₦airaland Forum

lexy2014:
"best man"? who among them is the best man?

In his mind, any SW person that emerges as eventual candidate is "best man". No pretence about tribalism at all.

I can already imagine how the same "Sai Barbar" abi na "Sai blah blah" chanters from SW over the last 7 years will be flooring Bubu if no SW person emerges as candidate. Then they will make clear that their pretence and blindness to Bubu failure was just to get to Aso Rock.

Archtype:
APC will soon blame PDP for this

They will even blame Dame Pat. I won't be surprised to see one big grammar "professor" blame "sheppo" for it. Only to start talking from both sides of his mouth and denying it later.

Wait o, with the level of insecurity across 9ja, what is the relevance of peace award anywhere in 9ja?

qekng40:
On a normal, they should gift this to people who really are in need, but most of them didn't plan well for life after football so they are in need too.


Too sad

Don't forget that most footballers of that age came from poor background. Often the only person in their generation to "make it". It meant that dozens of people were depending on them. Life is not easy. Football careers typically last 15 to 20 years. By age 37 o 40, it is over. Only very few investments are actually profitable over a long period of time. Many had no proper education or trained for any other vocation before football. Many got duped by investors or business partners.

gaddafe:
This is even an understatement. In the history of mankind no leader is better than Buhari. Rubbish.

I really pity for the children of some of these useless leaders

We already know that politicians are usually sycophants and seasoned liars. My only worry is that he might actually believe what he said. And many like him besides. The problem with mankind is partly that once their self-interest is served, they are very happy with the system and powers-that-be.

Mbappe's France for sure!

Senegal & Ghana to hopefully make it into the second round and maybe QF.

Belgium and Holland should try to make SF or even Final.

But England, Portugal, Germany and Argentina are looking strong.

Final game: Brazil vs France. 1998 WC all over again would be a good one.

Mayeldah:
Because of their hatred for GEJ a fine gentleman, they brought in a terrorist.


Break Nigeria now, let the North go their way and turn their side to afghanistan.

They cut their nose to spite their face because of GEJ hatred. Pathetic people.

Mofun:
Why are most Nigerian parents obsessed about having male children? Some just keep bearing many children because they're in search of at least a male. There are instances where men even marry extra wives just in order to have male children. Please what's the fuss about?

I used to ask this question until I "grew up" and saw things myself. There are some daughter's who are better than sons towards preserving family but these are very few.

In 9ja terms your son-in-law has no natural loyalty towards father-in-law and he is not your blood. He will control your daughter as per tradition. If no son, nobody will preserve your name or homestead. Simple.

Some stupid boys do sell family home they inherited but most carry out their traditional responsibilities towards their family.

Mofun:
Why are most Nigerian parents obsessed about having male children? Some just keep bearing many children because they're in search of at least a male. There are instances where men even marry extra wives just in order to have male children. Please what's the fuss about?

I used to ask this question until I "grew up" and saw things myself. There are some daughter's who are better than sons towards preserving family but these are very few.

In 9ja terms your son-in-law has no natural loyalty towards father-in-law and he is not your blood. He will control your daughter as per tradition. If no son, nobody will preserve your name or homestead. Simple.

ArmaniUhuru:
So Omisore isn't responsible for the murder of Bola Ige anymore?

I have been checking the internet for barrage of attacks on Omisore since yesterday.

Nobody is saying anything.

Everybody is cool and fine.

If Omisore decamps to PDP tomorrow, he will become a 'murderer, again'

anonimi:
A long list of excuses for Awolowo’s failure in this regard.
Just like Azikiwe and the Igbos who thought they would be champions of this Luggardian amalgam fought the civil war of secession and are now doing it again, so also Yorubas who missed the separation train before independence like Pakistanis and Bangladeshis did with India, and missed the Biafra opportunity, are now struggling to get out of this unequal merger of 1914.
All in all, the Fulanis know how to pay the price for our leaders’ loyalty until they are no longer useful to them.

Well, Awo is not here to give us his exact reasons, neither is Zik. Fact is our early leaders were pretty naive. Enahoro admitted later in life that back then they did fight for independence but didn't realise the herculean challenge it would be to rule or something along those lines. Simply, they believed that once the British were gone, Africans would be able to work together amicably. They didn't plan to rule. Manifesto for agriculture, education, infrastructure and such were not enough when unity was elusive so early on after independence.

Even today Southern leaders are scrambling for crumbs from Northern table. They are begging the North just to be allowed to be president. Even if a Southerner is president, the North hold all the ace cards. So what have we Southerners learnt from Awo's and Zik's failures even with the benefit of hindsight that they didn't have 60 years ago? Nothing! That puts Awo & Zik way ahead of any Southern leader that came behind them.

At this rate, I can't see Biafra, Oduduwa Republic or ND Republic being particularly successful if they were to split. Not due to lack of resources or talent or whatever. Nigeria has super corrupted people too much. A corrupt politician will not suddenly become different because he is now in a new country. No, he won't. States are mini-countries in today's 9ja. Has it stopped governors from being corrupt? No! Split to satisfy ethno-nationalistic yearnings? Yeah. By all means. A panacea for success? No! South Sudan is a good example.

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anonimi:
What made Awolowo join Gowon for the civil war instead of secession like Biafra

Read the part where I wrote that after tasting the wrath/imprisonment of the North, he knew that the North held 9ja by the balls and will not let go. Awo also saw possible annihilation of Igbo, whose leader Zik was in coalition with Northerners before the coup. Displacing Igbo means more opportunity for Yoruba, an advantage Yoruba people have retained till today as the North continue to mistrust Igbo due to January 1966 coup and Biafra declaration.

Remember Awo was only truly interested in Yoruba issue. It was pragmatism and not being a nationalist. Remember too that while in prison Awo had lost political influence to SLK (who supported Balewa's FG-that imprisoned Awo). SLK had just been killed in the coup.

Even if Awo wanted secession when Biafra declared independence, he could not have convinced Yoruba leaders to join him. Western Region was seriously divided, the reason Awo could be so easily bundled into prison by FG in the first place.

Please let's be objective.

Awo said that Nigeria is a mere geographical expression. Meaning he knew that we will never be united as a nation. He wanted secession written in our constitution. Zik, born in Zungeru/Niger State and was with Herbert Macaulay in politics in Lagos saw himself as a true Nigeria and opposed secession. Zik won when the British favoured Ziks argument. Thereafter Awo mainly championed Yoruba interest just like Ahmadu Bello championed Hausa-Fulani interest in the North.

Having tasted Hausa-Fulani wrath/imprisonment following Witie crisis, Awo had to play it cool knowing that the North now held 9ja by the balls and will not let go. His best achievement remained his time as Western Premier, especially in education/infrastructure. Awo was never a nationalist. He was too much of a realist and pragmatist for that. He understood 9ja too much. He knew that North and South were worlds apart. Only good old Zik the dreamer was a true nationalist/pan-Africanist. Bless him.

In all, Awo actually lost out just like Zik. Brilliant people who never got to lead 9ja. Their loss remain our eternal loss as a nation though. At least both lived until the end of their natural life. Bello died violently 20 years before Awo and almost 30 years before Zik. But Bello left behind Dan Fodio political philosophy that still drives Northern hegemony till today.

Awo alone, however good as president or prime minister, could not have changed anything if those who followed behind would not sustain his good deeds. Unless he was in power for around 25 years and remained good. 9ja people too stubborn. We sha nor serious.

We all know that there is a massive colour bias in this world. The father of Beyoncé once said that without underestimating Beyoncé's massive talent, being of a lighter hue gave her a bigger advantage in showbiz.

The fact that India, 9ja, DRC Congo and Cameroon are the leading skin bleaching markets tells a big story.
In India, lighter skin people are preferred. So you can imagine some darker skin people in Tamil Nadu wanting to be lighter. In "We Hail Thee", most men want light skin girls. Exactly why I don't know.

Having said that, with hard work, smart work, courage, dedication and grace of God, whatever your skin tone, you can succeed.

CeoMYN:
You will not define who we are. We are a separate ethnic group. It doesn't change our origin. You should be condemning the mischievous elements behind this nonsense. I have been very angry since I read this.

God bless you. I saw the same on Wiki about 3 days ago but I decided that as a non-Ekpeye, it's not my duty to raise it.
I was shocked by how almost every sentence kept repeating that they are Igbo, not Benin or something similar. It ended with saying that Biafra war made Ekpeye to deny their Igboness. A very condescending imperialistic posture.
We all came from somewhere and descended from somewhere. What matters is the identity we have carved out for ourselves today.

Ekejoestar:
What if Peter Obi and Babatunde Fashola team together to contest?

Am just imagining that they would make a good team and people like them are what we need.

So that they will come and free Nigerians from generational suffering?

Whoosai! 9ja never ready to leave suffering yet.

They will rather flock to religious houses to seek breakthrough while using their own hands and votes to build impenetrable barriers to betterment and progress for themselves.

leathalbeast:
Putin is mad but the west is to be blamed for most of the situation, if u know u couldnt defend ukraine why then were u encouraging them ? U are now santioning russia but ur people are rather siffering more. What kinda sanction is this ?

Na the comedian mumu pass. People dey push you to go fight one burly bully for school yard and you run go. When bully dey pummel you, the people dey look ayanyan.

For dis world, people who promise to help you carry log of wood will not help you carry a small branch the size of chewing stick when kassala burst.

klassyguy:
I came here for advice on how to tackle a problem, not for a lecture on whether I am doing a good job of raising my kids. I've raised my kids the best way I feel. Not everyone is perfect. Sometimes you need inputs of other parents. Most of the time when I flog him, he behaves. His teacher has told me on several occasions he behaves after I "talk" to him, but it is not all the time one should spank a kid when he misbehaves. Training kids is not only achieved at home. They also have to learn and be corrected in school where their parents are not present, and that's where teachers come in.

As for the test, if you read my initial post, I clearly mentioned I AM OPEN TO TAKING HIM FOR AN ADHD TEST. It's my wife that's against it. I can't do that without her input and support. How would you feel if your spouse goes behind your back to do something with both your kids without your support and knowledge?

Dude, I don't know why your wife is against the test but most times some parents fear the stigma that may be attached to a positive diagnosis.
I don't want to speculate because I do not know all the details but the diagnosis seems pretty obvious.

If your wife prefers relocating to 9ja to try arse whooping and you agree, fine.

If you guys want to remain in the US, please for your child's sake, get him to the paediatrician. Or whichever clinician is in charge of such in your locality.

I have seen too many parents who shied away from diagnosis to the detriment of their kids. Way too many.

Curiously, some clinicians miss the diagnosis early on and say all is fine. By around age 15 or thereabout when the child starts struggling badly, they finally get the diagnosis right. By then their chances of academic attainment has already been much reduced. Not due to lack of intelligence but for behavioural issues. So see a good clinician.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria my country ooo. Anybody can wake up from anywhere and contest for the presidency because of the deadly political mistake of 2015. Nigeria is now a country of "try your lucky" politically.

Flash Pool Republic, chai! Nor come wunjure pesin with lafta jare.

Fine princess. HML.

DropsMic:
Carica agbalumoya

Yorubanical name, bah?

Otien: Edoid
Agbalumo: Yoruboid

superCleanworks:
Fantastic. This story wear stiletto

With bikini to match.

LLiKYekoba:
Will the government also pay the master who feeds and clothes the boy?

It can be done. The master may be entitled to a grant if housing the apprentice or directly to the apprentice if not living with the master. It can all be built into the modernised structure. In the first year or 6 months of training, one day per week can be spent in classroom learning business theory, finance, customer service and entrepreneurship.

This can be repeated in class room in the final 3 months of training, learning about management, investment, basic accounting, etc to qualify for a diploma/certificate. Theory training can be tailored to suit the type of business. This can be rolled out across 9ja.

30k per month per apprentice, for example, is not big but every little helps.

drololaaof:
Bad caption the uniform is not that of a soldier but police SRIKE FORCE . This is one in thousands being caught.

Hear the video sound. He said has suffered in the army. Do you think he doesn't know whether he is in the army or police strike force?

Kingpin1000:
Even transplant from same species dey trigger autoimmune response then na from another species.
Your life never remains thesame when ever you do a transplant.
Suppressants will only weaken your immune system.
RIP Man,you were just another lab rat.

I know people living with transplanted kidneys, corneas and more for a long time now. 6 years and way longer. Liver transplantation/graft has been quite successful too. 10 more years of life is not uncommon. Some even make it beyond 20 years. Sure, immunosuppressants have their issues but transplantation has allowed parents and grandparents to raise their kids/grandkids into adulthood.

Canvass:
If Rotimi is not South West enough, I don't know what will be, regardless of it being by some obscure relationship. Amaechi is also South East enough and coming from Rivers is South-South all the way. Equation balanced. The man is a Southerner in all ramifications

Rotimi is zero SW. His father admired the legendary lawyer Rotimi Williams popularly called F.R.A. Williams, the first person to become SAN in Nigeria. He named his son after him. Tribalism was not so bad back then. His father never personally knew or met Williams though. That is how Amaechi explained why he's called Rotimi.

teeste:
The groom mother will be like, my son don go carry wetin pass am

Werey!

jabberjawz:
Evil Chinese...they always support evil people.... same way they oppressing Taiwan. Una no wan gree broadcast the weekend match(es).......who loose?

Actually China is a big market for EPL. Taiwan case is as if Biafra broke away in 1967 and 9ja continues to refuse that situation.
So do you support Biafra breaking away? If you do then you might have a point with Taiwan. Mind you Taiwan and Chinese are same ethnic group largely. They are much closer than Igbo are to Northern or SW Nigeria.

We must first remove the log in our own eyes.

To me, the Chinese are very smart. They represent their own interest with hindsight of their own history and experience with the West When China was poor. We Africans dey follow follow.

How did the West respond to the flood of refugees in Tigray compared to Ukraine now?

Make we dey use our sense in Africa.

I am not Igbo by the way.

NwaAmaikpe:




What do you hope to achieve?
To get the lost information back or to extort the school?

Now, nowhere in your story did you mention that your wife saw someone operating her device, technically that puts you on a lower ground legally because it's all assumptions.

Phones can factory reset themselves when the limit of wrong password input has been reached.
It could be this.

But,

You have evidence of messages that didn't originate from her to her contacts. But that is no proof either.
A good lawyer could pin those messages on your wife, claiming she has a dissociative indentity disorder which would further cast aspersions on her sanity.

So,

As long as your wife does not have nudes of you or herself on the phone or any other incriminating file, you should not be bothered.

If she does have nudes or other vital information she wants back, I could help you retrieve those lost information.

But,

By default, I do not trust women.
I'd advice you not to.
Do not excavate a graveyard except you are hunting for skeletons.

Apparently, your wife is a threat to the HM who does not want her taking advantage of connections she garnered in the course of working for her.

Just let sleeping dogs lie.
So you do not go and find out that a rich parent is the reason behind your wife and her HMs' squabbles.

I'm not saying that teachers are as wayward as nurses, I'm just saying I know someone who is a big benefactor in his kids' school; the story of his goodwill and philanthropy brought the Proprietress and most of his kids' teachers to his bed.

The proprietress found out she was was sharing his preek with the same people she was paying salaries and it brought about squabbles amongst the teachers and most of them just like your wife, tendered resignation letters but never told their husbands the true reason behind their leaving.

Comrade, please reduce this volume. Abi you wan sow hectares of vawulence codedly? Abeg, who has that vawulence meme?

KingWarri:
There are so many history surrounding it. The urhobos, Isokos, Esan etc where treated as slaves after the first danesty of the Benin Empire this led to them escaping from Edo where they once lived..... [color=#00ccff] story my mother told me [/color]

Can you tell us this story? Is your mum a historian? How authentic is that story that Urhobos, Esans and others were runaway slaves? Did she confirm it from any source? When did it happen in history? I heard many stories about many tribes growing up but my experience and common sense as an adult allow me to know not to even publicly utter such.

People migrated from Benin for various reasons like humans have done since eternity to settle in new lands.

princewarri1985:
Even this man is very synonymous in spewing rubbish, but i concur with this one, but i must correct him on this one, not only the first but but 2 out of every 5 children in every family does not belong to the man, and my landlord first son is a very good example because he look so much like my neighbour evans, the same ear and the same smile and they are both left handed

The fraud rate is higher with firstborns. About 35%. Less than 30% for the rest. Reason is simple. Most girls date various men until wedding day. If preggy, they give it to the most eligible single guy. Whereas wealthier sugar daddies got a higher share of fun-time with her.
But for marriage, most ladies prefer a single guy even if just to look good in their religious and social sphere.

After having a child and married, avenues to cheat reduce a bit. Fear of being caught is there too. If she is a working lady, then her office may present another opportunity to cheat with her boss or colleagues. It's just a matter of practicality and opportunity. Opportunity maketh a thief.

However, a late relative's three kids turned out not to be his.