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planetx:
What security issues? All the flights to Nigeria in December are all fully booked with both Nigerians and foreigners. Stop listening to all this people without papers always trying to discourage people from visiting home.

The second sentence is true.

DiamondsAreFore:
OP just articulately narrated the ordeal Nigerians have had to put up with over the past 9 years of APC abomination.

He got out in 2015 when the Daura President was just beginning to put Nigeria in the frying pan and he returned in 2024 when T-pain has taken Nigeria from frying pan into the fire.

Maybe by 2027 there will be nothing left of Nigeria for OP to visit.

after 9years working fervently abroad he cane bck and can only afford only 500k to support the family... well I hope after spending 5.7m on this trip, he won't have to cut cost and reduce his expense abroad so he could meet up back

OgaTheTop2:
Your airport experience is a big lie! In all my years of traveling to Nigeria I have never witnessed, seen or experienced travelers slipping cash to officers to skip the line. So many airport lies against our custom officers are so terrible...Omo, naija people!

Don't say that. He's true. You might have not encountered this before and I pray you encounter it one day, you will know what it takes.

OgaTheTop2:
Your airport experience is a big lie! In all my years of traveling to Nigeria I have never witnessed, seen or experienced travelers slipping cash to officers to skip the line. So many airport lies against our custom officers are so terrible...Omo, naija people!

You must be a bribe collecting custom officer

Lekan239:
after 9years working fervently abroad he cane bck and can only afford only 500k to support the family... well I hope after spending 5.7m on this trip, he won't have to cut cost and reduce his expense abroad so he could meet up back

So you think he doesnt send cash home on a regular? And the money he spent taking care of his mum, where did you put that? Entitlement mentality at play here. Africans sha.

You didnt mention the angry faces of people.

People are naturally angry and unhappy, everyone seems to be in a rush.

Naija my country. One day one day e go better.

Your so called expensis are total lies! Absolute lies! I travel to Naigeerian every year, hotel and food cost me 1,2 million maximum and that's for 6 weeks stay. I have my own house and 2 vehicles.

So i only spends on petrol, food, women and drinks. My mother and my step sisters does the cooking in my house. I give them money they go shopping for food, sometimes i drive to shoprite and purchase cartons of beer,wine and whiskey myself.

So your 5.75 million naira spend is a total bullcrap!

I will be down my house again this christmas in Anambra. I guarantee you i will not spend more than 1 million naira for food, petrol, women and drinks.

Flight ticket is £760 return, so your ticket is way expensive, where did you travel from? The moon?

I don't give police money, why should i give police check point money? I am not a criminal, i stop when they tell me to stop, I say hi officer! They say wind down your door windor, i do what they say i don't argue or try to speak big grammar to them to intimidate them, make them look small, or disrespect them, and they say, no wahala move on. Sometimes though i "dash" them few notes not less than 500 naira. I even picked up one police woman forked her on atleast 3 occassions, she was very nice still contacts me on watsaap. At the check points i usually say to them thank you officers for your good work you do keeping us safe, they reply back, you are wellcome "yellow" or sometime they call me "onye ocha" some of them are good.


I don't give money at the airport they already knows me for that, i even managed to invite one of the custom officer woman to my house and forked her. With a bottle of red wine and a full carcase of fried chicken. She say she don't want money, they pay her very well at Lagos international airport

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OgaTheTop2:
Your airport experience is a big lie! In all my years of traveling to Nigeria I have never witnessed, seen or experienced travelers slipping cash to officers to skip the line. So many airport lies against our custom officers are so terrible...Omo, naija people!

It's happening every day, custom's, Immiga, touts etc

AlfaSeltzer:
So no sampling local pusssy.

You no read well, he added the expenses

Calitoscassius:
Your so called expensis are total lies! Absolute lies! I travel to Naigeerian every year, hotel and food cost me 1,2 million maximum and that's for 6 weeks stay. I have my own house and 2 vehicles.

So i only spends on petrol, food, women and drinks. My mother and sister does the cooking in my house.

So your 5.75 million naira spend is a total bullcrap!

I will be down my house again this christmas in Anambra. I guarantee you i will not spend more than 1 million naira for food, petrol, women and drinks.

Flight ticket is £760 return, so your ticket is way expensive, where did your travel from? The moon?

I don't give police money, why should i give police check point money? I am not a criminal, i stop when they tell me to stop, I say hi officer! They say wind down your door mirror, i do what they say i don't argue or try to speak big grammar to them to intimidate them, make them look small, or disrespect them, and they say, no wahala move on. Sometimes though i "dash" them few notes not less than 500 naira. I even picked up one police woman forked her on atleast 3 occassions, she was very nice still contacts me on watsaap. At the check points i usually say to them thank you officers for your good work you do keeping us safe, they reply back, you are wellcome "yellow" or sometime they call me "onye ocha" some of them are good.


I don't give money at the airport they already knows me for that, i even managed to invite one of the custom officer woman to my house and forked her. With a bottle of red wine and a full carcase of fried chicken. She say she don't want money, they pay her very well at Lagos international airport

Are you sure you have left naija before? 1.2million for wetin. Na for uber or car rent alone? 2021 i used 700k on hotel in 21days, 500k on oloso, drinks entertainment. This is your 1.2million done and dusted.

Abi na benin Republic you go wy you think say na abroad.

This guy try spending only 5.75milla. Things fon expensive abeg.

Shikena:
When you land in Nigeria you start wondering where people get all these security issue stories from. Every country has its bad spots, understand the bad spots in Nigeria and you will be fine. Each time I'm in Nigeria, I see lots of Oyinbos around even in less expensive hotels. If Oyinbos are comfortable staying in your homeland, what is your excuse for a short vacation?

On airport pickup, yes Taxis are safe and they are registered with the airport. Take additional security measures if you are not getting picked up by family. Take pictures of the taxi, the plate number, and take picture with the driver. I make sure I'm friendly and I chat them up throughout the trip, and jokingly let them know that if something happens to me the entire Nigeria military will be on their family within a few hours. Never agree to your driver stopping to pee and keep them engaged so they don't make phone calls. Those are just extra steps and may not be necessary with Airport taxis but no security measure is too much.

I also turn on my navigation app (google map is fine), and key in the hotel address to give me the good routes so I can at least make sure we are always on track.

The contradiction here is comical. One minute naija is safe, the next take pictures of license plate, etc. Which one is it sir ?

OChimex:
Dude, you said it all.
But please, don't wait until you return to take your mom for check ups. Send money from there. Also, send to siblings for support and a few close good relatives and friends if you can. Nigeria is an animal world. Evil forest precisely.
Finally, you don't need to work too hard to make money oversea. Work smart.
Learn great trade or skill. Grow into it. It pays more.

Unless your mother is able to go to the hospital herself, don't send money for check up. They'll chop the money. The rest of the people such as his siblings or close friends, let them die. They're not his responsibilities, nor is he there father. The siblings and close relatives don't care about you, and would steal from you in a heartbeat. Nigerians are the biggest beggers in the world.

Knelsoon:
Are you sure you have left naija before? 1.2million for wetin. Na for uber or car rent alone? 2021 i used 700k on hotel in 21days, 500k on oloso, drinks entertainment. This is your 1.2million done and dusted.

Abi na benin Republic you go wy you think say na abroad.

This guy try spending only 5.75milla. Things fon expensive abeg.

As i said i travel to Naigeeria every year in the last 20 years, but not this year yet, maybe things are costly recently as you said. if you read well you would see where i wrote, i spend only on petrol, food, women and drinks. I have my house so i don't pay for hotel, my mother does the cooking i don't eat out all cost me 1.2 million for 6weeks, I don't go about throwing my money around. I work for it.

Did you know that Benin Republic is far better than Naigeeria, i bet you didn't know that i have being there few times

I was born in East London UK my parents relocated to Naigeeria 15 years ago. My father just died last month so i will be in Naigeeria soom for his funeral.


Flight ticket is £760 which i have purchased months ago before the death of my father.

So tell me again why i should spend 5.7 million naira, for what? The guy can spend how much he wants, that his own bloody problem! I can spend how much i damm well want! did you not read the lists of all the unnercerssary money he claimed he spent? I don't give police check point money, go back and read my comment slowly you would see why i don't need to waste my 5.75 million naira. I am not a thief!

You can spend 5 million in one day if you want no my problem.

You are lucky they did not steal u blind at the airport and hotel and visitors to the house , they will take everything they can if u are not looking

emmyN:
Are you saying in your "abroad" there are no people that make a living out of swindling others?



Money falls from trees in Nigeria?

Tell me the work Agberos and Police are doing that they are collecting money for

VeryWickedBro:
OP spent N3.350m on food, flexing and lodging but N500k on family support.


Come succeed for obodo oyibo make I see

I thought I was the only one who noticed this 😂😂😂. OP should have simply said he came to give himself the treat he couldn't afford in obodo oyinbo.
#500,000 to support family after 5 years abroad. Toor!!

Enlightening.

Uchesis:
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Tell me the work Agberos and Police are doing that they are collecting money for

Don't mind them.

planetx:
What security issues? All the flights to Nigeria in December are all fully booked with both Nigerians and foreigners. Stop listening to all this people without papers always trying to discourage people from visiting home.

Tickets that some of us have already paid for since March, economies and premiums classes absolutely fully booked unless few business classes left because they are bloody expensive!

Op it seems you passed through Istanbul airport?

Na wa for you oooo and Bleep Bleep with uniformed women, if at all it's true!!

Calitoscassius:
Your so called expensis are total lies! Absolute lies! I travel to Naigeerian every year, hotel and food cost me 1,2 million maximum and that's for 6 weeks stay. I have my own house and 2 vehicles.

So i only spends on petrol, food, women and drinks. My mother and my step sisters does the cooking in my house. I give them money they go shopping for food, sometimes i drive to shoprite and purchase cartons of beer,wine and whiskey.

So your 5.75 million naira spend is a total bullcrap!

I will be down my house again this christmas in Anambra. I guarantee you i will not spend more than 1 million naira for food, petrol, women and drinks.

Flight ticket is £760 return, so your ticket is way expensive, where did your travel from? The moon?

I don't give police money, why should i give police check point money? I am not a criminal, i stop when they tell me to stop, I say hi officer! They say wind down your door mirror, i do what they say i don't argue or try to speak big grammar to them to intimidate them, make them look small, or disrespect them, and they say, no wahala move on. Sometimes though i "dash" them few notes not less than 500 naira. I even picked up one police woman forked her on atleast 3 occassions, she was very nice still contacts me on watsaap. At the check points i usually say to them thank you officers for your good work you do keeping us safe, they reply back, you are wellcome "yellow" or sometime they call me "onye ocha" some of them are good.


I don't give money at the airport they already knows me for that, i even managed to invite one of the custom officer woman to my house and forked her. With a bottle of red wine and a full carcase of fried chicken. She say she don't want money, they pay her very well at Lagos international airport

Teeyoo:
Don't say that. He's true. You might have not encountered this before and I pray you encounter it one day, you will know what it takes.

So, if I no tip I will be locked up, right? Smh.

thatigboman:
chairman wetin u dey talk?
About 5 years ago when I travelled to UK for holidays and came back in abuja. All travellers were forced by customs to go into a room and open their bags. I told them "nothing to declare" and they say "my friend, go in there and open your bags". Opened, just clothes and shoes and they say I should give them money. From N5,000 when ended at 2k.
When I travelled and came back 2 years ago abuja airport, surprisingly customs passed me without anything, and I was so happy. Just for NDLEA standing there where my bag was scanned to stop me and told me though they knew I was clean but I had to drop something for them else they would open my bags and waste me. Gave them 3k.

You still don't get. Let them waste your time and don't drop chichi!

Calitoscassius:
Tickets that some of us have already paid for since March, economies and premiums classes absolutely fully booked unless few business classes left because they are bloody expensive!

LOL and she is still contemplating going to Nigeria in December in November, maybe December 2025 definitely not this December busy listening to people without papers to even visit Nigeria if they want to.

ndidibabe:
Thanks for this piece. Also planning to visit Nigeria this December but people around me keep saying I should avoid Nigeria for now due to security issues. Did you get a family member or friend to pick you up at the airport? How risky is it to pick a taxi from the airport to the hotel?Hmm

Nothing is happening there are millionaires in Nigeria and they are living their life and moving freely. Just act like everyday Nigerian on the street and you are free

Foreverjoyous:
Na wa for you oooo and Bleep Bleep with uniformed women, if at all it's true!!

They are just like every other women, no big deal. When i turn up at the airport looking fresh as they decribe us with a UK passport and after that they come to my mansion they chill, drink and eat good food what else is there? They are women with emotions and wants to be loved, respected and treasted nice. So why can't it be true?

Uchesis:
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Tell me the work Agberos and Police are doing that they are collecting money for

First you tell me the work swindlers and petty thieves in your "abroad" do to earn money.

Again, money grows on trees in Nigeria?

Just five years and you think u don get voice….so I verything you saw no Dey like that when u left yesterday. You still a newbie so rest,

Lucas4903:
Just five years and you think u don get voice….so I verything you saw no Dey like that when u left yesterday. You still a newbie so rest,

Don't mind him, only 5 years.

Among the crop of Nigerians who have immigrated to the UK in the last three years, I believe we have a greater number of "noisemakers". They keep creating stupid threads, making false representations, and exaggerating. From X (formerly Twitter) to Facebook to Tiktok, they are all over the place talking bullocks.

5.7 million naira only seems like a significant amount to Nigerians.
Truth is that it doesn't amount to much for a middle income earner from the United States.
5.7 million naira is only about $3,400.

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Lekan239:
after 9 years working fervently abroad he cane bck and can only afford only 500k to support the family... well I hope after spending 5.7m on this trip, he won't have to cut cost and reduce his expense abroad so he could meet up back