₦airaland Forum

An unused runway being repaired?
This is sickening.

Governor cannot tell the difference between hydroelectric and hydrocarbon.

Which hydrocarbon does Niger state produce?

This Aminu Gwadabe guy, is he a lifetime president? He has been president of ABCON for as long as I can remember.

Starboytwo:
How many people are in bene republic again?

If Nigeria was just like eg Ebonyi, small, maybe 5 million people, it will be very easy to govern.

Don’t be comparing 5million people to 250 million people. Over 300 ethnic groups. Over 500 languages. Oboy, incomparable.

This kind of argument grieves me to no end.

erico2k2:
What are you talking about, climate change my backside, roads built not to fit purpose. They compress red mud and pour bitumen on it, you call that road?I was on that road when it was a one laned road, this has nothing to do with climate change. The failed part of that stretch due to flood is filled with white sand when I was driving fru it this year Feb to be precise. The pothole Im on about got nothing to do with flood or climate change its just pure greed or foolishness on the part of the contractors and FG. Heavy duty roads like that should be built with reenforced concrete.

Please be respectful with your comments.

erico2k2:
Im not talking about flooding, Im talking about holes in the middle of the road which are death trap

I am trying to tell you that the problem with the East West road is flooding as a result of climate change. That road was never like that in years gone by. Take it from me who used to ply that road a lot in the 90s. I am talking about anything close to 30 years ago when Rufus Ada George was governor of Rivers state. There was no Bayelsa then.

erico2k2:
This was waht Im trying to xplain to that brother,2021 I was driving on the east west road from PH enroute village to see the parents,I was on high speed when one of those death trap showed up,my 22 inch alloy rim cracked, tyre split. I was lucky, cos the road workers on the other lane told me a Camry went into the bush on impacting that hole, my saving grace i had a 3tone vehicle.it was heavy!

I drove East West road very heavily in the 90s and 2000s. The problem there is the flooding which is now besetting the landscape following the periodic dam releases.

jaephoenix:
Jealousy? Really? Jealous of who? The guy wasting his money via tithes?
I’m in my mid forties and haven't tithed a dime but I'm way better than my tithing colleagues and siblings. Matter of fact I loaned my tithing bro money last week.
Who does Elon Musk pay tithes to? Or Gates? Or Buffett? In fact, in the top 10 richest Nigerians, how many of them are Christians, never mind tithe payers.
These guys are just too dumb for me

You completely miss the point. If you are not a member of a family, you are not bound by the obligations of that family. Non-Christians and Muslims are not bound by the tithing obligation because they are not Christians. So do you expect atheists like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett to pay tithes?

Even as you claim to be way better than your tithing colleagues (how do you gauge "way better", there are also people younger than you who are also way better than yourself.

A story was done of a Kenyan farmer who only owned a bicycle, but who had more than 7 children as graduates...all in high-paying professions. People with your mindset will believe you are better than this man because you ride a car, but the man has built his paradise in his village and he is successful in his own right.

If you don't believe in tithing, leave those who do and face your own belief and let them face theirs. The same way you think they are dumb, others will think you are even dumber.

Here is another example for good measure.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veCUOwd8Ye0

https://youtube.com/shorts/3I5Cbs6eGz4?si=0BI68DdKSKx0MvqL


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gNoU3bNFg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxKI23o2LY

For those of you always bashing Nigeria.

erico2k2:
you k now sometimes you can get so used to wrongness that you 4get what is right. This is the state of affairs in NIgeria, we think potholes on road which by the way are not potholes, but craters are normal. You think its alright to bribe the police and you think its alright gratify yahoo boys!

Take a look at this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P836SYVIBI

This is famous rockstar Rod Stewart, living in a posh area of England, having to personally fix potholes close to his house!

If you think Nigeria is the only country with crumbling infrastructure and that there are no potholes in UK or US, think again.

acorntree:
Fight it out there o. Don't ever think of coming back to Nigeria till you stabilize there. Nigeria is still on autopilot, moving backward and a little forward. In 5 years time you will be happy that you leave this hell called a country. I wish you all the best in your endeavor. Please don't listen to all these naysayers on nairaland blaming you for leaving the hell hole. Most of them are not different from our greedy politician, they live flamboyantly on proceeds of sharp practices, corruption, fraud, etc and that's why they can't leave the country. Some of them who claimed they have businesses or investment here are mostly liars , their business practices are embodiment of corruption. As at today real business owners are lamenting. People are facing tough time now. We just pray it gets better. Just believe with time things will be better for you there. Don't ever look back to your vomit. Pursue your goals with unwavering commitment in the face of challenges.Face your new path and you will conquer your fear.

All this fear mongering. My wife and I built business in Nigeria with nothing. There are many like us. You can't run from your shadow. No place like home.

Athena6:
Last week I created a thread talking about how my japa plans have been crushed due to the increase in dollar.

Many adviced me to invest in dollar, this was the advice they gave me months ago but I did follow through because I wasn't sure.
My last thread hit front page and 90% of the comments were advising me to invest in dollars, one even quoted that in the past 10 years, the dollar haven't fallen but it increases every year.

One even called me a weak minded person and I am scared to take risks.
After everything I thought to myself, since so many people felt this dollar will keep on rising, maybe I should invest afterall life is all about risks.

Well guess what, dollar have decreased, I invested 3M in buying dollars and now in today exchange rate. I have 2.6M now and I either cash out now or hope it will increase.

Right now, I am very angry.
Those giving me advice should come and contribute the 400k for me o

Another thing, do you think the dollar will increase or should I just cut my loses.
I am so tired 😫

Hahahahhaa!

You know nothing of the fundamentals of the currency market. If you did, you would have held off buying any dollars now, knowing that CBN was expecting a huge amount of money that would be used in settling all deliverables. They even announced it well ahead of time.

The Naira will gain short term but remains fundamentally weak long term. If it was when there were still intervention programs by NIRSAL at 9%, I would have advised you to take a Naira loan and use your current US Dollars as a collateral (either you purchase a dollar-denominated asset whose value won't depreciate such as a 2-year US Treasuries note at its current 5% interest). With time, if the Naira remains fundamentally weak (which it will as we don't have reserves, we are still trying to unwind the crude oil swap deals and there is still heavy pressure for imported goods such as petroleum products, aviation fuel, medicals, school fees, etc), you can liquidate the USD asset and get a gain on it via the exchange rate which you will use to pay off the Naira loan and its interest.

Jimoh Ibrahim pulled it off successfully and walked away with all his properties that AMCON had seized all intact.

The hotel can be sued for it if payments were made.

Jennyclay:
I like this rule!!

Good judgment!!

Registry wedding is a must for me!!

All marriages, be it in church or in court are all registered with the local government registry. Don't you know the procedure?

The minimum wage is sacrosanct as it is an act of parliament.

Any company paying below minimum wage is committing a criminal offence.

NUEE is Ajaero's union. He was their president and seconded from there to the NLC.

NLC is composed of several worker unions. Oshiomhole was tom the textile workers union. Ayuba Wabba was from the health workers union. Ajaero came from NUEE.

adeblow:
Depends on what u do. I came to England 26th of September, 2023, I am an IT person, saw a computer warehouse where they recycle computers in my neighborhood in Birmingham and walked into it to notify them I was available for jobs. They asked of If I could fix Computers and tested me for 3 days. And I passed. I've received my first salary for 40.8hours which is about £462 thereabouts. I've also downloaded nextdoor app to notify neighbors that I fix Computers, I got a message from a primary school teacher to format her PC and fix RAM. I made £75 from that. Just bought a bike from facebook marketplace to aid my movement. I'm walking into a local pizza delivery shop to notify of my availability for deliveries on weekends.
Japa isn't for everyone. U need skills to survive.

God bless you sir. I owe you a bottle of palm wine for this. It is nearly 8 years since I published a post here on Nairaland on why it is necessary for people to acquire practical skills. It is obvious the OP is totally skill-less. Tayo Aina the travel vlogger interviewed a Nigerian car electrician who now owns a massive repair shop in South Africa. His story is an eye-opener. Made 60 rands the very first day after he landed. He did not even have a place to sleep.

We don talk talk talk, still they won't here. Japa requires strategic planning. I can't even understand how someone with access to N30m is thinking of leaving the country. To do what really?

fullclub:
and i have 12 months to complete a programme. i have over 9000 pounds to pay as school fees.

the 3000 dollars i came with is almost exhausted. on expenses trying to settle in

school on my neck

i have a friend in Middlesbrough whose school wants to throw out this month end if he didn't pay some percentage of fees by month end

You bit the fruit. Now you have to endure the taste.

casualobserver:
The person who sponsored them is also stupid by rewarding bad behavior with sponsorship. You are security guards dancing on duty and rightly got sacked. What did he expect?

The Apostle was chasing clout and God used the entire saga to humble him and show him the error he made in sponsoring those two boys.

Hamas attack israel but instead of facing Hamas, who they cannot reach, they strike innocent civillians. They don't even care about their hostages anymore they are only interested in blind revenge. Most of the israeli hostages will end up dying from israeli bombs anyways.

Wishful thinking. Who is an innocent civilian?

DiscoverID:
Nothing new here, it happened in portharcourt during the golden days of militants. When the likes of Saboma George and his island boys held portharcourt to ransom, measures were taking to protect ordinary citizens including raising your hands when you approach a military checking point, shoot on sight, shoot now and ask later and more.

Like ipobs terrorists like Hamas terrorists, you become legitimate military target once you take up arms and start killing soldiers. As such, they must be eradicated even with heavy civilian casualties, they must be exterminated.

Happened in Bayelsa in 2006 - 2007 when the soldiers were deployed to keep the peace there. Everyone was searched, including cars and all this within Yenagoa town. Yours truly was also searched physically. I have never been to Bayelsa again since.

uncleck:
Only your number one makes sense, other points are trash. Let me explain briefly.

~learning a skill does not make things better for you. Majority of people with skills in your community are dying of hunger. Let's take content creation as example. For every successful content creator you can think of, there are hundreds of thousands of others who failed. Most okada riders and taxi drivers in your street have skills, but they are not paid well. Someone will buy material worth 5 million naira but would find it hard to pay the technician that will use it and work ordinary 100k. And because of surplus supply of skills, you might be lucky to get a job once in two months depending on what you so .

~You mentioned God. From experience, I have never seen any country on earth; any society on earth that God helped to develop. Sometimes I wonder, the God that rained mana from above for the people of Israel, is he dead? Because there are way too many malnourished people on this earth

The people of Israel still murmured and rebelled against his provision of manna and quails. So God decided to end it. Most people despise things they get for free or cheap. Look at those two Happie Boys. Their story is a classical case of ingratitude and how it usually ends.

shortIGBOman:
IGBO Man, Dangote is bigger than all the Igbo men in this world.

No Igbo rich man was made by government patronage or by being a government cronie (maybe Emeka Offor). Most are self-made and are products of the 20-pound policy of the civil war and the government policy that locked them out of the civil service post-civil war. That was what forced them into trading and they made their way from there.

No ethnic group can survive what the Igbos have passed through from 1966 to date and survived. They are resilient and I admire them. Not like my Niger Delta brothers who only know how to drink Sapele water and fck even during working hours.

PDPdestroyer:
Crypto is one big scam. It has ruined many lives
Meanwhile, the Naira is gaining massively, I'm in trouble

Guy, I used two crypto trades to generate money for rent and living expenses for 6 months when I was abroad. Even now sef, I dey use am dey generate money for fuel. My jeeps use 42,000 fuel in four days. How I for manage am?

No dey talk wetin you no know.

The guy in the frame at 0:47 has obviously been beaten. Look at the left side of his face.

The bombings have really done serious damage to Hamas.

Esude007:
it is the second most exported cash crop after cocoa.... A bag is now #135,000 now... From #150,000

I actually have sesame planted on half a plot which I was told can yield me up to 1 bag of N100,000. I did not know the price has gone up.

I wear mine once.

Evestar200:
The comments here show some people are still living in 2015 not in 2023.

That food is worth over 2k apart from some few places in the North.

Some people are even saying they will use 2k to cook delicious food in this present Nigeria.

Go to the market and see of price things.

No mind them. Let them even check out 2,000 firewood in the area my farm is located where the locals have mowed down all the trees. You cannot use it to cook three times sef. I purposely refused to mention gas. Where poor man wan see gas to fill at N1,000 per kg?