Mr knowitall.:


Im offended....

collynzo2:

It's clearly written English, not spoken. You have been criticizing people's grammar here while failing to observe you own mistakes like the referring to written English as spoken English, spelling 'confiscated' as 'confisticated' spelling 'jargon' as 'jaggon', yet you criticize Nigeria's educational system. I will like to know the school you learnt the rubbish you've been spewing here.

Omo_Tier1: Can you drive from Abia to Abuja leaving Abia by 7pm to try and catch a meeting in Abuja by 12noon the next day without having 3 escorts who are armed with near war zone weapons escorting you

Texas.Cowgirl:


Eyah pele. I want no cops on my tail lolololl
Even if he's black.

Texas.Cowgirl:


Eyah pele. I want no cops on my tail lolololl
Even if he's black.

engineerd:

Can i be on your tail? YES OR NO?

payless:

What is wrong with saying spoken English. The guy actually writes the way he speaks. What about your won writings? You wrote "you" instead of your. You think you know, but you wrote "the referring". Explain why you used "the" before referring. What kind of grammar is that? Confisticate was an honest typo error. The whole world knows it is confiscate. By the way, look at my writing again if I actually typed "confisticated" as you claimed. Is your reading glasses dirty, lost or stolen? You better don't dare me when it comes to English Language. I don't think you know the difference between making mistakes when someone fails to proofread their writings and when someone just plainly writing nonsense.

gboss4sure: Let us tell ourselves the truth, the youroba media and their kobo kobo payers are the ones portraying this country's image as bad in their bid to make GEJ look bad without knowing that they are endangering the reputation of this country internationally.

Allohrandy: Olodo English Professor, The correct spelling is 'OWN' not 'WON' and Also Its actually written English not spoken English.. you don't know how I speak because you have never heard me speak so its written English.You claimed to live in USA so you should know that there are many Americans who speak perfect English but cant compose a Letter or write an Essay in good and correct English. First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Anyway, This is not an English class or a discussion about English Language

Sincere 9gerian: @Rossikk..,thanks for bringing this article to the fore. I almost shed tears after reading the article. Its very unfortunate that Nigeria is an ORPHAN. There are very very few Nigerians. What we have are Igbos, Yorubas, Hausas, Fulanis, Ijaws, PDP members, ACN members, CPC members,etc

I dont understand why 'Nigerian' journalists love to bombard us with negative news day and night. Is it to boost sales or promote partisan interest?

Take the recent incident at Baga in Borno for instance. The military authorities have given an official casuality figure but the Nigerian media still insist on the hearsay casuality figure of 185 dead. Foreign media organisations quote official casuality figures, not hearsays. But the reverse is the case in Nigeria. There are several good things happening in this country but unfortunately, the Nigerian media has turned itself to hunter of only bad news. Another example is yesterdays Premium Times report about the briefing of the minister of works. Premium Times wrote generously about a budgetary shortfall of N921billion to complete ongoing road projects but completely ignored the part where the minister of works listed 32 road projects that were completed in 2012.

Bad news from corruption to insecurity are blown out of proportion while good news are suppressed.

By the way, for those arguing about travels at night in Nigeria. The fact is that people travel at night EVERY DAY. Passenger luxurious buses travel at night. In fact most long distance drivers prefer to travel at night.

Allohrandy: Olodo English Professor, The correct spelling is 'OWN' not 'WON' and Also Its actually written English not spoken English.. you don't know how I speak because you have never heard me speak so its written English.You claimed to live in USA so you should know that there are many Americans who speak perfect English but cant compose a Letter or write an Essay in good and correct English. First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Anyway, This is not an English class or a discussion about English Language

ItsModella: The OP/author of that article must be smoking some good weed. Because you really have to be on some cloud 9 to just blatantly deny the fact that Nigeria is grossly unsafe. The same Nigeria where armed robbers operate in broad daylight.

Rossikk:

Swear that this wasn't over ten years ago.

That's a direct challenge.

I've told you to drop your old views on the Naija you left behind in the 90s. Naija has changed. Armed robbery has decreased compared to what it used to be back in your days. You really need to get with the program. When we're travelling now we hardly even think about robbers.

Billyonaire: The greatest Enemies of Nigerians are the pessimist Diasporans that are detached from patriotic common-sense, yet not detached from visiting Nigerian Nairaland. The sickening thing is they can not mix-up with the whites, and yet can not accept the unionism of their home country. They are a lost group of people. I pray for them daily to regain their senses. The optimistic ones are the successful ones who visit home often and have their structures on the sands of time.

PHIPEX: I don't get it when some Nigerians make fast comparisms between Nigeria and America; how reasonable is it to compare a first world nation against a nation that is still ranked in the 3rd world category? A reasonable comparism should be Nigeria against the likes of Egypt, South Africa, Mexico and the likes. If you compare Nigeria to Britain and America you'll easily conclude that Nigeria is not safe but if we are reasonable enough to compare the country against her mates like India and the Arab countries then we may appreciate the country better.

America should be compared against Britain while Nigeria should be compared against South-Africa.

oyb: https://www.nairaland.com/905126/robbers-attack-luxury-bus-r-a-p-e

https://www.nairaland.com/1100585/armed-robbers-attack-lekki-neighborhood

https://www.nairaland.com/1087891/armed-robbery-experience-thoughts-nigerian

https://www.nairaland.com/1224824/robbery-shooting-murtala-muhammed-international-airport

safe country indeed . nl is full of these stories

everyone of us has been or knows someone who was the victim of violent robbery / kidnapping

these desperate liars

robbers were robbing my boss estate last year as he was driving into his house - they were fully armed
they attacked him later in hold up
they attacked my colleague on her way to work one morning
they attacked my wife in a hold up
they robbed and shot my colleagues relative
a colleagues neighbour was kidnapped as he was driving into his house
i was attacked by robbers last year


every nigerian can provide their own personal statistics of this nature

everytime i drive into my close , i am always on high alert for kidnappers

the op is disgusting and a liar. he cannot claim that he does not have friends /relatives/acquantnces who have been victims of crime


to say the country is unsafe is an understatement

rossik should ask NOI if nigeria is safe

oge4real:

[size=15pt]No where on earth is safe.

Here in Sydney,
the evening news is filled with murder, rape and all sorts of violence.[/size]

[size=20pt]Yet we are still here,

just for one reason

- the system is working!

If we had a working system in Nigeria,
then I can assure Nigerians will rush home
and help build our fatherland[/size].

PHIPEX: I don't get it when some Nigerians make fast comparisms between Nigeria and America; how reasonable is it to compare a first world nation against a nation that is still ranked in the 3rd world category? A reasonable comparism should be Nigeria against the likes of Egypt, South Africa, Mexico and the likes. If you compare Nigeria to Britain and America you'll easily conclude that Nigeria is not safe but if we are reasonable enough to compare the country against her mates like India and the Arab countries then we may appreciate the country better.

America should be compared against Britain while Nigeria should be compared against South-Africa.

collynzo2:
Good question, despite the thousands of gun related violence and murder in America, they are not willing to accept any gun control legislation whatsoever, no one is willing to give up his or her gun, so much for a safe country? How many Nigerians see the need to own and move around with a gun to feel safe? I heard the number of guns in America is more than the population itself, why? Before anyone complains about the comparisons, it was started by the Nigerians who say they live in America.

CarCam:

@oge4real
Objective post

Allohrandy: Olodo English Professor, The correct spelling is 'OWN' not 'WON' and Also Its actually written English not spoken English.. you don't know how I speak because you have never heard me speak so its written English.You claimed to live in USA so you should know that there are many Americans who speak perfect English but cant compose a Letter or write an Essay in good and correct English. First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Anyway, This is not an English class or a discussion about English Language