₦airaland Forum

oluxmondd2:
How can our throwback be better than our present? Naija which way?

Lol, I tire o. Nigeria is going backwards while the rest of the world is moving forward.

gidgiddy:
Are those who won elections enjoying the country? Are they buying petrol, bread or geisha cheaper? Are they more secure than others?

Nigeria is what it has always been, an unworkable British colonial creation that should have been dissolved a long time ago

Is Nigeria the only country created by the British. Start using your brain for once instead of parroting the ideas of rabble rousers. Nigerian people are the problem not the geographical entity.

lawani:
Before a country can work very well, half of the GDP must be taken as taxes

Ponder what you wrote for a minute and see if it makes any sense. You want to tax your way to prosperity like BAT.
Why not simply say that the government should take all incomes. That's a better idea.

nairalanda1:
Sor form your party and be the change.

Or join an party and change the system from within

But you have made your choice . You don't want to listen to me

Plus most of our income comes from oil. Taxes don't form most of our income. Less than 30% of the taxable population pays taxes to federal and state governments. Most states even Lagos can't raise enough igr to survive

And you support a side like the apc people. So you are not ready for change. Your charge of embezzlement will disappear when your side wins

I did not say corruption does not exist.

You are oblivious to the fact that the average Nigerian is a bad person, notoriously selfish, callous and self serving. I lived abroad for more than twenty years , paid my taxes.and could still afford to eat a whole goat for breakfast if I wanted.

Nigeria is a poverty stricken country and taxes paid will be mismanaged and used to purchase houses abroad.
Nigerians are really bad church/ mosque going hypocrites . Change in Nigeria has to be at fundamental level otherwise any effort made is a complete waste of time.

nairalanda1:
But when we ask this one to pay the kind of taxes they pay over there, him go cry oppressor

When they ask them to vote for parties that would force us off oil and onto manufacturing, meaning vote out tinubu...him go call them agbero,

You want what the whites have without the sacrifices they made to get there. You think rome was built in a day.

Abeg, vote out APC, PDP, etc, and do the hard work of holding your leaders accountable.

And which party are we supposed to vote in : they are all the same. Some are just better at pretence than others. Moreover taxes are used judiciously over there,here it's embezzled

igbosarejews:
Stop contradicting yourself Mr man, it was Nigerian project that made more Igbos to be in your town like you said. If Biafra comes, no Igbo man will be in your town. Our land will be secured, both from Fûlani and unknown gun men

Lol, in the extremely unlikely scenario of Biafra being actualized,only you and failed ibos will move there. The rich successful ibos in my town want nothing to do with Biafra. The one person who is always shouting Biafra is the one whose business is not going well and spends a lot of time drinking and womanizing even though he has a wife and kids at home. Biafra is for miscreants, frustrated ibo people and people using Biafra to steal.

BuhBye:
How was this possible?

It's called luck.

igbosarejews:
Biafran talk don land. Una don start to cry. Very soon, na that same mouth you go take tell them to leave Lagos and South West.
Me as an Igbo man, anyday Yourba's will say they want to leave Nigeria, I will contribute financially to that movement, because they don't like me and I don't like them either, there's no way I will not support their exist. You can hate something, but keep crying on top of that thing.

How old are you really. I hope that you are pre pubescent because your reasoning is childish, parochial and self defeating.
What has been achieved with all the killings and economic meltdown in the south east so far: nothing . There are now more ibos in my town than before, they fled the violence and insecurity in their hometowns.
Intelligence is more valuable than bravado.

Kukutente23:
Don't ever think it is good to be a coward
Cowards die a thousand times before their death
It is better to die standing than to live on your knees

You misunderstood the post. It was irony. Yorubas were never really cowards but were labeled cowards by their detractors.
The yorubas were battle tested and defeated the Fulani at the battle of Oshogbo around 1840 to stop the spread of Islam.
Abeokuta people defeated a superior force of Dahomeans three times in attritional combat to maintain their independence. The guys spreading this coward misinformation are just being ridiculous. Wisdom is important. Rushing into a battle is stupid.

Nazgul:
See let me advise you. Just hand over your house to a property lawyer to manage. Tell him how much your rent is and give him free hand to add whatever he wants on the rent as his commission, trust me, you won't have any problem with any tenent.

I handed my property to a caretaker. He collected the rent and didn't give it to me. Shortly after he had a stroke so the money was gone for good.

You are a good son. Don't bother about the people saying that you should have eaten with him. You didn't know his death was near. You provided the meal, that's what matters.
You are a good son, now try to be a good human being as well.
Most Nigerians are extremely terrible humans.

Jokerman:
Lol.....

Dem suppose flog them as them dey cut the grass.

A people who sell their votes for penury deserve all the humiliation.

I remember Rehoboam in the Bible and the Israelis

Did the teachers sell their votes or are you throwing your toys out of the pram because your candidate didn't win. It's called democracy, somebody wins and somebody loses. All this vituperations because of a losing candidate that would have disappointed you anyway if they won.
Democracy is about respecting people's choices and ideological bent. Grow up mate.

Wenonawde:
Agreed, no history book for that but don’t let that mentality stop you from chasing your dream. If GOD bless you with billions nothing like life is vanity oo. Life is a gift from GOD, and every man will face death both young and old.

Lol, you want people to be chasing meaningless things. There's nothing wrong with chasing noble dreams but when you become a billionaire through dishonest means then you are not wise and we know the character of the Nigerian police.

Sheuns:
Ori Ade ti pada sun ita o. O sun ewon paapa.

Lol

DeepSight:
It is wrong and irritating that you say "at huge sacrificial cost." You thereby garb an exploitative and extractive program as a sacrifice.

I don't agree with the other poster codemaniacs that they did nothing good - they did. But it is extremely wrong for you to attempt to make their actions appear altruistic by using the word "sacrifice."

Secondly I personally do not award marks for abolishing a slave trade that they instituted themselves and grew fabulously wealthy from for over three hundred years.

I hope you are aware that when the slave trade was abolished they paid compensation to the slave owners and not to the slaves and that compensation was so huge that Britain only finished paying it in 2015.

There are many many more dark things to be said about colonialism, imperialism and neo colonialism because these imperialists have not stopped exploiting Africa in extremely dark ways including instigating wars, murders and instability to suit their interest as well as deliberately foistering poverty.

None of the above means I see any justification for the fraud that Yahoo represents as some people tend to think.

Fact of the matter is that they are human and humans do bad things but also good things. They are not angels but did far better than your own people would have done in the same circumstances. If not for British colonization,you are very likely to be wearing a grass skirt now and be an observant Muslim converted with the edge of the sword.
Many of them left the comfort of their relatively developed homes to come to mosquito infested lands to educate the natives and build hospitals churches and schools .
You caused your own poverty with poor leadership,greed, callousness and selfishness
In 1983 I exchanged 50 Nigerian naira for almost 40 pounds Sterling. Now fifty naira cannot buy you biscuits in Nigeria but you can get an android phone for 40 pounds albeit a small one. Is Britain responsible for that.
Nigerians are the destroyers of Nigeria but they always look for foreigners to blame.
Yahoo Yahoo destroys an economy as it erodes trust. If you are an American looking to outsource a remote work ,deciding between Nigeria and India, would you go for Nigeria.
Is Britain responsible for kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria .
Are they the ones looting the treasury and subverting the will of the people.
Maybe they are the ones increasing prices in Nigeria unilaterally and causing relentless inflation. I feel sorry for this country.

codemaniacs:
england did not build primary schools, secondary schools, universities, health centers, hospitals, stadiums, technical institutes, vocation centers, maternity hospitals, pediatric hospitals, sports centers, housing estates, roads e.t.c. all over Nigeria between 1830 and 1960 and after..

they took the billions they made from Nigeria and other places they colonized and used it to build england they did not use it to build Nigeria and the other places they colonized.

1) before the br:itish left Nigeria, the Br:itish from 1820 - 1960 did not build one university, our number of primary and secondary schools were very low, br:itish did not build smooth roads all over Nigeria , no housing estates, no plans for clean water for communities, no hospitals, no universities, no teaching hospitals, no vocational centers, no power plants, majority of the private companies where owned by the br:itish and they only gave Nigerians clerical work which is what the education system they gave us is meant to produce office assistants.


All the developments you see in Nigeria today from Abuja to lagos to calabar to Akwa-ibom to oyo to Enugu e.t.c are all built by Nigerians, our parents, our grand parents e.t.c the br:itish left Nigeria to rot. Everything you had and have the privilege of enjoying in Nigeria was and is through the hardwork of parents, grand parents, and other Nigerians.

2) the bri:tish leave the people more devastated than they earlier met them. If not for the hardwork and peaceful nature of our ancestors in southern Nigeria, southern Nigerians will be in poverty because the bri:tish created Nigeria in a way where Northern and Southern Nigeria will engage in endless wars...

3) after over 140 years in Nigeria.. the british did nothing for Nigeria and Nigerians..

I can only hope that you are being sarcastic otherwise I weep for this country. This country is gone. Nigeria used to have a reading culture but the poverty manufactured by the politicians has eroded that., after all a hungry man cannot read

Jakarta:
Haha Buhari worked like a dog? anything to console yourself.

Like I said, not all eyes can see.The devil has his ways of creating work for the wicked.

Myrepublic:
Na lie. Even if you make money legally,if you go paying to stay in hotels, importing prostitutes,and doing drugs,Oga your money will go without investing it.
The problem of these fraudsters is that they don't invest, except for some wise few who today are employers of labor. Some are your leaders today allegedly.

You are actually making my point for me. When you make money legally, you will be highly unlikely to fritter it away on fast living, unscrupulous women and meaningless things but money made in an evil way would drag you to those things whether you like it or not.

Jakarta:
Thats a primitive man's belief. Our politicians are being cursed on daily basis, yet they are still living well.

Are you sure. Buhari worked like a dog to the very end of his life without rest instead of relaxing with his grand children but still achieved nothing tangible and was cursed by many upon his death. Tinubu is making the same mistake. Working ceaselessly to achieve nothing, only mirages .Everybody has eyes but not everybody really sees.

PulaPower:
If your point is true, then how come USA and Uk etc were able to developed and do good for themselves? You know how many curse money they harnessed all around the world and still harnessing?

The US and the UK did bad things but also did a lot of good things as well.600 thousand Americans died in the American civil war to eradicate slavery and Britain brought civilization to dark places at huge sacrificial cost.When you are defrauding people,you are only doing bad things and the victims would not wish you well.

Jakarta:
Yahoo has come to stay, there is nothing the government or police can do about it. You arrest 10 today 100 will come tommorow. In my area, yahoo is is now regarded as a poorverty elevation program from above. It's unfortunate that most of them squander their money on drugs, clubbing, and other unesecassry frivolities.

Lol, cursed money will never do anything good and long lasting.

This thread has proven to me that most Nigerians are not clued up at all . I really feel sorry for this country that lacks joined up thinking despite massive investment in education.
Even a fool knows that North Korean peasantry is being exploited

Daejumong:
Dear Jerry Eze, it is wrong to wear boxers to the gym! You are a pastor to millions. You need to respect your office and the people who see you as their spiritual father.

Pls learn from the brother beside you-that’s the appropriate way to dress to the gym!

Does Jerry Eze’s wife feel comfortable with her husband wearing boxers to the gym? Does she feel happy that he posts pictures of himself in boxers on social media? Is she comfortable with women seeing and assessing him in boxers at the gym and on line?

Lol, ignorant people everywhere. That's the kind of shorts I wear for exercise especially for leg days. Why are people so ignorant.

Fynx:
Haha. Nana the slave dealer is now a strong man who fought the British. Stop the crap. Nana's only fight was to oppose British stoppage of slavery and British efforts to deal directly with traders eliminating middle men like Nana.

Nana is no hero.

Good luck trying to educate the daftness out of people

2mch:
Maybe you and your family members are the ones you are talking about. Certainly not most Nigerians.

Lol, truth is bitter and uncomfortable but it must be faced. Unfortunately a disproportionate percentage of Nigerians are criminally minded.The worst thing is that many of them are not even aware of it.

emeraldlife:
The prices nor be here o.
I'd rather patronise local vendors.

It might also get stolen in transit,customs might also put heavy import duty on it as well.

Eniolohunda:
Nake Nigeria too revise their policies and tighten their borders. Period.

Llo,who wants to come to Nigeria and be kidnapped or extorted by the police.

cris83:
I use GTB and they never sent me this email up till now. It seems the cards are selective.

Just use the card and see if it goes through. They might have forgotten to send you the email. They forgot my birthday email this year as well.