₦airaland Forum

OHOnairaland:
in other words is entertainment sin? Is pleasure sin? If we get to heaven, will there be entertainment or pleasure? In other words if have the joy of God, I will only sleep with my wife when I want to make a child. And me, I just want to make a child.

Seun360:
He must fight Whyte or he will keep fight peanut fights while AJ will be making big bucks.

Its Wilder's loss.

salvation101:
you are trying to hide behind a Bible verse, the truth is dat you have neglected the great commission and instead you have resorted to criticizing those who are actively serving obeying God...

. I also hope the book of Philippians is in your bible.
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Philippians 1:15‭-‬18 KJV

Yankee101:
What is the classical definition of preaching?

It's passing across a different point of view which you want someone who does not believe to do so.

Maybe you go talk say megaphones and using far reaching satellite broadcasts is wrong too.

salvation101:
nice to see u quoting scriptures. How many souls have you won to the Lord this year cos that is the job Jesus gave all Christians. Jesus never gave us the ministry of criticism.. Talking about packaging or marketing the gospel, Apostle paul said to d jew he behaveds like the jews, to the gentiles he behaved like them also so he can by all means save some

Yankee101:
You do not understand branding then.

That signboard is targeted at non christians or non committed christians.

The first sign of any religious word will turn them off automatically. But immediately you walk into house on the rock, it is all about Jesus. But the idea is to draw you in with dazzle.

Go and study Marketing 101 and stop running your mouth because you gained relevance by critisizing church tithe.

femi312:
Hmm..nice write up but some of your points are not entirely true and shouldn't be taken at face value 1) Whether a state is mostly white does not indicate whether you will make it or not in the state. Infact some whites are more accommodating than some blacks. There are people who schooled in mostly white states and they never felt uncomfortable, they always contribute in class, Its left to you to show them that Africans are not dull as they think. Even when they talk about racism, I don't know what racism looks like, I cant even feel it even if you racially abuse me so far you don't touch me while saying your trash.
2) You talked about rent etc and you were converting to Naira while making your conclusion which I don't agree with. A graduate student on full tuition waiver earning average of $1120 after tax with no car is better off than a worker earning #250k in Nigeria. For instance, out of your $1120 lets assume you pay average rent of $500/month, phone bills of $30, Groceries of $100 and miscellaneous of $90, at the end of the day you are still left with $400 to save for raining day. $400 in today's exchange rate is about #144k. Can a person earning #250K working in Lagos save 144k in a month? Your answer is as good as mine. Not to even talk of the condition of living in Nigeria which is very poor, someone once said 'Everything in Nigeria can Kill you' which I totally agree with. I remember while working in Lagos then, I wake up 4:30am every day and I don't get home until at least 11pm just because of #150K per month, and that is basically the life of a typical average Lagosian. How can one grow old working like that? One will die young and that is not a curse. In summary if you are in Nigeria and you are not happy about your life,your Job or you are unemployed and if or not a graduate degree will get you closer to your dream then start working towards it. 3) You said 'do you want to deny yourself of true love by marrying a citizen because you want to become a citizen' My question is, so people that married citizens are not inlove? marrying a citizen won't give you true love? That's what your statement suggests and I want to believe that came out wrongly. 4) In as much I am a strong proponent of going to top ranked and good schools, we cant deny the fact that there are people who attended top schools and they find it hard to get jobs whereas people who attended even unranked schools get jobs. There is no hard rule to this, people's destiny is different and everything is by God's grace. What worked for you might not worked for someone else and vice versa, we should stop living/programming our lives based on people. I know a Nigerian guy that finished his 5 years Phd in Chemistry at University of Arkansas and got a job with SealedAir, I believe MT is even highly ranked than UA. Most international students getting a Phd are not getting it because they wanted to but man is got to do what he is got to do and you cant blame them, if you can survive Nigeria with all the stress, you should survive a Phd on the average. Africans are known to be hard worker and resilient and, luckily Phd might you more paths to permanent resident than a BSc or MSc would (http://www.greencardforphd.com/ https://www.phdgreencard.com/). People finish Phd and end up going to work in the Industry, America is not Nigeria where no one will employ a Phd holder except Tertiary Institutions.
5) On a joking note, as regards food I am a typical Ekiti man too and my taste bud was calibrated with Pounded Yam, I don't even think you are as picky as me. I cant eat and have never eaten a typical American food like Mac and Cheese, because it is tasteless, its irritates the hell out of me and that has never been a problem. You should adapt and you can always find rice, beans,Pasta etc except swallows in any store in the US. You can get African like foods in Hispanic section in various stores like Walmart or Indian stores. My ultimate question for you, if you have the chance, would you choose your present Phd or your past job/past unemployment in Nigeria?

lettruthprevail:
I use GTB domiciliary account to send money abroad. $100 to open the account. You have to buy dollars for bureau de change operators, pay into your account, then request GTB to activate online login access to enable you do Foreign exchange (FX) transfer.

elderken:
Bro walk into your bank and request that you want to open a dom account. I recently transfered money from my dom account, though had to source the dollars from the so called mallams

Adeish:
Hi pls can I pm you?

Agbaletu:
I won't advise any investor to go into real estate especially serviced apartments. Most of the hotels and serviced apartments are not 1/4 full. We are just only three in my serviced apartment around Kiyovu. Many investors are regretting it. In fact, a lot of hotels and serviced apartments are put up for sale.

I won't also advise anybody to invest in a shopping mall. The indigenes do not have the purchasing power. If you go to Nakumatt, you rarely see them except foreigners.

TWoods:
The OPT is being actively looked at. It will most definitely be scaled back to 12 months. The OPT is not the prerogative of the school, it is a USCIS rule.

kaffy4tope:
Wow...brother you have said it all.

See how you break it down to the last piece.


I'm impressed sire.

Can I visit other neighboring East African Countries too? I love you Bro #nohomo

georgesegun87:
Please can you tell what business we can go into over there and how much can someone invest

cutieme:
Bro how do u see the country,are there prospects of making it there?How about their women?

kaffy4tope:
Greener Pasture Keh! Just going there to celebrate my birthday fam.

Is it Visa free for Nigerians?

Godchangemylife:
Hello Gurus in the house I applied to UMBC for an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering. I was told to submit some docs like Int'l passport copy,Financial statement ,Affidavit of support,

My question is without submitting this won't I be admitted.

Adminisher:
Ignorance is not bliss when it is fuelled by tribal hatred
Buhari and his types are actually the BEST for the black race. I like him and Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

The worst leaders have been the Zuma, Kabila and Hoodlums Jonathan type of leaders - weak, corrupt and ready to sell themselves and debase their countries for a pittance to idle billionaires in Europe who milk the continent of all its wealth.

I love the way they reset idle black brains that have been steeped in corruption, cultism, tribalism and entitlement that brings lack of progress.

Nigeria's problem is indiscipline and corruption and four more years of Buhari are assured.

You either knuckle down and take it or leave the country. If you leave the country to an advanced country, you will work, pay your taxes and obey all the laws as well so there is no escaping what God wants to inflict on Nigerians.

Please write it down somewhere - Buhari will DO four more years and he will have a strong hand in choosing who will succeed him as well.

TWoods:
Grace and favor does not come into play when it comes to a US visa. There is no grace and favor when the Japanese apply for an F1 visa, it's a smooth and easy process... no need for long prayers, incantations and false piety. The visa process isn't subjective in decent countries like Norway or Sweden or Singapore. There if you're qualified, you get the visa. Easy. It is subjective in Nigeria only because we have so bastardized the visa process that VOs are now left to assume, by default, that every Nigerian will lie on their application. They now have 3 minutes or less to decide if that is true in your case or not. The unfortunate outcome of this is that many who are genuine are going to be denied, not because they were not qualified, but they are simply collateral damage in the jungle that Nigeria has become.

Over on the other thread, someone was asking for "God" to bless the hustle of someone who clearly stated he was going to obtain a B1 visa to stay illegally in the US. The fellow ended it by saying that the hustle will "end in praise". I read stuff like this and i really just want to puke. For a people so corrupt, almost every page here is littered with reference to God... which God exactly? The Nigerian version who is just as much a corrupt "hustler" as we are?