₦airaland Forum

CaptainAyub:
There are Yoruba ppl holding executive Council posts in Imo and Ebonyi but I no get your time to come de tell you their names.

I am not conversant with Imo & Ebonyi state politics but just to be sure, Do you know what Executive council posts include? It ,includes Governor, Deputy Governor,COS,HOS, Secretary to state government & Commissioners. Those are EXCos at the state.

Others, SSAs, SAs etc. Are aides or essentially appendages to the Person who appointed them NOT the 'state'.

Is a Yoruba man a Commissioner in Imo/Ebonyi now ?

kmcutez:
I should have used have used metropolitan instead of cosmopolitan. Got my words mixed up. Portharcourt was never a capital. Can’t you see how Abuja developed quickly due to its advantage of being the capital. Lagos has also had many advantages over other cities such as it being the capital, having a functioning port. At one time i believe it had the only international airport, foreign embassies etc. The list goes on and on.

Not really. Portharcourt is also cosmopolitan. Obviously less so.

By your Logic, unless you want to be selective with your Judgement, Calabar too, being a previous capital should have racked up similar 'Capitalistic'
advantages. Why are we not rushing to Calabar today?

You may say Calabar was the Capital briefly but that doesn't tell the full story of Lagos' advantage.

Lagos is relatively the most stable commercial city in Nigeria. The tendency for ethnic/tribal whims to engulf the state in violence as we've seen in South south & South east is extremely low.

Many southern states have had ports for decades what have they done to prime them?

You may say that the FG has grossly neglected southern ports /Infrastructure through bias.
The question then becomes what did the southerner who became a President do to even this imbalance?

For Revenue/Income per head, many Southern states, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa ibom, make more than Lagos for its population. What exactly stops them ?

stinechykee:
Oh you think when Igbos get their Biafra they will leave Lagos that both Yorubas and Igbos have a stake no way .Igbos will annex Lagos the way they almost annexed it during Ojukwu time

Almost, Almost, Will takeover, etc.

Can you actually state things that have happened.
All you are stating are counterfactuals.
IFs, whens, etc.

How can they annex Lagos when they were 'chased' out of neighbouring Rivers state. Are you in this country at all?

stinechykee:
If you are not from Lagos then stop telling a Benin man that own Lagos the history of Lagos.The way you Yorubas want to take Lagos from the original owners which is Edo people that is the same way Igbos will take away Lagos from you Yorub land grabbers

Whoosh.

Never heard Igbos want to 'take Lagos' from Yorubas.

Technically if Igbos get Biafra even they become aliens in Lagos just like they are in, say, Ghana.
And you know how typically foreigners are 'handled' in Africa.

You are the first person saying that the Igbos want to 'take over' Lagos. What does that even mean?

kmcutez:
This Yoruba people eh, hope you guys won’t die on top of Lagos one day o. The citizens from the other regions are suppose to hold lots more prominent position because Lagos is more of a cosmopolitan city, but tribalism has blinded your eyes.

By whatever definitions you apply, Portharcourt is a metropolis. Go and expect this there.

I was brought up there but even I know it's largely impossible.

You should come up with a better explanation. The cosmopolitan thing isn't broadly applicable.

Cheers.

Jlow2:
First oba of lagos oba ado was a Benin prince, lagos was never a Yoruba land

Assuming (without conceding) that you are correct,
The Oba of Lagos isn't/wasn't the traditional ruler of the whole of what is called Lagos.

I suppose you know this. But if you didn't, he isn't the Oba of All Lagos state. Lagos state encompasses a larger region beyond the metropolis Lagos or even what was the jurisdiction of your 'Benin' Oba.

And I'm not even from Lagos.

GAZZUZZ:
Same road where living faith wanted to fix for free?

They should concession the road to living Faith and give them free tax for 50years

Living Faith, The church, (NOT the associated companies /employees) DOES NOT pay tax just as no church pays Company Income taxes.

Poopypants:
I’m just 28, I have been with a woman I love for more than 2years now and it’s never a bored moment , we do our things and still spend time together whenever we get the chance , we host, gossip and play , these things keep us together and connects us more , ismts never a dull moment , we gave all our neighbors nick names that we call them by when we gossip .. make your wife your best friend and gossip mate and you’ll never be bored in your marriage ..

Gossiping is not a good thing.

Elock1:

Oga Bartholomew
Your time has expired Jare.

So you mean to say you would have kept a full grown man like Messi against his wish.

As barca no come get money, shebi u for dy pay am from your pocket?

How much u get sef?

Many club Presidents in Spain are rich in their own right.

Bartomeu was a CEO of a firm an is very much an entrepreneur.

Florentino Perez is in his own right a Billionaire and founded a construction company.

That's why they aren't intimidated by players so much.

Nadaken:
Nigerian Meteorological Agency

What a joke looting agency

Na Google sef dey update them

They are no joke o!

When you fly, you'll realize the import of weather assessment. Meteorology may be a distant endeavor to you but it's key in Aviation /Agriculture.

Bacteriologist:
Vice President isonu.

Selectively picking stats as usual to paint a false picture and please this failure of a government.

India also has a mammoth GDP (almost equal with that of Japan and Germany) but that's just because it's a highly populated country. We all agree that the quality of life in India is nowhere near that of the Japan or Germany.

Ekiti has a GDP of $2.8 billion and a population of about 2 million people. That's a GDP per capita of $1,000.

Seychelles has a GDP of $1.1 billion but a population of over 100,000. That's a GDP per capita of $11,000.

Clearly, the seycheless economy is almost 11x more efficient than Ekiti State. Ekiti state has no viable means of generating income, except for its schools. EKSU students pay as high as 100k for acceptance fee in the state university.

Seychelles is a tourist and agro-based economy, it is one of the most (if not the most) attractive places to visit and live in Africa. Nothing of that sort can be said for Ekiti. No production. Just spending and vibes.

A more effective measure of any economy is GDP per capita (per person). But as usual these dark souls cherry pick stats to paint a false image. I spit on this government based purely on lies.

You are perfectly right.

I too felt he'll be silent about the Population.

However, you shouldn't insult your Vice president.
It's not right.

nairavsdollars:
Why is Islamic religion so intolerant and hateful of women so much?

But men were flogged too.

TooNoisy:
70% of those that say being married is no big deal are people who have either failed woefully at getting a spouse or keeping one. Most of them really desired married but it just didn’t work out. Rather than them admitting they failed, they begin to belittle the successes of those that got it right!

Marriage is ordained by God. It is a wonderful institution with a lot of fun when it is with the right partner. It is even more fun when there is money!

Lol.

I totally agree with your position BUT you can't keep pulling statistics out of thin air, unless you've at least done a little study.

Haha.

Acidosis:
Well, it depends on his relationship with his dad. Some parents call their children for investment/finance-related advice.

Really?

I don't doubt, but I am yet to see such.

I have a feeling those that do would likely be children who are themselves well to do.
Not a new graduate trying to make his way through life.

Acidosis:
There's nothing I want to type now that I haven't mentioned in the past few days both online and offline. You're too young to start carrying so many family burden. You haven't even gotten married and family issues have become so much that if you don't retrace your steps, BP might set in.

Frankly, your dad's issue isn't peculiar at all. Most retired civil servants can't manage gratuity the way a business man would. All their lives, they have only learnt to work with their 5 to 6 figure salary. Civil service commissions don't really train them before making that payment and even if they go through a formal training, at 60 or 65, there is only little the brain can accommodate especially in a completely different field. To add to that, some of them spend recklessly, forgetting that, unlike salary, gratuity comes only once in a lifetime.

And this is where I also blame you. You should have known well enough to ensure that your dad put that money in the right business or asset to prevent you from taking over heavy responsibilities. But that's in the past now.


To answer your question, well you don't have to cut them off per se if you can learn to say 'NO'.

You mean the OP (as a 20-something year old) should tell a ~60 year old man (his father) how to spend his gratuity money?

Would the man listen? In Nigeria here?

Haha

Totilopussylick:
What natural disasters can not course does not exist .

Lebanon's current woes was in no way caused by natural disasters.

Actually it was man made. Occasioned by the usual culprits. Corruption & incompetence.

Danjikanbauchi:
Bros you just open my eyes to some truth now. Do you know that the only picture Nigeria army show of their bravery during BIAFRA war is that of starving children and we keep seeing pictures of Biafrans soldiers at the war front. God punish cowards. Wallahi is another BIAFRA war is to happen non of this guys will stand.

Really?

You believe that man's story?

I'm neither even in support of Nigeria nor Biafra but If Biafra Soldiers were at the frontlines fighting courageously, WHO were they fighting.

If Women & children were starving, how were the Biafran men in the frontlines FED? Were they fighting without food? Or were they taking away the rations of the women & children?

The problem is that these guys in favour of war Don't know how war works. That there are sadly no rules in war. That's why we shouldn't incite wars.

Do you think in wars your enemy would allow you to drink water? To eat (and get energy) to challenge him better? You think war is fair? You guys inciting and glamourizing wars are somewhat ridiculous.

God help us.

Kingcalls:
Haaland won the DFP pokal last season ...he was CL top scorer last season... mbappe was also decisive in winning the world cup for France...scored 2 crucial goals against Argentina....also scored the crucial goals that knocked barca out of CL ... name one crucial game that Messi won last season for club or county... Bolivia and Ecuador...Argentina was already leading comfortably b4 he scored in the dying minutes

Really ? World cup of 3 years ago!
Matter of fact, a new one comes up next year.

What did Mbappe do at the Euros 3 month ago.
You cleverly omitted that to bring back a 3 years ago performance.
Haaland was the top scorer in UCL (although again, there's no award like top scorer of UCL) and he crashed out in quarter finals . How decisive were his goals then?

DFP Pokal is not a major trophy you should use to brag about a player's decisiveness.

Kingcalls:
I really don't know ur experience in football..butvi think u just started mayb a decade ago... u really don't know real madrid.... talking about zidane , the same thing with Mourinho, u don't hv to be sacked ...resignation comes with a reason... if they dint resign, they wud hv been sacked ... more like preserving their reputation

You said not me. I merely quoted your contradiction.

which is it? Was he sacked or he resigned. It can't be both.

Kingcalls:
Ronaldo has been better in the past 7 years.... 3 CL titles, 3 league titles, the Euros , CL top scorer 4 times in the past 7 yrs .. balon dor 2 times...even tho we know its 3 ( forget the modric wayo) what impact did he have on Argentina winning it?? Scoring Ecuador and Bolivia in group games and when it mattered the most Colombia semis and Brazil final , he went missing again ,just like he always does in most big games ... mention one decisive goal messi has scored in the champions league or world cup during this same period??

Funny how you said both Mbappe & Haaland have been more decisive than Messi.

Euro 2020 stats.

Haaland - Could not help his country qualify.
Mbappe - 0 goals 1 assist. Missing Penalty against Switzerland. Flat performances at the tournament.

Also Haaland has yet to win a major trophy for BVB.
Am I criticizing these guys harshly? No. I'm just pointing out loops in your argument of them being decisive.

Yet you claim I'm a troll.
Well you judge.

Kingcalls:
U have started to sound like a troll... I will stop replying u... has Madrid ever sacked a coach for not winning la liga?? Madrid that sacked De bosque days after winning the league cos he failed in the CL.... also sacked Mourinho for failing to win the CL despite winning la liga the previous year .... asked zidane to leave despite winning the league title the previous year and finishing 2nd , a point behind atletico but because they lost to Chelsea in the CL , he knew his time was up... u dont know how real madrid operate.... zidane was there for 3 seasons despite winning the league title once ...but because he won the CL 3 times in a role, he dint loose his job ... the moment Ronaldo left for juve , he resigned cos he knew he had no chance to win it again as Ronaldo had left and he knew the nextvthing was sack

You are contradicting yourself.

Zidane has never been sacked by Madrid in all his stints there.

In your first paragraph you say that Zidane was asked to leave. In your last paragraph, you again said he resigned because he was afraid.
Which is it ?

Madrid does not sacrifice any trophy.
That's how they became the most successful club in history.

Kingcalls:
Are u sure u are familiar with football?? Did u just say he failed to qualify juve for UCL??

Again talking about winning it with juve....he did what no one will do including messi at juve... he scored all 7 goals that juve scored in the knockout stage in his first 2 seasons... that was a champions league winning performance from an individual... if other also put half of his efforts like in Madrid or Manchester , it wud hv been a done deal for juve .... at barca , the whole team always crumbled, Messi inclusive... dontvalso forget Ronaldo's age ... he is almost 37 ... u dont expect him to be as explosive as he used to b .... and how did he have them end their league winning streak ?? Are u really inclined with football...or a hater cos u are beginning to sound as one and I dont reply trolls ... he scored over 100 goals in his 3 years and u say he is the reason y they failed to win the league... he was serie a top scorer last season with 29 goals but inter won it with lukaku their top scorer hitting 23 goals... what does that tell u?? Or can't u see juve is struggling at serie a now in 8 position...

Re-read my statement. I said almost.

Explain how Juventus can win the League 7 straight years and then make UCL finals in 2 years. Semi finals a few more times. Sign CR7 and then fail to
Win both UCL and Serie A.

By 'almost' I mean that Juve would have NOT qualified for UCL if not for Napoli failing to win their last league game last season. I.e. at that point qualifying for UCL was out of Juve's hands.

Explain.

Kingcalls:
All clubs have their targets and priorities..real madrid are more inclined to champions league....they are focused on champions league... barca had a better team than real madrid.... but Ronaldo was the factor on y they won more of the champions league... I can also argue that y did messi only win the CL 2 times while Ronaldo won it 4 times during the same period...

Champions league is toughest cos u have the beat of the best compete... the league is a 38 game competition, the psychology of playing the league is different from the CL... talking about the pichichi , we can also argue that y does Ronaldo have more top goal scorer in the CL ...

The guy u mentioned is not the part ofvthe management...he is the owner and u know how owners talk carelessly just to brag....

What the man said is not a brag.
In fact, if he was proud he would not have said that.

He said Messi rejected their offer of doubling whatever Barca was to pay him.

On whether or not Madrid was keen on winning the La Liga as a priority that NOT true.

Could you explain the comments below by Zidane?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/soccer/real-madrid/story/4138594/real-madrids-zidane-la-liga-title-better-than-champions-league%3fplatform=amp

Saying that a club like Madrid prioritizes UCL against Laliga is a laughable comment on your part.
Madrid is the most successful club in European history. They don't prioritize one against the other. They just couldn't win it.

Why did it take Madrid till 2014 to win UCL after signing CR7 in 2009? Does it have anything to do with the arrival of Kroos & Bale? Why didn't CR7 win the UCL with Juventus since he is so decisive?

You have left many questions unanswered.

Kingcalls:
Lol..all those are stories that are not credible.... they are just talk cis barca said no one ever dropped an offer for messi ...no one was ready to pay his wages .... these guys see what u people don't see.... no one will pay much for a man over 30 that had struggled to win a trophy for country or even reached the final of the Champions league .... the reason juve signed Ronaldo wasn't just cos of his goals ...he was the most decisive player at that time in football...had won champions league bk to bk to bk as top scorer, league title, the Euros ... and he scored lots of decisive goals... he goatva 4 yr contract at juve at the same age messi is as of now...but psg only gave him 2 yrs ....

I quoted Mulbarak Al-Khaddon and you say these are lies. I'm not talking about this year these are 2014 -2017 happenings.

Al-Khaddon is not a football person. He is the head of UAE's Sovereign wealth Fund company. There's no incentive for him to lie here. (Google him).

You said CR7 is a decisive goal scorer yet he won only 2 La Liga titles in 9 years. The same number of titles as Robinho in Madrid (who is considered a flop there). The year CR7 won the golden boot in serie A, his team came 4th. Shouldn't we call his goals indecisive then?

How does Messi have more Golden boots & Pichichi & titles than 99% (including ronaldo) of all active players today by not scoring decisive goals.

Kingcalls:
If he was so good y hasn't he been winning top scorer in the champions league , whr the best of the best compete... u cant score massive goals against minors and claim greatest... scoring goals is different from scoring decisive goals.... he didnt score in an el classico game since 2018 on the same day Ronaldo also scored b4 leaving for Italy.... he cudntvscore Colombia in the semis or Brazil in the final... I can go on and on... haaland , Lewandowski, Ronaldo, salah , mbappe have all score more decisive goals than messi in the past years

What's a decisive goal?

What decisive goal has Haaland scored in the last 2 years? Give me one. I assume a decisive goal should give you a trophy.


Mbappe was almost useless at the Euros.
0 goals 1 assist. You cleverly omitted that.
Mbappe missed a penalty against Switzerland. You carefully omitted that.
Mbappe did nothing and lost the champions league to Bayern in a final where he had a flat performance.

By the way there's nothing 'Officially' like highest goal scorer in champions League. Only we fans record such.

Also explain to us why CR7 failed to win the UCL for Juventus in his seasons with them? He almost made them not qualify for UCL this year and had them end their Serie A 7 years winning streak.

Kingcalls:
Story...which man city....ok, y dint man city go for him...man city never wanted messi ...the only club that was interested was psg ...no other club was interested in messi...na im fans de carry fake news

Check the dates of these below.


https://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spanish-football/2009/08/11/1434873/manchester-city-offer-barcelona-star-lionel-messi-blank

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/opinion/2017/12/05/5a266e1a468aebf91d8b456e.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2800660-manchester-city-offered-to-triple-lionel-messis-wages-says-khaldoon-al-mubarak.amp.html

Kingcalls:
The guy was overpaid...he wrecked barca terribly... he requested for players that barca had to throw stupid money to sign them all in the name to satisfy messi so that he doesn't leave them.... the guy was competing with Ronaldo on sal cap ...and barca acted like a simp will ack towards a woman he loves ... in the end money finish , and he still left

All footballers are "Overpaid".
That no news.

The question you should investigate & ask is, Since 2014 (at least) are there clubs willing to pay him more than he had received from Barca ? Yes.
Manchester City was.

Why didn't he leave then?
You answer that.

Kingcalls:
Lol... I remember when he was at barca and his fans said , noooo, Messi can't leave barca cos they treated him when he was young and ill... that he is forever grateful and loyal to them .. . I told them that the only reason messi was with barca is because barca is one of the best teams in football and that if it was valencia or villareal that did same, he wud hv left them since...they said I was talking trash ... the moment barca madness start for pitch as iniesta, xavi puyol mascherano dani Alves villa comot.. omo ..baba japa , abandon sinking ship for money men ... I hv always said that footballer are like these modern women, there is nothing like loyalty... they only want trophies and money , if u like build statue put for field in their honor, they will japa once they hv a better offer and opportunity...

If he so much loved barca and appreciated what they did for him, he wud hv actually played for free cos that team got financially wrecked trying to keep messi... just like a struggling man trying to keep his trophy wife...
Guy man japa like oshimole wife as they kicked him out of APC chairmanship

You aren't making a fair judgement here.


Are you aware that what Laporta was asking for (free play) is not allowed by La Liga laws?


Are you aware that after Barca lost Mercy for free they Signed Luuk de Jong AND he is being paid.

Are you aware that, before he moved on loan to Atletico Madrid, Greizmann was probably the 2nd highest signee for Barca and yet he many times came in as a substitute player.
All other Barca players are being paid.
The manager is being paid. La Porta himself might be paid. At least he would be incentivized.

It's ultimately ridiculous that he wanted the most valuable player in the club not to be paid.

These guys are STRANGE.

Your argument would have been considerable if all players offered not to be paid.

N.B. Even the 3rd choice goal keeper is being paid.

iamlinco:
Tell me how charitable is Gumi's brazen/frequent visit to bandits and terrorists and why the useless Nigerian Army have not arrested him? Stop defending nonsense, The Nigerian Army is compromised.

You are perfectly right. Gumi's closeness to the bandits too is strange. But then we can't keep doing Whataboutism on these issues.

God help us.

loveth360:
What of those killed by your boko haram and bandit?

You may have a point but you should check the meaning of Whataboutism. It's rarely a win for anyone.

ImmaculateJOE:
They should post video where Chiwetalu Agu was campaigning for IPOB.
All we saw was a Biafran garment and its never a crime to wear clothes with Biafra logo on it.

LoL.
Whether or not he quietly supports the group is not the issue here. But brazenly adorning a garment with those inscriptions (considering the situations in the SE) was uncharitable by him.

Again his fame did him an advantage there.
To know if it's a crime to 'wear clothes', go to Borno and wear an old kaftan (with slippers) & tie a Boko Haram inscribed bandana on your head. Possibly with their flag. You'll know.

God help us.

Eriokanmi:
Oil and wahala. I give Nigeria 20 years from now. Oil would be as insignificant as Enugu Coal.

I guess they want to 'cash' out before the 20 yrs elapses.