₦airaland Forum

ElRazur:
You don kolo.

tensor777:
Well he has obviously bought into this idea that the usa is the number one country in the world which is all well and good. The problem here is that all too often these naturalized yanks often develop a concommitant contempt for their country of origin again no thanks to dumbed-down simplistic Yankee TV networks.

superstar1:
@ ElRazur

See down there and let them keep bombarding your mind with the image of you are not as good as them, na u sabi. If i like i can even use the Queen's crown to browse, they stole and plundered our land, they took our forefathers as slaves to their land, let them use their brain to develop things, baba God will give us money in 9ja to buy it, I still stand on my point they are simply assoles,

parki:
why r u guys tearing your pants over the documentary, you piece of cu#t heads.

who dear insults bbc2 or members of its press team, you cu#t should understand atleast some countries take their job seriously,

sometime ago i watched this documentary on one of them korean countries dont know which it is south or north cant effing remember but one of the two has an effing closed system,

the bbc sent their white biatch to go document even despite her efforts to document sh#t about the country she had nuthin cause the govt had such high regard for its citizens, first the silly woman was told she could film certain things, also if she crossed a particular line they wouldnt hesitate to shoot her white ignorant backside and their were certain places she wasnt allowed the go,

man the bloody woman left with nothing,

but in our own case this bloody bastards are allowed inside the country illegally first of all, i can bet u this pple dont even take legal permission from the govt of nigeria, they just land with their cameras, whoop that sh#t out and start to film, why wont dey document sh#t like the law and disorder in lagos, cmon pple use your heads, a country that has no law atleast i knw i have friends in media skools and i know permission should be taken from the state before filming, what a silly country with idiots as leaders,

i mean their last documentary THIS IS LAGOS was a global hit with thousands of hits on youtube and viewer when it aired on t.v( which is what oyinbo wants na, good t.v ratings and millions of viewers tuning in to laff at us), i wasnt mad at the bad press on this is lagos cos i know the british press never says and will never say a good thing about africa and they have their reasons which i totally understand but the only poo that i got upset with was this ignorant, bloody silly cu#t d#ck head nigerian saying to me that the documentary was good and it would boost investment within the nation,

i mean common what business man or country would want to invest in an unstable economy,

anyways blah blah blah, u guys can effing debate all you want but i do blive we av media skool graduates, the problem isnt them it is us and we as nigerians simple,

first the govt should but a check on what is been documented, secondly our fu#king media should step up to the plate.

cap28:
NEWSFLASH!!!!BRIBERY EXISTS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD

cap28:
when was the last time you turned on the tv and saw anything positive aired in the western media about africa?

when they tell you africa is run by corrupt murderous dictators do they tell you that they are the ones who finance the coup d'etats that install these people, the likes of Mobutu Seseko of Zaire, IBB of nigeria, OBJ of nigeria Idi Amin of Uganda to name a few who do you think assisted them into office?

When they tell you our economies are basket cases they forget to mention how they collude with these same dictators to devalue our currencies , sell off our public services so that their foreign companies can come in and buy them up for next to nothing, dictate to us how much we should sell our oil to them, impose so called structural adjustment programmes which stipulate that our govts shoudl cut spending on education, health care etc

Are you aware that it was during Buhari's tenure in office that our debt was almost paid off and it was because of this very reason that he was overthrown by way of a coup d'etat and replaced with IBB who implemented IMF and world bank SAP programmes.

cap28:
you are obviously suffering from an acute form of self hatred, who told you parts of the west are not in total chaos, try walking on the streets of toxteth in liverpool or hackney in london and see the type of characters you will see on those streets.

Without even watching this so called documentary i already know that it is going to be nothing but an exaggeration of the true situation on the ground. Havent you heard of the word propaganda?
Distortions, lies, ommissions and half truths is what passes for news in the western media, so before you condemn your own people open your eyes and try and understand the hidden agenda here. The white man is not our friend, when someone is not your friend he goes all out to discredit you, that is how the game is played.

cap28:
you are obviously suffering from an acute form of self hatred, who told you parts of the west are not in total chaos, try walking on the streets of toxteth in liverpool or hackney in london and see the type of characters you will see on those streets.

Without even watching this so called documentary i already know that it is going to be nothing but an exaggeration of the true situation on the ground.  Havent you heard of the word propaganda?  
Distortions, lies, ommissions and half truths is what passes for news in the western media, so before you condemn your own people open your eyes and try and understand the hidden agenda here.  The white man is not our friend, when someone is not your friend he goes all out to discredit you, that is how the game is played.

Kobojunkie:
I don't live in a million pound town house anywhere. I watch BBC2 and I know that by Nigerian Law, BRIBERY is a CRIME.

reindeer:
As much as it portrays us in bad light, i'm yet to see one of all these documentaries where lies were told.
Let us face facts, most places in lagos are crappy, you can't always expect them to show us the Ozumba Mbadiwes and the lekki extensions.
The real Lagos, is that which is overrun by area boys,infested with LASMA and KAI and inhabited by 2 groups of people, the minority rich and the overwhelming poor.
We hate it, but it's true, as for focusing on Nigeria and not  mentioning other african countries, well its a fact that NIgeria is perhaps the most prominent country in Africa, you wont expect them to start airing documentaries about countries with a population less than lagos except of course something drastic happens there so forget reading about gabon, ghana etc. . . . nah, not that catchy or colourful.
Notorious or not, NIJA is B.I.G

kabukabu50:
The sooner nigerians come to terms with the total chaos that they live in the better, No it is not "Normal" to hand out bribes to area boys,it is not normal to handshake police officers,it is not normal to have a group of thugs take over your neighborhood, Its not white man living, its called civilization,people unfortunately some of you dont even know what the word means.

How can nigeria attract foreign investors with gun toting thugs running rampant in neighborhoods? Some of you illiterates are to blind to comprehend that, only the learned will understand that this is actually for our own good.

oyb:
if you go through my posting history, you will find i am being sarcastic

i am simply spouting a line that will soon feature on this thread big time

since we can't wash our linen, we can't say much when others do it for us

eewule:
It is interesting that they keep choosing Nigeria over other African countries,   I WONDER WHY ??
Is life in Nigeria so different from Ghana, Senegal, Namibia Tanzania, Liberia etc,  ?   
any ideas people , ?

oyb:
goddam foreign news agencies, they are all out to destroy nigeria and paint us in a bad light. jealousy. because they are the most miserable people on earth, they want nigeria to break up

all of them with their evil agendas . useless people. just after idependece celebrations.

ada24:
u people have to realise that the type of people that tune into BBC2 do not experience the kind of life people in lagos experience, I don't know why some people just don't get it.

Do u really think someone living in their £1million town house in Hampstead will ever experience a police officer stopping their taxi cos the driver refused to drop N50. to them this is law and disorder.

don't knock it too much - i agree that the BBC need to stop with their negative stories of Nigeria but I think if we fixed ourselves up there wouldn't be anything for them to report. No one is going to the ghettos of London and putting the documentary on international TV with the title "The other London" trust me there are parts of London that are just frightening to walk around in

thats my 2 cents for 2day.

faithin9ja:
Good idea Mr Judge , Jury & executioner, include Ibori, Odili and the child molester on the list, Yerirma, also add Donald Duke for his white elephant Tinapa, and I think we should add Fashola to the list, after all a few flowers and buses, does cover the fact corrupt practices are still going on in Lagos State. And when we target them make sure we take out their oppressive security detail too. So to be sure all 36 governors must go and their deputies, IG of police, Heads of Service, all senators but not all House of Rep, just heads of committees, I think that should be enough to shake the establishment

faithin9ja:
@bidemi12 so what's your solution?

faithin9ja:
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My idea is rubbish because Nigeria is a terrible society and lots of problems, ok you tell us how you will carry out your brute force. Yes, I agree I am being infantile. You be the grown-up and explain how we will go about this radical change and how we will send these criminal politicians to the for firing squad. We are all listening to your words of wisdom.

faithin9ja:
@Cap28 In civilised countries people are allowed to have different ideologies without killing each other, I respect your socialist views even though I don't agree with them. I am an entrepreneur I employ over 30 staff in Nigeria and a few in UK, so I guess I am a capitalist.

but remember this thread was on the efficacy of violence. I reiterate my fear that your views on violence are very similar to the views expressed by Stalin and Mao TesTung which killed millions and both Russia and China now have serious capitalist tendencies if not democratic government, I am trying to discourage you from thinking that only violence can solve Nigeria's problems.

I for one I am hoping for the day western companies come to Nigeria and bring FDI in areas other than oil and gas. I want unilever to open factories and shops, I want Taiwan & Korean factories to open factories in Nigeria, I want General Motors to open factories and showrooms in Nigeria. But with the current bunch of corrupt, blind politicians we have , the anti investment culture in the this country, this is not going to happen for a long time.

For the record the first and second world wars were not fought between left and right, but much more complex than that, I suggest you read your history.

faithin9ja:
@Bidemi12 Mr Man I have sad in previous post I do not have the answers, I have suggested one way, but you say you dey fear police. OK have it your way buy guns and bombs and start your armed revolution. If want to buy weapons I can help you there.

Obviously you are right , we must go and kill, call me when you are ready, I will follow you.

faithin9ja:
@bidemi12 where in Ghana? Labadi beach? this a military shooting range not a macabre monument to slain politicians, see how you peddle your false information, why don't you go and live in Liberia if it's such a good place after their bloody civil war. see human beings walking around with no hands or arms or blinded, ordinary people, not politicians and corrupt civil servants, but ordinary suffering masses tortured by militia whether so-called government or rebel.

if this is your prayer for the country good luck to you. But by God's grace my village and my children will never see the horror you seem to love as a cure.

faithin9ja:
@Cap28 Now you see why violence is not the answer? I am a capitalist, you sound like a socialist, by the time we both look for change in the country through violence, both of you & I will kill the so-called elite (I see you didn't address that in your reply) but anyway we take over power, we get rid of corruption, then what? me and you fight each other because I am a capitalist, I want a free market, I want to encourage investment and foreign trade, you other hand appear to be a socialist, you probably believe in government or state control of industry (bring back NITEL I hear you cheer).

so we have different ideologies, that's no bad thing but how do we settle our differences, we are now used to violence, so we go to what we know best we start killing each other.

How does that help the country?

Remember this thread starting as whether we cheer the bombers in Abuja or not, you if I recall correctly said type of action is good, I say it isn't. But unlike civilised countries we would likely to settle our differences through the barrel of gun, rather than ballot box, people power or civil disobedience (which is how apartheid in South Africa and Segregation in the Southern US States ended).

PS
I said western investment in Africa is extractive industries oil & gas, mining.You have supported that with your own stats. Real FDI is when foreign investors build houses, hotels, factories, telecoms in another country because they can make a profit, by they same token develop the country they are located and give jobs, apart from Lebanese and Indians do you see any new foreign factory or business in Nigeria apart from OIL & GAS? We have an inflated opinion of Nigeria. Even our African brother Obama didn't think it necessary to visit Nigeria