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Foreign AffairsRe: Canada, UK, Australia Recognise State Of Palestine (pix) by otherway: 8:40pm On Sep 21, 2025
Righteousness2:
It is an ABOMINATION to even think to Divide GOD'S land. It is an act of Begging for GOD'S WRATH.

Not even the Children of ISRAEL can do it.


I Perceive something heavy like a Monumental Earth quake , Tsunami or Disater will Hit these unwise nations and the Earth this Month.

For the mere fact that these leaders who have lost their minds gathered together to even try such, I Perceive something Crazy will Hit the Earth and Nations.
I thought you have a knowledge of the end time since you are always quick to write stuffs here about scriptures but now I know you are just a noise maker.

This must happen before Jesus returns.
TravelRe: Nigerian Girl Breaks Down In Tears After Her UK Student Visa Was Terminåted by otherway: 6:41pm On Sep 21, 2025
justwise:
This is not true, watch her video because i don't think you did
The story is so freaking confusing.

1. What prompted the home office to detect she was working over 20 hours? Cos ordinarily, except she was caught in the act or she tried to apply for something.

2. If she has been in UK for 3 years it is believed she must have finished her studies and in a form of post graduate visa.

In short the story no just dey straight forward and her tears dey even cover her words which makes the video hard to comprehend.

Which ever way, she did not have a good adviser.
TravelRe: Nigerian Girl Breaks Down In Tears After Her UK Student Visa Was Terminåted by otherway: 11:29pm On Sep 20, 2025
ufotunang:
..she can appeal the case
No right of appeal for post graduate visa refusal but she can do admin review which she will most probably lose.

Her best bet is to find another viable reason do apply to stay in UK.
TravelRe: Nigerian Girl Breaks Down In Tears After Her UK Student Visa Was Terminåted by otherway: 11:27pm On Sep 20, 2025
BreconHills:
She should appeal to the local MP and make sure local papers and networks pick it up. Likely she will be allowed to finish her degree on compassionate grounds.

I would be 90% certain of this were it not for the anti immigrant campaign by Farage's Reform Party and that Robinson chap!

We dont know all the facts though because there is also a quota of classes that must be attended.
I think she has finished.

Its her post graduate visa that as refused... I believe this is the case. In most cases this is discovered when they want to apply for the post study visa
PoliticsRe: Liman: Tinubu's Next INEC Chairman Is A Magnet For Controversies - Kperogi by otherway: 8:50am On Sep 20, 2025
Only an Atiku/Obi ticket can remove Tinubu even before the election date and no type of rigging can save Tinubu.

But tell Obi that if he dares run without Atiku, he should as well not bother contesting cos he will be easily rigged out again and nothing will happen except the fact that he will never ever near Aso Rock again in this life perhaps in the next life to come.

Only a delusional person will argue this.
PoliticsRe: Wike Flags Off Construction Of Arterial Road N1 In Wuye District by otherway: 8:15am On Sep 19, 2025
maxiuc:
Looting through construction contracts,you will think he has people's interest in heart lie lie he's after his own interest

Wike loots through construction works
You are smart but then I kinda think that is a good way to loot and far better than those who do nothing and still loot.

Not supporting any form of looting but if past governors and presidents actually looted through projects then Nigeria would have been a million times better.
PoliticsRe: You Are Lucky Tinubu Respects Rule Of Law – Wike Tells Sowore by otherway: 10:32pm On Sep 18, 2025
Wike is an error of a human being just oportuned to be at the corridors of power.

When Sowore speaks, woke should take cover.
Car TalkRe: Evolution Of The Rolls Royce Phantom (Photos) by otherway: 8:21am On Sep 15, 2025
In another 10 or 20 years, people will hardly buy the current design.

Life is so funny
HealthRe: Meet The Richest Black Doctors In America - And How They Made Global Headlines by otherway: 9:06pm On Sep 13, 2025
Gerrard59:
Anyone who makes £3K in the UK can double it (pounds equivalent) in the US. That's what the US offers - limitless opportunities.

With all the doctors and Plab 1&2, no doctor let alone a Blackie has become so wealthy in the UK. A Haitian even got there before anyone from the UK 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is why you fail woefully..

Focus on the crux of the matter and stop changing the narrative... 3k in UK pounds vs 4k in america dollars.

That is the focal point.
HealthRe: Meet The Richest Black Doctors In America - And How They Made Global Headlines by otherway: 2:35pm On Sep 13, 2025
Gerrard59:
This is the same country Otherway compared to the UK because of £3K per month?

Chai! America don suffer no be small grin grin
This America dey shark you no be small.

Glorified Nigeria is what America is.

My comparison was never about America or UK but making 3k in UK and 4k in america

Common sense.
FamilyRe: Mother And Daughter Reveal They Are Both Expecting Babies By The Same Man by otherway: 2:11pm On Sep 12, 2025
brain54:
It wasn't a genuine suggestion probably...

She thought you were eyeing her daughter and was trying to snare you or set a trap!
Nope.. She meant it.
FamilyRe: Mother And Daughter Reveal They Are Both Expecting Babies By The Same Man by otherway: 12:36pm On Sep 12, 2025
I once dated a lady but we parted ways amicably.. Before the breakup she suggested that I start dating her daughter and I was like WTF!

The Bible expressly forbids it

Leviticus 18:17 states: "You shall not uncover the unclothedness of a woman and her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her unclothedness; they are her close relatives; it is depravity."

​Leviticus 20:14 also addresses this with a severe penalty: "If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you."

But God is the ultimate judge cos sometimes there is more to things we see.
RomanceRe: I'm 19 years old & I have made over #100m by opening my legs - Lady recount(vid) by otherway: 5:28pm On Sep 11, 2025
And some clueless people will believe her.
PoliticsRe: President Tinubu Meets With Macron by otherway: 5:30pm On Sep 10, 2025
Federalis:
Wetin he dey always go find for France?
ALLEGEDLY

PoliticsRe: President Tinubu Meets With Macron by otherway: 5:29pm On Sep 10, 2025
Homologous:
What's with bros Tinubu and France, is he an asset? Something is going on
ALLEGEDLY

AgricultureRe: What's The Real Name Of This Fruit? by otherway: 12:06am On Sep 10, 2025
silibaba:
The name is Indian almond. It is one of the very best fruit in the world.


Don't even joke with the seed, e get why.
I eat the seed on a regular.. Very tasty roasted almond

TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op):
Gerrard59:
I find it hard and annoying these days to debate certain topics when the stats are available on the Internet. Americans are rich rich. It is why Trump bullies everyone, because of the buying power of Americans. How many times do we see Nigerian students in the US complain? Some topics should not be debated. Na ten years we go know how far.


Ogunlesi made his money in the US. His career blossomed in the US. How many Black billionaires does the UK have? Even France, with its high Black population, does not have a Black billionaire. I am dead sure there are more Black millionaires in China than in the entire Europe. I don't like including billionaires since there are outliers. But for the ordinary Black immigrant, no country offers more economic opportunities than the US. For this reason, Nigerians in the US would prosper more than their counterparts in the UK.

The US is a wealthy country. Anyone is free to disagree. Ten years go tell us the difference. I am dead sure that recent Nigerian immigrants in Canada would surpass their UK counterparts within that period. That is the benefit of being close to the US. Mexico also benefits. The benefits are disproportionate.
Yadayadayada!

The crux of the matter is not about who is wealthier but the reality of the wages in relation to savings.

You guys should focus on the matta on ground.

Average and median salaries are generally higher in the US compared to the UK no doubt and that was why I used a higher wage to make the comparison.

​However, it's important to consider that this doesn't always translate to a higher standard of living, as the cost of living especially for things like healthcare and education is often much higher in the US.

​A key difference is that many costs that are covered by general taxation in the UK (like healthcare through the NHS) are often paid for out-of-pocket or through private insurance in the US, which can eat into a higher salary.

That is the point.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 8:24pm On Sep 07, 2025
Emmanuel909090:
Who earns 4k in the US?
That's for someone working without a document, at that they even earn more...

You can't compare uk to US my brother.

Averagely in California, you should be talking about 6 to 7k monthly.

Don't let people lie to you.

Europe is only better when it comes to health insurance because it covers everything.
I don't like vague assumptions.

I live in UK and I have 2 younger ones in the states.

The best way to compare is to consider two people making same salary notwithstanding the exchange rate and even the sample I wrote up there even put the American earner at a better advantage yet at the end, the UK earner saves more.

I will stop responding to vague comments.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 7:51pm On Sep 07, 2025
Gerrard59:
But South Africa is the only major African country that can be rated higher than Nigeria. So, it was uncalled for you to describe it as a shytehole.

At the rest of your post: number one: the person who earns £3K per month in the UK would most likely earn at least $6K in the US. The US has the richest set of Black people in the world. Nigerian-Americans are the richest set of Nigerian diasporans. Real estate agents and developers in Nigeria have attested that diasporans who purchase properties in Nigeria are mostly from the US and Canada. Nigerian exporters have stated that they made money selling to Europe and Asia, but made a whole lot of money selling to the US. The US economy is significantly larger, more diversified (with many hubs for various industries that offer higher salaries, not just London), and provides more economic opportunities for Black people, regardless of nationality, etc. Enter Reddit to read where young and ambitious Europeans grudgingly accept the fact that they earn more in the US than they would anywhere in Europe (aside from Switzerland). On a strictly salary basis, the US is the first place in the world to earn the highest salary for any skilled professional. Even in the UK, lawyers who work for US' companies earn more than those who work for UK companies (See below).

Here: https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/11/laws-high-rollers-the-firms-turning-their-top-lawyers-into-multi-millionaires/

Your post is a coping mechanism.
The more reason why it is factual and represents the reality.

We can not cherry pick isolated cases as the poster above myopically did.

My post above represents a far larger group of people hence the need for it to be taken as the reality.

Not forgetting ​Adebayo Ogunlesi who owns Gatwick Airport and just acquired another one in same uk.

But as I wrote, it will be totally shortsighted to mention isolated cases of minute number of people who are making extra ordinary impact.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 5:12pm On Sep 07, 2025
Gerrard59:
But South Africa is the only major African country that can be rated higher than Nigeria. So, it was uncalled for you to describe it as a shytehole.

At the rest of your post: number one: the person who earns £3K per month in the UK would most likely earn at least $6K in the US. The US has the richest set of Black people in the world. Nigerian-Americans are the richest set of Nigerian diasporans. Real estate agents and developers in Nigeria have attested that diasporans who purchase properties in Nigeria are mostly from the US and Canada. Nigerian exporters have stated that they made money selling to Europe and Asia, but made a whole lot of money selling to the US. The US economy is significantly larger, more diversified (with many hubs for various industries that offer higher salaries, not just London), and provides more economic opportunities for Black people, regardless of nationality, etc. Enter Reddit to read where young and ambitious Europeans grudgingly accept the fact that they earn more in the US than they would anywhere in Europe (aside from Switzerland). On a strictly salary basis, the US is the first place in the world to earn the highest salary for any skilled professional. Even in the UK, lawyers who work for US' companies earn more than those who work for UK companies (See below).

Here: https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/11/laws-high-rollers-the-firms-turning-their-top-lawyers-into-multi-millionaires/

Your post is a coping mechanism.

TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 4:52am On Sep 07, 2025
tensazangetsu20:
Uk is a shithole country na. I thought everyone knew this already.
Many who write this have never left naija to even Ghana.

The same way I tot South Africa is shit hole until I traveled there just to realise that if South Africa stops developing, Nigeria will not match up in 1000 years.

So I don't bother arguing with people who argue about a country they have never been to.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 4:49am On Sep 07, 2025
ednut1:
console yourself all you want. Even uk citizens know their country is no match for USA. Manage your 35k a year salary in your socialist UK with tiny homes.
Lived in uk for 3 years by the way over 20 years ago
Nothing consolatary here.

I challenge you to counter the facts I wrote... Stop your Cho Cho cho.. These are empirical facts.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 9:59pm On Sep 06, 2025
Efuaye:
Opportunities to prosper and excel in the USA outweigh those in the UK. I have yet to meet any Nigerians who left the US for the UK to settle, but I know many who left the UK for the US!
I reside in the UK and I have seen many who left America to settle in UK.

It is common for an average man to be too lopsided in their reasoning and all they think about is making money while losing focus of the larger picture.

Sadly enough even the so-called higher earning power at the end of the day equates to lower savings at the end of the day.

You can hardly do one job to survive in America (quote me anywhere)
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 9:57pm On Sep 06, 2025
ednut1:
20 trillion economy vs 4 trillion economy lol. Usa that encourages entrepreneurship and chances of earning over 100k are very high. When compared to the dying UK where most Nigerian immigrants earn less than 40k a year 😂
Guy facts don't lie.. Social media hype has made united states look so better but up there are facts.

I don't even want to mention

1. Security or lives.

2. Social Welfare

3. Education

4. Crime rate

And so on...

Believe it or not, United States nah hype.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 8:59pm On Sep 06, 2025
Akinfenwamight:
Something from Google Gemini Ai
And that is what makes it super accurate.

Tell me one lie there.

I live in UK and I have people close to me living in America but I chose to ignore sentiments so this is a fact.
TravelRe: Between Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 8:54pm On Sep 06, 2025
Akinfenwamight:
USA is better than UK

Nigerian know that

No need of explanation
It is just a baseless assertions. Facts don't lie.
What I put up there are facts void of sentiments and bias.

To think that the wage is even higher in united states.
TravelBetween Someone Earning £3k In The UK And $4k In United States. by otherway(op): 8:50pm On Sep 06, 2025
This is an excellent way to compare the real-world impact of different income levels and costs of living. Let's create a hypothetical budget for both the UK and US earners, based on current data for 2025.

Assumptions:
* UK Earner: Gross income of £3,000 per month (£36,000 annually).
* US Earner: Gross income of $4,000 per month ($48,000 annually).
* Filing Status: Single, with no dependents.
* Location: We will use national averages for both countries, which is a simplification as costs vary significantly by region.
* Exchange Rate: We'll use a rate of £1 = $1.25 for a consistent comparison. The US earner's income is equivalent to £3,200.

1. Taxes and Take-Home Pay
* UK: The UK earner pays income tax and National Insurance (NI) on their £3,000 monthly income.
* Annual Gross Income: £36,000
* Annual Take-Home Pay (after tax and NI): Approximately £29,439.60
* Monthly Take-Home Pay: £2,453.30

* USA: The US earner pays federal, state, and FICA taxes on their $4,000 monthly income ($48,000 annually).
* Federal Income Tax: This is a progressive tax. At an annual income of $48,000, they are in the 12% bracket (after deductions). This would be roughly $200 per month.
* FICA Tax (Social Security & Medicare): 7.65% of $4,000 = $306 per month.
* State Income Tax: Highly variable, let's assume a state with an average 5% tax rate: 5% of $4,000 = $200 per month.
* Total Monthly Tax: $200 + $306 + $200 = $706
* US Take-Home Pay: $4,000 - $706 = $3,294 (equivalent to approximately £2,635)

2. Housing (Rent)
* UK: The average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in a UK city center is approximately £1,031 as of 2025.
* USA: The average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in a US city center is approximately $1,817 (equivalent to £1,454) as of 2025.

3. Health Insurance
* UK: As part of their tax payments, the UK earner contributes to the National Health Service (NHS). There is no separate monthly premium for health insurance.

* USA: The US earner would likely purchase a plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Given their income level, they would be eligible for a subsidy. A subsidized plan might cost around $100 per month.

4. Groceries
* UK: The average monthly grocery bill for a single person is around £180.
* USA: The average monthly grocery bill for a single person is about $380 (equivalent to £304).

The Final Tally
Now, let's calculate the remaining discretionary income for each person.
UK Earner (£3,000 Gross)
* Take-Home Pay: £2,453.30
* Minus Rent: -£1,031.00
* Minus Groceries: -£180.00
* Total Expenses: £1,211.00
* Remaining Discretionary Income: £1,242.30

US Earner ($4,000 Gross)
* Take-Home Pay: $3,294 (or £2,635)
* Minus Rent: -$1,817 (£1,454)
* Minus Health Insurance: -$100 (£80)
* Minus Groceries: -$380 (£304)
* Total Expenses: -$2,297 (£1,838)
* Remaining Discretionary Income: $997 (or approximately £797)

Conclusion
Even with a significantly higher gross income, the UK earner retains more disposable income at the end of the month. The US earner's higher income is almost entirely consumed by the higher costs of rent and, to a lesser extent, health insurance and groceries.

This comparison highlights a key difference in the economic models of the two countries: while the US may offer higher gross wages, the high cost of essential services like housing and healthcare can make it harder for individuals to save or have discretionary income compared to a country like the UK with its more extensive social safety nets and generally lower cost of living for necessities.


As analysed by Google Gemini.
TravelRe: Can She Relocate To Canada Or UK With 20million Naira? by otherway: 9:15pm On Sep 03, 2025
Go to UK as a student... Thank me latter
TravelRe: UK Removes Over 100 Occupations From Skilled Worker Visa List by otherway: 12:34am On Sep 01, 2025
Inosky:
Extremely stingy. I asked my guy over there to make a payment on my behalf in dollar, the guy start calculating it exchange rate not to even lose one dime to me before he did the payment and said I had to make the exact payment to his naira account before he could make the payment on my behalf. It shocked me.
When I read stuffs like this I just marvel at the shortsightedness of many of you having this notion.

Very entitled to anither man's hard earned money.

Each month an average hard worker in UK sends home nothing less than 500k but because he or she sends 10k or 20k to a paticularly person does not mean he is not doing same to more than 10 others.
TravelRe: UK Removes Over 100 Occupations From Skilled Worker Visa List by otherway: 12:32am On Sep 01, 2025
themosthigh:
Abeg, make una stop dey rush go UK. Wetin dey there? Na pure hunger and sufferhead. If no be say you dey sick, no near that place. Na only hospital dem sabi, because healthcare na the only free thing wey still dey work there.

If na better life you dey find, japa go USA sharp-sharp, or at least Australia. But me na USA alone and no where else. UK na scam and dem go squeeze all your sweat, use am take pamper their citizens for welfare, while you go dey wash nyash, scrub toilet, and do all the yeye hard work.

I no sabi one person wey make am legally for that obodo. Dem dey squeeze inside small-small cubicle house, wear one kain stingy tweed coat with nonsense hat, and dey ride bicycle and bus like say na achievement. Abeg, na which kain life be that one?
What if I tell you that UK is actually better than Canada and United States combined.

I stand challenged and I will give empirical facts.

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