₦airaland Forum

donjazzet:
As an atheist who rejects the notion of a "God" and despises religion for it's role in the segregation and decimation of humankind, I'm always fascinated with the concept of morality across different societies in our modern civilization. Of what is right and what is wrong. How societies different from each other and how to look at and judge another society whose set of rules and morality are perceived to be of "inferior standards".

For example, in predominantly Muslim countries, you see a complete subjugation of women, for them it is embedded into the code of their morality that women are definitely inferior to men, so their set of laws center around the complete restrictions of women rights. Women can't vote, can't drive, can't obtain education, her dress as she wishes, has no choice in her choice of a marriage partner etc and the funny aspect is that there are a substantial amount of women amongst them who completely embrace this notion of their only role in society being to serve their men around them.

Away from the Moslem societies, you still have an endurance of archaic traditional inhumane practices that persists till today and has fought off modernization.

You have cultures in Africa where albinos and twins are still killed.
You have cultures in east Asia where widows are killed by burning together with the corpse of her husband. So if her husband dies, his wife has to die too. This practice is advocated by a subsection of the Hinduism religion. The British tried to end this practice but faced stiff opposition.
You can read about this here.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)

You also have this Colombian culture where young boys are made to have sex with animals before they can sleep with their first females.
You can read about it here too.
https://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Bestiality-And-Zoophilia-Of-Cartagena-Colombia/FJCY384WVNT

You also have a subsect of the Yoruba culture where a first son can inherit his father's titles, properties and wives including his own mother who becomes his wife.

When you see all these and realize that for these groups, tribes and people, they believe soo strongly that they are justified in what they do because it's all their people have ever known, it inspires a curiosity as I said earlier,m to the concept of morality. Is there such a thing as good and bad? If there is, who are the arbiters of what is supposed to be good and what is supposed to be bad? many questions as to the makeup of modern human civilization.

What is this subsect of this Yoruba culture called ? Care to shed more light on this ?

daveP:
All you've said is fact. But Saka needs to be rested more often. He's young again. You want battery to enter red ni? Even Haaland and KDB get rest from time to time. Or are you advocating that if replacement come, cos he's best player, he should play all 38games like he did that year?

I didn't say the bold in my post neither did I imply it. All I said was Saka was Arsenal's best player and we've seen how we struggle in the front most times he's not playing. If there's a Saka replacement who can at least give us 60 to 70 per cent of what Saka is offering us, then why not? Such a player can even bench Saka in some not-so-high-profile games .

Until we get such player. I'm afraid u will get to see Saka start and play most minutes of most of the EPL and Champions league matches.

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TheDemola:
Done. Replied

I didn’t undertand the response , but I’ve replied the mail bro

sod09:
Yes he did, so unfortunate he couldn't hold himself
The coach is the next culprit there's a video of him grabbing boob of his female technical crew member 🤣🤣
These people will end us

I saw that video too. I think these guys getting involved in female sports should know they have an extra duty of care to themselves to coordinate themselves well . Football in particular is an emotional sports that can make u go haywire sometimes, but knowing u are a male in the midst of females who themselves are very emotional creatures puts u on the spot. You need to be more cautious so as not to embarrass ur lineage and ancestors.

I remember how I went crazy at the viewing center for Arsenal's 2014 FA cup final win when Ramsey scored the winning goal in extra time. I threw away my shirt, hugged any random arsenal fan whether male, female, transgendered or hermaphrodite. The emotion was over the roof. If there was a camera somewhere who knows maybe they might have caught some inappropriate footage sef.

Well I'm not a professional sha and the fact that those coaches and officials are professional, they expect them to act as one. Maybe they should just allow women to handle women sports so some of these things will stop being issues.

larride:
If you check my post here on this Niger issue, I'm not necessarily pro war. I am pro intervention. Which means Nigeria and Ecowas should intervene in Niger and make sure that side is peaceful. I don't really care whether they practice democracy or dictatorship as long as they secure their side of our border.

The essence of sanction is to bring whoever you are sanctioning tail in hand and at your mercy during negotiation. Niger is not Russia. So far the sanctions are having effect and they are already proposing a 2yrs transition plan. Its left for Ecowas to set terms and make sure they follow the terms. (I want to believe part of the terms will be they securing their border and allowing a smooth transition of power).

Most of the terrorist up north recruits from these countries and use them as hideout and retreat route whenever our military are on the offensive. Look at Mali, with the way their coup leader was talking, you'd think they have a hang of things. Northern Mali is currently in the hand of Rebels. Do you know the ripple effect it will have all round west africa? The same Mali coup leader that lost 1/3 of his country to rebel is talking about supporting another country to fight war.

I think now ur position is very clear and a reasonable one. You do not support military action for obvious reasons and u also believe it is their kettle of fish in Niger to decide whether they want democracy or dictatorship/military rule.

You are more concerned about securing our boarders, unfortunately most of the borders we share with other countries in the north are not manned by security agencies like we have in the southern part of the country(At least as at 2022 when the chief of defence staff lamented we have as much as 137 boarders currently not manned by security agencies). How we intend to secure our borders up north, I honestly don't know.

As regards the Mali guy making noise despite losing 1/3 of his country to rebels, it is quite similar to our plight (Maybe not too similar sha) where some swathe of land are reported as being occupied by bandits who are law to themselves in those places. I read a news on FP last week talking about one of those bandit leaders in shiroro LGA Niger state who married a 16 year old girl in broad daylight. The story mentioned how his guys go about with AK's , collect royalties and protection monies from people of those areas before allowing them to farm. They even go to jumat prayers on fridays in large numbers. The same Shiroro LGA in Niger state was where the reported ambush to our military men happened last week that made the news. The chairman of the LGA even confirmed Boko Haram has hosited their flag somewhere in the LGA. Then u have places like Zamfara, Kaduna where the bandits still run amok.

All in all, it is evident we have a lot on our plate security wise already.

sod09:
I knew this man won't get out of such madness, no matter the excitement if you can't control yourself as a man Infront of these kill joy you will suffer
Now they have gotten into hermoso's head and guess who led it that stupid America player that dump her country out of the WC
Dabi mose da people
He will finally resign if not then go drag am tire

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/37390/12945808/luis-rubiales-incident-megan-rapinoe-says-spanish-fa-presidents-jenni-hermoso-kiss-highlights-misogyny-and-sexism-in-organisation

The man acted inappropriately and messed up himself. Let him dance to whatever music the feminists are singing to his ear

WhoDeyHause:
Every la scamsia kid after morning training.

This guy na case 🤣🤣🤣

TheDemola:
Not where I work sha

Please check ur mail bro

larride:
No be fight my brother.

If you check the Chelsea thread during the start of the Russia v Ukraine war, you will see that I was one of those that actually supported Russia.

No same country won't react and respond to crisis or intended crisis especially in countries that surround them.

It is in our interest that countries that border us are at relative peace.

Funny enough I’m quite aware u supported the miliatry action in Ukraine cos I remember vividly well how almost everybody on the Chelsea thread argued during the start of the Russia-Ukraine imbroglio. In fact that’s the reason I was surprised and thought u would support any other means of getting the issue in Niger sorted without any kinda military involvement(either at the ECOWAS regional level or as a neighboring border country ).

Bro, the truth is the most effective way of get getting desired result in Niger is military action. We saw how the west pummeled Russia with loads and loads of sanctions yet it has not deterred them from carrying on with their @special military operation “ in Ukraine. I read Algeria plans to supply Niger electricity after Nigeria cut them off( Tho I don’t know how true it is) , there are already economic actions against Niger yet the coupists are not giving up .

As regards ur post to olowun101 in which u talked about the importance of having the upper hand during negotiations; well I’ve listened to different political analysts and read their thoughts on how poorly we’ve handled the whole negotiation thing with the coupists thus far.

Most political analysts I’ve read/listened to believe ECOWAS and most especially Nigeria goof in the negotiation aspect. We started with what should’ve been the last option on the table . We gave an ultimatum for the junta to vacate seat of government , we cut-off their electricity which we supply them by virtue of a bilateral agreement , blocked their access to our ports and made it practically impossible for them to access the outside world from our end. That in itself is already a declaration of war before any negotiation took place.

That was the probable reason they didn’t treat Sultan of Sokoto and Abdulsalami Abubakar well when they were sent as part of delegation to negotiate cos they felt why negotiate with someone who already has his boots on ur neck ?

Whatever action the government of Nigeria in conjunction with ECOWAS decide to take eventually; I just hope military action is ruled out totally cos the optics shows that Northern Nigerians do not support military to the extent that they staged protests to express this. Also, any military action will leave a huge strain on our finances at this point in time when Nigeria is telling its citizens it can’t afford to fund a whole lot of welfare packages we’ve been enjoying before now.

daveP:
We don't need to. Saka needs less minutes a lot.


The other side of it is that every opponent preparing to face us are rewarded fat with full 90mins play of all forms of Saka to analyze how to keep him quiet. Since MA realized Odegaard doesn't need to play full 90, that should be extended to Saka as well. We should not repeat last season mistake with such a key player.

Saka is arsenal’s best player , He’s one of the highest paid players in the team( If not the highest paid sef) . There’s no way any coach in his right senses will be giving him less minutes in the EPL and UCL except he’s out of form ,there’s an injury scare or we are already leading by at least 2 goals margin before the last 20 minutes of the game.

You shouldn’t have issues with Saka playing as much as 75 minutes per game. It’s Saka featuring in carabao cup and FA cup that we should frown at; not him doing what he’s being paid to do in the EPL and UCL.

larride:
Its better you speak for yourself and not for others and my post was not directed at you, you are the one that jumped at my post.

When the issue of Niger coup started on this thread, alot of people said what's Tinubu problem with whats happening in Niger that whatever is happening there does not concern him.

My post was directed at them and not you but if the shoes fit, wear it bro.

lol. E don turn fight ?

TheDemola:
Not where I work sha

Hello bro, please I sent u a pm. Please I want to make an inquiry from u privately .I would appreciate if u respond to the pm

raumdeuter:
Ramonidota ni

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raumdeuter:
I just dey collect mentions for this thread

And na on top spy nonsense argument . He dey call Havertz Raumdeuter

larride:
[b]Intervention doesn't necessarily has to mean war. [/b]There has several ways in which Ecowas can intervene in whats happening in Niger without it getting to war.

I do not subscribe to those that say we should leave Niger alone and let them do whatever they want. No reasonable President will just sit idly down and allow chaos to go unchecked on their border.

This one na amala turning .

What people on this thread and beyond have been speaking loudly against is the proposed “military intervention “. Almost everyone against military intervention have always advised that ECOWAS or any other body can intervene (if they must) but not militarily.

Military intervention is what Russia said they are doing in Ukraine and it has led to loss of thousands of lives and properties . The moment one country or coalition invades another country , nobody knows where it’s going to end.

If u look well around this thread , u will still see people clamoring for military action for reasons best known to them even when all fingers point to the fact that we cannot afford another war considering the ones we are already fighting internally .

My initial post on this subject shortly after the coup was that Nigeria May intervene in the Niger issue, but not militarily.

larride:
It is only on this thread that intervention automatically means war.

E dey scratch my balls.

The irony of this ur post and the previous one is funny as hell. Russia calls what is happening in Ukraine as special military intervention, but the rest of the world calls it war. Yet u say military intervention is not war.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]BlueRayDick

You don watch Painkiller?[/color]

No , I haven’t . Is it a series or movie ?

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Spy360:
Remove Enenche for now, we still dey watch am.

Why ? Because Enenche endorsed Peter Obi ?

Emaprince:
Mbaka is the one I know very well to have mixed himself with politics

The moment a man of God does that, he is a sell out. It's no surprise they are humans and can be swayed due to greed for worldly things.

A man of God has one assignment - salvation.

It’s not just Mbaka; RCCG has a directorate of politics sef.

This is not 1869 , this is 2023 and religious bodies have all been mixed in politics.

afrodoc2:
At this point it is difficult to understand how the average Nigerian connects dots. What i can see is that there is a lot of anger and frustration in the land.

That’s what I think too. People are frustrated it takes just small thing to trigger the anger in people .

afrodoc2:
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E shock u too ?

Spy360:
Any man of God that dabbles into politics should expect insults. He could have kept it as a personal or private opinion. But asking people to believe nonsense will attract insults because he is not infallible.

To me the man has backslided and needs revival.

If this is what u think, then practically all Nigerian pastors, priests, reverends, bishops, apostles, etc. have backslided o. Enenche, Oyedepo,Mbaka,Kumuyi,Adeboye,Adefarasin etc

Spy360:
Very objective mindset.

When I defend Havertz it's not saying he should be MOTM. It's just an explanation of what he brings. If Havertz does his job well, players like Jesus, Martinelli and Saka will enjoy him. They will have tons of spaces to operate.

I expect Jodera, Blueraydick and Sod09 to carefully analyse these points you raised.

I want to give u an assignment. U see this our next game? I will be here while the game is on, please as the action is taking place in real time, be pointing out those so called off the ball movement/activities of Havertz to me. Make e for no cause quarrel later

Shegzdave:
Exactly.
So dragging the man is meaningless

If it was prophesy then it’s another case entirely

People just dey vex anyhow

sod09:
Then no one should take him seriously
How's he having congregations sef

People go to religious gatherings for different purposes . Some people go to church to listen to the music , some go to look for babes, some go to get encouraging/motivational talks, some
Go to just have this feeling of togetherness , some go to seek for financial help, etc.

There are some people whose mental health is hanging in the balance due to the state of the economy ; it’s by going to religious gatherings where they will pump them with message of hope that is seeing them tru day by day .

Personally I do not believe in this pastor’s message, but I can’t blame people who do. When u take away hope from some people they don’t have anything worth living for

sod09:
Optimist that is involving God every time

Well, personally I don’t believe when somebody says God says : xyz…..

Why I said he’s being an optimist to a fault is because he’s been at it since 1986. He’s always hoping the any new government will get it right. No be today the man don dey talk am

Whether u insult him or not , if he’s alive when the next government takes over it’s almost a sure he’s still going to say it

liveLongNprospa:
Is it okay to insult him? Or does he deserve some form of respect for his relationship with God?

Insulting him will not change anything. The man is obviously an optimist to a fault

Last season when Xhaka was playing in that role we saw with our two koro-koro eyes what he brings to the pitch both on and off the ball.

E reach Havertz turn this season na contribution invisible to naked eyes, microscope and even binoculars we just dey hear about .

Smh

liveLongNprospa:
Check out who our budget minister is😁😁

Abacha's bagman; Atiku Bagudu of course

Tinubu as oil minister - Vanguard Editorial Today

NIGERIANS received with mixed feelings the apportioning of portfolios to President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet nominees. Some of the appointments were well-received because of the track records of those entrusted with vital posts.

For instance, the appointment of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, can revive the fortunes of Abuja, which have been in a nosedive since the tenure of Malam Nasir el-Rufai ended in 2007.


Wike’s infrastructural profile in Rivers State and his strong character are needed for Abuja’s infrastructural rejuvenation. Tinubu has shown that the FCT is not only for people from one part of the country.




Also, Senator Dave Umahi’s appointment as Works Minister is based on his astonishing infrastructural achievements in Ebonyi as its governor, despite the state being among the smallest federal revenue recipients. Tinubu is commended for de-emphasising a propaganda-driven cabinet by sending Festus Keyamo and Dele Alake to areas where they will face their jobs without pandering to frivolities.

Also, Wale Edun, being a sound economist and longstanding Tinubu ally, should do well as Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy which virtually makes him the prime minister. We do not expect a repeat of the economic policy blind grabs of the Buhari era. Also, we should expect good performance in Communications with Bosun Tijani there, Prof Ali Pate in Health and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) as Attorney General and Justice Minister, unless they choose to play politics.

Three appointments, however, left Nigerians seriously worried. What really is former governor Bello Matawalle’s merit for appointment as minister while he has a case to answer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission?

The most contentious of all is Tinubu’s continuation of the discredited practice of presidents appointing themselves oil ministers. We have always frowned on this practice because since former president Olusegun Obasanjo started it in 2003, we have not seen any contribution it has made to the improvement of the sector.

Under Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari as Petroleum Ministers, multibillion dollar turnaround maintenances were conducted on our refineries, yet we have no refining capacity.

Oil theft flourished and Nigeria was unable to meet more than half of her OPEC production quota. What new thing can Tinubu bring to this dismal legacy of presidents doubling as Petroleum Ministers?

The most worrisome issue is that while the National Assembly can summon ministers to clarify issues, they lack the nerve to summon president/ministers for the same purpose which is meant to foster accountability. This unwholesome practice keeps the oil sector opaque, impregnable and prone to unquantifiable levels of corruption.


Tinubu has more than enough on his plate as President. He should appoint a substantive Petroleum Minister

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/tinubu-as-oil-minister/