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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.

The word."mogul" now has different meaning. Not hating or belittling their achievements but if the OP call little known designers mogul, what is he going to call Versace, Coco, Lauren etc

Ignore NL e-warrior. Elon ruined Twitter overnight. Took the company from $44b to the brink on bankruptcy with careless talk in the name of free speech. IBM, Apple withdraw their advertisement cos he runs it beside Nazi glorifying articles. Nobody will stand such. Muslim Americans has a choice. Vote Joe that support Isreal or Trump that has vowed to mass deport, cancel visas and make it harder for people from Muslim or African countries to ever get visas.
I am against civilian casualties but Hamas brought that to Palestinians people and Isreal has the right to defend itself.

Nwaikpe:
Don't worry let Trump come in, you won't only cry, you'll wail.

You think there is any American that supports Islam or its enshrined violence or radicalism? Apart from these gen Z that were not born before 9/11 2001 when America experienced the power of raw Islam, go and try a core American and see if he won't put groundnut inside that your "slave" brain.


No be me call you slave oh, na mohamed in Ibn Ishaq 243

Concrete roads are not better than asphalt road. Concrete last longer than asphalt but hard to maintain and supper bumpy when driving on it. Asphalt roads can be reinforced by granite as a base and laying multiple layers of asphalt and when the top layer asphalt has multiple pot holes, they just scrap it, recycle it and lay it over. Many cities had experiment with concrete road and had to switch back to asphalt cos of many disadvantages of concrete over asphalt .

SoNature:
I like the way Dave Umahi is promoting concrete technology in road construction. We cannot continue to fix roads every four years. Every Truck A road is being fixed by every administration; it makes no sense. Our roads should have 10 - 20 years warranty.

Russia attacked Ukraine unprovoked while Isreal is defending itself against Hamas attack. Isreal land grab Palestinians land but that is always the rule of war, the victor decide the term of surrender. Mexico loses 1/3 of it land to US during the Mexico/Spanish War. Texas and California used to belong to Mexico.
The solution to Isreal/Palestinians War is two states solution but Palestine/Hamas does not want that. Hamas motto is to annihilate Isreal and it does not stand a chance

Mokason288:
I wonder why someone could openly show support for Israel

And disapprove Russia

Pastor Righteousness2 hope you are aware that’s hypocrisy??

Do you live in Poland? You sounds like it piece of cake to get a Polish resident permit. What about the language barrier?

Abydupank:
If the country is in the schengen area, go when you arrive there, travel to Poland, buy Poland work permit for like 700 eur -comes out in 3 weeks, then use the polish work permit to apply for Temporary residence card. Then you are able to come to Nigeria back even before march. Afterwards, you can invite the family to Poland using your temporary residence card.

Thank me later..

Even those who have a plans to hit the ground running before they travel find out the hard way all those plans do not translate to how they envision it. Traveling abroad for someone with family involves lot of plans and traveling with tourist visa means no work, valid papers etc. The OP need to do lots of research before taking a plunge.

Kobojunkie:
If you don't already have a plan on how to hit the ground running when you get to the other side, then I suggest you back in Nigeria and wait for when you do.

Ceasefire while Hamas hold on to the hostages? While I don't support war in general, those who call for Ceasefire will be doing same thing Isreal is doing if terrorists kill 1400 people and kidnap 240. Isreal is not against Ceasefire but they stated all hostages must be release before any talk of Ceasefire. I don't think Hamas want Ceasefire cos they would have release all hostages to prove they want the war to stop. Hamas calculations is simple, bomb Isreal, clam victims when Isreal pound. US went to war after 9/11 and any country will go to when a country attack you.

FiftyFifty:
Israel is winning the war but losing the battle. The longer this brutal aggression takes, the more people turn their back away from Israel. The Pope has called for a cease-fire. More than 120 UN member states have voted for a cease-fire. Arab countries with diplomatic ties with Israel like Egypt, Bahrain, and Jordan are expelling the Israeli ambassadors. Turkey has called its ambassador so have Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia in far away Latin America. And now Mandela's South Africa. The huge number of protesters supporting Palestinians in European capitals like London, Rome, Paris, Vienna, Belfast, and Berlin, among others, is unprecedented. Antisemitism in Europe is now at its highest since 80 years back. The attacks on Jewish synagogues and the defacing of their cemeteries using swastikas in places like Vienna by European Christians is telling. The invasion of Russia's airport by Muslim youths looking for Jews arriving from Tel Aviv was concerning. Jews around the world are now afraid to show their Jewish identity... If this is not concerning, I don't know what is.

Desperation is real but if you ever witness what people do with slaves, you will never wish it to your worst enemy. While traveling to a better country is a step up, traveling to some countries is a step down, and you can lose it all.

Nwaotu10:
Please, I'm open to be sold as a slave in Libya provided I
will later cross to Europe.

Anyone with sure link of the route should dm make we reason well.

It's better to die while making an attempt than to die for nothing.

The boom of remote jobs has come and gone to be sincere. Zoom has mandated their employees to show up to the offices at least three times a week or get fired and the same goes to Amazon employees. Pandemic related tech boom and busted and only very few tech companies are hiring while majority are downsizing due low sales.
You don't need to quit searching but know it not easy to find remote like it use to be two years ago.

TimiRume:
I'm not crazy. Are there still real jobs out here

Checking every moment and not seeing anything can be a bit discouraging. Maybe I should just quit searching here, idunno

I'm actually in need of a remote job since ages. Data entry, Customer service personnel, virtual assistant. I'm ready to put in the whole commitment and hard work needed.

Since early this year I've been on this and still yet to land at something substantial. I'm tired of all the redirected links I've followed from here, joined millions of groups and chatted some guys who said they had jobs but turned out to be smoke. Sigh


The Lord is my strength. And the strength of every other person in my shoes. I'd advise everyone to draw closer to God this period cos trust me you can't handle what is coming alone. We all need that divine comfort and faith to not faint in this period.

I need all the waiting powers and patience right now. Sigh

I can't wait to testify with y'all.

The moment I read "Nigeria produce 90 per cent on her basic needs" I realized no point replying. Even US does not produce 90 per cent of her basic needs. Have a wonderful time out there.

yemmit90:
You are saying what you know absolute nothing about, you can have your hair cut with 1000 in Lagos, while an average hair cut in US range from $10 - $200. You can have a moderate meal with 1000 in Lagos, you can't have the same quality of food with equivalent of $1 in USA. If we are to use your analogy and the current abnormal exchange rate to dollar, an hair cut in Lagos would goes as high as #70,000, while a moderate plate of food would go for 10,000. Besides, the two countries you gave as example imports more than Nigeria, in 2021 alone, Nigeria export goods worth about $2.2 billion to South Africa, while we only import about $570m from same South Africa. No where in the world you will see BDG operating like what we have in Nigeria. It is the work of financial experts and strictly regulated in developed countries. Have you ever ask yourself why Nigeria is strongest economy in Africa but has one of the weakest currencies in the same Africa?

Contrary to our popular beliefs, Nigeria is not really an import dependent country compare to countries that imports basically everything including foods. Nigeria produce about 90% of her basic needs especially foods. Therefore, the abnormal fall of Naira is not the reflection of our economy but artificial causation by irrational demands.

Falling Naira reflect the present state of Nigeria economy. Take $$ out if the equation and ask how much stuff can you buy for 1000 naira? There is BDG everywhere in the world and their currencies still not on free fall.
Nigeria economy is import dependant and and as long as that remains, the value of naira will be volatile cos people will always need $$ to import basic stuff.
Another example is value of $$ to South Africa rand and Japan yen. 19 rand makes a 1$ while 150 yen makes a dollar. Japan is the 4th largest economy while South Africa is 36th. The value of a currency to a dollar is not the measurement of such currency but what the currency can buy and that takes me back to my first question, how much stuff can you buy with 1000 naira in Lagos?

yemmit90:
Perhaps these people read our comments on Nairaland or actually know the solution but don't want to do it.

I keep saying this since last year, falling of Naira is not a reflection of our economy but the work of ignorant saboteurs who treat dollar like gold they can keep for future gain.

The solution is straightforward, create an app or channel that importers, foreign students, and others who actually needed dollar would be coverting their naira at official rate. Do away with BDG withiout looking back.

Why would dollar be controlling our economy when we are not even among top ten countries with highest importer of foreign goods. Government should totally ban locally uses of dollar for good.

The value of a currency is not measured in exchange to $ but what the currency can buy. What can a 1000 naira buy? Speculation and greed drive the stock market either in Lagos or New York. Investors speculate if a particular stock value will go up in future and invest while the price is low, and when it goes up, you make profit. You are not going to make money in your investment if you do not speculate. People speculate when the price of an items is volatile. People speculate naira will fall cos the indicator suggested and convert their naira to $$ to be safer and that bring about more demand to $$ and increases in demand always bump the price up.
Government trying to punish speculators is like US government trying to send Elon Musk or Satoshi Nakamito to jail cos he found Tesla or Bitcoin.
Tunubu administration has no iota of ways to cushion the double effects of floating the naira and removing the subsidy at same time the effect just begin. The idea of going after parallel market operators will further increase demand of $$ and send naira to tailspin. Naira need help now to stabilize it or 2000 to a $$ before January.

Teenaira:
Every sensible person will know that the exchange rate of $ to Naira can not be N1200 to a dollar. What we have currently is pure speculations and I will sincerely like government to hit these criminals real hard. However, statement like the one coming from government now will be a subtle warning to these speculators creating artificial demand for dollar. There is no project the country is engaged in that requires the kind of dollars we consume daily currently. Government, either through the CBN or minister of finance should continue to let them know that government will use the big stick without any notice. That is likely going to make some of them stop the round tripping while the die hard may be caught in the act.

That is the harder part. Who want to get marry? Marriage is a long shot for foreigners. More than half of Nigerian will have to go back to home to find spouse and if you're not a citizen or permanent resident, you don't have such option and you lonely years is without numbers. One of the main disadvantage of traveling abroad is lonely and when you're an extrovert, it magnified such problem.

pandax:
I know the feeling baby girl,been there before i ran back. The downside of obodo oyibo. Please look for husband and marry, it will help you

Hamas miscalculated big time. You went on killing rampage and even make a video of yourself killing innocent civilians. Even Hamas supporters find it difficult to justify decapitating babies and killing party goers. The destruction Isreal will inflict on Hamas and Palestinian territory will take 50 years to recover.

You said it all. Hamas/Palestine people stand a better chance to achieve statehood thru negotiations but the act of terrorism carried out has given the Jews excuse to carry out indiscriminate bombing and it's all their fault.
Before Russia invade Ukraine, nobody in their sane mind would think Ukraine would attack Moscow but now, Ukraine freely attack Moscow and any Russian cities without consequences.
There is an old saying that say " when you're looking for trouble, you going to find one but it will look as what you anticipated ".
Hamasaki looked for trouble but I bet they never anticipate the scale of Isreal retaliation but they are yet to see anything.

GanagiBitrus:
One thing with war - once it starts, nobody knows how long it will last, how much it will escalate or how far-reaching the consequences will be.

Russia has been relegated to a regional power. If Russia.canf defeat Ukraine, a country without a Naval operation, then nobody fears Moscow again. The war in Ukraine has exposed how untrained, incompetent Russia military is and there lack of of discipline undermined their victory.

advanceDNA:
But I don't understand how u will go and poke someone that has superior military might than you...

Ur fellow Arabs cheering u on when u started are only crying fowl....


...but wait oooo.....can Russia can end this war by threatening Israel ??.... USA/NATO no want conflict with Russia...

You're not the only one but I am even worried about relocating back home. Abroad is not fun when you're older but the thought of what Naija will be like in my 60's scares me for real.
I know people who are tired of living their American nightmares but everything we talk about Nigeria situations, guys just sit down for real.

BoldBrainz:
I sincerely worry for the lives and survival of the children our generation is going to produce.

Nothing is wrong with them. They only read nl news and suddenly, they are economist in their own right. Where are the alternatives? Dollar is not our problem. Same issue will arise if we trade in 💴, even Cedis.
We bring Nothing to the table except oil and it works when our population was medium size but we had quadruple our population in the last 70 years and by UN estimate, Nigeria will be 3rd most populous country by 2050. Trouble is loading.

BoldBrainz:
You cannot drastically reduce imports when you don't have locally produced alternatives to those import products you're cutting off.

Do you want to create chaos in a national dimension? What is even wrong with some of you?

Nope. All start has higher percent of failure. Start up has 98 per cent failure rate even in silicon Valley. Start-up is like gamble. You invest $100, it blows up and you make $1m but your chances is %2.

yusufu16:
African startups are scammers.

Our universites are underfunded and that needs to change ASAP. The government needs to increase funding and the students need to bear greater burden too. Our universites needs to focus resources for optimal usage. Some discipline need to be phase out.
Our lecturers leaving Nigeria universites has nothing to do with structures. It has everything to do with better life. Nigeria is a hard place to survive and people will their chances the first time asking.
Teaching jobs rank among the lowest paid job even in America. An average salary of a teacher with masters degree in Virgina is $45k while a diesel mechanic without high school diploma makes $55k easy. I teach in community College in Virginia and I had to leave cos the pay socks.
The truth we need to tell ourselves is government need to do more, students/parents need to do more and our universites administrators need to do more by judicious spending resources and cut out waste cos government does not have limitless resources.

nairalanda1:
Even then, our universities are underfunded, and lecturers are leaving our unis to the same universites that may not be 'up to Unilag status' because the pay is better, and crucially they have access to better research facilities and connections.

We got to tell our selves some hard truths.

Like I said earlier, you have valid points but the term "world class" is subjective. I graduated from Unilag and I presently live in an area that has 3 universites. Namely, ODU, NSU and EVMS in Virginia. These universites are considered top notch but add all these universites together in term of structure, they are below Unilag. Our educational institutions need urgent financial interventions but still not the worse and our best will compare and compete with the so called world class universites in US and UK.
I used to live few miles down the road from Chicago state university. CSU is not bigger, not finer, does not have a better structures than Unilag. That is a fact

nairalanda1:
Even then, I still stand by my points.

Many Nigerians come and moan about how bad their universites are, and then when told of the financial and other implications to bring them up to scratch, they start shouting poverty.

It is either we want world class, or we accept our bad universities as they are and stop complaining.

You stated valid points but you need to compare oranges to oranges and not apples. Not every universities has the financial strength of Cambridge or Harvard in US or UK. Our universites need financial interventions seriously but money does not solve all problems.
Our universites need to be restructure that bring the best out of it. Some degrees has outlived their functions and any money on such degree is a waste. Imagine UNILAG offering Russion language as a degree? Even Russians does not study their own language.

nairalanda1:


1.This shows that there has been 8 years of disaster, and the effects of corruption. I have to mention this

2.It also shows the effect of low fees, low fees and did I say low fees and low income.

In 2018, the then VC of ABU Zaria gave a speech. In the speech, he made two comments that I am going to list below

1.His overhead costs for the previous year were 600 million naira. Government gave him 120 million. Where is he going to find the remainder of the money

2.If you want Cambridge level universities, pay Cambridge level fees.


Now, you are free to insult, abuse, mock, call me insensitive, call me the son of a canine, etc.

But our universites are and always have been BROKE. And underfunded. As a result, we cannot do high quality research, pay high quality salaries, and pay for high quality facilites. The hostels and living accomodation are shanties, and the staff accomodation is no better either( by the late 1980's, staff living in university accomodation had to pay for repairs out of their pocket, because the unis had no money)

Back to ABU. ABU's budget was N25 billion naira or 26 million pounds.. Cambridge uni.. 2 billion pounds with an endowment of 9 billion pounds.

Let that sink in.

Let that sink in.

And yet, many people come here and expect our universites to be like Cambridge on such small fees. Expect them to conduct world class research on such small fees.


Nigerians, make we think.

We have these choices.

1.We can raise fees, or let the unis set fees...so that they can earn money and pay for improvements, and retain staff..

2.We can do as Denmark does and pay for free education with half our annual income...that is everyone from Dangote and Ned to the beggar on the street.

3.Or we can pretend university is cheap, and continue to lose staff numbers, and lose retention of people.


It goes beyond APC, PDP, and LP....because this headline...awas the same headline in the 1980's 1990's 20000's and even as recently as 10-15 years ago. University lecturers have been japaing for DECADES. I mean for decades. We don't have enough lecturers, and enough spaces....because we think that cambridge level education costs less than N20000 a year, when it is actually more than 2 million.

But we got to let the poor breathe, eh?

US, like most countries, has the right to deport foreign national that commit a crime in their country. Any financial crime over a $1k is a felony and you're on automatic deportable when you commit a felony.
Any felonies committed before you become a citizen will make you deportable either you're an asylum holder or permanent resident. There are cases of immigration suing people who are already a citizen trying to take their citizens away cos they committed a crime while applying for their citizenship. Even as a citizen, you chances of getting a decent job is hard when you have a felony in your background.








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Do you know people drives accidental cars all over US? Lots of cars that involves in fender mender get fixed, and back on the road. The only cars that I will not drive is when the frame is compromised.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Accidented cars 😲😩😫

Electric cars are the faster when compared to similar ICE cars. The OP is wrong on most facts listed. Electric cars ain't cheap to maintain. One fender bender will total loss due to cost of repair. You want to know the difference between ICE and electric? Try sell an older electric car and you will understand.

Obierika:
Definitely not here in Nigeria

Having lived in US for 10 uninterrupted years, I can tell you OP was not biased and counter your 5 points.

1. Human dignity: true soldiers and politicians do anyhow but there are gangs in US and UK too. I used to live in Chicago and Bariga and I can tell you that you have a higher chances of getting killed in US than Nigeria.
2. You're right about something to do but doing something does not translate into doing some meaningful. Majority of immigrants start working in group home even as a masters degree holder.

3. While you don't need to know anyone to get a job, there are still instances you need to know people to get a job even in US though rear

4. There is nothing like flat structure. Average Americans can't afford to buy a new car. Even us s cars takes years to pay it off.

5. Good infastructure is a plus abroad but don't confused good healthcare to it availability. There are millions of Americans that has no healthcare and are one sickness to bankruptcy.

Note: while US, UK, EU are better than Nigeria, not all abroad are better. Traveling to Belize, Panama etc in search of a greener pasture is literally like hustling backward.

Jeboy:
I think the OP is biased in his write up in the sense that it is one-sided and made to instill fear in japaa adventure.

In as much as you dont smuggle your way abroad illegally, you are assured of the following:
1)Human Dignity. (no soldier or politician is gonna treat you like an animal because of your status or background. We see this everyday here0
2) There is something for you to do, wether it is a professionally skilled job or labour. You are assured of your basic life if u aint lazy.
In Nigeria some graduates have been unemployed for 5 to 7 yrs (can you beat that?)
3) You dont need to know anybody to get anything legal that is your right. (Here ministry jobs, NDA, Govt contract , all are connections)
4) Flat structure. Whether you are a gateman, CEO, Banker or carpenter, everybody level is flat. A cleaner can afford a new car with credits and repay after 5 years. Who dash monkey banana for 9ja.
5) Access to good infrastructure like health, education, good roads, security, power, societal decorum, rule of law etc


However, what the op should have warned people about are the followings.
1. Abroad life is not cheap. The rent I am paying for my wife as a student per month is almost a year and half rent in our Nigeria house.
2. Abroad life you earn and give to the system via tax, you try to evade tax you go to jail
3. Abroad life does not support your adulterous lifestyle like you do in Nigeria
4. Abroad life does not give you absolute control over your kids
5. Abroad life does not give you preference as a man over your wife as we do traditionally in Nigeria, infact women and children are protected than men .
6. You dont have so much social life in abroad life cos every moment counts (your bill is running so no time for idling like 9ja)
7. You cannot easily get help from family and friends like Nigeria so all man for himself.


For me, after spending almost 10m in the relocation of my wife, I dont have regrets cos like three employers have mailed me to let them know when I land about jobs thing and I can see they pay more than 10x what I earn in Nigeria.