₦airaland Forum

LegendHero:
We are our problem, we don’t offer constructive criticism in Nigeria, it’s about condemning everything everytime ever since 1900. I understand the frustration is much but sometimes we gotta be at least reasonable in criticism coz why can you start to judge a governor that hasn’t even used up to a year.

Nigeria with the rubbish 90 day report sheet that hasn’t yield any meaningful result but mediocre. Which nation builds everything in 3 month to judge a sitting governor!

Humans are the only animals that will asslick and defend their oppressors because of what they will eat.

Posterity will judge you for trading your conscience and humanity because of daily bread.

makizee:
You are ill informed, a mega city simply means a city state with a population in excess of 10 Million inhabitants, it does not even have anything to do with the level of infrastructures there, Lagos is a struggling mega city as it has many challenges to deal with, so you see, your pictures of New York Manhattan District is faux de parte

No it's not. According to the a particular organisation UN, yes Lagos is a megacity.

But in other terms, Lagos only has the population but not matching infrastructure and therefore doesn't qualify as a megacity according to several other schools of thought.

9jaRealist:
A megacity is defined SOLELY by size...
The ordinary (UN) definition is a city of 10 million or more.

Accordingly, Lagos is a megacity.
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According to UN... Thanks for chipping that in.

Now I'm of the school of thought that a city with high population and matching infrastructure is what qualifies to be a megacity. So I'm not in the wrong.

Exponental:
To be sincere.... Bicycle should be encouraged in Lagos.

Good initiative but will the overbloated African ego in us allow us to come to terms with a potentially viable solution to traffic problems in Lagos? Everyone wants to own cars and blast hot loud stereo music to show off to their neighbours.

Lagos is a really small town and biking around will not be as cumbersome as it is in the UK or Netherlands for example.

The attached image is me riding from Ikotun-Egbe to Eko-Bridge on a cold morning. 1hr 30mins. Even in the afternoon the time would be roughly the same. Can't say the same for a car in the afternoon.

uuzba:
The only problem with bicycle is where to park it safety.
In China, they did a mass bicycle scheme. One type of heavy government bicycle. You rent it for the day. Return it and collect your money. But at the end, people found it difficult to park the bikes properly and just started dumping them untop of each other. Government now stopped that scheme.
The story is up on YouTube.
UK find it difficult not ride bike. Americans find it difficult also. Only Nederland use bicycles. And I think Belgium as well.

Parking is the LEAST problem when it comes to bicycle.

Get a two-wheeler (motorcycle or bicycle) and filter traffic to work. If enough people do this, traffic jam will be a thing of the past in Lagos. But this is nigeria. Everyone wants to buy cars to show off to their family and friends. Be different.

I hate to be the guy, but Lagos is not a megacity. Yes, the potential is there. But as it stands, the state is retrogressing. Not quite befitting for the megacity description.


Attached is how a megacity looks and feels like.

LordReed:
Even when I was a Christian I struggled with the idea that Jehovah wanted me to dance alone in my room just so he can watch me and be pleased. It sounds creepy and crummy.

I can relate with this. Although I often thought it was never enough. I usually pondered about how many churches would be singing praises to god every other sunday and it suddenly occured to me why a self-acclaimed omnipotent deity would need to be verbally massaged by his own handwork.

Maximus69:
@bolded question!

That's a totally wrong concept Sir, God doesn't need anything of such.

All he wanted is for intelligent creatures {humans} to live happily and peacefully without anything making them fear!

It's false religions that has misrepresented him in so many ways, causing confusion. But when you come in contact with his true representatives, you'll marvel at the high intellect of TRUE Christians!

The commandment were god demands worship for himself and himself only indicates that god's needs human worship.

Humans are not the only intelligent creatures. If god was willing and able to make us live happily and peacefully -which honestly would be great- why did he create evil? Why does he not end it?

Have you heard of the epicurean paradox?

Maximus69:
There you go again you misinformed Churchgoer, you were NEVER a Christian!

I was busy at work I was going to post this as an afterthought 2.

The "no true Scotsman fallacy" is a sub-set of this egotistical belief-set. The idea that the Christian belief is perfect and so perfect to the extent where no 'true follower' would renounce it is ignorant and self-absorbant.

The Muslim also thinks the same; "Ex-muslims were never true Muslims to begin with." Same goes for Judaists, Buddhists and Hindus.

This logic would suggest people migrating out of Nigeria for whatever reasons where never 'true nigerians' to begin with? In like manner, Americans leaving their country to Europe were never true Americans right? Of course not.

Does it not occur to you how arrogant and narcissistic that sort of belief is?

Sowore has backed the wrong horse. He should have known better than fighting for ungrateful Nigerians.

Well I didn't expect less from a country where the average IQ is less than 75.

Afterthought 1:

Some Christians claim that living a good life is not enough to get a human into heaven except a belief in Jesus is compulsory confessed and confirmed.

How ridiculously arrogant does this belief sound? Why would a good god send a good person to hell simply because they didn't recite a statement of 3 lines?

Our knowledge of science rightly suggests that we have 8 planets in our solar system and we have multiple thousands of solar systems(and I'm pretty conservative with that estimate) in our galaxy, the Milky Way.

From the above, we can deduce that we cannot but have anything short of millions of planets existing in our galaxy alone. There are equally millions of galaxies in the universe.

This brings the possible number of planets to mind-boggling numbers. In the quintillions.

Now Theists, specifically Abrahamic theists,(Muslims, Judaists and Christians)believe that a god created this incredibly vast universe with the intent to have a personal relationship with them. Some believe that a god who made all these cares about what we wear as clothes or what we eat and who we have sex with.

Why would it make sense to think a god in all that might needs us to remind him every Friday/Saturday/Sunday about how great he is?

I find this to be a very narcissistic, self-centered and arrogant belief to hold.

Thoughts?

Bullshit. Y'all will get this request if and only if

1. You ask for permission from people before you start preaching in buses and other public spaces.

2. You ask for permission before installing deafening loudspeakers in your churches in residential areas.

3. You stop imposing your religious morals, doctrines and values on unbelievers of your religion in government parastatals e.g public universities and workplaces.

You cannot be a nuisance in the society because of your religion and cry foul when it fights back.

fourhayz:
Rema,FireBoy and JoeBoy can take up the bigger Mantle of African Music in little time.

Because;
-Olamide is a Finished product

-Wizkid having less time to dish out good music

-Davido would settle down with Chioma anytime soon.

You have a point but are you sure about Olamide. His oil and gas song is a mad jam.

Totori too is topping the charts. Even though Wizkid and Baddo were featured. Davido's blow my mind is an absolute jam. don't think they're finished man.

farem:
What has your irreligion achieved. Be specific

Secular laws aka irreligious laws are superior to religious laws.

This can be observed in secular countries in contrast to religious ones.

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Science is partly based on secularism and not at all on religion. Surely you are not ignorant of the achievements of Science?
A lot of religious claims have been discarded by science and scientific explanation.

No scientific claim has ever been discarded by religion.

That alone completely drills religion to the underground beside irreligiousness.

Religion has done more bad than good to humanity and its progress. But when I see humanitarian acts like these I can at least I can put my disgust on hold till they continue to prove me right again.

Buhari please increase the pump price to 200NGN please.

If you do this you will be blessed beyond measures amd you'll earn my loyalty forever. Everybody must feel this heat of incompetence.

Buhari will increase price of petroleum Insha Allah amin

Buhari will increase price of petroleum Insha Allah amin

Buhari will increase price of petroleum Insha Allah amin
Buhari will increase price of petroleum Insha Allah amin

ElRapido:
Tell me you are exaggerating. How do they survive there?

I am not exaggerating. In fact, I am making an understatement. There has not been power supply in the environs of Ekiti State University for 6 solid years now(My initial post of 4 was inaccurate.) You can look this up on google or ask anyone who is a student or frequents the state.

TOPCRUISE:
Nigerian students can be crazy when it comes to welfare issues

But the government that failed to provide the "welfare" to the students despite receiving exorbitant fees isn't crazy, right?

What kind of a country is this? Where asking for your right is termed crazy.

EKSU for example hasn't had power on campus/off campus hostels since 2015. Yes, you read that right. No spark of PHCN light in an area of some 10,000 nigerian students since at least 4 years ago.

Sick of living a country where this is termed normal.

am4truth:
My people perish for lack of knowledge says my Bible. If the product is invisible, it does to your ignorant mind....I pity your arrogance. Time will tell...proud and empty.

Typical religious bullshït.

fortran12:
so in your mind Jesus never existed?

Historical sources say he doesn't. But even if he did, he most probably isn't the magical Jesus a lot of Christians have been made to believe. This is mostly why the Jews don't believe in Jesus. Either ways it proves that all religions, including Christianity is false.

Ain't she a fraudster herself selling people an invisible product from the Middle east.

SenorFax:
Too bad.

Nairalanders should be more careful these days especially the atheists.
Before someone sends you thunder and you will think it's natural, brother, nothing is natural about thunder striking you. Village people are real.

Lmao. You don't actually mean this right?

Denikayan:
Sango Olukoso
Akata yeri yeri
Arabambi Oko Oya
Alaafin, ekun bu, a sa
Eleyinju ogunna
Olukoso lalu
Ina l’oju Ina l’enu
A ri igba ota, sete
O fi alapa segun ota re


Kabieyesi O!



May the soul of the departed rest in peace. And may Eledumare grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss.

Thunder is a completely natural phenomenon. No supernatural involved at all.

Mustsucceed:
...I can't even say I fear for you .you go soon know

Your belief in god is based on fear.

iammiracle1:
Funny nation, we have accepted hardship and conditioned our minds to stress and poverty mentality, even Jeff Bezos the richest man in the world insists that no matter what he is to do the next day or he is working on currently, he always has complete 7-8hrs sleep, he wakes up by 6am daily also, compare to Elon Musk who says he sleeps only 2-3hrs complains that he is now overworked and has to smoke marijuana to de-stress, trust me maami when your priorities change your body would rebrand, my sis wakes up by 3:30am to prepare for work, she is used to it now but complains that the stress is getting to her, how long would ahe keep up with such lifestyle? Burn out b4 she even hits 40? Now she is actively looking for a new job, life nah jeje, rest easy...

Thank you. Judging by the majority of comments here, it shows how archaic and ignorant the mentality of most nairaland users are. Sleep is a necessity not a luxury.

Not everyone are morning persons. And some people just require that ray of sunshine to get their body ready for the day. It doesn't make them any less human or hungry for success than the "early risers" are.

If you wake by 4:30am. Good for you. If you wake by 8:30am good for you. What matters is smart work not hard work.

It seems people just want to feel good about themselves and their way of life here. And will judge, insult and bash anyone else who isn't living according to their "standard" way of life.

Typical of the juvenile and unintelligent forum Nairaland has become.

morpheus24:
Stop double talking. I said the bible advocated Slavery. Is the Old testament not part of the bible. Is there anywhere it was abolished or did Jesus disapprove of it. If not then why not?

I love it when Christians dismiss the Old Testament. At least they admit that their 'all-knowing' god could be wrong about a lot of things.

Btw

The new testament supports slavery. Ephesians 6vs5.

henrixx:
both of you are inhuman. dont compare your evil with another man's evil to justify your evil. What is bad is bad.

If youre a Gay. Quit bro
There's everything wrong with been a gay. Its 100% absurd

What FÜČKING right do you think you have to tell other people how to use their FÜČKING genitals?

How about condemning the FÜČKING Bible that endorses slavery, rape, tyranny, talking snakes and donkeys and the FÜČKING subjugation of women? One little advice for you hypocritical and homophobic religious nutjobs: MIND YOUR FÜČKING BUSINESS!

Weldone ladies. You have done us proud again. Having the backs of the Eagles by defeating Algeria in the semis. Kudos to the keeper for singlehandedly dragging the team to glory. Y'all are virtuos women.

Maybe a female president is what we need to restore Nigeria back to her glory days.

My guy waiting you de wait for? Hustle make you leave naija. Naija don cast.

Hustle and leave this dead country behind.

coluka:
This is one motor vehicle you won't catch me dead riding on

That's assuming people don't also die in auto accidents. It's better to promote safe riding and driving than discouraging people from doing what they really want. Even pedestrians get killed while walking along the road. Risk only exists when you don't know what you're doing.

We ride bicycles instead. Go green, save the planet, stay fit, avoid traffic. Ride a bicycle to work and everywhere else.