₦airaland Forum

DaRapture: Why is it that Nigeria has a National force, instead of individual State and City forces? Having one force in which answers to the Central government is ridiculously ineffective and wasteful, as has beef proven thus far.

While the gov. is making its way into decentralizing the nation, perhaps they should consider eliminating the subsidy on the Policing of the nation, by decentralizing it, and allowing each state to form their own Police forces, as well as allowing the nation's cities to form their own if they can afford to. The Central gov. can then use the the funds it spends on the NPF, to fund the creation of a much needed policing body similar to that of the FBI in which will handle only Federal criminal cases, much like that in which groups like Boka Haram present.

In the US, BH would be investigated, tracked down and eliminated by the well funded, trained and experienced agents of the FBI, in which even has authority over the State and city based police agencies, and can prosecute them if they are not performing appropriately. 

The problem with a Federal based police network, is that there is little room for checks and balance in the security network of a nation with it, and this leads to grave openings for mass corruption and pore performance.

You make solid points but if they decided to decentralize the police force, there is a tendency that the governors would use them as their own personal army to control the people and fight off their own personal enemies.

Rossikk: I also find it hilarious that some see South Africa as any type of credible critics of the Nigerian film industry. That's really funny. So how many films have South Africans sold in the last month? Or year? Utterly negligible compared to Nollywood, globally. Yet South Africa and even Rwanda are criticising the far more successful Nigerians?

Since when did abject failure become a platform for pontification?

Gosh, another poorly formed rebuttal. Why are Nigerians always so incredibly defensive and close minded to criticism? Someone pointed out that our film industry still has a very long way to go and here you are Mr. Defender-of-all-things-Nigerian, trying to attack your neighbors who are pointing out your flaws to you? Na wa for una o.
Please do tell me which movie in naija history is on the same level as "District 9"? Abeg tell me.
Please, also tell me this. Since when has number of movies sold meant the same thing as making a quality movie? Chai! This country people sef?

Let me paraphrase the last line from the article: "is it not better to produce nothing than to produce rubbish?"

safarigirl: hahaha, why so pained?

When last did you see a voodoo movie from nollywood? Or are you watching Africa Magic Yoruba? Isn't voodoo part of African culture? Or is it all of that nonsensical gibberish on Mr. Bones that's African? Have you ever wondered why whenever Hollywood wants to make fun of Africa it's SA they go to?

See how you're foaming from the mouth, garbage indeed. Go and watch Nollywood from 2010 till now, I don't mean Aba Nollywood cuz that's the one y'all broke people go and watch then tag Nollywood.

You can continue making your woe-unto-i movies, that's what your white masers love seeing anyways...I know SA will do ANYTHING to please white people

Boy, where do I even begin with this post? Is it the playing the 'race card' or the poorly formed argument? I guess the only way to counter arguements in naija is to cherry pick from a small sample or outliers or just resort to attacking other people (in this case, the whites). Horrible diversionary tactic,

BluIvy: You guys are crazy!!! Really, hip and fun? Nollywood is the one selling on uncivilized, fetish and craziness manner of Africans, with lots of voodoo, rowdy girls whoring for money and other stupid staff. Just because you cannot relate to the South African diverse culture does not mean it is not there. SA movies are reality based not some cooked up horror night stories like Nollywood, with loud old man and women acting like primary school kids.

Mr bones is 20 something years old and its comedy. Please let Nollywood continue to produce garbage as long as they make money but believe it will always be called garbage, because garbage's other namee is " garbage" with money or not. KAPISH!!!

My sister, it looks like the acting has been consistently bad for decades. I just saw a snippet of a movie called something kukere babes and it was so awful. They should all be forcefully required to go through Julliard (http://www.juilliard.edu/) or USC film school (http://cinema.usc.edu/) before they ever set foot on camera again.

Justcash: @ Op; While I have to admit that you have a valid point, I must also point out that your criticism is too narrow because you surprisingly omitted the dichotomy between "Quality" and "Cost". More still, your focus on quality completely negated the philosophy upon which creativity is embedded. So, does the fact that Nollywood movies are of low quality imply that the creativity is missing? Does it mean that there are no embedded meanings in our movies? The crux of acting and shooting movies is to communicate. Is this factor missing in Nollywood? If you say yes, I will totally disagree with you because the most "crappy" Nollywood movies gat messages that they want to pass.
Meanwhile, how come you deliberately avoided the issues of socio-economic viability of movie production when trying to make such an international comparison? I remember watching Indian movies, they were totally crap, but they made sense and sold globally. If you can reduce the cost of movie production and make sales while passing the same message in a cheaper movie, would you ignore that just because you want to compete with South Africans? Meanwhile, who told you that "Half of a Yellow Sun" is a half British production? Going by your logic, how many South African Movies are really African?
YOU MUST LEARN TO ARGUE OBJECTIVELY. NIGERIANS ARE NOT IDIOTS.

Bro, you can make an excellent movie without ridiculous costs. All you need is innovation. Haven't you seen some amazing shorts (short film) before or some mini documentary with a guy and just one camera? Abeg, the cost excuse is not a valid one. Just check out this students:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmyjkw93Zo?list=UUUQYhZBDHZb-CyZNNtWG9nw

Obi1kenobi: You clearly don't get the bone of contention. Nobody is asking Nollywood to shoot movies portraying Nigerians as forest-dwelling cannibals. They're asking that Nollywood makes films of substance that portray our culture, history, politics etc to the world and do it with competence, assiduous attention to detail and professionalism. Not the garbage that is financed and churned out by Idumota and Upper-Iweka marketers. All this chest-beating doesn't negate the fact that to anyone who knows anything worthwhile about films, Nollywood is little more than an embarrassing caricature of our society. We consume it because it's all we have. The same way we endure our misery in Nigeria because it's all we have. That doesn't mean we should laud what deserves criticism.

Where are Nollywood movies about pre-colonial Nigerian history? Where are Nollywood movies about important figures in Nigerian history - both pre and post-colonial? Where are movies about the civil war? About political turmoil since independence? About the cultural impact of colonialism? About stimulating topics of conversation in our day to day lives? About professionals (lawyers, doctors, policemen etc) in their line of work? Any attempt at anything remotely stimulating to the intellect in Nigerian movies often reveals how far behind we really are. I've seen black-and-white American and European movies from the 1930's that accomplish feats in technical proficiency that no Nigerian movie can come close to matching. You can view some Youtube clips of Charlie Chaplin if you doubt this. The first step to rectifying such a problem is an admission of shortcomings. Many Nigerians like you choose the path of empty chest-beating arrogance as if that will solve the problems.

Man, I wish I could give you a ridiculous number of likes.
There is so much content to write about buy instead they would rather pander to the masses and make thrash like "kukere babes" and the like.

RoyalRoy: and you with all your space consuming name could not stand up for your country. I will never believe a South African Movie will ever make sense more than a Naija one with their poor diction and acting. They may be way ahead on soap operas and series but not in a regular movie.


And you sat there taking all the biased bashing and you still have the guts to come home and lament ? Shame on You.

Wow!!! So you are now resorting to personally attacking him because he doesn't share your combative, misguided and aggressive notion of patriotism?

Why are some of you Nigerians always so close minded and defensive when it comes to criticism? How do you expect to learn and grow when you attack anyone that criticizes you or justify your flaws and faults all the time?

Pray, do tell me What is so artistic about "kukere babes" Or "skelewu babes"? Naija people self, na wa for una o.

speedyboi: What's this about exactly? Durban film festival.... What's that? Nollywood films screen in much bigger festivals, who cares what South Africans think? They've always been anti-Nigeria, so to hell.

And we Nigerians; in our eyes (in all aspects of life), every kid is the best in the world, except ours. Who've bothered to know what's going on in SA film industry right now? Or what South Africans actually think about their films?

Talk of consistency, why didn't they keep winning oscars after Totsi? Talk about the Oscar sef, They won Oscar once and so effing what?!!! That's 10 years ago, get over it already! Look around, nothing really changed after Totsi.

Not one single Bollywood film has ever won an Oscar, yet Indians are not killing themselves over it. They are not using Oscar to measure their success, infact they don't care about it! Yet, everyone around the world will pick bollywood then take many many steps before even thinking of recognizing our almighty Oscar winning SA industry.

Bottomline is; i don't envy SA cinema! I don't wish Nollywood to be in its shoes. I don't want Nollywood to start making propanga-ridden western stereotypical films, just to attract western audience. That's what SA is doing and most South Africans bash their filmmakers for that and more. Most even use Nigeria as an example for their filmmakers. I don't want an industry without self esteem. I don't care if we keep producing crap, as long as we don't loose ourselves or start making some "shitty Tarzan-like" films. I'm comfortable with Nollywood depicting the typical Nigerian world and i even want them to up that "hip" style, a big NO to some "pity party" films! No way!

I'm sure the day Bollywood will start getting Oscar is when they start making "slum dog nonsense" kinda films where they'll depict some indians struggling to make it. That's the Oscar spirit; if it ain't hollywood, then don't depict a civilized citylife of your country, else no Oscar for you. What they want are films with strong "messages". You know what the message is .

Why are some Nigerians always so close minded and defensive when it comes to criticisms? How do you expect to learn and grow when you attack anyone that criticizes you or justify your flaws and faults all the time? O ga o.

What is so artistic about "blackberry babes" Or "skelewu babes". Pray do tell me?

You say South African movies are overrated, when has Nollywood ever produced anything like 'District 9' before? Please do tell me. Naija people self. Una pride and ego sef, na wa o.

Smart of them. Prevention is better than cure.

bishoppapi: I feel really sorry for the future of this country because of people like you. How should he dress? He should put on pyjamas and slippers? Apart from the fact that he has the right to vote and be voted for, isn't it a good thing that the young men and women are now stepping out to take responsibilities and contest political positions. I thought we are all complaining about all these our great grandfathers clinging unto power since independence and have deprived the younger generation of every opportunity to ascend unto power and political positions. What tells you that he would not be a good leader better off than the fools that want to die in power looting our treasury from independence? Everybody now should be more politically conscious and do the right thing.

We are the younger generation, let us all rise up and take responsibilities.

Abi o. With the comments you read on this thread, you can almost say that Nigerians deserve the type of leaders that they get.

mployer: With this attire alone I won't vote him
Is this how you dress when you want to serve people?

and what exactly is wrong with his outfit??

Is he supposed to wear a suit or something?

rokiatu: Must you always be hateful in every thread? How does this hating benefit you?

Rokiatu,
hahahhahaha what a crazy meme. Where you a fan of that show?

DankemzI: Come to Akwa Ibom or Cross River & eat the best of soups ranging from Afang, Atama, Edikaikong, Afia Efere, Aditan & Ekpankukwo!
Proudly Akwa_Cross
Proudly Nigerian
Eyen_UYO

Yes o. There dishes are awesome.

@OP,
There are various types of intelligence.
Check it here.
https://www.nairaland.com/1850593/9-types-intelligence-proposed-howard

finniblinks: Some of these traits don't always go together, as
there are different forms of weakness:
1) He tries hard to please everyone, seems to think
he is responsible for the happiness of friends and
family, and panics at times when he can't achieve
this.
2) He avoids conflicts at all costs. Debating of any
sort, even friendly debate, makes him extremely
uncomfortable. Instead of engaging in any kind of
argument he will simply agree to disagree or not
even state his opinion.
3) He has a history of involvement with bitchy women who use or mistreat him and is usually the
dumpee.
4) He also has a history of falling in love many
times. He doesn't seem to be especially picky about
what he likes in a woman.
5) You are in a LTR with him and he has never or very rarely complained about anything you've ever
done.
6) His response to you pulling back a bit is to get
extremely clingy.
7) He's not there for you when a major life crisis or
responsibility comes up. He has a history of stringing girls along
9) He never gets angry
10) He is always cutting himself down

Wow!!!! So this is what the Nigerian female psyche works!
Interesting! Haha

Richiy: That Ebola Disease was created in the "secret labs" and sent down to Africa.

Conspiracy theories are exciting.

#patiently waiting for Judgement Day. lol.

Yes o. That's why people love them. Conspiracy theories thrive because deep, deep down we want to believe in them: they can be thrilling and intriguing at the same time.
Let's be honest, The truth can be uninteresting and downright boring at times. As a result, People prefer to believe in a more intriguing and should i say more exciting and sinister conclusions. It's kind of like people who find it fashionable to blame America and the CIA for every problem in the world: from book haram to even Ebola. (Chai! Una to give CIA credit self)

For example, which is more exciting to believe? That princess Diana died from a car crash after her driver was drunk or that there was a dark and sinister plot to eliminate her by the British govt? Take your pick.
I guess some have already made up my mind

overhypedsteve: why are you wasting your time trying to educate ignoramoses. Are you not happy that nigeria and its army is not placed under the control of a western sponsored peace keeping initiative. (how much is $110 mil) that we would want to subject our army to a western sponsored peace keeping initiative, remember say na person wey pay musician dey chose song. Our soldiers are not mercenaries and do not need any such money to remind them of their duty in protecting brother nations was nigerian peace keeping role facilitated by any US imperialistic financial project. Those americans who said that nigeria was excluded as a result of the human right abuses of it soldiers are hiding the truth. One can easily see that the US selected african states that can be compelled to pipe along with either sanctiion or foreign aid. Why is it that uganda just revoked its anti gay law and suddenly the US is all friendly with her. Or is it ghana with it band of corrupt dimwits posing as government officers stealing the country dry and still borrowing from IMF to steal more. Is it that country (name witheld) were child soldiers was institutionalised and a brutal civil war that threatened to tear the very fabrics of human right. If nigeria must be added in that group then why dont you ask yourself why isnt Algeria,south africa, egypt, angola, cameroun, kenya and other better placed countries included. Or re we going to go back down the ladder and allow our military men now veseted with the harsh experience of desert welfare, CTCOIN, urban welfare and to waste their time running peace keeping errands for america and its errand boys ( because of 110 million dollars) fact is that america may just be hiding its face, maybe the nigerian government have quietly rejeted the imperialistic offer. How can any country under ecowas with the provisions of ECOMOG , be a member to such a set up. It undermines the essence of ecomog and the african union standby force that is commanded by a nigerian, which may also be another reason why nigeria would not want to be a part and parcel of this colonial set up. As an african giant that ve intervened in so many regional conflict it would be painful and foolish if nigeria give up all that to sit and hide under an american set up. Mind you a nigerian commander have always being in charge of most of this african missions. So why should we eat crumbs.

What are you talking about?? Just read about the Nigerian army that you are defending here.
https://www.nairaland.com/1851886/wives-children-stop-military-trucks

jmoore: This is not news!!

We have the money!! We don't need the fund.

Who supported us when we were in Liberia and other african countries? smh

Really?? why not check out this topic to find out how well your Nigerian Army is performing https://www.nairaland.com/1851886/wives-children-stop-military-trucks

nnamdibig: The reaction came after nearly 60 soldiers killed in Gwoza and Damboa- both in Borno State- were given a mass burial at the Maimalari Barracks Maiduguri.

WHAT??

Doesn't the health ministry have contingency plans for disaster scenario's like this? They should have planned and rehearsed for possible disaster scenarios like this.

Gflat: Well it happens...and its not like we are suppose to date everyone we have a crush on

Gbosa!!! People need to realize that not every body we meet in life is for dating (no matter how attracted we are to them). Too bad, very few people know this in life.

J0nyb0y: Since the Oscars, selfies have gained
momentum. Since A-listers were
caught on twitter posing for a selfie, people have adopted this new fad.

What?? Which kind revisionist theory be this? Selfies had been popular before they did it. They just tried to get in on the whole already popular craze.

@op,
RIP to the guy.

Hahahaha

[quote author=dBard][/quote]Bros, thanks for that visual caption. It expresses some of the things I feel at times.

AndreUweh: It is not a taboo. If your genotype is A.S and you want to marry a girl with same genotype as you, will you not thread with caution?.
Marriage should be between people who share same cultural outlook. The advice I have given the poster here is the same advice I gave a niece of mine last year when she came to tell me about one certain Taju from Kwara who was asking her hand in marriage. I showed disaproval even before she finished her story. Now she is happily married and locally. To God be the glory.

Wow!!! You are full of hate and bigotry and yet you used the name of God to pat yourself on the back??

As a Yoruba woman, I feel the parents sha. I've told my sons and daughters to not even look beyond the SW, MB and SS. It's a personal preference.

Isn't that selfish on your part? Marriage is about your kids and NOT YOU!!!

AndreUweh: @Christygenius, this guy is deceiving you. Let him go and marry a Yoruba chick and you marry an Igbo dude. We hardly see Yoruba girls begging for an Igboman's love. What a shame.
 Let him go for good as surely an Igboman will at some point come for you. Get yourself more involved in Igbo activities and Igbo people.

What kind of ridiculous thought process is this?!?!?!?
Chai! Nigerians na wa o.

ifyalways: Two realistic options:
Darn both Parents and go ahead with the marriage.

Listen to the old folks and seperate peacefully.

I would not encourage anyone to dabble into marriage with none of the parents in support.The cons outweigh whatever pro is there.

You'd surely get another guy,same with the dude.

You do know parents are human beings and can be wrong right?

Abagworo: Ladies need to be less emotional and also ready to move on.This African mentality of sticking to one man is why they are always the ones issues like this affect more.My advice is for you to leave the guy.He is not the only guy in the world.You can be dating him without marriage if you so much love him.The guy will definitely move on and marry a choice wife while still dating you.Why can't you do the same?

My goodness!!!!!! What is this??
Some Nigerians can have the most irritating and despicable opinions at times.

Which kind thread be this? If you no wan do dowry for your wedding no do. Leave the "sisters" that want to do it alone.

amor4ce: Unmarried black women
Down or out
A black male professor kicks up a storm about black women and marriage

Oct 15th 2011 | LOS ANGELES | from the print edition

https://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full-width/20111015_USP506.jpg

AT SOME events on his book tour, black men have accused Ralph Richard Banks of advocating genocide. In fact, the Stanford professor of family law has merely written a book called “Is Marriage for White People? How the African-American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone”. But abuse is what you get for suggesting, as Mr Banks does, that black women—not only the “most unmarried” group in American society but also the one that least intermarries with other races—should look to white, Latino or Asian men as potential mates. After all, the alternative is often no marriage or relationship at all.

https://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/290-width/images/print-edition/20111015_USC773.gif

The collapse of marriage among blacks is well documented (see chart), but not the sexual, psychological, emotional and social toll this has taken on black women. Seven out of ten are single. Of the others, many are forced into “man-sharing”.

This crisis in the black “relationship market”, as Mr Banks calls it, starts with a “man shortage”. About one in ten black men in their early thirties are in prison. As a group, black men have also fallen behind in education and income, just as black women have surged ahead. Two black women graduate from college for every black man. As these women rise into the middle class, the men stay in the lower class, becoming less compatible.

Many black women respond by “marrying down, but not out,” as Mr Banks puts it. But that makes bad marriages. Two out of every three black marriages fail, about twice the rate of white marriages.

The real problem is the behaviour of those few black men who are considered good catches. They often stay unmarried for the opposite reason: they have too many options. As one man told Mr Banks: “If you have four quality women you’re dating and they’re in a rotation, who’s going to rush into a marriage?” Even black men who nominally commit to one woman are five times as likely as their white counterparts to have others on the side.

One way or another, many black women thus become, or stay, single (as two of Mr Banks’s three sisters are). As one woman tells him: “We focus on our careers, our friends, go back to school, whatever. We fill our lives with other things.” But in the hundreds of interviews Mr Banks conducted, he found pervasive sadness.

The most obvious solution, he discovered, also runs into the greatest taboo: intermarriage. This is ironic, because black men are statistically very open to marrying outside their race—more than one in five does. But fewer than one in ten black women intermarries.

For some black women, a white husband brings bad memories of slavery and Jim Crow. Others have conditioned themselves to find non-black men unattractive (lacking “swag”, in the argot). Still others fear that men of other races find black women unattractive, or that their children might be “not black enough”. But by far the most common reason seems to be that black women still regard intermarriage as tantamount to betraying the race. “My black heart,” says one black woman as she contemplates marrying out, “I would need to turn it in.” “We know it’s a struggle,” says another, “but we women got to stand by the black man. If we don’t, who will?"

http://www.economist.com/node/21532296?php%20$this-%3EincludeSnippet%28%27Publishers_Omniture%27%29;%20?%3E

Nice couple.

mencade5: op there is no girl in this nigeria with one boyfriend. A lady has minimum of 5 boyfriends whiel maximum is unlimited.

Dont ask her again, instead what you need to do is behave like she is yours. When you see her hug her. When you sit down with her hold her hands, caress it, ocassionally try to kiss her.
She will give in to you.

Dont wait for approval from a lady to say ''yes, i agree to be your girlfriend''.

Most ladies will not tell you that.

Enjoy your new girlfriend.

Congratulations!

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?