₦airaland Forum

Hit and Run gone wrong... When Karma remembers you, forget running.

Misplaced priorities... Na una know wetin una dey pressure unaself for.

After bowing to societal and peer pressure to start families, they will still come online to tell us sad stories.

Praktikals:
Yee-bos must learn politics by force. You cast over 90% of your votes for Obi and expect Tinubu to give you a fair share of the national cake. Kolewerk.

Yeah... You are right.

Let's squander the nation's scarce resources and run the nation aground just to teach about 5% of the population a lesson in Political Dominance.

Your reasoning and intellect are quite unenviable.

Swearing in more ministers into needless portfolios along with Special assistants who literally have nothing to do.

Then you turn around and tell NLC, TUC, and average Nigerians to bear it for the "time being".


I just dey observe all of una... What a Circus show!

MrPOTUS:
Sorry bro, I no know wetin to talk again.

The greedy old men no wan fix this country.

God too don comote hand, 2nd most prayerful country with nothing to show for

D matter tire me jor.

Most of the prayerful and head-slamming people in the nation wicked pass the Devil... They are selfish and bigoted. Very tribalistic set of hypocrites.

God can't bless or save Nigeria abeg!

The best He can do now is to reach out to the few Nigerians who are saintly and hardworking, to make their lives better in the midst of the tribulations to come.

Most Nigerians deserve the Nigeria they have currently.

Over 2 election cycles validate this point... Most Nigerians deserve to suffer more than what they are facing currently.

Just hustle and pray for yourself and family. Period!

hardon1:
The figure is beyond that

Don't mind those people... They think diminishing or sugarcoating the facts will help the nation.

By my calculation and estimate, Inflation exceeded 35% during that period and is currently headed to 40%.

Most Nigerians will eat stones soon.

MrPOTUS:
This is a sick mentality, coz na who get buying power dey buy.


Go shops go ask, u go see say even ur Igbo brothers dey complain coz sales don drop.

Na everybody d rain dey beat, let's beg God for intervention before this old vegetable finish us for this country o.

Beg God for what exactly??!

That statement offends me deeply.

Is that how Luxembourg, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore, Japan, etc, beg God for everything, and they are where they are today??!

That's where Jonathan messed up... He was trying too hard to please everyone. Just imagine if the INEC boss and every top and key position were loyalists to GEJ.

Buhari came in and taught him along with other naive Nigerians a lesson in Nepotism.

Tinubu is simply following the same pattern set by his predecessor.

Typicool8:
Hmm
How about the innocent Nigerians who truly wants the best for the country.

Those ones are few (Remember I said "most" Nigerians)... They don't deserve this but the majority have doomed them.

That's why the way forward for the select few is to relocate from this place while they can.

Typicool8:
I really weep for my country!!

Don't waste your tears... Most Nigerians deserve to suffer.

Moghalu, stop wailing (according to APC supporters)!


You got the power you've been looking for... Now, you are clueless as to what to do.

To make matters worse, he appointed even more clueless people around him.

Everything is now stacked against relocating abroad...!


This voluntary submission to modern day transatlantic slavery is shocking and amusing.

NIPOST still exists?!!

I'm more shocked that such an organization still operates (I honestly don't know what they do in this day of internet) than the fact that whoever was appointed head over them.

wirinet:
Apologies. I thought you were the same moniker spewing insults up and down. I just quoted your post without looking at the username.

About your question about religion before slavery and colonialism; yes our ancestors were theists (and in fact at that time 99.99% of people in the world were theists) but the brand of theisms was not the violent, exploitative and forcefully imposed variety. Our own religion was tailored towards helping us understand and cope with our harse environment and challenges. That's was why a tribe never imposes its own religion on a neighbouring tribe, not to talk of a neighbouring country or race. Even the Jewish religion from with Islam and Christianity got their roots was a tribal religion, they never tried to impose yahweh on neighbouring canaanite tribes, their conflicts were mainly fights over pastoral lands within the desert.

The Roman Christian religion and Arabic Muslim religion was a political tool, a political tool for conquering and controlling other people's and races, so much so that the battle line became Jerusalem and southern Europe. In Africa, the Muslims conquered Africa - all the way from the North to the West until the European coming from the coast stopped them. At the end of the day the Muslim ruled northern parts of most countries in west Africa while the Christians ruled the coasts.

Religion was an effective weapon (even more effective than guns) in the colonalisation of Africa.

This makes a lot of sense...!

In all these, religion should never get in the way of common sense and industry. It shouldn't serve as a tool for control and manipulation of people like we see today.

It's a good thing this younger generation is waking up and renouncing religion in its crude forms.

wirinet:
I cannot forget the insults is not there. I have been on this forum for a very long time and I have had serious differences of opinions with lots of people including the owner seun, I have never been personally insulted.
I don't want to go down that path of trading insults with anonymous people on line due to differences of opinion, so kindly ignore my posts and I will ignore yours. I am sure there are plenty others that will enjoy trading insults with you.

But I didn't insult you... I am not the person who quoted you there.

I'm merely interested in the earlier part of the post which is a good discussion and teachable point.

I agree with you about the aspect of people using insults... It's just a shame. I have had my fair share of insults.

Honestly, I have lost count... Right now, I think I have grown a thick skin for it.

Seriously tho... Why hasn't that man resigned and handed over to his deputy since?!!


Must you all die in that office?!!

Why does this offend most of you guys?!!


There are guys and ladies on the mainland that avoid relationships with those on the Island... It's personal, and everyone has a right to choose the one that suits them.

Gossiphub:
But Obj and Tinubu are not friends.

That's what you think...! The media is playing with you brain.

The political class know themselves and relate well with one another.

wirinet:
Why the personal insult? Did I even quote you?
You brand of theism must be very violent and evil for you to be so angry at those who don't even know you exist.

Let's pretend that the insult is not there...!

Please, answer his question... Prior to colonialism and neocolonialism, were our ancestors Atheists?!!

It's a very good question... Blaming every issue in poor and underdeveloped nations on religion kinda borders on close-ended and narrow reasoning.

jaephoenix:
I knew you would say this. And I was waiting for you.
So the next question. If yahweh has answered everyone's prayers THEN WHY DO WE STILL PRAY? Why do they harass us to pray without ceasing in the bible? 😆

What exactly do you think Prayer or Praying is about?!!

Do you actually think or believe praying is solely about making requests or seeking favors?!!

Praying is an act of communing with Divine or Supernatural beings... Making demands or requests is just one aspect of praying.

Asking people to pray without ceasing is not the same as telling them to "solely make requests" without ceasing... It is simply teaching and commending them to stay in communication with their creator or Divine Father.

If people choose to pray without working, that is a function of their personal philosophy of indolence.

Maybe you should research further, and see that there is somewhere in the Bible where people are warned against praying amiss and told to eschew vain repetitions.


You see... Contrary to your thinking, true religion doesn't encourage mental and physical laziness.

hkidola00:
gun violence is the topic here...then economy is what you are bringing... nothing you type here is related to the topic

The key word in the topic is "Peaceful".

Maybe you are the one who needs to stay on topic.

jaephoenix:
So what about the nations that actually mock yahweh like US, UK etc with homosexuality, trans etc. Are you saying yahweh answered their prayers and completely ignored those that at least don't mock him and pray to him?

Good question...!

Let me answer you with the following quote from the Good Book itself:

"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matt. 5:45)

God has already blessed every nation with resources and brains... So, in essence, He has answered the prayers religious people already prayed from the beginning of creation.

Failing to apply common sense and human intelligence will never be corrected by praying even for extreme lengths of time.

Yet, Ogun kept quiet and did nothing...!

Yet, numbers 1 and 2 are havens for terrorists...!

What does that say about religion without true morality and love??! Y'all should go figure.

God cannot be mocked... Pray all you want, you will continue to fall behind nations that have shunned corruption and learned to apply their brains to growing their nations.

What an achievement!

What next??! Mass Baby deliveries and naming ceremonies??! Mtchewwww!

Meerahbel:
Be ready to pay tax for it

Of course... Why not??! Great things like this don't come cheap anywhere in the world.

Taxation is not something any upstanding citizen should shy away from... That's the way nations we all desire to live in abroad are run and sustained.

If all states developed at the pace of Lagos, no sane Nigerian would complain about paying taxes.

Lovely to see... The next step is to fully recoup the money spent on it while ensuring they don't lose it to vandalism and poor maintenance.


We need more solid developmental strides across Nigeria.

Sigh... You guys just like churning out rubbish stats to feel good about yourselves instead of working on your nations and moving them forward.

With all your "more peaceful than America and Europe" stats, most of your citizens flee yearly to those continents... Many are about to get drowned in the Mediterranean as we type.

nairalanda1:
For those that are interested, here is the main reason why we borrow.,,and why Obi or Atiku winning won't have stopped the borrowing...






Basically, as oil prices fall, and stay low...as happened in 2014-date, and even some may argue from 2011- date, we have to take loans to keep head above water

When oil prices rise, most of the revenue goes to paying back the loans...meaning we have to borrow more to lkeep our heads above water.

That'swhy IMF was recommending taxes.

IMF should have recommended those taxes and stood fully behind Jonathan in 2012 when clowns like the one currently in Power opposed him.

That was the best time for these extreme measures, when the standard of living wasn't this nonexistent.

Like I asked you the last time... Who exactly do you tax among the over 130 Million adult Nigerians?!!!

What is the sustainable earning potential for taxing system without causing anarchy?!!

How do you spread the tax net without recourse to opposition and shouts of marginalization?!!

Note: I dwell largely on feasibility and plausibility.

ufotunang:
..and laziness...our federal government and politcians are lazy because they see world bank giving them.loan anytime they ask of loan which had made the federal government lazy and do not want to work hard to.look for a way they can generate revenue money into the country to run the economy and country with all what God has blessed nigeria with crude oil, gas, mineral resources, fertile land for agriculture..

First was Cocoa and groundnuts, then oil boom...!

These people saved absolutely nothing! Built absolutely no solid institution to yield more economic dividends.

They simply squandered and embezzled...!

To show you how cursed these nation's leaders and their supporters are... They even kept looting from borrowed money, all in the name of National Projects that had no economic return value.

Now, they are begging for more money while begging for debt forgiveness.

Forgive and relieve half of the total debts, these corrupt imbeciles will triple the debts in less than a decade.

No creativity... No transparency... No economy boosting ideas and policies... NOTHING.

Just sharing positions and money among themselves.

Bluntemperor:
GBAM!
Bro,I agreed with your submissions,if the longthroat Creditors in Europe and now Chinese will agree!
- Dr Agbakoba was telling you this Week, that there is no Money,many of you on Social Media, easily termed him as unstable in his disposition! You can see how this Indomie generation behaves to Elderly!
Facts will be Facts- Buhari knew there was no money coming, alongside his Finance Minister then, who has silently went to picked a World Bank Job- that she could not informed Buhari!
That was how terrible those who served Buhari were,as they became lords on their own and they drible the President on Economic Matters!
Till date, NIGERIANS don't know- How Much,we were Receiving ( Revenues) and How Much we Spent( Expenditures) during Buhar but it had been Loans after Loans!
So ,we borrow for major Projects e g 2nds Niger -Bridge- thank God for Buhari on these Infrastructures, including Railways,but is better than PDP under OBJ and GEJ- that was sharing our Resources and could not have a single Project and Infrastructure they can lay Claims to!
Too Bad!

I pray the creditors refuse...! Una never see anything.

You think leadership is about winning elections, then apportioning blames after getting elected?!! Issokay.

Meerahbel:
You elected them to power.

Me?!! Do I look or sound stupid?!!