₦airaland Forum

Please who watched the live broadcast of the Independence Day Dinner held in Abuja by the Buhari led government?

There was a man who gave a long speech, I picked a little bit of what he was saying, he mentioned Genevive and something about wearing Nigerian made prints, and how Singapore without a single oil has more functional refineries than Nigeria, and how he looks forward to Dangote's refinery kick starting.

OK then Otunba Adebayo came for vote of thanks and my mind went to Ureje where the bridge collapsed and I was like... oh my God help us. Then he made some dry non-funny comments about addressing himself as president and vice president and now being reduced back to the unfortunate mere minister that he is. ..

And yes again I couldn't help but remember the millions of times I passed that very Ureje bridge and knowing that it could have been anyone

Then the highlight abi highpoint was when VP Osinbajo came to speak.
His mic failed then all he talked about was the casual social laid back mundane inconsequential aspects of Nigeria from
Our first bobsleigh team (good)

Anthony Joshua (good) but he didn't mention his defeat instead it was about Aj becoming a model

Then about how our super eagles won best jersey at the last world cup (who dem epp? They were sold for $90 each! who did it benefit if not a foreign company called Nike and it's on line store affiliates! Amazon Ali express and co) and PS we didn't pass the group stage

Then he talked about swag, agbada, gbe body, Dino Melaye, Obj, Dangote and Teni and other things!

Nothing about
Infrastructure
Insecurity
Xenophobia
Economy
Corruption
Impunity against court orders
In house party politics crisis

Nothing about-
Electric cars
Buy Nigeria to grow Nigeria
Our technological feats
Academic feats
Research feats
Cultural values
Monuments and landmarks
Heritage and cuisines
Indigenous health care practices
Air Peace man bringing stranded Citizens
End SARS
Our hero's passed
Victims of herdsmen, militants, bandits and kidnappers,
No minutes silence for those killed from fallen system failures in health, armed forces, transports Ecton and rituals.



But he talked about BAAD2017 and YEMI&DOLLY1989
I was waiting to hear Burna Boy on Trevor Noah's show and Tacha in BBN so I'd know we don't go kpatakpata

Truly who did we offend?
Did you watch China's own National day today on CNN?
If not don't come here and defend hogwash, mediocrity and retrogression oh... I don't have light

I voted for this man sha oh

My dear I think say na my phone wey dey update change am oh
I no know say na Seun oh

May him come add thumbs down too oh

You go see say the likes some people dey get reach 100 no go reach the thumbs down dey go get join am

It's well

I wrote on medical negligence as my final year project
If not that I was born in that hospital I'd have recommended that it be burnt down no i mean closed for thorough revamping
But what do I know sef, that hospital has turned out to be one of the best in Nigeria from my medical tourism to others in Nigeria
The matter I'm handling now saw the hospital pay half a million to the deceased's family over the maternal and infant mortality caused by their negligence sad
My only dealing with FMC Asaba so far has only been when I went to take my sister's corpse for burial!
Doctors
Hospital
Negligence
Nurses
Going scot-free
Hmmm yamayama

if only our youths following bbn football and other entertainment things can challenge these abnormalities with the same zeal and commitment they give to entertainment

Imagine using your credit to create a viral sms standing against Sowore's illegal detention

See El Zazaki's followers
Who's fighting for Sowore

Where are the youths and Fela fans
This guy is a Fela man, a youth ambassador and advocate

Where's Adeola Fayehun

Where's Tosyn2much and Freecocoa

To think that this is what I'm currently reading

olatade:
then, there was no internet. mobile phones were for the exclusively rich back then, no dstv, only crappy NTA that we had to make do with. life was just to boring back in the days jor.

No life was not

I was on that campus that same 1993 and life was not boring

We didn't have generators or satellite
Just a few had

But we had board games, hand games, road games, house games, super stories, hotel de Jordan, Papi luwe, newsline, mount zion movies, radio stations, cassette players, VCR and so many other things not to mention land line, books, real friends, neighbours and relatives to gist with and banter with.

Life was cool

PureFace1:
They are not parading themselves as saints like Mrs Oby

So that is her crime

Striving to be a saint

Wow what an offensive thing to do and strive for

SLAP44:
If you blasted Oby Ezekwesili in the other 3 threads and you cannot say same ugly things to Sanusi, Fayemi and Elrufai, then you are the problem facing Nigeria.

El rufai was even chatting up a lady right there while his people are here blasting Oby

I agree with you
Not that I support blasting of anyone
But why single out one woman

I'm not her fan but I had my reservations when I first saw the post of that Bashir person

We must avoid herd mentality and bandwagon approach

Can't we think by ourselves
Why do we always want to join the popular crowd, why

I hear Finland has the best system of education. I believe there are a lot of private and even public schools with such decent facilities.
But when it comes to passion, many teachers are after the pay, forget it

Where's Trevor noah

No matter how crazy the SA people get it can't stop loving me from listening to Mariam Makeba
If she was with us she'd be in Nigeria already (in fact as the first passenger in Air Peace) denying her allegiance and citizenship to the disgraceful majority of SA

Kudos to Air Peace

Meanwhile I blame the Nigerian government 80%
When I was in school like almost all of us we experienced bullying but it was the aid of our parents and senior siblings that made the bullies stop, not them waking up to have pity on us.

Are we leadership less that we had to have suffered this long?

Personally I didn't lose anyone I know in SA but a loss to anyone in Nigeria is a collective loss to everyone

I stand with Air

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Peace

this matter was thrashed on journalist hangout yesterday

The people left to compete with Yahaya are not heavy weights and will lose

Dino may not have interest in senate again but he won't want a Smart Adeyemi there or anyone who's not in the same party with him.

While dealing with the issue of his senatorship he may need to put his all in the governorship race

That said,
Dino may not be the answer for Kogi but he seems better than Yahaya
Dino may elevate to start acquiring jets and helicopters
Anyone who knows Lokojo and Okene will know how Yahaya used his first tenure to build his house that blocked a route to Abj
But will Dino be better

Kogi is large, diverse and strategic in the geography and economy of Nigeria but besides knowing states and capitals, no one knows or hears about Kogi

Many people dread the part of Kogi while traversing North to south

When it's supposed to be a conference, confluence and convergence of the entire Nigeria, but see where the leaders have relegated Kogi to?
It's a shame a scam an abnormally

I beg Kogites close your eyes to tribe, region and religion and vote someone who will truly transform Kogi to the best state it's supposed to be

congrats she don born
This way is good
Born first then release whatever pre delivery abi baby shower vid

Her papa go still happy las las
But who's the daddy

Congrats to her
A very fine woman

If this king has taken time to go the museum in Calabar Tropicana and see the video of slave trade and other artifacts he would not say what he is saying about being proud

Please if you can visit that place in Calabar you would learn to live and let live, love and let love

I attended a staff school and I'm saddened by the way the teachers were treated and are still being treated.
To think that my art teacher Mrs Brown died this year before this issue was resolved.
So also my granddad who would have been 95 yesterday, died without his pension being paid.

All these unresolved issues do not seat well in the minds and hearts of we good Nigerians.

The salaries and pensions of politicians are never threatened
Rest on Mrs Brown
Rest on Grandpa

Staff school will forever be great great
Pay the teachers

Caseless:
they have a senator in the person of Danjuma Laah, then house of representatives members and state house of assembly members.

I just feel it will create a sense of balance to have someone from that senatorial zone.

Yes
But this is Nigeria
If you talk they will say you are a religious bigot and are as partial as the people you are speaking against their policies not necessarily their persons

Caseless:
The second one could have gone to a Christian from southern kaduna.

you are right
I remember Muslims in Ekiti were not happy with Fayemi over this
Now my Kaduna does not have a Christian in government- no governor, no deputy, no minister, no senator haba mallam

yanabasee:
Now that his ministers are on the way.... We are expecting a kickoff. No more blaming the PDP 16yrs or Saraki or anyone....


Ita Ennang is gone
Eyo Ita is gone
Onnoghen is gone....

We don't want to hear excuses oh.....

Do you notice these people are from Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom?

I've always agitated that key appointments should go beyond Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo
Now majority of the prominent people from those states are equally being disgraced out or tried, even the NBA presido has had it hot since

Happy Birthday Pa Oyegun you turn attain Pa status like Enahoro, Clark, Soyinka, and others
Very simple guy
He drives around by himself
And I've seen him severally without aide during afternoon masses in St Paul's

Longer life and good health, beautiful wife too

Glad to know that there are Health Trusts in Nigeria
There are a lot of NGOs, Foundations and Trusts that are silently doing great things and attaining great strides in this our obodo Nigeria sha. Kudos to the Adadevoh Trust.

I've also watched that her son's TED talk, very deep, very emotional
Continue to be at peace dear ma, heaven's own by God's grace

This is the Google doodle below you talked about

When you grow up with older ones and older aunties you learn things faster for your age.

When this woman started trending that year with that dog ish every decent person condemned it cause it was unnecessary

That was the era Indian films and majority of Nigerian films and home videos did not show kissing or skin
They showed 2 adults entering a room and lights faded and left anyone who cared to, to finish the scene scene
Now there is nothing private

If you ask a child now where's your private part they won't answer you cause e no dey again for many people

Isn't it sad and deplorable that a woman has lived and leveraged on her boobs all these years to make money and be in the news and claim relevance?

Is she saying that's all bestowed upon her in creation? No creativity, knowledge or nation building skills or talent or idea

Then people born before Indomie gens will be bragging that children of nowadays don spoil

Who cause am? Who teach them? Which generation Cossy dey

Nonsense and Nuremburg

smileyoo:
Ibb aged so fast like this? hmmmm, life is vanity. still remembered how he tried to silence our chief Gani Fawehimi.

But he succeeded in silencing Bongos Sikwe not in death oh
What a man

dododawa1:
the man who make me to repeated primary 4 twice,when govt school refused to rusume in 1993.then ported to private school, nothing last forever in life.

Ahhhhhh
My dear I think say na only me oh
My own na pry 3 that year
I do only 2 terms that year
My own bad cos e dey near university so when the SUG dey demonstrate that time they go lock school
My sister no fit do jamb that year

IBB
Hmm combination of Buhari and IBB made my childhood different, there was SAP it was real.
I don't wish him bad though cos in history they have been worse people known and unknown
We just hope for the best, pray against the worst and work for a better era

Meanwhile are you related to the great Alhaji Saz Dododawa

Blackivy27:
Hmm...
every august i've met detest working.
they would say, "its not lazyness but selective participation."

You almost got me to agree with you while evaluating my own self

Blackivy27:
Lol. Naughty boy.
Im proudly march. Team dry season.
august children that dont like to work.

We do like work oh
We even gym just to sweep parlour
And do sit up just to wash plates

The only time I like una dry season na Christmas octave, from 25th to 1st January
Then it's Christmas air not harmattan breeze it's surreal

Before I forget let's wish diarykidd happy birthday
Who get voice?
Okay sing, lead the song...
Happy birthday too you...

I beg August is bae
Team August show yourselves
Let's protest against hate of our month
Who dry season epp
Wash your clothes, squeeze dry, use drier or use less clothes or buy more clothes
I washed since Saturday and packed the clothes yesterday I didn't complain...
Now now the sun is becoming too much sef. ..

Let it rain
Send down the rain
I bless the rains down in Africa

Picture credit diarykidd