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I differ, there income is not from heavy borrowing . . . I think what they figured out how to do was penetrate markets with cheap goods lol

people like cheap things

PS: DOnt I deserve the Asiwaju of NL title?

Nah Are-Ona-Kakanfo at least because you like fight no be small

Ok fstranger abeg stop. Just let it go. I think Jenifa has a right to post what she feels like no matter how ignorant. Although they might be ignorant, I post ignorant stuff all the time, you d too.

Just correct her, and if she is adamant let it slide.

I don't think they'll be moving to first world status. GDP/capita is still pretty low. Under 4k, iirc? Remember the huge population of China relative to Japan.

yeah, I know- most people from the US or Europe who go to China keep complaining of the massive poverty in China and dispel the fact that they might overtake a lot of leading countries very soon.

Yes they might not bhe able to compete currently on a per capita basis but the fact that they control so much money would make them very important in world affairs that might even accelerate their growth. They now have economic bargaining power, the only country the US is scared of is China ( I know this because only one country seems to give policy makers restless nights).

See you dont need to have a high GDP per capita (especially for a large country like China) to be moving towards first world status. The chinese middle class is growing consistently, and they do have huge potential.

They will move to first world status- Not now of course but 30-40 years at least which is not that bad. They might likely even overtake the US before then. The US might lose its competitive edge in Technology if most of the Chinese researchers decide to go back home due to a better economic climate and increased opportunities.

People cannot forget about Brazil either. Their economy is growing tremendously as well as their population.

Just say you like brazilian women. In reality their economy might be growing but its not going to be a superpower.

China on the otherhand . . .

Hedging my bets on China, India is so out of the game, these guys are definitely moving up to first world status.

Although their citizens have a low opinion of teh country though especially of the inequalities in the nation.

birds of the same feathers?   Huh


I personally find him extremely annoying and it has definitely reduced the time I spend on Nairaland because he's always following me around from topic to topic. he will be here in a jiffy. watch

I'm sure he has been banned once or twice because his username now has different numbers attached to it.
but mods definitely ought to do something more serious about it. Like send him an admin message as a warning and ban his IP address or something.

So Nairaland is divided into two groups:

Weirdos/ Sane people

As a proud member of the Weirdo association of Nairalanders, I find your insinuations quite insulting. You should know that this is Nigerian forum, and hence would have a diversity of peculiar characters and caricatures that obviously seem Dickensian to a foreigner. However, we or should I say fstranger in particular mean no harm but are just playing with you when we harrass and tease you.

Have you ever been to Nigeria? There is no law against stalking in our beloved motherland.

You will find out that as a woman you have no rights, and random men would be squishing you from left to right especially if you decide to go on a molue (Being Fakegerian you are obviously unaware of these fascinating deathboxes masqueraded as transportation vehicles) where you will be tapped, smooched and rubbed against. You would probably run back to America crying about how you were molested without understanding that this is just one of the many beautiful parts of being Nigerian, an experience that most Americana girls would give anything to experience.

I can assure you that there are worse things and behaviors that you can see on a Nigerian Board. A young man pursuing you with such youthful ardor should not be shunned but heavily welcomed.

I am honestly disappointed in you!!!

And you claim to be Nigerian

I kind of like fstranger. He is one of my favorites on NL.

Guess who is my top favorite though?  

Ignore him and you would be fine. Like anytime he comments just skip his posts- simple as ABC. Even Kobojunkie does it all the time when we both make fun of her. Take a leaf from her book, and ignore the trolls.

Love those guys though- they are the craziest people and good entertainers

Swagger Jacker

PS: I did not misinterpret your posts. Yeah, I am fly like that. Irrespective, you belong to the Nigerian upper echelon. From your posts. it is very obvious the kind of people you hang around with. And, there is nothing wrong with that. But dont try acting like you are like me. No you are not. .

This guy you funny ooh. Paved with kini? Nigeria upper echelon lol? yeah right. So because I can speak about people means I am in the upper echelon? I read newspapers you know and keep up to date with what is going on.

LOL, I wish man. But anyways truth is lots of Nigerians have money, I am not one of them, and I would never join in making myself happy over the sweat of my fellow man.

Mine is a story of sheer ruggedness and unrelenting determination mixed with a lil luck. Yours was written on a street paved with gold, who nevertheless was spoon fed through life by disciplined, albeit treasury emptying, guardians

I doubt it. You just think you had it worse than some people.

SEFAGO is one of the most connected people in Naija.

You think its people like me that go to Loyola?

Yeah right on the connected part . I wish man, I am just a hustler. Its pretty easy to know the rich people in Nigeria- keep your eyes open and watch them.

You have been reading my previous posts and misinterpreting them. The loyola kid was pretty famous in nigeria he was all over the newspapers. You were not, you are kind of average you know

That said, I am still smarter than him. . . We thank God, we thank God!

Thats obviously from Afrikan boys? We thank God in the Yoruba accent

check this guys blog out. look at all the pictures. why do people keep saying that nigeria is a bad place ? those pics look impressiveeeeeeeeeeee. http://sholaadebowale..com/2010_04_01_archive.html

1. First of all those pictures are taken from the sky. Everything looks beautiful from the sky. Now close up pictures is a bit different.

2. To be able to purchase those houses you have to hustle for years. Either work for years or steal for months. Whichever floats your boat.

3. only a very tiny percentage of Nigerians live in these places. Yes nigeria is bad. Most people cannot afford to live in those places, and the closest they can get is by being workers

I could go on. But just put it this way only a very very few number can afford to live in those places.

The OP said, "Nigeria-a Disaster Waiting To Happen-immigrate Now And Don't Endanger Your Generation." In essence, he was saying that the whole of Nigeria, not a section of Nigeria, is dangerous to live in. And, since the whole of Nigeria is in trouble, he is advising every listening hear to "EMIGRATE" from Nigeria, not MIGRATE from one part of Nigeria to another. I agree that migrate could work, but for greater and clearer understanding, EMIGRATE would have been a the better word to use.

You are operating under the context that the OP knows the difference between the two.

are having your PMS

Yeah whatever.

are you currently in naija ? tell me about naija life

Yes I am typing on my Ogas computer right now  .

What do you want to know? My view is kind of myopic. Nigeria is a beautiful palce with beautiful people full of life no matter the hustle. The one you see on nairaland are the ugly ones.

I don't see anyone talking about Banana Island, you need nothing less than 500 million to own a plot in such places

I was going to mention that but is it not close to the Ikoyi area?

That part of Lagos is one of the few hab itable places in Nigeria.Abagworo owns a house at Lekki,PH and Maitama.Calabar is my next port of call.

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What do you need with all those houses? Will they follow you wehn you die?

Hmm

What next? Why not buy one in Barcelona  

Things you dont need

That is my general impression. . . real estate speculation and property development seems to be one of the better things to do in nigeria. Based mostly on what I've seen in Abuja though; I'm not familiar with the Lagos market.

Yes the Nigeria upper middle class thieves are like cows and are always trying to keep some stupid social status. If they find out that some place is expensive and all their friends live there, they would start building houses in those areas. Thats why some people have like 3-4 houses   for one man only while 70% of the population lives below poverty line.

Trust me as long as their is oil wealth property speculation would go on. If you hear someplace might become hot in the future, I would advise you to purchase property fast. You could get returns of over 10-100 times what you paid for in ten years. Hold out for a bit also.

Man if you know how much people get in land that is a target area which could be used as a petrol filling station?

just out of curiosity now. so what do the upper class wear ? dakova ?

No, currently Golden Agbada is in vogue for the wealthy. I hope you know how to sew with golden threads.

I'd rent if possible rather than buy. Not sure it makes sense to tie down lots of capital?

Funny thing 10-15 years ago ajah and the lekki area was a swamp. VI and Ikoyi was where the rich people lived. Then due to overpopulation in these areas (Where do Nigerias honestly get money to pay for these stuff?) rich people moved to lekki phase 1. Some smart people bought large amounts of land in the deep parts of Lekki and Ajah and then property boom just came along and they made a killing, setting up real estates.

Like land was going in the Lekki-Epe area for as low as N150,000-200,000 per plot and then is currently in the high millions. Imagine the perspicacious people who bought those worthless plots of land.

what is MNC?

Multinational corporations- they are the only ones willing to pay huge sums of money

i have connections. i am not into groveling though. neither am i into ostentatious living.

Well then why were you asking? Me neither actually. But if you do- just know that in Nigeria Luis Vuitton is for the middle class in Nigeria and Ralph lauren for the lower classes.

buzugee:
dont you need connections before you can chop  

Yes you do most times. You dont have any? Better stay back ooh. Or start making friends randomly. ALso try and hook up with some politicians daughter.

From have 0 kobo you would become the next big boy in lagos featured on city people and all those trashy nigerian tabloids

[quote author=eku_bear link=topic=604523.msg7725128#msg7725128 date=1297631073]Trying to plot my return, yeah. Just want to do it in a way that allows me to have the same salary as I can get here. . . not really interested in a pay cut[/quote]Wow so you will not die for nigeria?

I love and bleed green white and green.

I mean the currency of course

[quote author=eku_bear link=topic=604523.msg7725091#msg7725091 date=1297630660]Money sweet oh[/quote]

buzugee:
you dont say

Come back home and come chop your own

Before it finishes

I agree the kids there are American/britico wanna be.

If you go to some places you will think you are abroad

sometimes last week,my friend ,who just came back from norway after 8years,and i were in that axis.i cant remember the last time he was there.hardly could you see a 2009 car most are 2010 2011.kids looks so fly like they are Americans.no houses but mansions.Even to him, Govt paid more attention to their roads.we did a little research he found out plots of land ranged from 150million to abt a billion naira.he pity all poor to average pple who work in that axis and see that kind of affluence.well!e go better.many questions came to my mind.can someone have all these monies from salaries and allowances?how do they make this BIG money. he wonder why suicide is not high among the poor. why wont anyone plan a heist or embezzle despite strong religious background.now i know why prosperity preaching pastors are making it .my conclusion money dey this country.
to him that was not nigeria.he could not believe his eyes

1) they steal our money (government officials)
2) Most work in ExxonMobil and Chevron Texaco and hold managemnet positions in these companies. They are also "expatriates" , most of them studied abroad, then worked for sometime and then came back to Nigeria and are hired by MNC at disgusting amounts of money
3) They work in our failing banks in positions such capacities as MD/CEO
4) Old Money (Yes we have some of them in Nigeria who started the stealing and looting quite early such as the Ibrus and Abebes (Stella obasanjo family)

e.t.c

Yep inequality in Nigeria is just mind-boggling. Abeg you should return quickly and go and chop your own money. Nothing dey obodo-oyinbo that cannot be matched.

However have humility, and be friendly with everyone because you dont know who will help you.

No I am stating FACT

hehe

chill, I dont even know who you are, how old you are or actually care.

Its called humor

Why is your day bad? Follow the Yourba life- forget your sorrows, borrow money, call your friends and throw party.

Emigrate is the right word. But migrate could be used in both context. I was saving myself some explanation. I can migrate[b] from[/b] and to another country. But when you start putting prefixes then things get a bit tricky.


I hope you have a notebook with you. Jot down what I just taught you. I might decide to test it on you later

So is kobojunkie your new crush now? Aww thats cute. You love them old don't you?

Dont worry me too- looking for my own suga mummy. I heard Tpia is taken and you just took Kobo you bloody b/ast/ard. Do you know any mamas which are currently on the market?