₦airaland Forum

Sagamite:
Only a white man would find such skinny pack of bones as attractive and call it pretty. 

I was disgusted half of the time and wondered why she was not wearing a vest under her suit to cover scraggy, bony pulmonary cavity instead of flaunting it bare.

Maybe you can read for yourself and see frustration with how you insult another human. Disgusted by a human being. bobs, you try well.
This is unacceptable to me. However, it shows our different levels of maturity.

Sagamite:
You are talking about frustrated people?

You that saw a filming of someone in a church and got offended and thought it was some conspiracy theory?

If a neutral reads our exchanges, it will be obvious who seems offended or who can easily be offended.

Sagamite:
Obviously your opinion does not have to be right, it would be nice if it was, as it would generate and award you respect. But that said, that should not give you the free will to vomit moronic opinions. Especially ones that try to promulgate discord and hatred amongst people and groups of the world. When you make such irritating and moronic promulgations, I attack you, as your likes (at a aggregate cascaded level) make the world a less safe place for the rest of us, as your "us" vs "them" mentality can lead to division and violence.

Now to come to why your predisposition is moronic:

Are you telling me that a vast majority of girls that sleep with married men or even the pastor do not frequent churches in Nigeria?

Are you telling me even postitutes do not visit churches in Nigeria?

Are you telling me Nigeria's corrupt looters do not visit churches frequently?

So why do you think incorporating a church is somehow a way of portraying Nigerians as dodgy people instead of it being a innocuous portrayal of reality (even if YOU are embarassed about it)?

I am least embarrassed about it guy. Trust me, even if you don’t have to / want to. In fact, I have watched episode 1 & 2 twice.

If I felt personally hurt, do you think I will have just made the comment as a one liner without hitting back at the guys who produced the movie and their country?

Calling me a slowpoke is quite offensive, but I don’t need to call you names.

It’s quite unbelievable how there could be loads of frustrated people on NL.

@Sagamite

Sagamite:
What did you see in the film that led you to that conclusion?

All I saw was they should people attending a church and the preacher preaching. What in that 2 min clip led you to the conclusion that "they were trying to portray was that Nigerians are dodgy people and use religion (in this case, Christianity) to cover up their real character"?

First of all, my opinion doesn't have to be right.

Secondly, a movie doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted in any particular way. Atimes, directors want different viewers to have different reasons behind a scene.

A girl who hangs around in a night club / hang out and sits in the middle of the church or should i say just behind the front pew during the day.

Well, i have an opinion on this, maybe you can share yours.

Sagamite:
How did you come to that conclusion?

What they were trying to portray was that Nigerians are dodgy people and use religion (in this case, Christianity) to cover up their real character.

Swissess:
Can somebody please explain to me why the British guy was killed in the end?
I did not get that,

British guy was purportedly killed from my own understanding by the Nigerian government. This was done so they can blame MEND and thereby get universal approval to wage terror on MEND.

With regard to the church, it was a smear on Nigeria.

I think this story was written by a South African…like a follow up to district 9.

Most vernacular sounded funny becos it was spoken by a non-Nigerian African.

@webmaster
Try this. it might work

http://vodpod.com/watch/3338572-bbc-iplayer-blood-and-oil-episode-1

I just think before we criticise people for non performance, we should scrutinise ourselves and activities and see what we have one for the Nigerian economy ourselves.

the minister of info has the following functions: http://www.fmic.gov.ng/pages.asp?Index=195

* To serve as the Federal Public Information outfit responsible for professional policy-making,planning, gathering, processing, packaging and dissemination of essential and vital information which will enhance and facilitate democratic governance of Nigeria as a Federal Republic.

* To provide professional information services which will project the image and reputation of the Federal Government and her people as a responsible society.

* To develop, design, institutionalize appropriate and generally acceptable public information and communication policies which will promote information management and control in a democratic society.

* To initiate action programmes, policies, rules and regulations which will ensure the existence and maintenance of civilized and orderly information and communication systems in Nigeria consistent with acceptable cultural and conventional norms and ethics of the Nigerian people and world community.

* To provide broad and specific guidelines for development management and operation of print and electronic media for education, public enlightenment, entertainment and socio-economic and political development and orientation. In this respect, the Ministry maintain appropriate relationship with he Press and the Government.

* To conduct research, surveys and studies which will enhance better understanding of the relevance,impact and approach to public information and their implications for public policies and programmes.

* To provide general printing and publishing services to all ministries for effective public administration and to educational, business and international organizations for their use.

* To represent Nigeria at International level for conferences on information


If she hasn't done anything for her constituent. Too bad.
I will pass that blame to her state governor or whoever nominated or renominated her for the post of minister.

Rhymz, nice comment. We should let sleeping dogs lie.

Even if we dont want, the senate has done the needful.
Dora is a minister again.

I have never believed in using bad belle to sack a politician.
Let them do well or fail and posterity will judge their performance.
I dont care if as a minister you are loyal to your presido or not (i leave this for the politicians), as far as you perform your role and you are loyal to your constituency and Nigeria as a whole.

There's no point getting personal with them politicians. I asked someone on this forum who claimed Dora was very high handed and helped certain companies go against the law. The person never responded to show any fact.

Dem say dem hear is usually the order of the day.

Kobojunkie:
The Communication minister is NOT the president's spoke's person or some assistant to the president. The Communication minister is a PART of the executive council in some way. Do you really see other Ministry's in much the same way you have chosen to see this one?
Ministers are in on meetings, not as NOTE-TAKERS (which seems to be what many are trying to make her particular job into) but as contributors. Read her own WORDS to understand that she was not there to take NOTES while other ministers decide what next. She was there as one of them. Read her job description.

Lol . . . . I ask you questions to help clarify the meaning in the statements YOU made, makes me the ignorant one? LOL Anyways, when you get to answering the question, let me know. Even Rilwanu Lukman, who was also a minister, could not make the same atrocious claim. But you are here to tell us that a whole minister had information shoved down her throat and that is reason for the lies she told the nation? Isn’t that too convenient an excuse?

That is NOT TRUE. According to Akunyili, Jonathan had spoken to the president and this was back in December. Less than 72 hours later, a rebuttal came from Jonathan that he had not spoken to the president. Both were in the same meeting. Then it was discovered that NONE of the Governors, FEC members had spoken to the President. In fact, the BBC airing was the first time anyone heard from the president and we all knew this, well, those who were actually following events knew this, from back before the broadcast. It was obvious from back in early December that NO ONE had heard from or seen the president.

I am sorry but when I see rubbish/hooey being sold me as fact, I call it as I sees it. If you feel you need to attack my person next, fine and that will give me all I need to know of the kind of mind I am discussing this issue with. All I have done so far is explain that this issue has to do with records, information available to all Nigerians. Choosing to ignore facts, doctor up claims, to make some new push is not going to help us as a nation.

@Kobojunkie
I said she tells the public through the press what general position was taken by all in an EXCOF meeting. I never said Info minister is the presidents spoke’s person.
I never said the VP knew anything more about the president. You insinuated that. Check all my posts and tell me where you read that.
When did Akunyili say Jonathan spoke to the president? I never heard that, maybe you can point me and any other interested person to your source.
So when we all knew that no one had spoken to president, did DORA not stand up and made her opinion on the matter known?
I have never sold a dummy to anyone. I only gave my opinion on the matter.
Maybe I should ask you what you actually think of the country Nigeria and the way forward for us.

Kobojunkie:
She knew exactly what everyone else knew. She was part of the FEC meetings and so what she knew was likely ALL what everyone else in the meeting knew.

EXCOF meetings are not informal meetings. They only discuss what is on the agenda. Because youa re a minister does not mean you have as much info as everyone in the EXCOF. In your office or business, does everyone have the same level of information?

By Whom? Who had the authority to TELL the minister of Communication, who reports to the President, what to say? The VP? Mind you, the VP also did not know anything more about the president.

You sound very ignorant when you make such statement. Who do you think is expected to brief the press on the outcome of an EXCOF meeting?  Do you think EXCOF decisions are individual decisions? 



Wrong! She is minister of communication and does not have to REPORT LIES. There is NOthing in her Job that DEMANDS she echos the exact thouughts of the president as if they were her own.


[color=#990000]As I was saying, she wasn’t reporting lies. She was reporting what was communicated to her during EXCOF meetings. Some guys claimed they had spoken and seen the president. Was she going to say her fellow honourable ministers were lying. She only made this statement after it was obvious nobody had access to Mr President.

Rubbish!!! Are you making these things up or something? Communicating what another says on an issue is Not the same as communicating your own thoughts on the issue. Again, what changed from Decemeber to February? Remember, we have a constitution and it did not change in that time. We also know that none of the ministers, governor's etc had seen or heard from Yar adua in that time as well. So what changed?

You don’t have the audacity to say my opinion or comment is rubbish. You are disillusioned and one of those that never sees or recognises good in anybody. You come across as a self serving individual who is always right and has nothing to contribute than listening to your own voice at its loudest.[/color]

@kobojunkie
Just to bring to your notice that i will rather have a 2 mouthed Dora as my minister than have a see no good in anybody as my minister.

chosen04:
When did she start telling "her truth?" When it was obvious that Yar'adua wasnt coming back and power was about changing hands?-(Its called mere opportunism). Will she have opened up if power wasnt about changing hands? Will it have taken her more than 60 days to "sincerely" spoke the truth? your guess is as good as mine.

I will never support "mere opportunism"

She could only report what she knew. As at today, she still hasnt seen the president. When she was reporting he was recovering, she was told to say that. Do you realise becos an Info minister says something does not mean the person agrees to it. As info minister, you communicate to the press what was agreed in EXCOF.

Her shout out was a personal call, when she obviously suspected something fishy.

chosen04:
Your quoting and interpreting my statement is wrong!!

Seems you know a lot about Dora's past. Why not do a petition to EFCC with facts, rather than making noise on a forum bastardising someone without evidence?

You are probably the most positive active person on Nairaland. You usually take your time to assist all of us.
Thanks once again. I never used your advices, but i knew i could always steal some of the ideas posted.
Anyways, please don't let the foolishness of some rob others of your invaluable contributions.

Remember, if pastors or imams closed shop because their members stole from the church/ mosque or anywhere, we probably wont have any place of worship today.
Regards.

Timaya: All the way from Bayelsa and hin break into Lagos market,

romero:
Oceanic Bank wants to give me 10% on N1ml for fixed deposit. I understand FD is subject to negotiations. You will benefit better if your investment is huge.

But on the other hand, i understand one can get 3% per month if it is SAVINGS. This means one can get up to N30,000 in a month on N1ml

We just need to do survey sometimes. I mean we must be inquisitive.

LET US LEARN TO ASK REASONABLE AND RELEVANT QUESTIONS.

No where in the world will you get savings interest at 3% per month, its an annual payment paid monthly, To keep it simple, you get 30k divided by 12 as interest every month.

ireke:
Come to think of it, if the man died at 55, that means he was about 26 when he won the ACN with the Eagles in 1980. Segun Odegbami is now 57 and I don't think these people have reasons to have falsified their ages. These guys retired soon after 1980 and I'm wondering why Nigerian footballers (especially those that belong to that generation) retire so early. Is it all about the poverty and lack of training materials?

Injury problems?:

mbulela:
make dem leave Jayjay make im concentrate for him night club business, i beg.
that spot is tight and i will feel his impact there than joining Amodu.
besides, i wonder what he has to offer.

All my stay on nairaland, i have never seen such humour.LWKMD.

otukpo:
Infidelity - when the man is more interested in tasting every other thing in skirt instead of putting his house in order

Selfishness - some pple enter into marriage just to get all they can get from the other

@Otukpo
Not only men are infidels. Women always make this mistake.

These guys were in Aberdeen, Scotland last friday and they were puyanga----ing. Not bad, just that their interludes were not well rehearsed

Nezan:
a-beg, no go turn dem into slaves-o. This one wey una go siddon for one place, send people make dem go sell products for una

What's this? What do you think the banks, multinationals etc do?

@poster
U don kolo finish!!!

@Moneygurl
I am not sure you want an accountant general who was not told what to expect by way of an agenda when he was going to the summons to just churn out any figure as being debt profile of a state, no matter how technologically advanced the financial set up they have.

You guys like controversy, he tells the house 50billion naira, then commissioner comes next week and says 60billion naira, then you guys say they are not serious.

Debt profile is not kept daily. The house can decide that they provide such statistic every quarter for review.

erico2k2:
Man, there aint no list as its the clearing agents who fix the price and as you know in Nigeria there aint no uniform pricing system as far as there aint no regulations,N250 to clear my car God forbid, thats why people still send cars to Cotonou saves you nearly 100K if your eyes strong.

i will rather pay an extra 100k for the car to go dirctly to Naija, rather than have sleepless night hoping fire drivers will bring it home safe.

Is it true you need N250k to clear your car from the ports,

texazzpete:
There is no WAP enabled iPod touch. So that's a FAIL any way.

Well, it has a full web browser, am not so techy,

ugbeda:
u must have a WAP enabled ipod to do just . for settings and manual configurations call : 08032695520 or visit me @ 35B, ladipo bateye street, gra, ikeja , lagos. mY Names are: Samson Ugbeda. thank you.

Might be referring to the ITouch, which is just an advanced Ipod or and Iphone without the fone functionality

DY:
Hello house, does anybody have any info on the just resurrected Savannah bank? Will they meet the 25b capital base? when will they start recruiting? and any other info, please share with the house. Thanx y'all

Folks, Savannah Bank Plc is currently undergoing restructuring, recapitalisation etc and it is being done in conjunction with the supposed to be biggest Investment Bank in Nigeria called BGL Limited.

@Everyone
Important points for online banking

Your bank is never going to request for any information via email. they can tell you to go to the nearest branch to verify any detail.

Cheers folks.

rasputinn:
Facebook of all places,how so reduced

Facebook has more than 200 million people registered.

Do you think everyone that you meet in church is holy?