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For a 26 years old man. he must have started @ 19 to have these grown up children. Do I smell football age "thingz"

Nigerian "yeyebrities" with their mentality sha. You bought new car and so what? these act of "showing off" on social media is childish if you ask me

campusflavour:
I feel for her, its just an accident, na why hit and run full everywhere

It wasn't an accident. She was proven to be under the influence while driving and she lost control of the vehicle as a result of that and killed an innocent man.

So?

The "Like" Generation

2 weeks. Didn't collect salary. Got a better offer from a competitor.

"agba ti nde" Age is catching up with her

simtosul:
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http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/38131/3/finally-blackface-reveals-what-he-wants-from-2baba.html

and this website is supposed to be a serious website using thought instead of taught? Nonsense

Snipes009:
Lol....This is not 1st Class flight...

Obviously the poster or the original blogger has not been inside an airplane before and as such does not know what is called first class.oshisco

Pangea:

Na usual na!
Any time I pass through that place and see them taking advantage of young and first time travellers, I laugh.
Those green horns too dont help matters, because they always look guilty as if they have done something wrong.
I myself, sometimes feel as if they are using fake papers.
Confidence is the key, these custom people can smell the fear on you and then will latch on like sharks tasting the blood in the water.

Imagine
One useless airline officer told one time my visa was fake.
I started laughing,
The way I yab am that day enh?
He quickly cleared me.
Awon Olofo!

same happened to me in 2011. I was going to KL for a training. The airline staff told me my Malaysian visa was fake while we were boarding for a South African Airways flight to Johannesburg. Well I was then based in Angola so was only in Nigeria on holiday. He said the visa was not embossed. I told him he doesn't know what he was saying because if he had cared to check the visa well he would have seen that the said visa was issued in Namibia and not Nigeria. He thereafter handed over my passport to me.There was a young guy who from the way he was begging him was obviously a first time traveler.

For me that would be ironing of clothes.

(CNN)Johnson Ejezie was initially daunted by the prospect of moving to Lagos from his home town in Nigeria's south-east.

The polio he contracted at a young age left him with lasting health problems, so he felt vulnerable living in a city where he didn't have any family or friends to lean on.

But what pulled the 26-year-old to Nigeria's bustling metropolis was stronger than his fears -- an invitation to take part in a bootcamp for Andela, a startup which pays young Nigerians to train as programmers and work for international companies.

Andela acts as talent accelerator, scouting for smart and ambitious Nigerians with the potential to work as top-level developers for foreign firms. The ones who pass the rigorous selection process are paid what the company calls an upper middle class Nigerian wage while training. Successful alumni have been placed with for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft as well as up-and-coming start-ups, all while being based in Nigeria.

Plight for programmers

The idea is the brainchild of two entrepreneurs, American Jeremy Johnson, who made the Forbes' 30 under 30 list last year, and Nigerian Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, selected as one of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers in 2012.

"Andela began after my friend and mentor Jeremy Johnson visited Nairobi in 2013 and saw how a lack of career paths for young people was contributing to Africa's youth unemployment," says Aboyeji.

"At about the same time, I had spent a year and a half in Lagos exploring new models of education that could raise the bar and tackle Nigeria's chronic youth unemployment problem," he adds.

The pair put their heads together and noticed that while young Nigerians struggled to get jobs, tech roles in United States were hard to fill: "Even at $100,000 per year, Jeremy could not find a developer for his last company. That was when we decided to begin recruiting our first class."

Elite recruits

With an acceptance rate of 1% Andela is arguably one of the most selective training programs in the world. In comparison, Harvard admits 6% of applicants and Princeton 7.4%. The training is four years long and starts with an online application, after which candidates take aptitude and skills tests.
Those who make it to the next round have a face-to-face interview, and then undertake a two week bootcamp -- the final selection stage. There, aspiring developers are taught how to build web applications and they are assessed on the speed at which they learn as well as their soft skills.

Aboyeji doesn't sugar-coat the fact that the selection process is grueling: "We are looking for brilliant young people who are potential leaders, and who have the grit and perseverance to get through a very tough program," he says.

Tech talent

So far 15,000 people applied for the scheme and Andela started training its first class of 100 developers in June of last year. The company is based in New York and Nigeria, a country chosen partially because its status as Africa's most populous nation means it offers a wide pool of talent.

"The primary and secondary education system remains strong here, but the youth population is growing very fast which makes the problem of youth unemployment chronic," says Aboyeji.

The strong emphasis of earning while learning is reminiscent of the apprenticeship system, something that Andela founders readily embrace.

"We believe there is only so much you can learn in the classroom. But with practical work experiences, you can translate learning into habits that will make you a true professional," Aboyeji says.

He adds that in today's globally connected world, it makes little difference that the companies young Nigerian programmers work for are based thousands of miles away: "With a reliable Internet connection, a world-class developer can add value remotely from wherever in the world they happen to be."

KIRIJI:
Its the same. He is also refered to as Olowo Eko.

Btw, here is the Ijebu King, Awujale Ademuyewo Afidipote with the Governor of the Lagos Crown Colony, Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter (?) in 1852 at Epe, the Naval Base of the Ijebu Kingdom in present day Lagos state

Chief did you mean to write 1892. Sir Gilbert Carter was only 4 years old in 1852. This was probably 1892 during the Ijebu expedition of 1892.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Thomas_Carter

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US Shale Output Causes Angst For African Oil Producers

By Obafemi Oredein, Special to Hart Energy
July 22, 2013
US imports from African countries, including Algeria and Nigeria, have dropped.

The US shale oil revolution has increased production and helped keep oil prices from rising sharply, despite supply disruptions from other parts of the world.

But the North American shale success story isn’t good news for some African members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), especially Nigeria, Angola, and Algeria, and non-OPEC members such as Ghana and South Sudan.

The US, which a few years ago was the largest oil importer in the world, has drastically reduced its oil imports. The US posted the biggest increase in oil production in the world and the largest in US history in 2012 when production reached 8.9 MMb/d, up 13.9% from 2011, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.

US output, adding to the world’s oil supply, has contributed to keeping oil prices from rising sharply in spite of supply disruptions from Nigeria, Iraq, Libya, South Sudan, and other key producers.

But Nigeria and Algeria, which produce light sweet crudes that are low in sulfur content and simple to refine, are already feeling the impact of the US oil boom. They are the most impacted in terms of reduced oil exports to the US and lower oil prices in the past year. These and other countries need high oil prices to support local spending.

US imports from Nigeria were more than halved to 403,000 b/d in March 2013, from 913,000 in March 2011, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Also, the EIA said exports from Angola to the US from April 2011 to April 2012 dropped 38% to 4.8 MMbbl.

OPEC said in its annual report released in the first week of July 2013 that the price benchmark oil from some OPEC members fell in the past year because of the unexpected energy boom in the US, which is causing a revolution in global oil trade.

The average price of Algeria’s Saharan Blend on the spot market fell by 1.3% in 2012 to $111.49 a barrel, while Nigeria’s Bonny Light slipped 0.4% to average $113.66 a barrel, the report said.

“Shale oil has been identified as one of the most serious threats for African producers,” Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke said, adding that African producers could lose 25% of their oil revenue as they are edged out of the US market.

Nigeria and Algeria are suffering the worst effects from the North American oil boom since they produce a grade similar to shale oil, she said, stressing that shale oil is a “grave concern.”

“We risk a situation where, in the first place, we lose our oil market in America. But beyond that we also risk a situation where America, having satisfied itself with what it has, will also want to find a market outside. And that market may be a market that Nigeria is selling to,” said Omar Farouk, general manager of media relations at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC).

Commenting on US shale oil on July 8, 2013 in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said “Nigeria is known for oil. But today, many countries around the world have found oil. The recent discovery of shale oil and gas means that we can no longer depend solely on oil to drive the economy.”

During a five-day state visit to China at the beginning of July 2013, Jonathan met executives from SINOPEC, which is China’s largest refiner, according to a statement from his office in Abuja. But it was not clear whether the president succeeded in getting China to increase its oil imports from Nigeria.

Nigeria and other African producers that produce light sweet crude may not have big market in Asia, because several Asian refiners process heavy crude produced by OPEC members in the Persian Gulf, said an oil expert in Lagos.

Angola, which produces around 1.72 MMb/d of oil, is already looking for new markets for oil, according to its Oil Minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos. Rising hydrocarbons production in the US, Angola’s second main export market after China, also poses a threat to Angola, where the oil sector accounts for 45% of GDP, 75% of government revenue and more than 90% of total exports.

Algeria produced about 1.87 MMb/d of oil in 2012 and the vast majority of Algerian oil exports, roughly 85%, are sent to North America and Europe. The US is the single largest destination; however, US imports of Algerian crude have declined over the last five years.

The value of Algeria’s oil and gas exports fell by 9% in the first four months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012 due to lower global crude oil prices, according to government figures published in a report by the country’s APS news agency.

Algeria’s Finance Minister Karim Djoudi said lower oil revenue, due to the US shale oil revolution, could force the government to cut domestic spending and delay some projects if crude oil prices keep falling.

“Emerging markets like India and China have been growing, and they have absorbed a large part of Angolan exports,” said Botelho de Vasconcelos.

Rising US oil production would have negative impacts on several African countries, especially if oil prices keep falling. These countries include Liberia, Uganda, and Kenya, which have discovered oil but have not started production. Oil investors in these countries may be discouraged. Exploration may slow down, pushing forward production time. Moreover, oil revenues expected by these countries may be lower than earlier expected, affecting their development programs.

Oil revenue earnings of OPEC and non-OPEC African oil producers and several other oil producers may be impacted further if China is successful in making the needed technological advances to tap its shale oil deposits, pumping more oil into the global market.

OPEC has promised to launch a study of the impact US shale oil production is having on its members, OPEC’s Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri said.

But ultimately it is up to OPEC members affected by shale oil output to seek out new markets on their own, El-Badri added.

The EIA has predicted the US will pump 11.1 MMb/d by 2020, surpassing Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter.

http://www.epmag.com/Production/US-Shale-Output-Angst-African-Oil-Producers_119261?utm_source=sp&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=6610151-July%2025,%202013&utm_term=EP%20Buzz%20July%2025%202013%20Auto%20(1)&utm_content=578623&spMailingID=6610151&spUserID=MTc3Nzg5ODEzMwS2&spJobID=79843461&spReportId=Nzk4NDM0NjES1

debrief08: So let's say the tables were turned and it was the woman who was in a 17 year abusive relationship.
She stayed all that while because pastors, friends and all intervened regularly.
One day she walks and remarrys and the ex husband starts actiong crazy,will we ask the new husband to leave?
Will we ask why she stayed so long?
Why is it so hard to believe that some women can just be as abusive as men?
Why do we have the notion that a woman must always be the victim?
Just like a woman so if a man holds on to a bad relationship for 17 years must he hold on to death?
Abuse has no gender, victims of abuse have no gender

debrief
Thank you for this. I think it will take a long time for so many people in our society to realize what you have said above. I am going through what the man is going through at the moment and as such I can relate to what has been said about him. In my own case however, I was and still legally married to my wife with three kids. I have also not married a new wife and sincerely I am afraid to even do that.
Some women do use kids to blackmail men once they know the man loves the kids. My wife is very manipulative and has been to my workplace too. I really was staying for the kids and would not mind staying for them because I do believe they need me as much as they need their mum but the verbal abuse and manipulation is making me feel lonely in my marriage and if I can I would give everything i have to be happy for the rest of my life. I now understand well the saying which I had always thought is chauvinistic "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates
People can pontificate here about how some men are monsters and I do agree that many men are monsters. However, some men are going through abusive relationships in this our country.
For me the man deserves happiness however he may find it. For the OP's cousin, I will advise prayer and I believe with this she will overcome. She also has to be practical about this that after 4 kids, the woman would just not disappear like that from her husband's life. A solution may be to have a meeting with the woman and ask her what she wants and see if they could meet the ones that are reasonable.

NJ woman, parents admit roles in ex's slaying

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — When Kathleen Dorsett heard her ex-husband scream in agony in the backyard of her home in 2010, she finished changing their daughter's diaper knowing that her father was carrying out their plan to kill the man by hitting him in the head with a heavy cable.
She then went outside to help her father put Stephen Moore's body in the trunk of a car.
Dorsett, a 38-year-old former third-grade teacher, and her parents pleaded guilty Thursday to their roles in Moore's murder and the attempted murder of his mother. They told a judge they were angry about the divorce decree and custody arrangements for the couple's daughter, who was then 20 months old.
Dorsett pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder and second-degree conspiracy to desecrate human remains. Her father, Thomas, pleaded guilty to murder and arson-for-hire. The mother, Lesley, admitted that she conspired to have Moore's mother killed before she had a chance to testify at trial.
Kathleen Dorsett said that on the day of the slaying in August 2010, she sent Moore to the backyard of her Ocean Township home, where her father was waiting to kill him.
After father and daughter loaded the body into a car, Thomas Dorsett admitted he drove the vehicle to Long Branch and then hired someone to set it on fire the following day.
In Thursday's court hearing, lawyers and the defendants revealed how frustrating family problems turned into a murder plot.
A few years after they married, prosecutors said Kathleen began telling her father there were problems in the marriage and that she did not think Moore could provide for the family. Authorities would not elaborate on those details.
Thomas Dorsett said he provided for his daughter's family while she was married and that he helped take care of his granddaughter, who lived two houses away.
"That's all I did," he told the court.
Thomas Dorsett and Moore's relationship grew increasingly hostile. He acknowledged in Thursday's hearing that he had considered planting drugs on Moore or killing him earlier.
At one point, prosecutors said, Moore reported Thomas Dorsett to the state's child services agency claiming the grandfather was mistreating the girl. The details of an investigation there were not revealed.
Assistant prosecutor Marc Lemieux told a judge that a divorce decree further strained the relationship among Moore and the Dorsetts.
According to a copy of the June 2010 decree reviewed by The Associated Press, Moore and the Dorsett family were all moving to Florida. The Dorsetts were to find Moore a home within 25 miles of theirs, subsidize his rent, help find him a job and waive any claim to child support until he got a job there.
Lesley Dorsett, 68, told the court she conspired with her daughter — who at the time was in jail for her ex-husband's murder — to have Moore's mother killed.
"The goal was to kill (her) because we were afraid she was going to testify," Lesley Dorsett said.
The women were also upset Moore's mother was awarded temporary custody of Kathleen Dorsett's daughter.
Lesley Dorsett said she took an envelope with Moore's mother's name on it, stuffed it with cash and handed it over at a department store to someone she believed was a hit man. But the supposed hit man was actually an undercover cop and Lesley Dorsett was soon arrested.
Kathleen Dorsett faces 58 years in state prison, with no parole before 51 years. Thomas Dorsett faces 50 years in prison with no parole before 30 years. Lesley Dorsett faces eight years in prison with no parole before seven years. All three are scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 8.
Moore's mother, Evlyn, told reporters after the hearing she was glad to see the guilty pleas.
"I'm satisfied today as I will ever be," she said. "I feel that Stephen has gotten justice today."

http://news.yahoo.com/nj-woman-parents-admit-roles-exs-slaying-164223726.html

NJ woman, parents admit roles in ex's slaying


FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — When Kathleen Dorsett heard her ex-husband scream in agony in the backyard of her home in 2010, she finished changing their daughter's diaper knowing that her father was carrying out their plan to kill the man by hitting him in the head with a heavy cable.
She then went outside to help her father put Stephen Moore's body in the trunk of a car.
Dorsett, a 38-year-old former third-grade teacher, and her parents pleaded guilty Thursday to their roles in Moore's murder and the attempted murder of his mother. They told a judge they were angry about the divorce decree and custody arrangements for the couple's daughter, who was then 20 months old.
Dorsett pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder and second-degree conspiracy to desecrate human remains. Her father, Thomas, pleaded guilty to murder and arson-for-hire. The mother, Lesley, admitted that she conspired to have Moore's mother killed before she had a chance to testify at trial.
Kathleen Dorsett said that on the day of the slaying in August 2010, she sent Moore to the backyard of her Ocean Township home, where her father was waiting to kill him.
After father and daughter loaded the body into a car, Thomas Dorsett admitted he drove the vehicle to Long Branch and then hired someone to set it on fire the following day.
In Thursday's court hearing, lawyers and the defendants revealed how frustrating family problems turned into a murder plot.
A few years after they married, prosecutors said Kathleen began telling her father there were problems in the marriage and that she did not think Moore could provide for the family. Authorities would not elaborate on those details.
Thomas Dorsett said he provided for his daughter's family while she was married and that he helped take care of his granddaughter, who lived two houses away.
"That's all I did," he told the court.
Thomas Dorsett and Moore's relationship grew increasingly hostile. He acknowledged in Thursday's hearing that he had considered planting drugs on Moore or killing him earlier.
At one point, prosecutors said, Moore reported Thomas Dorsett to the state's child services agency claiming the grandfather was mistreating the girl. The details of an investigation there were not revealed.
Assistant prosecutor Marc Lemieux told a judge that a divorce decree further strained the relationship among Moore and the Dorsetts.
According to a copy of the June 2010 decree reviewed by The Associated Press, Moore and the Dorsett family were all moving to Florida. The Dorsetts were to find Moore a home within 25 miles of theirs, subsidize his rent, help find him a job and waive any claim to child support until he got a job there.
Lesley Dorsett, 68, told the court she conspired with her daughter — who at the time was in jail for her ex-husband's murder — to have Moore's mother killed.
"The goal was to kill (her) because we were afraid she was going to testify," Lesley Dorsett said.
The women were also upset Moore's mother was awarded temporary custody of Kathleen Dorsett's daughter.
Lesley Dorsett said she took an envelope with Moore's mother's name on it, stuffed it with cash and handed it over at a department store to someone she believed was a hit man. But the supposed hit man was actually an undercover cop and Lesley Dorsett was soon arrested.
Kathleen Dorsett faces 58 years in state prison, with no parole before 51 years. Thomas Dorsett faces 50 years in prison with no parole before 30 years. Lesley Dorsett faces eight years in prison with no parole before seven years. All three are scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 8.
Moore's mother, Evlyn, told reporters after the hearing she was glad to see the guilty pleas.
"I'm satisfied today as I will ever be," she said. "I feel that Stephen has gotten justice today."

http://news.yahoo.com/nj-woman-parents-admit-roles-exs-slaying-164223726.html

brabus: Sorry for the delayed response, it has been a very busy day for us today.

Are you giving him full installation work? I paid N150,000 for the full installation works on the 2 units (N130,000 to Dubasilo and N20,000 to the first installer who messed up) and also paid Dubasilo N100,000 for the claddings (materials and bending)

Thanks
So in all, the materials and bending with installation is =N= 230,000?

Brabus
Can you please help answer the question I just asked on the aluminum cladding in your thread about the two houses in Lekki.
Thanks

brabus: Here's the number of the installer (Nnamdi 08062444363), you can speak with him directly.

Ours is very expensive o! We spent N100k for both unit.

Chief
Dubasilo claimed the 100k you mentioned is just for installation. Is this true? Please I need your response ASAP as I am in negotiation with him.
Thanks

brabus: @ Farm+ and others requesting for details on the roof cladding.

We used .55 guage aluminium for the cladding. The colour is Ivory White and the product is from Standard Aluminium along Dopemu/Cement road. The installer is Dubasilo and he can reached on his mobile line +2348062444363 (Nnamdi).

He's a specialist but a very busy one. I've started chasing him since we break ground. At a much later time, I'll open a thread showcasing his works.

How much is the cost of this cladding. Please I just installed my gerrard roof and would like to install this cladding.
I just want to have an idea of the cost. Thank you

Arizona woman runs down husband with car for not voting: police
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix on Saturday because he failed to vote in the election, police said on Monday.

Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested after running over husband Daniel Solomon following a wild chase that left him pinned underneath the vehicle.

Daniel Solomon, 36, was in critical condition at a local hospital, but is expected to survive, Gilbert police spokesman Sergeant Jesse Sanger said.

Police said Daniel Solomon told them his wife became angry over his "lack of voter participation" in last Tuesday's presidential election and believed her family would face hardship as a result of Obama winning another term.

Witnesses reported the argument broke out on Saturday morning in a parking lot and escalated. Mrs Solomon then chased her husband around the lot with the car, yelling at him as he tried to hide behind a light pole, police said. He was struck after attempting to flee to a nearby street.

Obama won the national election with 332 electoral votes compared with 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Arizona's 11 electoral votes were won by Romney.

http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-woman-runs-down-husband-car-not-voting-045426220.html

Turbocharged: How is that a credit to Ribadu's CV?
There's no how you can carry out an investigation of such magnitude without the involvement of professional Auditors and Consultants. In every audit, the keyword is "Investigation", "Verification" and "Reconciliation" of accounts and then "Recommendation" From what we hear, Ribadu only did the investigations and recommendations, leaving out the verification and reconciliation of accounts.
Ribadu went there to score cheap "Political Goals". If not, why should he leak the report to the media even before submitting it to the one that engaged his services.
NIGERIANS AND PRIDE sef.

Chief,
Are you aware that there were consultants and auditors from PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited (PwC)involved in the work of the committee?
So I do not understand what you are saying. Have you read the report at all or are you one of the people who elRufai said don't read?
The report have been circulating for sometime now online and I will advise you to go and read it rather than listen to what you are told.

Why are some people trying to figure out her ethnicity? Does it really matter? Is it to rein enforce our warped generalization of everything backward being associated with the North?
In any case for those who like to know, Nana is not an uncommon girls' name in the North.
Nana Asmau, a famous poet in the Sokoto Caliphate was a daughter of Uthman Dan Fodio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Asma’u
Among Muslims in some parts of the North and also among the Yorubas, the name Nana Awawu(which is likely a variant of Nana Asmau) is also very common.

It is usually hard to forgive people who wrong us.
I am pretty sure you would not have thought twice about giving in to his demands if he has been a "good" father.
However hard it may be to forgive him, even though he may not be deserving of your forgiveness, please do forgive him and give him what you can afford.
If you are comfortable enough to place him on a salary and buy him the generator please do.
I had a similar issue with my dad though the situation was slightly different.
In fact , our last meeting was just about when I graduated from the university and we had a serious argument because he was always in the habit of saying he had no money to give. That we should go and meet our mum for our needs. Though he gave sometimes but most times he would say go and meet your mum. Though he has been dead for 12 years now, I still miss him because no matter what, he was my father and no other person could be that.
Recently at one of my younger sister's marriage, I actually cried because I had to play the role of father and would have wished he was there to play his role.
Please harken to what your mum said about honoring thy father and mother so that it shall be well with you.
I pray for God guidance for you as you make your decision on what to do.

ileobatojo: That would be 'Chief Mrs' thank you

Anyway, thank God for you in her life, she should enjoy. I just hope you have saved enough to continue to fund her wasteful ways should a rainy day come (God forbid). Because after you've spent all these years enabling her, you can be sure she won't expect any different in a downturn.

Sorry about that Chief Mrs

ileobatojo: Hmm. You are too kind o. She is squandering your hard earned money and you continue to fund her and her family's frivolous ways. The love must be very strong. Good for her.

Chief
It is not that, as I do not believe she is squandering my money. In fact to me she is squandering her own money because the money was meant for her to spend for herself. Giving her salary is my own way of protecting my "hard earned" money from being squandered.
If I had not given her the salary, most of the frivolous requests would have been directed to me.

debrief08: I will Ignore the first part, I will answer the second part. I have suggested babysitting for friends and neighbors, someone suggested buying and selling on ebay. Thirdly what about plain old planning and living within their means?
I was not fortunate to "get a job", I worked my head and hands off to earn everything I have, nothing was given to me on a platter of gold and believe me if you were given my cross to carry with how "fortunate" you think I am and you see the burdens I carry and have carried you will reject it. Everyone has his/ her load, plan your life well and carry it. simple.
I will not accept any husband or wife comparing his/ her spouse with others, that is traumatic and lowers the spouses self esteem. I have been harsh on the poster too. So please read well before you hack down Debrief

I am in a similar issue with my wife and her family. Therefore, I can understand how the OP is feeling. What may be causing the issue is this mentality of some people always trying to proof that they are doing great abroad and in the process giving the wrong impression to people back at home. In my own wife’s case the pressure is from her mum. Every month she sent money to the mum and dad, and also to her siblings some of whom are working. In addition she sends to even people who are just neighbors to her family.
I was transferred out of Nigeria from work and have been out now for over 4 years. Though she was working for the government and her salary was pretty small compared to mine as I work for a Multinational Organization. Since we move I have been paying her a salary that is 3 times what she earned in Naija and have been helping her save the same for her as a savings fund for when we eventually return to Nigeria.This was agreed to by both of us because she seems not to know how to manage savings on her own according to her.
Most times however, she finds ways to ask me for the savings and almost 3 times now I have given her the money just to show that her accusation that I do not plan to give her the savings is not true.
What has happened each of the time however is that the money ends on being spent by her on no tangible things? At one time it was for her to buy shoes and bags and other stuffs for her siblings and family friends on a trip we had to the US for vacation (Vacation was paid for by my company and going to US was her idea) At one time, the excuse was that she gave her dad for the start of a planned construction on her dad's land in their hometown. No constrcution was carried out and the money could not be accounted for by her dad according to her.
What saddens me is that my wife never thinks of herself or our three kids almost everything she gets go to Naija for frivolities because if it is not a request for shoe it is for a cloth or some other unnecessary expense.
My goal of giving her salary is to not make her feels that she could not earn her own money. I take care of all other expenses in the house and I do not complain. What I would want like I have told her once is for her to tell me that she has bought a land somewhere and that she has started construction on the land because the money she gets is enough for her to do that.
My wife accusation is that I fear poverty too much which is why I am always talking about saving and planning for the future. I have given up on her seeing reason the only thing is that after paying her the salary and taking out household expenses, I am using the rest to continue the housing project I have ongoing.
My advice to the OP is to start giving the wife salary from his income because her argument would be that she is not working because you guys moved out of Nigeria. Instead of it becoming an issue between you guys, the salary should take care of that and you just would use the net for the family savings and investment.
@debrief 08
It is not all men that have the issue you mentioned which is looking for a woman to control. In fact I have never been interested in women I could control. I had always wanted a woman who will complement me and a woman who could take care of the house whenever I am not around.
This is because the women in my life before I got married (my mum and elder sister) are very independent and hardworking women.