YoshihideSuga:


Thank you for your explanation regarding land mass and specific local government areas. I appreciate. I'm curious at the bold, Akwa Ibom State University has her both campuses there.

No. Akwa State University main campus is at Ikot Akpaden, Mkpan Enin LGA, while the annex is at Obio Akpa, Oruk Anam LGA.

With the expansion so far, wouldn't it be affected by urbanisation?

Oruk Anam is the largest LGA so maybe not so much. Like I mentioned, interiors. The neighbouring Ukanafun LGA is a good option.

What about Onna? My hunch is any local government that hosts a tertiary institution, especially federal and state, would witness massive urbanisation and commercialisation.

Onna and Esit Eket LGAs might work. Udom urbanised those areas though.

Just avoid Eket and Ibeno - oil-producing areas snapped up by the big boys.

So, this should include Ikot Abasi which is closer to Mkpat Enin.

Also, where exactly are BUA refinery and the fertiliser manufacturing facility by the Moroccan firm situated?

Avoid this area. Completely urban. Rivals Uyo, Eket, and Ikot Ekpene for urbanisation somewhat.

The refinery is at Ete in Ikot Abasi. The fertilizer facility is close to the Mkpat Enin axis but still in Ikot Abasi LGA.

ALSCON and Ferrostal company take up the other expanses. Ibom Power Company takes up the Ibekwe axis after the refinery still in Ikot Abasi LGA. The Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi (FUTIA) takes up the rest.

No available lands for such.

Ukanafun LGA might work.

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Wait a minute... How come you know that axis so well?

YoshihideSuga:


Thanks for answering the question.

I intend to invest into the cultivation of a certain cash crop in the state, so I needed to know where to avoid. The last thing I want is having issues with Fulani herdsmen.

None that hasn't been nipped in the bud from what I know.

If you haven't gotten land yet, I'd say go for LGAs with large landmass and land to spare where the urbanisation drive isn't on steroids.

LGAs like Ini, Ikono, parts of Mkpat Enin, parts of Oruk Anam. The interiors. Affordable too.

Flee from anyone who offers you a place in Ibesikpo and Uruan. They are large but you might lose your investment to government interests and right of way. Or at least be certain you get approval from the Ministry of Lands. Most lands have been purchased too so you'd likely not get a very large stretch of land for your investment.

Mkpat Enin and Oruk Anam LGAs are very accessible from/to Uyo and Port Harcourt too. Ini and Ikono are at the extreme ends of the state so far from the capital, Calabar, and Port Harcourt.

Sportsweb:
Be Honest Please. You are an Arsenal fans that jumped to Barcelona when the going was tough at Arsenal

No, I've always been a Cuker. All my life. But if you are a Culer, you'd know most Culers have a soft spot for Arsenal. The Barça - Arsenal comradeship story isn't a new thing. Ask around.

YoshihideSuga:


Apologies for quoting you here, but I'm curious, which areas/local government areas of Akwa Ibom State are farmers having issues with herdsmen?

Perhaps you'd point me to what made you ask this? I had to filter-search Facebook from April 1 to now immediately I saw this, but no results returned for clashes.

I only know they were isolated skirmishes with farmers around 2021 in parts of 3 LGAs: Ibesikpo Asutan, Ibiono Ibom and Itu LGAs. I've not heard or read of such since the anti-grazing law was passed.

Maybe there are skirmishes I don't know about so maybe point me to the piece of news which prompted the question?

I'm an F.C. Barcelona fan who also supports Arsenal F.C.

Football is a cruel thing to get invested in sometimes.

Anonymity on the internet has always been a myth. To find out, all you need do is trigger someone enough to dig tirelessly into you.

Even Peter Obi who is directly vying against Tinubu, and should have a personal grudge against him because of the vitriolic outbursts of the electioneering period, sees some positives where they are as he criticises.



1. Peter Obi Hails Tinubu For Adopting Oronsanye Report

https://www.nairaland.com/8015388/peter-obi-hails-tinubu-adopting

2. Peter Obi hails Tinubu over 50% transport fare reduction, queries implementation
https://guardian.ng/news/peter-obi-hails-tinubu-over-50-transport-fare-reduction-queries-implementation/


3. Obi praises Tinubu’s entourage cut, demands 60% governance cost reduction
https://gazettengr.com/obi-praises-tinubus-entourage-cut-demands-60-governance-cost-reduction/

As you berate the negatives, praise the positives if any. That's how not to be the bitter opposition.


I had to be the one to state this since I am on "this side" 'cause if anyone else does, he'd be gaslighted and termed an APC apologist.

The Heavens forbid I become that bitter.

Saying there are no positives or always ignoring the positives to focus only on the negatives is bitterness and hatred.

odizeey:

I wonder what good you want to point out when the bottom line of their policies leads to poverty, death amongst others.

This isn't the point. You are doing a sum-total.

If you have 2 parts of rices and 19 parts of beans, the beans do not invalidate the presence of the rice. And you avoided naming any good thing of the last administration or the present because we've been conditioned to notice only the bad and champion it. You can't really think of any good on the go.

For example, no matter what we think of this administration, power supply has improved. Probably for the first time in our lifetimes as young persons, the idea of dependable electricity or 18 - 24 hours daily power supply on a wide scale no longer seems farfetched.

NigeriaStories on Twitter was doing a list of places with regular power supply the other day - something which seemed almost utopian two decades ago. That's one positive. So many bad parts, but still good parts.

There's the revolution in the digital tech sector.

We are no longer completely dependent on oil according to the NBS so a diversified economy is also no longer farfetched.

Doesn't change the fact that on the whole Tinubu has been poor and Buhari was poor, but not seeing any good bad is hatred.

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Doherty, the same man who exposed the illegalities and budget padding in the LASG expenditures just last year which began a wave of inquisitions into the budgets of state governments, including Alex Otti being fingered for the same wrongdoing which was discussed here, was still the same man who was the first to praise the LASG for the Red Line Rail Project.

Now that's how opposition is done. Praise where necessary, criticize where necessary. But for us, "Them bad, we good". Why would I even bother as a President or Governor explaining myself to you when you already have a pre-conclusion to any and every move I make and word I utter?

Bitter opposition which we mostly seem to practice isn't opposition.

iamoyindamola:

Now you are trolling

What do you mean by me trolling?

Akpabio wasn't out of line. The King and eyewitnesses stated the attackers seemed like mercenaries. Akpabio reiterated same and went to say he's assuming the mercenaries are from outside the Niger Delta.

Newspaper used "foreigners" in headlines but quoted Akpabio who didn't mention it. You saw the sensationalism but went with the exaggerated headline regardless.

The bitter and hateful opposition a lot of us practice isn't opposition. It's why some canvassed for a novice GRV to replace a relatively experienced Sanwo Olu because "we good, them bad".


There are a lot of tech-savvy guys here, including yourself, but beside two or three of us, I'd never seen any comment anything good even with the quiet turnaround and upgrade Bosun Tijani is doing in his ministry.

The day he'd ever be fingered for wrongdoing, those on " our side" would flood this thread with links and discussions.

Bitter and see-no-good opposition isn't opposition.

Realtord43:
man cap carelessly

He surely can't be doing it purposely

You know why governments in power never really take the opposition seriously most times? It's because the opposition does bitter opposition.

If you ask followers of Atiku and Peter Obi if anything good came off Buhari's government, most would say "no". It's barely ever been discussed even on this thread. We just shit on the government at the center for every reason, justified or not.

I can point out good in the Buhari administration. I criticize Tinubu, but I can point out certain positives in his administration, the inflation regardless.

If you ask other persons who identify with the opposition what good has been achieved so far, almost all can't point to one. NOT EVEN ONE. That's hátred.

We criticise blindly because we are most stuck on identity politics - " Them bad, we good". Sometimes it's pointless justifying your actions to someone or people who would never see anything good in you.


I criticise Akpabio. I was the first to shit on him. I'm the one who insistently opened up on some of the below-board activities he was up to as Governor even some person in and from Akwa Ibom still do not know.

I didn't celebrate his emergence as Senate President because I knew he has an antecedence of poor money management, and being chummy with the President meant a Yes-man Senate. I still criticise him but won't criticize blindly.

Same for Tinubu or Buhari or the state governor whom I didn't vote for.

Akpabio wasn't wrong in the instance in question, but since he's of the APC and we are on the other side, we must shit on him. He's the Devil like all of his associates in the APC.

What we have is a bitter opposition. Constructive criticism is the best way of being a critic. A good critic praises where necessary.

iamoyindamola:
Mehn have you see a dumb motherfvcker than this man

https://www.nairaland.com/8035169/killers-16-soldiers-may-mercenaries

Diss.troy this is not pretense again, this man is stupid beyond control it's like waiting for the next comment from a mad man

Even the King of the community confirmed the soldiers were sort of ambushed; like they knew they were coming, and launched attacks. That's a mercenary job.

And in the body of the text, Akpabio said, "Not from the Niger Delta". The newspaper added "foreigners" for sensationalism.

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Just because I criticise Akpabio doesn't mean you should shit on him needlessly. He's very educated, intelligent, was a practicing lawyer from a very well-read family, and you calling him dumb seems like another motive.

Akpabio wasn't wrong this time.

I'm actually more intrigued by the drone manufacturing. If it's true that they fabricate drone and make functional drones no matter how crude, take the drone technologists into custody.

They should be punished but not regular jail. They can work out their punishment by refining their skills and working for minimum wage while adding value to the military props.

For the firearms makers? Jail them!

Kilishihunter:

Of course osimhen is our national hero atm but he's already bigger than that Napoli team even if they knock out can we see them realistically getting into the semis I'm not saying we will ourselves but some football fans except our haters of course will still expect us to fight and give a good competition because of our name and history, I'm just saying Napoli isn't sufficient for Osimhen again

I want him do perform really well today so it tips the big 6 clubs in Europe who are dragging their feet about chasing him to make a move today.

And I want us to do well.


Torn. Too bad a draw won't settle the tie.

Odd feeling for Nigerian Culers that the player who is most likely to end Barca's run in the UCL and make them unhappy is a Nigerian player who has made them happy the most and who we want to see succeed - Osimhen.

Whatever the result, we still lose.

WhoDeyHause:

See supposed old men just disgracing themselves. Diss.troy abeg call your guy to order.

Everything you are watching is scripted. Just like the "Off your mic" debacle when he was exposing the Senators as Minister which got swept under the rug.

Whatever you are watching has a predetermined end with the man in Aso Villa as the Executive Producer. It would be entertaining and we:d banter about it. But we lack the focus to see it through.

Burna Boy just needs to shade Davido on Instagram this minute for us to get distracted.

See how Northern Senators have thrown the Senator who made the claim under the bus?

Akpabio has Tinubu's complete backing. 100℅. Partners, actually. Good for him and them. Scary for the fate of the country.

Mrtaye:

I was confused when you said you have a nature of hirsutism

Hirsutism is the state of being hairy. It applies to all humans, irrespective of gender; and all animals too.

nihilistjnr:


Do cultists drink alcohol?

If yes. Then alcohol and cultism go hand in hand.

This is whataboutism and steep descent into the abyss of muddied waters.

We could as well say "Do cultists eat junk food? If yes, cultism and junk food go hand-in-hand."

You get the message. You know how substance abuse messes with orientation and alters states of mind, and the connection with such altered states of mind induced by drugs to the barbaric antics cultism entails. You know this.

Muddying the waters is good to deflect and it might be effective sometimes, but you know the connection.

Mrtaye:

Are you a woman or a man

I'm a man. The 'M' male designation by my moniker is obvious.

What sort of woman has facial hair? That's a freak.

I remember trying to get the state government to truly recognise this guy mid last year. Even organised a birthday for him with a radio station and some OAPs. Nothing much. Had a chat with him and he was open to promoting weightlifting after he won medals for Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games in the U.K. 2 years prior.

But the Commissioner recognised a fûcking Hilda Baci. Not hating on her, but he deserves it too.

For a guy who continues to win medals for Nigeria, he hasn't gotten the equivalent recognition and media praise. I'd try again this year.

SeeWahala:
Igbos too fine

Even an egg with make-up looks beautiful.

It has nothing to do with her tribe but we erroneously hail women with heavy makeup and Photoshop-edited pictures as beautiful. It really shoes the low standards of men.

We have seen her face without makeup and editing in movies, and it's definitely not beautiful. Not ugly, but not beautiful.

Sportsweb:
Dissotry listen to burna boy, he should tell us if he is a cultist or junkie since the music you listen shows who you are.

Maybe you should go read the exchanges in the last page. Read slowly then you'd realize your take in retrospect is wrong. Go read the page of this thread to begin with.

Not all drug abusers are cultists, but cultists are drug abusers. Most cult antics require their adherents not to be sober which is even more highlighted by the conformist nature of cults.

This much is obvious.

So BlueRay is right - drug abuse and cultism go hand-in-hand. Attempts to deflect with whataboutism are nothing more than those - attempts.

BlueRayDick:




https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/ndlea-boss-knocks-adekunle-gold-burna-boy-others-for-glorifying-drug-abuse/

Burna actually sings about drug use and I'm sure u know it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs.

Yes, Burna doesn't sing about Fraud but he sings about drugs. Drug abuse go hand in hand with cultism and other vices.

Las Las , the youth will do what they want to do irrespective whether their fave sings about drugs, cultism and fraud or not.

The new trick is to gaslight anyone who visibly and vehemently opposes drug abuse.

"I know people who take drugs but are civil and very kind. They don't cause trouble."

"You that don't take drugs, I'm sure you have terrible sides about you."

In recent years, the euphemistic term for cultism is now "game".

Even more recently, as I found out to my surprise, within certain politician circles and praise singers, the euphemism for cultism is " system", and a long time cultist is a "system man". So when they say, " You have to be loyal to the system", they mean one thing.

Need I mention fraud? "Cash out", " Update", "Blow", " Pickings", and other such fraud-speak have dominated everyday lingua, even highly-placed persons who should know better.

triplechoice:

Baby wipes can only work for babies and not for adults with lot of hair down there. You are hairless hence the reason you have no problem with it .

Read the below and learn from other people's experience

LOL. These guys have to be actually hairy to know how it feels. I do well with cold since my hair acts as insulation but badly with heat.

I have to use the restroom once I get into any building to wash my face with water, and beard too. Handkerchiefs are just temporary measures. How can they clean sweat off my beard? We have to wash it else it'd be itchy.

Same for using the loo. Since we are hairy, no matter how frequently we shave, the hair grows back in a few days and in between, we have to wash off with actual water.

Any hairy person who uses tissue paper in the loo is a pig. He definitely has excreta crumbs sticking around where the sun doesn't shine.

They won't understand until they are just as hairy.

Fraud and cult music apologists are trying to prove DissTrôy is like them.

I'd attach screenshots of me condemning cultism, fraud, and those who encourage such through music or music tastes, and/or comments on social media. All with my full names on Facebook and my details public.

You just are trying really hard to prove that sweeping stereotype SeanOkáfor made here months ago that most Nigerian youths are fraud apologists. Well, many of us aren't and we visibly condemn such.

WhoDeyHause:

But you were using burna one time here to drag shallipopi talking about how he sings about socio political issues and all that. Burna boy that has been a frat member from the UK?

And I am right. He sings socially conscious songs, but he's a thug.

Same me was spilling more details to prove Burna is a thug and killer.

DissTroy:


Underestimate the unhinged vengeance of a proper Port Harcourt boy or one who grew up in nearby cities at your own peril.

Burna Boy doesn't act like a gang member - he's a gang leader.
Same Burna Boy who was so notorious he was banned in the U.K. for gang violence for 5 years in 2011? Or the one who got his gang to almost partially maim Mr 2Kay 6 years ago?

I'd attach a screenshot from Twitter soon to prove Burna blocked me. And that's because I called him a thug. Why would I defend the character of someone I called a thug?

Sportsweb:
You lucky I don't know how to dig post.

Same you that has been downgrading Shallopopi while using burna boy as your favorite singer, the singer with meaningful lyrics to listen to.

Let me help you. I defended that Burna should ignore Eedris Abdulkareem's comparison of him to Davido since Eedris has leeching motive to his praise.

No, I didn't praise Burna Boy or interact with his activities. I can share a screenshot to show Burna has me blocked on Twitter for my criticism of his thuggery before 2018 when he really went global even.

You are desperate to prove I am like you. I have preached against thuggery, gangs, cultism, and fraud since 2014 when I registered on Nairaland.

I have encouraged that decent and quality artistes should be followed.

You are a fraud and cultism apologist. Own up to it!

DonPablo9511:

No mind am

Burna boy wey be Lord D

You can invent narratives to support fraud and cultism but not everyone is like you.

DonPablo - denonym for fraudsters in Nigeria.

Sportsweb:
Cultism?

Your favorite singer is Burna boy

You are a foól! Burna Boy isn't my favourite singer.

Over the years I have stated Johnny Drille is my favourite singer. And he and Banky W are the only artistes I follow on social media.
I just checked. I follow Styl Plus, Bez, and Nonso Amadi too. All alternative music and decent artistes on and off the stage.

My post history on Twitter which can be confirmed shows this. On this thread too. On other threads too.

I listen to alternative music mostly and have stated this over the years.

For people like us who are hirsute - very hairy, tissue paper never really does the job. We have to wash everything off with water because, for us, hair grows everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

Even face wipes don't do the job of cleaning our faces and sweat since we have a lot of facial hair so water to the rescue, again.

Maybe it might work for people with no body hair.

sageb:


I wonder what Youths see in Shallipopi's songs.
No good lyrical content

In a twisted way, it's good they showcase who they are so people like us can filter who we get personal and intimate with (especially for the females amongst them).

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Attended a reception last weekend. Got there before it began. Soon enough my table was filled with a bevy of ladies - ladies in the loose sense. Music began blaring before the couple walked in and my stereotype of almost all of them with overly-made-up faces screaming "If she no sûck o..." was spot-on.

...except the lady on my left who was more reserved. I knew who I was going to turn on the heat with flirting with. Turns out she's a lawyer who took up fashion designing, made the bridal train's outfits, and is highly in demand when I checked her out on Facebook that evening.
It made sense that she wouldn't sing along to "If she no suck o..." since she makes her own money decently.

A little conversation with one of the "If she no suck o " crew in front of me and she couldn't be really straightforward with what she does for a living while making TikTok videos singing along at intervals so I let the conversation tail off. You could tell what she believes in.


But that's just a small instance where a billion instances exist to corroborate it.

If you don't believe in it or it doesn't resonate with you, you won't sing along to it.

Fraud and/or cultism apologists are definitely attracted to that kind.