₦airaland Forum

Mogidi:
Northern oligarchs are back where they belong.

yes o! we're back after 14 years of southern misrule. now, you've three choices.

1. go and hug transformer

2. go and jump into lagoon

3. go and die

either option would rid you of your pain, and rid us of rubbish

barcanista:
On what ground did the National Industrial Court gave in to the prayers of the 22 APC rascals? This is a rape to democracy and a big setback to Nigeria's democratic struggle. RVSG must appeal this sham of a judgement!
How can a Judge reinstate rascals that were "selected" by some guy from Ubima without the input of Riverians? How can something be legitimate when the RSIEC extant law was abused? How can the LG poll be legitimate when there was a court injunction and there wasn't INEC voters register? This is sad...

boohoo. 2015 just isnt going well for you.

suck it up! your pavlovian master gej has moved on already.

since when is yobe state "the heart of hausa-fulani" ?

the author did not do his homework

Decryptor:
A story made headlines on Nairaland about the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepting $2.1m here https://www.nairaland.com/2437137/ndlea-intercepts-man-moving-2.1million

Well, unfortunately the story is not true. Take a look at the points illustrated on the following pictures

The "NK" on that banner is LIKELY to be an insignia of the word "BANK" meaning that the photograph was taken in a bank.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2607074_saharalies_jpeg5dad639e42be48a10b6f824610f0e4a6

Secondly, the counting machine on the table near the said Dollars is used mostly in banks and other institutions.
What in the world will a counting machine be used for in the NDLEA for? Counting marijuana leaves??


The composure and relaxed gait on the face of the "suspect"

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2606709_cjz0fnjwcaap2b2_jpeg12e832fd90ea0ad57f9c718fe20eacb7

You can see that the face of the man is so relaxed as he is absolutely under no pressure or tension at all. This man has the expression of someone who was just told to pose for a photo just for leisure

The said "suspect" has no name: As i noticed, no name was given to the suspect. At least, we all know that when criminals are apprehended, their names and where they come from is usually the first thing to grace the news.

NDLEA is not an agency that checkmates money laundering: Since when did the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement become saddled with the responsibility to intercept cash instead of narcotics? Secondly, Sahara Reporters did not clearly state what intent the money was being transported by the suspect. Was it the proceeds of a drug sale or evidence from a drug bust?

Finally, no other REPUTABLE Newspaper Online carried the news: I ran a check and found out that the news was not carried by notable online tabloids like Vanguard, The Sun News Online, Punch Online etc but only Sahara and other blogging sites. This shows the authenticity of that story is questionable.

Sahara Reports is known to be serving fake headlines which have been swallowed ignorantly by gullible Nigerians. For them to post this kind of story can be damaging to this man and he could take serious legal action against them.

The story is absolutely false and should be disregarded!

the story is false and should be disregarded simply because the accompanying pic was likely taken in a bank, or that the suspect was smiling? balderdash.

shall we begin?

1. the initial report said he was caught ferrying the cash to abuja. it was never said where or when he was caught. most likely he was caught taking the cash FROM the bank TO abuja. or maybe the NDLEA officials took him to the bank after apprehension to confirm authenticity of the cash. wherever the picture was taken does not invalidate the story.

2. NDLEA CAN apprehend a criminal, being a policing agency. anyone can make arrests, ever heard of Citizen's Arrest? so if NDLEA catches a criminal, they should let him go simply because they've no jurisdiction in money laundering? everyone is obligated to stop crime.

3. the man's composure means nothing, especially if he's certain the actual owner of the hoard (most likely a rich and powerful govt official) will pull strings to get him off the hook. your alternative theory is the one making the least sense: a random guy would just smile for the camera so the NDLEA would implicate him in a staged crime.

dealslip:
Please stop commenting over the tweets of this overfed babies. I am surprised this spoilt northern kids are this rude. It is a reminder of the trash endured with Abacha's children, Jerry Useni and co, now we have Zahra and these El Rufai's sons that look like malnourished lizards are the height of disrespect. Is the general their father. I wish them and Zahra happy insulting. See that one chewing pounds like a goat

so calling them overfed babies and malnourished lizards is not insulting?

double standards.

besides, you and all the people liking your comments spend a great deal of your time and data insulting everything under the sun. Nairaland should be rebranded InsultLand.

astrodome:
Help!! Friends, family, former school mates and others are killing me with financial demands. Everyday I receive facebook (fb) messages, phone calls, email messages and messages from other communication avenues from family members, friends close and distant, school mates I have not seen in 20 years but with whom I reconnected on fb, and even random fb friends (meaning I do not know them personally but somehow we managed to be friends on fb). They all have the same story: please send me money, anything.

Each month I send nearly 3k to Nigeria and they keep asking for more.

Do they think I pluck money from trees in America?
Do they think every Nigerian in America is doing drugs or credit card fraud to make money?
Are they thinking that since Akin or Emeka made it in America (in many cases by selling drugs and doing credit card fraud), I should also make it and therefore be able to satisfy their unending demands?

How do I explain to them that I have bills (auto, mortgage, water-sewer, electricity, gas, phone, credit card) to pay. And then I have to run my family (of 4) and fuel 2 cars, and on top of that, I have to save also for the rainy day - for when kids get to college.

I am able to resist the random fb friends because I do not have any personal connection with them, but how do I scare the ones I know off without sounding rude and unhelping? I know that when you stop giving, you become an enemy.
Help! Before a fellow nairalander runs amock on the streets of America because of pressure from Nigeria

Just for disclosure: I am well-heeled in the US mid-upper middle class, earning a 6-figure pay, holds a PhD, and involved in R4D activities. But I live in a US city (name withheld) where mortgage payment alone takes 25% of my monthly income. So you can imagine that after paying all bills, I do not have tons of money left over to give out on frequent basis.

Please advise on how to handle this, Naija style . Thanks

you're full of it.

you cant possibly be "well-heeled" and gripe about a meager 25% mortgage inroad when the universal income-to-mortgage target ratio is 28%. lots of cities in california have a mortgage to income ratio of nearly 70%,new york/new jersey/florida is about 40%.

thus, you live in one of the most affordable cities! You prolly reside in Pittsburgh or sacramento. Or maybe even in omaha.
And for a quote unquote Phd working in R and D, having 2 cars, 25% is basically free housing!

stop whining and cut that check, yer freeloading hobo.

FOLYKAZE:
They can rule Biafra

.....or the lagoon

April07:
Wow! This is a really beautiful piece!

And... I read the whole poem without pausing.. yup! I didn't mix up any word

Bad asss

oh no, we dont believe, rhymes with sieve and then leave
buyer, liar, pants on fire
you read and paused, verbal menopause
so stop lying or go home crying

debolly:
Exactly.....its concord..... "is" agrees with singular while "are" goes with plural.

"my names are.... " is a nigerian invention by smart-arse academics and lawyers wanting to sound important.

your 'name' is both your first and all other names as a singular noun. whether you say "my name is goodluck", or you say "my name is goodluck ebele jonathan", it's still a singular descriptive of you. you've thousands of hairs, but you always say "my hair", not "my hairs" when referring to the hair on your head.

if, however, your name is both bello usman and wasiu emeka, then you can say "my names are bello usman AND wasiu emeka", correctly identifying the various ways you're identified.

temitemi1:
PDP Is On The Rise Again!!

Golly, such a silly wishful thinking.

edoyad:
Of course you know he means vantage point. A shooter doesn't have to have it but like the name suggests, it gives the advantage/edge.

yep. Except "vantage point" does not always mean top-down view. When you enfilade, yeah, top-down maybe.

LeOstrich:
You are indeed a slowpoke.

A Sniper covers from a "bird" location where he can have a complete aerial view from where he provides rear cover and recon to troops engaged in the battle zone.

it doesnt have to be "aerial view", whatever that is. All a sniper needs is defilade (both cover and concealment) and LoS. Also, a sniper CAN assist fireteams to clear structures as a sniper is also trained in CQB and doubles as an assaulter.

your critique about their equipment is likewise silly. im not sure you're more tactically or strategically sounder than military advisers (foreign and local).

you frakking Toy Soldier.

lilprinze:
APC has started with their cheap lies and propaganda again. They should show us proof or shut the f**k up.

"cheap lies"

"propaganda"

Man, you're so stale. This is not 2014 anymore, so get a new tune, you broken record.

Emekamex:
Northernocracy: Government of the north, by the north and for the north.

The north cried the same thing when GEJ was employing southerners everywhere, and you arseholes told us to "get over it".

well, get over it.

INTROVERT:
Any body who knows GMB should tell him we need at least one woman in the next board.

As for these men. They haff try.

We gave a woman the entire petroleum industry. she nearly crippled it.

ChaleeBendel:
He will replace them with the right northerners, don't worry.

And northerners are not nigerians

Chiefpriest1:
Na this kain thing dey make boys carry hammer dey break pipelines.

It is only fair that a good hand should be picked from the region that produces the oil to head the NNPC.

so how does that make any sense? those who've spent their entire careers growing within NNPC should never rise to the very top as long as the NNPC is manned by an ijaw abi?

Would placing an ijaw make NNPC any more transparent, accountable or even productive?

the last GMD was an ijaw; behold the scandals!

there's no greater hubris than the south asking for fairplay at the same time as asking for every bit of everything.

using your warped logic, Ministry of Water Resources should be manned by someone from riverine areas, Ministry of Agriculture should be manned by northerners only, and by god defense should be manned by only someone from the North East!

i've a 3rd class too, and i got a job a year after nysc that paid me up to 322k a month within 8 years.

lost the job though this year after standing up to a bullying and incompetent director.

so yeah, you could get lucky.

honestivo:
This is the result when ur being gullible(ur will expectation as been dash). we told Nigerian but they fail to hear us,that putting old wine in a new bottle can't change the taste. This is just morning APC will b worst than PDP.

The philosophy of wine is: the older the better.

so, yeah, an older buhari may be a better buhari.

I am Pro Buhari, but where is the leadership on which principle we voted change?

Almost a month after swearing in, the country is still adrift and rudderless. The APC won, but its victory is tearing it apart. Meanwhile, the poor man on the street is still receding into the background, Boko Haram is resurfacing, militants are arming, and robbers are getting bolder.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Buhari better wake up from his sudden lethargy and get out the big guns.

what the heck is "plus size"

call it what it is: fat, bloated, gaseous, ugly woman with no sense of style.

anonimi:
Yet your Brainless Booboo FRATERNISES all these people? Real Daura President, walahi

Yet your brainless booboo FRATERNIZES WITH all these people?

who's the "real dullard" now?

anonimi:
BTW, why did you leave out his 'Saint' Abacha who did NOT steal

Um, because he's dead?

we're talking of Nigeria's enemies. He can't be an enemy if he's dead.

anonimi:
200 million mumus on parole

there you go. Typical GEJite still bitter and can't make a post without insulting other people. wow, your father must be proud.

kromoto:
Obasanjo the new Mr fix it!

The problem of present day Nigeria is Obasanjo and not Tinubu.

God bless you.

Abdulsalam Abubakar laid the foundation upon which Nigeria would be raped, Obasanjo strengthened and institutionalized the perfidy, GEJ inherited and expanded it, and now PMB is lost in the haze of it.

The real enemies of Nigeria:

1. Obasanjo
2. Tinubu
3. Akpabio
4. Saraki
5. Atiku
6. Abdulsalam
7. IBB
8. Fayose
9. David Mark
10. Dangote
11. Otedola
12. The Constitution
13. The National Assembly
14. Barcanista

handie:
Mmmmm. Mister, are u trying to tell me u know all the billionaires in Nigeria?

only the legit ones, not the thieves.

handie:
Did u just ask who Atiku was b4 politics? Wow! Atiku was a billionaire before he forayed into politics(remember he even contested for the 1993 presidential primaries and even OBJ alluded to Atiku's wealth in his biography).

Atiku was a former Assistant Comptroller General of Customs and stole enough money to retire in 1989 to enter politics.

handie:
David Mark before democracy was a former military governor and a top officer in the military.

wow, you're unbelievably shallow. Military governors are just soldier-politicians, not businessmen, and you just made my point: He stole money back then.

handie:
Just know that all these politicians were already wealthy before venturing into politics. Doubt me? Pls do a research of the man representing ur constituency in the House of Assembly and see his wealth before his entry into politics

you're yet to tell me one well-known politician who was already a legitimate and successful billionaire businessman before politics.

handie:
If the money is his, (Earned by virtue of his hard work and not politics), then I see no wrong in him flaunting his wealth anyhow he deems fit. Yea, politicians live lavish lifestyles but we also shouldn't forget those people were already millionaires, multi-millionaires and in some cases billionaires before they went into politics. Or should they close down their investments once they are in politics or those investments don't yield returns no more? I know some politicians personally and believe me, none was poor before he entered politics. Nigerian politics is soo monetised u won't get anywhere if u don't have money or a wealthy sponsor. So, dear OP, let him use HIS money as he deems fit until u can convince me the money was earned corruptly

classic chicken and egg.
how did they become billionaires? our economy is moribund, so through what economic activity did they make their wealth? how come we never hear of them and their businesses before politics? i mean, eveyone knows of Adenuga, Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Jim Ovia et al. who was dino melaye, rabiu kwankwaso, atiku, orji, akpabio, saraki (he consumed a bank), david mark, before politics?

you cant be a billionaire and own planes and houses without a visible business.

in developed countries where business people are rich, own wealth, and contribute to the World Economic Forum (at one point Apple had more cash than the US government), politicians quit POLITICS to enter BUSINESS and not the other way round.

get your facts right: all our politicians are in politics to do business.

hansad:
"PDP to field northern candidate"




PDP is assured of losing if it it fields a northern candidate.

First, Buhari can't perform miracles, Nigeria may not have much better goodies from Buhari. Therefore, the disillusionment over northern candidates who had ruled Nigeria for long shall be great by 2019. Furthermore, the anger over APC's non deliverance of promised "Change" may pull people away from APC which fielded a northern candidate for the change it promised.

your analysis is off. Obasanjo failed to deliver and indeed institutionalized the endemic corruption and perfidy we're now witnessing, but he still served 2 terms. his lack of performance didnt stop fellow southerner GEJ from 6 years of misrule (finally undone by boko haram, inhouse grudges and a stubborn Jega).

by 2019, there will be no Jega, and the politics of dirt and filthy lucre will be resuscitated, and the goons will be back.

there is no one to fix this country except via a bloody and violent shackling of the current political class, and a rewrite of the basic rules of governance, security, and institutions.

the most dangerous men in nigeria:

1. Atiku
2. Tinubu
3. Saraki
4. Fayose
5. Akpabio
6. Dangote
7. Otedola

the sum of the whole that is corrupt.

By 2019, through whatever political party, these monsters will be back in power, and the vicious cycle of political degradation will begin anew.

That is, unless someone shoots them.

utumunta:
Baba go slow! Tinkering, hankering and pandering to so many whims and caprices. The Buhari government is fast proving to be the biggest scam Nigerians had ever been taken on. The man exhudes confusion and indecision. After three weeks, he has not appointed an SGF or Chief of staff because he is consulting?

Well, I am indifferent. Thank God President Michelle of West Germany is my friend.

i was about to objectively reply you, but then i saw your signature and was like, "another dimwit".

In any case, what exactly is an SGF going to be doing when there is no cabinet? What would a chief of staff do when Aso Rock is still under renovation and the principal occupants are yet to move in?

The worst scam ever was when a drunken, clueless, shoe-less fellow dimwit lucked his way into the seat of power and subsequently was overwhelmed by the machinations of a boorish barren wife, a clan of savage oil prospectors, a band of misguided secessionist adventurers, a coven of pirates, a gang of profiteers& racketeers, a mob of TANoids, a collection of extortionists, and a gaggle of unprincipled and kleptomaniacal women. Thus the country was run by this band of misfits while the fedora'd buffoon wallowed in a drunken stupor.

And please stop abusing the Nobel Prize; it's not meant for lecherous, lethargic, sleazy, corrupt, insincere, duplicitous, drifting, thieving people of the basest character.

Maxymilliano:
The only drama in the original post is northern governors and their predilections for polygamy.

...which is perfectly legal.

dayo23:
One of the most Ridicle and childish department under the security Agency during the corrupt led GEJ administration, they even go as far as arresting road side cyber cafe owners, breaking into political party offices in the name of searching for un-existed devices, creating problems instead of stopping them.

Mr President by now should begin to overhaul the DSS, top ranking officers including that shameless woman Marilyn Ogar should be locked up and dealt with @ kirikiri

Henceforth her name is Marilyn Ogre

Yep, she's as ugly as an ogre.

bossOD:
it could be the boss is third class, I am I third class and if I am on the interview board I will not despise a third class.

my boss in the office is third class, but he is doing very well.

you and me both. 3rd class here too