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In a perfect country an Igbo president would make sense since most Igbos are business minded and forward thinking people but this isn't a perfect country and the stigma brought by Ipob and the civil war still puts a stain on the Igbos aspirations to be president. It is common sense really, how can you vie for presidency of a nation where half your people don't believe in the country itself. How do you guarantee that you won't split the country or give the Ipobs what they want once you gain power?

Finally the biggest and most damning evidence against an Igbo presidential aspirant is the fact that majority of Igbos are either PDP or independent so why would APC give you any attention? Wouldn't it be easier convincing PDP to choose the Igbo candidate instead of Atiku? Why avoid the least path to resistance and choose the most difficult path? Something ain't right!

Shebi dem talk say this man is on crutches and pooping and peeing on himself uncontrollably, what now? All these cone headed alarmist don retreat to their shithole, the writing is on the wall

tollyboy5:
Where in Nigeria law?

Don't be ignorant

You still think Nigerian law is being practiced in Kano instead of sharia? You sure say no be you be the ignorant one? Your government don sell the North to religious extremists, any sane person still living there is playing a dangerous game

Everything is now on social media, every conversation, fight and argument is now being recorded. This is what happens when you live your life for the gram, he married the internet, well congrats your life is now on the internet. Shouting wh.ore, b*tch etc na medicine after death, you no see her before choosing her as the mother of your kids? Werey

Lightorder:
hmm , you made some valid points. But often, the decisions of the electorates are not respected at the poll , remember

You'll be surprised that it is. The problem is that majority of people are still voting for their pockets. Did you know that the last two presidential elections we had more uneducated people voting than the educated ones? Especially in the North! We had more traders, herders, marketwomen voting than most of us on social media. Guess what drove most of those people to the polling booth? Bag of rice, 2,000 Naira and party affiliation. Can you imagine if even half of these people rejected the rice and the money and vote with their conscience?

Lightorder:
the ineptitude and inactions of your old leaders gave birth to this . As long as I am not making excuses for fraudsters, I will submit that should our leaders do just 30% of what they promised, many of these guys into crimes wouldn’t have contemplated it. Desperation is an attribute of survival

Who are the so called leaders? Who chose them? What did most of them do before joining politics? Whether you like it or not the leaders reflect the true nature of the Nigerian populace. Whether it is politics, rituals, yahoo yahoo etc, the average Nigerian is all about money and power, patriots/honesty don die since 1960.

Nigerians have more opinions on what's going on in other countries than their own. One would think these loudmouths were nationals from Ukraine or Russia. How one ignoramus in Lagos, Oyo, Enugu or Kaduna wakes up one day and decides he or she is an expert in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is simply amazing, these e-diots would argue from morning till night using up energy meant to do something creative......Loud mouthed mofos....SICK

The question should be are you dealing with a cheater or serial cheater? For serial cheaters it is a sport, a game, a conquest. They'll cheat on you with a friend, family, neighbor etc, they are only remorseful they got caught and once the dust settles they get back at it. Forgiving and staying with such a person is like postponing your chemo treatment after a cancer diagnosis, RIP!

Human psychology tells us that men cheaters are more likely to cheat repeatedly with different people while women cheaters are more likely to cheat with one person before getting caught. Yet we have more women forgiving their husbands than men forgiving their wife after discovery. Women especially those with kids are always influenced by society, children and fear of being alone while men most times find it easy to move on. So when it comes to forgiving, let's look at it from the different perspectives and not a one size fits all kind of solution, IT AIN'T AS SIMPLE AS IT LOOKS!

Fearyourcreator:
There is a big difference between knowing and doing....

There's a big difference between inability and incompetency!

whitemand4:
The funniest thing is that all these loan apps companies are very smart and crafty ! before they even start the business at all, they have already designed theirs means of collecting back their money through commercial banks without trace. Different account is generated in each customer's name and is linked with customers BVN. This account is given to each customer for repayment. The details of the said account is only known to the bank and the loan company. Once repayment is made they withdraw the money. The one I use partnered with wema bank so I automatically have wema account now. I can give you to make a deposit into the account I will see the money in my wallet on the app. So the account is only traceable to me and not the loan company. I think there is secret agreement btw loan companies and banks.

Interesting.

chronique:
Very misleading headline. Russia withdrew its forces from Irpin. What do people gain by opening misleading topics on this war? Does it satisfy anyone's ego? Is there anything we are benefiting from it?

It's the same thing bro, you don't remove forces unlesss you are showing mercy or losing. Now the Russia that we all know shows no mercy so that leaves us with one other option, they were pushed back......It sounds impossible but one thing this invasion has shown is that Russia has a weak ground game, those Ukranians stubborn like sallah ram

Walkee:
they can use any bank account. How are yahoo boys collecting money even in USA?

Yahoo boys collecting money from the USA are using mules/magas. Those stupid enough to use their real names are caught sooner or later. These loan companies are having people pay into accounts that are their own, how are they opening these accounts? It's simple, zero accountability/regulation.

Fearyourcreator:
Have you ever been in the public office either state or Federal anywhere in the world

I am not a civil servant or a politician. Just a veteran I.T Auditor/fianacial professional, a Ph.D holder abroad with common sense and knowledge on how sensible governments/countries regulate fianncial transactions.

Walkee:
how is that stupidity? FG can decide which app is allowed in Nigeria. FG can even ban Google. You have zero idea how powerful federal government is.

The stupidity is the government failing to enact laws that bars these companies from operating. Which bank accounts are the repayments being made? Are they not Nigerian banks? Why can't FG instruct banks to close accounts of those loan companies or reject their transactions? Common sense is not common, it is better to pick a battle against Google instead and mumu people on Nairaland will hail them for it....RUBBISH!

Chyjoey:
Your argument while valid is out of context.
Sports participation and disclosure are kinks of transgenderism that have to be ironed out, not reasons for its prohibition or discrimination against transgenders.

Your argument is like saying people shouldn’t be allowed to drive because they can get drunk and get into accidents.
Obviously, every group has their own issues. Even cisgendered individuals cheat during sports by abusing PEDs to confer themselves undue advantages.
In the dating sphere, catfishing and date rape is rampant in the both cisgendered, heterosexual and homosexual groups.
Should we then discriminate against cisgendered individuals?

The issue here is why shouldn’t transgender individuals be allowed to live with dignity, as long as it does not infringe on your rights?

Ps. Your civility with your responses is very much appreciated. It’s unlike what we see here on Nairaland.

The difference is that with homosexuality or heterosexual people it is pretty straightforward, gender is not in question, also your example of driving while drunk is not applicable since we have laws to combat that scenario. In reality, we are saying the same thing, because of these "kinks" you can't expect everyone to just fall in line with their chosen lifestyle. It's just like homosexuality, they want worldwide acceptance but don't want to respect religious beliefs. How do you tell a deeply committed Christian to choose between his or her livelihood and the kingdom of God?

For transgenderism, I'm thinking well beyond myself and looking into the future, without safeguards the future looks increasingly more dangerous and unfair. Black daughters are already on an uneven playing field I can't imagine my daughter or granddaughter competing with transwomen without some type of legislation that insists on full hormone treatment to balance the strength and speed advantages. I can't imagine a society where not disclosing that you are transgender to someone you intend on being physically involved with is accepted.....These are credible issues and until some type of mechanism is put in place to address them, fierce resistance is more likely then worldwide acceptance as their lifestyle(as it stands right now) is a direct threat to my rights and that of my future kins.

P.S. We all need to get comfortable with not being accepted by everyone. Some people don't like fat people, some don't like dark people, heck some don't like people who bleach. The right to disagree with something should not be misconstrued as hatred as long as physical abuse is not involved.

Chyjoey:
Yes Sir, it does. As long as your right to own property such as assault weapons does not infringe on my right to life and freedom, you are free to do as you wish.

This is why I do not lean right or left in political issues because I believe every case is nuanced.

School shootings infringe on individuals’ right to life, so in such cases right to property should be subjugated as the right to life is supreme.

Abortions again are nuanced, I’m pro-abortion because it’s the woman’s body (and I know I’ll catch a lot of flack for this from my Nigerian brethren).
I don’t inherently view the fetus as human until it is born, and it is better to abort than have poorly trained children who are a nuisance to society.

Again you have the right to do drugs, as long as it doesn’t affect my rights.. do you see where I’m going with this?

I personally feel people should be free to do whatever they want as long as it doesn’t infringe on other people’s rights. (It’s an unpopular stance, but it’s my stance)

But then again, what significant rights of yours does transgenderism infringe upon?
Or is the bigotry just too strong?

Isn't there a conflict? Who should make sure these imaginary boundaries that you've set are followed? What happens when one party does not follow them? You claim the right to own assault weapon is okay as long as it does not infrfinge on your rights but how do you stop someone who owns 4 or 5 of these weapons and suddenly snaps one day?

Finally, to your cheeky comment about transgenderism. Imagine having a daughter with a life long dream of playing for a professional sports team or going to the olympics only for them to compete against a faster, stronger transgender woman. Furthermore, imagine having a boy in the prime of his life enjoying himself at the club, he sees a beautiful woman, they gel and one thing leads to another, they get a room and bada bada bada.....Oh no the beautiful woman with great boobs is actually a man.

It's easy to talk about rights and this el-doraldo view of human peace but the reality is just so much different. I've only used two examples and you can imagine the awkwardness, I implore you to read real life stories of trans people not disclosing that they are trans, read about the emotional trauma, read about the court cases etc. You were quick to shout bigotry but I bet you never truly researched the issues I highlighted, often times people who argue online do so without real world analysis, talk is cheap my friend, very cheap

Chyjoey:
What human history has shown is that liberal values always win in the end.

The white man once held conservative beliefs of how delusional the black man’s beliefs of equality was.
History has shown that the conservative white man is the deluded one.
Conservatism is not inherently right.
Personal liberty and freedom of all humans to live and be respected as they desire is supreme.

While this sounds all good and warmly, it is nothing but a fool's paradise! Take the last part of your statement and tell me does this apply to the rights to own assault weapons, do drugs and abort without restrictions?

When does your personal liberty and freedom affect mine? Is it until you're doped up and end up causing multiple car fatalities? Is it until you shoot up a school? If the final part of your statement was true, why do most abroad get upset when someone shouts that they hate blacks or jews or gays or women etc?

Finally, what the last part of your comment shows is that humans might naturally want to be liberal but given human tendencies and reputation, we almost always take it too far. A deadly disease has killed millions, is this enough for you to wear mask and give up certain outside activities? (HELL NO, IF WE DIE WE DIE, I AIN'T WEARING NO STINKING MASK)........(Hillbilly, 2020)

invectives:
. These loan company duplicate themselves,one coy will have 5 apps and use it to rip Nigerians off....
That sphere needs urgent cleansing by the relevant Authorities!!!

How can anyone rip you off when they did not force you to sign? You are begging for my money, I told you I need to sleep with your wife for you to get it, you and her accepted my offer now when I came to do the deed, you are shouting rip off, fraud, wickedness.......Are you okay?

The only part I agree with, is that governemnt needs to regulate them, this is for the consumer's protection and protection for the loan companies as well legally speaking.

Shey na Buhari cause this one too? I said it before and I'll say it again, Nigerians are naturally wickeed. Someone that can use your name to collect loan can use your name or identity to commit a serious crime. You still dey call that person friend? I dey fear you o

If government refuses to regulate these loan companies and the loan companies refuses to do proper verification then I am afraid we would continue to see more situations like this, 40 loans? He don turn loan company to ATM....Werey boi

alphabbey1:
Food prices did not double in Russia, stop your Damm lies.......

You confirmed that from Ibadan? Werey

Uchesis:
You must be a loan shark.

Thunder go fire all of una.

You want to make 8k interest in less than 2 weeks ontop another man sweat. Thief

You take loan in millions from banks and start ripping people off. Many poor people have died of depression because of you loan sharks. Ole buruku

Arindin, did you blame Dangote from profiting from sugar, cement etc? Did you blame Adenuga from profiting from Glo? Na your papa money dem use start business?

Imagine a full grown adult blaming people for his own weakness..... Depression never kill you

Oya dumb people, e ko je rush rush, hurry up and drink the zobo.

In an interview in 1979, she predicted Putin would rule the world. The same Putin that did not rise to power till 20 years later. Abi when did Putin become prime minister and then president?

She predicted 9/11 attack in 1979, yea she predicted planes flying into the world trade center.....CAN WE SEE THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW AND HEAR THE WORDS? HILLARIOUS

Uchesis:
No. Its wickedness. The loan companies are wicked thats why i don't pity them. You sound like u've never taken loan from them before. U get luck o

Shey na your papa's money dem dey loan people? Person dey use hm money do business you dey call am wicked, Nigerians una don finally craze finish

Uchesis:
Branch will never call u or embarass u even if the loan is 7 days overdue. They are so professional. Fairmoney self dey try. U can even extend the payment date if u cant meet up. But u see all these soko loan people, they are criminals. How can u lend someone money with 50% interest in 7days? Is that not daylight robbery?

Dem force you to accept the money or hold gun for your head before you signed the contract? You no get money, you come begging me to loan you some, I stated my terms and conditions that I want your first born, you accepted and now you're crying when I want to take your first born, NO BE JUJU BE THAT?

baralatie:
Is the additional support not the reason for Russia amping up the bombings!

[s]Russia is yet to use it's main artillery weapons o![/s]
It is still using strategic location and elimination.and I have said this when the use of additional support/backup by ukraine fails.what next? ...is it not involvement of external troops.(the costs and stakes keep going higher as the day goes by)
Then how is the use of nuclear strike inevitable

Update yourself, Russia has been launching hundreds of missiles every day, only thing that has not been used are chemical and nuclear weapons. This is why Ukraine requested anti missle blockers and 500 missiles per day from the USA.

baralatie:
Now that we are board on the current realities of what Ukraine has lost
Let us come to the cost of the war
The longer the war the costlier it will get.
Obviously Ukraine is not bankrolling the funds for the war(how long will that fund last and how long will such funding hold out the Russia from not carpet bombing kyiv [/b]>the longer it goes the more people will want to leave kyiv to Poland!and that is a problem on its own.how long can Poland hold another extra 5 million refugees!
We can already see the edgyness in Poland about this war.
The longer the war the more bombs on kyiv and lyiv.Can kyiv and lyiv withold another round of 30 day shelling and not cave in.(that is what the Russians would be thinking)

And then calculate another 30 day speculation of its effects on Europe gas and economy

It is a loose loose loss for everybody

The debate was never about what Ukraine has lost....We all know Russia is the superior force here, the debate is whether Russia will achieve its aim without going nuclear or using chemical weapons. We all know once Putin goes nuclear the conversation changes as it is now genocide. You keep thinking Ukraine will not get additional support or weapons, that would be a big mistake.

baralatie:
Let me make it sensible for you to understand
As of now
[s]Crimea is gone
Donetsk is gone
Lohansk is gone[/s]
All sea ports are gone
Ukraine navy is gone
Ukraine air force is gone
Azov is gone
Ukraine is landlocked

And you say it is not significant

Again I am not going to argue on factors that existed before the war, so to your other point of what use is it, if the Ukranian governemnt remains in power? You said their air force and navy are gone but yet Kyiv still stands, yet Ukranians are still causing massive casualties to Russian soldiers. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying the longer the war goes on the more foolish Putin looks and the more unrealistic that he's ever going to be able to take over Ukraine. Once Putin becomes truly frustrated he's going to do the unthinkable and either use chemical weapons or go nuclear on Ukraine, once he does this, he would have successfully fallen into the bait set by the West and signed his own death warrant.

baralatie:
Noo a whole lot has changed!
Before now.ukrainian forces and extremist militia had a full day in that region.
As of now the Russian forces have eliminated all extremist anti Russia groups in that region and destroyed all Ukrainian forces in that region.
Before now the region was basically without the ports but right now from Odessa port to Mariupol port(all ports close to the sea ) has been annexed to either Donetsk or lohansk..the region has also claim more lands that it lost in the last eight years!
The Russian govt has now instituted the various govt in those regions.this was literally unheard in the last eight years of the conflict.
Before now Ukraine controlled all the ports but as you can see.uktaine no longer has a functioning naval nor air force.
What we now have is the donestk royal navy and lohansk royal navy.!

What is the implication .Ukraine(kyiv) needs approval of either Donetsk or lohansk republics to use their ports or to write Russia to allow the republics to use the ports.

And more is still coming because like I said kyiv and lyiv operations are still ongoing

Again I'm not going to argue with you cos most of what you wrote makes no damn sense! Donestk and Lohansk were primarilly controlled by Russian backed rebels for the past 8 years now, only thing that has changed now is that Russia has fully removed any Ukranian opposition and recognized those regions as independent states officially, see the link below for more enlightenment.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/22/what-are-donetsk-and-luhansk-ukraines-separatist-statelets

baralatie:
Good to know that you understand that Ukraine can never lay claim to Crimea again!

I repeat again Donetsk and lohansk has currently been taken by Russian forces.it is one of the objectives written to zelensky when he assumed office.it is what Russia stated would be a concession not to go to war.nkw we are in war and these regions have been taken!

Russia is not interested in carpet bombing Ukraine unless the unimaginable happened.
Russia will and is in its next phase of making sure kyiv becomes nuetral

So what exactly has changed, Donetsk and Lohansk was never being fully controlled by Ukranian forces, the Russian population there controlled much of everything so I'm amused that you think anything changed. The only success so far by Russia is losing 60,000 plus soldiers in a war that so far has yielded nothing positive. You really believe Russia will make Kyiv neutral? Laughable.......It's easy to be an expert sitting in your parlor typing on your phone

alphabbey1:
Rest, I have a friend in Russia, and man said it's not as bad as the western media puts it....
They are living good life and inflation is being suppressed.... You can't possible expect a country with abundant oil and food to be in severe economy crisis due to sanction....

You have a friend in Russia? LMAO, dude I have 2 family members, 18 colleagues and I've been to Russia 3 times in the past 5 years on business functions. When companies starts shutting down, food prices doubles and triples and you say people are living good then you my friend need to wake up. I assumed you had better evidence than a friend's opinion, what a waste of time

baralatie:
As of now
Russia has annexed Donetsk and lohansk regions with all the ports from Odessa to Mariupol!
Which is one of the 4 conditions listed by Russia.
It has connected and further secured Crimea to be Russia territory restoring power,water
The Ukraine military forces has been reduced to absolute useless having taken it's na al.and air force.
So it remains the political objects of nuetrality in ukraines constitution and the completion of the exercises in kyiv and lyiv.
The Russia army is pressing forward to it's phase two.

Whatever you people want to use as table of discussion (no problem).it does no change the position that Ukraine is landlocked

Again stick to facts and not your personal opinion, Crimea was never in contention, that has already been discussed with Minsk II. Donetsk and Lohansk is what started this war and unless Russia takes Kyiv and removes Zelensky, nothing has been achieved! Once again, war that was supposed to be quick and decisive could last months and even years and at the end if Ukraine does not fall then what has Putin actually achieved? You keep operating with the assumption that Russia and Ukraine were supoposed to be equals in military strength, decimating Ukraine's military is not an achievement, it is an expectation, what comes as a surprise is the resistance and how compeltely disorganized and unprepared Russia's military is at combating the resistance. Ukraine might end up falling sooner or later but what this has shown the world is that Russia without nuclear weapons is not a military superpower, losing 60,000 plus soldiers in a war with little Ukraine is shocking, imagine what would happen if they face the stubborn arabs wey dey do suicide bombing for living

alphabbey1:
Russia economy is being crashed ? Same Russia that's insisting unfriendly countries to pay in Rubbles ? When currency exchange chats clearly shows the Rubble is picking back up against dollar ? Did your Nigeria Naira ever pick up as fast as this ?

This just shows you have no freaking idea on what's going on

It's just like saying Nigeria is fighting US, then Russia is supplying us weapons...... How long do you think it will take US to succeed, a month ?
Y'all are just clowns....

I hope you realize currency is not the only measurement of the economy, we have GDP, inflation, unemployment etc. Furthermore, even your currency analysis is flawed, which chart did you view, hourly, daily, weekly or monthly? You seem to be good at forex analysis, so let's rub mind and see if my experience in foreign exchange is still up to date

P.S. You might wanna check the charts again using the hints above