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Annnonymous:
Not in his mind. He is a Rapper

Tell em

Post more pics na

EVILFOREST:
I will SHOCK U....with my write up.
JOB SATISFACTION doesn't only come with pay, but with work environment, respect and regard for fellow humans as well as security of lives and properties.

These are some of the examples u get to hear from people relocating especially BANK MANAGERS and doctors.
Most MEDICAL DOCTORS in Nigeria, know what to do but they are limited during practice due to work environment, infrastructural decay, lack of security and eventually striving to get paid after doing their jobs.

Even as a WEALTHY MAN in Nigeria, u are not still safe spending your money. U ply roads with armed personnels and how long will such be...?? Knowing how the nation is being defamed daily.

Now BACK to the topic:
Please, think overseas first, especially the USA.
Most menial Jobs there will give you at least 1500USD every week.
House Rent 700USD monthly.
Power: 70USD.
Health Insurance guaranteed to any level, including surgeries and cancer treatments.
Meanwhile, FOOD is so cheap.....
That's why they look obese..

No matter how useless one is over there, he or she should make at least 700, 000 Naira monthly after deductions..... that's for the most miserable job offer there.

Now if you are paid such in Nigeria and your neighbors or relatives get to know, then you are in soup, for your value is now KIDNAP oriented.

You are right

41m out of 320 m people is an abysmal score for USA...

In a land of plenty, 42m are still suffering.
Too bad


Well at least it's better than Nigeria sha, with 70% poverty and relative hopelessness

oreayo2011:
I feel so sorry for Nigerian youths,you all quote foreign media about the success of foreign ventures but yet refuse to celebrate your own.Iron man made 100million at the weekend box office,Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man worth whatever billions,Apple makes more profit yearly than Nigeria's budget.....Yet a smart woman who worked for 10 years in a place most of you fast and pray to work (Exxon Mobil)at an age lower than most of you are currently are,moves on to do other things her mind wanted to do and we can see the result of an exceptional mind.
If she had stayed in Mobil all these years,who would have initiated the format of talk shows that were not mere content without the accompanying income?Who would have employed all those studio hands,the gaffers,the sound guys,the audio engineers,the editors?Who would have thought of what to do with Tinapa in Calabar(a very celebrated project that died a very quick death)
Have you watched Ebonylife TV,the crystal clear quality,the sound,the attention to detail,and our attempt to meet regular standards out there?
We sit behind laptops and phones and condemn what should be our future dreams.When Mo Abudu leaves a hefty inheritance for her grand kids,your children would probably be lamenting about how unfair the world is not knowing their dads or mums in the noon of their lives were just cyber warriors(all talk ,no thought)
I wont chide and not encourage.The success of the thirty days series by AY and wedding party 1&2 is an eye opener to budding entrepreneurs.Tunde Kelani and Kunle Afolayan have been making great movies with a great cinematic ethos but they havent found this kind of success because of one missing ingredient called 'MARKETING' which Mo Abudu and her team have to a large extent gotten a hang of.Hollywood is over a hundred years old which means Nollywood would outlive us all and it will only get better.To all of you in the abroad asking if we watch movies in Nigeria,yes we do and in droves too.Do you watch movies in the country where you are resident?I guess not,as dem wan use work finish you,if you are legal that is(those who know,know).
For those waiting to download a pirated copy,somebody somewhere is working really hard to give away your sweat for pittance and that is not a curse,it is called KARMA.Food for thought,the highest paid actors in Bollywood earn millions of dollars in a poor developing country like India because they kept at the cinematic culture and proof is that some of you or people you know are hooked on ZEE World.Countless jobs have been created over the years in India and the actors make a very decent living.
So our dear cyber analysts,what difference are you going to make today that will positively impact tomorrow?

Don't mind all these people

Xda59:
IBB killed so many innocent people in cold blood, and institutionalized corruption in Nigeria. He laid the foundation of our suffering back in 1984.

Ignorance


IBB was not president in 1984.


But he was a badt guy mehn

junglep:
There has been an uproar all over the west, but in nigeria we blame the victims, we don't stand up for our people. Nigerians have to be the most wicked set of people. Start having empathy for yourselves and stop thinking like animals.

You are so right..

Nigerians in general lack empathy for each other

sad

anonimi:
Is that why the SW delegates voted for Secondus


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Don't mind these foolish SW tputs online

Most delegates from the SW voted Secondus over The prof.

So they have been crying and talking rubbish since their preferred candidate lost the chairmanship


Saying all sort of things like pdp is dead in sw bla bla bla

edupedia:
....stop bringing in APC into your crooked and dishonest plans.... sebi u flat headers want to be chair of PDP as well as the VP. to Atiku?...abi?..u plan to control the PDP with the resources of the states u control...continue with your I BEFORE OTHERS plans....no one is surprised...go on and turn PDP into a regional party.... but stop linking APC to your obvious greed...all Nigerians are watching u with amusement andare waiting to see where it will get u...Nonsense and ingredient...

Why are you guys crying?

wasn't that the game played by APC played in 2015

iliyande:
There is nothing like respect again oo See as Nigerians dey disrespect baba buhari anyhow

Same thing GEJ suffered

Most of the people insulting are younger than some of his children

madgoat:
HIV is not real ; doesn't exist. Its media propaganda and just a thing of the mind. No one has ever really had the so-called AIDS.

Magic Johnson had HIV /AIDS

go and read about him

Charlie Sheen has Hiv /AIDS too

cstr1000:
Jesus did not disown it. He actually gave a condition for their redemption.

Jesus and his Disciples are Jews. Christian historical sites are currently in Isreal which is secured under Isreali Control.

You can play the humanity angle. Don't play the religious angle, because Christians have 1000 reasons to support the Isrealis.

That's not true

You sheepie Christians know nothing mehn


Jesus cursed the Jews for rejecting and killing him, and the curtains ripping apart in the temple after his death, and the Romans desecrating the temple and burning Jerusalem was the nail in the coffin.

Israelis hate Jesus, and KILLED him even tho Pilate couldn't find any fault in him.

They still practice Judaism and read the Torah, not even the bible.


Go do some more research and educate yourself

Follysho707:
OMG! I'm really appalled at the level of ignorance on display in regards to the love for Trump on this forum. Could it be as a result of mis-information or sheer stupidity? Well, I don't blame you all. There's a reason 9ja as a nation is regressive... now imagine having 200 Million mumu's like you all fused together in a nation... DISASTER!
A guy that have caused turmoil, bitterness and commotion all over the U.S and the world. Will Nigeria EVER progress sha?

It's sickening honestly.....


180m mumus indeed

grandstar:
The Jerusalem that Jesus disowned and has no religious significance to Christians? Matthew 23:37,38, John 4:20,21


Did the Jew's not reject Jesus?

Don't mind all these mumu black monkeys

Common sense they don't have

To them, Judaism=Christianity

Rubbish

Alcatraz005:
He would win 2nd term easily irrespective of the wailing of liberal, gay loving, globalist democrats. The majority white population of the US would vote him for a 2nd term and mike pence would do his 8 years.

What I don’t understand is where a Nigerian gets off insulting the President of America. What are we doing right here that we should be concerned with who Americans vote as their President?

Don't be too sure he will win a second term


He could lose, depending on who the dems being forward.

But if the dems bring a mumu, then it's a shameful win 4 trump

Alcatraz005:
So what is wrong with trump? The American people love trump and this useless and poor Nigerian seeks to make fun of Americans because they voted a President who has kept all his campaign promises.

You must think your worthless opinion matters. You don chop?

Smh

A lot of Americans despise trump

shaybebaby:
Trust me, you don't want to see Nigeria house in the UK.
Even outside the shores of Nigeria, we are still representing.. Our shîttiness.

big shame

Alcatraz005:
Our haters are in trouble. Now they have to live in our lands and see us do what their leaders cant do. What a pity. We would eventually push them out sha whether sooner or later.

Are u well at all

Alcatraz005:
We need leaders that would protect the homeland and the people of the region. I commend him for his work and i specifically urge him to concentrate on lagos roads. We also need to reclaim our assembly seats that have gone to outsiders {We can exempt people of the SS, they dont hate us that much} back in Oshodi/Isolo and Ajeromi Ifelodun. Tinubu needs to get our legislative seats back. It is very important.

What is this one saying sef

agbangam:
Looting party, party for d thieves, only thieves and children of looters plus their family members will vote for dem. The one in Delta state keeps commisioning filling station, 4yrs is gone and he has nothing to show for it, d one in Port harcourt has turn his state to a killing ground, wat of Ekiti, he has been building one fly over for d past 4yrs.
Useless party, filled with thieves.

And to you, APC governors are better?

Aregbese has ruined Osun state

etc

2019 will be so very interesting
Let's see how Buhari will win.
BMC has been on overdrive since...
Let's see how that will save him

onatisi:
seeking it is the issue , it isnt a crime to do foreign collaborations , but chasing it as if a career depends on it is not the best. look at an artiste like 2face ,he doesnt go round seeking foreign collaborations and yet anywhere he goes he is highly regarded and respected . dbanj thought seeking foreign collaborations will help his career , it didint. now he is trying to come back to his roots . davido too tried it but quickly retraced his steps back and we can see the positive results today

But Wizkid has gone international and is better off for it.

onatisi:
that is the problem with Nigerian artistes and that is one reason why fela will remain the greatest
why do Nigerian always seek foreign collaborations in order to get international fame
if you are good , they will come looking for you
i respect davido , he is doing his one man army thing and the whole world is gradually taking him serious and looking at him
"IF "made great impact in Brazil and in many other latin and spanish countries
all these foreign artistes dont give a shit about African singers , dbanj learnt that bitter truth after wasting years with them

It's not a crime to seek foreign collaborations

*Following*

efighter:
The 2015 presidential election was between APC and PDP. At the end of the day, APC won. The 2019 presidential election is going to be between Igbo, South-Southerners and middle belters on one hand versus Core North and Yoruba's on the other hand. It is going to be between those who impoverished the country on one hand and those that want to change the statue quo. Let's see where it ends.

Atikuchukwu was VP for 8 years, yet the only change he made was selling the nations assets to himself and his friends. He sold NITEL to himself, established a personal company called Intels to inspect goods at all the nations entry points and give peanut to the government. Used stolen wealth to established an expensive elite university. Sold NEPA to himself before Yar'Adua reversed the sale. Yet, he wants to come back. Even if Atikuchukwu combines presidential ticket with Goatluck Jonascam, world bank house girl Okonjo-Iwealla and ex-convict James Ibori, the masses will still stand with Buhari to defeat the looting elites.

I stand with Buhari. What about you?

Standing with a serial failure

Continue

dieBYfire:
Very True! Do you live in Hamburg? Lebest du in Hamburg ? Ich wohne in Müchen, aber du bist sehr richtig ! Bitteschön !

Du sprichst gut deutsch
Aber es is Lebst, nicht lebest
tschüss

Englishboy:
I'M A LIL BIT ANGRY(MY FRUSTATIONS)

My Parents worked so hard to raise us well and to give us the best in Life. I used to imagine and wish having my own house and 5 cars parked in my compund( EOD, EVIL SPIRIT, MUSCLE, PENCIL AND VENZA each one serving different purposes), I used to tell my friends rushing abroad that "I will stay in this Nigeria and make it big time"..

Jan to Aug 20xx is the day i can never forget, it was during my nysc and infact I have never experienced that kind of sufferness in my life. my friend and I wld buy 6 groundnuts and 1 sugar to drink garri everyday to the extent I became a well know customer there. Along the line Mr A and Mr B came to my rescue.

They housed me, fed me for free(they saved me from sufferness) and treated me like their own blood. As time goes by, I realised my WISH and IMAGINATIONS are washing down the drain and that was why i took a step of faith in seeking for greener pastures.

Sept 20xx, I saw little money after my first Visa denial and I was telling my friend that I will stay in Nigeria and make it in life(Of course I was fooling myself), My Parents are retired and inturn looking up to us(their life investment) but I myself was looking onto God.

Jan 2 20xx, I left Nigeria and some people on fbk messenger will be asking me when am I coming home all the time? My question is HOME TO DO WHAT? I have known people that has spent over 5 year in America that never came home to settle down, You are saying me should come back home.

I lived in a small town and Just moved to Chicago. Chicago wey Obesere dey use sing back in those days wey i dey always dream of, I never spend up to 30 days here feeling the real america and pple are saying I should come home. Do they have something for me at home or just acting like my Village people?

America that I stepped my foot on rekindle my hope that my wish CAN still come true and it WILL come true. America has changed my thinking and it still changing my thoughts to "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE".With God all things are possible.

I used to pass through O'Hare Airport and admire those airplanes A380 and 747 but i have never once imagine myself in that plane coming to Nigeria. My real Nigeria is in America. America even without $1, I get hope i will eat 3 meal a day, something I can never guarantee in Nigeria without money, America that has made me realised I can be whatever I can be without cutting corners. A day job in America is some people 2 months salary in Nigeria


My answer to you people asking me when am I coming home is simple. I and Nigeria are like parallel lines(for now). I ain't coming nowhere. I have endured sufferness in Nigeria, when it gets better, I will only come and reap the sweetness and come back here again. I HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH IN NIGERIA.. Tell your leaders to fix up Nigeria. I even sleep in a house without burglary proof without any fear.

I am full blooded Nigerian but God Bless America.

Apologies to people living in Nigeria but I gave up on Nigeria loong time ago.

Thanks to my american wife that took me out on Nigeria

Signed

You dey vex o

BlowJobs:
The big difference I have seen here in the US concerning justice is that Whites are always given the benefits of doubts when a crime is committed. It is as if people just automatically assume that White people don’t do crime. People and the justice systems make excuses for whites committing crimes. I have seen it several times happening.
So, black and white people don’t really get the same justice. Working with guy M, I have had stories upon stories from them (guy M and R) how they use to party while younger, do drugs (cocaine, heroin etc) over and over and over. Now in their 50’s they have been sober for a long time, clean up and own their business and doing well for themselves. I have been told the same stories about people close to them. Majority got clean and are well to do now.
The thing is when it come to AA, no one give second chances. You don’t get that second option of going to rehab or getting clean. You get jail time. Go to jail for some years, you come out, it stays on your record, you can’t get a job or carry out some certain functions. You kinda end up in the cycle.
I am not making excuses for anyone doing crime. I am just saying that When it comes to Whites and Blacks, People want white teens/young adults to just be kids and make excuses for their irresponsible ways by saying “kids will be kids” but when it comes to the same black kids, they get to face the full wrath of the justice system.

True sha.

ladycomfort:
so many people are not happy because they are still in nigeria

go try your luck for walter carrington nah

That's the nature of many Nigerians

Don't mind them; D

Qc1:
The guy is actually right. I've spent almost 25 years here and I can tell you that it's extremely tough to save $400 per month on a $55,000 annual salary, I'm not saying you can't but its very hard especially when when you're paying $1200/month for rent, $100/month for electric bills, $70 on phones, $250/month on car insurance, $250 on gas/month, $50 on cables/month maybe $400 or less/month on food the rest can't even be accounted for like credit cards bills, line of credit or over-draft, olosho etc.

The thing is, you pay up to $17000 in taxes alone from the $55,000 depending which states you reside, then if you owe back-taxes, IRS might garnished up to another 10% of whatever that is left after basic taxes and deductions. By the time you get your pay cheque in your account bi-weekly, you don't even have enough to cover your rent let alone to eat. This is why you have more than 10 time the number of homeless people in USA compare to Nigeria. I don't want to scare you but it is inevitable. Take the current US President for an example, he was once almost homeless too. (google it)

It's not that you cant make big money, it's just that you can't save it (easily).

Nigeria on the other hand, once you have a mindset of doing everything by yourself and ignore the government, that is just the beginning of wisdom. Naija is a shit- hole no doubt but it's also a country where you can bend the rules to your advantage. And for only that reason alone with determinations, the sky is not the limit but the beginning. I'm not here to preach, all you need is N500k.


Before you or anyone call me names, please click on my moniker and read some of my posts dated years back on this topic when I decided to relocate back to Nigeria.

Stay blessed!

The guy is WRONG on that premise that Americans suffer more than Nigerians

How can a developed country suffer more than a backwater third world country?

Poverty is everywhere in Nigeria,

9jaDoc:
It is not about some mythical "making it". It is about living and enjoying your life within a system that WORKS and is reliable. Just about every person you read was shot by police in US their families are paid millions. In Nigeria it ends there. U can be rich in US with no fear of being kidnapped by anybody. Not so in Nig. Drainage, garbage disposal, food and drug inspections, prescription system, hospitals, emergency rooms, universities, etc. Everything WORKS and is well equipped. Why trying to compare two things that are not comparable. Not only is the system in 9ja broken, I honestly think it is beyond repair. Just being honest.

Help me tell timesup234

To him, and the rest that think like him, ECERYTHING is about money


The Nigerian system is ROTTEN, and even if you have all the money, you will still deal with the rottenness.


But to many Nigerians, making plenty money to rub it in the face of multitudes that do not have, to feel better about themselves is all there is to life


As for my kids, they will not step foot in Nigeria

LordAdam16:
For factory job.

Which is embarrassingly low because in China, with all the population and cheap labor, factory jobs are over $1000/mo.

You make valid points, but I could slam you for the same reasons you're slamming others.

NIGERIA is a sh*thole. That is a fact.

That you're able to make it. Or that less than 10% make a decent salary does not make it any less than a sh*thole.

Most people are not living in Nigeria, they're surviving.

There's a reason why America is called the land of opportunity and the West welcome immigrants (well, until recently); while here in Nigeria we emphasize on connections. Whoever has connections in any part of the globe will get better opportunities. Simple as!

However, the average person would not always have these connections. That's why people go to school (or some higher learning institution) to get vital skills and improve themselves so they can get jobs based on merit and are able to live comfortably.

Trust me, if you can make $6000 annually in Nigeria, you can make $60k annually in the West. You say you do freelancing and you think that's some big deal.

Well, let's see. In the West, one could buy a new laptop with a credit card, or pay in installments. Get grandfathered in for cheap with 4G internet (not mobile broadband) or go to a coffee shop and use WiFi for free. Electricity is cheap and constant. Rent is the only big issue, but you can stay with a roommate or go live downtown. And here's the important fact, rather than rely solely on platforms that could axe your account anytime, you actually have the leverage of contacting local businesses and entrepreneurs locally for better paying gigs.

So, you see. If you can hustle hard to make it in Nigeria as a freelancer, it wouldn't even be a struggle for you in the West. And if all else fails, there's always the option to flip burgers at McDonalds or sell popcorn at Target for $11/hour. And have a second and even third job to boost your finance.

Can someone make it in Nigeria? Yes. But let's not mislead people to believe it'll only require the same effort it'd take to make it outside the shores. It'd take considerably more. Unless, you're deeply connected or extremely lucky. To be absolutely clear, that's not how things should be. Running a business in Nigeria is insane.

And here's the most important factor I've not seen mentioned in this thread, life in Nigeria. I hate it. I can't even bring myself to read some stories on NL anymore. I don't keep up with the #EndSARS campaign on Twitter because the stories shared by fellow Nigerians make me sick. Literally. And to know nothing will be done about it just makes me more bitter.

This is a country where the Airforce killed innocent refugees apparently by mistake and nothing happened. Nothing came out of the investigation and nobody is bothered. Nobody out of almost 200m people is bothered. Every week women are raped, farmers are killed in my home state by certain untouchable people and it doesn't even make the news. Even if it does, we are all content with displaying momentary sadness on social media, and practically 60 seconds later we don't give a sh*t. No protest.

People die and live like dogs and no one gives a sh*t. Not even the deeply religious people.

It's like we've become conditioned to barbarism, we think this is all life can offer, and the only thing that matters to us is the size of our bank accounts. Because deep down we all know it's the only thing stopping us from being bundled accidentally into a prison and left to rot for a fabricated crime. Or to protect yourself from criminals. Or to give yourself a semblance of a normal life and numb yourself to the harsh truth that is the Nigerian way of life.

I don't think you've ever sat down and thought about how many people go missing in Nigeria daily. The skulls being sold for 2k, who were those people? Someone earlier today was drawing attention to the fact that her brother had been missing for 7 years after been taken by SARS. That could be you. Taken, killed, dumped in a bush or in a river. EOD. Case closed. No missing person's report. If there is, it's just another file or name. The killers will be out the next day scouting for their next victim. At the end of the month, they're paid by a government that claims to serve you. Unless you are connected to a top politician or a top businessman or clergy or let's just say a high ranking member of the society.

I honestly cannot respect anyone who looks at this Nigeria, where laws aren't worth sh*t, and says it's a good place to live in because some happen to have more money and live in gated communities in Lekki or Asokoro or in high-brow neighborhoods. It feels like it's a living hazard to stay in Nigeria as an average Nigerian.

Making more money doesn't make your life better. It just allows you to game a system rigged to cater to the highest bidder to the detriment of the average Joe and Jane. And you don't mind and you don't care. Because you know it's either you or them.

I know for most Nigerians, none of this matters. You could care less if Dangote's trailer mows down everyone in your street, as long as you're the only one who makes it out alive. It'd make for a good testimony on Sunday. Every other person be damned. No one would call for the Dangote driver to be prosecuted or even follow it up. No one would call for stricter implementation of speed limits. You wouldn't. We'd just go ahead hoping we keep cheating death and unfortunate situations until our luck runs out.

Such that the same issues that killed our fathers are the same issues killing our children. No improvements.

And you think that's living the good life? With your 400 f*cking dollars. You think it's worth it to expose yourself to the dangers and stress of living in this bloody country for how much? I mean you've practically priced your quality of life. And I've not even started talking about healthcare, government accountability, lifestyle compatibility and the likes.

It's a long read, and I salute your patriotism, but it is seriously misplaced.

-Lord

Very true