omenka: I'd like to draw the attention of the mods to the many Pro-Biafra threads on this board as they relate to the reason I was handed a ban of over TWO WEEKS!!
I don't know who banned me and if it was indeed justified or just meant to gag me on the forum given my unflinching support for the President.
Here's my story.
Sometime over two weeks ago, I created a thread asking that a male Nairalander helped a sister, whom I believe is desperately in need of a man, out. That member has been stalking me for over a year, as the responds negatively to just about three in every five posts I make. She was always very abusive and when I can't ignore some of her insults, I simply call on Mynd44, drawing his attention to the comment in question.
Sometimes the hammer comes down on her, other times the comments are simply hidden as she gets a slap on the wrist. I was careful not to respond in kind to her attacks so I don't get banned and have my voice silenced in the torrent of undue attacks on the President. That member became so frustrated to the extent she created a thread calling Mynd44 and myself Gay Partners, an act that earned her a lengthy ban which she's long served.
She came back and continued with her attacks on my person and taunted me every single time an incident of a Fulani/Indigenes clash occurs in my state, calling me a slave and all manner of names, as others like her join her to do the same. I took it all in my stride and hardly complained except the occasional mentions of Mynd44 when I feel she's pushing too far.
On val's day, I created a thread with my Iroh88 alt, about my fiancee and I out having a "val's dinner" and that also infuriated her!! She descended on the thread with her usual tantrums, calling on her co-haters to the thread so they can insult me as well. I laughed it all off as I didn't wanna ruin my own thread, a thread created in the romance section for that matter!! You might wonder how she managed to follow me all the way down there knowing my activity on the forum is completely limited to the politics section (except when I comment on non-political threads that make it to the fp)!!
After this incident, I decided that member's attacks were anything but ordinary. I thought perhaps she's infatuated and needs someone to distract her from Omenka, maybe a nice guy who could show her the other side of life- love, romance, tenderness and all that good stuff that brings out the pleasant side of humanity since she appears to be living a very miserable, sad and bitter life. She's always angry, always on the edge, always on the offensive, no time to simply have a good laugh, smile, chat in a friendly manner and generally act like a normal human being!
For this reason, I created a thread in the romance section requesting avid romancelanders to help her out, perhaps refer her to some nice dude (or vice versa) out there who could give her all the TLC she craves, what I'm too damn sure she could never get from me given that our ideologies bear no similarities especially as I'm engaged to someone. I called on some friends of hers like MizMyColi and Ishilove, two people I thought could assist in that regard.
The thread ran for about four pages after which it was taken down siting violation of Rule 2. The mod stated that the content of the OP amounted to Bullying and I was banned since then- two weeks and four days!
Now, the weird part of the whole ban stuff was that that member didn't get a ban, not for a second!! The main substance of that thread which was an outcry against stalking (forget the sarcasm) was entirely ignored by the mod who banned me. Most interestingly, a poster on that thread who queried the member as to why she keeps stalking me got this reply from her: [b]it is not stalking, it is called CYBER BULLYING!! She bragged about bullying me in the same thread for which I was banned citing bullying, yet NOTHING happened to her!! What manner of moderation is that
Now, after Omenka was banned, about two days later, I logged in with Iroh88, and after a couple of comments, that same member quoted one of my comments (she's always on my tail) and was like "Omenka, when are you going to condemn....", and immediately, a mod banned me for violation of Rule 19!! The ban expires in 2050 or so!!!
We have dozens upon dozens of posters with alts on this forum and the mods know those who operate those handles. They constantly switch into any one of them once the hammer come down on one and continue their activities unchecked!! Even that poster herself does the same and goes scot free- but Omenka tried it and got banned till he's walking with three legs!!!
Thereafter, I logged in with my third moniker (yes, I have three. Operated only one for 6years until some mods, starting with Ngwakwe/IslaeliAirForce, started trying hard to gag me as elections approached) about a week or so ago.
In the heat of an argument, I made an innocent comment saying "I am not against Biafra, but I resent the manner in which its proponents are going about it, trying to bully, insult, threaten and blackmail their way to its realisation". Before I could post my next comment, I was again banned by some mod, this time, for violation of Rule 9!!
Omenka was effectively SILENCED!!
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!
Now, the last ban really took me aback for it was one of the last thing I ever expected could happen to anyone for making such a passing remark. I didn't way I support Biafra, I simply said I am not against it. Those two statements are worlds apart Messrs Moderators!!
While I served my ban, I was taunted, I was insulted, I was mocked, etc, by pro-biafra commentators on the forum and their posts are still there in my mentions- nearly 130 of them since I was banned!!
The question that beggars answers in my mind is what exactly constitutes a pro-Biafra activity on the forum and violation of Rule 9?? We need absolute clarity on this so we can be guided on our remarks especially those of us who see no reason whatsoever why we should violate such a Rule when we support it as it brings some decorum on this board.
Looking across the board you'd see countless number of threads and comments that overtly and covertly violate this Rule, yet they are allowed to stand, which others get as far as the front page! What manner of moderation is this, I ask again??
I would refrain from responding to those inane comments you lot flooded my mentions with. But one thing yall should get into your heads is that No Amount of Insults, Blackmail, Bullying or Attacks, would make a dent on my support for a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria and President Mohamadu Buhari. The gentleman isn't flawless, no one said he is, but he sure as hell stands out in the midst of the political vultures and scavengers that abound in our politicospere.
To many of his critics/attackers, his only crimes are that:
1. He's a Muslim.
2. He's from the North.
3. He's Fulani.
4. He's a member of APC.
5. He defeated Goodluck Jonathan!
And for these reasons, they've sworn over their dead bodies to see any propriety in whatever he does even if tomorrow they fare a million times better than they did few years ago. That much is their prerogative, but just as they have theirs, so do we ours!
Buhari is on the right track to fix Nigeria. The essence of the pains we feel today will manifest positively tomorrow I believe and the least I could do is lend a supporting voice to the gentleman's drive towards the accomplishment of this onerous mission.
Whether he hears my voice or not is immaterial, all that matters is that he's not disappointing me, and my faith and loyalty to him today remains as strong as it was in 2003!
God Bless Nigeria.
God Bless PMB/PYO.
God Bless Nairaland Progressives.
God Bless the Naira.
Back to break more hearts and balls.
Is this more important to you than what is happening to your people in Agatu?
lestat: @ All Nairalanders, While i am also pissed at APC and Buhari for allowing the economy stall to this extent, let us all take sometime and actually look at what they have done!! Nigeria spends less on the executive now, reduced number of ministries to those that are relevant, the armed forces is undergoing an over haul, the judiciary, and i am sure he will get to the police eventually.
While there is alot of uncertrainty and frustration everywhere, there is also a sense of purpose and direction, thats one thing i cannot say i ever felt under the Clueless one, or Yar Adua i felt same under OBJ.
Nigeria wasn't broken in 10 years, and she wont be fixed in 20 either. it will take years upon years of focused consistent governance along side a reorientation of the citizens.
Lets give Buhari at least two years, then i am sure we would have made up our minds whether to vote him again in 2019.
Lets reduce the yabs, jibes and criticisms instead lets start working on our individual mentality, start telling yourself, why you should not jump lanes carelessly while driving, start telling yourself that you shouldnt always think of bribe immediately LASTMA stop you, start telling yourself that you should slow down at zebra crossings and obey traffic lights even if its 3 am in the morning and no one is around. Start telling yourself you need to pay taxes more than you pay tithe, stop waiting for a miracle and start doing your part. Stop tossing trash anywhere just because you can. Instead of bribing phcn start paying your bills. stop looking for free browsing cheats and use only what u can afford. stop crossing the highways use pedestrian bridges. Nigeria needs all of us to do our part so she can be great again
After reading your first paragraph, I didn't bother to read on. Did you say Nigeria is now spending less on the Executive because eof reduced ministries?
You may want to check again. That was the question raised a few weeks ago. You reduce ministries but yet overhead and recurrent expenditure for MDAs go up. What kind of abracadabra is that?
magicminister: God bless our president. He will be the best president ever. Jonathan messed up this country and this is why buhari is having a hard time. Its just a matter of time before we start enjoying the true dividends of democracy.
mercyville: lol...you see that you are bereaved more than the bereaved now.Where is it going on now or are you referring to yesterday in which some hausa hoodlums who were afraid to face their yoruba counterparts,came in the middle of the night to burn houses?They are COWARDS like you and your forefathers.
Are you not aware of what is going on in Ogere along Lagos/Ibadan expressway now?
mercyville: Igbos small sense amazes me.Cant you see that you are still the problem.How many Hausas or Yorubas have you seen coming to brag as to how they have decimated themselves?But you have taken it upon yourselves to weep more than the bereaved.Hausa people are the easiest to kill because they live and sleep together in large numbers. and we have them on the streets doing menial jobs or begging. What happened yesterday was beyond anybody and you don't expect Yorubas to begin to attack all Hausas in Lagos when we are not savages .As much as we don't like what happened,eye witness testified that Hausas lost a lot of people in the skirmishes which prompted them to result to burning a couple of houses.The Hausa hoodlums coming in the middle of the night to burn houses are COWARDS.They do not know the art of fighting.If it were not for the alertness of the Yorubas,you would have been counting deaths in hundreds. Yorubas don't have to prove anything.Our record speaks volumes....Have you ever been attacked by Yorubas even when you run your mouth...NO...it has a reason. As Nigeria still exists,Yoruba would still be the tested trusted and guaranteed...
The Hausas don't need to come online to brag about it, they are already doing it practically as we speak cos they believe in actions and not words.
DaFlash: *This people seems to be mastubating hard on the current yoruba-hausa ethnic tribal clash in lagos, they seem not to think of the ripple effects this small tenson will bring to all tribes in nigeria when it escalates to a full blown crisis/civil war 2.0. Talk of their sizable population in lagos and SW plus their liveliwood and investments all over nigeria but they are blinded to play tribal hate and choose the "enemy of my enemy is my friend". *Even when the oba of lagos gave the infamous threats doing 2015 lagos elections, we saw some sizable yorubas who condermed this act they seem to forget this. Plus when soilders are killing them in east in their biafra protests we saw some sizable yorubas who condermed this act. But i have not seen not even one of them that condermed the current ethnic tenson in lagos. *They think a nigeria civil 2.0 will be limited to one region even after they get their country, they are wrong it will be felt at all corners of the country plus even all of west africa(take sudan, iraq, syria and middle east for example). *One thing we nigerians seem not to understand is that SW is the heart of this country and all regions of west africa if any thing happens here it will determine the outcome of what will happen else where. *SW is like a buffer zone and balance between north and south, islam and christianity, all various tribes in the country, if it boils all other regions are gone and roasted. THIS CURRENT ETHNIC TENSION SHOULD BE CONDERMED AND SWIFTLY STOPPED AT ALL COST BEFORE ITS TOO LATE FOR ALL.
Shut up and go defend your kith and kin in Agiliti, Mile 12 and environs. Mouthed coward.
Patience Paul, the schoolgirl abducted in Sokoto state and forcefully converted to Islam, has been rescued and will be reunited with her parents on Saturday, TheCable can report. Her case has generated national interest after that of Ese Oruru, the Bayelsa teenager who was taken to Kano by her “lover” without her parents’ consent. More to follow…
sinorte: I got this plot of 60×120 land last year and I need to start developing it in order to avoid omo onile wahala.
I've decided to start by developing just a third, 60×40, of the land because of cash constraint. This decision I've taken against the idea of erecting perimeter fence on the land.
I must admit I'm a novice when it comes to building/properties. So I'd welcome great ideas.
I've contracted an engineer and he sent in this quote and a sketch of what I want to build on this portion of the land. I want the properties gurus to please take a critical look at this two and please offer me advice and directions. I'll also welcome ideas outside this propositions.
Thank you so much and God bless.
That design is very poor and distasteful. How can the toilets, bedrooms, kitchen, laundry etc all have their access through the sitting room? Na bricklayer draw this design?
henryanna36: Nothing wet person no go see for this world.According to an online user who shared the photo,the incident reportedly happened in Lagos.I be think say the rule of the game is being your brother's keeper.Why the other security personnel come dey take pic na?Him wan make him bros go viral via fighting things?
watts75: As everyone attention was shifted to Ese Oruru, no one noticed February came and gone without a single Boko Haram suicide bombing or attack on villages. I think this is the first time in as many years a whole calendar month will come and go with the Boko Haram killing.
Similarly, throughout February, it has been one recorded success to another by the Nigerian military.
Crystal70200: On Tuesday, March 1, one of the most reputable Nigerian newspapers published an article titled “Pope advises Biafra agitators to be patient”. According to it, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) released the text of Pope Francis’ address to over 35,000 of its members who gathered on Sunday, February 28, at the Vatican City for the weekly Angelus. “Pope has warned their oppressors, the government and Nigeria military and their agents to repent, stop killing Biafra agitators or face the wrath of god that will be catastrophic.’
“The pontiff according to IPOB, welcome the need to firmly and unreservedly focus on negotiations and dialogue between governments and agitators all over the world including Biafra agitators and the government of Nigeria, like done in Syria which has brought the current ceasefire in the country, involving government and rebel forces, which has entered its fourth day,” the article read in part.
However, Naij.com has gathered that the pontiff simply greeted some pro-Biafra protesters as well as believers from other countries who gathered in St Peter’s square that day. “I am greeting the believers from Gdansk, indigenous people of Biafra, students from Zaragoza, Huelva, Córdoba and Zafra, the young people of Formentera and the believers from Jaén,” he said.
According to the real text of the Sunday Angelus address published by Catholic News Agency, Pope Francis neither defended Biafra activists, nor issued a warning to the Nigerian government and the military. At the same time, the article based on the IPOB’s statement says otherwise. Delivering his remarks, the pontiff spoke on Jesus’ “invincible patience”, explaining how God’s “unyielding concern for sinners” should provoke impatience in ourselves.
Finally, the fact that over 35,000 IPOB members gathered in St Peter’s square last Sunday seems like an obvious exaggeration. Judging by photos posted by pro-Biafra protesters themselves dozens, not thousands of activists, were listening to the powerful speech of Pope Francis. See some photos below:
InwehAkpevwe: I think the reasons for their withdrawal thing is because the terms ain't no longer favorable to these "investors"... On a second taught I think Nigeria is actually going back to the drawing board to set this nation on the right part to achieving the Nigeria of our dreams. #teamGodblessNigeria
doctokwus: That segun guy must have been pissed that that criminal Deji is sharing d same space with other decent human beings. It will soon get to the same level soon on other fora with the increasing annoying way some IPOB touts and wailers go about peddling falsehood and throwing threats all over.
Owoloku1: Nigerians exploiting Nigerians because routes through which money were stolen gave been blocked...
But Serious I fail to see what has caused the increase in the price of things like water leaf, ugu, eggs, meat and even tomatoes if not Nigerians wickedness and greed towards his fellow nigerians
Are you saying that the woman selling ugu will not have to buy shoes and clothes for the children, pampers for the baby, baby formula, vegetable oil for cooking, radio or TV etc. If the price for those things increase, it's only logical that she increases prices of her own commodity as well in order to meet ends meet.
FlirtyKaren: On a daily basis, he walks the streets with his gas cooker strapped on his back, frying pan and eggs just so he can make an honest living.
Politics › Re: Rule 9: Matters Arising. by jamesibor: 12:39pm On Mar 06, 2016
