₦airaland Forum

xareal:
we're not talking about bandits here, we're talking about the Twitter guy that was arrested for calling for a coup

xareal:
Calling for a coup is a threat to national security, dss might have done lots of childish stuff recently but arresting someone calling for a coup is not one of them!!!

2014 : Nigerians have been cast into a furnace, Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka said yesterday

With a biblical allusion, the playwright stated his opinion on the state of the nation, likening President Goodluck Jonathan to the Babylonian autocrat, [b]King Nebuchadnezzar.

He said Nigerians had been cast into a “furnace” in the manner of Shadrach, Meshak and Abednego.

Unfortunately for the citizens, no divine miracle appears to be at hand for a last-minute rescue, Soyinka said.

The three biblical characters, in the book of Daniel, were cast into a fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to an image made by the despotic king, but they were miraculously rescued.

Soyinka, at a media briefing at the Freedom Park in Lagos, with the theme: “King Nebuchadnezzar – the reign of impunity”, said Jonathan’s administration had become known for lawlessness.

“You should easily recall why I opted for King Nebu – the figure that currently sits on the top of our political pile himself evoked it, albeit in a context that virtuously disclaimed any similarities, even tendencies.

“Perhaps he meant it at the time when he claimed: ‘I am not Nebuchadnezzar’. Perhaps not. One judges leaders on acts, however, not pronouncements, which are often as reliable as electoral promises.

“King Nebu remains relevant – and not only for leadership. We, the citizens, are beginning to feel the heat. We wake up each morning to a sensation that we have been cast into the furnace together with those who at least committed the crime of dissent or criticism,” he said

TempleHouse:
He's not crying foul but to educate ignorant folks like you.
You've been spitting rubbish for a few days and it shows the lowest of manners you have got.
To abuse someone older than your unknown father is ludicrous and disrespectful.
You'll never grow up.

lordwoz:
I knew this day would come. When I read that news back then - that you tore your green card - I was really sad about it, because I didn’t want the US to ban one of the finest treasures to come out of Africa. You really went too far, abeg - my mentor.

dbabs500:
Attached is the picture of what I saw, forgot to attach

oche2020:
People take up arms against the Government are forgiven, and sent to join the same Army 🪖 what do you expect from them, someone steal bread 🍞 because he's hunger and sent to prison to rot there, and we want a better country we are not ready yet honestly

OLAADEGBU:
‘I’m still searching my past for any offence’ — Soyinka reacts as US revokes visa

“I have no visa; I am banned, obviously, from the United States. And if you want to see me, you know where to find me…

https://tribuneonlineng.com/im-still-searching-my-past-for-any-offence-soyinka-reacts-as-us-revokes-visa/

givedemwotowoto:
He discarded his green card. He had a B1/B2 visa but refused to attend his reinterview. If you want special treatment you should be asking for it as an American not as a Nigerian.

DiamondsAreFore:
Eeeya, sorry Prof. But seeing as you destroyed the Green Card in 2017 which a former US President lobbied to help you get, you ought to have an idea of why you find yourself in this predicament.

I agree that it is a shame that a Nobel laureate and one of the finest intellects that Africa has ever produced, cannot enter into the United States, but a former drug lord with dubious academic credentials can enter and leave America as he pleases, with his frequent meanderings funded by the Nigerian tax payer.

grandstar:
How can fuel be 387 when 1 litre of crude oil is over N600?

Why did he allow the importation of petrol? Because he knew that if there was a ban on importation (which exist in the Petroleum Industry Act), Dangote would not waste time and increase the price.

The government can not keep borrowing to subsidize fuel. It was destroying the economy.

grandstar:
Once the coup "succeeds", they announce that the fuel subsidy is back and that petrol is now N200/litre and Nigerians would be ecstatic.

The masses love to be deceived!

Obrigardo:
The tyrant predator trump is much much worse than idi amin I swear.

TempleHouse:
None in your family are famous and achiever as Wole Soyinka.
Respect !!

BarrElChapo:
These guys who are entered the into the oil and gas sector to eat subsidy payments, without subsidy business shut down.