Russia might win the war but already lost the battle. No country in Europe now fear Russia. Before the war, Finland and Sweden will never try to join NATO for fear of Russia reprisal but they don't care no more. They applied for and joined NATO and Russia did nothing. The treat to US power now is China and not Russia. If South African and Iran is supplying arms to Russia then Russia expose her weakness. As it stands now, India has more firepower than Russia. It will take years for Russia population to recover from this war and while Ukraine will join EU and open her border to foreigner just like Germany is doing now.

Ransomware:

your biggest is expecting rational reasoning from an Islamic fundamentalist. He is not interested in a multi-polar world, he is of the belief he is a mujahadin fighting the great satan (west). therefore since Russia is the closest near-peer in strength to the US, he thinks he is pitching his tent with a bigger force, here is what he does not understand, If the US wants Russia out of Ukraine a year ago, they would have done that easily. The US always assumed incorrectly that Russia was a near-peer in military strength but this war just showed that they are nothing. this is the US opportunity to bleed Russia dry. unfortunately, Ukraine will be the fighting force instead of the US infantrymen and women.
So if you expect that Taliban wanna-be to reason rationally, and see that the only innocent people in this fight are the Ukrainians, that will not happen because he is more gear toward what he listens to every friday at his indoctrination club

I read your comments often about this war and I get confused about your stand on it. Russia is the aggressor here and not Ukraine. Ukraine has every right to defend her territory against Russia and even US and NATO allied had always warn Ukraine from hitting targets inside Russia and reason why US and NATO did not give Ukraine fighter jets. Your narrative makes it sounds like the cause of the war is Ukraine attacking Russia.
Before you blame the cause of war on NATO expansion, Finland is now a member of NATO and Russia is yet to do anything and as far as I see the indices of this war, everything Russia is trying to prevent at the beginning of this war has already happened. The war was meant to prevents NATO expansion but NATO already has over 700 miles of Border with Russia and before you label me anti-russia, I studied Russian language for 3 years in Unilag, went to a Russia.

lhordspy:
Defeat to the Slave-masters. They can only resist, but surely Putin, with the help of God will deliver the world from the grip of war-mongers and Crisis instigators claiming world-powers.

Welcome to the New multi-polar world. Where everyone is a king. God bless Mother Russia.

Forced!!!! Absolutely not. I made an agreement that was binding and wanted to backed out of it. That is not acceptable. Buying Twitter is not the problem.bur running twitter aground is the problem. As is stands now, Elon is a conspiracy theorist in US.

wonlasewonimi:

He bought out everyone who had twitter shares and took it private. He didn't need to buy twitter at all and wanted to back out. He would have been sued to his eyeballs, so, he was forced to buy it.

People that invest in Twitter are already under water. The dude needs to learn to shut up for once. Now I know why people calling him genius idiot.

wonlasewonimi:
It's not just his business, there are shareholders involved muppet.

Why all the insult and name calling? Go read my comments and you will come to a conclusion of me that I always stays on a higher ground and I will never trade insult and name calling with you or anyone. Have a wonderful time out there...

RaptorX:
You are a dummy and a slavemaster ass licker, the white American girl that pretended to be a doctor and killed dozens of innocent Ugandan children was never extradited to face charges in Ugandan. And today she is still free like a bird, give me one example of a white American extradited to Africa to face charges committed against Africans and I am waiting.

Do you know American government extradite Americans to other countries if they commit a crime and such crimes can be proven? Educate yourself

RaptorX:
Stop extrading our people to this Western countries, you are a sovereign nation supposedly not a vassal or puppet state. If they committed a crime put them on trial here before a jury of their peers not sending them to this racist nations. So fvcking what some white boy committed suicide, this devils have been killing our people non stop for 500 years, so they need to be extradited to Africa to face genocide charges.

I am a 8 years experienced mechanic that also teach people how to be a mechanic in community college and I can tell you parts for automotive is either made in China or Mexico cos of price factor. Ordering parts from US or Germany is buying parts shipped from China to US.
I bought Ford F350 work truck with 160,000 miles. Scanned the truck, found out it has timing issue. I do not replaced the timing even as a mechanic cos I know it's going to be slippery slope from there on..I swapped the engine for reman engine that will do another 200,000 miles easy.
We buy a car that has over 200,000 miles from abroad that someone has already rolled the miles back, and we expect it to perform as brand new car and blame mechanics and China parts. Sometimes, you best bet is to let the engine go cos the internal wear and tear on the block and timing is too much to repair.

martyns303:
I can understand, the problem is our mechanics. Even with your money you can’t get good service, and if you are able to get good service be advice 95% of all parts in Nigeria are China, not the original from the car manufacturer. So within a few months the part would have packed up. I drive a Benz, I have the money but to get good service is a problem, I have now resorted to ordering the parts from abroad, expensive, but at least I have peace of mind. Car generally is expensive to maintain.

I believe they all wanted to come to US and now they will enter US without visas only to pick soup in Jail. You want to do anything to get rick, be ready for the consequences of your actions.

People sleep anywhere in the street for Yankee. From big to small cities.

Okoroawusa:

Ask yourself why people sleep in the streets of New York City . Big cities anywhere in the world takes care of you no matter your status.

It's not only in Nigeria. How many Americans have cars in there garage? Less than 1 per cent. The rest have a car, pays mortgage for 30 years, refinance during hardship and extend the mortgage to another 10 years, finished paying at 65, retired at 70 and ready to die soon. Over 30 per cent of Americans can't even retire cos of bills. They have to work till they are about to die. Statistics shows 75 per cent of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck and household debt is at record high.
Back to OP, when we are young, we dreams of luxurious future and the older we get, we readjust to realities of life and trim our dreams. OP should focus of getting extra income, them can start saving to buy a land and start building a house and prepare for retirement.

Solsix:
That's the situation of many Nigerians don't loose focus u will get there

Why blame the government for everything. Government can't be everywhere at the same time. There are consequences for our actions. You build a house on reclaimed land without government authorization, don't blame anybody when government decides to demolish your property. The situation is worse in US. You build illegal structures, government will sue you, you will pay court fees and fines, pays for the demolition and then pay to restore the land like tree planting etc

Dcaliphate:
What was the government doing when those buildings they're demolishing now were being erected up to this level. Now someone is taking a huge loss that could have been averted

One of three Nigerian men is being extradited from Canada to the U.S. to face a federal indictment on Friday, April 14 in a U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, MD. A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 29-year-old Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, 28-year-old James Junior Aliyu, and 31-year-old Henry Onyedikachi Echefu with "conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering and fire wire fraud and money laundering charges related to a business email compromise 'BEC' scheme with losses of more than $6 million."
According to the seven-count indictment, from February 2016 to at least July 2017, all three men conspired with others to perform the BEC scheme.
The three men and co-conspirators, including some from Maryland, gained unauthorized access to email accounts that were associated with individuals and businesses, the indictment detailed.
The co-conspirators allegedly sent false instructions to the victims' email accounts from fake emails, the indictment said, which were forged with sender addresses, to deceive them into sending money to bank accounts controlled by the perpetrators.
The accounts controlled by the perpetrators are called drop accounts."The indictment also alleges that the defendants conspired to commit money laundering by disbursing the fraudulently obtained funds in the drop accounts to other accounts by initiating account transfers, withdrawing cash, obtaining cashier’s checks and by writing checks to other individuals and entities, to hide the true ownership and the source of those assets.," the indictment detailed. According to the indictment, Aliyu is alleged to have made a $350,00 wire transfer from one of the drop accounts to an account he controlled in South Africa.

Copied from: https://www.google.com/amp/s/foxbaltimore.com/amp/newsletter-daily/3-nigerian-men-facing-federal-charges-in-connection-to-fraud-scheme-with-over-6m-losses

You can vacation is North Korea but you might not return home. Go ask Otto Warmbier

nairalanda1:


Jokes aside, one can vacation in North Korea. Even Americans go.

The palaver is you would always be followed by minders and you just can't spontaneously leave your hotel,( and then there are cases like otto wambier) but the hotels are nice, and one gets to see the sights, albeit under control.

While I am against insult and name calling but he made a valid point. Will you like to vacation in North Korea? US and it allies has their flaws but better than Russia, China and North Korea.

Iamzik:


I made a simple statement but you had to wash the linen of your poor upbringing on the internet with the thrash you typed up there.

The globalists want every country to fall in line but Russia, China and Noko have been a pain in their ass. If you don't know anything about global politics of the western hemisphere then i can also conclude that you have zero intelligence quotient.

I don't talk down on people but if that is the only way you know bring it on!

Wow. That's crazy. Pray something happen soon. Best of luck

samwillyco1:
Since 2010 no job

Don't you think it's fair for a woman to receive some property after marrying a man for years? Just to let you know she only receive half of the property he acquired from the day they were marry and nothing before she married him. On the reverse, men will receive half of the property if the woman is richer and women pays spousal support. It has nothing to do with Africans. We are quick to cry victims in any situation.

Made2Last:
Watch how the laws will carve out something for her...

Oyinbo no get time for Africans, they will not allow Africans to take advantage of their own laws..

He should be ready to shit out money for her

If you ever travel out of Nigeria, you will know immigration can pull someone out of queue for secondary check for reasons beat known to them and if they find nothing, they wish you safe journey off you go. Everything should not be politics for the sake of sanity.

burp18:
Only criminals get detained and harrassed for no reason. Why was Obi detained and if he is within his rights, why is he not pressing charges against the UK immigration?

You can't deport an ambassador. You can declare him persona non-grata and ask him to leave. OP, ppl lease correct your heading

35% on ROI? Wow.. The easiest way to distinguish between legitimate business, fraud and ponzi schemes is the % on ROI. Legitimate business will promise 10 - 15% on investment, ponzi schemes promise 30% upwards, frauds promise unlimited % return on investment.
Let's play a game, I will invest 5 million upward on your business if you can back my load with tangible property like land and if you default, I sell it off. If you agree, send me your number and I will get you the paperwork and if sign and dotted, I will credit your withing 3 business day.

Growsss3:
nvest in charcoal business production and nationwide distribution, 35% return on investment per trip

Minimum investment is 1million naira for a full load of 911 truck goods

And 2.3 million for a full load of container truck

2-4 trip per month

Pls check my profile for contact details

Location is kwara state

He said he lost the money. If he buys a land, build it, then he does not lose the money cos he can always sell it off and recoup his investment. You don't need 500 mil to start a club

43Ronin:
All of you saying AY is lying. How much is Land in a prime place like Lagos(Vi/Lekki) or Asokoro, maitama, garki, wuse? Do you know the cost of building materials? If detached duplexes in Lekki axis can be going for 150 to 200 mil without furniture, how much do you think a club will cost, with sound systems, interior decor etc. Guys that is to show you that APC has destroyed the value of our currency

More than exaggerate the amount. I always tell me, the easiest way to live a miserable life is to measure the quality of your life against unverified online claims. It does not even worth it.

brain54:

I think he exaggerated the amount too…

500 mil.. I guess he is talking about 50 millions. 500 mil is more than half a million dollars and you don't need half a million to start a night club in New York not to talk of Naija. Guess when it comes to online stories, people inflate it by 1000 percent

Yes cos hush plead guilty and accept responsibility. In US, when people plead guilty, it save prosecutor and the court time and you accept responsibility for your crime hereby reduce your punishment. You go to trial and lose, the judge will throw the book at you.

Berrityga:
20 years of picking soap. Wow. Even hush puppy no collect reach am.

COLLEYVILLE, Texas - A North Texas man will spend the next 20 years behind bars for leading a gang of criminals that allegedly used "sweetheart scams" on elderly victims across the country and sent the money to Nigeria.
According to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, 43-year-old Ifeanyichukwu Festus Obi was one of four people arrested following a 17-month, multi-agency task force investigation. During court hearings, it was revealed that the group is connected to callers in Nigeria who scam the elderly into sending money to their online love interest. "These Nigerian scammers are calling our retired-elderly population all through the night, waking them up, stressing them out and compelling them to send their money far and wide," said Assistant Criminal District Attorney Lori Varnell, who prosecuted the case.
Obi sent $1.32 million in stolen money to Nigeria in just two months in 2019, prosecutors said. They said his 20-year prison sentence for theft and engaging in criminal activity reflects the vast amount of money he was laundering overseas.

"This sentence sends a clear message. Tarrant County is not the place to bring your criminal enterprises," said Criminal District Attorney Phil Sorrells.
"A sentence this significant for a financial crime sends a message that Tarrant County will not tolerate those who prey on our most vulnerable citizens. Today, justice was served," Colleyville Police Chief Michael Miller added. Prosecutors are still working cases against the other three members of the "Yahoo Boys."


Copied from: https://www.fox4news.com/news/ringleader-of-gang-using-romance-scams-on-elderly-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison

Frontier, Spirit and JetBlue na die. Had an ugly experience with Amtrak. Missed a train from DC to Chicago. Had to rebook it over $100 and wait for almost 20 hours before for train leaving for Chicago. My another not too good experience with AA. Booked a flight to Virginia for $203, want to change the date and they requested $200 for changing fee. That was the last time I fly AA. Southwest or I go walker.

I guess you assume I am an Igbo cos of my post but I am a Yoruba man and like I said earlier, APC should know better and if they want to be emotional about it, let's see how it will play out I pray reason take charge cos no how bad Naija is, there is relative peace and this is not 1960's when you beg for arms from British to fight. There are more guns, ammunition out there that is more than Nigerian military armory holds. Peace.

FreeStuffsNG:

Smh. You have not learnt anything. It is looking more like waste of time educating you that you made your democratic choice and you will live with it. Nigeria moves on. You have elected new set of Abuja landlords who will return in 2027 to win in SE again and life continues.

All your social media insults and curses move no needle.

You really think others are stupid when you were mocking their leaders? You just realized you do not have the numbers?smh.
Democracy is a numbers game! You can keep insulting o, ko kan aye.

Politics ain't black and white. Fairness is always taken into consideration when allocating political position. If APC decide to zone senate president to the North when the North already produce vice president, they will agitate the south and if they take up arms, couple with bandits and Boko boys, the country will burn.
I want to assume APC knows better than to be emotional and accelerate Nigeria demise cos with the proliferation of arms and ammunition in Africa, no country will survive civil war.

FreeStuffsNG:
Did you read that part that reported he mobilized 70 senators? Do you think such a person will give you the Senate Presidency with just 6 APC senators from SE?

Northwest delivered the highest votes to help APC clinch victory while NC has the best spread of APC victory across the map.

What will 6 Senators who were suspected to be complicit in the pervasive massive widespread rigging against Asiwaju in Igboland with doctored Agulu results do?

It is democracy o. You have won with landslide of the highest number and speed of generating hate, bigotry, insults and curses online so you can go collect your trophy and Senate Presidency for SE from the dark web online. As you can see from your PTSD after beating by Asiwaju Tinubu, you really repped SE well well (pun intended).
check my signature for free stuffs!

Really!!! You don't surrender to a bully cos such person will bully you for the rest of your life. Russia was able to start the war cos Ukraine did not fight when it annex Crimea in 2014 and assume Ukraine will collapse in matters of days but Putin though wrong. Both Ukraine and Russia are losing heavily and this war open Russia to lots ridicules cos Sweden and Norway will never dreamt about joining NATO before cos of fear of what Russia will do but they quickly apply for NATO and waiting on Turkey to support their bids and will be NATO member. This war has made Russia lose her dear factors.

Princepk212:
It's better Ukraine succumb to Russia demand or continue losing it people and resources, the highest Western country can do to Russia is more sanction which I doubt is doing anything to curtail the war. With over 2000 sanction Russia is still kicking and remain strong and resolute.

My analysis is hypothetical which I may be wrong or right but the chances of saving $300k on 5 years for an African who just moved to States is next to nothing and on % level, in every 10,000pwoplw to move to US, only about 5 or less will be able to save $300k in their first five years. Take it to bank.

youngRx:

The problem with this analysis is that you are assuming all tech jobs pay 100k. Even at that, if you earn 300k annually, even if taxes take away 50% that's 150k net income annually. If you're not extravagant, you can survive on 40 to 50k annually. (Most Americans survive on less than 40k yearly and they're doing fine) . If you save 100k yearly, what is 300k (#200M) that you won't save after 4 to 5 years of staying abroad??

The truth is, this may not be the reality of everybody abroad, but there is no denying that there are actually people who are earning this much and living within their means

Agreed it comes with lots of perks but my surprises is everyone that talks about tech on nl will quickly point you to software engineer earn $$. While software engineer earn good pay, majority of people in tech ain't software engineer just like most people in medical field ain't doctors and non tech workers still make decent wages.





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Did you know rich dad, poor dad author had to filed for bankruptcy cos he can't manage his finances well. It's easy to tell people how to make money and get paid than going out there to make the money yourself.

grandstar:


What you are lacking is financial literacy and that's what the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" series tries to teach you.

You're thinking strictly on a 9-5 level. You work hard for money. Financial literacy teaches how to make money work hard for you.

Average Nigerian always jump on bandwagon just to stay relevant. Couple of years ago, you have to be a nurse or you're a looser, now it tech field. The surprise part is everyone that talks about tech will say they are software engineer and no tele support or mid-level employee. Someone will live a miserable life if you listen to their fake ish life.

Najdorf:

Nairalanders would have you think you're destined for poverty if you don't go into tech lol