₦airaland Forum

ellagabs:
covid19 and high profiled people are like 5 & 6

The selective testing of politicians, senior civil servants and businessmen by NCDC is what is giving it such coloration in Nigeria. The drivers, cooks and errand boys of these people are likely to be infected but does the NCDC really care about those ones? How many average citizen calls and gets tested by NCDC?

Esseite:
You have 262 tests and 81 came out positive, whom probably have been moving about normally until the symptoms started showing...

God help Nigeria..

The testing rate in Nigeria is horribly slow. We need to be really alarmed. Testing 262 people and getting 65 confirmed cases means 25% of the people tested are positive. South Africa with 1,000 out of 20,000 shows a rate of 5% positive which is five times lower than ours and yet they declared curfew well before we did.

Research from New York and Wuhan case show that people may be positive and not exhibit symptoms and yet be highly contagious! It is stupid to base matters on those showing symptoms only!

175:
Nice expose!

However, in modern times, it's so obvious that Constitutional Democracy and Unconstitutional Monarchy can not flow together.

The way the Emir of Kano was demystified says much about the waning down of monarchy.

The monarchy is not the problem. It is the character and malaise of our politicians in punishing criticism and subduing the populace. What they have done to journalists and human right activists is what the have extended to monarchy to let us know that they will not condone anyone telling them the truth they don't want to hear. And in all of it, the people are the worse for it.

MrBrownJay1:
use your brain..... Asians and Africans have been eating these animals (AND WORSE) for generations, and nothing happened to them....now suddenly, this coronavirus happens and you actually think stopping eating these would help?! did the people stop eating cow when there was the mad cow diseases?! stop believing all the rubbish the are feeding us... the CORONAVIRUS was probably created in a lab.

Prior to the seventies and eighties, you could pick a random partner and have sex without protection and not be scared of HIV/AIDS. Doing that today is gambling with you life. Many many decades ago, you could scoop water from the river and drink without issues. Today, doing that is playing with your life.
The reality is that with polluted rivers, toxic wastes and what have you finding their way into rivers, oceans and dumpsites from which wild animals feed, you eat wild animals at your own risk!!! Furthermore, drugs act differently in various animals and the fact that some animals feed on others may create chemical reactions that lead to other issues. For example Vultures in India have been found to die after feeding on cattle that was treated with Diclofenac. (source: https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/vultures-in-india-close-to-extinction-because-of-cattle-drug-1.361882)

Poultry and cattle reared under watchful conditions are safer because often times what they eat is regulated. We shouldn't be in a haste to label warnings as rubbish because we have not given them the deep though and analysis it requires!

babyfaceafrica:
Aláàfin should have kept quiet too.. No be everything elder dey talk.. But this king and Fayemi no well!

It will be foolishness for your neighbour's house to be burning and you will be playing and telling yourself you are minding your business!

That Fayemi is serving the Ekiti Kings with letters shortly after the deposing of Emir Sanusi is not coincidental. The desecration of Traditional Institutions by poiticans should not be the concern of only the Obas or Emirs currently affected.

AfroKnight:
Only a dàft person would exalt a king above the first citizen of a state government, who determines and pays the king’s salary.

It appears your little education was a waste.

Governors are not first citizens but rather first servants of the State. Bastardizing Traditional Institutions for the sake of politicians who are of not even epitomes of good citizen and supporting politicians to silence criticism is injurious to the society in the long run. In Nigeria we like absolute power and unsurprisingly we are the worst people to entrust with such power!

How often do you see politicians in Britain and Japan messing with the Queen or Emperor for ego sake?

Afamed:
Charge and bail PDP lawyer

Don't mind the lawyer. They have shown to the world that the basis for obtaining their temporary suspension order on Oshiomole was mischievous.

The order was to be for temporary suspension pending the hearing of the case brought against Oshiomole. If it is now overturned for procedural lapses, how can it be a source for crisis in APC? If they want to remove Oshiomole they should do it the proper way instead of through the back door!

AroleOduduwa2:
Kano high Court overturning Abuja high Court. Nigeria judiciary keep embarrassing herself.

Federal High Court in Kano versus FCT High Court (equivalent of State High Court).

beardedboy:
Firstly, it's wrong to insult other people's religion especially if it is a religion that is constitutionally accommodated. So that man should be apprehended for his sacrilege.

Secondly, those uttering insults above should be banned for their religiois intolerance. If we check now, they're from "religion of love". Religion of love indeed when they're the ones that go about insulting otger people's religion. But if their "lord, saviour and messiah" is called gay now they'll be kicking (bucket).

Finally, I urge the northerners to be calm and law-abiding. However they shouldn't desist in creating awareness till the culprit is punished.

A true Muslim understands that he cannot insult any of the Prophets. The irony of your comment is that not only Christians should get angry if Prophet Isa is called a gay. A lot of Muslims don't really imbibe the ways of the Qur'an when they start throwing insults at the people of the book.

LegendHero:
That law in itself sounds crazy. Why should they recruit someone just based on the fact that they’ve lived 20years in a locality.

So for example, if an herdsman lived in that particular community for 20years, he is entitled to be part of Amotekun too?

Just like the Miyetti Allah leader in Oyo that claimed he lived in Oyo state for several decades and even said he married a Yoruba. After all his utterances and provocations, this kind of law from Lagos means he also qualifies to be part of Amotekun right?

That you can join does not mean you will be allowed to join or that you are automatically a member! There are other terms and conditions and a screening process.

MelesZenawi:


Lolzzzz

The minister Mrs Farouq is indirectly saying Osinbajo is Incompetent....

More like the VP is a thief, setting up something with questionable dealings.

Is that not the woman that was reputed to have been cooking for Buhari and the CPC and almost became the second wife?
Her statement is less an indictment of the VP than an expression of her own incompetence in grappling with the complexities of her new position. Five months in office and still clueless about your portfolio? Come on!

thunder74:
Wahala dey. In this careless government? May the Lord protect us all.

They should have got the passenger manifest for the flight the guy came through and quarantined everyone. That is the most cautious way to handle the issue. Who know how many people the guy came in contact with on the flight and at the airport? Corona is airborne!

Vulcan24:
Who pays for their crime, whoever concieve this act of forgiving and granting reprieve in an ongoing war is complicit in it.

terrorist are tried, jailed and incarcerated away from the society. it's a fundermental crime against life and sanctity of life.

this recycling aids the growth of terrorism

Amnesty to terrorists is more or less negotiating with terrorists! It is never done because it simply encourages terrorism more.

Jaqenhghar:
Its your reasoning that is jaundiced and full of shít. Which sympathy do they show when they go acting like brutes? Only a fool will sympathize with his oppressors

If your reasoning is that because of a few bad eggs, all Military men are your oppressors, all Nigerians are 419 fraudsters, all Muslims are Boko Haram and all Edo girls are prostitutes, then you must applaud yourself for your "genius" and shallow thinking! What stereotype or generalization will you give yourself?!

AxelandRed:
Sometime last week while on my way to Apapa from Trade Fair, I got stuck in traffic at Orile and within seconds something heart wrenching happened.

A commercial bus driver (an aged man) stopped briefly to drop a passenger in one of the new narrow speed lanes. Trust me, this didn't take him up to 15 seconds.

In commando style, two naval officers who were driving behind him in a civilian car jumped out of their vehicle, dragged him out of the bus and flogged him mercilessly with a leather whip while the old man knelt down wriggling in pain and screaming. How dare him delay them for 15 seconds. Worse was the fact that these guys didn't look above 30yrs.

I felt guilty for being so helpless at the man's agony.

Before you express your sympathy at whatever misfortune that may have befallen this guy, just think about the bus driver above and the multitude of Nigerians who have had same misfortune or even worse in the hands of other uniformed personnel.

Your reasoning is jaundiced and saddening. An Edo State indigene is missing and someone decides to tell the story of Lawrence Anini to manipulate you not to have sympathy for the missing Edo man? Are all Edo men wicked thieves like Anini? Hell no! People who try to manipulate public opinion to deprive us of our humanity as quoted above and with such line of reasoning are nothing but Monsters that we should all be wary of.

kahal29:
Today at the Supreme Court....

"You can't reverse yourself again. It is against the constitution. Correct the errors in future matters"-

PDP Lawyer to Supreme Court

"Set your judgment aside, it is totally against any known law"

-Afe Babalola to Supreme Court


"You have clearly ruled in the Kogi election that once a winner emerges in an election, no court including the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to entertain such matter apart from an Election Tribunal. You have no jurisdiction as at the time you sat. Set it aside

- Wole Olanipekun

APC has valid points in the Bayelsa case just as PDP has valid points on the Imo case. What is surprising to me is the unanimity of the Supreme Court judges in the judgment in both cases.

thorpido:
We have said it on several occasions that there is a Christian version of Boko Haram.

Is this statement an admittance that there is a Muslim version?

It is better to keep quiet sometimes rather than speak and show yourself a fool.

Investigation is ongoing.Noone knows yet if he is a Christian,Muslim or even a pagan.

It is an indirect admission that Book Haram is Muslim.

voltron14:
They did make valid points unless you wish to be hypocritical.

The points are not valid at all in view of Section 10 of the constitution which prohibits the adoption of a State Religion.

All the marginalization they claim and much more can be claimed by Traditional Worshipers, Buddhists and other religion aside the major two in the country.

Truth be said, the worst culprit of the use of State resources to advance a particular religion in the country is Islam. Several examples abound in the Northern States where several states like Zamfara and Kano have tactically adopted Islam as a State Religion without regard for the constitution. Using State money to fund Hisbah police who now go about arresting people, destroying alcoholic drinks and means of livelihood for non-Muslims are clear violations of the constitution.

All the new noisemaking is a result of an aberration in the Judicial system that allowed an Islamic Jurist to make his way to the Supreme Court where he has no business to be, much less becoming the CJN. His degree and knowledge are fit only for Islamic Courts.

So let all the noisemakers shut up.

Racoon:
Gandollar has had the last laugh meaning it was useless standing up against him from the beginning.Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi-you have finally lost your respect & dignity to a dollar bribe stuffing crook.Spit!

You cannot blame Sanusi really. It is either he plays ball or gets removed and disgraced. It is the system that allows Ganduje to act with such level of impunity that you need to blame.

MoIbrahim:
MODs for balanced reporting, I suggest this response should also go to the FP

The public are well excused to be ignorant about admission process that is not completely transparent and the guidelines published.
There are no published list of admitted students to validate all the claims made by the writer. There are also no verifiable facts stated by the writer. They could at least state the name of the top 7 and their scores from Niger State as claimed.

Merit List should be publicly available for confirmation since they are supported by facts. Merit List that is still based on state of origin is not a pure merit list.

Finally, I can easily debunk the statement that ABU has the highest number of qualified applicants because the record from JAMB lists Unilorin at the top spot and the figures do no match with those claimed by the writer. Ref: https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/23/jamb-names-uniilorin-abu-uniben-subscribed-universities/

If I can debunk one publicly available fact, then others in the writers statement are subject to questioning.

seunmsg:
When are we having a regulatory commission to carry out similar investigation in Nigeria? The British brought Christianity to Nigeria and they are sensible enough to create a commission to regulate and investigate churches in their country. But in Nigeria, Churches are untouchable and pastors are beyond reproach.

The last time someone at Financial reporting council of Nigeria attempted to issue a regulatory code to guide the operation of churches, he was fired in less than a week after the issuance of the code.

In Nigeria, abuse of power and dishonesty is very rampant. As such the Government cannot be trusted to supervise religion in anyway, particularly when some have been using same government to advance a religion.

Paentera:
I actively scout NL for in-depth analogies and principles that tackle issues correctly identified and in a manner bereft of bias. Your observation and analogy is valid and spot on.

Now, I believe the spokesperson for IPPIS gave room for your observation by explaining that these will possibly be brought on board in the near future at the behest of the Executive who gave this same order. On the other hand, his premise for signing up those specifically drawing from the Consolidated Fund first is also valid and should be considered as some level of priority before signing up those who draw their pay from the revenue they generate.

It is obvious that with BVN, TIN and NIN all converging, a lot of loopholes and dodgy streams will be eliminated.

Steven Covey said and I quote: "You cannot talk yourself out of a situation you behaved yourself into..." The Nigerian Government has not been known as a keeper of its promises and people have reasons and justifications not to believe the government.

For a long time there have been hues and cries about the preferential and lopsided salary scales of workers at NNPC, CBNand FIRS as if they are not government workers and government has done nothing about it. At least the Nigeria Customs is also one of the major generators of revenue yet they don't have bogus salary scales. The antecedents therefore with the NNPC and Co is valid reasons not to believe government will do anything about bringing them under IPPIS.

The first step to bringing NNPC and Co under IPPIS is to first have all revenue go into the Consolidated Account without any deductions by collecting agencies. It is obviously encouraging fraud and bad for accountability to have collectors deduct from collections to pay their expenses and salaries before remitting the balance to the General Purse and for me that is a more pressing issue to attend to if govenment is sincere.

Catchfirez:
Na too carry USA FOR HEAD too much Hollywood movies. You think Usa is perfect, and they aren't corrubt because They are white, because it is FBI. I call this slave mentality. Do you know how many innocent people have been wrongly accused of crime they never commit and they went prison for it and after so many years they found out they are innocent.

I have never heard of any case of corporate fraud and money laundering in which someone was wrongly convicted. The defendants usually have money to hire good layers and the Government Agencies and Attorneys know that and therefore rarely bring false accusations!

jacquincy:
The greatest scam in civil/ public service is this ippis

IPPIS is not a scam. It is the selective implementation that should be questioned and corrected. The reason given for not including CBN, NNPC and FIRS is not valid.

A business entity does not consist only of marketers or sales people. Everyone is important. To make a rule that sales people pay themselves from sales because they generate revenue and should not be subject to general company payroll is very bad and selective business policy!

czaratwork:
Good move

USA is not like Nigeria, they are not swayed by sentiments and "agbero" tactics. Allen Onyema should just go and defend himself against the charges instead of all this drama!

JOHNSONSOLAFUNMI:
No be EFCC give judgement na

Don't mind him. The judge gave him a period of two weeks or more to appear before the court and give reasons to show that the house was not built with proceeds of corruption. Instead they are giving verbal reasons on Social Media.

YorubaHero12:
Lol, the CAN President is probably praying for Yahaya Bello to lose and instructing him to say Amen.

Do you know the meaning of Zombie? That is what you are!

C'mon delete your moniker before 3 market days coz the username "Righeousness" do not fit someone like you.

He honestly has a point. Assumption is not fact.
It is easy for anybody seeing Balaam the son of Beor praying afar with Balak the King of Moab to believe or assume he is cursing the Israelites and doing the bidding of Balak.

But such was not the reality, for Balaam cannot curse whom God has blessed and has not cursed.

No amount of prayers can work for the wicked. God is not mocked. Proverbs 11:12 says "Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished..."

seunmsg:
PDP is a party of hypocrites. If they agree with this judgement, they should have disagreed with the silly judgement that gave an illegal victory to Olujimi in Ekiti instead of ordering for a rerun.

The court of appeal should have a standard to follow as far as election petition is concerned. They cannot cancel the result of a local government in Ekiti as a result of violence and irregularities without ordering a rerun in the council while cancelling the result a local government council in Akwa Ibom for the same reason and ordering a rerun in the affected local government.

What is good for Akwa Ibom should be good for Ekiti. The judiciary should not promote double standard.

If the margin of votes with which one party is leading is higher than the cancelled votes, then there is no need for rerun. You need to have the exact facts to make a comparison.

cricifixo:
Try adjusting woman or are you fighting God?

I see a lot of people commenting as if the husband is devout and the woman's lack of religiosity is the problem.
If the husband is devout, is he following the recommendations of the Quran (i.e. Quran 4:34) in handling the matter? Obviously no. He still sleeps with her and eats her food. Furthermore he is avoiding his financial duties to the family by being stingy and keeping malice. So where is the devoutness on his part?

He knew the lady's weaknesses well before he married her and they have been married for 5 years and this attitude just started about a year ago.

The bottom line is either he wants another wife and he is looking for a flimsy excuse because he has been bound with a court wedding already, or there is something about the issue much deeper than what we have read from the lady. The religious angle to his approach is probably to look for an appealing reason to his parents when he makes the final move.

omenka:
Stupid lawyer. All they want is simply to see Buhari exchanging blows with Osinbajo and a presidency in tatters!

They don't give a shit what becomes of Osinbajo really.

You are absolutely right. If Ozekhome could predict situations as he claimed, he could have well predicted the defeat of his principal Alhaji Atiku at the Appeal and Supreme Courts on the Election Petition instead of wasting money and time chasing shadows.
So he has now become a lover of Osinbajo? I laugh!!!

BiggyB242:
Beside sex, your wife is headstrong, I pray you will be able to cope in future. Being a virgin doesn't make her a good wife; her character is most important and submissiveness.

Most people want spouses they can trust and who above all has the fear of God. Yet when they see the fear of God in action against their selfish desires they start having issues and complaining. Trust is based on integrity. People who don't stand by their words are not trustworthy. It is that simple.

princeade86:
hush puppy will be so happy by now

It seems the contrary is the case. They are birds of the same feather and no bird celebrates when the catapult hits a fellow bird on the same rope or tree.