Tupac AMARU Shakur!! Makevelli the Don!!!

Mehn I love Tupac for life! This dude had the biggest impact on my life next to my mother. If a genie gave me 3 wishes, I will ask for my mum to come back and Tupac.

I know every of Pac's songs and everything there's to know about Pac. I find myself on YouTube scouring for Pac's footages and the funny thing is that I am not alone in this. Tupac is simply timeless.

Many times I imagine how that night could have turned different and he lived.

Rest in Peace Pac big hommie! You were the elder brother I never had. Until the End of Time.

OJEEMAH:
You've been dropping too many singles lately. Pls, when should we expect the full album?

It seems to me that you've be scouting the internet looking for news that will either put Messi in a bad spot or probably steal the spotlight.

You have been defeated already. Kiss the truth and move on as this silent vendetta to assassinate, slander and discredit Messi's character won't erase or rewrite history.

You and the MODs have repeatedly shown bias and prejudice towards Messi but it didn't stop him from winning Copa America in grand style and also deliver the final punch to you haters by defeating the Almighty Lewandoski in the Balon D'or race.

You should know by now that nairalanders are not eligible voters and all efforts to rub Messi's achievements in the mud were proved futile by highly respected journalists cross the world. This was how they supported GEJ without PVC in 2015.

One goal from Ronaldo is enough to generate multiple front page materials but same MODs find it extremely difficult to push same content about Messi to FP. We know this and we have complained severally but the Pro- Ronaldo MODs have refused to make any form of adjustment.

Its no longer a secret that to make front page, all you have to do is carry out smear campaign against Messi.

Thierryjay, Unbitchable, Mangekyo, Numerouno94, Johnnypalmer, kilishihunter, Oyatainer, paulolee.

Wow! You can write! Your diction, flow, sentence structure, paragraphing, and punctuation are all impeccable. Please keep it up.

Always refreshing to find well-written posts in the midst of the overwhelming garbage one has to contend with these days, when one is reading this platform.

Reading all these, I decided to skip church today to really introspect on my Christianity. I am getting to the stage where I will forego the "assembly of the brethren" and worship God in the confines of my room with my Bible. The exhortation not to forget the "assembly of the brethren" was just that, an exhortation. It is not a principle of Christian virtue. I already have many Christian friends who don't go to church anymore. The Christian churchgoers are no more Christian than these friends of mine.

My tuppence

To be honest with you, this matter is super complicated. I understand the plea for evidence, but at the same time, the lack of evidence does not mean that something did not happen. Even in courts, you can be convicted by circumstantial evidence and what is called similar facts evidence. I believe there really is no smoke without fire. One thing is clear in my mind, the Pastor sleeps with his members. It may be termed consensual but in law, a higher level of consent is required if you are in a fiduciary relationship with someone. The law imposes a higher threshold for those who are in a position of trust over other people, such that those other people's judgment may become impaired due to this relationship. This class of relationship include lawyers and their clients, parents and their children, pastors/clergy and their congregation, bankers and their customers, etc.

To the case in point, he may not have "raped" Bukola in that sense of the word, but he diminished her capacity to resist by reason of the fiduciary relationship I have alluded to. Her judgment was impaired and he exploited his position of trust. That, the law does not forgive and is severely punishable. Furthermore, if it happened at age 17, that may qualify as rape under Nigerian law. I am not sure what the statutory age of sexual consent is in Nigeria, or even if we have one.

Finally, victims of sexual abuse find it very hard to open up for many reasons. Since this story broke, many people have told me their hidden stories: even people close to me. These sexual abuses were by people close to the family. In most cases, the family covered it out of shame, or because they derive a particular benefit from the abuser and do not want to lose that benefit. Hence, they sacrifice the mental health of their kids on the economic grounds. I even now remember vividly when I was seven how a househelp took me behind the house and did things. Many of my male friends have similar or even more graphic stories.

Even the legendary Tupac Shakur once rapped "My uncle used to touch me as a kid, I never told you (referring to his mum) that, scared of what you might do, I couldn't hold you back, I kept it deep inside, I done let it fuel my anger". Think of that for a moment. That single line encapsulates in a nutshell, most of the reasons why victims of sexual abuse almost never speak up either forever or at the time it occurred.


My tuppence.

post=75584721:
We true, sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians IGBOS rule the world when it comes to genuine business, and we are not talking about Igbos the troublemakers, who look for trouble all over the country shouting biafra, biafra.
People should please STOP confusing the two together.

That is why you can never see any true and real igbo businessman, actors and actress, footballers, musicians, politicians shouting biafra or Igbos.
True igbos believe Nigeria is their country and have so much love for the nation.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

I love the distinction you have made here. In this country we are used to demonizing entire groups because we disagree with some elements in those groups.

As an Igbo man, do I have an issue with Nigeria? Yes. Do I believe Nigeria needs fixing? Yes. Do I prefer a fixed Nigeria to a balkanized country? Yes, I do! Fix Nigeria and all the clamour for split will disappear.

xfire:


Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and offer to support. The next edition will be next year January. I will PM to discuss.


Xfire

Great! Many thanks

Kudos to the organisers of this laudable initiative. This is what we should be about not the things that divide us.

Happy to make a financial contribution towards the next edition. Please let me know how to go about this.

For me, I make sure I end the call while I am in mid sentence. By mid sentence, I mean when I am saying something important. That way the other person wouldn't believe I ended the call. Why should I end the call while I am still speaking?

Once I end the call. I go on flight mode for a bit. Works for me all the time.

1stCitizen:
If they carry out psychiatric tests on all Nigerians they will discover that only a very few are okay.

Last time a well known and largely respected Pastor was violent towards a woman on TV because she said the wrong thing.

With the heat, hardship, traffic and bad news everywhere without proper mental health intervention, Laslas all of us don kolo for Naija.

Dude, your post had me rolling on the floor. The sad thing is that you said the truth. I never knew I wasn't alive till I left Nigeria. Wild horses won't bring me back anytime soon.

To the OP, there is no silver bullet and pretty much every view expressed on here is valid.

In my own experience, I believe God just wanted to elevate me. Most people will call it luck. You need to work hard as a student and even more so as a lawyer

Try and graduate with 2.1. Work hard on your diction and writing. If you are in Lagos, start looking for internships in big law firms before you get to law school.

Get a mentor who has made it. The person does not necessarily need to be a much older person. There are young lawyers making waves in corporate practice in top law firms in Lagos.

If you have the means, after 2-3 years of practice, try and get an LLM from the US, Canada or the UK.

Above all keep improving yourself as a person and who knows what will happen.

All the best. The profession is not for the fainthearted.
Having said all that, I know mates who left law and have become hugely successful in business.

May God guide you.

I really don't have an issue with paying for Trolley but there should be a standard fare. I have been to a few airports that you don't have to pay for trolley: Houphet Boigny, Abidjan, Entebbe, Uganda, Oliver Tambo, Jo'burg, Incheon, South Korea, Philly Airport, Heathrow.

However, I have paid for trolley in Boston for 1 dollar.

OP, my advice to you would be to first get a job in a top law firm in Nigeria and get some experience under your belt. I will recommend that you spend at least 3 years in such a law firm before thinking of proceeding to LLM. I will speak to the US and UK being two jurisdictions I have some experience in.

First, your chances of securing a legal role even after getting some experience in Nigeria is very slim unless you did a JD program. An LLM program isn't what it used to be and it is terribly expensive. However, with decent experience coupled with an LLM from the top US schools you can get into some Development Finance Institutions. Getting a job in a US law firm is almost an impossible feat even if you have New York Bar qualifications. I know a bunch of friends that recently graduated from Ivy League universities and couldn't land any law firm gig even with New York Bar qualifications.

However, you have more chances in the UK but doing an LLM there is not only expensive but it does not get you through the door either. They do not generally regard foreign experience but recently they have started regarding Nigerian law experience especially in transactional practice. However, for you to convince them, not only must you have a very good LLM, you must also have a strong transactional experience and then you have to pray and hope.

Trust me there is no shortcut to it. I can tell you from experience but one of the greatest disservice you would do to yourself is to rush off to LLM without experience.

Ps: Don't travel for studies without enough funds otherwise the suffering of Job will have nothing on what you will go through. Again, I am telling you from experience.

All the best and may God guide you

chineloSA:


No wonder African Americans don't get along with Africans.

Honestly her response was unnecessary. It's nit their fault

Don't worry. When AAs show you their racism you will sing another tune. Dude just wanted to humiliate her probably because her name sounded different so how dare she have an opinion about Netflix! He has finished responding to her but adding that joke of a black person was uncalled for and he got served abeg.

princechurchill:
She just buried the guy in the land of cotton and home of slaves

You are a fool for this comment! Hahahaha! Land of cotton and home of slaves...sharing this with my Naija friends in Yankee asap.

Adakintroy:
No comeback.

This the problem with American blacks. They look down on us. They should come here and do their annual pilgrimage.

You said it all. When I schooled in the US my first hand experience of racism was from African-Americans!

greggng:
This my igbo sister response can only favour the white man. This is just reminding the black Americans that they are still slaves. I wish that that black man without root never attacked you my sister. Once a slave always a slave

Bro, you really have not experienced racism from these African-Americans. They can be so condescending to we black Africans. How can that dude open his mouth and call someone a joke of a black person? What is his definition of a black person? She might have gone a bit over the top with her response but we don't know the kind of annoyance she has been experiencing from African-Americans around her.

resurgent2019:
Igbos should sit down in their states!

Igbos wahala is too much. Is it only them? Now politicians are using the tribe to forment trouble everywhere.

And you are supposed to be a Christian right? Maybe you should ponder your claim to that faith again.

https://www.nairaland.com/4583690/message-christian-youth

CriticMaestro:
Mumu black man, that is how u might miss on a great talent...always looking for stupid cheap respect...rubbish...to say na oyingbo type slangs giv u now, u for dey shake tail like bingo

Slang has no plural form. It is just "slang".

Callmemike:
I will try to be very brief. My son is some months shy of 4 years old. However he has not started talking. When he was almost 2 years we took him to FMC owerri for examination. The result said he was ok. Unsatisfied we went after some months. They referred us to the International Speech and Hearing Centre Enugu.

There the result was that his hearing is limited. They said we should come for a reevaluation when he is past 3 years to see if his hearing has improved or if he needs a hearing aid. But we were advised to enroll him into a school to increase his interactions. The problem with this then was his repeated bouts of illness after each two weeks in school. We tried homeschooling him for a term and half afterwards. This term we have enrolled him into a new, regular school and he has adapted just fine.

Between this period, we have visited other hospitals for evaluation and they said it is ok. That he is just a late developer.

We just went for a reevaluation and they said he does not need a hearing aid and that his hearing is very OK now. They recommended a professional speech therapist to help him pronounce words, since all he does is just babbles. He captures things fast and can act out a full cartoon movie.

So please if any info is available about a speech therapist in Owerri, it will be appreciated. Other advices are also welcome.

Mods, please help me push this to the front page. A child needs your help and i believe in your epatant care. Thank you

Hi bro, You are not alone in this. I have sent you a pm request. We can exchange ideas if you would like. Gone through the comments here and most were quite helpful surprisingly and of course there are those that think that there is failing in you as a parent. My prayer for everyone is to have a child with no issues. It is a bad place to be. I can see how calm and courteous you are even in the face of provocative comments. What they don't get is that there is nothing that can be said to you that you haven't probably thought even worse to yourself concerning your boy's situation. Just do all you can as you are obviously doing just like I and other similarly situated parents are doing for our little ones and leave the rest to the good Lord.

trustyshoess:

I swear. I don't bother using it anymore cos it just gets people suspicious. I don't see the point of deleting something if they're gonna know that you deleted it. Wish it was like Instagram messages where as soon as you delete it, it disappears and if the person hasn't seen it, they'll never know

You know you can delete that "this message was deleted" as well? At least it will be deleted from your own end but not from the other party's end. That's half of Your problem solved if you are worried about someone on your side asking why you deleted the initial message. For me I have a spelling OCD, so once my spelling is wrong I delete and resend. Of course it's easier to reply on the incorrect message and correct it but I can't just stand the incorrect spelling or sentence staying out there.

Alariiwo:
The fool thought he was still in Lagos or is it Abuja with good road networks.

Just look at a region of noisemakers.. Nothing demarcates road from river.
Rubbish enclave.

Bro good evening. I rarely comment on NL these days due to the rank tribalism on here especially between Igbo and Yoruba folks. I have seen horrible tribalistic comments here but there is something very devilish and mean about this your comment.

It was uncalled for and it is completely indefensible. I wish you would man up and say sorry. This life is very funny and none of us knows what is around the corner. You don't know this family and you made this comment.

God is up somewhere clocking our deeds. I have received my just desserts on earth for some of the bad things I have done. Retribution is very real. It is also very sad that some people actually liked and shared the post!

I am not saying don't hate Igbo people but there should be a line in the sand somewhere.

Stay blessed and enjoy the rest of the year.

Probz:


Awka use vb.

I don't know about 'vb" but we use "vw". I am from a neighbouring town to Awka with a similar dialect and we use "vw" as well. Other Igbos find it difficult to pronounce it the way we do. For instance the way we call cow which must Igbos call efi, evi, eshi, ehi depending on their dialects, we call it evwi.

ziddy:


Go read it up! What's wrong with you lot? You can't be ignorant & lazy at the same time that's just all shades of wrong!

Dude stop blowing your gasket. Do you know how many sections BoFiA has got? Let me tell you, BoFiA says no such thing hence your inability to cite the relevant section. If I say anything based on any section of the law, I will point out the provision to you straight up. Don't send me on a wild goose chase when you know there is nothing there. You people come on social media spouting ignorance and when you are challenged you get upset.

ziddy:


bofia 2004

Dude, what section of the BoFIA says that? Not enough to throw BoFiA about.

AceVentura:
@Poster,

Please ask your sister what she did that made the Bank ask her to go.

If she was relieved of her duties due to downsizing, the Bank usually clears any loans that she has with them.

In my opinion, she was involved in something fishy thus her predicament. Tell her to be truthful before coming here to ask for help....

So says a "banker".

With all due respect, the bit in bold could not be further from the truth! No bank in Nigeria will ever or has ever done that. When the bank sacks you, they crash your loan into your account and soak up every credit there. If there's nothing, it throws your account into debit! In fact, in some cases you will see a credit alert for your salary for that month enter your account immediately followed by a debit alert for the same amount for the loan repayment.

I think it's also presumptuous to think his sister was involved in something shady. I know many friends "tsunamied" from banks for no reason. A friend went on maternity leave, came back and on the first day was sacked! She couldn't log into her system and IT told her to speak with HR.

XX01:


I tire o. People will just be fabricating things and terming them facts.

My sister, I am still waiting to be enlightened o. I am just giving him the benefit of the doubt.

ziddy:


i see you are leery of dropping more details, maybe the circumstances leading to her exit from that job were less than savoury. That guy said it all. She can walk away and try to forget she ever worked in a bank (no references, ever). There is nothing the bank can do to recover said indebtedness except sit on her references.

All loans given out by banks are meant to be collateralised, under Nigerian law. Any bank that gives out an unsecured loan breaks the law!

Please could you refer to the particular legislation of Nigerian law that requires the collaterisation of every loan?

Op, sorry about your sister's predicament. It is typical of banks to behave that way when they terminate your employment. Please note that an employer has a right to terminate your employment for no reason. The type of employment you have will determine the consequences the employer will suffer for such arbitrary termination. For the one your sister and most employees have in Nigeria, you are entitled to nothing more than your salary in lieu or any other payment accrued to you prior to or upon the termination.

To your specific query, the bank has no legal basis to accelerate the loan because they instigated the process of making your sister's ability to pay the loan untenable, at least for now. If you look at the offer letter for that loan, it should state that the bank has a right to change the interest rate on the loan. What the bank will do now is to charge your sister interest at a commercial rate and not at the concessional staff rate which is currently on.

I will advise your sister not to panic about the loan. The key thing is for her to get a new job. Once she does, she can discuss with the loan work-out unit of the bank on restructuring the loan payment. If she speaks well, they may even still keep or revert the interest at the staff rate.

Finally, I don't advise that you do this but many ex bank staff never get to repay their loans especially when laid off. Nothing will generally happen but you will have a bad credit history. Most folks don't know it but we have a credit database in Nigeria once you borrow from a bank. You won't be able to borrow from another with a bad credit history once the credit check is done. Secondly, you won't get any reference from your bank for a new job unless you repaid them their money. I wish your sister all the best and know that it's not the end of the world.

Rorachy:
Funny Igbo names.

Amuobi-dick wey dey for chest.

Ozoemena- Another one should not do me.

alugbuoerie-after fighting, you eat.

Onwubiko-death please.

Onwuegbulem-death should not kill me.

Then finally

Oshionya-someone that set traps.(hahahahha, my secondary school classmate's surname)

Your rendition of "Amuobi" is wrong. The name is Amobi or if you want to write out all the vowels/consonants then it is Amaobi meaning the thoughts of the human heart cannot be known. Another variant is Onyemaobi meaning who knows the heart?

fratermathy:


If we are talking about the worst type of English names, turn your eyes towards Ijaw. Ijaw people dey answer anything, I swear. Urhobo funny English name dey learn for Ijaw one.

You see Ijaws answering names like Pepper, Pepple, Goldwater, Heneiken, Wine, etc. These are not even their native names yet o!

Urhobos by far dwarf the Ijaws in funny native names though.



There is also one funny Igbo name I came across one time but I don't know if I remember it correctly:

Azubuike (back is front?). Am I right?

Azubuike, means your back is your strength which means you have to always watch your back. But in another literal sense it means back is bum.

igbodefender:

Here is one Igbo praise name/title that is quite out of the ordinary:
Agwoturumbe, meaning, 'The snake that stings the tortoise' (a mean feat, when you consider the fact that most of the tortoise's body is covered with protective shells.)

A man with such a praise name may have achieved an 'impossible feat'.

Bro, I think you misunderstood the Agwoturumbe name. The full name is Agwoturumbe turu okpokoro meaning a snake that bites a tortoise bites only shell. Another variant of the name is Agwoturumbe na emebi onu ya meaning the snake that bites a tortoise damages its mouth (apparently because of the shell). The praise actually is for the tortoise not the snake.

RedboneSmith:
Another strange name I have encountered in Oshimili (Delta State) is Njokanma -Evil is Better. I am also hoping this one too has a deeper meaning that eludes me.

Yes! That name has always baffled me. How is evil better?