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$600 monthly means you living in the worst apartment and possibly a run down city. I used to live in Chicago, now live in Virginia Beach and the decent apartment is $900 for decent one bedroom apartment. Apartment that cost $600 with gym and pool is out of this world. What city do you live in? It's either you ain't telling the truth or you are sharing an apartment which means it's $1200 for 2 bedroom.

Predstan:
That's not true. A house of 1500 dollars in a Month will cost you over 15million naira per year in Nigeria. Please compare what's comparable not foolish things.

I am in the US and all I pay in month is about 600dollars including unlimited Wifi, trash and electricity. This same one bed house will cost over 7million per annum in Nigeria. If you add cost of petrol, security and data monthly. It will be up to 8million. Note also, I use over 70gb on my phone and close to 150gb data on my laptop every month on my laptop. I have access to the Gym, pool, drives my car on a good road. I do not also have to pay for Cooking gas

Replying to you is a waste of time. Go get a US visa and try your luck applying to teller job at BOA.. Best of luck

alfredilly:
You people will just openly vomit your ignorance here. $20 per hour minimum wage does not apply to every workers in the bank. A minimum wage is meant for the least qualified employee and at $20 per hour, it's a dream job even for Nigerian graduate. With that amount, a worker who put in 8 hour per day will earn 160 use. That's over 40 thousand naira per day and close to 1.2 million naira per month. This for a least qualified employee. Tell me a bank that pay graduate 250 k in Nigeria.

You mean but you are right. Naira rich and those kinds of work that is available here, you can't even dream of doing it back home..

planetx:
Everyone is earning six figures in corporate America on an anonymous forum, I don't need to roll with illegal immigrants to know that the vast majority of Nigerians living in the US are only Naira rich because of the terrible exchange rate.

You absolutely do not have a clue of what you are talking about. Bank of America just increase employees wages to minimum of $20 per hour. Banking sector is the least paying cooperate sector in America except you are executives. The problem about NL advice is people who are yet to get into a plane will tell you how to live your life in UK and US.

alfredilly:
Most big corporation like banking sectors pay a starter about $120k annually. That is approximately 30 million naira which if broken down to monthly salary give about 2.5 million naira. That is the allure of working in affluent nations. Many Nigerian who understands that gap between salary scale in Nigeria and advance country have embraced the privilege. A medical doctor frustrated with poor pay in Nigera left Nigerian university teaching hospital for UK and within a year, he was sending 2 million naira to his wife in Nigeria.

Charity work alone does not help a case in US. The first thing a judge look at before sentencing if you are a first offender. You get lots of pass if this is your first crime compare to habitual offender. Second, was it just one time commission of a crime or years in criminal endeavors... He spent years scamming people and that is a minus for him. He is looking at 20 years with plead deal and if he fight his case in court, they will lock him up and throw away the key. Prosecutor recommended 20 years for Invintus despite he plead guilty and save the court time and money..

Millenniumlady:
I think the only thing he can do for him now is to help him reduce his jail term but it's likely to be difficult because I don't remember any charity works carried out by husp to present as evidence to help him get few jail time.......Charitable works are one of the things helping all this U.S. celebrities with low jail time or getting out by bail .

Educate yourself. FBI need a subpoena from a judge before Google allow them access to his Gmail, iCloud account. That is not snitching. It is called proper channel...

adonainana:
Let the legal battle begin,

But the thing is FBI already hacked his instagram, gmail, and i cloud accounts based on the affidavit the FBI agent first submitted

Google and Gmail are both American companies, they easily snitch on you and dont tell you to change your password or anything so in your end you just keep logging in and logging out like nothing is happening.

Also his phone records appeared to have been compromised

Even the affidavit the FBI guy submitted had his passport in it ( they could only get that from going into somewhere private in your email )

Then from his bank accounts, large transfers would have been deposited into it someway somehow.

Then the large cash found on him ( any amount more than £10,000 is money laundering on the spot )

The only evidence they probably would tell the jury probably be based on either a conspiracy to defraud.

Based on my experience there wont be much oral evidence, just documentary evidence from the big tech companies saying what was going on in his email accounts and his bank accounts

Conviction easy to secure on this alone without anyone testifying to say he defrauded them and vice versa

Most things the jury would see would just be reports of him discussing wire transfers and how it eventually landed in his account.

Normally the only way to defend a case like this is to argue perhaps a bank learnt you the money or you had a very rich portfolio to start with.

If huspuppi lawyer is smart, he can always start a defence all the tech reports here and there had nothing to do with his client and perhaps a blackmail by the prosecution to make his client pay for unexplained losses elsewhere.

He could also use jusridiction, hush was always in dubai all the time, so hence no connection.

But the hush guy too no go school so im sure he wont be able to even communicate his defence to his lawyer, all he was busy doing was stealing money and buying gucci up and down.

What a pity

Samuel Eluyefa Esq

I accused him of raising false alarm cos he made it look like his card was declined cos he is a Nigerian and that was why I gave my experience. It does not matter where you are from, if your bank suspects fraud, your bank has the right to decline the use of your card.

omanzo02:
OP is not raising false alarm, countries where credit card is rampant are most monitored and transactions are subject to approval, for example, European banks intentionally blocked the use of their credit card ( especially Visa and Mastercard given out in Europe) in the United States, if you traveling to the USA you must apply to your bank to temporarily open your credit card for usage while you are there. That's no brainer, Nigeria is also on the list of monitored countries.

OP is raising false alarm. I used my CC to pay UK Visa fee and it was rejected. I had to call my bank to authorize the payment before It was allow to go thru. Most bank will reject international transaction if said account does not do international transaction foro security purposes.

dtsfynest:
Nothing strange here other than the merchant informing you that some international credit card companies "might" decline use of their credit cards on some Nigerian merchant sites. Just the way some Nigerian bank debit and credit cards dont work on some FX/ crypto currency trading sites. Asides that, some Nigerian merchants and especially this site may generally prefer debit card payments especially to counter cases of charge backs and stories associated with Credit cards.

Like I said. Nothing strange here. (Edited for those quoting me)
In many international merchant sites not even Nigerian, you may have to call your bank to allow the credit card payment through.
Only difference here is the merchant (Nigerian immigrations) is giving you a heads up that it may not work.

Not all CCs automatically work on all merchant sites. It has nothing to do with Nigeria or what not.

You sound very ignorant in your post. First, phone call is not free in US prison. Your receiver pays and that is why it's called collect calls. Naija prison is horrible and Yankee prison is bad too. You get raped easily in yankee prison. Free food!!!! Think again boy... You work and some prisoners earn as low as 4 cents per hour... Please come yankee prison and let them gang rape you and you will wish you was dead. You don't know half of what you are talking about.

DuBLINGreenb:
Won't happen but las las hush done chop money, flex life, lived lavish, flown choppers, flown private, had the most exotic cars, mingled with celebs obtained connections, became a known international brand.

No jail can take that away from him, if he comes out of prison he will be better than most poor Nigerians because he has a platform, he has connections, he has experience, he is known and so on. He won't be starting from square 1

He can write a bestseller book, be a TV host, sing music people will buy, sell his story to American media companies, work for security organisations abroad etc

Most Nigerians live in houses worst than American prisons me typing this have not seen electricity in 42 hours straight, I paid aboki 50 bucks to charge my phone, American prisons have 24/7 electricity, gym, free TV, free laundry services, free phone calls and free food that is why black Americans even the celebs see jail as an achievement as street cred status bringer

how many haven't been to jail? you tell me as we speak many US celebs are in jail including Steven Spielberg's daughter, R Kelly, Da baby etc
Even Robert Downey Jr, Lil Kim, tommy Lee, Mark Wahlberg have all been to U.S prison
Their prison is not like our own many come out of jail looking better than they did before they went in.

Those quoting me will chose 10 - 15 years in American prison and a lifetime of living lavish for themselves and their family without thinking twice over being a poor Nigerian from birth to death.

Ask yourself what odds hushpuppi had of being as rich as he was without doing what he did? We all know majority of Nigerians will be born into poverty and will die in poverty but we all want to delude ourselves by thinking "I will be the one to make it" niggger that's what the other 100,000,000 dead Nigerians before you thought, you think every poor Nigerian chose to be poor? or they don't know your God or another one is "if he didn't do crime he would be enjoying by now!" Nigguh enjoying what exactly

Simple question please how many Nigerian lawyers do you know richer than or even half as rich as Hushpuppi? Even the celebs how many of them where as rich as hush? Only the very top 1%

Another quick question? Ask them how many years and how much suffering, and how much connections etc it took them to get that degree and then that position and if the pay for those without connection is adequate, do the same for every other profession except clergy and politicians

And decide for yourself what chance the vast majority of Nigerians have of becoming millionaires or even hundred thousandnaires ?

I'm not encouraging crime please don't do crime but let us be realistic in our thoughts and speech,

I thought if you go to school you must be rich until I was in a slum and a woman told me she did her youth service in taraba, I was surprised I was like wtf excuse me, she said yes she served in.... She didn't know I was thinking shocked thinking to myself "how did you go to school for 17+ years only to end up in this slum in this poverty" I assumed everyone in slums where uneducated never do wells, miscreants etc.

Imagine if she, like most young girls were compelled to sleep with lecturers for grades, or sorted to pass and all that thinking riches were ahead of them upon graduation only to end up in a slum without husband and children hey this isn't fiction this lady was quarrelling with another non educated woman the other day I recorded what the women were using to insult her. Her lack of husband and children she kept saying she sacrificed all that for school and her future but you decide if this is a future worth losing sleep for, worth losing meaningful relationships for


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGhHX6sSzCU

Don't worry out of respect and privacy I didn't show her face.

Extra fun fact did you know?? Nigeria made more money from Yahoo boys in 2019 than from Agriculture think about it.

Do you think 11 million dollars is 11 thousand dollars? The recommended sentence is 20 years and if the judge is nice, he will get 15 years and if the judge is a mean person, he will get more than the recommended sentence. Prosecutor recommended sentence are guidelines and judges are not bound by it. You can get less which is likely happen most time but you can get more if the judge deem fit for your crime...

megastu:
Its in his best interest to plead guilty. Save the court's time and money.

He could get between 4-8yrs just for cooperating with authorities. It will be counted from the day of his arrest, so he will be out in 3 years. I just hope he learns his lesson after this encounter

You mistake the value of country currency to greatness. Kuwait dinner is 3 times $$ and that does not make Kuwait great either. Nigeria can decide to make Naira higher than $$ but the consequences will be out of this world.

Dididrumz:
Nigeria was once Great

Lol.. I don't go to meeting any longer but my life is still tailored to witness doctrines. You are right, it's the truth.

chatinent:
Please return to the truth. The end is nigh.

Let me paint the picture for you. I failed in SS 1 and was asked to repeat the class cos I had only one credit. The flowing year, I had 6 A's and the rest B's. For the very first time, I believed in myself as a little kid and that changed my life for real

justli:
I concur . Exposing you to those literatures early in life would certainly help your brain power. Just like exposing a child to reading the Bible at an early age would help the brain power as well.

It all started during my Baptism period. I finished all my study, ready for it and even told my parents who was not witness then only to be told I was not ready by the family that help with my studies. It hurt cos I can see people I was better than getting baptized and I felt it happen cos my parents was not a witness and gradually, I just keep losing interest. I tried to start going to meeting when I left Naija but could not keep up. The boat has sailed.

Narijoel:
Why are you no longer a JW?

Jehovah witness save my life. Growing up in Bariga in late 90's with all the craziness then, I don't think I would have made it out of the hell hole cos most of my friends did not made it alive, and those we made it, did not even finish secondary school not to talk of going to University. Their emphasis on reading turns me from E students to straight A student and I broke the Curse in my street the to be the first to attend Unilag.
I am no longer a witness but most of their teaching is still with me.

Hotzone:
I respect them...
To be a witness, nnaa, u must carry ur Gucci bag join body for what they called “pioneer service”.
Even though I am not with them any longer but I still respect most of their values and through them, I learnt how to dress like a gentleman which has helped me in my career

I was a student of Unilag and also have the opportunity to school abroad and the difference is not that much. I had never sit on the floor for a lecture in Unilag and there are some classroom/ multi-purpose hall with A/C that I had taken exams and lectures.
All lecture rooms in my school abroad had A/C which is standard and nice chairs but when you compare how much you pay to study in Unilag and abroad, you will understand Unilag does not have a long way to go to catch up with lots of Universities in so called UK and US

CAPSLOCKED:
FORGET DRONE PICTURES. EVEN MAKOKO LOOKS BEAUTIFUL FROM THE SKY.

SHOW US PICTURES OF THE LECTURE HALLS AND HOSTELS. IS IT NOT IN THIS NIGERIA THAT STUDENTS SIT ON FLOORS OF OVERCROWDED CLASSES BECAUSE OF DAMAGED SEATS? .

What do you suggest? Open and let the death toll keep climbing? Ask Brazil that stays open how better they fair.

rman:
Effect of continuous lockdown ...


You cannot eat your cake and have it too.

Leaders globally are willing to sacrifice the healthy to save the unhealthy.

It is no longer economy vs health but healthy vs unhealthy

Let us flatten the curve became let us flatten the economy with lock downs.

Stop being emotional. Every company sack when there is low revenue. They are business and not charity organization.

Jokerman:
This is rubbish .. must they sack??

I know cos I am not in Nigeria and I pay rent, gas, insurance etc. Government coming to rescue if Nigeria in diaspora is the minimum.

martineverest:
if u know how stranded Nigerians in diaspora are u won't be saying this..average accommodation per month in western world is about 200k to 1million,then food and other bills

government have to come for their rescue

You missed my point? What has Nigerian government done for average Nigerians in this period of disaster? At least, American government hand money to people who qualify. Nigerian government can pay for returnee flight ticket and hotel

martineverest:
update yourself before replying people's comments .. Canadians,Americans and Europeans all paid their flight tickets to return home..same thing happened around the world

You took it out of my mouth. Average Nigerians can't be please.. Government do, you complain, government does not do and you still complain. We must be the must difficult people on the surface of earth

chocolatelady:
Must u wail all the time. Appreciate good things when u see one abeg.

How do you know American government charged their citizens evacuation fee? The same American government pays every adult citizens $1200 including foreign national who are in their country legally. Nigerian government has yet to pay citizens money and little kind gesture like this, people like you call it waste of money. Guess the type of government we have in Nigeria fit people like you...

seunmsg:
Sheer wastage of public funds. Why can’t the evacuees pay for the cost of their feeding and accommodation?

America is far richer than Nigeria and yet, they charged all their citizens to the last penny for the cost of evacuation, feeding, treatment and accommodation.

We can’t be talking about reducing cost of governance and still be spending money on frivolities like this.

Please do not sound like an ignorant. The $$ giving by American government is to boast the purchasing power of the people thereby stimulating the economy. Various States government in US still continue feeding student who qualify for free lunch by providing various locations where such students can get their meals. You sound like you get paid by the government...
















quote author=Doyin2 post=89685891]We the silent majority know.

Let the very noisy minority continue to wail all over social media.

Palliatives come in different forms across the world.

USA is giving raw cash running into trillions of nairadollars ,wailers are hailing.

Just to reach households via the school feeding programme,misguided elements are wailing.

What Nigeria is doing is far more productive than doling out cash.

More Farmers and food vendors would be productively engaged.

Even transporters of food items .

How about manufacturers of packaging materials?

The list is endless,a direct effect on GDP.[/quote]

China showed the rest of the world how post Covid19 will be. Asked your workers to resume, them fire them all cos of slow in demand for your goods and services. Getting the economy back to where it was before Covid19 will be a real challenge for every country and a battle for African nation..

I disagreed. Wish Trump has done same then 90,000 Americans will not be dead by now. The virus can only be contained with total locked down at initial stage and China has shown everybody. US and UK are examples of countries which follow different route and their body count is thru the roof..

BranddesignerH:
These are Rulers not Leaders.
You can't Lock out your family members at home without care.

That's first sign of irresponsibility

Says who? Worked warehouse, start.my associate degree, left the job, get a good job with benefits and start my own company. Not everyone can stand the sight of what goes on in group home.

sonnie10:
You better work in group home because warehouse job won’t give the time and extra strength to improve yourself through school.
In group home if you do night, you can go to school in the morning.

I remembered while in secondary school and needs money to buy books and other stuff. Bricklayer's help was the deal. The jobs make you feel like you wanna die. Hard labour indeed. then left Naija after graduating only to end up in the warehouse cos I don't wanna work in group home. Every time I remember those days, I just dey give God million thanks

Nothing is absolutely wrong with you. Some people just do not like blood. I remembered when I move out, I was told nursing makes money but I told my uncle I will be the last dude to be a nurse cos the sight of blood will make me pass out. I am glad I stood my ground then cos I would have being the worst nurse to ever walk on this planet.

Nicca.... You made my day with your quote

Mstick:
Hmmmmmmm this one is tough, a broke man with ego is more dangerous than a rattle snake.

I get your Pm and I did replied twice but kind of bouncing back. I will hit you on whatsapp today.

excanny:
Hello xandy84, when I reply ur PM, its not delivering. But this is my whatsapp me 07030595988. https:///2347030595988

Government ain't charity or have unlimited resources. It's not government job to grant people alternative place of abode or to cushion the effect of a rental property of the owner. The owner is in the business of making money and like all business people, he/she should pay for the services like inspection, demotion of his business which happens to be the building. Average Nigerians want everything free from the government while paying little or no tax but quick to compare Nigeria with advance countries where you pay taxes on everything.

amalab30:
Why the STRESS over an already diSTRESSed building? Due diligence should be employed. Safe evacuation of occupants, alternate abode should be granted them, discuss with the owner and help him cushion the effect of his loss. Then pull it down.

Yes. It's not about God help employees but both employees and employers are hurting at the same time. This is difficult times and we all need God cos we are yet to see the real effect of the virus. Demand going to fall and there goes the job. With 30 millions unemployed in America in just 8 weeks, this is worse then great depression and more jobs is about to be lost due to low demand when everybody resume work.

OOSmilling:
u mean 'force majeure' GOd help emloyee, always at d receiving end.