₦airaland Forum

Nashville: Where are Onatisi and his likes who were earlier defending Jonathan over the release. No one is stupid enough to do such a thing and we already had some Nairalanders defending the release. Just wanted to point out that you do not always have to support everything that the president does. This was a mistake from the media and some Nairalanders thought it was the best decision ever. Sure they will quickly change their story now.

https://www.nairaland.com/1298088/jonathan-orders-release-detained-terrorists

babe_online: Eko ile does not want to get banned.ROTFL

stillwater: The story was that the lady had already been to Abuja and she was directed to come to Lagos. I think this is just synonymous to let's say doing your biometrics in the state you live in but when you want to do your national passport you have to travel to wherever the embassy is located.

http://www.punchng.com/metro/drama-as-woman-bares-breasts-on-court-premises/



Maybe the branch to help this woman is located in Lagos.
Maybe now they will take her seriously now that she has exposed her boobs.

stillwater: Gbawe I think Nigerians shouldn't take this as a delta people issue only. It should be our business as Nigerians to see that people like this are helped.

Alfa Seltzer: Haha. Don't make me laugh. Look at these oil subsidy beggars. Jonathan opened your nyash last year after the subsidy removal. Riot everywhere in your city showing you are fully dependent on oil.

Without south south's oil, you are finished.

babyosisi: *waka*

babe_online: very long read.

oily-Yoruba:
Silence dia! You need to quit this thread and stop crying/bi.t#ing like a battyman. You've been on this thread for almost a month, complaining here and there. Bigotry is over....live by the rules or vacate this site

Afam4eva: So, you see nothing wrong in continually terming JOnathan "Retardeen" or Tinubu "Tinubu"? I'm more concerned in people twisting their monikers. Why not call Tinubu and Jonathan the name that they were given at birth. Is that too much to ask? I don't even intend to ban anyone for it except the person persists.

oily-Yoruba:
Silence dia! You need to quit this thread and stop crying/bi.t#ing like a battyman. You've been on this thread for almost a month, complaining here and there. Bigotry is over....live by the rules or vacate this site

Afam4eva: Any statement that you don't use on you, don't use on any public figure. I don't see anything wrong in calling anybody incompetent.

eko ileee: Question please.

What about the" president is daft and incompetent"? Is this bannable too?

oily-Yoruba:
Silence dia! You need to quit this thread and stop crying/bi.t#ing like a battyman. You've been on this thread for almost a month, complaining here and there. Bigotry is over....live by the rules or vacate this site

Katsumoto: It is; if a stakeholder feels that an office holder is a donkey, then he reserves the right to call him that. In the history of politics, no office holder has had 100% acceptability. The concern of public officials is to be liked/accepted by a MAJORITY. Only a silly official will be seeking the acceptance of one man when 99 as accepted him/her.

China is executing corrupt officials and you chaps are worrying your heads about petty names.

Afam4eva: Banning the use of retardeen and Tinubu is not stiffing open speech in my opinion. Why we aim to lambast any of these public officials, we should endeavour to call them by any of their given names.

sexkillz: [color=#000030]Jeez, stop putting words in my mouth. I haven't banned anyone yet for insulting the president or any political figure and I don't think I will cos there is no rule against that (per say). But then, you are deliberately provoking a member when you say Jonathan, Tinubu, or calling buhari a vampire. And then the e-war starts. Insults and counter insults.

The war could have been avoided if you had not used Jonathan, for example. [/color]

malc619: Sexkid, pls ban these disrespectful posters for insulting my personal oga and thus PROVOKING me to an extreme degree. The PROVOCATION has caused me untold emotional trauma and pain..





www.nairaland.com/1295783/state-emergency-buharis-deafening-silence

sexkillz: [color=#000030]If you like, write epistles from here to Jericho, in the end, you'll still abide by rule 2. . . Win win situation for me, so I really don't care what you think or say.

Just abide. Simple!

You keep telling me I cannot read and comprehend but you cannot even spell "description". . . Na wa.[/color]

sexkillz: [color=#000030]Amen. . . [/color]

bestview: With the political noble prize, who knows soyika outside yorubaland

I bet you that kids here in the east does not know who is soyika and rubbish noble he allegedly won, because the man hasn't affected their lives..

I bet with my real estate that Achebe's name rings bell in every family all around the world. Because they have all read his work. His book are standard curricular all around the world for African Literature. Am yet to see a common Ghanaian or Togolese that knows about Soyika. The only thing I found out is that soyika is jittery and insecure about the prime position of Achebe on the world stage.

Achebe is a world ambassador.

sexkillz: [color=#000030]When you are done lecturing, you'll realize that you are not bigger than the rules created, unfortunately. [/color]

CyberG: Soooo true! LWTMB!

If you are around the Igbo all you hear are boasts about his real and imaginary accomplishments. He is very vainglory seeking; he is title crazy (he wants to be called Dr. Professor Chief this or
that).

In personality structure the typical Igbo has traits of paranoia, narcissism and antisocial personality. He is paranoid because aware of his lack of existential worth, and instead of accepting that reality, he masks it with pretended worth; he pretends to have fictional worth.

Have you ever seen a humble Igbo man who does not present himself as god almighty himself even though he is a starving man? If you listened to these people boast you would think that they are as
powerful as the gods are supposed to be!

http://www.igbofocus.co.uk/html/the_igbo_problem_can_be_fixed.html

babyosisi: He made African literature popular and respected
Fiction or no fiction
African literature became a staple in USA schools due to Achebe and his things fall apart
That is the point
Your attempt to belittle fiction is laughable
I hope you know most classics that have stood the test of time by authors like Shakespeare,Mark Twain and George Orwell are fiction and the most widely sold book by an African also happens to be fiction so Chinua is in excellent company.
I smell ignorance all through your post.



Secondly I am tired of educating some of you ,it is annoying to read folks parrot what they hear others say without checking out the facts for themselves
Chinua's most popular book was fiction
But he has to his credit several non fictional books
He is your countryman celebrated the world over,others shouldn't know more about him and his works more than you do

Asked to share her experience since taking on the job after undergoing training for four months, Mshedia, who covers Marina, CMS, and Apapa, states: “People used to pass discouraging comments when I started newly, but now they appreciate me. Aside this, there is no difficulty,” attributing motivation to interest. “I have interest in driving, so when I heard about the recruitment, I applied for it. I started September last year and I am enjoying the job,” she affirms.

Another female operator, Rashidat Adewole, who also shared her experience with excitement, discloses that “it is not easy driving a truck, but I am okay with the job and people appreciate me when on steering. I will do this as long as there is LAWMA.”

Ojubara Abijan, another female truck operator who also spoke to CityFile, notes she became interested in the job when a friend informed her that LAWMA was recruiting female drivers. “At that time, I was not really doing anything. I was just at home waiting to secure admission into higher institution. It has been exciting so far and there is no regret since I joined. I am happy to be part of an organisation making positive change in Lagos environment,” she declares.

For Bada Titilayo, a graduate of marketing from Lagos State Polytechnic, the job does not pose any serious challenge, and since taking it up in September last year, it’s been encouraging as people appreciate her dexterity and mastery of the wheel.

For Adewunmi Bukola, “I just love driving and I don’t really have serious challenge. I intend to continue with the job as long as possible,” she reveals as she climbed into the truck.

Also sharing her experience, Adebode Adebukola, a 2004 theatre arts graduate of University of Ibadan, the job provides the much needed relief. Adebukola, who abandoned a teaching job with a private school in Lagos, says her current employment with LAWMA holds higher prospect of job security and she intends staying on.

But what could have informed LAWMA’s decision to go for female waste disposal truck operators? According to Ola Oresanya, managing director and chief executive officer, LAWMA, it is to give the womenfolk a chance to rediscover themselves besides providing equal opportunity for employment. “We are happy that we provided them the platform to discover themselves and find fulfillment expressing their talents,” states Oresanya.