₦airaland Forum

Roland17:
That one go still come at the end of the season, dey watch. With the heavy minutes he is playing, I will be shocked if that excuse if not dialed. What do the Lakers even have as asset to trade at this point? DLO? AD is untouchable, Hachimura? Reeves? Abi na the injured Gabe Vincent?

I mean look at their draft stock/ capital, it doesn't look promising either.

They have made their bed and they should lie on it. Maybe they move AD for some picks after this year cos who else? I'm not giving up anything for Hachimura, Reaves or Vincent.

We were told LeMickey makes people better. Well time to show and prove

Special shout to the Clippers. They've been silently creeping up to 4th seed. 9 games above .500 incredible turnaround by T.Lue and the squad.

Let's see who stays healthy and more importantly shows up as the season moves along

Roland17:
Ajala refused to show up for postgame interview. Dem say him dey send message to ownership so they can get more help...

They constructed, reconstructed, deconstructed, demolished, renovated, assembled, disassembled, reassembled rosters nearly every 6 months because of you..

Alaye, if the Lakers have any sense, they should be exploring trade options for Ajala.

Always needing more help every season without fail. This myth that he makes teams better must die by fire. If Rob Pelinka had any sense that God gave geese he would package him to any mugu team that still thinks he can be the best player on a title winning team.

This was a team everyone swore won the free agency. They didn't need help to deconstruct and reconstruct after that Calabash tournament. I've never seen a player that won't just work with what he has like every other player in the history of basketball. Always jumping from pillar to post.

Thank God no injury excuses this year

I know our Undisputed, undefeated Calabash Cup champions are not under .500

Say it ain't so

greypencils:
At this point, I might just get me a Shai jersey. What is beautiful about people like him, Giannis, Jokic, Kawhi and other draft steals is that no one sees them coming. People are distracted by the top draft picks, the likes of Zion, Ja & Lamelo Ball while others slowly cook and become better with every game. Someone like Shai just plays his game effectively, no show-boating, no muscle-flexing, no trash talking none of all that nonsense. Those are people after my heart, diamonds in the rough not those hyped by the media.

He's not a 3pt spammer either. One of those that understand a made 2 >> missed 3

Nice all round games and leading a bunch of young unknowns to playoff contention

liveLongNprospa:
Boss.

We do not have the faintest data to have any idea what the population looks like in the north.
The data is neither robust or updated enough.

More energy is used down south.
More cashflow.
The economy of this nation is basically south.
The south is closer to the sea.
Honestly?
How?

All I've been saying. There's not a single metric that supports it.

That's why I asked why Nigeria is such the outlier. There's literally no other country in the world this exists

Roland17:
I am not so much referencing the history or data available even though those will support my argument. I am talking mostly about lifestyle, culture and religion and how it affects population when there is a comparison between the North and the South.

The factors I mentioned are immensely consequential to population distribution across the different regions in Nigeria. Can a legitimate argument be made that the numbers are exaggerated? Yes, I believe so but you can’t claim the South compares to the North in terms of those factors which invariably affects census.

A lot of people here served, lived or are still living in the North and they can testify. This isn’t about land mass or arable lands, this is about factors that has continued affects population distribution in Nigeria. I have not even added high perinatal mortality in the North and how it triggers increased child birth.

These factors are intentionally weaponized for political purposes by the North. I mean, how often have we seen children involved in early voting? During campaigns to the North, we see the turnout rates when compared to the South.

https://nationalpopulation.gov.ng/census-enumeration

Kindly peruse this link.

Mind you not a single factor you listed there is unique to Northern Nigeria btw. But I will unlook that one.

You also realize high perinatal mortality dey one side, maternal mortality also na Siamese twin of it.

E get why them dey gather child voters come election.

Campaigns lol? Wetin consign average Southerner with campaign? You will leave your spare parts shop in ASPAMDA because of one lamba politican on a work day afternoon?

Roland17:
Birthrate, number of birth per household, early marriage/ birthing, near absence of family planning and polygamy! These factors are not comparable to the south.

Truth is, population in the north has been weaponized.

Who is calculating and measuring these rates and supposed births per household?

Why are we pretending like census figures have not been in dispute since the days of Tafawa Balewa. This is not new phenomenon and census figures have been routinely rejected in the past.

If we ask for a proper census today everyone knows the people and region that will reject said census.

When people say polygamy I chuckle. What is the ratio of women to men? If a man has 3-4 wives that means 3 other men have to use Jergens cos no woman for them. A lot of these places sef there are more men than women so you have a trailer load of men that don't reproduce. The only thing polygamy guarantees is that there will not be enough women to go round

Messina123:
Your Papa dey Gba

Messina123:
Even you sef go gree for Tony. Na say you no get opportunity to meet am. Humans hate what they can't achieve

See as you dey twerk, sidioke and dadubule for your fellow man. Pillow biting cretin

What type of bussified male is telling another grown man this. Not everyone lacks scruples like you do

Messina123:
[/quote][quote author=Messina123 post=127635356]Even you sef go gree for Tony. Na say you no get opportunity to meet am. Humans hate what they can't achieve

I know your father is embarrassed he birthed a pillow biter for a son. See as you dey felch your fellow man.

Messina123:
Are You acting yours?

Who invite werey for conversation?

Stick to felching Tony Elumelu. Nobody dey follow you talk

afrodoc2:
Wow. Interesting.

You will be 50 next year. Act your age man

afrodoc2:
Na you use own hand write say you no understand the maths repeatedly.
There is nothing to chest in those mickey mouse insults though. I was merely amused. You can go full throttle with them.

Which your argument? That watery Chad and Niger example that you people have been parroting without context? LOL


When you learn the difference between total population and population density let us know.

Nothing to chest but you were crying and emotional about it. What a dweeb

A40:
I understand all of that and that's why in my subsequent posts I mentioned commerce and energy consumption as other factors not just population spread

Though landmass was the initial premise to the population being high and I merely used the countries listed as proof that landmass does not guarantee anything.

Population is not even closely related to the size of a place. Countries like Korea and Japan easily prove this

A40:
All indices including energy consumption, commerce point to these figures being fake if you ask me.

To be fair I believe Nigeria population as a whole is inflated not just the North, just that the North's own is the most egregious.

We are very bad at data storage and collation in Nigeria

A40:
What are the conditions in Northern Nigeria that are so peculiar no other country in history of mankind has ever possessed. Abeggi

Even the real places with arable land is Middle Belt and somehow their population no reach deep North

A40:
Nobody is talking about this scam

This population talk is always so funny especially when you consider more people from the North migrate to the South than vice versa

Jigawa has 7m people is what they're telling us now while Kano still has the same population as Lagos

You're a certified dolt, a parrot with a teleprompter that's why you have been repeating the same rubbish for the last 3 hours. Knowing well and good that numerous reasons were brought up to question the authenticity of the total population

afrodoc2:


All these insults for only me?

When you learn the difference between total population and population density let us know.

Go in peace with your ignorance.

You're not sleek. Don't throw stones and hide your hands. You started with the insults. You should be able to chest the response

You have no leg to stand on so keep turninonyourown. Using my argument as your argument

Skrrrrrrr:
Steady would come here to claim that the warriors won the 2022 championship against a group of Bums but the celtics have been walloping the Lakers since 2021.
One win in 5 games.....
Nonsense...

I don't know how and why Celtics fumbled that series. I thought the Warriors were dead and buried after Game 3

Jayson Tatum's chokejob in that Finals flew under the radar of NBA lore and I give him a pass cos he's still so young but man

afrodoc2:
Maybe cos you are poor in maths. Conflating population density with total population.

And yes land area is a factor. Let us get that out of the way. It is just not the only factor.

Let us just leave it there.

You dey use mushrooms cos this hallucination no be here oh

You dey yarn megedefegede sha cos going by your akpuruka logic Lagos the tiniest state in the country should not have the most population

afrodoc2:
I am asking you because you were the one who brought those countries into it, not me. Although land area is a factor in population size (not the sole defining factor) it has to be with context. You can't be using Niger and Chad as justification to doubt the population of Northern Nigeria just because they are neighbours when Libya's neighbour Egypt has 10 times Libya's population and 60% of its area.

You can't just use those countries to assess because until recently Northern Nigeria had very good vegetation to support population growth while those countries have been majorly desert for longer periods. and the progressive increase in the Sahara over the past decades/centuries also means you get net migration from those countries into Northern Nigeria over the years.

I think we will just have to agree to disagree. At least hopefully people will stop rolling out that Chad and Niger example without context.

Land area is a non factor in population size. Let's get that one out the way. So you don't keep flogging this matter ad nauseam

I'm saying that the so-called food production and the places with the arable land to support population still are purported to have fewer people so none of the math of your argument makes sense is the point. Benue, Taraba and Niger have the most arable population in the North yet are not the most populated

Even in Chad and Niger the bulk of the population is centered around the places with milder climate. Why is Nigeria the only place in the world where somehow someway there significantly are more people in the drier parts than the cooler parts.

The math is not mathing

afrodoc2:
Now who is deliberating misunderstanding. You are comparing countries with 60-80% desert to Northern Nigeria? Are the desert conditions in Chad and Niger the same as Northern Nigeria? That example was a poor one.

Why do you think Egypt with 60% Libya's land area has 10 times Libya's population?

But you can see that even in these countries the concentration of population is higher around the cooler and temperate parts

Why is Nigeria the only country with more people in the hotter parts.

I don't know why you're asking me question for phenomena that I have backed all along. You should be asking yourself this not me.

See me see Uno reverse. What have I been saying since?

afrodoc2:
LOL It was the wrong example to use in response. The conditions in the major portion of those countries differ greatly from the conditions in most parts of Northern Nigeria.

What are the conditions in Northern Nigeria that are so peculiar no other country in history of mankind has ever possessed. Abeggi

Even the real places with arable land is Middle Belt and somehow their population no reach deep North

Capaldi:
Another angle compare the population of Kano and Lagos in 1991 census. Kano was just 100k ahead of Lagos then it was divided and Jigawa was created from Kano with 27 local government. In 2006 Kano state alone is still more than Lagos that wasn't divided while Jigawa that was created from Kano has 4m+ populace lmao. North are something else.

Nobody is talking about this scam

This population talk is always so funny especially when you consider more people from the North migrate to the South than vice versa

Jigawa has 7m people is what they're telling us now while Kano still has the same population as Lagos

afrodoc2:
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So you guys should stop using Chad and Niger as an example when the local conditions are different.

It was in response to people using landmass as a factor. Stop deliberately misunderstanding me

afrodoc2:
It is very funny to use Niger's population and the similarity in culture to question the validity of Northern Nigeria's population. Anyone who understands geography and how population growth happens won't use that example.

Egypt has 110m people but next-door neighbour Libya with a similar Arabicized North African culture has 7m people. Mind you Libya is nearly twice the size of Egypt in land area. E get reason.

All this proves is the land size of the North does not guarantee population.

You can even see that majority of the Egyptian population are close to the Nile.

Nigeria the only country in the history of humanity with more people in dry arid regions than temperate regions. That math is simply not mathing

afrodoc2:
You are not getting my point.
My point is that if you have a population that is wildly dispersed over a large area it might look to be a smaller population than a similar population spread over an area which is much smaller.
I didn’t mean that large area automatically means large population .

Furthermore the countries you mentioned have large chunks of their land practically unable to sustain food production. My point though was about how low population density and visible crowds can be misleading when there is such a discrepancy in land area.

I understand all of that and that's why in my subsequent posts I mentioned commerce and energy consumption as other factors not just population spread

Though landmass was the initial premise to the population being high and I merely used the countries listed as proof that landmass does not guarantee anything.

Population is not even closely related to the size of a place. Countries like Korea and Japan easily prove this

BlueRayDick:
Na dem Tafawa Balewa start the nonsense at the inception of an independent Nigeria . A census was carried out in 1961 and the preliminary results showed the population of the South exceeds that of the North.

Tafawa Balewa’s NPC controlled FG rejected the result and scheduled a recount for 1963. Whether northerners started giving birth in hundreds and thousands between 1961 and 1963 nobody can tell; but somehow the North population suddenly shot over the roof and from that moment population census turned a useful political tool.

This is because if the initial figures were accepted , there would’ve been re-adjustment of federal constituencies which would’ve put more federal seats in the south as against the north.

All indices including energy consumption, commerce point to these figures being fake if you ask me.

To be fair I believe Nigeria population as a whole is inflated not just the North, just that the North's own is the most egregious.

We are very bad at data storage and collation in Nigeria

Capaldi:
Niger a Muslim nation with a bigger landmass than the entire Nigeria what's their population? Northern Nigeria population is a scam.

E dey confusing and funny. Niger and Chad. Same people almost similar cultures. X5 the landmass somehow they're several times fewer than Nigerian counterparts.

afrodoc2:
You also have to consider that they give birth to far more children in the north.

Also the north is more than double the south in land area. For the north to look as crowded as the south it has to have to 2-3 times the population of the south. Population density is not population.

If na by land mass. Saudi, Canada, Australia should be dominating population nau. But non of these countries are in the top 30.

Niger State is massive and it's most definitely not top 5 populated states in Nigeria

I truly believe their population is inflated. Is it more or less than the South who knows? But for starters I don't even believe Nigeria has up to 150m people never mind 200m I also believe the North population thing is a myth there's fewer people than being reported

liveLongNprospa:
Again.

How is the north more populated than the south when we seem to have alot more generated electricity down south?


When these guys go allow person do proper census

I've always argued that this census and population thing Nigeria is running is a massive scam. I've been to Niger and as massive as Niger state is na borderline ghost town

Nigeria is the first country I've seen where there are more people in the hotter regions than the cooler regions.

Places like Chad and Niger in close proximity to the North similar in culture and with almost 5x the landmass have far fewer population. Makes no sense.

Roland17:
Freaking Midget Brunson is running a P&R so he can isolate 1v1 against Dame!

A40….Where you at!

Na wa oh. Which team Brunson no dey cook? Didn't you see him against Lakers last season?

This dude IMO is a top 5 PG in the league. Why are you making it sound like he's average

Roland17:
The Knicks also score 72 points inside the paint! What does that tell you?

Buttressing the point. The team has jumped back defensively in geometric proportions

Griffin has not set this team up properly defensively.

They're bottom 10 on defense. Fortunately they're the best offense in the league, though their easy schedule has helped but the Bucks had a track record of being a defensive team. Whether you believe Lillard has made it worse, the coach is not helping either

And if we are going to give him credit for their good offense then we must give him blame for their lack of defense

Ibime:
How do you see Fury faring against 5ft 11 niggas like Joe Frazier, light heavyweights like Leon Spinx and other "greats" that beat Ali

Afrodoc2 wants to know the answer to this question

Lol styles make fights. There's a reason boxing introduced the Superheavyweights. Ali and Fury would not even compete at Olympic level

I guess the Usyk fight would tell us how Ali would have dealt with Usyk considering Ali and Usyk are closer in size.

Also consider that Larry Holmes was beat not once but twice by Michael Spinks brother of Leon Spinks who was even smaller

Holyfield, Tyson were routinely kicking the butts of bigger boxers

Bigger is not always better. Don't forget the smaller man always has the speed advantage.

WhoDeyHause:
Usyk will beat fury. Bookmark it.

I strongly doubt it but I'm open to being surprised

raumdeuter:
If Fury doesn't see a challenge he slacks. His last serious fight was Wilder 3 fight and that's over 2yrs ago. He doesn't have any serious challenger. Imagine na Ngannou who learnt boxing for 1yr be his only fight in 2yrs

Don't let this Joshua fight confuse you, that our brother is still a fraud and I will put money on him losing to Fury Usyk and Ngannou. He might have a chance against that Bronze Fraud from Alabama. The Man Utd of Heavyweight boxing

BTW where is that Mexican tellytubby Ruiz wey beat Joshua sef

I'm not suggesting AJ beats Fury, if he couldn't destroy Usyk despite being bigger, younger and supposedly stronger I'm not sure he has any answer for Fury.

For me I'm speaking more about the era being weak more than anything else.

I'm one of those that see Fury beating Usyk more easily than people expect. Dubois was just naive and IMO should have finished Usyk.

If you ask me a more polished Ngannou is the only remedy for Fury as he neutralizes all of Fury's strengths