WibusJaga:


LIKE for The American Dream
SHARE for The Nigerian Nightmare

azpekuliar:


I actually liked this post. You can make sense when you’re not recycling junk in the name of blogging.

maasoap:


Too much trash

IPIGMODS:
35 years of living in the US, I have never feared for my safety as much as I do now.
Some of you don't want to hear this but I feel safer whenever I'm back in Lagos than I do here.
Every American major cities have become so dangerous that you have to think about where you are going and fo what purpose.
I generally avoid any unnecessary trips outside of my house.
Coming to Naija soon and I'm looking forward to it like a child going to Disney world.
That's the American reality.

Another mass shooting just last night in TN

https://www.yahoo.com/news/six-people-shot-chattanooga-tennessee-182801897.html

There have been more than 200 of these, some don't even make the major headlines anymore.

Having said all these, the US remains may be the only country where you can come from anywhere with nothing and start earning a very decent legal income in a short time. That's what's keeping most people here.

MadamVanessa:



Mtcheeewww...tell her now to come back to Nigeria, and see her shakes her head in refusal immediately.

She should stop talking nonsense and complaining. If she finds life there so unbearable, she should relocate back to her paradise Nigeria.

A lot of people would do everything to be in her position. It's better to suffer in a country you're not a citizen than to suffer in a country you're a bonafide citizen, which many Nigerians are currently experiencing in this shithole.

Ishilove:
A Nigerian lady, Ajibola Elisabeth Junaid from Oyo State narrates how she migrated with her family members to the United States in search of greener pastures. Her family settled in Chicago, as they were all asylum seekers. It did not take long for her to discover that hardly does the American dream exist for minorities or people of colour.

She described America as a reality of racism, poverty, food insecurity and gun violence.

She is a senior student at Wendell Phillips Academy High School.

Her narration below:



https://nigeriastandardnewspaper.com/ng/true-life-story-american-dream-is-a-mirage-struggle-only-racism-poverty-food-insecurity-gun-violence-are-realities-ajibola-elizabeth-junaid-a-nigerian-asylum-seeker-in-chicago-narrates-experien/

AfonjaNaBastard:


30k amala and ewedu stipend collector wey dey Ogbomoso for Oyo State still wan talk. Who dash monkey banana?

MadamVanessa:



Mtcheeewww...tell her now to come back to Nigeria, and see her shakes her head in refusal immediately.

She should stop talking nonsense and complaining. If she finds life there so unbearable, she should relocate back to her paradise Nigeria.

A lot of people would do everything to be in her position. It's better to suffer in a country you're not a citizen than to suffer in a country you're a bonafide citizen, which many Nigerians are currently experiencing in this shithole.

lionlee216:
I'm from ibadan, Oyo state and I live on the South side of Chicago too and doing well for myself by God's Grace . so many Nigerians that live here too. I have only in my 5 years durjng my stay here heard gunshot one time.

I live in a decent neighborhood on the Southside. All other Nigerians I know live in decent neighborhood. So I don't get all the stories flying arround.

I laughed when people say Chicago is very dangerous and I see someone recommending Baltimore MD.

Believe all what media says at your own peril

Shalom!

nabeelbabs:
Replies on this page are saddening and funny as well

I just shake my head cus i know shes telling nothing but the truth.

Alot of people think its all rainbows outside Nigeria, they think immediately you "Japa" you make it. This is a common stupid silly throught from people who never traveled abroad.

Yes of course there are opportunities out their but is not always. Dont be surprised you will be a victim of racial profiling and discrimination, check the rates of unemployment of African American in the us you'll be shocked. Even if you lucky to get a job, taxes, rent, bills will leave you drained. Only then you will realize working their is slavery.

Except if your parents are wealthy, influential, have good connects OR God decides its your destiny to make it outside, for a poor man to "japa" you will live abroad for 50 years, come back with nothing to show.

Its what we say in hausa "ka sake reshe ka amo ganye"

Zekrayer:
na so. Anti-Americanism. People who have failed all their lives to upgrade their existence who feed on " Western-negatives ". Focus on your generational poverty

mickyeddi:



America is one cesspit of crazy people running around with guns. You are better off going to Canada or any of the Scandinavian countries. Easiest route is to go there as a student but very expensive. After your studies, you can start your path to citizenship...

ugonna1054:
People especially Nigerians need to realize that it’s not all beds and roses abroad. There are also ghettos, homeless people, beggars on the streets e.t.c… And stop raising expectations so high! Keep a low profile and hustle legit like you would in Nigeria, and pray that the heavens bless your hustle..

Folorunsho15:


What do you mean by oyo is worse, stop talking nonsense. I live in Ibadan and I'm enjoying myself

DannyFX2638:
Long time baba.. be like them release you today oo