₦airaland Forum

Adaeze003:
I do hope you'll be pleased to find that your 16yr old daughter in ss2 is being wooed by a 24yr old??

Some guys parading the streets today are just plain sick in the head. Nurture for marriage my arse...

Anyway... I guess Toks2008 will approve...

The way he has gone about it is what matters. They can be bethrothed without any sexual activity until she comes of age. Since the girls authority figures are involved, she should be safe.

Its even safer for her to date a mature and responsible man than her mate who would probably use her to conduct emotional and sexual experiments.

rottennaija:
That was why the government wanted a secret trial because of the intelligence involved. But dasuki had other ideas. He wanted it in the full glare of the world so that confidence in our intelligence community should be lost and probably cause anarchy and choas in the process

I hope you people know that intelligence community refers to the state and military agencies such as the dss, nia, dma and etc?

Nigerians abusing the Queens English since 1900

Gaborone:

I found the bolded really funny.

Please get your facts right. Between 1960 - 1999, about $400Billion has been stolen from Nigeria. I don't know about 2000 - 2015, but I know its going to be a small fraction of that. Now, lets be realistic: supposing our President is able to recover a part of this at the end of the day (let's say $50Billion), how far will that take Nigeria, if by then, all investors have gone, and the economy has finally crumbled. How many years' budget will that take care of, since we now place the budget and drive the economy through recovered funds?

And I don't want to even talk about revenue drives, or presentations, or meetings, or committees, what I want to talk about is RESULTS. We've seen too much cheese dangling in the past, so much so that we are not moved till these 'drives' that churning out results.

Most of you don't seem to understand that while funds recovery is an important part of the anti-corruption drive, the main focus is to ensure that all arms of government function efficiently and to forestall the culture of corruption that has eaten so deep into Nigeria. Your bosses analogy is a grossly inadequate comparison.

PMB has not shut up shop, he has appointed ministers to handle economic policy as should be done. As for firms that are winding up due to "unfavorable business environment" it seems ridiculous to me, to blame that on PMB. Why? because no serious firm winds up their business within 6 months of experiencing an "unfavorable business environment". In a country like Nigeria where you know for certain that we are bound to bounce back?

I am not too conversant with the economic policies of the past administration so i won't comment much further than this, but you will need to drop more solid figure than your bosses analogy, to convince me. Show for example, hw PMB's policiy have directly or indirectly created a business environment that is unfavorable for any one industry, and then provide stats to show how many foregin firms in that industry are packing up to go home. I would love to see such an analysis.

All i can see here is that Ice Prince did not buy gala for his barber before getting his hair shaped

edward1984:
Nigerian police representing.. Wearing slippers for operation.. Please look at their feet..

Smarty pants, who says those are npf officers? They are probably members of the Bonny youth that were mentioned as being part of the capture.

Let's assume this is a real story; most of the comments on this are incredibly childish and assinine. This lady asked for help, why turn this place into a playground for your filthy thoughts?

Look OP, this is your husband we are talking about here! If he is angry with you, what else should you do but have a talk with him? You need nairaland to tell you what to say to your husband?? Come off it plz.

Not only does the seller completely retain ownership of his goat, he does not have to pay a dime in compensation for the money eaten by said goat. I believe the man with the money is guilty of contributory/participatory negligence for allowing the goat to eat his money, which could have been easily prevented had he been more careful, knowing full well that it is the nature of goats to eat such things as paper and other assorted objects.

Furthermore, the buyer approached the seller, and by so doing deliberately and consciously, put himself and his belongs at exposure to the misbehavior of the goat, which misbehavior is actually the nature of the creature and was to be expected. It must be noted that unruly behavior on the part of the goat was duly mitigated against by the seller, who ostensibly must have contained his goat, since it is apparent from the narration that the goat was 1. taken to the market and since goats do not communicate in human languges, it must be assumed that some means of constraint was employed; 2. still constrained by such or other means upon arrival at the market as it had not strayed from it's owner as is in the nature of goats to do.

Furthermore, in accordance with the Law of Nigeria which states that the national currency is the property of the federal government and is not to be destroyed, the buyer is liable to face prosecution for failing to adequately discharge his duty of care.

DONSMITH123:
A certain Mr. Bright (surname withheld) has been arrested by officers of Ejigbo police station for beating his wife to death.

Mr. Bright and his late wife reside in Olusesi Street in Idimu road, Ejigbo Lagos.

DAILY POST gathered that the couple, who have been married for years, were known for their constant domestic violence.

Resident told our correspondent that argument ensued between the couple over feeding expense.

The woman, it was gathered, called her husband ‘irresponsible man’.

Angered by the wife’s unguarded outburst, the husband descended on her with countless punches till she collapsed and died on the spot.

“When the man noticed his wife was dead, he quickly removed the body and put inside his car boot,” the resident said.

However, luck ran out of the man after a neighbour spotted him and raised alarm, which attracted other tenants.

The prompt intervention of the security men saved the man from being lynched by some angry youths.

He was subsequently arrested and taken to the police station.

When our reporter visited the street on Thursday, residents of the areas were seen discussing the incident in groups.

A source said the remains of the deceased have been deposited at a mortuary in the area.

Cc: lalasticlala

http://dailypost.ng/2015/12/11/man-beats-pregnant-wife-to-death-in-lagos-for-calling-him-irresponsible/

I'm at a loss for how the bolded could be accepted as fact...

1. The implication is that there were witnesses of the beating as someone must have been there to count the "uncountable" blows; so why could they not intervene until she died?
2. Then the article goes on to imply that there were actually no witnesses to the beating, with the statement: "luckily a neighbour saw him" which implies that up until that point, there was no witness to the crime
3. How can one man carry a dead pregnant woman? from inside the house (presumably) all the way to the car all by himself? it's possible but extremely unlikely

SMH for reporters.

An important lesson for everyone i think. I am not a job seeker, and my job doesn't require any interaction with the market but whenever i pick up a call from an unknown number i always answer, "Hello, good morning/afternoon/evening. This is David". Some of my friends think i am being pretentious but the truth is you may not know who is calling and you have only one chance to make a good first impression, so use it well.

I had a similar idea and i'm glad others are thinking along these lines. I think in a nutshell, such a plan should focus on making watching local league games something nice to do. As in, you could get up and go watch a game not because you're a fan of any of the involved clubs, but because going to see the game would be an exciting experience. That means:
1. World class stadiums
2. Comprehensive security
3. Discounted season tickets to encourage hardcore fans

One way to boost attendance is to make it attractive for people to take their family and friends to see "the game". The other problem is that the football is not of a very high standard. We can solve that by:
1. Paying competitive salaries to attract and retain top talent (managers and players)
2. Upgrading the tv experience. No more sub-standard commentary for example

Eventually once the system starts generating real revenue, it can become self sufficient and then be privatized.

anyaekekehinde:
oga it is you that love to play With words, don't think everyone on nairaland lack comprehension skills like you do. The excerpt below didn't use the word return, he used re-joined . They rejoined from where ?. Secondly the the excerpt show that the word missing was used as against your devilish lie that it wasn't used.

i'm only going to give you one mention so please make the best use of it. below is the full text of the excerpt that was posted on here:

The Nigeria army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman in a statement late Thursday night said soldiers missing after a Boko Haram attacks in Gudumbali and Kareto in Borno State have rejoined their units.

Earlier on Thursday, media reports said some 105 soldiers went missing in action ‎after they engaged Boko Haram terrorists.

Usman's statement described the incident as a slight setback for the Nigerian troops operating in the Northern Borno State towns of Gudumbali and Kareto, saying, the situation was being stabilized.

He added that "The troops have re-joined their units for further action."‎

He said: "earlier media reports were exaggerated. The CO (Commanding Officer) is currently with his soldiers."‎

1. the men went out on a mission....the re-joined their units upon their return form the mission
2. my mistake, i misread re-join as return but it does not matter because the two words are actually perfect synonyms in this context...but i don't expect you to understand that
3. your second point is just frustrating....so you really couldn't see that the portion of the excerpt where the soldiers were descried as missing (which was merely a qualifier) was part of the narrative written by the journalist and not a direct quote from the said army spokesman What is wrong with your head?

ify2016:
I thought the Army spokesman denied the publication. Barely 24hrs after denying the news they now said they have been found.
Propaganda everywhere

you people that like to play with words as if you don't know what you're doing. He never said they have been "found" which if he had, would have implied that they were indeed missing. but you already knew that, which is why you chose to use that word to implicitly pass on the message to more gullible readers.

What the report indeed, did say was that the allegedly missing soldiers have returned to their units and base. RETURNED and FOUND are not synonyms!

Djicemob:
When mizmycoli created her thread zombies were busy heaping insults on her that no soldiers were missing.

Now soldiers that were not missing have returned to their units

na wa o.......no really..... its quite obvious that an incident occurred that delayed the return of the troops but nowhere near the magnitude the media reports claimed. As the report here states, the army spokesman said the earlier media reports were exaggerated which is clearly the case.

it's like most y=of you would have been overjoyed to hear "105 troop members alleged missing, confirmed dead", jsut so you could have some ammo to pursue your agenda. smh

i thought the initial reports said it was 3 "hefty" men. What is hefty about the 3 of these boys combined??

I mean, right from the time the news broke, i found it rather hard to believe that three guys of whatever size could subdue and entire hostel full of males and females...weapons or not, all it takes is for one sharp guy to jump one of them and the battle is over. Are Nigerian youths cowards?

FullDepth1:
Crazy Crazy Crazy..

The Presidency should react to the "Branson being weary of doing Business in Nigeria"

This Sends a wrong signal...

I think the report meant to say "wary" not "weary", in which case Mr Branson cannot be faulted IMO.

AdeLaNa1:
https://giant.gfycat.com/AcrobaticBoldJapanesebeetle.gif

And yet someone would ve us believe Rooney was closed down by the defender, wen all the time he had and needed was half a second to bury that chance...

The two chances are simialr but note xactly identical. Martial had the ball and was in a dynamic position i.e he was moving with the ball...rooney on the other hand has run into position and had to stop because Mata held on to the ball for a second too long. critically, you have ot understand that when Ronneys topped, he lost momentum which meant he had to generate power to actually kick the ball instead of just tapping it in which takes an extra half second and can also make it harder to aim. If you've played at any half-decent level you should grasp this. also look at that gif and you see the defender coming in from the right of martial? should mata have delayed thepass there like he did to rooney it would likely have led to that guy making a block. I actually think after the second time that mata turned with the ball, he should have taken the shot himself instead of copping out with a late pass to rooney and then putting his hands on his head as if he didnt know that he was partly responsible.

TATROVERT:
Since wednesday october 28 2015 the batch b stream 1 prospective corp members are to resume to their various camp of deployment till now, there have been so many news emanating from different camps in the country.
Of course ogun state camp which is located at ikenne/sagamu ogun state which is usually called "the five star camp" aint left behind...
For the past few days there have been lots of activities going on in the camp.. the swearing in of the corp members,issual of camp kits,drills,match training,band activities etc are all fun.. but recently it has been gathered that 8 corp members have been currently decamped as result of being caught in sexual activities at the mami market which os usually a place in the camp where other activities like eating.drinking etc goes on..

Out of the 8 eight corp members decamped,i.e 4 females and 4 males caught by the camp soldiers at the late hours of the night in suspected areas.. it was gathered that one of the girls was a married woman,who happens to use her husbands name as next of kin during registeration.. all of the victims was decamped on monday...

Culprits ma

Lingard in particular was impressive and i've always suspected that deploying him on the left might yield higher dividends; however i still think Ashley Young is most suited to that role as he can do what Lingard did (dribbling through) but with more maturity and consistency. If only Memphis could be the one sent to right back which apparently is the in thing ot do with misfiring wingers at old trafford these days.

and I must add that although Captain Mike got the credit for the block and rightly so, Ashley Youngs awareness and urgency to get into position to interfer, before he slipped, was extremly laudable. I love that chap!

elampiro:
Running towards the ball would have limited his range to where the goalkeeper was, if at all that were possible given the tightness of action. Rooney first had to drift away from the two defenders.

Again the reason I even posted at all was that they said he missed an empty net. Last season we had players who missed empty nets and they were not even shown such hatred.



Already done with it. The video is there for individual assessment.

The simple truth is that, it was not an easy chance and MAta actually delayed on the ball which gave the defender time to swoop in and interfere. But a turly top player would be expected to finish that 8/10 times.

We can cut the guy some slack but let's accept the fact that Wayne Rooney peaked at the age of 18, and is most liekly finished as a top footballer.

HARDDON:
When it comes to sensitive topics like this, my mind cant help but wander to d murderers that repents are live freely ever after.

David a man after God's heart? Wow!
Paul the greatest new testament preacher? Whoo!
Prodigal son forgiven? Wheeps!

And the list goes on.....

But the bottom line is, God's ways aint ours , and a truely repentant soul he cant cast out.

NB: no matter how large ur wrong r, just whisper im sorry Lord n move on. Dont dwell on it.

lool..true true...but I think when you think about it, there are always consequences for sin, even though God might forgive you.

For instance, using the individuals you mentioned,

1. David: he was pursued by his own son, who defiled his bed by taking one of his wives (if i remember correctly)
2. Paul: although i can't say i know this for a fact, but i've often wondered if the hardships Paul went through were in part the consequences of his persecution of Christians. Also, Paul repented and never went back to persecuting Christians. This is an important point.
3. The prodigal son: forgiven, yes, but without any further inheritance.

Also don't forget of people like Esau of whom the bible says when he repented and even sought after his inheritance with tears, it could not be found. Sin has real consequences bro.

sihom:
Hmmmm, valid point Larai I won't argue with that logic.

But me I like and I want both things in place i.e well spoken English & well written English.

It's not like I want access to a man's bank account, just something as simple as good English - it's a huge turn on for me.

Your punctuation is all over the place though. In particular, you keep overusing and misusing the - (dash) and omitting commas where necessary.

For example, your last statement should have read something like: "It's not like I want access to a man's bank account; I just want some things as simple as good English--it's a huge turn-on for me.

The point is, I can tell you probably speak very good English, but it's not reflected (as much as you might think it is) in your writing, which has a very labored feel. I.e, you're trying too hard.

Sorry ot interrupt yall's belle face arguments and all that but i stumbled of this vid of Chris Smalling from last seasion, for those who would like everyone to believe that the lad came good only this season. Enjoy:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzPyAl93AGM

adewumiopeyemi:
A true life story and I know little about the story. Read below:

“I’m so confused, I don’t know what to do. My roommate is dating our landlord and they do have s.ex under the same roof we are living. We are students but we live off campus.

Our landlord should be in his 40s and he is married with 2 kids, our landlord and his family lives in the same building with us. The first day I knew they were dating was when I caught them making love in our room although I’ve been suspecting their movement before I caught them together.

My roommate confessed to me that she’s dating him and they’ve been going out for over 4 months now.

My problem now is our landlord’s wife is a very nice woman, she’s one of the most nicest people I’ve ever met, she gives us food, money and she treats us like her sisters. I still remember the last time I misplaced N3200 for my medical in school, it was our landlord’s wife that gave me N4000 to pay for it and she has also helped this my roommate countless time.

Knowing my friend and my landlord doing extra ordinary is giving me guilty conscience each time I see the landlord’s wife. Do you think I should tell the landlord’s wife?”

Hey What is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. First, warn that roommate of yours, secondly send the wife an anonymous tip. thirdly be on the lookout for alternative accomodation.

Look here, sister, your conscience is botherign you, what other advice are you looking for?

I don' think all this angry talk is necessary. When the time comes, the separation of Nigeria will not be achieved by means of violence but rather through referendums and everyone will be allowed to chose their own path I suppose. The Anioma that most of you are even arguing back and forth over, has it got any strategic advantage inherently linked to it? If not why are you people busy arguing over such things when you should be out there hustling for your daily bread? It's not even as if any of you would even be found on the war front if it comes to that.

The right to self-determination of Igbo people must be granted them, the Right to self-determination of the people of the Niger Delta must be granted them, and the right to self-determination of the Nigerian people must be granted them, but not by any means necessary this time around; because these rights are not worth the blood of millions of innocents as has happened in times past.

bukatyne:
What makes divorce NOT an option?

Christianity and Islam supports divorce in the event of adultery, not so?

What advise would you give the husband of a cheating wife?

Well it all depends on whether or not divorce is an option. Divorce is not an option for me, because even though divorce is permitted in the bible, it is only reluctantly permitted and in fact, I am certain that to forgive is more honorable in the sight of God.

I would advise a man with a cheating wife to get to the root of the matter, with regards to why the wife is cheating, and see what steps can be taken from there, if she is repentant.

If she is not repentant, then I would advise the fellow to carry his burden like that, because marriage is for life.

Only in the most extreme of circumstances, where a woman is repeatedly unfaithful and unrepentant and does not love nor respect her husband, would I advise a man to divorce his wife.

PunkyVeer:
Well, we all handle stress differently, I presume. My way of handling anything that upsets me is by removing myself from the situation or source of my misery, so to speak. I just can't be looking at that every day. I need to peace out, so I can regulate my emotions & feel normal again. Out of sight. Out of mind.

Makes sense. Well, good luck!

PunkyVeer:
You asked for my opinion, now it's not good enough? I didn't tell him to be a slut, so basically, I can even move to the end of the world if that's what I feel will give me inner peace. He stops to matter the minute he decides to step out on me, so I won't be considerate of his feelings when I'm making decisions about MY life & what matters to ME. Why should I care how he feels?

hold up, i didnt say anything about his feelings....it's all about yours. Would you really be happy living that way? I sincerely doubt it but if you insist... I just want to make the point that sometimes even though a wrong deed cannot be reversed, in relationships, 2+2 could be whatever you want it to be.

A man cheats on you and you can't go back in the past to change it but is packing up and calling it quits guaranteed a happier ending than sucking it up and staying put, not for his happiness but for yours?

daretodiffer:
I am a muslim and divorce is an option however if it isn't or if I didn't want ot break things of, we would only be marry in name only.

I will kuku face my work, children and my games.

lol...oh ok well if divorce is an option then I get where you might be coming from

PunkyVeer:
Divorce not an option how? I don't get it. Well, in a case where an official divorce is "not an option", we'll simply be married in name only. Meaning, we won't be sleeping together or even live together. Separate lives.

That is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face. The fact is, you can't live with your husband, with whom you have shared so much of your life, as strangers in the same house and be happy.

I've gone through as many pages of this thread as I can, and in all the long talk, all I can see are people taking up camps on whether the aunty was right or wrong, but no one has given an alternative solution that allows the woman to have a happy ending.

Say you were with a cheating husband, who refuses to repent, and divorce is not an option, what would you do?

Punkyveer and Daretodiffer plz this question is directed at you both since you are the most vocal females on this thread. I am genuinely interested in knowing what you would consider to be a satisfactory outcome under such circumstances.

daretodiffer:
I didn't know she was dead. Learn to look at the cause instead of misquoting somebody

He uses his aunt as a case study. If you are a student or better still a lawyer, you should know that you attacking/assassinating the evidence yo win the argument. In this case it was his aunt.

Don't quote me again please, if you are biased.

I like objective minds

But it's stated right there in the title, the same title where you picked out the words mature and learn. looks to me likr you're just spoiling for a fight?

Assassinating the character of the witness is what i believe you mean to make reference to and in this case it actually qualifies as a low blow, given the extremely personal nature of the event.

Lastly even if you did not know that the aunty was late, madam, you could have shown some respect for the fact that !. this lady is most probably far older than you and 2. this was a person who was clearly in pain. Instead you chose to belittle the struggle of another human being in order to prove a point.

Shocking.

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