₦airaland Forum

Judolisco:
Obama denied her world bank job. Is Obama a racist?

Judolisco:
Obama did d same thing to her.. Obama na racist?

Nope, apples and oranges...

First, Obama did NOT do the “same thing” to Okonjo-Iweala because the Obama administration did not specifically and publicly OPPOSE her candidacy for the World Bank presidency. Rather, the US had its own (US official) candidate contesting for the position, who ended up winning (same as every WB president since the bank’s formation). In contrast, under Trump, not only did the US not have a candidate for the WTO position but the other 163 members had agreed upon NOI as the consensus candidate, until America’s first openly racist president (aka the Orange Insurrectionist) specifically and officially OPPOSED her candidacy. What a douchebag!
>

Trustedpro:
I like trump because he doesn't pretend about his feelings or america interest. Madam show them real reform or else you might vindicate trump soon....and I trust trump he will react to your mockery.

American interests are not mutually-exclusive (nor necessarily at odds) with global interests.
Problem is that Dotard Trump, incapable of thinking beyond the 2-dimensional, viewed the international space as zero-sum.
>

Trustedpro:
I like trump because he doesn't pretend about his feelings or america interest. Madam show them real reform or else you might vindicate trump soon....and I trust trump he will react to your mockery.

bluefilm:
Everybody wants to use Trump to shine in one way or the other.

If you're in doubt, ask CNN how market be for dem now Trump is out of the picture.

NIGERIAN TRUMPISTS are the most pathetic version.
The Dotard they stan and idolize cannot stand the sight of them!
>

Monogamy:
I really don't think this is necessary...

You have now been appointed so Move on Ma

This excerpt is part of a much wider interview.
Nonetheless, she was specifically asked the question by an American reporter, and she duly responded.

Furthermore, nothing she said was inflammatory.
Having been a World Bank MD and a veteran in the international space, would be confident of her media relations skills.
>

Femeto:
Nigeria likes celebrate rubbish. Oshiomhole wey dey chop corn like Hen those days where him dey today?

Abegi where’s the “celebration”?
It’s a mere human interest pix. Simply scroll on if not interested. SMH
>

ratiken:
Nigerian government only understand extreme violence.

I am sure that that if explosives and dynamites were thrown into the toll plaza, all these drama would not have been necessary.

I weep for naija

The authorities will simply round up even more innocent people and shoot or jail them...
>

JidennaJason:
I am bitter because they're oppressing us,

I am bitter because people like you are too scared to tell your oppressors in the face that enough is enough.

I am bitter because people like you see evil and keep quiet because it has not reached your doorstep.

I am bitter because we deserve a better Lagos and Nigeria, but people like you choose to sing the praises of leaders who Dehumanize peaceful protesters.

I am bitter because the marauding Fulani herdsmen are now having a swell time in the SW and other region but Tinubu and Buhari choose to remain quiet.

I am bitter because we just buried a 19yrs young lad at Ohafia, Abia State because of the Impunity of the Police force.

I am bitter because the Ex COAS is suppose to be cooling off at Kirikiri for crimes against humanity and not given an appointment as a non career ambassador.

I am bitter because you are not sound enough to comprehend the truth.

Have a lovely day.

Instead of being bitter, do something POSITIVE about it.
That’s what would be helpful, not bitterness on Nairaland!
>

OGWILLS123:
Because nigerian girls are useless

CRUDE AND UNCOUTH MISOGYNIST!
>

ogelekpomgam:
It's really a pity.A country with a failed economy.If food was common and accessible..this kind of thing wouldn't have happened.Evil politicians.It shall never be well with them.

It was more about anger rather than hunger...
Anyway, either way, may all who lost their lives RIP.
>

>
Horrible stadium, with ASTRO turf pitch...
>

Kriss216:
They don dey beg, They don dey beg

Sanwo Olu just dey endanger innocent people life in the form of task force.

If there are no hoodlums or disorder, there’ll be no task force...

Nigerians admire places like Ghana or Rwanda, but those nations are like so because they don’t tolerate hoodlums.
Anyway, Nigerians and their leaders DESERVE each other - lawless citizens, lawless government! A nation of ANYHOWNESS!
>

www.nairaland.com/attachments/13129310_1487560152892848158715361181591891009900692o_jpegfd2565ad699381756d80275938ffb905

A picture speaks a thousand words.
And the worst part, is that Rivers Angels is the MORE SUCCESSFUL club.
>

Brendaniel:
Na wa o, And some girls will see this one as role model....

Why wouldn’t they? Because she’s not ashamed of her sexuality?

She is a radio OAP, published author and businesswoman, who only a year ago (Feb 2020) was invited by Harvard Business School to speak about African creatives. She is also someone who has proved (albeit after a slow learning process) that no woman should have such low esteem as to continue to stay in an unhealthy relationship with a multiple cheater (but of course most Nigerian males think it normal to cheat), and that financial independence helps women avoid being trapped in such destructive marital (or other) relationships.

Little secret why many Nigerian females, familiar with Nigeria’s mostly sexist and misogynist culture, find her a role model.
>

chigoziri2403:
Who is she,and what does she do for a living

She is a radio OAP, published author and businesswoman...
Just before Covid, she was invited by Harvard Business School to talk about African creatives.

Meanwhile (apart from being a misogynist suspect), who are YOU?
And what do YOU do for a living - apart from pettily sniping on other people’s lives on NL. SMH
>

Dreyton36:
Am i the only one who don't find naked women attractive

Lights up my kpoli in peace

Do you find naked men attractive instead?
>

>
Only THIEVES oppose IPPIS...

With a system like IPPIS, any mistakes are obvious and can be rectified.
Accordingly, the problem for THIEVES is not purported mistakes, but it’s transparency.
>

Priscillacutiee:
Nigerians always do well outside

FILEBE:
Why is he on exile ?

Henix:
It feels good to be recognized and rewarded. Congratulations to him! Let him stay safe wherever he is

PataAlhajaKeji:
Exile? Who pursue am? Who stop am from entering Naija?

Sincerely, a lot of motherfuckers out there overrate themselves, including that vainglorious, holier-than-thou, condescending, thieving, identity-stealing son-of-a-bitch, Rhino O'Mockery who claims to be on a self-imposed exile because of Buhari ... as if Buhari sabi am.

Now who's this Hundeyin guy with name sounding Franco-west-african? SMH.

Judolisco:
We always do well outside because most countries have enabling environment... In Nigeria we were asked to go back to the farm.. U start farming herders will come with cows to graze on your farm u talk they slaughter u ASAP
IN Nigeria universities will go on strike for months u will graduate and the government will tell u to go and look for handwork that entrepreneurship is d way forward... D biggest problem we have are the people that will keep lying to us that Nigeria will be great yet their wives will go to dubai to chill for six months

PussyKing:
Once you are out if this useless country things seems to work

Angelfrost:
I can easily and correctly wager that most young Nigerians won't even understand a damn thing written about this guy, or what he sacrificed so much for.

For the avoidance of any doubt, David is NOT on physical exile outside Nigeria.
“Nigerian on Exile” is the moniker that he uses for his columns and freelance writings.

David is an Establishment kid who grew up in Ikoyi, attended some of the best Nigerian schools and whose family had the means to send him to good schools in the UK. Accordingly, his writing is so effective (and often acerbic) precisely because he is an Establishment figure writing about (and against) the bumblings and parochialism of the Establishment, largely using his Establishment privileges and connections to good effect.

CONGRATULATIONS to him!
>

>
CONGRATULATIONS!

David does sometimes come across as a Grade A a/hole in some of his writings, but his passion and intellect is never in doubt!
>

ogbonti:
Best from where? At this time when Gowon was running from pillar to post squandering Nigeria's new found oil wealth due to the oil boom of 1971 - The UAE and Singapore were worse than Nigeria in terms of wealth, Infrastructure and world hierarchy of importance. 2 years earlier, before he took this pic, Gowon loaned $10 million to the UAE and later converted it to a grant (that means do not pay back) - He was paying the salaries of teachers and civil servants in some African countries and giving grants to countries in the Caribbean. He was spending like a drunken sailor, and he was touted as saying "Nigeria has enough money, our problem is how to spend it"

I hope he is seeing what the UAE he pitied then when he gave Sheik Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan that money, what they did with their oil wealth? the same oil wealth our leaders stole and squandered? - I hope he can see where the UAE is today as compared to the western world in terms of wealth, Infrastructure and world hierarchy of importance - and where Nigeria is today in terms of decay, corruption, poverty and insecurity? While the UAE just launched a space vehicle to orbit Mars, Nigeria can not guarantee 24 hours power supply to any Nigerian anywhere in Nigeria. GOWON LAYED THE FOUNDATION FOR WASTE AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA Enuff said

Apples and oranges...

Nigeria obviously could have done (and could/should still do) much better with its crude oil “windfall” but comparing an absolute monarchy of only about 1 million citizens of the SAME ethnic stock producing just under 4 million barrels of oil per day, with an elected ‘democracy’ of estimated over 200 million citizens of a reported 250+ (often adverse) ethnic nationalities struggling to produce under 2 million barrels of oil daily is akin to comparing chalk with cheese. The UAE produces more than TWICE the amount of oil that Nigeria produces for half of one percent of the Nigerian population. The King/Emir’s word is law, and when he decides to proceed with any project is not bothered with the “inconveniences” of legislative approval, court injunctions or other litigation, community protests and/or agitation, etc. And of course because the citizens are of the SAME ethnic stock, the UAE is not bogged down with real-life political considerations such as ‘federal character’, quotas, zonal balancing, etc. Kudos to the UAE nonetheless for making the most of what life bestowed upon them, but they still rely primarily on Westerners/foreigners to build, operate and manage practically EVERYTHING you see in that country (while mostly the Emiratis amass ‘rent’).

Btw, even though it was well before most of us here were born, the CONTEXT (emphasis added) of Gowon’s infamous “money is not the problem, but...” made perfect sense and was a substantively accurate reflection of Nigeria at the time. Contrary to the COLLOQUIAL interpretations that have been accorded to the statement, Gowon was actually bemoaning that Nigeria lack the capacity to put the financial “windfall” of the sudden oil boom of the 1970s to good (or optimum) use. His specific response to that situation therefore was to expand tertiary/higher/technical capacity with the development of several new university campuses/universities (Jos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Maiduguri, Ilorin, etc.) and federal polytechnics, instituting a students loan program (yes, Nigeria had student loans), while exponentially expanding local and foreign scholarships, and bursary award programs. This was in addition to building or planning most of the backbone infrastructure that still carries/powers (or should still, if properly maintained) Nigeria almost 50 years after Gowon left office. It’s not a coincidence Nigeria (just coming out of ruinous and expensive Civil War nonetheless) was a much better place under Gowon than it has ever been during our own lifetime.
>

>
GOOD RIDDANCE!

The Irish were probably the world’s first modern “economic refugees”
The Irish fled abroad in droves, but persisted and built their own country themselves.

Don’t be such an ignorant leech
Nigeria’s condition is the culmination of the actions (of commission or omission) of Nigerians!
>

tutudesz:
Counting process!!! America has a sperate month for Governorship and presidential election too, almost all countries have different date for election.

No, they don’t. The general elections occur on ONE DAY every 4 years on the first Tuesday of November.
Of course, there are mid-terms on the same ONE DAY every 2 years (as well as by-elections, county votes, etc.).

Of course, all countries have different dates for elections.
What does that have to do with conducting all of ONE country’s national elections on ONE day?!
>

LaEvilIMiss:
YES drive the eko natives into the lagoon like you did maroko who turned into Ajah boys - the more pain the better.. drive ya brothers into destitution, crime and murder - sebi una go pass the same road for night when policemen no dey

cassbeat:
With these you thought made sense abi? You be mumu man

Skseries:
Na small time e go reach ur turn, u think u are safe? Lol u have no idea bcus u have enuf to rent a house or own one, when did u stop being ur brothers keeper. Sure u go go church or mosque and claim Saint lol judgement day go shock us all

tegrianonigltd:
When it’s your turn you will repeat this statement

Are Nigerians seriously promoting slum dwelling?

Of course, ALL slums should be cleared.
The government’s duty is to develop alternatives.

As for any criminals, they can find housing in prison!
>

Femijohn198:
in 2030 , they will be no Nigeria

We’ve been hearing that BS all our lives...
And they keep ‘postponing’ it when the predicted time arrives!
>

Focusmind:
18th century Europe was far more developed than 21st century Africa.

While the Black Plague was devastating Europe, Africans had developed paper, writing and the world’s first ‘university’!
But of course Europeans living on top of each other quickly developed WMDs and used it to conquer and enslave other people.
>

wink2015:
A British parliamentarian, Tom Tugendhart recently threw a BOMBSHELL accussing Gowon of looting half the money in the central bank of Nigeria while he was head of states of Nigeria during the 1970s before he was overthrown by Late General Murtala Muhammed.

The dust is yet to settle over that accusation although a lot of Nigerian started defending Gowon that he is such an innocent man that can not hurt a fly let alone loot our collective commonwealth as at the time he was holding power as a military head of states.

I think the British know a lot of secrets about the atrocity of our past leaders.

This accusation against General Gowon ( rtd ) may well be one of those high classified secrets which majority of Nigerians never knew about.

It was BS “accusation” but of course some Nigerians/Africans will slavishly believe anything a white person says...SMH

Gowon did NOT own a single property anywhere in the world (not in Nigeria and most certainly not in the UK) when he was overthrown and ended up in exile in the UK with supposedly “half the money in the central bank”. He stayed at the house of Emmanuel Oti (the dad of the former England international rugby player, Chris Oti), an Ibo man barely a few years after the bitter civil war (but a commentary on the regards many held for the man), and his wife Victoria reportedly had to work for a while to support the family. When Gowon enrolled at Warwick University, he lived in the university’s graduate/married students’ housing with his family, until those in the Nigerian government themselves who had overthrown him found “more suitable” accommodation for him (after sending Gen TY Danjuma to him to plead with him to conduct himself in a manner supposedly “more befitting” for a former Nigerian head of state). In fact, Gowon did not have any property in Nigeria until when the Babangida administration built one for him in Jos (on land donated by Fom Bot of Jos) in 1987 or thereabouts following Gowon’s pardon and rehabilitation. These are all things in the public domain and matters of public record.

When things do not add up, please use the brain cells that nature supposedly endowed all of us with and call BS. The white man is neither beyond reproach nor infallible - their shyte stinks just like yours. Classified secrets ko, Colonized gibberish ni!
>

godeloex:
See how life sweet in London even in 1973.
Naija still on the process

London in 1973 was a very racist society.
Life was most definitely NOT “sweet” for most black/Caribbean folks in London.
>

RPG2020:
1973 Nigeria nor get good road na so bush full everywhere see London 1973 road as e fine like 2021 Abuja express road

manneger2:
1973, and London is this develop and neat, 2021 Nigeria still like Dust bin with dirt every where.
And people are busy commenting his wife is beautiful as if the woman has any special beautiful features, not hating though but Africa is backward

London was “neat and developed” on the backs of profits from slavery and more than 100 years of colonial exploitation! SMH
>

pieces18:
Nonsense, what difference will it make? Is it about the elections or the people who are representing us?

Corrupt/bad elections result in the emergence of corrupt/bad officeholders.
>

mrfreestuff:
By this junk report by Nicholas Ibekwe, it seems the highbrow Banana Island residents from Ikoyi saw the alleged Lekki incident too.

https://www.nairaland.com/6408551/lagos-demolishes-some-properties-banana

Junk journalist, Nicholas Ibekwe, and journalism.

The people of Lagos won't fold their arms and allow another round of burning of their city by IPOB and vicious 2023 politics gaslighters under any guise .

>

bibiking7:
High level of BS In the media these days. Lagos state has been demolishing shanties and arresting thugs these days. There is another slum around marwa that was raided. The slum close to the mall at jakande was raided for hoodlums too. Just yesterday, the police raided Lagos island and arrested 58 thugs. If it had happened around that area. These folks would have linked it to it.
The way the news media twists stories these days is just appalling. Just to stair up sentiments and emotions, they had to add lekki shootings to the news. That place has been raided before. This is not the first time. It's the road where oriental and troy is, where the prostitutes hustle and drugs are sold.
The media will burn down this country soon with thier lie lie.

Lori Iro.

Abegi, don’t mind the tales by the moonlight.
I guess the people in the slum cleared in Opebi also saw the #EndSARS shootings all the way from Ikeja. SMH
>