ikenga67: Please I am not trying to be facetious here. I am new to this forum but the more I follow some of the threads, especially in the Politics section, the more I wonder if the profiles I encounter on those threads are truly representative of Nigerian. Or have I stumbled into the "Jerry Springer" crowd of Nigerian public discourse? You know...the mouth-breathers, the flat-earthers and the low-information crowd. Doubt me? Just open any topic on the Politics section and most what you will see are people spewing raw bigotry and displaying a level of grasp of issues that would make my kindergartener son cringe.
I really do hope that the characters I have encountered here are not a true sampling of my compatriots, otherwise we are as doomed as the wooly mammoth. Or what do y'all think?

Frank-C:
Look at it this way, about a week to the last Presidential elections in 2011, Buhari won the election by a landslide on nairaland. Less than one week after the NL polls were concluded, the same Buhari lost the real life election by a landslide and GEJ was decleared winner. His most active e-supporters as in 2011 as it is today are SWners and the ONLY State GEJ lost to Ribadu, not even Buhari in the SW was Osun.

What we have here are a band of noise makers, tampered in the act of propaganda and experienced in the trade of betrayal, and that is why their opinion does not count. If you watch the postings here, you will notice how GEJ 'will only win SE and SS votes in 2015' while APC will win the SW and 'North', the 'North of which represent three times the whole of SE+SS votes'. This, they call political sophistication. You will see the result again in 2015.

Look again at Amaechi issue. The very people that need NGF most did not even observe when they killed the body 'because they want to embarrass the President'. Today, GEJ is better positioned to push his policies without bothering about extra layer of challenge from the NGF.

There are many more instances. NL is so detached from reality. Most live in the UK anyway, so it is not unexpected.

Frank-C:
Look at it this way, about a week to the last Presidential elections in 2011, Buhari won the election by a landslide on nairaland. Less than one week after the NL polls were concluded, the same Buhari lost the real life election by a landslide and GEJ was decleared winner. His most active e-supporters as in 2011 as it is today are SWners and the ONLY State GEJ lost to Ribadu, not even Buhari in the SW was Osun.

What we have here are a band of noise makers, tampered in the act of propaganda and experienced in the trade of betrayal, and that is why their opinion does not count.

bobthebuilder99: ^^^^^

You are forgetting that PDP was the only major party until about 3 months ago. It includes EVERYONE and has no ideology.

Nigeria doesn't have two major political parties yet. So any statements you make about makes up the opposition (all of them must be Yorubas, Muslims, or in the diaspora!) are premature.

We will have to wait for the PDP and APC to truly separate from one another (in ideology and in demographics) before we can see who is really on what side.

And like I said, you are fooling yourself if you think the rich (which is 90% of the people on this site) represent the desires of the poor and middle class. There is no country in the world where that is the truth.

ikenga67: Please I am not trying to be facetious here. I am new to this forum but the more I follow some of the threads, especially in the Politics section, the more I wonder if the profiles I encounter on those threads are truly representative of Nigerian. Or have I stumbled into the "Jerry Springer" crowd of Nigerian public discourse? You know...the mouth-breathers, the flat-earthers and the low-information crowd. Doubt me? Just open any topic on the Politics section and most what you will see are people spewing raw bigotry and displaying a level of grasp of issues that would make my kindergartener son cringe.
I really do hope that the characters I have encountered here are not a true sampling of my compatriots, otherwise we are as doomed as the wooly mammoth. Or what do y'all think?

Frank-C:


While i agree with some of the points raised here, i think election results show how truly the masses think. If you follow fox news on the run up to 2012 US general elections, you will see how Romney won the elections, just like Buhari. To my mind, there is no clear difference in the thinking of both Romney and APC supporters:

Both believe that what a particular section that they consider minority think does not matter.

Both are very noisy in the media. You remember Trump 'revelation'?

Both believe that all they need to win an election is the support of the 'majority blocks', a block that they failed to realise how erroded they have become.

Both also wanted power for the sake of power, no clear alternative solution to existing problems. Romney was even better here because he proposed a tax regime, however faulted, but ACN leader promised us the BH will disappear 3 months into APC government. To strategy was proposed.

Both had the attention of impressionable section of the society.

My point is that real Nigerians don't think GEJ is persecuting Amaechi, they actually think that Amaechi is being used by the 'born to rule people with the collaboration of ACN to distract GEJ'. They like GEJ for his smiles, he calm attitude, his unassuming personality and his story that is similar to theirs. They like him for some things they can relate with and for rail and roads that they observe difference in, something the NL APC folks call 'mediocrity'. Some of them receive 5000NGN for using the FG ante-natal program, something that does not make sense to NL APC commentators. And with the media attack from left, right and center, they think that it is unfair to treat him this way. They actually consider him a victim. And mark my words, before 2015, this feeling will spread. Look at the response to attack by Tinubu's ACN to SOE. Also look at Dino's home page today. Check El-Rufai's facebook page too.

Gbawe:

The main thing to appreciate is that Nairaland is specifically set-up to attract the dregs of society ditto it's "Jerry Springer" mien. Ultimately, illiterates and ignoramuses ready to fight naked in the market square provide the sort of entertainment and 'pull' the owner of this forum wants.

Look around you today to note that shallowness and controversy is what the world wants to be entertained with. In that respect, do not take this forum to be representative of Nigeria. There are other Nigerian forum where the degree of civility, knowledge and general intelligence is laudable. Naraland just happens to be a zoo where all sorts of wild animals, only fit for the most disorderly jungle, are allowed to act as offensively as they wish. 98% of m embers who post are only worth ignoring whereas in other forums, the figure may be under 15%.

geeez: I think it is truly representative of Nigerians. I was at the airport in Enugu some weeks back waiting for a flight to Lgos and was chatting with this female Igbo passenger who is an unrepentant Yoruba hater. I was so shocked she could say to my face that she will do everything to ensure anyone sent to her branch (she's a banker as well) is laid off or transferred. She swore that over her dead body will any of her kids marry or have anything to do with any Yoruba person.

I just think Yoruba people have been too tolerant for too long

Andre Uweh: @The OP, NO to your question.
Check out most people who start threads such as Ikwerre are not Igbo or Anioma are not Igbo are mostly people who are not from those groups and enemies of Igbo unity.

bobthebuilder99:

Interesting thing about CPC is that they received 30% of the vote with virtually no political structure. Half the North was still allied to PDP in 2011, but Buhari still won a lot of votes. If the Northerners from the PDP defect to APC, it won't be an easy race. Also have to take into account that the various opposition parties will all be throwing their weight behind the same candidates.

Personally, the only thing I want is economic development. Fashola seems like the best politician for delivering that. Whatever party he runs on, he will have my support.

fkaz: @ops 2015 general election will say it all

@thelasthope, stop decieving your self with the issue of middle belt.

Who are the middle?

An average middle belt populace prefer to allingn with the core north than SS or SE.

one of the greatest falsehood in Islam in Nigeria is the census. Common sense shows clearly that the muslims in Nigeria are not nearly as many as the Christians. In Borno State the the percentage of muslims is less than 40. A study of most areas of Borno show that the Christians are the majority. unfortunately the political power lies in the hands of the muslim minority, a fact we must work hard to change.
I once saw a report about my community stating that my community had a 30% muslim population, in a place where there is not a single mosque.

lagerwhenindoubt: Nairalanders are Nigerians and they represent a majority of Nigerians given that the 'True' Nigerians who can speak better for Nigeria do not even come online or make an impact enough to be noticed like Nairalanders do.so there you have it

A-ZeD:
Nairalanders are representatives of Nigeria and the politics section shows why the country is the way it is.

one of the greatest falsehood in Islam in Nigeria is the census. Common sense shows clearly that the muslims in Nigeria are not nearly as many as the Christians. In Borno State the the percentage of muslims is less than 40. A study of most areas of Borno show that the Christians are the majority. unfortunately the political power lies in the hands of the muslim minority, a fact we must work hard to change.
I once saw a report about my community stating that my community had a 30% muslim population, in a place where there is not a single mosque.

ikenga67:

I kind of dig that your moniker shaa - "lagerwhenindoubt". That definitely should work. I don't get your argument though - are you saying that the more civil and informed Nigerians generally avoid Nairaland or they don't have access to the internet?

geeez: I think it is truly representative of Nigerians. I was at the airport in Enugu some weeks back waiting for a flight to Lgos and was chatting with this female Igbo passenger who is an unrepentant Yoruba hater. I was so shocked she could say to my face that she will do everything to ensure anyone sent to her branch (she's a banker as well) is laid off or transferred. She swore that over her dead body will any of her kids marry or have anything to do with any Yoruba person.

I just think Yoruba people have been too tolerant for too long