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Lol, you don't know what you are missing. Do you know what it means to miss your humble beginnings when You finally have everything? Like you now have money and can afford anything but you miss eating garri with ordinary okro (Ila alasepo). That is what pushes most of these guys to eat those meats. It's not everyday you eat snake meat and giant rat so when the opportunity comes, you don't want to miss it. In a nutshell, it is not necessarily poverty that push people to eat all those animals you see here on nairaland.

Caaz:
No matter how hungry I am....I would never ever eat any slithering creature.



Lord pls don't ever let me condescend to that snake eating level.
Anyway Sha ...enjoy your eat.

Imagine people stealing any kind of thing for survival under your darling daddy, is that not pathetic? Onions for that matter!

Simplyleo:
God bless PMB
God bless PYO
God bless BAT
God bless Dangote.

Save the dollar flight through local refineries.

Imagine, some criminals now steal onions for survival.

You are still not smart, your president started by threatening people and violated twitter's rule.

SaintLucia:
Ghana sef will soon chase them out by the time they start inciting Ghanians against their government. Many countries banned those agents of imperialists. Imagine talking of freedom of speech, but the same Jack and his Twitter deleted lot of comments that was inciting the destruction of America during the Capitol Hill invasion but want to encourage the destruction of Nigeria. He loves his America and I love my Nigeria too. Nigeria is not Libya.

Recognizing a BMC is not even hard again. The useless govt come up with unreasonable policies, fiammmm BMC will be everywhere trying to justify nonsense. Your president needed twitter to remind him that this is a Democracy and you don't threaten people with genocide. Then suddenly twitter has become a pain in the ass. I fear for nna future!

naijapips02:
You are actually not smart. Twitter is what it is today because of public interactions and opinions. If these move away from Twitter, Dorsey would be nothing but a rich nobody.

He played himself when Twitter started becoming opinionated. Other governments would join Nigeria. States in the USA are already crafting rules against big media.

Twitter is toast. Dorsey is basically an arsehole who thinks he's untouchable.

Quitting won't solve the problem. I think apart from losing my money, that is one positive thing I have learnt from sport bet. The moment you quit, then you are a loser. One day, it will yield the result we want.

Nicklaus619:
This u wrote here was why I participated fully in end sars protest, but it ended In tears, I lost a friend in that Saga and i ain't ready to risk it again, in short terms, from now going, I will be minding my business, I ain't voting in any elections again in this country self

Chai! This reasoning is the cause of our woes in this nations. The politicians know they are dealing with cowards who will keep mute and enjoy whatever treatment they are given at the expense of their present and future. Let's even assume sowore is doing this for his own personal gain, but is it the right thing to do against your oppressor or not?

Until we start showing these guys that we don't care how many soldiers they control, many of us will still continue to die silent death courtesy of their nonchalant attitude towards their citizens.

Nicklaus619:
Attention-seeking mofo.

At this precarious time in Nigeria, coming out to protest is like going to war with the military. If you like your self, stay home and let this attention seeking idiot go die alone

The President is not on seat to say anything for now, so report to the presidency! Garbage Shelf over to you

Ryan14:
20k is around $49 Bro. Buy even at $49 is far too expensive for a midsize grass cutter.
This should cost maximum USD15

have we started spending dollars in Nigeria ni? Which one be all this conversion wey I dey see upandan

I can relate cos I have got a similar story.
The thing is, may our creator guide us to where we are destined to be.

Godsownchild199:
Hi Everyone, I’m 26 years old and I want to share my little story with you all. I hope you can learn a thing or two from it. This is not my main account, I had to create a new account in view of my decision to share my story on this platform. I’ve been a Nairalander since 2012 and I have benefitted from the amazing academic and career insights shared by many. So, I thought it kind to share mine to help others in this amazing community.

I graduated from the University (if I reveal this, my colleagues who are avid Nairalanders would identify me ) some 4-5 years ago with a second class upper, then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School (still made 2:1) and served in Rivers State. I did my NYSC in a reputable law firm (name withheld) in Port Harcourt. It was quite an experience both good and bad. I left the firm after service year out of frustration due to the poor leadership and mismanagement of funds by the head of office (the guy has since been fired). Mind you, my salary as a corper was 10k (the average NYSC legal associate in Lagos earned at least 5 -7 times this amount). I had depression at this point in my life.

After my unpleasant experience at the Port Harcourt firm and months of depression coupled with deep thinking and reflection, I decided to relocate to Lagos in January 2020 hoping to find a change in perspective. Mind you, I’m not from a poor background, my parents are both highly educated and middle-class workers residing in the South. Part of my resolve in relocating to Lagos was that I wouldn’t practice law again, I’ll probably go into technology, banking, or corporate communications (I speak eloquently).

After my relocation, I teamed up with a friend to work at a technology startup somewhere on the Island but this newfound path didn’t go as planned (I call this divine providence) and I was back to sitting at home. I did a few speaking jobs (volunteering) and some petty legal jobs for my friends and family to get by. At this same time, I was aggressively applying for both legal and non-legal jobs. This decision came on the background of my Dad’s advice that I should dust my CV/Certificates, search for a job and revive my already dwindling legal career. My Dad’s attempt to connect me to a senior partner at a hotshot law firm in Victoria Island failed and I basically had to do it my way.

Fast-forward to mid-February 2020 I had three interviews in three law firms within a space of two weeks. These firms ranged from mid-sized to small-sized. I attended all the interviews, the first interview was in a small law firm managed by a Senior Advocate. The SAN immediately liked my personality and offered to instantly hire me on a monthly pay of 100k (below industry standard). The other two law firms had slightly better remuneration, great structure and were bigger in size and outlook but their recruitment process was lengthy and I had to start immediately with the SAN on my Dad’s advice. I grudgingly stayed with the small firm hoping that I’ll get an offer from either of the two mid-sized firms and then port. Unfortunately, COVID happened and one of the firms discontinued my recruitment process while the other firm out rightly rejected me. I was deeply heartbroken. In order to keep my spirit and dreams alive, my Dad kept drumming into my ears that a smaller firm meant more work and a better learning experience. He kept reiterating the need to “know” the law and stop chasing money (what all senior lawyers say ). So, I was basically stuck with this 100k job, trust me at first the environment was deadening and monotonous (reading law reports and writing legal opinions every day isn’t fun at all ). I felt like ditching my Old man’s advice and resigning during this period but due to COVID, I had to borrow commonsense and stay back. Little did I know that staying back was the best decision I would ever make to date, all thanks to God, my Dad and COVID.

While 100k may sound fair to most people, kindly note that some of my colleagues (with the same academic grades as mine) in top firms earned a monthly average of 250k or more. This awareness made me very discontent and unhappy but I still hung on to my job (a bird in hand is worth more than two in the bush) besides, who quits his or her job in the midst of a COVID induced global economic crises.

Then in October 2020, everything changed! My boss got this very big personal legal project, it was really big and my boss asked me to come on board the project team. I was then paid the sum of N2.5Million for my participation and input in the project. Later on, another personal project came through, although little. I did not even do much this time and my boss gifted me 500 Pounds from the project. All of this financial largess is outside my boss’ magnanimity in other areas like superb mentoring, paying for my professional certifications, and giving me advice (my boss can advise for Africa ), etc. Mind you, no matter how much I’m gifted or paid from the personal projects handled by my boss, my salary is still fully paid and as at when due. All these legal projects are reflected in my CV and have greatly boosted my career prospect. These projects have also helped me to build an impressive Linkedin profile and I’m currently very active in that space.

Recently, I got involved in another personal legal project with my boss and was paid N2 Million from the project fees. Sometimes, I look back at the events of my life and ask myself how I got to this pivotal point. If I hadn’t listened to my Dad’s advice and sought God’s face, I don’t think I would enjoy this type of privilege. I remember asking God for a multinational job but here I was, stuck with a 100k job completely unaware that God put a multinational remuneration in a small office with barely 8 employees. I’ve only worked for a year and 3 months but I’ve achieved what some people haven’t achieved in 3-5 years (career-wise and financially). Please don’t reject certain little offers that come your way, pray to God and seek advice where possible. Some blessings come in disguises and you may never know. This is my little grace-filled career story; I hope it inspires someone today. I want to thank God Almighty for his grace in my career and my lovely parents for their advice and tremendous support.

PS: I have abridged my story to hide certain facts and information for my personal safety and that of my office and boss. My story may sound too good to be true but believe me, it is absolutely true.

Again, this guy is unintelligent and this time I am not sorry to say. The south keep dishing out brilliant minds every year, people that are suppose to hold one position or the other in the nation and drive us towards obvious development. Instead every government parastatal is headed by one fulani or one alhaji without any genuine certification to their name. Go to Firs and see how that place is plagued with so many of them and come back to tell us who own Nigeria. I suspect you are an elderly person, but you are not acting in the interest of your kid's future. Obviously you want a brighter future for Nigeria and all, but do these people have same thought?

It's high time we start acting objectively and stop normative reasoning.

Vaughanlanrewaj:
You know that you are lying. Nobody will take an inch of Nigeria let alone Yorubaland. The elderly Fulani man you mentioned speak Yoruba better more than you and like we say in Yoruba; ija lode ti orin di owe.
We will overcome all the challenges like we have done in the past. We are no beggars, we own Nigeria as much as the other tribes whose authentic leaders signed up for Nigeria. We own Nigeria as much as others do. We are landlords, it is people like you and the IPOB terrorists leader who will leave Nigeria. We didn't build those industries and educational institutions to produce outputs for your tiny fabled country. We have not even reached half of the milestones Chief Awo listed in his book; Voice of Reason

This guy is unintelligent. Sorry to say.

None of your family is yet a victim of this bad government that is why you are keen to remain in this contraption.

But then, you don't need to claim Yoruba to remain part of Nigeria, you can simply claim north as your S of O and not drag people that are tired of the present situation into your myopic analysis.

Vaughanlanrewaj:
Talk is cheap. You don't know what it takes patriots to even ensure that you can have the internet you can so conveniently use. Someone could have hurt you right now but he is being neutralized now so you will be safe but you will never know.

As you type here, someone is still flying through the same dangerous weather on a serious mission for the country but you will never know and even if you know, you don't care so sincerely my message is for patriots not unpatriotic secessionist. We appreciate patriots and their sacrifice so much. May God bless their families for imbibing patriotism in them . They are true heroes.

We Yoruba are stakeholders in Nigeria, from Chief(Sir) Ajasa,OBE ,born Edmund Macaulay ( Lawyer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitoye_Ajasa ) to Sir Herbert Macaulay ( Surveyor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Macaulay ) to Dr J C Vaughan (Medical Doctor,https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Churchill_Vaughan ) to Chief Obafemi Awolowo( Lawyer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obafemi_Awolowo
) and many other authentic Yoruba leaders, we went into the union and signed up for Nigeria with legitimate leaders that have authentic power of legitimacy from the Yoruba people and signed up for the union. That union is not open to dissolution at the whims and caprices of lazy , unmannered ,anarchists and unpatriotic elements.
It is the lazy, cowardly, unpatriotic elements that will leave Nigeria for us , like the IPOB terrorists leader ,not my own Yoruba that toiled and bled for Nigeria. The legacy of the Yoruba is Nigeria . We built Nigeria with others to reap from the land and no unpatriotic coward will stop us from reaping from our toils , sweat and sacrifice for Nigeria. They are the ones who will leave Nigeria for us to become fugitives like the IPOB terrorists leader .

An unpatriotic element in Nigeria will be an unpatriotic element in your fabled country so you can have them. All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las. They always lose. May God bless Nigeria.

jlinkd78:
I only hailed d part that no one shall be victimized for participating in the strike. What ever d principle of redundancy is ayam not interested

you did not see the part where they said "there shall be no industrial action henceforth?

Cristiano Ronaldo has joined LiveScore as Official Global Brand Ambassador. Below is the full press release distributed to the media to announce the groundbreaking deal.

LiveScore, the global sports media business and one of the world’s leading real-time sports updates providers, has today announced Cristiano Ronaldo as its Official Global Brand Ambassador.

The groundbreaking deal will see the world’s most famous footballer and five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo unite with LiveScore as the brand continues its rapid evolution as a major global sports media force.

Launching ahead of the upcoming European Championship this summer, the relationship will span at least two domestic football seasons and next year’s World Cup.

Central to the partnership will be a global ATL creative campaign, including LiveScore’s first TV spot, amplified by a digital campaign which will harness the power of both LiveScore and Ronaldo’s vast global audiences.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s image will be used across LiveScore’s digital inventory and content, closely aligning the Portuguese legend with one of the world’s leading real-time sports updates providers.

LiveScore captivates sports audiences by delivering premium content and engaging products to fans across 200 territories worldwide. Cristiano Ronaldo’s role as the most high-profile and influential player in the game is shown by his combined social media following exceeding half a billion fans, representing a hugely relevant audience for LiveScore to connect with.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Official Global Ambassador for LiveScore, said: "I’ve used the LiveScore app to keep up to date with the latest scores for many years, so I’m really excited to begin such a natural new partnership.

"Throughout my career every goal has always been about more than a score to me, and I know LiveScore has been there every step of the way, to keep my fans across moments that have defined me.

"LiveScore and I are connected by a drive to be the greatest at what we do every single day. I cannot wait to unite our combined audiences of football fans with amazing content, moments and goals in the next exciting stage of my career."

Ric Leask, Marketing Director at LiveScore, said: "In a year that has seen LiveScore rapidly evolve as a global sports media business, this landmark new relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo is without doubt the biggest moment so far.

"There is simply no bigger sportsperson — past or present — than Cristiano Ronaldo, who continues to captivate fans around the world with his brilliance on the pitch.

"With a world record 777 career goals and 31 club and international honours, we believe he truly is the ‘Greatest Of All Time’.

"We should know, as LiveScore has been there to bring news of every goal to millions of fans around the world.

"Combined with the fact that his game is built on speed, reliability and simplicity, key strengths also synonymous with the LiveScore brand, there could be no more authentic and better fit for our business.

"We can’t wait to kick off our partnership and bring our global audience closer than ever to the GOAT."

Source: https://www.livescore.com/en/news/cristiano-ronaldo-joins-livescore-as-official-global-brand-ambassador-2021051114500616563/

The tech guys that EFCC would not allow to rest or the ones that SARS have killed and still killing?

ogmask:
If they couldnt implement the policy in the EU why bring it to Africa. The time has come for Africans to start looking at ways of using alternative platforms and possibly encourage our tech guys to come up with unique models that can compete globally.

saphiere:
Dear men, may I know what joy you derived from sleeping with a minors?

Ask your father, he is also a man.

What is NECO?

HRSweetness:
Who should be blamed here? The state governor? NLC? The heartless nurses? Who

someone without food in his or her stomach cannot have a working heart.

Whoever sponsored your education must not see this. Chai!

If they use the money used in funding your education to fund pig farming, I swear it would be more profitable. WTF

Purchasing power parity is what you just murdered like this? It is not enough to just reason something in your head and conclude you made sense, first inform people around you before posting on the internet. Na so person take equate 5G to coronavirus. I tire for Nigerians

thebosstrevor1:
This is for all those that love to say it is better to compare 1 dollar to 1 naira rather than 500 naira.

Comparing 1 dollar to 1 naira does not make economic sense, many currencies in the world does not have equal value to the dollar.

You can not compare 1 dollar and 1 naira, they are not of equal value.

You can't also compare 1 euro and 1 dollar, they are also not of equal value.

You can't also compare 1 pound to 1 dollar they are not of equal value.

To get equal value of 1 dollar to a given currency you convert, you find for the equivalent of 1 dollars in a given country currency and then compare.

For instance.

1 dollar is equal to 500 naira.
1 dollar is equal to 71 pence
1 dollar is equal to 82 euro cent.

Now, you compare, what will 500 naira get in Nigeria and what will 1 dollar get in the United states.

What will 71 pence get in the england vs what will 1 dollar get in America.

What will 82 euro cent get in the EU vs what will 1 dollar get in America.



That is how you compare.

Lol, what are you saying? You are comparing purchasing power from two different country is that what economics taught you? Obviously we didn't arrive at the conclusion that naira is useless by comparing figures alone, we also do thorough analysis with base year figures. Talking about purchasing power, what your naira can buy in 2015, can same naira buy same quantity and quality in 2021? Sachet water is fucking 20 naira and you are talking about purchasing power. If you want to talk of purchasing power, look at what you can import from china using US dollar and Nigerian Naira then you can be talking about purchasing power parity or comparison. Baseline, the money called naira is becoming more useless by the day

igbosoupkitchen:
While.we are comparing the numbers of the curency can we also please compare the purchasing power??
We are quick to compare naira to dollar,cedis to naira, cefa,euros, gbp etc and we only do so in terms on figures.

Let me ask you,
I dollar is = 480naira (what is the purchasing power of both?
1 dollar can buy you a cup of coffee in the USA but 480 naira can buy you tea( coffee, lipton,milo and milk) +sandwich
1 dollar can buy you 1 or 2 bottles of water in usa but 480 naira can buy 6 or 8 bottles of water in Nigeria.
500 cefa can only buy you 1 bottle water which is 250 cefa and 1 bottle of malt drink 250 cefa,
500 naira in Nigeria can buy you water, malt,gala,biscuit,bread and akara/eggroll
100cedis in ghana cannot buy you what 9000 can buy in Nigeria, FACT

If not for our lack of productivity as a country we will not be an import dependent country aĺways seeking validation of foreign currency.

I am definitely not in support of violence, but when these terrorists kill people for fun around the world just to prove they are doing the work of Allah, this is the same way we all feel. Now they have met their match and everyone is crying. Do you know how many terrorist group are in existence killing innocent souls all in the name of Jihad? Let them also feel the heat.

Vaughanlanrewaj:
You need to read up on these things sir. Don't be too quick at making wrong assumptions. That you're not aware of the fact and you're now been informed on it doesn't call for you to wrongly accuse me sir.

Jerusalem is a holy land to the Muslims too and the al-Aqsa Mosque and surrounding area,marks the place from which Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is believed to have ascended to heaven. That spot the mosque is built is the third-holiest place on earth for Muslims . Every year, Muslims embark on Holy pilgrimage there and it has been so for centuries. The 3 religions and their holy sites are next to each other in Jerusalem and like I stated, the 3 religions are traced to Abraham, the first Jew. So the 3 religions are Jewish in origin. And doesn't make sense when they kill one another where some other religions are living and thriving peacefully in places they do not even classify as holy site. Maybe there is something we don't know yet because holiness should be seen in conduct and results. So far, there's nothing holy in how they kill one another in Jerusalem and it's a shame.

Please read up on the al-Aqsa Mosque sir . I am a Christian and I grew up learning about other religions and cultures outside my Yoruba culture so I can understand them and be able to make informed decisions on issues outside my native Yoruba.
Whoever is telling you that Jerusalem is the holy site only for Christians is lying to you and pulling wool over your eyes. It is the holy site for Muslims, Christians, Judaism and evem Armenians.
That mosque has a stone that marks the point he was believed to have ascended and it is side by side to the same place some Christians visit to check out what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ and Golgotha where he was murdered by the same Jews.

It is not excusable not to know these facts and that the same way you go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem is the same way Moslems visit this al-Aqsa Mosque and to those Muslims pilgrims , the Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic: لیلة القدر‎), is one of the most important night to say their prayers . In case you don't know or have not bothered to read up on how special that night is, it is variously rendered as the Night of Decree,Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny,or Night of Measures. It is in Islamic belief, the night when the Quran was first sent down from Heaven to the world and also the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad.

That's the night Netanyahu sent Isreali police to go attack Muslims in their holy site.
That is not a reasonable leader. He lacks the emotional intelligence to govern any country.

Check out how close and side by side the holy sites of the 3 religions are in the image below ( image credit: BBC)

kingmsookwagh:
Egypt gave them a run for their money in the 1973 yom kippur war.......

You are right, make Egypt try am again.

shogsman:
Nairaland is home to the most stupid set of people in this country,you stupid nonentity that keep cheering for Israel,this is what they have done in the last 4 days ,dozens of children murdered for nothing.
If you are okay with this may your wards end up just like this children very soon, I'm Christian by the way

slowpoke, you don't go looking for trouble when you know you have families that will suffer the consequences. The terrorists in Palestine purposely put their military equipments in a civilian populated environment since they know Israel will only target their military base and not the civilian populace. Now if not that Israel has always been prepared for this, what do you think will become of Tel Aviv by now from multiple rocket fired by the Palestinian? Yu are here crying as if Israel should sit look while the terrorists keep killing them. Mind you, it's not about being Christians, there are even more Muslims in Israel than Christians 24% to 2% respectively while most of the populace are Jews. Read before you come online to sympathise with people who do not worth it.

[quote author= post=101572970]The Difference is as clear as night and day !!!

Sunday igbo watever go meet his own for front pretty soon,
No be curse,
Na FACT!
It's only a matter of time, those cheering his foolishness on now will be the same people that will cry and wail on (not for) him!
As long as God lives!!

We Rise![/quote]Moronic slowpoke! Pastor Adeboye protested against Jonathan during his era and that alone increased hatred for the then president. One way or the other, Pastor Adeboye has a hand in puting every Nigerian in the current situation we are in and since all this started he has not dimmed it fit to condemn this government or to tender an apology to Nigerians. His son died peacefully, a death that we can say is from God, but what if people that Bandits, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen have killed or displaced or rendered useless for their family? Nobody is concerned about that. Saying Sunday will meet whatever for front is just a mere speculation how are you sure this is not God at work? Either warning our clergymen or taking away the righteous to not witness evils that is coming?. Baba has sinned against God and humanity for giving us hope in a man that ended up being the worst of all time, I think he needs to beg for forgiveness from both God and man. RIP to Pastor Dare and all innocent people that have been killed unjustly.

Madrid dey craze, you carry so much money go buy useless player, imagine using that money to keep Ronaldo in madrid. Perez dey craze.

[quote author= post=101423022]All sponsors and enabler of all the terrorist organizations in our darling country, from this evil Boko Boys, to bandits, Ipobs terrorists organization, evil fulani herdsmen must all be fished out.
They will all never know peace as long as it is sorrow, tears and blood they want flowing in our nation.....along with their evil supporters.

Especially all the terrorist organizations (Boko Haram and ipobs terrorist groups) killing our military personnel.
Evil, sorrow, tears and blood shall be their end at the end of it all.

Peace shall reign in our nation.
God bless Nigeria[/quote]Silence is golden, guy shut the hell up. You can't be praying that terrorists die a natural death when your darling daddy, who by mistake and lies became our president, is a retired General. But then, as a soldier he was also a failure so I am not expecting much.

When big trouble defeat you, even small ones go dey dance on top your head. No be your fault, na APC cause am.

I hope say na cap he used? Ode a fi fila peerin!!

Antoeni:
Fugitive 101 Has Spoken
Dummies Please Comply And Get Sacked

Dunce, 30th is Sunday!

Chai. I still dey wonder how these guys take reach 1.3b..

Bro, trust me if you plan to marry her there is no problem in what she is demanding. These girls really spend a lot to look good. My haircut is 2k per month, a good hairdo for a lady will go for nothing less than 10k per month, what are we now talking about...













So, please divide your monthly salary into two and pay her half for upkeep. Since you are the one that don't know how to cut your coat.......

Person wey him time done reach; if he fight covid win, fire go still catch am...

RIP to the dead.