₦airaland Forum

illicit:
People change

I was once a chain Igbo smoker and most people never knew

Emotional blackmail. This statement has been used by women who lived life recklessly and on the fast lane to trick the archetypal Bro. Theophilus into ignoring red flags and not judging them harshly for their past, endorsed by Pst. Donatus who is in on the scam.

No man sees a ditch and walks right in. .

A woman is a good as her past; a man is a good as his future. Life is what it is.

WhoDeyHause:
I normally declined to comment on it previously cause I initially thought it was privately undertaken by individuals until I found out it was the government that funded and built it. That's how that one called sheriff in delta went to go and build Africa's biggest xmas tree in the midst of several abandoned projects. Foolish people.

It still boils down to us not beaming the searchlight on state governments and Governors as much as we do to those at the center.
And since both cases you cited have religious connotations - and religion being the people's opium, it was a good cover to defraud with.

The hirelings of these wasteful state governments double as some of the most visible and consistent critics of the federal government, including on Twitter.
Even State NLC Chairmen have been completely pocketed. State student leaders are planted puppets. State civil societies nothing more than quasi-pet-projects. Traditional media houses (radio particularly) are in on it for fear of being blacklisted and missing out on state government advertising and scheduled programming largesse.

And with a seemingly infinite budget and willing drones who drown and crowd out those in the know demanding accountability from the state governments.

sgtponzihater1:
Feminist and humanist will say "why doesn't he pack his own lunch, cooking is a survival skill" .

Cooking is actually a survival skill everyone should learn irrespective of gender. If you can't cook, how did you cope in the university? That's when I learnt how to cook through trials and errors. How did you survive after school?

When there's a woman living with you, she'd take on it naturally as women are better cooks by default; but what happens she's not around for days or weeks?

Don't you just like to prepare something different from what she cooked at home before heading for work or church or somewhere more distant? Egg sauce and yam? Pepper soup rice?

Cooking is a survival skill.

WhoDeyHause:
Blatant waste of resources though I'm not an ogbonist.

Even if you were an 'Ogbonist', it is still what is is - a waste of resources; unless it is eventually converted for other purposes. We the indigenes are loudly calling it a waste of Akwa Ibom resources. Trumpet it.

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This is an example of how the government mismanages funds while we complain the budgeted sums are too small.

obainojazz:
Lagos budget is 2trillion Naira plus (about 2billion dollars). Even if you put a messiah there, nothing can be done with 2 billion dollars.
We will need more than 1trillion dollars to match up with other countries in terms of infrastructure

A lot can be done; but, first, we have to ensure what's available isn't stolen and the rest wasted on projects doomed to fail from the very beginning.

If we do analyses of public funds lost due to budget padding and exaggerated amounts of projects which wouldn't even see the light of the day, then the cost of rebuilding infrastructure which should have been maintained at best, we'd realize, while our budgets aren't Texas-sized large, they are robust enough to provide the basic amenities which make for a decent, civilised, and modern living.

I can do these analyses, breaking down in numbers, premising my example on a certain state.

State governments are, for most parts, thieving conduits.

obainojazz:
I didn’t visit any other place… My friend that went to Ibadan said Lagos was the best as expected.

He went to watch movies at the cinema in Challenge and the A/C weren’t working.
He left after 30minutes but others in there were just laughing and continued like it’s a norm.

That's where Uyo and Eket come in. But you know this already that it's a better experience than almost all parts of the country, for everyday life and fun.

Amoto94:
I looked into my state financial report made available on the govt website I was shocked about the ROI of state owned Enterprise

The first step is it made the financial report publicly available. I'd applaud that part since almost all states, including Lagos, kicked against the FOI bill Jonathan initiated.

Digging deep is how I found out my state government had sold 90% shares of our state brewery quietly in 2021.

Let's keep exposing state governments. Hopefully, it'd catch on.

Villagers flee as bandits overwhelm Amotekun in Ondo State.

https://www.nairaland.com/7960371/villagers-flee-bandits-overwhelm-amotekun

The Amotekun was funded by the state governor; immediately his health challenges become too complicated, it became obvious all security votes were pocketed.
The result? The state security architecture wasn't oiled and maintained.

See why state and LG security votes have to be openly dissected? Governors, like the FG, have important roles to play in ensuring security.
But the Governors who got a perpetual injunction preventing public inquisition into how they use these monies are mostly absolved of blame by the same citizens are meant to be protected.

Jonathan! Buhari! Tinubu! But don't hold your Governor to the same demands openly.

raumdeuter:
Maybe we should just dissolve the position of governor and have just the president rule over the entire country

OasisX:


....major reason I no go dey put mouth for waiting no concern me again for Naija. Everything must be blamed on FG like SGs have no power.

Nigerian Governors are hypocritical thieves, in varying degrees. Like Buhari, Tinubu hasn't failed to pay FAAC so far.

Why should we be scrutinising Tinubu's 7 months in office but not holding the (newly-elected) Governors to the same standards? What have Fubara, Umo Eno, Sheriff, and other Niger-Delta Governors done in these 7 months too given the relatively large amounts they collect?

Those from this geopolitical area are coincidentally the most visible critics of Tinubu on this thread but I have never seen them hold their respective state governors to the same standard. It's the same for most of the citizenry - mostly depicting governors as powerless.
Can we start dissecting state government expenditures like we do to the FG too?

I do that but would increase the frequency. Let's do more. Our Governors are accusatory thieves.

Two arguments on a frontpage threads: One makes a case for holding Governors ro the same accountability demands as the President;
The other excuses away the complicity of Governors in the Nigerian mess, while insisting the bulk stops at the President's desk.


[quote author=Pecol---eee345 post=127801638]The problem is we focus too much on the presidency forgetting the one we should hold is the governor.

We should go Abuja to face tinubu while leaving the governors abi
I don't know if this governors are using jazz or we just have alot of educated illiterate in Nigeria.


Your governor is suppose to create job and better the likelihood of where you residing that why he get allocation every month.


Better start asking your governor what he is doing with your money and leave the presidency alone.[/quote]-----

[quote author=Wiz---young post=127802229]The reality is that the so called Federal allocation to states isn't even sufficient enough to sustain some states' basic infrastructures like road maintenance not to mention development of mega project to ease unemployment. So it is neither about the allocation in a sense nor about the governor.

When a sitting governor embezzles state's fund without fear of sanction from the PRESIDENT, it could only mean one thing...

He has a role model at the top - The President[/quote]You wonder why Governors can dissolve LG councils, pocket security votes with the backing of the court, while blaming only the FG for even roles they were elected to play - the citizenry empower the Governors to be so reckless and unaccountable.

News like this makes me appreciate even more that I've never had a craving or inclination to experiment with drugs all my life. I've seen drugs ruin people and people under its complete control.

And thankfully, none of my siblings has experimented with such. The stress of dealing with a drug-abusing relative is something horrible to experience even from afar.

tuzle:
]is me & u afro beat? That shalipopi and seyi vibe sing rubbish in my hear. I cant seat down and listen to there songs especially that shalipopi. Asake lonely at the top is a nice song and should be at the top, then followed by omah lay because I am biased towards him and then davido. I prefer more of old school RnB.

Yes, it is; even though it is geared towards a global audience. Listen to it with a headset - the percussions, the drums... You can tell it's Afrobeats. The problem is, we've so narrowed Afrobeats into it being primarily a mix of Pidgin English, native Nigerian languages, and vulgarity.

And one thing is certain: Tem's "Me & U" would outlive every song on the list for replay value and stay evergreen. Just like songs she released 6 years ago.

Nigerians mostly have shit taste in music.

patrickmuf:
Baba see fine but them plenty wey fine pass her...Omo, I see babes for carnival until I confuse...

Calabar no be better place to dey for December else you go wreck.

Cruise through the streets of Eket or Oron on any weekend, and you'd know beauty is more common than you think. And if you favour lighter skin beautiful babes, girls from and along that coastal belt are your best bet.

You know a lot of young Nigerians have shit taste in music when there's a virtual poll for the Nigerian Song of the Year 2023, and you have a Shalli-whatever song being projected while a mega cross-border hit like Tem's "Me & U" not being listed.

https://www.nairaland.com/7959992/among-these-afrobeats-gems-dropped

Apparently, if your song doesn't promote drugs, booze, and being reckless, you can't be considered within a certain Nigerian demography.

Omah Lay should always be Top 3 on any such list for two reason:

1. He's created a subgenre of his own nobody can imitate and it's uniquely his, and;

2. He has relatively meaningful lyrics even though they are danceable.

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But if you know what music is, you'd know Tem's "Me & U" should be on the list. Temilade knocks all of them out the park.

BlueRayDick:
Yeah , I give it to them . And most of them know how to dress as well.

Go to Calabar South to see everyday women who'd knock Betta out the beauty park.

Even Eket chics or Oron girls.

Betta isn't as spectacular as she's made to seem.

Isn't the whole point of digital coins platformed on decentralization to prevent the manipulation of traditional finance gatekeepers? Isn't that its selling point?

How come the CBN, banks, and fintech players are launching the eNGN stablecoin?

https://www.nairaland.com/7959673/cbn-approves-cngn-stablecoin-february

SharingIsLife:
Another Aba Women's riot. Real Amazons.









This one even carry baby join.

There was no such thing as "Aba Women Riot". It was the Ikot Abasi Women Riot and Massacre, and it took place at Ikot Abasi LGA, Akwa Ibom State in 1929.

Stop rewriting history!

BlueRayDick:
lol. That their twitter sef, e be like say both the feminist and the people wey rally round her no get serious work wey dem dey do.

Alarm no reach their side, na why dem get all those kind time for such trivial matter. Wetin concern me if a lady is trying to save her marriage by preparing food for her husband?

Tweet engagements and, consequently, visibility are the goals. The truth rarely matters on Twitter NG. Perception is more powerful than reality on that platform.

And God help you if you ever get personal with any of the actively-posting women there (Twitter NG). She'd sacrifice you on the altar of public ridicule and scorn if it's guaranteed to get her trending and engagements.

frankosivue:
HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT for Web Developers is the course title. I just started it, it seems outdated, but I'll finish anyway because I got it via financial aid and I promised to see it through.

W3Schools continually updates its courses. Even its React courses are up-to-date and you can take the paid exams too.

No, but they extract or try to extract promises after a sex bout, especially in the early stages, or when you both have a misunderstanding.

"Babe, promise me you will never leave me."
"You liked it? It's good you said it. After continue chatting with those girls on Facebook. God knows I am trying."

Lady, can we just sleep it off or see a movie or something? Christ!

DissTroy:
It doesn't matter. The recovered loot would still be wasted.
$20.6 million is about #12.37 billion naira.

Benue State alone gets #31 billion as annual Security Vote (the highest of any state) from the federal purse yet Benue is still one of insecure states in Nigeria.
In fact, in 2018, Nigerian state governors got a perpetual court injunction to prevent the citizenry from enquiring about how governors spend security votes. So those monies go to government pockets in a way.
That's why Wike can dash out #300 million to Sanwo Olu's campaign and Udom can dash out #100 million to Bayelsa and so on.

At the end of the day, people like Ortom would still reloot the recovered loot.

DissTroy:
Akwa Ibom gets #21 billion as security vote annually.

In 2018, Nigerian governors got a perpetual court injunction barring anyone from probing the expenditure of security votes allocated to states.

That unaccounted for security votes form part of the largesse they use as Santa Claus.

Remember when I used to do analyses of security votes pocketed by Governors across states while blaming them for partly being responsible for insecurity? Well, the questions are being asked and soundboarded.

https://www.nairaland.com/7957859/rising-insecurity-governors-turned-security
Only the person asking now kept mute when he had direct access to the President.

Until the injunction is lifted and security vote expenditures viewed through public scrutiny prisms, the insecurity in Nigeria would only continue to get worse.
Governors like those of Benue State and others, including the one who rode to power aboard the pious clergyman carriage, would continue to pocket these monies while innocent citizens are slaughtered.

jimcaddy:
Wow she is extremely gorgeous

Even an egg would look extremely gorgeous with heavy make-up and photo-editing. Haven't you seen before and after photos by make-up artistes?

adambeatz:
Funny enough, I'm quite the opposite in person I'm more or a reserved person and seldom engages in talks I don't find intellectually stimulating, I also believe in leaving an impression, perhaps this is my way.

Gentlemen, please welcome Nairaland's very own Daniel Regha, AKA Isese scientist.

adambeatz:
Honestly I believe we deserve the leaders we get this is an eye opener to me cause I know of the tactics the northern political powers play in order to solidify their positions,

]I just never imagined Christians also played similar games too, the structure could have been repurposed into something worthwhile so thousands of youths can be gainfully employed, but no, they prefer spending billions on theaters to woo the masses into dropping their hard earned money.

No wonder these religious leaders can't come out to speak against the ills of the government because they are in bed with them. What a wonderful arrangement between the two, I discovered something, it's like an unwritten arrangement between African leaders and foreign powers, they embezzle and get money from the foreigners while our African leaders do their best to make sure our currency never gets value, if you do a critical research, it's kind of like a balanced power play, they'll spend anyhow but it's against their rule to make moves that'll lift the nation up. Our population is on the rise and all we can think about is who has the best religion. May God save us all.[/b]

I think it would be. The incumbent Governor has shown better signs of management and being in touch with the people than Udom Emmanuel. First, he's insisted large religious gatherings would no longer be held at the stadia, but at the Worship Center at a price. The economics of it is what hasn't been clearly stated.

The most important implementation I'd like to see is the purported Ibom Angel Network which is modeled after the Lagos Angel Investment Network, with counterpart funding by the state government.

I'm no fan of government creating jobs as government workers aren't effective workers - just going through the motions for pay at the end. Creating the enabling environment through policies, and financial and security backing seem more like it. The private sector would pick on it.

adambeatz:
Lord of mercy, religion is really a business in Africa, look at this beautiful structure, one can only estimate how much they spent in erecting this, but building giga factories that are operational Is a problem it seems the devil tends to sabotage working structures but leaves religious structures alone, is this not a miracle.

You don't want to know! You don't want to know! One of the sins of immediate-past Governor Udom Emmanuel.

Akwa Ibom is a very Christian state, and Christian leaders hold the aces and are very influential. They call them "Fathers of Faith" so whoever has the strongest ties with and to the Church wins elections landslide. That's why all our governors and highest-ranking politicians have "Pastor", " Deacon" and other such titles - even jettisoning their professional titles - when seeking political positions and consolidating on power.

You want to know how many Christian title conferments Godswill Akpabio has from the Methodist Church alone?

Udom built that Worship Center to pacify the Christian leaders. It was needless since there are already two stadia in the state capital, and the very spacious Ibom Hall dedicated to such things.

Unless, of course, the incumbent Governor democratises access to it to be used for other purposes, it has no economic value. Beautiful? Yes. But pointless. That he completed it doesn't mean he didn't waste relatively scarce resources on it.

raumdeuter:
Who get the link shared some months ago about people in a betting shop wailing

Here:
[quote author=OasisX post=127274267]

[font=serif]......this betting pandemic should be curbed before its too late. LOL!

100m ticket over 2.5
87mins 0-0 pic.twitter.com/z4BRCy9LI2

— 🎙 SIR KHAY ✊🏿 (@sleek_khay) December 1, 2023

author=TrebleChamp post=127279940]See another video, betting is ruining lives and Government need to act fast.

Betting will never make you Rich, they're other great ways in which one can make a living without betting, betting brings greed and when you're greedy you automatically become a looser. pic.twitter.com/M01WUIaoWF

— Vincit (@Tech_world7) December 1, 2023

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WhoDeyHause:
To go school good oo.See intellectual and scientific battle but wait mr dis.stroy don't be angry but I just want to know if you want to do pre-intimacy with your babe or any random waist that enters your trap is this how you normally use big grammar to scatter their brains or you switch to ibibio or broken if you are carrying them go where dem no know, how you even toast them self? Me that used to carry Oxford dictionary to read some of your comments before I dey on things on things and I know I'm not the only one that does that here.
I'm just imagining you going to buy suya and saying more mighty words than Hello Grilled beef vendor. Compliments of the newest annual compilation of a dozen months to your amiable self. I would like to eagerly purchase 20 score and a thousand naira worth of your consistent but gingerly prepared grilled beef over your coal powered flames. Oh night time vendor of core northern extraction kindly do well to add your well garnished and granulated condiments consisting of fine ginger, sharp garlic, fiery pepper and the likes with largely sliced doses of allium cepa. You know I have to swiftly erase my ever insatiable pangs of hunger which deflate my energy conserved to undertake various and rigorous amounts of workload reserved for me on the magnanimous cyberspace. Do attend to that with the perfect precision possible, obrigado. Omo the aboki go just run mad.

Now this is funny.
Now that you mentioned it, I, by default, communicate in the King's English, including to strangers, relatives, and lovers. But I speak Ibibio and Yoruba fluently too.

Of course, anyone from the Niger-Delta who claims he/she doesn't speak and understand Pidgin English is lying. Whether each speaks it sparingly or regularly is a different ball game.

A001:
It's just the reality of things. That's why if you're in the science line, the best thing is to leave this continent. If not, all these juju people here and offline go use your eye see shege.

Sport Section's most visible Isese promoter kicking against the concept of juju as an expression of Africanism is like Benjamin Hundeyin featuring in a woke campaign to defund the police.
That you can't see the contradictory stances is another proof that you aren't logical and have lost touch with reality.

A001:
Typing trash all about. The physical mechanism underlying your juju has been explained already using the interactions of exotic matter/energy with ordinary matter and backed with examples such as Cayley's numbers, Hamiltonian mathematical formalism.

Read about those and stop embarrassing yourself in public. I've written papers and a comprehensive book on those feats you call juju, and I developed new physics and math for them.

But it's highly valuable knowledge, not free. Stone-age reasoning in the 21st century.

Megalomaniac lûnatic who doesn't know juju is an African religious expression, just like exorcism is to Christianity. The question isn't whether I believe in its efficacy because I don't.

You are the rabblerouser who needlessly lies about publishing new inventions and creating new science niche which we can easily disprove with a simple internet search.

Fool thinks by throwing up theories which can can summarised with a 90-second Google-search, he'd appear as intelligent. Pity be on the ignorant nubiles in your village this festivity whom you've bambooled into your lair with fake concepts since the internet is still an alien concept to them.

I'm sure you have a pseudoscientific explanation for the efficacy of barbaric useless practices like blood money.

You are a liar, and when one digs a little deeper, your claims hold as much water as a potato basket.

Me: I don't believe in its efficacy on me, but they do certain things science hasn't been able to explain.

Him: I have the explanations. Binary calculations, lost knowledge, odu ifa. You're ignorant.

Me: Alright. What binary calculations? 0s and 1s?

Him: No! You are ignorant! Don't ask me. You won't understand. You can't understand. I spent millions to study the lost knowledge. It's science.

Me: Alright. Explain.

Him: None of you can understand (even when he hasn't met anyone here in person or had personal interactions with any). It's complex science you can never understand. You are all ignorant! I'm too busy writing the complex calculations. Don't disturb me.

Any concept you can't explain depicts ignorance of the subject matter. You know what's worse than ignorance? Loudmouthed whataboutism to cover up your knowledge vacuum.

LooneyLester:
Forking boomer



Who goes to a beach in 2024??

A person with a social life who isn't addicted to the make-believe of social media and understands the importance of physical interactions. Plus you likely live in the hinterlands with no access to the beach so you've learnt to love only piss-drenched pools as a replacement.