₦airaland Forum

raumdeuter:
When i heard Americans cut off their parents because they voted for a different party, some say they won't be going to Xmas or Thanksgiving because their families voted for a different party

I think these oyinbo and akata people are quite sensitive; they get overtly emotional. They find it easy to throw away years of friendship and love over the silliest reasons.


I'm guessing it's because they are not used to living the kinda communal lives we are used to in Africa. I think generally Africans and Asians value family more than Europeans & Americans. And I'm thinking it's because of the communal lives we've been used to.

Cutting off a family member because of political difference is as silly as silly can ever be. Where I worked as Presiding officer during that 2015 election, the APC and PDP party agents at the polling unit are identical twins. In the afternoon, one of their wives brought food in a big plate and they both devoured it together . Like they belong to different political parties, they are brothers and u can tell they love each other.

raumdeuter:
When i see such happen it looks strange to me
I have seen Americans who will live in the same city with their parents and they will say they haven't spoken for 20yrs

Some people will be sick in hospital and no family to check on them despite growing up in that city and having families

There use to be a white guy over 60 in an apartment i was living back then and he will be friendly with everyone. He can just arrest you and talk with you for over 1hr, next thing he's inviting you to dinner or pub. I come dey wonder why he doesn't have any immediate family

He now told me that one day he called cops on his neighbor because the neighbors 8yr old daughter was jumping and disturbing him, so I figured if you have that attitude to life you won't have anyone near you.

Well me sef give am space and started avoiding him

Has there been anyone who cut off an immediate family and what led to it

Well, oyinbo people and their culture of calling cops on neighbors over every little thing is always weird to me ; maybe because as Africans those things don't happen here Sha. But I understand Ur point that definitely anybody that has that kind of attitude like u described will definitely have less people warming up to him.

That being said I think oyinbos get too emotional and always avoid talking to their parents over the flimsiest reasons unlike we Africans. For example oyinbo child can become 18 and just ghost his parents because the parents were tough disciplinarian. Our own culture doesn't would not really permit that......

In fact some of we Africans are grateful for our parents being tough on us. Some of these "toughness" I'm talking about includes merciless beating ó. I remember one time like that when a Christian wake keep was held for an elderly woman who passed away in my area. The mama was a retired headmistress ; when it was time for people to give testimony about her life and times, some of her old students who are married men and women came to the podium to speak about her. One man who is a medical doctor claimed he was a traunt and that it was her counsel after serious beating that kept him straight; he said he is grateful she used the rod to set him straight. Another woman who seem like a successful career woman also said she would've dropped out and gotten pregnant for her then bf if the woman had not made it a duty to police her lifestyle and always singling her out for serious punishment.

These things would've been termed abuse abroad and these people would not even go to her burial but in naija they are giving testimony of how that "abuse" has helped their life.

In naija I think the major reason some people choose not to speak with their families again is marital wahala. Like when u want to marry a particular person, Ur family objects, u decide to go ahead and then shut Ur family out. I don't know if this is resin enough cos I really don't know how those people who take those decisions feel Sha.

I don't know if u know about WofaiFada and her marriage to one of the sons of the Coles of Iru kingdom ( Victoria Island). The groom's father practically objected to his son marrying Wofai based on age difference and did not give his blessing to the marriage. The man even published a disclaimer on the internet that their family has nothing to do with the marriage. Only God knows if such a guy would ever reconcile with his family in the future.

raumdeuter:
I want to ask something

What will be a good enough reason to cut off a direct family like parent or siblings that you lived and grew together

By cut off I mean never talk to them for life again

I think the only justifiable reason to cut off a parent or sibling is if such individual does something that can jeopardize Ur life/source of livelihood.

For any other reason that hurts u, I believe keeping a distance is enough but not totally cutting them off.

Edit: I see you have edited to rule out trying to kill the person...In that case, I don't think there's really any justifiable reason to cut off a parent or sibling completely. Keeping a distance is more appropriate.

larride:
Which of the Seyi? Seyi Tinubu? Lol

He wont even smell senate seat talkless of Governor ticket.

3 different groups have endorsed him now including his own Friends of Seyi Tinubu group . I get the feeling he’s serious about the ticket and the only person that can stop him is his father .

There’s no smoke without fire , If Seyi was not interested all these “testing of water” endorsements left and right will not be happening . I have learnt not to ignore these obvious signs when it comes to politics . Definitely All those philanthropic work Seyi has been doing , Sharing bags of rice , making financial donations here and there is not just because he likes to give money away . He obviously has political ambition in mind

But let’s see what the father does sha when the time comes

Itsrm:
Since this UGM insecurity thing, nothing concern me with any road leading to any state in the East so I can't speak to this particular place.

However, unlike Lagos that uses LAWMA, waste management here is handled by private contractors. And if there's anything private organisations have over government ones, it's efficiency.

I will be surprised if that place you mentioned is as you say it is.

Waste management in Lagos is controlled by LAWMA(Lagos Waste Management Authority) , but the collection and disposal of waste is handled by private contractors under the PSP arrangement( Private Sector Partnership)

It simply means the PSP operators are under the control of LAWMA(the government agency) . So it is a public-private sector partnership thingy.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Akaekpuchionwa na the same person with OkpaNsukka? [/color]

Na him na , Isn't it obvious ?

It's just like make Teejay change moniker ni, the moment he starts talking about Africans being unintelligent and dull, u will figure it out that he's the one behind the new moniker

chrisooblog:
I didn't see this post before I responded.

Very dirty people.

All those Sura, Oke Suna, High Court part of Lagos Island, when rain falls u will see people emptying garbage into the flood despite LAWMA being operational all over Lagos.

Sometimes ehn, it is not easy to govern people o especially people that just don't want to behave well no matter the level of sanction u impose on them.

It's the same way people cross expressway right under pedestrian bridges

seankafor:
https://x.com/fisayosoyombo/status/1859901759050912047?t=TXQh5LEOMih7uSmUjaoICA&s=19

That guy is right, Fisayo may get himself killed sooner or later either by Crooked customs officers, smugglers or a third party paid by them. He's taking a great risk that is not worth it with all these smuggling expose he's doing.

The way that IBD Dende expose he did was ignored even with Video evidence ehn....I fear for Fisayo's life

Itsrm:
If you have watched this man's interviews in the early days of Tinubus administration, you will almost choke with laughter watching this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugmxy2CnUd0

As funny as some parts of the video was, the man actually made some sense sha.

Although he was going overboard talking about not trusting T-Pain again, insisting T-Pain's appointment of Bwala cannot stand, etc. He sounded as if he was subtly threatening T-Pain

He made sense when he spoke about hunger in the land and T-Pain not living up to expectation.

Overall the guy seem to be one of the few APC supporters who actually is bold enough to call a spade what it is. He seem to be cut from a different cloth from the other Sycophants that surround T-Pain who keep hyping him that he's doing well. Although , nobody knows if his opinion will change if they use appointment block his mouth sha

izzou:
[color=royalblue]PH vs Ikeja
Lagos vs Rivers

If we access the entire Rivers, you go see say e dirty well well [/color]

Omo, PH clean pass Ikeja o.

But Ikeja road users dey orderly pass PH road users sha. I see people dey follow one way for front of Road safety checkpoint for PH I shock . Dem no dey obey traffic rules for PH, so we use that one pass them.

iamoyindamola:
You are the one calling them terrorists
We know them as UGM, shebi bandits are bandits
Anyway, I don't want him facing any charges in finland they should extradite him to naija to answer for his crime
If they take years to trial him it's still a win win because his life will never be the same in naija prison
He could be forgotten till he die self, but he will have it easy in finland

Well, as far as extradition is concerned we are at the mercy of the Finnish authorities . FG has said they will request for his extradition , so it will be left to their authorities over there to grant our request or deny .

You remember they wanted to extradite Abba Kari to America over hushpuppi matter and the extradition application was thrown out of court in Nigeria .

Anyways let’s see how it goes sha

Itsrm:
Looks like you guys need double the workforce of Lawma considering the population density of Lagos at 4-6k people per square km.

Ph for instance has roughly half the density of Lagos.

I don’t think LAWMA is the problem but the people themselves . People will literally dump refuse in places where there is clear sign of “ Do not dump refuse here “ . They pass urine in areas where there is a sign prohibiting public urination .

Recently KAI brigade has been going after people involve in open defecation. Can u imagine places like CMS , Marina , Ebute Ero, etc on the island , u will see people openly defecating early in the morning in this age and time.

There’s not much government can do honestly , na the people gan gan be the problem .

iamoyindamola:
What crime is that?

Terrorism as well as terrorism financing.

iamoyindamola:
But he didn’t commit any crime in Finland

He actually committed the crime in Finland, that's why it is their police that is prosecuting him. However, Nigerian government can decide to request for his exradition since he committed those crimes against the people of Nigeria

Itsrm:
Most Lagosians who visit PH always have this to say. The lady who said Lagos is dirty and smelly may not be far from the truth

I first visited PH in 1998 and I will not even lie, everyone in my family was dazed as to how clean the roads were . It was a very huge contrast to what we were used to in Lagos.

Even though Pure water, Takeaway packs and other disposable plastic wastes have found their way into the average Nigerian city in the new millennium, I can still attest that present day PH is still cleaner than present day Lagos even with LAWMA doing serious waste management job in Lagos.

Itsrm:
Except that it's not always black and white. Even in this case, the supreme court may come back to say the Federal High court actually had jurisdiction.

This one is clear in black and white.

What the Federal High court did is illegal by presiding over a case he has no jurisdiction over. That is judicial rascality.

You don't need to study law to even know these things. Below is the summary of Federal High court's jurisdiction.

Section 251(1) of the Constitution highlights the powers of the Federal High Court to determine legal matters and the extent of these powers as conferred by the Constitution and the Act of the National Assembly. The section provides that “notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution and in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, the Federal High Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction to the exclusion of any other court in civil cases and matters-

[b]a. relating to the revenue of the Government of the Federation in which the said Government or any organ thereof or a person suing or being sued on behalf of the said Government is a party.

b. connected with or pertaining to the taxation of companies and other bodies established or carrying on business in Nigeria and all other persons subject to Federal taxation.

c. connected with or pertaining to customs and excise duties and export duties, including any claim by or against the Nigeria Customs Service or any member or officer thereof, arising from the performance of any duty imposed under any regulation relating to customs, exercise duties, and export duties.

d. connected with or pertaining to banking, banks, other financial institutions, including any action between one bank and another, any action against Central Bank of Nigeria arising from banking, foreign exchange, coinage, legal tender, bills of exchange, letters of credit, promissory notes and other fiscal measures. (Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any dispute between an individual customer and his bank in respect of transaction between the individual customer and the bank).

e. arising from the operation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act or any enactments replacing the Act or regulating the operations of companies incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act.

f. any Federal enactment relating to copyright, patents, designs, trademark, and passing off, industrial designs and merchandise marks, business names, commercial and industrial monopolies, combines and trusts, standards of goods and commodities, and industrial standards.

g. any admiralty jurisdiction, including shipping and navigation on the River Niger or River Benue and their affluent and on such other inland waterways as may be designated by any enactment to be an international waterway, all Federal ports (including the constitution and powers of the ports authority for Federal ports) and carriage by sea.

h. diplomatic, consular, and trade representation

i. citizenship, naturalization and aliens, the deportation of persons who are not citizens of Nigeria, extradition, immigration into and, emigration from Nigeria, passports, and visas.

j. bankruptcy and insolvency.

k. aviation and safety of aircraft.

l. arms, ammunition and, explosives.

m. drugs and poisons.

n. mines and minerals (including oil fields, oil mining, geological surveys, and natural gas).

o. weights and measures.

p. the administration or the management and control of the Federal Government or any of its agencies.

q. subject to the provisions of the Constitution, the operation, and interpretation of the Constitution in so far as it affects the Federal Government or any of its agencies.

r. any action or proceeding for a declaration or injunction affecting the validity of any executive or administrative action or decision by the Federal Government or any of its agencies.

s. such other jurisdiction civil or criminal and whether to the exclusion of any other court or not as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly”[/b].

iamoyindamola:
That's what the headset is use for normally unless they changed it

That's what I think too

Itsrm:
Assuming this is even the case, the president shouldn't be the one using it since he's the one speaking. The other delegates who don't understand English should be using it.

Maybe he wants to be hearing people that will be saying " What The 4ck" in french , Spanish, German, etc as he's reading the speech

Itsrm:
Why the 🎧. Is someone telling him what to say?

When I was much younger, one senior bros told me that the 🎧 which delegates wear at international conferences is for translation of foreign languages to ur lingua Franca when other people whom u don’t speak their language are addressing the public .

Now that I’m an adult , I don’t if that is true or just lamba that Egbon gave me that time .

Itsrm:
And that is the normal thing to do if a judgement does not go in your favour. You appeal. You don't take laws into your hands.

Once you start taking laws into your hands, all bets are off.

Sure , he did appeal and now the justice has been served .

I am only pointing it out that the federal high court judge is a disgrace because even a layman on the street knows he goofed with that ruling in the first place .

“Tinubu went to the G7 to attract investors”

Tinubu at the G7: pic.twitter.com/VCGmeQlzdp

— Erimus (@HeDontMakeNoise) November 20, 2024

What did I just watch ? 😲

Shey na all those technocrat and best brains wey surround T-Pain provide this speech for him too ?

Akaekpuchionwa2:
I always laugh when I remember some people wanted BAT to intervene in Niger🇳🇪 to restore constitutional order.

Those were just IGG (Initial Gra Gra). T-Pain was never going to get National Assembly assent to intervene militarily in Niger’s internal affairs.

The northern caucus of lawmakers would not allow it and the southern caucus too knows the cost implication the busy body military intervention would have on the country’s finances at this dire period .

It is only their uninformed supporters online that were mouthing such unreasonable suggestions .

iamoyindamola:
What's this na
So many things are wrong with the picture
Why is the money smiling after dishing out N25k cheque

She’s smiling because of “Transaction Successful “

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned a Federal High Court judgment that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from providing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for local government elections, which have already been conducted, News360 Nigeria reports.

Justice Onyekachi Otisi, leading the appellate panel, ruled that the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case, emphasizing that Section 28 of the Electoral Act applies only to federal, governorship, and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, not state-level elections.

The appellate court also criticized the lower court for directing security agencies to refrain from performing their constitutional duties.

Previously, Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court had ruled that RSIEC violated local government election laws by failing to issue the mandatory 90-day notice before announcing the election date.

The judgment had prevented INEC from releasing the voters’ register to RSIEC until all legal requirements were met.

The appeal was one of several filed against decisions of the Federal High Court concerning Rivers State’s local government polls.

I mentioned it here that day that the Federal High court has no jurisdiction over Rivers state LGA election and their ruling on the elections could not stand . People were saying otherwise , but see now that the judgement had been overturned for that same jurisdiction issue .

That Peter Lifu man should be ashamed of himself sha. I’m sure his kids too will claim their dad is the best dad in the world 🤦‍♂️

Segedinho:
The printing even cost pass the money

🤷‍♂️

Na so we see am . Very soon that Efiok moniker will come here now and claim “Betty was victimized “

izzou:

Na true na.

Na that time dem go remember all the petition people don write against him . All those allegations wey Sahara reporters don publish about how he Dey import Turkish furniture , Dey carry two wives travel and allocate estacodes to them all on state’s /house of assembly’s account ; na when he wan run that governorship EFCC go begin investigate am.

Segedinho:

Mugu must fall , guyman must chop am !

If there’s Seyi Tinubu , Gbaja , Hamzat and Obasa on the ballot for Lagos APC primary in 2027; One thing that is very sure is that Obasa won’t get the ticket whether he shows his hands early or late .

Except Obasa will kill all the Lagos GAC members before 2027 , his governorship ambition is dead on arrival .

The only issue Seyi might have is the fact that he’s a practicing Christian while dem Gbaja, Hamzat and Obasa are Muslims . Although Seyi might as well just hide under his dad’s religion but everybody knows he’s a Christian in real life . So it will be interesting to see whether a Christian(Seyi) will be allowed to take over from another Christian governor (Sanwoolu)

But I think Hamzat and Ghaja have more chances than Obasa if Seyi decides not to be on the ballot .

In fact, I make bold to say that Obasa has a higher chances of ending up with EFCC case by 2027 than clinching the governorship ticket in Lagos .

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— Baftey🧲 (@akokc_davido2) November 21, 2024

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
The bolded is fake news. He was kidnapped

Okay , I used the wrong word maybe I should have used the word “renditioned” and not extradited .

The koko is he’s in Nigeria and Malami was unable to prosecute him successfully while he was AGF

chrisooblog:
Could it be she's half Igbo cos her mum is black?

Funny how unverified rumours run in this country because of politics.

He married Igbo woman pic.twitter.com/87RWmv5uAm

— Mcmanley Manley 📈📉 (@ManleyMcmanley) November 20, 2024

In the video of the link above , Seyi Tinubu by his own mouth said his wife is from Anambra .

In the attached picture , Leyal Holm on IG said her mum is proudly Anambra .

From the wedding video, it appears Leyal’s mum is a Nigerian and the dad a Lebanese .

So I figure the people referring to her as Igbo are not sharing unverified rumors , they are only relying on the information made available on the internet by the concerned persons .

Roland17:
Putin na flat track bully. We sent the long range missiles that Ukraine used to attack Russia recently. If e sure for Putin make e strike US directly or through any of their proxies. This isn’t even about Republican or Democrat.. E go shock am! No be to dey make noise for X. He knows who supplied the missiles, he should dare it and see if Russia won’t become rubbles.

That’s why I was surprised seeing Sean and Okpa celebrating the “warning shot” . Person don talk say he will whack and western country that aid Ukraine with Long range weapons to strike Russian territory , now e don happen and he’s still doing long talk again.