₦airaland Forum

Saturnalia:
It goes both ways. Nigerians are the most insensitive & callous lots on the planet.

Borrow them money and try to recover your money at the stipulated time, they will fight you and conjure up meaningless & stupid things like “Na money I borrow, I no kill person”.

If I’m dealing with a Ghanaian, I stay attentive.

If I’m dealing with a South Afrikan, I stay vigilant.

But if I have any cause to deal with any Nigerian, I stay cautious, careful & circumspect.

There is a virus in every Nigerian that compels them to prey on ANYTHING OR ANYBODY they come in contact with.

Never use “God fearing and Nigerians” in the same sentence except you’re dealing with an Hausa from the North (I am talking from so many experiences).

If you’re dealing with any Nigerian and he/she mistakenly mentions “God”, run away from such a person.

Before the Naira depreciated badly against the Dollar, I go the market to buy groceries. The stupid & the greedy market women were selling foodstuffs at an exorbitant rates that were even higher than the price MOST SUPERMARKETS were selling.

Guess what? They blamed it on the Dollar.

They would conjure up stupid phrases like “Nigeria Lo’n Pebi” meaning “Nigeria is what they call this place”.

You see some greedy Car-Dealing nonentities selling “accidented” & “flooded” vehicles at mind boggling prices that can ALMOST buy you a “USED CLEAN TITLE” vehicles; and they blame it on the Dollar - EVEN NOW THAT THE DOLLAR IS RAPIDLY DEPRECIATING AGAINST THE NAIRA and IMPORT DUTIES have been reviewed downwards to stabilize the economy.

I could go on and on.

Ask yourself this question, if any of these Loan Shark Businesses were your own, what “debt recovery” method would you adopt in dealing with these callous Nigerians, who borrow money without the intention of ever paying back?

In conclusion, I don’t blame these Loan Shark Companies.

If you do not want to be humiliated by the Loan Sharks, THEN STAY AWAY FROM THEIR MONEY. Simple as ABC.

First of all, if I owned a loan shark, I would understand the type of business I am into.




The reasons why loan sharks resort to criminal blackmail is because they are a criminal entity themselves. You offer a 7-day loan with over 50% interest, and you make it so accessible because you want to bait the poor, desperate Nigerians.





Ask yourself why it had to be during the pandemic that these loan sharks all came out? They came to cash in on the economic hardship. Because credit facilities are so hard to access, the loan sharks cover the gap, but with greedy interest rates.




They didn't come to do business. They came to exploit.





Because of their criminality and devilish greed, I never encourage their debtors to repay the loan. Take their money and never repay it. Drive them out of the market.

Dittodat:
FALSE.

Whoever posted this doesn't know what tey are talking about.

Japan and China do NOT OWE US MONEY.

Japan and China OWN US treasury bills which means that the US OWE them money, not the other way around.


Japan and China are the biggest buyers of US treasury bills which means people buy US bonds to be paid back in the future.
Anyone can buy US treasury bills at a rate. That means you are loaning the US government money and they are giving you a promissory note that states the money will be paid back at a later date with an agreed interest.
Japan and China are the biggest buyers of these bills hence the US govt owes them this money.

The US is the biggest debtor nation on Earth and by a very wide margin, No one is even close.

I was confused too.




Because I listened to a US economist who was asked about the consequence of the United States owing China so much money.





The economist said it can be seen as China owning the United States economy.

backbone503:
Even China dey owe US. Hate it or love it, believe it or not, US still remains the greatest. The world without US would have been a very different and dangerous place.

Do you know the United States is the biggest debtor in the world.





Moreover, it is the United States owing China that amount, not China owing the United States.

San2ski:
Your narration is very close only that she didn't say 'killing ' straightforward. She wrote ki***ing'. And I wonder if the asterisks with have an implementation in the scheme of things

It doesn't matter.



It can't be kissing. The law is not dumb.

Kukutenla:
You just summarised the point I've been trying to pass across since

Nigerian Police can be so frivolous at times.

They are so fond of doing that even up to EFCC that they end up losing most cases they institute.

De-marketing? How's that a crime?!!

I am telling you.




They are frivolous most of the time. If I were on Twitter, they could even arrest us for describing them as frivolous.





They have too much time on their hands, honestly.

melodyogonna:
She said that? Lmao, what?! Interesting, the things I have seen are really oversimplification then

Yes, she did.



Her original post was in order. She wrote about buying a new tomato paste brand and found it too sugary. Then, she threw a question to her followers, wondering whether any of them had used the brand and whether they found it sugary too. In fact, she even wrote that perhaps she had brought a fake of the product or an expired one. It was great at this point.





But then, as the comments came in, she began to lose herself, and to take it personal. She began to lose her neutral position.





Then, someone claiming to be a sister of the owner of the tomato brand asked Chioma to stop spoiling her brother's business.





Chioma's foolish reply to this person was: "Tell your brother to stop killing Nigerians."





Perhaps, she didn't mean it that way. But that wasn't made with wisdom. A weighty accusation that many people will not take with arms folded.

melodyogonna:
Is it illegal to make a product review in Nigeria?

It is not illegal. But truthfully, she didn't make a product review, she made an unfair review, especially when she told a relative of the brand to tell her brother to stop killing Nigerians.





For me, this is a case of libel. In Nigeria, libel can be a crime.





The only other charge I feel they truly have against her is cyberbullying.





Demarketing (or counter marketing) are ordinarily not crimes except fraud is roped into it.





I also don't see the reason for a charge of criminal conspiracy against her. Criminal conspiracy to do what? Demarket Erisco? Demarketing can be unsettling, but not a crime.





Organizations demarket their competitors every now and then, and it is considered a marketing strategy.

UselessBuharist:
What’s the IG’s personal issue in this matter?

The woman didn’t criticise constructively though.

Why place her on watch list as if she committed a crime against the state.

They can’t place kidnappers and thief thief politicians on watch list oo, when it comes to ordinary citizens they will spread like butter on top bread

Being on a police watchlist does not necessarily mean you have committed a crime against the state. It can also mean that you are under investigation.




In the case of Mrs Egodi, she had been jumping bail, so they put her on a watchlist. If she manages to escape out of the country, law enforcement agencies elsewhere can see that she is under investigation.

cyberstarr:
All these ones you mentioned are fast food chains. Just fast food. Food hurriedly prepared that may even pose health risks. When it comes to real cooking and native cuisine, we know the tribe that leads. It's certainly not the Yorubas and their gbegiri and ewedu soup.

Tribalism has finished you people. There is no tribe that can lay claim to be being the best at real cooking (whatever that is).




It is not until you overcook your meals that you can say you have cooked a real meal. Overcooking meals removes vital nutrients. Undercooking can be a problem, but at least, the nutrients are well conserved.

DrAkpamudehe:
Shut up your Amala and ewedu mouth. Mega chicken is own by Chinese investors. Mr Biggs is owned by uac.

Mega Chicken is owned by Chief Ayenuyo.

salem1996:
Exactly what I expect from him. He's still strong to speak. Beside, he has handles to air his views. He still grants public interviews [though very less now].
We can't shy away from the evil of this government, and we can't claim Wole Soyinka don't have a voice at least to say something against it.

He doesn't have any social media handles.

kenny160:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2024/04/08/jenifas-diary-actress-adejumoke-aderounmu-is-dead/

She was 37, not 40. In fact, she clocked 37 a few weeks back.

salem1996:
Is not evil to do so, however, it is evil when one do so hypocritically. My apologies for insulting, I was upset initially for bringing my parents in the case.

The truth is, how much was fuel and dollar when he supported the criricts?
Beside, who criticize someone by carrying a casket and move around?

If Wole would support those critics, I expect him to be a critic directly in this government, unfortunately, he has remain one of the most silent man.

Tinubu is his close friend, I guess is the reason maybe.

Carrying casket is a practice well known in the South West. In the university, caskets are carried by workers to symbolize rejection of their boss. It doesn't mean they are wishing him dead.





Soyinka is almost 90. He would be 90 this year. His public appearances have greatly reduced.






When Soyinka was still Soyinka, he was Obasanjo's loudest critic for 8 years.





Despite the fact that he and Obasanjo are from the same Egba tribe, he was still Obasanjo's loudest critic, right from when Obasanjo was military head of state.





That is why I laugh when people say Soyinka is quiet because Tinubu is his kinsmen.





When Shonekan was made interim president in 1993, who was his loudest critic if not Soyinka?

salem1996:
Well, they didn't do anything, but at least they weren't hypocrites.

Where was his age and the wisdom when he refused to stop the evil done to Jonathan.
Was he not part of those supporting casket carriers in hope to burry Jonathan's regime?

To think of how dumb and guilty you are, you've shifted your discussion to Obi. tell me, you claim he only came out to speak against obidient attacks, now that the government is attacking the masses, is his strength so derailed and his speech so closed that he cannot utter a word?
A leech indeed will always have two daughter.

Was evil was done to Jonathan?




Jonathan was not performing well, and Soyinka joined many other Nigerians to denounce him.




When Buhari was not performing well, did Soyinka not criticize him?





So, it is now an evil thing to criticize a president that is performing below par?

Jewessgratitud3:
Insecurity I'm talking about here is on the man's part.

But you generalized by advising women not to marry ugly men.




This particular man was probably insecure, it doesn't mean everyone who looks like him will be.




You can have a handsome man who will lock you up due to his insecurity.

techub:
Not about inferiority bro. A beautiful woman can't say no to 100men in 6months.

She will cheat and it won't be her fault.
She bring in another man's child to you and it won't be her fault

Nigeria is second in paternity fraud in the world. Are you saying this record is due to beautiful cheating married women alone?




A woman that wants to cheat will cheat, whether she is beautiful or average or below average. Just like a man will cheat if he wants to. Cheating is a matter of choice.





What makes you think a beautiful woman can't say no to 1 million men in 6 months.




The only information I think I am confident about is that women might have many wooers, but they hardly ever have more than two to three men that they are willing to surrender to. Usually, there is the husband, and then the ex. and her boss).





The average woman (once she has a husband and an ex.) is unlikely to have a need for another man, except her boss. So, when a woman is pregnant, and it is not for her husband, it would likely be for her ex. or her boss.

Jewessgratitud3:
See how he just killed a beautiful woman. See his big ugly nose and mouth. I wonder why she settled for such an ugly man with an ugly heart


That is why as a beautiful woman it's not advisable to marry this kind of ugly man because insecurities can make them do and undo. They always feel threatened whenever they see you with other men.

Based on observations, I doubt physical appearance has that much to do with insecurity



I have seen very confident people who are not so attractive. Sometimes, they can be so confident that you will wonder whether they are not aware that they are not so good looking. (I don't like using the word "ugly" to describe a human being).





And then you will see very beautiful people with insecurity issues.

Allthelight:
the major problem with nigeria are the cars not the roads..

There are more road accidents in europe and america but africans die more. Old cars are likely to kill than newer ones

You want to blame cars even when we don't obey simple traffic rules?




Overloading people into buses or cars, no use of seat belts, and poor rescue attempts.





It is not easy to come out alive when you are packed into a bus with no seatbelts and the bus rolls over multiple times.





And rescue attempts are usually done by people who know nothing about first responder education. Sometimes, people are left for dead because they look dead.

What difference would it have made if it were authorized?



Would NYSC have driven him to his destination with a driver that won't doze off?




Matters of unauthorized travelling should only come up if he was travelling on a road that the NYSC has deemed unsafe, travelling to a place the NYSC has deemed unsafe...or the corps member has been declared missing.

salem1996:
As if he's not part of those who voted these Dumbos...
Well, he's better than one pastor (can't remember his name) and wole the writer who would have to chew their fingers and wondering how to defend their lord by now

Please, what did Wole Soyinka do other than speak against bullying?




Did you know how toxic the political landscape became because of Obidients? They were bullying even those who merely refused to have a preferred candidate. They wanted everyone to vote for Obi, forgetting that everyone has a right to vote for whomever they want, and that we cannot build a great country on human rights violation.





Soyinka will be 90 years old in July. No matter how hard you try to demonize him, the man has made his mark. Was imprisoned for visiting Ojukwu to broker peace, was sentenced to death for identifying with Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni cause, used his huge Nobel Prize money to battle Sank Abacha, did a long walk in solidarity for Goodluck Jonathan when the cabal refused to let him act as president when Yar'Adua was bedridden...





Before you judge this man who has given so much for Nigeria in terms of personal glory (the first black man to win the Nobel Prize in Literature) and through activism, ask yourself what your father or grandfather did when dictators ruled the country in wickedness.





You all expect a 90 years old man to continue to speak at every opportunity?

This man is a dullard.



He said he supports the hike because Nigerians are suffering, and they need power to produce something.




Please, what is the connection between hike and efficient power generation?




The government did not say it was hiking the price to generate more electricity. In fact, only Ikeja Electric made a bogus link between the hike and increased power supply, but we all know they are playing us for a fool.

Zeezenho:
Funny urchin a poor hungry man is adviceing a bank chairman on how to run business dont you think you have mental problems ?

But you can call Buhari a dullard abi? You can call a man who reached the pinnacle of his career in his 40s, who headed PTF and became head of state and president a dullard.





Your hypocrisy is one of a kind.





If we go by your logic, no one should be advising presidents except they are presidents themselves. No one should be advising Davido except he is a billionaire musician like Davido. No one should even be advising Naira Marley except they are wealthy themselves.




Obi might have headed a bank, but the fact remains that he has made bad political choices. Heading a bank is not the same as making a good political gamer or decision maker.





Tinubu never headed a bank, but he is known as a political strategist for good reasons.

Zeezenho:
Tinubu made alliances with Buhari a well known terrorist and dullard, you guys named him jagaban and said he is a master strategist. Obi is doing same .

You asked obi to go build bridges he is doing just that.

But you all claimed that Obi is different.




Why is Tinubu and Buhari now a benchmark for Obi?




The problem with you Obi slaves is that you don't want to accept that Obi is just a Nigerian politician striving for power, and not a saint. He is a thief like the rest of them, just that he is a cunning one. Rather than steal in the usual stealing way, he misappropriates funds. He is a desperado like the rest of them. Suddenly, he is following Tinubu's footsteps by offering humanitarian services.





What Obi does not know is that it is rather too late for him to use philanthropy to bamboozle people. Tinubu had been doing it for many years. MKO Abiola did for many years. Obi wants to do it against the next election.

EreluRoz:
I used to be a staunch church goer but gradually lost interest and always find one excuse or the other not to attend church service.

I actually lost interest when a certain young pastor was on my neck to date him, so it got to a point I had to stop attending service and ever since I've not been able to pick up.

How do I reawaken the zeal?

My sister, going to church is a duty. It is not important for our salvation.





The ultimate question is do you believe in God; do you believe in the sacrifices of Jesus Christ?





The active Christian is expected to be so grounded in the Word of God that he or she should be able to stay sufficient in it as long as he or she believes.




Jesus Christ promised to send His Holy Spirit to us who will teach us everything we need to know. You don't need a pastor to teach you anything as long as you let the Holy Spirit do the teaching through constant reading of the Word.




You should not feel guilty missing church. Churchgoing is a duty. Going to church, tithing, and so on are duties. They don't take you to Heaven. In fact, they don't build you spiritually. Only the Word builds you.





You should only be guilty if you have forsaken Jesus Christ.





Now, churchgoing means going to church. You can find a gathering of bible believing Christians, even if it is just two people, and you have a church. In fact, the smaller, the better.






Remember what Christ said: "Where two or three are gathered in my name..."





You don't need a multitude. Narrow is the way, only a few would find it. In fact, devotions with your family is a church on its own.

Emday:
My sister, the first thing we need to note is that we don't go to church because of people. We go to church because of God.

And that leads us to ask: Do you love God? If yes, then serving God is non-negotiable. Worst case, you can change your branch or change the church entirely.

But for your own growth sake, going to church is very vital if you want to become all that God has prepared for you. In addition, not going to church means you're not really being fed by the Word of God. That's a dangerous position to be; because the devil can really take advantage of you.

This is the problem with you Christians.




Who told you that you don't go to church because of people?





Is the Church not the people with Christ as the head?





This is the reason why I say the Church needs a revival. You go to Church to build one another, not to ignore one another. Some people even mind their business all through the church service. They don't even care to know the person sitting beside them in Church. As far as they are concerned, they have come to worship God and not to fraternize.

Jackanda1:
Happy sunday.

The bible talks about hell and death been cast into the lake of fire.(Rev20:13-15)
This means every unsaved person is going to be swimming in fire for all eternity.

What about people who were unlucky to exist before the gospel got to their location? E.g people who lived and died before the gospel got to Nigeria.

What about most people in countries e.g north korea and other such countries who have little to no knowledge about christ?

What of people who were unfortunate(they're all going to hell) to be born into say islam, budhism, hinduism and other religious movements? You might say these people should simply convert to christianity just by hearing the gospel, but switching religion isn't that simple. They are plugged to their faith the same way you have been indoctrinated and plugged to yours.

What about other sects of christianity that aren't getting it right?

Are all of this people going to be thrown into the lake of fire recieving same punishment as shekau or Hitler for all eternity?

Hell is the same as the land of the dead.





Souls are destroyed in hell, not burned forever.





According to the Bible, this is the Second Death.





The significance of the Second Death is that it alienates the sinners from the love of God just as sin alienated Adam from the love of God which he enjoyed in the Garden of Eden.





As for those who died before Christ, I am sure they would be judged by the works of their hands.

chimuanya24:
When you marry a small girl and she prefers doing tiktok and spending more time on social media, instead of joining you to watch the new masquerade or 9 o'clock news, don't come online and start complaining.

Cos u asked for it.

You don't know whether you will end up marrying a young girl yourself.



Perhaps, your future wife is still in the womb sef. No one knows tomorrow.

Pastors and their scare tactics.



If they are not using hell fire to scare people, they will be using the wrath of God.




Thank God that he accepts that he is just a man. But when he was busy telling folktales about how he drank Milo with God and drove many miles on reserve and commanded winter to take a break, what was he trying to achieve, if not to make himself look like God to his listeners?




Now that he has realized that he is powerless against the enlightened, he is resorting to using God as a scare tactic.





He should better get used to being held accountable for every of his prophesies that fail. You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

DMerciful:
So Igbo voted for Obi in Plateau, Lagos, Edo, Nasarawa, Benue, Southern Kaduna, Abuja, Delta ?

2023, you guys said Obi will not see a million votes, he won but was rigged out.
You have started that shortsightedness again. If Obi could pull over 6 million votes under 9months of joining LP, imagine 4yrs because he has already started preparing

It doesn't work that way, that is what I am telling you.




The South East voters are predictable. They would give Obi block votes as usual.





But the North (without Buhari on the ballot) are not that predictable, same as the South West.





But with the fallout of the election where Obidients attacked Yorubas without caring that there are Yoruba Obidients, there is more to believe by that some Obidient Yoruba will not vote for Peter Obi in 2027, and would rather align with their tribesman.






Yorubas in Lagos did not come out in full force for the presidential election, believing that Tinubu would have easy sailing. But the result jolted them to come out en masse for Sanwoolu, especially when Igbos in Lagos started feeling like they owned Lagos because of that victory.






Don't expect Obi to win Lagos in 2027.





The same thing obtains in the North. The fallout of the 2023 election exposed the tribalism in the Igbos. It became very evident that they didn't care for a better Nigeria, but an Igbo president. After losing at the polls, they resorted to bullying attacks, including rejoicing at any misfortunes in the North just to say, "Didn't I tell you not to vote for Tinubu?".





Obi had a shocking performance in the election. I didn't expect him to perform that well. Instead of accepting the result and building on the gains, he resorted to desperate antics. His yes-daddy audio will be one of the tools that APC would use against him in 2027.

CSTRR:
Then north would never vote for what?

You think they are idiots or they love tinubu more than their own mothers?

Where is this confidence coming from?

The same tinubu that has been accused of nepotism by most northerners.

Obi that did not even build Bridges before got some decent number of votes in the north on first try, let alone now that he has had time to campaign fully in the north and built a relationship there.

The margin of Victory would be unprecedented in the history of this country.

They don't even need to vote for obi. They would vote for atiku. That is guaranteed.

Obi would do the job in the south.

You don't know Nigerian politics.




The North will never vote for a Southerner who would have a chance at 8 years. They would rather vote for Tinubu to complete his 8 years so that power can return to the North.

oyatz:
The 2011 Election in which GEJ/PDP scored 22 million votes and Buhari's CPC scored 12 million was massively rigged. The introduction of Card reader in 2019 reduced these inflated figures and BVAS in 2023 futher reduced the figures.

Although some people will not want to agree but the truth is that,since return to democracy in 1999,the 2023 election was the most free and fair

Exactly. The 2007 election which brought in Yar'Adua was the most shameful. It was obviously so rigged that even Yar'Adua (the beneficiary) admitted it as part of his victory speech.

Inspirer1:
If the current situation of things in the country persists, I think it is only Obi who can still get block votes from his region, other regions will be shared by all other candidates, furthermore, unlike before, the VP candidates of each party will play a crucial role by then also. So each major candidate has to choose wisely when considering a VP candidate.

I don't think it would matter whether the current situation persists.




The Igbo perpetual block votes might influence the Yorubas to embark on block votes too. By 2027, the South would have 4 more years. The North might simply give APC block votes too.





Don't be surprised if Obi performs woefully in 2027. He is beginning to do a lot to win the trust of the North, but his Igbo brothers will undo everything again when campaign starts fully. In their usual nzogbu nzogbu, they will betray their tribalism in their blind love for Peter Obi.