₦airaland Forum

Oga Jarret, your governor has no clout. He's a predictable boyi-boyi.

No one respects boyi-boyi and his followers.

APC knows that Edo and Delta are PDP states on a normal day, without much rigging.

Gotocourt:
Medical Doctors dey over do things normally. The government should start appointing Pulic Administration Officers to head Teaching hospitals and other public health institution.

You mean PA and business people that think only about saving money to get fat bonuses?
It has not helped much in some Western countries like UK. Over 7 m patients waiting in the queue to treatment. Or those who try to control who doctors can prescribe vital but expensive cancer drugs for and who not?
Medics interested in the admin side of things often do MBA anyway.
Doctors and Dentists should continue with MDCN. Others need a better joint Health Professions Council than the current one.

I believe other care professions need more autonomy to develop their craft.

Sermwell:
Heineken
Governor
Amerika
President
Manager

Someone may just think I'm making these names up! These are real names!

We know James Manager, Heiniken Lokpobiri. Many of them.
Others like Worldnorgree, Inorspoilpersonown, Shamedoncatchenemy, etc.

Horsfall is another. Na Oyinbo corrupt the Efik name from something else, to the nearest sounding English name.

You won't believe it until your hear it in Niger Delta.

moscow007:
Who rubbished the naira?

Is Nigeria using naira or Dollar?

Why must we measure and rate our obligations in dollar?

Well, because they are unknowingly admitting the Naira is nearly useless in financial reckoning. Under their watch.

If you try to be too smart, you expose yourself. But the don't know.

eagleonearth:
what if the older woman is a virgin?

It still does not increase her fertility. Her body still gets old and her eggs have still been reducing monthly since first menses. First baby at older age also has its many down sides.

The body goes through the first hormonal changes due to pregnancy which nature intended the body to go through at a younger age. It is well known now that having a baby later after having a baby at an earlier age makes the body more familiar with the process. Not too late though, because regular aging process still goes on.

Imagine first pregnancy at 39? Gestational diabetes could be a problem.

Growing up, I remember how many women who died around 40 to 47 due to pregnancy complications. I didn't know the science behind it back then as a kid. Because of more physical work and less fatty food, girls started having menses at an older age, at 14 or 15 in those days. So, they remained fertile for longer, into older age.

You need a certain level of body fat for the hormones for puberty to be made in the required quantity.

For example, some adult women with severe anorexia lose so much weight and body fat that their monthly period stops. Too little hormones.

nairalanda1:
Well, post partum hemmorhage is a common cause of death in women pregant with multiple babies. Even when everything has been done.

The thing about the uterus..or womb, is that to prevent bleeding, you got to have some 'tone' in the uterus. A pregnancy in mutliples 'stretches out the uterus' and causes something called atony, which can lead to severe bleeding and death.

And it ain't easy treating postpartum hemmorhage. It can mean spending hours on the operating table..far longer than one thinks dem go spend.

This was not medical negligence most likely. EVERYTHING was done, and it didn't end well this time.

You guys should stop blaming every death in hospital on 'negligence'. Sometimes, one does everthing by the book, and it doesn't work out.

We can't be sure what happened. In emergency, maybe hysterectomy as a last resort could have helped to save her life.
You know 9ja, oxytocin or other uterotonics used may be fake. Resources for further intervention may be lacking. RIP to her.

Diamond098454:
He's 50 and should marry a 40 to 35 years old lady

You mean those that have possibly used abortion to scatter their womb?

Yes na man impregnate them, but dem nor force them open leg. Adults make decisions.

Stephen0mozzy:
Una go dey bark at man wey obviously has made his own standards and has communicated it.

Only above 30s wey nor see man go dey bitter. Should he really go and settle down with someone close to menopause because he's a ripe 50?

But una no go complain when girls of 19 dey get sugar daddies in the high 80s of age.

Nor mind them. Some women are reaching menopause before 40 nowadays. Partly because some start menses at age 11. Once the fixed number of eggs a woman is born with exhaust, that's it. Donor eggs and IVF are not cheap.

In fact being 50 makes having a younger lady more important. You can't have too older people who may both have accumulated defects in their reproductive resources have a child. Risk of congenital defects increases.
Also, the older the woman, the more likely she has had several potentially womb-damaging abortions.

nairalanda1:
State police won't work in Nigeria.

No state has the resources to fund state police when even the government is struggling to find money for Nigeria police.

If you want a working state police, you need funds for jails , stations, communications equipment, forensic services, extensive records system, more judges , more lawyers for prosecution service, more detention facilities for juvenile prisoners , drones, armoured cars, helicopters, training facilities and I mean modern training facilities, not secandary school type buildings, all that would cost more money than Lagos spends and has in a year for one state.

I know I would be abused and called all sorts of names, but I also ask anyone reading this to watch police body cam videos on YouTube, and ask yourself if your state can provide the kind of stuff that local American city police has.

If we are setting up state police only to have them be blown away by bandits and armed thugs that have military grade weapons , then what is the use of state police.? To send more young men and women to Gehenna for nothing?

Let's not let APC deceive us with state police talk. As it stands e no go work. Not today, not tomorrow.

I haven't even mentioned the issues with tribalism, religion issues and politicians misusing them self

Lol. That na Singapore overnight be that.

Even if you gather all the prayer warriors to deliver governors from wanton corruption, that can't happen.

They should immediately remove immunity from governors, otherwise, dem fit use state police kpai many people. Power intoxicates.

Aidoko2:
I was surprise that Warri wasn’t a state capital even though it is popular than Delta state

It was Miriam Babangida that took it to her hometown, Asaba, in 1991.

Remi Tinubu will make her mother's town, Warri, a state capital this time.

All na connection and politics.

What people don't see is that the desire to make Warri a state capital by Remi Tinubu is probably what will make Anioma likely to happen.

What Akpabio didn't say is that there is agitation for other states in the SS. SS states on the whole are not the ones asking for Anioma. Akpabio is cryptic.

Igbo should be careful not to be hoodwinked. If Anioma is granted, SS states may only approve it as a 7th SS state. SW might get at least two states. Ife-Ijesha state will likely be one of them. Ibadan state may follow. NC will likely get Okun State. Those agitating for Anioma don't care if it's in SE or SS. They only care about Anioma being created.

Igbo should focus on Etiti, Orlu or Adada state.

Toolegit123:
Good day everyone.

So recently I've been thinking about marriage. I'm in a relationship but the woman I've been dating doesn't really seem to have the same serious interest and intentions like me.

From the conversation I had with her pastor,it seems he's one of the major stumbling blocks. Because he was only curious about my financial status he was even asking me what was my source of livelihood,and of which I told him. Afterwards,he then asked me what was my monthly salary. Saying if I'm sure I can take care of my fiancee with that amount,or if I'm planning to have a side hustle. That he doesn't want a case where any of her spiritual daughter will go into a marriage where she'll be suffering. I told her categorically clear that I'm not a lazy man and I don't intend to put anyone's daughter into suffering in the name of marriage.

It's been over a week since I left the pastor's office, and since then,my fiancee has been behaving so cold towards me.

So I don't know whether to continue with my proposal or I should just kindly look for another lady to marry.

Pastor and fiancee/girlfriend in one sentence for me na red flag.
For your peace of mind, gradually move on.

You don't want an outsider controlling and manipulating your wife.

It never ends well.

Now, it's clear why everyone is moving to APC.

ICPC/EFCC get huge files on them.

SixSeven:
Second colonialism through democracy. Quite unfortunate.

Right to the French, left by the British.

Nigeria, indeed they hail thee. Compatriots that used to arise were silenced.

African leaders still believe these Europeans? Let them go ask Zelensky the comedian.

EmmyMaestro:
The previous story was an events planner now an entrepreneur.

An evens planner is a business person, no?

So why is she not an entrepreneur?

RIP to the young lady.

Dictionary

Definitions from Oxford Languages
entrepreneur
/ˌɒntrəprəˈnəː/
noun
a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.

fixedhollies:
Of what benefit is the present democratic government! No opposition, senators saying sirs up and down. Posterity would judge you bro Wike

We just don't know what democracy is all about. It failed 9ja in the 1960s, early 1980s and failing since 1999.

IBB had the golden opportunity to be a benevolent military dictator and set 9ja on the same path like Malaysia but he failed too.

Gerontocracy and monarchy are our natural governance system. Virtually every president except Yar'adua and GEJ have behaved like a monarch so far. Only that they don't have the fear of what will happen to their children later when they get to the throne.

Political positions have become like monarchies, but without the history, heritage and customs/traditions that guide them. The constitution/courts have no teeth to bite against politicians that control all the money and state power.

wink2015:
But why is it that Nigeria is not able to build aircraft like Brazil.

What do you need plane for when you can make wheelbarrow?
Those Brazilians have been at it for decades. Their Embraer is a really good plane.

Even direct flight to Brazil, we are still doing MOU. It will be easier for Brazilians and Chinese to transfer their tech to us.
Western people wey no waive Covid-19 vaccine patent right and nor give Ebola experimental vaccine.

MarkNsukkaBread:
So you're saying that we should throw or doors open for them to enter anytime they like without any visa policies and restrictions simply because we want to boost our tourism figures and earn more dollars.

Inferiority complex is your problem, you are also an olodo!

So, you are wiser and superior than Moroccans, Americans, Australians, French and others who allow others to come in with their dollars and hard currencies? Empty pride.

Be doing local champion. What are you afraid of? You believe archaic and retrogressive policies that stifle the economy make you superior?

To be superior, provide security in your country, jobs, constant electricity, don't be the poverty capital of the world, don't be fantastically corrupt, retain your best brains/doctors, engineers, politicians should not siphon public money to buy houses in countries that treat you shabbily at their embassies and consulates in Nigeria, don't expose yourself to SA xenophobia, etc.

That's how to be superior. Not by mouth or empty pride.

Obviously, you haven't travelled visa-free to Western countries, Tunisia, Morocco or countries wise enough to attract tourists, so you will never understand it.

By the way, most won't even come due to insecurity, so no point.

SeverusSnape:
giANT of Africa (for mouth) is nowhere to be found on positive lists like this.

Which sensible tourist would want to even visit a terrorists' enclave?

I found myself discussing 9ja's cumbersome visa policy with a Nigerian embassy staff one day.

He was adamant that millions of people apply for 9ja visa yearly, that what you (yours truly) know, that he's the one who knows as an embassy staff.

I told him the visitors figures/statistics are out there and that compared to even Kenya, 9ja is nowhere. Despite our size, population, endowment, diversity, culture, etc. The olodo didn't get it. He said Europeans charge Nigerians a lot for their visas and Nigeria is doing great by reciprocating. Empty pride.

I reminded him that the cost of a Nigeria multiple visa for some Europeans, is enough to buy a ticket to Morocco and pay for hotel for the weekend. No visa. Yet Moroccans need visas to much of Europe. Moreover, visitors to 9ja mostly have some 9ja family/marriage ties. Or are expatriates or for business that largely economically favour them more than 9ja.

That is before you even factor the 9ja insecurity factor in.

I insisted Nigeria should not always react emotionally to Western policies, but in a calculated way to take money from Europeans via tourism.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have long introduced a common visa arrangement for tourists.

I don't need a visa to Morocco, Tunisia or even Uganda. But if had to present a 9ja document, I would need visas to all. They have cleverly exempted Western tourists bringing hard currencies.

Morocco gets well over 7% of its GDP from tourism. They don't have much natural resources.

Mariangeles:
What about the ones that raise sons?
What become of the sons [men]?

Single mothers don't only raise daughters, you know?

The sons are often horrible men. They treat their stepfathers extremely bad. No matter how good the stepdad was. It's like curse dey follow such sons.

In fact the sons are even a major reason to avoid single mothers. If she has 3 sons and a husband, it's like having 4 competing husbands in one house. Her loyalty to her sons often makes her side with them against their step-father.

If the man survives their mother and is not wealthy, they will ignore him. Even though he spent his youth providing for them as best as he could. If wealthy, they might pretend to get their hands on more of his wealth/inheritance. But awful nonetheless.

I have seen this up close, within the family and around me in the society. It's pathetic.

No man should try it. Don't let anyone blackmail you into it or try to be woke.
As a man, being good to your step-kids means nothing. If you are not their dad, you simply are not.

Donate your money to charity if you want to be kind. And expect nothing back. The world hardly rewards kindness, God does.

Wait o, na touch light abi powerbank dem wan use run these businesses?

Dem nor say make craze man nor go farm, na to do proper work be the koko.

If we are serious, we should partner with Brazil. They have a great Agric sector. They will do these things with us with less cunny cunny.

UK wey hundreds of farms dey fold up yearly.

kettykin:
This was the controversial 1963 census that set Nigeria on a path and trajectory of no return. If you want accurate census check the census before 1940, and you can use the right census toll to extrapolate for 2026

Nigeria has never had any credible census since the prospect of independence became feasible. Until today.

Too much fake stuff.

badoh:
Even after getting the role, she should have undergone additional training from NHS to improve her knowledge. Make she go look for warehouse job, she go survive. This is a lesson for others in the health sector in the UK.

There are some things you just cannot easily learn when the foundation is lacking.

I wonder how she would have coped with complex metabolism and biochem in dietetics, if even basic anatomy/biology is missing.

Nutrition and Dietetics combined degree is a serious course in the UK, and takes good 4 years like Pharmacy.

A dietician that doesn't know the digestive system, nor be juju be that?

How will she understand the TCA cycle, for example?

Eid Mubarak to all our friends and NLers.

Image123:
No, it means Nigeria will recognise UK-issued identification letters—documents given to individuals without valid passports—thereby eliminating delays associated with obtaining emergency travel certificates before deportation.
Deported people have identities, they came into the country with passports and have records. Some people throw away their passports, destroy it or whatever to frustrate deportation procedure.

Wrong. A lot of people such as boat people have no IDs. Others came in with irregular documents. I can't say more on this here.
So, how do you prove they are Nigerians?

I give you an example. In 1991, we heard that a guy I knew well had been arrested during a routine stop and search.

His appeal had been rejected and he didn't know yet. He was arrested and somehow deported to a French speaking central African country.

But on arrival, immigration didn't accept him because he spoke no French or any local language there. He was returned and released to our surprise. So, imagine if he spoke French.

It's more complex than you think.

Africans will be sent packing while Asians will remain. Not very clever.

FG should use same enthusiasm to stop Boko, ISWAP. bandits, kidnappers, Lakurawa, etc.

SmartyPants:
One of the biggest skills you will need to pick up in life is the ability to spot a person who is more knowledgeable than you and conduct yourself accordingly.

For your information, though you certainly do not deserve to be informed, there are different classes of immigration issues. There are people who purposefully destroy their travel papers in order to make it legally impossible to tie them to a particular country and deport them there, partly because the receiving country may not accept that these are their citizens without a valid travel document like a passport or emergency travel certificate. This agreement allows the UK to issue a special document that will be recognised by the Nigerian government in such cases.

True. Whereas, if that immigrant were able to remain a bit longer, immigration policy might change, reconcile with estranged spouse, or use their children and humanitarian means to get their papers.

Many people who eventually got their papers were at some point in line for deportation if they had been caught, or if deportation had been possible without valid 9ja ID. Some detained for immigration issues were eventually released. And are British citizens today making their contribution to society.

Image123:
the return of individuals without legal status in the United Kingdom.

Under the arrangement, Nigeria will recognise UK-issued identification letters—documents given to individuals without valid passports—thereby eliminating delays associated with obtaining emergency travel certificates before deportation.

It also means that anybody with black skin whose country won't accept can be issued with UK identity document making him Nigerian. And be deported to Nigeria.

Remember that Trump deported Colombians, Venezuelans, and others to El Salvador abi na wetin be that country.

Many countries simply refuse to admit anyone without ID is not issued by the home country.

Chuksgeo:
Everything going wrong on both sides, however I put the blame more on the school, I mean it is exam period and no pupil will deliberately want to go to school late so something should definitely be the reason and besides we are all human, at some point in your life you came late to important events(not excuse for coming late oh) however Naija dey hot, people are going through a lot especially pupils, come on School management, make Una try better

This is how they build anger and aggressive behaviour in kids from a young age.

While imbibing punctuality from early age is good, a staff member should be at the gate to explain or lead them to a "detention" room as "punishment" for lateness.

The insecurity alone is a big issue. Some kids come to school on foot and their parents have left home too. Who will they return to?

Even if they are to be sent home, a staff member should be calling their parents/guardians to say so.

Utterly irresponsible. Catholic schools in Italy, Ireland, Spain or any serious country won't try such.

Good. More grease to their elbow.

Lickinsidetoto3:
Liar nwosu
If you knew him make I sleep on suit and tie ...abeg rest broski na lie . I can bet my hairy balls .
Lienus nwosu..

I don't know the guy you quoted but these players were simple local boys those days.
If you lived in Bendel, especially Benin-City, you would see many of these players, Especially around Ogbe stadium.

Henry was a popular NNB lad until he left to join ACB around the time IBB overthrew Buhari. He briefly played with Austin Eguavoen at ACB before the latter went to Belgium. These were topics local guys discussed playing draft those days instead of yahoo of nowadays.
He left NNB not too long after Stephen Keshi left.

He became very popular after winning 1980 AFCON though he didn't play a big part, being just a teenager then.
We still remember the fierce NNB v. Insurance rivalry.

These guys regularly played table tennis outside a friend's house. They were local lads, not inaccessible celebs as footballers are today.

People seem to have forgotten Henry's Moscow Olympic heroics.

Parachoko:
Look at what an Igbo man and a Peter Obi supporter is saying about Edo state, just because of the opinion of one person

And the funny thing is that I know where majority of the girls who do night business the most come from. And they are not from Edo. It was already so as far back as 1980. They rented hostels owned by relatives. As if IMSU and similar places are not far worse in night business. Let that guy dey mumu.

Let him look at poverty index by state in 9ja.

Mrchippychappy:
Baba go the other side, see say the 72 Virgins get big gbola, na im he run back enter im dead body

You mean the guy pick race back? As in "abeg o, I is not a gay, help o." And suddenly woke up.