If I wanted to maintain my current standard of living, but in Nigeria, it would cost too much to be realistic.
Nigerian prices are way too expensive in USD terms despite having such a devalued currency, and I don't understand how everyone is quiet.
That country is stupidly expensive for no reason at all🤷🏾
Terrorists took turns raping a 52-year-old mother in front of her two children. They recorded it and posted the video online.
We aren’t resilient people, we’re just cowards.
The Almighty God will deliver Nigeria from the shackles of Terrorism and Corruption in the mighty name of Jesus. Everyone in captivity would be freed and returned home safely and the enemies of Nigeria would have no peace in Jesus name (AMEN) !
"Look at the way terrørists are k!ll!ng people and posting the videos on social media. This is the result of the votes some people sold during the last election."
— Livinus Nwosu, while visiting villagers and showing them a videos and pictures of several victims of terrørists att@cks, urged them not to sell their votes ahead of the 2027 elections and encouraged them to register for and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
@RaenestApp please release my salary! I have provided every information you asked for! You still asked for LinkedIn profile, I still sent it!
And you’re still holding my money! What kind of frustrating situation is this?
@RaenestHQ
See ehn,
The first time a babe told me she couldn't date me because she found out i was the first born, I was hurt like mad.
At first, I thought she was just looking for an excuse.
But then she explained.
She said, "As a first born, your strongest emotions will always be tied to your family. You'll always be thinking about responsibility, provision, solving problems, helping people, carrying burdens. Even when you're physically present, a part of your mind will always be somewhere else."
Then she went further to say:
"At this stage of my life, I want someone who isn't saddled with family issues."
Omo, that one sha pain me. But wetin i go do na? Looking back at everything now, she was actually right.
Not because first borns can't afford to love deeply.
But because sometimes you're trying to be a son, a parent, a provider, a problem-solver, an emergency fund, a therapist and a sibling all at once.
And somewhere in the middle of all that, you're also expected to be somebody's boyfriend.
I appreciate her for being honest.
And also for not leading me on.
She knew what she wanted, knew what she couldn't handle, and said it upfront.
This first born lifestyle no easy.
To God.
When I say modern-day dating has become miserable and is more of a humiliation ritual than love, this is what I mean.
Look at her texts and the misery in her life. she tried to put in her best effort and wanted to talk to him, but instead, she became meme material on the internet because he wanted some likes and validation.
I was on call with a friends abroad and she said, “babe let me send data for you”. I was happy cause funny thing is, I was low on sub as at that time.
She sent me data, imagine my shock when I saw 65 gb data plan for one month. I was extremely grateful, i didn’t see that coming and then I looked at myself and realize I have never done such for myself.
Not because I cant afford 16k but because there are so many other things to so that seem more important than data.
Living in a country where basic stuffs like data have to be compared side by side with food is not how I wished to live my life.
I woke up with a heavy heart, Nigeria must work in my lifetime.
PS: she is right here and I know she will see this shortly. Thank you mama, I don’t know what I did to make you like me
this is one of the reasons i always feel long distance relationships creates the best lovers fr.. the moment you can take intimacy off the table & they still fill that void in you, offer you value, without being blinded by lust or inordinate affections, now that’s your person.
Halle Berry says most men are bad at s6x and women fake org6sm just so men can stop with the nonsense pounding , she says some men think aggressive pounding equals pleasure while women are secretly waiting for it to be over so they can handle things themselves afterwards. 👀👀💔
‘Most women fake org6sm just so men can feel good and they can stop with the aggressive rubbish they do. they think being aggressive equals a good time but women are secretly waiting for it to be over so we can handle things ourselves after’ 👀👀
JESUUSSSSS. 😭
We all submitted. Waited for the examiner to call us one by one.
Watched him confirm to half the class that they failed.
E reach my turn I saw that wide smile. 😭
Everybody jus dey happy for me.
Today is my happiest day this year.
2morow, we resume kitchen.
Woke up with a heavy heart today. Stayed on my bed for over an hour just thinking deeply about how much life has changed in such a short time.
There was a time my leave allowance could comfortably sort my yearly rent, and I’d still have enough left to buy a few clothes, footwear, maybe even a jacket.
Now? The same money barely sorts anything substantial. The most painful part is watching the quality of life in this country decline so aggressively while people slowly normalize struggle like this is how life is supposed to be.
A lot of Nigerians are exhausted, financially stretched, and silently grieving the lives they used to be able to afford.
Agree or not, APC already ruined the country, set us in a poverty journey at a fast track pace and they are demanding another 4 years.
My space was too niche for the Nigerian market (in real life, it's not). If I lost my job, I would be stranded, because only very few employers understood what I do within an HR team, and had such roles within their structure. ++, enu ti fe. I go just hate my life.
How do I explain to an average company in Nigeria that my top skill set was akin to having an in-house OD & workforce analytics consultant, and so I deserve over 1.5 million in salaries?
One of the Big 4 invited me to interview. I told them what I was earning as an SBO in a bank (due for AM), and they disappeared. I was wondering what their plan was. That was when the fear really settled in.
Which, by the way, in my first month in France, I had been invited to three internship interviews in workforce planning (L'Oreal included), to work in the team responsible for designing their structures (cost centers with job roles and control systems), for the next 5 years. Did not pick any up because it was not internship season yet.
There is a ceiling for most roles here. I see CFOs and some CEOs in good organizations here who are just 55, and they have to retire there. Meanwhile, a Morgan Stanley could come and poach you at 55 from BoA to come and work for another 5 years. And when you are done, a payments startup can poach you to help them go to market and grow because they can afford you, even if it's for three years.
Meanwhile, do you know that by 35, a very skilled and experienced individual living in a developed economy with 15+ years of experience would have been poached (or moved jobs with vertical & horizontal progression) at least 7 times within that period (assuming they accept all the offers).
Anyways, it's too early to start this conversation.
Appendix
Vertical progression: a rise in both grade, titles, organization and salary.
Horizontal progression: Similar grades, titles but bigger pay and bigger organization.
A million dollar in America is life-changing money.
A million dollar in America will buy you a house, literally puts you on your path to financial freedom.
A million pounds in the UK I’m sure can buy you a house and probably change your life financially.
A million South African Rand can buy you a house.
A million naira in Nigeria can’t even rent you a place today.
A million Naira cannot arrange you a comfortable place to stay in Nigeria of today.
I want you guys to understand how cooked Nigeria is.
Honestly…
After we'll be romanticizing Singapore & China.
The draconian approach these countries take with corruption, we can never
They understand how corruption sears through a country's fabric.
In China, someone like Yahaya Bello would have had his head severed in Tiananmen Square.