₦airaland Forum

Decentralisation. That's probably the agenda.

It's a pity Lagos is about to get even tighter!

The man is right. If you do a bit of research, you will find out he is speaking the truth. The Edward Francis Smalls Teaching Hospital in Banjul is recruiting seriously right now and the pay is actually $4k per month. Several of our colleagues here in Enugu have taken the offer.

spiSeyi:
Nor be the same Gambia that pays a maximum of 45000 GMD ~ 608 USD/month . Nigeria might not be paying Medical doctors well but comparing Gambia's pay with Nigeria's is a white lie . Post-NYC Doctors in Nigeria receive at least 250 USD/month not to talk of house officers. What is the GDP of Gambia that a medical doctor will be paid 4k USD . Make I no even mention 🇸🇱 Oshey doctor lamba Okpor .
What is he still doing in Nigeria as CMD, Gambia nor far nah

While Nelson Mandela languished in jail for many years, Mama Winnie moved around trying to get the International Community to pay attention to his plight. She had several high profile visits to Nigeria back then. We all admired her courage. Of course we know Winnie Mandela.

I'm serious. I know people know Nelson Mandela, I didn't know if they know Winnie[/quote]

I met my husband back in UNN, we were both student politicians and there weren't many of us "born again" Christians interested in politics then so it was a small caucus. He started off as merely friends but given the rate at which he made those trips from Enugu to Nsukka Campus most weekends at a point I knew he was romantically interested in me. When I ran for speaker at my Faculty, he was a huge support. What was there not to love? He was handsome, well spoken, funny and extremely courageous. We eventually married in 2007 right after his NYSC and my own internship year.

Sixteen years down the line he still makes me laugh, we still have those heated PDP vs LP arguments and we are still each other's biggest supporter. I've thoroughly enjoyed the interdependency. We came from different backgrounds so the first few years were a learning curve. I grew up on campus with both professor parents, hardly went anywhere else, while he grew up all over Nigeria's Prison barracks. We've had to find middle ground on all the issues, spirituality, money, physical affection, children upbringing, luxury and trips etc. I'd marry him again in a heartbeat.

I feel real pity when I see how discouraged young people have become about marriage. I'm grateful I had the most positive outlook and it paid off. I would normally just jump and pass such topics but nowadays I try to take that risk and drop my own story so that those who need this positivity don't miss out. My own four children are all fast moving into their teens and I'd hate for them to only hear horror stories. I'm sure the cynics will still gather here to convince me that I'm just suffering, enduring and smiling. It's OK. Las Las, we will all be fine.❤

What did she sing again?

Dunno why this now feels like the main career!🤷‍♀️

The right thing to do.

Sweet tasting tears!😂

I wonder where these our leaders live, outer space? How do you not know when your influence wanes, when your ratings plummet, when your acceptability dips! Haba!

God forbid that I should be this exposed and yet this obtuse. Dr. Nnamani should take a much needed break and catch his breath.

This is all shades of wrong! Unfortunately she knows she will get a pat in the back sef for it.

Thank God for competition!

May we never slip back to the one party state arrangement. E don clear for PDP eye!

Gov. Wike!

A weapon fashioned against himself!

Did I just read "Least Developed Countries?" God forbid! May I never be granted membership of any yeye club.

Oga Bubu ikwuchaanu inataba!

I am igbo and while his assertion is historically true, it is also evolving. Today, wealth is not domiciled only in ancestral lands as was the case many years ago. People have daughters and leave it at that, even for economic reasons. Men have also studied their fathers and how polygamy mostly tore their legacies apart and are staying mostly away from it.

Which uncle can lay claims to anything when there is a will? What is your mischievous uncle's concern with your stock portfolio or crypto wallets? Daughter now come home and pay cash for land, build their homes and everyone queues up sef for souvenirs and freebies. Yabbing those who have no sons happens only among poor folk who count their only claims to wealth in palm trees!

Alcoholism will always be a problem. Unfortunately people like you who took to alcohol in the 2nd half of their lives tend towards abuse. I'm not sure why, maybe they try to play catch up.

It's been just a few shitty day so don't be too hard on yourself. We are 40+ so by now we know the full meaning of actions and consequences. Do you want to keep drinking or do you want to analyse what is really wrong and sort it out? I know what a midlife crisis can feel like. My husband almost totally broke down last year.

Why are you losing a zest for life? What are you feeling and why are you feeling it? You may need to ask yourself these tough questions and seek therapy if you need some. Do not alienate your wife, she's by your side for a reason. Do not turn your back on church. The bottle can only give you a momentary high. Only the most high can truly elevate from this emotional pit.

We shall overcome. God's grace.

Abia should join this suit but alas our governor is not that intelligent and he is probably still too busy licking his wounds and sacking everybody sackable. In Abia entire LGAs did not vote. INEC promised to redeem themselves on Sunday and then it was moved to Monday. It still never happened.

Four years of preparing for one event and then you still flunk so badly. Nobody was able to justify all their salaries all these years. Terrible!

May he and the entire family find comfort. May we soon find a cure for the scourge of cancer.

Death is an inevitable end that we all must face one day. May his soul rest in peace.

Abia is God's own state!

Let those who ate kolanuts go and collect Toothpick from the spot where they ate the kola. We Abians do not care. What we want is candidates with integrity, a good plan for the people and proof that they have been known as people who will keep their word and serve the people.

PDP messed up in Abia and nobody in PDP's line up is going to escape the wrath of the people on February 25th. If they have also incurred the wrath of God na dem sabi!

The saddest thing about this is how little premium some young people place on relationships. This lying friend just burnt this bridge and probably does not care. She saw an old buddy only as a means to an end.

Sadly, this is what many successful people go through that makes them block everyone at a point in time. The insincerity and usury attitude is very painful. She should take heart.

��� It's election season and the clowns have come out to play! My senator my senator! Good morning Sir. Things are obviously very hard now in Abia State. The pressure is getting "wersser" as they say. OUK is now MNK's prospective surety. Wonders will never end.

Nna prepare for your imminent retirement in peace and stop famzing nwoke m. Labour Party is frightening you all now you are clutching at straws for any shred of publicity. E don do. Rest.

My children have enjoyed staying at home till they were almost 3 and joining grade school at 6. I might have been lucky with nannies because I often left them with nannies after my maternity leave. My job is also flexible so mostly by the time I'm done with school run in the afternoon, i am free to stay with my kids. I have benefited from not rushing them into school, they all learnt to speak Igbo first, they hardly fall ill in when school starts, we never had to deal with potty training or take diapers to school, they are often so confident and comfortable that they automatically take up leadership roles in class. Teachers say they are a delight to have. They are doing well academically. It may be tempting to have your son bag his M.Sc by age 20 but being a university lecturer myself and seeing some of these under age 'geniuses' struggle with over all development taught me better.

Men and women are wired differently. When someone shouts 'BABY"! the man remembers late nights, poor sleep, costly diapers and worst of all, intimidating school fees. The woman on the other hands knows these truths in the recesses of her mind, but what comes to her immediately is visions of soft feet, curly hair, and a heavenly smile and she immediately wants more. Pragmatism will have to meet somewhere with Idealism when making those decisions about family size. as for the brother wondering why we forget all the stress of pregnancy and labor, study Oxytocin, a fantastic substance God made that does plenty, including causing memory loss! My husband and I both come from large families and while i loved it, he resented it. We've got 4 kids now, A girl & 3 Boys. Anything else will be stretching my luck and I don't want my kids having a surly Dad!

I am glad they revived this scholarship. It was a great help to me 2001 and 2002 back in UNN. Unfortunately, Obasanjo was only using it as a campaign gimmick and it evaporated into thin air shortly after the 2003 elections. Kudos to tye new order, they had better sustain it.

SpicyMimi: thanks so much.


Actually, i ws kinda confused and still confused why going to the hospital should be a sin?

Honestly Frosbel got nothing to do with this, am just really more concerned about this.

Sin seems to be a relative matter when it comes to believers of the 21st century. Men of God will find interesting ways of twisting bible verses till they justify their teachings on what is and what is not a sin. It has been a most painful part of my ministry as a pharmacist married to a paediatrician to watch children of God die because they would not take their medication, because they were told by pastors that accepting a surgical procedure was a sign that they trust the ultra sound report more than the Lord. They keep impressing these opinions on brethren who are at a vulnerable period of their lives until the patient is full of guilt for even being in the hospital. God has used us to reach a lot of such people, parents who would rather watch their children die than allow a blood transfusion, husbands that refuse a bleeding wife a transfusion on the operating table, I think the most common would be the women who refuse a ceaserian section in cases of complicated births... the list is endless. Spicymimi I can understand why you are confused that some denominations can actually ask people not to seek medical attention when they need it, but it is real and unfortunate. As for the trouser and makeup story, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you... including a clear revelation on how to live your life, how to respond to fellow humans etc. You can seek him my sister by praying and meditating on his word. Many Nigerian christians today are giving in to laziness and using spiritual mercenaries to write the JAMB of heaven. It won't work. Get to know God for your self my sister, when you do it will be a sweet relationship. One that will turn you into a beautiful, pleasant lady that everyone will like to reckon with. Matt 5:16. God's grace to you my dear.

Dubemkelly: SYCOPHANCY!!! So long a letter *Whew* sorry 2 disappoint bruv,dat name doesn't ring a beLl tho I'm nt based in Anambra buh I'm quite aware of sum contestants....Don't gt it twisted,he stl has a chance nd let d campaign continue .Yaga!

Dr Chike Obidigbo is better known as Hardis and Dromedas. That is the name of the chemicals company he founded many years ago. It has balooned into a huge manufacturing firm including even pharmaceuticals. I met him many years ago when he was one of the special guests at our faculty week in Pharmacy, UNN. I remember thinking the guy was a bit stingy then sha.... I guess most genuine businessmen don't often make huge donations! I hope he doesn't throw that his hard earned money away in this hoolaballoo! God's grace to him any way. I'm from Abia and I just pray Anambra votes an honest, educated man. Then maybe they will infect my state for good.

eaglechild: That's correct!
I keep imagining what a very smooth 3 lane highway with street lights, going from Onitsha through Enugu, Okigwe, Umuahia, Aba , and PH will do to the economy of the southeast!
Is my dream too farfetched?
Or can the governors collectively achieve this even with little or no FG help.

And let the people say AMEN!!Its nice to know someone is sharing my dreams with me, Yours is just the part one of mine. Part two includes a dredged River Niger, allowing large ships to berth in Onitsha and bring in goods from overseas without sending you through the horrors of Apapa wharf and the Lagos-Ore-Benin road. Part three features the SE brimming with a large youthful population, busy and dynamic, holding our Governors accountable for the taxes they are raking in. God-willing, I will yet live to see this, If NITEL could become mtn, glo, airtel, etisalat and PHCN is about to become...... in my life time, I dream on!

I'm not sure every town is supposed to have skyscrapers. Enugu's skyline is Enugu's skyline. Without meaning to retard development, I pray the govt doesn't turn our beloved city into a Lagos wannabe. Even in the US, New york and New orleans don't look alike.

afam4eva: I wish the Enugu skyline could be revisited. The goverrnment needs to look for a way to create a new business district and erect some skyscrapers, thereby redifining the skyline.

800K AND 700K RESPECTIVELY ARE steep prices for those locations you mentioned Sir~

spyder880: One thing I am sure we have in Enugu state is space.

Sometimes I wonder when we are ever going to occupy all those places. I have access to information for those seeking to buy lands either for private use of for industrial development. I have 2000 plots of land measuring 60ft X 100ft available in some parts of Udi LGA. Asking price is N800k each. Same for some parts of Nkanu east, at least 1000 plots for around N700k per plot. These plots are so far from anywhere that they are not farmed, just pure forest lands.

ANYONE THAT NEEDS THEM SHOULD CONTACT ME.

I grew up on campus at UNN. It was the perfect community, as kids we loved the place. Families would come back from overseas (where maybe a parent went for further studies)and would fit in immediately cos the environment was world class. The University school was more international than the wannabe Intl. schools they want me send me kids to today for N1m/term! Spider please spare some time to get us pics from Nsukka,thanks. Meanwhile who was dt guy talking abt hating Enugu wt a passion, you are free to but don't peddle lies pls. Wts all dt rubbish abt Enugu girls being love peddlers, get a life and go and bring up your children in Damaturu in silence.