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voiceoftheupcom:
Nigerian housewife’s 1980s grocery list goes viral

In the 1980s, a Nigerian housewife made a shopping list that cost ₦94 and included rice, beans, yam, cassava, meat, and several other goods. This list generated discussion on social media.

The video, with the caption, “A 1980s housewife’s grocery list,” A list that reads, “She has ₦100 to spend,” includes rice, beans, meat, cassava, sugar, bread, milk, and a few other goods that could all be purchased for a fraction of the amount they would cost today—between ₦1 and ₦10. Eyes Of Lagos reports,

The list, totaling ₦94 for all items, attracted attention online as many commented on the cost of living in the 1980s compared to the present.

See some reactions below:

Dude: “Dollar was $1 to N1. Today it’s same as going to the market withN155,000.”

Dennis Nathan: “Why couldn’t we continue with this economy? It’s common over Europe that’s to tell a country is working.”

Hakeem: “So the person kept his market list since 84 till date? Easy abeg.”

king_Greezly: “and na still these old men and women wey write stuff like this, come spoil am for this time.”

victormorrow38: “Lies to gain traffic. What brand of sugar was sold @2.80k per packet in 1980?So a packet of sugar cost more than a bag of cement i sold 2.00 naira.”

https://eyesoflagos.com/2024/04/15/nigerian-housewifes-1980s-grocery-list-goes-viral/

If any of you had the consciousness to be aware of the 80's you would understand that even this prices, as little as they look now, where actually quite expensive.

Imagine buying yams at 14 naira.

Brand new Volkswagen Bettl was 1,440 naira
Peugeot 504....2,450 naira (Brand New oooo)

Just so you can have things in proper perspective.

No be today Nigeria begin spoil. E don taaaaaaayyyyy

Just give it some water and grains and when its fully recovered let it go.

You don't want to keep a bird that has been living in the wild as a pet. High risk of vectors.

Eleporobi:
The government should also purnish the people that aided his escape out of the country.

That is assuming they had him in the first place.

Until they bring him to Nigeria and show him on live TV.....forget....all na cruise

Imagine buying a car north of a quarter billion on Nairaland

The coming down never reach customs.

Greedy Bas.tards

This country is just a fuckery.

A country that sets monthly target for an agency like customs.

Abeg since when did customs become a profit organization. Is there job not to ensure what comes in and goes out is in other?

Do they not understand the economics of multiplier effect?

If power is consistent, I'm not sure Nigerians will complain too much.

Everybody go just kaku theirself.

Na when person dey Band A and you no see light for 4 hours in one day.

Na there IKEDC pant go begin off nah.

If the light dey as e suppose dey, all man go coordinate.

No be by force to use AC. open window......or go shower.

Or kukuma switch to solar if you wan use AC.

RapistOnBail:

I can't count the number of times I have whanked inside toilet of Asokoro General Hospital..

I know so many of you have done stuffs like this too.

Of all places to self-service.....a General Hospital.

What were you doing. Serial sperm motility tests?

How much semen is needed to burst a pipe?

Is this a satire or what?

Like even if the whole men on campus wanked at the same time into a pipe, it's unlikely to burst the pipe.

This has to be some mischeivious prank

Righteousness2:


GOD'S Foreign Policy has not Changed.
You Bless ISRAEL, you are Blessed.
You Curse ISRAEL, you are Cursed.

One thing is sure , GOD ALMIGHTY will Defend HIS land and Save HIS People.
They are gonna pass through crazy hard times( The time of Jacob's troubles) after the RAPTURE. But at the End GOD will save HIS People.

I STAND WITH ISRAEL

ISRAEL is NOT God's Land. What you call Israel today is a political contraption of man.

What you're quoting is from a covenant that God made with Isreal WHILE they were still his chosen people.

The mistake people continue to make is that they ignore the fact that this covenant served its purpose and ended with the death of Christ.

The death of Christ opened up the way for ALL believers, including non-native Israelites to become direct beneficiaries of his blessings.

And as a result of that opportunity, a new covenant was formed based on the sacrificial blood of Jesus, so that at the mention of his name every knee must bend and all faithful mankind will be saved.

Physical Isreal is no longer God's chosen nation. Infact, After Christ died, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and what was left of the tribe of Judah. As the Bible puts it, the surviving Israelites were scattered among gentiles. Imagine that. They had to go an take refuge among the same gentiles they used to call uncircumcised. And they continued to be a scattered people even until now.

The fact that physical Isreal has no peace down to this day is not without cause. Remeber that right from the time they were freed from Egypt, everytime they disobeyed God, he abandoned them. And until they returned to God, they knew no peace. Tima and time again, they continued to test God and time and time again, God continued to show them that the only way they could have peace was by his mighty hand.

And then they killed his Son, and that was the straw that broke the camels back. He finally abandoned them to their house. What do you expect was going to happen.

Physical Isreal can never know peace until the Judgement day comes. It's not a curse. It's what the Bible shows us. This Isreal stopped being under the old covenant. As I said, the covenant served its purpose. The covenant produced Christ a seed of that Covenant. And by Christ, all nations are blessed.

Curse Jesus and see what will happen to you. (YOU GERRIT? IF YOU DON GERRIT.....FORGET ABOURIIIT)

The current "chosen nation" of God is made up of ALL humans...regardless of nationality, who put faith in the redeeming power of the blood of Christ.

The Ireal you see now, is doomed to perish....along with everything else in this world......except those who have faith in Christ.


Think about it.....the Isreal you talk about.....this current Israel rejected Jesus and still continues to do so down to this day. How can they be saved when they continue to reject the one thing that can truly save them.....CHRIST.

shoodboi2:
Those ones are major marketers. They usually have tank farms along with lots of filling stations. I was talking about independent marketers that only have few filling stations with no tank farm.

They will go an buy from the tank farm owners.

Retailer no dey follow manufacturer chop for the same table. Na wholesaler dem dey follow rap

I have said it before.

If you want to move and you can move.....MOOOOOOVEEEE

If front do e no gree go front again, ehn come back.

At least you don go take your korokoro eye see say e no work for you.

Better is it to try and fail, than to regret not trying at all.

shoodboi2:
Most marketers buy 33000 liters at once. One million liters would be over one billion naira.

Who is this guy looking to sell to? Cos I don't think he's selling to Nigerian marketers. Unless maybe major marketers.

But those ones will only turn around to sell to independent marketers who buy 33000 liters at once.

Middle man things 😂

A marketer does not buy only 33000. Those ones are just hungry truck loaders.

Havent you seen A.A Rano or Bovas?

DaddyYankee:
Most Kenyan men are weak! I have many as friends

Why do you call them weak?

I sure say na one Naija guy dey there o

jesusjnr2020:
What Fell The Soldiers That Came To Arrest Jesus?

John 18:6 (KJV)

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

It was a strange occurrence considering that they were fully armed with weapons, and it was armless Jesus they had come to arrest, so what could have made them suddenly reverse and fall to the ground?

Was it Christophobia or a panic attack they had because of Jesus?

Una never see when person say na me be dis ..... all man go first shift back say ......shwoooo

Omo make thunder no go clap for their head ooo

You no see say Jesus gats talk am again say "na who you talk say you dey find again. Na me be dis na"

I didn't know he had autism. That changes the whole narrative

Wow....25 years.

You've pretty much destroyed him.

Morphinne:
I’m sorry brr, it’s not my fault that you’ve chosen to be slow.
I purposely wrote this in my first comment:
“You will understand this when you are rich, you will be hungry to build a bigger empire. Your father’s wealth may make it EASIER for you to do than others but true fulfillment comes from your own wealth”
Where in my comment did I imply that he wasn’t a rich kid? If you’re born to a rich family you automatically become a rich kid because you can easily get what others aren’t privileged to have but no right-thinking woman will give herself to an ambitionless rich man’s child i.e the one sharing this same dangerous thought process as yours.
The young man never said he wasn’t a rich kid and I didn’t say that either. We are both saying that he didn’t view his father’s money as his and he worked his ass off to make sure he’s also rich hence the reason why he said what he said.
Today, even without his father’s wealth, David remains one of the richest artists in the country and in Africa.

Explain explain explain....

Omo you go explain tire.

Morphinne:
Like I said earlier, once you start making your own money, you will realize what it means to have your OWN money. He made no mistake saying when he had no money or do you think he thought we didn’t know he’s from a wealthy family? Your father’s money is not yours and even if he eventually wills everything to you, you don’t get real fulfillment having them until you have your own or even try surpassing whatever properties he willed to you (I mentioned this in my first comment)
Your father’s money is not yours and you will only see it as yours if and only if you’re the lazy, visionlesss type. Rich kids carry this heavy burden of trying to surpass their parents’ empire. He sure knew what he was saying when he said what he said. We all know he’s from an affluent family and he never denied it.

Rich kids?

I thought you just said their fathers money is not their money.

So why call them rich kids?

nlparrot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVY0YrkIWFg?si=irPe5XRM-w4gHwBW

Afrobeats superstar, Davido has disclosed that he met his wife, Chioma Rowland before he became rich and famous.

The singer stated that if he had not met Chioma before he became successful he would have found it difficult to find love.

He disclosed this while featuring as a gues on the latest episode of The Bridge Show.



Source: Yabaleftonline @IG

Was there ever a time Davido did not have money?

Ca the child of a billionaire lay claim to not having money

Spagi:
Just dey play puff puff pass

Haaaaaaaiiiiiiilllllllll

All that Yaba needs now is a Batman and it will be just like Gotham

Yaba left is overbooked. Na the spill over dey do all this nonsense

Let's see how this goes.

If I know Nigerians well, they will hijack it for their own selfish greed.

You go reach there dem go tell you say, rice don finish. Na man know man levels e go come be and they will still sell it over the discount.

AyeMoJuba:
I'd like to go into Cassava farming. I have about 20 plots of land which is 2 plots above 3 acres

pls those who are already into this business, kindly share your experiences and the things i should know.

Thanks

Where is the land located?

Would you consider green house farming?

Agbero dey give police car.

Alright o...OBIDIENTS...Propaganda is not the only weapon opposition has against you now o.

They are sharpening their oldest weapon, banditry and thuggery. This is the mastermind of all the ballot box snatching. And he is a minister in Abuja now.

BeautifulSolace:
I've been dating my boyfriend since 2021, and he's a good person whom I trust because he doesn't hide anything from me. Last year, he traveled to Lagos, creating a long-distance relationship. Despite not having evidence of cheating and maintaining strong communication, I often worry that all men can't stay without sex.

Should I be worried?"

The real question is, since your boyfriend moved last year, have you found a sex plug? Have you had sex with someone, not your boyfriend?

That is the only reason why you would be asking this question. If e do you like that, enter bus go meet am na.

Ladies who ask this type of question are merely seeking validation for what they have done or are about to do.

60%

If you know that 60% bypass meters, what have you done about the 60%.

Only 2% of the population is metered. Why is that

Is it energy poverty like he says.....or is it stomach infrastructure?

To get a meter, you have to pay for it. For a company that sells energy, it is a slap on your consumers' face that they have to pay for the device that you will use to render a service that they have to pay for.

Even after they make the payments, the meters take forever to arrive, if they arrive at all.

Same thing for transformers. You are serving a community with power that you charge them for and yet you still expect them to pay for a transformer that is not theirs.

Honestly ehn, these days when I see a high table in a meeting like this, all my mind sees are monkeys cackling at a table.

Every time I walk into an office of public service, I always have to make a conscious effort not to look down on the staff. I tend to look at them like morons and monkeys without brains. Sometimes I am even amazed when I see a civil servant speak with sense and articulation.

Such is the decay and waste that corruption has laid upon this country.

Kelvin30286063:
Looks like he dragged it until it pulled off. That must have been extremely painful.

That cant be a small dragging. What was the victim doing while dragging.

How do you remove the scrotum in a fight?

Like that's not even a street brawl move?

I still don't understand what all the fuss is about.

LP paid influencers. So? What is wrong with that? Is there any law against paying an influencer to carry your message? It's called campaigning? Is there anything illegal about it?

Did APC not pay influencers? Did they not pay tout to rig ballot boxes? I mean we all saw that live. Did APC not pay pocket INEC to manipulate results? We saw that on live national TV. That much was very obvious. And despite all that, LP never resorted to anarchy like their APC counterparts.

Please abeg, all these dead influencers should not be looking for cheap shots to come back into relevance jare.

Here is my take on this.

I have read through all available documents on the allegations against "Obidients"

In all honesty, I find the allegations laughable.

This is at best diversionary.

At this present moment when Nigeria is facing all sorts of problems: food inflation, purchasing power degradation, massive lootings, fiscal ineptitude and cluelessness by officials of CBN and even more.

And yet in the face of all this, Nigerians choose to throw spittle at a failed election campaign. That just goes to show how gullible many Nogerians are. While critical issues are still raging, enemies of the opposition throw propaganda out because they know, it would take attention of Nigerians away from more important issues.

And like the sheeples they all are, it works everytime.

OK....so agents in LP camp embezzled monies. SOOOOOOOOOOO

APC did so too with bullion vans and the blood of innocent Nigerian Youths.

And let's also not forget too, that Baba is still doing more with his excessively long convoys that he never really rides in anyway.

Do Nigerians forget so easily. Do they forget what it was that the yearnings and cry of the Obidienst were. WHere Obidienst really fighting for LP or where they really demanding for something better.

Do the failings of the current administration not justify the yearnings and cry of obidients back then?

If you say LP paid influencers, would it not also make sense to say APC is paying influencers right now to throw irrelevant dirt on Obidients.

NIGERIA......WHY .....

E no dey tire una ni?

Jennyclay:
arrest her for what

It’s her property, she has every right to break and push your broke life out of her house if you refuse to pay your rent

It is people like you who allow lawlessness to keep flourishing.

Yes, it is her property. She also has the power to force a non-paying tenant out of the apartment. But breaking into the apartment while the tenant is illegal. And she could face sanctions. Stiff ones at that.

There is a proper procedure for doing things. If you want to evict a tenant, do so in a legal way. Resorting to roguish ways makes you worse that the person who owes you.