₦airaland Forum

claremont:
A very good article, and I recommend that Justwise pushes this to front page. What is written about is applicable in most developed economies. In the UK, some MPs (equivalent of Nigerian Senators) ride bicycles to their offices. In Nigeria, having a big car is a reflection of societal status.

jwillng:
All the houses here seem to be made of wood. When fire happens-the house is gone in seconds. Thats one bad thing I have seen here. Any strong wind and the house is gone. But the foundation looks Naija foundation.

PRYCE:
Wetin concern U.S for this matter?

That article clearly said "AID from the UK"

The US poking their noses into issues that do not concern them yet again!

Abi UK no get foreign policy ni?

If the UK "rubbishes" the publication, Fine! It was about them afterall.

Entwistle ko, EntREFEREE ni...

0955eb027:
@op, please put the guy's Nigerian name to let the whole world know he is a Nigerian first, before becoming a Brit. Bunch of hypocrites want to claim all the glory for themselves just because he is doing great, but the story is going to be different If the guy were to be involved in negative stuffs. They will be like " Nigerian's are always involved in fraudulent activities", "Nigerian's this, Nigerian's that. GOD bless we Country. #ibelieveNigeriawillbegreatsomeday.

MadCow1:
Nairaland and misleading titles again!!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3569318_lb11_jpegf763c1d3555e5ab0260eba1608379a1f


Anybody who stays in Lagos can identify the background of that Photograph as Maryland, Ikeja.

The Whiteboy was probably heading to the Airport to catch a flight and was running late and stuck in Traffic so he decided to drop his escort and convoy and go solo..


But typical Nairaland.. They have found a way to make it look like the President's fault.

tonytony208:
Very funny. Your title read: "obama praised buhari......" And you say it is not special to you? Of course it is special to you. There is no difference between that kind of off-handed praise and the kind of praise you give to your poor employee. We should even be too ashamed to post such degrading video.

tonytony208:
And that is special to you? About 15 seconds of attention from Obama to the president of the most populous black nation on earth? And you are happy about it and celebrating it like it is the best thing after malaria cure?! Buhari has really suffered!

AyoolaIgwe:
I just watched d video now. Obama merely exchanged pleasantries with Buhari.

SLIDEwaxie:
if anybody read the book, 'how Europeans u developed africa' they will understand that these guys used everything they get from Africa to develop their land.

From natural resources to direct cash!

And they still do it today through diplomacy.

They are the ones who pay our foolish politicians to sabotage the refineries since inception just to cart away the crude oil and send back as export, strengthening their economy even when they have no such natural resources.

Britain is crying to make us devalue because they live on tourism with no knwn technology to support their economy. Everybody knows that apart from the high standard of living. And average Briton is a poor man- almost with no savings because the government collects up to 50% tax just to keep breathing. The dollar crunch and the blind eye towards excepting education out of the forex wahala is affecting them.

Do u knw howuch they make via education to the stupid African countries alone? Billions of pounds!

Immediately our govt moved against the dollar, they were the first to feel the heat... They recorded their first low patronage in decades

Afam4eva:
This Federal Skilled Work program has always tickled my fancy but when I researched about it, the application sounded long and enduring and it seems there is an atom of luck in it.

LUCAS99:
Easier said than done. Hopefully when you arrive you will understand how the system is structured. From my observation only a very few people make it. Many more end up with just maybe a greencard and a United states passport to boast of after spending 10 years to 20 years abroad and only live paycheck to paycheck and are even ashamed to go back home.

sureb0y:
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! another I regret coming to yankee/there's nothing here/it is easier to make it in Nigeria post. I wonder the Nigeria you're talking about o. For every bad thing you can say about what you're experiencing there in Yankee, I can say 4 things about the madness here in Nigeria. The same Nigeria where stupid people praise the leaders for doing the most basic thing they're supposed to do? You vote someone into office and you start thinking they're gods for doing their jobs? Ambode won't let us hear word because of streetlights in Lagos. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it is a bad thing, my point is the standard here in Nigeria is sooo low that we celebrate stupid things like that. streetlight? really? you'll see people celebrating 48 hours of uninterrupted power supply, new cars for the Police, etc. it's comical.

The same Nigeria where you can't trust the police to protect you? You have your rights violated effortlessly. Nigeria where a man can chase a woman out of his house after 20 years of marriage with nothing just because he's tired of the marriage? the same woman he forced to become a housewife o. The law in Nigeria is a joke. There was a law recently that the policemen should stop checking people's phones on the road. loool... make Naija policeman ask you to bring your phone make you do like mad person, you don ready to follow them go station and sleep for cell be that after you don chop countless slaps. Them fit set you up sef. I don tire sef to dey think of the stupid things wey dey naija. you even complained about weather, looooool call your people for Lagos and ask them how dem survive this easter period. No light, no fuel for gen, the heat sef na die. you come dey there dey complain of weather. when if e dey too hot, you fit on fan or ac anytime or if e dey too cold, you fit wear winter clothes or turn heater on (at a large cost, I know). Ogbeni!!! no make boys vex for you o. you even get funding to study abroad with your family supporting you with money. you come dey here dey complain. lool

"I am coming to Nigeria after my degree and don't ask me why"... okay o, I want to assume there's a 400k-a-month job already waiting for you without interview. It's your decision. Forgive me but in my opinion, most of the things you have complained about are very very basic... things you should overlook!!! Racism? weather? culture shock? food? lmao... Bro, abeg... there's something they call adaptation. They speak English in yankee, it's just your accent, with time... you'll improve and it's gonna get better. There are worse things to complain about Sir, these ones are just disappointing. Drive your 2002 Honda accord, Jam oyinbo man for Lekki wey dey drive G-Wagon make policeman dey there, you go see as Naija policemen go treat you like trash. They'd treat you in your own country like a slave and treat the foreigners like gods. so which racism you dey complain about? Loneliness? you are complaining about loneliness? loooool... smh.

Young boys in their 20's driving expensive cars and leaving you to wonder how they're doing it is called sleeping on a bicycle. it is everywhere. "Even when you probe them for more answers they are unwilling to let you know what they actually do for a living". so they should tell you because you're an FBI agent? lol... shine your eyes bro. You don't even know what they're doing but you're convinced it's something shady. na wa o. If them tell u now, you go say u no fit do am, you go cast them say e.g. Bolaji wey dey Texas, na him mama mate him dey marry and na because of money him marry the woman.

hopefully in 5-7 years time I must have saved up a lot and head back to Nigeria to start a business and start a new life. lmao... Bro, This statement is even contradictory, 1. for you to believe you MUST HAVE saved a lot in 7 years, it means you're expecting to make money in 7 years, and this in turn means bad as e bad, you still think it is possible to make a lot of money in Yankee despite as u dey complain. so make una no dey come up with these kind arguments like say na die. 2. you want to come and establish a business in Naija with your life savings? omo... bros, is this Nigeria you're talking about the same one in west Africa? I don't know you o, but this idea of "start a business in Nigeria", you better think am well. It comes with no guarantees.

Only a fool thinks the American dream is to enter Yankee and magically become a millionaire and start sending money down to your home country (I'm not calling you a fool o, don't get me wrong. I mean anyone who's expecting paradise as the American dream is on a long thing). A sensible person sees the dream as an opportunity to have a better life, a better standard of living. That's what it is, an opportunity. It comes with no guarantees. Don't put yourself under pressure to succeed at so so and so age, don't use the success of others as a yardstick to judge urs and condemn yourself. Do your own and learn how to make yourself happy without these materialistic things. Some people will watch Davido videos and how he spends money and be sad for weeks, asking God why they can't enjoy similar things.

Give yourself time, a lot of it. Learn to adapt and overlook many things. Don't lose the ginger after just a few obstacles. There are ups and downs everywhere. Roll with people who have been successful with the american dream and learn from them. Unless it's in the extreme form abeg make we hear word about this racism nonsense. I can call you a monkey, you would laugh. if white man call u monkey, you go vex say na racism. Bros if you get like 9 inches down there, enter gym... get six packs, powerful arms, better chest. drink agbo wella make you get better spinal cord. see as girls go dey chase you up and down. Overlook the negatives and focus on the positives. In this life, you make your own luck.

In summary and conclusion: No be everybody go make am for yankee, and no be everybody go make am for Naija. People can complain and complain over very basic things. some will complain over taxes like the electricity, roads, etc were provided by the greek gods. No be money dem use construct and maintain those things? Keep your expectations low so you won't get disappointed. The world isn't perfect. There's hardship everywhere, don't lose the ginger. Enjoy your life while you have it. Instead of complaining, ask people as e dey go and don't sleep on a bicycle.

modelmike7:
^^^ How is she not a Nigerian with all her biography you read up there?! Even with the pic of her Nigerian father? Some people sha!

Jonathan2787:
[color=#000000][b]Yes its true we all want to travel out the only chance we get, and at the slightest opportunity we get, because of simple ignorance and because we are curious,we believe standard of living is high, my aunt who resides there for 15 years now has a nice car and bought a house in abuja, she said they are paid based on how many hours they work not this monthly salary here in naija, they have uninterrupted power supply, wifi everywhere(my favorite), no police brutality, freedom of speech, awesome educational system, highest level of civilization, most beautiful, serene environment,

BUT IN A NUTSHELL SHE TOLD ME I AM BETTER OFF IN NIGERIA IF I CAN BE EDUCATED AND MAKE BY BIENG SELF EMPLOYED, BECAUSE ALL THE GOOD THINGS I HEAR ABOUT US IS ONLY ENJOYED BY THIER CITIZENS EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT AMERICAN AND GETS A CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP, YOU WILL STILL SUFFER TO MAKE IT THERE, HINDRANCE EVERYWHERE, YOUR CERT IS NOTHING THERE, YOU CAN'T BECOME A BOSS OF A COMPANY THAT ISNT YOURS THERE, THE TRUTH IS YOU ARE ALWAYS A KING IN YOUR HOME, EVEN IF YOUR HOME IS HELL, BUT THE MOMENT A KING LEAVES HIS HOME FOR A FOREIGN LAND HE BECOMES A SLAVE TO THE KING IN THAT LAND, ITS BETTER I BE A KING IN NAIJA THAN BE A SLAVE ABROAD, HERE I DO THINGS FREELY WHICH WILL GET ME JAILED INSTANTLY THERE, A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE.[/color][/b]

lekjons:
i can't live abroad(green card wahala, racists here and there, terrible jobs, you have to be showing your green card to police everywhere like say you be vehicle, Donald Trump wahala still dey for reserve.. on top wetin), i can only go to make money! there's no place that can be fun like home!!

MyLady11:
Another way is someone to file petition for you but only if you knw some1 who lives in d State and if such person is a citizen or with his or her green card, ask such person to file u a petition but it takes 1yr to get approve and can even be denied.

mikkyangel:
That's one reason I why I feel trump will not win...he said some trashy stuff abt nigerians... (90% of nigerians...say over 3 million will not vote for him)

-latinos (their votes was responsible for Obama coming into power), and with d way dem dey born full here(wit a sizeable percentage attaining voter age this yr),am sure will not vote for him..

Leti not forget the muslims,d blacks and core white democrates...


OP....HAVE U GOTTEN D VISA? Abi u just woke up monday morning, come decide say u won come yanky?anyway like my bro said....visa lottery is closed,so u will need to
-apply for studies (new yanky rules/after 3 yrs u get greencard)....science and engineering causes ohh

OR...U come tru tourist (visitor) visa..."no worry,once u come in tru dis means,u will know d truth,and d hmnnn...will set u free "......

OR

If d top 2 options nor work,den na kokoyi (mex) u go follow ohhh...well,my friend dey here (22yr old)way follow dt way enter early last yr...she never even get work permit,she Don buy car within 6 months of arrival

LastMumu:

Bros you no narrate the thing complete joor, Nigerian youths wishful thinking has always started from 100 level in school.

100 level(fresh in school) - I'll graduate with a first class!

200 level (after a couple of C's) - l must graduate with a 2:1

300 level(Reality setting in) - hmmmm 2:2 is not a bad result. I can get at least a150k job after graduating.

400 level (some F's here and there) : Baba God, I don't want to come out of school with third class.

NYSC (After managing to scale out with a 2:2) - This NYSC is a waste of time, I need to finish this service on time to start making cool cash! At least 100k job won't be too bad

After NYSC and a couple of GNLD interview experience - This country sef don tire person, I will manage 50k job just for the experience.

After 1 year, no job - any job vacancy thread they see on nairaland they apply. Accountant needed in an Oil and gas company - applied!
Engineer with 10 years experience needed - applied!
Graduate Trainee in Zenith Bank - applied!
Dangote Truck Drivers needed - applied!
Bouncers needed in a popular night club in festac - applied!
Anything they see they just apply. As I dey now, I don apply for 5 different jobs just this morning alone and still counting.

CHRONICLE OF A NIGERIAN GRADUATE

phemmy26:
My wife and son had their birthday recently, precisely 3rd and 4th of March and I promised them to take them to Disney world . Well I fulfilled the promise and this topic would centre mostly on pictures taken through out the trip. Less talk and more of pictures. Happy viewing....

macaranta:
Do you want to fight him with your whole family?Move your family to a relative's for the Main time while you negotiate 6-months rent with a better landlord explaining your current predicament.
Sometimes when God tries to move you out of a barren land,don't fight it.

DICKtator:
I have your pardon?

How do you know he was anti-Trump?

I mean ,the first sentence never alluded to that?

DICKtator:
I'm glad he slapped him

According to the story, I can infer the Nigerian is pro-Trump or just neutral!!!!!

That slap should reset his brain and let him think better.

How can you be black(African for that matter!!!) and be in support or neutral of Trump?

Watching Ben Carson ,if he declares for Trump ehn,.....

motifoluwasolami:
good day everyone, please how good is wayne state university and how expensive is it. i mailed the school about tuition, and i am yet to get a reply

tpiar:
The pictures might not be recent.

peacengine:
Boss, this is helpful thanks sir. I am getting interested myself especially concerning the girls drooling

Boss help your boys, how easy is it to get a green card?

princey83:
not many people earn that kind of money ( not even pharmacist or engineers in their early careers.

princey83:
not many people earn that kind of money ( not even pharmacist or engineers in their early careers.