₦airaland Forum

uplawal:
Am so loving your comment,its so shameful the way onila is defending them.educated dis educated dat?She should inform her family in naija to take necessary steps and charge them to court,its very bad what the so called Onila adopted family has done,its wrong to take a two years old baby from mum,shes still a baby not yet a child,if she reaches 7,then they may have her or both care for her if they eventually get to marry eachother.

Don't mind them uneducated lots. If they were educated as their town-crier has announced, then they wont worry about going the right legal channels for obtaining the sole custody of the child. Instead of stealing the child.

Why is the UK border control so porous like that sef? How did the allow a toddler go on a plane to another country without the consent of the mother? That was how the murder suspect was also allowed to escape to Nigeria on his brother's passport. I just weAK!

donedy:
Typical Yoruba women; breaking up Igbo family since 1914. They will come as holy, then show their true color when they get once they need.

Just look at how ofe_manu girl broke apart P-Square family; putting asunder between mother and son, and between brothers.

The hoe called Temmy is Nigerian, why not her come to Nigeria and take care of the case, instead of chasing wild goose online.
Lazy people always looking for who to milk dry.

In most Igbo customary law, the kid belong to the man, except he chooses not to marry the girl. However, majority of kids who grew with their mothers tend to go back to reconcile with their father's relative when they've grown.

E ma wo were yi sha? See them twisting facts? The baby belongs to the guy now despite the fact that they were not married? Ori e ti yi tipe-tipe.

bukatyne:
Honestly, I wonder the stuff some people are made of.

A lady gets pregnant and loverboy tells her abort. She proceeded to have the baby for reasons known to her and 2yrs later, the grandma comes to kidnap the baby and some people are saying 'according to our culture/africa, a man & woman owns a baby so the man can do what he likes with him/her'

Sincerely, I am sometimed tempted to think that whites have a different brain from blacks.

As in, Nigerians never cease to amaze me. Like damn? How do some of us reason like a skunk like this?

onila:
what is he doing that dead UK citizenship
all his siblings are married and living comfortably in the United States

They dont have to be doing all that rubbish just to enter dead, rubbish UK

his family far from hungry
their father was a big time man in Shell Nigeria
we are not talking abt any kind of family here

Shut up, Madam. Which part of America do they live in? Cos I'm sure if they do live here and they know what the law is all about, they won;t have allowed their militant mother steal a kid's birth certificate and also kidnap the kid. They all knew about the deal.

Oloshi, see as you dey rant out another family's antecedent without looking book? When will you have the pride to defend you own family? Dead UK citizenship? Okay, someone pass her some Prozac, stat!

onila:
the girl is a typical of-emanu B1tch

fcck the whor.e with her bitchiness!

of-emanu and their trouble, tufia!

This Yoruba girl is about to school you and give you an e-asswhooping. Just continue running your trap mouth, okay?

onila:
I know this family very well

leave them alone

the Ehiemeres are a very well educated family

the grandmother is actually not from Nigeria but from the Island of Barbados in the Caribbean but married an Igbo man
and moved to Nigeria

they made a mistake but dont deserve this kind of publicity

onila:
he cant stay in the UK
because he was an international student in the UK
he has finished with school
so he has no choice to go back to Nigeria
hes a well educated brother, with a degree in business from the university of Hertfordshire

onila:
the paternal grandfather died long time ago around 2005
shes the one that has trained all her children to this level
all her kids studied abroad despite their father not there
the grandmother is a very strong Island woman

onila:
he made a mistake and got a girl pregnant while he was studying abroad
no one is perfect

What the heck are you talking about? The grandmother kidnapped the child and you're seated behind your China phone chatting shyt? Are those people feeding you? Are they related to you? Are you their househelp? You called the lady an unfit mother, yet you didn't stop to think that the mother could have chosen to abort the pregnancy and not allow the resulting child to impede her freedom? Did you go to school at all? In short, you amaze me. Heaven help that grandmother who tries that kind of shyt with me. Island of Barbados Ko, Isle of Man ni. Rubbish

They deserve all the negative press they get. If they were as educated as you've portrayed them to be, then they will go the course of the law and allow the judge to decide who gets the kid. Not stealing. Like damn!!! WTF??

FYI: I'm pretty damn sure you're not female. You need help, ma'am or mister.

Damn. Nigerian Christians can be despicable and judgy Tho!! what gives y'all the right to say we are worshipping idols? Cos you believe you're going straight to heaven after you die? I seriously SMH for some humans. To all there own. I eat Christmas meat with my Christian friend. If my parents give you sallah meat and you dont want it, throw it in the trash.

The MOD who brought this to front page is a fool too. I guess it's anything to bash Islam!

Ashigolo:
I mean Adesina Parker (a pharmacist), I just thought you know each other coz he mentioned you while we were discussing.

Yes. I do know him. I didn't know he was the one you were talking about

Ashigolo:
Lol...ok

Which Parker arr you talking about sef and how do you know I know him?

Ashigolo:
Thanks and you too. Hope you hear from my guy (parker)

Parker? Lol. No be me you suppose dey ask for Parker for her hand oo. Lol. He should be fine though.

Ashigolo: Wish you the same....Taqabal Allahu Minna Waminkum

Ameenah Ya Allah. Enjoy your Eid Bro..

Eid Mubarak y'all.

jennykadry: Lmao. Pocket money? You never talk of spending money when you vacationed overseas as a young dude ooo...abeg add that one to the 100k. as per last born things(came into the world years after my mum closed shop ) the bonuses I got then from sisters and brothers and aunties and uncles nko?... Then add parents own join. Cheii so people see 100k as money ehn? Tufiakwaaaa Nigeria really has ""uselessed" some people's life

100k naira that a student here can earn in less than a week without hard labour? Devil punish poverty. I SAY POVERTY IS A BASTARD

Don't mind them jare. Poverty is indeed a bastard. Suffering and smiling they say. Very soon they will start using reverse psychology on you, just like the kid that keeps quoting me up and down.

100K which is around 600USD isn't even up to the measely salary I earn as a graduate assistant. Mind you. I earn minimum wage o... With full tuition waiver. Somebody will now say I should be earning 100K a month in Nigeria and be contented that I'm living a good life? E no go better for poverty and poverty mentality

charzyh2: that's your overall conclusion anyway. You really sounded like a potential immigrant like your colleagues in the diaspora. And if you did not blame the govt, who owes the blame? To make my point clearer, I'll say most Nigerian youths are blind to opportunities. They'll forever keep searching for job (Just Over Broke). Are you a true patriot? If yes, go and study your friends who are from China. We gotta learn from the Chinese. They have the nose for opportunities. They go back to their homeland to invest with the money they'd made. As for naija, upa! Who cares? The reverse is just the case for my compatriots o. But Nigerians why?

OK

manny4life: @Chinom,

It's kinda hard not to believe you are intellectually challenged... I asked you this question and here it is again

1. If it wasn't corruption that has eaten into the fabric of our system, please tell me why "Wealthy" men and women send their children abroad?

2. If it wasn't corruption, why will politicians travel abroad on medical checkup? The wealthy men and women travel abroad? Where is the fate in your local hospital?

3. If it wasn't corruption, why do you lack the MOST BASIC amenities found in other countries...

4. Why do wealthy men and women, even our so called entertainers your reference travel abroad to deliver their kids if not to give their children that opportunity?


[size=16pt]5. Why does your children have RED PASSPORT?
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So much for Nigerian patriotism; now think again and then come back with good answers.

Don't mind them and their blind patriotism. And they will flee the so called Nigeria if they are given the opportunity any day. We know their kind. I've been there too.

charzyh2: It will be too dumb of us to owe all our blame to the government. Nigeria is a consuming country and Nigeria is an investment paradise. If you know your onions, your enterprise is most likely to grow in Nigeria than your America.

Can you read? If yes... Go and re-read what I wrote and pint me in the direction where I laid the blame explicitly on the government. And TF you mean by "Your America? "

glitest: You are right .....I've never been to Houston, so I don't know how big it is..JFK ought to have made the list though.

True. I heard JFK is really big. Truth is... Most of the American airports are really big. Ever been to Denver airport, lol. You will see the airport signs, signal that you're inside the airport and you'll be seeing terminals. But you will be driving driving for like 20mins before you even know wetin you enter. Lol

Lool. Wetin Ebola go cause

glitest: Dulles/ BWI also.

Dulles isn't that big. I've been there. Never been to BWI Tho. LAX (Los Angeles ) and DFW (Dallas Fort Worth) is massive. It takes at least 20 mins by skyline (train) to get to terminal E from terminal A in Dallas.... Takes much more time by bus even. And you go find your terminal taya for Los Angeles.

Surprised IAH (Houston) isn't on that list though..

safarigirl: you should go back and read the post you quoted. I gave one example there, or did you skip it?

I haven't seen one job that somebody in Naija can wake up and decide "oh darn it. I'm gonna stop walking the streets of Lagos looking for a job. This is gonna be my day job" Twitter celeb you say? So I should go trolling all over twitter space searching for followers so that I can amass enough to make me worthy enough of being able to advertise for them on my page? I'm really dumbfounded.

Nigeria is a great place and people can survive and make a real decent living here. But for many, it's a real dream killer. A place where excellence is not applauded, they will rather turn their nose up at you an "yinmu". Saying, "Na today? E Don tey. Somebody did this sometime back". So?? Encourage, praise, and we will be motivated to get better.

Why won't people wanna get out of Nigeria? When I can be here and not have a dime in my pocket, but I'm not hungry nor homeless. I can afford to overdraw my account and pay back later? Things work. I get my money's worth for services rendered. I went to school and while in school I earned enough to pay my rent and bills and still have some left over to enjoy life moderately? I go to the hospital and after being treated, my bills runs into say $950 but because the medical sector and insurance works well, I am only required to pay the $15 copay and carry my yansh home. Yet you're still asking me why I couldn't stay in Naija?

The corruption has eaten deep into the echelon of the Nigerian society and the youths are the ones at the receiving end. Nigeria where they are screaming youth empowerment, youth empowerment. Yet the youth leader of those political parties are 35-45 year olds! darn!!! what sort of rubbish is that?

Everybody has a choice of. Stay or leave, but the OP should not turn is nose down on people that chose to leave.

safarigirl: no such thing as 'cheap capital' if you want to make money, you have to spend money.

If you have cheap capital, you'll have cheap returns. Have you asked how much web designers charge per site? Do you know with just 5 jobs per month, one can make 100,000? You're on the internet now, what are you using it for? Do you know there are people on twitter who make money from just advertising for brands? I mean people who are just twitter celebs.

There are various ways you can make money in Nigeria without leaving the comfort of your home, you just need to find the ways

Please tell me one way you can make tons of money in Nigeria without leaving your home. I'd love to hear

electronic: Ms Nas is TOEFL compulsory in your school? considering the fact that i am aplying for GA/TA in Computer Engineering
though i am from EE background sha

Depends on the department. I'm not in that department.

Feexo: Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do I stand to benefit from having SSN and State ID. I can understand the use of driver's license, but I want those that have gone before me to explain the former to me.

SSN
When you have an SSN you can do a lot of things
1. Apply for credit cards
2. You can file for your tax returns
3. Some benefits require an SSN before you can get them .

State ID
Well for me, I use it as a form of ID a lot. I use it in lieu of a Drivers license and it is accepted everywhere. Whenever I fly, I tender my State ID and not my passport cos I can't afford to lose my passport because of constant carrying about. You can use your state ID almost everywhere that requires a form of government issued ID.

vivysparkles: Ms Nas darling! I dey o...it "haff" tey. Lol. I've been in nigeria whiling away the summer. Just returned a couple weeks ago. Abi you're done with MS this fall?

It haff really tey. How have you been? So you were in Naija? Big girl things. When will I go to Naija?

Snazzygirl: lol....no mind babalola. I don't know if you've contacted WES, but if you haven't ................http://www.wes.org/students/icap.asp. ICAP evaluations are stored for as long as WES is in existence. This doesn't apply to WES Basic.

vivysparkles: How do you know "no one here knows"? Are you "everyone"?? Or their spokes person perhaps.lol. "I don't know" would've been a more appropriate answer because I'm pretty sure there are others who have had their transcripts evaluated in years past and are perhaps applying for another degree. Nevertheless I will try to contact WES directly.

Two of my favorite people! Vivvysparkles How and where have you been?

jpphilips: Please dont forget to add the secretaries, sales agents, front desk officers, bank tellers as career jobs , a country where under employment is the order of the day? can a realistic person just take on this conversation because it is beginning to seem like most people here type from pluto.


You guys dont get it!!

Sorry if I sound harsh, but it is absolutely not my fault that anybody's family cannot afford to pay for their education. I made my point from my own perspective and I didn't expect a gazillion lines of whines trying to prove me wrong neither did I expected to be crucified for it.

If you cared to read my post well enough, I pointed out that some women have ambitions which does not end in simply living in a man's house and popping out them tatas while some want other things including that. So what's the issue here? What don't I get?

Be aware, that you as a man, have absolutely no business with whatever I chose to do with my life and future. If I like, I have ambition, if I like I don't. so stop going all self righteous on me please. Again, I apologize if my post comes off as harsh or rude, but I see no reason why you'll just go H.A.M on my post and write that long-ass whatever you call it. Laters

godG: MsNas, status updated! Thanks. Much love and respect for you. I would have hugged you, but I have been islamized in Nasarawa State.

You're welcome

The OP is so right but also wrong on some aspects. Most Nigerian women do not have ambition, but not all. I know of a few who do have ambition ans many more who don't.

Rollback to my final year in Uni in Nigeria, one of my friends was asking me what I wanted to do when I graduate and I told her "Get a master's degree and hopefully a PhD". She was adamant and kinda annoying that day. She told me "Won't your parents ask you to bring your husband? Won't you get married? Won't you look for a husband? " I calmly told her, my parents encourage us to pursue out ambitions, so no, they won't ask me to be bringing husband of I'm not ready to. What baffled me was that we both studied Physics, a hard sciences major and I knew how hard I struggled to pass my classes and graduate, so why will I throw all the sweat and toil under the bed all on the name of looking for a suitor?

One girl always refers to me as "Prof" whenever she chats me up on Facebook simply because I'm getting an ordinary masters degree. She told me she doesn't understand why I would go back for two more years of graduate school when I could be bearing children in my husband's house

Fast forward, five years now, I'm almost done with my masters degree and hopefully will enroll for a PhD (Undecided) and my college girlfriend? Well, she has a baby and is a full time housewife. I look at her and shake my head, cos it was just a waste of five years in college. I had some friends back then whose sole purpose of coming to the Uni was to get any degree just so they can also refer to themselves as graduates. Smh.

So OP, yeah, some girls/women have no ambition but I and some of my friends do. Most of my girlfriends here are not doing masters but PhD and the ones that are not in school, work really good jobs while also having families. They had a goal and went for it. They pursued their dreams. I am pursuing mine. And yeah, I have a supporting dude.

godG: Sir. Imperiouxx, how are you doing? Been an age.
MsNas, again, thanks for the other time. Sure you are doing great.
His bossliness, Monsieur slimmy05, what's good?

Regards to the house too oo.

I'm doing good jare. Kò t'ópé. Has it reflected on your profile yet?

osahons9: Did I say it was the only way? I never said so. I said either a job or marriage. Don't get me wrong.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you said marriage is the end game.

osahons9: See, I don't like it when people sugarcoat things. You get your residency after a while if you are working (H-1b). Then marriage is the end game.

Don't deceive people here. Their folks spend alot sending them there.

You're kidding right? Marriage is not the only way to get a green card and consequently a blue passport. You can have you employer file a work based Green Card for you (You don't even need to go the OPT and H1B route of they file a Green Card for you). After a few years, then you can apply for a passport.