₦airaland Forum

Melvyn11:
I don't see the cheat-mode performance he has produced for Argentina or his numerous trophies for his country.

Okay

Kimbeast:
This will be interesting. Pick two, bin one?

I will bin Suarez and Neymar. Messi alone is enough abeg. The little argentine is a cheat-mode player. He can do everything those two can do and more

Hathor5:


The garri story is quite funny.

God bless the lady who cooked for you when you were sick. I really love such acts of kindness.

Yes o. God bless her for that

Ishilove:
And since then you haven't looked back

Yes o

Ishilove:
Blueraydick,

I tried your macaroni stir fry recipe this morning-

Alas, I couldn't find carrots in my hood (the only one I saw looked like it has Corona virus), so I just decided to cook the thing like that.

I overslept and couldn't get up on time, so I did everything chop chop. When I got to the kitchen I discovered I'm out of spices like curry/thyme and the only ingredients available were Maggi and salt. Wetin manpikin go do? Manpikin sliced one very big ass bulb of tomato, several pieces of pepper and a boat load of onions (I love onions).

I couldn't resist adding two kitchen spoons of blended pepper and tomato

So I heated the oil, added the blended pepper, allowed to fry for one minute, then added the sliced tomatoes, pepper and onions.

Fried it for two minutes and added grinded crayfish (in place of prawns. We don't have prawns in my hood). However, since I was running really late for work, I didn't have the luxury of time to be doing catering practical, I added dried fish after 5 minutes. Last last I fried everything and added salt and Maggi under 15 minutes. Afterwards I dumped the boiled macaroni inside the sauce. Thank goodness you warned me about adding water to the sauce because it would have been too soggy.

Now to the stirring-

I don't have a spatula close by (I have a set somewhere in my closet which I haven't brought out in years) so I settled with 'turn eba' stick. After turning twice, I got irritated and flung it aside and settled for my trusty, big ass kitchen spoon.

Thankfully it didn't burn because I reduced the heat and just kinda let the mixture cook slowly. I prefer the spoon because it captured ingredients that has settled at the bottom of the pot, unlike the turn eba that didn't quite mix everything well.

Apart from the tomato that tasted a little raw, it didn't turn out as badly as I feared. Truth be told, this is the first time I am enjoying macaroni.

The first pic is the finished product in the kitchen. No light so I used a torch to cook.

The second is me about to dig in at work!

You have done well

I used to be like u seeing cooking as a chore. In the university I had 3 roommates who enjoy cooking a lot that they do fight for the chance to cook. So all tru university I only cooked like twice. They always cook and I always eat.

It was when I was posted to the north for NYSC things change. My PPA was a government school quite far from the town and u can't buy any cooked food in that village. We live in the school compound and we only go to town mostly when allawee is paid or on special ocassions.

Being always lazy about cooking, I took enough garri from home and with kulikuli quite cheap there, I bought enough to last for 2 weeks . I won't even lie, I took garri to the extent I was sick within a week and half. More like the garri just dug out some malady or something.I couldn't step out of my room for a full day.

The second day while on my sick bed, a female corper that also hailed from Lagos cooked better rice and fried stew topped with beef and brought it to my sick bed. Somebody helped me get malaria drugs and I devoured the food hungrily. That same evening she brought me yam and egg that tasted really nice and I used my drugs.

I kid you not, the next day I was back on my feet full of life. Right there and then I knew my problem was related to not eating good food. That was how I enter town buy all the buyables including that Hausa smoked catfish, prepared better stew and chop better rice and beans with it.

Wike is a big fooool.

PDP held their state inauguration in Rivers state yesterday. One question for people who defended his demolition of that hotel for flouting his so called "executive order" ; Should the hall where this meeting held be demolished and the PDP members in the picture arrested like he did those pilots?

pocohantas:
Still snacking. Feels good to be 38

Happy birthday dear.

That is how everybody will be running from Local politics till Larride wins seat to represent his constituency in his state house of assembly and we will say he has join Apc cult

In a place like Nigeria where we have some majority of the people being unlettered, the best bet is to have physical presence; u should be in the face of the people prior to an election year before they will take u serious.

diggz:
Mr critical thinker needs to learn from this.

Honestly calling people fooools, shouting them down in a discussion/argument won't make them accept Ur views. In fact they will despise what message u think u are trying to pass.

Thus far, there has not been any irrefutable prove to show that Nigeria's number 1 problem is religion.

donjazet:
I have said it before that deriving your values from the Bible or any other holy book is actually dangerous because it is very much contradictory and you can justify any action you take with quotes or verses of the Holy book.

Now you are conveniently pointing out the good part that teaches you love.

What apart the part that condemns the unbelievers. Or the part that term people opposed to the religion to "die by fire".

What about the part of the hadith that encourages mass murder and promise of 72 virgins in "paradise".
In the end we gain our moral values IN SPITE of religion not because of religion.

A religious person will ALWAYS be suspicious of someone who doesn't share his same belief.
Nigerias problems hinge on both RELIGIOUS AND TRIBAL DIFFERENCES. this has been my point all along.
The two go hand in hand.

I chose to ask you about the inter religious marriage, because marriage is the ultimate social structure of unity. Any two people that can get married without any social problems indicate a healthy relationship between the two sides.

I grew up in Muslim-Christian home. My old man is a Muslim and my mum a Christian. Till date I've never seen my parents quarrel( I don't even mean fight, I mean quarrel).....They may have their differences which they sort out in the corner of their room, but we the children saw loving parents who married out of love and live their life by the happy choice they made.

I kid you Not, some inter-religious marriages are way solid than intra-religious ones. In fact, growing up in such homes makes one tolerant of other people's religious and non-religious views. I personally won't flare up and start calling people fooools and insult them as being not enlightened because of their religious views ( like some people do here on nairaland)

donjazet:
While most of your postulations are accurate, there is still a point you have missed.
We are not just saying religion is a problem. But RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY is a large problem.

In Northern Nigeria, you cannot distinguish between religion and tradition because both have become intertwined to become their predominant culture.
Unlike the south where tradition and religion is still quite apart. But religion now takes forefront of people's mind.

For instance, if an igbo man marries a Yoruba girl, a few rural villagers will frown
it but will accept it, however if a Christian igbo marries an Islamic girl, it is instantly frowned upon and unacceptable by all and sundry. You become an island in your hometown.
That is religious bigotry laid bare.
Now this mentality is harboured and exhibited by our leaders since they are an extraction from the people.

I never said religious bigotry is not a problem, what I'm saying is Tribalism has always been the bigger problem going down memory lane to post independence era. Parties were formed across religious lines. AG was seen as a western party, NCNC was seen as being eastern Igbo-controlled etc. That is what translated till date to Apc being seen as Hausa-Yorùbá marriage kinda Party. Some eaterners would rather not vote than vote Apc. At least Buhari has had pastors as his vice thrice and nobody really cared vote for him. Now see how Àtiku got Eastern votes because he chose a son of the soil.

That has little or nothing to do with religion, it is tribal bigotry which we are all guilty of. It is what we were born into

gensteejay:
You're right about the highlighted. The foundation of Nigeria was poorly laid, and one Nigeria is a myth.

Even though the advocates of one Nigeria don't want a breakup, they can't waive aside the import of restructuring.

However, that requires a lot of political will. And Nigerians won't even vote for leaders that have the potential to achieve that once they don't run on the platform of either PDP or APC.

Most will simply support popular candidates with the largest money bags to spend, running on either of those main parties and pray to their god the (s)elected candidates get it right when they get to the helm.

But can mere prayers make an Ahmed Musa become a Messi?

Yes u are right that Nigerians may likely not support anybody that contests outside Apc or PDP. This has nothing to do with religion.

Politics is a game of numbers. Nobody wants to support a candidate is almost certain he's going to lose. So why waste the vote?

Do u know the reason why people like Sowore, Moghalu and the likes that want to form third force will continue to lose? It is because they do not understand Nigeria's politics is best played at the grassroot. You don't win elections via online poll or social media posts.

Since may 2019 when Buhari has been sworn in, what majority of those guys have been doing is criticizing, calling for a never-happening revolution and some just staying quiet for reasons best known to them. They have 4 good years ahead of them to prepare for an election and what Sowore has done is to get arrested, released, rearrested and released for the past one year.

For a serious third force their focus would've been to at least make sure they have presence in all the 774 local governments in Nigeria, hold ward meetings weekly, encourage their members to invite their friends and colleagues to join them as time goes on. That is how a party following is built at the grassroots. How do you think Apc keeps winning Lagos? I do see them in my area, the elderly ones and the younger generations holding ward meetings weekly. Do u know those Apc members have membership cards?

When people see them go to these ward meetings for complete 3 years, it builds a kind of image in the mind of the people that this is a serious party that means business. Not some young former SUG president chasing clout. This instills a certain confidence in the voting public and they will do away with the fear that their votes will be lost.

Honestly I like Sowore, dem Moghalu because on the surface they look like they mean well for the populace, but they still need to understand that the electioneering process doesn't start a year to general election. That is why PDP keeps losing in Lagos ; the people are yearning for a change of power, but PDP's presence in the localities is almost non existent prior to an election year

Nigerians number one problem from day 1 has always been ethnicity/ tribal bigotry. The outcome of the first military coup in 1966 led to mistrust amongst the major tribes in the country. The Coup led to the death of politicians and military officers that are majorly from the the northern and western region......and an Eastern head of state emerged.

This is where Nigeria's problem started. The fallout of the counter Coup; the programs, Igbo people massacre, resultant civil war and matters arising after the Civil War are reasons why Nigeria is where it is today and not religion.

All these shalayes about religion preventing development are just not it. The people are divided against tribal lines. A person of Idoma origin will mostly not vote for a Tiv to represent them at the senate despite the Tiv man being "credible" like someone posited earlier. Tribalism has made us as a country underutilize our best hands and focus on the less qualified people who appeal to our tribal sentiments.

It even happens in universities where an Igbo man will not be appointed VC in a university in Yoruba land. We apply tribal sentiments to taking key decisions.

Religion may be a factor, but it is not a deciding factor as much as ethnicity/tribalism. Most Yoruba Christian landlord will prefer to rent out their house to a Yoruba Muslim than an igbo man claiming Igbo's are problematic as tenants. An Hausa man will prefer to help someone who speaks the Hausa language that won't stress him to be speaking English unnecessarily. An igbo man who is a catholic or Anglican will prefer dealing with an Igbo man who attends Sabbath( whom some claim to be occultic) than deal with Hausa man.

Lets just say Tribalism is a primary problem that has been sowed since inception of the country, religion also joined as a problem later on

larride:
BlueRayDick


OUK remains in jail till his own appeal will be heard. It’s certain though that he will win the appeal on the ground just like this one won the appeal for retrial.

Chai! It's still a win for him at the end of the day sef.

Obviously na that other guy just test the waters first. More like a forerunner for the big masquerade.

popizaino:
Walahi I'm tempted to choose jorginho too cus of the same reason you stated but then there is giroud you wonder if his teammates were keeping malice with him?

Giroud that didn't even have shot on Target at the world cup sef. He played 546 minutes including 81 minutes in the final.

I think I will change my mind and choose Giroud jare. At least Jorginho could've passed to somebody that passed to a goal scorer, that Giroud own is unacceptable truly

popizaino:
Who is the worst?

Jorginho

I really don't know how that guy got hyped to that level sef. He can pass sideways for life

rationalhuman:
I got my university degree from India, lived there total eight years.
Several of my friends from different parts of India were non religious guys, but on documents they were all Hindus. This was case for majority of them.
Except few Muslims , they were only one practicing Islam.

Alright then. If this is true, then ur initial position on the matter is understood. You are in a better place to talk about India being religious or not

rationalhuman:
They dont, those figures you have mentioned are from government database. You have to mention atleast one religion, so they mention whatever their family used to follow.
Point was not the religion mentioned in Document, point was PRACTICE.
Most of them practice spirituality but not the religion.

And how did u come about this Ur position? Is it documented anywhere or u just assume they don't practise religion?

Have u been to India to know this for a fact?

Most people advocating for further lockdown are either salary earners in private employment, civil servants and political appointees. These set of people received their April salary while at home and will probably get their May salary if another lockdown is put in place.

However it is selfishness on their part advocating for another lockdown without considering the traders, entrepreneurs and artisans whose business will suffer in the event of another total lockdown. These set of people will not feed without any form of business activity going on in the economy.

The government has already shown in the course of the initial 5 weeks lockdown it has no plan put in place to cater for even 10% of the total population. If lockdown must be put in place, let salaries of salary earners stop and let's see how long those advocating for the lockdown will last themselves before the populace revolt.

NOTE: I'm also a salary earner, but it's unfair on owners of businesses who won't be able to work during lockdown and thus can't earn ; while the salary earner gets his salary at home

odizeey:
When I was interning at a bank, A Lebanese client, big man, asked for a place to pray, because his prayer time clashed with business time. They had to give him the space for the sales agents. I've not heard of or seen that hear shlt ever from a Nigeria.

Did that stop him from making his millions? Nah.

We Nigerians are just wicked to ourselves. Period. Lets free religion out of this one abeg.

It's not religion Jare. A lot of religious and non-religious wicked people abound in the country.

timbros:
I just googled.

He actually scored 48 out of 49 attempts. Crazy!

This other guy Ledio Pano (Albania, 1986-2001) has a 100% success rate from over 50 penalties in Albania and Greece

These ones na the real penalty merchants o

timbros:
98%?

How many penalty did he take in his career to get such high percentage?

He scored 47 out of 48 penalty kicks he took

mariga:
White rice X Beans X Banana X Chicken

#Dinnertime

Dyt has infected people with banana bug o. I should try it one of these days.

Na the real balanced diet be dis

rationalhuman:
Should i consider this as Joke of the Day??

He's actually right, 79.8% of India's population practice Hinduism....That's like over 1 billion people engaging in /practising a religion out of about 1.3billion people.

Lunch : I made catfish pepper soup and yam

Before u ask what those red and yellow stuff are, they are red and yellow bell pepper.....to give it a special flavor

Breakfast: Toast + Lucozade boost