I'm not a fan of the current Elon but I think we do need a Department of Government Efficiency. We've been told that rats and snakes exists in our government office, won't a doge department help improve how these bloated organizations work?

Please if you agree how do you think we can get it done, I have my methods but is going to be as messy as Elon's

I just watched a video on HIV and felt like I needed to say something 🥲

Right now, over 39 million people worldwide are living with the virus—less than 1% of the global population. Thanks to modern medicine, we can manage HIV and significantly reduce its spread.

While it's unrealistic for everyone to stop spreading the disease (most people don't even know they have it), hopefully someday we get a cure for it.

We always should be mindful of who we engage with. Stay loyal to a tested partner, and if you choose to have multiple partners, always use protection.

Regular check-ups are also important because early detection helps keep the virus under control. If left untreated and it progresses to AIDS, treatment becomes much more difficult.

Stay safe! Ire ooo!

ps: this also applies to others sexually transmitted disease like chlamydia...

Ever seen a piece of land you wanted but thought, “If only I had the money right now…”? 😩 What if I told you you don’t need to pay everything upfront to own land? That’s where ZeroPay comes in. 🚀

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I’ve unfortunately recently lost my job and my parents want me to do NYSC so bad. I don’t live in Nigeria and haven’t since I was like 6 , I have no intentions of working in Nigeria at the moment. They want to use it to “toughen me up” but like …… what’s the actual point. I guess it could be an interesting experience. My mum talks about how much fun she had doing hers but then will also talk about how unsafe it is now ?? So what’s the point ????

Edit: Hi , thank you all so much for the advice. To answer some questions; I'm 26 going on 27 this year. I have degrees in public health and I was working in an admin role in a hospital. I know right now i have nothing to lose by doing it, but it's not appealing to me or a part of what i wanted to do with my life or career. I dont have friends in Nigeria, but my parents have a lot of friends and connections.

Okay, I know, I will be downvoted, I will be laughed at, and so forth, but the simple reason why we don't have electric power in Nigeria is because we do not pay the kind of tarrifs we should to ensure 24 hour power supply.

I remember when I was a student. For the last half of my student life, I lived off campus in a block of flats that housed mostly students. Can you believe that out of 30 students, only six of us were contributing money to pay for NEPA bills. The rest refused to pay or contribute. So, if any one of the six of us were broke...wahala dey.

The problem with Nigerian electricity supply is a liquidity problem. IN brief, the power sector is not earning enough cash to pay for power. Tarrifs are kept low for most customers by government fiat (unless you are band A, who are in the minority anyway), and even then, many consumers do not pay. And even those that pay, some do amazing things like pay N2000 a month even if they used 10000 naira worth of power for that month. (this happens in the rural areas the local disco where I live supplies). And somehow, we sit down and expect 24 hours of light supply.

The funny thing is that when you tell Nigerians the above situation of things, especially on online spaces like Nairaland and other places....they call you an agbado T-pain supporter.

Okay, I am a tinubu supporter for apparently believing that the power business must be profitable before we can get light. Right.(Someone that I have not trusted right from 2006...for many reasons. ).

Or if that does not work, you are an insensitve person, you are evil, you want to kill NIgerians, nigbati,nigbati.(Okay, but you know, fixing something that requires a lot of imported expensive stuff would cost money...and you know...consumers may have to pay..)

The fact is, the liquidty issue has been there for decades. Heck, there is even an independent paper on the matter...will link it in the comments . But it seems funny that Nigerians seem to think that a business that is operating at a loss should still work as if it is making a profit.

Yes, I know there is corruption, and yes, bad leadership, egad. But at the end, there are businesses that operate well under these conditions, and they do so because government is not the one setting their prices. (Except GSM..but even GSM..government does not force them to like charge N1 for 100gb of data...to help poor nigerians..lol).

As many have said, we need $10 billion annually for the next several years to guarantee power supply. That money won't come by magic...it would come from investment...and no investor is going to come and invest in a country where government price controls means they won't see any ROI in good amounts.

We have been subsidisng power since before I was born. And it obviously is not working. Time to let the free market do its thing. Yes, I know, poverty. And corruptiuon, and tinubu is bad. All facts. Still does not change things.

As most people in Nigeria probably already know, a year after marrying his first wife, Safiya, Ahmed recently married Safeera. While polygamy is permitted in Islam , I hate how Safeera ultimately settled for being the second option, despite being with him from the very beginning.

This man essentially humiliated her for the whole world to see by marrying another woman who came out of nowhere and only god knows how long they knew each and having their lavish wedding and photo shoots plastered all over social media.

Then when I read the comments everyone is like “love has won” more like toxicity has won because nobody can deny since they day Ahmed decided to marry another women any attempt for Safeera and Ahmed to reconcile would be toxic. Their relationship unfortunately screams toxic and is something to be wary about.

My issue isn’t with polygamy (though personally, as a woman, I know my heart couldn’t handle it). What really bothers me is why Ahmed at least didn’t marry Safeera first. I’ve seen people say it was because his marriage to Safiya was arranged, but if he knew that from the start, he shouldn’t have led Safeera on, only to break her heart by marrying someone else first.

And honestly, that’s not even a valid excuse. He’s a grown man with influence; he should be able to choose who he wants to marry without anyone deciding for him.

I feel like, overall, he gets away with this in the public’s eye because of his wealth so every move he makes is seen as “sensible” and justified. That, along with Safeera still being emotionally attached to him, likely played a big role in her decision to marry him.

But if it were me? After everything he did plus having a baby I would literally lose it. Like, just leave me alone. Probably cause i grew up in the west lol but northern woman are strong for putting up for this.

Safeera is way too beautiful to be going through all this, let alone giving in to Ahmed after all the emotional turmoil he put her through.

But each to their own🤷🏽‍♀️ and I hope Ahmed doesn’t play any more mind games or humiliate Safeera any further.

This is what happens when a government isn't run on the basis of transparency. There will always be claims and refutations between the Federal government and the agencies under its control. Was it not two days ago that the Federal government came out publicly and declared that it had paid 104 billion Naira in school fees for 600,000 students? Now, NELFUND has come out to deny it. The question is, who's lying - the FG or NELFUND? This inconsistency of reports has become consistent in this administration,as this isn't the first time we're witnessing such discrepancies coming to fore. Let it not be that 104 billion Naira was earmarked for disbursement and only 20 billion Naira was distributed. Even these figures I have doubts about them. I have never heard of or seen a student who has received these funds. I won't be surprised if, by tomorrow, we hear that the numbers were inflated.

We recently moved into a 4-apartment building in Lagos and met two cool and easygoing tenants. But there’s this one woman and her kids who have been making life hell for everyone.

She constantly fights with all the tenants, including my family. Her dogs chase people around, and when my brother asked her kids to hold them, she lashed out, insulting us and calling us weak for not fighting back.

One of her dogs died this year, and since then, she’s been blaming us, calling us "evil spirits" and "wizards" in Yoruba. She even comes to our window, making nasty comments and telling her kids not to spread their clothes near us. It’s incredibly frustrating, especially since I’m preparing for exams and can’t stop thinking about her insults.

We’ve complained to the landlord and caretaker multiple times, but nothing has changed. I just wish they would move out, but they’ve been here for over 10 years. My parents don’t want to move, so I’m stuck dealing with this stress.

How do I handle this situation without letting it affect my peace of mind?

28 (F), working remotely and living pretty comfortably. Problem is I don’t have any close female friends who I can share interests with and would inspire me to be out more often instead of being a couch potato. Didn’t realize it’s much harder making female friends as you grow older.

I am a dm away

I am from the UK and trying to apply for a tourist Visa to Nigeria. The application is asking for a reference and reference details but I have no reference as I have no ties to the country and just plan on visiting. Can I put ‘not applicable’ in the reference boxes or will that get my Visa application denied?

Hello everyone I'm in urgent need of extra income please I haven't been called back to work for a while now and I'm trying to make ends need I'm ready to work for it I've got a good car I'm ready to be someone's chauffeur (personal driver) anytime I'm in portharcourt rivers state precisely....plesse we can discuss tye paying it could be weekly or monthly, I tried registering with the popular cab app but the pay is too small I need something tangible ...

I have been thinking of continuing my education in Nigeria but only if there was something like that here. Please help me out

Regrettably, I was in one of those diaspora war rooms on clubhouse and a brother from Nigeria mentioned that these kind of stories exist. He didn’t get a chance to expound, so I was just wondering if anyone could refer me to any stories you might know of.

When she says no, it means no. Move on, don't have to be friends, don't have to check in or any of that stuff. If she says anything implying no, move tf on.

Hi all, I’m trying to get my Secondary School Transcript evaluated. Basically my Waec results.

I tried getting it done through WES and they have an instruction in their website, through the application process, that says we should go to the link; https://www.waec.org/ ; to get official access to our result. It’s a WAEC page that’s charging $30 USD. I don’t understand. This website is foreign to me as the one I’m familiar with just asks for a scratch card pin and s/n.

Has anyone else been through this process or does anyone have any recommendations for alternative organizations that provide this service and is accredited by Canadian institutions? TYIA

Hey everyone! My mum, Oprah Oak, just dropped her new gospel/Afrobeat single "Gwaha Na Chi Anyi Di Nma", and I’d love to hear your thoughts! It’s uplifting, spiritual, and in Igbo. Let me know what you think! 🙏🔥

🎧 Listen here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Nzv2DhSQtnZ9fo3XCV9mA?si=2tlwoo9lSRO122VQfScbow
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/br/album/gwaha-na-chi-anyi-di-nma-single/1793831105
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-MuKYN74cC0

Hello my nigerian friends. I’m from Iran. Looking for a friend that can help me create / verify a Nigerian digital bank account like Kuda or Opay. My purpose is to buy subscriptions for spotify, Netflix, YT premium…

If there’s anyone that can help me please reach me out! I will pay a fair amount.

So naira rate has been making some gains against dollars although i believe this may be temporary. Someone mentioned how this may be due to china’s lunar year break so this could mean less export pressure and it may rise back up once their break is over. I still don’t think there are other factors that’ll cause such gains for now although I hope for a drop to at least 1300 but you never really know

This is purely a rant.

Ignoring the fact that I got sick just because it was my time of the month and I had to just go along with it. I had a presentation today after which someone asked me a question I couldn't answer and I just got so irrationally angry and then I started crying and I just couldn't stop crying.

I left the room, when to go the toilet to get myself together and I just couldn't stop crying. I wasn't really sad, infact I wasn't even angry either. I didn't just understand why I got so angry I went mute.

I came out thinking it was all over. People would talk to me, mentioning how they didn't expect this of me and how it was so out of character.

Then I'd burst into tears again. Even now I'm still crying, for no reason. I don't even know how to explain it.

I'm just so angry at myself.

My younger cousin who is 15 wants to learn a trade after he finished secondary school and I advised him to get into the HVAC line (Fridges and Air conditioning). He came back to me that he wants to go into tech. I didn't argue with him or advice him again. I am just thinking guys which is better being in Tech or being an Artisan(technician). Personally, I'd wanted him to be an Artisan. What's your take my people?

Seeing the way this country is devolving and inflation is rising. Yet people still expect government we currently have to fix it? We in Nigeria are very market centered. The government putting it's hand in our economy is further causing more damage. Reducing government is the first thing to do to fix this. We complain about corruption but what we might not know of forget is that if there aren't all these laws and government officials you have to meet before you can do anything corruption would not exist. Human nature always infects governments. Every individual should be able to decide what they want to do with their property without the government coming in. these are the kinds of things that allow corruption in the country. We as a country should embrace more libertarian policies to further the country's development.

What are some of the most people-centric organizations working in the intersections between social justice, public goods, and technology today?