₦airaland Forum

It is not about me. You are the one who tried to compare it ALL to visiting an uncle/aunt in a village and I tried to draw you back to the reality some have posted on here. It is always good to ACTUALLY continue people's realities rather than continuing to compare the situation to some situation that is likely very removed.

whats your point?
do you just jump on stuffs or you dont actually know what i was talking about

read back and show me where i talked about uncles/aunts in the village

when ure done, edit all u posted

oisehumen:
No course is lucrative in Nigeria anymore.
Just study any course jare provided you have one BIG uncle somewhere; that's all. Good job beckons.

like a bank teller or what?
what good jobs come with just any degree?

will the multinationals employ for having nothn to give?

abeg

ola olabiy:
it is not bad to stay with relatives but it is bad to go back to make jest of them and their bank balances.
ok?

anyone who makes jest of either relatives/friends/enemies after he/she was accomodated for free must be a doofus

we dont need a soothsayer to know thats not what everybody does

Kobojunkie:
Oh come on!!! You and I know it is not the same. That we used to go off to the village, and crash people's houses is not same as some of the stories we have heard so far on here. For one, many of us try not to IMPOSE on our uncle's and aunts. I remember the days I spent with my uncle and his wife some time ago. I made sure to help with house chores, go with them to do grocery shopping and ran errands. How many people who come in from Nigeria to visit the UK do this in the house of their hosts? THINK!!

People here just revealed what they have really experienced at the hands of persons they have taken in. Not the same level of respect that some of us are used to according our hosts back in the village but something else.

Hello oo
maybe u dont know some people have parents living abroad or even siblings.
if i visit and i choose to stay with mum/dad wht d fck is wrong with it? or i choose to stay with my younger siblings, how is that an issue?

if the chores in ur house is the prob, tell whoever is coming to visit to bring packer and brooms as the condition precedent to allowing the,m enter ur crib. I dont know whats difficult in this- if a younger relative is coming to see you for a few days, then it makes sense for him/her to help out, but if ure taking in an elderly person, do u expect him/her to start mopping ur floor cos u wanna accomodate him/her

in my case, ill only stay with relatives if they ask me to come and i know 100% certain that even if i stay in a hotel, my hotel room will be filled with siblings till the day i leave for home. so do as it pleases u cos from all im reading, all man to his own style and beliefs.
This is not a NIN issue at all.

Same goes for the London resident that has suddenly experienced his epiphany during his sojourn in Queensland. I mean, we are all used to our uncles and aunties, and their kids from the village, crashing with us in Lagos, and vice versa. How come now it's suddenly an issue? Now that we live in the white man's country and he does not do it, it means we are suddenly foolish for doing it, I guess. The Indians in the UK live practically on top of each other, don't they?

Thank you!!!!

when did it become an issue to stay with relatives you havent seen in a while?

na wa!!!!

i seriously think we 9jas have issues

why u opening another thread when the other one isnt locked?

it starts tmr shey?

lets rumble!!

Cameroon should win 2-1

Kobojunkie:
Why? I really don't appreciate the way we GENERALIZE here. I consider it RUDE when some of the nincompoops on here assume that because you state the FACT of the appalling levels of living in Nigeria, you are anti-Nigeria or have no desires to return to Nigeria. How can anyone make that CONNECTION and expect that it is a logical one? That I hate the situation does not in anyway mean I WILL NEVER visit the place or move down to the place. The real world does not work that way.

Kobo
noo, i wasnt refering to you

i was asking Dayokanu; na my paddy for Lagos b4 he left and i know he wont step into Nigeria in 10yrs for reasons best know to him

its not about u at all

Kobojunkie:
Ok . . . I thought you meant all countries. Yeah, the Nigerian situation is definitely ridiculous in my view. The cost of Land, I still cannot get my mind around.

i swear
its totally ridiculous paying such rent in Nigeria with no visible structure/amenities

if you know how much a parcel of land goes for in Lagos, u'll scream

dayokanu:
Another NID vs NIN argument.
I have stayed in both and can make an assesment but I nefa reach to pay $27,000 per annum as rent.

But Kobo, One of my colleagues while in school was living in a condo around Michigan/Clinton and was paying like $3500 per month for a one bedroom apartment.

Whichever one works for you whether naija or Abidjan, all na abroad

which one works for u?

i doubt if u have plans to ever come Lagos again
abi no be so?

debosky:
On sabbatical leave. . . .trying to save up £27,000 so I can live in an average flat next year since Seun didn't pay me enough.

lol, bad guy

debosky:
People pay £27,000 p/a on rent and that is average?

The word average must have been redefined, and I am definitely the one who lost out.

I agree with one comment here - there is an unhealthy need by many Nigerians to compare and be better than the next Chinedu/Efe/Mohammed out there. I don't really know how much value there is in such an exercise.

thank u jare

can we close thread

debosky, where have u been?

redsun:
Why is gambling an epidemic among blacks,especially men in the west,ie,african american men and west indians?It is so chronic among them to the extent that taking their pay packets home is a always a stroke of luck for their dependents.

William hill and all the shylock gambling houses are always filled with blackmen,old and young,day in day out in britain.

What makes a man think he will be successful from gambling?stupidity?

gambling an epidemic?

i gamble o and i dont know if its endemic amongst blacks
as for me, it affects me not cos i know i cannot go over a particualr amount

OvieE:
My friend, don't just start it because I will insult you from head to toes.

LOLOLOL

no vex
i tot u didnt know u cannot be allowed to speak any other language apart from english

cos what u posted looked like french; my friend just told me its pidgin so im sorry

Olusegun was former MD of GS in London so are u saying Goldman sachs financed some developments in lekki?

be clear o cos i dont understand what ure saying o

OvieE:
UK vs. Nigeria next will be USA vs. Nigeria.

I am stay out of this discussion because it doesn't evolve us that resident in USA.

is that how you communicate in america

how do you pass across ur mssg?

I guess you did not know that a group of Nigerian businessmen
work have registered businesses in London and who work in london
own 60% of Lekki Phase 1 & 2, lol,

proof anywhere to back up ur claims?

or where are u getting ur stats from?

martinosi:
ROFLMAO!!! Oh yes it not adding up, lol!!!

I Have given you a clue how Lekki is being financed,

Go and do your homework, as you living there i guess lol!!!

oh u dont get
its not adding up cos i know what the likes of ARM and other IBs in Nigeria have done in that axis

and i can enumerate the banks that financed most of those deals

ive done ma homework o, u just throw more light on what u know

martinosi:
Money tranfers from abroad to Nigeria is 5 billion dollars yearly

Most Nigerians that have Bank Rent (Mortgages) are paying
over a £1000 a month,

You go and do the maths!!

its simple arithmetic

1,000 a month = 12,000
over 1,000 could be 1,2000 = less than 15,000

a far cry compared to 27,000
dont u think so

Haaaaaaa. . . . . . .TKB!!!!
And you have been luring me to relocate to Lagos.
If i'd died in Lagos, ma spirit for torment you.

Anti-malaria drugs every 2 weeks?
Very soon, those drugs won't work for you again. . . . .Ya body system will need something more.
Take am softly, i don't wanna come to your funeral.

if u'll be alive in 60 years, then u'll be invited to my funeral

Kobojunkie:
Every 2 weeks? That is toxic

yeah it is

you flush the toxic deposited in ur body with properly fermented 'agbo'

this is Nigeria we are talking about not London

It was Nigerian Investment Bankers in London that Financed nearly
90% of the development there and on-going development,

which banks o and which of the developments are u talking about?

do u care to enlighten me cos its not adding up
trust me, its not

martinosi:
tkb417  leave all this talk as i own properties in Lekki,

[b]if you are going by per annum, the avergae Nigerians rent in the uk on a yearly basis is nothing less than 5 Million in Naira equivalent

also remember that many Nigerians in the uk are Landlords in Nigeria
so dont get it twisted!!!,
Nigerians in the UK send £1.5 billion pounds in Money Transfers to Nigeria on a yearly basis!!!

So Lets not go there o.k!!!

Who do you think the Property developers In Lekki are marketing their
properties to?

and why are they always doing marketing fairs in London?

ok martinosi
if u notice, i dont have probs with all u people are saying; i only responded cos one of ur londoners was sounding as if living in london guarantes everythn

and as per ur estimates, i doubt an average nigerian pays 27,000 GBP per annum and oh yeah, foreign rimittances to Nigeria from all countries is about a billion dollars. so how will remittances from UK alone be 1.5 gbp. Not that it matters tho but hey, ur stats are always staggering; where do u get them from?

felifeli:
Anyone who pays that much "rent" in ANY country ought to be put in a mental hospital or is probably dealing coke. If you could pay that to the mortgage company for your own house they will roll out the red carpet for you.

hehehehe

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=459274.msg6182660#msg6182660 date=1276098478]Na drug abuse be that one o.
U need counselling. [/quote]drug abuse?

thats the antidote to exterminating malaria symptoms from my body

so i'd rather abuse drugs than get killed by mosquitoes

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=459274.msg6182593#msg6182593 date=1276098018]I remember telling some white boys that when i was in Naija - Malaria was like twice a year rituals for me.
They nearly ran away. Malaria to them is like HIV. They didn't believe my tales until i called 5 of ma Naija friends to verify.
If you tell Candy(your oyibo girlfriend) this every month own - i swear she nor go call you again. [/quote]LOLOLOL

i think im immuned to malaria now

mosquities dont even like to bite me again cos i take malaria drugs every 2 weeks

mukina2:
^ mumu


question:
can other people be invited? , i am asking because i don't want the case of what happened in the EPL, when Ibime was being a sore loser to happen again.

everybody is invited

Kobojunkie:
Who is the AVERAGE Nigerian living in the UK?

hmmm abeg make u relax, your rent is a drop in the bucket
compared to what Nigerians are paying in the uk.

The average nigerians rent in the uk is 500,000 naira a month
in Naira equivalent so let leave that talk!!!

it didnt come from me

it came from martinosi

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=459274.msg6182484#msg6182484 date=1276097198]Cheiiiiiii -
TKB, how many times does an average Nigerian fight Malaria Fever in a year?[/quote]like every month
are we complaining

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=459274.msg6182524#msg6182524 date=1276097466]2000GBP = N500,000

2 million naira per annum is 8000 GBP.
99.9% of the Nigerians here pay that EVERY YEAR.[/quote]congrats o

Kobojunkie:
A bigger part of London than Lekki. Even a bigger part of where I live.

is that where an average Nigerian lives?

Kobojunkie:
But he was not referring to an area like Lekki. He was referring to more common areas.

so where in UK is he paying 27,000 GBP per annum as rent

Kobojunkie:
When I ran the calculator with no dependents and no children I got


If your total income is Naira 100,075,000, No dependents and No children, you will likely pay about Naira 19,992,000 in Taxes Which is less than 20% and that is seriously cheap rates there if you also don't pay federal taxes.

Are people allowed to use the online calculator for calculating real taxes too? If person fit use that calculator, print the result and send it in with payment, I hope dem go take am oo cause it gives you less than 20% on even 100 million income.

yeah kobo, its around 20% circa

so u can come to Nigeria