I just stumbled on this thread and I was surprised to see a lot of false reports here. I happen to have attended the same secondary school with Don Jazzy and I can say I know him a bit.

His name is Michael Enebeli, he attended FGC Ijaniking Lagos (graduated in 1998). He was 4 years my senior in secondary school, and he had a younger sister who was my mate (Joy Enebeli). Up until 2002, they lived in a house (a brown building) along the Egbeda/Idimu road in Egbeda. He is not Enebeli Elebuwa's son, I know this because we used to tease Joy about it back then, and she clearly let us know they aren't related.

Naval Ratings again!

I think the problem with the Nigerian Military is first and foremost, a lack of discipline, and for the Navy, I think these ratings aren't seeing enough action (compared to their counterparts in the UK and USA), thats why they unleash their barbaric tendencies on helpless civilians. Just like in the Uzoma Okere case, I strongly believe that the behaviour of ratings attached to senior officers is a reflection of the character/personality of the senior officer in question. In other words, the senior officers are not better than the ratings.

It is only in countries like Nigeria that the military believe they're above the law. In the UK and USA, these guys would have been arrested by the POLICE, but we all know even the Police in naija will be scared to confront them.

beknown:

@Ghurka,
The greatest expenses all over the world is accommodation cost. If you have free accommodation in London, life will be the best. In Nigeria (e.g. GRA Ikeja), accommodation prices for rent or buy are very high too. Everyone do not have free accommodation and free food as you.

I wasn't living in GRA Ikeja, I was working there and living in Maryland. I do agree with you that accommodation cost is the greatest of all expenses, but you and I know that getting free accommodation in London is almost impossible (especially if u don't have a job). On the contrary, If u're jobless in naija, u'd at least have somewhere to live (friends', cousins', aunts' etc) and someone might still be kind enough to feed u, this is very unlikely here, as most people are also struggling to make ends meet. That was what I meant by "not worrying about accommodation and feeding".

Thanks for the info on the market. Cheers

Mz Frugal:

Please help save my marriage and guide me into cutting my coat acording to my size.

The reason i have come to this nairaland community is to seek help to make our little income go further. For example,  one of my friend came over to see me and she exclaimed how things where expensive when i had to pay £1 for 3 plantain and £4 for a tuber of yam. She lives in Wembley in Northwest London and they get 7 plantain for £1, and the same yam would cost £2.50. Now this might seem a paltry amount to some people, but when you consider that we are paying over double for the same quantity of food, it makes sense to sit up and pay attention. Another friend told me she does her hair in Dalston for £25, and i have been doing mine for £45 thinking i was getting a bargain.

I live in North-West London (Colindale) and I'm quite surprised to learn that one can get 7 plantains for 1pound in Wembley!. I've been to different stores and markets around here (Colindale, Hendon, Burnt Oak, Edgware), and the standard price for plantain is 3 for 1pound, I'll check out the market at Wembley ASAP.

samtoye:

I feel your pains, but is coming home never an option?

This is the question I keep asking my friends here in the UK.

I came to the UK to do a top-up (final year) Bachelor degree course, which I have now completed. Since I completed my exams 3 months ago, I haven't been able to get a job (Security [I've got the SIA badge], Cleaning, Warehouse Picker etc etc), and this has to do with the fact that I'm on a student visa.

Whenever I mention to my friends that I intend going back to naija, they look at me as if I'm mad, meanwhile, they've all graduated at least 1-2years ago, and the jobs they have cannot be listed on their CVs!. Before I came here for my top-up, I was working in a small Business Consultancy in GRA Ikeja (without a B.Sc) and I was earning 100K (approx 400pounds). The money wasn't so fantastic, but my standard of living was a lot better than it currently is in London. I didn't have to pay rent, worry about feeding etc etc.

I don't believe living abroad is a do-or-die matter, especially as most people are actually suffering here. Moreover, naija is not the worst place on earth, so I don't see any reason why we can't go back home when living abroad turns into a living hell.