Be careful of that job you do in the meantime to just to "survive". If you are not intentional about when you plan to leave, you can get very comfortable and that job that was meant to be for subsistence distracts you from your ultimate purpose.
Young legitimate people between 25 and 35 in Nigeria are not against marriage in the real sense of it.
Most still want it.
They are just scared of what it costs right now.
Money, peace of mind, and the risk of building something that collapses under pressure.
Money comes up first.
Rent in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt is brutal. A place that used to go for 400–500k can now cost 800k to over a million, before furniture or generator.
Food and transport keep rising.
Someone earning 150k to 300k already feels stretched. Marriage means housing two people (and later children) under one roof, plus the expectation that the man carries the bigger share.
Many look at their balance after rent and transport and say “not yet.” They have watched relatives struggle and get disrespected at home over money.
They do not want the same life.
Weddings make it worse. A “normal” wedding families will accept now easily runs into several millions once you add traditional lists, aso-ebi, hall, catering and photography.
Some bride lists alone are frightening.
People borrow heavily or sell land just to meet expectations, then start marriage life in debt.
Couples who need each other still postpone because they do not want the first years spent paying loans.
Social media has turned the celebration into a competition that can leave you broke.
Housing is its own problem.
You can have a solid relationship and still not marry if you cannot find a place both of you can afford without one person living with parents forever.
Culture adds weight.
Marriage is rarely just between two people.
In-laws come with expectations.
The man is still expected to be the main provider even when the woman earns as much or more.
That pressure meets a weak economy and many men feel set up to fail. Some women worry they will do most of the emotional and domestic work while also contributing money.
They have watched their mothers manage households under stress and are not rushing into the same arrangement.
Trust is thinner.
Many have already been through relationships that ended badly due to cheating, greed, lack of patience and foresight, and extreme violence and deceits.
They enter the next one already guarding themselves.
Talking stages drag on because commitment feels risky.
Divorce is more visible now. People see couples who did the big wedding and still split after a few years over money or growing apart.
That makes the permanent nature of marriage feel less safe.
There is also a quieter shift. A lot of young Nigerians want to sort their own lives first; career, some savings, mental space before adding someone else’s needs and family expectations.
The old script of finishing school, getting any job and marrying by 25–28 no longer matches underemployment and rising costs.
Some women would rather stay single longer than settle for a partnership that drains them. Some men feel the bar has moved so high that they would rather avoid the process.
People in that age bracket still get married every year.
But the difference is the caution. They are asking harder questions like:
Can we afford a place?
What happens if one of us loses a job?
Are we clear on money, children and in-laws?
The fear comes from the economy, the cost of the ceremony, the weight of expectations, and enough broken marriages around them.
Until those things ease, many 25- to 35-year-olds will keep choosing to wait.
That does not make them unserious. It just means they are paying more attention and probably feeling "woke".
End.
Use a needle to puncture holes in it. That way it lasts longer
Also, before putting bin nylon in your trash can, sprinkle baking soda in it.
Use vinegar and water mixture to clean your fridge and microwave
To remove lime scale from your electric kettle, add vinegar, lemon and water to the kettle and boil
I have a lot of home tips
The men in these Yoruba eulogy videos usually go through four stages.
First they are confused.
Then they try to laugh to trivialise the situation.
Then they go quiet.
Then the last stage—the tears.
He went through all four.
Men will always struggle to confront their sacrifices.
They know all they have done for you but often not ready for you to remind them about it.
PiggyVest Report: Only 1 in 10 Nigerians can comfortably raise ₦156k in 1 week.
- 56% more people want to japa, but savings for Japa have completely dropped, almost non existent.
- Minimum wage is ₦70k but a pot of jollof rice costs 624% than it did 10yrs ago, that’s 42% of the MW.
- Savings collapsed from 8/10 people to 5/10 people, as Nigerians stopped saving simply because they don’t earn enough.
- 58% of adults earn below ₦100k/month or nothing at all. Yet they are earning more now but affording less. Because in 2023 minimum wage was ₦30k and worth $65, now in 2026 it is ₦70k and worth $53, less value.
- In America less 10% of household earning is spent on food. In Nigeria, ₦6 of every ₦10 earned is spent on food (60%) as inflation rises monthly. 60% is the highest of any country the US Department of Agriculture tracks.
- While many Nigerians want to Japa. Many have opted to start life here, not because its easier, but with optimism for the future.
- 63% about 140M Nigerians are living in poverty. 6 in 10 Nigerian do not have emergency funds.
- However, people paying Black Tax has dropped by 80%, though more than half of Nigerian earners support extended families.
- Only 6% of Nigerians feel financially secure. Not because they earn a lot, but because they save a fixed amount monthly.
- Nigeria is experiencing two economic realities at once; on paper the economy is good, which is true. In reality, households feel poorer.
A Tale of Two Nigerias — Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-founder and COO of PiggyVest at OpenHouse Lagos 2026.
Now that the congratulations have whistled down a little, let me give some context. (Read to the end.)
A regular Master’s can cost anywhere from €1,000 to €20,000+ a year, depending on the country and school. An MBA is a completely different beast.
My IESE MBA costs €114,000 in tuition alone. About ₦185 million.
That’s why many scholarships that fully fund regular Master’s programmes (tuition, living expenses, travel, etc.) either cap their MBA funding or exclude MBAs altogether.
Chevening, for example, provides funding for Master’s programmes, but caps its MBA tuition contribution at £22,000.
Erasmus Mundus specifically funds Joint Master’s programmes, not MBAs. (don’t wreck them 😅)
So when you see someone willing to put over €100,000 into your education, it is a BIG deal.
And when I said I received a 100% scholarship to IESE, I meant exactly that. My scholarship covers 100% of my €114,000 tuition fee.
What it doesn’t cover, however, is my living expenses. So I’m sorting out rent, food and everything else myself.
Which brings us back to my “Blessing Private Placement” exercise from months ago. You remember? 😅
Yes, people actually subscribed.
That was largely to help me fund the living-expense side of this journey. A number of people here have known about my MBA since then because I privately sent them my proposal.
I haven’t completely figured out the living-expense part yet, but I’m positive I will.
The hardest part has been solved. I got here, and my tuition is fully covered. Now I’m just figuring out how to live here.
And since it’s public now, I feel comfortable attaching the original fundraising exercise for anyone who wants to see it, laugh at the audacity of it all 😅, or feels compelled to add their quota.
Link➡️:
https://t.co/mbDtT9zVUW
If I hadn’t heard from you in 16 long years, and you approached me like the prodigal son’s father approached him, I wouldn’t respond excitedly. 16 years is a long, long time. I don’t know you anymore. You don’t know me either. Whatever our relationship once was, it has been 16 years, and frankly, I’m not sure I would even remember what it felt like after all that time. Her reaction might have hurt you, understandably so, but try to understand where she’s coming from.
Today, many black men and women can’t stand under the sun for 2 minutes without complaining… why?
The black skin was naturally created to withstand the sun. In fact, we are the sun and the sun is us.
Everything about the black race seemed systematically targeted when they found out our genes are deeper and more genetically diverse.
Our black native soap was one hell of a powerful soap, and we could make it to serve whatever purpose we wanted it to serve our skin. We used it to treat wounds, rashes, etc. We creamed our bodies with shea butter, palm kernel oil, and coconut oil.
Today, many black men and women can’t stand under the sun for 2 minutes without complaining… why? Because we have so chemicalized our skin just because we wanted to feel among, and also because the system engineering worked.
Today, there is skin cancer here and there… guess what? There are some skin products you use, and the moment you stop using them, you hate yourself more… calm down and process that. How is that supposed to be normal?
We come from a place where 99% of what we used on our skin was natural. We could trace and identify it without needing any Western lab.
We went from Pako Ijebu, Orogbo (bitter kola), Dogoyaro, Orin ata, bitter leaf wood, miswak and Ayin to Maclean, Closeup, plastic toothbrush…. Meaning we went from 100% natural to chemical and plastic.
Now things that were never recorded in your family are beginning to make you frequent the hospital… mouth ulcers, throat cancer, vocal cord surgery, etc. From where to where?
This whole thing is right there in your faces to do the 1+1… but many of you don’t care, and we are paying the heavy price for that negligence.
Everything that healed those who came before us, if you put it on Google today, you will see something like:
“Not scientifically proven.”
But it worked, yea?… so why, or what are they waiting for to test it or scientifically prove it?
Or what if they have tested it and can now scientifically prove it but putting the information out there is going to be a bigger disadvantage to them because in Africa we have those things in abundance?
Is that why some of our fruits are becoming seedless?
Is that why they are taking time to hybridize our seeds, so we can’t replant them anymore?
Things that nature gave to us freely, men are now trying to take control of so they can dictate or control us with their “what is right.”
Most of the trees and fruits you saw growing up, many of you can’t remember the last time you saw them. Why? They are going. Some are secretly being exported.
Gradually, gradually, we continue to get eaten from the inside.
They tell you our own is bad, theirs is better.
In 2026, the Ghanaian president refused to sign the United States health compact, you know why?
One of the clauses states that medicines and other medical products brought in under the programme would not be subject to inspection by Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority.
And as of today, twenty-four African countries have signed it, with Kenya being the first… Nigeria signed on the 19th of December, 2025.
Hmmm….
One thing I know today is, if world powers decide to wipe Africa today, they know they don’t need missiles and guns.
All they have to do is take advantage of Africa’s greedy politicians and it’s people , pay their government, then their government pays the influencers to push a story that the water nature gave us is the reason behind cancer and they now have a better alternative.
Give Africa one year, it will be gone.
And if by luck there are any survivors, it will be those who question things.
Protect your seeds. Go back to planting trees and fruits around your compound… let us modernize it our own way before we lose everything completely.
You are not a bush person, you are AFRICAN and African populations carry the oldest and most diverse mitochondrial branches, mainly the L haplogroups.
All living humans’ mitochondrial lineages trace back to a woman in Africa.
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I cried so much last night and this morning. I have seen lots of messages from different people about things I did for them at different times most of which I don’t even remember.
The truth is I have always believed in my heart that the only reason God has given to me is to give it back.
I think this is God’s way of telling me to also be thankful!!! I have been thinking too much about what I lost instead of thanking God for seeing me through one of the hardest moments of my life.
I am used to always giving and hardly ever receiving because everyone thought I had in abundance. I have also always found it difficult to ask for help. Even if I had to borrow from anyone, I would always return with interest, even without them asking. But I was tested in ways I couldn’t understand these past few years. I asked for help everywhere and anywhere I could think of and I was on the verge of giving it all up!
I would mention his name but he would be really upset. God used one person to settle all that I owed! And this help came over and over again! I don’t think any sane person would do what he did for me without God’s intervention!
So this is me also saying thank you Brother! And I will continue to do so again and again, privately and publicly! Thank you for giving me hope when I thought it was all over. I can’t help but think I have taken your love and kindness for granted but I want you to know that I am forever indebted to you.
To my closest people in the World (Mr Macaroni & Friends) Thank you for not neglecting me even when you had every reason to. Thank you for saving me 😊
To Don Jazzy, who has been giving me since my university days up till now, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do, not just for me but for so many others!!! To my brother Victor Osimhen and Pastor Bolaji!!! Thank youuuu. 🤍
I am in a better place! I am learning and doing things that make me happy. I don’t and will never regret anything I have ever done in my life to make the lives of others better in even the smallest way possible. However, I have learned a lot of lessons these past few years and I am grateful even for the trials and tribulations for which without them I wouldn’t have the clarity of mind I now have.
May the love in our hearts be forever greater than the hate in the world.
Thank you with all my heart. 🤍
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
Your laptop can have 16GB RAM, Core i7 and still be a very bad purchase.
Before buying a laptop, take not of these 10 things:
1.🔹Go for SSD instead of HDD.
SSD makes the laptop significantly faster when booting, opening apps and transferring files. It also doesn't make the spinning noise HDDs make.
You can check by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc → then Performance → then Disk.
2.🔹Having a high RAM isn't enough.
A laptop with 16GB RAM and a weak or old processor can still perform poorly. So it's important to check the processor.
3.🔹 Focus more on the generation of the processor rather than just “Core i5” or “Core i7.”
Never assume an i7 is automatically better than an i5. A newer-generation i5 can outperform an older-generation i7, depending on the specific processors.
When you check the model number for most Intel Core processors, the number immediately after the hyphen tells you the generation.
For example:
i7-6500U = 6th Gen
i5-8250U = 8th Gen
i7-1165G7 = 11th Gen
i5-1235U = 12th Gen
i7-13700H = 13th Gen
4.🔹Don't ignore battery health, especially when buying a used laptop.
To check on a Windows laptop, open Command Prompt and type: powercfg /batteryreport
This will generate a battery report showing the design capacity and full charge capacity. The bigger the gap, the more the battery has degraded.
5.🔹Check the screen quality, not just the size.
A 15.6-inch screen isn't automatically better than a 14-inch one. To confirm, go to Settings → System → Display → Advanced display to check the resolution and refresh rate.
6.🔹Check whether the RAM and SSD can be upgraded.
Some newer laptops have their RAM already soldered, meaning you may not be able to increase it later.
7.🔹Check the ports you need.
USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, SD card slot, headphone jack and other ports can make a difference depending on what you use the laptop for.
8.🔹For a used laptop, test everything.
Don't just open the laptop, see that it boots.
Test the keyboard, trackpad, speakers, microphone, webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, charging port, USB ports, HDMI, hinges and screen.
Open a document and test every key. Play audio through the speakers. Connect to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Plug in a USB device and test the charger.
9.🔹Buy according to your needs.
For browsing, Microsoft Office, online classes and basic work, you don't necessarily need a high-end laptop.
For programming, heavy multitasking or professional software, you need a strong processor and sufficient RAM.
For video editing, 3D work and serious graphics work, you have to pay attention to the GPU, processor, RAM and display.
For gaming, don't focus on RAM alone. The dedicated GPU, processor, cooling system and display matter a lot.
Stay informed
And
Stay sharp! 🪒