Not all swampy land are protected but the biggest issue here is house is likely to be your biggest investment and it's your responsibility to make sure you did not buy or build on land that is protected. That is a simple logic.

TechCapon:
if it's a crime as you said so why are the government people allocating those same lands to themselves. Go to happyland estate, all the swampy lands have been shared to government officials.

What you are saying is the real problem we face as a Nigerian. Building on a wet/swamp land will cost you your freedom, and you will pay the fees to return the land to very state in US. Ronaldinho was sentenced to 2 years for building on a protected land in Brazil. Nigeria government only demolished houses without arresting and sending people who build on such land to jail, but if you do that in other countries, you will end up in jail.
It is not the duty of government to do your findings for you, it is your duty to make sure to protect you biggest assets. Government does not tell you what car to buy, while do they tell you where to build a house?
We always assume we can get away with things as a Nigerian and when things does not go our way, we claim the victim. Every land are marked and a simple research will show if such land is wet land and not allow for building so other purposes.
Buying the most expensive thing in our lives should include diligent findings and not buy and ask questions later.

TechCapon:
u made some valid points but you didn't give any real solution. I was speaking to a real estate developer in a bank the other day and he lamented how the process of getting governor's consent or C of O is so frustrating and can take years with so many corrupt officials in alausa who will collect money from clients and syphon it. Nigeria is a messed up place especially lagos
Nothing justifies these demolitions except the wicked heart of a black man. Most of these lands were acquired when those places are swampy and forests and these people developed it into estates only to come many years later and bring it down.
why not tell them to pay fines and make the whole process smooth and transparent before commencing demolition. Another thing also is that Lagos state govt is full of land grabbers, they move around choice estates and demolish houses only to allocated those same lands to themselves. Whether u have documents or not it doesn't matter. They'll still win you in court.

I was hoping to drop some money and when I look at your profile and the account was registered today, that is a tale tell sign of scam. Make it hard for people to say no to helping you.

ABKstudent:
Good afternoon, well-meaning Nigerians,

Please I need your help.

My name is Olaoluwa. I am 32 and an O-Level holder. I had a car accident last year, lost my job, and became jobless for months.

Please help me; I am seriously hungry. The last time I ate was Friday evening, and it was my remaining garri that I drank. I have not eaten any other food since Friday evening other than the water that I have been drinking to gain some strength. I can no longer endure the hunger; my body is starting to shake. Please, my people, I am really sorry for begging, but it is just that I am starving to death. Please, someone should help me with something to eat, no matter the amount. I don't mind. I will always appreciate you. I am starving. I know things are very hard these days. Anything you have to spare, I would really appreciate.

I live at No. 31, Osuolale Street, Bode Olude, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

If you live near me, please invite me for lunch; I am dying of hunger. May you never lack the good things in life. Please have mercy on me and help me.

My phone number is 0 9 0 6 6 0 4 0 6 5 2

Please help me with any amount; #600 will do a lot for me at this time.

Please, my bank details are:

Access Bank PLC
0 0 2 4 8 6 9 3 2 3
My name is Olaoluwa


I want to sell my Vivo V3.

Price: 20k
Location: Abeokuta
Contact: 0 9 0 6 6 0 4 0 6 5 2

Please if you live close to my street or around Bode Olude, Abeokuta, buy my phone. I need to buy food. I am beginning to feel pain in my stomach.

ICE detainer means immigration want you to be transfer to there custody when you finish serving your time and they will start deportation proceedings. Since he has a green card, he will go thru immigration court and he can make bail and be release while his case is going thru immigration proceedings but the law is written in black and white. A green card holder who commit a felony is subject to deportation.
He need God's intervention because he is closer to Naija than anything bro. That is the fact.

Onefornaija24:


Good day:

He is due for release by May.
I was informed ICE already filed a DETAINER.
HE has a kid with a citizen.

I wonder if there is anything he could do to avoid deportation.

cc

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apoptosis

juliuscaesar

cookingsoul

ijebos
xandy84

You just nailed it. Nigeria is better than some countries and not every japa make sense. Traveling to India to go hustle while Indians are traveling to other countries to go hustle is called hustling backward. There are jobs you can do in Nigeria and make a living and be better off compare to people who travel to some countries but we Nigerian do not have dignity in labor. We believe some jobs are beneath us. A simple saying I learned as I grow up is no job is beneath you as long as it pays your bill.

Cantonese:
Hmm.

Out of desperation many have travelled abroad and found themselves stranded. Many get stranded because they look out for the easiest way to make money in those countries. With no yahoo, drug or prostitution to do for their living, they get stuck.

You find such people all over the world, but the worst areas are Asia and the Middle East.

I was in New Delhi, India, not too long ago. At that market places called INA market one young man approached me asking for 100 rupees for food. My associate wondered if what the young man asked for was real or not. I said na money e dey beg for so. The next “how e take reach this country”. Me too I said na plane e enter plus visa join.

It is very sad.

In spite of the self inflicted hardship, opportunities abound in Nigeria. Indians want to come here.

Motor boys on tippers and trailers make more money monthly than some bank staff. Those boys who load up tippers with sand make plenty of money daily. Those boys who pack your goods in cartons take home over 10K daily depending on patronage. Some call these things menial, but those who engage in them build houses from their jobs.

Multiple own goals for real. Before the invasion, Ukraine never dream of striking inside Russian and it's a daily occurrence now. Russia has lost her fear factors and the war expose Russia military strength. If Russia is struggling to defeat Ukraine without no Navy, well trained armed forces, then it speaks for itself.
Before the war, Russia was considered a super power and not any longer.

AllTheWayUp:
Putin scored own goal by invading Ukraine thinking it will scare other surrounding nations like Finland and Sweden from joining NATO.
Now Russia is surrounded by NATO Countries.
The black sea is now dominated by NATO Countries

Dangote employed thousand of Nigerians and he is enemy of Nigeria according to you while politicians employ nobody, steals the country blind but you can understand.
Here is how economics of a country is run. Companies like Google, Walmart, Microsoft etc that employs millions of Americans call the short by giving their inputs on what economic policies the government should pursue.
A whole state in US will make new laws to accommodate a company cos they create jobs. When Disney was having problem in Frorida, my home state of Virginia offer Disney, free land, tax free for 10 years to attract them cos of the 80k jobs. Such rules include lots of perks and freebies. What Dangote get is what he is entitled to cos he creates lots of jobs. That is how you attract jobs.

CountinBlessins:


Exactly!! alot of coys like Dangote were engaged in unethical anti progressive practices. Tell me if Dangote was so good to our economy , he has been running a government backed monopoly on sugar and cement for decades , why dont we have a sugar cain plantation? why dont we have billionaire farmers who made billions from selling sugar to dangote for decades? are you seeing it clearly?

People like Dangote are a danger to Nigeria and her economy! Dangote used his fulani cabal backed monopoly to excavacte and evicerate the Nigerian economy and people while enriching the countries they imported from while answering the name Local business mongul.

Where are the farmers who have been making billions from selling sugar from their plantation to dangote to make sugar for decades? where are the salt billionaires he made who ahve been selling salt raws to him to refine into trable salt for decades?

While i am angry with Tinubu, if only you know what the fulani cabal used dangote to do to the Nigerian economy for decades you will know why the conomy is this terrible, Look no further than the Fulani cabal, unfortunately Tinubu realized this too late. He taught the fulani were his friends, remember the fulani and yoruba are one mantra? Tinubu came to power using the igbo hate as his moto now it's all back fired

Sarcastic but truth. Religion has been used as a tools to oppressed people and Africans are more religious than people who introduce them to the Religion. We now export pastors to other nations while our situations get worse at home...

hopefulLandlord:
Happy birthday to the man who drinks tea with god

A man who drove his car from Ore to Lagos on empty tank

A man who said you're going to hell if you don't pay 10% to his church

A man who said he once prayed and god stopped winter for him

Happy birthday

He is spot on. US increase interest rate from 2% to almost 6% and millions of jobs was lost. When interest was in 2's, I had to give away jobs cos I can handle it all. When interest rate jump to 5's, jobs trickle and tech industry was the first to cave. Between Facebook, Google , Twitter and Microsoft, over 500k people was let go.
Interest should be up incremental and not just a sudden jump. In a year time, most manufacturers will have to close shop for real.

WhiteWood:
Lol, Obi will always be a boy but I think he's right about this, because increasing the monetary policy rate and cash reserve ratio can cause job losses in sectors that depend on bank loans and credit. Just sticking to traditional economic theories will not be enough to handle Nigeria's current complicated economic problems. All I want is progress for Nigeria --Kudos Obi

I am missing something? She is the most beautiful girl? Wow

Some of these quit now and learn a skill advice forget he has to eat, pay bills and possibly buy his equipment to start his photography business. Those equipment ain't chesp. While the job is hard according to OP, there are still people who have been working for more than a year at the job.
The OP needs to hang on to the job, save up and continue to look for something better like you said.

gammarays:

You don't understand
If he resigns now without funds, how can he take care of himself while learning something else. You forget the increasing price of stuffs now.

I gave him a realistic advice,let him get a budget of what he's to spend after resigning and work to get that money.

Unless you want him to beg or you can gift him money

While you have some valid points, some jobs are more demanding than others and not everyone will work inside A/C or from home. The government can only enforce minimum wage and work environment safety and leave the employment bargains for employer and employees. US has one of the most enforced labor laws in the one but some jobs na die here too and you wish you never do it but bills still need to be paid.
I had worked in tire shop that pays $12hr in Virginia almost ten years ago. I had to use pain killer every night I get home. I did not quit. I persevere cos I have bills to pay and continue to look for something better. Fast forward to present, I own my business and I charge $100hr to work on a truck with minimum of 2 hours.
Quiting a job cos it's hard without alternative is like letting go of a small bird in hand hoping to catch a big one inside the forest. What if you don't get a big one soon? The OP should continue to hang on to it while looking for something better.

Omanambala:


You are both ignorant and insensitive to the young man's plight. You want him to give up his life because your government who was supposed to provide him with decent employment failed him and now these wicked Chinese people are exploiting our African brothers. You need to see how stressful this jobs are. These Chinese employers work our people to death!

I had a close relative who was doing the same job some years back and they were paying him 8000 naira monthly for a 12 hours shift of which they are required to work 6 days a week. When he told me this I was so angry I wanted to send street boys to that factory and burn it down. To make matters worse, they added Sundays to their working days with same pay. I made him quit the job and started taking care of his financial needs.

The conditions these Chinese people employ our people to work in is nothing less than slavery. If I was a governor I will enact a law to protect my citizens health, pay rate. If my people had to work such inhuman hours then must pay them nothing less that 300,000 monthly or I close that slave camp. Our leaders are simply wicked

BDC are only responding to market demand. Average Nigerians has lost confident in Naira and to save their investment, they quickly convert their money to $$.
The sudden fall of Naira had nothing to do with speculation and all to do with government policies. The government remove subsidy without putting in place mechanism to cushion the effect on such removal. Subsidy anchor our everyday life from transportation, food etc subsidy removal brings about increase in prices of everything and before the economy can adjust and absorb the shock of subsidy removal, the government went to float naira.
Demand will always create supply and when demand is more than supply, the price will definitely rise. Basic economics. Arresting all BDC operators will only make it worse cos it will create artificial scarcity with more increase in prices.

Birniwa:
Everyone is just saying their trash and not explaining why the FG's recent clamp down on speculators and hoarders is not the right thing to do.

Don't just throw balderdash anywhere out of greediness. Give proofs on why the FG's approach will not work and what should work instead. Remember, until you can prove it - it simply doesn't exist.

High school economics will tell you banning a product when the demand is high will result.in higher prices because demand will always create supply. Countries like Zimbabwe, Venezuela had tried to bad foreign currencies and failed woefully.
Nigeria and our people must accept the reality and the true value of our currency. The idea of having a strong when we produce nothing is the beginning of hyperinflation. A weaker local currency while we produce lots of good is an highway to development. China is a perfect example

tollyboy5:

It's very simple. The money is coming from CBN.
Ban all bdc operators and people should get dollar from banks direct.

No too much Grammer is needed. If them need too much Grammer then we enter the street and scatter the con3, make everything Kuku scatter na im better pass.

You're right but I have one question. How do the mechanic intend to pay off the damage? Without insurance, the owner is on a long thing for real.

faceland:


If cause if trailer match it they would die. I am just saying like bike helmet, it is designed to bust and scatter so the riders brain doesn't bust and scatter. It absorb the impact the shock and the person inside is protected with everything including airbags.

If your instincts tells you there is something fishy, their is probably someone fishy though. 😂

What do you mean by modern cars? Why do people still die in car accidents if modern cars are so safe? While lastest cars has numerous airbags that protect occupants in event of accident, damage on that SUV is so significant that it can only happen on highway speed and likely above 60 mph. I have had 2 total loss vehicle since I have been driving and none has such heavy damage to my vehicle and I was driving close to 60 mph. That truck accident happen on high speed and whatever the mechanic hit must sustain heavy inpact even is a jersey wall.
The story is does not add up. Someone is not telling the whole truth.

faceland:


Modern cars, the vehicle take all the impact and get destroyed but the person inside is often safe without a single scratch.

The story does not add up. What are the chances he will involve in accident of that magnitude without a minor scratches on him. The mechanic looks like he just woke up from sleep.

The neighbor is not cashing out. I paid the agreed price and the car belong to him. The OP is at wrong here. Will you be OK if someone sell you a phone, you paid him and when he get to Computer village to buy a new phone, realizing the price difference, he comes back and ask to return your money and collect his phone?
The OP should do the most honorable thing here. Either pay interest or collect the money and let the buyer has his car. We all lose some.

Automolite:
Ur neighbor wan cashout, no gree.

Make we all display madness. Pay police or army for security. Hire tow truck, tow those vehicles away, tow ur moto comot

Report am to police station, say if anything happens to ur moto, make them old am responsible.

No follow am negotiate again, take action.

You're completely wrong here. The buyer and seller aggreed to do business and the buyer fulfill his part of the deal which makes him the owner of the car. The seller CANNOT unilaterally change the term of agreement without the consent of the buyer and if the buyer disagree, nothing can be change.
Will the OP change his mind if he has sells the car to call dealership who already paid him and take possession of the car and documents? Nope and same treatment should be applied to the neighbor.

Capernum:


TO avoid unnecessary troubles, add a little interest on it. If he still goes ahead to cause wahala... Get him arrested, make sure you're the first party to report to the police. Pay the interest first o. It's important, that is the only way you can be exonerated. Pay at least 10% interest so it won't be a bad bussiness for him altogether. That is wisdom.

Subsidy does not work but you can't just pull rug under the general public as the present administration did and expect things to work out well. I 💯 support subsidy removal but I want it done quarterly, so the economy can adjust to upward trend of increase in prices of goods and services.
The government stop subsidy, float Naira at the same time and the result is nothing but catastrophic to every day people. The government is yet to increase minimum wage and they beg the question how do they want people to make it to work?. Too much of good medicine becomes poison.

nairalanda1:


Well, at the end of the day, no matter how many funny stories you tell about me (I no know any politican, the one I even know retired centuries ago, and is not in active politics for over 10 years self and was in PDP anyway)....things cost money, even petrol, and if you pretend it is cheap, wahala go result.

See Venezuela wey sell fuel for N40, today their once powerful refinery has gone from refining 900000bpd to refining less than 100000bpd.

Even NIgeria, subsidy dey since 1973, at the end we went from 400000 bpd in the 80's to 92000 in 2012, to 6500 in 2019.

And you think subsidy works still.

Anyway, cry, weep, abuse, get angry, and anyway...your beloved TInubu is still paying a subsidy self, so what are you angry about.....but so long as that subsidy remains, wahala dey.

Good evening, son.

Even Nigerians abroad would not even think of investing back home. I finished my housing project at the cost of $95k and a year later, it's a very bad investment cos as $$ appreciate against naira, the project is beginning to look like white elephant project but the saving grace is I did not borrow to finance it and I never intend to recoup my investment thru rental.
Consistent depreciation of naira is turn off for investors and it wil worsen our unemployment issue for real.

abhosts:
Who exactly is benefiting from an ever falling Naira? What kind of cruelty is this? In 2019, a friend of mine based in the US invested $200,000(N72,000,000 at that time) into Nigerian real estate. Now his investment is valued at about N200,000,000($135,000). Despite the fact that his naira investment tripled in value, it was still not worth it from a dollar perspective. He is now regretting his decision because he would have been better off just leaving his $200k in the bank when you consider it is now worth 32 percent less. This is an example of foreign investor they claim to be courting.

While you're partial right. Spiritual warfare does not provide electricity, advance a society or provide good roads. The first ten spiritual nations in the world are the most backward nations in the whole world cos they fail to do the basic while praying for solution to every problem, even the one God has given them brain to solve. In less than 50 years, China develops from an agrarian society to one of the largest economy in the world while Nigeria goes from developing country to underdeveloped nation.

CodeTemplar:
life is a spiritual battle, the devil your adversary doesn't put much prize on captured souls and minds, he values unwilling captives and those roaming fee more.

Being too apologetic is seen as a sign of manipulation in western words. Fix the problem and quit apologetic. When my daughter was around 3 years of age, she says sorry for everything. I don't see anything wrong as a Nigerina father, but my wife who is an American get upset each time she say sorry more than once. She will tell to stop saying sorry and not do it again. Care job is a client based, when your actions get on the nerves of your clients, you are done and I can understand when she was fired. Her client is in constant pain and you use words that gets on her nerve. That's double jeopardy.

thesicilian:

First they're not the owners of English, English is owned by people from England, not Canadians or Americans.
Second being too apologetic is never grounds for dismissal from work, no matter how callous the employer might be. So I maintain that she's not telling the whole truth.

Pegging the naira does not solve the problem either. It actually makes it worse than floating the naira. China always devalue her currency to encourage export cos stronger currencies makes other countries will not be able to afford your export. The only way to strengthen naira is for Naigeria to become export dependant economy while reducing import to bear minimum.

Babalegba:
You wanted democracy, didn't you.Enjoy it. The military pegged the naira which politicians are unable to do.

You can't legislate a country to prosperity. If such is possible, there will be no need to study economics in university and country who tried such found out the hard way. Zimbabwe tried what you stated here but it only made it worse. The moment the government begins to strong arm free market, investors will lose confident in local currency and inflation will skyrocket.
Another country that tried the approach you state was Venezuela. The president implemented various draconian laws just to shore up local currency and the effect makes local currency worthless than the paper it was printed on. In the height of inflation in Venezuela, you need a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy bread.

NAC1666:

Says who. I warned government from unifying the CBN rate and the black market rate. Which sane country operates two different BDC and aspect it currency to still have value?
Solution is,1. Arrest all the black market BDC and charge them to court for economic sabotage.
2. Only the commercial banks to be allowed to operate BDC.
3.Nigeria should stop importing fuel especially now Dangote has started production.
4. Nnpc should be disbanded and all the various chairmen be arrested for failure to remit into the federation Account for almost 3years.
5.The NPF should be empowered to arrest any individual spending dollar or holding dollars inside the country.
6. All transactions of international trade should be done by the banks whereby money will be transferred from Nigeria banks to any
Part of the world where it's needed.
It's not a rocket science to make the naira strong,just common sense

Your analysis of 200k is $200 does not work that way. I have lived in US for 10 years uninterrupted and I had work my way from $10hr to present $100hr and I can tell you someone who earn $2k net in US is not better than someone who earn 200k monthly in Nigeria when you factor bills. Average American that goes home with $2k net monthly is broke and one illness from bankruptcy.
Abroad ain't for everybody and if we go by exchange rate, lots of people had left a career back home and end up in worse situation cos all they see is $$ sign. The first ruse of japa is converting your naira to $$ thinking you're underpaid. It does not work that way.

donmaxman:
My advice to you is to japa to Canada if possible. Several years ago in Nigeria precisely 2015, I was earning about 750k per month and I still left. People told me it was a bad decision then but now I thank God I made the decision as most friends that criticized me then have come to their senses and are surprised I had the foresight then. The exchange rate then, was I CAD to 150 ngn. Today it is 1 CAD to 920 NGN. First, building you assets in Naira is risky as one insane CBN governor can easily print so much local currency and devalue the currency making your hard working years and saving completely worthless. I invested heavily in Nigerian stocks, houses, bonds and they are worthless today if I convert it. My house in Nigeria can barely fetch me 15000 dollars if I put it up for sale. If I had taken the same action in a proper working economy I would have become a millionaire in dollars. People ruined Nigerian banks and mismanaged shareholders fund and they are not in jail. People will eat your pension funds and nothing will.happen. Nigeria is a no go for any smart young man with vision. I have a foreign passport, access to a world class healthcare. I know how much assets I have built abroad since I left Nigeria. I look at my years in Nigeria as the locust years of my life. There is no accountability in Nigeria. 200k is less than 200 dollars

Nigeria is an English speaking country. Would you have hire her to work in your company even when she can't express herself in English. How would she communicate with other staff and clients? Guess housa. The countries you mention below does not speak English and nobody expect expert from such country to speak English but anybody who wish to hold a job in Nigeria must speak English or they will not be able to communicate with members of their organization.

Lanre1st:


She school in non Anglophone country, Language or spoken English doesn’t make one capable. Majority of Chinese engineers, Russian, Malaysian, Japan, Germane do not understand English and they are good in their field

While quoting tuition in $$ might not be ethically right, it's not wrong to do such. People are in business to make money and they are within their right to use any means necessary to achieve such aims. As long as the government do not outlaw asking and receiving $$ as a medium of exchange, it's all legal

Planet247:
How did we get to this stage? Where is NUC and Nigeria Government when they mostly needed? Imagine a University in Nigeria, Domiciled in Nigeria charging tuition in USD. Invariably most of their students would have to also depend on our little forex reserve. The same way some House owners demand thier rent in dollars in some part of Lagos.. Our Government must stand up to kick against these rubbish.... I see no reason why institution like this should exist or approved license to operate in Nigeria

Nobody will take you serious when you post offensive comment while advertising your business lines below. Reason why big business does not take side in politcal issues is because it's bad for business.
You have every reason so take side but if a supporter of Isreal have a business for you, you just lost such business and vice versa.
Even the supper rich are not immune form the calamity of taking sides. Elon took a $44B to the edge of bankruptcy in less than a years by taking political side.

AcademicWriter:
Fvck Israel!..

So, do you seek help with your personal statement, statement of purpose, dissertation, thesis, or assignment? Check my profile.

You nailed it. Jesus example is what pope is following. While I am not completely sold on trans issue, I don't judge and let that be between you and your God. It's Christ-like to treat all human with decency in respective of their gender, sexual orientation.

magoo10:
Even Jesus played host to the prostitute, if we were all perfect we wont be asking for forgiveness.

Hamas was hoping for regional war. Their calculations was Hezbollah and other Iran proxy fighters in the regoin will join the war but when US sent two war ships in matters of day to the region, everyone involve do their calculations and decides involvement might signal their end. Even Hamas now will be full of regret cos the destruction in Gaza will take decades to reconstruction and Isreal will hunt Hamas for years and that will reduce their ability to govern. Before October 7, Hamas freely govern Gaza but not anymore. They are hiding in their tunnel, scared of drone attack.

Hezzyluv:
After the exchange of lives for lives, IDF would continue from where they stopped. The war should end already.

These guys Hamas no dey hear word sef. I just wonder what made them attacked Isreal in the first place. And they (Hamas) knew befor the attack IDF could enter their country and flog them koboko.

Diminishing their achievements will be criminal but none of these designers are at "mogul" status at the moment. It takes years to achieve mogul status and while I believe they will achieve such status one day, they are not there yet and nothing wrong pointing the OP to his wrong choice of word.

TopBanter:


The likes of Versace, Coco Chanel, YSL, Ralph Lauren, JPG etal are decades old and built formidable names and unassailable lead when fashion was still terribly white and had to be well-regarded/endorsed by France and Europe to be globally desirable and successful.

What these Africans are doing is commendable in it's own right, given the challenges, and not to be dismissed because they are not up there with Versace etal.