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Timinho23:
A typical Nigerian bureaucracy is REACTIVE and not PROACTIVE. All these rules would never had even be thought of, if the accident hadn't happened.

I understand where you're coming from, but this is a welcome change relative to other States.

In a more developed country many head should've roll and be prosecuted.

Okay guys, Lagos state is a lot more advanced than i gave them credit for. Considering the status of most tanker owners, i never knew something could come out of the accident.

Great job for the bold step at least.

This is where Tinubu could've made such an impact by supporting a better candidate.
Win or lose, such a shame he will on the wrong side of history by sticking with Buhari.

People are understandably tired of what's going on in Nigeria.

He needs to start reducing these accidents as there are simply too many of them.

They need to revise the legislation that governs heavy trucks on motorway.

290k is way too high and is too risky. While it's true not to consider mileage in isolation, this advice mostly applies to low 100,000 and below.

nowpresence:
how is it out of place. read and learn.

Read and learn lool... If you want to open a new thread to discuss social issues you are welcome to do so, but derailing the thread is a bad form.

Open a new thread perhaps i might give you a lecture on Argentina's history with racism amd slavery.

boldking:
As I watched the Argentina and Iceland match today and
wondered why there were no black players in the Argentinean
team when other South American teams had black or biracial
players, I remembered a conversation I had last year.
It was while I was on a cruise from Florida to the Grand
Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.
Between an Argentinean doctor and myself, who had walked
up to me during lunch one day and struck up a conversation
with me.
There was no hiding the attraction.
We had bonded much to the chagrin of her three Argentinean
friends.
On the deck of the ship that day, she kept going on about how
she loves black men and looks forward to traveling so she can
meet them.
I asked her.
"Don't you have black people in Argentina?"
She said with a matter of fact candour.
"No. Long time ago, after slavery, we killed them all."
I was taken aback.
She smiled.
And continued.
"Very bad. I am ashamed of my people. It was very systematic
though. Very well thought out. First they forced most of the
men to fight for Argentina against Paraguay. They knowingly
sent them into battles that were poorly planned so that the
Paraguay army will do for them what they couldn't themselves
do. Kill the blacks. Most of them died there. The remaining of
them they forced to live in this province were there was a
plague. A disease that the government refused to curb so that
it can also do for them what they couldn't do. Kill the blacks.
The refused to set up hospitals, clinics, adequate shelter, food
outlets, nothing. They created the best environment for the
disease to thrive. It killed the rest of the men that had
survived the war. The darker you are, the higher the chance
they will send you to that place to live or to the war to die. The
lighter skinned women they forced them to sleep with the
white men, so that their children are biracial, then they forced
the children when they grew older to sleep with white men, so
that the blackness of the skin of the children became whiter
and whiter until there was no longer any visibly black people
seen. It was so bad that blacks fled to Chile, Peru, Bolivia,
Brazil and even Paraquay where they were better treated even
though not as well as they should be treated as human beings
deserving full equality. Atleast those ones did not want to kill
them and accepted to give them protection and a means of
livelihood. As a matter of fact in Chile, there was a city called
Arica where Black people were so accepted and respected
that in the 1700s two black free man, one called Anzuréz were
elected mayors. But the white colonial masters from Spain
came six months later and nullified the elections, they were
afraid of other cities giving black people too many rights. But
the blacks who had found succour did not complain, they sent
word for others to flee Argentina and come join them. Afterall
what was cancelled elections compared to certain death?"
Then she went silent as though trying to replay the magnitude
of the crime in her mind again. Then she said it in a sombre
tone in order to drive it home to me.
"The ones the Argentineans did not kill through war or
disease, and rape and impregnate, fled the country and
ultimately we got rid of the blacks."
I listened in rising sorrow.
She continued academically.
"So although they abolished slavery in 1815 in Argentina, it
continued until 1853, after that the main preoccupation of the
leaders was how to get rid of the black slaves and their
descendants. Our president who ruled us from 1868 to 1874,
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, wrote in his diary in 1848, this
was long before he became president and slavery ended that -
'In the United States… 4 million are black, and within 20 years
will be 8 million…. What is to be done with such blacks, hated
by the white race?' - It shows that he was already thinking of
how to eliminate black people before he became President
and when he became President, he succeeded."
"Didn't the world say anything?"
"No. They ignored it. I am sure most of them wanted to do the
same thing but failed. At that time, they admired them. I
remember when I will go to Brazil as a child, my father's friend
will say in disgust as he looked at the black Brazilians - we
should have had your guts and finished them off. All of them.
Make Brazil white just like Argentina."
"And the Europeans?"
She laughed.
"It is an open secret, just like King Leopold and his genocide
in Congo. No one talks about it, but they know about it.
Atleast the older ones do. The younger ones not so much.
Why do you think all the Nazis ran to Argentina after World
War 2?"
I was silent.
She continued.
"Because it was the perfect place for the most evil racists in
history to live."
Then she looked out to the infinitely blue sea around the ship
and sighed audibly before she continued.
" Sadly, to some extent, it still is welcoming and accomodating
of racial hatred. We took the Tango from the African slaves
and made it our own. In Argentina, not one person will tell you
the true history of that dance. They don't want to associate it
with Africa. In fact if you ask them about black people in
Argentina they will tell you that there has never been black
people in Argentina. They teach them in schools. They rewrite
the history. They make it all white. And as I said it is all
underneath the surface. They never come out and say we hate
black people. Argentina is only for whites or anything like that.
They have just fixed the country to only be for white people."
I looked at her friends, Argentineans like her, who were
lounging on the chairs on the deck, clad in their tiny bikinis,
drinking pina coladas and smiling.
She followed my gaze and then turned to me.
"Don't be fooled by all those smiles, scratch the surface and
you will see that all they want is for you to disappear."
Toronto.

Lol... This comment is so out of place.

Interesting. Makes it even more satisfying he was denied second term by southwest. Southern unity only applies when it suits it seems.

Love the fact she is even attempting it

Interesting structure

IamD18:
Biko, who's this lady? What's her moniker?


The babe fine with her innocent face, she must be a virgin.

Look at her shy innocent smile

lol .

In the face of the never ending killings across the country please someone tell me, What has he done to deserve such honour? I find it in bad taste to be honest.

Eran iya ni awon eyan sha.

If this recording is real then Saraki doesn't even need to answer any interrogation.

The questions by those reporters is damning and wouldn't help against the accusation of witch hunt being peddled around.

This has been badly handled by the police.

BruncleZuma:


And World Cup still never start talk less of to finish...APC make una let us finish this World Cup just like we finish BBN before una go start abeg the allocation is one slot per drama..

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Are you a fan supernatural?

Bahddo:
since when did voting a woman enmasse (because she is a woman) become a sign of civilization?

Firstly, it's very hard for me to take someone with your moniker seriously, but i'll let it pass by replying you.
There's no need to be simplistic with your thinking. In the historical context of women being denied the highest political position in Nigeria, that point stands.

No matter how credible and qualified she is, Nigeria will never vote for her over a male candidate.

Onojanson:
The Nigerian embassy should carry out their autopsy.

This is one of the reason i get upset when people defend our government. The government does not care about her citizens. 2001 is one of the many cases of consulate negligence where so many Nigerians lost their lives to racists attacks in Moscow. I remember my baby cousin and many others complaining to Nigeria embassy only to be told to continue praying.
I wish the average nigerians could witness some of the high profile cases of negligence and incompetence going on in Nigeria and abroad.

This case needs to be flagged up by Nigerian embassy for a full autopsy.

Unfortunately the system is setup against you. The northerners will never vote a woman. The southerners are not civilized enough to vote you enmasee either.

Nowenuse:
I look at Kenya and wonder why Kenya as a country is still competing with countries like Nigeria that fought a civil war for 3 years where millions of lives were lost and many cities burnt to the ground.

Kenya has been enjoying democracy since independence, unlike Nigeria that was ruled by the military for decades. The military rule stalled our progress and took us many years backwards.

Otherwise, Kenya as a country would never have been able to compete with Nigeria. The military rule destroyed everything.

What excuse does Kenya have for still being this backward?

I can flip the argument around and make the same argument for Kenya. The only reason Nigeria is hanging with Kenya is simply down to the massive natural resources something of which Kenya can only dream of.
Nigeria has so much going for it and yet still can't utilise it.

Economically speaking, I strongly believe we should be where India is currently.
Malaysia and Indonesia is ahead of Nigeria for flip sake.

Jay254:
This are just the facilities people around Roysambu enjoy... TRM Mall and Garden City.

Do you even have malls around Surulere?

The narrative that Kenya is more develop than Nigeria is not even debatable lol. One of the few areas Nigeria is ahead has to be Per Capita income.

In everyother indices Kenyan wipes the floor.

I respect this Akon brother. He seems really passionate about African cause.

Looks more like interstate traveling coaches than buses.

I have mixed emotions about this project. On one hand, i am happy this project is finally taking off, on the other hand i find it shameful we cant build our own roads.

midolian:
Even some of you here that find it difficult to maintain a "gender" just because you are here to scam and get cheap likes from faceless people will join in saying Nigerian youths are not lazy..

Get busy Sir/Ma..

Unfortunately, it appears you are the one that lacks the intellectual capacity to comprehend why there are so many outcries.

Buhari is incompetent, simple as.

Btw, Mr Comprehension, if you want to engage the game of semantics or pendantics do continue.

This president epitomizes everything that's wrong with Nigeria.

Dollyak:
What is fact?

The opening post - but I'm happy to discuss that fact.

Morning btw.

Dollyak:
In the midst of all the pessimism, I'd just like to point out that as a species we are enjoying the best years ever in terms of health, wealth, food, resources and peace .

Why pessimism or even optimism - it's fact - deal with it?

Btw, some great replies so far.

Hello everyone, I have been following this forum for quite a while and until recently, I have never had the chance or will to post here.
What does it mean to be a Human in the 21st Century within religion and social context?

The word Human and its associated words , Humankind, Humanity, Humane carry many emotive meanings -

Humanity, one of the definitions is , benevolence, kindness, mercy

Humane, = tenderness, compassion and sympathy for people and animals especially for the suffering and distressed
= acting in a manner that causes least harm to people or animals


Collectively as a species we have generally fallen far short of any of these definitions , not just to our fellow humans, but particularly to the animals
we have also become aware of our maltreatment/lack of respect for our environment and the myriad delicate ecosystems that make up this planet.

As far as our 'humane' treatment of animals goes , 'our?' domesticated farm animals, we have perverted their course of evolution, packed them into smaller and smaller confinement and productionised their lives , not for our survival anymore, but to feed our growing obesity.

on a more general level , we have collectively as a species been responsible for the largest mass extinction of species since probably the meteorite that helped wipe out the dinosaurs .

We poison the land to grow our grains, not just to survive, but to feed our obesity

We desecrate /decimate huge areas of delicate ecosystems to plant our mono crops , not just to survive, but to feed our obesity

We know all this now, this is the age of instant global communication , yet why does it garner such hostility/ridicule when raised for discussion ?

We face major challenges as a species in the coming decades , the gathering mass movements of poor populations is already headline news , climate change [whatever is causing it] will exacerbate this , along with such things as the supply of water and food.

Isn't it time to start thinking globally ,to start formulate some sort of collective solution to these challenges , of course it's ideological , even maybe utopian,
but one is laughed at if one starts up a business without a comprehensive business plan ?