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'nuff said

I think it is.
Daily interactions with my fellow Nigerians has reinforced that fact.
If there's further need for proof, u need not go further than some of the responses above.

A lot of Nigerians are intellectually very lazy and as mentally deep as plate of water.

Peace.

Double talk.. The art of speaking from both sides of the mouth.
Wonder what the definition of Integrity is again



Still watching with my 3d glasses on.

Granted, the previous gov't was not aggressive early enough to tackle the boko haram insurgency But it's on record that in the last 2+months prior to may 29, there was massive reclaimation of lost territory and the insurgency was practically a thing of the past..That momentum SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED. This lull/lethargic approach so far is causing a resurgence and this I.m.o is even more disturbing esp with the recent alliance with Daesh and the change in the modus operandi if allowed to fester might grow into a far more difficult monster.

PastorJohnny:
I've heard you dear lady. Again, ask for grace to escape this kind of ordeal. I hope you know that sworn bullies have a common technique called provocation. They provoke you to give them a reason to engage you violently. Maybe you don't know about this.

My dear lady, I'd like to state that abhor aggression towards women. However this view isn't shared by groomed aggressors. Have a great day!

The thing is ppl won't get it until they see it happen. It's something psychologists can't even explain....and it ain't 'character'. That frankly is just naive to me.
Seriously, these fellows need to do a lil research to understand.

Am out..

nellyme:
dBard its fallacy to compare whole to particular, all ladies are not the same

l gave 2 examples of several..n I never said it applied to all but more as a caution.
If u don't know of any woman in a physically abusive relationship then maybe u should find out from them why they don't do something/payback like Ebiz12 is mouthing off.
I gave those e.gs because those are ppl am close to and tried to find out how they could tolerate it and they all couldn't give an answer.
Like I've said , PRAY it doesn't happen to you.


Everyone is VanDamme till they get into a fight.

Ebiz12:
Nobody in the form of a man dare touch me,Dem never born that man!

My father has never raised a finger on me so who be that person.

Wetin I go do that person eehn! Anyway let me comment my reserve.

Please stop this noise.
I've met a number of abused women, one in particular comes to mind...pregnant, beaten up by her husband @ least 2ce in the course of her pregnancy(that am aware of) and she confessed to me , once wen talking candidly, that she used to say exactly wat u 've just said above.
A close friend, divorced now , was also in the same shoes, she actually got her baby beaten out of her.
I would never have believed she would allow that.

Rather than frothing and gingering, rather Pray it doesn't happen to u.
Pray it doesn't.



Peace

sunnyb0b0:
The court can't declare APC winner in the election. The most they can do is order for a rerun and even if election is conducted 100 times in Rivers State, PDP will still win and Wike will end up starting a fresh 4 years tenure.

Am not a politician, but it's difficult not seeing Wike come out tops in All permutations.
He so far has the goodwill of the people, he's taken overd llocal government councils, GDI is on ground, 30billion in hand............
Even d rerun will favor him so much, cos dat will simply be an extension of his tenure.
Let's see how it plays out sha

One mistake PMB made I.m.o was moving the central command and Not being decided on d future of the service chiefs. The two actions/inaction has ensured an effective lethargy/grounding of the war effort.
Terrorist organizations thrive on propaganda and as long as their evil activities keep getting reported, they'll keep on growing.

Whynotthetruth:
Thanks for behaving like a gentleman and I will address you same way...

1)NO LAW allows for Jonathan to obtain approval from FAAC before withdrawals from ECA...if anything at all, ECA is alien to the constitution... it is not known to that document hence governors always use court to blackmail presidents into sharing such funds in ECA...It is a morally justified account but unconstitutional too...thanks bro

Tnx..just trying to understand both sides.
Point taken, but if that is so, what stops the president using it as his personal 'go to' account Cos, this is where I n probably a lot of odas have issues.
If d FAAC was set up to checkmate this n yet money(s) are withdrawn without their approval, then what's d justification in that? And d burden of proof lies on her t prove d payments.
Appreciate d response.
Cc: barcanista

Concise write up as usual, but one question that begs answering@ barcanista, if d FAAC didn't approve d withdrawal of d amount, then wasn't her withdrawing it a contravention of d set rules

Personal opinion tho, I find these attacks on NOI quite suspect.and a case of character assassination. If dre are proven allegations, then let d needful be done , else........



'Nuff said

Maybe if she had backed up dis lengthy piece of blabberdash with scriptures as she claims to be a Christian, I would've been interested.
All she's said in this write up is; we're gay, tolerate us after all Ur christians and we've,now, the backing of D constitution.

If she truly is a christian, den she must be reading an edited, summarized version of the Bible, else she would've come across 1corinthians6:9-11 and Leviticus20:13..which is clear on God's stance.

Homosexuality rubbishes the very foundation of society n legalizing same-sex marriage is a strike at this foundation, and if the foundation is weak, how can d building stand, wat will become of society.

I personally 've no issues with homosexuals, 've worked or have bin friends with a couple but, as a Christian and an African, this is simply WRONG..

Terrible news.
Hope the government doesn't take this with levity.

MosakuAW:
Empty treasury does not means no money in the treasury at all, this simply means what is left is smaller than what is expected of Nigeria treasury.

As broke as Greece is, which is in debt still has money in her treasury.

Common, Nigeria is too rich not to spend N400bn.

OP is only being Sarcasm.

Empty means empty please.
Except u would like to give us another definition

onila:
I really like fast and furious

I heard 8 is coming out
just wish it will be good since Paul Walker is no longer here, RIP

Don't wanna be a prophet of doom but
FF8 will probably be DOA..dead on arrival.

onila:
fast 7 was good thp

better stunts n more sophistication

but fast 5 is memorable

FF5 was a turning point in d franchise n , like u said, memorable
Undisputed fact.

Hope it ends with 7 tho...
It's overstretched already

blackpanda:
But I thot its the people that voted and chose the party? So if a party member refuses to follow the party, how does that help democracy?

If party can not control its members, then our democracy is dead on arrival because humans are naturally selfish and will only do that which will personally favour them.

If party can not control its members, that means the people can not control the members as well. Party looks at the broader picture as against the members that are just in for their own selfish reasons.

Point taken, but d party's wish doesn't necessarily mirror d people's wish, and don't forget, in most instances, ppl vote individuals irrespective of party affiliations.
Putting d party supreme over d wishes of D masses / national interest, negates what democracy is meant to be.

onila:
me is fast five

fast seven, the ending was wack
they tried to make it soo sophisticated
so many things going on @ the same time

Some scenes in 7 totally killed it..the bus/cliff scene, the Dubai skyscraper scene, the Jason Statham intro scene, Jason vs d Rock etc.
Ending ws not it sha, but still my 2nd best.
1st and ff5 jointly take d top spot f me.

Another day, another page in series that the NASS crises has become.
Dogara is right tho.
How can d ideals of a few (party) be held (supreme) above the wishes of D populace
How does party interest supercede national interest and yet we still claim t b a democracy
Dogara might be speaking from d perspective of personal interest/survival BUT he speaks d 'truth'.

Waiting f d next episode sha

HungerBAD:
I don't know why i had always assumed that you are a mature person on Nairaland, maybe it is because of the way you write on the Politics Section. But this insult is uncalled for, and have actually shown you for what you are, a Child.

Grown ups have intellectual discuss.

Iran is designated by the United States Dept of States as being a Sponsor Of Terror( in a lay man term TERRORIST), and your question on what does the negotiation of the release of a prisoner equates to them stopping terror? everything.

The KEY word here is "NEGOTIATION"

If a terrorist organization can be negotiated with to release a prisoner, that window of opening too can be used too for the negotiation for them to renounce their ideology. When was the last time you heard that the Talibans launched an attack anywhere in the World? there are those in the terrorist realm who are actually the indoctrinators of terror ideas, make them change their minds and the followers will fall like pack of cards.

To your question that which Countries negotiates with Terrorist. All actually.

Outside the spheres of Nairaland, we actually don't know what each of us does for a living. There are Nigerians that are Nairaland Members,hold other Nationality, work for some Western Govt agencies and are very privy to a lot of information you Barcanista will find shocking if made Public, but which to a layman might sound unbelievably incredulous.

We will leave it at that.

Believe it or not, all WESTERN COUNTRIES Negotiate with Terrorists, far away from the public eyes and i will no longer comment on this topic.

Negotiation in the context u put it is quite off.
Negotiations for a prisoner swap or any of such is on a different scale than wat is bin opined here.
Even warring nations negotiate to achieve short term objectives (WW2/Cold War/Korean War.. ).
Negotiating on a much larger scale as dis, to an internationally recognized terrorist organization with links to the present, foremost terror organization Daesh, will be seen as a victory to the group n send d wrong signals to other fledgling groups out there.


....n u are wrong about the Taliban. First off, they are a regional terror organization with more or less a political objective, and Yes, they STILL do carry out attacks in India n Afghanistan..(check d news media)

Lastly, in negotiations, what will the Nigerian state offer
The amnesty that was rejected before??
Or payoffs/territory

..and don't forget about their alliance with ISIS.


This isn't the best of moves I.m.o

wealthyguyman:
With allegiance pledged to ISIS, negotiation is no longer an option.

PMB can only dream on with that idea

Thank you.
With the last pledge of allegiance to ISIS, Boko haram has ceded it's command n control structure to it and as such has gone beyond a local/regional problem that can be negotiated away.

This statement is just..............

Being faithful to Ur spouse isn't so difficult tho it isn't by our power but by God's Grace.
Bin married a while n faithful and will continue so by God's Mercies.

#faithfullymarried

INDESTRUCTABLEX:
That's not the absolute truth. I will explain.
Back then in school, at 100l, my allowance was 20k. I noticed that at the 3rd week I was always broke and would have to borrow from friends. What was the cause? I always had quarrels with my roommates and would leave in anger to spend the night in a lecture room. This went on for 3 months.

Second semester I changed my plans. No matter what happened I stayed in the room. That same person who couldn't save a dime survived and took a professional course on web design. I paid for it with 2 months allowance.

Human wants are insatiable. I can survive with 5k a week, 10k, 2k, and even 0k. I hardly keep or carry cash. As long as you have garri, yam, bread, beans, rice, you are good to go. Remember, there are people earning less than you do and they are surviving.

Survive today, make sacrifices, and live tomorrow.
My 2 cents.

Very nice points.
Just to add to it, the above requires a lotta sacrifice which many may not have. Best ways to ensure u save, esp salary wise, may be to join a cooperative (which ensures a particular amount gets saved every month) or one of the numerous assurance houses around with their savings plans.
That way, once you've taken care of feeding, basic needs n miscellaneous allowances, the remainder gets saved.

Also, the money saved should be used to 'secure' the future.. Land, personal house and other long-term projects.
Getting an alternative source of revenue, no matter how small, it helps.

My N100..

onila:
Afang soup and eba

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I absolutely adore Akwa Ibom meals, though I try not to indulge cos dey can be fattening.
Funny how A.Ibom dudes end up looking so fit wen their meals are weight inducing

'nuff said

This is wonderful news..
Unfortunately, still haven't seen light blink here @my end f months now.

MizMyColi:

Are you inadvertently saying that Nigerians would have tolerated the same issue you're beguiled about had expectations not been high?

Secondly, that phrase "what we have passed through at GEJ's hands" is a largely subjective one, or don't you think?

The difference between those who hold that assertion and those who don't is a mere 3+ million ("mere" when looked at in comparison to our population).

GEJ had his flaws and shortcomings, no doubt.
But I still think of him as the best thing that's happened to our democracy and by extension, our country.

It's annoying wen ppl keep making excuses for inefficiency just to justify their campaign choices.
I didn't care for GEJ in the first election, but btw GEJ n Buhari, I personally felt GEJ (-PEJ) would have been a better choice.

Ppl keep advocating for patience, while we're bin patient...
The economy has taken a downturn n d exchange rate is increasing,
Fuel is not bin imported anymore n fuel stations are shutting down all over the country,
Investors are becoming disillusioned n withdrawing,
The army has lost their initiative and Boko Haram is stepping up, once again, their campaign,
The national assembly is riddled with crises....

The right approach at the wrong time can lead to disaster.


Think we might need to start fasting and praying again f dis country, cos.....

'Nuff said

U don't keep planning wen d enemy is @ Ur doorstep.
Not especially wen, from the campaigns, Nigerians had gotten d impression that the problems to a large extent had been identified and the expectation was that a team (preliminary/temporary) should have been in place to address them.
Like the Bloomberg article said, the non appointment of a finance minister@a time like this is a serious question mark (indictment) on Buharis capabilities.
Day in , day out all we get is party crises.
It's really disappointing.

seedord247:
Lmaoooo all these local naija men say he want to F her....

They are used to cabin biscuit and zobo drink dateeee

Seriously...
A guy takes a lady @ work out on a Lunch date n he suddenly wants t F her... How and Where

..and btw, It Is Very 'Bush' for a 'lady' to allow wine be ordered wen she isn't interested in drinking it.

Who does that

Y'all need to change Ur circle.


Just thinking of it sef, shows how improbable d whole 'take advantage of her' ish is..After all o.p chose time n location.

All dese local, 'I have arrived' girls sef

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Sorry f d delay

ArabianPrince:
Going out on a date with a guy...you have no spark or chemistry with knowing fully well...you not into him....rings alarm bell about your person. Hungry chick without principle. That's no lunch date.
Now you telling your own version, I don't see anything wrong in him asking you to take more wine...just like any lady will take me out on a lunch date and ask me to take more wine. You are not just classy as he thought. He must have held you on high pedestal....probably you must have been fronting as a classy chick.
Courtesy demands that he gives you a nice treat as a gentleman that he is.
Daytime date with offer of having more wine to prevent wastage and you knowing your intake limit is now misconstrued as hidden motive.
Don't know when guys will stop trying to impress ladies on date and let them pay for their meal or better still let the lady fund the date.
Could you please stop seeing the guy in question. May be other ladies will appreciate his type. Next time avoid free meal from a guy you have no interest in. By the way what happened to the left over wine?. Probably....you requested taking it home.
ATTENTION SEEKER.

I could Like Ur post a 1000x (no homo)
U hit d nail on d head.
Silly chics giving sensible guys a bad name since Noah.

To d young'uns.... STOP TRYING TO (over)IMPRESS THESE GIRLS..It ain't worth it.
Always be a step ahead.

'Nuff said

prettythicksme:
c'mon u take it too far jare maybe he's actaually kidding

D o.p is obviously one of those ladies that walk around with a mountain f a chip on her shoulder.
Reading through, that statement sounds more like something that was said in jest than anything else...
And what kinda person would allow a guy spend @least 2.5k on a bottle of wine they know they won't drink
Dude was probably just trying t ensure his investment doesn't go t waste.

Plus @ LadyBoss1, if Ur conscience really was at ease with Ur actions, u wouldn't be here seeking justification.


U Acted Wrongly.