₦airaland Forum

armyofone:
It is so troubling that those with Psychosis are not treated. Hallucinations was real to them and over time became the truth.

Imagine saying ghosts sit by the graveside or gravestones. At some point in the old time, some people were crazy and hallucinating. Others were trying to have fun, they talked and people believed them.

Churches and mosques should be preaching against all the falsehood. There is nothing like witch!

We would have to believe in proper mental healthcare before this can happen. How I wish

Ishilove:
Misery loves company. Seeing a person post about his happy marriage is a hard and bitter pill for them to swallow. They prefer to read stories about bad marriages and the unhappiness that characterizes said marriages. That way, they get to find comfort in the knowledge that other people are as miserable and dissatisfied with life as they are

This is it

But then they turn around and blame women for modern marriages not lasting. They don’t even want marriages to last so why bother women about it?

buygala:
You posted your family choices online, thereby giving us the opportunity to criticize them

If you didn't want your family choices being scrutinized by the public, you should have kept them private.

And no, those kids do not look like you in any way...and yes, if you didn't post their pictures here, that also wouldn't have been our business...


You can put up an indifferent front for all we care, but we know you are already discreetly googling price of DNA test

Ibkay32:
It's totally show off, while will a sane man will come online to post the affairs his family online and call it celebration, like say he doesn't have family and church members to celebrate with him
Well I won't dispute the bashing, that's what you caused for yourself.

See how you guys are gleefully being mean to another guy like you. If a collection of women did this unprovoked (might I add) to another woman, you all would call them witches.
What should we call you now?
What is it about his happy marriage that biting your butt?

Gym that everyone around the world goes to without issues. E reach our turn for naija, e don turn to something else

Maeve7:
Filling: brie cheese, cranberry sauce, pecan nuts and rosemary.

I just made cranberry sauce today and have pie crust in the freezer. Might have to make this. I’m wondering will other kinds of cheeses work?. I know Brie pairs best with sweets but I don’t feel like going to the store just for Brie.

Maeve7:
Pecan pie for dessert

Pecan pie hands down my favorite pie

Maeve7:
Cococandy, come and have some thanksgiving turkey babes.

You’re too kind. Thank you 🙏🏽

SAMBARRY:
I no know who African woman offend but I noticed that its always women or children that are labelled witches. I have hardly seen men being accused of witchcraft or even little boys.its always the women or little girls being called that.

Infact there's a yoruba proverb that accuses women who stay long being married as witches. They say obinrin tomanpe nile oko man'di aje and if a woman doesn't want to stay long in her husbands house they'll accuse her of being promiscuous

It’s because Africans are still stuck in the old western cultures that they brought with them during colonialism. In old English and other western cultures, women are easily branded witches if they have an opinion, a loud voice, an art or craft that men don’t approve of. There are so many layers to Western colonization of Africa and we’re still stuck with a lot of them even though the physical chains are gone. We might go another century before we’re probably rid of the mental chains. If at all

Using God's standard definition for the word "love". It simply can be summarized as "ensuring that people do the right things at all time". It means correcting people who are not doing the right thing to do the right thing.

This is your interpretation , understanding and your opinion.

GloriousGbola:
So a simple example from way back.

Petrol has always been cheapest in lagos compared to other states.for several reasons. During fuel scarcity in the 1990s and 2000s a lagos based petrol station dealer in lagos could order a truck from a retailer and pay a million. The next thing he would be told the truck has been 'diverted' to kano. In kano the truck can sell for twice or thrice the cost in lagos. They give the dealer back his money, add maybe 500k on top. Everyone in the transaction is happy but customers in lagos are slapped with fuel scarcity.

This has been going on for decades and as long as there is an imposed price of petrol that is not consistent with its true market price, there will be issues of smuggling.

There is too much money to be made and Nigerians across the entire chain only want to get paid. Be it officials, security agents - anyone who can intervene to stop it. It is actually a Nigerian story. Any measure to ensure sanity in a system is defeated by Nigerians themselves.

Crazy.
Aren’t we so creative but mostly in the ways that hurts the poor masses. 😒

God1000:
This is a viable alternative man

If Donald trump actually read a book, he’d learn that neither protectionism nor isolationism work in this 21st century, these countries can do the same tarrif on US as well

You don't know that U.S. arrogance and bullish behavior is the very reason BRICS was formed

He's going to destroy US economy and push allies away, he knows nothing

100 percent convinced his plan is to totally destroy the US economy so his owners can come in and sweep the country for parts. Elon might even introduce his own currency that he controls. Long as Trump and his immediate family get paid, nothing else matters to them.

Flamemignon1:
What about AOC? The rumor mill is that she's thinking of running in 2028 and it makes sense because a lot of people that voted for Trump also voted for her, a pattern she was shocked by. Pete would've been a good choice but his history with the black community in South bend when he was mayor will really hurt his chances

She’s a woman they’re going to find something wrong with her. Hilary wasn’t likable enough plus “her emails” 🙄. Kamala wasn’t black enough and she laughed too much. I promise you AOC won’t be an exemption.

The only type of woman they would vote for president would be the typical misogyny foot soldier (if at all). But if those type of women live their lives according to the reality they are trying to vote in, they wouldn’t be running for president.

pafun:
Na you suppose to use common sense. Why would anyone who is not mad snuggle petrol from Nigeria where it is “more expensive “ to Benin where it is “cheaper “?

First of all that was a question. You didn’t reply before you started asking me about smugglers. I was genuinely asking what’s the cost of petrol to Nigerians compared to the surrounding countries who I’m inclined to believe have similar economies. Is it cheaper or not for Nigerians? I’m truly asking because I don’t know.

As for your question. If someone smuggles petrol, it might not necessarily be because they’re going to sell it more expensive elsewhere. It might be because they got it from illegal sources in Nigeria and can’t sell there. Maybe due to licensing issues or they don’t have the infrastructure to distribute it to end users. So they smuggle wholesale to people who will sell it elsewhere. Either way they make their profit because they are part of class who can get it for cheap or next to nothing. People who can smuggle petrol have connections. The end consumer doesn’t have that privilege.

korexes:
Friendsgiving spread

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Sportsweb:
So in summary, anybody that voted for Dems are educated, smart and wise

But those that voted for GOp are clowns, illiterates, evil people and deserves all the bad things in life. Wow

I know this is not a good faith question but I’ll respond anyway. Because I’m sure you know that statistically it is impossible for one side to be all good and one side all bad.

But a republican is more likely to leave you for dead on the side of the road because you must have caused whatever happened to you.

The kind of people that ask “but what was she wearing?” are the people most likely to vote republican. That should tell you something.

Or not. I don’t know high on the comprehension ladder you’re. But I hope this explanation helps.

Flamemignon1:
He's an amazing choice but let's be honest, it's America, they ain't ready for that yet

I’d vote for him in a heartbeat

It’s not emotional to not want to overpay. Far more than your wage can afford for petroleum

I’m convinced you guys just see a female monicker and the first thought that comes to your head is “emotional”. Whether it’s applicable or not.

That’s not very common-sense-having of you

studyless123:
The comparisons still doesn't make sense. He's using selective amnesia whereby he uses specific arguments for his case.
The poor uses kerosene and when subsidy was removed years ago, there was no noise.
Industries uses diesel and when subsidy was removed years ago, there was no noise.
What should make petrol different?
Govt have shown to be a bad manager so open up the sector, let the private players take charge. The same thing happened in the Telecoms sector will happen in the petroleum sector. Not getting emotional over a "patchy" piece.

pafun:
If we pay the most, then why is petrol still being smuggled from Nigeria to other West African countries ? You people should use common sense nah.

That’s a good question for your leaders.

mercysamuelson:
It's been $4.77 and more here in California for more than a year. They should stop the comparison.

Do you think petrol price in Nigeria is proportionate to the income of the average Nigerian?

DeepSight:
This here is the saddest part of it.

They should be able to form communities of like close minded people and support each other. But since their basic governing life principle is rugged individualism, they can’t do that. Because that would involve caring about someone other than themselves and they’re fundamentally incapable of that.

So they think this time it’s going to be business as usual. They vote with their hate and then come back into community with those who voted for the wellbeing of everyone, Hoping to reap the benefits of that generosity while only looking out for themselves.

I hope their friends and families stand on business and keep the door shut.

femisplash:
Shekau is a title among BH as Kachalla is a title among the bandits.

Interesting

How much is petrol in other countries neighboring Nigeria? It seems we pay the most out of other African countries.

pafun:
Idiut ni man yi o. First I don’t know where in “metro Atlanta” he is buying his gas from. Must be a dangerous neighborhood. Secondly does he realize that we were subsidizing petrol for the entire West Africa region? What nation can afford that?
When monkeys like Kperogi take one commodity and links it to minimum wages just to try and prove a lame point you should also ask him how much an apartment costs to rent in “metro Atlanta “ and compare it to Nigeria. Ask him how much one plantain, one mango, one corn etc costs and compare to Nigeria.
In my Atlanta neighborhood by the way, gasoline sells at around $3.90 and a single bedroom apartment goes for around $1400 per month. Now go compare that to Nigeria using the same minimum range. So dumb an article.

Thunderfayamods:
All these na stories! Petrol cost in the US fluctuate with international market and it is always cheaper during winter.
In states like California and Illinois petrol cost higher so why not use those states to compare?
When it is summer come back and narrate this your story again, by then in places like California petrol will be $5 plus.

Well if he uses those expensive states to compare, he will also have to use their minimum wage to calculate which is far more than the minimum wage he used to calculate.

There’s no way around this topic except that Tinubu has caused an insane increase of petrol that’s far more expensive than other countries pay.

And you’re right the petrol price in America fluctuates. It can go up and down. But it seems in Nigeria it only goes up. Does it go down after spikes like these?
I’m not sure but educate me if I’m wrong.

Izuchukwu70:
Go California na and see price. Why use Atlanta?

Mumu man. It's like saying 3 bedroom house rent in Nigeria in cheap because you are renting the house in Zamfara state. Why don't you use Lagos State? Oga use California to compare.

If he used California to compare, he’ll also have to use California minimum wage to do the calculations. Which will still come out to similar numbers.

He used minimum wage of around 7 dollars to calculate it. The lowest dirt paid Californian makes 3x that.

You must not know how percentages work.

Are you happy paying that exorbitantly for petrol? Why defend the indefensible

This is absolutely insanely crazy. My goodness!

armyofone:
Instead of a nice Thanksgiving greetings, oga is still doing his "left things" noise...he forgot left people also voted for him.

This coming year, everyone is on a long thing 1 and thing 2

He thrives on hate, divisiveness and chaos.
And that’s what they love about him.
If he released a normal compassionate thanksgiving message like Harris and Biden did, it wouldn’t satisfy the craving his supporters feel for their daily dose of hate.

And they are somehow surprised their families and friends want nothing to do with them anymore.

Is Shekau a name or a title? I’m genuinely confused. I’ve been hearing of different Shekaus being killed in that region. Is it a position they occupy or a name they adopt once they rise up in ranks? Genuinely confused

Interesting. I find him very captivating. I love an intelligent man. That’s part of the reason why Trump is quite repulsive to me.

I know Trump appeals to mostly intellectually deficient Americans so I’m wondering how they can make the switch from a Trump to a Pete.

Except as you said Ima if he crashes the economy then of course they’ll come running back (as usual) for the Dems to fix it so they can bring back all their isms in the next election round.

It would be interesting to see him as a candidate. And no you didn’t underestimate American homophobia. For all the noise the right wing makes about LGBTQ people on the internet, we’re probably the most anti-LGBTQ country among the first world countries.

I’m wondering what their slogan against him will be.

IMAliyu2:
Yeah, I think Pete is one of the better options, and will likely fare well against most Republican candidates, except Trump.
Tho I might be underestimating American homophobia maybe, that may lessen his chances.

But if what we're predicting is correct, that trump will crash the economy. If this comes to pass, and Dems relentlessly capitalize on that fact, and we get Pete vs Vance in 2028, my money is on Pete.

Trump has a unique kind of charisma (being entertaining) that can only be matched or countered by someone outside of the Democratic party.
So not unless someone like John Stewart decides to get involved in politics, there aren't exactly that many options.

Maeve7:
Pete can’t win. My two cents. I know nobody asked me.

What do you think of Mayor Pete?

He’s one of the most charismatic ones out there now.
His charisma rivals Obama’s in my opinion. Do you think his charisma is enough to win over radical right wingers?

IMAliyu2:
I think being controversial or radical is no longer a problem.
They voted for Trump, a person even his voters consider dictatorial or fascist.

I don't think being called a socialist is the worst thing possible. Heck a charismatic enough candidate can own it, and still stand a chance of being elected.

Take a look at the donation map of Bernie in 2020, look at the range of people/states that he was getting.

I get what you’re saying but the same message when presented to republican voters immediately gets labeled as socialism. Even as they’re actively benefiting from it.

White people are the most dependent on social benefits and welfare but the moment it’s mentioned in politics, they suddenly all hate socialism and handouts.

They dogged out Bernie for being too radical left. Even Some democrats think he’s too far left. And what was his offense? He advocated for benefits that other first world countries already give their citizens without hassles.

America’s problem is complex but at the crux of it is that we’re are way more regressive than the outside world actually knows.

IMAliyu2:
Now the left doesn't need the lies, because it has reality on its side, but the Dems to need to match Republicans in there energy, and actually work on counter massaging, and using whatever political power they have to push for their policies or abstruct Republicans.
Left Economic populism (I'm not talking about communism, but SocDem policy ) is the only way forward if the Dems want to regain power. To actually believe in and be relentless in the massaging that they're on the side of the working class. (I doubt that will happen because they'd risk scaring there big donnars)
People have grievances, they feel the system is failing them, they see inflation and stagnant wages, and growing income inequality. A major reason people gave for why the voted for Trump is because they "want affordable groceries".

Coming to them with a neolib message that "No the system is working just fine we just need to tweak it a little" is insufficient enough of a message, or narrative.
This was the appeal of Bernie Sanders (Which I believe Trump could have never won against), he managed to climb to the national stage during the 2016 primaries absent any party consultants, funding or apparatus. Someone that has been consistent in his massage for decades and gives people a narrative and a place to correctly point their grievances. At the corpos, at the 1%, at wage theft, while not compromising on being socially progressive.

There a ton of Bernie supporters that turned to Trump voters, heck there's the strange anomaly of AOC voters that voted Trump, or states where they voted a Dem governor, but voted Trump for president. Maybe the Democratic party should examine what happened there.

I'd be super pissed if they listed to rightwingers claiming they lost the presidential because the "left too woke" or some other nonsense like that.

AmazonTopaz:
. I don't like the idea of politicians lying to people. If the people want lies though then good luck to them because nothing will be done to make things better.

At this point, it’s basically a requirement to be a Republican politician. I know most people agree that all politicians lie to gain votes. Like they make bogus promises or exaggerate things. And everyone accepts it that way (I don’t).

But the level of lying republicans do is out of this world. If you switch camps from Dem to republican, you will need to overcome that something in you that helps you act a little bit like a person with a conscience.

Imagine RFK that people are supporting because he’s anti-vax. Came out to say he never said it. In broad day light! The interviewer replayed the clip in front of him and he wasn’t even moved. It’s a different level of being detached from reality. A republican will look you dead in the eyes & tell you your skin color is green and there’s nothing you can tell them to convince them otherwise.

It’s hard to compete with that type of derangement.

IjeBos:
Given your username I was at least expecting to see candied yams.
Yeah, I love the food porn as well esp. the ambiance around it esp. during Thanksgiving and Christmas!

I know right?.
And I usually cook up a storm on the holidays.
We opted for a trip this year instead of cooking.

Who knows I might even do a mini thanksgiving later if I crave the turkey.