Change your mindset! If this was how Dangote envisage his adventure when he started some years back, he won't be where he is now. In life one need to work hard, pray hard and get to be smart. No one road leads to success. You choose your interest and dream large. No one great will come out and tell you what exactly he did to become great. He can only give you insights. I huge you to read more on the parable of the sower. You cast your seeds and hope for the best. Nothing is too sure in life. If you have your American dream of being the next Elon musk, trust me you can achieve it... it is a thing of the mind. I have learnt that 1+1 does not always equal to 2 in the journey of life. Shalom.

MrGoood:

I make some calculations, 40 hours work in a week, 160 hours monthly x 15= 2400-1300 rent =1100$, Let say you pay bills , Phone, Water, Tax et all for 500$, You eat for 300 , You save 300$ monthly , Am i right or wrong in my calculations? If yes , Greet america for me, I am here , God bless Nigeria

There are better candidates or let me rephrase it, there are more suitable candidates for the program. Move on!

mayort12:

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry concentration.
I also did Biochemistry for undergraduate and Msc.

For your information, Tinubu is one of the most corrupt and self-centered Yoruba leader.

SouthNigerian:


Can or Will be prosecuted?

Tinubu is under intense pressure to bring down the Yoruba race.

Can you read and understand at all?

Nbotee:
For those who do not understand the post, CBN wants to b paying Nigerians 5 naira for every 1 dollar they receive but the 419 behind it all is the useless exchange rates dey dey maintain.. In other words dey want to bribe Nigerians 5 naira for collecting their dollars at their 419 rate

Baba, shey you no see the two fingers up those pictures saying the real fact that you should multiply the dollar rate then by two! Lol

samuel19222:
jagaban, this 2021 eh! Tinubu dey advice, Mc oluomo sef write book

Will he be happy to end up being what his father is today? Oluwa je ki a le fi ise ti a ba se le omo lowo...

wearsandtrends1:
Lagos NURTW boss, MC Oluomo’s son has tackled those calling his father a tout
see his post here

America wey get em own problems too... But their fake life no go let una see their yanch... Really overhyped country.

Coronabirus:
Who fucking care abt Biden's call? You people are still slaves to whites and will always be.
Only Northerners have the mental intuition of true sovereign freedom of Nigeria as a nation, because the way some mentally inferior people see US and Western nations as demi god is seriously a big slap to our faces.
To hell with Biden's call!

Can this illiterate scammer shut up for a moment? I wonder how he thinks everybody are fools as he is? If DSS needs him na just one call obey... He is already gone.

oilPUSSY:


http://saharareporters.com/2021/03/01/some-yoruba-politicians-conspired-get-me-assassinated-%E2%80%94-igboho

Dey there dey deceive yourself. Igboho is a big scam if you know... He is a killer and political fighter if you want to know. Which legitimate work has Igboho done to acquire those his excessive wealth? Nigerians are wise! Just wait and see for yourself how things unfold.

hotwax:
This is a tactic to get Tinubu to kill sunday igboho.

They told Tinubu he is not doing enough to terminate sunday igboho.

They said his presidential ambition is at stake if he fails to remove impediments on the way of fulani killers. The deal is to ensure fulani marauders occupy yoruba villages so he can get presidential ticket.

Sunday igboho is a pain in the neck for tinubu.

All these EFCC stunt is just to remind him he can be dealt with if he fails to carry out his assignment...

Politics

Correct!

Nemere2020:


https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-efcc-goes-after-bola-tinubu-for-corruption-writes-ccb-for-ex-lagos-governors-asset-documents/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Ask admission committee for a copy of your recommendation letters if the policy allows you have a copy of them. Don't underate the power of some destiny destroyers! Then I would say you give out your SOP to experts to check for you. USA admission is straightforward just like plug and play kind-of, the funding and visa is the real deal...

TJ0987:
4th rejection just dropped. No more pending decisions...

I am sorry, if I may ask have you lived or stayed in the so-called western world and see things yourself? Sometimes, you know experience is the best pointer!

Jaqenhghar:

Certainly most of them. Look at that shithole. Even with your money you cant get quality education. Is it not the "well raised" children that are constiuting a nuisance in countries like Malaysia?

Then how many of them on average have this ? You need do your statistics wella... Don't wish yourself bad things in life. Not all that glitters is gold!

BadRadio:
Exposure, practical learning... and more

Madam, tell people the truth... Anywhere can be anybody's Bethel! No free food anywhere. Hardwork, prayer and divine direction is key in life. This life is never a straight one. If many great minds in Nigeria have done this your calculative life they won't be where they are now. I would say nobody should follow anybody's life... Let all seek for divine directions. Going abroad won't still guarantee fulfilment of destiny. I know American citizen both immigrated and American-born that are sad of being an American because of what their life is. God's planing and direction is key to fulfilment of destiny!.

Rhodaogunpeju:

I relocated to Canada through the express entry mode 2 years ago, one major advice I give everyone is follow all the steps laid down by Canada and you’ll be fine. When they say come with proof of fund of 6million naira for a family of 3, please try to get at least more than half of that money when landing, it’ll make life easier for you. I’ll be honest with my story by sharing breakdown of life and how we survived.


One important thing to note when relocating is give yourself one year to build your foundation, I can assure you that you’ll be fine. Another is not to be lazy or proud to do any odd job, as there is dignity of labour here.


This is my story from the day I landed:

We came with more than three-quarter of the recommended POF for a family of 3. From that money, we got an Airbnb where we stayed for 2 weeks, started house hunting, found something we liked and paid 3 months rent upfront (this is to reduce the tension of looking for job to pay bills).


In Canada, most times your experience is disregarded, so people go back to school, do certifications or anything to make your credentials equivalent to Canada’s. So we knew this and gave ourselves one year to work on that while we take up minimum wage jobs. We landed in October, my husband got a job at a warehouse In November, I’m lazy and didn’t have strength for all those tasking jobs of standing especially for cashiers in Walmart and malls, so I was searching for customer service job, and luckily I got a clerk job. My husband made 2,500 while I made 2,200. Together we brought in $4,700 monthly.

This is a breakdown of our expenses:

Rent – 1250

Home internet – 65

Power (NEPA) – 59

Phone bill for both of us – 110

Insurance for our car – 145

Total – 1,629.

We budgeted 1000 for groceries (this is a lot, but it was our budget). Our total expense came to 2,629. From the $2,071 left, we saved 1500 monthly and left the rest for miscellaneous (mostly for bulk purchase or to send money home to our folks, hang out with friends, shop once in a while etc.). By the way, there’ll hardly be any emergency where you have to spend your money on hospital bills etc. as medical is free here, education is free up till secondary school except for daycare.


We enrolled our daughter in a daycare that cost almost $1000 monthly. Govt of Canada pays kids up till 18years depending on household income something called child benefit. Our daughter got 560 monthly and another quarterly payment. The govt also pays daycare subsidy for each eligible child for 640 monthly. So since the govt paid 640 to the daycare on behalf of my daughter, I only paid the balance of 360. This was funded from her child benefit of 560. She had change of 200 which was paid into an account we opened for her.


Now this is our life as newly landed immigrants, while we were doing this, I was working on my HR certifications (I’m a HR professional), while my husband was studying online for his diploma. We were both studying and working.

While in naija, we earned well, we had savings of more than 300k monthly which we put away, in a year that gave us 3.6million. After house rent of almost 700k, hospital bills, (my daughter was a regular hospital visitor, sometimes we spent 50k, 100k in hospital bills). At the end of the year, we may have about 2m left in savings. Now go back to my monthly savings in Canada of 1500 per month which is about 18,000 Canadian dollars in a year, converted to naira, that’s almost 6million naira.



This is from people doing minimum wage jobs that included overtime o. it’ll be hard and stressful, combining studies and working is stressful. The stress from a physically demanding job can get to you, my husband was stressed for the first 3 months, back pain, neck and muscle strain etc. but we persevered, he was taken care of, he had regular massages, pain killers and ointment for joint pain but overtime he got used to it, he even moved from that role to a less demanding role.

Today, we’ve completed our studies, we’ve transitioned to professional jobs, and we have more than 4k monthly in savings from our income. You can actually have same expenditure every month as most bills are fixed, you can plan well, medical is free, nothing like emergency money for hospital bills. Unlike in naija, where we bought fuel everyday as per minister of power in our house, had 2 gens, repaired gen almost every 2 weeks, spent money on mechanics due to bad road and crazy drivers etc.


I have a friend earning more than a million per month in naija, he had an accident, had to be flown to Germany for surgery, sold some of his properties as the bill was mad, he lost that job because he was away for more than 2 years, his life never remained the same, he took the money left and relocated with his family (this is for people that keep saying if they earn millions, they won’t go anywhere), remember that in naija, an emergency can send you from grace to grass. If he were in Canada, his bills would have been free, he would have had employment insurance and be able to return to work.



The reason for this post is, please if you have the means and are eligible for express entry, please don’t be discouraged, I had friends that did security work, cleaning jobs while they were writing their bank certifications exams, to Nigerians, the jobs are degrading, but here nobody send you, our cleaner for office de drive range rover sef.


Today my friends have all transitioned to professional jobs. By the way I stay in Alberta where minimum wage is $15 per hour, so anyhow anyhow you must see like 2k take home job every month, and these minimum wage jobs are not hard to find, Walmart recruits everyday, stores, customer service jobs plenty just keep at it you’ll get one.

People are losing their jobs because of covid bla bla, very true, but like I said, are you lazy? My friend in HR was laid off in April, he jejely went to get a warehouse job and in September he got another HR role. Plenty things to do if you don’t get a job easily. My husband was doing something like uber, but this was like for food, you get to deliver online orders to people, he made like $200 every week (he didn’t do it full time, only on his off days). The money we got from selling our car in naija was kept differently for a car here, when we landed in winter we didn’t want to be carrying our then 1+ daughter up and down in the cold, so we got a car immediately (a small car of about $3,000).


Today we live in our home, doing far better, infact while on minimum wage we did far better than naija sef. Baby number two is on the way, everything is free, I’m getting the best medical attention, lots of freebies for pregnant mum lol.


To conclude, don’t let anyone discourage you from relocating, but do so legally, forget pride and take on minimum wage jobs while you look for professional jobs in your field. Don’t just sit around to wait for it to come, it took some people more than a year to get one, get busy, get certified and you’ll land one. Good thing is to be eligible for express entry, you must have relevant qualifications and experience so it’s easier to search for jobs with your certificate when you land.

By the way, a lot of people live comfortably on minimum wage jobs and never transitioned to professional jobs.

USA is being known for her selfishness. The same thing happened to Libya and now Libya is worst than the time of Gaddafi. I know the Libybians now know much better.

Monogamy:


Usa are always the first to start unnecessary interfering into others affairs

I am not losing interest. Marriage is like a completeness for man. But I think because of the economy challenges in Nigeria, men are quite not doing well talk less of looking for any completeness.

Warripikine:
Is it just lack of money or is it a case of no virtuous women out there?
You people should tell me ooo, cos ayam not understanding today's men anymore..
Is Marriage now a death sentence or what?

Where among the western countries no dey overated? Japa would be great for younger age group because they still have time to figure things out. Even at that, I will still advise any one on the japa mode to study...

planetx:
Canada is overrated until you get there sha.

This would be his worst political decision. It is better for him to even stay out of politics for now if he is confused. What would be the fate of the likes of Tinubu who has worked for the party tirelessly to make APC a ruling party? He brought the major shame that PDP is fighting now.

ayusco85:
Greedy and dull man, you never learn your lessons

Useless leaders with their selfish interests. He forget to look inward for the reasons of recent wars which is majorly insecurity. But he just wish the Nigeria entity should just be existing without any benefits to the masses!

Omooba77:


https://punchng.com/nigeria-moving-towards-disintegration-abdulsalami-warns/

I think this guy is just waking up... He will tell the truth when his conscience hold him hardly.

Abdulazeez99:
Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), has said patriotism means standing by the country and not the president, Igbere TV reports.

Jega said this in a tweet on Saturday.



https://twitter.com/Prof_AJega/status/1360547133708005384?s=20

The former INEC chairman, who is also a member of the Nigerian Working Group on Peacebuilding and Governance, had with other members, including former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan and retired military general, Martin Luther Agwai, criticized President Muhammadu Buhari last year, over the suffering of Nigerians from the insecurity to lives and property, as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the standards of living in the country.

He has also advised Buhari to restructure the country, in order to resolve the narrative of poor governance in the country and review the controversy regarding revenue allocation formula.

You write well... Keep it up.

BadRadio:
I could remember in 2017 when a now Ex babe graciously wrapped an Agege bread beautifully and garnished it with a plastic rose flower.

I opened it with a little excitement thinking it was a designers cotton fabric as I felt it as soft ... but got the biggest shock when I opened it !


didnt know if to get angry or laugh... l laugh though and loved the eccentric idea of it.

Mehn, in this life we choose our battle rightly!

bolaayenimo:

https://www.independent.ng/ambode-revalidates-apc-membership/

Okay, Oni ooo, @Igboho Osha, let's stand down and stand by for now!

Islie:


https://punchng.com/igboho-nbc-warns-tv-radio-stations-on-reporting-herdsmen-quit-notice/

Correct!

Officialhorlah:


https://dailypost.ng/2021/01/27/herdsmen-resign-if-you-cant-sacrifice-your-life-for-yoruba-people-pastor-giwa-charges-gani-adams/

Okay, cool. I will pm you. Sorry for the delayed response, I just checked my mention now.

obembet:


Trust me now...I won't disappoint u

I dont just understand this Nigerian clerics again! Christ preached love and humility which Donald Trump is far from. I dont understand Nigerian Cleric again... everything they know is to acquire wealth at any means. Jesus was not using gold and diamond when he was on the earth but most Nigerian Clerics are only interested in wealth.

ebukajay184:
Founder of Mike Zion movies, Pastor Mike Bamiloye has reacted to the end of President Donald Trump's tenure following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday January 20, IgbereTV reports.

According to the gospel filmmaker, Trump should have known that he was elected to temporarily to break the dangerous speed of Democrats. He further described the former US President's tenure as a short window of grace.

Taking to his Instagram handle, Bamiloye wrote;


https://www.instagram.com/p/CKWuwZmn9f_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Bro, please do not go into argument. The one who wears the shoe knows where it pinches. Everyone shall tells their stories. Personal experience is the best!

RuudVanNisteroy:

What the OP posted is 100% fact!It takes one to four years to get yourself established, as a new immigrant.

When you arrive in Canada you can only get blue collar jobs such as cashier,bus driver,labourer at warehouse and sales associate jobs that pay minimum or slightly above the minimum wage.

You either have to go back to school for for at least a year or do all your certifications again if you're in accounting,medical,engineering or law field. It pays off in the long-term though and even if your a bus driver your standard of living is better than majority of people in Nigeria.

Baba mi thanks for head-ups! TO BE FORE WARNED IS TO BE FORE ARMED! I won't say I did not read this later on.

pauljustina:
I remember when i was so little i aspire and long to be in the U.S, Canada or U.K. The aspiration was borne out of what i hear, see, and observed from friends, neighbors and TV.
In those days, i would hear story of someone who grew up in Nigeria, travel abroad and is an engineer who lives abroad. I will hear my dad will say "omo lagbaja nie" or "Jide ni yen, omo Brother Odumosu ilu oyinbo lon gbe ni America" meaning: Thats the son of that man, or thats Jide the son of Brother Odumosu who lives abroad in America.


Considering we are of low class economically, those dreams were clear but actualizing it has no path in the dream. Whenever my dad talks about someone he knows, i would try to get close to that person so i could get foreign
phone numbers, so i could tell my friends of low economy class that my uncle or aunt lives abroad and here is his or her number.

Associating with people that comes from
America, Canada and U.K its like the best thing that could ever happen to me those days. Until i finish secondary school and the need to make my dreams come through.. Long story cut short, i found myself in America.


My first day in America was a terrible
experience that i could compare to a girl
brought down to Lagos to work as house-help for a rich man but whose accommodation is restricted to sleep in a big wide living room.

"Wow this is a big house, big parlor, TV, AC, dishes not aluminum bows are used in the kitchen, tiled floor not untiled floor"

Yes she feels exposed cos the house is so cold and no blanket, her cloths used as headrest and i bet you, the first night she will wake before anybody and ask so much questions with herself.. two major thoughts will bugging her, should i run
back to my village or should i stay.. That's the first day experience in America or any part of the world on the first day, depending on how you got there.

[/b]NOT AS ADVERTISED[b]
If you are a director, Dr, Lawyer graduated from Nigeria university, be ready to do laborer's job. You will first start from the ground, like factory work, call center work, group home work, personal care assistance(helping disable
people), work in store for that minimum pay. Your way out of these is to forget what you studied or became in Nigeria and start all over again. Go back for 6month program, 2 years
college or 4 years or take prep exams for
professional like Dr and lawyer will have to go to another 3 years of law schools.

At the end, you can never become the top inyour professional, especially when you have to deal with all kinds of discrimination, racism and accent differentials. Once you start you start
seeing that everything screwed against you... But the naija spirit in you will not want to take
last.. When face with rejection, experience setback, you think about home, friends who are hailing you that your life is better and you are probably
in money, what will be of you if you dont push on. These thoughts are motivation to push on and many of us did.

Then you start thinking about paper, school, work, money and people at home.. your worries become endless all in the name of running away from Nigeria and finding greener pasture or American dream.

At the end.. you will quickly find out that,
America is not as advertised...
The people that suffer most are those that sold their property to get to America, in the believe they will one day build back that house they sold, buy another car and some even take millions in life savings and end up forever broke.


[/b]Perpetual failure: Never to recover[b]
If God wants to punish you, you will get to
America with no paper and go marry akata or have one k-leg with your paper.. That's the beginning of un-ending circular, redundant spirals fall for life. If DHS send you that letter that says your marriage is sham, forget you ever
came to America, just pack your load, run to another country or come back home.. cos you will never win the case with DHS.

If you commit any felonious crime you are gone or even misdemeanor that takes you to jail for 6 months no way for you to get paper. The America don't forget or forgive, just like the internet. Whatever you do from the day you enter their soil is recorded.

You hit woman, deliberately kill any live animals (dog, cat, birds etc)except insects you could end up in jail.
Don't be deceived everyone is indebted
Everyone here are indebted one way or the other.. Credit card debt, house rent or mortgage, car note.. the system is design to reduced lazy people, keep the people indebted so they have no option but go to work.

When you are sick you can't afford not to be at work, when you have emergency you have to show up to work because that source of income could be blocked by your boss when he or she fires you.

If you are pregnant, you have to come to work until maybe a week before delivery and you have to submit doctors note and after delivery you might not have 30days before you return..

[/b]Deception: fake it until you make it[b]

Many of the people you see on Facebook,
Instagram and other social medial acting like they live large, you are likely richer than them if you are in Nigeria with no debt, and have your own house with N1millon naira in your account.

The car they drive its borrowed if they lose two payment the car dealers will come for their car; if they don't pay their mortgage they loose their house. So the life is elusive.

To be continued.....

https://www.naijalogic.com/forums/america-and-canada-not-as-advertised

Okay... yeah, those of you that have lost it!

obembet:
what about those that have already lost it?

Hold on till election time.

Etrusen:
omo see another SARS in disguise

I have a friend in Canada looking for a good lady for marriage. Hope you wont just change after you get to Canada? That is the fear of guys!

obembet:
If u base in Canada and u are looking for God fearing lady..

Olori buruku ni bobo Tinubu yii sha... when the boys were kidnapped he did not say anything... Now coming out to give praises for someone negligence. Being related to Oduduwa is really a huge loss!

oshozondii:


https://twitter.com/AsiwajuTinubu/status/1340295605827084288?s=19