₦airaland Forum

siofra:
Wow

Sometimes I forget Morocco is an African country.

Didn't they exclude themselves from the African Union?

Morocco that's even claiming to be west Africans.

KwaraRat:
Yeah, right .

Let me guess .... JewNN told you so.

Can't even understand that there is such a concept known as war propaganda .

Russia cannot even enforce full control of eastern Ukraine, not to talk of creating a DMZ. They even abandoned Kherson despite all the noise and resorted to bombardment of infrastructure.
Biden is determined to see this war out irrespective the cost to American treasury. He's an old war horse with cold war mentality, he's not going to give up.
Russia's hope now lies in Republican taking control of white house in 2024, they will surely force Ukraine to make humiliating concessions because they won't continue to finance the war via NATO.
Meanwhile, Russian will also enter financial distress once Europe find alternatives to russian gas and oil though I admit that's a long stretch for now.
Russia's invasion in Ukraine will surely end up like Afghanistan in the 80s. They will withdraw when they are worn out.

Oddfinder01:
Lol
They have come again with another story..the regular global warming gibberish is no longer flying as before, so they need to spice tins up and added viruses to the mix. Una Weldon

Global warming is real. That's why Fulani herdsmen are hacking farmers to death on southern farms.
That's why boko haram menace will be very difficult to eradicate.

Angelfrost:
Mtchewwww.... These ones never know what to do with their lives and time.

They should continue!

Africans are retrogressive in nature and mindset. All we want to do with our time is pleasure, sex and deity worship. No sense of inquisitiveness or adventure.

It was the same what to do with lives and time that made the white man discover a whole new massive continent. That discovery gave them the huge leap forward ahead of other civilization at that time.

White man also used that time to expand technology and made life very comfortable/convenient for man kind.

Black man has a long way to go if he's to escape the dung of human hierarchy.

Native doctor wey dey smoke igbo

topemama1:
I know your type. You're definitely a nurse or someone who works in the medical field pretending to be a doc. What you just described above is life-threatening asthma and that's a step above severe asthma. The severity of asthma exacerbation is graded as Moderate, Acute severe and life-threatening. I will give you an assignment- Go and read up on the grades as I won't dignify you with any further response. I mentioned that his SPO2 at home was 85% and not at the hospital you dumboo. Life is just not fair-I am a Canadian, I used Canada to my advantage and took my talents to the USA and japa while you're still here on naijanairaland typing nonsensee. The keyboard warriors

spO2 of <92% is life threatening asthma attack in the acute asthma grade. Your son had spO2 of 84 but u waited several hours in A&E. oniro oshi.
See quack forming doctor for USA. Better let your doctor story line be restricted to online confabulation. Otherwise u will end up in jail.

topemama1:
Yes we were in the ER for about 3 hours before he was seen and that was even fast by Canadian standards as my son was even seen before the kids we even met at the ER. People do wait for more than 12 hours to see doctors at the ER. In my case, the triage nurse could see that my son needed urgent attention and the nurse was very concerned and bleeped the doctors a few times that they needed to attend to my son urgently. I also told the nurse that I'm a medical doctor myself and I think that helped as well and yes he had severe acute asthma as I measured his SPO2 at home before taking him to the hospital and it was 85%, he couldn't speak in complete sentences, was having intercostal and subcostal recessions, tachypneic (RR was 60), tachycardic as well.
It's not about being black or white as my son was even seen before the white kids that we met there but it's just due to the ridiculous medical system there. The average wait time to see a specialist following referral from a family doctor or for surgery for patients with all forms of cancer is between 8 months-2 years. Some patients do die before the surgery or the cancer even becomes inoperable before the surgery due to metastasis. They need doctors but they made it extremely difficult for foreign trained doctors to get jobs there. Most Nigerians who moved there are well educated but they mostly do menial jobs. Canada is a very welcoming country but the most of the best brains and talents from other countries do shittty jobs there which is sad.
Next time, do your research properly before opening your mouth or before typing garbage. Typical Nigerian attitude! I don't have time for back and forth with you and you can believe whatever you like though but this happened at Alberta Children's hospital and yes I am a medical doctor at one of the best hospitals in Houston, USA for your info.

Your son didnt have acute severe asthma and I doubt u are a doctor. U are obviously lying.
An asthma child with saturation of 84% actually has life threatening asthma attack. He will be blue, limp and floppy, barely able to breath and very exhausted.
If your son spO2 was truly 85%, the nurse would administer oxygen immediately and start the child on nebuliser. A&E trained nurses can initiate those two without any physician input. The paediatrics will be called in immediately.
U obviously don't know the medical significance of spO2 of 84 in adults not to talk of a child.
Next time, watch how u fabricate lies on the internet just to buttress a point. There are learned people here.
Just say the waiting time in A&E even for children is ridiculous in Canada and we will understand.

Agbegbaorogboye:
No one debates the fact that Nigerian healthcare system is weak. But my point is there are private clinics that measure up to the standard abroad.
The problem is our elites' developed taste for all things foreign and are not ready to change it anytime soon.
As for Abba Kyari's the point I was making is that he was already carrying the illness from Germany and no one knew about it until he got to Nigeria.
The same Western nations first claimed face masks can't help in preventing covid before they later changed course. The vaccination programs and its inconsistencies is another matter entirely.
You seem to make the argument that our elites patronize foreign hospitals because they are very adept at treating multiple illnesses that come with old age. Well, Buhari's spokesman told Nigerians that Buhari has been patronizing his UK doctors for over thirty years. I'm sure Buhari was not above sixty thirty years ago. This further butress my point that the preference for foreign hospitals is a question of taste which has further weakened our health system of the needed resources to develop.
It's actually same malaise our education system suffers.

Read how st Nicholas mismanaged a popular top radio show host Chaz B. His death was a shock to me and most Nigerians who watched his show.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bellanaija.com/2015/10/how-chaz-b-died-heartbreaking-moments-revealed-as-wife-files-petition-against-hospital/amp/

I don't know about Buhari's health history but that guy would have been RIP if he didn't gone for that 6 months medical tourism during his first term. He was almost becoming a walking corpse before they flew him to UK.
Most doctors in Nigerian private hospital are same doctors in govt hospitals so I don't expect them to treat patient any differently. What u pay for his good customer service not really standard medical care. If they don't know it in govt hosp, they won't know it in private hosp.

Aareona:
Earlier this year, I went back in time to few years back when I was doing so well in Nigeria. The noises from friends and all nurtured the decision to move abroad inside of me. I became so restless till I finally leave. The first day in Canada was the day I knew this place isn't where I can be forever. Most of us would have come back before the time we had in mind except for the fact that I don't still have enough. If I want to travel to naija for vacation now, I will need up to $4k. If I take that away from my savings, I don't know how I can recover.

No one tells about the downside of this place. I feel lonely, depressed and empty most times. Because no one to talk to, just everyone in my workplace goin about their business. If I make attempt to talk to them, they just waive it with a smile. It's been 3years here and the people I still talk to on video call are friends from Nigeria. It's been 3years and my savings is still Short of $20k despite how much my friends in Nigeria do tell me how easy it is for me to make money abroad but I never tell them my situation. I can't wait to make enough and leave Canada for good. I know a lot will come at me with the usuall "come back to Nigeria na", please this is not an attempt to denigrate your abroad heaven, just for me to rant out and be fine

U already made the first mistake by rushing to Canada without due diligence. Don't make the second mistake by rushing back home without proper research.
Nigeria remain the same way u left it 3 years ago if not worse. U really need good money and solid connection to enjoy Nigeria. Make sure u secure at least one before coming back.
Develop online skills while in Canada and plan how to work remotely when u return. This is the most financial secured life Nigeria can offer- earning in dollars and spending in naira. U will be king.
I will also advise u to get your Canadian passport b4 returning. Nigeria can collapse anytime, u don't want to be stuck in here when it happens. Also Canadian passport offers u ease of traveling and better healthcare accessibility at your old age.
In the meantime, join a Nigerian church and make friends.
I think your biggest problem is being single, if u can locate a Nigerian church close to any university your problem will solved. There are lots of young Nigerian ladies with fresh blood willing to mingle with an established bachelor, find them.
The truth remain best time to relocate is before 25 yrs. Anything above that, u will struggle to adapt to your new environment. White people live a very private and independent lives and don't open up easily to strangers. What they call fun will be seen as boring to us Africans and vice versa.
If u feel life in Canada isn't for u, make a plan to come back home. Lots of Indians do it, it's no big deal. But don't rush things, u did well to save 20k dollars but trust me u will exhaust that money within a year of returning back home if u have no back up plan.
Overall, pls do everything to come out of that loneliness. Loneliness leads to depression and depression is real.
Exercise, make friends with other foreigners in your locality, they have the same challenge and u will be surprised how much u guys will get along if u really open up.

faithfull18:
Let's trade places . You will be fine.

In this life, knowing what you want, why you want it, is very essential. One has to live above the noise and know why you are doing what you are doing.

But OP, some people are enjoying this abroad you are complaining about, such is life. What works for one may not work for the other.

What am I saying sef, long story short, know what you want, why you want it and why you are doing what you are doing, avoid the crowd mentality or the 'everybody is doing it' thingy.

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topemama1:
It's very obvious that you haven't lived in Canada before. I'm a Nigerian/Canadian and the girl is stating facts. I'm also a medical doctor, so I know how the health system is in Canada. It's terrible to say the least. I remember when my son was having severe acute asthma attack and we rushed him to the A&E in Calgary, Alberta. we waited for several hours before we could see a doctor. That can never happen in Nigeria as terrible as the country is. I later moved my talents to America but I can tell you there's still no place like Nigeria in the world. I just hope Nigeria can at least get a bit better than the current situation that the country finds itself in at the moment.

If I take u up on assertion that your child had severe asthma and wasn't seen for hrs in A&E, you will falter.
Do u really know what severe asthma is? U mean the nurses did the child's observation, came out as severe asthma and left the poor kid in the waiting area like that? No oxygen or nebuliser administered immediately? A near death scenario with the child virtually fighting for every breath and likely having a very loud wheeze. Common man let's be real here, I thought u said u are a doctor. Whites are not that wicked even if u are black.
Most cases are admitted directly into the ward.
I want to believe u are exaggerating or outright lying.
And yes u are right, no Nigerian hospital will keep a child with severe asthma waiting. And I don't expect hospitals in Canada to be different.

Agbegbaorogboye:
Now you're making excuses for the governor's death because it occurred after he flew abroad. I'm sure if he died in Nigeria you'll brandish that as further evidence of Nigeria's broken health system.
Good you admit Buhari's son was stabilized in Nigeria before flown out. According to your earlier claim, he's supposed to die on getting to a Nigerian hospital.
That Buhari refused to use Nigerian hospital is his personal nuance. We've had past presidents who patronize local hospitals.

Again, you're making excuses for foreign health system in their failure to detect covid! But you blamed Nigerian doctors for not detecting covid in Akeredolu.
You see your bias now?
No one has said the Nigerian healthcare system is top notch. What I'm pointing out is the elites are complicit with their penchance for foreign hospitals

Did aba kyari visit any German hospital b4 returning to Nigeria? Or I don't understand this your strawman argument.
The truth is Nigerian healthcare system both public and the elitist private are very weak when it comes to managing chronic illnesses or disease with multiple complications, unfortunately these are problems that comes with old age.
Why do u think there's a sudden demand for foreign doctors in developed countries? It's because people are living longer despite having debilitating illness for decades. Someone has to take care of them.
If u see a 90 yr person in Nigeria, know that they have been disease free all their lives.
Let's not give excuse for our hospitals and politicians, they really need to step up.
Most people who had kidney problem in Nigeria that I know eventually succumbed to the ailment- both rich and poor. Some of them were being managed in redington and st Nicholas. Its like they don't understand kidney problem goes beyond transplant.

Golan007:
I'm telling you facts.

If you are ill and you call your surgery, you would not be seen for easily 5 weeks.

If you call the hot line, only based on meeting the threshold on their checklist would they consider referring you to a doctor.

Talking from experience.

Every town has a walk in centre, look for one and attend. U can also visit the A&E so long u ready for long wait which could be more than 8 hours.
U can also visit your local pharmacy for advice on simple ailments.
There's no where u have to wait for 5 months to see a doctor if u understand the system.

Golan007:
How is that different from what I said?

Try to keep up.

Understand the system u live in. Your initial statement gave the impression the waiting time to see doctor in UK is 2 months.
You can see a doctor same day in walk in centres, out of hours and A/E, even if your headache has no red flag. But be ready to wait for hours because nobody will prioritize simple headache as urgent.

Golan007:
Accident and Emergency is A/E right?

Yes

Golan007:
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We are saying the same thing.

Unless it is an emergency, you won't see a doctor.

We are not saying the same thing. You will see a doctor in A/E who will send u home with paracetamol....since u are too lazy to manage simple ailments by yourself.

Golan007:
Hope you know in UK of today, if you have a headache, unless it is absolutely reported as something that is about to kill you, you won't see a doctor till January.

That's not true. If are ready to wait 8 hours in A/E, u will definitely see a doctor. But don't complain if they send u away with paracetamol, because I don't understand why you want to see a doctor for simple headache.

Bksense:
Okay thank. Again, I attribute this to ignorance. Maybe if you get to know some of us have been to these countries y'all glorify, it'll make a little difference

This is not about abroad country, this is knowing the Nigerian emergency service is shitty. U don't need to live abroad to know that. Stop painting what is not.

[quote author=Layi4real post=118627057][/quote]Your gibberish don't bother me. Answer the important question.
How many Hausa people can read and understand ajami script? Very few.
Then why should we continue to justify it on our notes when it's no longer relevant.

Layi4real:
in the north here Arabic is Nigeria language and we speak more arabic than English infact we have more of our language borrowed from arabic

How many northerners are fluent in Arabic, how many can read and write in Arabic. Which Arabic is your Lingua Franca? U guys will say anything to justify bigotry.
Btw that inscription isn't even Arabic but Hausa written in ajami script, a pre colonial way of writing the Hausa language.
And that comes to the question, how many Hausa still use the ajami script to write the language? Nobody.
The standard and modern Hausa is now written in latinised alphabets, that's the Hausa most northerners can read and understand.
Why then do we need to continue with ajami script on our naira notes then most hausa cant even read it.
And for to imagine some southern Muslims like MURIC was threatening fire and brimstone because of written Hausa language. That goes to show u the level of ignorance and stupidity permeating the Nigerian atmosphere.

Okonandmary:
Dont deceive people by just posting job ads.

Location matters, if you live in london, you will earn according to living standard there but because of the expensive living standard there, you will spend more.

If you live in less expensive cities, you will also be paid according to the pay range there.

Some carers do earn 1000 pounds per week. In some remote places in UK they get paid 15 pounds per hour especially if it's night shift.
Live in carers get paid 150 per day, with overtime they can easily hit 1000 per week.

Don't sell your property to come down to UK. If u can secure leave without pay at your place if work, good for you.
UK is good though they struggling at the moment due to global inflation and energy price.
However, u have to be hardworking to achieve any meaningful breakthrough, UK is not for lazy people- u will get stuck.
Overall look at the bigger picture, get your British passport, invest in real estate in naija, establish your children abroad, and finally come back home in your 60s.
My uncle lives in naija but collects Canadian pension. If he's unwell, all he needs is a plane ticket to Canada. He built couple of estates in Lagos area while he was in Canada and lives on the rent. He's doesn't depend on any children to survive. All his children are well established in Canada and doing fine. Not bad for someone who started as a milk man in Canada.

NB if u know u can achieve all the above easily while working in naija, then I see no point in u travelling out
Just invest in your kids and send them to university abroad. They will pick it up from there.
Ensure u take good care of your health, exercise early in life, go for check up regularly, eat lots of fruits n veggie. Avoid fatty foods.
Nigeria health sector is weak when it comes to managing chronic illnesses- a common problem in old age.

drlateef:
I have seen at least two generations of muslims here in Uk. The religion is waxing stronger. The ones you see are those badly brought up by bad parents. The mosques are getting bigger by the day. And I tell you there are so many reverts. If you are not alarmed that muslims are taking UK by storm, don’t worry. You will soon see the effect on larger scale? I probably have lived here longer than you. And I am part of the community. You wont know what’s happening. We know.

I laff when people say Islam will takeover Europe or UK. Islamophobia in Europe is unfounded and largely based on mistrust of migrants.
I've been here for 7 years, the only time I remember Islam is when I see Pakistani. Despite the noise about revert, I'm yet to see a white Muslim in real life.
Western culture will swallow up Islam just like it did to Christianity. Western culture that destroyed other cultures on foreign soil.
Islam that is getting weaker in middle east. Islam thrives on control, remove that control and see Islam's survival at risk.
Islam is not a threat to European culture, it's strong because the 1st generation migrants are still very much around to enforce the discipline. Once they gone, Muslim will evolve to stay relevant.
Islam isn't even strong within the black community despite huge African population. It failed to spread beyond the Somali community and I don't reckon those ones taking it serious beyond a generation.

Pakistani and Arab community use threat and intimidation to enforce discipline within their community. That's culture not religion. This are people that control their women like they are properties, there are Pakistani women who have been in UK for 30 yrs but can't speak a single word in English, they are not allowed to work or make friends outside the community- that's the level of oppression and control. They use that aspect of their culture to keep the religion alive.
The above is what gives your likes the false hope that Islam will survive or takeover- it's an illusion.

Travel to USA where the Muslim migrant community isn't that close compared to Europe, and so many crazy groups in USA to cure their excesses. The African ones are converting to xtianity while the Asians are embracing western values to stay relevant.

Very good news. Can we now agree to divide the country.

drlateef:
You are ignorant. I have just come from the mosque here in Europe, it was full for early morning prayer around 6am. In Summer we pray that around 2:30am and you will see the mosque at least half full. Come tp see crowds on Fridays for jumuah. Many of the muslims are reverts and mostly Europeans. Islam is the only religion that is vibrant and attracting new reverts everyday in UK and all parts of the west. Most of the reverts are women, and they wear hijab that you despise in Nigeria. Some of them wear niqab, full veil. Many of the new refugees initially dont even practice until later on, when they are fully settled. Most common newborn name in UK is Muhammad for your information. What other evidence do you need. The islam we practice in Nigeria is not as strong as the one I found here. They are more devoted and practice it as it should be done.

That the commonest name in UK is Muhammad means nothing. Europe is being invaded as we speak, u don't expect Muslims to name their children John or Smith? Every 3rd child born in Paris is black, so?
That your mosque is full means nothing esp in UK that has a large Muslim community.
I work with their children here in UK, they think west even though they identify as Muslims. It's obvious they won't pass on the toxic version of the religion to their children. Definitely will be watered down. Give it 1 to 2 generations.
All these white revert is noise, white people get fascinated by anything new, they are the biggest converts to Buddhism and Confucianism. Is it not Andrew Tate that recently announced he's a muslim. If we package ifa religion and modernise, whites will be the biggest converts.
Who will believe firebrand muslimah could identify with homosexuals. Unfortunately that's how they think.

drlateef:
How would you not support? Does Christianity have any morality left of it? Christianity now allows gay marriage, transgenderism, using NATO to suppress and oppress weak nations, to steal their oil and minerals. Does Christianity has a soul anymore? That’s why its losing members in droves in the west. The numbers of Christians are fast declining and it is now an endangered religion. How would you not support those bringing down the morality in Islam?

Come to Africa, u will know Christianity has a very big soul. We don't condone rubbish.
U people confuse westernisation for Christianity. Even at that, some Christians region continues to fly the flag proudly e g bible belt regions in America, South America and eastern Europe.
The so called Muslim growth noise in western countries is all about the recent migrant generations. Give it 1 to 2 generations down the line and u will see a watered down version of Islam in the west, that's even if they practice it.
Or is it not your muslima heroine illan Omar that recently celebrated LGBTQ pride victory.
Islamic doctrine is getting weaker among younger Muslim generations in western countries especially in America.

pacespot:
You speak of Nigerian women as if you speak of African American women, the ones we call Akata

Is it true that most negroes are from Nigeria, that most African Americans have Nigeria origin?

The truth is Nigerian women are mini version of African American women. It's our culture limiting the toxicity of our women. That's why those brought up abroad are always too much to handle for a typical naija guy.
Yes, 30 percent of African Americans originated from bight of Benin and bight of Biafra.

Persephone1:
Define attractiveness. You do realize it's relative and solely depends on it's beholder right?

No need for semantics. We all know the definition of black beautiful woman, Nigerian women isn't strong in that department. U can choose to put your head in the sand if it makes u feel better.
Nigerian women are strong in other areas- intelligence, ambition and resource managers.

somegirl1:
There are many Nigerian women who aren't materialic but you'll probably not find them attractive enough to approach.

That's the problem. The quantity of beautiful women among naija girls is too low. Of course, there will be premium of the few attractive ones.

CSTRR:
Men that are not good enough for south African women,and made them to start chasing Nigerian men.

Nigerian women would eat South African men alive.
They are not on the same level.

U need extra strength to date Nigerian women. If in doubt try and date a British Nigerian or American Nigerian girls not held down by culture or societal expectation. U will struggle daily not to drown in that relationship.
Problem with modern Nigerian girls is they want all the benefits that comes with feminism but still hold on tightly to the benefits of a traditional woman. They want it both ways.