₦airaland Forum

Yeah, I think it was 200 Naira a month in 1985. Remember Calabar is a mammoth city with an abundance of homes, and at that time, it did not undergo a renaisance as it has now with the development of Tinapa. But I used to visit my sisters at Unical, infact, there are some homes that were around at that vicinity that were very nice. I miss Calabar a lot.

I am not surprised.

muchbabe:
Hey there,

By laid back i mean it's really a quiet little town,  As i was told, a number of people from PH (expatriates included) from PH have moved to calabar because of the relative quiet. As for amusement, of course there's stuff to do. When I was home responsible for taking my kid sister (she is nine) and her friends out sometimes. Her favourite place is the newly completed amusement park at Tinapa because it is kiddies themed. There's the Aqua vista and the marina resort as well which i absolutely loved, their roasted fish is amazing. Oh and i hear the CRS govt. is contracting a firm in the U.S. to do a bigger amusement park for the state,  Should be fun!

There's quiet a number of fast food places that weren't there in 05. Since this xmas festival thingy, calabar has gathered small hype.

For housing and the imported food stuff, that, I'll talk to my people for you. I know my grandma rents a 3 Bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment at an area close to Unical for about 200, 000 naira a year. Their water supply is pretty good, I hear the CRS water board has been good to them.

The schools i mentioned are good schools. Depending on your budget, there's the Sure-Foot American Internation School which is new but i hear it is a good school.

For running a business, what kind are you talking about? Where are you from if I may ask and why do you want to move?

Na wao! Calabar don open eye for real estate. It used to be cheap to live there at one point. I am talking about the 80's when I lived with my parents at Asang Eniong/Goldie and I think they were paying 200 Naira for a 4 bedroom house. It's not far from Unical. Nostalgic memories.

My parents are gone, but while I was against the idea initially, now, I am beginning to realize that nursing home isnt that bad of an idea. I mean, you have folks taking care of your parents while you are away at work. Which is better, leaving your parents all by themselves at home and risk themselves to a life threatening danger, or have someone take care of them 24/7.

Jamb, as much as I love Nigeria, JAMB is one institution that I will never miss and suggest that it should be scrapped!

@Davidylan, I highly doubt that Jesus Christ would encourage you to wage a jihad against muslims or non-christians. That they so desire to disbelieve in Him as the Messiah isnt something that we should rage against them. The least we can do is to share the Word of God with them with Guidance from God, and oh well, if they choose to disregard the message, we can simply leave them in peace and wish them well.

Aloy.Emeka:
Why not arrest all these area boys harassing innocent citizens?

Applause!

I heard this from the principal in high school who narrated this story to us.

A junior girl who was punished by a senior student reported the incident, and the mother arrived in school to confront her daughter's assailant. The senior girl inturn brought in her mother and together, they went to the principal to report the case. The mothers confronted each other and in the midst of the conversation/confrontation, the principal realized that earlier on, the senior girl's mom was junior student in the same high school as the junior girls' mom, who was actually her senior and used to punish her. And the mother of the senior student said to her, "Well, when I was a junior student, you used to whup me, now, my daughter who is now above your daughter in high school is punishing her."

@annekix, remember market women. Those ones are one of the worst when it comes to customer service. If you haggle with them, gosh, some of them will resort to insults and all that. Is it any wonder some of our mothers will come home from the market feeling so stressed out. Part of it had to do with insults they received from the market.

Yet, Nigerians are the happiest people in the world, inspite of the shabby treatment and rude behavior that is commonplace in customer service positions in the society.

Ridiculous.

blackspade:
Ma guy, it's all in good spirit.

Oh, wait a minute! Oyibos did during the Scramble for partition of Africa, when the French and the English were debating on the merits and cons of colonizing one country over the other. Give it to the French for they colonized more countries in West Africa than their English counterparts. And I wont be surprised if they also had pictures of our continent then, pinpointing and arguing on which land in Africa was ripe for conquest.

Nigerians arguing which city is better than the other. Like would you think Londoners or NYkers would be arguing over which Nigerian city is better than the other. Give us a break!

Why is it that some Akwa Ibom/Cross River girls, especially those from the upper middle class background have this tendency to marry guys of the Ibo stock?

This sad story would 'justify' the reason for the existence of prenup.

http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272625419.shtml


Marie Douglas-David (Photos) Divorce, $43M Not Enough?
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By Gene Byrd
Mar 22, 2009


A Marie Douglas-David divorce has been called many things and certainly is very expensive but forty-three million dollars may not be enough! Many are stunned. the The Staff at wowOwow.com writes, "The estranged wife of former United Technologies CEO George David claims to spend more in one week than the average American household’s annual income."

Marie Douglas-David (Photos) Divorce, $43M Not Enough?

Continuing, And now, after six years of marriage, the 36-year-old Swedish countess stunner is in the middle of a divorce from her 66-year-old husband. She says she has no job — she quit her asset-manager job with her husband’s backing. She also says she has no assets."


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NY Mag has photos of the blonde and breaks down the numbers. Mortgage and maintenance fees and rent for the Park Avenue penthouse, the Hamptons retreat and properties in Sweden account for $27,300 a week, according to a financial affidavit she filed with the court. And then there's travel ($8,000), clothing ($4,500), a personal assistant ($2,209), horse care ($1,570), domestic help ($1,480), entertainment and restaurants ($1,500), health and skin care ($1,000), dry cleaning ($650), flowers ($600) and a trainer ($250). Wow, the trainer really seems to get the shaft.

Women on the Web also notes the upcoming courtroom battle writing, "A six-day trial is scheduled for March, the Hartford Courant reports. Meanwhile, her husband agreed to pay her nearly $1 million until the legal team works it out."

naijacutee:
We have been at the end of age for a while now. Global recession is not an act of God per se, it is a direct result of greed and a lack of ethics. What you sow, you shall reap, the saying goes. . . Western bankers have sowed greedily for years now, and economies are reaping the bad harvest - what has God got to do with it?

And the Holy Bible mentioned that in the end times, these vices would be common place in the society.

Sometimes, Nigerian parents residing abroad resort to placing their kids in boarding houses back home to straighten them out, especially for those wannabe thugs. Others, may have a different opinion, ranging from a genuine desire to instil the Nigerian culture in their lives, or (who knows), relieve the memories of boarding school for them.

Would you? I wouldnt for the life of me. I might as well, just pack my bags and baggages to Nigeria with my whole family for them to be in boarding houses. But then again, as for straightening them out, who knows, it could work out for their benefit.

ima1:
No rule says the man has to be the sole provider, the man and woman are supposed to complement each other. i pay the rent sometimes and its no biggie. but then again i do no go around telling everyone, when my family ask i say my husband pays all the bills. cuz thats wat they wanna hear. but it don't matter we are both in it together, if i'm broke he picks up, if he is i pick up no biggie

When a man and woman get married, they become one entity in the eyes of God. Prying family members should not be entertained at all.

afam4eva:
The New York vs. London debate has become a hot topic over the past years, but lately, with booming economies in both cities and trendy restaurants moving into old industrial neighborhoods, the two are looking more like mirror images.

Nairalanders what do u think about this two cities. Which is the financial capital of the world, the most global.


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Dude, are you serious? Booming economies in both cities? Have younot heard of the recession that has struck wall street so badly that the govt had to bail them out? And trendy restaurants moving into old industrial neighborhoods? I think the hospitality industry is in for a free fall.

afam4eva:
@ post

Be very carefull when picking words next time.What do u mean by "one Of The Most Influential Blacks In America", it's people like you that make her loose direction.

How will she 'loose direction', because she is named as 'one of the most influential blacks in America?

I wont be intimidated. Afterall, it's still MY house.

Let the culture of one's ancestry be used to determine our heritage. There is no way a "Mr Okon" would be able to win the gubernatorial elections in Sokoto State, no matter how long he's resided there, because his ancestors were not from that state.

keyremotes:
Siena, I STRONGLY disagree with you on this one my brother.

Oyibo people fit do am o. But it is not the way we were brought up in Africa.
How will the family of the other party ever respect you?

There are a lot of VERY GOOD "traditions" to emulate from Africa which we as Africans ought to be proud of.

Oh well, let me ask you this question. Supposing you know a guy, whose parents are totally against intertribal marriage, because they are tribalists, and the guy efforts to settle down has been aborted by his parents stance not to marry outside their tribe, should he abandon his desires to fulfil his parents wishes, or go on with his marital plans?

san26dy:
This is not good for the Nigerian economy. The long term effect is going to be harsh especially for civil servants who depend on their monthly salary-which, of course, is not increasing.  In Imo State, teachers are still being owed 3 to 4 months salary and public schools are on strike.  How are these people going to survive? Some people are here dancing because the value of naira is falling. We need to be praying for some change.  Look at Zimbabwe today. They were better than Nigeria years ago.  This is what inflation can cause!!!!

I totally agree with you. For those of us who live abroad, it may be good news, but how about those who are not privileged to be recipients of dollars and pounds sterling? Lets also think of them. I know the devaluation of the Naira is bad news to the economy and might lead to social unrest in the country. Now, nobody in their right mind would want that to occur. Let Nigeria rise up again like the Phoenix.

Rape is a crime!

Strive hard to gain their blessings, assemble the elders in your village to intercede on your behalf. And, if they dont suceed, honey, go ahead with your wedding plans. Lets hope eventually, they will accept him as a son in-law. And if not, oh well, it's not your loss.

Viable:
Pilgrim, thanks for that  comment. By GOD'S grace i won't be among the majority besides i won't like to be lonely in Heaven. where do you want to be? Among the MAJORITY or the FAITHFUL FEW?

So, what makes you think you will be lonely, if you were among the faithful servants of God to live in his Eternal Kingdom in his presence? You are viewing Heaven as if it is some place where the choosen ones will be lonely, even though, despite the presence of God the Creator.

Viable:
Dear Icoman, now that you know, you should reject outright their key unbiblical doctrines including the change of God's holy sabbath day from saturday the seventh day to sunday the first day of the week. See daniel 7; 25  daniel prophesied about the coming of the papacy and the things the papacy will do.

1. And he shall speak great words against the most High

2. and shall wear out the saints of the most High

3. and think to change times and laws:

About  think to change time and laws, check it out in  'A DOCTRINAL CATECHISM BY STEPHEN KEENAN' page 174.

question: Have you any other way of proving that the church (ROMAN CATHOLIC) has power to institute festivals of precept?

ANSWER: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her- she could not have substituted the observance of sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no scriptual authority.

QUESTION: which is the sabbath day?

ANSWER:Saturday is the Sabbath day.

QUESTION: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?

ANSWER: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (AD 364) transfered the solemnity from saturday to sunday (see also  the convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine page 50, third Edition)

The prophecy of Daniel in Daniel 7;25 fulfilled here. The changed of the day of worship from saturday to sunday was don by the same Catholic Church.

That shows that the change is man made. So JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 15;8, 9. THAT ALL THOSE WHO OBEY MAN MADE LAWS INSTEAD OF THE LAW OF GOD ARE WORSHIPPING GOD IN VAIN.

Now, that you have known that the same authority you called a "modernised way of idolatry", also changed the sabbath day of God, what are you waiting for? reject them and their man made day of worship. Say to hell with popular opinion. God does not care about popular opinion.

Col. 2:16-17

Colossians 2:16-23 (New International Version)

16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%202:16-23

This hurts the common man more ,