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NYSC / Re: Can Anyone In NYSC Camp Confirm The Payment Of N38,900 Alawee? by Debokan: 12:52pm On Mar 20, 2013 |
Hey, you don too show your hatred for Jonathan. Just focus on the topic of discussion. You go dey there dey beef am, him go dey have his way. Talk say I tell you. acidtalk: Jonathan is trying to just score cheap politics while in office. 2 Likes |
NYSC / Re: Can Anyone In NYSC Camp Confirm The Payment Of N38,900 Alawee? by Debokan: 12:44pm On Mar 20, 2013 |
Mblem: Just hope d rumour comes true so dat.... Wen i start dis July, i start with better amount #19,800 na washYou be serious case oh. No amount of payment will be too much for NYSC. Even when they pay you 50k you'll still call it little. Person wey salary no do for am, na overtime go dey enough? |
Politics / Re: We Ought To Be Civil When Addressing The President Or Any Human Being. by Debokan: 11:32am On Jan 16, 2013 |
We may think they dont give a hoot about what insults people heap on them, but let's remember they're humans like us - with weaknesses. Ultimately, do the abuses and insults make the 'insulter' better? It rather accomplishes the contrary. |
Politics / Re: We Ought To Be Civil When Addressing The President Or Any Human Being. by Debokan: 9:47am On Jan 16, 2013 |
seunfly:You seem to have made some sense here. But then MESS NO DEY SMELL IF NA YOU MESS AM. Imagine if you're are the target of these insults. |
Politics / Re: We Ought To Be Civil When Addressing The President Or Any Human Being. by Debokan: 8:35am On Jan 16, 2013 |
^^^ One cannot be too old to learn. Moreover when you see people throwing insults around, you cannot but mistake them for pupils at a creche. |
Politics / Re: We Ought To Be Civil When Addressing The President Or Any Human Being. by Debokan: 5:30pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
seanet01: Jonathan is a F.O.O.L.I.S.H man like the dumb OP who opened this thread. Just re-read your post. I wonder what you have achieved by this insult |
Politics / Re: We Ought To Be Civil When Addressing The President Or Any Human Being. by Debokan: 5:26pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
Thank you obi4eze, you just took the words out of my mouth. It further shows the kind of persons we are. |
Politics / We Ought To Be Civil When Addressing The President Or Any Human Being. by Debokan: 4:20pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
I hope we learn something positive from this. I have observed with some degree of amusement, the wave of criticism and outrage that greeted the ill-timed ignition of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 political campaign machinery. The campaign message – One good term deserves another – is especially humorous. Although Mr President has dissociated himself from the presidential campaign posters which recently flooded Abuja, a lot of frayed nerves still need to be calmed. Our president seems to have a special knack for rubbing us the wrong way, wittingly or unwittingly, and this unusual trait has no doubt enhanced his “popularity” with Nigerians especially the younger generation. Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s popularity is such that he has become the butt of several jokes and unsavoury comments in various circles, especially on social media – and that is very disheartening.http://www.ynaija.com/opinion-in-defense-of-president-goodluck-jonathan/ |
Politics / Sad Ke? Nigerians Are Very Happy Joor! by Debokan: 9:35am On Jan 15, 2013 |
Last week Forbes Magazine, listed Nigeria as number 20 in countries with some of the world’s saddest people, as usual the reasons were not far-fetched, poor leadership, corruption, inability to do this and that… Very quickly commentators were quick to mourn and moan; how did we decline so fast, from the once happiest, to now amongst the saddest. Is it Jonathan and the sea of clueless from North to South, or are the ‘subsidians’ responsible, is it corruption unlimited, or the fact that farmers may start using blackberry phones to ping prices of commodity. Why are we suddenly a sad nation, judging by the fact that when we were the happiest, we also were amongst the most corrupt. So my fellow Nigerians I seek to know how this ‘Forbes people’ do this their thing on global development index. Only last year our beloved nation was adjudged worst place to be born. We also moved significantly up according to some African Insurance forum in ‘Kidnap for ransom arrangement’. We are never far away from all these very ‘negative awards’, now we have entered the list of sad people. Before I conclude on our sad status, I first sought out the meaning of ‘Sad’ or what ‘Sadness’ meant. Sad: Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news. Deplorable; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse. It is a Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy. Causing or characterized by sorrow or regret; unfortunate and regrettable Sadness itself is emotional pain associated with, or characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, helplessness and sorrow. These feelings of certain things are usually negative. When one is sad, people often become less outspoken, less energetic, and emotional. Crying is often, but not necessarily, an indication of sadness. Sadness can be viewed as a temporary lowering of mood, whereas depression is more chronic. Sadness is one of Paul Ekman’s “six basic emotions“happy, sad, angry, surprised, afraid, and disgusted”. With the above, I will just make a few comments, admonishing us to reflect on our nation. In the Forbes list, it was an index of nation’s with sad people, that included countries like Chad, a nation we even given aid to, it included Afghanistan, a per minute bomb nation. How can and how did they compare us to Togo, Central African Republic or Republic of Congo or is it Zimbabweans, I did not know Angolans were sad, of course citizens of Iraq, Yemen and Sudan cannot be too happy and except for cricket how can Pakistanis be happy. My verdict is simple. Nigerians are happy, we are still high up there in the index of happy people, very and I add very happy people. A people kidnapped, robbed, bombed, week in, week out. And yet thanksgiving services with dances of all types and executions follow suit. We are happy jare… We remain a proud people, joyous in nature, never put down by ‘little’ setbacks. Visit a state where workers were owed seven months salaries on a Saturday, you see women and girls adorned in expensive glittering ‘aso-ebis’. Thousands spent on event planners/transport/comperes and more. We are happy people, we love to party and forget that ‘Forbes list’: it’s false, this is 2013, we have continued in our happy nature unabated. We provide all kinds of shoes for those who need it, and give another term to those who fail, besides, what has the opposition got to offer, than plenty noise. We attend ‘suna’ (naming ceremonies) and’ igba nkwu’ (traditional wedding) and ‘oku’ (funeral party) of the same leaders we accuse of looting us dry. We are happy people, the only people who after being used, abused, misused are tortured with the flamboyance, and ostentatious living and all we do is admire them and cling to hope—after all, ‘my turn will soon come’. Happy people: very few countries can live the way we do, weeks without light because power transformer is bad, yet you pay bills. Fuel stations have no commodity yet opposite those stations, young men sell same fuel at hyper-black prices. We are sad people, when the thief who is looting is from the other side, but when it’s from our town, we use the phrase “he is helping our people”. And because the stealing is everywhere, we all, are happy. ‘Forbes list ko, Forbes list ni’ tell that to the birds–we bribe the police and accuse them of taking bribes. We don’t really pay electricity tariffs yet we say ‘there’s no light’, when actually it’s a case of Aso Rock owe PHCN, PHCN owes gas company, that one owes staffs, the staff is in debt of school fees, rent and utility. We are happy people jare. Maybe if Forbes had said we top the ‘grumblers’ list, no arguments. Maybe we complain most, that’s true, yes maybe amongst nations with most problems. But that Nigerians are sad…that I disagree totally. People who pay in recruitment scams in the police, immigration, army, civil service et al cannot be sad. A nation that has bribes for admission scams, or money for marks in schools scams. Rent without house agent frauds. Pension fraud, electoral fraud, where girls date six guys simultaneously and men date five women including their secretary, wife’s best friend and driver’s wife and nothing happens…cannot be an unhappy nation. How many suicides can be traced to spirited men that were tired of the system and called it quits–fact is we kill to be happy because in Nigeria happiness is it. We steal to be happy because that’s the real deal. We want to be happy not because we are sad but because we want a status quo. We want change, but don’t want to change, and are weary of change. Common, a Nigerian adage says an erect penis has no conscience. Nigerians are not sad, if almost 2billion can disappear from the Minting and Security Company, no single arrest, no outrage, we are happy, if we really are sad, it is not the Forbes list that will tell…only time will tell. Source: http://news.naij.com/19872.html |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Debokan: 9:04am On Jan 14, 2013 |
Debokan: Good day guys. I have a Toshiba e-STUDIO 151 photocopier. I've searched online for the driver so I can use it as a scanner/printer also but cant find any reliable one. I'll be very grateful if someone helps me out here. Thanks. wolebaba: deji2009: Thanks for offering to help out. I use both Windows 7 and XP, on different systems sha. Browser type = Chrome Printer most likely 10yrs old? = Yes Connection type USB cable? = Yes I've searched Toshiba website but couldn't find anything useful. I've checked other sites, the one I downloaded that looks like it did not work. I even checked Yahoo downloads, nothing! |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Debokan: 7:34am On Jan 11, 2013 |
wolebaba: I've searched their website but couldnt find anything useful. I've checked other sites, the one I downloaded that looks like it did not work. Some sites ask for payment. I even checked Yahoo downloads, nothing! |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Debokan: 9:36pm On Jan 10, 2013 |
Debokan: Good day guys. I have a Toshiba e-STUDIO 151 photocopier. I've searched online for the driver so I can use it as a scanner/printer also but cant find any reliable one. I'll be very grateful if someone helps me out here. Thanks. Someone pls help me out. |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by Debokan: 10:21pm On Jan 09, 2013 |
Good day guys. I have a Toshiba e-STUDIO 151 photocopier. I've searched online for the driver so I can use it as a scanner/printer also but cant find any reliable one. I'll be very grateful if someone helps me out here. Thanks. |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Is Africa’s Top Investment Destination by Debokan: 11:45am On Dec 11, 2012 |
My dear, most of those ppl shouting 'unemployment' have something doing, no matter how small. Instead of them to seize the opportunities available to them to grow, they're there waiting and looking for BIG companies or the govt to employ them. For the records - Entrepreneurs grow the nation. safarigirl: did you mean dumb? You must be one of the dead brained citizens, mtcheew. People will never know the opportunities abound if they keep waiting for white collar jobs. Some companies have factories, but because some people would rather sit in air-conditioned offices, or feel like factory job is beneath them, they'll go about screaming 'unemployment is rife'. Just cos you were able to cheat your way through school, doesn't make you better than the drop out 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Is Africa’s Top Investment Destination by Debokan: 8:49am On Dec 11, 2012 |
I'll advise that we stop complaining. These indeces tell us that we are getting there. What you should do is to invest your time and energy productively in order to reap economic benefits. By so doing you have reduced unemployment by at least one person. morewealth: And how does all these improvement in economic statistics impact on the life of the common man? 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Finally Concedes Bakassi To Cameroon: Ahead Of Tuesday's Broadcast by Debokan: 8:55am On Oct 09, 2012 |
charlsecy4: Does it mean Nigerians living in the area should start learning French? Southern Cameroon, formerly a British colony, speaks English |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Finally Concedes Bakassi To Cameroon: Ahead Of Tuesday's Broadcast by Debokan: 8:53am On Oct 09, 2012 |
The simple thing is just that Bakassi is now a territory in Cameroon. If I were there I'll simply abide by Cameroonian laws while hoping to retain Nigerian citizenship or taking up that of our new country. Shikena! |
Religion / Re: If We Are To Love Our Enemies, Are We Not To Love Satan? by Debokan: 2:16pm On Sep 21, 2012 |
Jenwitemi: Well, if your god can't manage to love his own enemy(even he having an enemy is an embarrassment to his supposed lofty devine status), why should you? Are you better than your god? Of course you are not. I dont know the god you refer to but our God does not make any His enemy. Satan or the devil on his own volition made himself an enemy of God and His people. We should know here that one can love a person but cant be the person's friend. You can love satan but dont fraternise with him. |
Business / Re: 24hrs Internet Connection With Laptop And Printer. What Do I Do With It? by Debokan: 9:57pm On Sep 15, 2012 |
Design an advert for WAEC (and soon NECO) result checking, print it and paste it where students can see it. With good internet connection and powerful printer, you can make something useful checking SSCE results. Good luck. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Why Barth Nnaji Resigned: Conflict Of Interest by Debokan: 7:46am On Aug 29, 2012 |
That explains a lot. A good move to keep the bid process in good standing. Bravo Barth. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Liberian President Suspends Son From Office by Debokan: 11:46pm On Aug 22, 2012 |
1025: Guy get your facts straight. Get correct information before you post. |
Forum Games / Re: Finish The SENTENCE by Debokan: 9:41pm On Aug 04, 2012 |
...life. Life is ..... |
Health / Re: Septic Arthritis by Debokan: 9:35am On Aug 04, 2012 |
^^^^ Thanks a million and God bless you. |
Politics / Re: Ogoniland Declares Independence!!! by Debokan: 11:16pm On Aug 03, 2012 |
If you read the post and understand it you'll know that they're not seceding from Nigeria. They're only trying to kick out LGA system and govern themselves directly. THEY'RE NOT FORMING A NEW COUNTRY. |
Politics / Re: RPGs Seized From Boko Haram In Borno (Pic) by Debokan: 10:21pm On Aug 03, 2012 |
ebamma: if this happened in a civilized country,the first question will be how those weapons entered the country,i think the nigerian customs should tell us how those weapons passed through our borders. Those questions are being asked, the transporters and those arrested are questioned. Just that the answers and matters of security are not for public discuss. Let's allow the security agencies to do their job. |
Politics / Re: Jonathan: I Can Rule Beyond 8 Years by Debokan: 4:10pm On Jul 24, 2012 |
We're only in 2012 and some are already killing themselves over 2015. GEJ may end up suprising us all. |
Sports / Re: Nigerian Premier League Rated Best In Africa For 2012 by Debokan: 1:04pm On Jul 18, 2012 |
greall1: Ha ha ha I don't believe this. I think south africa is the best league in africa. When last did you watch NPL? Comparing it with SA league? I dont blame you, you watch too much of SuperSports packaged SA league matches. Bad pitch is something sooo far away from Nigerian League. 1 Like |
Sports / Re: NFF President Blames Nigerians For Arsenal's Cancelled Trip by Debokan: 11:29am On Jul 14, 2012 |
Truth be told. Arsenal is afraid of loosing to the reformed Super Eagles! |
Business / Re: Clarification: Ghana Is Not Closing Legal Nigerian Businesses by Debokan: 9:18am On Jul 07, 2012 |
There's nothing unfriendly there joor. Whoever is cutting corners should amend his way. The clarification is straight to the point. If you enter a place to do business, find out how you can do it legally - no cutting corners. My ppl in Ghana, now that you dont have to pay $300,000, pls comply with the other regulations as you're not termed foreigners. |
Politics / Re: GEJ To Sue House Of Reps Over Summon by Debokan: 6:52pm On Jul 04, 2012 |
I see some inconsistencies here. The House committee chairman on FERMA announcing on behalf of The President his intention to take the reps to court! The news has to be a joke. Well, I'll not say more until I see them in court - that is if the story is true. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Enugu Assembly Passes Bill Banning Okada by Debokan: 5:01pm On Jul 04, 2012 |
This blanket ban on okada and motorcycles is something else oh. What will happen to owners of bike for private use - 1yr jail term? The lawmakers should find a way to accommodate privately used bikes on the roads. |
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