a fundamental problem when people can’t find dignity in labor or enjoy the good things in life and you just exist. Working everyday till old age and retire barely enough to feed then fade. That’s not living, it’s existing. Lagos is really expensive and it keeps increasing. Working in vi and not being able to afford a decent family house before iyana ipaja or after Abraham Adesanya is not gainful employment. Keyword being gainful employment which is what is lacking in most jobs in naija …

I’ll stop here for now (we have not even talked about the main pull for most people that leave which is The sanity and basic amenities that improve quality of life) there is also the benefits of not traveling which has very strong arguments under certain conditions . We all make the best of where and what we have

I love this
Especially the sanity and basic amenities part
I love how you explained gainfully employed and mere existence
I learnt more

anthonyuncle:
1. there are places in lagos where 300k can get you a decent flat, and such places are not too far from working/ business environments.
besides, haven't you heard of remote working?

2. some privates schools are not as expensive as you think.

3. it is not every family that has 3 children and above

I absolutely understand your point of view
The guy above spoke my mind sha and I think you now understand my thought

Pmedia7787:
In the world of men,
Lagos is the least developed city of all large cities In those world,
Too rough with very low quality of leaving,
The curruption within our system has turned a decorated pit latrine into the best we have,
That's where commerce flow the most Nigeria but that doesn't mean it's less of a shit hole,

The sub par area of the island are still less than 25 kilometres in length and much less in breath

If you choose to leave in Nigeria,just find a place that's suits you and give that quality live you want,

Absolutely correct
We want good quality of life
Not hype and survival

anthonyuncle:
you are right to an extent, but it's wrong to use one situation to generalize.

the fact that something doesn't work for you doesn't mean that it wouldn't work for another person.

lagos is large - very large with lots of persons and lots of situations.

it is not everyone in lagos that gets stucked in traffic daily.
there are people here that don't earn up to half of the amount you mentioned yet they live comfortable with their families.

every case no be the same.

I really want to learn
Please explain how someone earning 200,000 monthly in Lagos will comfortably pay for good accommodation that is close to area of work to avoid traffic, pay for good private school education for 3 children, light bill and feeding the family and Still save money to build a house or future Investment.

Phimzy:
Living in Lagos is harder than living in Nigeria.

With the hike in pump price and scarcity of cash, I wonder how a 30k salary earner would survive. May God help us.

It’s a pity

If you are not making atleast 500,000 monthly in Lagos, then you are wasting yourself in Lagos and you are just living to work, eat and die. What a sad life.

The goal is to live a good life, good standard life for yourself and family. You cannot achieve that in Lagos with a minimum of 500,000 monthly considering the high cost of rent in good area.

The average Lagosian is living a miserable life with hours in traffic daily shuttling the Island and iyana ipaja or Berger or ikotun. God did not make us to come and suffer like that.

If you do not see a bright future in Lagos, please save money and be very stingy for atleast 2 - 5 years. Save all the money you can and don’t even think of getting married yet. After you have gathered reasonable amount. Please run away without looking back. Start a big business in another location where quality housing is affordable, transportation is not stressful and killing your health. You can live a happy, peaceful and good life outside Lagos. You can be visiting Lagos and Abuja for fun and flex. Think people !!

You are not a tree that stays in one position till it dies. Change is constant and God gave us Brain to plan our lives.
Life is sweet. Don’t die without living