₦airaland Forum

Gratefulheart01:
Lol, you're right though, i'm also right. It all depends on the perspective, but i feel comfortable to perceive money as evil in the context of the society we now live in today and the immoderate power that money now has.

Yea, i work. Yea i need the money (necessary evil) because i don't have a choice. If i had a choice, i would have preferred a simple society where our survival doesn't depend on getting money. A society where you can live a great life with or without money and rest in peace at old age.

Money has monopolized survival.

Survival, what to eat, what to buy, what to achieve, health, social status, opportunities, and many other important components of life all depend on money. That's why it has become evil.

When something has too much unnecessary power, it becomes evil.

Hmmmm....I see your point though. Money does have too much power & it makes one too dependent on it. But as you rightly said, we have no choice but to depend on money, right?

Anyway, my only problem is the word "evil" you used. If money is evil, what do the people (you & I) who use it become?

adonainana:
Baba even for this naija, if you build a hotel for 20m each with very few rooms, it will be up to a very high standard. You might have clients who have been to Burj Khalifa and would think it looks good too.
Humans are tricked to what they see, once you spend money on the finishing touches of a new built hotel in this nigeria you make you money.
I meant to say 70m can build 5 standard hotels besides

Ok....@2nd bolded, thank God you corrected yourself.

And, you are right. 70 mil is a lotta money & STANDARD hotel business should be good business. Btw, you seem to like hotel business probably more than any other business. Any particular reason?

Oh, also @1st bolded, it's BABE not baba.

adonainana:
Baba leave them ooo, there is nothing 70m can do, it will collapse because they donated the 70m to him and he didnt work for it.

70m that can build at least 5 good 5 star hotels rich people will fly to every day. Within one year, its reached break even and the rest of the profit is his for life.

Nigerians are funny sha

Indeed! You didn't even say one 5-star hotel; you said FIVE 5-star hotels! So you mean 70 million naira can build 5 other Burj Al Arabs? A hotel that cost 1 billion USD as at the time it was built over 20 years ago.

Well, I know you don't know what a 5-star hotel is.

Gratefulheart01:
Lol, yea. The whooping amount of money made it dangerous. Assuming it's 1m, he might not do what he did but when money is getting to some extent, never even trust your blood relation.
Out of all the advantages a man can attain in life e.g position, power, authority, money etc. Money is still the most evil, and it's because you can achieve more things with money than any of others listed.
Love of money is root of all evil;
But Money itself is evil because of the power it has.

Money, hunger, thirst, pains, survival, inordinate lustful pleasure, all these can make a man misbehave and do anything.

Please o, money isn't evil! That people misbehave because of it doesn't make it evil. Get that right!!

Quick question; do you work? If yes, why? What do you need the "evil" thing they pay you at the end of the month for?

dfrost:
The National ID card will have the National Identity Number on it.

That's how it was supposed to be but mine doesn't have the number on it. Maybe the new set will have.

Avraham:
that means once we have registered for the NIN we dont need to register for national ID card right ?

What you will register for is the NIC(National Identity Card). The card will have the NIN on it.

Have you registered?

Julietcutie:
Same with me.. Since 2015

alsudaes1:
Mine since 2013, yet no show

Muzikluva:
I swear... Registered same year and still haven't heard shii from the idiots and they are talking about paying... I wish I could slap the person who said that. they have become redundant... absolutely useless group that should be reformed

emsheddy:
The one I did since 2014 una never still give me till now. Useless idiots

mayormick:
Hmm...at least dat gives me hope. I also registered 2013 but yet to collect, I don dey think maybe I will have to register again sef

Oma307:
wahala dey
I have registered since 2014 now and I haven't hear anything from the organization. to me, they are the most useless organization in Nigeria

Naijageak:
Rubbish. The ones people enrolled since has not be produced. Bring them out let's see what we have been waiting for before talking about paying for something we did since 2014 and it's taking donkey years to be produce. Is it different from ATM card?

I registered in 2014 & got a text that it was ready last year. I went to collect it & was shocked because they wrote "September 2015" as issue date on the card. Which means it was ready then but I only got a text last year.

I was more shocked when I found out it will be expiring next year. Imagine! So I registered 2014, collected 2018 & only have less than 2 years to use it (cos I collected it around September).

I was even much more shocked to discover the NIN (National Identity Number) is not on the card! It's on the printout. So you have to safeguard the both well. I don't know how they won't put the number on the card (I mean isn't that the essence of the card?) but they liased with MasterCard to double the card(NIC) into a debit card. How do the two even relate for goodness sake?

I somehow think the new set of cards will be better than ours. For starters, ours weren't linked to our BVN but these new ones are & will also hopefully carry the NIN on them.

Anyway, be patient with them still.

Naughtysite:
Was it not provision that Eve went to do that she ate the forbidden fruit and still brought some home for her husband to eat ?

Nobody's hands are tied. A man should provide as well as the woman.

I won't even bother dignifying this warped reasoning with an argument.

Naughtysite:
If men should leave their wives for being tired of giving her money, then 99 out of 100 marriages will end.

Mumuish girl.

Imagine! They are talking about boyfriend, you are talking about husband. Whose responsibility is it to provide for the home? And by HOME I mean, a place where a HUSBAND & his wife live.

LastDance:
Dear ishilove there is more to their relationship than meets the eye, you can't use the relationship between Charley and his wife to determine relationships of nowadays.

You can imagine ladies like toke makinwa or Tonto dikeh giving their men the "marry me or i move" ultimatum.

So you expect every guy in a relationship to just get married to their girlfriends, even those ladies with questionable characters or bad traits.

The reason why Charley boy eventually got married to her was because he saw the very good traits in her, she was not like the financial parasites we have nowadays.

The epic cheaters that sells their vagina to the highest bidders for money.

The wife of Charley boy was not a cheat but the ladies of nowadays will actually tell about two to four men the "marry me or i leave ultimatum'

So any mugu that falls becomes the highest bidder.

Listen and listen good, No man on earth will see a very good Lady and not plan on marrying her.

If you are a lady and your boyfriend is taken too long to propose or he isn't showing signs of commitments, it is not because he is not ready for marriage, It is simply because he is having second thoughts on you.

Charley boy had no second thought on his wife and that was why he went on to marry her and as you can see, Their marriage is going strong.

@the bolded, I wish things were as black and white as you made it out to be because there are other reasons why a guy wouldn't want to propose that is different from him having second thoughts on his girl.

Besides, those two paragraphs @bolded contradict each other. How you may ask?
1) If Charlyboy was ready for marriage (& not having second thoughts), why then did he have to wait till she made that comment? Why was he "wasting" her time & not wife her already? See, I bet you those words reset his brain & made him sit up where he was having second thoughts for whatever reasons he deemed fit about marrying her.

2) You have to know that a man who doesn't want to marry you won't marry you irrespective of whatever threat(however subtle) issued to him. If Charlyboy didn't love LadyD, the "threat" wouldn't have still made him marry her. Succinctly put, if Charlyboy were having the kind of second thoughts you mean on LadyD, the "threat" still wouldn't have worked.

I agree with you that a man can't possibly marry all his gfs. There might be genuine reasons why relationships don't lead to marriage like death, incompatibility on the grounds of health etc. But then again, why jump from one girl/lady to another, having sex up & down, "sampling" differnt vaginaas up & down before settling down? That's what mostly bring about the "second thoughts" as you captured it. A lot of guys enter relationships just because of sex. They know very well they can't "wife this one". They do whatever they want with her & then move on to a fresh one when it's time to marry. Why then won't you have second thoughts about someone you have so"used" when you want to settle down knowing full well what you have done to her?
Aside: it's left for the smart girls to identify men who want to waste their time & then move on from them.

Besides, why do y'all always harp on MATERIALISTIC ladies? Another one is "ladies of these days". What about the men of these days? Or have our men not changed for bad too? It may interest you to know though that the reason why a vast majority of the ladies are the way they are now is because our men allow & even promote it. So enough of the blame throwing after all, you guys have a part to play in it too. I will tell you how in the next quote if you are interested.

Karmatyra:
The big bang theory comes to mind

Exactly!

mojounited:
Hi "sis", have you stepped out already? How's the road / traffic? I got stranded at Bata junction earlier today... Those military guys have caused blockade everywhere (from Bata to Abia Poly and beyond), I'm not certain about my trip to Ph today.

I plan to try moving out again at 2pm. Pls provide update if you're able to make unrestricted movement. Thanks

I'm sorry "bro". I'm just seeing this. Well I got into town around past 4 & as at that time, there were no more restrictions. But I heard Ogbor-hill, Brass to Ariaria, Ahia ohuru roads were closed. Even those two markets were closed too.

SLOVFO:
lol
Pardon me sis. I didn't look at your moniker. Btw, good to communicate with a fellow nwa Aba on Nairaland.

It's alright. No offence taken.

Lol @nwa Aba...daalu.

SLOVFO:
Bros stay at home if you can. I left my house to go to Kent and I have been stranded since. And the rain is not making it easy at all. I guess Abians' rainmakers are working on overdrive today.

Ok. Thanks. I guess I can go out much later.

Oh & btw, @bolded, it's sis not bros

chiomadim:
Thanks so much. I truly appreciate this

You are welcome.

samguru:
Yes I saw these signs buy her pastor kept assuring me she will change,also my mumsy said she will change.

Oga....trust me, people don't change like that. A drastic positive change most of the times is only possible by God.

luvyaself95:
Make i first laugh Cmon i know what am saying,
Well I deactivate my old account of 5 to 6 yrs for personal reason for this new one..
Don't just jump into conclusion anyhow...

I'm not jumping int conclusion. That's why I put the clause, "except you have an alternate".

stephleena:
Thank u so much. this will be my guide..
Trust is really important

You are welcome dear. Goodluck.

Please o, those of you outside, how's movement like? I wan go out abeg...

Modified: mmiri n'ezo na Aba! What does it mean for Bubu & his campaigning?

luvyaself95:
Ever since have been on nairaland,
you're First Lady that talk wise and have virtue..
Honestly I like the way you talk...

Thanks but jeez, you just joined NL today so how many posts have you read already?

Except this is an alternate 'cause "ever since can't suddenly mean "just today"

@Chiomadim, I have been there and done that. It works, depending on the people involved. One thing you gonna know though is that TRUST is the bedrock of a LDR. There has to be trust between you two otherwise you will just drive each other nuts with suspicion, jealousy and drama.

Again, (very important) find something doing. It will help distract you & take your mind (when it wants to play tricks on you)off things.

Also, please take yourself away from anything(or anyone) that could lure you into temptation especially times when you are so needy for affection, closeness, sex etc.

Finally, it requires maturity to succeed in a LDR. Trust me, it's not for the feeble-minded. You both have to be focused at the end result which is being together at the end & not sway up & down.
I'm gonna give you a link to go through. I hope it helps 'cause it sure does for me.
https://swoon.theodysseyonline.com/being-long-distance.amp

But please, before you do all these things, ensure the person is worth the wait so you don't go wasting time, energy, resources, emotions etc on a futile journey. Good luck.

samguru:
I ran into this my baby mama yesterday at a function (wedding reception) and she started doing her things(madness) and this culminated to a point where she smashed my car windscreen with a stick.
When she was asked what she wants,she said I have embarrassed her with the divorce and that she must revenge.

House,my life is not safe again what should I do,can I relocate to another country for safety cos I don't want to take this matter up legally cos of media coverage

Na wah o! Is it possible for someone to change drastically like this? You surely must have seen signs before you married her didn't you? I don't think we are getting the full story o.

Anyway, you are still asking if you should relocate to another country! If you have the means to relocate, by all means do!! What kind of man are you!!!
Well, let me not have HBP on a fake story cos I don't think this story is true. No human being is this clueless.

AmazingELixir:


Diswan dhan die already naa...the idimu youths dhan mess up em internal organs finish, transition seem very certain for the snitch.

Lagos state is known for cult and gang faceoffs. Fadeyi and Mushin boys the worst of them all

You forgot to add Oshodi.

armadeo:
Despite all odds they went all the way based on hope.

That's a country where one life matters much more than money. The parents can't afford to pay for all those equipment and specialist but the government took it to task for one person.

In Nigeria if your house is on fire before fire service appears your surrounding neighbourhood would be engulfed. Off course they wont arrive with water.

Police would run when thieves are in action every man for himself here. Jah for us all

Really pathetic.

Rich4god:
Explorer come and update... The rescue operation is over and the child didn't make it.

True. Just watched it now on BBC.

So sad!

AfroBlue:
i haven't been over there in years. i will visit and post up.
hard to believe i've been on nl for almost 8 years -- Time registered: August 31, 2011

That'd be good.

Hmmmm....yummmmmmmy!

AfroBlue:
correction, i'm a 2007 or 2008 NL alumni, i forget the site got hacked and many including myself got a new registry date.

Oh! My bad...

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AfroBlue:
jollof rice prep

Let me introduce you to the food section. Trust me, we will appreciate you more there.

Elxandre:
Does Bolanle act English Nollywood movies? I thought he does Yoruba.
I don't know cos I don't watch.

Yes he does. He's now a regular.

Platony:
Knowledge is Power indeed.......

Thats how a friend of ours was arguing abt different types of TVs & their sizes d other day during one of our gatherings...

He was seriously saying d one we're watching at dat moment was HDMI TV because its BIG .
D most annoying part is, d guy is a graduate.

I was lyk "WTF"??

That's crazy! Lol

PotatoSalad:
Two rings: no microphone
Three rings: microphone

Thank you for this info. As an earpiece freak, I'm glad I know this now.

God! I didn't know I love this country like this!! See as I'm shedding tears with goosebumps all over me.
I do want to #believeinNigeria!

If only Nigerian youths will get sense....