₦airaland Forum

namio10:
Please don't say SW.
Many Yorubas condemned VP Osinbajo's unpresidential gaffe.

For a whole VP to campaign on ethnic division shows desperation on APC.

In normal countries, Osinbajo would have faced impeachment.

Abeg go sit down! Which normal country? He is the vice president and naturally would want to be president in 2023. For this to happen, he had to galvanize his base/people. What is the impeachable act here? When Trump campaigns in the South and speaks about illegal immigration, you would impeach him for that? You people utter the silliest of things sometimes...lol

Mpanyi:
Your type always try to find a non-intelligent way of holding fast to what you think. Thank God for Christmas. If not for Christmas, Easter, if not for Catholicism, if not, I wonder how many people that will hear about Christ today in thr world. It's all about Christ and many people in different culture and regions of the world come to hear about him through these festivities. Happy Christmas. Enough enjoyment to be shared in a special way today.

Your stupidity is alarming! What you wrote has nothing to do with the topic, we are talking about distortion of history through religion, you are talking about the gospel, be QUIET!

Built2last:
This guy doesn't agree with Freeze

I received a personal message on twitter by someone asking my take on celebration of Christmas. I took time in 1997 to study the origin of Christmas and the role Constantine played. As some of us may know, the origin of Christmas, could be traced to ancient
Rome. Christmas was a day for celebrating the Sun god. However, because Constantine was a Christian, the day was changed to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ after a long battle with the Roman native believers.. Prior to this time, professed Christians were slaughtered on the day of the sun god celebration. This was about 386 AD. Many people claim that Christmas should not be celebrated because it has links to roman gods in origin.If we must talk about origin, do you know that every day of the week is dedicated and named after a roman god? SUN day, MOON day, Tool sday,WODEN sday,THOR sday,FREYJA sday SATURN sday? all names of Pagan gods. We all use these days of the week, Sunday services we all attend has its origin from the Roman god. Whether Our Lord Jesus Christ was born on 25th December called Christmas day or not is immaterial to me. The most important thing is that a Saviour was born to salvage mankind from God's wrath .If Christ was not born, my life would have been miserable. Thank you Father for giving us Jesus Christ. "The earth is the lords and his fullness thereof." Everyday belongs to God including Christmas day. May I also state that culture and traditions have always been borrowed in history. That a land was used by pagans in the past doesn't stop Christians from building a church on the same land. What is the origin of birthdays? We all learnt to celebrate our birthdays because we grew up seeing people do it. The greatest gift is choice and that choice is to lead us into daring and innovative decisions to better our lives.
Above all, Christmas should be for those who know Christ because its about Him. If You don’t know Him and celebrate. You are probably celebrating something else.

What you wrote does not absolve it of its pagan origin. Sunday, Monday and all the other days has nothing to do with Christianity hence the reason why all religion recognize the days. December 25th however marks the birth of Jesus which is blatantly FALSE, since the Bible teaches us to walk on the righteous path and embrace the truth, isn't it hypocritical to embrace such FALLACY?

AnthonyAk:
dude its christmas eve abeg , Merry Christmas

Lol....Merry Christmas!

Akshow:
I dont blame the guy that painted only one kid because that is the only kid he shows off on social media. Well this still doesnt change the fact that he is a dead beat dad.

And where is your father? Has he ever spent 1m on you not to talk of 5m? Rubbish!

Saraki and Co. in big trouble, na so so headache everyday with this man on the floor of the Senate

UnchangeableGod:
I can't say if these evils occuring in this administsration will happen or not under Atiku. It is when he gets there, we will know. If he does same, let him be voted out until we get it right. My message is that we eschew tribalism and vote based on performance and fulfilment of promises. Once our politicians know that Nigerians are not sentimental but vote based on performance, they will sit up and not take us for granted. God bless Nigeria.

Are you saying a VP of 8 years had no control over certain aspect of the economy? Are you saying such a person had no control over the extra judicial/ethnic/religious killings? Ok I accept Buhari has failed, must we recycle another past leader? Is the solution to failure adding more failure?

AnthonyAk:
lol nobody is going to buy forte oil for 2 or 3 times the amount. Usually when liquidating shares of this size they will be sold at a fraction of the cost.

Also Bezos may have shares in multiple companies but Amazon is his meaning he has the largest amount of shares. when a majority share holder of a public company liquidates his shares , its never a good thing. Time will tell...

You are operating on assumptions, historically in cases like this you POV is wrong more than right, case in point:

1. Google & Motorola
2.Facebook & Whatsapp
3.Facebook & Instagram
4. Oracle & Peoplesoft
5. IBM & Redhat

These companies were far larger than Forte Oil and they sold for huge profits. Like I said earlier sometimes it just makes sense to sell e.g new business opportunity, eliminate competition etc.

AnthonyAk:
Actually when the owner of a public company liquidates his holdings, it's never a good thing at the very least, it's a sign of a lack of confidence.

Imagine Bezos saying he is selling all his shares in Amazon, that amount of shares alone will saturate the market and drop the stock price.

Do you know how many companies Bezos, Gates and so on have shares in? Take Warren Buffet for instance, he has divested from more companies than all the top 10 Billionaires combined and he never went bankrupt. The point is simple, if you own a company that is worth 100 Billion and you have someone willing to pay times 2 or 3 of the amount, sometimes it is better to take the deal and build 3 separate companies especially when you see another sector with better potential.

Are people stupid or what? Selling shares does not mean you are going bankrupt or broke, the rich are always investing and divesting!

bigeliot:
Naija and the way they reason. What if this man is correct? He has given enof prove yet, nobody has come out with something reasonable to counter him. Remove sentiment or hate and reason lik an educated person. This man to me is making alot of sense/point and i suggest we compel the president to prove him wrong. No wonder the north is dominating the whole county bcus what we have are educated and unreasonable illiterates, weak youths and tribal bigots. Something as sensitive as this and nobody is doing anything, instead, they! want to vote him in again. Na wa o

Remove the sentiments from your mind and ask what proof? If you put Buhari/Jubril in the court of law, are the proofs submitted by Kanu enough to convict him? If the answer is NO then we are just playing a circumstantial game! The signatures are not solid proofs, try signing a document 10 times every day for the next 7 days and tell me you do not see a slight variation.

She actually blames her parent....lol...comedy! The first characteristic of losers is blaming others rather than to blame self. I'm curious to know what happened to the other daughter, did she turn out alright? Quite often than not, he freedom most teenagers and young adult seek is sadly overated but by the time they discover this, the deed has been done, the stigma forever embedded in their psyche...SMH!

PDP of all parties is shouting corruption, PDP of all parties is talking about poverty...lol. Your presidential candidate is Atiku, a man known nationally and internationally as one of the most corrupt human bieng in Nigeria. Makes me wonder, are we trying to better the country or wreck it more than it is?

UnchangeableGod:
The speech is unbecoming of an educated Vice-president who doubles as a pastor. If 'playing one's card aright' is to vote for a government that watches as citizens are brutally massacred, that wants people to give up their ancestral land in order to live, that refuses to obey court orders, that goes against political opponents while supporters run riot, that refuses to take responsibility for its actions, under which poverty and joblessness has increased, that tries to suppress critics etc, then that is evil card. If one supports evil because of what he wants to gain, he might end up being a victim. Thanks.

Most of what you just stated happened under PDP also, so who is the saint, who is the sinner? Can you confidently say most of these things would not happen under Atiku? If we are all honest with ourselves, we would know they are all birds of a feather, so no need for fear mongering or baseless rhetoric!

The agreement was signed under GEJ, the question should be why did he fail to pay for 2 years? Why has the failure continued under Buhari? Even the Atiku and Sowore and Co. seems to have education as one of the less important priorities. If a Ph.D holder and an alledged illiterate have the same mindset in regards to education then the END IS NEAR!

Larryslim:
First I won't accept you calling rashford and martial mediocre players..
If not for Mourinho,rashford was England's hottest prospect before he came and Martial was Manutd best player in van gaal last season..
Who is sane or Jesus,I'm not gonna talk about KDB or Aguero because they are fantastic players but give Guordiola martial and see,just look at what he has done with sterling,sane,Jesus.
Mourinho is bad at man management,he never improves players!
That being said,I'm saying it again that why didn't Mourinho make it clear that he needed experience CB??
Why will you make the board buy players and the next moment,you label them rubbish and ask for another..
Just like what he did against derby county to Jones and bailly,saying he knew the team was out when the penalty was theirs to take,like what kind of manager says that?
Lukaku had a decent game last season,he scored 28goals in all competition,even though it was a bit low,he still did when we consider the amount of chances the team created..
The board has given him everything he asked for,just because they didn't give you a CB,you start to bemoan
Even in life,we can't get everything we want so we have to make due with what we have..
When every press conference,you're always saying"the team is playing badly because you weren't given a CB",how do you expect to build the confidence of the ones you have?
He criticise them everyday and he expect them to step on the pitch to play for him??
Never!,If you were the one will you?

I'm not even going to argue against your epistle because it is purely subjective and based on your point of view. The bold part is the main talking point, how do you know he never made a CB a priority? Throughout the transfer market United went for at least 2 to 3 defenders but negotiations fell apart. Do you know something the rest of us don't?

gypsey:
I wonder oo! Any time i am in Nigeria i don't even risk staying out late, though i consider myself a bad ass, but i chill, any time i am in Nigeria.

I Avoid getting into unnecerssary arguments with most nigerians let alone SARS, these people have nothing to lose.


one guy told me to move my "pure water" car out of the way so he can ride pass with his okada.

i don't know what sort of car is called "pure water" but my car was a 2016 SUV AMG Benz.

can some one tell me what a pure water car is? please.

Lol...you know drinking too much garri can cause blindness, he probably couldn't see well, Nigerians are funny people

You are a Nigerian American and you're still fussing over 2500 Naira, the Americans I know prioriize safety over expenses but i guess you allowed the Nigerian in you to get the better of you. Anything could have happened, you could have entered one chance or meet armed robbers/ritualists....Just thank God it was not more than this!

Larryslim:
They didn't back him but he spent over 400m in three transfer Windows,why didn't he make his priorities clear from the beginning that he needed experience CB like Guordiola did??
He made the club buy bailly and Lindelof,then he's saying he wants another CB,when the ones you bought didn't improve or are not even playing..
Mourinho is the architect of his failure at Manutd!
And he was never the right man for the club!
I supported him though but I know his time will also be short-lived,imagine Mourinho telling the board that he doesn't want to work with a DOF,he lost the entire dressing room and the team in a whole!

I agree he was the architect of his own downfall but we are not talking about 3 seasons, we are talking about this season, when you are the challenger you spend more especially knowing that last season injuries were the biggest cause of failure. Bailly was an excellent buy but injury is the problem, throughout Mourinho's career he has always been a big spender, that's how he succeeds. The club knew this before signing him, so that's not an excuse. You don't spend 50m in the transfer market and hope to defeat a team like Man City for the title. Man City that spent over 150 million on defense the last 3 seasons knew exactly what they were doing, they knew they already had the fire power up front so defensee was crucial, for Man U, they had NOTHING, Rsashford, Martial and Pogba are mediocre overhyped players that should never ever be compared to KDB, Aguero and Sane/Jesus. When it comes to player transfers it's all a gamble, who would have thought Lukaku and Pogba would flop? I think it is unfair to put all the blame on Mourinho, the next United Coach will face similar problems, gone are the days of SAF, these days if you don't have a solid backing like Man City, you must be willing to be patient like Liverpool. Look at Klopp, what did he win? Is he not spending? Yet he remains! Mourinho's downfall was being confrontational and expecting too much from his players, if he had just behaved like a mumu and told the board he needs 4 to 5 years to build a championship team, I'm sure things would have been better....lol

meobizy:
I pity this woman. She is trying hard to make it in an industry where mediocrity reigns. I feel she should hang her boots and settle for a desk job gotten through Daddy Otedola's connects.
She also has the opportunity to travel out and strive for recognition anywhere else. Any other job or profession is better than seeing her try hard while people bash her priviledged upbringing.

You are pitying someone with enough money to buy you and 100 more? Are you okay?

Larryslim:
So he wasn't backed enough??
Mourinho was given everything he asked for,all because he didn't get a defender,he started to make noise..
Guordiola also made it clear that he needed a special midfielder,A fitting replacement for fernadinho,they lost out on Fred and jorginho,why didn't he make a noise about it??..
Mourinho was never the right man for manutd!

No he was not given everything he asked for! He was not backed in the transfer window this season and for a defensive coach, defenders and strong midfielders are everything. If you watched United last season you would know they had many issues with injuries especially to defenders, I'm not even a United suporter and I knew they were going to have a hard time even before the season began. It's the same exact situation with my club(Chelsea), we failed to buy a proper striker, I knew we were not going to compete for the title this season. Everyone loves to blame the coach but Mourinho has never been a coach that flourish on restrictions. Guardiola had the backing of the club, the right players for an attacking club, without those midfielders they still would have bossed the premier league as evidenced by their standings now, take away his attacking players through inury and what not then ask him to win, you would have the same situation as Man U. Name a United defender in the top 20 in the world? NONE! Top 30? NONE! You have Pogba dancing around like a little girl, you have Lukaku looking for GPS and Fellaini is your best player. Really Fellaini? FELLAINI

einsteine:
with the nine, not "with a knife"

Word play my friend....had to adapt it to the situation

Mourinho was never a perfect fit for Man U, you don't send a defensive mastermind to an attacking fortress and expect him to perform well. Even Ferguson would not have had the huge success if he coached during this era where you have at least 6 teams capable of winning the league. Gone are the days where 2 or 3 teams dominate, if you don't back your coach during the transfer market, you get FAILURE! Mourinho was also the architect of his own demise, the English press are a bunch of entitled pricks, you don't give them more fire power by openly criticizing your players. Anyways I'm sure it is only a matter of time before the special one gets another gig at the top, perhaps on a national team, don't worry Mou, you are $23 million richer, enjoy the vacation

KillTheZombies:
The fact that he no longer serves you doesn't mean there should be acrimony between the two parties. A boy served me for 6 months, when I noticed his intolerable stubborn attitude, coupled with disrespect to customers, I called his people and told them I was no longer interested with staying with him, else he'll spoil the other boys for me. While he was with me, I ensured he wrote WAEC and NECO.

I still maintain cordial relationship with the family, they understand the problem their son has, he has been with 2 other different masters who both sent him home after 2 months and 5 months respectively. I took a leap of faith with him, yet it didn't work.

Last I heard, he is in Alvan Ikoku COE studying for tertiary education with the WAEC he acquired under my roof. I was happy when I heard that and I wish him well.

Sounds like you developed a personal relationship with the boy, this paticular case, the master did not. The boy basically left on really bad terms and the master should have known he would not be happy. 18 months of service and zero compensation, sent away like a dog and hen welcome him back with food? Sounds like Telemundo

You sacked someone for stealing; days, weeks or months later, he shows up at your doorstep and you give him food and welcome him into your home. Please what is the motive here? Were you planning on rehiring him? At times like this, I like to refer to 50 cent's lyrics, " You ain't no friend of mine, you ain't no kin of mine, what makes you think I won't run up on you with a knife?".....My people, seek wisdom!

The question nobody is asking is this, are those Senators booing because of the plight of the Nigerian people or because the president is stingy and they are feeling it i their own pockets? Equating the gimmicks of election campaigning with anarchy on the Senate floor is just plain ignorant, they are lawmakers if they don't like Buhari impeach him, they have the power, impeach the man!

tex73:
This my friend is the Truth;

What realy matters here is the fact that True Love for God and all of humanity is the greatest commandment from God. A[b]lso, believing that Jesus Christ , the son of God ( who is also God) gave mankind Salvation through his Blood; [/b] Really abiding by these two is all that matters....... Customs, traditions or doctrines and all other things are all Vanity.

Can you prove that what I highlighted is true without citing the Bible or your pastor? If the answer is No then it is not a fact but a doctrine and custom passed down generation from generation.

D1official:
The part were you decided to call the counsel of a man who has decided to fight d unity of the church wise.

I never used the word 'wise" rather I praised his ability to research. The knowledge he dropped on AY is far beyond the intellectual capacity of simpletons. It is deep history and most scholars cannot argue with it, if you have a way to counter it with facts let us know!

NessaBoo:
You're taking it too literal and generalizing... my 7yo niece is actually more musically inclined than visual stimuli, she lip sync and does karaoke with every song she hears,to the extent that we only watch HipTv/listen to some songs when she's confined in her room. She might not understand the lyrics verbatim now but she will be able to put the pieces together sooner rather than later, and when she does, she figures, woooww,since it was in a song then it must be right! Kids don't forget lyrics to songs.

You're actually under mining the influence of music and songs in adolescent lives, even most of these cartoons like Dora, Sophia the first have all employed using songs to connote and drive home their plots,which wasn't really much of a thing in past decades, because kids learn more from songs, heck, its more FUN to sing along!

While your situation is believable, it does not represent majority of kids in Nigeria. I did not undermine music rather my point of critique was the point made about music being more influential than what kids see around them either in real life or movies/tv shows. You would even notice I used examples of Mushin where I gew up and so on. Like you said kids could sing along but not really know the full meaning till later on but when it comes to movies every kid is able to play a part such as the bad guy or the good guy. I also used an example of Fadeyi Oloro, if you have many Yoruba friends bring up that name or Abidja, you would be amazed at just how influential those characters were back in the days. I think most people are not able to understand how delicate growing up in harsh surroundings can really be so they find it hard when artiste write about the ghetto and all the vices it brings. Yes yahoo, ritual killings, 419, brothels and so on do exist, it is part of the Nigerian society whether we like it or not, it is a problem that is not going away and I can never fault any artiste for writing about their reality!

D1official:
Worry more about your ignorance bro.

What part of my statement was ignorant, the part about deep knowledge or the part about being worried?