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PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 1:04pm On Sep 17, 2013
gsaint trinity: @ aye91... your post is nothing but the truth for the Nigerian situation.
all these section ist are nothing but frauds. they claim to liberate her regions while they have done nothing for the region even now.
what has massob, odua, Mend, Boko haram and other good for nothing lip service and self centred people done other than bring more misery for people they claim to liberate.
kidnappings, arsons, robbery and other vices is the other.
the Amnesty program went a long way to show how selfish those guys were.
we should face and solve our problems as one.
corruption, lawlessness, tribalism, religious bigotry, and unfavorable or rather cheating economic arrangement should be sorted out.

ONE NIGERIA!!!!!
thanks.
These groups act like opposition parties, ready to condemn action taken by the government and never actually contributing to development. Constantly dazing us with tales of new countries with milk and honey in golden cups.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 12:59pm On Sep 17, 2013
fagbalex: i think you must be out of your sense. make people like Wetin, wow better Go find work to do instead waking up in the morning praying for Nigeria to break up, God will never answer that your prayer and that your dream will never come true. Nigeria can be better if everyone of us including our government change our attitude and embrace a good virtue to better ourselves. always proud to be a Nigeria.
I admire you energy and passion. But did you read my posts at all.
This is an attempt at opinion sampling.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 12:56pm On Sep 17, 2013
classicEntity: the problem in 'Nigeria' my beloved country is Political instability; Nepotism, Tribalism and Corruption. The Nigerian government have made the central Government too attractive, that every persons wants to be there or see his Brother there (Tribalism). And moreover no Nigeria politician is committed to developing the nation that is why everybody must be settled(Corruption). So everybody must get there thru I.M not on merit grounds (Nepotism), by the failure or interruption of executing the Above mentioned this equals to CRISIS. Therefore the solution remains to BREAK-UP or form a Confederation or true Federalism and make the center LESS attractive, have a working government, TOTAl reform inshort..
Your observation is correct, the center is too attractive. More responsibilities should be handed over to the state government and they should be given more power over their resources. However, in solving one problem you indirectly cause another. By making the states stronger, you risk having the tension in National at the state level. It also means electoral positions at the state level gets juicy, thus more of the do or die mentality. Imagine the level of arm struggle that may ensue oil rich states during and after elections.
Its all a thing of the mind, our mindset needs some work. Regardless of the structures we put in place, we still have the potential for self-destruction.

One thing for sure is, there is enough resources for any state to accomplish exploits. Many states can't account for the 'little' allocation in their possession, yet they want more. Tragic.
I am proudly Nigerian and that's where my loyalty lies.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 8:55am On Sep 17, 2013
cashkid18: lyk dis post if u support biafra seccession frm nigeria cheesy
so what becomes of the large Igbo investments nationwide? Do they all park up and return home to do business there?
Its pretty obvious that if all Igbo trader had to return to their states to trade there would be serious negative consequences on Nigeria and traders alike.
#FACT Igbos are born entrepreneurs, biafra is too small for them.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 8:04am On Sep 17, 2013
Emperor_007: And,



3. Should be, click like , if you support a renegotiated Nigeria with true federalism and resource control.





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endorsed cheesy
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 8:02am On Sep 17, 2013
Please click Like if you support a renegotiated Nigeria with true federalism and resource control.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 7:38am On Sep 17, 2013
Please Like this if you support a united Nigeria.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 7:37am On Sep 17, 2013
Please Like this if you support a future Nigerian breakup.
PoliticsNigeria And The Much Talked About Breakup. (polls Included). by ayd91(op): 7:35am On Sep 17, 2013
Whenever I come across an article about Nigeria and its awaited break-up, I get really crossed. Mostly as a result of what I perceive to be the result of lazy, enthnocentric, politically corrupt minds.
I wonder, do we really know why we haven't progressed much as a country? Do we?

1) Corruption
Corruption is one of Nigeria's biggest problems, it exists in our political, educational, industrial, and religious sectors. It cuts across federal, state and local governments. No region is insulated from this plague, infecting both leaders and followers. We conveniently blame it on our country and we say "Nigeria is corrupt".
2) Level of crime and insecurity: some parts of Nigeria are more secure and peaceful than others, true. In southern Nigeria you find high levels of crime, kidnapping, robberies, 419 dealings and fraud, in Northern Nigeria you find religious riots, senseless killings, communal clashes etc.
No region is completely free from crime and insecurity, so we ask ourselves. "Is the problem Nigeria?"
3) Unemployment: a large portion of Nigerians are unemployed, so we scream "the government hasn't provided jobs". I can't help but ask which government? The federal, state or Local government? We easily forget we have a three tier government and any of the three can provide employment.
4) poverty: most Nigerians live below a dollar per day. That's tragic, I don't think this people simply with to spend less than a dollar daily or that our government lacks the resources to uplift them. It is simply a case of bad leadership, the inability for some of our leaders to channel our large resources to their are of need.
The failure of these governments to perfom the above roles doesn't and shouldn't translate to the failure of Nigeria. The same leaders currently ruling will be the same who will most likely rule any country emerging from Nigeria.
Most secessionist don't talk of how breaking away solves our problems. How does it? Does it?
Our problem isn't Nigeria, it is its citizens (the corrupt policeman, the greedy chairman, the armed rober next door).
The question I leave with you is "what happens when we part ways and the problems follows us, do we part again?"
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 11:01am On Sep 07, 2013
princesa: offcourse i will!
such poor and defenseless thing now turned a saloon wastesad
I second. sad
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 10:26am On Sep 07, 2013
timpaker:
Heheheheheheeh. The use of such dictions wasn't intentional (as I was typing that poem those words kept bursting off my head for it better portrays the thought I had). I will try as much as I can to minimize such grammars.
Lastly, I'm surprised you found nothing in my poem.
I'm also very glad you loved it.
smiley. Your diction is fine, you only need to adapt to flow with your targeted audience (heavy diction for the literary minded and perhaps light diction for the average readers).
And what's that about the Teddy Bear and wool? Crime against teddy?
Poems For ReviewRe: Lets Get Bloody With Rhymed Poems by ayd91(m): 9:41am On Sep 07, 2013
WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 5:21pm On Sep 06, 2013
1mic_cza's What If Tomorrow Starts Without Us?
With all sincerity, I ENJOYED READING YOUR POEM. Its really interesting and the repetition "What If Tomorrow Starts Without Us?" re-enforces the theme of the poem. It takes us blasting on a journey into a tomorrow we don't exist in and bring us back with a cool "What If Tomorrow Starts Without Us?"
You did Justice to the topic and did it with style. cheesy.
What I didn't Like.
I'll check back, just incase my mood influenced me cheesy.

Classicdea's Alter Ego.
Nice poem, 'Two Side Of The Same Coin', that in its own right defines the physical relationship between you and your alter ego.
Stanza 1, line 7 'escape my impending fate' what do you mean by that?
What I didn't like.
You portray your Alter Ego as being negative, doesn't he have a positive side? Sure would have loved to see that added.
Stanza 2 Line 8: 'He is the villain of the show'. So he is the bad one?
Also, you said in stanza 3 line 3: 'different views of single sight', thus you see things differently.
Stanza 3, Line 5: 'but I guess he is always right'. So he is the good one?
Now I am confused which is he?

The letter stuff rocks cheesy.

Piresg24's Dreams Can Come Through.
Your poem is spiced with hope, hope and more hope (it just might rescue a drowning soul).
Your opening stanzas though not directly related to the main subject (dream can come true), lays the perfect foundation for the coming message. Displaying darkness (sought of a mental storm) and subsequently paving way for light in the horizon.
What I didn't Like.
I recognize the relevance of highlighting 'the troubled times', I think you dwelt too much on it.
Stanzas aren't just for fancy, they act as paragraphs do in essays, justifying points. Stanza 1, 2, 3, 4 for describing the prevailing dark reality? Isn't that a bit too much.
Your punctuation made it a little bit difficult reading and understanding your poem, particularly the last three lines.

Timpaker's The Seductress Is Hapless.
Hmmm, your diction is heavy (its cool that you can string these words together and still make sense with them but it also constitutes a problem to the average reader). That's what I wish to point out first. Next, I really enjoyed the story behind the poem (that's priceless and movie worthy).
You poem features a barrage of poetic devices deployed with a touch of demiurge wink.
What is also admirable is the way you seemed to shower Madina with admonition preparing her for her fall (that's brutal, I loved it). The employment of metaphor and simile helps the readers see her through your mind (sharing similar mental picture).
'All snubbed the lass'....so sad. "he that stands should take heed, lest he falls"(1 Corinthians 10:12).
What I didn't Like.
No flaws to point out smiley. I'll keep checking nonetheless cheesy.
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Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 4:27pm On Sep 06, 2013
badmusace: Lovely review btw. Thanks for taking time out to do this. Well, I just wanted my first stanza to be like a background for the impending rapture. I guess I got carried away. Well imma keep writing.for improvements.
thanks Badmusace smiley, as long as we strive for better, we'll surpass our expectations. Goodluck sir.
Christianity EtcRe: How Will The World End? by ayd91(m): 5:03pm On Sep 05, 2013
Mynd_44: The sun is a star bro
on point. cheesy
Christianity EtcRe: How Will The World End? by ayd91(m): 11:32am On Sep 05, 2013
One thing that I am sure of is, regardless of where we go, self destruction is eminent. If its not Nukes, then Bio weapons justified by ideological differences.
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 11:16am On Sep 05, 2013
princesa: oh please don't, i like to remain in the shadowscheesy

and no, you don't need to wear red, just hold tightly to ur heart cool
shadows seem dark (darkside?) to me wink. I sure will smiley.
Now back to this reviewing business.
LiteratureRe: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by ayd91(m): 11:01am On Sep 05, 2013
onegig: you should have known it was a ma.. Which man hears praises and is moved to tears? :-P You could always know by their pattern of speech and choice of words.
cheesy
LiteratureRe: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by ayd91(m): 11:00am On Sep 05, 2013
Irshittabey: Lol,I really love my anonimity on nairaland, I love it when people dont know if I am a ma/ a sir, I just laugh,especially when I am refered to as a sire.
Anyway I am a 'ma'.
cheesy well noted, ma.
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Christianity EtcRe: How Will The World End? by ayd91(m): 10:33am On Sep 05, 2013
Mynd_44: Virtual life? You mean uploading ourselves into some alternate reality?

That's some matrix ish brogringringrin

I'd rather up and leave, there has to be planets out there that can sustain humans and their taste for self-destruction
really matrix stuff. I'll prefer staying back on earth. No time for another planet cheesy. Humans are some else, with big eyes for evil.

Nonso23, staying is Mars isn't quite different. If the sun goes supernova we'll but fall.
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 10:26am On Sep 05, 2013
princesa: But... If you're still strung on blood, here's the link to the bloody side of mesmiley


www.nairaland.com/146433/lets-get-bloody-rhymed-poems
do I need to wear red? Off to go read.
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 10:24am On Sep 05, 2013
princesa: No way, am now on the light side and trying big big hard to erase the memoriessad and the urge grin

well, since the poem has been graded already, i guess the chapter is closed? Thanks for the review thoughwink


#do i have a dark side personality on nl? I thought it was a happy-go-lucky one huh
lol, okay. *hands out a magic eraser*, you can use this cheesy.
Your personality is what it is, subject of another essay. I just might open a thread on that cheesy.
Christianity EtcRe: How Will The World End? by ayd91(m): 10:17am On Sep 05, 2013
Mynd_44: Now you are hanging this on the fact that man might develop a way to survive this right?

I think we will just up and leavecheesycheesy I mean, we could relocate to another planet of similar conditions.

But I can't help but see sense in your "evolution" theory. What is man evolving into?
Trust me when I say this 'I am no evolutionist'. We (man) seems to be straying from the 'natural' to the artificial, thus relying more on tech. Who knows perhaps, mankind may find a way to live virtual lives. Afterall what is man, if not his consciousness?. Imagine the possibility of living on the 'net'. Its limitless.
I subscribe to man migrating, that's doable.
Foreign AffairsRe: Syria Prepares For U.S. Attack by ayd91(m): 10:06am On Sep 05, 2013
Horus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-NTv2H-u8

ТОS-1A Russian 24-barrel multiple rocket launcher

When Western forces engage the Syrian army you can be assured that it will be nothing like the 1991 conflict in Iraq when a hundred thousand of Saddam Hussein’s soldiers surrendered without firing a shot. Nor will it be a no-fly zone free-for-all where air forces will be able to target military assets as they did in Libya without being challenged. No, this time will be different. Russia supplied Syria with state-of-the-art 24-Barrell rocket launchers ranked as the most developed artillery weapon of its kind. Syria is armed with Russian weapons that have never been seen before in the Middle East including computer guided smart missiles that never miss their target. Russia also supplied Syria with Skean 5 ground-to-sea missiles that are capable of hitting and sinking any target up to 250 km off the Syrian coast.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NOTICE THIS but Syria is about to be turned into a total war zone and all we can do is talk about weapons.
So what if aliens give them weapons? Many Syrians are going to die and their president and all other blood thirsty cohorts will most likely be safe. War isn't good, ask Japan and Germany they'll tell you.
Russia is somewhat using Syria as a font to challenge America, and may be test its weapons.
Would it hurt if Assad step aside for the love of his country?
Egypt and Libya are still struggling to find their footings. Developments of decades gone up in smoke in hours, both sides would loose, we don't prophets to tell us Syria would suffer it the most.
Another selfish dictator sending his country into a senseless war. That's what I see.
I hope we (NIGERIANs) learn from this.
Christianity EtcRe: How Will The World End? by ayd91(m): 9:39am On Sep 05, 2013
Mynd_44: It is somehow easy to predict how other objects(Planets, asteroids stars satellites) in the Multiverse (Okay I will use Universe cos it is more understandable) behaves by looking at other object that are similar right. That's one of the proofs that the earth is round and not flat cos the earth was compared with other planets which ae spherical.

Now if you study the stars, you will notice that all stars are basically the same and from the life of the stars that has been studied, it is obvious that no star will be insistence forever as at some point, they will lose the fuel they need for combustion and they will decompose.

A star has three stages: The early stage, youth and old. When it gets old, it burns out its fuel and becomes either of the three: A Dwarf, A supanova or a Black hole. Depending on the size of course. The smallest stars become become supanovas and then dwarfs and the huge ones, well they become the infamous blackholes.

Our sun is not large enough to become a blackhole thank God (whichever one you serve) but at some point in it's live, it will run out of fuel(don't wanna bore you with the details of that) and it will explode as a supanova before settling down to become a dwarf (might be white, red or whatever). The worrying part of this is that the exploding of the sun when it goes supanova is actually going to destroy the earth. If you study other stars of the same size as our star (the sun), you will see it there.

Now my question is that there is every evidence that the earth is going to be destroyed either an asteroid finally hits us (won't destroy it but oh well) or the sun grows old and "die" so that which gives us life here will still take it. How does this fit into the book of Revelations in the Bible? The Bible talks of a lot of things at end time and wars and natural disasters but how does the bible explain this cataclysmic event that is surely coming in the far away future?
what's to say mankind would live long enough to witness if?
I believe whatever would destroy the earth would ultimately come from man.
Imagine sars, Bird flu, swine flu etc, and other crazy sci-fi diseases hitting mankind thousands of years ago, what would have been our chance of surviving?
Man is evolving (into what? I am uncertain), he in the coming century would be able to live up to challenges as the sun going supernova (at least, I hope).
LiteratureRe: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by ayd91(m): 9:19am On Sep 05, 2013
@ princesa cheesy are those tears real? If it means anything, his death was quick but sadly painful.
@Irshittabey, is Irshittabey a ma or sir?
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 9:09am On Sep 05, 2013
princesa: #walks in for defence of my poem#


- let me start with the dark side thingy: why would you think i have the ability to explore dark side in poetry? Did you read any poem of mine where i explored that theme? Anyways, i do have a thread on something like that, but its past and was done quite far ago! And So is my thirst for exploring dark sides wink

- you also say it ended abruptly? Well, am not one to love lengthy poems, so while i was writing it, i was very conscious of its length so i dnt put off and bore scanning readers. that should be my defence for ending the poem rather abruptly.

- then i instead of I? angry for crying out loud, its a poem not some English essay! Have you Heard about poetic licence before? Okay, am not trying to say am right, but just that error like that should easily have been over looked, especially by the infamous judge 1 who am sure marked people down because of it huh

- and finally the lady was very remorseful all tru out the poem, remorse was basically one of the motif of the poem, so i don't know why you feel she wassnt remorseful enough...
Literary Court is In Session.
Miss Princesa for Defence,
Ayd91 for Prosecution.

Dark side: I have read some of your poems and your Nairaland persona seems to suggest you'll be well suited for it (don't ask what I mean 8-)).
Abrupt ending: while I am aware of Length issues and Readers, I am sure you could have manipulated it to suit your desired length.
Poetic Licence ke? That won't save you o! cheesy. Judge One got me thinking, " is it a function of the number or huh" even I scored Low.
Remorse: Her remorse was okay, my issue was she didn't seem defend her action and willingness to do it over again. It makes me wonder if she'll do same differently if given another chance, or perhaps do it again, thus proving her action was a 'Necessary Evil'. Its one thing to soak over an action, its another thing to wish to undo it.

;( bring back the dark side
bring back life to that side.
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 8:40am On Sep 05, 2013
Irshittabey: Thanks alot,I'll take to your advice,and I hope I do become 'totally versatile' as you mentioned.
Thank you.
cheesy,
See you at the top where champions dwell,
for the path you thread,
heads to where all is well.
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Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 8:37am On Sep 05, 2013
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LiteratureRe: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by ayd91(m): 12:51pm On Sep 04, 2013
[quote author=princesa]poor cat why did he have to go pay curiosity a visit embarassed

grin[/quote.]


my thoughts exactly, but I guess when its time to go nothing stops you;(
LiteratureRe: Nairaland's "The Poet" Competition Season 2 by ayd91(m): 12:42am On Sep 04, 2013
princesa: curiosity they say, kills the cat wink



do you want the one from supreme or Dr. Cow grin


grin
cheesy, curiosity was the dog (named curiosity) and the cat was just the natural enemy next door. I guess its pretty obvious what happened.

I am human wink. And still curious,
Poems For ReviewRe: A Critique Of Poems Featured In Nairaland's "The Poets" Competition Season 2 (2) by ayd91(op): 12:41am On Sep 04, 2013
Irshittabey: Thank you very much for the review,I really find it hard to do anything when I am tied to a topic, I prefer the lines being inspired by my emotions rather than topics,I guess this is my acchiles's heels.
And I guess my majoring in the sciences isn't helping either ,I'll just keep trying till I get there(become a better poet).
Thanks once again.
cheesy. This was my first time writing outside pure inspiration. Having to select from a host of topics posed a challenge to me. I chose the one I felt the most connection to.
Being able to write on a topic of some else's choice is the next level of poetry.
My advise to you is try random topics (perhaps relating to your field or experience/ something you share a connection with). Before long you'll be totally versatile.
Wish you the best Irshittabeycheesy.
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