₦airaland Forum

Depriest2020:
Ohanaeze please everything is not marginalization. The senators gave their reasons for turning it down.

Ojemedad:
This will be the first time in Nigeria history where a sitting president will be pushed out of office in Nigeria, bookmark this page if only the mods won’t delete it, even US and UK will support his removal, just watch out

TrustTheProcess:
You may be wondering what madness drove me to this but it isn't madness but a deep rooted depression that built up for over 15 years.

I'm 31 going on 32. A lot went wrong for me in my life. Some were mistakes of my doing while others were largely financial constraints for my family. I attended a primary school and secondary schools that would be the envy of many parents. I first realised something was wrong when I was sent home from school for inability to pay school fees. I was 16 and in SS3 in a full boarding school. My fees in 2008 was about 600k+ a term. My father rallied and got it paid so I could graduate. Parents tend to shield their children when there are financial problems so I was oblivious of it. I saw that whenever I brought brochures of schools abroad to my father, he'd ignore them. I had anticipated like many of my mates in school to further our education in the US, UK or Canada. It was when i came back to school to get my WAEC results that my dad informed the principal that I'd be applying to Yaba College of Technology. I was devastated but not deterred. I believed I could still achieve a lot there because I was bright and had a super result. I didn't write SAT or IGCSE but I thought I might write either a year after or do A levels.
That year, I wrote Poly JAMB before it was merged with regular university JAMB. I passed my Poly JAMB and was admitted into Yaba College of Technology. This is where my problems started. My now late p
maternal uncle was a student there back then and was told to monitor when the list of admitted students were posted. For some reason, he said my name didn't come out in the first, second, third and supplementary admission lists. After much probing, it was found out that my name was in the first list and the time it was discovered was well into the 1st semester so the admission was forfeited. I tried again the next year for UNILAG but I didn't get admitted for whatever reason UNILAG knows because I passed JAMB and Post JAMB. By this time, we could barely pay our rent and were barely getting by. I grew up a butter kid so I didn't have that hustle spirit. I just felt things would get better but I got a job at a business centre as a typist. Years passed doing one odd job to the other. School wasn't an option for me at this point mabecause we simply couldn't afford it and my siblings were still in secondary school. It was private but affordable. I desperately needed to up my game and I honestly believed it was up to me to uplift my family again.
I got so depressed because I wasn't heading anywhere. I owed more than half my salary before it was paid so saving was never really an option. I was just getting by. By this time, I was working at a petrol station as a fuel attendant. I strived not to cheat people and this made me the most hated amongst my colleagues. We were from vastly different backgrounds and upbringing and it showed. I couldn't hide it even if I tried. If I took a break, someone would sell from my pump to ensure I got shortages. My shortages piled up to about 50k and I cried bitterly. I later got admitted into a maritime school but couldn't complete my studies because of finances. I took up shift jobs and all my dreams and aspirations disappeared at this point cos all I wanted was to survive. I begun smoking cannabis which at the time seemed a great help to me at the time as it helped me accept my life condition. I was introduced to Yahoo but I despised the idea of scamming people. I just wasn't brought up like that. I instead took up selling cannabis as it seemed like an honest hustle even though I was aware of its illegality. This also didn't work for me because I just wasn't cut out for that kind of life.
At 29, with only WASSCE to my name. I wasn't getting any reasonable job offers. I hated my self and my life. In all of this, things didn't get better for my family either. We were a shadow of ourselves. Friends and family who would literally mob us daily were no where to be found. This was worse because both my parents were kind of breadwinners in their respective families. I would usually see my former schoolmates on social media living the dream, my dream. 90% of my mates were abroad and working. Some had married oyinbo and started cute families. The ones that didn't school there went to private unis here in Naija and are doing well. They travel whenever they please. I've seen two of my mates making front page on Nairaland for being outstanding in their respective fields. It made me bitter and want to die.
I've been harbouring this suicidal thought for about 3 years now. Why I hadn't tried was because I knew my family can't afford a funeral and it would literally kill my mom whose health had deteriorated. What triggered me was this past Christmas/New year. We barely had anything to eat. I am currently unemployed and live with my parents in a one bedroom apartment. You can imagine the drama that comes along with that. I always wonder when I see other youth doing well and ask myself if I'm being punished for something. This year is worse because of the inflation. I barely eat even though you can hardly tell by my physique.
Long story short, I found half a bottle of sniper at a public toilet and stole it. I mixed it with a bowl of okra soup and drank it. I didn't die. I guess God still has a plan for me. I've literally been waiting to die but today, I figured I'm not going to die just yet because the effect of sniper is almost instant. I decided to do it because I reached out to one of my mates abroad and he totally bullshited me. I felt I had nothing going on for me anymore. I can go for months and nobody would call my line except the occasional wrong number and immediate family. I never felt so alone in my life. My circle is literally made up of only my family members. Family is great but I still felt terribly empty. I figured people would rather donate to help bury a person rather than help when the person is alive so the burden of my funeral wouldn't weigh on my family. Two days after drinking the sniper I looked at my mother and cried bitterly. She wondered why but I told her not to worry. She said things would get better. I can only imagine the hurt I would have caused her even though I ensured nobody knew how I died because I disposed the Sniper bottle well. I currently don't feel any discomfort. I have passed urine and poo multiple times since I drank it. I guess I'm not dying soon, at least not by killing myself.

I left out quite a lot in this story trying to be as brief as possible. Suicide is never the answer. If you kill yourself life will not stop for you. Thanks for reading.

edicied:
where you day stay for Abuja?

eepeepook:
Abuja suppose dey the list. I lived in a house wired all the way from the financial district. We had steady electricity all through my two year stay. The voltage was low whenever the national grid was down, however no blackouts of any sort. Living there was no different from being abroad. I completely forgot how it felt to sleep in darkness.

Codepain:
Because not all state have an ex minister of power who looted the country dry and use the proceed to establish a private power company

RepoMan007:
Even if you have more in your account, will you keep it inside a single account for bandits and kidnappers? Or in Naira for its value to erode?

Thissystem:
Wale Edun, Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, says approximately only 5% of people in Nigeria have more than N500,000 in their bank accounts.

The Minister who disclosed this on Friday in an interview on Channels Television, said the Federal Government plans to rectify the economic imbalances that disproportionately favour a small group of elites in the last eight years over the majority of citizens.

The aim of microeconomic reform, he said, is to ensure revenue is directed into the government’s treasury.

His words: “There has been an effort to ensure that the people’s money is not in the hands of a few. And on that point, I must emphasize that when we talk about the last eight years before Mr. President came to power, there was this liquidity built up.”

“The Issue was that the funds were going to a few. Only about 5% of the population have bank accounts that have more than half a million in them. So, the majority was left out for eight years. They are on the sidelines while a small minority enjoyed.”

Read on

https://dailypostngr.com/2024/02/only-5-of-nigerians-have-over-n500000-in-their-bank-accounts-finance-minister/

Timothy89:
The only alternative to pacify southeast political loss had been blocked


I don't know why southeast will be calling on military coup on their fellow southerner, Tinubu had never ridicule the Igbo so far in his govt despite you didn't vote for him, so why called coup for this hardship when you can pressure him to do the right thing as we are all doing despite we are his tribesmen? Were and when did the south east call for coup. Idiot like you are why people don't want to join your useless coup because at the end you guys will change history. South east will always torment animal like you

You people must get sense and play your card well, not making Yoruba to hate Peter obi because of your gross foolishness


You go abuse north, abuse Yoruba, you think only south south will elect obi?

chokekachy:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/senate-passes-south-east-development-commission-bill/amp/

Mrchippychappy:
I can't help but feel like if we had every candidate debate and share their policies with Nigerians then the economists and financial experts in the country as well as those in the diaspora could give some advice and suggestions on what policies are good and what needs to be adjusted, thatvl way we would avoid the type of situation currently in the nation.

2027 is still a long way but please INEC, the senate or whichever organization are responsible for electoral decisions in the country should please make debates compulsory.

Students take exams to show that they are capable to advance to the next class or to graduate and get their certification. Presidential debates should also serve as some type of "exam" or "test" to show who's really capable.

Stay strong Nigerians, it's going to be a long one but we go survive

boltwings:
PROPHECY OF NNAMDI KANU THAT HAVE COME TO PASS

1, obi will win but will not be declared winner , 2 , somalia will be better than Nigeria
3,God have map Nigeria out for destruction
4 if u kill or hold me today someone greater than me is coming
5 they will destroy lgbo property in Lagos, take their house and land ,
6 There will be fuel price increase, go and buy bicycle now before is late
7 dollar increase
8 u will have money but u can't access

all this have come to pass remaining one which is Biafra must come.
He said they will kill us, we will kill them, at the end, biafra will come.

after all this you still don't believe in the words of a prophet yet u still believe in one Nigeria u are a fool

Emibolt:
Please I couldn't find his price update. He has only five posts on nairaland. Please copy and paste one of his price update post link for me🙏

MyChoice1:
Sorry to say this, you are part of the problem engulfing this country right now, 5mil worth of food stuff? Just for only you?
Infact I still blame the govt that once said is it statistics we go chop? If not they would have foreseen this abnormal food hoarding movement right on time and take drastic action to control it.

Typing:
See people with purchasing power. They have to sell their Children to enable them eat. Their Girls have to sleep with men for a plate of Indomie


Purchasing power indeed

Typing:
People in Enugu are feeling the heat more. A plate of rice like this in this Enugu is 4,200. A cup of uncooked rice is 850 here in Enugu.

Emibolt:
I love that man's motive up there
Can I have your contact too so that you put me through on how you purchase and get it delivered to you. Thanks man

ibechris:
U are a smart igbo man...pls,remove Sharifs name and keep it away from these wolves and vultures.

I have stored food in my house,tomatoes,beans,rice and now,I need a bag of milk to complete what I want.

grandstar:
nabiz

An Igbo woman who sells puffpuff was lamenting today that the bag of flour she used to buy for 50,000 is now 58000.

She complained that not only did she not make s gain on the last bag she bought but had to add money to purchase a new bag.

It will affect Igbos wella. You're the jews of Nigeria.

descarado:
Hey, shelve it there. When you grow up and have family you are responsible for, you can come back with a rebuttal. By the way, I didn't read that rubbish.
Small children feeling fly online. Like seriously.
Go and get busy with your life. Adviser.

Typing:
Na Enugu I dey now. Come and see poverty. Anambra, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi is worst. I've been to all these places. Poor people yapa for this Region

descarado:
Will you stop pls.
You guys should stop embarrassing igbo people all over the Internet. You make things very hard for igbo politicians. Extremely hard.
If things are cool with you and your family, your luck but don't rub it on other people's face cos you don't live with them.

9jaloyalist:
Those who know their God will be stronger, mount on eagles wings they will go higher, no matter what they face they will be stronger 🙌

Notasyouthink:
What is stopping those una rich men from feeding and paying una bills?

Why are you lots shouting ebi mpiawa azu

predictor1:
Of course.
Do you run a food-selling business or it's just for personal consumption?

Typing:
True. No Igbo made the list of the 20 richest Nigerians

predictor1:
Apart from that, the food he bought will finish.