₦airaland Forum

GrandGarcon:
Ajayi Crowther is a Sierra Leonaian BTW

Any link to prove so? I've always known him to be of SWern extraction but was rescued as a slave and dropped in Sierra Leone.

Funnicator:
The Nsibidi is a record that would have prospered if promoted by a federal Authority of Ministry of Culture and re-orientation(in a Biafran nation).

Does it mean none of our state governors in SEern Nigeria can promote it now? Imagine where some kids are taught in the writings and they advancing it further. That is bliss!!! Why do you feel we can't start now?

Reference:
The Feds will not listen to anything seaports outside Lagos. That has been made clear for a number of years now.

Permit me sir but can you explain further? Does it mean what those from SErn Nigeria have been saying about the FG stifling the growth of other ports except Lagos is true? Any idea why people also do not share the above school of thought if true?

eph123:
^^ Here they come

Just ignore Abeg!

nigerdeltaaa:
if the yorubas were to be in the same camp/farm with Nat Turner, they would have sabotage the revolution.

prince9851:
While igbo slave were always stubborn and rebelious, the other group of people were and have always been obedient slaves

Greenback:
Meanwhile,ppl with cone heads will rather rebel or protest for eforiro

DocHMD:
Igbo people love freedom but some people from ewedu region keep losing their land to emirates and believe there is nothing wrong with it.

Aren't you people tired? Can't you make a post without snide remarks at other people? An interesting thread was brought forth and instead of discussing, you derail it.

Funnicator:
Man! Oyibo too good. Keeping records of observed Eboe traits and traditions right from the 1800s/20th century.

Of course, they are good but shouldn't we be ashamed of ourselves? I mean, they are the ones still distorting and giving us our history. What happened to our NSIBIDI way of writing? When are we going to bring it back? We may discover many hidden mysteries and histories of the Igbo because I am sure the Igbos of old must have kept a record of them all...

LOL!!!! Guy, wetin happen? See as you go back in time!!! Anyway, put the source from the thread you copied it from in your original post to give it more credibility.

I wonder where Uncle Gbawe is now!!!

Hmmm....seems the same is still happening.

Anyway, now that the middle belt has woken up and most are tired of being grouped with the core north, let's see what becomes of it.

And erm...why didn't he succeed in his coup?

CC Malton.

Blue3k:
Looks like they were wrong.

That is to say... they were cooking up figures then and feeding us fake statistics. I don't even know what to believe anymore...

Keneking:
CHANGE indeed

But you follow campaign that year na! Keneking sef!

(Where that ya chimpanzee photo wee you dey always upload after that "Jonathan sef!" )

Loved the way he reported state house events. RIP!!!

LordAdam16:
Seriously, when people say intellectuals are on Twitter, I'm like have these people been to Quora.

Take the answer to the question "Is Pele Overrated" attached as an example.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/TG1a9w.png

Can anyone offer that kind of insight with all the information on all of Twitter? Yea, I know the commenter is not a Nigerian, but that's the kind of standard Quorans irrespective of nationality live up to.

Twitter users are great at clap-backs, they are witty, and are doers. Versus the other four options on there, of course one would say more intelligent people are on there. But the ratio of intelligent people hanging out at Quora is miles ahead of any platform. Quorans make Twitter users sound like high school kids.

About discussing Nigerian politics on Twitter, well I don't think that's feasible. Our politics is trash, and I mean no disrespect. Our political parties have no ideologies, so there's very little substance to talk about. I mean you could be talking about FFK in PDP today, but there's no guarantee he wouldn't switch to APC or another party tomorrow. And when he does switch, expect all his arguments prior to his switch to turn on its head.

Compared to politics in most other democracies, that's a disgrace. I'd cut us some slack because our democracy is young, but fact is fact.

-Lord

Twitter with its brevity? Nah!!!

Lol! Just "Is Pele an overrated person?" na im bring the long answer so?

I love Quora.

I think NL is supposed to be similar to Reddit.

LordAdam16:
The poll is factual.

But that is not the shocker.

The shocker is that Seun let the standard fall knowingly.

Reason: MONEY.

For example, Twitter "supposedly" has more intellectuals in Nigeria than Facebook. Guess which one has higher revenue?

That's the point.

Most Nigerians are not intellectuals. Seun knows this and that's why he drifted NL from an intellectual hub to a gossip hub. Trust me this model is more successful than the previous model. And it's why it'd be easier to drain River Niger with a straw than convince Seun to cut out all the fluff.

Na im ATM b dat. The afonja vs Igbo, pre-wedding photos, check out what Tonto wore threads and discussions are the money spinners.

As for those asking him to abandon the Anonymous template. It'd be nice from a user POV, but I'm doubtful of whether it'll be a commercial success for Seun. I mean, if he abandons this Anonymous template, the Vanguard forum, Punch, LIB, and Sahararepoters would move up the hierarchy. While him discarding that template would pit him directly against Facebook and Twitter in 9ja, a battle we all know he wouldn't win.

Moreover, even if he does dethrone them, what we'll have is a Quora which is terrific for nerds and intellectuals but not the place to be for the majority of people.

Personally, I don't like Twitter. I'm not a big fan of brevity. I sure as hell can't use 140 characters to argue my position on the benefits of privatization in Nigeria. Using multiple tweets is a huge hassle and appears cluttered. Facebook would have been better, but it's basically a medium to keep up with what is happening in the lives of your friends and family than talking about whether Nigeria needs to construct underground sewers in cities. And then there is the issue of fake news and spam.

-Lord

Trust me, I spend most time now on Quora. I'm only pained that much Nigerian politics ain't discussed there.

I wouldn't lie that I miss the NL of old. I really learnt a lot especially when every end of the month, there's always a debate till mods started being affiliated with certain political parties and the tribalism became much.

Feranchek:
lol. Africans don't voluntarily resign. We are always power drunk

Well, Barth Nnaji did and I really miss this dude with the then minister of agriculture.

SalamRushdie:
Kachikwu is a senseless being , what has he and his very useless president put in place to stop importation of fuel so far , I hope he is not speaking based on Dangotes refinery

Senseless, I wouldn't call him cos dude's trying going by what I've read about him on media recently except when he talked harshly about Nigerians some time back.

And yeah... You're right about using Dangote's refinery - it's going to be a strong campaign point for this government should no unforeseen circumstances happen because that's what many of them are waiting for. I'm only pained on why Dangote is the only one building a refinery (don't know much about oil politics).

vecman22:
If I were to b pmb I swear SE won't even see kobo from dis country,there god(GEJ) dey so loved should have taken care of all there needs...

So the North that voted him in, did he not do something for them also? Why were they not excluded?

jusRadical:
Shuuuuut uuuupppppp!!!!!

Did u guys not say that apc-pmb came to correct every misrule of gej?

Is it not madness that your 'god' who came to save nigeria from gej/pdp is towing the same line and descision taken by the same man and party he came to save us from?

U guys said that gej was a failure right? U now said that gej initiated this project to also exclude SE. Why must your 'god' pmb, continue with this if gej was a failure? Does it not show that your 'god' is a disgrace?

You see why I do not take most of them serious? The SE is good enough to pay back debts twice via concession and collective debt but not good enough to be included for projects other regions are enjoying for less. And to think there are people supporting this glaring injustice beats my imagination. Why ask them not to secede since you do not consider them citizens enough to enjoy what others are enjoying for almost free?

AngelicBeing:
Which God, God is rather laughing at the stupidity of Nigerians for allowing monsters, vampires, thieves, rapist, criminals to loot the wealth meant for over 170 Million citizens, 188 Million Naira for a president apart from other hidden loot, under-cutting, bribery, rub my back l rub yours going on secretly, God has done all he needs to do for Nigerians, prayers, fasting, pilgrimage etc will not solve the problem except Nigerians themselves wake up like the Arab & Venezuela's spring and stone all the useless politicians out of office and retake control of our common wealth. Nigeria is on auto-reverse, nothing, l repeat nothing will change even if we hold elections for the next 1000 years unless there is a paradigm shift, pull down this useless sandy foundation bequeathed to Nigerians by lugard and erect a solid rocky foundation to hold the building, or else, it is more suffering galore ahead for the masses, nonsense

Don't mind those always calling God!!! He's given us the brain to make wise and prosperous decisions but how we use it is up to us of which collectively, we are stupid most times.

Sitting allowance? Na wa oh!!! While I understand that Aso Rock needs to be maintained, isn't the money too much for a government proposing austerity, fighting corruption and promising us 'change'? Why tell the masses that change begins with them when you aren't even making a compromise?

I'm just watching to see how someone will come say "It's the NASS that added it." seeing as they are always the scapegoats of these illegalities (not like they are any better).

And where is Sarrki to comment on this? And how Nigerians are able to tolerate this is what I do not understand. It's appalling! If it were previous administration, protest and insults here and there. Our hypocrisy and double-standard is off the roof!!!!

I just hope this is a false flag. I actually want PMB to finish his tenure so that we shall see his works and not hear stories of how he was the best president Nigeria ever had!

Really? NAU was built by Anambra people? Had no idea.

It's not a hidden fact that their politicians up north have failed the people and it is only if the people are ready to wake up and face the politicians will they be liberated; not like it is all rosy down south here...

nani667:
Feeling Cho Cho ✔

She's a funny character. . .

ModsWillKillNL:
Rubbish!

I watched the Dora's live ministerial screening as GEJ's minister she almost swore that she went to raise several prayer points at a catholic church for Yar'Adua's quick recovery when she was confronted by the abokkis for betraying her boss.

flatiyeassterners who couldn't stop begging PMB for forgiveness as soon as he won the election in 2015 - thronging his residence day in day out - are the most unstable, two-faced and hypocritical scums I have ever known in my life.

Even today, they are looking for every flimsy excuse and opportunity to defect to APC. Theodore Orji had to be rejected outright. Ikpeazu is already scheming.

So praying for someone to recover while asking the person to resign is a crime? Is this not a similar case with Buhari? You are a hypocrite if you condemn Dora for doing the above and praise those who do something similar now.

I wonder how many Igbos you see celebrating the defection of the politicians. Theodore Orji that is always stoned whenever he visits Abia or is it Mbadinuju, the worst SErn state governor in the 4th republic that we should be sad that defected to APC? You delude yourself.

Ephi123, you see the bolded we talked about sometime back. This is how people go twisting things about. People decided to move on and look for ways to work with the winner after losing a contest in order to build a united nation after much divisive campaign and this is what they get - begging for forgiveness. Enjoy your 'spoils'.

Ngokafor:
...Na so we see amooo..They single-handedly intalled Jonathan,Buhari and bailed Nnamdi Kanu through FFK and Fayose.That is what they have been saying lately..These people just love to twist and bend history on its head...shocking.

I just tire!!

LordAdam16:
Dora Akinyuli did something that your Lai Mohammed and Adesina didn't have the guts to do in the face of overwhelming adversity.

She said her principal was incapacitated. Adesina and Mohammed didn't even have the guts to tell us that Buhari was taking medical trips despite it being public knowledge.

And it was because of her statement that made the South unite to stand behind GEJ.

That was the first time since 1999 that the South had faced that kind of adversity and clearly it didn't happen smoothly because it was the first time it happened in Nigeria. Buhari handing over power to Osinbajo is to offset the kind of instability that happened when Yar'Adua didn't. It is called progress. For example, in the past US Presidents were assassinated. Today that is almost impossible. It is called progress.

When we support a person, we support that person to hell and back. We had Obasanjo's back from 1999 to 2007 and it was a SEner that saved the country from crisis when OBJ didn't want to let go. You don't see the SE jumping up and down that we supported the SW presidency and did the whole country a favor.

Even Buhari asked NASS to impeach Yar'Adua!

So what are you yapping about.

Thank you for this sound response especially the bolded. We all know the role Nnamani played.

LordAdam16:
You are talking complete balderdash. So it was Bakare that made Dora speak out in that your empty skull.

Now read about her account on Sahara Reporters -- http://saharareporters.com/2010/02/27/i-am-fed-lies-yar%E2%80%98adua%E2%80%99s-aides-%E2%80%94-akunyili-vanguard-newspaper.

-Lord

Thank you again for the link. I remember when I mentioned you sometime back trying to show you a similar link but post was hidden and I was banned twice.

Kawlingz:
None I know of. Applied for supply chain too.

SC? Na wa oh! I applied for SC since 7th of April and also played the online game. A month + now, I am yet to receive a link to the video interview. Which kain heartbreak be this?

DoTheNeedful:
It is people like you that are twisting history. The SNG had been holding rallies about the cabals and health of Yar'Adua long before Dora spoke out. Dora is a person I respected but the pressures from outside the government gave her the courage to speak out.
We didn't just read about this, I followed everything then because of my support for GEJ.
It is funny how some people will try to twist history in order to perpetuate hate and prejudice.

I never denied Tunde Bakare, SNG and Wole Soyinka's contribution but setting the records straight of them being the ones starting it. Nigerians were feeling uncomfortable then and a voice was needed to speak up. Dora happened to be that person who did at that moment.

codedguy1:
I hope this is not true. But if its true then those of us who were suspicious of the word CO-ORDINATOR being inserted in the letter knew what we were saying.

Where is falana and co who were insisting that only a letter needs to be written to the senate for osinbajo to be ag. President.

On paper they are correct but this is Nigeria and things should be spelt out clear and without any room for reasonable or unreasonable doubt.

I remember when a senator raised this issue of illegality - coordinator - in the letter given to the senate; he was called all sorts of names and it was said he was trying to undermine the VP and people were quoting section 145 of the constitution. Alas, we are beginning to see issues pertaining to it rear its head and realizing that certain people do not wish to follow the constitution we quoted.

Splashme:
Osinbajo must sign that budget.

This fooolish greedy president and his fooolish brothers in Aso Rock must not be allowed to destroy Nigeria's democracy

I told people that the cabal deliberately replaced 'acting' president with 'coordinating' president to limit the VP's power.

Some mumus were here attempting to defend them

ModsWillKillNL:
Nairaland ladies are one of a kind...

afonjas who fought to enthrone GEJ (when the middle belt, south south and south east were all quiet) will also see this one through by God's grace.

By the way, Osinbajo is already acting president. It took GEJ almost 9 months after Yar'Adua left the nation for GEJ to attain the status unlike in PYO's case where PMB rightly handed over to him before departing.

Now, that's class.

Please respect your masters - Yorubas, afonjas.

The way some of you twist history eh!!! Was it not Dora Akunyili of blessed memory who first spoke out against the cabal Yar'Adua exposed, asking that GEJ be made acting president if Yar'Adua was not fit enough before Wole Soyinka and other Nigerians from various ethnic groups picked up the call before she was termed a traitor by some NASS members for that? You talk as if Yorubas were the only ones who fought to put GEJ there!!!

All of a sudden, the iconic lady's achievement is belittled!!

Cc: LordAdam16, Plaetton, ephi123, you see as people take dey turn things around?

coolcatty:
its in their blood...the average niger-delta man is a squanderer......an olingo breed...all they know is enjoyment today...little or no plan for tomorrow.....they will sell their lands and use the proceeds to drink and carry women....give a bayelsa or ijaw man 2m this night,come back in 2days time and ask him how he spent the monay,abobi will tell you he doesnt know...


look at a state like Bayelsa...with a population of less than Onitsha and federal allocation running into tens of billions yet owing salaries,dearth of infrastructure...look at how okowa has disappointed all the little goodwill he has garnered over the years...delta is in a mess.....pls bone those people....

Must you belittle other states? What is your problem?

Topic, as much as I appreciate his effort, can we have greenery around the bridge and maybe sorta transform the place to like a park where people can hangout both daytime and night, romantic walk (as some of us no get money for Paris ) and what not while the river there be used as a means of transportation and other sporting events as water go don clean by then? If person provoke too much, e fit go there relax and cool off while observing nature. Similar to the picture below....

[img]http://www.travelling-australia.info/MainGraphics2008/P082050069Bz-750.jpg[/img]

We need to raise our standards and do things differently and we can pioneer this in Anambra!!!

Jesusloveyou:
He never mentioned 5% treatment to be meted to any region,
What he said, is those who started the division shouldn't expect the same things like those who voted for one Nigeria.
You iPods started the division even before the election

Even with the video on page 0, you are still denying.

So IPOBs started the division? What about the numerous statements pre-election such as 'dogs and baboon soaked in blood' or that of the 'drowning in the lagoon'?

Reference:
No sir. Democracy is peoples power. There are always alternatives. It is just that people are too blind to see them and ignorant to reach them. The quality of candidates election after election is a reflection of peoples patronage. If you don't buy they won't sell themselves. If the general perception is that certain standards must be met, then people will be vetted out. Political parties won't put them on the ballot.

Yes, Buhari was perceived as the only potential to unseat an incumbent but who votes, the people. So Nigerians need enlightenement to stop the succession of less than average leaders.

Thank you sir!!! I always look forward to your comments because they are apt.

I wonder why people always chant there were no other alternatives to GEJ and PMB, forgetting they're the ones that can vote an unpopular candidate to power and change the status quo.

Be that as it may, I hope he does not resign but gets better to finish his 'good' works because I do not want to hear the story of "He was the best president but sickness took him away!" in later years.

Joenyam:
I just hope this is true, we support such developmental strides.
Have you noticed that Nigerian leaders rarely engage in long term project, they always want to start and finish project to claim achievement in things that is or no or less benefit to the masses.
The America we see today is a project that started a long time ago and is in continuum. That's how industrialization began.

As long as politics is played with the projects, it will continue no matter how substandard it is.

sarrki:
You won't see enemies of Nigeria here

They are unpatriotic citizens

They support ipobs, Bh and NDA just for their hatred for Mr president

STFU and stop sounding like a broken record here!

If they look for anyone that's unpatriotic, you top the list with your half-arse, bigotic and unintelligent comments littering the cyberspace. Always fighting imaginary enemies...

Obi1kenobi:
See scam, sha. Typical inflated contracts. In what universe does a small 150,000 bpd refinery and probably a small associated power project cost $15 billion?

They said "power plant and other things".

It's to know what other things they are talking about.

Baddestguyp:
Just finished Tokyo Ghoul
Starting Tokyo Ghoul A soon

This anime has some bleeped up torture scenes tho

I hate this Tokyo Ghoul! The dude was just a crying wimp!!!

ephi123:
I actually remember that thread.

Buhari has shown his true colours without question. Very bigoted human being. Which is the key reason the country is where it is, selections are not made based on merit or capability but "my people" syndrome. The man is a huge error which Nigerians have realized rather late.

Even the comments there did not help. BTW, why are the Igbos trending on SM? Even on Facebook, the same thing (at least, my own feed)...

malton:
Phrases like the infamous “97%/5%” one kind of signalled the objective of his administration at the outset: divide the Nigerian people along as many lines as possible.

His queer mathematical formula tells us how he intended to handle “inclusive governance.”

These aren't statements a unifying force should be making. Nigerians desire a president that is a unifier, a healer of the national breach.

Buhari is a man of many faults as far as saying the wrong things.

A look at the people who form the core of his government is enough proof of the divisive figure that he is. They are mainly his kinsmen and women as well as people of his ethnic or cultural stock.

His appointments saw Buhari making good his promise of sidelining the 5 Percenter's.

If that isn't setting the stage for division, then I wonder what is.

Thank you! I wonder why people forget the president's earlier divisive speech and his numerous actions but when people take it up, it becomes they're still suffering from election loss.

seunmsg:
Yes, we are more divided but the reasons for the division should also be said. A group of people have decided not to move on because their candidate lost. Some even went as far as agitating for secession just because they don't like the face of the president. So, how do you unite a people that don't want to be united?

For some of us, we are no longer concerned. Those who want to wail over electoral loss till 2019 can go ahead. Others are strategising ahead of 2019 and some people are busy attacking others instead of building bridges. At the right time, water will fund its level.

Nah!!! You aren't being truthful with yourself. No one chanted Biafra after Buhari won but his actions and utterances made many consider the option of seceding...

ephi123:
Stale news! Elections have been over for 2 years, you and your peeps are those yet to get over it.
Forever singing on and on about it. Talk about crying more than the bereaved.

Anyway, I understand your situation. Considering how much Buhari has let down the country, the only way out is to look for who to blame - and voila, election loss! Please continue singing it till 4 years will knock on the door.

I just tire for people. When Jonathan conceded defeat, people moved on as he refused to pursue it. They also forgot that when PMB won the election, some Igbo elders went over to visit him and congratulate him, telling him how they will work with him while there were people here on Nairaland mocking the Igbos for trying to show support despite majority not supporting him. No one said anything as we all decided to work with him.

Bam!!! Came the interview of 97% - 5% dichotomy, the numerous appointments and some utterances. And the fears many nursed was playing right before their very eyes.

bayelsaowei:
robots can't make intelligent decisions like handling the Niger delta issue...how can a robot handle omoniles in lagos and the complications of project management. ..

I wonder why the robots won't create themselves..

LOL! It will shock you how they will be able to handle it. Once those guys are deemed a threat, they are gone especially if the robots check their history of agitation and conclude from it that nothing logically will come out of it. Look up Neuralink and see why Elon Musk is trying to fuse human brain with A.I.

ednut1:
Una don start again. It would not ruin any lives abeg. It would create more opportunities for man. Abi no be person go supervise, service d robots,write the algorithms Most car manufacturing plants are automated yet pple still work der in droves

Bro, ever heard of self-replicating material? Once Engineers and scientists are able to build materials that can self-replicate, together with A.I. evolving to becoming self aware, we are finished. Man won't be needed for repairs anymore because the materials and heal themselves... I. Robot, Age of Ultron will be child's play oh.... Why do you think Elon Musk is funding OpenAI? Even the bros dey fear the future of A.I.