₦airaland Forum

If people from Lagos are Lagosians then those from Lagoon will be what? Goons abi? This state creation has got us so warped and confused and blinded. We ought to even consider merging some unviable ,dirt-poor states together.

@op check your thesaurus for the meaning of 'diatribe' and understand the mishmash of your words. Though far as obj is concerned,i agree he was quite useless

Hi german. I think we'll do the Bmw 3 series sooner than i anticipate. But bear in mind my budget like i wrote in my last email. Thanks for ur time and effort bro.

007,saw ur reply and responded as well with a few modifications,pls have another look. How was Borno? My grandma is from those parts!

@german007, you've got mail since yesterday titled Audi and Bmw price Enquiry.

How does their stand affect the price of chukwi? Crappy governors always look to which side their bread is buttered.

What did Hitv in was the total dearth of quality programmes. They were like a seasonal fruit,a once a year treat. If there's no epl,subscriptions hit rock bottom. The rest of their content was just low-grade,to put it mildly. They had the advantage and failed to go for the kill. I'm gutted cos they're wholly Nigerian,but truth be told,I didn't buy them cos they're just mediocre and too customer unfocused.

Gutted for Hitv. Their content asides soccer has really been poor,but it is our company, wholly Nigerian. This is bad for our business.

Crap!

I just can't understand how weak a man can be. Did we elect you to direct religous affairs or to take decisive action when the need arises? Plateau would be better off without Jang it seems,for an ex-military man,he put the 'S' in spineless.

What were the journalists doing with N3M they claimed the abductors took off them? On the average,they'd each have a million naira in loose change it seems,i had no idea pressmen were that well remunerated.

@naijaking- when someone makes an allegation,what do you do? You refute it right,with evidence. Let's follow your line of thought here- Sls alleges banks are in poor state,banks say No we're not. He says special audit,banks are REVEALED i.e PROVEN to have non-performing assets that have ERODED shareholders funds. People can't seem to grasp the quantum of the loss here. Are you in the financial industry or just a keen observer making input? Should he have let the banks continue window-dressing and carrying bogus share prices cos most investors were making 'awoof' profit? I'm sure this is the grouse most Nigerians have with the man,he made us lose money. But remember we were just sharing out our capital not enjoying Roi.

I think Labaran's beef is that the agents are israeli,not so much because they're foreigners. As soon as he mentioned Israel's 'neighbours', i knew the religous factor was in overdrive. Would you rather we invited Hamas to assist in security issues?

Q. Were Nigerian banks declaring paper profits and sitting on a boatload of bad loans?
A. Yes. So what's with all this 'I told you so' people are fronting? Sls didn't have to sell any bank,in my opinion he should've just waited for some of the banks to go bankrupt. I wonder how many would now come here to shout about his so called northern agenda. The north isn't bloody interested in any bank,how do i know this? Running a bank,profitably at least, is HARDWORK- Something the average hausa man loathes. So i don't get where papabrown gets all these hashed theories from really. And for the bloke who claims stocks will rally by at least 50% come dec, put your money where your mouth is and i guarantee if you don't buy intelligently,you'll wind up with NO chair when the music stops.

@big b1- evidently you're thick as thieves with ibb,excuse the pun- but can you get me one of those cars? Also i have specs- i don't drive all those asian plastic products you guys just mass imported. Get me a BMW m3 2009,silver or gun-metal grey will do just fine thank you. Oh and, i don't drive auto either!

Headers like these really crack me up. So ONLY Ibb can heal Nigeria,he's the cure-all abi? What about you? Can't you serve Nigeria? Leadership is all about service,and if you assert that ibb is the ONLY ONE,then you shortchange the rest of us who actually pause to read stuff before we POST.

Just shameful,

@sd, i'm not disparaging grades earned at public unis,i earned mine there like i said earlier. But let truth be told,first class is POSSIBLE and a pointer that CU graduates are worthy is that some accounting firms in Nigeria now hire mostly ONLY CU graduates. I'm talking kpmg not Babatope and sons auditing. You don't have to kill yourself and bootlick every prof to earn one which is what public unis make it seem. About comparing a cu graduate with a public uni graduate- it's de school in de person,not de person in the school that counts. I get to submit cvs for my region in my office periodically. The things i read from so called graduates is appalling to put it mildly. I personally would never hire them.

I reckon we don't need christian or muslim leaders so much as we need Men who fear God. Even if it's an animist leader that holds some sort of reverence for his deity,i'm sure he'd do some good. Yes we're a holier than thou society, but most of it stems from pent up frustration due to failed promises of poor leaders.

Feel gutted for you Siena. I asked you once if I could get an outlaw, Said it had to be built. Was actually hoping i'd pick yours in the near future
Can't wait to see what you'll churn out. Keep up the good work.

95 students in the whole graduating set is totally feasible. What's with the evident grudge against students that attended private unis? Apparently you'd rather their grades were cut down by sadistic lecturers in public unis. I'm a graduate of a fed uni and witnessed how lousy hods cut their students grade to spite them and assume an air of superiority. The cu students i've met are WORTH their salt,at least academically. I can hardly say the same for govt uni graduates these days.

@op, is my country glass? How can it break into pieces? Kai!

Professor Kekere ke? Lol just couldn't resist the pun! I'm october too and i rule.

But the advert was crisp, wasn't it??

I think a major step would be to re-train the teachers already in the system and ensure only qualified and dedicated tutors are allowed in. Teaching shouldn't be an employer of last resort. This can help a great deal.

It's probably a lack of interest on the part of the staff. Most don't really want to be career bankers,they just sought employment and wound up there. But the pay is good so they stay and bitch and moan all day.

@ gbawe- I will not join the bandwagon of those that need to see others fail before they can be deemed successful. We're quick to lampoon Ghana and SA citing their weak economies and crime-rate in a bid to justify our own mediocrity and utter failure. If we fail to identify the symptoms,we can't treat the disease. I won't for the sake of patriotism say my country is a land of milk and honey when ALL the indicators point otherwise.

Yes,the 'Potential' activists are here again to expound on the potentials Nigeria has as usual. May we not all perish before this potential is converted at last at some point. All this false nationalism has done us no good and will indeed cause us more grief until we come to terms with reality. I'd give an arm and a leg to have steady power without a generator- think of the attendant effect it'd have on our lifestyles,our businesses,our environment. Short of a drastic re-alignment,20yrs from now we'll still be a land of shitty potential. And all of you in diaspora can keep spewing the tommy rot you're so good at whilst defending the fatherland.

@ kenben,comparing meatpie with kuli kuli? Lol how do u even think stuff like that up?? I'm all cracked up man. Anyway em eye- let us know when u do decide nonetheless. Cheerio lads.

And from the responses here,aren't nigerians pretty much like cargo goods just waiting to be pushed around for another half century? Ok,show of hands- how many here actually voted Yaradua 4yrs ago?? I doubt any did, but here is a breath of fresh air and all we do is cast aspersion and call him names. Just what experience do u need to serve,if one may ask? Leadership is service,but we're so used to collecting salt and soap from 2bit thugs in agbada that we call politicians then complain to high heaven when they manifest. We deserve the leadership we have or get in as much we remain dull. So,can someone nominate another presidential candidate we can flock to since we like same ol,same ol? Nigeria is a comic.

Misinterpreted topic at best,hell i don't even understand what the fuss is all about. I generally tend to take most surveys and info from imf with a pinch of salt esp where it concerns africa. If Ghana is so poor and in such bad shape,how come we're losing our businesses to them-unilever et al? This info is stale or the parameters used are outdated. We don't need analysts to tell us our little neighbours are doing fairly well albeit with scarce resources. Potential is all we're ever gonna be if we don't shape up sooner than later. Angola already exports more crude than us,and they only discovered it 10mins ago! I don't subscribe to that 'one of the largest emerging world economies' tripe they're selling to Nigeria. We live,work and sleep here- i think we know better where it pinches.