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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Americanboy35: 1:01am On May 23, 2020
grin grin
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by EgunMogaji2: 1:26am On May 23, 2020
IMO01:


What sector of the Nigerian economy do you think one can go into to afford that lifestyle of vacation in us and owning a house in USA

I’m not doing this with you Sir.

Enjoy.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by osazuwa23: 2:02am On May 23, 2020
Nigeria is a sweet country if you have money
Jayson504:
You want to come back to this shit hole of a country called Nigeria? Lmao grin. You better stay where you are for your own good grin Naija na SCAM!!

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by osazuwa23: 2:04am On May 23, 2020
The sense of community is what i like about nigeria but untill we break off into are respective countries and states there wont be any progress. The north of nigeria is really holding us back and untill there are gone there wont be any major investments that will bring jobs.
Vcblinks:
Nigeria is a good country if only if there is electricity,if they can get electricity just for 24 hrs,the country is good.a whole lot of investment will be there.i have been to countries like germany,estonia,US(seattle,ohio).The level of hate in Germany,men is crazy was in paderborn,those germans are anti social, unfriendly,the level of rednecks in estonia alone is so crazy,we all know the centre of hate and police brutality is crazy,was with my cousin driving to super market to buy me some stuffs in the state of ohio,police pulled us over,the level of fear in thats guys eyes cos he is a black dude,i cannot phantom but God helped us.Nigeria is Good if we can stop tribalism, corruption and fix up the electrivity.then you will nigeria is better off than some countries,i know what am talking about
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by osazuwa23: 2:08am On May 23, 2020
It no different in the western world if you wear hoodie you can also be killed even just jogging will lead you to get killed. The system in nigeria come from the same flock in most western world due to the colonization and militariziation of africans and blacks alike to treat us as less humans and we africans sadly have fallen into this predictiment back home. the difference is that one is developed and the other is not
lefulefu:
do u know in naija if u not well dressed or u heavily bearded u can also get stopped by the police and sometimes beaten up? there was one that happened in benin.this guy was heavily bearded and wearing a singlet and he went to the atm to retrieve some money but got stopped by the police and ordered to enter into the police car and when he refused the police swopped on hikm with gun butts booting him to the ground.it was onlookers that gathered and prevented the police from bundling him into the police car.wen i saw video of him on itv he was all bloodied.what was his crime? his crime was because he had heavy beards like pete edochie hence the reckoned he must be a cult guy.at least in uk if u blk the police will just stop and question u.but in naija if u wearing camos,t shirt having beards or shaven heard our police will start beating u cos in their mind u must be a cultist.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by osazuwa23: 2:12am On May 23, 2020
I like nigeria but there was a time where i was staying at the hotel near shopright in lagos and this random guy ask me what i was doing there as if i wasnt a guest at that hotel. It alsmot if nigerians think your a crimianal or yahoo boy if you look a certain way or your dressing isdifferent, maybe he could sense i was a foreigner
CeterisXVII:

There is no country without its own drawbacks. I remember getting to the UK in the '90s, and having to do a 20-minute walk, from the nearest bus stop to my house in the frigging cold, every single day for months.

I worked in a rather exclusive part of town, and every few metres a police patrol car would drive by and stare at you, once you were black.

I got questioned a few times just for walking down that street. Something that never happened to my white colleagues.

Everywhere has its own stress. At least, in Naija your money can buy you comfort, if you have enough.
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by osazuwa23: 2:30am On May 23, 2020
I agree anybody who says once your financial stable shoulg go bakc to nigeria in this thread is not willing to denounce there canada usa or eu citizenship for the zoo passport itself
Theconglomerate:
Whenever I hear all these type of rants i just know its from the poverty stricken ones making these statements so I don't even bother.
They know their being abroad is the only thing they can use to boast because when it comes to money nwanne,men here go shut them up back to back.
Like when you speak to them they keep telling you abroad this,abroad that...here it's like this,its like that.
But talk of investments and you find out how empty they are money wise upon the noise.
Roaming broke lunatics.
Funny enough the well to do ones wanna relocate but they just can't cos of their jobs.
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by osazuwa23: 2:32am On May 23, 2020
Ghana is going to be wear the festivites or at Afronation 2020 in ghana is happening there
lekki1444:
Ohhh I see hehe well its too early to make a fully stamped decision not to go. the way things are going i think they will forget this virus in the next couple of months. soccer is about to start, trump has told all churches to start again, the NBA is about to start again. i think this whole virus thing will be history in a few months. dont count out detty december 2020 yet. its too early to do that

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by xty50(f): 2:44am On May 23, 2020
With all these replies seems all of you gere live in abroad undecided undecided
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by One4me: 2:54am On May 23, 2020
No need for this kind of question, at the right stage in one's life, the yearning to come back home from Diaspora will hunt you like a killer.
I get it that Nigerian leaders, especially this current scam of a Buhari Govt has made the possibility very unappealing but people must remember tht Buhari wont be there for ever and it takes a critical mass of "good and exposed patriots" to change a country.

My junior brother who lives in the US, visits Nigeria for three months every year and has been doing that for almost twenty years now and plans to finally settle down when the atmosphere is more conducive (read: No Killer Herdsmen, Killer Policemen, rampaging Boko Haram, less corruption, etc)
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by blackslayer: 3:01am On May 23, 2020
The fact that people still consider Nigeria as a country still baffles me. It is a failed state and a 5hit hole.....move out while you can and abandon that place that has failed many generations before us and continue to fail the present generation
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by izibili44: 3:08am On May 23, 2020
I m coming not to stay but just to secure the visa of my players to clubs in Europe.
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by One4me: 3:23am On May 23, 2020
Theconglomerate:
Whenever I hear all these type of rants i just know its from the poverty stricken ones making these statements so I don't even bother.
They know their being abroad is the only thing they can use to boast because when it comes to money nwanne,men here go shut them up back to back.
Like when you speak to them they keep telling you abroad this,abroad that...here it's like this,its like that.
But talk of investments and you find out how empty they are money wise upon the noise.
Roaming broke lunatics.
Funny enough the well to do ones wanna relocate but they just can't cos of their jobs.

Do you need to call people names, just to make your point? That rubs badly on your home training but that is by the way.

Now, you make a lot of baseless assumptions in your post:
- You assumed all Nigerians abroad are into paid employment, what you dont understand is that a lot of them are business owners and employers of labour
- You assumed Nigerians abroad are all poor "roaming broke lunatics" grin but if that is the sort of Nigerians you know, you need to step into a better circle of people, Doctors, Engineers, Investment bankers of high repute, Estate Developers and Managers, Software Scientists, Busisness owners, (Mr. Ogunlesi is a Nigerian in the UK who owns the TWO, BIG thriving Airports in Britain, Google his name), Registered Nurses of many years experience, etc..

And seriously, apart from selling fake and adulterated goods, looting Govt treasury, Kidnapping, Drug pushing and other crimes (No disrespect to ordinary, hard working Nigerians), majority of the very rich in Nigeria cannot compare to the Professionals who are doing legitimate work abroad, that l mentioned.
Your so-called investments is peanuts, when divided by $1 to #500. You will need to work "five humdred times harder", if you dont commit a financial crime, to be on financial par with these people.
How many people earn the equivalent of between $130,000- $200,000 per annum in Nigeria (about #100M per annum? And that is just a general for average earners.
Not even a Nigeria bank CEO or President. grin grin

For me, l cannot exchange Nigeria for anywhere else but l just wish all these evil leders will contact Coronavirus and die like flies. grin
Calm down and stop attacking Nigerians who live abroad. It is not a fight between those at home and those aborad.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Chuky7(m): 3:33am On May 23, 2020
urchcoded:
Men I fvcking love this country. I like the food, I like the women (in terms of anatomy and physiology) I like the naija customized Savagery and sarcasm. I just wanna do well. And enjoy here with my friends and family. I want to be able to afford to travel at will, but just for a vacation or tourism and not to relocate to another man's land just because you wanna see beautiful landscape. The only problem I have with Nigeria is religion which makes it difficult to associate with all them religious people.

you my brother has spoken well...

I actually don't intend of existing Nigeria completely when the opportunity arrives. more like gain a dual citizenship. just incase I everything red this side I move to the other. I see Nigeria as a playground, if you get money it can be. no can oppress you easily.

I will especially miss our women yes anatomy wise. they like fvck ehn but religion no go free them.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by bigtt76(f): 3:50am On May 23, 2020
Continue the ranting naaaa


Liodins:
Moving back to Nigeria to come do what?

Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by AreaFada2: 3:56am On May 23, 2020
JewelStone:
I'm not gonna lie...I miss Nigeria sometimes which makes me flirt with the idea of splitting my time there when my kids are older. I miss my family, my friends and the sense of community.

But then I remember lack of internet and electricity, horrific healthcare system, bad roads, bigotry, lack of value for human life, insecurity, police brutality, immense corruption, tribalism, crumbling or non-existent economy and a million other horrible things. This quickly resets my mind.

My solution which I'm currently working on is to bring my sisters and my best friend over to live in Sydney with me and make good living for themselves. Then I won't have any business with Nigeria anymore except to visit my parents every two years.

So to answer your question: no, nein, never!!!

Please listen very well. If you left home over 10 to 15 years, just wake up from your dream.

The community you knew doesn't exist anymore. Do not let what you see visiting home deceive you.

For many who left long ago, parents or grandparents may be gone by now, once nice relatives have changed, neighborhoods have changed. Attitude to money and wealth have changed. In fact everything has changed. Sense of community you knew is no more.

Crime is worse, envy is high, etc. Those friends who have been successful in 9ja have moved away too. They won't have your time if you are not gonna contribute anything to their business growth.

Where you are now is your NEW & PERMANENT home. Especially as you have kids there.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by JewelStone(f): 4:00am On May 23, 2020
RaptorX:
If you are financially okay, Nigeria is actually a very good place to live. All those one's abroad talking about mosquito and Nepa etc are just a bunch of broke ass because you can have 24/7 electricity in Nigeria easily if you can afford it. Until you travel yourself to see how most of them live in the so called abroad and the kind of work they do you will know where their bitterness and sense of unfulfilled expectations is coming from.
Lol. Not everyone leaves Nigeria because they're struggling so speak only for yourself.

I had a fairly good job in Nigeria that was paying around 200k per month. It wasn't a lot of money but the best part of my job was the tips I was getting. I barely touched my salary cos I lived off my tips and my high-risk investment which had 20% monthly return. Before relocating from Nigeria, I had been to Istanbul, Paris, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Dusseldorf, London, Dubai, NYC, Vegas and LA on holidays. I also visited to Cotonou shortly before I left Nigeria because I wanted to experience life in another African country.

Yeah my first few months here were tough. But as someone with a high drive to succeed, I quickly learnt the ropes and how to package myself and get a good job. God also blessed me with a man who has the same drive as me, we're doing alright and we're currently building our multi-million dollar home in Sydney. And I've been here less than 4 years.

I choose to live in Australia because the leaders here are sane and they have respect for their citizens. The Govt is giving out $1,500 per fortnight to eligible people who lost their jobs due to Covid-19...and so many other stimulus packages to individuals and businesses to help sustain them through the crisis. I didn't lose my job so didn't get the Covid-19 money, and we generally don't get any welfare payments from the Govt because our household income is way above the threshold.

I've been to Nigeria several times and I spent over a month there last year. I still have lots of friends who are doing well in Nigeria even in the midst of the craziness going on; some in govt and some into contracts. I would probably be ok if I returned to Nigeria today, but I value my life and my sanity.


No matter how rich you're in Nigeria, you'll always be surrounded by abject poverty and all the third-world country problems.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by JewelStone(f): 4:06am On May 23, 2020
servercodes001:

A question for you please, if you had lots of money and you're not working for anyone in Sydney, like money is not an issue for you, would you stay there or would you come back to Nigeria.?
If I win a lottery today and money is no longer an issue, I will still live in Australia. I will travel around the world and maybe spend some time in Nigeria as well cos then I will be able to afford 24 hours security and bullet proof cars.

I will never relocated to Nigeria, my husband will never allow me and my children will never forgive me if I do.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Tinyemeka(m): 4:27am On May 23, 2020
dasparrow:

I don't miss the mosquitoes, malaria, typhoid, dust, heat, overpopulation, haggling prices when one wants to purchase something, tribalism, bigotry, lack of constant power supply and water supply, rising cost of living but low wages, employers in the habit of owing employees salary for months, insecurity, Nigerians not knowing how to respect personal boundaries and/or mind their business. Nigeria is just not conducive for me.

Now almost all civil service jobs especially in the health sector (that I'm aware of) are purchased.

I don't want to say ALL civil service jobs. The remaining ones that aren't paid for, are offered based on cronyism and nepotism.

It's totally unheard of and a taboo, to get civil service employment through a regular recruitment process based on merit. If that happened, something awfully wrong happened somewhere along the line.

It's that bad.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by zomby(m): 4:28am On May 23, 2020
Snaagg:
Nigerians abroad, how many of you are considering relocating back to the 'motherland' once this whole pandemic/lockdown debacle is over?

If you are, state your reasons here..

What are you smoking?
1. Do you have any jobs in Nigeria for these folks?
2. Have you fixed your power supply issues?
3. What about security?
4. Education for their children?
5. Medical system?
6. Air pollution?
7. Infrastructure?
8. What about the useless retardedd leaders and the backward system?

Should I continue?

I see absolutely nothing exciting to entice these folks to return back to Nigeria.
Nigeria is a very big unorganized zoo with a dead end.
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Ernesthugo(m): 4:36am On May 23, 2020
sweetmelanin:
Move back to Nigeria? Lol
You couldn't pay me enough to do so. I can't and I won't!
Reside in dubai trust me you would yell for Nigeria
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by kushe: 4:37am On May 23, 2020
Nigeria is for visionaries,not for people who want an easy life.Hundreds of years ago,America,Canada and Australia were all part of the unknown world and you had to be reckless and an adventurer to venture far beyond the shores of Europe.They went from the known to the unknown cos Europe was the only civilized world they knew.
Fast forward hundreds of years and Africa is the new unknown.It takes a radical,visionary to live on this continent.You all want to run away but the Indians are cleaning out in this same country in every sector.The Chinese are migrating here in their thousands and all we do is complain.
Nigerians still suffer from a 'Spirit of Servitude',always perceiving abroad to be better mostly because they have nothing to offer.
Ask not what your country can do for you,but what you can do for your country.Let the sky fall down,we die here.Nothing dey happen anywhere abroad.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Ernesthugo(m): 4:38am On May 23, 2020
[quote author=JewelStone post=89858347]
Lol. Not everyone leaves Nigeria because they're struggling so speak only for yourself.

I had a fairly good job in Nigeria that was paying around 200k per month. It wasn't a lot of money but the best part of my job was the tips I was getting. I barely touched my salary cos I lived off my tips and my high-risk investment which had 20% monthly return. Before relocating from Nigeria, I had been to Istanbul, Paris, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Dusseldorf, London, Dubai, NYC, Vegas and LA on holidays. I also visited to Cotonou shortly before I left Nigeria because I wanted to experience life in another African country.

Yeah my first few months here were tough. But as someone with a high drive to succeed, I quickly learnt the ropes and how to package myself and get a good job. God also blessed me with a man who has the same drive as me, we're doing alright and we're currently building our multi-million dollar home in Sydney. And I've been here less than 4 years.

I choose to live in Australia because the leaders here are sane and they have respect for their citizens. The Govt is giving out $1,500 per fortnight to eligible people who lost their jobs due to Covid-19...and so many other stimulus packages to individuals and businesses to help sustain them through the crisis. I didn't lose my job so didn't get the Covid-19 money, and we generally don't get any welfare payments from the Govt because our household income is way above the threshold.

I've been to Nigeria several times and I spent over a month there last year. I still have lots of friends who are doing well in Nigeria even in the midst of the craziness going on; some in govt and some into contracts. I would probably be ok if I returned to Nigeria today, but I value my life and my sanity.


No matter how rich you're in Nigeria, you'll always be surrounded by abject poverty and all the third-world country problems.



Please how can i possibly get into a school for masters in usa my number is +971589404118 I'm in dubai
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Alexandre7: 4:40am On May 23, 2020
amaniro:
OP if you want to move in. I recommend one mad ass estate for you in Abuja. Abuja is the best place to live in Nigeria.

Which Estate?

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by zomby(m): 4:48am On May 23, 2020
Ernesthugo:

Reside in dubai trust me you would yell for Nigeria
Dubai aka (chicken cage).
You may be right, but Nigeria remains a package of a big mess; nothing makes sense.
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by zomby(m): 4:54am On May 23, 2020
amaniro:
OP if you want to move in. I recommend one mad ass estate for you in Abuja. Abuja is the best place to live in Nigeria.
As long as the estate is in Nigeria, it is nothing but a package of a senseless rubbish.

Does it make any sense to live in a million dollar estate, but when it rains your Range Rover has to swim in a muddy water to get home?

Every basic things in UK or yankee happens to be a giant deal in Nigeria.

Nigeria is the only country where poor people and rich folks are both suffering...but they are both too mentally blind to realize this fact.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Chuky7(m): 4:56am On May 23, 2020
purplecoco:
Lmao! I’m good grin The heat alone. Thank you


when did you leave Nigeria?
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by Nobody: 4:56am On May 23, 2020
JewelStone:
I'm not gonna lie...I miss Nigeria sometimes which makes me flirt with the idea of splitting my time there when my kids are older. I miss my family, my friends and the sense of community.

But then I remember lack of internet and electricity, horrific healthcare system, bad roads, bigotry, lack of value for human life, insecurity, police brutality, immense corruption, tribalism, crumbling or non-existent economy and a million other horrible things. This quickly resets my mind.

My solution which I'm currently working on is to bring my sisters and my best friend over to live in Sydney with me and make good living for themselves. Then I won't have any business with Nigeria anymore except to visit my parents every two years.

So to answer your question: no, nein, never!!!

Well said, nothing more to add.
Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by kushe: 4:58am On May 23, 2020
People are always quick to say how much they earn.200k monthly in a government job,2 million a month in an oil company.That is an employee mindset and that person will always remain a commodity to be traded whether abroad or in Nigeria.
On the other hand,we have pioneers,risk takers thinking how much value can I create in this economy.Abeokuta is untapped and so is Akure,Makurdi,Ilorin,Awka,Uyo.
I have never gone beyond Ore but every time I see pictures of Onitsha or Aba,I just shake my head in awe.The filth is someone's fortune if they can only help the residents to see that human beings shouldn't live like pigs.Aba is a gold mine for urban town planners and so is Mushin,Bariga, Ajegunle and every filthy part of this country.
To all of you that keep running away,London was filthy up to the early 1900s and my people had communal baths in the centre of London up till the mid 60s.
Inspite of the foolishness that is government, Nigeria is moving forward and only those with eyes can see that. As for me the only thing that will make me migrate from Nigeria is the rapture or death.This is my own promised land.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by zomby(m): 5:04am On May 23, 2020
kushe:
People are always quick to say how much they earn.200k monthly in a government job,2 million a month in an oil company.That is an employee mindset and that person will always remain a commodity to be traded whether abroad or in Nigeria.
On the other hand,we have pioneers,risk takers thinking how much value can I create in this economy.Abeokuta is untapped and so is Akure,Makurdi,Ilorin,Awka,Uyo.
I have never gone beyond Ore but every time I see pictures of Onitsha or Aba,I just shake my head in awe.The filth is someone's fortune if they can only help the residents to see that human beings shouldn't live like pigs.Aba is a gold mine for urban town planners and so is Mushin,Bariga, Ajegunle and every filthy part of this country.
To all of you that keep running away,London was filthy up to the early 1900s and my people had communal baths in the centre of London up till the mid 60s.
Inspite of the foolishness that is government, Nigeria is moving forward and only those with eyes can see that. As for me the only thing that will make me migrate from Nigeria is the rapture or death.This is my own promised land.

I admire your courage, but sanity, peace of mind, and healthy life style in a sensible environment are priceless to some folks.
I say stick to what works for you.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by kushe: 5:07am On May 23, 2020
zomby:

As long as the estate is in Nigeria, it is nothing but a package of a senseless rubbish.

Does it make any sense to live in a million dollar estate, but when it rains your Range Rover has to swim in a muddy water to get home?

Every basic things in UK or yankee happens to be a giant deal in Nigeria.

Nigeria is the only country where poor people and rich folks are both suffering...but they are both too mentally blind to realize this fact.

Sorry you are extremely wrong.The millionaires and billionaires of Manhattan drive through poverty everyday.They see the garbage on the street corners and food carts scattered all over the financial district.
In San Francisco,if you no look well ,you will step on shit(yes,human excrement)on the sidewalk right where you have all the fancy tech companies.I doubt if Lagos has half the number of homeless people in Los Angeles talk less of California.

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Re: Moving Back To Nigeria After The Lockdown by kushe: 5:20am On May 23, 2020
A few more years,I will be touring the world not as a migrant but as a tourist.I will be traveling not to snap pictures but to experience the culture,the people and the food.I will not be going to New York,London or Toronto but to Bangkok,Bali,Tokyo, Mumbai,Mombasa,Kigali and I will travel with my children and hope they have an epiphany just like I did as a young adult that easy or west,home is best.

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