₦airaland Forum

Pardon the grammatical errors and spelling mistakes Abeg. E no easy to type on top phone.

Lets me frank. APC's chances of securing the presidency through okorocha is slim and virtually impossible. It is a known fact that ibos would not vote their own no matter how competent he or she is so long as he fraternises with a party they deem to be have been founded by a Yoruba as a result if the hate indoctrinated in them against the Yorubas pertaining to the civil war. Why then, knowing this, is Rochas disregarding that hatred and going against his people's principles? What is in it for Rochas? Why seek to be ostracised by your own people?

Did I read you well?

The guy is anything but in the closet. He is partisan and proud.

Ikengawo: This is nothing short of social warfare. They're penalizing igbos for being intellectually superior to everyone else in Nigeria, and after passing a law saying that igbos have to do 67x better then someone from Gombe, they will say you're bragging when you say igbos are 67x percent better than the imbeciles in this Nigeria.

Now, this comedy in itself.

Excuse me laugh!

ACM10: Thought they said that Anambrarians are mostly spare parts sellers and petty businessmen? Why is their cut-off mark high?

Their cut off mark is high compared to where else other than gombe? Hasn't it been conceded by the op himself and opined by others that anambra's cut off is relatively low? And how does this dispell the general notion that they are predominantly petty traders and spare parts traders?

Why are the rejoinders not dealing with the issues highlighted by the op, which is inequality?

How do one explain the stark disparity? Why should any child with a cut off point of 2 be allowed in the vicinity of a secondary institution?

With that said however, I would like the op to produce a credible source of this requirement.

Whether you successfully leave Nigeria to firm Biafra or not, those of us who remain Nigerians have to get to the root if this alleged prejudice.

touch4mony: Amechi is saying the truth but let him quote where in their constitution where guardlines for elections was provide cos u cant conduct an election if ur constitution does not have provision fo it.so if ur conducting an election what are d guardlines

Then the hypocritIcal governors should have stood by their supposed constitution and unequivocally refused to vote. By conceding to the voting system, they accept it not only by implication but also by conduct.

Is it any surprise that most of these crooks including their oga at the top all worship at the Redeemed Church?

Is it still mind boggling why Adeboye refused to speak on the issues bedeviling the country?

Decryptor: Which tribe from Nigeria forms the vast majority of the population in the UK? Isn't it the Yorubas? They exhibit their criminal tendecies and vices which is biologically embeded in their genes there and end up disgracing Nigerians here. Stu.pid people!

Now I understand the underlying aim of the op.

Katsumoto: There are many reasons for the gang culture in the UK but number one is the absence of fathers in the home.

Other culprits are

1. Society, which makes being a single mother fashionable
2. Society, which makes it difficult for parents to discipline their kids
3. Women who have kids just because they know the state will provide for them
4. Deadbeat males who aren't real men
5. Do-gooders who go putting their nose in every one's business
6. The liberals (labour) who made it difficult for teachers to do their jobs

Solutions
1. If you reduce welfare, people will have fewer kids
2. Don't make juvenile centers cozy for those kids. They don't do anytime and see going to these centers as earning stripes (street cred)
3. Give power back to teachers and parents
4. You can make these kids serve in the military, away from the front line, but still close enough to other men who can motivate and discipline them

For the Nigerian parents in the UK, they must be prepared to go to jail if necessary. They should also put more emphasis on their kids and not the silly parties they have every single weekend. It is absolutely ludicrous for a parent to go from work to a party and back to work without going home to check on his/her kids. Especially when you live in the worst parts of London.

Wow! Kats!

Katsumoto: There is always a different perspective and everything is relative. When you compare opportunities in the UK with other European countries, Black people in the UK have it good but when you compare it with opportunities in the US, the picture is not so rosy. It may be true that a lot of black folk have white-collar jobs in the UK but you need to dig deeper to see an underlying issue.

Typically, most ‘successful’ black people in the UK are in the arts & entertainment, IT, medical, and accounting industries. In the industries where old boy networks reign supreme such as Law, surveying, tenured professorships, media, advertising, etc, you will find only a handful of Black folks. Even in the management consultancy industry, you will find many Caucasians with history and literature degrees from Oxford being selected ahead of more qualified Black folks.

For the black folks who have white collar jobs, they generally think that the UK is a good place until they hit the proverbial glass ceiling, then their careers goes into a rut and they are stuck in the same role for decades with no promotion. When they move (career-wise), it’s always horizontal and never vertical. Yes there are opportunities in the UK but it’s only for a few.

Black folks have been going to school, in large numbers, in the UK since the 40s but look at the boards of the FTSE 100 and there has only ever been one black CEO (Thiam, who was appointed in 2009). Currently, in the US, you have Thompson (McDonalds), Frazier (Merck), Chenault (Amex), Burns (female, Xerox), Ferguson (TIAA-CREF), O’Neal (Delphi), Otis (Darden). There are others such as Ward, Parson (Citigroup), ONeal (Merrill Lynch), Raines, etc.

One may argue that Black folks in the UK are not positioning themselves properly in terms of not knowing when to do post graduate courses and what courses to pursue. And also that not many are going to school. But what about those who have selected the right courses and done their post graduate programs at the right time and are still being overlooked.

Brilliant as ever!

shymmex: I don't know why you keep insinuating, that I feel superior. I saw a thread I can relate to, and I posted what I think the problem.. The OP was talking about 'Nigerians of Bristish Descent' - and I posted what I feel the problem is. And it's a black thing in the UK, as you pointed out - but we're not talking about other nationalities here.

You keep mentioning Nigerians who have imbibed the British thought process into their way of life, and don't see themselves as Nigerians - but who's to blame for that? Is that not the parents' fault?? Are their parents not Nigerians - or are you going to tell me that most of them have lost their Nigerian-ness, just by living in the UK for a period of time??

The problem is more than just 'overarching societal issues' - it's deeper than something you can just view from the surface. Parents don't help as well... If most of them raised their kids to be Nigerians - I doubt the problem would be as problematic as it is right now...

There are hundreds of Nigerian youths born here serving life sentences in British prisons - and hundreds have been victims of gang violence - we all need to look for a way to break this vicious cycle.. I'm even more worried about the next generations of Nigerians out here, because of the baby mums' culture - that this generation has imbibed into their lifestyle.

A bit late, I know. But Shymmex, you KILLED it here, you totally did! You saw this problem before it happened in woolwich! You see the future!!

emmalexabl: You may wait for eternity and still not get the true answer to that simple question from a yoruba.
Lagos belongs to the AWORIs ..period !!

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Exactly!

And the Aworis are ibos!

CraigB: Ok- time waster.

you say that as if you had any to be wasted in the first place.

Time lies in the possession of productive people.

You my friend were never one of those as you have clearly displayed on this thread.

CraigB: Are you serious right now?

Are you?

CraigB: That's part of fundamentally twisted.

Well, the explanation for our xenophobia could find a home in your explanation for your homophobia. So why don't we work through that?

Okay, I think i'm begining to understand your line of reasoning now.

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that your hatred for Nigerians is justified by Nigeria's strict laws on homosexuality? Okay...

Thank you president musiwa.

CraigB: No one's saying don't be proud. Just be drug-proud in Lagos, please. Thanks.

Though I agree that Nigerians make for easy target due to their loud mouthedness and braggadocio attitude, your people are notorious for xenophobia. Care to explain why that is?

Is it possible for most African countries to loathe Nigerians or is there something inherently and fundamentally twisted in Nigerians?

ajanaku2: This is the apogee of "bad-belleism"!

Why castigate such a laudable project?

If e pain you too much, I'm sure there's a PHCN transformer in your Neighbourhood...Show it some love!...just a few hugs!

A few ke?

One hug is all that's required.

cyril83: Then he should prepare to be the father of many sons and daughters at the cause of whatever happens when underage watch Indecency.graphy on computer tablet.

Why do some people think with their anuses like this na?

So you don't think Internet security would be installed on such devices which are primarily targeted at education?

You jealous fauqs just find any stup1d reason to hate sha!

Kilode!

maasoap: Lagos State PDP only exists on pages of paper. If not, this is the best time for them to become a ruling party in the state. Fashola's policies are anti-masses. Imagine this newly built bridge, no commercial bikes are allowed but power bikes are allowed. commercial buses are not allowed. Slums owned by the masses are destroyed only for mansions for the affluents to spring up. He used commercial bikes for election campaign and after election, seized them, grind them and sold them without any compensation!

There is nothing wrong in carrying your commercial motorcycle put for head and allele to your village. We are sending you the message subtly now, you no wan hear, sooner or later una go hear am.

Lagos is not for never do wells from the other side of the Niger!

Afam4eva: Like i said in another thread a few months back, this initiative is very expensive especially for a state like Osun that is not oil driven. It's sustenance is what worries me. There are better ways to give students access to whatever learning curve that's not so expensive. Let's take it one step at a time.

But one thing i like most about Aregbesola is his nack for making his governance an Africanist one. These are the kind of people we need as leaders in Africa as their leadership has that African feel to it.

Who sought your opinion?

Are you done giving your useless opinion to your useless back water 'no do well' governor? Or is the state of Osun now part of Lagos where your imaginary tax is used "injudiciously"?

What manner of 'etaanu' is this, ke?

Eko Atlantic: Is there actually anything in SouthWest you guys don't complain of?

Lagos opens Ikoyi-Lekki link bridge--"Fashola is only building Lagos for the rich"

Oyo commissions Mokola bridge--"The bridge is not wide enough"

Ogun opens flyover--"why must everything be in Abeokuta?"

Nigeria's biggest refinery to be built in Ondo--"Why must it be ondo and not Akwa-Ibom?"

Osun to name airport After MKO--"what is Osun going to do with airport?"

Samsung opens it's biggest workshop in Ekiti--"can
Ekiti people buy samsung products"

Lol...

Lovely!

TRUTHTELA: GEJ,, has nothing to LOSE. Nigerian masses are the ones LOSING. These same ROGUES will find a way to compromise with GEJ, If not, the dude might spill the beans (fight corruption or work in the interest of the common man, and the PDP rogues will not want that to happen, hence, they'll let him have his way. I'm surprise that Nigerians don't understand these rogues yet. PLS THEY''RE NOT FIGHTING EACH OTHER AS U MAY THINK. Anenih is testing the waters, they're using this announcement to keep GEJ enemies guessing, there will be primaries. Governors have looted the treasury and if they don't support the ROGUE IN CHIEF, they might lose their loot. 2015' is so far away, as the day go by, the rest of the governors will be flogged into the line.
The northern gov's are just doing GARAGARA to please their region.

GEJ lose the ticket to LAmido or who? U must be a LEANER. It's not GEJ, as a person. He has POLITICAL HANDLERS & strategist.

They'll SURPRISE those who thinks that the man is WEAK. Nigerians are the WEAKER COWARDS!

Affirmative and sound!

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Omo yi o gbadun. A deranged Robin Hood.

Se iwo gan gbadun sa?

Me? Shymexx? You're clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic!

I did suspect you were ibo all along.

redsun: The first thing that comes to ones mind when he see obj is a silver back.He is a very close relative of chimps,

He must have come from the midst of chimpanzees and orangutAngs that voted him.

What does that make you? A monkey?