gblissogan:
i pity you, go dubai and see if u no go cry to come back to nigeria
despite the hardship no place like home, if u think i they lie asking me wetting i they see for here in dubai

wetin u dey se?

erico2k2:

Do you know what Inch is?
So you are going to do a one Inch slab to floor your petrol station for cars to drive on? you average DPC is 4 inches this carries human weight, I dont think you know what I am talking about

This was my autocorrect, the grammar I ought to use is that your 6 inches overpriced slab work won't be needed... Where the DPC Sits can be safely reinforced.... Bro In life ther are many ways of doing so many things what most people don't realise is when u investing in real estate and start building a school a house there are people who will be building thier own house from that money you want to use to build ur own house ...from the carpenters to the bricklayers to all these Fake engineers you quoted

BluFlyBoy:
Greetings my fellow Nigerians. I'm facing the prospect of coming back to Nigeria after 8 years in the USA. I finished my post-graduate degree and I'm coming back with a Bsc, MBA and 2 years of work experience in the telecoms industry. I want to know from my people back home, how is the general national feeling, how they enjoy their lifestyle/quality of life and the hard-truths of what I'll be facing coming back as I've been so far removed from the national consciousness because I've been in the USA for almost a decade. I feel passion about my country and people but I need to know what too expect. So my people are you happy with life back home?

Come back to Nigeria and spend 6 months on vacation. If after then you still feel that passion, that is if

babaskool:



This was my autocorrect, the grammar I ought to use is that your 6 inches overpriced slab work won't be needed... Where the DPC Sits can be safely reinforced.... Bro In life ther are many ways of doing so many things what most people don't realise is when u investing in real estate and start building a school a house there are people who will be building thier own house from that money you want to use to build ur own house ...from the carpenters to the bricklayers to all these Fake engineers you quoted

sharaaap there, waht rubish, your slab need to be at least 9 inches and you will need 12mm rods, you do nt know jack shyte.stick to phone selling
you are still talking?? after you been found out?
Anyone With Any Experience Of An Online E-commerce Site Please Comment by babaskool(m): 5:58pm On Apr 29, 2013
so guys i'm based in london being designing websites for about a year now but now i'm working on my own e-commerce online store like jumia which would be selling cheap brand new popular smartphones....so like i want anyone with any experience in e-commerce side of website creating to get at me and besides i can't put a link of my work in progress website because i'm building the website offline through WORDPRESS and yes u can build a website through wordpress without being online...but that's another story itself..so start commenting guys

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dieBYfire:


Internationale Mathematik/Computation

wow .... discrete math / comp sci?

erico2k2:

come to the property section and sell your land.Im sure you will get one hundread cals in 10 mins at that price.I live in the UK,I got no connection to Ibadan, my areas are warri sapele and PH.But I got loads of friends here who are from Ibadan,Ijebu lekki axis and they are building as we speak and we have a good laugh in the property and Auto sections.So come there and come repeat all waht you are saying so the pros grill you and that one inch slab is still killing me

So until I post my land for 500k on nairaland beore it can be sold abi, don't worry abt the inch slab drop ur number here I would call u so we can use the remaining 3 million naira for the 6 inches slab you want to do lol

babaskool:

So until I post my land for 500k on nairaland beore it can be sold abi, don't worry abt the inch slab drop ur number here I would call u so we can use the remaining 3 million naira for the 6 inches slab you want to do lol

TH I EF, the worse part is that you aint even a smart o n.
you are based in London and design website ahaha these kids, you thought the internet will forget so mething you posted 2013 right?

To make it easier for you, just remain where you are. Nigeria right now is terribly difficult. People die of hunger everyday. The rich are even crying.

erico2k2:

I just went fru your profile and post,
shegey for you,U gt me there,you aint shyte.why are you despiratly trying to B stewpadeyou Dad owns no filling station, you dont know jack about the azz you talking about, beside you said you was in London 2012? remmeber this
https://www.nairaland.com/1273851/anyone-experience-online-e-commerce-site#63108734
U lied You was a lawyer,
This was your POST
Anyone With Any Experience Of An Online E-commerce Site Please Comment by babaskool(m): 5:58pm On Apr 29, 2013
so guys i'm based in london being designing websites for about a year now but now i'm working on my own e-commerce online store like jumia which would be selling cheap brand new popular smartphones....so like i want anyone with any experience in e-commerce side of website creating to get at me and besides i can't put a link of my work in progress website because i'm building the website offline through WORDPRESS and yes u can build a website through wordpress without being online...but that's another story itself..so start commenting guys

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HolyGhost fire for your head, I was busy wasting my time talking to you, no wonder you said your slab was one inch
kia i don die, if say U dey near me like now the slaaap u for take for reset your destiny

I like how u have brought out my previous posts but u forgot to include the post where I was asking anyone who had an offer to study law at the university of Southampton in 2013....I studied law bro and presently a qualified lawyer...
I have this feeling you are not happy of how I have empirically provided facts not assumptions to you and u were hell bent on doing ur own slab with 180 bags of cement and nothing else

Remember we have literally built this guys filling station form scractch nd there is still 3 million of that 10 million naira left so pls being ur next costs and estimate I am wasting ...

iluvpomo:
wow .... discrete math / comp sci?

Discrete Maths is just a module( course)
*Potential Theory
*Algebra Graph Theory
*Mathematical Image processing
*PDE n ODE( advance )
* Mathematical Colloquim
*Optimum Analysis
* Topology
* List are endless Abeg

erico2k2:

TH I EF, the worse part is that you aint even a smart o n.
you are based in London and design website ahaha these kids, you thought the internet will forget so mething you posted 2013 right?

What if I was based in London and Nigeria at the same time and just wanted people to think I was based in London at the time ....How is this relevant that I have been in the PMS business for long ....cos I don't understand

babaskool:


What if I was based in London and Nigeria at the same time and just wanted people to think I was based in London at the time ....How is this relevant that I have been in the PMS business for long ....cos I don't understand

Cos you small sense did not tell you that Southampton is not in London but in Hampshire

dieBYfire:

Discrete Maths is just a module( course)
*Potential Theory
*Algebra Graph Theory
*Mathematical Image processing
*PDE n ODE( advance )
* Mathematical Colloquim
*Optimum Analysis
* Topology
* List are endless Abeg

babaskool will need this cos he seems to get his sums crossed

erico2k2:

babaskool will need this cos he seems to get his sums crossed

Good luck to the both of you

BluFlyBoy:
The responses to this thread have been very negative. No I don’t have a green card. I’m working on one but the process has gotten very complicated that I’m just contemplating cutting my losses. The attitude on this thread is different from my high school friends who schooled here then went back. Most of them are positive, but some of them are more privileged than I do, so maybe they are not seeing the reality of the country.

My advice, there is nothing like home. Home is where you make it, but you have to be rugged, determined, smart to hit the ground and running.

A lot of people do not fulfill there potentials abroad until they finally come home. In the US or Europe, you don't get close to those in government because you don't know them. there are procurement jobs or contracts by the US or European government. The people in government patronise companies of people they already know, being childhood friends, neighbours, school mates. Now, not being born Americans or Europeans mean you will be a stranger and outsider to this opportunities. You can't really fulfill your potentials. In the end, you end up working forever in US or Europe and live from hand to mouth. In Nigeria, you will have opportunities to own and grow your company and have your childhood friends, school mates in authority patronise you with contract or procurement job or whatever field of specialization. You can actually be employer of labour in Nigeria. Most owners of the new generation banks were trained in US or Europe.

I lived in the Western world for over 13 years, with Masters degree from there. Naturalised and kids. but I struggled from hand to mouth. I worked in the financial industry. I tried coming back several times but left out of frustration. But I know I want to live well and rule my world than live where the time determines what I do, wake, work, gym, watch TV and sleep, only to wake up and repeat same activity the next day, seeing less educated white boys boss me. I know I did not want to see white boys bidding and getting contracts from the borough while I struggle to bid and win after I registered my company. During President Jonathan's era, many US and Europe based flooded Nigeria. I seized the opportunity. I registered a company in Nigeria and started networking and winning contracts. Invested in transport with my buses plying Lagos, Abuja, PH. Expanded my fleet during Jonathan's era because profit was good. Recession has made it difficult making profit but still hanging on. Can actually train my kids in the West from proceeds I make from Nigeria. Can drive Range Rover, Toyota High Lander, Chrysler 300, Sienna paid cash in Nigeria and not mortgage as we so in the western world. I can buy land and build easily with profit from a business in Nigeria. You have to network and work hard. I finally caught up with my friends who stayed back in Nigeria after we left school while I wet overseas. While I was in abroad, they were doing better financially and visited me and I cursed myself for ever migrating. But with determination, I left the circle of work, eat, watch TV, sleep, came down to Nigeria and improved financially, happier, livelier, more comfortable. When things became better, went back and gave out most valuables I had. I can not see myself going back to live permanently overseas again. My very closed relatives who migrated to US in the 70s and with several degrees do not have the cash I have since I came to hustle in Nigeria. Dangote could be the richest African because he is based in Nigeria. He would not have been if he migrated to US or Europe. There is opportunity in Nigeria, but leave your options open to go back if it does not work well in Nigeria. Target a business where you will have 180m Nigerians patronising you. The population is a huge market. Agriculture/farming is lucrative. Eatery or Supermarket can be lucrative too. I know a girl friend who left the US to Nigeria and went into fish farming about the year 1999. By when I came in 2012, she was making a lot of money from it and regretted not coming back from US much earlier. There is nothing like home where opportunities are many, but prepare your mind to deal with security issues, rowdiness, unruly traffic and drivers, bad road, corrupt police, power failure. Your determination to succeed will see you through in Nigeria.

it is fun living in Nigeria.

erico2k2:

Cos you small sense did not tell you that Southampton is not in London but in Hampshire

So uve quickly forgotten that my uni was in Southampton something I told u like a minute ago, and what's ur point somone cannot go to school in a differnt city and still maintain his international acumen and drive.. I am a lawyer with an incredible experience in corporate transactions, I will never say anything I don't know anything abt

babaskool:



So uve quickly forgotten that my uni was in Southampton something I told u like a minute ago, and what's ur point somone cannot go to school in a differnt city and still maintain his international acumen and drive.. I am a lawyer with an incredible experience in corporate transactions, I will never say anything I don't know anything abt

ahah your Uni is in Southampton and you live in London
Luuuurd I cant take this no more

erico2k2:

ahah your Uni is in Southampton and you live in London
Luuuurd I cant take this no more

The Lord will have to have mercy on u cos ur brain cells cannot seem to process the fact that it is possible to be studying at a differnt university but yet be based in a differn city ...

babaskool:



The Lord will have to have mercy on u cos ur brain cells cannot seem to process the fact that it is possible to be studying at a differnt university but yet be based in a differn city ...

ahahahah even google fail you its like saying you are attending Unilag but live In PHC see how stewpid you sound once again, you dont even have the brain to use google to identify the distance U cnt even live in southampton and work in London its miles and hours away let alone sturdy ahaha.Go sleep abeg, your brain needs reboot

londoner:
Op, plan your homecoming/ homegoing and don't be in a rush. The hardship others are experiencing you will most likely be able to side step for the most part. You have international qualifications and you are not poor.

Plan and make your way back when you feel you can. Go to Abuja first for a softer landing and surround yourself with people that have the same money or who wealthier than you. Stay away from the hungry, they are the dangerous ones imho.

You can also get a job lined up while you are in the US for international firms operating in Nigeria.

If you have your US citizenship you can always go back if you see the signs that you should leave Nigeria.

You have options which others don't. I would say move over in STAGES if you can.

you believe mingling with the rich alone will protect him? what of Evans, the billionaire kidnapper? many of the rich he will meet in Abuja could be kidnappers, armed robbers, cult members and fetish people, they are also as dangerous as the hungry ones. also, how will he protect himself from the hungry ones when those hungry ones invade his house with pump actions and ak47s? or when those hungry ones spray the car he is driving with bullets?
Zoogeria is a zoo, only a monkey will want to return to it.

Took a long time to read through.

Like you, I'm planning my return to Nigeria in a little over a year from now. However, your N10m is not sufficient to feel financially safe in Nigeria. Especially because it's filled with lots of dishonest people who will always look for how to cheat you when you are trying to set up or run a business there.
All those you find here insulting the country and the government are people most of whom cheat others or cut corners regularly, but all they see as the problem is "our leaders".
Your plan should be to have at least N50m. You mustn't run a physical business to be rich. That's where Nigeria and it's people will drain your soul. Learn to be a good investor. Learn to have your money work for you always.
Hard work doesn't pay much, smart work does.

Lol village people are testing the microphone with this one head.

I like that you took time to give this testimony, still many will not get it. They are young, so let them explore, the ones that are smart would be able to pick wise words from this thread. Wait for them also to come and attack and insult you that this is a made up story. At end of the day, whether home or abroad there are some principles to life, it takes many years to realize some go to their graves with no self actualization or realization.
My favorite quote is this
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right"

Deban:


My advice, there is nothing like home. Home is where you make it, but you have to be rugged, determined, smart to hit the ground and running.

A lot of people do not fulfill there potentials abroad until they finally come home. In the US or Europe, you don't get close to those in government because you don't know them. there are procurement jobs or contracts by the US or European government. The people in government patronise companies of people they already know, being childhood friends, neighbours, school mates. Now, not being born Americans or Europeans mean you will be a stranger and outsider to this opportunities. You can't really fulfill your potentials. In the end, you end up working forever in US or Europe and live from hand to mouth. In Nigeria, you will have opportunities to own and grow your company and have your childhood friends, school mates in authority patronise you with contract or procurement job or whatever field of specialization. You can actually be employer of labour in Nigeria. Most owners of the new generation banks were trained in US or Europe.

I lived in the Western world for over 13 years, with Masters degree from there. Naturalised and kids. but I struggled from hand to mouth. I worked in the financial industry. I tried coming back several times but left out of frustration. But I know I want to live well and rule my world than live where the time determines what I do, wake, work, gym, watch TV and sleep, only to wake up and repeat same activity the next day, seeing less educated white boys boss me. I know I did not want to see white boys bidding and getting contracts from the borough while I struggle to bid and win after I registered my company. During President Jonathan's era, many US and Europe based flooded Nigeria. I seized the opportunity. I registered a company in Nigeria and started networking and winning contracts. Invested in transport with my buses plying Lagos, Abuja, PH. Expanded my fleet during Jonathan's era because profit was good. Recession has made it difficult making profit but still hanging on. Can actually train my kids in the West from proceeds I make from Nigeria. Can drive Range Rover, Toyota High Lander, Chrysler 300, Sienna paid cash in Nigeria and not mortgage as we so in the western world. I can buy land and build easily with profit from a business in Nigeria. You have to network and work hard. I finally caught up with my friends who stayed back in Nigeria after we left school while I wet overseas. While I was in abroad, they were doing better financially and visited me and I cursed myself for ever migrating. But with determination, I left the circle of work, eat, watch TV, sleep, came down to Nigeria and improved financially, happier, livelier, more comfortable. When things became better, went back and gave out most valuables I had. I can not see myself going back to live permanently overseas again. My very closed relatives who migrated to US in the 70s and with several degrees do not have the cash I have since I came to hustle in Nigeria. Dangote could be the richest African because he is based in Nigeria. He would not have been if he migrated to US or Europe. There is opportunity in Nigeria, but leave your options open to go back if it does not work well in Nigeria. Target a business where you will have 180m Nigerians patronising you. The population is a huge market. Agriculture/farming is lucrative. Eatery or Supermarket can be lucrative too. I know a girl friend who left the US to Nigeria and went into fish farming about the year 1999. By when I came in 2012, she was making a lot of money from it and regretted not coming back from US much earlier. There is nothing like home where opportunities are many, but prepare your mind to deal with security issues, rowdiness, unruly traffic and drivers, bad road, corrupt police, power failure. Your determination to succeed will see you through in Nigeria.

it is fun living in Nigeria.

babaskool:


I am a disgrace to a profession by telling someone he would need to first incoporate a company first before he can dream of ever doing business in Nigeria, also I advised him as to the best of hot business in Nigeria now which have a high investment yield by using the amount of petrol stations in Nigeria make. I also told him I can send him the business proposals for free of which I can even recomend other prfessionals to him who can help him get started on all I have said to confirm if they are real or not... And yet you say I am a disgrace to the profession... I pray to God to help you in life

Ogbeni make hear word abeg!


Which kind of snake oil salesman advice were you by plucking figures out of the air?

An investor battens down the hatches with seed capital of N9m; procures land/space and equipment therefrom for a service/filling station and pronto! makes a daily profit of N400k?


Awon omo Linus tabi Lie Lie Mohammed...

Rhea:


Come back to Nigeria and spend 6 months on vacation. If after then you still feel that passion, that is if

I swear he won't last 2 months. Impossible.

erico2k2:

TH I EF, the worse part is that you aint even a smart o n.
you are based in London and design website ahaha these kids, you thought the internet will forget so mething you posted 2013 right?

BUSTED!! EPIC!
Good detective work

RedGold2017:
I like that you took time to give this testimony, still many will not get it. They are young, so let them explore, the ones that are smart would be able to pick wise words from this thread. Wait for them also to come and attack and insult you that this is a made up story. At end of the day, whether home or abroad there are some principles to life, it takes many years to realize some go to their graves with no self actualization or realization.
My favorite quote is this
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right"

Ok, but seriously, EXACTLY HOW do u deal with some of the following :

1) rampant corruption everywhere
2) corrupt politicians
3) corrupt police
4) SARS
5) ritualists,
6) kidnappers,
7) conmen,
yahoo boys,
9) brazen robbers,
10) Boko Haram,
11) IPOB,
12) Delta Avengers,
13) baby factories,
14) child molesters,
15) child snatchers
16)human traffickers,
17) poor power supply,
18) ridiculous hospitals,
19) doctor strikes
20) poor schools, universities
21) poor infrastructure,
22) poor water supply,
23) poor waste disposal,
24) poor drainage system,
25) poor building inspection,
26) collapsing buildings,
27) dillapidated housing,
28) poor drug inspection,
29) poor food inspection,
30) poor environmentals
31) corrupt clearing and forwarding,
32) corrupt customs,
33) no mental healthcare
34) no provisions for handicapped people
35) corrupt legal system,
36) corrupt judiciary,
37) poor banking system, long lines
38)poor and corrupt monetary system,
39) Fulani herdsmen
40)military
41) aviation in general
42) MM Airport, Ikeja
43) Filthy and congested seaports (Apapa)
44) rampant strikes
45) fake everything
46) intermittent fuel scarcity
47) generator fumes and noise
48) corrupt FRSC
49) road blocks
50) Non-existent planned public transportation
51) fires and deaths from power surges
52) deaths from unsafe roads
53) In case of fire, long waits for poor response
54) In case of crime, long waits for police response
55) long waits for poorly equipped ambulances
56) very poor emergency healthcare
55) ineffective drug prescription system
56) totally corrupt govt bureaucracy
57) very poor public healthcare sector
58) poor crime investigation process
59) poor forensics
60) poor record-keeping process
61) poor and fraud-susceptible personal identification

its like you want to test your endurance abi?

anyway i no fit shout

mrphysics:


Did you follow the post on Besiktas or Instanbul that made the front page today. The op say that the pay in Instanbul is $70 per week, which is about $280 in a month. Bros, if you are serious and smart on fiverr, you will make more than that in a month.

If you think Nigeria is hell, trust me, it will remain a hell for you and you will always be frustrated in Nigeria. I don't care about the leaders, I only support whosoever is there and I have no apology for what anyone think or say about it

For factory job.

Which is embarrassingly low because in China, with all the population and cheap labor, factory jobs are over $1000/mo.

You make valid points, but I could slam you for the same reasons you're slamming others.

NIGERIA is a sh*thole. That is a fact.

That you're able to make it. Or that less than 10% make a decent salary does not make it any less than a sh*thole.

Most people are not living in Nigeria, they're surviving.

There's a reason why America is called the land of opportunity and the West welcome immigrants (well, until recently); while here in Nigeria we emphasize on connections. Whoever has connections in any part of the globe will get better opportunities. Simple as!

However, the average person would not always have these connections. That's why people go to school (or some higher learning institution) to get vital skills and improve themselves so they can get jobs based on merit and are able to live comfortably.

Trust me, if you can make $6000 annually in Nigeria, you can make $60k annually in the West. You say you do freelancing and you think that's some big deal.

Well, let's see. In the West, one could buy a new laptop with a credit card, or pay in installments. Get grandfathered in for cheap with 4G internet (not mobile broadband) or go to a coffee shop and use WiFi for free. Electricity is cheap and constant. Rent is the only big issue, but you can stay with a roommate or go live downtown. And here's the important fact, rather than rely solely on platforms that could axe your account anytime, you actually have the leverage of contacting local businesses and entrepreneurs locally for better paying gigs.

So, you see. If you can hustle hard to make it in Nigeria as a freelancer, it wouldn't even be a struggle for you in the West. And if all else fails, there's always the option to flip burgers at McDonalds or sell popcorn at Target for $11/hour. And have a second and even third job to boost your finance.

Can someone make it in Nigeria? Yes. But let's not mislead people to believe it'll only require the same effort it'd take to make it outside the shores. It'd take considerably more. Unless, you're deeply connected or extremely lucky. To be absolutely clear, that's not how things should be. Running a business in Nigeria is insane.

And here's the most important factor I've not seen mentioned in this thread, life in Nigeria. I hate it. I can't even bring myself to read some stories on NL anymore. I don't keep up with the #EndSARS campaign on Twitter because the stories shared by fellow Nigerians make me sick. Literally. And to know nothing will be done about it just makes me more bitter.

This is a country where the Airforce killed innocent refugees apparently by mistake and nothing happened. Nothing came out of the investigation and nobody is bothered. Nobody out of almost 200m people is bothered. Every week women are raped, farmers are killed in my home state by certain untouchable people and it doesn't even make the news. Even if it does, we are all content with displaying momentary sadness on social media, and practically 60 seconds later we don't give a sh*t. No protest.

People die and live like dogs and no one gives a sh*t. Not even the deeply religious people.

It's like we've become conditioned to barbarism, we think this is all life can offer, and the only thing that matters to us is the size of our bank accounts. Because deep down we all know it's the only thing stopping us from being bundled accidentally into a prison and left to rot for a fabricated crime. Or to protect yourself from criminals. Or to give yourself a semblance of a normal life and numb yourself to the harsh truth that is the Nigerian way of life.

I don't think you've ever sat down and thought about how many people go missing in Nigeria daily. The skulls being sold for 2k, who were those people? Someone earlier today was drawing attention to the fact that her brother had been missing for 7 years after been taken by SARS. That could be you. Taken, killed, dumped in a bush or in a river. EOD. Case closed. No missing person's report. If there is, it's just another file or name. The killers will be out the next day scouting for their next victim. At the end of the month, they're paid by a government that claims to serve you. Unless you are connected to a top politician or a top businessman or clergy or let's just say a high ranking member of the society.

I honestly cannot respect anyone who looks at this Nigeria, where laws aren't worth sh*t, and says it's a good place to live in because some happen to have more money and live in gated communities in Lekki or Asokoro or in high-brow neighborhoods. It feels like it's a living hazard to stay in Nigeria as an average Nigerian.

Making more money doesn't make your life better. It just allows you to game a system rigged to cater to the highest bidder to the detriment of the average Joe and Jane. And you don't mind and you don't care. Because you know it's either you or them.

I know for most Nigerians, none of this matters. You could care less if Dangote's trailer mows down everyone in your street, as long as you're the only one who makes it out alive. It'd make for a good testimony on Sunday. Every other person be damned. No one would call for the Dangote driver to be prosecuted or even follow it up. No one would call for stricter implementation of speed limits. You wouldn't. We'd just go ahead hoping we keep cheating death and unfortunate situations until our luck runs out.

Such that the same issues that killed our fathers are the same issues killing our children. No improvements.

And you think that's living the good life? With your 400 f*cking dollars. You think it's worth it to expose yourself to the dangers and stress of living in this bloody country for how much? I mean you've practically priced your quality of life. And I've not even started talking about healthcare, government accountability, lifestyle compatibility and the likes.

It's a long read, and I salute your patriotism, but it is seriously misplaced.

-Lord

Feel free to give it a shot but I hope you have your green card or citizenship sha? Just in case things don't turn out well,u can fall back on that option. Here lies the issue,many pple back home are looking at options to leave while u are going back.just make sure you have your paali.
If your status in the USA is the issue maybe u should give Canada a try through their "Express entry" program.Your education and experience might serve you well (though other factors will still be considered too). You can even try from Nigeria coz you may not be able to if you lose your status in USA.best wishes.

9jaDoc:


Ok, but seriously, EXACTLY HOW do u deal with some of the following (add yours):

rampant corruption everywhere and
corrupt politicians
and corrupt police
and SARS
and ritualists,
and kidnappers,
and conmen,
and yahoo boys,
and brazen robbers,
and Boko Haram,
and IPOB,
and Delta Avengers,
and baby factories,
and child molesters,
and human traffickers,
and non-viable:-
power supply,
hospitals,
schools,
infrastructure,
water supply,
waste disposal,
drainage system,
building inspection,
collapsing buildings,
dillapidated housing,
drug inspection,
food inspection,
clearing and forwarding,
customs,
mental health,
handicapped empowerment,
legal system,
judiciary,
banking system,
monetary system,
Fulani herdsmen
and military
and aviation
and filthy seaports (Apapa)
rampant strikes
fake everything
(add yours)

They don't deal with it. They accept it as facts of life. Not as anomalies but part of what it means to be Nigerian. The Nigerian psyche is damaged beyond repair and it is heavily contagious. Which is why no matter how long you stay outside the shores where things are much better, the moment you land in MMIA, your brain resets to survival mode. Like you just ported back in time to the Jurassic period where every living thing is out to maim you.

And the sick thing is that most can't even imagine it being better. Sure they see the better infrastructure and hear of better pay, but they could never fathom what it is like to live in a society where things work better than they do in Nigeria.

-Lord

Deban:


it is fun living in Nigeria.

That fun you're having is someone else's nightmare.

Note that when next you share your success story.

-Lord