₦airaland Forum

benuejosh:
Okay.

In Nigeria, the protest is as a result of bad state actors who are feeling pained that the election conducted didn't bring them to power even when some came distant third position.

There is hunger in the land. Yes it is true, but what have the individuals done about it? did hunger start today? have they gone to farm? they blame the government and i ask, define government. Are the masses not the authority? are they not the ones who sent people to represent them? What have they done to support those they sent to represent them? If they are hungry they should go to farm and not allow themselves to be used with hunger as an excuse or tool to be used by those who lost out of election to cause chaos.

The rot of over 16 years cannot be cured by just 1 and half year of Tinubu in government. Peter Obi had 8 years as governor of a state yet left Anambra as one of the worst state in terms of development and governance.

Those behind the protest are only calling for anarchy and chaos to make this administration unstable.

Even if the protest ends, untill the farmers harvest their crops, there's nothing that can be done about the hunger. Government can not farm to feed the whole nation. Most Nigerians want everything to be given to them freely without them working for it.

Minimum was increased to about N30k Abia state and Benue that i am aware of were still paying workers about N18k till date. But it is the federal government that they want to blame. Even if it is increased to 200k, federal government will pay her own workers but will the state government pay their workers? will the private sector pay? are the protesters protesting against their state government or against Tinubu? The man -Tinubu- has increased minimum wage. Ask your state governors to implement it and lets see.

Traders in the market are increasing prices in the market at will, are they protesting against those traders? but it is Tinubu that is increasing prices.
We need to be wise as a people in this country.
The call for anarchy should be resisted by all means and those supporting it should be brought to book.

For me, i am not protesting because the protest is just a call for anarchy. The government is working round the clock to make sure things work out for good.

Don't allow hatred for a particular ethnic group to cloud your sense of reasoning.

Tinubu is working!

Thunda fia your there for deceiving yourself. Evil imps that want to set the country on fire. Thunda fia your left nyash again

Quest7777:
But Tinubu, Soyinka and Co protested against GEJ even when the level of hardship was not even up to a tenth of current situation.

Just looking at the photographs make me recoil! Where are all these people now? Are they seeing the present realities now?
Shame

LagosPrince:
Let me educate your ignorance bro , he was governorship flag bearer of the labour long before Peter Obi joined the party so stop tryna deceive yourself

So what's different from what he said

MichaelSokoto:
all dis shenanigans so dat ebin pawarized ronus & abokis nor go protest again!

Na lie!

Everybody is hungry & angry!

u siddon house, hungry kill u
u no siddon house, hungry still kill u

All die na die!

Better to die wit dignity than to die a hungry ronuite defending a frustrating mandate!

His vawulency

Nairalander Una no go kill person

Gajagojo:
You are an idiot
What's makes you think
I give a shit about you
Or your opinions

This imp is pained.
Go sleep deluded mofo

Gajagojo:
Emotions will change nothing
You can call it childish
Changes nothing

The theme
Tortoise deceiving elephant and leading him into captivity

My assertion is
It is worth doing a literature search to see where that theme came from

It is not likely to have been developed separately independently
It certainly moved
Either from A to B or

B to A
Or from C to A. and B

It might not even be Nigerian theme
The issue is honest objective inquiry not emotions
To the best of my knowledge it is well documented in Yoruba written material for decades
Even the late Sikiru Ayinde sang about it
So it is not new
It is a legitimate question to ask about the original source
Nothing childish besides your churlish response

Good luck to you then. I have better things to do with my time then embarking on a dick measuring contest.

NwaliE01:
You need to understand the music before the gwo gwo gwo ngwo would make sense.

It was rhetorically implied in his story to mimic the steps of Elephant. It makes lots of sense if you understand Igbo language.

Don't bother to respond to these guys. They know you what they are doing. Trying to drag you into an argument about the Yorubas telling this story first

Gajagojo:
Actually it is not that Yoruba have theirs



This is a plagiarism call out and direct claim of cultural appropriation

Don't twist it

Simple question
Is there any where Ibos recorded this story and on what date?
Nothing wrong in saying you adapted a Yoruba story

But the theme of a tortoise deceiving an elephant into capture came from somewhere?

Show us any book where this story is recorded by an Ibo before now

Nonsense. You expect me to be dragged into this your childish argument? It's very clear now that you are pained. Bros go and rest. No one cares
Don't expect further response. This one will suffice. Have a nice day

Gajagojo:
This is not about bigger car but ownership


There is a Yoruba story about a tortoise deceiving an elephant and leading him into captivity by humans
That is not in dispute
I have no doubt without even checking that story will be on Nairaland

There is no doubt about the similarly which is unmistakable
Just like Arabs claim the Abraham sacrifice story was about Ismai. And Jews claim the story was about Isaac

So there is a serious question of plagiarism

Where is the oldest documented Ibo version recorded

Why are you folks always bent on this stewpid competition ( dick measuring contest).
I don't care if the Yoruba have theirs or the Igbos. Your guys are about turning this into a dick measuring contest good luck bro. I'm not here for that insane Sh*t.
Can't believe you have to stressed yourself to dig nairaland for a story to buttress your point. Means nothing to me

BluntCrazeMan:
Story Well told..

Lessons Learnt..

According to Rufai-Oseni of Arise-TV,, this is what our politicians do to us every election year..

The Elephant is “The Masses”..
The small tortoise is “The Politicians”..

This is how the politicians craftily deceive the masses every election cycle, and grab their goodies, and leave the masses confused and emptier.

Did rufai actually say this? Crazy fella

But his analogy fits the description though.

pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source

Gwo gwo gwo gwom made sense to an igbo man not to you. That you don't understand it or that the writer didn't expound on it does not mean it was borrowed.
Why can't you guys just resist the urge of this "my car is bigger than yours" syndrome. It's beginning to look silly

Warmaterial:
Moral lesson... never give up find a solution to that problem, nothing is impossible, think deeper change the modus operandi and adopt your own patterns and strategies.

Na where my mind go too.
I have a big task coming up in the coming months. I must think of every way conceivable to achieve it so help me God

illicit:
I got a fetish...

Spill

Yugoslavia247:
Ronu mods on the beat

Whatsapp group update

Write a an essay about why u should not join the protest

Winners get 50k

Include your pics wearing a corporate wear.

You get this one right. This people are incredulous!

Nicepoker:
You sure say dude wasn't their service provider?

Abeg which Kain service him dey provide?
Network?

Oluromantic:
Cat and dog things. The wrong thing is working for you bcus you're both immature explorers of each other. The day one of you attains a maturity step above the other, problems begin, break up follows. In a mature relationship, retaliation is not an option, you shouldn't even get to a point where you would retaliate. Forgiveness flows like a river. The man leads and is respected, the woman complements and is loved. It's never an equal right or retaliation thing. So help you God!

Op, you and your boyfriend should read the above post i quoted religiously like a bible.
I no get time for plenty talk.
All I see is TOXICITY
premium tears loading down the road

Why can't Tinubu and his ministers and other politicians slash their allowances. Will dey die?

This is why I pity those assss wipes slaving for politicians. No one give a rat house fvck about you!

Zonefree:
In whatever you do in this life, avoid Ekpan Boys.

Lol.
I'm trying to avoid them as I dey type so. My office is in their domain and there is general sanitation this morning and I no join. I dey try device tactics to avoid them

AmandaLuv:
The Amazon herself. My mum's very good friend.

The best song of hers for Nigeria at this moment is
Bia nulu olu anyi oo
Nna bia nulu olu anyi oo

Bia nulu olu anyi ooo
Nna bia nulu olu anyi

Onweghi mgbe ike mmadu ga kali ike Chukwu
Onweghi mgbe ike mmadu ga akali ike Chukwu

Nna bia nulu
Olisa kelu uwa bia nulu olu anyi!

That's my favourite too. That song reminds me of a period in my childhood. How time flies

meum:
I think this one knew exactly what he was doing. Alcohol is not an excuse.

My thoughts exactly!
How can you say because of alcohol you no fit notice the bony ars*E of your fellow man when digging

God1000:
Another new front, there will never be peace in that region, this circle of violence will continue till the oppressed people have their freedom.

How can a country that relies so much on america for weapons be looking for trouble everywhere, I only pity the american taxpayers



Israel wants to fight a war with Hamas, Houthi and Hezbollah at the same time knowing fully well that it doesn't have the capacity to do so

The genocidal Zionist regime should stop attacking oil facilities and civilians, US and UK have been striking Houthi for months without killing innocent people.


To those throwing curses and insults at me because of a foreign country that doesn't care about your existence, I pity una

The Hezbollah and houthi people you are supporting, are they your kith and kin? Palestinians started this war when they poured into Israel unprovoked. They middle east was calm before this. .
I am not concerned about any one of them but If I'm to take a stand, then I will choose Israel

Max24:
So, Momodu expect Tinubu to perform magic in less than 18 months into Tinubu's administration. Egbon, se e wa okay, sha ?

No one is expecting a miracle but there are steps you take that will show you have sound economic policies. For example, cut down on waste.: scrap position of first lady, why buy a new jet when you have over 8 already. If you must buy a new one, then sell the others. Why waste huge some of money on VP residence, why are the refineries not working, why not do arrest the inflation, why no patronise the local market, there are tons of things going wrong

RealityKings:
Oh I am hearing about that for the first time.
Thanks for the enlightenment

Is the tapswap scam.

What's about other coins. Thinking of looking into this crypto sh*t

Omenlon:
you no dey do for person?

Seun money long pass my own well well

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

Yesterday the 17th was my birthday.

As for my new age, let me just say that I'm slightly older than Don Jazzy.

Please send me your kind words and good wishes!

Cheers!

Yesterday was my birthday too. Abeg do giveaway for me

Pecoleee345:
What about the 20milli for sanitary pad?? Any explanation on her behalf

I'm not making any defense for her but do you think the pads were for her? It's probably for some rural women or those in IDP. Check her portfolio again

Newlymarried:
WTG are you saying,what concerns this with Igbo/peter Obi,sometimes you people don’t reason at all. We are all both suffering this not only igbos

That's sarcasm bro. What he meant was that APC and their supporters said they were going to teach the Igbos and PO a lesson, but right now, na dem dey even learn the lesson pass us wey dem wan teach. Hunger dey deal with them while their lord and masters wine and dine in new private jets

SafariHunter:
Sincerely the policy is a good one and will help in curbing crime but the police doesn't need to charge citizens for this. The police has a long history of extorting Nigerians and this is seems to be another way.



Nigeria jaga jagaban

Just what I was thinking. This is another avenue to milk Nigerians. They should rather have gotten funding from FG and not citizens. IT has made things easy.

AkpaMgbor:
Hitting your forehead is easier than hitting your ear I hope you know that? Your ear is a smaller target. Hiring someone to only shoot your ear from 140 yards while you’re talking and moving your head is next level stoopid and such a person should be awarded the Darwin’s award for natural selection.

Go back and read what I wrote. I never alluded that trump planned this but I said that thought fleetingly crossed my mind even though I know it will be improbable for him to put himself in harm's way. I gave credit to my mind for thinking in all direction. That's how the mind of geniuses and forensic experts work

Insecurity running rife in the country!

Sucre6:
Not on this instance, no one plans to get shot at, this is clearly an assassination attempt

I quite agree with you that it's a risky venture but even entertaining such a thought is what I'm driving at. For me, my mind covers all angles and those not forbids any thought. There are no sacred areas In my thinking and I tend to enjoy such possibilities. I like thinking in different directions with no restrictions

waxyung:
Na Trump go plan this thing

We think alike. Crazy thought patterns but that's the mind of a genius. Nothing is impossible