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Abeg Shey they won't buy power bank like this if nepa decided that they want to be foolish.

Wow. Such a fantastic host. I would never forget Jerry Springer show then on DStv. Jolly good old days.

That's the problem. We don't even know what is going on. I have applied, my application approved, went for accreditation at the LG office, yet they removed my name from the list to "replace them with some names the commissioner brought". Thankfully the LG coordinator's daughter is someone J have a good rapport with, so she informed me immediately it happened and replaced my name back on the list. Now they were supposed to have submitted that list to Abuja like three weeks ago, but I don't know if they have done any mago mago again. You see Nigeria, it will take Nigerians to make a sacrifice to fix Nigeria. We can run away and travel to anywhere we like, Nigeria will remain the same if we Nigerians don't make sacrifices to fix this mess. It's like once you're born a Nigerian, there is a DNA inside your blood that reads corruption. It's painful because our own level of corruption is so shameless.

Are we surprised by anything that goes on in Nigeria? No we are not. So they should do whatever they like.

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Let them be stealing money and be lying that it was money they made from business. Na so you earn sote, you no use the money buy property for Naija because you don know say spotlight go dey on your head. You now decided to go to America and buy property. Continue, meanwhile many are homeless and still struggling to pay house rent. Shebi all Nigerians do is to help themselves and don't give a shii about others na. We will all pay for the consequences of our actions. If they don't, then their children will pay for it.

Africa is just a messed up continent. I don't know who do us strong thing like this in Africa

It's only when something bad happens that we react in this Nigeria. Before it happens, we don't react. Now there has been a lot of massive corruption going on in the offices of the Lagos State Building Control Agency as approvals are given arbitrarily. Even when they ask the developer to stop, he still finds a way to bribe his way through by greasing some palms so that work can continue, then before you can say Jack Robinson, the building caves in. The Standards Organisation of Nigeria and relevant agencies needs to wake up to their responsibilities. Do they check building materials, to see if they are authentic or not. So many substandard products being imported into the country without checks for standard and all. Everyone claims to be working, rather they go to work to wait for the end of the month to collect salary and also collect bribe if possible. Nigeria is a systemic failure. And Nigerians love to cut corners. It's just inside our DNA. Every Nigerian needs cognitive reconditioning because we are so used to 'business as usual' in this country. At the end of the day, we blame the government for our woes. Meanwhile it's one Nigerian who went to important substandard building material o, and one government official collected bribe to pass it through. See we are the problems of ourselves, I've said it time and time again.

Chai Nigerians are terrible. We are so wicked to ourselves.

Papy don crossover to the other side of the divide. How you go kpai on top woman na.... It's very shameful to die that way. 😂😂😂

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Curious345:
There is no better time to arrest Tinubu than now

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha even Buhari don dey make plans to japaa... Where are you running to sir. This Nigeria we created, we go kpai for here. No one is running anywhere.

Women stop listening to your pastors, you won't hear word. You are having issues in your marriage, instead of you to seek help from a professional therapist, Nigerians will rather go and share their marital issues with their pastors who isn't a trained therapist. That one will now give you advice that won't work. Stop it women, your pastor is not a therapist.

Women listen to this woman at your own peril oh.

We keep making this country inhabitable for ourselves with our selfishness and nonsense propaganda. We are the curse of ourselves in this country. Na we dey do ourselves.

Oya swear that you've been faithful to your wife ever since you married her.

Rayban25:
You're just saying rubbish...who told you your wife cant cheat on you even when you've been faithful?

When e reach your turn and your wife cheats on you forgive her and allow her continue to stay under your roof.

Simp

Do t worry, we will be sharing it one after the other since the big English clubs don't wanna learn, have you ever seen Madrid or Barca not qualify for top four? No they have always despite the competition in their league. I don't know what is wrong with English league. It seems like they do match fixing with useless results here and there. Now the big teams are rotating it among themselves now. One season, it's United out of top four, next it's Chelsea, next it's Liverpool. One of the reasons I don't like the English league. What is Newcastle looking for in top four. What is Tottenham too looking for there. City, those ones are just armed robbers. They buy everything with money.

Men here running their mouths that "I will never tolerate a cheating wife", ask yourselves this question, should your wives tolerate a cheating husband? The same way it hurts a woman when a man is seen in the company of a female is also the same way it will hurt a man when his wife is seen in the midst of men. Cuz we men like to lie like we don't cheat, but once your wife does it to you like this, all hell will let loose.

Hahahahahaha so that's why you are coming here to cry like a baby because woman cheat on you. But if reverse was the case and you cheated on her, shebi you will be saying that she has to forgive you because you're a man and you have the right to cheat. Now you see how painful it is when you're cheated on. So we should never dish out what we ourselves cannot accept. Nigerians love doing that a lot.

The problem with us in this country is that we love to abuse privileges. Because they allowed car on campus, some mofos will be using the car to oppress others on campus like as if owning a car means that you've made it in life...

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White man no dey get big penis na. And their wives like am like that

TemporarMoniker:
Lol, I think his penis girth is big, cuz the normal kiss condom can’t fit me too, it’s gonna burst unless I force two in, one will burst and the other won’t, As a guy with big d*ck better stick to one person who you’re sure doesn’t have any infection, cuz those condoms won’t do you good, To me my d*ck looks normal but on getting to NAiraland I had to measure, the length is about 8.3 and the girth is 6 on dot, that’s for the middle shaft while the base is close to 6.5, it still looks normal to me tho, cuz I believe in Nigeria 7-8 inches should be c’mon, Those ones who came up with 5.5 inches as average are the White people not black. I don write long note sha😂 ontop dick matter

The police officers are now the ones embarrassing the Force...

Ronaldo came in and upset the chemistry in the dressing room leading to him being sacked. Same way he wanted to do for ETH till he was shown the way out. You are not bigger than the club baba. The team plays absolute rubbish with Ronaldo guilty of missing chances that costs his team crucial points. Look at that their game against the league leaders, Ronaldo played rubbish in that game, game they were supposed to win, they did not. Of course any coach will vex na.

Of course they will come out and deny that no approval was given, meanwhile the developer of that building has greased some palms in their office. See ehn this whole Nigerian system is really corrupt. I don't think we can ever come out of this

See mumu talk. Because men are who? What is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

Bros Bros, I hail oh.

TemporarMoniker:
First of all how big is your p**** girth ? Cuz 7inch seems normal unless you have a big girth

I’ve onced experienced this and that was because she didn’t shave and I didn’t use condom so it wasn’t slippery at all, If at all you used condom whether it burst or not you shouldn’t be experiencing such

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha 🤣 when you were entering inside her like evil spirit, you didn't seem for advice oh.

Please what was the content of the message

Victory662:
I got this SMS from National Population Commission asking me to come for training on Wednesday. But I don't really know if the pay will worth the stress or I should just trash the invite.

And yet many Nigerians are hell bent. It sounds absurd to carry that huge sum and go and dash one mumu University in the UK just because I can earn higher washing plates or scrubbing floor than what an average BSC or MSC holder in Nigeria will earn. See with this massive brain drain, Nigeria will never become great. Rather than Nigerians to tackle the issue at hand, we'd rather chicken out and run away from the problem. I only imagine if the UK had mismanaged their own economy like we did ours, would we have somewhere to run to? I've said it, and I'll continue to say it, Nigerians are the problem of this country. We don't want this nation to be great due to selfish interests. As long as a typical Nigerian has money to feed and pay house rent and pay bills, he is satisfied. Even if it means getting that money through illegal means, he doesn't care. Look at how many of these our so called celebrities sabotaged this presidential election for us because of what the will collect from the same people who impoverished millions of Nigerians. We cannot seem to Unite for a collective cause. Everyone has selfish mindset. We can't move forward as a nation with this attitude. And if everyone runs away, please who are we leaving the country for to fix?

In all honesty I am a Christian and I don't see anything offensive in that picture I'm looking at. Anyone with a contrary opinion should explain how this photo is insensitive, maybe I'll understand.

Well shoutout to the cast of the movie. I just watched it. Even though I wasn't really impressed with the plot, but the cinematography was excellent. But I still preferred Brotherhood to Gangs of Lagos. I think there should be a sequel to Brotherhood.

safarigirl:
Nairaland how far? I'm back with another review for the much anticipated movie, Gangs of Lagos (I don dey track this film since 2021, so, I'm glad it is now out). Been writing this review since Friday (abandoned it multiple times), but I'm trying to not be lazy, so, I must finish it.

The movie was directed by foremost writer and director, Jade Osiberu (Quentin Tarantino's role model), and stars the likes of emerging Action Hero, Tobi Bakre, the sultry Bimbo Ademoye, femme extraordinaire, Adesua Etomi-Wellington and soft boy singer, Chike Osebuka.

Without further ado, let us go into the tale of Isale Eko and its many factions. Shout out to the criminals in Nigerian politics who make these recent stories possible, without you dirty, slimy cretins, where would we find inspiration to write truly repulsive characters?

Movie Title: Gangs of Lagos

Cast:
Tobi Bakre
Adesua Etomi-Wellington
Chike Osebuka
Tayo Faniran
Olarotimi Fakunle
Bimbo Ademoye
Chioma Chukwuka

Director: Jade Osiberu

Screenplay: Jade Osiberu, Kayode Jegede

Run Time: 2 Hrs.

Plot:

We see life on the streets of Isale Who through the eyes of 3 friends navigating their destinies in the murky streets.


Review:


Okay okay, now, let's go into this movie and why it deserves all the accolades. First off, let's get into the storyline, basically, viewers go through a timeline of when the trio of Obalola (Bakre), Gift/Ebun (Etomi-Wellington) and Ify (Osebuka), were kids, and how they were mini terrors, until fate brought them to the street king at the time, the Eleniyan, Ninalowo (Faniran), who took them in and had great plans for them, until life happened and those plans just didn't come to light. They are transferred to a new Eleniyan, Kazeem (Fakunle), who doesn't quite share the vision of Nino in their lives.

As earlier said, I thank the usual political criminals in Nigeria, whose lives inspire these stories, because you can basically pin an actual person to some of the key characters. Despite this movie being shot in 2021, it almost feels like watching a premonition of what took place in 2023 and the sentiments that abound....but not to digress, or ruin a good story for those who have not watched it, let me move on to the performances.

See, una see Tobo G, make una leave this Action Hero work for am. If you loved Tobi in Brotherhood, you'll love him as much in Gangs of Lagos, he was so good as Obalola, he embodied the character, he portrayed the right emotions, his words were scathing when they needed to be and heavy when they needed to be, he was one of a number of stars, so, let me continue to the others. Rotimi Fakunle, if I see that man anywhere, I go dobale for am, because he was just the type of bad guy you hate. No fruity speeches, no charm, just straight up demon child from the abyss. He gave so much life to the character of Kazeem, not so much that you ended up wishing him well, but you'd just really hate his guts. Adesua Etomi-Wellington also pulled off another wonderful performance as Gift, when you consider she played that role 5 months after giving birth, you really have to cut cap for her. I'd seen a few people comparing her to some light skinned actress some weeks back and they dared to say Adesua couldn't act, but I hope they keep their opinions to themselves after seeing her performance, the scene where she was required to be emotional was so powerful....I've watched Gangs of Lagos twice and both times I cried in those scenes, and Adesua's performance was 30% responsible for the tears.


Tayo Faniran's performance as Nino was also a joy to watch, to be honest, the last time I saw Tayo in a movie I was convinced he had lost his way to the set, because his performance was awful to say the least, so, I was a bit wary of what he would bring to this movie. I was pleasantly surprised to see him hold his own in such a powerful lineup, I'm happy he got this opportunity (he's another one of my BB babies, so, I celebrate his wins). I do hope working on that set has helped him realise his strengths and how best to utilise them in his career.

Now, let us go to the Angela Bassett of the case, Chioma Chukwuka, whose monologue in the Church scene is possibly the most powerful thing you'll see in a Nigerian movie in a while. Chioma came prepared to show us why she has spent over two decades in Nollywood, and she did not disappoint. Not many can pull off the monologue she did in that movie, and I do hope someone has dusted up a plaque with her name on it, because we will be expecting nothing less for something so powerful.

Chike my love, my first born, was so likeable in that movie. I have to admit, there are people I have some bias for in the industry, because I've followed their journeys from when they first started bustling to where they are now, and I appreciate the growth. Chike is one of such people (Tobi too), so, I was hyped to see him on the movie poster and he did not disappoint as Ify/Pana, the fun-loving, happy-go-lucky member of the trio.

Make I no spend too much time on the cast, let's move on to other things that made the movie worth watching. There is nothing I enjoy more than the use of indigenous language in our movies and GOL went all out, it was so important that the language of the streets of Isale Eko be used in telling the story, and the writing fully did that. Another thing I appreciated, it may not have been so major, but the use of the Eyo masquerades in that movie, the symbolism attached to their purpose, was so thrilling. Everytime they showed up, I was giddy with excitement. Shout out to the writers for that brilliant input.

Cinematography was topnotch as usual, once again, it was greatly applied in the scene with Chioma's monologue. The musical scores were also nice, I really enjoyed the song from Pana at the club, it's a bop. Hopefully, there are plans to give us a full track from that.

Now, let's get to some of the issues noticed, because while this could have easily been a 10/10 production, there are certain heavy gaffes that couldn't be overlooked, chief of which is the subtitling, why was everything "in Yoruba", even when it clearly wasn't? Whoever was responsible for subtitling no try at all, the first fighting scene was also not giving what they were going for, something was just amiss, and then there was a scene in the end where the camera caught one of the crew members, and it wasn't edited out.

Miss Jade did the business with Gangs of Lagos, I don't know if I prefer it to Brotherhood, but she has clearly marked her name up there as someone who is ready to tackle Crime Drama in our movies instead of the usual comedy or romance that has littered the industry. I wish her and everyone involved in the movie even more inspiration to shoot unexplored stories.


Verdict: Definitely worth watching. Massive replay value.

Rating: 8.5/10

If you've watched the movie, tell us what you think about it. Did it have you in your feelings? Whose performance was your favourite? And what would you rate it?