kpaminose:
I don't defend anything. You need to be in their own society to appreciate what you have. they wrote about Nigerians not training their children and many nonsense. Go to America and you know the meaning Juvenile delinquency. GO to America and see how all of the have turn to nihilists, gays, transgenders, weirdos, suicidals and any evil thing you can think of. High majority of them are addicted to drugs. All the societal ills are very high in the socalled First World countries. You'll appreciate what you have when you see what others have turned into.

There are criminals and there are criminals. what matters most in a society is the amount of criminals that face justice....you need to come here to see and read about the number of crimes that go in investigated , unsolved to appreciate the level of decay here....

I'm talking about crimes against another human being....not being gay or transgender or drug addict. I'm talking about the number of murders....I don't have the statistics...but I'm pretty sure we have three times the number if murder in America here in Nigeria if not more

a good name is better than gold and silver.
most parents have failed in bringing up their kids I a good way. "train a child in such a way, that when he grows he shall not depart from it"
Most Nigerians are so greedy, that they just want to swindle you. Most of our females have turned to something else, they are all money oriented. foreigners are scared of us, cos of our tarnished image out there. they are extra-careful when dealing with Nigerians. Nigerians dupe not just foreigners alone, even their fellow Nigerians.
people now act without conscience. People who are honest and sincere with their businesses are given tough time because of this heinous act of ours. We the good Nigerians need to stand up and defend our image, by taking out the rotten eggs among us. it saddens me, when I read stories of crimes perpetuated by Nigerians in foreign countries.
Something needs to be done, if not Nigerians may be isolated in foreign countries in the future.
We need to fix this decay, if not an avg Nigerian may be seen as a fraudster overseas.
we can't sit and look anymore, we need their trust, just as we need to build trust among each other.

whizpa:


Lol. OK.
How can you really say the writer knows what he/she is talking about when He/she said; "50% of Nairobi of population Nairobi wakes up and think, 'Who can I ripoff today?'
Since when did Nairobi become a geographical region in Nigeria.?

He/She might be right on so many points but you definitely not based on what she knows but based on 'hear say'.
And if you agree in totality, Well then, I guess you are a criminal just like she stated.

I am not a nigerian.

banmee:


Lol. Keep telling yourself that so you can feel better. Smh.

Oga Mi!
I see youre back
Welcome back been awhile

onos217:
That's not corruption; everybody has it price,and next time find out the prices of item before going to buy. Prices varie.

That's what we would say, people like you would even sell it for 100K because that's your price. Price varies indeed.

I don't know how to do it but I want to rewrite our bad for good I want to change our image for outside Nigeria for good I can't do it alone I need the rest of us who are willing like me. let the change begins with me.

Don't let us forget some of our IGs(Inspector General of police) has been charged of corruption, even ministers of justice, Judges put in place to fight injustice nd corruption has one way or the other bn charged of corruption ..... All, I'm still reiterating, ALL those who occupies our 3 organs of government today are corrupt. They whole of the system is corrupt. When u close ur eyes to pick just a bean out of millions of beans in a bow nd u realise d one u pick is extremely bad. The probability dt rest of the beans is bad is high.. So what are we saying.

Tayeni:
There are criminals and there are criminals. what matters most in a society is the amount of criminals that face justice....you need to come here to see and read about the number of crimes that go in investigated , unsolved to appreciate the level of decadence here....

I'm talking about crimes against another human being....not being gay or transgender or drug addict. I'm talking about the number of murders....I don't have the statistics...but I'm pretty sure we have three times the number if murder in America here in Nigeria if not more

They wrote about Nigerians not training their kids in a proper way that's why I wrote about those petty stuffs. What I saw there is just a nonsense Racist outburst and anybody that agree with any point there should get his/her head checked. To be frank, there is more crime going on in America than Nigeria. Murder? there are more psychos in America murdering people anyhow. The only murder going on in Nigeria is the Fulani herdsmen and BOko Haram that's cordinated terrorism which the Western Nations also share in the Blame. Especially the Fulani Herdsmen. The day you realize that the west got nothing but hatred for you, is the day you stop worshiping them. If you don't know history, Europe is responsible for all the ills happening in Nigeria today. they're still doing it till today. I don't talk about symptoms. I talk about what gave rise to those symptoms.

tscara:
F**king racist white trash redneck. Nigerians are the most educated immigrant group in the US.

Educated scammers

blueseacats:
There's is a call going around now to ban western union to Nigeria. Every well meaning Nigerian should support this effort until the government finds a way to sanitize the society.

For Nigerians in diaspora they know exactly how to send their loved ones money. But the effort is to curb the inflow of scam money into Nigeria.

For those who does not know how dark Nigeria's name is in the international scene please don't quote me.

I fully support the call for Western Union's ban!! It is mainly internet scammers that use it in Nigeria. People that send money to Nigeria legitimately have many other means of doing so.

Sadly, the bankers also aid and abet these scammers. You'd see bankers who ought to report suspicious transactions clearing dollars and nairas for fraudsters so that they can get their share of the loot.

This is how low we have descended! Nigeria! The dungeon called a nation!

I blamed this on everybody supporting corruption. and calling "fighting corruption" witch hunting

sirusX:


Your words made sense till you got here (the bolded)

You don't have to generalize too...as not everyone is into seeing a difference where there is none

self denial


racism can be broken down into various forms


voluntary or involuntary which is why i gave examples

Enough of this shit Nigerians are not criminals as you think come to think of it the rate of crime perpetrated by your people is even higher compare to Nigerians.

fratermathy:
Emmanuel, who claimed to be a Nigerian, commented this:

Nigerians didn't invent scamming. The word con-man was first used in houston. Charles Ponzi learnt how to scam and defrauded thousands of people in the same America. As far back as the 18th century Americans have been scamming. U sit on ur lofty self-glorified ass n look down on a whole race because of a few overblown stories n u think dt makes u better than the rest of ur people? I might as well just generalize that Americans are drug users n so liable to spew trash from every hole in their body just like their president regularly does! Nigerians this nigerians that! Ever stop to think that the Nigerian scammers learnt how to scam from tricks seen on the net by American con men? The average Nigerian man will do what it takes to take care of his woman, while u have her up on a pedestal admiring n not acting. That's why ladies around the world luv them. You need to check that slave mentality and really get to know nigeria and the people instead of letting Mr Hitler tell u about ur people. And for ur info, nigerians wouldn't do what the Americans did to the native Indians, the real owners of that land.

bishopkay:


You were attacked not for saying she shouldn't make fake Gucci's but you were attacked because you didn't respect her hustle at least that's what my mind told me and don't even bring in the ethnic card. While I accept many Nigerians have a very warped sense of reasoning, I like been practical in whatever I do.

You see a young struggling lady cobbler who has some good wares to her pride and you start yapping your mouth simply because she put Versace and Gucci logo on the wares.

The people buying it, you think they don't they know it's not the real deal? Was she passing off the products as the original Gucci and Versace, because that then would be the real fraud. Were all things equal would you be proud of your sister doing a petty cobbler work? It may shock you maybe that girl is a graduate who's probably rounded up her Nysc but no job around or the place she managed to see a vacancy, the boss wants to f**k her simply because he wants to pay her 50k a month for working for him.

If you had said "nice work but let her concentrate on building her own brand instead of impersonating a made brand" it would have been much better than that raw, brash and arrogant comment you made on that thread

As big as China, they got popular for faking and impersonating huge brands until they got their desired popularity in the market and started facing their own brands.

Here we go again, Nigeria is not the only country with unemployed people,
"no job" should not be an excuse to condone criminal activity.
There is hardly any difference between a fraudster and those who hail
and provide moral support as you are doing.

sauerr:

Even in trying to make your point, you engage in the same act Lindsay engages in. That's the evidence right there that Nigeria is far from remedy.

saying the truth is brutal



did i lie?

banmee:


I am not a nigerian.

Then hush.

[b]Emmanuel or Wateva ur name is, from Nigeria criticising Nigeria... The America u So love n Cherish is one of the most corrupt countries in the World..they are the most cunning set of people... Emmanuel u think very shallow.cos if ur a deep thinker u would've know Nigerians problem and also know that not Everyone is a criminal here... As far as ur from Nigeria 99% of people in your Family are Criminals... So its in ur blood u are a criminal...its also possible ur sweet mouthing looking for who to scam...u claim to know nietche...fool like you do you know Etu...efietor... Animal like you...belittling urself n ur pride for America...America has the highest number of Hackers in the whole world... Animal like u show me one person in Russia that is not a criminal....In every twelve there must be a Judas... Jst that we have JUDASES down here... Doesnt stop us from having Peter, Mathew, john Luke n the rest... May the God of this Land you are criticising kill you n ur Family.... All fingers aint Equal... [/b]

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konfused:
That Blogger is a fool. A big fool, I wonder the type of things that come out of their mouth, so almost 180 million individuals are scammers and all Americans are saints. The worst is when fellow Nigerians support such trash. Americans have the highest rate of con artist in this world. Ponzi is actually the name of an American investment Banker......imagine the level of scam you must have done for a scam to be named after you,. Nigerians are learners where Indians and Russians are when it comes to scam.

I have been scammed by a Macedonian before but that wont make me to label them all as scammers.

Bunch of racist umu ndi ara

No one is saying that Nigerians are the only scam artists...but almost everyone is ...u travel to a state as a corper for the first time....u board an okada and the moment he realizes that u b jjc, he charges u tripple cos u don't know the area, im go just de drive you round and round...u go to a bar or club to party, when u about to pay , the waiter or waitress will double charge u or add extra thousands cos u got alot of drinks or they think u are high...u go to a hotel, the receptionist sells rooms without the knowledge of the hotel owner and the bar man smuggles his drinks to sell to customers...the gateman steals diesel for the generator to sell behind...u give someone a car for uber, he disconnects the system timer and then rip u silly...u give person danfo, he starts sharp practices...u carry nwa boy from village, he starts oproko behind ur back...banks underpay their staff and keep them in one position for a decade so as other companies...Nigeria is a rip off...politician doin what they know best...the media reporting fake news while pocketing money for back...students ripping their parents off...lying bout hand outs and books...accommodation 100k , them tell parents 200k...Nigerians are scammers...a country that has scamming as the foundation...the truth b told

PUSH1:
China and Russians scam more than anybody in the world

The difference is in those countries scamming is a crime, in Nigeria it is a crime only on paper. Our system is corrupt. It is unrealistic to do biz here without given bribe. Doing the rigth thing is not an option to live n survive here. N the worshiping of money starts from our home to the church, mosque, institutions etc. Nigeria needs total cleansing lets not deceive ourselves

Preetymi:
I know of a police woman That her son is a yahoo guy and she is not doing anything abt it..d truth is that the police that are suppose to deal with them,also need some counseling and deliverance.cus once they see money their brain is not working any more.

That one even better. There is no single atm stand i go to that i will not meet a cop asking me for 'share'. To them, every young guy is a Gee. So, i don't even understand why some people here are shouting 'generalization' upandan. 6 out of every 10 Nigerians has corrupt tendencies.

whizpa:


Then hush.

Don't get me wrong, I was born there which is why I know how phucked up you all are. Even if I wasn't Nigerian it doesn't change how every country in the world sees you all. And the perception is you are all rogues.

whizpa:


Well, say what you know.. I'm not denying the fact that there are lots of corrupt minded Nigerians. You can't say they are all corrupt. Are all whites racists, Are all south African blacks xenophobic? Are all Indians scammers? Are all Philippines women prostitutes? Are all Nigerians in diaspora criminals? Are all Edo women witches? Are all Northerners Boko haram? Are all Muslim Terrorists? Are all Pastors corrupt? No one is say that article is wrong. The generalization is the core issue.

If you say you are a criminal, Fine bruh.. Don't put all of us in the same bracket or basket.. Corruption is a thing we all have to tackle..

Don't start throwing words around like you've met all 180 million Nigerians and they all duped you..

I saw a dirty looking Chinese man being protected by a police man today and I felt terrible....is everybody in Nigeria a kidnapper?...no....
In Borno the fear of boko haram is the beginning of wisdom.... yet everybody in Borno is no terrorist...most cyber crimes are carried out by southwesteners....not all yorubas are criminals....most caught drug pushers are easterners....but not all igbos are drug peddlers.

The moment your society begins to get stereotyped with a particular vice....know its time to do something about it. We are a society in denial.

That's why I don't knock people that stereotype others....its a form of defense mechanism. And all humans do it at first, but then relax their defense once you know that that person on an individual basis.

the black race in general baffles me. Someone writes utter bunkum based on his own personal experience which by the way cannot be verified by any of us and we jump on the bandwagon. No race of people will castigate their kind faster than the black man. Nigeria been the most populous black race typifies this example.
Fela got it right, suffer don dabaru our head. Stereotyping a whole country despite the significant contribution of its people.
If na to defend Jollof Rice we go to war with Ghana.
One guy from God knows where decides we are all thieves and people decide that you didnt even insult else well. Forgetting that even those agreeing are part of the insulted.
America bombs countries, throws nations in chaos to further their goals and has one of the highest murder rates, crime rates, drug use but guess what Americans will still shout God bless America.
The atrocities the Europeans formented in Africa is well documented but i guess we have short memories.
God bless Nigeria. The greatest country on God's green earth. Hate us or Love us, we are known for the Good, the bad and the ugly. Deal with it.

Do you really need to come in contact with 200m Nigerians to have an opinion about Nigerians?

If that is the case, then statistics is useless. If you take 10 random samples and the 10 samples are bad, one can deduce that everything in the general population is bad. You hear stories about drug burst, Yoruba folks run to the thread assuming that the criminal is an Igbo. You read about a scam, Igbo folks start yelling "afonja" in jubilation. How many Igbo or Yoruba drug dealers or scammers do you know? It quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.

Generalization backed by statistics is acceptable. Change your ways!

Sad but funny. You will never hear a Nigerian argue that a place is good but Nigeria is better. Every argument from Nigeria is always about comparing the bad things about Nigeria with others to determine which is worse.
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mehn. I weak or. Nigeria image has been dented beyond rep air. God help us and we Nigerians have a lot to do

Gaddafithe2nd:
Well, most of the things he said is the truth, but the problem I have with this article is the generalisation. Several times I have been attacked on social media especially international news platform when I make comments. The next thing they will say is, "keep shut you fraudster from Nigeria" or "your country is filled with corrupt politicians". Most of these comments are disheartening but it doesn't weigh me down.
Nigerians both home and abroad should represent the country well. Nigerians should stop worshiping money and wealthy people.

you got that right there

There lies the root of our problems

Jaqenhghar:

Oga Mi!
I see youre back
Welcome back been awhile

How are doing? Yes it's been a while

mykelmeezy:

self denial

racism can be broken down into various forms

voluntary or involuntary which is why i gave examples

You don't really have to be shallow and assume you know everyone in Nigeria...or met everyone

Even if there is a statistics that most people are...don't judge people based on your convictions

kpaminose:
They wrote about Nigerians not training their kids in a proper way that's why I wrote about those petty stuffs. What I saw there is just a nonsense Racist outburst and anybody that agree with any point there should get his/her head checked. To be frank, there is more crime going on in America than Nigeria. Murder? there are more psychos in America murdering people anyhow. The only murder going on in Nigeria is the Fulani herdsmen and BOko Haram that's cordinated terrorism which the Western Nations also share in the Blame. Especially the Fulani Herdsmen. The day you realize that the west got nothing but hatred for you, is the day you stop worshiping them. If you don't know history, Europe is responsible for all the ills happening in Nigeria today. they're still doing it till today. I don't talk about symptoms. I talk about what gave rise to those symptoms.

I know all about that my friend....neo colonialism and imperialism....but you have to admit regardless of the root causes that this society is deeply broken and the general psyche is shattered. Then we can begin to find remedies for our illness.

if you think our leaders are the ones selling us out and not fighting the controls and devices of neo colonialists, remember this.....a society deserve the kind of leaders they have, for they came from amongst us.

Every society has at one time or the other in history been conquered and subjugated.....but what makes the difference is if that society possesses the critical mass of brave , honest , strong characters to fight back mental or physical slavery with swords or with brains.
Where are the heroes of west Africa.

reading people's defense of the corruption in Nigeria, gives me the impression that this country will never get it right

banmee:


How are doing? Yes it's been a while

You may not remember me with the new name and all. you remember your friend that you tried to link up with the puff puff lady.
The one who owes you a beer... The one whose name starts with the B