₦airaland Forum

aeronot:
Lets stop deceiving ourselves, if you want to do an online transaction the banks are charging black market rates 319, it is only when u are receiving money or changing dollar to naira the banks gladly charge 199! We should stop all this deceit!

My broda see wahala o. They robbed me of several tens of thousands by this. Govt should just be like news people telling us what they free markets have made the rates today or tomorrow, not artificially fixing it and creating winners and losers

Oby Ezekwesili has no idea how democracy works. She's a bone in Nigeria's throat because she was once a petty minister and one of World Bank's staff overseeing some part of Africa. I've been in close observance of all these people and Ben Bruce is far more democratically literate than the rest of them. He himself has blocked me on twitter too but he's better nonetheless as I told him before - just not perfect as he thinks he is. And to think Ezekwesili is a "mummy" and hero to hundreds of thousand of Nigerians tells me in how much soup this country is. Ben Bruce nailed it there, but of course she'll argue on because she can never be wrong...never!

How many times will I repeat this: Nigeria is a jungle of primeval apes. We have not reached where Europe was 500 years ago

mapet:
Bros,

I don't share your sentiment a bit. That guy was simply in his period of sacrifice. You have the prerogative of not offering him a ride but it does not stop him from doing his thing. I just don't get your use of the guy as excuse for your preference not to pursue tangible goals

My dear, I was not expecting every Tom Dick and Harry in Nigeria to agree with me. If they did I will be wrong; don't you get it? It is what you people think is right that you're doing that is called your VALUES and that's killing Nigeria. I'm the observer watching the fishpond of Nigerian society. I don't expect the fishes inside to understand what I'm seeing

NavierStokes:
This "change" is an invitation to anarchy, but some of these kids will come here talking nonsense in defense of their god.
the great philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead had rightly said that"the art of progress is preserving order amidst change and change amidst order" from this it is evident that we are changing without making progress.

A good look all around us and you see anarchy brewing, police kidnapping citizens for ransom , robbery, cultism, vandalism, insecurities, brazen insensitivity displayed from the presidency downwards etc

We really need to redefine our democracy in my own opinion, giving weights to certain people, how can a learned professor of economics and a local agbero be entitled to one vote each.

Damn.

With respect to your last paragraph, what Nigerians don't yet understand is that democracy isn't a political system to get the best person out, but a system to get the person that the majority of society agrees with. A professor may not be on the same intellectual level as the agbero, but the agbero better reflects the reality of how that society is. That is why democracy should thrive on an enlightened citizenry, without which it won't advance a nation. To enlighten the citizenry is the first step, clearly neglected in the Nigerian context. I've done what I could to start it, but Nigerian big men/women probably don't want an enlightened citizenry too - they just want to rule and manipulate people. I'm telling you

Acidosis:
Many Nigerians build because they were made to believe building a home is cheaper than RENT. That idea is false. Some also built because they want to leave a property for their children. I factor these reasons, and conclude that it is unwise to hurriedly build a house, especially when there are many ventures one could lay his hands on.

The real and hidden reasons people hurriedly build a house in Nigeria include:

1. Fear of taking risks
2. Zero business/investment acumen
3. The believe that they'll some day fail or get fired, hence the need to quickly secure a home
4. The believe that a landlord is the reason they have little to zero savings.

For a young man of 25 - 29 yrs, haba! there are many investments one could put his money into. The fear of N100,000 rent shouldn't make anyone to pour N5 million & more on an immovable asset.

At least, raise a family, wife and children and let the decision be made collectively. But like someone said, people have varying pursuits. Some prefer to get a decent job, own a car and build a house. To them, that's the ideal lifestyle. Some just want to enjoy life, while some are ready to pour their earnings on more degrees oversea, so I'll try and avoid judging anyone.

My friend, Nigerian values are killing Nigerians. I used to work in a place which could not be accessed by public transport and owning a car was quite important due to the shift nature of the job also. Yet, one colleague who was earning much more than us due to having being in the job for longer was still trekking the 20+ minutes to the factory from last bus stop because HE WAS BUILDING A HOUSE and expected we small boys who used cars to stop by and pick him up. In his eyes and those on his level, he is wise. At your maternity ward when you are born, the Nigerian society has already drawn up a long list of all the items you must acquire and all the things you must do or else they brand you a failure and sanction you. There is no place for individual evolution of the meaning of life; it is all about materialism and you're encouraged to do whatever it takes to tick each of the boxes as you carry on in life here. Are you still wondering why this country is so badly governed and people are so cruel and self-centered, trying to amass all for self? I have said repeatedly that the problem with Nigeria is the Nigerian people themselves and how they define their society. It is not about poilticians as those politicians are also one of us trying to do what the others are doing in their own space too. It's a tragedy, this country

By 21 years...if you have the money. What a silly question. You see who dey forbid house? It seems some of you don't live in Nigeria

ifenes:
Change is not easy. It goes through a painful process. If you want change,be ready to suffer a bit. Nigeria is undergoing the right process and at some point,her citizens will realize it.

How old are you? You know how many of the vomit you spewed here your father and mother heard from when they were kids? Your child will say same when you're old and you will personally slap him. You have no idea

No problem. Just remember that Christians started it first and Muslims are very good at noticing such for future reference. Not long from now an active Islamic religion clergyman will vie for office and OF COURSE, the Nigerian Christian community will start to express unease. Even Buhari that just happens to be a devout Muslim was branded an Ayatollah and all such derogatory inferences to the effect that a devout Muslim should not be in politics. Nigeria will never know peace for as long as her people are so incredibly dumb. Down with all Abrahamic religions; they're the source of much of the problems the world has been facing. They have never provided real solutions, only dumb claims of such to dimwits that populate backward societies like Nigeria. Up Reason; up Science; they have provided all the solutions to man's dilemma in just a few centuries INSPITE OF RELIGION!

Larryfest:
He is on his way 2face his maker and explain how he tormented a country of 180million pple..

Interestingly it wasn't even up to 90 million during his time but una continue to born born born born born born born born born born born born born born born born to 180 million and we're still feeding from same money. If not for the hardship he put us sef, our population would have crossed 200 million by now, so in a curious way, his govt has even helped reduce what our population would have been. The problem of Nigeria is with the Nigerian people. Only in Babangida's time will I agree that it was government that destroyed Nigeria

Toosure70:
how old are you?

Haha. Great question bro. These people make me realise how long it has been since he left power. I don't blame presidents for much of Nigerian problems; I always blame the totality of the Nigerian people, BUT in the case of Babangida, whom I refuse to ever call IBB even when managing space on twitter, I take a different stance. Babangida destroyed my life and I'm still suffering it today. If there is one single individual that is responsible for the ruination of Nigeria, it is Babangida. He set the present value system Nigerians now operate which has seen to it that people have even bettered the grand larceny that occurred during his time. Ideas matter the most in life and it is his ideas, not just conducts, that Nigerians live on today. I do not wish Babangida well in this life and he is the only one I refer to on a personal level

If only men would remember where they come from and where they're going to, life would have been a less evil place than they made it. He will eventually go the way of all mortals, whether sleeping in his bed at 75 or 100 or whether like some he made to be tied tightly to a pole and suddenly destroyed in their 20s or 30s. They all end up same: no longer in existence; bodies that they used while here decayed and vanished. All the money they stole from millions of people and killed and destroyed other lives for still where they kept them, to be spent by others who never asked for it. Man is a fool

Shameless black apes searching the whole world for African "glory". The same man moved 5000km to become an elected official in a completely different country but he can not move 500km within his own country to become an elected official. Shame on the black ape!

pwettiejay:
. Bros, no be fight na

My dear sister, na fight o. These mumus have deprived people like me of all the things I could have achieved for myself and for this country with their crass stupidity. My parents were born in one part of Nigeria; I was born and lived to adulthood in another. I am extremely politically conscious and knowledgeable but I am regarded as a stranger that they are being generous to in the land of my birth. I can not participate in the political process as a contestant. I can not go to where my parents were born to do anything there because neither do they recognise me as part of them, nor do I want to be part of them because I also see it as dishonest expediency. So, even if this country needs me, they don't want me at the same time because they're just that dumb. Let me stop here because the talk really can't end

adebisiema:
you now see why we in southwest are called the most tolerant and the most hospitable ethnic group in the world over...

#i rep Oodua nation!

You are a fool. You're part of the (majority) people who don't want Nigeria to coalesce. The actresses can't speak yoruba that's why they're there abi? To you Obama is a Kenyan that tolerant America allowed to rule over them. Did you know that an "Ibo" was the main man expected to contest for Opposition Labour leader in the UK parliament? I bet you don't. Your head is buried in the sand of Nigerian tribal backwardness. ALL TRIBE IS LEARNED. TRIBE IS LIKE POLITICAL PARTY THAT HAS LASTED FOR CENTURIES

See African apes fighting over their inanity. I hope someone from Koma gets educated and comes back to defend Koma uncladedness as their "culture". Down with all monarchs! They're the personification of eternal disunity in Nigeria which is so dumb to be concurrently calling herself a "republic". Maybe it's time they checked up the meaning of the word. All monarchs should be rounded up and shot! All, except the ones who quickly renounce not just their thrones, but the very institutions. It will always be part of our history of how we crawled from the swamp but we must NEVER remain in the swamp because we were once there. The palaces should be museums. Most would have no clue what I'm saying because Africa is in such a distant universe from the modern thought processes

My dear, we don't even produce the oil. It was piped from deep in the ground where it has been for thousands of years by same people from far away. Our only claim to it is that we're just the ones living above ground at this particular time when it was found. We are nothing! Just empty people who don't deserve to exist, yet louder and more garrulous than the real people who created the modern world. I'm ashamed to be a black man and Nigerian for that matter and that, I am proud to say

manie:
Which kain landlord and landlady be that? I am 95% sure that the so-called landlord did not build the house but he inherited the building from his late parent, we have a lot of such landlords in Lagos.

Don't mind them. They're usually also poor people who suddenly realised they are "almighty landlords" and want all tenants to begin worshipping them. This is absolutely the norm in the South West. It is the culture of yoruba Muslims. For their father to have one wife and a few well-educated kids, they will refuse. Their culture mandates a "rich" man to have more than one wife, MANY MANY CHILDREN, and little interest in educating them. In one generation, they become a poor family clinging on to being "roomlords" after the father dies and share rooms to them, and they become terrorists to the tenants due to a devastated ego. That tenant renting one room, with a different value system, will have one wife, a few kids and become rich in the same one generation, with some of the kids having built a house of their own. I have lived it; I have seen it; I have written about it on my Facebook page before now. It is not a one-off: it is the tradition of Yoruba Muslims, especially of older uneducated parent generation. Hopefully it is changing with the younger generation after they've now seen their former room tenants become absolutely no longer in their universe

darkenkach:
Why risk your life because of 45k which am sure they can afford? Why must you wait till the dying minute to pay ur school fees? We are the cause of our problem.

We are ALWAYS the cause of our problems. The problem with Nigeria is the Nigerian people themselves, a few of whom are in government for only a brief period of their lives

senior123:
Arrant Nonsense!!! Who gave MASSOB the right to banish people. This is a "FEDERAL REPUBLIC" not a "KINGDOM" your chief does not have the right the banish people from anywhere. Under what law are u banishing him. In that case all Nigerians can move to banish NNAMDI KANU FROM NIGERIA. since we all have the rights to banish people. Dullards.

My dear, you don't yet understand what's happening here o. These people all live in the kingdoms of their minds, not in a republic. I'm tired of my postulations like I'm a lunatic daydreaming. Don't you see how everybody takes "traditional rulers" seriously? I have said this is part of evidence of how backward this society is. Nigeria can only make real progress if we do away with "traditional" ideas and notions and the "kings" are the personification of those values and are in direct obstruction of societal progress. That's why people say "Ibo land" "Lagos is Yoruba land" "you are a stranger here and we are nice in accommodating you"! God, Nigeria is backward - far too backward and crude!

Does this yeye woman know the meaning of bail? She has dragged this thing for too long and at the end she'll see it was her time she was wasting all along. God ko God ni

My people, this country is so lost. We have not a clue what matters in this world. We have no idea the ingredients for societal advancement. If you talk contrary to popular opinion, they call you "bad belle" "jealous" "hater". I've heard it all. I just don't know who told me to research how life is instead of trying to get 1st class and join in the cluelessness. When the society says they want high-grade certificates from universities and there are universities available commercially, what do you expect, my people?! This country is going nowhere because we have no idea where the right direction is

dulux07:
We r always taking advantage of each other. No wonder the country is like this.

God bless you. Black man? African? Nigerian? We just dey deceive ourselves crying government as if government were some alien beings. The problem of Nigeria (add "African/Black man) is the Nigerian people themselves, a few of whom are in government. That's my national anthem and that's why they've all run from me, preventing me from changing the narrative in this country. Na lie dem dey talk. Black man has black blood - everywhere, no matter the forming of "civilised" that they form!

BiafranNigerian:
The present value of the naira held by banks (199) is false. The real value is in the parallel markets. What they are saying is, allow the currency value to be determined by the laws of f demand and supply, yes. And allow businessmen to handle importation of petrol and sell at their determined price without subsidy, so that government can focus on governance until you build refineries and sell via NNPC at price of your choosing. Stop confusing yourself.

100%. GOD bless you. 100%

chriskosherbal:
Let's all pray for our country.

To obviate vicious attacks on you, if you have nothing to say, please pass. If you have any brain in your skull you would have realised that we got here because people like you have been praying all these years and leaving things unattended. People who don't pray in other countries are the ones we're running to for help. I can't believe I share an identity with these clueless people of this country

...and in all of these, Buhari travels on. Next stop, China. He's the only leader in the world that has conferences to attend. Planes do have issues too you know, and better people than him from better countries than Nigeria have been involved

36STATES:
If you're really Igbo, may your ancestors and the spirit of all Igbos who laid down their lives to defend and protect us between 1966 and 1970 chase you till the end of your life and may you know no peace until you change.

If you are no Igbo, I have no problem with you, and I can understand you.

You're too daft to be engaged intellectually and I don't suppose if that ChetaNwaeze guy is the real one on twitter (@chxta) who is being groomed by our Civil Society hypocrites, that he would want to indulge you cos that's how they're trained. It is your forbears of 1966 - 1970 that wasted their lives and destroyed Nigeria. You think you hold righteous anger? Incredible! The Ibos ruined Nigeria even in defeat in the war. They made militancy, armed robbery and the brigandage of Northern military officers possible because of their blind and unrealistic ambition. We are still paying today, we the totality of Nigeria. They ruined my life in Nigeria today, as well as those of millions. You have no clue!
PS: I'm sure glad that the worst fool in Nigerian history - your Ibo hero I'm sure - Emmanuel Ifeajuna, was shot to death by firing squad by his fellow Ibos on the orders of the luckiest Ibo ever - Ojukwu

OBTMOS:
Nigerian that know about this panama papers are not up to 30%, they will neva read such things online. Rather, they will be laughing n making mockery of how wizkid tackles Linda. We still have a long way to go. I was in a football hall yesterday to watch barca mathc n I made mention of how Messi has been listed in the panama papers, could you bliv it was only one person that knew what I was talking about?

Thank you. These people don't have a clue where we are. Nigeria is a joke!

youngsahito:
can u list d capacity n d duration

It is for the client to list the items s/he wants to power(capacity) and for how long s/he wants to power them(duration). Then we configure what will suffice and estimate cost

ideylaff:
This is the curse his father placed on his head before he died .

He told him unless it's not this my dk that was used to bring you to this world.

You will see double disgrace for the disgrace you brought me.

Sounded like a joke back then when Oloye said it

Fast forward years on, Look at Bukolas life.

A boy born into wealth and power turned kleptomaniac ooo

So sad

Misguided typical Nigerian he followed his father's footstep as a THIEF but refused to follow his evil father to finally enslave their state. You Nigerians are slaves of the mind. When he miraculously emerged Senate President you didn't say his father's curse has failed. Now that what his father taught him is now affecting him you rush out to say it's his father's curse. Pathetic country of pathetic people

potbelly:
Will she have said all this if the man wasn't a billionaire?

Oh yes! It happens in every class. The middle class men are enjoying it the most. If not for hypocrisy this issue is nothing in Africa - women expect men to have other girls outside and some are even proud their man is sought after and they're the ultimate "owners" of the man. Sadly we're not evolving by ourselves, just copying things from oyibo. I know it's a big deal in Western countries but here: lies! Celebrities are being put through undue stress by mindless and useless people. I don't wish to be a celebrity in this country but if I did become, I would adopt Fela style upfront so that una go shut the f up!

Sixaxis:
So unfortunate! D drama...supposed captain against d general, army torturing d young boy, d riggin itself nd all dat.

Nigeria is not a modern state. It is a jungle where the more power you have, the more right you belong vis-a-vis those less powerful. The rule of law doesn't exist in the jungle. Now all these are happening as APC is in power. If PDP were in power it won't happen; if PDP returns to power, those punishing these people will also then be punished and these culprits will then be rehabilitated. It's all a joke. Nigeria is a joke!