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Bill Gates...Gates of Hell shall not prevail...

I wrote something against Bill gates...Nairaland banned me...shocking to say the least. I wonder if there is more that meets the eye

alizma:
She should remain there until that her stupidity wash off her brain. I listened to her previous audio and I must commend the health minister, NCDC, and Benue state government for the attention they gave her.
A test was carried out which shows she was positive but she referred to the test as kangaroo test, the banue state government took her all the way from the state capotal to Abuja in an ambulance with a team of health workers. the minister gave her one on one audience despite his tight schedule and when she demanded for a copy of the test, it was made available to her, yet she didn't want to listen, all she wants is to be freed into the society. Two different doctors approached her for treatment, she turned them down claiming she doesn't have any symptom of COVID-19. Now she is talking about being abandoned and not given treatment. If she feels because she returned from outside the country that everyone should dance to her tune, she is joking.
She is just an old attention seeking woman. Why calling on idoma people, are they doctors? She should be calling on WHO to conduct a test on her rather than disturbing the peace of her people in the village

Don't mind her. She wants to use the case to get attention. The same woman refused treatment till doctors showed their I'd card...

Kobicove:
There is hardly any sector that was spared the adverse effects of Covid-19!

Banks, telecoms, IT company's are reporting triple times their usual income

leo047:
There is nothing wrong with Access Bank's decision.

We must realise that access bank is a business, not a charity.

That they donated billions is irrelevant. That's what almost anywise thinking business would do for the PR.

It boosts the business image.

The move is not justified and way too early.

First, banks experienced some sort of boom during the lockdown with most transactions going online and also getting a cut of bank based telecoms transactions like ussd. Again, post covid...oil prices will go back up albeit not to pre covid figures. Additionally a lot of investors will come to Africa being a region not mostly affected by the virus.

I think he just used the opportunity to set a justification to lay off the diamond bank staff he inherited.

If you don't believe me...watch out for their Q2 figures and year end figures...

This guy effectively said he has the final say on what the president reads...he has to sign off before the president reads it...wow!!!

Anyone who can beat someone to seat is devil herself...this is one a one action move like shooting a bullet...this is beating continuously till someone is dead...haba

Seun360:
Usyk lacks the punching power for the heavyweight division.

wasn't impressed with his heavyweight debut against a Lyft driver, Whiterspoon.

The jury will be out for him when he faces Derrick "WAR" Chisora.

Agreed on the chisora point. But he still beat the guy in the seventh round though. Don't forget the last match for fury, he won by decision.

The most dangerous for him is Usyk or maybe Dubois. I don't fear Fury for him that much. Joshua's CV is better than fury's and going in as an underdog is an advantage...but Usyk...that guy has the fastest hand combination currently and coupled with his hunger for a belt at the heavyweight makes him extremely tricky. He is a better version of Joshua in 2014-2016. Again, Joshua's confidence is shaky after his double header with Ruiz...I worry bout that match.

Pulev is also risky due to his size.

I think one of the sons wants to shoot his leg

opebiboy:
We are in deep sh*t. Expect millions of deaths in Africa. That's the reality soon to come

Millions from your family and village abi?

More...

Doyin Adebowale, aka High Priest, a former lecturer in UI and special adviser to on do state governor had a dirty fight on Facebook yesterday. It descended into vulgar exchanges as seen below

missimelda01:
True to an extent.

It still bothers me how a mother can reject a lady her son has spent time knowing, does it mean that she doesn't trust his judgement or something. Obi is gonna be a man someday and would need a mind of his own, women should know where to draw the line.

Becks she knows women more than the way a man will know a woman...

Same way I will know a man's behaviour than my daughter can ever know a man

ONNYX:
I hope this is only applies to only large establishments as many of the smaller ones cannot run this efficiently at least in this economy.

Finally, there is a clear cut distinction between theory and reality.

It doesn't look like you have any experience running a shoe string or hamstrung budget micro business.

I am part of a management team that just decided this. It's not everyone you throw words at.

Since the Chinese came...we have been having double digits...meanwhile whybis lagos breaking away from announcing nationally?

ThisisIkemefuna:
Most private business owners won't pay salary. By most I mean 90% of them. The hardship no be joke this year for Nigerians o

Not true.

Depends on your management.

A well run organisation can still pay and absorb a months salary despite no revenue.

After a month, they may start slashing or laying off.

I see a lot of people commenting that companies can't pay...but the company should be paying salaries from immediate income. Shows poor cash flow planning

I believe this is true.

Even documented scientific cases point to this. I think due to their heightened sense of sensitivity they get to see spirits...

In short, use yansh mask

Which kain eye talk be this?


Is the lockdown over? Yes or no?

whizqueen:
My friend sent me this thread last night but I had too much to say so here we go.

I (A Nigerian girl living in Canada) will be responding to the OP's points and some other comments I found on the thread.


Are Nigerian Ladies in Canada lonely? Ofcourse we are! Are Nigerian girls in NIGERIA lonely? Hell yeah!!! Are Nigerian girls in other countries lonely? Absolutely!!!!! Being lonely is not a factor of location or person. It's about not finding the right friends/partner you vibe with.


Why did we immigrate? Bros are you kidding me? Canadian govt is paying me $2000 monthly and other benefits for losing income due to covid-19 Is that happening in Naija right now? All the money donated by philanthropist in Nigeria would soon disappear into the thin air without our govt giving explanation of any sort. Ofcourse, it's not bed of roses abroad neither were we expecting a man wrapped in a gift bag but please don't let your sentiments cloud your reasoning as to why people make immigration decisions abeg.


I personally feel attacked I recently posted a video on my YouTube Channel about finding love & online dating in Canada. It's asif this hope saw my video and wanted to attack me


What makes you think we would be interested in you to begin with? Don't pride yourself too much plis dear


If you like let the OP influence your decision and stop you from chasing your immigration dreams, last last it's up to you to decide what you want for your future.


Whilst I would agree with growing together with your partner and building with them. I think it's just shallow minded of anyone in this age and time to ask for women to chase marriage first before career. Marriage is not the ultimate not everyone sees marriage as an achievement. These days, if you crave for sex so much, you can pay someone to do it or get yourself a Love Machine, if you want a child, you can literally just buy a sperm and save yourself lots of stress. Most of us are yet to keep an open mind to these things, however if you want something badly there;s always a way to get it.


Most Nigerian men hate to see it happen, there are laws that protect women here and they would prefer dying single than to see women as their equals. A good number of them are control freaks and would rather their woman be at their beck and call for everything as opposed to having their marriage work as a partnership. Nigerian married man knowing the laws of the land will still go ahead and cheat on his wife with a girl living in the same condo with his wife. Una no even dey fear or respect una madam. If atall you really want to cheat, you cannot travel to Nigeria and secretly mess with girls that fancy IJGB crew or allen avenue. As expected, some women do exploit the situation but if you find yourself a god-fearing person and you do the right thing, no divorce laws or child custody issue would stop y'all from flourishing.


White men dont find us attractive? Laughs is Swahili
On the contrary most men of other races have FETISH for Nigerian girls and Black girls in general. Maybe not long term in all cases tho but they reaaaaaaally fancy us and admire our enthusiasm towards life. Whilst most Nigerian girls would likely not wanna go for the likes of 'Ryan', 'Billy' and co it's not cos we don't find them attractive. Firstly, Naija guys are smart, intelligent and goal oriented. You see the average ones already have plans for their future and working towards it unlike the counterparts who are comfortable with just a high school degree. If a Naija guy is even into technical jobs he would try to be the best at it and work towards starting his own company in the near future. Secondly, coping with someone with a different culture, lifestyle, food, etc is honestly stressful. I was talking with one Persian guy and he said before we can kiss or hold hands, we have to be temporarily married. The other chinese guy is only about 5ft tall, I'm just wondering what he would look like in that department

In Nigeria, when you visit a guy at home, some would expect you to know that's express ticket to get laid with them. But here if you visit a guy at home, you can be almost certain that if you guys have sex it's cos you wanted it, no guy will try to lure or manipulate you to straff them or tell you when you came to my house what were you thinking. They know it's important to ask for your opinion or even avoid the whole situation altogether.

Something the OP failed to address is that the Loneliness spans across both men and women living in Diaspora. Even the white people find it hard getting a partner for themselves much less an immigrant that would probably take some time to fully settle in. The system is built to have everyone mind their business, that togetherness or family-spirit is missing.

All the naija guys and ladies in Toronto have finish dating themselves. It's such a small city, everyone knows eachother thru another person only a matter of time before you find out that; the guy toasting you is ex with your colleagues' friend. Or the guy you matched with on the dating app went on a date with your housemate the day before. Some would be married and they would be on the dating apps lying to other women.

Some of us don't even mind going back home to bring men here, but 'em guys just they find paper. Only few genuinely love and care for you. I kuku know people here already do that as business tho, some ladies/guys now charge up to $30,000 to marry people from home to help them get residency here.

There are tons of Nigerians in Canada groups on WhatsApp and Telegram some are just for singles and you find people of age 35, 40, etc filled with both women and MEN. Some guys eventually resort to going back home to marry the less exposed girls, but guess what happens once they reach YYZ airport? Oh well your guess is as good as mine. Their eyes go open finish.

A good number of Naija guys are single and desperately finding love as well as ladies. Truth is, we all crave for love. And that's not a bad thing to want. Finding a good match or significant other is a honestly a game of chance. Home and Abroad, White or Black race finding a partner is truly difficult and if you got lucky finding that one special person, you better love and cherish them truly.

I rest my case; I am in the comment section waiting for someone to jump on my mention and before you do so just remember: Opinions are like as5holes and everyone is entitled to one. So this is my opinion, I have free time today

Link to Original thread https://www.nairaland.com/5782313/chai-nigerian-girls-canada-lonely

Dont mind him. Will u marry me?

masterP042:
Western media has brainwashed some of us. Some of us against the coming of these Chinese doctors won't do the same if it were American or British doctors.

The Chinese are more experienced than our doctors in the aspect of fighting this covid 19. They are just here to train our doctors and equip them with better knowledge. Cos currently they're the only ones that have successfully managed this virus in a large scale

More successful yet the recorded more cases and more deaths than us? Just in case u forgot our doctors have the richest experience in fighting pandemics. The current generation of Nigerian doctors have fought Ebola and now corona to a standstill and u underage them against the chinese?
Be smart pls.

So why did he attend the board meeting physically? He just exposed other directors? These guys shud know better

Doesn't make sense. We are in a digital age and age doesn't equal maturity. So you force Lagos based kids to become 18 before leaving secondary schools when in other climes, by 18 you have a degree...

Seun:
Isn't food an essential service? Very confused.

I don't think its the food but the bike plying a prohibited route

Finally someone has sense in this country.


You say they want to come and give advisory...can't they do it over video call? Some of the not to intelligent chaps here are saying america tool their assistance...can't you see the spiking of cases in the US? Or you think the US is managing the virus as good as Nigeria is?

sotall:
The number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria is more than 1000.


The number of infected people roaming the streets untested are far more than the audio figures released by NCDC

Some of you are just alarmist.


Agreed that the numbers being quoted by the NCDC may be not be accurate but if there are as many cases as yall think....people would have been dying mysteriously all over the place since the virus either kills u or gets killed in your system within 4weeks.


Again...the genetic make up of africans may be more resistant to the virus - same way foreigners die more for malaria than Africans...

Seun:
Effect Of Temperature On COVID-19: An Unscientific Investigation.

In the early days of the Coronavirus scourge, many Nigerians believed that we wouldn't be affected because of our hot weather. Now that we're testing people, we have seen a sharp increase in the number of confirmed cases, to about 210, which is still quite low for a country with 190 million residents. However many people suspect that the virus has penetrated our society far more deeply than the NCDC statistics suggest. We've noticed that people who travelled to colder countries recently or spend most of their time in air-conditioned spaces, or their direct contacts, are massively over-represented among the confirmed cases. Is this because they are the only ones being tested, or is heat a factor?

Here is the list of the 10 countries that have the highest number of active COVID-19 cases, and their forecasted temperatures for the day:
* USA has 257,790 active cases. The temperature forecast for New York is 8°C - 15°C.
* Italy has 85,388 active cases. The temperature forecast for Rome is 7°C - 25°C.
* Spain has 77,488 active cases. The temperature forecast for Madrid is 6°C - 19°C
* Germany has 65,309 active cases. The temperature forecast for Berlin is 1°C - 12°C
* France has 61,650 active cases. The temperature forecast for Paris is 6°C - 17°C
* UK has 34,428 active cases. The temperature forecast for London is 4°C - 16°C
* Iran has 31,954 active cases. The temperature forecast for Tehran is 8°C - 19°C
* Turkey has 20,012 active cases. The temperature forecast for Istanbul is 8°C - 11°C
* Switzerland has 14,169 active cases. The temperature forecast for Geneva is 3°C - 17°C
* Netherlands has 13,986 active cases. The temperature forecast for Amsterdam is 4°C - 14°C

On average, the top ten countries with Coronavirus have a temperature forecast of 5.5 - 16.5°C. The temperature forecast for Lagos is 26°C - 34°C, and for Abuja, it's 24°C - 36°C. This is a massive, massive difference! The maximum temperature of nine of the countries above is lower than the minimum temperature of Lagos. The maximum temperature of 7 of those countries is lower than the minimum thermostat setting of most Nigerian air-conditioners (18°C).

The countries mentioned above are in Africa, Asia or Europe. What about Africa? Here's our top 5:
* South Africa has 1,401 active cases. The temperature forecast for Johannesburg is 9°C - 15°C.
* Algeria has 1,004 active cases. The temperature forecast for Algiers is 9°C - 17°C.
* Egypt has 703 active cases. The temperature forecast for Cairo is 24°C - 34°C.¹
* Tunisia has 472 active cases. The temperature forecast for Tunis is 8°C - 17°C.
* Burkina Faso has 236 active cases. The temperature forecast for Ouagadougou is 28°C - 43°C. ^1
1 The Egypt data is misleading because the their average temperature last month was 11.6°C to 26°C, but Burkina Faso is a legitimate outlier; the country is much hotter than Nigeria.

The above data, in spite of the outlier, is enough to convince me that the Coronavirus likes cold weather and probably spreads faster in cold places, such as air-conditioned cars, offices, and homes. This, apart from the lack of testing, may explain why we are yet to see as many cases of transmission outside the circles of travellers and the rich and powerful in Nigeria as expected. It is consistent with what we know about other respiratory illnesses, and why countries like the US expect the disease to slow down in their summer season (starting from June).

When I see videos of Lagos officials spraying open areas e.g. roads & sidewalks in Lagos, I have to laugh, because I strongly suspect that, if they actually bothered to test for the presence of the virus on those surfaces, they'd find nothing at all because the sun already sterilized them.

Knowing that the virus hates our hot temperature gives me hope. If a cold country like South Korea (0°C -13°C forecast for today) could beat the virus without destroying their economy by imposing a total lockdown, a constantly hot country like Nigeria could do much better if we used the same tactics. We need to start testing people who have had close contact with confirmed cases before they show symptoms. We also need to enforce universal wearing of face-masks and social distancing everywhere, which in itself may even be sufficient to end the virus.

May your days be bright and hot. May your air-conditioners be off and your windows wide open (to get rid of aerosolized droplets). Cheers.

PS: I always make a lot of mistakes when I post long articles, so if you spot any errors, omissions, or false statements, please correct me.

Great analysis. I have always said the same things you raised in this article. However I worry a little for Nigeria on this as we approach the rainy season.

I believe that rather than lockdown, universal enforcement of wearing masks is the way forward. Otherwise, if the virus doesn't kill us, hunger and unemployment will in the next few months.

How in Gods name are they still allowing flights I to the country??


The idiiiiots lock up 200 million people and allow people potentially with the virus to breeze in anyhow??