₦airaland Forum

Splashme:
This is my own president.
A thief will never be my president
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dey play

adding to the over populated state

Teymanhenry:
There are several ways of controlling weevils. It's the least of concerns atm

which ever way ones i see one kokoro for beans no matter how e sweet reach me no chop again

God1000:
Beautiful scenery


My plan and wish is to visit at least 50 countries before I grow old


20 countries in Africa

10 in Europe

10 in Asia

8 in south America

2 in north America

jus say you wan use visit japa

that 50k should be given to his next of kin, i no wan find that money o

when that beans reach lag filled with weevils them go sell am 100k

what is that stupid walking stick military men hold in africa it makes them look sick and unfit for there position

davido no dey list na rent em dey rent em own

christejames:
Rivers FC 3 vs 2 Abuja FC

who score

the gods are angry with ibadan from bomb to fire outbreak what will happen next

i remember the day this guys no let us qualify for 2006 world cup for kano

at best third place we know how it ends all the time

omenka1:
Premeditated show-off




Tell me why kidnapping no go hungry some people
Unnecessary nonsense

spot on

very true during my time in that state federal roads are nothing to write home about

na wa o

Kabir Abu Bilal is not your regular Nigerian university professor - he has a second job working as a welder in the northern city of Zaria.

Welding is widely seen as a menial job across Nigeria and he has shocked many - especially his colleagues - by opening up his own welding workshop.

"I am not ashamed that I work as a welder despite being a professor," he tells the BBC. "I make more money from welding."

The 50-year-old teaches and supervises research students at the faculty of engineering at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria's largest and one of its most prestigious universities.

He has worked there for 18 years and published several books on physics and electrical engineering.

His fellow academic, Prof Yusuf Jubril, explains that their colleagues find it strange: "Society make us think someone is too big for certain roles and it's not true.

"What he is doing is not humiliating but commendable, and I hope others learn from him."

Prof Abu Bilal agrees that people, especially graduates, need to be more open-minded about how they make their living.

"Education shouldn't stop one from doing jobs like this, I am surprised that there are people with first degrees who find a job like this degrading."

His words have resonance - as according to Stutern's Nigeria Graduate Report, more than 40% of graduates fail to get a job in Nigeria, Africa's most-populous country.

He opened up a mini workshop in Zaria around two decades ago.

In 2022, a year after he was promoted to become a professor, he moved to larger premises having found plenty of business in the university town.

This has allowed him to buy more equipment and take on bigger jobs, with customers asking him to make things such as metal door and window frames.

"I collect the job no matter how small it is, even if it is one door I will weld it happily to get paid," he says.

Since he was a child, the professor says, he has always liked taking apart and putting back together gadgets and things like radios, which drew him to his career.

"Unfortunately I found out engineering here was more theoretically based and I needed a place to express myself," he says.

"That desire culminated in me starting this welding workshop."

Not only has the workshop satisfied his need to get his hands dirty, but it has really helped him on the financial front.

Academics in Nigeria have long struggled on modest salaries, most earning between 350,000 naira ($390; £305) and 500,000 ($555; £435) a month - and there are often long battles with the government to get a pay increase.

Prof Abu Bilal says his welding job has allowed him to be more self-sufficient and he has even been able to buy a more reliable car - a Mercedes.

In leaner times, he has even helped those who frowned on his joint career.

"When university lecturers went on strike for eight months in 2022 and we weren't paid, I always had money because of this job and a few colleagues came to me for help."

Prof Abu Bilal hopes to inspire other people to take on jobs like the one he does.

He has 10 apprentices - aged between 12 and 20 - at the workshop where he is teaching them the skills of the trade.

Those who are not at school during the day take care of the workshop when he is away at university.

The apprenticeship tends to take about a year - and then when they have the skills they can go off and set up their own businesses.

"I have learnt so much being at the workshop, I can weld many items together now," 18-year-old Jibril Adam said.

"Even as apprentices, he gives us 10,000 naira every month and a daily stipend for food."

The academic is also determined that his five children do not become academic snobs: "I bring them here most weekends to see how it is done. I want them to learn it so that one day they'll be able to do it."

For Prof Abu Bilal his joint career suits him perfectly, as he is able to embrace his teaching role on both fronts: "I love to impart knowledge."

Righthussle:
One pastor around my area is always saying "Jesus is coming soon. Very soon ".since Jesus is coming soon, I asked to buy his two plots of land close to my house , he said he's keeping the land for his sons who are 4 and 6 years old to use when they grow up. I wanted to ask him why he's keeping the land for his children when "Jesus is coming very soon" , but I decided to mind my business after all e no concern me.

No matter how many scary stories Christianity or Islam tells me.I will never have any business with them. I will never practice any organized religion whether Christianity, Islam etc.

wished we could see so i give u 3 bottles of chilled Heineken, religion is the pigment of someone imagination, africans suffer and will continue to because they cant think for themselves

lamba

Creamypie:
Na real wah for women. My guy wife don get 7 Year old son b4 they married. She and family no inform am. Na somebody send message to his Parents say see wassup wey their daughter in law dey hide from them. My guy is totally devastated as we speak

menh that very bad

1000 ways to die

Yeyeboi05:
Better than Messi

table shaker

Coldspice:
Very very good business. Na just say she no brand am well.

FMCG na daily money.

na turn over business gain no dey am

yussybenayu:
No need celebrating a stolen mandate

who get the mandate oringinaly shey na dino wan loot for atiku or who

no fire station in the whole school

sponsored post how much yaya pay you

blacknp:
Na poverty mindset they worry you, complaining more than the bereaved.

ok billionaire on NL that can pick point the poverty stricken ones fk off, otedola on NL

tctrills:
The person she offended has most likely forgiven but devils like you are looking to make her shed premium tears. Thank God man no be God. Did she offend you? Are you KSA?

she disrespected an elder and you expect us as elder to smile and forget she will be discipline she need com and apologies to us cos she disrespected us all

pictures or idontbeliveit

Faposky95:
That notion is not applicable where the freedom.of a man is at stake all because mankind was not punished by God for choosing Barabas

sex without consent is an offence you know that. the other part you talked about literacy level is nothing to write home about, one knws the law the other does not

black man and wickedness

Faposky95:
But we have localities that forcefully marry underage girls ...and bandits rape little school girls and kill their families and are given amnesty and brought back into society.

The people in question are adults and the cases could be looked into.
Rape cases here are yet to receive the kind of legal attention it should, so Pastors being entangled in such should not shoulder the repercussions for society

two wrong dont make a right

Adedotun13:
Where’s Nigeria?

even nigerians dont visit nigeria, if the agulu warrior won the election nigeria would have been the no1 destination to world travelers