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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Stanbic Ibtc Contract Staff Pls Help by ArewaFanatic(m): 8:30pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Take down this post ASAP. For your own sake, please take it down. |
Politics / Re: FG Fails To Declare Bandits Terrorists Weeks After Court Order by ArewaFanatic(m): 8:22am On Dec 18, 2021 |
When are the 24 Leornado M346s arriving? If the Tucanos and JF17s cannot be used to prosecute the war against bandits, why cant the government speed up the delivery of the other fighter attack aircrafts Nigeria has on order, especially since about 12 are ready? Wth! |
Politics / Re: Boy Escaping From Kidnappers Killed By Soldiers He Ran To For Help In Edo by ArewaFanatic(m): 8:09am On Dec 18, 2021 |
BluntCrazeMan: Come on! You expect a panicking man or lady fleeing from some threat to his/her life to keep these rules of yours? How in God's name is such a person not to make quick movements or remember to raise his arms up? Would you keep your own rules if you are in the same situation? Soldiers and policemen are trained on these stuff. They do countless simulations on how to handle people who are in panic. If we cant run to them, who do we run to? |
Politics / Re: Boy Escaping From Kidnappers Killed By Soldiers He Ran To For Help In Edo by ArewaFanatic(m): 7:40am On Dec 18, 2021 |
Laggafin: This is such a pathetic excuse. To begin with, soldiers (or military guys as you preferred to call them) are well trained in counter insurgency and assymetric warfare. They know exactly what to do in situations like those. To never let panic cloud decision making process is a dictum every soldier is taught. In 2019, my friend, Corporal Jonathan and a small detachment of his colleagues ran into an ambush at some place in Southern Borno. Despite being overpowered and later forced to flee, they clearly executed their retreat after drawing up a plan. Jonathan would not give me the details however hard I pressed him of course. But you get the point. Panic is never an excuse for a soldier. Sometimes, they are placed in the unpleasant situation wherein they have to make tough decisions in seconds, and they do make mistakes in those situations, they can never ascribe their errors to panic. Even before military tribunals, soldiers try to provide credible evidence that they acted only after assesing that their assailant was a threat to their lives. It was the defence used by Blackwater contractors when they faceed manslaughter charges after the unfortunate incident that is now known as "Baghdad's Boody Sunday". It remains the only valid military defence. I can only wish that the dead comrade gets justice. There is no justifiable reason that would exonorate those soldiers for beating up a civilian to death even after establishing that he is unarmed. A friend of mine is serving a jail term for a similar offence. And that gives me hope. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: You’re Pathetic – Aisha Yesufu Blasts Bishop Oyedepo, Islamic Group Over Buhari by ArewaFanatic(m): 9:44am On Dec 12, 2021 |
It just is freaking disgusting reading the comments here. I have come to the sad conclusion that many of my fellow countrymen do not want the nation to move forward at all. The most pragmatic thing to do is await Adamu Usman's prediction of our precipice - that point that would leave us no choice but to retrace our steps and walk back the way we came. 1 Like |
Crime / Re: Married Man Abandons Girlfriend In Lagos Hotel Room, Rapes Receptionist by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:31pm On Nov 23, 2021 |
Atk1nson: There is a very fine line between being a feminist and being a misandrist. The lady is all shades of the latter. Dealing with misandrists as a man is about the most difficult job in the world. Our folks here calling her names and trying to assert moral and intellectual superiority just are not doing our cause any favour. If anything, they actually worsen things. The process is a long drawn out one, demanding extreme patience. We need to engage her on the most sensitive of topics, slowly chipping away at her erroneous assumptions, showing her how guilt by association is fallacious and offering better alternatives and above all, never caring to revisit topics many times. A thread (as you suggetsted) is a very good way to start, but it never would be enough. We would need more than that. And it does not matter whether we like it or not. Hatred in all its forms can be very dangerous. We must fight it. I must commend the way you strung your words together. No single hint of frustration, no assertion of some superiority and no banters - on a thread like this! That is freaking awesome. 1 Like |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: What I Did Yesterday After I Lost My Last N200 During Interview by ArewaFanatic(m): 9:56pm On Nov 19, 2021 |
Henon: PM me your account digits please. I dont have much too but I can spare something. It hurt me that everyone just glossed over your post. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Career / Re: Female Bosses by ArewaFanatic(m): 11:49am On Sep 18, 2021 |
MrbonZ: You are right! You are not a misogynist, just as Hitler was not a racist. Let me drill this down your ears. Women are complicated beings, just as men are. They come in all shades and forms. There is no size that fits all. And your limited experience does not justify the carte blanche demonization of women. My former boss was a lady. And I would take a bullet for her sake. She was the opposite of everything you defined a 'female boss' as. |
Education / Re: Why We Made Pantami Professor — FUTO by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:51am On Sep 18, 2021 |
seguntijan: Quite sad almost everyone glossed over your contribution. Your points are interesting. (I find them more convincing than the "Epistle of Farooq Kperogi". They present another angle of looking at the case - an angle that many are not looking at. I am glad to have read it. Thank you sir. |
Education / Re: Why We Made Pantami Professor — FUTO by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:44am On Sep 18, 2021 |
pfadom: That is quite harsh! The state of eucation in the country might be bad, but it isnt exactly hopeless and our universities cannot just be waived off as you just did. I quit academics three years ago as a graduate assistant (and seriously, I am yearning to go back). But during my time in academia, I met some (and heard of others) strong willed individuals who are doing everything within their powers to improve things in whatever little way they can. Their powers are limited of course. But more damaging to their effort is actually the presence of nay sayers - those who flat out do not think that our standard can be improved upon and cheer leaders - who cheer them on but do nothing to help. The onus is on you to decide which camp to join. But for that advancement you crave to be achieved, you must play a role that is neither that of the nay sayer or the cheer leader. I was in there and can tell you that situation is not hopeless. |
Education / Re: Why We Made Pantami Professor — FUTO by ArewaFanatic(m): 9:19am On Sep 18, 2021 |
In2systemsTech: Now that is the kind of rebuttal I was looking for, not the sad rants I have been reading since. Pantami just joined the league of academic frauds. My own B.Eng "thesis" is published and has been cited a couple of times. Perhaps I can just go ahead and apply for a professorship too, even though I possess neither a master's nor a PhD. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: How Did 9/11 Affect You? by ArewaFanatic(m): 11:05am On Sep 11, 2021 |
Ahmad62: I posted half the piece earlier mistakenly. Please read the full one and see how it affects you. I would love to hear your opinion. |
Politics / How Did 9/11 Affect You? by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:09am On Sep 11, 2021 |
When 9/11 happened, I was young - much too young to comprehend what was happening. All I remember is watching two towers going down on tv whilst my dad and elder sister look on in horror. Many years later, I would piece the bits of the event together. This piece is not to relate the how the tragic drama played out. Rather, in a few words, I wish to point a few of the lessons I learnt from it - lessons which I feel would be invaluable to everyone. 1. Never be too high handed (even when in a position of strength): Today, many experts freely admit that America's first sin after the event was the high handedness with which it handled matters. Immediately after the incident, it had the sympathy of the whole world. Mourning processions walked in major cities of many countries. Three years later, the processions which moved around the cities of countries were not those of mourners but protesters shouting the hearts out and bearing photos of prisoners being totured by US forces. The sympathy it enjoyed was long gone. How did things turn around so fast I hear you ask? Well, it is not too difficult to answer, is it? In going after the terrorists (a rag tag group of semi trained men bearing RPGs and AK47s), the US employed less surgical techniques and was less careful. It was confident that its firepower was enough. Today, we know better. 2. Fighting Idealogues is a Collective Duty: What has never stopped to amaze me in today's world is the pervasiveness of the belief that radical beliefs can be fought by a section of the society, however large that section is. When 9/11 happened, many in the world had a victim ready in their minds - muslims. Scholars today agree that that is an error - one that would later result in a paroxysm of preventable violence. Whenever any radical and fanatical group emerge, the duty of stopping it is on everyone, whoever you are, wherever you are. 3. Live and Let Live: Although much ink has been spilt on this one, it can never be overemphasized. The world has always and will always be filled with people who see it in a way that is different from the way you see it. However hard you try, that diversity will never change. The onus is on you to spend the few years you have the best way you can. These are just some lessons I learnt from the day the terrorists themselves describe this way "two sticks, a dash and a cake with a stick down". Did you learn anything from that gloomy day? Please share it. |
Business / Re: How Do I Recover My Money From A Debtor ? by ArewaFanatic(m): 3:15am On Jul 22, 2021 |
SavageResponse: Well, I can actually. A prominent businessman in Maiduguri town is presently battling for his freedom because he issued a dud cheque. |
Business / Re: How Do I Recover My Money From A Debtor ? by ArewaFanatic(m): 3:13am On Jul 22, 2021 |
Guys, the only two ways you can recover funds transferred into an account that do not belong to you are via court orders and some process known as "funds recall". And business deals which went south or money owed and never paid are not classified as fraudulent, not by any law I know of. Even banks have to cope with the phenomenon of NPLs (Non-performing Loans). I do not wish to be a spoilsport, but wishing that a bank would transfer money from their client's account to yours (without his consent) simply because you claim he is indebted to you is just what it is - a wish. I will warn anyone against going through the agonizing process I have watched so many go through. As long as a bank is involved, law enforcement agencies must come in, that is if you want to recover your money. There is something military boys call 'signal'. Knowing about it might be helpful for those whose debtors are in the army. |
Crime / Re: NDLEA Arrests Chioma Afam For Trafficking Illicit Drugs Wearing Hijab (Photos) by ArewaFanatic(m): 2:07am On Jul 22, 2021 |
In 2014, the former president of Israel said of his country: "The Israeli society is sick, and it is our duty to cure that illness". Reading the venom emerging from my fellow countrymen and giving ears to the ludicrous conspiracy theories that are widely believed, the boogeyman politics that plays out in every discussion, I can only say this - my society is fervently ill. And curing it is a daunting task that someone or some group must make efforts at achieving. "Either we reach that precipice and retrace our steps or we perish" - Adamu Kyuka Usman |
Business / Re: How Do I Recover My Money From A Debtor ? by ArewaFanatic(m): 11:45pm On May 30, 2021 |
oluwatosin070: In the past, I would have been willing to go into a long argument over this. But then, I have learnt that two "experts" arguing hardly helps in remedying any issue. If anything, arguments muddy the waters and leave everybody following confused. And aside cementing some feeling of superiority, this conversation would do neither you nor I any benefit. I beg to pull out. Op is free to take your advice, no less than he is to take mine. Whatever he does, the most important thing is that he retrieves his money from his debtor. You and I would have been part of the journey in helping him do that should he be successful. Cheers bro |
Business / Re: How Do I Recover My Money From A Debtor ? by ArewaFanatic(m): 6:08am On May 29, 2021 |
oluwatosin070: I do work in a new generation bank sir as a customer service officer and can very well tell you that your suggestion is dead on arrival. Put in simpler words, it will not work. At best, Op would be asked to report the case at a local police station with the assurance that "the bank would render any assistance law enforcement agencies may need throughout the course of their investigations". I have used this "sweet line" myself to politely turn down requests similar to this one. It is not a bank's business to launch fraud investigations simply because a deal went south. Dear Op, your bank is not a solution. Dont waste your time going there over this. I pray you do recover your money via some other means. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Police Officers Prevent Boko Haram Attack in Maiduguri, Kill 8 Terrorists by ArewaFanatic(m): 8:41am On May 12, 2021 |
nedu666: Fine. How about this? I presently reside in Maiduguri and can confirm that it happened. Does that quell your doubts? |
Politics / Re: Femi Adesina: We Can’t Depend On Buhari Alone For Nigeria's Security by ArewaFanatic(m): 5:01pm On Mar 02, 2021 |
Urban9aira: Frankly, I still do. I have no idea why. But some strong conviction in me still eggs me on. There will be a Nigeria long after the dust from our bones are gone. 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Femi Adesina: We Can’t Depend On Buhari Alone For Nigeria's Security by ArewaFanatic(m): 12:42pm On Mar 02, 2021 |
Disappointing. Just so disappointing. I can't control the tears streaming down my face. |
Religion / Re: Ravi Zacharias Dies Of Cancer At 74 by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:48pm On May 19, 2020 |
I have never been a fan of Ravi Zacharias or his ministry. Although I began following the ministry in 2013 (reading the books of many of its apologists such as Nabeel Qureshi's "Seeking Allah Finding Jesus" and Ravi Zacharias' own "Atonement" as well as watching their debates), I never found anything intriguing in either its case for the truth of Christianity or its style of preaching the gospel. I have always criticized it and perhaps will do continue to. Should I drop disagreement of theology however, I must admit that Ravi is a brilliant folk. The fluidity with which RZIM is run, the tolerable level of freedom of thought allowed its apologists and many others such features undoubtedly are ones which makes it worthy of envy. When Nabeel Qureshi introduced his "three whos, one what" as a way of explaining the conundrum of the trinity, he enjoyed the graceful platforms of RZIM. Never was he censored despite loads of christians accusing him of the heresy of tritheism. Abdu Murray today, the director of RZIM's apologetics wing does not use such terminology. His preference seems to be at challenging muslims and using the "minimal facts hypothesis" as evidence for Christianity than trying to explain complicated doctrines as "the trinity". The greatest coup of RZIM was perhaps how it managed the accusations of academic fraud against Ravi Zacharias. Unlike many ministries would do, the organization simply ignored it (Ravi issuing an ambiguous statement against it). And against what everyone expected, the noise died. There was no statement issued by Ridley Hall or Cambridge University in connection with the accusation despite the wild interest the accusation generated and the demand by the public. That alone says quite a lot. Ravi Zacharias was never a leading thinker in the field of christian apologetics, at least not in the same level as William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, Mike Licona and may be James White. He however was fiery enough to make him an interesting character. Unlike many whose faith in fact seems very feeble, there is no doubt that Ravi believed firmly in Christianity. The sincerity with which he preached is one I pray that many of his fellow apologists develop. I can only say "RIP" to his soul. He will not be missed though. Christianity has more than enough to replace him 1 Like |
Religion / Re: David Ibiyeomie: "No Coronavirus In Nigeria, Politicians Using It To Eat Money" by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:14pm On May 19, 2020 |
ThreeBlackBird: Exactly. My younger sister is a nurse at a state government owned hospital in Kaduna. About two weeks ago, one of the senior nurses at the hospital tested positive to the virus. As she told me herself, they were not surprised at all, especially given the disregard to safety guidelines issued by professionals. The infected nurse was moved to an isolation centre. She showed symptoms which did clear the doubts of skeptics. Contact tracing began and several nurses and patients at the hospital were tested. (I do not know what the result was). The shock was when she told me that she was certain the nurse picked it up from a patient, most likely a discharged one. What patient it was no one knows. NCDC was too busy to worry about trying to fish out a faceless and nameless patient. "Many people in the country most certainly contacted it, spread it, got cured without even knowing they did", she said. I cannot but weep whenever I read comments from people naming the disease a scam. Given what we know of how the virus spreads, there is no sane reason to believe that the disease has no presence in Nigeria. In fact, left to me, the number is well far beyond the NCDC figures. Many have died of the disease without being officially counted as casualties. My sister said the governments most challenging job is to get citizens to believe that their health is at risk. Given all I have read here, I cannot but sadly agree. There is no bigger obstacle to Nigeria's progress than Nigerians themselves. |
Romance / Re: Some Men Need To Think by ArewaFanatic(m): 3:35pm On May 05, 2020 |
It is supposed to be a relationship and not a poverty alleviation program. I find it difficult to understand why some women (my girlfriend is surely an exception) reason this way. If sex is all you can provide, then back off. I seek a future partner not a business associate. 1 Like 1 Share |
Health / Re: Coronavirus Is Cause Of Mysterious Deaths In Kano - Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzo by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:33pm On May 03, 2020 |
How did we get here? Really, how did we get here? In spite of the no love lost feeling that many Nigerian tribes bear for one another, I have always known them to exercise decorum whenever death is the topic. Seeing the deterioration in manners and frankly common sense makes me weep. Our generation is f***ed, well beyond repair. I just hope those who will come after us will not be like us. We have not learnt from history and that would be our greatest undoing. "Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it". "Hatred - the one thing that has caused lots of problems but has never solved one" -Maya Angelou 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Professor Isa Hashim Is Dead by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:10pm On May 03, 2020 |
Yenefer: Kina da lokaci wallahi. I do not waste my time responding to people who I know cannot benefit me, neither I benefit them. Manta da su. It is not worth it. |
Culture / Re: Emir Tafida Abubakar Ila Dies Hours After Hospitalisation by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:37pm On May 02, 2020 |
Luvinghubby: And you sounded very brilliant. Congratulations sir. |
Culture / Re: Emir Tafida Abubakar Ila Dies Hours After Hospitalisation by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:34pm On May 02, 2020 |
Jiire246: Of course you shouldn't. We did not ask for your pity. All I ask for is that you show some decorum in a public forum. By the way, no single statement you regurgitated (obviously without verifying) is true. Sheikh Yahaya Jingir (the cleric who preached against it) does not represent the entire clerics of Northern Nigeria or even that of his own state. Besides, he has quite a lot of accomplices in the south. To date, so many of the 'enlightened southerners' deny the existence of the virus. Pastor Chris Onyakhilome is world famous for towing a similar silly line. And guess what, hundreds of northern clerics condemned Jingir and warned their followers to take safety precautions seriously. As for the protests, I have no information about it. Perhaps it happened, perhaps it didn't or perhaps it was unconnected to Corona Virus. Whatever it is, a protest at this time is wrong and ought to be condemned. But does a protest carried out by at most five hundred people warrant the wanton condemnation of millions of Kano people. About 70,000 people have died in the US, yet we watched just last week in horror as hundreds hit the street to protest the lockdown. In fact, at this moment, a number of US states have not implemented a total lockdown. I will not call all Americans idiots and morons simply because of these actions. And yes Unlike you, I do have pity for the suffering and empathy for the dead. May their souls rest in peace. |
Culture / Re: Emir Tafida Abubakar Ila Dies Hours After Hospitalisation by ArewaFanatic(m): 10:02pm On May 02, 2020 |
IlovePMB: I have often refrained from engaging with people who I feel are really not worth my time especially on nameless forums such as Nairaland. However, a lot of points in your comment necessitate me to make an exception. I do hope that you learn from whatever I write. Should you choose to maintain your present manner, I will hereafter not dignify you with a response. To begin with, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is gone, gone for good. Sure you might have liked him in the south, but then he is no king of the south. He was appointed emir of a northern emirate by a governor and was deposed by one. Ultimately, whatever you think of the saga is hardly important. Sanusi never identified as your leader while he ruled. We northerners hardly care about the power tussles in these kind of issues. Jonathan did all he could to prevent him from ascending the throne, including sending convoys of armed military men to stop him from gaining access into the palace. Hardly did any northerner (who is not a politician) raise a finger at this. Now that he is gone, no northerner has said anything. The hues and cries were mostly from the south. Ganduje isn't the only Nigerian governor who was slow in responding to the pandemic. He just is the most unlucky. Like the federal government, the governments of the majority of the states never bothered about it. Like Trump, they all assumed it was a chinese virus. Ganduje surely has been stupid on how he has handled the situation thus far, but other governors (aside very few) are hardly better than him. I notice that it is quite commonplace for many of you southerners to throw the labels "illiterate, ignorant" and their synonyms at us at every opportunity you get. I have only laughed at such assertions really. The majority of you have of course never visited the north (those who have probably spent very little time here, mostly isolating themselves from the local population, thinking of themselves as naturally superior). A brilliant former colleague of mine boasted in school during our days as students that he had not come to school in the north to be beaten by northerners. When the exams results came out, our department was led by mainly by the same northerners. My friend was so embarrassed given especially that his comment went round, and said no word about northerners being dumb again throughout our stay in school. He managed to graduate with us in 2016. You probably will not care anyway, and I do not wish to write much stories. I will just go on to make my last point. Northerners will die like chickens in the coming months? I could not believe I read that. Sure you are no health expert nor a pollster and your opinions matter very little, that is if they do at all, neither does God accept such prayers, I still find myself curious about what could prompt such a frankly disgusting wish. I would be quite happy if you can do me the favor of answering. Need I remind you however, to think you are safe, wherever your region is, isn't a smart thought. Have you not heard: the virus began its terror in faraway China and has found its way into almost every country on the planet. Whatever your opinion on Northern Nigeria is, the south is hardly safe if we begin to drop dead like chickens. Be rest assured, it would soon be the South's turn. As a side note, you hardly know about the qualifications of the present emir of Kano to suggest that Sanusi is smarter than him. Just because he isn't a noise maker as Sanusi was does not detract from the fact that he is an accomplished man. You can read in between the lines of what I have written and engage with it, or you may do the opposite. Our elders say "ba'a nuna ma kaza hanyar rafi". You do not decide what comments a reasoning individual make. |
Politics / Re: Lalong: I Won’t Relent Until The Last Almajiri Is Relocated From Plateau by ArewaFanatic(m): 12:42pm On May 02, 2020 |
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Politics / Re: Nnamdi Kanu: Dangote Became A Billionaire Because FG Gave Him Monopoly by ArewaFanatic(m): 6:54am On May 02, 2020 |
Friend22: Holding an entire race by standards set by one single man isn't a smart move either. The leadership Nigeria received from many smart igbos pre and post independence is one the country sorely misses today. You are no stranger to the names "Nnamdi Azikiwe", "Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu", "Loius Mbanefo" and "Aguiyi Ironsi", are you? |
Politics / Re: Nnamdi Kanu: Dangote Became A Billionaire Because FG Gave Him Monopoly by ArewaFanatic(m): 5:04am On May 02, 2020 |
jaxxy: Exactly. I do recall one of my friends asking him outrightly during one of his lectures how he managed to monopolize so many sectors of the economy and if hope exists future entrepreneurs who might want to rival him in the production of some of his produce. His answer was no more than what you wrote. "Look at government policy and use it to your advantage". By the way, he denies having monopolized any sector at all. "Dangote does not practice monopoly", I recall hearing him say. |
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