₦airaland Forum

TheGoodJoe:
Mike Pence heads the Presidential task force against Covid-19 in America. He is the vice president. He has little to no training in infectious disease management but was appointed because of his ability to use the best resources to get good results.

Osinbanjo has showed his capability of handling crisis as he did during Buhari's medical sojourn. Most important was his handling of the rising dollar rate. He showed flexibility in his handling of micro investment schemes and even the Niger Delta crisis during the avengers bombing of oil installations.

It is a crime to sideline him in this Covid-19 battle we are facing. Ethnic and tribal bias is not the way to go.

Basher8583:
You know what.... You can go ahead with your dirty life as you deem fit. Shebi na you dey leave next to dump site abi.

Infact you can panic your life away. Abi now..shebi its your life.

No one give a rats ass since you have been advised the best way to keep yourself personally clean

Basher8583:
Still mentioning cases. If you like the numbers can inflate to 200,000 but the question is about casualties as a result of covid19 here in Naija. How many do you know? I know of none.
My question now is for how long do we have wait to confirm my assertions. It is clear we can survive this pandemic without any casualties

My argument is pretty clear. No need for panic but remain perpetually clean/ hygenic. There's no end to that. Some Naija pips are waiting for the pandemic to end so they can go back to their dirty habits

Basher8583:
Na case we just dey confirm up and down. No casualty as a result of Covid19.

Its a known fact that flu which we blacks naturally dust off our bodies kill Caucasians anyhow. Lost a Swedish friend to just common cold oh.

We have nothing to panic about. Just continue practicing good hygiene. It has to be continuous though even after the end of the pandemic.

DandeNumeruno:
WESTWORLD is back baby.

Darksider131:
The haunting of hill House: 8/10

Movie is dope, is slow but dope

The finishing episode is really good

My best episodes:
THE BENT NECK LADY
THE TWO STORMS
SILENCE LAY STEADILY

Peakyblinder:
Nah not it. She uses sword to fight. It has this legend of the seeker and game of thrones setting. Is outlander worth watching?

Disclaimer: I've never watched any of the above mentioned shows. I only knew about them from synopsis and reviews on site like IMDb. Hence, like most people who watches only shows that passes some base, stringent rules: I passed.

martowskin1:
All this grammar u dropped, here, u didn't ask of the father.

U are hipping all the blame on the man instead of the biological father him self.

What happened to private Borden school. Yes I mean that, when things get though, we make logical decision and not emotional one.

The man is not here to tell his own truth, if he should tell us his own truth of this issue, u will realise is 80% different from what she just told us.. .

jelel6:
After reading everything this man had to say here, I must say that people are really NOT NICE in this part of the World.

For a man who claims to be a grandfather, I'm truly disappointed to read such statements filled with senselessness and reflection. MY GOD! OH.

So, A MAN to you is 'some' man who sees a 12 year old boy facing life's struggles with the help of his Mom, the only responsible parent left, then decides to marry the mom into his home while leaving the boy to wander the earth alone?

So, A MAN to you is someone who THINKS the place of a 12 year old boy is not besides his mom and his step dad but WITH an Uncle with his wife?

Will this your version of A MAN take this very own uncle's child himself?

And a grandfather as you call yourself have the temerity and self-righteousness to called a struggling 12 year old boy a thief?

What did he steal? It could be a cup of garri when no food morning till afternoon! Perhaps, he saw Uncle giving his own children lunch money to buy biscuits, and couldn't handle the urge looking at uncle's junior munching biscuits buy the corner alone everyday.

So, you're telling us from your experience as a father that when a child makes a mistake, you send them away from the house to live with uncle's and aunties.

How many of YOUR OWN CHILDREN ARE STILL LEFT WITH YOU AT HOME? Because don't tell me they don't make mistakes even while leaving with their parents.

You even have the GUTS to talk about a "perfect child". Which perfect child?

Be honest and take a moment to reflect on the atrocities you have committed when you were only 12 years old.

Reflect. Reflect. Reflect. Did someone ship you off to Uncle's and Aunties?

It Sucks to be you Sir. I'm only glad I don't have to ever listen to you TALK.

KingSatan:
Dear Nairalanders,

Which man will watch a thief come into his house in broad daylight and do nothing about it?

Or you think the man has no clue about your her son's sudden change?

What if the husband is the one trying to bring in his love child who steals? Will the woman allow that without a second thought?

If you are a parent, you will attest to the fact that one negative influence can destroy your perfect child.

klenton:
your indeed blessed with wisdom, if i can see you i will definitely host you for a day

on your last conclusion that if the man says NEVER and insists on NEVER then she has a choice to make whether son or hubby? i say there is no choice to make, the man has already made the choice, the son stays with the mother, there are no two ways about it.

legally too that marriage is voidable as it was obtained by deceit.

culturedboss:
It shouldn't be a big deal nah.Couples like this should agree on how they should live and co-parent before and later after marriage. I knew a couple from work who the woman never wants to see his son.She prefers they send money to the boy's grandmom for upkeep and comes to their house like a guest and stay maybe 3days and leave.The man has had no problems with it even long after marriage til now.I think the boy should be 7yrs or 8yrs now.So my point is aint u people very strange.I'm sure it happens alot with Step mom's but it's not an issh.I think,Kids are so lucky only a few men would cut out their step kids this days or don't dad's need to live together with their growing kids ??

MrBible:
Industries do send complex programming projects to Universities worth millions to help come up with a solution, so the truth is that industries are the ones utilising the researches done by computer scientist at universities

A good degree certificate with a little bit of experience allows a developer to research and implement an application that does what the users want. Coders without a university degree have limited knowledge in how to develop applications.

worworbabe:
Why will she hand her son over to anybody.

It appears like aliens and not humans are typing on this thread.

Pelpal:
Still taking

MrBible:
Full-Stack selft-taught with certificate are better as the know the best approach to get the done.

Venzee:
please i want to a object to an Arrey, so dat i can easly loop it.
i hv try these codes but it dosn't wrk. e.g
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pls help me

midnighter:
You side-stepped first which is why I keep trying to get you to stick to the point.

You asked me whose idea I think religion is because you were trying to disregard the importance of exploring alternative views by saying that religion will always mean different things to different people. Youve been throwing out that line through all your posts and I keep telling you that its hypocritical of you to do that.

You want me to say that I believe religion was God's idea, so that you can tell me that if I truly believe in God's omniscience I should take it without question but Im not going down that road because its not relevant to the issue.

Thats why I told you that whose idea I think it is is not the point. The point is, now that the "idea" or religion is here, how do we go about teaching it to people in a way that benefits society?

Using the sacred intelligence that God gave us to question religious teaching is more respectful to Him than dumbing ourselves down for His sake and ending up committing atrocities, supposedly "in His name".

I didnt say I had never heard anybody speak against terrorism. I said that with regard to NL front page, which reaches millions of people, I had not seen the amount of detail and dedication offered to relevant topics such as fundamentalism, terrorism, elitism and other such things that are actually relevant to Islam in Nigeria in 2020 that is offered to whether a Muslim should own a dog or whether a Muslim should eat garlic and onions.

You say that you cant keep focusing on terrorism which is still hypocritical because Jihad is a fundamental tenet of Islam. So that means youre purposely avoiding talking about Jihad just so that you can avoid confronting the fact that inferiority complex towards Arabs and some twisted romance of psychotic ideals of following the Sunnah of the Prophet saww by engendering misplaced 7th century violence involving attacking random civilians have co-opted the idea.

But because you argue that there are "2 sides to every coin", you people will keep sweeping it under the carpet and pretending the issue doesnt exist while more people are murdered because of poorly-explored ideologies that you refuse to refute properly because you dont want to be a "THINKER".

Its really becoming pathetic and it communicates to me that you people dont take these things seriously. Or even that you agree with them being that way.

Anyway, I can see that you, like so many others on this board, refuse to accommodate other perspectives. I am not surprised.

Happy Saturday to you; Bye!

midnighter:
You still dont get it because its not about "you and I" having "differing interpretations of what Islam means to both of us" . Its about using intelligent discussion to stamp out harmful ideologies from people's world-view.

You are being duplicitous by trying to brush the fact that the Islamic world is severely fragmented along ideological lines (and that those fissures are affecting everybody else) under the carpet.

No matter how much people insult them, the people who write these threads will never write a genuine post explaining why terrorism is not permitted by Islam and get it pushed to Front Page, why

They would rather copy and paste Wahhabi scripts about pouring water over one's head after sex or banning innocent children from studying philosophy and wait for trolls to come and bash them.

Dont you think its a misplaced priority? After all, like you said, Muslims are dying and being harmed in this too.

Its either that they secretly agree with Islamist terrorism or they are too afraid or unbothered to check what Islam actually says about it.

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1. I am a Christian

2. I have never been a Muslim

3. Anything that claims to give guidamce on how to live one's life is an idea. Whether religious or atheist.

Preventing probing of so-called "Islamic" concepts from a philosophical angle is a sign of insecurity and not piety.

Remember that the number 1 reason that terrorism abounds today is that you cant shoot or bomb the inside of somebody's mind. We cant predict who will go rogue and blow up a crowded market or stab random people to death in the name of Islam

You cant kill an idea. You can only replace it with a better one.

Why wouldnt you want that? I mean, as a practising (and, I daresay somewhat intelligent) Muslim?

Agboriotejoye:
You see why I started with religion being the opium of the masses?
The point of sharia is to ensure everyone carries their cross here on earth. But it seems to have failed in the two example above.
Now, if a state that has embraced Islamic law has allowed others to go because they are powerful, how do you expect those who are under a secular society to live by the just laws you seek to entrench?
So I hope you can see the irony of saying leave the rich to God while holding the poor or helpless to account here on earth.
It's hypocrisy.
If the system is not Islamic, the poor should suffer for it. If it is, the rich are exempted

Agboriotejoye:
If you're not willing to go on a particular tangent then you shouldn't expect what you wrote to be accepted as truth.

We have sharia in the northern part of Nigeria today. One of the governors who started it was caught on camera fornicating and he claimed it's no one's business
Another governor recently caught on camera receiving bribes and till today no hisbah police has come to knock on his door. Or is he also enjoying immunity from sharia laws too?

It therefore shows that sharia itself is not a perfect way if it can bow to the superiority of the elite.
So to seek to judge others for their chosen course even in a secular society shows hypocrisy.

There's no way you can cut it that it'll fit perfectly

RisenPhoenix:
I get it.
What of those who work in a conventional bank with an Islamic window like Sterling bank? Especially if they are limited to that division alone?

Agboriotejoye:
This is why it is said that religion is the opium of the masses.
First of, do you realise there are people who work in banks today who studied engineering, sociology even law? How could they have known they'll end up working in a bank?
The present emir of Kano worked as MD of first bank and is known to be an Islamic scholar.
The fact is that, if a Muslim child shows a natural affinity for finance or banking, you're saying now that such is probably cursed by God to be so gifted or should rather ignore such talents because there are no Islamic banks in Nigeria.
The attempt to control what is beyond you to control is what usually jets to extremism and fanaticism with its attendant ills.
Working in a secular bank is primarily not a choice for anyone who wishes to work in the banking sector in Nigeria just as paying tax is not for anyone

midnighter:
You're talking from both sides of your mouth.

You admitted that people have different viewpoints while denying them the right to explore whether those viewpoints are correct or not.

So where did Boko Haram learn to kill people?

Don't you think if they were taught to critically evaluate the extremist ideas they were fed, they would know that what they're doing is wrong?

Otherwise how do you know that YOU are not wrong and Boko Haram is not correct

You dont have any right to assume that you are less murderous or suicidal than a Boko Haram member. That is arrogant speculation. You don't know what he has been taught. The point of this is education, enlightenment and teaching.

What is the basis of fiqh schools? What determines who follows which school? Why do Sunnis reject the addition of Imam Alis as name to the Adhan? Why is the hand of Fatima a ubiquitous symbol throughout the Islamic world, even though superstition is banned in Islam?

All you just described here is philosophy, which means you don't even have any problem with philosophy.

You only have a problem with other people not subscribing to your view, based on your interpretation of what the scripture means.

Which is hypocrisy.

Whether you like it or not, religion is just an idea and ideas should be examined and explored and not just swallowed blindly. So philosophy is not unislamic.

RisenPhoenix:
Ok. This is the clearest comment I have seen on this thread. Correct me if I'm wrong but you basically seems that there is no leeway unless there is no choice due to impositions by an overwhelming regulatory authority. It becomes a little clearer now.

Are you an imam?

midnighter:
You are being insincere.

Tell me, are ALL the ideas and concepts that we see being claimed as Islamic Islamic?

Including the ideologies of Boko Haram. Including the defence of gay and lesbian Muslims. And including your own comment where you stated that anybody who tries to give the excuse of being unable to find a job in a non-usury-based institution is only deceiving himself.

Do you agree with EVERYTHING people on this thread have said concerning usury? If not, then philosophy and critical thinking are required.