The Nigerian Crime Stories Thread

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Kenya is way better than Uganda. If you need info on Kenya......Let me know when you are ready

Uganda is popping lately but I dunno when that started. I've known plenty of Ugandans to live in Kenya back in the day for a better life. I hope they developing well.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

But this is the case. People are highly educated for jobs that don't exist or are not available so they end up making ends meet doing other jobs. Some believe they will only get to work in the areas they study in abroad so they leave, yet their education isn't "valued or accredited" on the same level elsewhere so you have to go back to school or give up on your field all together. This is why you have Africans going to school all over the world. It's not for a higher quality education but rather accreditation. So they can work in their fields and have better chances.

When you hop in a cab and a nikka says I'm an Engineer, Doctor, Lawyer. Some of those folks came west with the belief that they would work in those fields only for their education to be viewed as tolilet paper. So others opt to go to school anywhere they can afford from India to China. But Indians are going through the same thing when they show up here with their education certs... Nobody told some of these African brehs. Get over that hurdle and you gotta deal with not having Western Experience.

The education quality is there the institutions can be there but them being regarded on the same level as Oxford and Harvard will have a lot more to do with White Supremacy than quality. Asians are not better students than Africans and that's a fact.

Makes sense, I guess I mean the culture of education and how it seems to influence the educatoni system. For example, S. Korea, becoming a teacher is arguably the hardest thing you can do, the standards and regards for them is so extreme. In African cultures (not just Nigerian), at least out west, you always hear the joke how if you don't become a doctor or a lawyer you're disgracing your family. I don't think I've ever heard someone say they're studying education, especially if it isn't for universities and it creates what seems like a void for primary and secondary school. Plenty are pursuing other fields, which will definitely be profitable for them personally if they leave, but advancing the overall education at home remains unaddressed.

 

[brooklyn_boulevard]

Uganda is popping lately but I dunno when that started. I've known plenty of Ugandans to live in Kenya back in the day for a better life. I hope they developing well.

You are right. Though the party capital and hub capital of technology in East Africa is Nairobi

 

[RTF]

Spoiler that shyt man with a big warning.

 

[phcitywarrior]

This is something I've realllly been considering making a thread on, in The Root though. I saw a video a while back stating that Nigerians are the top earners in the US and I think the UK and there were tons of comments understandably proud, saying "We don't play, we value our education", etc and I've always agreed but for once I started questioning why it isn't reflected in the education system I'm starting to view it moreso as a value of individualized, profitable education (doctors, lawyers, bankers, etc) which sends a lot out west, rather than education proper. If it were about education proper, we'd more likely see an education system similar to South Korea/Japan, where there's a huge emphasis and regard for teachers/professors and likewise, a university rivaling the Oxfords and Harvards so many try to go to... Interested in hearing any thoughts

But this is the case. People are highly educated for jobs that don't exist or are not available so they end up making ends meet doing other jobs. Some believe they will only get to work in the areas they study in abroad so they leave, yet their education isn't "valued or accredited" on the same level elsewhere so you have to go back to school or give up on your field all together. This is why you have Africans going to school all over the world. It's not for a higher quality education but rather accreditation. So they can work in their fields and have better chances.

When you hop in a cab and a nikka says I'm an Engineer, Doctor, Lawyer. Some of those folks came west with the belief that they would work in those fields only for their education to be viewed as tolilet paper. So others opt to go to school anywhere they can afford from India to China. But Indians are going through the same thing when they show up here with their education certs... Nobody told some of these African brehs. Get over that hurdle and you gotta deal with not having Western Experience.

The education quality is there the institutions can be there but them being regarded on the same level as Oxford and Harvard will have a lot more to do with White Supremacy than quality. Asians are not better students than Africans and that's a fact.

Agree with some of this, but I think it avoids the point that ciroq is making or that ab made earlier.

One word: Corruption. A lot of public institutions in Nigeria were well funded and functioning back in the 60s-80s. A lot of that changed with military governments that essentially saw public funds as a private purse. So while at the individual level, there is a relatively high value on education, that value erodes when it comes to the politicians and policy makers.

@ciroq drobama If you do make a thread please tag me in it. I can give my insights as a Nigerian.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Kenya is way better than Uganda. If you need info on Kenya......Let me know when you are ready

Where were you at when I was out in Nairobi?

It's all good though. I need to do a second East African Tour. Kampala, Nairobi, Kigali

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Makes sense, I guess I mean the culture of education and how it seems to influence the educatoni system. For example, S. Korea, becoming a teacher is arguably the hardest thing you can do, the standards and regards for them is so extreme. In African cultures (not just Nigerian), at least out west, you always hear the joke how if you don't become a doctor or a lawyer you're disgracing your family. I don't think I've ever heard someone say they're studying education, especially if it isn't for universities and it creates what seems like a void for primary and secondary school. Plenty are pursuing other fields, which will definitely be profitable for them personally if they leave, but advancing the overall education at home remains unaddressed.

Ah I get what you mean. Well that's a failure that is a systematic failure from the top down as is often in African societies. Teachers often go unpaid and are undervalued. Even when they are highly respected it creates a stigma for the occupation that makes people want to aim above being educators because they don't see it as rewarding financially. It's a glaring oversight but one born out of need. Folks only thinking about the bag

The education system in my country was tough... you had to place in an exam to qualify to go to specific good high schools. You couldn't just go there and I seen brehs stuck at grade 8 and done there because they couldn't pass the exams. High school in Kenya was no joke. I did one semester and came west and they asked me to pick a grade to start at after my assessment test .

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

One word: Corruption. A lot of public institutions in Nigeria were well funded and functioning back in the 60s-80s. A lot of that changed with military governments that essentially saw public funds as a private purse. So while at the individual level, there is a relatively high value on education, that value erodes when it comes to the politicians and policy makers.

@ciroq drobama If you do make a thread please tag me in it. I can give my insights as a Nigerian.

This story plays out all over Africa breh. You see the decline that comes between the 60's and 80's throughout. Born of greed and corruption. Our parents attended free schools with better books and everything. How nikkaz go backwards

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Spoiler that shyt man with a big warning.

They show everything on the news in these countries breh no sheets on the body on television nothing.

He's giving you the Nigerian experience

It's disturbing how casually those people discuss their crimes.

 

[Gold]

Penis dealers...


#NigeriaMustGo

But in all honesty it really needs to.

What happens in Nigeria every week is on the level of the Vegas Shooting, or the Nightclub shooting in the US.

Major... MAJOR atrocities and people just carry on

 

[MikelArteta]

Best place on earth

Balogun market on a Saturday

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Agree with some of this, but I think it avoids the point that ciroq is making or that ab made earlier.

I spoke further to his point and I agree with there not being an emphasis on educators but I can't say that Asians value education more that's simply not true.

 

[get these nets]

One word: Corruption. A lot of public institutions in Nigeria were well funded and functioning back in the 60s-80s. A lot of that changed with military governments that essentially saw public funds as a private purse. So while at the individual level, there is a relatively high value on education, that value erodes when it comes to the politicians and policy makers.

@ciroq drobama If you do make a thread please tag me in it. I can give my insights as a Nigerian.

I spoke further to his point and I agree with there not being an emphasis on educators but I can't say that Asians value education more that's simply not true.

90% of the Ghanaians that I know came here in the late 1990s when there was some sort of college professor strike or something. They weren't getting paid.

And that country was by most accounts a stable well run country under Rawlings. I'd imagine that in less stable, poorly governed countries that the lack of investment in education is even more pronounced.

 

[TTT]

This is something I've realllly been considering making a thread on, in The Root though. I saw a video a while back stating that Nigerians are the top earners in the US and I think the UK and there were tons of comments understandably proud, saying "We don't play, we value our education", etc and I've always agreed but for once I started questioning why it isn't reflected in the education system I'm starting to view it moreso as a value of individualized, profitable education (doctors, lawyers, bankers, etc) which sends a lot out west, rather than education proper. If it were about education proper, we'd more likely see an education system similar to South Korea/Japan, where there's a huge emphasis and regard for teachers/professors and likewise, a university rivaling the Oxfords and Harvards so many try to go to... Interested in hearing any thoughts

You have to consider that , at least in the US, that immigration favors family reunion and is stricter on skilled migrants. There aren't many avenues to migrate to the US unless you are doing so for higher education which for undergraduate implies you come from a relatively wealthier family or for grad school which means you already have a 1st degree. The same can be applied to Indians, there are lots of people at the top end of the intelligence and skills distribution that migrate for a variety of reasons while there is also the bottom of that distribution that the average Westerner never sees and people form images off of the people they interact with on a personal basis. S.Korea and Japan went through a developmental trajectory that also swept with it their educational institutions and there really isn't a comparative African example

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

3 Arrested With Fresh Human Parts In Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested three men for allegedly being in possession of fresh human parts.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command in the state, SP Kennedy Idirisu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lafia.

Idirisu said the suspects were arrested by the Nigerian Army on special duty on Friday and handed over to the police.

According to him, the suspects on Nov 1 exhumed a freshly buried corpse from a cemetery at Mararaban-Akunza, chopped off the arm and re-buried it.

He stated that residents of the area got information on the incident and were about lynching the suspects when the soldiers intervened, rescued them and handed them over to the police.

Idirisu said that one of the suspects sustained serious injury from the beating by the mob and was hospitalised at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia.

He added that investigation had begun to ascertain the motive of the suspects.

3 arrested with fresh human parts in Nasarawa - Gistmore Gist Blog