₦airaland Forum

toyetade:
What a waste of government money. Is that guy the only disable person in the state. So all disable should become rappers now to get N10m

Unfortunately, that's the sort of thing you see in this part of the world. His predecessor Lucky Igbinedion once donated a chunk of money to a cook at an event he attended because enjoyed the soup.

Mandynews:
"Electricity has been our problem and we are solving it. We say No to Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), we will have our own electricity company in Edo before the celebration of my administration's third year anniversary," the governor assured.

Here’s a photos of the boy’s performance;

Source: http://mandynews.com/governor-obaseki-signs-disabled-razaly/

Wow! That's ambitious. I dey your back. But why is he spending so much money to celebrate his second anniversary?

OfficialMURIC:
Nigeria is a multi religious society, with predominantly muslim population. Even in advanced countries, muslims girls are not denied their Allah-given right to wear hijab. Christians must and cannot dictate how we dress or look. We all know this Islamaphobia is orchastrated by CAN in order to morally corrupt our muslim ummah. We will resist this. Time to hide and bide is over. Like it or not, the new norms governing how schools in Nigeria treat muslims are being established now.

What do you suggest - (a) we do away with uniforms since they mostly don't have them in America or (b) we retain them but let kids who want to wear extra on top (rosary, hijab, cowries, red scarf, etc.) wear them? If the latter, don't you think private schools like ISI should be free to insist on the purity of their uniforms?

Pascalville:
I am curious.. What really started this fire...what is really causing it...that it keeps expanding...and they claim their fire fighters re good...left to me i feel someone or an organization could be behind this attacks...even the government.. Maybe as a way of trying to make people to leave the area for some construction.. Well my thoughts... Only mention me if you have something reasonable to say

Different things start forest fires - falling electric cables (in this case), lightning, smoking, accidents, anything. The hotter the summer, the more intense the fire. I saw a few forest fires in the village here in Nigeria when I was a kid although they're nothing close to this scale because of different factors. Of course, some fires are started deliberately - like the guy who was arrested in California in 2002 for starting one because he wanted to get a job with the fire service. Government starting fire? Oh, dear! Not likely. In places where you have badass insurance companies that will do forensic investigation, no organisation or government would risk it.

Nwadiuto247:
Oga dont worry yourself about Igbos. We will always survive by God's grace.

Since Buhari won the election, majority of Igbos havr consistently shown their rejection of Buhari, has that made them the poorest people?

We are not double dealers like the south west. We make our stand known at every given time,

I wasn't worrying. Just pointing out it's a blunder - which it is. So the SW are double-dealers for not holding a meeting to endorse a candidate.
Presumably, the SS, NW, NE, and NC are double-dealers too. Interesting.

AkpaMgbor:
At this point what does it matter? The Igbos were already termed "5%" by the president and inconsequential by his horde of sycophants..so right now,nobody has the moral standing to tell them who to vote come 2019..if someone tells you point blank that you mean nothing to him, will you give a damn what the person thinks about your business?

I agree with bolded. And that includes Oheneze or whoever. You think it doesn't matter, but it does. You're pouring fuel on Buhari's bigotry. What you don't seem to realise is that this is totally unnecessary because most Igbos were going to vote for Atiku anyway. Or do you know any Igbo person who was waiting for Ohaneze or whoever to tell him who to vote for? Did you hear Enoch Adeboye asking RCCG members to vote for a Buhari because their pastor was on the ticket? Once you do that, you create a friend and an enemy. Read up on how British PM John Major endorsed George HW Bush and ended up having a frosty relationship with President Bill Clinton. Anyway, I wish you people luck. It's only another political blunder.

ORIENTATION101:
hope igbos wont call southwest betrayers again when buhari wins his 2nd term .
putting all your eggs in one basket is not a wise choice.
is like south south plays more matured politics than south east leaders.
how can a a tribe assemble the whole leaders ,traditional and political leaders under one roof to endorse a candidate like atiku who has bad reputation home and abroad.
until igbos start playing realistic politics their political naivety will continue to hunt them

It's not about Atiku. You don't gather like this to endorse anyone. This is the worst political move ever. Ojukwu said he was voting Tofa/Ugo in 1993 but he never tried to gather Igbos to ask them to vote along with him.

Corrinthians:
Please Id like to ask a couple of questions.

- After the defeat of the preferred candidate of Ndigbo in 2015 presidential election, they rented the air and cyberspace with cries about Yorubas being "betrayers".

- Not done with calling them betrayers, they went on to call them "Hausa/Fulani slaves" because they chose to vote a Fulani man, Buhari, who triumphed over their preferred candidate.

Now..

1. What makes Yorubas betrayers for choosing to exercise their freedom of association? Did they cut any deal with the Ndigbo to support Jonathan? Who were the political leaders that made the deal with Ndigbo on behalf of Yorubas?

2. What makes Yorubas slaves? Since when did forming political alliances in furtherance and promotion of a people's collective interest amount to SLAVERY?

3. What did Yorubas do then which Ndigbo aren't doing now, especially with one of their sons chosen as the VP candidate same way a Yoruba son was picked by Buhari?

Lastly and most importantly..

How would Igbos feel if those same words they have been using to describe Yorubas since 2015 is now used to describe them?

@blue. I don't recall the Yorubas holding a meeting and reading a communique to vote for Buhari. This, here, is a political blunder by Ohaneze or whoever is behind because it amounts to putting all your eggs in a basket. Igbo people will vote for whoever they like anyway. You only make political enemies when you come ouit to say you're endorsing someone. I wish them luck, though.

cenaman:
nairaland i don't know why you people are making this good for nothing boy famous.

Why the hate?

LivingDead:
My narrowed wind pipe as i have explained here before gives me difficulty in swallowing, weakness, rising temperature, headache, blurred vision and loss of balance. I should have sensibly taken the offer of help granted. I declined as i was uncomfortable with the distance and the idea of publicly being an object of pity. Although, my messages paradoxically tows that lane.

Now, my situation seems to have exacerbated. My alimentary canal seems to be altered. It's as though i can't pass out excreta well enough. I fart incessantly. I smell now as a result. So, i'll avoid people and stay in solitude to avoid those who might scold me thinking it's lack of hygiene.

There may be nothing wrong with your elimination system per se. I suspect you have GERD which often causes oesophagitis which leads to difficulty in swallowing. It's common for people with GERD to also have problem with their gut which can cause occassional problem with elimination. If I were you, I'd go on a glutten-free diet for six months and see the result. The difficulty in breathing could be COPD or just some something caused by stress. You should see a doc.

LivingDead:
My narrowed wind pipe as i have explained here before gives me difficulty in swallowing, headache, blurred vision and loss of balance. I should have sensibly taken the offer of help granted. I declined as i was uncomfortable with the idea of publicly being an object of pity. Although, my messages paradoxically tolls that lane.

Now, my situation seems to have exacerbated. My alimentary canal seems to be altered. It's as though i can't pass out excreta well enough. I fart incessantly. I smell now as a result. So, i'll avoid people and stay in solitude to avoid people who might scold me thinking it's lack of hygiene.

What you need is proper medical attention. Have you seen the doctors? What do they say? If it's a money problem, what means have you tried to raise it - family, church, etc? You're depressed but what needs to be addressed is the cause which is your health.

cameeeeel:
the least of them is 46 years older..... Nigeria...... Which way....?

88? No, 41. Even 40 can be among them.

Shayetet13:
Guerilla warfare is fluid and Lieutenants move like fluid with the leader. Recent knowledge in guerilla warfare has proven that there are certain lieutenants that when you see them around, you know that the leader is around. So when the N Army captured Camp zero, they should have known they would not see Shekau, because they didnt match the indicators of capturing a Guerilla war leader. That is if the N Army was saying the truth o. We all know N Army lies alot. Because of the high number of Lieutenant around this leaders and how often they move, it is almost impossible to take them out by classic warfare. Intelligence and timing is the key. The shots you said were fired at him were likely random air bombardments. Air bombardment achieves little in such warfare and the need for boots on ground. Now how can you track someone by boots on ground when you don't know where he is at any particular point in time, because they are always moving.

Let me explain to you why Kanu did not recieve any intelligence that the Army was inbound. Everybody in Buhari's Army and security Apparatus are Northerners who have naturally hatred for the Biafra and detest to hear about Biafra. Such a mission can only be leaked by high ranking officers because they are in the know. Junior officers only receive incomplete signal. By the time the information is complete, they are being monitored and even if they manage to pass across a message, it is too late. So which of the Northern officers would snitch? Non! Kanu was under constant surveillance immediately he was released on bail. It was an open secret. Am surprised you never heard of it.

I agree with you that our police is shambolic. But i dont agree with you that there was a time they were good. See, our police has always been corrupt and bad. Remember it was because of the entrenched bad name that made the government to change their black uniform . So imagine this police going after Armed Anini without the help of Army, Dss and others. It becomes a corruption party.
Anini was never a national priority because since the inception of this country, national security priority allows involves the Army. Go and check!

Pls, Osama was not killed in a small house o. It was a big house. You can google it... And by the time they finally came for him, they had decimated many of his close lieutenants

I may have forgotten the size of the house. The point is, I don’t recall a squad of bodyguards or soldiers putting up resistance the day he was killed. Guerrilla leaders don’t rely on bodyguards to survive personally. They’re not like Hitler for whom it’s over when you decimate their army. The John-the-Baptist lieutenant you mentioned is by no means a given. Mullah Omar was never caught because he went with nothing—no internet, no phones, no passports, no media coverage, no cars, no dogs, no human beings (except maybe some family), nothing. Now, the one bandit that really impressed me with his level of intelligence is Evans. The only time I thought he wasn’t man was when he started singing and confessing the part of his own wife. But then I later read of the shocking tactics he alleges the police used on him. Evans evaded the police by leveraging technology as well as keeping his colleagues and foot soldiers at arm’s length.

And no, bin Ladin wasn’t caught because of who was killed. He was caught because of who was captured. The only exception is Prabhakaran who was killed along with the commander son once the Tamil Tigers’ final stronghold was captured. The Tigers were organised like a regular army which means the Sri Lankan Army knew where he was. Even Djokhar Dudayev, the Chechen rebel leader, who I thought would be killed once the Russians decimated his fighters was not. The Russians had to later assassinate him by missile after tracking his phone call signals.

Did Kanu get intelligence report that pythons were coming? I wasn’t there, but his people say he did and I find that highly plausible. A phone call is all it takes to tip someone off—there no was shutdown of network in Aba—and it doesn’t have to have come from Buhari’s inner circle. In any case, the soldiers were already deployed and causing some problems in the SE before that fateful day so it was probably a matter of time before they invaded Kanu’s home.

Yes, our police have been corrupt since the colonial days but I said they used to be functional. Anini was discussed at national security council meetings—his name was coming up in President Babangida’s daily security reports—that’s as national as you get. Yet the police were sent after him—because the police functioned. If you recall or read up on how he was caught, you see professional detective work. (I don’t believe for a second that the SSS weren’t sent after Anini, though. They were very professional in those days and we won’t have heard of it.) Fastforward to Osisikankwu—the army was sent to track and shoot him on sight. If it was today, Anini would have been hunted by the Army. Even the fact we sent the Army after IPOB, a group said to be generally unarmed, would be an embarrassment in a serious country. I heard the Army is currently deployed in over 30 states.

Stimulating exchange. Till next time. Ciao!

oilPUSSY:
allah promised the male folks 72 virgins, but I still don't understand why the female counterparts are blowing themselves up unnecessarily.

I have never seen in kooran where females were promised male virgins unlike their men that were promised fresh 72 pvsssies in paradise.

Thank God for this their hijab they always insist to wear around. At least It would help non musliims to identify musslims in the public and make everbody to be security conscious as well.

Most of these kids used by boko haram are brainwashed and drugged. They're not in it for any virgins.

kingchris30:
The name of their baby is their choice

Exactly. They got into trouble with the law for membership of a banned group.

Olukat:
Why was the company paid without carrying out the contract?
The country is a mess under Mr. integrity

$12m. Just like that. When there are contractors that have completed their job for years and haven't smelled the money.

akpaan:
stories that touch

As in ehn! Why was he evading arrest? And if he was evading arrest, why grant him bail just like that?

Shayetet13:
Shekau was not a manhunt per se! It was a war situation. He was already armed with dangerous war capabilities. He had many fighters and lieutenants. To declare a manhunt for him means you have to kill all his soldiers first who are heavily armed, leaving him exposed. He had taken cities and manned sentries, built trenches and tunnels. So no one just gets to him. To get to him, you have to go through his endless army of armed terrorist who were willing to die. That was why America found the war against al queda in Afganistan very difficult. To get their leaders was near impossible at first and after many years, until they started using specialized drones after they have planted spies amongst their ranks who got the targets DNA and daily schedules out through intelligence. That's America we are talking about talkless of Nigeria. Those guerilla wars are always difficult and in Nigeria where there is sabotage in the army cos of Northern sympathy, you need to be careful to avoid being killed. Those neighbouring countries you talked about came onboard after shekau had built sophistication. They helped reduce shekau's sea of Armies, no doubt, but to get him, you have to go the American way or kill all his soldiers. That's story for another day. However, a single manhunt for someone not armed like Kanu was, and led by all security formations in Nigeria, always leads to apprehension. Mind you, it was not Army and police Only. Someone in that village told me personally, not hearsay, that all known security outfit was there. Remember that Kanu was under constant surveillance from the time he was released on bail. So that your narrative of running away and misinforming the security men will not fly. You may choose to believe it, but i am telling you authoritatively that Kanu was carved in and encircled in his community by the army and others. He didnt fight his way through because he had no arms, he thought his way through because he had a super IQ. You see the difference between Kanu and others? While Shekau was in a war(you dont get the leader until you decimate the leiutenants) and was heavily Armed even with tanks and missiles, Anini was also armed and was only pursued by the police without a national priority. Kanu was not armed, not even a den gun but was pursued with a presidential national priority.

Bolded is what you call "hearsay" in law.

Brilliant analysis, though. I can’t believe you think Kanu is intelligent at all.

Shekau does not live in a palace surrounded by guards. That’s not how guerrilla leaders escape the military. And that’s why there have been shots fired at him and those close to him have talked of injuries. Guerilla leaders typically survive by subterfuge, intelligence and counter-intelligence. They hide - sometimes away from the war theatres. Osama bin Ladin was killed in a small house in a small town in Pakistan. Kill every boko haram soldier and you may not get Shakau. Recall that when the Army said they captured Camp Zairo the question people asked was “where is Shekau”? Your analysis of decimating the army first only applies to conventional military generals who stay at headquarters surrounded by bodyguards.

Kanu survived by intelligence – someone told him the pythons in green were coming and he left before they arrived, then sneaked out of the country long before the joke we call Nigeria’s border’s security was even alerted. Anini stayed put and repeated what Kanu did countless times. If there was a manhunt for Kanu it couldn’t have lasted more than the few days after he was long gone – recall you said the period between his release on bail and the military siege on his house was covered by surveillance. Yeah, I didn’t know about the surveillance.

Anini may have started out as a small thief but he certainly grew into something much bitter. His matter was being discussed at National Security Council meetings – he was a national priority. Policemen were deployed from other states and the best men were put on the job. The army was not involved because our police still functioned in those days unlike now when only some IG Special Squad and maybe the RRS are functioning while the rest of the force is mostly neglected in shameful shambles.

Shayetet13:
Army is not all about shooting. There is Army, military intelligence. The manhunt for Kanu involved all the security apparatus in Nigeria, including the rarely involved NIA. Abia State is not a border state where you can say he quickly slipped through the border on being tipped off. If you have been to the south east, which i doubt, you would notice Army checkpoints, police, customs at almost every 1km. Escaping that is not something you take lightly. For Anini, it was only police that was on his matter. Shekau has a difficult northern landmass and terrain plus advantage to the border in his favour. If he was operating from Adamawa or Yobe which are not border towns, he would have been caught long ago.

What you keep ignoring is that the border thing is not an advantage for Shekau since the entire security forces of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and even Benin are looking for him. He's Africa's most wanted. He can slip across and walk into the waiting jaws of a crocodile.

I repeat Kanu was never the object of a sustained manhunt. He was easily captured the first time. I agree he pulled one specutacular escape - but that was it. That's why I think the others I mentioned are better escape artists - they kept evading the security forces and in the case of Anini he they came close countless times.

No, Kanu was not being hunted by entire security forces of Nigeria. It was just the army and the police and that was only after he had already given them the slip and left the country, with his people planting disinformation that he was with the Army. As of the time the yeye Python Dance people were going to his house they thought he was there, so there was no manhunt yet per se. He's currently operating openly from Israel - Shekau can't do that because he's wanted by Western intelligence agencies and Interpol as well as West African security agencies. A $7m bounty is no joke - most people's mother would drug their egusi soup and call the police for that kind of money. I think Shekau is the Igwe here.

Shayetet13:
Shekau had a willing border he can slip through. Also had advantage of a forest. He didnt stay in his maiduguri home, or did he? Osisikankwu was caught when the army was serious to catch him. Caught previously and was released. Army did not go for Evans, did they? However, still caught by the police. Anini was a petty thief being pursued by only the police. Army, Navy, Airforce, Dss, NIA never involved

So Shekau isn't being hunted primarily by the entire military, police forces and intelligence agencies of FOUR countries? Shekau isn't being hunted by the CIA - with a bounty of $7 milllion USD or something like that on his head? There was never an extended search for Kanu. The first time he was simply arrested and put on trial. Then he started violating bail terms. The second time they went for him, he got info they were coming and escpaped, abandoning his soldiers. This is unlike the others I mentioned who evaded the police or army for long periods of time before they were caught. Anini was sorrounded by the police and escaped - probably 100 times - stayed put in his city before he was eventually caught. And you really think army men who're trained to cock and shoot guns are better human hunters than a special police unit?

Shayetet13:
People should know already that Kanu is very intelligent and now has at his disposal, one of the world's most feared and super efficient intelligence Entity, the MOSSAD. We should know it will take someone with an IQ of 200 and above to escape the jaws of Nigerian security apparatus that encircled him and were already squeezing in like a giant anaconda. When such a person speak, we should pay attention.

Kanu is very intelligent? Has the Mossad working for him? Nigerian security apparatus very good? Tell me more!

By the way, Shekau must have IQ of 400. Osikankwu must have had around 300. Evans probably 190. Anini must have had 1,000.

Pureety:
Op you said she used the money in settling family issues? Its not like she used it to go shopping for herself or on frivolous things!!

To her, family comes first, probably she didn't want to be selfish and use the money on herself while her family are in pressing need of money!!

If this is your reason for breaking up then you were never in love with that lady!!

This post makes no sense. When you need money for family issues, you request for it and if you're given, fine; if not, fine. But when you're given money to set up a business, you set up the business. You don't divert the money to something else without the consent of the giver.

What was Okorocha thinking offering dollars to Oshiomhole? That was a dumb move. Tinubu has also been doing the family and friends thing in Lagos but he's smarter about it.

omnislife:
First of all i'll recommend you change your diet to consist a very large amount of juices,fruits and vegetables.
Then begin a fast of 1 to 3 days drinking just orange or grape juice with Aloe vera juice.Put about 15ml of Aloe vera juice in each glass of orange juice and drink throughout as many times as you wish.Don't eat any other meals as it may cause loose stools.
You should also take daily hot baths(3-5)days to help your body expel toxins.
I think this should do for a start.
You might be interested in undergoing a more intensive detoxification process then you could give me a call.My number is 07025525004.I would be very glad to help you out.

Fruit juices are high in sugar. Better to eat fruits since your intake of sugar from them is less likely to be too high.

ogaprime:
Is this a personal experience or copied from another site? Then how can I get the salt here in south west Nigeria

Sea salt is available in supermarkets. But don't use this detox method if you have any kidney problems.

unite4real:
As long as u use the foil, you are equally eating aluminum in small traces and over time say 50 years, omo , you go don eat roof for one bedroom house. The foil is actually aluminum sheet.

Whatever metal you cook with gets into your food anyway - even if you use surgeon steel pots and spoons.

safarigirl:
i feel bad for her.

As old as she is, she is acting like one of those 19-year old instagram thots that rap artists pass around for fun. This is a lady that purportedly has a career in TV, but still, she feels the need to reduce herself to an object just for IG likes and morally unsound men to hail her.

Says a lot of her self esteem.

This girl is sound. Imagine the kind of intelligent conversations one could have going on a safari with her!

highqueen:
So many men are dreaded by some lady's love for money, maybe because of the negative impact it has on the lady by leading her into making money in illegal ways.

But at the same time, we ought to have the positive insight on the reason our men should rather go for women that loves money.

So here are my reasons:

1) SHE ACTS AS A MOTIVATOR: When you wife a lady that loves money, you will always be motivated to financially, probably because, she may be ahead of you both financially and in economic aspect, and probably, you as a man wouldn't want that for yourself, so your financial drives will be proliferated. You will always wanna be the head, so, this becomes a driving force that will push you moving forward to maintain your ego as a man.

2) SHE HELPS EXPUNGE THE MIND OF A MEDIOCRE: A woman that has set a high standard for herself wouldnt relent in making sure that her partner has the same school of thought as hers. She will make sure that the mind of mediocrity is annihilated in the family, she will always encourage you and wouldn't want you to settle for less as she has already place her standard. A woman like this will not be okay with just a 2 bedroom flat, she would wanna explore, she won't be comfortable with eating only Garri/fufu everyday of the week, she makes you realise that you have not yet arrived.

3) SHE BRINGS BUSINESS IDEAS AND STRATEGIES: And yes, she will bring up so many business STRATEGIES to boost the financial standard/level of her husband and family. She knows the right business that can yearn more profit, she has knowledgeable ideas on technical know how, she's always drawing plans of the next business move to keep you going.
This kind of woman will always support her husband positively in business wise. She gets projects that will lead into skyrocketing financially. She'd be simply amazing.

4) SHE GUIDES YOU IN INVESTING PROPERLY: Any lady that knows the value of money will also know how to invest properly, she makes investment deals on long term profits, she firstly helps you acquire landed properties, equipment and resources. She doesn't depend on the short term investment rather she looks beyond it just to attain the best of it.

These type of lady always marks out good plan for the family, they help their husbands in any wise investment plans instead of slaying with make ups and clothes.

5) SHE'S ALWAYS GONNA MAKE YOU PROUD: A good wise woman will always make you proud because she is always gonna be successful, you will be proud of her anytime, anywhere.

You will always be grateful for having such a wonderful woman as your wife, you will over the years appreciate her efforts in making you a better man financially.

Love a woman that loves to love money in positive ways and see your coast enriched. You can't always do it alone, you need a sensible woman to handle your projects wisely.
Thank you.

This is pure fiction. At least, there is no correlation. That someone loves money does not mean she is smart or has any money-making ideas.

highqueen:
Lazy youths.

I weep for my country.
As for the white woman, na jazz dem take hold you.

Which jazz? Some of you don't know what the mind is capable of.

[quote author= post=72834596]It is so good to know that we have a President that does not intervene in the rule of law.

God bless our PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI.

We believe so much in you and the vice president sir.
Wailers can wail till eternity.[/quote]I agree with the bolded. But don't you think there's something seriously wrong where the nation's domestic security agency can be used by politicians and the president will do nothing about it? Could the SSS have tried this nonsense under Obasanjo?

bender79:
ok let me help you
Gov Rochas Okorocha
Gov Amosun
Gov Akeredolu
Gov Yahaya Bello
Gov Yari
Bros you need to be imaginative.

Six. We want the sixth one, sir.

afroniger:
http://thenationonlineng.net/oshiomhole-untold-story-of-how-dss-held-him-hostage-for-eight-hours/

SSS can only try this under Buhari, who's inattentive and mostly doesn't know what's going on. They should have picked up Obasanjo's party chairman and invoked OBJ's name to intimidate him.