₦airaland Forum

Thewritingnerd:
How far? 🤣 As you can see, Your beloved Trump is only going after “illegals”. 🤭

All his “accomplished” immigrant supporters will learn. Unfortunately, everybody bears the brunt.

why would I or anyone logical be angry at a man who wants to kick ILLEGALS out of the country? My stance hasn't changed. He is the president of America, for America and to pursue the interests of America. Illegals either hibernate for the next four years OR be proactive, take the initiative and do the right thing, GO BACK HOME💯😁

Las Las the people wey dem don dey throway so far no be even blacks, just like my old post you quoted stated.

Helpout12345:
And on being happy generally. You need to find ways to be grateful for what you have and what you have accomplished in life. Think of millions of people that are behind you and praying daily to be where you are.

Think of where you are coming from, where you are now and use that as a way to motivate yourself.

You have a wife, good job, good home, you are legal in the US etc. I am sure there are many you can look inwards to.

There are many Nigerians that are praying daily to be like you even in this US.

you have said every thing i wanted to say on this. While it is ok for 12inchess to vent and express how he feels, as far as suggestions and action points go, i believe helpout has offered very wise and clear nuggets on changes you can adopt to make your life better and less drab. It is especially important that you make some changes, else you risk another challenge rearing its ugly head in your marriage. Women feed off the vibe and energy you give off. If your wife tunes off or starts dissociating from you due to the setting/pattern you have described here, e no funny o.

Be intentional about infusing some joy and excitement in your life, and also in your marriage. Very very impoprtant. No one will do it for you o.

On this one, Andy Ogles dey maddd.

Trump is not the ONLY one competent enough to reverse the decay of the Biden administration. That is just bollocks.

missjekyll:
Biden has handed over a smashing economy by any measure.

https://www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2024/11/commerce-data-show-strong-economic-gains-due-americans-making-and-spending-more

Trump will make changes to benefit just the billionaires .
Last I checked ,that wasn't you.

Biden however failed woefully to combat wealth inequality . He also failed catastrophically by not punishing the Felon in Chief.
That will be his legacy. It's not a good one

NB: Buy some trump coin . #sarcasm.

I don't do crypto

Utterly smashed up economy you mean. It was the main reason baba got booted out ffs...that and their annoying hypocrisy..lol

It was the number one focal point of the election..and the majority agree, but go ahead share a link😂

RodgersAkpafu:
That's not quality of life
the fact that you even think this says a lot bout u

my guy, I see a lot of people throw this phrase around a lot, often still not grasping the simple fact that 'quality of life' at the end of the day is purely subjective.

It is purely subjective, just like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder. What you deem as a good quality of life, will differ from the next person, there is no hard and fast benchmark, unfortunately.

Wanted to chip that in today

Chukwuka16:
The UK: a rudderless island finally tipping into oblivion

Donald Trump only took oath of office Monday (Jan 20th) and has just today (Jan 21st) announced an investment deal worth $500 billion into AI infrastructure. The deal involves an initial $100 billion with additional $400 billion coming in over 4 years.

I have said it and will say it – you get results ONLY when people that have defined metrics for results are in charge. If there is anything I have noticed from my years of observation of civil servants, it is that lawyers and doctors within their ranks are the worst administrators – they lack the mental capacity to manage complex systems. You only get a difference if they have run private practices.

No noise, no drama, no media blitz and $500 billion is pouring into the US over 4 years. Compare and contrast that with the contested £63 billion the UK claims to have raised in their so-called investment summit. Lord! Lord! Lord!

Think of all the startups that will be funded across the US (hello Silicon Valley). Think of how this and more will uplift living standards across the US. Already, Mississippi, the poorest state in the US by GDP/capita has a higher value than the UK. Very soon, it will be competing with London!

Rachel from accounting is somewhere in Davos trying to sell the UK as an investment hub based on a survey by pWC while men wey mount dey announce multibillion dollars investment into the US economy. Who survey help? $500 billion and no noise. $500 billion and no survey? $500 billion 1 day into a 4-year tenure? SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Oracle’s Larry Ellison and OpenAI’s Sam Altman were there at the WH to join DJT in making this announcement.

Quoting directly from FT - SoftBank has ultimate financial responsibility for the new company, with OpenAI taking operational responsibility. Son will chair the joint venture. Abu Dhabi state AI fund MGX and Oracle are also providing funding for the project, while SoftBank-owned Arm, Microsoft and Nvidia are technology partners. Stargate aims to boost capacity to train and run new AI models. It will initially build a data centre project in Abilene, Texas — construction of which is already under way, according to the companies — before expanding into other states.

I will reiterate again, any Nigerian youth that is unable to find themselves in the top 20 cities across the US, China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE in the next 24 months might struggle to offer significant benefits to humanity. My rephrasing means even the UK (London) and Europe are irrelevant.

We are in very strange times with happenings that will shock and awe watchers. The UK and Europe will see themselves ease into irrelevance without DJT stressing himself. We can shout, condemn and talk high and low – at the end of the day what matters to residents across the US is improvement in their standard of living and DJT is gunning for that.

Now think of what DJT’s threats of tariff will do in terms of inward investments in manufacturing. Think of production sites that will open. Think of quality jobs that will be created. Think of the massive growth that will be witnessed across the US. Folks, this is the news that drives the tailwind boost you see in the US stock market. Think of all the unnecessary bureaucracy that will be removed from crypto to finance to insurance to healthcare to self-driving cars to AI etc. This is the ecosystem that supports entrepreneurship and risk. Risk is back baby. Risk is back. Now watch as US begins again to crowd out everyone from VC funds. Think of IPOs that will soon start birthing to enable VCs exit.

Me, my business is how to cash out. How to cash out from the wealth that Trump’s presidency brings is my cup of tea. I’m not going to argue about his policies because compared to Biden, his is working and bringing in the greens from day 1.

Strange times indeed. May it favour us all. Ise!

me laidis, first step is to sink my money into the US stock market, while I figure out how else I can eat from the prosperity wey dey come, from right here in naija.

All eyes will see what will happen in this next 4 years. Just like the election results, it will be momentous and undisputable. My prediction is he likely will cement his legacy as the best president the US has ever had...and this time Obama won't have any ground to claim Trump inherited anything from him. We all know what ground zero in 2024 looked like, now just watch.😁

lavida001:
This our fight na till eternity 🤣

hahaha. I don laff throway for here. This love is unbreakableeeeeee (in the voice of Westlife). I no know wetin ppl dey find for twitter, nairaland is bae😁😂

jedisco:
'Poor and lowly people from poor and lowly nations'. We can also add 'brown and black nations'

The words some of us use to describe ourselves ehn...
Is American citizenship only for 'rich and highly' prople?
Why was citizenship by birth introduced in the first place?


If a racist out there calls us subhumans, many will repeat same. We can argue for or against policies without denigrating ourselves.

yea, I won't even drag this one, I know, the adjective wey I use dey acerbic. By and large, it was a tongue in cheek statement, hence, why I used the quote. Na cruise I dey. Wetin I dey try talk be say na a certain category dey use visit visa go born anchor baby on purpose, with full intent, in other words, using their babies to further their own ends. But again, na cruise I dey. 😁

KingPure:
Shamelessness is a very serious disease. It makes a man sees himself as the only one standing, and fighting for a right course.

See what shamelessness can cause a man, I suppose that this your revered Maslow that propounded that your most holy, only true law must come from same Local Government as you.

Shame on you, should it be that Maslow was a native of one of the developed world. The only time I'll take you serious is when you and your law propounder are blacks.

shamelessness and worthlessness is when 'where you are' is what, by and large defines you. You are inconsequential both to yourself and to me.

Btw then and now, Op has achieved his aim and is happy with it. I also have nothing but thanks to God for his bountiful mercies. I say where I am on Maslow's hierarchy, I don't think like you or see things like you, exchange rate money or picturesque landscapes don't motivate me. Dakun, how is that your headache? Btw when I last posted here and now, I was in business, and things were getting tumultuous due to balablu, and I decided to get back into corporate before shit hits the fan. Because of the Lord's mercy which evidently has not dried up in Nigeria, because I had value to offer and I was worth my weight in gold, in no time I got a job that pays 7 times what I earned when I was last on the saddle, in an esteemed position that makes me happy and fulfilled, and I still have the businesses and now more funding to ride the tide. I am happy, Op is happy, only you are miserable on top wetin you no even fit comprehend or relate with.

I didn't even antagonize op, or his decision to emigrate. Wetin be my own, no one here really matters to me that much! I only found the comparison he made with the bank manager thingy very ridiculous and offensive. You wan come kill yourself on top that one

Get a life dude, or kee yourself.. whichever 👋🏼

Poanan:
How do you mean people abused the citizeship by birth? All I see in your response to missjekyII is a personal beef you have for those who thought it wise to get citizenship for their babies in the U.S. It is not their fault they can afford it.

Yes, Trump wants to end citizenship by birth through an executive order. Anything is possible in today's world. However, can this be done through an executive order? This is something that is in the constitution and will need an amendment.

Amending a constitution cannot be done in one week. Let's see how the week unfolds.

lol. That's my view on it sha, just my own view. If something is not sustainable or is being abused, I have no qualms with changing it. Let's see how it unfolds. I gather though that this isn't really so much an amendment of the constitution, as it is a direct and open challenge to what has been vs what should be the interpretation of that statute/article/portion of it. You know these things can be funny. Yes he won the house and Senate and SCOTUS but obviously doesn't have them all in absolute terms, so yes I do know it could go either way, so I'm still observing. I merely said I understand and agree with his logic for trying to change that.

The will of the majority will prevail. But baba don do wetin him talk say he go do

pS: I also was just majorly pulling missjekyll's legs. She no like my guy rara, me sef no like her babe rara..lol

missjekyll:
Dumbo's executive orders
1. Ending birthright citizenship: Long overdue. The abuse was ridiculous. What an absurdity, of course 'poor' and 'lowly' people from poor and lowly nations will selfishly use their children without batting an eyelid, afterall no be British citizen we dey read of wey dey use visit visa go born pikin for US of A. At least be legal before using your child as a wooden bridge...so so low, using babies as pawns and for selfish interest. Humans are something
2. Leave WHO: He is president of the USA. So America first. Leave and re-enter on workable, sensible and favorable terms
3. Leave Paris Agreement: Same as above
4. Say there are only 2 genders: An indeed there are
5. Immediately end all DEI programs: Still somewhat flowing from the above. Woke foke need to wake up from Lalaland. Lol
6. End working from home.: No comment
7. Pardon insurrectionists: They've been punished for 4 years. Hunter wasn't punished at all and still got pardoned. Shi happens jare. Las Las na wound dem wound person, dem no kee person. The people wey die na even rioters wey police shoot, rioters we get high BP kpai, and 4 police wey decide to kee demselves afterwards

Literally everything he said he would do.

However, us lawyers are hooting with laughter because the EO are riddled with typos and faulty lawyering . Also obviously written with AI.

Seriously he thinks he can stop birthright citizenship with an executive order. Smh

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/tump-executive-orders-list?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

(Can anybody access this link or is it behind a pay wall? Let me know if you can't access it)

that Trump speech didn't tickle your fancy? Let me see morose Kamala speaking that convincingly and eloquently for one hour at 78....Girl can't even do it now in her 60's. Haha

tunjijones:
Are you talking about Nigeria owned company or companies in Nigeria.

I know more than 50 people that earn over a million per month.

Earning 1m in Nigeria today doesn't mean you are rich. You are just average or even a little bit below average.

This topic has made me realise that there are so many extremely poor people in Nigeria especially on nairaland.

I earn more than that a month and I am still struggling financially.

that's the sad thing. Gone are the days when 18m per annum pay meant you were rich. With the economy now, you are def comfortable, won't want for much and shouldn't struggle financially (if you have your finances in order) but still won't be termed rich. Just 5 years ago that sort of annual pay can qualify as rich, but now 18m salary for a year untouched won't even buy you a Tokunbo RX350 2012. That's how you know balablu has furrrcked everyone over

Patoranking.

Dude just disappeared

MoonWater:
You people with self deception all the time. There is nothing cool about being a single parent as a father. But it's easier for a man to provide for his child conviniently without doing hookup and troubling the society with all sorts of infections

By the way, that twitter post is stylish trying to manipulate men taking care of bastardssss.

no mind the werey that made that post on Facebook. 'Oro rirun' as we call it in Yoruba parlance. They are trying to whitewash smelly sturvs...lol

FreedomfromtheT:
Really?
If true, why do the American mainstream media seem not to pay attention to that but are mostly fixated on Donald Trump being a 'racist'?

cos most people today are too lazy to do basic research, do not have a mind of their own and so will happily gobble up whatever is spoonfed to them, no questions asked. They'll be happy to talk about Trump's family not renting their apartments to blacks in 19-kinikan, but conveniently forget to talk about Biden's own well documented chequered past in same regard

Just imagine Trump saying Obama is the first mainstream African American with brains. He would be mauled till he leaves this earth😂

danvon:
According to Tony Schwartz, Donald Trump was a peculiar kind of racist...

If you are a black man and your a fighter, an athlete or a musician, Donald Trump likes you, if your any other kind of black man, your worthless in his opinion.

If you are a Jewish lawyer or Jewish accountant, Donald Trump likes you, if your any other kind of Jew, your worthless in his opinion.

Donald Trump is innately selfish and he values people strictly based on what they can offer him at the present moment, not future or past.

Ps: I'm 100% sure he didn't invite Nathaniel Bassey personally, he had absolutely nothing to do with it, it was someone on his team who did the invitation, I'm sure he is not even aware and doesn't care.

Ps: Donald Trump and his father were sued for refusing to comply with anti-segregation laws, the family deliberately refused to rent to blacks and only rented to whites.

ps: Biden gangan, not his father, was against black kids using same school buses as whites. Include this too for balanced reportage since we are talking about blasts from the past.

RodgersAkpafu:
Look Mr. Treadway

By Year end, expect that figure to balloon even bigger
IRCC has asked rhem to resubmit documents
Just wait and see when the time elapsed and they didn't submit
That's when the real alarm will blow

obviously some of them have slipped through the cracks, but not for long
Now that extra scrutiny is gonna be hanging over their head, expect more of this, and their Oluwole Industrial Complex in India get banged up even more

lol. Fair enough. Also watching to see how it all unfolds

Dangote himself publicly announced a price reduction to 899 from his gantry, to ease the pain of people during the festivities.

Some retards here were praising their Ebola god, saying what happened with sim cards is happening and that prices are coming down due to 'competition'. Which competition I no know, who dey compete with Dangote I no know.

Just a legion of people content with lies and living like dregs. I never see this kain spell before. Ogbontarigi edi leleyi!

Smh

RodgersAkpafu:
Can you see the gap....

Our supposed "model minority highly skilled pipu" have more ppl caught up in forgery than the next 4 countries put together
Now that IRCC has asked for more ppl to (re)submit their documents, be assured that that number with further balloon

As for Nigeria
We never claimed we were the "model minority nau"
we never claimed we were better than other ppl
So being caught up in fraud albeit on a smaller scale is not "headlines"

look at it as percentages and you will see that Nigeria is worse in that regard. That is over 10%, Ghana around 50% !!

I understand his rage.

I would be pissed as hell too.


But not to the extent of stabbing 14 times. I def fit dash am one hot slap for the apartment at the moment I found out she was a he

By all means leave the 750k job, and move to Bulgaria. Afterall in Nigeria, nothing is guaranteed, but in Bulgaria there are more guarantees.

Your exit from that role will be the answer to the prayers of the person the universe is lining up to replace you biko. The carousel must keep turning.

All the best.

The sister is obviously and undoubtedly a lunatic.

Sam Altman was born in 1985, but somehow was capable of sexual assault when he was between 5-10years old!?!

Ok. The wrong cocktail of drugs will do that to you

Factcheck0001:
even if baby run am

When we see any of your family doing it then we will take u serious

at least we agree I have a family, thankfully😁.

Some don't, and act all crazy as a result.

Factcheck0001:
if e easy tell your pa make e run am

girls don run am already.

Slow nigga.

Bitch nigga forming tough. Reno omokirikiri the loon😂

The Internet is replete with pictures of people like this frolicking with lions, usually with they or a ranger nearby holding a staff that the lions fear, and which keeps them under control. Not a new thing


Something that has been a thing I have observed tourists do for about a decade.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7417692642416348424/

ednut1:
This was mid last year. This friend of mine was trying to crowdfund the balance from other people. This are the kind of people that will still come here to cry. Another person that i advised to learn French is currently in the pool with a high scores. Student route especially to these mushroom diploma mills have casted yet people are still applying. Make nobody con stress me again o 😒😂

lol...from the chat sef, one can see the exact moment you became automatic enemy number 1, hater and stumbling block to his progress in life😂

Afolavid:
I no even know how I wan take console this guy, I just dey laugh for here... I no get any advice to waste abeg. Make everybody go where things dey easy for them.

na maternal go get advice for this guy lol

Las Las, all man go dey airee eventuarry eventuarry💯💯💯

zanshi:
Many years aback, my mother use to make a statement, "Move away from poor people, and mingle more with your level'', i use to find that statement to be rather classist, but i can tell you that she was right. Yes inequality and poverty is rife in our society, but there is a limit to what you can do to help people's situation.

The year 2024 has been a blessed one for me business wise, as i got to invest more of what i earned in my business but the call for help, please help me send, can you lend me request can be overwhelming.

As a hyper independent person it is sad to say that i haven't even gotten a gift from people i have helped touched their life in one way other. Even people who borrowed with the promise to pay back haven't fulfilled their commitment.

I am blessed to have a bit of financial success which i hope to last long and outlive my generation, i can't inconvineince myself to beck on everybody's call. At every point i must look at how i put myself first. So this 2025 i plead with all netizens to put themself first and discard any freeloader that may be a threat to your finances.

Quote: ''If it fininsh, dem go hail another person."

Happy new year!

I understand you...but hey, you don't have to shut the door on friends or stay away cos you are levels above them. You can still be firm in ensuring you aren't a target for leeching or being taken advantage of.

If friends bring billing stories, you sef reply with stories of your own, shikena. But don't cut friends off simply cos you're now doing better than they are. If they cut themselves off, that one better.

One idiot in the other thread posted a supposed nomination list of world's best leaders with Tinubu in it, by a twitter handle of a nobody living in Palestine.

This one here too is now posting a list of world's most corrupt leaders, as culled from another nobody with a twitter handle.

No substance, nothing!

What manner of tomfoolery is this ffs?!?

Modified: Looks like this has some merit. A cursory search revealed that this one isn't an individual with a twitter handle. Nonetheless, even this based on the likely sample size and the high likelihood for it to be skewed, makes it not as comprehensive as I would desire.

MeNmyfamily:
How is this newsworthy? The twitter account doesn't even have up to 90k followers.

a freaking nobody ooo, wey one black adult Nigerian male dey reference for nairaland just for balablu sake, that can't even spell 'geopolitics' right. Smh

An individual, Naziakhan455 from Pakistan (a bloody nobody and not a body) is the appropriate label.

World Affairs ko, world map ni