₦airaland Forum

baminasri:
Right now, I find it very hard to call myself a Nigerian. What is the point of pledging loyalty to a country that cares not for the HND graduates?

As an HND holder, I graduated with distinction (Top of my class)from the top polytechnic in Nigeria. With high hopes, I applied for the ongoing shell graduate recruitment. The recruitment process involves an online registration and series of online aptitude tests prior to oral interview. What broke my heart during the registration was when I saw the column fo where to indicate your class of degree. First option was first class. Second was second class upper. Third was second class lower and the fourth was third class/HND.
This means that irrespective of your grade in the polytechnic, shell sees you as a third class graduate.
Well, I have moved on. Better things ahead. My advice to HND holders is to embrace entrepreneurship. That way, we can gain respect in the society. And for the country called Nigeria that have refused to stop this BSc/HND dichtonomy, what out for HND holders who will shape the economy soon!!!

University graduate is way ahead of polytechnic graduate n d two can't b equal

U can't do direct MSc with hnd
Ur lecturers r mere bsc graduates
Most of u don't have five credits in waec
Most men/ladies won't marry a poly graduate
Hnd is a diploma nt a degree
Even when u get into civil service hnd starts below graduate n usually can't get to d top rank




I pity d good ones among u sha, if u ask me all polytechnics should be turned to university of technology n let them award B. Tech

Aba shut down by Ipob protesters

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Danabu:
It is a 2001 v6 30valves engine model and consumes 10 litres for every 50 kilometres. Wasn't so before. What is responsible for this and can anyone proffer solutions? Pls help!

20l per 100km on the city for a v6 engine is nt bad considering traffic n ur driving pattern except it's highway driving then u go n scan

front page pls

I hail una I ve been observing things on silent mode n learning BC I ve got some 700km abia to abuja to do by month end on my 1.6l 115hp I4 engine Carina e. But my engine is in top shape n never shorts oil btw service intervals.

Nurey n all members of car talk lets stand up n observe two minutes silence for d knocked engine.

God gives n God takes, may it rest in peace lol

Go n take the highlander, u don't compare SUV to a sedan it is a sin go for 3.0l v6 engine for good performance n relatively good economy

homesteady:
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While Pharmacists & Nurses who were earning #91,000 and #79,000 respectively, are now to be paid 5k. Photo Credit: Twitter @obaino_

www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/11/monthly-allowance-of-corper-doctors-in.html?m=1

While I think 15k is too low but 130k is too high may b
30k shld b OK as allowance. It is a national service take it or leave it

Most of us got zero naira from state govt during service only federal paid us then n my time is 7.5k

Medicine shld b made less attractive so d ppl dt love it will b d only ones there n nt some money hungry idi.ots dt will kill d profession.

Op must be a village drunk

Holysholay:
I don't have time for your type.

Go n bury ur face in shame big flop

Holysholay:
@ogawisdom I no have any English me I wan correct. Never on earth can u b well read as I am.

I hav said d error was as a result of using phone to type Nd can happen to any1. Take the English or leave it.

And for ur info, I don teach white, coloured Nd blacks in a foreign land. if white no complaint, who are u to?

Look at this illiterate ooo, whoever employed an illiterate as a lecturer smh. If u see me or read my profile u will lie down to greet me foolish lecturer.

Ur use of English is extremely poor n u have a morbid mentality, I can bet my legs n arms dt u didn't pass English at o level, all ur posts are reflective of u maggot

U narrowly escaped imbecility

Ponponkon:
" I did got alert" .And you are a lecturer Oga?

I tot I was d only one dt saw dt English, Federal uni lecturer for dt matter

Dt guy may jst b a truck pusher with internet access

Holysholay go n correct dt

If u dnt save frm ur Oct n Nov salaries one may nt have money for xmas

Very instructive

ochejoseph:
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Senator Ben Murray Bruce today took to twitter to express sadness over the "Killing" by APC senators of a motion to compel President Buhari to commence the Payment of 5000 naira to unemployed young Nigerians as promised by the APC during the 2015  presidential campaign 


https://mobile.twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/661991188593971200?p=v

Ben Murray Bruce shld receive some sense joot

ochejoseph:
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Senator Ben Murray Bruce today took to twitter to express sadness over the "Killing" by APC senators of a motion to compel President Buhari to commence the Payment of 5000 naira to unemployed young Nigerians as promised by the APC during the 2015  presidential campaign 


https://mobile.twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/661991188593971200?p=v

Ben Murray Bruce shld receive some sense joor
It's unsustainable besides unemployed needs skill empowerment nt free money. Buhari d clown u see ur life

StarboyMichael:
My friend wrote this and I want to share.

Let me first declare that this post was inspired by a Facebook post by a friend. She narrated that she heard a pastor telling the married women in his congregation not to be friends with single women...the reason for his advice is that he believes they will be misled by their unmarried/single friends.

Well I am not ready to join issue with this pastor, but I will like to use this opportunity to join issue with Nigerian society as a whole. Personally, I have always believed that Nigerians have a very misguided, perverted and warped idea of a relationship or marriage.
I said so because I am talking from experience. An average Nigerian believes that once a man or woman is working, the next thing is for him or her to get married. Everywhere you go, you are bombarded with the questions of "when are you getting married?", "do you know time is going?", "what are you waiting for?", etc. In fact, the pressure is so much that if you are not a strong person, you will start thinking that you have a problem.

Now let everyone listen to me, if you are married, congratulations and I wish you well. But it is an invasion of privacy to be asking people when they are getting married. And it is wrong of you to disrespect people because they are not married. Some people even think single or unmarried people are irresponsible or lose. If you are a man, some people will also insinuate that may be you are impotent. ‪#‎smile‬. I have seen situations where some married people believe you should accord them special respect because they are married and you are not.

Let me continue by saying that I am not married and I don't need anybody's advice on why I am not yet married. I personally will not tolerate disrespect from anyone because I am not married. Neither will I accord anyone special respect because he or she is married. I will only respect you if you deserve my respect, whether you are married or single is immaterial to me.

Finally, let it be clear that single or unmarried status is not a disease that needs to be cured. And to all the single and unmarried people out there, your destiny is in your own hands. Whether you allow the society to make you feel inadequate or not, depends on you. Always remember that there is nothing wrong with you. Also, know that everybody cannot get married at the same time. In fact, I don't have problem with anyone who doesn't want to get married at all.

Thank you and share your thoughts.

Nawa ooo a married man or woman is usually seen to be more responsible n this is correct 90percent of d time.
Most
Landlords won't rent their house to you except u r married, dnt blame them BC if u ve lived in a compound where some single students shared a flat u will understand

Some societies won't admit single members, if u like b 100yrs u cant b a member of cmo or cwo in d catholic church without marriage u r stuck in cyo infact u r nt a full catholic until wedded in catholic church

Most ppl won't do certain biz with you if u r nt married so if u disappear dey will hold ur wife n children

Op hw many armed robbers/criminals r married they r very few majority r single

Responsible female must marry b4 35yrs at most dts y Linda ikeji is seen as a waste even when she is a billionaire BC she is single n u can see she is now begging for husband

Responsible males must marry b4 40yrs at most, dts y Jim iyke is seen as irresponsible

It's odd to see singles at this age, even God didn't design humans like dt. As for d pastor he is absolutely right married women shouldn't keep singles as close /best frnds.

Op stop ranting n go and get married nw if u r old enough there is time for everything, u can't b a single all ur life. It is nt good dt a man should b alone.

Wtf Here is African get used to it or move to USA or Europe and stop smelling like an as.s hole

Bobbyjay001:
Pls,help a fellow nairalander. I want to buy a Toyota big daddy to be precise and I asked the owner the issue of the car. He only said the engine was changed from 2.4 to 2.2. What does this means? Is it adviceable to buy or not? What are the 2.2 engine setback over the 2.4? I need an answer ASAP as I don't want someone else to buy it cos it's price is very cheap. Thanks.

Don't buy BC u dnt want to start ur car ownership with engine wahala, I guess d owner is selling cheap BC of this. It's always better to buy naija used cars with their factory fitted engine. Jst walk away from d deal even if d car is offered to u at 250k . Every car is designed with a specific engine for a reason, dnt believe in swapping engines


If u must buy d car then u ve to return the original 2.4 engine ie buy toks n remove dt junk installed there n replace. This will b really capital intensive n will leave u financially devastated

onila:
she used to cry for years

worried, desperate

there was a time, she wanted to marry a poor man with a broken leg, just because she was so desperate

at 39 years old, she met this rich Yoruba guy who has never married before, he was like 41 years old

they got married and she got pregnant in less than a year and had twins . . . .Amen!

he said they shldnt have kids again
that he suffered when he was small and he doesnt want to have many children
good, dey had twins. no worries of having kids esp when his wife started having kids old


ladies never settle less, marry the right one
even if it will take you years

It's a miracle dt happen in one out of a hundred, other ladies at her age waited forever n never got married. Any decent lady shld have been married b4 28yrs . it's well Gods time is still d best

dammizz:
Any idea on the cost of compressor & condenser

Toks compressor for 99 Camry and brand new condenser shldnt b above 30k for d two

Super story

Incredible works on first bank thanks op

Akaewu:
- for dis level (highlighted) - naija used big daddy nko ?

Dt depends on ur other responsibilities rent, family, sundry etc but u can't achieve dt on such budget without denying urself alot.

winzy:
Good day all... I have this Toyota camry 1999 that the ac won't work even when repaired many times.. It will just work for highest a month and start blowing hot again, but the one that really pissed me off was that I went to an ac technician last week and he filled the gas, added oil and checked for leakage but found none... BTW he said my compressor is OK.... Only for me to switch the ac on today and it started blowing hot again... I wanted to cry, please gurus in the house.... Advice me on what to do, please

Lol pls dnt cry the compressor has a serious leak I guess, I have dumped ac on my car for 2months on acct of this until am ready to buy a toks compressor n brand new condenser.

Most ac technician can't trace a leak on car ac system, do they even have d equipment to do dt, dts the major challenge.

Urs seems to b a major leak if it lasts only a few days, when did u service ur ac system last n did u replace any component, expansion valve, dryer, evaporator/freezer, compressor n condenser.

Orimili:
I don't act desperate at all

Go out and make more female friends at least 7 female frnds n talk to each once a week. After sometime like 3months down d line u can consider dating one of them.

Act like u have a girlfriend arnd them and only need them for casual friendship.

U give them too much attention and care n dts a turn off for ladies, a consequence of focusing on only one at a time.
If u ve 7 or more u wont notice even if three walks away jst make more female frnds n stop being a looser.
Am sure even bill gate will get turned down by some ladies so b a man n stop crying over nothing, u can't have every girl u want nobody does but u should at least have three out of ten, anything more than three in ten u r a ladies magnet lol. Again sharpen ur yarns if u kw wat I mean, learn scoping skills

Try 7 or more at a time n thank me later.

By d way I hope u ve put ur life together b4 looking for ladies and not some broke ass n never do well kinda dude.

If this fails then those old men in ur village are at work with their African magic, go n see TB Joshua ASAP

Orimili:
And how do I "spice up my life" in a fashion that a woman would think I'm not boring?

By d way I hope u have a good job, a decent apartment and a good car if u dnt then u r boring. Boring to a naija woman means broke ass. Dnt worry much abt women go n make money first n ur job with them is 85 percent done

Orimili:
I seem to have this common problem with dating:

After a few weeks of talking, and/or one or two dates, communication ceases without warning. I would send a text message every few days wishing her well. If I call, the phone will just ring to voicemail. If I send any text messages, it will not be returned.

If this had just happened once, I'd quickly get over it. If the girl would simply tell me that she doesn't want to continue, I'd be okay with it. This cessation of communication has been from every single girl that I have talked to, and it has always occured in this fashion.

I don't know what is wrong with me, or what I'm doing wrong. It has gotten to the point where I fear that God doesn't want me to marry, or have a family someday.

Can anyone advise me on what to do?

Ur problem is simple u act desperate n dt scares them away

kulobyno:
Most Nigerian girls are runs girls depending on how you approach them

Exactly if u start treating her like a saint from day one u r on a long thing BC she will start acting like one to u even when she is a LovePeddler

I got my bvn thro my first bank acct, I hope dt covers my uba plc acct or wat am I expected to do

Smile4mee01:
I am a little depressed now. i came here to seek counsel. i am 31 yr old male, works in a bank. have my own apartment and car, Quite comfortable. i am not and never have been in a very serious relationship. the few ones i tried never just works out. most times the ladies dont measure up, the few ones that did measure up were so much in a hurry to marry (maybe because they were older than i was sha)

my friends too wonder, they say with my status ladies should be all over me. they say i dont take them serious. i am not gay and wil never be.

i agree my job leaves me little room to go out because i work almost every day. in fact in a whole month i have just 2 free weekends. 2 days out of which i still go to work.

is there something i can do to be in a healthy relationship. i desire to have a balance.

Thanks in anticipation

Use d banking environment to meet someone its very easy BC most times u kw their details through their account with their number to follow up on them.

Finding a wife is very difficult all u ve everywhere r runs girls n gfs

Good decent girls with plans for their future r fast becoming an endangered species

U r jst 31 time still dey so take ur time, 50 percent of ur mates have nt yet secured a decent job in naija self so dnt pressure urself abt this for u have no menopause

goldfishsk:
I had given my wife all the liberty to use facebook, whatsapp and other internet applications. She is not a regular user of these applications. One of her co worker(married with one kid) whom she had a bad remark, like he is always chatting with some other lady who is also married. She had a negative remark of this person. After few months this guy turn to be in her friend circle and occasionally she used to tell me details which sounds different from earlier comments and sound good about that guy.

Later he started to sent 'Hi', 'How r u' etc in Whatsapp and facebook and she used to show me and reply with my permission. I took this as a good friendship and did not noticed much about it. In recent one month somehow I started checking the messages. The messages were normal and nothing sounds different.

He got another job and maintained this friendship. What surprised me us in addition to messages in facebook or whatsapp, they communicate also in SMS but content is very decent. The count of communication has increased and now a days she dont tell or show his messages may be she might be thinking that I am convinced of their friendship.

My wife basically hesitate to send messages if I ask to send details of any things to buy from shop and also was very cautious of not wasting money by SMS. But now she replies to all his SMS and not bothered about cost.

Few days back I openely discussed this with her and she told you can check our messages any time and there is nothing of bad nature. Also she said since I dont like this she will stop sending messages. infact he used to send messages between night 9.30 to 11. Since I objected she messaged him in front of me that not to send messages as I dont like that.

what worrying me is whether this communication continues and if the messages are deleted I wont come to know.

So far both of them have not dealt in a wrong way. Reading above what do you feel whether this is a good relation or shall I put constraints on it. Also how will I bring back my wife from this relation though it is not crossed boundaries so far

It all starts with being good frnds, chatting with someone daily even lovers can't beat dt

Needadvice:
I am married with no kids yet. I am a professional, but my work does not pay much. Because of that, my family had to put up with the little that i come home with at the end of every month. It pains me that in the face of many domestic needs begging for attention, i only can do little. In order for us to cope, i resorted to the common man economic tool - scale of preference. I give priority to those the family consider capital projects and attend to the others after. This method however has not appealed to my dear wife. She acknowledged that we go for the big financial tasks, but at the same time argues that i have not been given her chunk of money for her needs. It's undoubtedly true that every wife needs monetary tips to attend to her private needs, i don't know exactly how to achieve that from my little salary without sealing off the so-called big projects. At the moment, she just finished Uni and awaiting NYSC. So, she hasn't started doing something yet even though we have a plan for that. Few months ago, she started agitating for change of our accommodation which i gave in to, because truly that was long overdue. I borrowed some money which we are still paying with interest. I am working on starting a small business for her (before the NYSC next March) and i am also planning to pay (half) of the school fees which her Uni mandated us to pay as part of her clearance for the service, but still we are at loggerheads because i wasn't able to leave out some big cash with her. Being at home, i attended to her basic needs (not all though) and promised her i would arrange to be paying some stated amount from my salary as soon as we are cleared off our debts and pressing needs, but at every slight provocation, she reminds me that i am not doing enough for her financial needs. The problem is, i don't see a way of meeting her expectation unless i give up those big ones (which directly affects her and increase the family's chance of doing better). People who have found themselves in this situation, please share how you handled it. It'd really help me resolve it without making a mistake. Thanks

Draw up a family budget based on your family income taking some of her needs into consideration, show her the budget n both of u shld agree on it n stick to it.

If she complains assure her things will get better by d time she starts working

If she disturbs u further after all these abt her needs then tell her to her face dt she is extremely selfish n stand ur ground

Btw borrowing for consumption is bad economics dnt let his lady make u a perpetual debtor, live within ur means

A woman can easily frustrate or kill a man ie if d man wants to satisfy all their wants which they call needs

Saao:
Hi my people, pls I need ur advise regarding nissan xterra niaja used.

I'm about to buy an suv, I'm thinking of nissan xterra 2003 model Nigeria used, is the car economical? Does it have second hand value? Is it problem free, I guess is not problematic? And any other advice I may need as I will not want to change car in next five years after purchase cuz of other engagement, can it take me through five years? Thanks a lot for ur contribution

No car or SUV is problem free not to talk of a naija flogged SUV but xterra is super rugged with high ground clearance it is compatible with naija roads. Nothing can stop u potholes, flood, even if u want to climb mountain it is a super offroader. If u dnt mind d looks which is like a soldier ant then u r good to go BC its parts are relatively affordable n available.

It can take you as long as you r willing to replace parts, do servicing n repairs.

U shld try d 4 cylinder if u prefer fuel economy to d power of v6

He shld ve used his car for taxi instead of doing this
Ie if he has a car