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Peter Mbah should address the issue of housing in Enugu, especially the activities of so-called house agents. They should not collect anything more than 10% of the annual rent for an apartment. Agency fee for an apartment of 400k should not go beyond 40k.

This is so tragic. Wetin dey occur sef?

christejames:
The next war in Nigeria 🇳🇬 will be ignited by landlords and Ndi-agents 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

My brother, the matter tire me. Nor be small.

How can a reasonable human being charge 300k for agency for a house with an annual rent of 400k? So you expect me to give you 300k just like that for pointing out a house?

Residents in Enugu have staged a protest against wicked landlords and agents of darkness who have made life difficult and unbearable for people.

The protesters marched to Independence Layout, where the Enugu State Government House is located. They demanded to see the governor, Barrister Peter Ndubuisi Mbah and members of the legislative house.

In recent times, cost of accommodation in Enugu has become outrageous due to the activities of greedy house agents and unreasonable landlords who increase rents frequently as if they are changing clothes.

A typical house ad for a self-con (room, bathroom, toilet, and kitchen) in Enugu would appear like this:

Annual rent: 400k
Agent fee: 300k
Caution fee: 100k
Agreement fee: 50k
Management fee: 50k

That is a whooping 900k for a self-con!

Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygEaA1cbsXs

Source: WarriParrot

I concur. Signed and stamped.

helinues:
I just saw Obj's thread saying Adeleke should continue with the good governance.

Hahaha, Adeleke didn't win based on good governance but politics.

He probably had a secret deal with president Tinubu while the likes of Omisore, Baba Akande might have been carried along.

You see that Oyetola heh, make I no dey talk too much about him make it no be like say I get personal issue with him

False narrative. Stop deceiving yourself. The people of Osun stood their ground.

Many people in this part of the world are not looking for love but comfort. Especially the female folks.

Mecka:
i saw a used redmi of 20k. Advice me

20k phone might not be a good option. There could be underlying problems.

FreeStuffsNG:
I say you are ignorant se. You are dabbling into what you are completely clueless about and above your level of education. Please stay out of issues like this so you will not foul up the thread with uncouth remarks.

You will soon be in the web of his kind of recklessness since you are incapable of comprehending the lesson in his foolish and reckless act.

Incidentally, the information that can cure you of your ignoramce is in the public space but you are incapable of doing diligent and responsible search or reading. I will not enable your irresponsible behaviour by providing the facts here.

He who alleges must prove. He will go and prove his claim. He will be asked to bring his own payslip, that of a professor who earns less than N400k and that of a keke who earns up to N400k monthly but at the end of the day, he will bring only his payslip and it is admittedly more than N400K! He will now start begging and blaming the devil. That is your mentor o. Smh.

My response pain you wella Keep embarrassing yourself.

FreeStuffsNG:
I guess that you studied under this kind of reckless and idle teachers. Smh.


Please don't let your own low self esteem and inferiority complex drag down a whole country. This is not scholarship and you clearly don't know what it takes to be a scholar.

People like you who see yourselves as 'patriots' are the worse type of citizens. When you see black, you call it white. To you, promoting or supporting abnormalities is patriotism.

The management of Abia State University (ABSU) has suspended a lecturer, Prof Nnamdi Nwaeze, from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences.

The ABSU spokesman, Chijioke Nwogu, announced the lecturer’s suspension in a statement on Thursday.

PREMIUM TIMES reliably gathered that Nwaeze, a professor, was suspended on Wednesday for his Facebook post in which he claimed that professors at ABSU earn less than N400,000 per month.

The professor’s post addressed the recently declared industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at ABSU.

He claimed that he was familiar with issues that resulted in the industrial action, but chose not to raise them to avoid being tagged as an “enemy of the state” or dismissed for a “political statement.”

Nwaeze said that lecturers at ABSU were receiving the poorest remuneration and were the least paid among Nigerian universities.

He further claimed that lecturers at the university were still being paid under the 2009 ASUU/FG salary structure, rather than the 2024 structure, the recent December 2025 structure, which was not implemented at ABSU.

The lecturer then claimed that professors at ABSU earn less than ₦400,000 per month, while commercial tricyclists earn over ₦450,000 per month.

"Are you aware that professors in all the federal and most state universities now earn between N1.3m to N1.4m as against what is obtainable in ABSU?” he asked.

“In this same Abia State, a local government councillor who may not have an ordinary WAEC level certificate allegedly earns about N600,000 monthly.

“A House of Assembly member earns about ₦8 million net salary in Abia State. Most appointees of this government can pay the salary of a professor and still have enough to take care of their families and personal needs.”

Suspension
In the Thursday statement, Nwogu, who doubles as the deputy registrar of the university, said the social media post “is inimical to the interests of the university and uncomplimentary to the visitors of the university.”

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is the visitor to the university.

The ABSU spokesman said the university management has constituted an investigative panel to probe the matter.

“The suspension takes immediate effect pending the outcome of the investigation by the panel,” he said.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/902718-nigerian-university-suspends-lecturer-for-claiming-tricyclists-earn-more-than-professors.hhtml

I hope it is not Islamic terrorists. Speedy recovery for the injured.

ned009:
Some insane kinda discussion just dey make person wan purge..Keep your damn opinion to yourself,.U birthed a child and expect him to bears his grandfather's name??Where Ur Mata wan con dey when them request for the personality that he hears as surname ?

Keep shut! You must not comment on every thread you see. If a post is too high for your comprehension, you can swerve! Last time I checked, Nairaland does not belong to your papa, so I can post whatever I like here.

friday2011:
As I first dey read the write up, i think say government go soon begin disburse money give families wey retain there ancestral names,

for your info, na my name my children dey use as surname, come and arrest me.

That is your business. It does not concern us. You can name your kids wood or stone, or change your name to paper. Na you sabi.

ravensckar:
Case in point, Shagari, Tambuwal, Gaya, Marafa, Tofa, etc.

The issue of surname is a complex one. It's very wrong of the OP to solely attribute it to westernization. Some people believe the name of their ancestors had something to do with idol worshipping, etc Ogunjayi, Sangodele, Oyatomi, Esubiyi, etc. Hence, the need to change it in accordance to their new faith.

For some, they may think the name is cursed and can only bring them misfortune. I once had a colleague who said he'll change the surname of his kids (to his own name) because it seems his own surname is cursed.

For some, the surname isn't just befitting. Like it sounds weird and embarrases the bearer each time they get called by it. e.g I knew someone whose surname was AJANLEKOKO (which roughly translates to- a dog is chasing a hyena). Like how the hell is that a name? The guy is always embarrassed whenever we call him by it.

In Cross River State where I served, their surname is their grandfather's name, their first name is theirs and their middle name is their father's. Upon investigation, I learnt they bear it that way for the purpose of geneaology.


I told them that here in South West, our middle name is just another name we bear to differentiate us from other people who may likely bear the same name as us. In my wife's family for example, about 5 of them bear the same name.

For my own family, our surname was my great-grandfather's name. He was an idol worshipper in his time. About 10 years ago, my dad sought to change our surname to his own name. Being an Alfa, he doesn't want his name to be associated with idolatory. Some of my siblings agreed while a few of us disagreed. To me, bearing a name that dates back to 4 generations is prestigious and shows a deep family ancestry/geneaology. Ain't gonna change that! Moreover, I don't want my children to have any Islamic name in their credentials (talkless of bearing it as a surname), bearing pure Yoruba names is enough. The Arabs should stay in their lane!

I for example, I don't have any Islamic name in my certificate (even though I'm one). All my names are Yoruba names. I don't like how religion erodes some people's cultural identity. Besides, my surname sounds just great, whenever I get called by it, it feels just right.

So, in conclusion, people change their surname for many reasons. It has little to do with westernization.

#Picks_tooth

You posted a long epistle but missed the point entirely. The post is not about ancestral names. It is about surnames. I am talking about someone bearing his grandfather's name, and his grand children bearing his name. The post has nothing to do with ancestral names like the way most of you are jumping into unnecessary conclusions here.

smasher1:
If you are ignorant, keep quiet🤫🤐😶. Don't come and put your ignorance in public. What you just wrote✍️ here is rubbish. Sensible people are correcting this and you come online to say such. Please, let everyone do as he wants here. There's no sin in it, more especially when they are obviously doing the right thing.

Your response is rubbish and a shame! Now you can swerve!

Jamie248:
Keep quiet there

We had no concept of surnames in Africa until the white man brought it, everyone bore their own unique names and it lived and died with them

Their is nothing like surname in the African tradition

When you are done learning proper English, you can come back to debate.

This terrible act of children bearing their biological father's name as surname in Nigeria started with Millennials, and it is a very shameful thing culturally. Most of us do not understand the importance or significance of surnames. Surnames are not just names for the sake of it.

A surname is a way or medium of honouring your ancestor. Africans, over the years have been brainwashed by the western culture that our ancestors evil spirits. Due to this, many Africans attach evil to the name 'ancestor'.

Culturally in Africa, surnames are adopted in turns. You adopt your grandfather's name as your surname, and when you give birth, your child adopts your father's name as surname. When your own child gives birth, the child adopts your own name as surname. That is how it goes and that is how lineage are honoured and preserved.

Millennials and Gen Z Nigerians now give their children their names as surnames without any atom of respect for their fathers, thereby cutting off their fathers from the lineage. If you so much cherish your name, you can give it to one of your child and has Jnr attached to it. People do it. But not cutting off your own father from the lineage by making your kids adopt your own name as their surname. It is bad and alien to the African culture.

Do not be fooled by the white culture which wants you to believe that African ancestors connote evil. To be ancestor na turn by turn. One day, you too go be ancestor.

brain54:
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Op the sooner you realize that majority of what you see online are doctored content for online money the more sensible and emotionally sound you become.


You have absolutely no justification for blasting and running down Nigerians... for the benefit of doubt go online and see the really stupid things whites do and post online and theirs is not because of content.


Your problem is emotional intelligence and inferiority complex.


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Okay. Is that all? You can now swerve.

Rebelutionary:
You just wonder what has become of us as a people especially in this social media age!

Someone said the average Nigerian is wicked and I agree 100%. This is not just to others but to themselves!

How can someone be in a moving bus and be making video of ones sleeping driver just so they could post online? Nawao!

You could imagine the baseless reason behind such act. It is really terrible.

In recent times, I have seen couple of videos online that made me ponder seriously on the sensibility of Nigerians.

First, I saw a video of a woman carrying a huge stone to hit another woman on her back due to an issue both of them had. What surprised me was that people were using their phones to record the unfortunate event instead of preventing the aggressive woman from carrying out such wicked act.

In another video, someone was recording a sleeping driver in a commercial bus, until the driver swerved off the road and hit a structure. Luckily for the passengers, it was not fatal. Instead the person making the video to caution the sleeping driver, he thought it was more important to make a video so that he could share online. If that accident had been fatal, both the person making the video and his phone would have ceased existing.

Just yesterday, I saw an accident video where about three men were stuck inside a trailer. They were still alive and breathing heavily, but instead of the people around to bring them out and rush them to the hospital, they were busy making videos and posting on social media.

I am not really surprised that we have the type of leaders we have in Nigeria. It is the nature of a people that determine the type of leaders they get. Leaders are a reflection of the society they govern. I keep telling people that Nigerian leaders in their wickedness are still from Nigeria, and not Morocco or Bolivia. Out of every 10 Nigerians, 8 would tend to think and behave like the leaders.

This social media craze of being the first to post or share something tragic online has eaten so deep into our bone marrows to an extent where we allow people to bleed and die just to video them and post online. What a society!

We need to separate compassion/responsiveness from content creation.

Police operatives in Imo State have reportedly arrested some officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University (IMSU) branch, following the union’s declaration of an indefinite strike.

The officials were said to have been arrested after participating in a radio programme on Tuesday, during which the union discussed its decision to embark on the industrial action.

Those reportedly arrested included the branch Chairman, Stephen Oguji, and some other officials of the union.

ASUU-IMSU had on Monday declared an indefinite strike over what it described as the non-implementation of an agreement on the welfare of academic staff and other conditions of service in public universities.

The union had maintained that the agreement reached with the Federal Government was applicable to state-owned universities.

Vanguard learnt that the affected officials were later released after several hours of questioning.

A source at the institution said: “They were arrested after a radio programme in the morning. We tried to reach them but couldn’t.

“But we learnt they have just been released. The union can never be intimidated by this approach.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Henry Okoye, had yet to respond to inquiries regarding the reported arrest as of the time of filing this report.

The strike comes as the university prepares to commence examinations, a development that has reportedly unsettled students and raised concerns about the possible impact of the industrial action on the academic calendar.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/08/police-arrest-ASUU-imsu-officials-over-strike/

What sort of loose statement is that? Do you kill people with votes?

Kobicove:
I don't know the exact dates but I know while I was growing up in the 80s and 90s there was always news on NTA about communual clashes in old Bendel state between the Ijaws and neighbouring tribes

Okay. I think it should be in the 90s sha.

Kobicove:
I remember growing up in the 80s when there was always communal wars between the Ijaws and other tribes in Delta State

I hope they're not planning to go back to that era

I hope you are sure of what you are saying. There was no ethnic war in Warri in the 80s. Ethnic clashes started in Warri in the 90s and extended into the 2000s. I am Warri, born and raised, so e nor get wetin you wan tell me.

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femi4:
Motigbetional writer
Real life experience will throw the junks you put out there in the dustbin

Maybe that is why you are still where you are. It is not my fault. Find where your problem lies and vent your frustrations there. Nor be me do you.

femi4:
You do not throw away your old shoes until you ve got a new one

If all you understood from the post is for people to leave their jobs before getting a better one, then you need to upgrade your thinking. It shows you have reading and comprehension problem like many Nigerians.

Petacephas:
When we talk of survival jobs, it is very crazy to think teaching is a survival job only. Teachers in top schools in Abuja, Lagos and port can relate. What about other sectors that have low pays. What about insurance, banking,real estate agents and so on. These ones also have people who are leaving far below the line. I know teachers who earn above 300k per month in this country. Some even 400. It depends on where you are standing and how prepared are you. There are professional educators touring the world and you are here claiming big boy in other sector and even international passport you don't have. Humble yourself and learn .

Coming online to say 'I know teachers who earn this or who earn that' does not make you sound educated. If you are truly educated, and you know what research is, you would have known that exception does not make the rule. Please can you tell me the percentage of teachers who earn above 300k in Nigeria? Tell me the percentage so that we can compare with the percentage of teachers who earn 45k per month.