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Baba update A Nigerian surviving Norwegian grammar and winter, with stories, laughter, and a bit of culture shock along the way. 🇳🇬❄️🇳🇴

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25/09/2026

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I’ve lived in Norway for 13 years, and whenever I go back to Nigeria, I sometimes ask myself:“What if Nigeria had saved ...
25/09/2026

I’ve lived in Norway for 13 years, and whenever I go back to Nigeria, I sometimes ask myself:

“What if Nigeria had saved some of its oil money like Norway did?” 😂

But then I also think:

“And what if Norway had spent its oil money like Nigeria did?” 😂

Before oil, Nigeria already had a strong agricultural economy, cocoa, groundnuts, palm oil, rubber and more.

Then oil arrived, and we started spending the money instead of building enough wealth for the future.

Norway took a different approach and put a large part of its oil wealth into the Oil Fund.

But I don’t think the lesson is simply “Norway good, Nigeria bad.”

Nigeria shows what can happen when a country becomes too dependent on resource wealth.

Norway’s experience shows the value of saving that wealth, but it also has to keep building a strong economy beyond oil.

After 13 years here, I find the comparison fascinating.

Two countries. Oil wealth. Very different journeys. And plenty for both to learn from each other. 😂

If Nigeria had created an Oil Fund back then, what do you think it would look like today? 🤔🇳🇬🇳🇴

The first time I experienced rac*sm was in England.I came to the UK as an MBA student, so I was quite documented. 😂One d...
24/09/2026

The first time I experienced rac*sm was in England.

I came to the UK as an MBA student, so I was quite documented. 😂

One day I was sitting on a bus when someone said:

“Go home.”

This was way before the whole Brexit saga.

I asked him, “Why do you want me to go back home?”

He said, “Because you immigrants are taking our jobs.”

At the time, I was just a student working part-time in a restaurant kitchen.

So I asked him:

“Which job did I take from you?”

Luckily, it was summer and the restaurant needed more waiters and kitchen assistants.

So I told him, “Actually, I could speak to my boss and put in a word for you. We need people.”

He looked at me and said:

“Why would I want to work in a restaurant serving people or washing dishes?”

And I thought to myself…

Wait. So how exactly did I take your job? 😂

This experience taught me something.

Sometimes when people talk about “immigrants”, they put a very large group of very different people into one box.

Student. Doctor. Nurse. Engineer. Cleaner. Driver. Business owner. Refugee. Skilled worker.

Documented or undocumented.

Different stories, different reasons for being there, different contributions.

And sometimes we forget just how much of everyday life depends on people from different backgrounds doing different jobs.

Think about the food you order.

The doctor or nurse working when you need them.

The taxi driver picking you up from the airport at midnight.

The Foodora guy delivering your food for 180 kr an hour while it’s raining and you have decided that cooking is no longer your calling. 😂

The person waking up at 4am to clean the streets or clear the snow.

The teachers at school.

The people working in kindergartens so parents can go to work.

The people working in restaurants, hotels, construction, transport, healthcare and countless other places.

You don’t have to agree with every immigration policy.

But sometimes it’s worth looking around and asking:

How many of the people helping to keep my everyday life running are immigrants?

And then there is the funny part.

You spend all year living comfortably in your country, then summer comes and you travel somewhere else.

You sit on a beautiful beach, enjoying the sun…

…and imagine a local person walks over and says:

“Go home. You foreigners are taking our jobs.” 🧐

Suddenly the holiday doesn’t feel quite as welcoming anymore. 😂

Yeah…

I know it’s not funny.

But sometimes, you just need to sit on the other side of the conversation to understand it.

Right? 🤔🤔🇳🇬🇳🇴

Don’t you miss the days when people were genuinely r*cist? 😂These days, people are just r*cist for fashion. It’s almost ...
24/09/2026

Don’t you miss the days when people were genuinely r*cist? 😂

These days, people are just r*cist for fashion. It’s almost trendy.

And contemporary r*cism can be so hypocritical that sometimes you don’t even know what to call it. 😂

During the last World Cup, a president called the FIFA president to ask for the red card of a player from his own national football team to be overturned.

Why?

Because the player was one of the team’s important attacking players, and the red card meant he would miss the next match. The president wanted one of his best players available, and FIFA eventually lifted the suspension.

The funny part?

This was a player whose race the same president had previously described using the “sh**thole” slur.

He doesn’t like immigrants, but you are quick to take advantage of them and even marry one? 😂

The other day, someone accused me of being a “turd-world invader” of Norway.

According to him, I’m leeching off Norwegian taxpayers. Apparently, I’m sitting at home collecting free housing and pocket money.

The man doesn’t even know me. 😂

So I checked his profile.

Guess what?

The man lives in Thailand.

He is an immigrant in another man’s country.

And he is complaining about immigrants in his own country. 😂😂

Brother, how did we get here?

If you’re going to be r*cist, at least be consistent. 😂

Because when we call you out, we are not just calling you out because you are r*cist.

We are calling you out because you are inconsistent and confused. 😂

23/09/2026

Come on Dad! 🤨

“Janteloven”, a slap in the face to Scandinavians, or one of the reasons Scandinavia is so egalitarian? 🤔As a Nigerian l...
21/09/2026

“Janteloven”, a slap in the face to Scandinavians, or one of the reasons Scandinavia is so egalitarian? 🤔

As a Nigerian living in Norway, Janteloven is one of those Scandinavian things I find both fascinating and confusing.

The basic idea is: don’t think you are better than everyone else.

In Nigeria, my brother… if you are doing well, you are expected to let people know. 😂

New car? People must see it.

New house? Somebody is already taking pictures in front of it.

Your child gets into university? The whole family WhatsApp group will hear about it.

You become successful? Please, allow us to celebrate you properly. 😂

Then I came to Norway and discovered that here, showing too much success can almost make people uncomfortable.

You could be doing very well financially, but there is still this cultural feeling of:

“Okay… but no need to make a big announcement about it.” 😂

And it’s not only Norway. You see similar attitudes in Denmark and across Scandinavia.

The funny thing is that Janteloven can sound negative. Why should you be afraid to stand out or be proud of what you achieve?

But there is another side to it.

When people are constantly reminded that they are not inherently more important than everyone else, it can help create a society where the cleaner, teacher, CEO, politician and billionaire are still expected to follow many of the same rules.

Nobody is saying, “I am too important for this.”

At least in theory.

And maybe that helps explain something I noticed after living here for years:

Scandinavians seem to have mastered the art of being successful without constantly reminding everybody that they are successful.

Meanwhile, Nigerians are like:

“Let me tell you exactly what I have achieved… and while I’m at it, let me tell you what my cousin achieved too.” 😂

So I’m still here wondering:

Does your culture encourage you to stand out and show your success, or are you also taught to stay humble and not think you’re better than others? 🤔🇳🇴🇸🇪🇩🇰

‘’Norway is so depressing because of the long, dark winter’’.This is what a lot of us say. 😂The winter is dark, yes. Col...
20/09/2026

‘’Norway is so depressing because of the long, dark winter’’.

This is what a lot of us say. 😂

The winter is dark, yes.
Cold, yes.

Sometimes the rain will fall sideways just to remind you who is in charge. 😂

But depressing? Not necessarily.

Norwegians have simply learned to enjoy life without waiting for perfect weather.

They go skiing when there is snow, hiking when there is no snow, sit in a cabin when it is raining, light candles when it gets dark at 3pm and somehow say, “Det er koselig.” 😂

In Nigeria, if the weather is bad, you cancel the plan.

In Norway, ‘’Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær. (No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes) 😂

Maybe Norway is not depressing.

Maybe we newcomers are just not properly trained for Norwegian winter yet. 🇳🇴😂

What do you think, is the Norwegian winter actually depressing, or do Norwegians just know how to make it work?

19/09/2026

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