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 Politics › Re: Genocidal Herders And The Siege To Odualand by budaatum: 12:39pm On Jun 29, 2019 |
| Politics › The Fear of Fulani Herdsmen and Cows! by budaatum(op): 12:35pm On Jun 29, 2019*. Modified: 7:52pm On Jul 18, 2019 |
I laugh! I laugh that people are so easily managed and controlled with fear of Fulani herdsmen. It must be the new hell, except eyes are opened and hell works no more, so Fulani herdsmen replaces it with the belief that they put Allah in the cattle which when eaten converts you to Muslim, except it must be the unconscious accepted narrative amongst unthoughtful Nigerians. Yep, that must be it. Its also why you don't eat beef anymore in your fightback against the herd. I truly laugh. I laugh that people believe Fulani herdsmen will go to Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos to kidnap anyone and the people in those places would do nothing. Ordinary my own Orolu Kingdom in Osun State no body born the Fulani herdsmen to kidnap anybody, for if they do, we will just institute a new festival called Chop Cow Till Your Belle Full, and ravage the Fulani herd while celebrating it. But people want it believed that only my own Orolu Kingdom has the chest to confront Fulani herdsmen and Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos people no get chest at all. I'm going to put it to you that when we, Oroluans, kidnap our own people, we will make sure those witnessing hear us speak what they think is Fulani. We will dress the part too, we are that cunning. And after we'd kidnapped, like smokescreen, they will report that Fulani herdsmen done it. It after all plays into a narrative that is easily believed, "Fulani are superhuman! They are coming to eat you!" Personally, I don't think the Fulani herdsmen are yet born with the chest to kidnap down south. And I know how cunning we Oroluans can be. Besides, we love awoof meat. But perhaps people in Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos are truly so weak and helpless that Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos people would be terrorised in their own fathers land by Fulani herdsmen. What I'd like you to consider is, are Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos people truly so cowardly that Fulani herdsmen will come and kidnap you in Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos, or is it our own people in Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos disguising as Fulani herdsmen and kidnapping you in Calabar, Ibadan, Onitsha and Lagos?! 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 11:59am On Jun 29, 2019 |
| Business › Money Vs Currency - Hidden Secrets Of Money by budaatum(op): 11:23am On Jun 29, 2019 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyV0OfU3-FU The 10 videos in this series are in this playlist. They are worth viewing. But try to ignore the veiled sale pitch! |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 11:20am On Jun 29, 2019 |
The U.S. debt to China is $1.11 trillion as of April 2019. That's 27% of the $4.06 trillion in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries. The rest of the $22 trillion national debt is owned by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself. China has the greatest amount of U.S. debt held by a foreign country. Japan comes second at $1.06 trillion. It's followed by Brazil at $307 billion, the United Kingdom at $301 billion and Ireland at $270 billion. China is more than happy to own almost a fifth of the U.S. debt owned by foreigners. Owning U.S. Treasury notes helps China's economy grow. It keeps the yuan weak relative to the dollar. As a result, Chinese exports are less expensive than U.S. products. China's highest priority is creating enough jobs for its 1.4 billion people. The United States allowed China to become one of its biggest bankers because Americans enjoy low consumer prices. Selling debt to China pays for federal spending that spurs U.S. economic growth. It also keeps U.S. interest rates low. But China's ownership of the U.S. debt is shifting the economic balance of power in its favor. US Debt to China, How Much It Is, Reasons Why, and What If China Sells 1 Like |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 11:07am On Jun 29, 2019 |
CanadaOrBust:So "China's debt" is debt and not "paper", but US debt is just "paper" and not even money? |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 10:45am On Jun 29, 2019 |
PoliteActivist:I love the way you feel the need to qualify it as "regular debt", a qualification I in no way added myself, so, perhaps you'd accept that it is "debt", as in "money owed"? No one said anything about being "beholden", though with Trump trying very hard to reduce the trade deficit (more indebtedness!) with China, I'd say, "beholden" is on the mind of some. |
| Politics › Re: Read 12 Revelations On Buhari’s Certificate Controversy By Lt. Col. Idris Bako ( by budaatum: 2:39am On Jun 29, 2019 |
I think the plan is to throw enough muck at bubu and hope something sticks. Thankfully, they got a whole 4 years. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Dear I'm Ready For The End. (thinking Of Suicide Read This) by budaatum: 2:32am On Jun 29, 2019 |
In Nigeria, young people are not privileged to go through counselling about life. They grow up blindly and expect their parents to provide everything for them. Their parents are also complicit, they think they have to provide everything in life for their children. Some parents buy question papers or school grades or degrees for their children without worrying about the obvious repercussions in future. Those children turn out to be misfits in the society because they were not taught the virtues of self-reliance. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Health › Re: Why Do People Commit Suicide? by budaatum: 2:30am On Jun 29, 2019 |
In the last few years, Nigerians have witnessed the horrible spectacle of people taking their own lives, sometimes in a dramatic fashion. A few of them have chosen to take a plunge into the lagoon of the Third Mainland Bridge. It then becomes the business of the municipal authorities to find their dead body, locate their identity and speculate on the reason they did what they did. In most of these instances they left no suicide note and their families were only left to do an educated guesswork on the reason for their decision to end it all. However, Aisha Omolola, a 300 level student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, did it differently. She left a suicide note before she drank a bottle of insecticide on December 26 last year. She died instantly. In the suicide note she blamed her parents for her decision. Hear her: “If I am no more, please hold my family responsible. I have tried to be the best I can be, stayed away from them just because they blamed me for their mistakes and they can’t love, help and take care of me like their own. My Mum has made life a living hell for me because she is bipolar and frustrated, accusing me of being a witch and a cursed child even though my brother is responsible for my education and upkeep. The only thing she helps me with is my feeding money. I have gone out of my way to take care of my Mum by giving her food and money but I still end up being her problems.” Aisha went further to say, “My brother can’t stick to his promise anymore because he feels I am not his responsibility and I have my own family. I hope and believe that now that I am gone, it will bring them relief and happiness.” To her friends she said, “ I am so sorry Collins I had to leave you this way. Maryam Olayemi you have been more than a bestie to me. I am also sorry to all my friends and well-wishers. I love to be happy but I am nothing but a broken child. I don’t believe in God anymore because I can’t see my purpose anymore. I love you all so much.” She demonstrated that love for her friends by leaving her ATM Pin and her Cellphone password for them. As at the time of this writeup, there was no word from her parents, her brother or her friends but I am certain they must all be shocked to their marrows. We cannot say whether everything she has said about her parents is absolutely true or whether there is a chance that she may have felt differently from them about the role of parents in their children’s lives. But it is obvious that from her own perspective the parents did not love her and did not try to make her as happy as she wanted to be. That to her was enough for her to take the difficult decision of taking her own life, although some other children deprived of parental love may not have taken that kind of decision. It is clear that despite the disagreement with their daughter, they would not have wished her dead. Her death will not shock them and perhaps this death and the manner of it will remain a deep stab in their hearts. I am almost certain that if they knew that their daughter was going to take such a drastic decision they would have done everything to stop her. No parent no matter how cruel would like his or her child to take his or her life because that is a stain on the family’s name no matter how plausible the reason. This column cannot say whether or not her parents were skillful or not or successful in parenting but parenting is not an easy task. I know of no school in Nigeria that teaches mothers and fathers how to be good parents. So fathers and mothers basically pick parenting skills from the roadside or from whatever experience they had from the way their parents treated them. Parents may want to treat their children the way their own parents treated them. But times change. Today’s children are more literate, more desirous of freedom which is expansively available by the gift of modern technology in a globalised world. If the parents are far behind in education and civilisation, then there will be an obvious clash of cultures and beliefs in how life should be lived and what kind of relationship should exist between parent and child. There seems to have existed a terrible gulf of misunderstanding between Aisha and her parents. She seemed to have been haunted by the suspicion, imaginary or real, that they did not love her. Or was it an issue of tough love, the desire by parents to be cruel in order to be kind, the kind of cruelty that children realise when they grow up that it was kind cruelty, the kind that puts them on life’s straight and narrow road to a blissful future. Aisha’s letter, well written even in a moment of torment, was bitingly furious. The rage in her showed up in the letter which reflects the super-changed tension that existed between her and her parents. If it was meant to stun her parents and give them a niggling guilt of their inadequacy as parents it must have delivered as scheduled. For Aisha this must have felt like she has had a satisfying victory over her parents. This may give her a feeling of relief wherever she is but she has, by her death, done more harm than good to herself and her family. If her letter is any guide she would have been successful in life if only she had tarried awhile. Within another year or two she would have been a graduate and from then on she would have had, with hardwork, a steady climb on life’s totem pole. The main issue between Aisha and her parents seemed to be money and her brother was, even if grudgingly, filling the money gap. Life is generally a tough adventure and only the fittest survive. Many undergraduates are indigent and they find creative ways of surviving. Some of them do barbing, hairdressing and buying and selling of various items to go through school. Aisha who seemed to have supportive friends could easily have gone through school without the agony of suicide. There are many orphans in the world who have through their bootstraps, their hardwork, their tenacity, their perseverance become successful in their chosen line of work. So any person who has parents, even bad ones, can learn to survive without them. Aisha may have thought that her life was the worst. I am sure it wasn’t. There is the story of the man who used the last coins he had to buy two fingers of bananas. He said that would be his last supper as he saw no use continuing to live in penury. He climbed a tall tree and told himself that when he finished eating the bananas he would plunge to his death below. He peeled the banana and ate and threw the peelings down. As he wanted to plunge to the depths below he saw someone eating the banana peelings he dropped. He knew that his life was not the worst. He quietly came down and continued with his life and surprisingly made a success of it. His case was not the worst. In Nigeria, young people are not privileged to go through counselling about life. They grow up blindly and expect their parents to provide everything for them. Their parents are also complicit, they think they have to provide everything in life for their children. Some parents buy question papers or school grades or degrees for their children without worrying about the obvious repercussions in future. Those children turn out to be misfits in the society because they were not taught the virtues of self-reliance. A Nigerian professor who lives in the United States employed a young white American aged 18 years, as his gardener. On the day that the boy was to be given the letter of employment the boy’s father, a billionaire, went with him. He told the employer not to pay his son beyond a certain sum of money because he wanted him to appreciate the value of hardwork. In Nigeria, a billionaire’s son would not work or be allowed by his father to work as a gardener for somebody. In the United States children who are 18 years and above are expected to be able to find their path in life with or without their parents’ support because opportunities are available everywhere if you are bright and hardworking. Nigerians who go to the United States are ready to clean toilets and streets and make a living. They don’t feel awkward about it. In Nigeria they would shun such jobs. Some years ago we employed some undergraduates to serve food in our office canteen. They rejected the job. They wanted to work in offices. That is the orientation here. Work is when you work in an office. Anything else belongs to a labourer, a menial worker. That is why many of our children are disoriented and go through life with a sense of entitlement. Many young people in Nigeria will tell you that if their parents had money they would go to school, they would earn a degree, they would go for a Masters’ degree. Everything comes down, in their estimation, to having rich parents, having dotting parents. But there are many scholarships available in the universe, both in Nigeria and abroad. They are there in internet, in the newspapers, in government bulletins but many of our youths fail to access them. They are only hoping that their parents can cough out all the money that they need so that they can go to school. Some of them gain admission into universities to do courses they do not want because they do not have an idea what subjects lead to what courses. We need counselling centres not only for education but also for work and life as a whole so that our young people can have a balanced expectation from life. Aisha, if you did not want to live for your parents why didn’t you choose to live for your brother, your Collins, your Maryam Olayemi and yourself. This piece was written by Ray Ekpu. 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 2:11am On Jun 29, 2019 |
9jaRealist:imagine! He says "IT IS PAPER! Just like the N1000 note in your pocket." As if I can claim any odd piece of paper is a ₦1000 note! Yet, I'm certain he'd claim Nigerian T-Bills are debt. That's what it must be, "partisan opinion". It irks me that he doesn't mind misleading the lesser informed. 1 Like |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 1:10am On Jun 29, 2019 |
CanadaOrBust:The fact that there are others willing to take on the debt does not mean it isn't debt as denoted by the use of the word "loan" in your attached! 1 Like |
| Crime › Re: US Warns Nigeria, African Countries Over Debt Burden. by budaatum: 1:07am On Jun 29, 2019 |
CanadaOrBust:No it isn't! Not to me who the money is in my pocket. Its mine. I can spend it, give it away, burn it, save it, and no one can claim I owe it to them! 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: “irresponsible Actions”: Chinese And U.S. Military Clash In Djibouti by budaatum: 1:04am On Jun 29, 2019 |
Also, Beijing is using its enormous cash reserves and infrastructure funding to build up its economic and diplomatic clout in nations across Africa, making countries such as Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Kenya indebted to China.I like this. China is forcing Africa to borrow and be indebted to China. Those Chinese must be putting billions in the middle of Africa somewhere for Africans to see it and pick it up then jumping out from where they are hiding and shouting, "African! You're indebted to us" China! Those Chinese must either be cunning or we Africans have no brains! 3 Likes |
| Romance › Re: Website Were You Can Meet Very Cheap Girls by budaatum: 12:49am On Jun 29, 2019 |
Oluromantic:Abeg no die. Na im say e cheap. I de wait make im reton make I ask if im go colet ₦50 4 di 5 for one week. Im must deliver too. Dem fi waka comot wen I don do finis. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Dear I'm Ready For The End. (thinking Of Suicide Read This) by budaatum: 12:44am On Jun 29, 2019*. Modified: 12:18am On Jun 30, 2019 |
Personally, I think suicide is like the last option. Before, that is, robbing a bank, buying a yatch, loading up with booze and some good looking people and sailing around the world then robbing another bank, buying a plane and flying to the parts my yatch can't get to. But before all that, I'm sure to find a bed and food if I volunteered in a homeless shelter or somewhere help is needed. Life, however bad it might be, just can't be worse than being dead I reckon. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Dear I'm Ready For The End. (thinking Of Suicide Read This) by budaatum: 12:38am On Jun 29, 2019 |
HappyPagan:Do you just make things up  |
| Celebrities › Re: Meet Word’s Most Tattooed Female Doctor At 30, Training To Become A Surgeon by budaatum: 11:34pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
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| Christianity Etc › Re: Jesus At The Centre Of All Religions by budaatum: 11:10pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
May the Lord God forgive you all in Jesus Mighty name! |
| Romance › Re: Website Were You Can Meet Very Cheap Girls by budaatum: 10:08pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
sanny1:5 for ₦200 per night? |
| Romance › Re: Website Were You Can Meet Very Cheap Girls by budaatum: 10:02pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
Cheap? Like 5 for ₦100? |
| NYSC › Re: Corper Shows Her Weight Loss Transformation (Photos) by budaatum: 10:00pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
Same person?
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| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:49pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:So, Muslims believe "Allah laws is the absolute authority" but they ignore it because it is an illusion? |
| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:47pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:If the Christians don't object, which they will starting with those 27 Bishops I mentioned, I assure you that the Muslims, the Jews, the Hindus, the pagans, the vegetarians and the animal lovers will all object. But I admit, "one day". |
| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:43pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:Muslims may "believe Allah laws is the absolute authority", but I feel you'd need less than one hand to count Muslims who absolutely obey it. |
| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:41pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:I'm not most of the things people assume I am, nor is that the sort of language I allow people to use when referring to me except if they are insulting me which I can deal with appropriately. I don't think JB meant it as an insult though. All the same, people should not be debasing themselves is what I think, especially considering all the complaints of being debased by others. If we have no regard for ourselves, we should not expect others to regard us. |
| Politics › Re: Fayose Still Being Investigated For ‘N6.9 Billion Fraud’ by budaatum: 9:25pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
We patiently wait. |
| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:20pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:Lol! Is "nigga" the opposite of white? |
| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:17pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:I recall doing this and telling you no one sees laws as absolute authority as you seem to imply. If people did, you'd never see a Christian or Muslim in a Nigerian prison since most imprisonable crimes are divinely forbidden. 1 Like |
| Islam › Re: Why Is Islam Afraid Of Atheism (and Apostasy)? by budaatum: 9:12pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
tintingz:Their secularization has a very heavy undertone of God and religion, as in, love your neighbours and love your God (Logia), as opposed to going to Church. 27 Bishops in the House of Lords are not twiddling their thumbs and here's them worshipping 'God'. If Nigeria's favorite song had as many God as UK has in its a favourite song as shown below, I feel we'd agree Nigeria is God country and if it were Allah we'd say, Muslim. 1. God save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen. 2. O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all! In fact, reading it through, I doubt one could say UK is as much a secular nation as one might have initially thought except by those who can not comprehend that knowledge of God evolves. |
| Phones › Re: Samsung Is Upset Because Apple Couldn't Sell A Lot Of iPhones!! by budaatum: 8:00pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
Well, it does place Apple at a disadvantage with it's competitor Samsung, who win on the sale of their own product and on the sale of its competition. If Samsung were Chinese I'd expect Trump to ban them too. 1 Like |
| Phones › Re: China Builds World’s Fastest Supercomputer Without U.S. Chips by budaatum: 7:55pm On Jun 28, 2019 |
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. The canadaorbust guy is right - read his posts and screenshots. Just like money, countries/people are ready to snap up US Tbills (BTW it is paper) from China. US is not in any way beholden to China because of them just as USA is not belden to anyone simply because they have a trillion US dollars.
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