₦airaland Forum

Seun how far? I warned you about this few years ago, your attack dogs came for me.

https://www.nairaland.com/6169016/short-open-letter-seun-osewa

What you allowed to fester has come back to bite you.

My friend's bill is 29,300+ Okota Lagos. One month's bill. 3 bedroom apartment. Ikeja electric. He asked them to come and collect their wires.

Amarabae:
Oriaku Amara is back
I will keep it short and simple,
I am sick and tired of seeing an Igbo guy opening a thread on stuff like "South east don't need south south in Biafra"
"what international law say about inland water bodies"
"south east,south south bla bla bla"
I feel ashamed reading all these crap threads, sometimes it is borne out of emotionalism.
Ipobs fanatics, stop disgracing Igbos here,
if you are from south east,focus on south east and leave south south alone, it attracts respect.
I am a product of south east and south south by birth and marriage ,and I believe that good fences will make good neighbors out of the two zones,
The Yoruba's were with the bendel people in the western region yet I don't see them screaming SW/SS up and down.
Old eastern region is gone forever,
south east can stand on it's own
the same way south south can stand on her own.
drop ur siege mentality and stop embarrassing Igbos.
I feel irritated seeing Igbo youths dragging Igbo name in the mud by arguing with these minorities, making their head swell up,
its shameful .
yes there are Igboid groups in south south ,but if you are not from these groups, then stop carrying their matter for head,

Respect yourselves and stop belittling yourselves.
ndewo nu

The problem is not the bigots that create these obtusely skewered "nationalist" threads, it's the MODs who won't do Thier jobs by removing them or moderating them properly. They are the ones who push them to front page to drive traffic.
When you treat your attire with disregard, then someone else will use it as a rag.
That's where NL is going. When they keep allowing filth to fester, filthy people will be attracted to it.

chamboy:
I think Mr Osewa needs to strengthen his moderation against tribalism and false information.

Finally! Someone that gets the point.

A lot of the responses to this thread actually depicts what I wrote about. While some have found a way to bring tribal tones to it, some have linked it to bad belle. It shows the quality of content being celebrated here.
Everybody is making attempts at what they feel is savagery but actually it is uncouth behaviour.
Very few grasp the crux of the matter and the advice about the need to enforce set rules.
No society can thrive without enforcement of rules. No business can stand the test of time without rules.
When Nairaland started in 2005, a lot of us were confident that Seun's Nairaland would be one of the new startups to be acquired by the big techs.
It made great strides at the time, then gradually, sectarian comments and threads were allowed and even encouraged. Folks like Bkbabe (I wonder what happened to that fellow) and co gradually started using ethnic slurs and that's how the degeneration started.
Some say that's what drives his traffic. Okay. Can Seun honestly answer in the affirmative that the quality of traffic he enjoys now is what he actually wants? A platform's ad revenue and quality of ads is only as good as the quality of traffic it generates. How many times have any of you seen ads from big companies here on NL?

While I understand the challenges of running a business, much more a media business, rules and enforcement are critical components.
I am not by any means telling Seun and his mods how to run his business, I'm asking the relevance of set rules if there's no intention of enforcing them.

stonemasonn:
Is it deliberate? Maybe you should send a petition to the ministry of information to close down nairaland.com if that'll make you happy.

If you read it slowly, you'll understand my position better and find tid bits of advice inferred.

I will begin by thanking you for for this wonderful platform that has helped give Nigeria a voice. It is a very laudable achievement as Nairaland has been a source of news, entertainment and education over the years.
I have been a member of Nairaland since 2005 and I've owned a few monikers over the years.
However my reason for this letter isn't only to acknowledge your contributions to the society but also to allay some fears and reservations about some increasingly disturbing trends on Nairaland lately.

My apologies to anyone who might feel offended by the issues I'll raise but some things have to be said.
Nairaland started off well as a place where we were all proud to gather and acquire/disseminate knowledge and information but lately I'm sorry to say that Nairaland is fast going to the dogs.

Any foreigner who visits the site for the first time will have no other impression about Nigerians other than that we are deeply divided and fight like animals. It is the sad truth. This is partly owing to the type of threads that are permissible and vituperations and aspersions cast on each other by opposing tribes and ethnicities. This is part of what motivates other countries to abuse Nigerians because they sense that we are divided. I think certain ground rules can be established as the current rules on this site are mostly ineffectual and rarely implemented.

I don't see why you'll pin a thread discouraging secession on politics section front page but allow folks to hurl tribal and ethnic slurs against each other.
I don't see why free for all ethnic banters are allowed and encouraged by moving such to the front page.
Of all the social media platforms we use in Nigeria, Nairaland is the most powerful at promoting and encouraging ethnic divides and antagonism but maybe you Seun, are yet to realize that.

On twitter, everybody acts woke, on facebook, everybody is showing off what they don't actually have. On instagram, some hustle and some show off. On LIB, bellanaija etc, folks just want juicy gossip. On Nairaland, it's a jungle where free for all fights are encouraged.
The days where superior arguments and serious intellectual discourse reigned supreme on Nairaland are long gone. It has fast become the wild wild west of the African cyberspace and every form of stupidity and unruly behaviour is welcome.

If you went to an american site or Rwandan site and saw the kind of content one usually sees on Nairaland, what opinion would you form about the country?

This site is helping to promote disunity and entrenching it upon the younger generation as a huge chunk of nairaland's present membership is under 25 years. Some of these kids have a street comraderie with friends from other tribes but when they come on Nairaland, it's time to voice out all forms of vituperations against tribes to which some of their best friends belong to all because of the anonymity which the internet holds. Anonymity shouldn't be an excuse for folks to lose decency.
Serious minded folks will only watch events unfold on Nairaland when they can find the time but will not bother to comment. These serious minded folks are the ones who can actually bring investment to Nairaland not the rabble rousers.

Even facebook with billions of users still has strict enforcement of guidelines which are regularly reviewed.

I look forward to the day Nairaland will be acquired partly or wholly by the big techs, but not with the kind of content it presently promotes. Content is key. You need to ask yourself why membership enrollment has dropped drastically despite most of the membership being from individuals with multiple monikers and the site still has way less than 5million members since inception? In a nation of 200+million? Plus other nationalities on the platform?

I enjoin you to kindly revise site rules and it's enforcement to drive quality traffic to your site. I am concerned as one of the early members having taken a long break due to the content and returning to find worse content. The media is a powerful tool that shouldn't be used dangerously.

Thanks for your time as I hope to enjoy a better Nairaland in the coming days.

Yours sincerely,

Arcamax.


Ps: It would be appreciated if any of the mods can push this to the front page. Lalastic lala, I know this is not a snake thread but you can push it to the front page please.

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EzendiEgo1:


So many times I see people jumping into marriage without knowing what they are jumping into.
Marriage is an everlasting institution and those that study the institution well shall find joy in it.

Marriage unites two sinners into one. Without looking at the gospel you will not understand biblical marriage. The main purpose of marriage is to glorify God and to be a representation of how Christ loves the church.

In marriage you are not only committing to each other in companionship, you are committing to each other in everything. Nothing comes before your spouse.

Proverbs 18:22 “He who finds a wife finds what is goodand receives favor from the LORD.”

But this day you hardly see people asking God
Is she made for me? Lord show me my wife?

What do you expect when you don't build the foundation of your marriage with God.
Divorce, heartbreak, unfruitful marriage and so on possibly it could lead to death
ASK GOD FIRST BEFORE CONSIDERING MARRIAGE

GOOD MORNING

Leave all this epistle. That shit is overrated.

The empire strikes back. The bourdillon effect! One by one they'll creep out of their holes.

asuustrike2009:
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Too much nollywood

Is the strike affecting your sense of humor bro?

Narldon:


There is a pending issue bothering me for the past three days...


This issue has given me lots of Sleepless Nights...

















Is it Rude to kill a Cockroach in someone else's house?

My sister, it's rude. Do you know if you just killed his mother or other family member?

FemiEddy:
This days, I want camera everywhere, my crib,my car.....everywhere It really helps alot

And I can help you with that.

eltalentino:
I understood you wanted a better deal for Nigerians at that time, and I agree despite GEJ's best efforts we deserved better at that time. So it was understandable when Nigerians decided to give the change government a chance, albeit they lack what it takes to cling unto power beyond this dispensation.

If all political office holders are like you, Nigerians would be better for it.

Bros, get a room already. She is already moist.

If you put your car in park while in traffic, engage the hand brake otherwise, any slightest bump from any other vehicle/keke can damage your gear system without you even knowing. Neutral is always the best position though.

RoyalRoy:
Rubbish.

How can a bank go and buy low quality CCTV cameras?
How do you want to recognise anyone from those dull unclear pictures?

When will we ever get anything right?

Nigerian consumers can be very cheap when it comes to issues of security. When I advice clients to go for high res equipment, they start yapping about cost. How can you make out any facial details using blurry cameras like that? They'll tell you who is on the screen based on pre-recognition of familiar faces, what about those you do not know? Some will tell me ''I want the best" and when I give them specs for what they want to accomplish, they go "anh anh oga!" The money is too much nah! Then they look for some cheap bloke who will give them cheap installation and weeks or months down the line, they realize the installation is bollocks.

You build a mansion worth several tens of millions and wont spend 1-5 million to secure your life, but the italian bed in your room alone is 2mil. Mopol in your home are like 2. Banks are even the cheapest. Those ones wont mind fixing dummy cameras alone and putting up 'cctv signs'. Datzall!

The op that brought this pictures here now, how does he want us to identify anything from such blurry images?

vickylala239:
Funny u...

Hw cn u compare passport to road safety who need money for u to pass...

Besides I Hv been using affidavit, also I hardly get check reason...road safety are after commercial vehicle Atleast to collect tips, knwing fully well Dat most private vehicle can afford dis tins and they will end up not getting their tips by stopping private cars and allowing commercial to pass....

My broda this is Nigeria...

Incase u Dnt knw anytin concerning Nigeria is junks.....

I Hv seen Ppl almost all their document is affidavit....

First of all, both documents (passport and DL) are used to gain access. One to travel out and the other to drive on the roads in Nigeria. For you to say anything concerning Nigeria is Junk speaks a lot about your mindset. Going by your postulations, it is proper or at least permissible to deliberately break the law bearing in mind that you will settle.

I'm not going to engage you by trying to tell you what is right from wrong because you already know that, you have only refused to apply yourself in the right direction. However as the saying goes, every dog has its day. Yours will come someday and you will come to NL to post jibberish about extortion like one lad did recently when his mum was apprehended for driving without fire extinguisher.

Until then, enjoy your 'immunity' madam!

vickylala239:
Why shuld someone go to reclaim a lost licence and still pay,rather than do a new one..waste of money and tym....even if the money to replace a lost one is not equivalent to the new one, it's still rubbish... if they can't accept Jst affidavit, den they cn go and ask for gate to hell.

When you lose yoir licence, your bio-data still remains in the database. Your licence has expiry date on it and can only be renewed upon expiration. Any activity prior to that is replacement. And yes, you have to pay for it. It will cost no less in production and no! Affidavit will not do. Any tom, d.ick and harry can produce affidavit. My sister, try and lose your passport with an American visa on it and try to travel with an affidavit, you hear! You'll know what time it is.

I renewed mine in just a little over an hour.

1. Filled a form online
2. Made payment at the bank
3. Took my slip to the FRSC office at Apapa (opposite mobil, marine beach)
4. Did my capture there (spent a total of 12mins there)

And voila! I got my temporary card. No crowd, no hassles, no extortion, no abeg! Abeg! I think it might be a new center though because they are sharing the premises with NUPENG or is it Pengassan? Anyways one of them oil unions.

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MrPristine:
Thanx for the contribution but i have seen stains left over when when the wrap is removed from a car's body. Maybe there are various types and quality of wraps.

I have removed wraps over and over again without any stains. The stains you are referring to are mostly glue remnants. You are right too, there are different types of wraps.

MrPristine:
It will only make sense to use it if your car's body does not have any dents or contours, if it does you will still need to do bodywork on the car before applying the wrap. Another problem with wrap is that when you eventually decide to remove it the gum on it leaves a permanent stain on the body of the car and if you have scratches and dents whilst the wrap is on, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

With all due respect sir, it doesn't leave any stains as you stated above unless it is removed by a non professional. It comes off completely and leaves your paint in the original state it was before the wrap. Just like a paint job, any dent or chips would be visible on it.

wilsonreuben:
That will be great

I just PM'ed you sir, kindly reply. Thanks.

logica:
So, there were no armed robbers who were in the same generation as Buhari and Babangida? You could even say Babangida was one of the armed robbers of his generation; so you see the calamity that Nigeria endured. It's like one of these paraded armed robbers becoming the president of the country. The old people you talk about fvcked up this country; despite the fact that they had things so easy. Yes, they were young when they became leaders; and that was because there was a system that allowed them to develop and grow. That same system that helped them, they proceeded to destroy so that the youths cannot take over. The fact though is, if the youths have to take over they must do as the likes of Babangida did - a mutiny and forceful take over.

I gotta buy you a drink sometime. Well put.

rita25:
the annoying part is that they are blaming buhari for reshuffling old pple in his cabinet when the truth is that we the youths are b arely ready for leadership if not ask how old was babagida wen he was president? same for abacha,gowon and even obj the 1st time just imagine fa?

The youth you are castigating helped Buhari win the election. They managed his image and all, from social media to the streets chanting 'sai buhari'. It is still the same youths that would have been used to destabilize the country had the results of the elwction not gone his way. How many times have responsibilities been foistered on the youth in Governance and they failed? Yes we have peeps who are not serious, but they are present in abundance in every demographics. There are some of our fathers who are drunkards and criminals, it doesnt make them all drunkards.

The old ones use this same type of your tginking to keep the youth under. Do not join them. IBB, Buhari, Obj, Yar adua, Utomi, Ojukwu, Awo, Azikiwe were all neophytes at some point in their lives but were entrusted with responaibilities that got them to adapt and learn. Learning is the key. This is the digital age and who best to represent them?

Ayt27:
No part of MMIA looks like that, at the very least they won't need to pass through where they are once they land at the terminal. Something doesn't add up esp with those pictures.

Once deportees arrive, they are usually taken to that Hajj camp area of the airport where they will be allowed to contact their relatives for pick up. Similar thing happened with one of my relatives.