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This girl deserves an award.

WUdec:
Lets take a common sense question into consideration.

Can someone please name a country in the world where a president hardly speaks but instead his officials speak for him or on behalf of him all the time?

Name one (besides Nigeria).

If you were told that your father moved to Kazakhstan and everytime your family gets a phone call from his number, its his friends and co workers telling you his instructions and expressing his feelings towards y'all (for 6 yrs non-stop, WHAT WOULD YOU ASSUME HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR FATHER?

I have stopped believing that Nigerians are as intelligent as we are hyped up to be. A very low percentage of us are but the majority of the population has become increasingly stupid.

Other nations would see what's happening and laugh. Becos this is the most stupid scandal known to man. And its citizens are becoming robots. They only believe what they are programmed to believe.

People spend millions to acquire education, get good jobs and contribute to the economy only to be led by a bunch of cattle rearers and farmers with fake certificates suppressing them and stealing roles meant for those qualified for such positions.

Then your society gets rape, murder, extortion, neglect, diseases, insanity and disdain for human rights while the farmers get larger bank accounts, more press coverage and more power.

Yet i never see any empowerment or ideas amongst the people or any fight to get themselves free from the system. Instead its more entertainment, more airhead celebrity worship and a constant fiend for overseas dreams.

If you don't figure out a way to break free, you will be enslaved by the current situation. Empower your mind and begin to carve out a future for yourselves. Those who don't start thinking now should expect to end how these farmers want y'all to end

I suppose you've noticed only 12 likes for your insightful and brilliant comment? Enough said.

See ignorance. Astounding!

Freehuman:
This message is a reply. The comment which my argument replies was given in a Coronavirus thread . This reply is valid, factual and does not break any rule of Nairaland.





Not up to Ten centuries ago when modern science was still young, Galileo Galilei, a Catholic, was standing before a criminal court which was also Ecclesiastical (christian bishops were part of the court). Skeptical Galileo had worked on his telescope , he was not lying. He saw that there were other planets and that the Earth revolved around the sun. In his time, religion was mixed with governance and not distinct from the State of Rome.

Galileo, like other scientists of his time , was at the verge of being sentenced to death for apostasy and blasphemy. The government not only beheaded scientists in that dark age, but also hung and burnt them on stake. Why was the Father of Modern Day Astronomy, the one whose foundational argument about the solar system has led to the establishment of space organizations like NASA today, risking a death sentence at a christian court?

The answer is simple. According to Joshua in the Bible when he went to war (would be termed a genocide today) he prayed to God and the "Sun stood still". The christian court argued that if Joshua in the Bible agreed that it was the "sun that stood still" then it means the sun was the moving solar body for nothing that does not move can stand still. The Christian court also argued that David in his Psalms acknowledged that God makes sun to rise from the East and set in the West. How then could a "stupid scientist" argue that the sun does not move . How could such "fool" rather the earth revolves.

There is no doubt that Galileo was a Catholic and a christian. But there is huge doubt that Christianity influenced his breakthrough in science. Christianity wanted to alter , disrupt and hinder his breakthrough. Christianity wanted him dead for apostasy and blasphemy even though he agreed to being a Christian. What do you think would happen if he outrightly said he was not one?

That's the story you do not see. When we talk about science and religion , we are not asking whether a Christian, Muslim , Buddhist or Atheist made a positive breakthrough in science. No, the procedures of science are Universal and as long as a person of any religion , race or gender follows that procedure, he will arrive at a scientific and real conclusion.
When we argue about science and religion we argue whether a telescope or a bible gave humanity initial knowledge about the status of the solar system.

When we argue about science and religion we argue whether it is a hand sanitizer (based on reason) or an anointing oil ( based on faith ) that washes away strains of the Coronavirus in our palms.

Seun, the Founder of this forum, is an atheist. My last paragraph replies yours.

Spot on! One milion likes!! Piggy-backing on something they tried to destroy.

IBBG:
from this excerpt, after weighing the both sides, i think Liyel imoke was the best governor cross river ever had. His projects had a huge impact on the common man. During his time we had 24 hours of clean water supply from water board. And cross river water board was rated the best in nigeria. other states sent delegates to come and study the cross river state model and replicate it in their state. Our streets were exceptionally clean, with good dumpster. But under Ayade every thing is dead. nothing is really working. Imoke was a silent worker, who didn't like to blow his trumpet while working behind the scene. It was after he left office when i travelled to some rural places in cross river then i saw his good works and was thirlled and became sorry for tagging him a sleeping governor. Out of them all Ayade is the worst. i pray he loses 2019 polls massively. since 1999 we have never had it this bad like under ayade presently. the guy is a huge definition of failure

Thank you. Donald is all flash and not much substance. It's easy to deceive Nigerians who are gullible and impressionable. Everything Imoke said is 100 percent truth. The debt burden alone would have crippled an already poor state like cross river. Donald is a showman who needs to be liked. Thrives on accolades. Imoke is a silent performer who isn't interested in winning a popularity contest. His focus was developing the rural areas. Projects that because they are not in the main city of Calabar would go unnoticed and not cause people to sing his praises. Projects for the very people who needed them the most. Projects that donald would not touch.I don't support either of them and I have my own personal reservations that have nothing to do with governance. But Imoke has achieved more than Donald ever did, with much less.

Biglittlelois:
Kids are curious these days, they tend to experiment on newly discovered things.

Smh...

PDP his own party, has rejected him. Ayade has tried, almost from the begining, to get into APC. He was chased away. He will not come back, despite what some of his apologists here might say. Good riddance to very bad rubbish.

Germany

DKM123:
Hahahahahahahhahahaha! This is hilarious. I was laughing so hard reading the post UNTIL I started reading the nairalanders comments right from the first commentator.


I need to permanently leave this nairaland and start frequenting twitter. The dudes there are more light hearted and are real men unlike the broke, bitter, agbero, women hating, unrefined and unintelligent local touts that are numerous on here.

Thank you!

lagosrd:
So saving life doesn't superceed husband decision in emergency again?
Well these crap of a professional gan. And she was allowed to bleed till death right in front of them..... The man never killed her those unprofessional guys did.

True

KillaBeauty:
So you mean that you cross your legs to look straight so that 100% gay men will chase after you?? Bro I don’t mean this as an insult but you need help!(serrriousky)

Don't waste your breath. People will say anything to make themselves feel better. Sad little people. You all come on here to call people names. Very big of you all. If the 'men' on this forum are indicative of nigerian men, thank God I don't have daughters. Or they would have to look for marriage options elsewhere. Disgusting.

Philpham:
White men are better and treat women with respect. Nigerian men are horrible, cheaters, unhygienic and immature.
Aunty Toke , carry go!

No. Marry from your socio-economic group. Simple. Same goes for men. I've heard too many sad stories. Marriage is hard enough without the added resentment of one spouse who rightly or wrongly sees ill treatment on account of the other's higher financial standing. Work hard for your own money and success and then marry someone you have that in common with. We Nigerians are too wicked to ourselves. Men and women constantly fighting over everything and hating on each other. How about in-laws who will most probably see you as a gold digging imposter?? You don't need that.
Marry your kind and jointly contribute to the running of the home. Decide on who handles what: school fees, clothing, rent, feeding, holidays and recreation. If you have a project like building or buying a house, open a common account for that purpose and save into it. You can help each other out during the lean months. Worked for my late husband and I. It just takes planning, love and commitment.

oolongtea:
5/5
the reason the most resourceful richest continent on earth is the poorest and hated is cos of the african man has chosen to not grow up. to be a leader, u have to actually lead and stop being mad at women for your own low-esteem and feelings of inadequacy as a man. if a ship came from the US to draft ppl to pick cottons as slaves in america but they get to have asylum, most african men would run into that ship and with our history with ships from the US. it is a slap in the face that they took us forcefully before and now, we beg to be taken cos we failed to prove them wrong and stand on our own feet. i have lived in and out of nigeria and i can attest that the frailty our men show extends to diaspora and to women of all races and tribes and species even sef, they sink almost every woman they come in contact with who sticks around for longer than 3 seconds.

it's a chronic state of eternal stifled man syndrome which has led to very infantile males with an extreme hatred for women and a desire to diminish them cos they cant compete where other men have competed so they try to fight for what women have. we're the only race of men who brag about trying to marry for a better life, in other cultures, it's a female thing to want a knight in shining armor to marry and elevate u, in naija, women are insulted for wanting a knight in shining armor but it's ok for a man to hustle for sugar mommy or pretend to be a 19 yr old german girl and talk dirty to fellow men for cash in the name of yahoo yahoo, yet they hate oloshos who actually earn their money.

someone here suggested going behind a girl's back to tell her mother about a pregnancy she doesnt want to keep and many ppl here think just like him, they dont even want to think of what happens to the helpless child that they're joking about. not that the child is more important than the mother, it just shows these ppl hate women so much, they're willing to subdue a girl, at the expense of an unborn child. some of the comments on that thread were just ridiculous. and they all pointed to the same thing, not one of these ppl knew the real job of a father, they just think the girl will raise the baby and the man will occasionally "baby-sit" his own child like most nigerian men do and they're ok with that as if with the state of affairs, our system of everything has yielded such excellent results.

nigerian men, MAN UP! stop being a nuisance to yourselves. the world is headed somewhere ugly and many of u will implode. nigerian women, most of u go for wealth cos nigerian men are useless when it comes to romance so stay that way, those of u looking for love, actually have standards with men and never settle, if u cant find what you're looking for in a man, stay single, u can have sex when u want, go on dates, u can even have a baby if u're that drawn to motherhood, u carry the pikin, born am and enjoy your life cos believe me, the difference between the stress of a single mother and most married nigerian mothers is very slim. what does it say about nigerian men that his absence and presence can be taken to mean the same thing? if genitals are what make a man, then a he-goat is a man too.

Kudos to you, op. Well said. But they don't read, so they won't read it, more's the pity.

Bablo08:
Please go back to animal planet and watch what they called lion then you'll understand that all this your bullshit u call advise doesn't have any meaning... maybe you'll understand that dough woman can do all things but some are being reserved for the head to always do no matter powerful u are..., women took care of all but man must take credit period.

aribisala0:
You are the one that is naive? The reality is he is being scapegoated because he is Turkish

What kind of "Character" is Erdogan? Do you know him? What are the sources of information you have about him?


How is Netanyahu Trump Obama or Sarkozy a better character?

You think you are thinkig your own thoughts but do not realize you are just running an App.
You are condittioned to believe that Western leaders are nice cuddly people when they are responsible for most of the bloodshed we have seen over the last 50 years.
When the US killed millions in Viet Nam and Iraq did you get any alternative source of media questioning their leaders.
Today they have completely blacked out news from Yemen

It is said until Lions develop their own storytellers the tale of the hunt will belong to man. If you believe that Western leaders are nice people then you are the most naive

Your Israel Analogy is wack.

Is Germany at War with Turkey?

I could just hug you for this. One million likes!!

jerryadigun:
Baba, use your education and influence to fight for the disintegration of this country. Perhaps we may have a system as similar to the EU commission.

Nigeria is big enough to have up to 8 countries. Moreover, there are countries in EU with population not up to the efik/ibibio tribe e.g Iceland, Finland, Croatia etc.

If you think you have a chance in this highly tribalized country, then you are the most naive politician I know.

Enough said.

P.S it's high time we started talking about the future of this country. Diversity has never helped any country.
No matter who becomes president, the country is doomed to fail under this present arrangement.

Best comment I've seen in a while!

Go to this idiot's Facebook page. You'll be shocked at the number of northerners who agree with him and justify their actions. I've always been liberal and blended with northerners, southerners, Muslims and christians. But this...i was so shocked after I saw this yesterday. Do my close northern friends secretly think like this? Do they even consider me a friend deep down? I am still in shock. That we need to go our separate ways, is no longer in doubt. Can't believe i was so wrong.

wittyt98:
cus tattoo has always been part of the human thing. Africans ,Europeans,Indians

but the society and some stupid religions in their quest to control minds make it seem like a bad thing.

if people love tattoos then why shouldn't they get one? how's it your problem?

u're not having tattoos but you're fucking someone's girl or you're cheating on your boy, u re hating on someone, you're trying to steal, destroy people's lives. tell me how has not having tattoo made u better?


live and let live
it's a human thing

u don't like it? well sorry I can't help you

One million likes.

Gerrard59:
It goes beyond spending vacations abroad as not everyone can afford it. However, reading newspapers, being involved in debates; obtaining proper education that stimulates logical reasoning - why, how, what, when - being open-minded are the important traits needed for proper upbringing. Also, adequate nutrition is necessary. Most of such men had poor upbringing, nutrition and poor parental care etc. The majority are frustrated and unemployed individuals, low-lifers, miscreants, religious nutjobs etc

I like!!!!!!

Tech9900:
First of all she is not a girl she is a grown woman.

This is Affiong Williams CEO of Reel Fruit, one of Nigeria's fastest growing agro-businesses and an extremely accomplished entrepreneur in her own right. Her products are sold in supermarkets all over the country. She is definitely more accomplished than Bello El-Rufai who is still riding on his dad's coattails, and even that sef, he has nothing to show for it.

Her husband is Tayo Oviosu, CEO of Paga. Not that she needs defending, but bleached out prostitute she definitely is not.

Thank you. Some half witted twit here called her ashawo. Smh

Congratulations.

Why is the Ireland thread so dry? Are people not aware of the opportunities or could there be some other reason they don't seem very interested?

abiodunalasa:
Very early this morning there was heavy rain in Lagos.
I went to work under that rain. As I jostle from bus stop to bus stop, I met hundreds of youths going to work too. And I saw some other youths trying to set up their shops and markets under this rain.
From Pen Cinema to my office I thought I wont get a bike. But there they were, in their usual aplomb, most of them in their 20s and mid 30s, ready to work under the heavy rain.
And yet, our dear President went to London to proclaim us "Lazy"!

Okay, if our Oil money is not meant to give us free education, free healthcare and Housing schemes, what is the Oil money meant for
Oh let me guess, it is meant to buy Power Bike for Yusuf Buhari and when he ride dirty and hit his head, the oil money is meant to fly him to Germany.
I can't believe this is what I have been voting for this since 2011!

One million likes. Simply and succinctly put.

Aphrodite007:
Baba that thing hard eh! Like 80% of my friends (wealthy people o) applied to Canada, some even applied for premasters sef, and only less that 10% got in.

I advised a lot of them that are STEM Graudates to go through Ireland, gain work experience there from the extra 2 years post study, then use the express entry to enter their “dream” country- Canada.

I did a research and I found that the number of Nigerians going to UK is reducing while the number of students going to Canada is soaring exponentially. And you know Canada doesn’t care about money but brains, plus they have realised that people are using the student route to stay permanently in canada, so they have become strict with it.

You're so right about the number of Nigerians going to the UK for studies decreasing while that of Canada and Australia is increasing. And Scotland is complaining very bitterly about the work after study anti-immigration policy of the UK government. I read an article yesterday about it. Dont know how recent it is, though. Student intake from India and Nigeria were specifically mentioned. The country is losing a lot of revenue, about half of which is off-campus revenue, there is also skills-shortage due to the restriction. They feel Scotland and Scottish unis are suffering for it. I think the Scots are tired of this UK marriage, and referendum or not, a lot would rather opt out.

Are there any students or ex from Strathclyde or Glasgow Unis? I'm trying to compare both and I'm getting mixed reviews. I got admission to both business schools and I'm stumped trying to make a choice. Any real opinions or experiences?

bebe2:
Smh,

The African woman is just incredibly daft. They all want the easiest way out. Sing , scream yell, cry nothing is going to happen .

Your rights will continue to be trampled on , ur children will be used as bullet proof by the politicians and butchered for money rituals.

Go and google the SUFFRAGETTES MOVEMENT, U.K. Women were refused the right to vote, they didn't pray shout or sing, rather they protested day and night made their grievances known it became unbearable for the authorities so parliament backed down and dats why u as a woman can vote today.

The best recipe for success is to copy success

Hundred million likes!

nextstep:
We complain if oyinbo don't feature black people in their adverts or on the cover of their magazines (we want equality ba?). But then we also complain when our own feature oyinbo. Is it that we only want to see black people... isn't that racist?

Abeg this is a world-class advertisement, showing how beautiful our outfits are on different bodies. There are two oyinbos, one asian, one black, and one mixed person modeling. Her clientele are international, and reflect this mix. If the bride has oyinbo as some of bridesmaids, don't you think she'll say: OK, I know I can have a good Nigerian outfit for the whole crew"? Or if the bride herself is oyinbo nko? Because this is happening a lot more nowadays.

The designs themselves are a blend of cultures: you can see the Nigerian influences of cosmopolitan Yoruba, blended really well with European influences (French modern, English Victorian and mid-century). Her tagline is "Gracing Every Woman Around The World". What does that mean: she's designing outfits with her unique blend of post-modern clothing (blending cultures), and offering them to every woman (not just Nigerian or Black women). This is a lofty, commendable, and achievable goal. Imagine women anywhere seeing it as a contemporary and desirable outfit, on par with offerings from Italy or London. I don't see how this translates to inferiority complex. Haba. Learn to enjoy beautiful things and think about the goals of design, without looking for faults where there are none.

Instead of celebrating this harmony, some people choose the path of myopia and close-mindedness. But thanks for the outrage, now I've discovered her and will check out more of her work.

Exactly. I think it's a really smart move. Even the background/decor reflects a mixture of periods and cultures. She sometimes does a lot of Nigerian with Victorian influences in her clothes. Smart woman. Not you usual Nigerian tailor.

TheSuperNerd:
I have a little cousin who at 8 was almost raped by a lady staying with them as a help. This lady was in her 20s at the time and she was so aroused by this cute little boy.

Truly it is sick to get aroused by a child (someone of prepubescent age). This paedophiliac complex is truly not restricted to just the male gender. Some female folks are as guilty and this is not the first case I have heard in the US between female school teachers and young male students. There is absolutely nothing "romantic" about it.




Also, I was going through clips of American Idols auditions recently and I came across something really silly. A young man of 19 came to audition for the judges among which was 33-year old music star, Katy Perry. They asked him a few questions and even asked if he had a gf or so and along the line of the conversation he revealed to them that he had never kissed a girl before. With this, Katy Perry called him over and motioned to him to give her a peck on the cheek. That he did. But she feigned not being satisfied and told him to do it again. The 19 year old kid was uncomfortable at this but agreed reluctantly and when he moved in for a second peck on Katy's cheeks, she swiftly adjusted her head and planted a quick full kiss on his lips. Woah! The boy stumbled back in surprise and guess what... His audition didnt go too well after that kiss... Lol... Soon after he was interviewed and he confessed that he didn't like the fact he was cajoled and tricked into getting that kiss. He said he wanted his first kiss to be really special and with someone he cares about.

Why am I bringing this case of Katy Perry and the 19 year old kid up? Well it is simple... If the roles were reversed and it was a 33 year old man who tricked a 19 year old lady in that manner just to steal a kiss from her, the man would be accused of some form of sexual harassment albeit in subtle form. But now that it was a 33 year old lady (Katy) doing so on a 19 year boy, it looked "romantic" and "cute" abi??

Truly this is just part of the issues with the world today. We are so stereotyped that we would probably not even believe our 7 years old son who can boldly tell us that his aunty at school is possibly playing with his penis or something. We would say Junior is kinda imagining things. Because this is part of how it all starts.

Paedophiles? Honestly, we have them both in the male and female gender. No more stereotypical cover ups biko.

Spot on!

Very contemporary and tasteful. I'm impressed.