Jeezuzpick:

Nairalanders!!!!!!!!

Has it even occurred to you that the gun-toting dude in the picture

could be an SSS operative, part of some Governor's entourage?

I thought Nigerians are smarter than this!

Post is titled "Guess who this armed dude was protecting"

Poster, can you prove it IRREVOCABLY that it was Pastor Adeboye?

Do you take everything in Nairaland seriously? Of course, that guy is SSS! He may have been assigned to protect Adeboye on the said day, but he's SSS!

Jeremy womanliness
Rtfl

Waoh long time, ella. That's an elaborate speculation you have there. Renato to die saving Regina from Arcadio! Lol. If that happens I gotta buy you a drink.

Grassroot:

Quote from Kizini

Moderator, With this, I think this thread should be closed before it becomes a religious thread. There can't be a better advise.

When I come to romance thread, I look for romance not religious arguments. Please let's stick to romance here (I believe I'm speaking the minds of others)

No you arn't. Im surprised you can't see the relevance of the exchanges, particularly since op has been told all he could anyway. This is a religion that is much misunderstood and we are learning WHY they don't marry outside. If you go to the food section and eba is being discussed will it be out of place for people to talk about kettle, stove, hot plates, ring and other methods of heating water?

You see what I was saying? Juan told Dr Miranda he was going somewhere but refused to mention the place. The doctor uses the information given him to deduce what exactly was happening. That is how stories are meant to be, but you rarely see that in this production. What you often see is Aimee (not Regina) giving Juan a piece of paper and Renato (not Regina) bringing another piece of paper and Juan rejecting Regina because of that! And then suddenly accepting her innocence again before he is given any reason to. Eeddiotic story.

Emm, I think we can guess the end by now. The bad guys like Rodrigo and Leonarda and Arcadio and Fulgencio will all end up either dead or jailed. Renato will become a nice guy again, suddenly on waking up one morning, and will become friends of Juan and Regina again and will be there, grinning from ear to ear,  when the child is born. And Papa Renato and Mama Angela, like Juan and Regina, will live happily ever after.

**Yawns**

The conspiracy theorists have gone wild here. The CIA gave bombs to Boko Haram and aided them to access police headquarters so that there will be a pretext to bomb Nigeria and steal oil. Chai!

upendo 98:

@coogar.

my final word to u lol
I knw your conscience says its not justified but u just want to stir us up and make us angry.

I have read the whole thread. Was hoping you would show how it's not justified. You haven't.

"I lost my husband at the Ikeja Cantonment bomb blast. I have two children. When my house rent expired the landlord threw us out. The children and I have been hanging about. We sometimes sleep under the bridge. But what pains me most is that my children are not going to school. I know that would not happen if my husband were alive. The government has been unfair to us, since the bomb blast was of their making." - A victim of the bomb blast speaking on TVC.

I am shocked and ashamed beyond words that these people have not been compensated by the Nigerian Army and its principal, the Federal Government of Nigeria!

Gift4all:

Wasn't it too early to condemn it that way? So now, how far?

No, it wasn't. You could tell the quality of a good production from the start. I wasn't complaining about the story - far from it. I was complaining about the production. I wasn't saying it is boring. I was saying the director just keeps pissing you off. The main problem we have here is that instead of moving a plot by the thoughts and actions of the characters, this one is moving by what the director wants. I give you instances:

When Juan walks into the venue of the wedding to disrupt it because "Someone betrayed me". Renato confronts him calmly, with no anger whatsoever, and demands to know what it was all about. Rather than say anything sensible, what does Juan do? He says: "You really want to know? You really want to know?" and keeps quiet. If he took all that trouble to disrupt the wedding what stopped him from saying that Aimee betrayed him? Okay, the director didn't want it revealed at that point, so why not find a creative way of accomplishing that? Why has Renato changed so suddenly - from complete angel to complete Satan? When Juan was arrested how come Regina made no effort to follow him, but follows Renato? How come someone is locked underground for over 20 years and no one knows, and she and her guardian go in and out of their prison as they please, yet no one ever saw them, except Rodrigo, who quickly accepts Leonarda's explanation of "a ghost"? How come Rodrigo was too foolish to connect the dots when Arcadio told him the whole story and would in spite of all that later accept Leonarda's explanation that it was Arcadio who imprisoned Maria de Rosario? Do you think it's possible Maria de Rasario is alive for how many weeks and Renato never gets to hear of it, considering what the rumour mill at that port is like? How can a guy like Servando who throws knives at people stab Gabriel in the heart and "miss"? Didn't Fulgencio want to see Jimena? And the court trial? Just a complete laugh.

You find these kinds of things in every production, but the problem with Carazon Salvaje is that it is entirely driven by these directorial interventions, rather than organic plot movement. This is easily one of the worst productions I have ever seen. Shame on its director!

This is the problem of modernity and Westernisation. There is no need to give up any of the women. You marry them both! Polygamy is a noble institution, except in the minds of some people. I will, however, like to agree with the person who said this other woman may not be good for you, because a woman who encourages you to leave your wife for her is dangerous. But she is also a victim of modernity, as she ought to have realised that to marry her you don't have leave your present wife.

eku_bear:

Always quite fun messing with Mr Maggot.

But I should probably take off and accomplish some stuff today.

No, don't. Stay on. You guys are doing a great job on this thread. Y'all deserve an award.

cap28:

eddy i tried posting this yesterday but f[b]or some strange reason it was deleted[/b], any way here goes:

That was the Americans, with a lil help from the French and their cronies on the Nairaland board. They're everywhere, these Americans!

[size=14pt]Zimbabwe women rap[i]i[/i]ng men for ritual purposes[/size]

Women in Zimbabwe are said to be abducting and raping men for ritual purposes.
In the past 11 months six men have been gang-raped by women, and as per the police the figure could be much higher, as victims are often too embarrassed to report the crime.
According to the official Chronicle daily, a 26-year-old policeman from Bulawayo was drugged and raped after he was offered a lift in a minibus with three female passengers.
"When he sat down, one of the passengers suddenly put a cloth saturated with a drug on his nose and he passed out," the Scotsman quoted the paper as reporting.
When he regained consciousness he found the three women sexually abusing him, and afterwards he was abandoned outside the city, minus his mobile phone and 30 dollars.
"Clues given by the victim are being followed up," police spokesman Bekimpilo Ndlovu said.
Similar attacks have been reported in Harare, Gweru and Masvingo, some of them at gunpoint.
Last month two women forced a 44-year-old to have sex with them on a mattress he had just bought in Harare and was trying to transport back home to western Karoi.
Last November, two women locked an 18-year-old youth in Harare's central Roman Catholic Church and raped him.
In most cases the victims are drugged and the women use condoms.
Social commentators have suggested that traditional healers may have instructed the women to collect semen for use in ritual charms.
"These are people who want to make money because of poverty," Gordon Chavunduka, former head of the Zimbabwe National Association of Traditional Healers told the Zimonline news agency.
"It is very worrying, our society is in trouble," he stated.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-09/rest-of-world/28266281_1_three-women-police-spokesman-victims

Buhari never "founded" CPC. Where did you get that from?

tunene:

- Another case happened in Okrika (reported by the Inec fellow) - here was no need to vote as the ballot boxes had been stuff with papers. He informed me that the people who stuffed the paper were even wise enough to thumb print about 800 for PDP, 2 for ACN, 1 for ANPP, etc. I cant imagine they would do that may be to satisfy their conscience (that is if they have got one).

@op
CPC supporters?
You got to be kidding me! CPC has no supporters. Only Buhari has supporters.

Omo_Tier1:

This is the first I would come across in nairaland of a poster being ignorant about her post!
For crying out loud, the reserves as it stands is still well below the sum total internal (Local)debt of the nation and can only finance imports for less than 14months!- imagine (God and I forbid it)if we have a devastating natural event that would mean we have to resort to importation for much of our esentials, the reserves as it stands would be wiped off in just 12months and we will begin to borrow to live by as a nation!

No need to be cheeky! Yes, economics is not my forte, but I have clearly stated my point, which is that I had somehow picked up the idea that the physical cash in the reserves was depleted and have now found this is not so. Nowhere was I commenting on the state of Nigeria's economy, debt profile or our readiness for droughts or tsunamis. When Obasanjo left the reserves at 40 billion, were there no debts or hypothetical natural disasters?

Actually I am not Jonathan fan and certainly don't have issues with all you have said about the ongoing mismanagement of our resources. I have said so on this forum myself. But nothing can take away my licence to see things the way I see them in all objectivity and intellectual honesty.

Thank you.

azahmed:

@poster,
please let dis topic be on d home page where evrybody could read and comment.
The facts stated above could make some of dumbard campaining 4 for d clueless GEJ reason well n change dia minds,

You sure Mr Buhari would know the meaning of "inflation"?

bk.babe97y:


@ OP, do u note the bolded above? If thats not "depleted", I dont know what other word in the English Language will emphasize it to u.

Oh, how my heart bleeds for Nigerians. . . . . .

Hoping you have enough blood left in your heart to read me:

I noted the above and what it tells me is that the figure, having previously fallen below that, was up again, to N35b. If there is any other meaning derivable from it, please share it.

I have heard a lot about foreign reserves lately and not having followed the matter, concluded they must stand at around $1 or $2 billion. So I was surprised to see a figure of $35 b. What don't you understand in that? And if they stood at $40.83 billion last year and now stand at $35 billion I don't find that outrageous since foreign reserves go up and down. The question would then be what reasons lie behind the fall - is it depleting revenues? Exchange rate fluctuations? Government expenditure?

efisher:

How can such a man bear the pressures of the office of the President!

Nigeria will not make the same mistake twice. We do not want another set of Saudi Arabian medical bills. This time it will be about trying to handle a psychiatric case. Game over.

proudly9ja:

A year ago our foreign reserves was 40billion.
A year ago our 'excess crude' account read 15 billion dollars. Its 300million dollars now. If these don't represent the word 'depleted', I wonder what the word means?

I have read some explanations about the reduction in the foreign reserves, but you have every right to question that. As for the ECA, that was always a problem account. I heard the governors, backed by law, asked that it be shared out and it was.

proudly9ja:

And its not as if we are seeing any capital projects worth that amount to show for it. ooops! Yes we are! We've seen capital projects in form of 'transport fare' ending up in bags for jounalists and opposition parties.

Last I heard was every Tom, Wale and Emeka saying that our foreign reserves were depleted, so I was pleasantly surprised to read the above. If true, I don't see how our foreign reserves have ended up in the pockets of journalists at all.

RICHIE BOI:

Only a year in office and he has depleted our foreign reserve. the excess crude account was 15 Billion dollars when goodluck was sworn-in and as of recent now its 300 Million Dollars left in the excess crude account. i wonder how much will be left when he completes his four years.

Are you sure you read the above properly? Or you just like to call $35 billion "depleted"?

Nigeria forex reserves edge up to $35 bln by Apr 8
Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:04pm GMT Print | Single Page [-] Text [+]

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves rose by 3.8 percent to $34.55 billion by April 8, compared to $33.22 billion at the end of last month, the central bank said on Tuesday.

The reserves in sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest economy remain significantly lower then a year ago. They stood at $40.83 billion by April 8, 2010.

Strong demand for hard currency at its bi-weekly forex auctions has forced the central bank to increase dollar supply and draw on its reserves to defend the local naira currency.

Reuters

Thank God for BOSS Offices!

mistakay:

Shameless Liars. One thing i know about these military people for sure is they lack tribalism because most of them have spent their entire service years away from home especially Lagos,as such they have accepted all,The military is the most detribalized institution in Nigeria.

How ignorant can some people be!

Do you learn it in school? If this is your area of expertise, can you teach me?

Sorry, but I can't seem to see the time there.

This must rank as the worst script ever shot. In fact, the director should be shot. Not even Nollywood in all its notoriety would product such an eyesore. Not even a Nollywood ritual movie starting Kanayo O. Kanayo and directed by Chico Ejiro would put you off this much.

I keep watching it because it's a rare opportunity to see what a really really bad telenovella or movie looks like.

What do you think?

MyJoe:

Now to Goodluck Jonathan, PhD, the man who's likely to win the elections. This guy’s minuses are so many you can write a whole book on them. But for me the worst is the fact he has clearly demonstrated that politics is more important to him than anything else. That is, Mr Jonathan would do something because it would advance his cause of becoming president, even though it will hurt the national interest or his public perception. Here is a man who has declared IBB his father, is jumping into bed with a convicted thief Bode George, got a murder suspect out of detention by executive order and had him flown to Abuja to vote in his primaries.

It is hard to be certain of much about Nigerian politics, but I am fairly certain that a vote for Jonathan is a vote for another four years of business as usual – the reign of godfathers, Ghana-must-go bags and the like. I am not suggesting Mr Jonathan is worse than the other misrulers who have run this country since 1960. Just saying he not better than any of them. But I have seriously considered voting for him, particularly at the time that garrulous geriatric Ciroma was at the height of his performance, spewing north-is-born-to-rule profanities, and I kept asking myself how come the region that picks up the nation’s bills is not qualified to produce the president but a far less endowed region which has ruled the country more than any other is.

Sums up my view of the man.

Emmysteve:

na dis small money una dey complain? Mtshewww

Yes. And that is the problem with Nigerians. These kids want to go to school without paying for it. Wherever they got the idea from you can't say.

As a Christian, here is the first and foremost thing to avoid: SEX. This is clearly stated in St Paul's emails to the brethren. You can listen to lil wayne, drake, baby bash, ludacris etc. Just stay away from that one and it's one way to heaven when you give up the ghost. Good luck!