₦airaland Forum

I agree with you. If they seceede they will start serious in fighting. They should learn from their AD party. They are too greedy to be united. They are just making noise because it is they themselves that will betray each other. I have never seen such a tribe before. Diya joined Abacha to fight his brother,Obasanjo fought Bola Ige, Awolowo and the list goes on. They are always ready to kiss the feet of the Hausa/Fulani.

I was in the North when there was religious crises and after the crises was brought under controll most the Yoruba christians quickly converted to Islam so that they will not be killed. Even God they are not faithful to then how will they be faithful to themselves. Fear Fear People with Big Mouth.

Jakumo:
Yar Adua is the re-incarnation of Shagari : A polite, understated, unassuming, ineffective, inactive and largely unseen figure-head "president" who is only in place to prevent corruption probes being aimed at uncovering the mass looting of those who preceded him. He heads this list because he is ALREADY dead while still in office.

My cull list is as follows

Segun Obasanjo - For personally stealing 16 billion US dollars that would have provided Nigeria with electricity

Iyabo Obasanjo - For stealing 300 million naira that would have refurbished numerous hospitals nationwide.

Babangida - For derailing and ultimately conspiring to murder the winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election.

Monkey Buhari - For turning Nigeria into a repressive and murderous police state during his grab at power, and for having the audacity to imagine that anyone in their right mind would ever vote for him as civilian dog-catcher.

The final six entries to my list may be selected at random from the upper mis-management levels of the organisation supposedly responsible for providing electricity to Nigeria. These individuals should be subjected to prolonged torture followed by dismemberment with the help of wild dog packs specifically starved in preparation for the occasion.

Authorities order bars not to serve black people

Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and others it considers social undesirables from entering the city's bars during the Olympic Games, a move that would contradict the official slogan, "One World, One Dream".

Bar owners near the Workers' Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not to let black people enter their premises.

"Uniformed Public Security Bureau officers came into the bar recently and told me not to serve black people or Mongolians," said the co-owner of a western-style bar, who asked not to be named.

The local authorities have been cracking down on blacks and Mongolians in an attempt to stamp out drug dealing and prostitution ahead of the Games, the proprietors said.

A few months ago, police launched a violent sting on black men drinking in the Sanlitun bar district, and a notorious nightclub largely populated by Mongolian prostitutes was also shut down.

Security officials are targeting Sanlitun, which Olympic organisers expect to be a key destination for foreign tourists looking for a party during the Games.

The pledges that Sanlitun bar owners had been instructed to sign agreed to stop a variety of activities in their establishments, including dancing and serving customers with black skin, they said.

They have been allowed to keep copies of all the pledges except those relating to blacks, implying that the authorities are wary of charges of racism.

"I am appalled," said a black British national who works in Beijing. "I understand that the government is trying to stop certain illegal activities, but I don't think blanket discrimination is going about it the right way.

"Chinese people are prejudiced, but I would have hoped that the government would set a better example as it debuts on the world stage."

Calls to Dongcheng district and Chaoyang district public security bureaus, which oversee the bar districts, went unanswered.

The authorities' attempt to keep unwanted behaviour from damaging the squeaky-clean image of the Games is the latest example of heavy-handedness that critics say is killing the party spirit of the Olympics.

During the Athens Olympics four years ago, bars and nightclubs were allowed to stay open all night. But venues in Beijing that are not being shut down during the Games will have to close at 2am and maintain tight security.

"The officials told me to inform my customers that they must at all times carry their passports or ID cards," said one bar owner.

"Security is important, but Beijing is becoming a fortress, and that's not attractive."

Rumours that all bars within 2km of an Olympic venue will need to close remain unconfirmed, with many managers complaining that they still have not been told whether they will be allowed to open or not. Several bars have been raided in the past few weeks as local police step up a campaign of low-level intimidation, according to several witness accounts.

Bar and restaurant managers in Sanlitun have been instructed to remove tables from footpaths in a crude attempt to prevent fighting in the streets.

"The local police told us to get rid of the tables because they're scared that if too many foreigners congregate outside there could be trouble," said Song Xun , who runs a burrito joint in the area.

Local musicians say that a clampdown on live music risks stifling Beijing's thriving cultural scene and giving Olympic tourists the false impression that the city is artistically anaemic.

Several popular live music venues have been shut or instructed to stop all outdoor shows, and club owners complain they have got used to strange new guests nursing a beer for hours and suspiciously observing everything around them.

"The whole music scene is angry and bewildered. It is impossible to understand how keeping tourists from seeing an open, culturally vibrant and diverse Beijing is possibly a good thing for anyone," said one well-known figure in the local music industry.

David Mitchell, a Beijing-based jazz musician, said it had become increasingly difficult for his band to find anywhere to play.

"It appears the local government is trying to control every aspect of the experience that foreigners get when they come here," he said.

"Everything is aimed at creating stability, but they don't understand that is precisely the unfounded prejudice that foreigners have of Chinese society - that it is a highly controlled and not a very cultural place. It seems completely self-defeating."

Additional reporting by Peter Simpson

Blacks happen to make up the majority when it comes to the poor in America. If you doubt it, check the numbers. Come on. The media does not have to feed anyone with anything for one to observe and understand this to be the case. I have lived in many states and I can tell you for a fact that wherever you go in America, you get this.

echelon:
I have career, financial and spiritual role models

These individuals are my mentors and role models that hold me "accountable" in these areas

As early as 6.00 a.m., the applicants had assembled at the venues of their respective recruitment centres to commence the jogging of between 20 and 30 kilometres which should be completed under 20 minutes.

Sisikill:
Thank you for stepping up, it restores my faith in the juju practice my grandpapa dedicated his life to. If I know him very well. . . which I do, I suspect he will be appearing in your dreams to give his heartfelt thanks.

amber_ella:
I want anonymous responses because I don't want to offend anyone. I can't go to my inlaws and say "you people seem so materialistic, putting money before the family"!! How rude and disrespectful would that be?! I don't even feel comfortable to ask a friend my age. There's not really any way you can put that and sound nice.

Also, this isn't so much an argument between my husband and I. As I stated, we have come to our own compromise on the issue. It's more about me understanding his brother, friends and other family.

Warfy Boy:
I don't know why realy. but sometimes when i c some old pipo aound me who could not walk, talk or do some physical works i feel Scared, looking at them, my mind always tell me "someday you will be like this"

I know its something one cannot run away from, being a kid is sooo full of fun and lovely, i enjoy every bit of it, i wish i could remain like this forever! But i MUST get old, depart and leave a space for the upcoming to do exploit

Please i want to know your views, r there Nairaland'ers in the house who also feel the same.

VOICE it OUT!!!

Jakumo:
If Nigeria does eventually rise to economic greatness it will have done so in spite of bible-thumping snake-oil salesmen like Adeboye, and not because of them, for their activities constitute impediments to development rather that inspirations for positive change,

Kobojunkie:
I do believe the city is worth beautifying but what exactly is this beautifying we intend for Lagos and at worth cost? Is the cost going to be higher than the benefits we gain from it? if we beautify lagos, is it so that the few can have better place to do business while the majority are thrown to the slums to continue to rot??

If beautifying Lagos includes cleaning up the government and putting up policies and making changes that do not benefit the few but practically all lagosians, I am 100% for it but if this is the old, beautification so that the rich can come in and put up more constructions that will be abandoned in a couple of years. NAH!!! I say we should learn from the civilized world now that we have them and already see the results of policies they have adapted in the past.

m_nwankwo: Hahaahahhhaaa, God will not appear on CNN or Sky in order to provide evidence that he exists. Even if he appears, seconds after the end of his appearance on TV, atheists will quicky claim that it is mass hallucination or trump up some other reasons to justify their views.

m_nwankwo: The onus to find evidence for the existence of God lies with each person. ,

Amario:
I will like to say that our leaders(school Adm) should plan ahead to avoid urgly circumstances Like this and also never take the students(Student union) for granted, Take for instance if the VC knows that he wasn't going to extend the exams further, He would have ensured that he made this very very clear to all the students and staff(Lecturers) through to use of bills and posters and also through heads of different organisation e.g Fellowships, registered clubs e.t.c
Again he would have ensured strictly that no lecture goes on during the lecture free week. this he would have done cautioning the lecturers way before time to finish their syllabus at the required time(With this there would have been no crises).