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floridam:
No they r not. These BH Boys forcefully recruit all males in every city or village they capture except u wan die.
If u watched the some of their videos, u ll marvel at their number of foot 'soldiers'.

Yeah but that's part of a problem, because those recruited fighters are effectively civilians who weren't given choice, an what they do need ain't a bullet between eyes but returning to lives they led before as much as possible an healing.

Focusing on the leaders, focusing on the active recruiters, focusing on the tactical command of BH woulda more helpful than countin everyone of dose soldiers, as 'a Boko Haram soldier', an celebrating their kills in wide newspapers jus to have somethin ta report.

I'm not pro-BH btw. I'm sayin 'kill them all' is stupid and ignorin those people who got in trouble and are still being used -by- BH as living shields effectively.

This what InvertedHammer said.

Also comparing US Army and Nigerian Army is not good for anything.
The situations are different.
The needs of the army in respective countries are different, even though they're both army.
It makes sense to compare only in the context of soldiers for whom both countries are relevant for some reason, to their service.
Otherwise, no experience, it an empty talk.

totogrill:
u seem to misunderstand me,i'm not disclosing the fact that women are powerful creatures,they are 1 of the reasons that men keep making a world a better place.
U said things were tailored to favor men,that's b'cus we've got the right brain n' strenght...we were programmed to transform this world.
Although,corruption n' evil has eaten deep into our society.

Thhat's unscientific unbiological sexist bs you've got there, bro.
You better educate yourself on how the brain really works before spouting this.
Only makes you sound uneducated.

Ready, no no really, what country even IS, there's always too loud opposition to that.

But that ain't say a thing about if there is a ready woman to be the President. Or if there's capable one enough. Of course dey be there.

Ugly or not is subjective, I ain't gonna hate on poster, cheers to you OP on going somewhere y' seem yo enjoyed and true, Dubai is a beauty.

Loved all the architecture when I was round, and I sure didn't have so working nite pics.

Also all da hate on Rwandan airlines smh, dere's trashier companies dan dat, and it ain't no matter what one 1 takes when arriving to destination just fine and nothin gets lost on the way and no one hijack da plane.

So concluded: Cheers on ya trip mate, and thank 4 sharin

What's salary telling you, or anyone, about life?

That's quite nonsensical question. And even where there's answers, that doesn't say anything about life, what the expenses need to go to, why, or talk the quality of life with that money. (How much it's actually increasing quality of life may be relative, dependent on the state totally, depending branch of military, depending how many people does soldier in question take care of and such).

So basically it's just a number with no informative value and not answering anything about 'soldier's life'.

There's a disclaimer, sez 'don't make tribalistic comments on tis section'.

Like everybody come back to books instead of throwing mud at each other can we.

Murders ar deplorable. But that's individuals. That ain't a group thing, or group mentality. Dragging it up as one, and over and over, doesn't help anyone move forward.

Kanwulia: That's MO BETA!
Then we simply disagree.
No need to argue since there is absolutely no reason to convince each other!

Amen!

And yep, I'm quite fine with agreeing with disagreein

Kanwulia: You know I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE to discuss.
But you don carry go SIBERIA. . . .
RELIGION will not allow MOST Nigerians come to terms with the reality of DEPRESSION!
Especially when they start looking for that BREAKTHROUGH that comes after the 10th coming of that their Lord!

Now, in ONE SENTENCE. . . . .what is the premise of your argument?

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!

Ayy, I guess I'm seeing what your issue is; we're having different arguments here.
I'm not saying religion of ANY sort is savior for depression, nah. Not at all.

I'm saying that there's nothing IN religions that should prevent people from seeking MEDICAL help.

AKA I basically was saying, it's not against anything to seek a doctor evaluation, spirituality wise.
And telling people, 'I doubt God would want you to suffer, nah, you go fi care'.

Godskidmidas: I played an IQ test on my phone and it scored me 30...what does that mean?

That it's no IQ test because if your IQ was 30 you wouldn't be able to take a p*ss well on your own, let alone do anything with a phone.

Nothing against people for whom it's a real problem, but yeah, not all that passes for 'IQ test' actually is an IQ test, and intelligence isn't measured by a single test, either.

IMO it tests more perception than intelligence really.

Also culture experience. Show that animal picture to someone who says, never seen an elephant, and they're lost.

Kanwulia: I take your GOD take beg you!
Stop posting.
FOREVER!!!!!

Rofl, and you tell anyone about 'backwards'
You know, I was just having polite discussion with you. I'm not really sure since when this changed to silencing mess, or why on earth does it so much bother you that anyone as much dares say it's really not religions that's to blame for ignorance.

Or why are you takin this so personally and automatically assume you're being either attacked or that someone's trying to convert you when pointing out logical fallacy. But fine.

Kanwulia: Man was created "healthy"?
Then why the reason to seek care & nurturing?
Superstition is not rooted in religion/traditional religion?

Are we still on the same topic?

Don't ya know all the myths where people were created all okay and then death and then illness messed in just to have some fun too

I'm just saying superstition isn't *inherently* rooted in religion, that preaching the most uncaring & uneducated parts of religions is just way too easy thing to do and sadly many do it, but it's not even what them religions *need* to be full of. There's different ways to put take on it that'd help peoples, instead of reason 'oo the state just is because God(s) made it messed, let's leave it that way'.

An I'm sayin it *is* responsibility of the clergy to know their own faiths, and teach them in the way that'll lead people to get help they need. There ain't something like 'Nigerian state mindset', we ain't a bunch of impossible to educate negroes. Education IS possible, it just takes EFFORT on the right levels.

Kanwulia: You did not understand what I was asking.
Africans can never comprehend all these. In Nigeria where superstition and fetish religions have totally eroded all the thinking faculties, how many will believe in the concept of mental health without knocking on Adegboye's or TUBERCULOSIS Joshua's temple gates to battle principalities and PAWAzzz?

Even on this NL with a high rate of barely-educate SPIRITUAL-ILLITERATES. . . . . The OP is embarking on an up-hill task?

Wouldnay say so?
Olodumare & Egbesu & Chukwu alike created man to be healthy and with own reason to seek care & nurturing
There ain't any spiritual reason against going to find treatment, in fact would be preferable & responsible both to God an one's ancestors

Like sure there's always seeing illness as misfortune and punishment but that is superstition. Not something rooted in religion. And not something rooted in traditional religions, either.

I think we got enough crashes as is, just look all around; why be waiting for one, they already came.

And luckily we ain't the dinosaurs, as a species we bounced back.

vicadex07: I just feel a bit awkward visiting a doctor for something like that...especially here in Nigeria where such things are not taken seriously. I'd rather just take the damn drugs and get on with life

I will do as you advice anyway. Thanks

Dat goes the same way everywhere brother, not taking depression seriously - you heal yaself and Bleep everybody else's words, they're not your priority, your self care & survival & well being is. Please take care of yourself, & good on ya for reaching out.

Thanks to original poster for makin' this thread.

Part I think in not acknowledgin' depression may be cus heritage, hell mental illness was every so often seen as a curse from the higher powers and needin' treatment from people that dependin on where one's from, may not even be available, r as knowledgeable Elders were taken cross the ocean & knowlege got greatly scattered. Other part may be cus depression is just unacknowleded/untreated kind of everywhere, or shamed as personality problem where it ain't one. And then there's ofc - havin to worry about 'more important life things', like yeh, said malaria. Sadly depression doesn't let go that easily, it's a BRAIN illness like any other and very fucking deadly if untreated.

So thanks for bringing attentions to this, bro.

all4naija: Just a little advice for you. Try to have a check up with a psychiatrist because you are psychotic!

Nah, he prolly ain't, and even if he was, da problem ain't the illness, da problem is hate.

And hate's his own decision, an in his hands ta change.

Sagamite: You are a cretinous person!

How can a person like you who thinks supports deviancy know what is good contribution?

Efulefu

Now, mi back to the topic.

ekyjoe: Are pple still getting married since the outbreak of Ebola

Gettin the papers would go even without the kiss

fluteman: Bia...which point did she/he/it make? Again why are you guys so obsessed with Ibadan? Hian..dis kain inferiority complex of you Ibos serious ooo.

Why always take panadol for another man's headache. You won't see a Yoruba man worry so much about Eastern cities to whine and cry about, but you Ibos worry so much about are cities....

how e take concern una? dem invite you? Dem beg you to come? Why can't you guys focus on your red mud eldorado. Abi which kain complex be dis lol.


For your info, Ibadan has got its Mojo back and it's climbing higher, reclaiming it's status as an investors delight with a flourishing landscape. Y'all Igbos can Go And DIE if it's hurting you that much

Don't goddamn degender her.
I'm so sick of the misogyny all round. Wisen up, bro.

An ain't nothing wrong be thinking about cities. Growing attached to places an' exploring them from various angles ain't a flaw.
Why do ya generalize anyway? I've known plenty Yorubas ponder cities deeply. Particularly those in the diaspora, like Brasil, all da time.

OmoEziokwu: Well I'd like to think that I can't help but be discriminatory and condescending towards half-witted blacks like 98.7% of the people on this Nigerian online forum. Does that make me a coconut?

It sure as hell speaks of ya'r own classism tho. People have all sort of backgrounds, an' I'm damned sure if we all spoke in languages we think best in many of these arguments would have entirely different and more serious tone to them, if 'half witted' is how ya view them as they stand.

Beside, people learn through sharing. Ain't exactly their fault at what point of life they're now. I'd reserve judgment on fellows' intellect just based ba comments they make on an online forum many come, yanno, relax on from their long days.

Sagamite: Shut up, fagggot.

Stop getting iconize to dig your homosexual arsse so you still have a functioning brain.

An homosexual is telling me I have a problem. Irony!

And a silencing homophobe thinks he's got anythin' to contribute with his bigoted s-it.

Maybe ya should sit down an contemplate how to treat other people as human they are, hermano.

red101: yea that's true. the answer will be different depending on whether you are talking about size of land mass vs population.

Kind of thought tha's what 'largest' (=size) and 'most populated' (=population) distinctions are for (Not really aimin' at ya, just tossing it out there it really isn't all dat confusing even from the phrasing itself. Posters actin' like them two just got to be confounded ar bit missing there's already a difference in how the question's put.)

macof: By the comments of this thread I can see Nigerian ladies hate their "Africanness"
How can the next generation grow and uplift the African values when the mothers have stupidly rejected their natural African features to copy white ladies

Or more to da point, when their fathers are never satisfied no matter how much hard work do the mothers put into everything, self care an being educated on foreign trends an open minded to new things included

Misogynoir ain't be helping the ladies in anything.

If ya so worried about next generation, bro, ya start with the current one.

gawu1: The Nigerian Army are also trying, but theirs are not good enough. If they can increase the pressure on the Boko boys along our own boarders the way our neighbors are doing at their own end the Boko would be suffocated. Lets pray our gov't motivate them with more sophisticated weapons & we will be free once again.

The 'increasing pressure' in the military power may honestly not be the only thing that's needed (or even necessary). There's ideological background for de sort of fanaticism BH's spreading, that one needs be addressed and dat's not an issue for the army to be doing but whole society, it doesn't take to crush someone with a thrown stone when what you first need is lure dem outta the shadows and know exacts of what is it that's bein' faced.

vokalguy: Funny part is we hear these Boko Haram guys were shot and killed, captured etc BUT no picture or anything.....

Yah sure to support all them admiring dead ~martyrs~ alrite

Honestly I think dey whine about makeup cos they feel inferior round ladies so pretty and admired ba everyone

eddiebruk: Which girls? the once the so called parents already accepted they have conducted burial rights for? Are they your sisters? their parents aint worried so why are you? How long will it take you to open your eyes and see that these people do not have any girls in their custody?

With all respect, bringing those parents reactions to the topic and calling it 'ain't worried for' or something like that is disrespectful as all hell.

Let's leave their suffering, and suffering of their children, out of talks like this.

I don't know that it's 'problem of the army lacking something' (other than perhaps finances and support from top & trust from people aaand the like) - it's not like terrorist parties are known for their bs for being exactly equal opponent. It's pretty hard to be fightin anywhere where rules of fighting ya been trained for whole de time, ain't apply even remotely.

They soldiers are asked to deal with guys that don't play fair in any way. It ain't their lacking discipline. Terrorists ain't the kind of soldier usual soldier's trained for on average.

braine: No pictures?

Maybe for the better if it's part of somethin' ongoing & more actions planned as we talk.