₦airaland Forum

damn this is personal. see as dem wan take destroy shymmex

As long as its dating not marriage, why not. As for marriage, who wants another man popping up every now and then to see his kids

ballabriggs: Mr man are you finding it difficult to understand basic english? China is moving is not the same as China is there. China may not have gotten everything right but it is moving. These countries are open to partnership through trade and investments. What have you apart from whin over being "conquered" whilst keeping your "black supremacy" card close to your chest.

All you bigots need to get a life. Get busy, you are not different from those you condemn!

I see. So you admit there are problems, but your strategy is to wait it out, and depend on other people's goodwill. Gotcha.

Everybody wants Nigeria to develop, but nobody wants to change their ways. In which part of the world can you set up an illegal structure on land you do not own, and then demand compensation when the owners, govt in this case, chase you off. I would rather that "relocation" money be used to build amenities for law abiding citizens. When an epidemic breaks out in Lagos because of those squalid conditions, or a good sized storm drowns a lot of the squatters, the same naysayers will be parading nairaland talking about how nothing works.

ballabriggs: Races are moving together for the sake of humanity, not even a bigot like you and your President that believe in "black supremacy" can pull progressive minds back. We are moving, China is moving with the help of all races, same as Malaysia, same as the UAE and Qatar. What have you to contribute to humanity apart from your hate filled life?

Get a life you bigot!!!

Stop making stuff up just to make your (invalid) point - you just named some of the worst offenders. They laugh at the notion of civil rights in these countries, and this is a documented fact. Just because some ppl refuse to bury their heads in the sand, sing kumbayah and hope everything just works out doesnt make them bigots.

coogar: when chief okoro invested that much on emeka, chief okoro's kids were still babies in kindergarten. emeka was an undergraduate and the persistent strike and student riots was delaying his career. hs came to chief okoro for help and okoro thought why not?

chief okoro is now retired, he's quite comfortable but he cannot afford to send his 3 kids abroad at the same time. emeka is now a successful investment banker by the virtue of the aid chief okoro gave him some years back. is it irrational for okoro's son to approach emeka for help?

Of course not. But it is irrational for Chief Okoro's kids to expect Emeka to actually help. Emeka might very well have financial pressures of his own, like sending his own kids to school. Obviously, Chief is not comfortable - if you cant afford reasonably good education for your kids, you are NOT comfortable no matter how much material wealth you have. Perhaps Chief Okoro should have started saving for his kids while they were in kindergarten, instead of depending on another man to take care of his kids in his old age.

Anyways Sis_kill put it better than I could have

coogar: this is the idiocy you guys wear like a badge of honour....it's not about being my money or whatever you wanna call it. it's about being charitable and responsible if you are capable!
what you troglodytes don't know is the phenomenon is mostly cyclic. people don't just ask for these favours without feeling a remote sense of entitlement!

for instance, chief okoro sponsored emeka's postgraduate studies abroad 20 yrs ago, emeka later became successful in his profession while chief okoro's now retired with kids still struggling to forge ahead in their career. is it irrational for chief okoro's son to seek help from emeka?

Perhaps Chief Okoro should have invested that money in his kids, so that he wouldn't have to depend on another man to cater for his own kids in his old age. Obviously, Chief Okoro now knows he was not as capable as he thought he was 20years ago. Hopefully he is reading this thread and will never make such a mistake.

Gbawe: I don't know what you are getting at but my point is not exactly different to your conclusion. China did not do what it did seeking "Asian dominance". The primary aim , with "concerted effort", was to make China a great and "dominating" Nation. African Nations should simply focus on developing strong and vibrant Nations that optimally delivers the needs of most citizens. If this happens, fulfilled citizens ,perhaps enjoying relative advantages over others, will then reward the Nation with conduct that secures what can be appreciated as "greatness". Seek to be the best you can be, for yourself first, and those obsessed with pedantic classifications can make claims as appropriate.

Right. They did it seeking "Chinese" dominance, note the difference. What you claim as pedantic is the root motivating force for China (S. Korea...)'s economic and social policies. Even the smallest Chinese pup has the never again mantra, and it is predicated world view that puts the Chinese at the center of their own universe, regardless of other peoples. Till today, Buhari's WAI is still popular among older folk, not just because of the strict discipline, but how it wanted to change Nigerian's views of themselves - that attempt is still enough to instill motivation in those that remember it vividly. No one is obsessed with classification, I dont know where you got that from - we simply want what is ours.

Take blacks/Africans for example. We are the most populous, control the largest land mass, and have by far the most mineral wealth. It should be obvious that some sort of black consciousness/nationalism is a must, otherwise we remain divided and conquered for all time. Because when you classify yourself right, other things fall into place. No one is angry while others are dominating us. If it feels so good to be dominated, then no one should have a problem if roles are reversed, right? Right.

No one is ignorant of the influential machinations of predatory forces. Yet we would not be held captive to these forces if we have leaders who are genuinely patriotic and subscribe singularly, beyond any personal egotism and distraction, to the concept of National development and greatness.

The point is that African Leaders are easy, like the people, to divide and conquer. Only those consumed with a victim mentality will hold otherwise entirely. Let us not reduce the "end of Nkrumah's Ghana" to simplistic rhetoric to sway debate. Much like occurrences throughout Africa, Nkrumah was a victim of blows struck by his own "brothers" as well as those delivered by "outside influence". One could not have been fatally effective without the other. Is it not fascinating that it is the exactly the same for Lumumba et al to the extent learned observers may conclude that this is less to do with coincidence and more to do with egotistic and parochial self-before-nation sabotage that consistently snatched defeat from the jaw of victory for many African nations?

Is that not indeed the point of some viewpoints here? I.e an African President who is parochial, divisive and ineffective now deceitfully talking of "black dominance" when he himself has being unable to "walk the walk" at home and is indeed a hypocritical and prototype "tool" in the hands of the West? When, for example, Lagarde and "outside influence" came asking for fuel subsidy removal did we have to oblige? Have some 'endowed' Countries , with examples in the Middle East, not used "cheap fuel" to get where they needed to go using the concept that Nations must follow models that caters to their peculiar circumstance/competitive advantages and endowment? Why should the West seek to damage this concept for us and why should our leaders go along unthinkingly?

Why is it Nigeria that must follow the practices of those who have no oil under their soil and want a world where oil is like currency with the same exorbitant value - even for those who have abundance of it and should be using it to develop themselves instead of embracing the deception of others that we must somehow make our own endowment a luxury to our own people?


At the end of the day, I firmly believe the African is the main architect of his own problems. We need to knuckle down and devise pertinent solutions at home before espousing cheap and relationally offensive rhetoric on the world stage. Issues are now about advancing humanity, something many African Nations do very badly, and far beyond racial dominance.

I dont think anyone would disagree with you on this. But your GEJ hate (who doesnt loathe the dude these days) beclouds your judgement. Yes, knowing GEJ, this was probably a cheap publicity stunt and I doubt he even understands what he is trying to start. A president that can't control his own wife cant be trusted to control a country or speak for an entire race. But truth is truth, no matter whose mouth it comes out of. As Africans, we dont seek to dominate anybody - I think its high time we at least dominate our own resources.

If it werent so tragic, it would be hilarious to see all these dolts who voted GEJ in now whining. We have a bonafide mumu in power. God help us.

Seun is just trying to be humble - who knows what evil eyes lurk on this site

Gbawe: We, Africans, will always lose out by continuing to put the cart before the Horse. Develop our Nations optimally and so called "black greatness" will happen as a natural consequence. It is redundant and insulting to insinuate we must chase such as a primary target when we have not 'repaired' our decimated "black Nations". We may even reverse 'brain drain' satisfactorily if we commit to doing what is right. Liberians, South Africans, Ghanaians, Britons and Americans may even take up Nigerian citizen because we are a Nation others aspire to represent. That is how it is done and that is what we must aspire to first and foremost - i.e becoming a great Nation. Not empty and hollow ideals that are totally worthless today.

No sane man starts a journey without knowing where he is going. Greatness of any kind does not just happen. Thats why you set goals, so you know exactly what it is you want to achieve. Take the Chinese example, there was a concerted effort at the notion of "Chinese greatness", which birthed policies. There is no doubt we are the primary architects of our own demise, but to ignore the power of outside influences is for us to end up like Nkrumah's Ghana, no matter how much hard work we put in.

I personally can never subscribe to any silly notion of "black domination" . I saw a few caucasian Nigerians , in traditional attire, proudly marching with team Nigeria at the Olympics opening ceremony last week. Let everyone who loves and believe in a Nation, whether black, white, Indian, Chinese or Lebanese, do their best to make that Nation great and exemplary. That is what the world, increasingly becoming more racially mixed, is all about today.

LOL. This is probably what pisses cap off. To base your own survival on a choreographed photo op belies a disturbing simplicity - the kind that renders you extinct.

ifyalways: @topic, I see it as a responsibility, one that must be done as long as the money is available and the relative/student is the serious type.
I grew up in a culture, environment where family ties bind tight. Each child is a collective responsibility and every adult contributes to support, be it in academics or any other pursuit.
I had aunts, uncles and even long distant cousins who at various times gave me textbooks, school pocket monies even paid lesson fees etal for me so now I can only but extend same measure to other relatives, no 2 ways about that !

Textbook and pocket money is not the same as sponsoring someone abroad. Its like taking your cousins to Mr Biggs once in a while versus buying them an SUV every now and then - one is reasonable, the other is excessive, and no relative should expect you to do it.

I thought this had to be a joke... again? Na wa o

anyone have a link where i can watch this?

phreakabit: https://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/006/482/template.jpg

This is how i feel about this match. Hopefully its a respectable loss, like < 15pts. I know... even that is a dream

who knew being called a mossad agent could provoke such..lol

finally, some fastbreak points

i have never see a pro point guard pick up his dribble so much. wtf?

the gap will lessen. I dont see LTU playing this hard the whole half. We just need to keep head in the game, get some easy shots

Last time they played, Lithuania was had just played the previous day and lost their legs as game wore on. It'll be interesting if we beat them again -

I hope bros is still alive...otherwise lots of posters on this thread have blood on their heads

Its not like they keep the kids awake twill 3am every weekend. If this is some yearly event or whatever, no issues with kids being there. Purposely running one red light is explainable. Two red lights makes me think driver fell asleep at the wheel.

pleep: Is funny how almost every single black man says he hates weaves.

And almost every single black woman wears a weave.

someones being dishonest

If you know of a a way to tell a woman to skip "da weave" without getting some heat, please share . I detest those things - I cant see how any conscious african woman would wear one.

A former Chicago prep basketball star and college standout at Bradley University was pistol-whipped and robbed of a Range Rover and more than $100,000 in cash during an attack at his South Loop condominium, police said.

Adebayo Akinkunle, 37, was treated for a cut to the head, a broken nose and cuts to his left wrist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to police.

Police initially responded to a call of a person shot just after 3 p.m. Monday at a residence in the 700 block of South Financial Place in Printer's Row, police said.

Officers found Akinkunle -- the 1998 Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year -- beaten and his home ransacked, police said. Akinkunle told authorities he didn't know his attackers, who took more than $100,000 in cash as well a closet safe, wallet, 10 credit cards and two cell phones, police said.

The men fled in a Range Rover that Akinkunle had been driving. A police report on the incident doesn't state how many men attacked Akinkunle. No arrests have been made as of this morning.

A shell casing was recovered on the scene but no one on the scene was shot, police said.

The 6-foot-7-inch Morgan Park star went on to Bradley, where he led the Braves to three postseason appearances and led the team in scoring as a senior. Akinkunle went undrafted in the 1998 NBA draft but played overseas and was inducted into Bradley's athletics hall of fame in 2009.

Akinkunle couldn't be reached for comment, but his father, Ambrose, said Tuesday that his son had called him around 11:30 p.m. Monday to let him know about the beating. The son said he was doing alright, but his father did not know more than that.

The conversation was brief, but the former Bradley basketball star relayed he had received stitches and was staying with a friend. He was also using his friend's phone since his two cell phones were stolen, his father said.

"He said he was injured badly," said Ambrose Akinkunle. "He said he didn't know the people."

His father said Akinkunle had retired from professional basketball after playing in Europe.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-former-hoops-star-pistolwhipped-robbed-in-south-loop-20120716,0,612954.story

Chicago has gone to the dogs, literally

Ninilowo: Lagos state govt. should have made alternative resisence for these pepole for crying out sake. As for the cop, he sshould be executed without delay and to the police authority, I think it is cheaper to procure blanks that live ammunition. the IGP said it sometimes that blanks would be issued to his men instead of live ammunition but he has failed to implement this. What a Nation!

Alternative residence ke? You want to collect money on what you do not own. If thats the case, I'll go setup my own shanty on bar beach, and then ask for alternative residence if you dont like it. The cop will be jailed for sure.

kingoflag: Nope, he's not "predicting" what anybody with common sense doesn't know: GEJ WILL CONTINUE ONTO 2015 ONLY IF NIGERIA WONT BE ONE! GEJ will either:

1. Be Impeached (Likely)

2.Overthrown by the Military (Very Likely)

3. Forced Out By The People (Most unlikely-- too many Cowards waiting for Jesu Cristi to come to their rescue)

History always repeats itself. Nothing new under the sun.

1. PDP led House/Senate will not impeach a PDP president.

2. If its a southern or middle belt coup, this could succeed. Any other type of military coup will fail, badly.

3. This is actually very very likely. People are at the tipping point

otokx: What if he is telling the truth?

Im not even sure he meant election in the sense of formal voting. Probably some event that completely wipes out GEJ and PDP support, such that they know they can never win again. Two scenarios I can see
1. We find out top members of PDP are involved in BH, and GEJ knew about it all along
2. GEJ gets caught red-handed in some Niger Delta militia's business.

Any of the above could easily happen

Good read cap28. Guys, ignore the troll - he usually never has anything reasonable to contribute

Here is what I consider to be Amos Wilson's seminal message. There are very few black leaders with this type of understanding still alive it seems. ENJOY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erwc-mUFiSI&feature=related

Desola: As a true daughter of Lagos, I condemn this move. It is necessary but facilities have not been put in place to enable these people to re-start their lives. I am vehemently against it!

Naija and talk. Where will the money for the facilities come from... out of thin air? If govt. could build makeshift facilities for Makoko, why not every other poor person in Lagos.

The Fulani Will Not Leave
Sunday, 15 July 2012 15:41
Written by Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde

The stage is set for committing a major war crime in Nigeria. The Special Task Force (STF) in Jos under the command of Maj-General Henry Ayoola yesterday issued an order of evacuation within 48 hrs to a number of Fulani dominated towns in Barikin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas for a military operation that will commence there, otherwise, their lives cannot be guaranteed. The STF statement read:

RESTRICTED

1. This is to inform the people residing in Barikin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas that a military operation is ongoing in the area. The inhabitants of Mahanga, Kakuruk, Kuzen, Maseh and Shong 2 are to evacuate immediately with their property within the next 48hrs.
2. Meanwhile, residents of Kura Falls, Kuzuk and Sharuk Rim of Gashish and Bachit districts respectively are enjoined not to panic and to be careful of their movement within the area and avoid places of military operation until further notice. People are enjoined to report any suspicious movement and activities in their areas.

3.You are please requested to use your medium to disseminate this information to the general pubic. It is to be announced routinely throughout the period of the operation in order to avoid any hazard to human lives and property.

Salisu Mustapha (Captain)
Media Information Officer


The allusions I made in my last Friday article are becoming real: the STF is playing the bid of the Plateau State Government to cleanse Berom-dominated local government areas of Jos-South, Barikin Ladi and Riyom of Fulani, as they did with the Hausa. The allegation that Ayoola is a puppet of Governor Jang now seems more probable than ever before. But that is not the catch.

The catch is this: The Fulani have vowed not to move an inch from their homes. Those I contacted have told me that they have sworn to stay put, come what may. Their argument is simple: There has never been in the history of any democracy, no matter how lousy it is, that people in so many towns would be driven out of their homes without any order from a court of competent jurisdiction or any arrangement made for their relocation but by just an order in the name of military operation, as if they are boarding students that are sent home when their school is shut down after a riot. You cannot do that to whole families, much less to whole towns. It is a war crime under International law.

Therefore, pertinent questions to ask on this matter are: Where do the Fulani go? What alternative have you given them? Are the Fulani – with their entire family, property and cows – just a collection of sheep that can be driven away at will in accordance with the whim of someone, devoid of any right? Why would a government that claims it is desirous of peace side with one of the two warring factions and fight the other? What has happened to Berom militia that have been committing war crimes against Hausa and the Fulani in the area for eleven years now? Has the Nigerian government arrested them or destroyed any of their homes? Has it issued an evacuation order for the residents of Haipang and Riyom that continuously kill defenceless Nigerian citizens travelling on the highways that pass through their towns? Why only the Fulani? Why?

The military is increasingly proving itself incompetent in handling matters of internal security in this country. It has emasculated the police that is the only institution with the constitutional mandate to do so and taken over its role. Since the late 1970s, the military has opposed modernization of the police through upgrading it with modern technology and new approaches of keeping internal security. The police today remain sidelined in the scheme of internal security. Everybody calling the shots in this domain of theirs is a soldier, who is trained best to defend our borders and contribute to UN peacekeeping missions. Major-Henry Ayoola and his colonels field commanders that are set to massacre Nigerians should be sent to Mali to face al-Qaeda to prove that they deserve their ranks.

Also, Ayoola in his short tenure as the STF commandant has shown sufficient partiality to warrant his redeployment. Fulani on the Plateau are bonafide Nigerians, not its enemies that deserve the bullets and tanks of the Nigerian military establishment. Ayoola must go.

It is gladdening to note that it is not totally dark. A number of human rights groups have risen in solidarity with these poor souls. A number of media houses, particularly the foreign ones, have also in the past 12 hours played their role of informing the world of the pending massacre. Their cameras are set on the scene.

The Sultan – who is the leader of the Fulani in Nigeria – and other elders have also waded in. The result of their intervention before the ultimate authorities in the land is expected to be positive. He should be allowed to remain a leader, and not to metamorphose into their commander.

The irony here is that the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, is a not only a Fulani but, like the Sultan, a direct descendant of Danfodio, the quintessential Danfodio that fought for justice and got it in 19th Century Hausaland. How could these injustices be perpetrated just two weeks after he visited Jos and assured the world that he will do his possible best to bring peace? Is driving the Fulani from their homes a means of bringing about peace? He should rise to this threat which, as I said, will prove to be worse than that of Boko Haram. If he is away, he should return to the country. His office is on fire.

But just in case Ayoola and his troops are recalcitrant and they go ahead with their intended war crime against all appeals, they should prepare their hands for the ultimate responsibility of any civilian life lost in their so-called ‘operation’. If the Nigerian authorities would continue to remain partial and indifferent on the matter until the massacre is committed, the International Criminal Court is there, watching and waiting. One day, Ayoola, Jang, the Chief of Defence Staff and Jonathan – who is away and apparently was not even consulted on the eviction exercise – will only have themselves to blame.

I support the decision that the Fulani stay put and prefer to die gallantly than to flee in the face of an army that cannot even contain the insurgency of Boko Haram. I support it 100%. To die by the sword in defence of your right is better than to live in humiliation of subservience to any mortal. This is a doctrine written in their genes. I have no doubt that they will prove me right.

Allah ballu ummatore Fulbe!

Bauchi,
15 July 2012

http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/6069-the_fulani_will_not_leave.html


This could be the catalyst for a breakup. Fulanis are already dispatching dozens of people at a time. Looks like they are ready to make this a full scale thing. I wonder if GEJ will blink on this.