₦airaland Forum

helinues:
Though I am not in supports of the death penalty for hate speech.

But this UN, UK should go and fix their home problems first before poke nosing into ours

They should poke their nose and even colonize Nigerians. Their countries are miles ahead of Nigeria.

Digitiminimi:
The United Nations and the United Kingdom have opposed the death penalty clause in the proposed National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speech Bill introduced by Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Sabi Abdullahi.

The UN described the death penalty as barbaric, noting that its inclusion in the bill was unacceptable.

According to the bill, any person who violates the law shall be liable to life imprisonment and where the act causes any loss of life, the person shall be punished with death by hanging.

But the spokesman, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Mr Olusola Macaulay, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Thursday, said the global body would not support the bill, noting that a UNESCO advocacy group, Media and Information Literacy Coalition, would soon meet with the National Assembly over the proposed legislation.

He said, “We are trying to pay an advocacy visit to the government and do some lobbying. There is a coalition working already, it was formed with the support of UNESCO.

“They are working to meet with the National Assembly to express their mind and possibly advise the government to have a different narrative to the issue of hate speech and fake news.”

Macaulay also said the UN would lobby the Federal Government on the legislation, adding that what was needed is public enlightenment and education about hate speech and not a law stipulating the death penalty for violators.

He said, “I’m not sure what the government needs now is a bill or an idea to shut down people or prevent people from being able to express themselves or express their freedom of thought or information. What I think the government should do more is to enlighten the people.”
The UN agency said most Nigerians were ignorant of issues relating to media and information literacy, noting that a harsh law was not the solution to the challenge.

The global body noted, “Every human being has the right to life and you cannot cut off people’s lives just because someone has expressed his opinion. Nobody is saying hate speech is good.


Hate speech and fake news have been there from time immemorial and it is barbaric to say now that we want to hang people because they expressed their feelings or what they had in mind. So, censoring people or limiting people from participating in politics might not be the correct thing. As I said, the best thing to do is to educate the people.”

Macaulay queried the government for not holding politicians engaging in hate speech to account, noting that many of them had said things that could destabilise the country without being held liable.

The British Government said it supports the right of individuals to express opinions and peacefully challenge authority as an essential part of a free and open society, noting that it was following discussions around the proposed legislation closely.

Commenting on the bill in an emailed response to inquiries by The PUNCH on Wednesday, Her Majesty’s Government said while it takes a strong stand against hate speech which could incite violence and damage relationships within the society, it supports “the right of individuals to express opinions and peacefully challenge authority as an essential part of a free and open society.”

The statement signed by the Senior Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission, Abuja, Chris Ogunmodede, said, “The UK government is following discussions around the proposed Prohibition of Hate Speech bill closely.”

It added, “We take a strong stand against hate speech, which can incite violence and damage community relationships within society. We also strongly support the right of individuals to express opinions and peacefully challenge authority as an essential part of a free and open society.

“The UK strongly opposes the inclusion of the death penalty in any piece of legislation, as a matter of principle.”

https://punchng.com/un-uk-reject-death-penalty-for-hate-speech/

The UN describes as barbaric. Aren't blacks barbaric?? It's their culture!

SoNature:
Please let's call a spade a spade, Sowore tried to ignite a revolution, so Transparency International is so wrong about him.

If I was Nigerian president, I would definitely treat Sowore the way he's been treated today. You cannot lose an election and try to set my country ablaze under my watch.

It's easy to start a fight, but nobody actually knows when it will end....that's a Yoruba adage.

Sowore should have asked questions before trying to spark a #NigerianSpring. You can only kick off a revolution in a United country not a deeply polarized country like Nigeria. As young people, Sowore's experience must be a lesson to all of us.

However, I firmly believe that the chap can still be granted freedom and tried without having him locked up in DSS cell. Sowore attacked through Sahara Reporters all the political leaders who would have sued for his release. Again, his ordeals offer a learning curve for all.

Africans are the cursed descendants of Ham cursed in the Holy Books including the Bible by Noah and your statements prove it.

homody:
Nigerians, who have embraced Point of Sales (POS) as business and a means of survival, are now living in fear as robbers have turned attention on them.

Operators at Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State and those in Ayobo area of Lagos State, who have already experienced the venoms of these robbers, are still recounting their ordeal in the hands of the men of the underworld.

At Mowe community in Ogun State, residents were alleged to have got used to their homes and shops being burgled. They also accepted that nothing could be done by security agents in the state about incessant cases of motorcycles snatching, but presently, they are visibly perturbed following the latest attacks on POS operators.

The daredevil robbers, on most nights, will attack the homes of operators and dispossessed the victims of all their money, used in transacting the business. They also collect other valuables.

One of their victims at Mowe, who gave her name simply as Alhaja Bola, explained that she and her husband were sleeping with their children when the robbers scaled the fence of their building and gained entry into the compound. That was about midnight.

She said: “When they came in, none of us knew they were already inside the sitting room. They started shouting, ‘where is the money? Where is the money?’ When I heard the strange voices, I stood up from my bed. The next person I met on the way was one of the robbers, who marched me to my children’s rooms and ordered everyone to get up.

“The robbers were young boys between ages of 18 and 25. They ordered my children and I to lay face-down and threatened to kill whoever dared to look at them. At that point, a lot of things went through my mind. But most importantly, I thought of my children; I didn’t want anything to happen to them. I prayed.

“While this was going on, three among the robbers went into the rooms and assigned two people to guard us. To my shock, the robbers ransacked the whole apartment and brought out every valuable they could find. They also collected about 10 phones from my children and carted away N500,000 I use for my POS transactions.”

Bola added that the robbers, who were armed with locally-made guns, took their time to finish the operation before leaving two hours later.

She said: “They then went to Olajide Close where they also spent additional two hours and robbed a couple of their money and valuables.

“As I speak with you now, I have not overcome the trauma of the robbery attack. Even my children, who are adults, are also afraid to sleep in their rooms. None of us had ever had a gun pointed at him or her, let alone my children.”

Bola’s son, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the robbers came fully prepared for the operations. He said the robbers took their time in ransacking the apartment and carted whatever tickled their fancy.

He disclosed that after the incident, the matter was reported at Mowe Police Divisional Headquarters for possible arrest of the suspects, but no arrest had been made.

Our correspondent, who went to the community, heard from angry residents that policemen in the axis preferred chasing cyclists and extorting money from them, to embarking on patrol of communities.

Our correspondent also went to Olajide Close, but the victims of the robbers attack were not at home.

On June 20, another set of robbers stormed Mukadamu Street, where a POS operator was also robbed of N1 million in her home.

The victim, who gave her name as Barakat alias ‘Iya Road Safety’, said that fateful day was a day she would never forget for as long as she lived.

She said: “That fateful day, I started transaction on a good note, but about 1a.m. we were sleeping when the strange visitors came and started banging on our gate. They ordered us to open the door and threatened to deal with us if they found their way into our apartment themselves.

“Out of panic, my husband didn’t open the door. They finally scaled the fence to gain access into our compound. When they got into our sitting room, my husband and I had already said our last prayers; because we thought they would do as they had earlier threatened.

“Luckily for us, they didn’t touch us, but they ransacked the rooms for money and valuables. They came out with N1 million. It was the money I had just collected from the cooperative society. I wanted to use the money to boost my business. Immediately I saw the bag containing the money, I urinated on my body. I knew there was no way I could return the money to the cooperative.”

Barakat added that since the incident, police had not been able to arrest the suspects, while she now depended on her children to feed. She said that the robbery wrecked her business.

A police source at Mowe Divisional Headquarters told our correspondent that on a daily basis, they received complaints of POS operators being attacked. The source said that the police were already having a series of meetings with the operators on precautionary methods of doing business in a community like Mowe and its environs.

At House No. 5, Shotayo Adebayo Street, Abesan in Mosan Okunola Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, a similar attack was carried out. One of the victims is Mrs. Nike Akande.

The woman narrated how the robbers collected money in her apartment, which she had earlier took as a loan from cooperative society. She disclosed that the robbery left her devastated.

Akande, a widow, who lost her husband four years ago, decided to go into POS business as a result of her ill health. She revealed that since the death of her husband, things had not been the same for her and her children.

She said: “I was given N1.2 million by my husband’s family members after the demise of my husband, to take care of my children. I decided to go into POS business, so as to have a close look on my younger children, because my first daughter just got admission into the University of Ibadan to study Medicine and Surgery.

“Thank God when I started the business, there was little patronage, but as time progressed, people started coming and the money was yielding profit. I used to close business at 7p.m.. I don’t go beyond that hour.

“On that fateful day, I was about to lock the main gate to our compound when three guys hijacked the gate from me and forced their way into my compound. Before I realised what was happening, they had brought out guns and ordered me into my sitting room. Unfortunately, none of our neighbours knew what was happening.

“When the robbers entered the sitting room, they sat on a couch and asked me to entertain them. Out of panic, I went into the kitchen and got them soft drinks, after which I begged and told them that I was a widow, that they should have mercy on me. I became speechless when they told me how much they came to rob from me.

“When I pleaded with them, I was told to go and bring N1 million. I begged them that the only money I had in the house was N500,000. They collected the money and asked me to pray for them, which I did and then they left. It was after they had gone that I ran out and started shouting; it was my cries that attracted my tenants. We checked round the whole community if we could get them, unfortunately, we couldn’t trace them. That was how I lost my money.”

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, refused to pick his calls neither did he reply to the text message sent to him to confirm the attacks on POS operators.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana said, Point of Sales Operators should take security issue serious especially in a business environment.

Elkana, However, Said, such a cases are isolated one, POS Operations should install Close Circuit Camera in their shops where they are doing business, so that if such incident occurred, Police would be able to analyse the video and go after the robbers.’

“There was a time, when a game centre was robbed, it was the CCTV footage that exposed the robbers and they were arrested.”

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/11/robbers-turn-guns-on-pos-operators-in-ogun-lagos/

50% or more of the proceeds of this crime will go to women (the girls the robbers are trying to date/impress); men are useless!

Nigerian presidents don't feel shame going to UK. Has Theresa May ever come to Nigeria on 2 week holiday?? Blacks are the laughing stock of the world!

TechCapon:
The owner of the truck must be a white man that's why he was immediately released. Racism will never leave the world

Especially in British Columbia dominated by the British. If it was another part of Canada im pretty certain the driver would not have been immediately released.

RamseyBolton:
Imo women and adultery. Very high probability that it is the cause of death. May her soul find rest

Stop excusing toxic masculinity.

Gerald454:
Dont mind some.fools. you guys call kanu all manners of bad names, but people like me and well meaning biafran, have all ask associates and friends to give another way in which things can work better in Nigeria. We Biafrans cant continue doing the same thing for 58 years and expect different results. Every part of the world is developing, cant you ask why no power supply, no good road, no good education system, high unemployment rate, insecurity at the highest level, headquarter of poverty in the world, lowest thinking people I have seen on earth..... when you identify ur problem, then u seek solutions. Do you think Nigeria problem is corruption? I say no to that. The foundation of Nigeria is wrong. Wrong foundation breeds corruption. Hence, we seek for Biafra.

The roads are good but Nigerian drivers are reckless because Nigeria is cursed.

GistWorld:
In a bizarre manner, a man has stabbed a commercial sex worker to death at Edo Inn Hotel in Surulere area of Lagos.

The assailant, Babatunde Damilare was said to have stabbed the commercial sex worker, Eluchukwu severally on her neck during a fight over the price for sex, killing her immediately.

Police said the suspect has been arrested and would be charged to court soon.

Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman, Bala Elkana, while confirming the tragedy said the incident occurred last Wednesday.


“On 6/11/2019 at about 2300 hours, Surulere Police Station received an information that one commercial sex worker identified as Elochukwu ‘f’ engaged her customer, Babatunde Damilare ‘m’ in a fight over the price of sex, at Edo Inn Hotel, No 17 Atan Street, Empire, Surulere.

“During the scuffle, the said Babatunde Damilare picked a knife and stabbed Eluchukwu severally on her neck which led to her death on the spot. The suspect was arrested by Homicide detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer Surulere, CSP Adebayo Adeoya.

“Corpse of the deceased person was evacuated and deposited at Mainland Hospital morgue, Yaba for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing, the suspect will be charged to Court,” he said.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/11/10/edo-inn-tragedy-man-stabs-lagos-prostitute-to-death/

Photo for illustration

Toxic masculinity.

Anyway back to the topic. Hope Sowore is released though....

madridsta007:
You are right, Bro.
It is very, very obvious that something is wrong. Even when one step is taken forward, it is like 3 steps backwards shortly after.

Take for example uber and bolt (taxify) do u know the Lagos State government is planning to fine them out if business. Cashless project is another example. They said they want cashless yet charge N50 stamp duty on transfers and N50 tax on POS N1000 and above. Abalaka came up with cure hiv but he was silenced. Only in Nigerian universities do we hear sex for marks and cults.

But on a larger scale - all inroads into democracy has just been wiped out by the buhari administration proving Noahs curse.

etrouble:
White men are talking about Science and Technology, the black man us talking about Biblical stories, no wonder the black man is backward

Analyse this
Slave trade - against blacks
Most backward continent- blacks
Most wicked, vain and self centred of humans - blacks
The only race that have students forming violent cults in Universities - blacks
The ppl running to white man countries - blacks

All the projects in Nigeria are by foreigners- power is Germans rail is Chinese

Colonialism - blacks

Who commits most violent crime in advanced countries all the bad neighbourhoods in the US are mostly occupied by blacks and Hispanics

So there's obviously an issue with the black rave that Nigerians don't want to address.
I could go on and on

madridsta007:
Hmmm... I must admit I am yet to analyse that Chapter of the Bible.
Curses, though, can be broken. They are never permanent.

Immediately after the curse was pronounced in Genesis 9. Genesis 10 presents the table of nations - the Bible refers to Egypt(which is in Africa) in the Psalms as the "land of Ham". Yes the curse is broken for anyone that believes I Jesus Christ. For Any rational person that looks at Africa, it's obvious something is wrong.

madridsta007:
Most Revd Justin Welby has an excellent opportunity to show that he and the Church of England is not another tool of neocolonialism, despite clear evidence suggesting that it is. Slavery Ships were "blessed" before and after they sailed to Africa to bring in human cargo.

Let us see if he would respond let alone do anything. I dont expect him too. That is neocolonialism for you.

Africans/ blacks are destined to be servants of servants according to the curse pronounced by Noah on Canaan/ Ham in Genesis 9. Black Africa is cursed.

theButterfly:
Wickedness. It's bad enough to rob the poor guy but to further shoot him in the face? The perpetrators of these crime deserve the most torturous deaths ever!!!

How many times do female robbers shoot victims?? Masculinity is toxic and men are inferior to women.

The funniest part is that the proceeds of this crime will be spent on women. Men sha.

sammyuche:
Man is the devil.. The sooner u realize this d batter.. Devil is no spirit

Exactly! Man is the embodiment of the devil.

villagecraft:
If anyone sees a woman as inferior to men. He himself is inferior.

Men are inferior to women. Who does all the gun violence, kidnapping, and wanton criminality?

GISTM0RE:
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This is why I am a feminist. Useless men wiv their guns. Shoot shoot shoot

Spatta:
You are too young to Know Sowore. too young i warrant you. I dare you to declare that you are above 30, Your generation have never enjoyed anything in Nigeria. the reason some of us are angry about the current state is that we saw a minuscule offshoot of the glorious days of Nigeria until the military botched it, we are fighting to restore it and get the criminals out of Power. Pray you know who Sowore is, Only a Mad man will compare Sowore to Jonathan or any idiotic Politician from Shagari
He has been consistent. so shut up. We are fighting to get Nigeria on the right path while some of you are following licentious and libidinous Tacha or money miss road Davido and all the idiots you call stars
We are poor but happy in our poverty with good conscience, you may call them rich but no values

Nigeria will not get better becos just like other black majority nations, Nigeria originated from Ham/ Canaan who was cursed by Noah to be servants of servants to descendants of Japheth (Europeans) and Shem (middle Easterns) according to the Holy Books. This theory explains slave trade, black man to black man wickedness, immigration to white majority nations and more. Naija won't get better. Nigeria is cursed spiritually.

babzo:
Shame of a nation .
The same country that produced Soyinka, Achebe, Chidi Imo, Dangote ,Okocha, Fela, Sunny Ade, Aminu Kano and tens thousands of doctors, engineers , businessmen, artists, and scientists now working in the USA and Europe.
Yet cant produce ONE government that can govern decently for One year.

This is because Africans/ Nigeria's were cursed by Noah in the Holy Books - they are only doing well abroad because they are in the lands belonging to the children of Shem & Japheth. Nigeria is cursed spiritually according to the Holy Books.

Baztardmods:
Buhari has gone down in history as the most tribalistic, divisive, clueless, lawless and incompetent president of Nigeria

It goes beyond Buhari. Africans were cursed in the Holy Books to be servants of servants to descendants of Shem (Middle Easterns) and Japheth (Europeans), Chinese etc. And this prophecy is fulfilled before our eyes. Blacks are cursed. It goes beyond Buhari. It's not my idea. It's in the Holy Books.

vilucia:
The west is full of deranged psychopaths.
The man you see walking across the street can in the next moment bring out a gun and shoot you for no just cause.

My condolence to her family.






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This is why we should all be feminists..... how many women will bring out a gun & shoot you?

Eke40seven:
It is now I understand how an average Nigerian is illiterate and uncivilized. A look at the front page comments just cements the notion.
How could you even date use one's privacy information from a line of work to establish personal lust and self gratification.
That's what you get when you threw developed country technology to people with an archaic and shithole mentality, as they don't understand the ethics and responsibility towards the use of the technology..

And a woman has the right to accept or reject your friendship or an extension of it, but does the average Nigerian know this?

Someone was once on a flight from Europe to Lagos when the Nigerians on the flight started asking the flight attendants for their phone numbers in a romantic way. Africans are cursed spiritually.

valentineuwakwe:
bank wey never strong with lots of network issues still get mind to go acquire another bank..n.a. wa oo

Greed....commin trait in humans especially men

LilMissFavvy:
If men and women had same physical strength, most marriages would have been a battle field. The reason some women tolerate shiitt from men is the difference in physical strength.

It's an imagined difference. Some women are stronger than some men.

egorov:
It used to be easy to apply and get it delivered with reasonable fee.

Now it's crazy.

I paid 7k plus in April to have my transcript delivered to one UK educational body. They didn't deliver. They didn't mail me. I mailed them like more than a month after only for them to tell me the address is invalid, they didn't say that before o, they waited for my mail.
They are not even replying to my request for refund as time has passed already.

Now I need my student copy, I can't get it. The student portal is not well set up.

And the record mail they gave out, the people on the receiving end are not competent at all. Imagine them telling me to goto FAQ and m apply from there.

I need my transcript before next week and I don't know what to do.

Went to unilag they said they don't attend to people on transcript issue, it has to be done online.

Please who else is having issue with unilag transcript. Share your experience let's make this go viral

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jnoz23:
I know you are serious, I checked your previous posts!
But the offer of a good dick still stands

All men are potential rapists.

jnoz23:
Calm down !
If you are a babe, u need a good dick!
&
If you are a guy, you need a good slap!!!

Whenever I mention wat i mentioned, men try to make a joke of it to undermine it's seriousness. However the truth can no longer be hidden. MALE WANTON VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY IS AN UNDERLYING FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT

Slawormir:
You are not a real niggarrr
Shitt also happens in qatar

This days Real niggarrr don't fucckk with real niggarrr from another mother
Or else it is going to be a tragedy


Gone are those days when real niggarrr can fuckkk with another niggarrr and nothing will happen because the other niggarrr is not real
But now almost all niggarrrs are real.
So gunshot can easily be heard

Toxic masculinity. Men are the most useless gender on the face of the earth. What do all these have in common: kidnapping, murder, assassin, road rage, mass shootings, gang rivalry? The common denominator is MEN.

GeniusWannabe:
I wish it was possible to go to a place where I don't have to see any human being, just me and nature, it's so unfortunate that we're social beings. Humanity is fvcked!

Substitute human being for "men" and you will be right. Men are bleeped with their wanton violence.

awoluyi:
I command evil power and principalities manipulating and making our political office holders to be visionless, selfish and unthinking die fire by fire.
I soak all of them in drums of anointing oil and I declare prophetically their deliverance from the spirit of adanikanjoponism and insensitivity.
May their eyes be open to the sufferings of the conquered citizens of Nigerians.
And lastly, may they receive adequate rewards for their deeds.

Africa and Africans are cursed spiritually. Pray from today till tomorrow nothing will change.

solmusdesigns:
its not a black thing, Lagos are trying with thier emergency services same as Abuja Delta(that finally came to rescue them), Kenya and Ghana

Give the Lagos one another 1 year maximum it will bcome moribund. The primary reason is non chalance. Even the motorists won't clear out of the road for emergency services to pass. Welcome to nigger land!