₦airaland Forum

Banhammy717:
Aregbesola no dey shame.
Lagos State commissioner for 8 years
osun state governor for 8 years
federal minister for 8 years , all under the same APC.
Dogs are more loyal than politicians.
Tufiakwa!!!!

Omo the thing vex u.But well captured.

GOFRONT:
Chaiii......Some people wicked oo..

This is a deliberate brutality not chicken pox.

The heart of a Man and a woman is desperately wicked.

ThankGod the boy can still eat some doughNuts!!

chai when I saw the chicken pox part, I had to go back again and check the injuries abi lesions on his body.
A woman or family that can do this to a person make person far am

Jokay07:
To me, discontinuation of iranian nuclear program is a win

it's a win win for both side.

Jokay07:
How na? Tell me how iran will benefit

300billion dollars investment in Iran with lifting of all forms of sanctions against iran.US will not meddle in Irans affairs any longer.Lebanon too will be liberated in a way all for peace to rain.to me is a good deal for Iran.US already na big name so they got noting to loose.e be like say Israel no go too like this packages

Just an avenue for embezzlement. Tomorrow now he go dey cap say em no thief but put person wey no dey qualified there.

okomile:
Oyinbo too dey embezzle


Do the crime
Do the time

na them run am pass oo just that they have a mouth watering yearly Budget going to trillions of dollar unlike our own side with just 35billion dollar yearly Budget and people still want to steal and steal from the meager amount.

Counterigbolies:
Ahmadu bello word will always be remembered forever


They go into a camp and within a short period of time they want to relegate everyone they met and take over the camp.


The same thing happened in LP n now they want to do the same in NDC, it's obvious it's not the party that is the problem but the wanderers

hmmmm.the wanderers

Omo, starting share is 1,000,0000 share that's like 500,000,000 naira minimum amount to start with.omo this things are for big guys

Akpakomiza2:
What of malami

it's going to be a difficult one.but the power of incumbency places the current governor ahead

ManirBK:
you are also in Birnin kebbi?

yeah but currently far away from Birnin Kebbi

Akpakomiza2:
Can Tinubu win there

May be 60/40 in favor of Atiku.

Akpakomiza2:
Which state precisely is?

same kebbi

I thank God Almighty I reported to the place I was assigned to else na casualty e for be today .

Goodvibes007:
When did Tinubu’s name change to BSA?

Meanwhile, Enugu people sold their own votes for Okpa and Jollof in Enugu even before Tinubu became President.

We also saw some a few days ago celebrate malt can drinks.

hahahahaha

wildernessVoice:
A lawyer with double tongue.
He was praising Obi in 2023 but when he received rice; he began rising with falsehood.
Stomach infrastructure politics is dangerous to Naija future and our collective dream of a better Nigeria.

na so all of them political class dey. No be the same Datti baba now accusing obi of destroying a mosque, also kwankwaso in the past made a lot of negative comments about obi.
Even obi ma sef talk a lot of funny things in the past he had gone against.if I leave apga wahala that time.
Political class are just better than each other , infact humans generally.

QuinQ:
Meaning what? Do u see any lawyer have a case and not hire a lawyer?
The first thing Kenneth will do is hire a lawyer

my point is clear , so also ur own. He isn't going to apologize

Hahaha telling a lawyer to apologize.hehehehe.wake me up when he chose that path.

Kanwulia:
Which North?😁
You go cry taya!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7SCKW539XY?si=6HFD6sKnRb7sryT9

for this core North wey I dey as a visitor abi.no body send Obi here ooo

U hv to see the queue I met in gas station on Saturday.Retailer gas tanks took almost 95% of the space there.
I was even scared there should not be any form of explosion because people had there fones with them . God help us
A litre was 1750 naira in AA rano filling station

Voted this guys but honestly they took backward Sha. Since Baba enter, only political class and people close to them are balling.una no try make tell ourselves the truth.

Ifeoluwadev:
Before anybody calls me a liar or a complainer, sit down and read this first. Because I have numbers. And numbers don't lie.

In 2019, I was earning ₦150,000 per month. Junior staff. I was not rich at all. But I was comfortable. I could breathe.

Today in 2026, I earn ₦500,000 per month. On paper that is more than 3x growth. I should be living large. I should have savings. I should be talking about investments by now.

Instead I am broke before the 25th of every month.

Let me show you exactly why.


THE NAIRA ITSELF
In 2019, one dollar was roughly ₦360.
Today in 2026, one dollar is over ₦1,500.

The naira has lost about 75% of its value against the dollar in 7 years. So anything imported, whether electronics, medicine, baby products or even some food, now costs 4 times what it used to.

My ₦500k today equals roughly $333.
My ₦150k in 2019 was worth roughly $416.

Read that again.

I earn more naira but fewer dollars. In real purchasing power I have gone backwards even though my salary tripled on paper.


FOOD

In 2019, I fed myself comfortably for around ₦30,000 per month. Decent food, market twice a week, occasionally a small restaurant.

Today that same lifestyle costs me at least ₦120,000 and that is me managing carefully.

| Item | 2019 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Bag of rice (50kg) | ₦18,000 | ₦85,000+ |
| Cooking gas (12.5kg) | ₦3,500 | ₦18,000+ |
| Groundnut oil (4 litres) | ₦2,800 | ₦12,000+ |
| Tomatoes (paint bucket) | ₦800 | ₦5,000+ |
| Full chicken | ₦2,500 | ₦10,000+ |
| Big loaf of bread | ₦350 | ₦1,500+ |

My food budget went up by 400%. My salary went up by 233%. The food is winning.



RENT

In 2019, I paid ₦350,000 per year for a decent one bedroom in a Lagos suburb. That is about ₦29,000 per month if you break it down.

Today that same apartment, same area, same size, same leaking ceiling, is ₦1.2 million per year. That is ₦100,000 per month equivalent.

I now spend 20% of my gross salary on rent alone. And landlords still want one to two years upfront. So every renewal season I need to drop over ₦1 million at once like I am buying land.



ELECTRICITY AND GENERATOR
In 2019, NEPA was bad but manageable. Fuel was ₦145 per litre. My monthly gen fuel was around ₦8,000.

Today petrol is close to ₦1,500 per litre. My monthly generator fuel alone is ₦45,000. And NEPA is still giving me the same 4 hours they gave me in 2019. Nothing changed on their side except the bills went up.


TRANSPORT

Bus from my estate to office in 2019 was ₦150 each way. That is ₦300 per day, about ₦6,600 per month.

Same route today is ₦700 minimum each way. ₦1,400 per day. Nearly ₦31,000 per month.

Ride hailing? Multiply that by three. I now spend between ₦30,000 and ₦50,000 every month just moving my body from home to work and back.



SO WHERE DOES THE ₦500K GO?

| Expense | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Rent (broken down monthly) | ₦100,000 |
| Food and groceries | ₦120,000 |
| Generator fuel | ₦45,000 |
| Transport | ₦35,000 |
| NEPA bill | ₦18,000 |
| Airtime and data | ₦12,000 |
| Toiletries and misc | ₦20,000 |
| Tithe | ₦25,000 |
| **Total** | **₦375,000+** |

That leaves me ₦125,000 for savings, emergencies, hospital, clothes, sending money home, school fees if you have children, and anything unexpected.

In 2019 on ₦150,000, my total expenses were under ₦90,000 and I had ₦60,000 left. That leftover was worth $167 at the time. My ₦125,000 leftover today is worth $83.

I saved more real money when I earned less. That is not a feeling. That is arithmetic.



THE PART NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
Beyond the numbers, what has changed is how money feels.

In 2019, seeing ₦100,000 in my account felt like safety. Like I had options. Like I could breathe easy.

Today I see ₦500,000 land on payday and my first feeling is anxiety, not happiness. Because I immediately start calculating what is owed, what is running out, what will still not be enough.

That shift from feeling okay to feeling like you are always one emergency away from trouble, even as your salary grows, is what this economy has quietly done to the Nigerian middle class.

We are not imagining things. We are not lazy. We are not bad at managing money. We are just running on a treadmill that keeps speeding up.



MY QUESTION TO NAIRALANDERS:
What was your salary in 2019 and what is it today? Are you genuinely better off or are you like me, earning more and living less?

Drop your numbers in the comments. No judgement for anybody. Let us count together.

are u married? Is there children

Dpharmacist:
The most important question is not whether the number is high or low. The most important question is what that number actually means in the context of the person carrying it.

Remember this

𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸

also very correct.nice one

Rutherford2019:
OP you are wrong
Laboratory results always show you're sick even when you're not showing any symptoms.
Every adult from 50yrs and above should be doing lab work up every 6months
Take for instance, Chike is 55yrs and engages in regular workout and one day he undergoes a lab work up which shows his hemoglobin is 9, HbA1C, triglycerides 250, LDL 150 and HDL 40. and all vital signs are normal.
Chike appears normal with no signs or symptoms of any disease.
Is Chike sick or not?
One day Chike was walking around his compound and fainted and he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

this is experience speaking.nice

Anything to win election.power of incumbency

Gotocourt:
See as Dem dash that one groundnut 😅😂🤣.

no time oo.they don't know if he has weapon with him so it's better to act faster.

Watianoengineer:
I started September last year with a capital of 800k.


Fire extinguisher as at then 25k.

I bought two tokunbo 62kg cylinders called bottles for 170k each.

Scale 100kg 80k.

Hose and tap and verve for filling 6kg and 3 kG cylinders cost me 70k.

Shop rent per year 150k at ojodu berger.

Fire permit.... 10k

Association levy 10k.


Total cost plus other miscellaneous expenses got to 750k.

As for now things are for more expensive than before. If you are starting with two bottles budget close to a million naira.

May God help u

Omo I enter gas station yesterday.it was 1750 naira per kg and it's even cheaper than others.thing are damn expensive now

LexFlex10:
Definitely yes, I live next street and she’s the only person selling at that area but the funniest thing is that the Akara sweet no be small I no even know say na sh!t I dey eat all this years with my friend Musa

😂

As long as there isn't harsh punishment for them , people now see kidnapping as a soft business and until drastic action is taken , we have a long way to go.
A good reason a lot of people want to Japa too because u can not calm urself down make millions and end up using it to pay ransom.

brain54:
He is right 💯 no doubt...


But these politicians only speak out when they are not in power or when they feel threatened by the problems they created or failed to solve while in power!

bash Ali is a living witness.the way this Dalung frustrated him ehn, so tey I pity bash Ali .they even pushed him out of the sport ministry in one of his numerous visits.bash Ali was so frustrated.Exact same way Dalung is now frustrated he isn't in power.Life na turn by turn

CodeTemplar:
Monopoly of violence being challenged. If this same directive was from a southerner ehn? hmmmmmm.

it was with a clause"legally acquire those weapons"

I wish there is a model to give car loans to civil servants and then deduct the money over a certain period.

Kelklein:
Everything forgotten

*Textile and Garments industry
*Steel industry
*Iron Ore industry
*Auto industry (PAN and Vollswagen, ANAMCO etc)
*Even Agriculture as Bandits and herdsmen chased farmers away 🤔🤔
*Rubber and Leather industry

This is how you start to understand where our problems start from..

Omo

well written and summarized