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How your party defeats an incumbent is not important if your victory doesn`t bring about a long-lasting change. I`m tired of Tinubu`s me-me mentality. Policies are more important than pomposity.

claremont:
Exactly the point I made in a separate thread. The average Nigerian would rather live in Europe illegally or engage in a sham marriage, than explore the FFL. I only know of one Nigerian who joined, he is still with them after 5 years because he is starting to enjoy being french, a regular income, and travelling the world for free.

But your choice of words suggest you prefer FFL, right?

Neyoalao:
My brother God will bless you immersely. The day I made extensive research about it like what's the benefit of joining FFL guess what I got. NOTHING. The only guy that was talking about benefits on YouTube was saying ehn you will get very expensive boots expensive bags I was like shuu. To suffer in Nigeria is better than that crap. But still people enlist for it

Most of them are ex-cons desperate to escape the past. The ones that join out of ignorance often escape after a while. Easy to do because they usually join with fake names. I don`t think it`s something that would appeal to an average Nigerian, notwithstanding the state of our nation.

dainformant:
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu's Bail bond being signed by Senator Enyinnaya Abaraibe, a Jewish Rabbi and an Abuja based business mogul, at the Federal high court Abuja. The Rabbi identified Chief Immanuel Shalum Okabemadu alongside other sureties as ordered by the court are working towards perfecting the bail condition slammed on the IPOB leader.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) signed the 100m bail bond of Nnamdi Kanu, while another Nigerian businessman was also standing by with his bail bond requirement.

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2017/04/senator-jewish-rabbi-abuja-based.html

Jewish Rabbi?

Frankaka8:
boost kor! Lucozade ni. If u hv nothing relevant to share, lockup.

Always good to be ignorant and not know it

claremont:
The only legal route for a schengen visa holder is to go to France to apply to join the French foreign legion. Anyone can apply to join, but the FFL have the prerogative in deciding who they will take. If you are lucky to be among those chosen, you will sign a 5-year contract, be paid well, and be a french citizen after 5 years of serving. The FFL is a well-respected armed fighting force, and you might even be lucky to be deployed to Africa for the bulk of your career.http://en.legion-recrute.com/

The alternative is to live illegally in Europe constantly looking over your back. However, there is a friend of mine who went to Germany a few years ago on a schengen visa, he claimed asylum and was refused, but he was lucky to meet a German lady. They got married and he has 2 kids with her already. He has just recently acquired German citizenship and he is building a duplex somewhere in eastern Nigeria. He was just lucky, there are droves of people still living illegally in Europe for years.

Claremont, the FFL is mostly for the people that have given up on life and ready to die for France. I like to call them a death squard of criminals. Why on earth should a Nigerian go down this route, especially someone with a Schengen visa? Besides,the guy that mentioned France was not talking about FFL, he simply believes that France is better than every other place in Western Europe. Well, with due respect, that is simply not the case.

Doctors have been using drugs to boost Mesi`s genes from the day he was born, how do you know he would have been this good without those drugs? Anyone can be very good under the influence of one drug or the other

mmsen:
Telling people that you won't interfere in a system that has superseded your own powers is meaningless.

They cannot make anyone vote one way or another.

The fact they need to impose vigilante groups and cannot use other means to maintain order, such as ensuring that the local economy grows, is another sign of how useless they are.

Somebody sent a twitter message to me just now. Jerry Okorodudu, one of the most successful boxers in Nigeria is claiming that Anthony Joshua once asked for trials with Nigeria, but he was told that if he was good enough England would have given him a chance. Traditional rulers didn`t do that
Have a peaceful night, my brother!

mmsen:
Believe it or not the traditional rulers are even more useless than the elected officials.

At least some of them are effective - which of the traditional rulers has been effective?

Awujale of Ijebuland told Goodluck Jonathan that he won`t be telling the Ijebus how to vote during the last General Election, the most direct rejection by any traditional ruler in Nigeria. If you see any vigilante groups in Nigeria, they are usually put in place by traditional rulers after politicians have failed to provide security

Our traditional rulers played an ignoble role during the slave trade era, would always remind them that

Please, blame the politicians, with real executive powers, for today`s lapses

kindredspirit:
Yes, I agree with you.

In those days, my forefathers could have been vassals in the fiefdom of some Royal. They were sworn to obeisance to those Royals who were indeed mighty men of yore. Kings who led men into battle. But what do we have today? Kings and royals that are no different from you and I. They are ordinary everyday pedestrian men. Exactly why should I bow down to them? I find it absurd, I say. For example look at the behaviour of Mr Ridwan Akiolu, the ex-policeman "King" of Lagos.

Talking about how land handed down to me can be taken by a King. Today there is a superior authority which is The REPUBLIC. It means that if I have documents to prove that my forefathers paid a consideration to purchase the land, I can even sue the King.

Modernity has leveled the playing field. As the years go by, and generations change, just watch as these Royals and Monarchs get found out for what they really are.

My opinion, Monarchies are anachronistic and should have no place in today's world. I'm sure you can even sense it's demise in Nigeria with the way even the Monarchs,themselves, supposed custodians of the traditions, go against it. Without tradition, the Monarchy is as good as dead.

We don`t have to be unfair to the traditional rulers.

Over the years, their powers have been reduced hugely by the military and political elites. It is therefore unreasonable to expect performance after taking roles and responsiblities away from them. I have always asked myself whether Nigeria would be a better place if our traditional rulers are not around. Today, The best way to answer that question is to ask ourselves how they are stopping us from moving forward.,

Over 100 young Nigerians remain missing, but Goodluck Jonathan has moved on from the Chlbok girls. Iif the security of the Chibok girls were to be the responsibility of a chilbok traditional ruler, he would never move on from it, because the President would have his feet to the fire on top of being a laughing stock among fellow Emirs for ever.

Two, the internet has made it possible for Africans to see nudity as attractive and politicians don`t know what to do about it. How you dress is part and parcel of your culture, not suppose to be determined by others, politicians are not good in this area-it is the domain of the traditional rulers as the custodians of customs and tradition. So should you do away with traditional rulers, you will end up with political royals. Those political royals would be Awo and Ojukwu

mmsen:
Landlords are responsible for the upkeep of a building. They have to ensure that the plumbing and outward appearance of the building are maintained.

What have any of these traditional rulers done to justify their positions? What do they do to earn their keep?

His comment was correct - we should scrap all of these monarchs and make use of the civil and political organization that we have to improve our environment.

At present, how are traditional rulers stopping you from making use of the civil and political organisations that you have to improve your life? So the political institutions you have in Nigeria today are working better than the traditional institutions, right?

Search this travel section, I`m sure you would find a topic like this. Why would someone with a Schengen visa enter Europe via Greece? Anyway, just to let you know that France is not a place to go for an English-speaking Nigerian. As I have said, I know I have responded to a topic like this in the past, so look around.

kindredspirit:
Actually, there are some in the UK that feel that the Monarchy should be scrapped. They come out with placards to protest sometimes when the Queen is out and about. They are called the "anti-monarchists". Don't forget also that the powers of the Queen were whittled down some years ago by Parliament.

I personally feel Monarchies and so-called Royalty is seriously overhyped. Why must I genuflect and bow down before someone whose ascendancy to a throne I had nothing to do about ? Then my kids will bow down to their kids too. Someone with the same human flaws and weaknesses that I have. The whole concept is simply absurd to me. To my mind, it oughtnt have a place in modern era.

And don't get me started about "tradition" as even the so-called "Kings" and "royals" themselves have started to jettison the "traditions", preferring foreign cultures, clothing, religion etc

Traditional rulers founded Yorubaland or England. Do you want me to tell you that the land that your parents handed over to you should be taken from you? I`m sure you wouldn`t like that. If you want to be honest with yourself, Nigeria has gone farther than England when it comes to drawing a line between political leadership and royalty, so they are not really the problem in Nigeria

As usual, Americans like to fool people that they are better because they have no royals, but are they better than the Netherlands that does have a royal family? So the royal family of any country is not the problem. There is Oba Oyekan because his ancestors fought in the past to have the enclave called Lagos State today. Ditto the Queen of England or Obi of Onitsha. They are your landlords, if you like!

Is there any 70something in Yorubaland that would be ready to take a rock`n`roll yob calling himself Ooni while paying homage to Jesus Christ seriously?. He is actually lucky the person disgracing him is also an Oba. May Oduduwa continue to devalue those that devalue His religion.

Rohr needs to be sincere; he has a goal-keeping problem. If the guy that manned the posts in our friendly against Senegal could make it to the first team of any country, that country has a serious goal-keeping problem. A crippled Enyeama would still do better than the so-called third keeper for Nigeria.

Zoharariel:
Rotimi Amaechi should go & sit down inside the Ojuelegba or Costain gutter.

I swear, the council of the irunmole tells me that the money in question was looted & kept in that apartment in ikoyi by Amaechi.

I am a staunch Buharist but here in Moskow, we call a spade a spade!

I`m surprised you are against Amaechi on this. How can it ever be right for FFK to make this allegation unless he has a solid evidence to back it up? And who wouldn`t go to court because of this, if the allegation is false?

Certain things are beyond politics; I`m happy that, for the first time, Buhari and his anti-corruption noises would be exposed for what it is. I have always maintained that, you can`t fight corruption selectively, or go after those that are not powerful while you are surrounded by the grand-fathers of corruption in Nigeria. Buhari did the same thing in the 80s when he killed poor cocaine peddlers when those that were close to him remained untouched. A true anti-corruption leader would have made everything about this case public by now. Who wouldn`t do what Amaechi is doing?

Tequilah:
You have said it all, bro'. Thanks for this piece.

You are welcome, my good brother

modelsms:
Who is this cyriacus always reporting bad things.?

He was the one that allowed us to know about the lady that refused freedom because she had nowhere to live. I spoke with him afterwards and he is a relatively older man that came across as a caring human being. Most of his mates would have demanded a brown envelop before following up on a story like that. He did a follow up and sent a link to me. I was really impressed with him!

It`s intelligent to threaten those you consider untouchable. North Korea is untouchable and Donald Trump knows that

EgunMogaji:
Here is my unmodified post:



Please point out where I "condemn an overstayer". Even if I did, it's my prerogative tive and I don't have to kowtow to you.

It is my opinion that the actor is a criminal and hence why he was in chains.

Even if all he did was commit an immigration offense, then that is still an offense.

We don't have to agree, you are you and I am me. Different backgrounds and thought process.

I'm not the only one that postured the opinion of the actor being a probable criminal. Why focus on me?

His being detained in chains is a simple matter of logistics.

Safety first.

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"Criminal violations of the INA, on the other hand, include felonies and misdemeanors and are prosecuted in federal district courts. These types of violations include the bringing in and harboring of certain undocumented aliens, the illegal entry of aliens, and the reentry of aliens previously excluded or deported."

http://immigration.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000781

" His fellow law-breakers" is the language I didn`t like. I wanted you to confirm that you have never broken the type of laws he has broken. I`m not picking on you, but I figure you are in a better position to know what goes on in the live of a new arrival to the West. The people we are calling law breakers here are the Nigerians that left Nigeria so as to be able to lead a decent life the children of our Generals take for granted.
And as for yours sincerely, if I had never been arrested in any country of the world I have been to, them I may not need a tutorial on morality. My reactions to things like this simply based on the fact that, but for fate we could have been each other.

Jammiiee:
Ohh I thought I was the only one who observed the fool

If I remember correctly, the Dutch were the first people to camp refugees in a sub-zero temperature in the whole of Western Europe, and somebody is saying they are angels that never hurt anyone. Was it a crime to seek asylum in the late 90s? A fellow Nigerian was being treated badly, yet he sees nothing wrong in it. Nonsense!

BetaThings:
What honour?
We do worse in Nigeria
Anyway don't try this in the US
You will miss your flight and freedom


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8ZQT-Z69A

Going by your logic, Africa-Americans shouldn`t fight for their rights abroad considering the fact that police slaughter unarmed black youths daily, right?

EgunMogaji:
Your question is a non sequitur and I'm not debating in an infantile manner.

Have a nice day.

I asked you a straight-forward question because you and I live in a developed nation. If you don`t want to answer it, I`m sure everybody would have to make up his/her own mind. I always hate it when those that live in a glass house throw stones. 95% of Africans that come to the West to look for jobs would break the law at one point in time or the other. If you have never left Nigeria before while using the type of language you used in your first post I would have ignored it, but the fact that you are condemning someone that overstayed, calling him a criminal crossed a line

As to the guy that claimed to have witnessed something like this on Air France, listen! When you bought a ticket to fly to any destination, you did not tell the airlines that you are looking for a mental torture. On board, should you see a fellow Nigerian being chained to the seats, you have every right to tell them that the treatment you are witnessing is giving you mental stress and you would be ready to take them to court for it; you shouldn`t be on a flight that is engaging in physical terrorism and I`m sure they would get the message, if they didn`t just record it on your mobile and look for a competent lawyer when you are back from Nigeria to take up your case for you, I was on a flight from Paris to London in 2003 when a Danish guy drew my attention to the fact that he had witnessed a couple of situations in which Nigerians are treated badly for no reason at international airports. So we need to develop our own coping mechanism in the absence of political leadership. If Prof Wole Soyinka could complain about this type of treatment, what else are we waiting for? You remember America`s reaction once Abike Dabiri warned Nigerians against going to the States unless it`s absolutely necessary? Well, America got the message immediately

Kudos to all Nigerians on that flight. Once the world works out that you have no leaders, you are doomed. I`m always comfortable with those that would die hungry in Nigeria bringing tribalism into discourse, but all the passengers on that flight acted as ONE. I remember a case of an Angolan in the UK who lost his life when he was treated the same way this guy was treated on board a flight from Heathrow to Angola. The punishment for living in a country illegally is deportation, not suffocation or hanging.

The Nigerians on that flight were not just fighting for the guy in question but for their own dignity and honour, knowing full-well that what was happening to that guy was nothing but international disgrace. The white man would not be doing it if the cattle farmers in government had warned against it, but then the white man is a god to them who never does anything wrong

vigasimple:
This happens simply because we have no government.

Brevity is a wonderful gift. What else does one want to add to this truism?

EgunMogaji:
Or hold him in jail and then do a special private flight with other law breakers.

Since you left Nigeria till today, have you ever broken a law wherever you are based?

TheLordIsGr8:
For promoting lawlessness .

They just got Nigeria another entry in the white man's black book.





Rules are rules. Get used to it.

I can see you completing your journey in this world as an inconsequential slave. Good luck!

Destined2win:
This is a nice idea really

It can only be a nice idea if you are not mentally inferior!

How many African countries did Japan and Korea enslave or colonise? Can London and Washington function should all foreigners go home? How similar are the Western and Asian values? Is migration totally disadvantageous to the host community?

OP also implied that all terrorists are foreigners. What do you suggest that London and Washington do to stop native terrorists? The worst terrorist attack carried out by an individual in America was by a white christian, and the last terrorist attack in London was by a muslim convert, born and raised in England.The welfare system has made youngsters in the West become lazy, not so in the Far East. We shouldn`t expect what works in one culture to work in the other or all cultures

Vicyace:
Hey guys,

I have tried to gather some information online about studying and working in eastern Europe. Albania and Kosovo.

My questions go to nairalanders currently living in those places.

How comfortable is it to study and work in Albania or Kosovo?
How does one go about obtaining visa to those places?

Can some settle down legally and make sense out of life over there.

Please don't give unverifiable comments if you don't have first hand experience of living in eastern Europe or those countries.

Nairalanders currently working and studying in Albania or Kosovo should give you advice? You seem to think that every Nigerian is stupid

I will be making about 40-50k available here at the end of every month for fellow Nigerians that are in need of it. By the 5th of every month I would have moved on till the end of another month. My hope is that it would be useful for someone looking for transport fare to an interview or any other minor expenses. Small gesture, but definitely better than nothing.

Should Nigeria cancel this match (which we have) we are still going to pay the owners of that stadium, whether we like it or not because they have already made the stadium available for that match

Now the most important: I was in the stadium to watch that match, and from my estimation there were about 2k spectators in the stadium. My maths is not very good, but if each and every spectator had paid £25 ( which was never the case) you will end up with about 50k roughly. Now is there anyone that thinks that you can organise a match in a foreign land, end up with 50k and you will not be facing a massive debt?

Somebody rightly pointed out that the stadium has about 5-6k capacity. But it is the environment of that stadium that makes it ideal for Nigeria`s purpose. I have been to Wembley but Wembley doesn`t have as many practising pitches as The Hive, important to be fair to NFF. However, the question those that are able would have to ask is this: why is it that Nigerians are tired of watching our national team?

If suddenly we have come to the stage where Senegal, ranked by FIFA as the best in Africa was taking on the giant of Africa and a stadium meant for 6k maximum wasn`t even half-full, then it is not for me to moan further because the Nigeria people have seen what they needed to see and made up their own minds

So, I will believe the reasons given for this cancellation by the time London and Ouagadougou confirm it