I have been faced with this predicament in the past. I have a two years old son who lives with my mother in Lagos and I have been torn between leaving him to grow up in Nigeria or to bring him here to live with me. Certain factors has helped me resolve to let him live in Nigeria for now. Below are some of those.....

1.  Discipline: I would like to have a free rein to discipline my son without having to worry about DSS. This does not imply flogging cos it never worked on me when I was young.

2. Culture: I would like for my son to learn how important the culture is and how important it is to be family oriented and most importantly, I want to shield him from the issue of race that characterize most African American reasonings in the US until he's old enough to understand and make wise judgments.

3.  A child needs his father: Bringing him to the US wouldn't make any difference considering the crazy schedules that I keep here. So I have made arrangements to visit him and be with him for at least 1 week every 6 months. I also talk to him on daily basis for a few minutes and he says words like this to me ..............."how r u?, what did u eat? etc.

Most of you naijapals would agree with me that the way we were raised in Nigeria is quite different from how children are raised here and I'm of the old skool who believes in enforcing discipline.

If he was able to pay 7m out of pocket then I wouldn't consider him broke. If I had 7m now I would be on my way back to Nigeria now for good.

Wow! Thats kinda nice. I hope some of those pessimist  who doesn't think good things comes out of Nigeria are reading this now.

If you are basing a president's performance solely on the Nigeria experience then you are in for a shock brotha. Nigeria is far from being a democratic government cos the leaders still act as if the country is their personal property. It's pathetic that the federal government of Nigeria would close down a tv channel on the flimsy excuse that it ran an untrue story about our president. What happened to the freedom of press? What kind of government does that? I don't believe George W. Bush would close down CNN on that excuse. Anyway, may God deliver us from the clutches of this evil men that holds Nigeria captive.

Guess what brotha? He needs the white to win the election and if they don't want him he can't get there because whites are still the majority in America and white folks still has the highest voting record in the United States. Voting is simply not a brotha thing.

If you are a woman sure but if you are a man hell to the NO.

Will you be my friend though?

How come nobody mentioned P Diddy??? He was worth over $200 M in 1998. Hellooooooooooooooo.

You have said it all man. His lyrics is reminiscent of everyday struggle in America. He might not be crown the greatest rapper of all time but every rapper agreed that he was the most hard working rapper ever lived. Tupac made over 200 music in 6 months.

Personally I think D'banj has better stage performance and style than 2 face

There was a time Pete Edochie used to be the highest paid in Nigeria but those days are gone. The last I checked RMD was the highest paid he made over the equivalent of 2 million naira for his part in the widely publicized movie "Critical Assignment".

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I read that crap sometime ago on thisdayonline.com

I like this template so I'm gonna use this.

1.Born in Asaba Delta state of Nigeria.
2 Lived in Lagos state
3.Attended primary and high school in Ogun State
4. Some college in Edo State
5. Lived with a girl friend for a while in kano
6. Relocated to North Carolina and lived there for 8 months.
7. Moved to connecticut
8. Now lives in Western Massachusetts.
9. By the way, have a 2 years old son by an Oyo girl.

Vixen and Myra. Would love to tap that ass.

How about some tequila ?

I don't care what color a woman is as long as she's a team player and beautiful on the inside. I love my black, white, puerto ricans and indian ladies. LOL.

The Nigeria Independence Day Celebration in New York is 6 days to go. I'm wondering if anybody from this community is gonna be there. I'll be there representing Mushin.

I was bored. Had no Nigerian friends and thought I should search for online naija communities and behold, I found naijapals.com. I like it here and its been a wonderful experience

There ain't no culture to save you from the Falls or Winter cold.

Its kinda nice but personally I don't need GPS to maneuver the streets of Lagos. If I can't find my way I ride okada. who wants to be held up in lagos traffic anyway.

why not take a cab instead riding okada?