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mikolo80:
that's what I'm saying. you're the one thinking what you just said. it is the ppl who refuse to participate, waiting for a clear shot at goal with no single hurdle to cross. there's fire on the mountain,we need fire fighters not ballerinas

No I don't think you get it. People don't want to get involved in a game that's rigged. Why would I want to get involved in a game when the outcome as already being decided that's not true competition and the people know that for the most part.

mikolo80:
if you can't raise 25 m, you're not ready for office. have you by any chance attended any political meetings. I have, with the requisite determination all said barriers can be overcome

Since when did political office become for the political elites? Democracy is a govt of the people and for the people not some wealthy overlords who over see there kingdom. This is a republic for goodness sakes not a serfdom.

mikolo80:
bullet may not fire or you could survive walking the plank.
we aren't voting for the same ppl. apc different set of thieves from PDP. at least they spent 1%of their loot on infrastructure, hopefully will force PDP to spend 2% and so on till competition brings them to 100%

My goodness!! You have such low standards. You are like that girl that stays with the abuser because he doesn't "hit me everyday".

mikolo80:
nobody is given a chance. you take it

But how do you take a chance when it's not there in the first place?

Ovokoo:
If you have been to a local Nigerian football field, you will know that there are different kinds of characters that you will come across. Here are the 10 types of people you will meet at a Nigerian football field.

The Emperors
These are the people who act like they're the sponsors of the football match and make it their duty to determine how the team will be shared and what the rules will be.

The Super Stars
These are the people that are known to be very good football players and they don't look as desperate when it's time for people to be picked because they know they'll probably be picked first.

The Left Overs
These ones are perpetually unlucky as no team picks them. It may be because everyone knows that they're bad footballers or they look like they're bad due to their physique. If there's going to be what Nigerians call SET, they'll decide to join a new set but may never even be chosen.

The Pretenders
These ones actually came to the field hoping to play football but in order not to be embarrassed, they'll act like they're not interested but hoping that a miracle will happen in their favour.

The Goal Keepers
Nobody likes been a goal keeper on a Nigerian football field as goal keeping is usually left for the left overs. These people make it a duty right from the start to tell everyone that cares to listen that they want to be goal keepers because they know they will not be chosen for any other position.

The Complainers
The complainers act like they've played for Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid at one point in their career and make it their duty to frustrate their fellow team mates who make the slightest mistake.

The Scared ones
This group start getting scared from the moment they get to the field, to the moment they're chosen by a team till the moment a ball is passed to them. They are also scared of the complainers who are out to make their lives a living hell.

The Rough Riders
They're not there to play football but to send someone to the hospital. if you notice them, better avoid them or you'll never play football in your life again.

The Fighters
These people fight for sports. They come to football fields when they have run out of fights in their neighborhoods. If you dare mark them wrong or the referee blows again them, the match is officially over because they will fight till everybody decides to go home.

View Source: http://ovoko.com.ng/9-types-of-people-you-will-meet-at-a-nigerian-football-field/

Cc: mynd44, lalasticlala

You forgot the guy who takes the game waaaaaaaaày too seriously. You would think that scouts from Barcelona and Arsenal were in the building.

Don't forget the goalkeeper that thinks he is a striker
He will take the ball out and dribble am the other players and try to score.

Then there is the selfish guy who would never pass to the open man. He will want to take on almost every one on the pitch.

Let's not also forget the guy who just wants to look good on the pitch. He doesn't really want put it in the effort.

Another one we have is the deluded guy who thinks he is as gifted as ozil of Ronaldo when in actuality he is nowhere close. But that doesn't stop him from attempting every audacious move on the pitch. The annoying thing is that he is never able to pull them off meaning that he loses possession of the ball a lot and when he does he never even makes an attempt to win the ball back leaving the poor overworked defender to clean up the mess.

Last but not least is the excuses guy who blames everything from his shoes or the pitch to the opponents rough tactics for his inability to perform. Players like this ausuallyre like the super serious guy (above) who blame their teammates on the pitch but never take responsibility when they are at fault.

mikolo80:
who knows, bullet may be wet or life raft may be underwater. better to vote and scare the next politician into doing the right thing than leaving it to chance.there's always a better choice. time for informed voters to make such choices.
yes apc terrible but now every party knows not to depend on federal might or incumbency .it's slow but we're getting there

First of all, about your analogy of bullets being wet and rafts being underwater are just horrendous analogies. Try again. Neither makes much sense.

Secondly, what I was trying to get at is that you can't keep voting in the same people over and over again and expecting different results, that's like the definition of insanity. You can't solve a problem with the same type of thinking that caused it in the first place. You need a clean break from the past.

mikolo80:
how and who will we change it

Believe me there are a lot of smart Nigerians in nigeria and all over the world who can change the course of this country if given the chance.

ZorGBUooeh:
We are not talking about other states..We are talking lagos state here..Ambode is the one proposing,not my state govt and if it was my state govt..I won't support dia greedy proposal.

Ambode is in essence saying the Fed govt has no right to own all land and he is right. Fed govt seizing land back in the 70s is one of the worst policies ever passed in this country, right up there with the govts decision to seize schools from the missionaries.
It's one of the major reasons Nigeria is still poor. For Nigeria to flourish, property rights of individual citizens must be first and foremost of all economic and political agenda in this country. In plain language, what I am saying is that if I own propety like land, everything on (and under the land) is mine including the mineral resources there. So the Fed govt has no right to seize my land and sell it to Exxon Mobil because oil is there. No it's mind and mine only shikena? How difficult is that for you to understand?

mikolo80:
who stopped common folks from running. you can't win part primaries,how will you win general elections

Buhari had to pay 25 million to his party to be able to run for office and he is not the only one. Other parties charge Presidential hopefuls to run under their party platforms. exhorbitantly.
If you think that this only happens at the presidential level then you are mistaken because to run for any political post from the local to the federal level you have to pay off your party. In essence what I saying is that the barriers to entry for the common folks is waaaaaay too high. You have to be real wealthy or super connected for a party to throw their backing at you. That's why there was a recent constitutional ammmendment proposed that allows anyone who can gather enough signatures to run for office instead of going through a political party. That could be the most important thing thing ever done by the Fed govt ever because it will allow outsiders to get into office instead of the same ol' politicians.

ZorGBUooeh:
My GUY LAGOS was developed with FG money,again FG biased FAVORITISM helped develop lagos..Hope you understand me now?

So it was only Lagos that gets allocation abi? Where did your own allocations go?

ZorGBUooeh:
Who are you?Are you his spokesman?Abi lawyer?

Nope! I was hoping he can reach you cos it doesn't look like I am reaching you.

ZorGBUooeh:
You dint understand wot I wrote ad you replied me with dis long piece of crap..Oya im don do..Go ad rest.
Lagos was developed with FG money,so lagos is FEDERAL TERRITORY..SIMPLE

I responded to some of the things I could understand. The rest were incoherent.

ZorGBUooeh:
But you claimed lagos was developed without any contribution from other regions..
From the 60s till now lagos have bin developing at the detriment of other states tru the help of FG ad you guys want the same FG to give up territories they control..
As long as lagos was once a capital it won't be wrong if FG control some part of lagos..

After FG influenced development in lagos ad after they made lagos port the number 1 in nigeria, I dint mention the huge investments dangotes investment, and other investment.You guys want to control land FG ad other multi ethnic tribes in nigeria (hausas,Ibos,binis ad co)laboured to develop baa?

First of all, I don't understand your grammar. I can only vaguely make out what you are saying. Please rewrite what you wrote up there. I have had to read multiple times to understand what you are trying to pass across.

Secondly, what i said was that Lagos was Not necessarily developed with palm oil and groundnut because back then we didn't have the revenue sharing model we have today back then.

Thirdly when it came to revenue sharing the fed govt also gave other regions money so your assertion that the fed govt has been developing Lagos "to the detriment of other regions" is just false. All the money that was given to the other states what did they do with it? Pray do tell Me?

We are talking about removing land from the govt's and given it back to the peiple and you are talking about something else.

Abeg, omohayek and blue3k can you people make out what this brother is saying?

ZorGBUooeh:
Hahaha!So where was the capital of nigeria during the oil boom period?

I am not disputing the fact that oil revenue was used to "develop" Lagos what I was disputing was your earlier assertion where you said that revenue from the east and North was used to develop Lagos which I argued against.

ZorGBUooeh:
You dint mention crude oil?After the amalgamation of nigeria as a country,our colonial masters used the money every region contribute to develop nigeria including lagos.

Wrong!! Crude oil did not become a big deal till the oil boom of the 70's long after the british had left. Try again.

ZorGBUooeh:
Lagos was developed with groundnut money,palm oil money ad crude oil money from the niger delta.

Lagos was "developed" by groundout money and palm oil money? Since when did the British or the leaders in the first republic use revenue from another region to develop another? I understand that the Fed govt collects revenue through taxes but the regions developed themselves with their own revenue. Thats how things worked. It wasnt until.the millitary took over and started creating multiple states did we truly start this revenue sharing nonsense we practice today. Besides, with all the money the Fed govt give this states what have they used it for?

omohayek:
Most Nigerians simply can't conceive of governance as being about anything more than sharing a "national cake" that is based on oil-rents nobody actually worked for; the average Nigerian is simply too young (and to poorly educated) to have known any other form of government than the glorified "you chop I chop" governance of the last 47 years.

As in eh? That's why I feel that in other to change Nigeria you need outsiders (preferably not living in nigeria) to make wholesale changes. The people in the system can't see anything different from what they practice. All they know is the system they have lived in all their lives.

ZorGBUooeh:
As long as lagos was once the capital of nigeria,developed with money from the north,east ad southern region..Federal govt should not listen to him.

Lagos developed by the North's revenue? You do know that this pathetic model of revenue allocations that we practice now mostly started after the British left right? Lagos was successful because it was a prominent port city and port cities tend to be rather well off in most countries.

davidodiba:
Are you in Nigeria at all or you have seemingly escaped in quote to another country for you type the rubbish you did? If you not wish Naija well, then you need to have your brain checked. If you quote me again, I will fall on you

What is this one even saying? Why is a poor country having such a large and inefficient govt? Uh? Why does a poor country like this have 36 ministries and 36 states? And yet this people don't see the need to downsize?

TRUTH2020:
AFONJAS AND HYPOCRISY NA 5 AND 6,WHAT ABOUT Tinubu AND OBJ THAT SUCKED NIGERIA AND STILL SUCKING BILLIONS.FVCK OFF AFONJAS

So is this the game we are playing this days? Taking sides with thieves? My favorite thief is better than your favorite thief. Is that what naija has come down to?Since when did two wrongs make a right? Na wa for this country sef.

kodded:





so when will he say the same thing to buhari and co
...foolish man

So we are defending crooks now? My favorite crook is better than your favorite crook? Is this the game we are playing nowadays?

lofty900:
I did not say people should not loot. Loot but let the cash flow so that the suffering masses will benefit from it. Not to loot and sit on it.

Wrong!!! How about not looting in the first place? Keep your hands to yourself.

This is why we need to get rid of state owned enterprises like NLNG and NNPC. They are vehicles off corruption and they need to be sold off.

TunezMedia:
https://www.nigeriafilms.com/celebrity-gossips/84-nollywood-exclusive/21871-new-trend-upcoming-actors-in-nigeria-now-pay-nollywood-producers-to-feature-in-movies

Wow!!!!

Emiefiele see wetin your high interest rates dey cause?

We really need to start looking at bank reforms in this country to encourage competition. There are too few banks around and they act like cartels.

SmoothNigerian:
. Vote for me as president. Come 2019

"Let's make education free in naija"

That's the kind of posters we're gonna be seeing soon everywhere

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Oh the irony of this post

Addme:
If 48 voted against and 46 voted in support,how did that result into law. Ayam not understanding.........

Dude you are expecting too much. This is Nigerian journalism we are talking about not the New York Times hahaha.

Wow! I am impressed.

davidodiba:
Osibaba is working. Naija moving forward... Cool

Naija moving forward? You mean by employing more people to an already over bloated bureaucracy?

GR8ST:
Lmao... I actually don't see the need for voting in 2019 when there is actually nothing credible to offer. Imagine someone shows you two bad eggs on the counter and ask you to pick one for consumption... Thats the way I picture democracy of NIGERIA. The worst part is that both eggs will rather condemn each other rather than them self... So the gullible folks is drawn into the game of taking sides

Someone give this man a 21 gun salute. How can you tell someone to chose between dying by gun or drowning?

Tallysmallz:
Broke guys should be ashamed of themselve. If you are broke, you shoudnt be thinking of women at that point of your life.

Proudly broke girl..

Can someone please explain all these "broke this, broke that" nonsense that some nigerians like saying. Its really amusing and absurd at the same time. Its as if so called "broke" people are a different species or something. Watching some Nigerians calling their fellow Nigerians broke is like a beggar looking down on another beggar because he got the biggest crumbs today. In case most Nigerians didn't know, Nigeria is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world with over 60% of the population live on less than $ 2.00 dollars a day yet you would see Nigerians bragging and looking down on other Nigerians who are less fortunate than they are and call them "broke" when they themselves are either just as "broke" or just marginally well off. It's like someone making 4 dollars a day looking down on someone making 2 dollars a day. It's so ridiculous it's not even funny. Talk about ignorance, vanity, elitism and snobbery mixed up together.


In developed countries like the US you hardly hear the white folks make fun of people because of their socio economic status but its amongst the blacks that the mentality is prevalent. Not to talk of Nigeria, one of the poorest nations in the world where the majority is wallowing in poverty another person would come and be looking down on his fellow man in the struggle and calling them broke just because he managed to get in line ahead of his colleagues this time to get crumbs that fall from the table. Animal kingdom mentality at its worst. Humble yourself before circumstances humble you.

On another note, with all this fascination about "broke guys" why don't we hear topics about broke girls? Why must it be the guy that people refer to as broke? I hardly come on here and hear anything about broke females, it's always the guy. As if the economic situation in this country is different for men and women. Are they not all in the same boat?

Mirandah:
lol.
diick Hustlers Association(DHA)

well, let's call a spade a fücking spade!
iF you ain't Got money to get yourself Your basic needs. then, My Nigga/Nigress, You're broke!

No need for all the these suaveness.
people are broke, I'm broke, You are broke. We all are broke. irrespective of whatever gender we fall in.

I'd still call A broke Nigga, A broke Nigga!

Can someone pleaase explain all this "broke this, broke that" nonsense that some nigerians like saying. Its really amusing and absurd at the same time. Its as if so called "broke" people are a different species or something. Watching some Nigerians calling their fellow Nigerians broke is like a beggar looking down on another beggar because he got the biggest crumbs today. In case most Nigerians didn't know, Nigeria is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world with over 60% of the population live on less than $ 2.00 dollars a day yet you would see Nigerians bragging and looking down on other Nigerians who are less fortunate than they are and call them "broke" when they themselves are either just as "broke" or just marginally well off. It's like someone making 4 dollars a day looking down on someone making 2 dollars a day. It's so ridiculous it's not even funny. Talk about ignorance, vanity, elitism and snobbery mixed up together.


In developed countries like the US you hardly hear the white folks make fun of people because of their socio economic status but its amongst the blacks that the mentality is prevalent. Not to talk of Nigeria, one of the poorest nations in the world where the majority is wallowing in poverty another person would come and be looking down on his fellow man in the struggle and calling them broke just because he managed to get in line ahead of his colleagues this time to get crumbs that fall from the table. Animal kingdom mentality at its worst. Humble yourself before circumstances humble you.

On another note, with all this fascination about "broke guys" why don't we hear topics about broke girls? Why must it be the guy that people refer to as broke? I hardly come on here and hear anything about broke females, it's always the guy. As if the economic situation in this country is different for men and women. Are they not all in the same boat?

LuveU2:
Ok. Go and read ur books.

You dey mind am?

MissCokie:

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No Man Deserves To Be Called A Broke Ass: Get Your Priorities Straight Before Judging Him.

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Our present day women have lost their focus and priorities. We have lost the golden rules. How can You tag a struggling man as a broke ass, while you can't afford to eat comfortably without the help of your parents! , even your parents can't feed well, yet you transfer your responsibilities on someone else who is far from being your father, mother, brother or even relatives, haba!.

Most of them, even go further to make a list of some silly things a guy must have, before they can go on a date with him. He must have a car, stay in a cool apartment, have a good source of income, bla bla bla . my sister why cant you struggle to have all those things yourself. Why must you depend on a man to take away your miserable responsibilities. This same broke girls would end up shouting "Feminism" , "Women Equality" up and down, yet you can't even help yourself. All you want to do, is to sit your silly ass down, get bleeped a million times, spend money, get dumbed, and the circle continues!. Please respect yourself.

Majority of us, now focus our lives on social media, seeking for cheap likes etc, going nude just to get attention. Acting silly everyday for 365days with empty brains and zero productivities. Congratulations.

We should learn how to respect and support our guys who are still struggling to get their lives together, and not to become a liability to them.

Slay Queens and Slay Mama, this message is for you. While you're busying slaying, remember a lady is someone slaying with affluence and i am one of them(BOLD).

You slay queens allow material gain to becloud your reasoning, no wonder you all end up being slayed by ritualist or a Yahoo guy. Please get your priorities straight and change your focus. If you can channel 0.1% of your slaying energy to something productive,I am sure you would definitely help make the world a better place.

If you're married, and yet you claim to be a slay mama, Your time would surely elapse, and all your stupid lifestyle would come knocking on your door . Because you would end up being kicked out of your marriage, and someone else who has more brain and dignity would replace you. You can't eat your cake and have it back.


If he is broke today, remember he won't be broke forever. No condition is permanent. Get your priorities straight, saddle yourself and be productive.

Gbam!!!! I can't understand all this "broke this, broke that" nonsense that some nigerians like saying. Its really amusing and absurd at the same time. Its as if so called "broke" people are a different species or something. Watching some Nigerians calling their fellow Nigerians broke is like a beggar looking down on another beggar because he got the biggest crumbs of the day. In case y'all don't know, Nigeria is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world with over 60% of the population live on less than $ 2.00 dollars a day yet you would see Nigerians bragging and looking down on other Nigerians who are less fortunate than they are and call them "broke" when they themselves are either just as "broke" or just marginally well off. It's like someone making 4 dollars a day looking down on someone making 2 dollars a day. It's so ridiculous it's not even funny. Talk about ignorance, vanity, elitism and snobbery mixed up together.


In developed countries like the US you hardly hear the white folks make fun of people because of their socio economic status but its amongst the blacks that the mentality is prevalent. Not to talk of Nigeria, one of the poorest nations in the world where the majority is wallowing in poverty another person would come and be looking down on his fellow man in the struggle and calling them broke just because he managed to get in line ahead of his colleagues this time to get crumbs that fall from the table. Animal kingdom mentality at its worst. Humble yourself before circumstances humble you.

On another note, with all this fascination about "broke guys" why don't we hear topics about broke girls? Why must it be the guy that people refer to as broke? I hardly come on here and hear anything about broke females, it's always the guy. As if the economic situation in this country is different for men and women. Are they not all in the same boat?