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In as much as the service from the South African Embassy is appalling.

The Nigerian one is worse, and I don't see us having any morale justification in calling them out, when we are no better.

Best we channel our energies in calling ourselves out and fixing our own appalling issues.

Sorry to say but....the whatsapp shows the name clearly....what was the point of trying to hide it

BigBelleControl:
Even the combination of Messi and Neymar can't produce the quality of that goal. The little magician, Onuoha's sublime pass to Sikiru Olatunbosun who flick the ball over a Ranger's defender before putting a long range shot to the corner of the net brought a a sweet memory of Zidane.

Neymar, scored a similar goal against Villarreal last year.

SweetBoyFriend:

What would those Danfo drivers do when you take those buses away from them ??

Do you want them to go back to their Omo Nile job ??

Lagos would become a no-go area if those men are stripped off of their danfo business

You will turn those men into Arm robbers, kidnappers, money rituals, 419, drug dealers

This is why we will never ever ban Okada or motorcycle business in Anambra state, millions of families depend on the business

When okada, was banned in Lagos, who die....People will adjust and nothing will happen
If people in your side don't want development thats fine......

Very interesting.....Did anyone notice
The fight was because he said the president was sick.....They totally forgot about the issue of rising political tension in Kano that was brought to the fore.

Goes to show you the priorities of our politician.....
They don't care about the masses, its all just about politics as far as they are concerned

What are people complaining about......I see no issue with the whistle blowing.
The only problem with it is that it should be done and channeled the right way.
That is, whistle blow to the right authorities and let whoever is involved show that his/her means of wealth is legitimate, what is not acceptable is going to press with unconfirmed allegations.

Its seen across the world were people who show unexplained amount of wealth are questioned.

Even the other day Davido was stating how he was questioned by police officers in the USA due to his display of wealth.....
So whats the noise about......if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear

londonrivals:
An expatriate has been arrested by officers of the Lagos state police command, for breaking traffic laws of the State.

The Mantra protection solution boss, who was in a black Toyota jeep while being escorted to work with a white hilux van, was arrested for disobeying the traffic light and also using the siren illegally. He's now cooling off in the police station.

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/02/expatriate-arrested-for-disobeying.html

My friend, which kin expatriate....will you change that topic to immegrant

JosWatchDog:
I just saw this on facebook, and it got me laughing all day. I think this man is making a whole lot of sense.

How is he making sense.......How many countries has he being to.......How many mathematics teachers and professors has he met.
He is just plain ignorant...and acting the fool

naijamakossa:
I attended a boys school so we do bath together so I know

So you spent bath time checking ass to d**k ratio.... Gay Much

Fabulocity:
Why don't you get us a room?

If the guy no get una room, me i go get una room

I saw this post in another thread and I thought it was worth discussing about.
Does this perception of the African man by Lord Lugard, hold water.......is this this right. What are our thoughts about his views

Original Poster "anonimi
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anonimi: http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:the-vague-future-of-nigeria&catid=28:friday-column&Itemid=56


Lord Lugard, the former governor-general of Nigeria, in 1926, wrote his unfiltered thought about Nigerians. From his book, The Dual Mandates, come these excerpts: "In character and temperament, the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person, lacking in self-control, discipline, and foresight. Naturally courageous, and naturally courteous and polite, full of personal vanity, with little sense of veracity, fond of music and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewellery.

His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment, and he suffers little from the apprehension for the future or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of the European or Asiatic, and exhibits something of the animals' placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the state he has reached.

"Through the ages, the African appears to have evolved no organised religious creed, and though some tribes appear to believe in a deity, the religious sense seldom rises above pantheistic animalism and seems more often to take the form of a vague dread of the supernatural. He lacks the power of organisation, and is conspicuously deficient in the management and control alike of men or business. He loves the display of power, but fails to realize its responsibility - he will work hard with a less incentive than most races. He has the courage of the fighting animal, an instinct rather than a moral virtue.

In brief, the virtues and defects of his race -type are those of attractive children, whose confidence when it is won is given ungrudgingly as to an older and wiser superior and without envy. Perhaps, the two traits which have impressed me as those most characteristic of the African native are his lack of apprehension and his lack of ability to visualize the future"


Guys lets discuss the thoughts of Lord Lugard. he had a supremacist view obviously. But is he right in the way he describes Nigerians and Africans in general? How many of the issues that he raises are valid?

Letz get some responses

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Ahmadgani:
Vintage man with vintage ideas

Ideas that only affect his life, when will he start doing things that will bring posh-ness to Nigerian lives

bezimo:
At Ieast I have not sown evil but good so I will only reap good.

So if you have nothing reasonable to submit, don't quote me.Be warned.

You have been quoted. SO what now

Eleniyan155:
See my account balance is working for all sim

You never tire with this your scam.....abeg move this you scam go dollarland.com

The Unilag graduate is showing us all that she is not only a talented rapper, but also a sexy lady. Credit: Idris Dawudu
What a thing to say....would he have said this if it was his daughter.....what kind of nonsense are we indulging in this country.....As morals totally gone out the window.....where is the dignity.....where is her pride as a woman and a human being......So its okay to sell ones dignity for a little tast e of fame......men, i shake my head

Other Nigerian musicians who have gone topless to promote their studio work include Darey Art Alade

Meanwhile what has this got to do with anything. There is no big issue in a man going topless......same cannot be said about a woman

What is it with women and nudity sef.........

Men fit were reach five shirt, ten trousers.....meanwhile the women na string them one wear....
Can't just understand

No photo's of the soldiers.....this might be a losing case. Picture of a guy lying on the floor is not sufficient for us to conclude that he was maltreated by soldiers.,,

Berbierklaus:
Actually that girl is wearing yansh pad

not that I wear one o,but looking at the entire waist to the laps,that's not her real body.

Body shaper gone wrong

Totally Agree

hmm

Vicjustice:
The article seems to have been written by a Cobbler rather than a Journalist

Bro, its like you read my mind.
Since we declared freedom of speech in Nigeria, na so, so

What a bunch of jokers.....Do they thinks is something you just pronounce just like that...

But then again maybe they want to release all the dollar in their procession back into the economy

bezimo:
In addition to doing what you have stated, he also has the moral responsibility to stand up to parochial, oppressive and tyrannic type of leadership. You cant be oppressing people and not expect to be challenged at some point.

Its people like you who are the problems of this country, hailing the useless Islamic Buhari leadership which has become a monumental failure in untellable proportions.The worst in Nigeria thus far.

Look at the country, was this how it was when he took over.He has retrogressed everything.You are here yarning senseless garbage.

Abeg get out.

One word for you you will reap all that you have sown

Abbeyme:
Two wrongs do not make a right

How does this quote apply in this case

asumo12:
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
YORUBA DADDIES AND YORUBA MUMMIES.
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PHONE CALL WITH A TYPICAL YORUBA DADDY
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Son: Hello, Sir!

Dad: Hello. How far? Bawo ni?

Son: Mo wa okay. Bawo ni day yin, Sir?

Dad: O lo daada. Ise nko?

Son: Ise wa daada. Mummy nko?

Dad: O wa. Just be fine. God bless you.

Son: Okay, Sir.

Dad: A tun ma soro... Later.
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PHONE WITH A TYPICAL YORUBA MOTHER:
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Son: Hello, Ma!

Mum: Hello... Oko mi... Akanni omo ologun eru... (she keeps eulogising for the next five minutes)

Son: (cuts in) Mummy, se e wa daada? Bawo ni gbogbo ile?

Mum: Mo wa. Ko pe ti mo de lati church. A ni special women programme. Look, gbogbo yin ni mo gb'adura fun, mo ti ri'yin bo'nu eje Jesu. Oju ko'ju kan koni wo'yin. It shall be well with all of you. Pastor even asked of you, we prayed for you together. Woo, mo ri ore e kan, e jo ma n wo pata sere ni kekere ni. Omo iya Kayode to wa ni...

Son: (cuts in) Mummy, ko pe ti mo d'ele lati office. O re mi. Mo fe lo rest.

Mummy: Haa... Pele oko mi. Se stress office po'ju ni? Nkan ma waa ni oro wala ibi ise yin yi ooo. Se o ti jeun? Ki l'ori je bayi? Se o lo ogun malaria yen? Neck pain yen nko? Se ese to fi gba okuta ni 2012 yen o ro e mo...

Son : Ko si wahala, mo ti je noddles.

Mummy: Haa! Iwo omo yi. Indomie again!!!? Oo ni oro gbo. O se obe ni? Duro. Voice e lo s'ile... Kilode? O n bami ja ni?

Son: Rara Ma. O ti remi ni.

Mummy: Awwww! Oya lo we, ko de lo ogun e before you sleep. And make sure you sleep on time. L'oruko Jesu, wa goke, waa de ibi giga, owo Olorun a di e mu...

Son: Amin Ma

Mummy: L'oruko Jesu, inu rere wa ma tan imole fun e.

Son: Amin

Mummy: L'oruko Jesu o ni si ise se, waa maari aanu gba. O ni daran. Won o ni koba e. O ni sise. Ise e o ni baje. Oluwasegun la so e, oruko e ma ro e...

Son: Amin, Amin, Amin, Amin (Like 10 Amins, thinking she would know I was getting bored already)

Mummy: L'oruko Jesu, oo ni subu... Ona to si, Olorun a je ko si d'ale...

Son: Amin (Talking through my nose. Heard Dad's voice in the background)

Dad: Je ki omo yi lo sun now.

Mummy: Lo sun, oko mi. L'oruko Jesu awon Angeli ma daabo bo e l'oju orun. Ti o ba ji, won o ni fi e sile.

Son: Hello... Hello, Hello mummy. Network yi o. Hello.......(Pretending network is bad) (ends the call).

Son returns from the bathroom and picks phone: 12 missed calls from Mummy.

Mummies, our wahala too much.. but i think we are more caring ni.

so on point ......lol

Ksslib:
I still remember that day. The memory of what happened still scars my flesh to this day.

As i walked down the lonely street that night, two hooded men - both wielding knives - appeared from nowhere and blocked my path.

"Give it to us", the huge, muscular guy commanded, stretching his hand.

"But I cant", I replied, squeezing my bag tightly to my chest like a pillow.

"Give us the goddamn package" he thundered. I could sense the impatience in his voice.

"No, I cant" I answered back.

He lunged towards me with his knife. I tried to dodge but he was too quick . His blade cut through my flesh and I began bleeding.

I fell to the ground but managed to escape through the opening under his legs as he stood above me figuring where to stab me next before collecting the package inside my bag.

As I staggered home all soaked in blood, I received a text from the General.

"Is the package secure?"

I looked inside my bag and smiled. "Package secure sir. All ffucks are in place... No single fffuck given to the enemy"

Lol, Brilliant

NgeneUkwenu:
Buhari wasn't president when factories in Ikeja began browning off and selling their facilities to churches.


He wan't here when 80% of SME died away and the rest went on life support.

Buhari wasn't president when landlords were being watched charging rent in US dollars and stores were selling in hard currency.


Buhari wasn't president when wheat farming collapsed and Cote d'Ivore overtook us in Cocoa production.

Buhari didn't destroy Iwopin paper mill or ALSCON in Ikot-Abasi, a single factory that at a point brought in 30% equivalent of what we got from oil.

Buhari didn't take us from net exporter of oil palm products to lazy importers of the same.


Buhari didn't make us importers of petrol and diesel nor is he responsible for killing of the textile industry.

He didn't destroy our forest resources or ran down power stations like Egbin until only three out of twelve turbines work.

People shout policy but there is no policy that can transform a 'post-war' economic environment with the snap of the finger and government should just tell the people that this thing is what it is.

Government also has to water down expectations on oil prices ever rising above 55 dollars because it is just not possible in the age of Shale and renewables.

This nation is cornered and it has no choice than to reform it's lifestyles and go back to work.

It has to reform it's justice system such that it can jail it's thieves and reward those who do things right. We are refusing to allow hardship nudge us in the right direction but prefer to explain our woes as a personal failure of Buhari to draft policy from sheer air.

They were trampling people to death on job queues before he came on board.

Where are your farms to save you from food importation or your refineries to save you from seeking dollars to import fuel?

Where are your schools to educate your children without sending them to foreign universities when you can afford it?

He isn't two years in control yet and I believe he deserves a little more understanding given the gradients of the point where he took over.


Buhari met all these things that way, plus a devastating war that devoured the nation from a region and we have the choice of working with him to restore and rebuild the country or allow ourselves to get us into false sentiments, take advantage of us to return us to the years of the locust.

You seem not to understand what the protest is about.....You are just busy defending Buhari....Who is talking about Buhari. We are talking to all our political leaders. They have all failed irrespective of party, ethnic group or religion. And we need them to take us seriously and begin to do better.

Enough of all the promises and telling us to be patient......For example they say no money to pay salaries, yet they are not taking pay cuts, they are not reducing their luxurious spending.....yet they are tell us to be patient....does that show seriousness.....more like they are just taking us for a ride........ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, THIS IS REAL LIFE NOT CHILDS PLAY

Beranco:
m just thinking aloud.......
During the Soviet dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. He was a brutal dictator with mind of his own. On one fateful day, Stalin came to Politburo meeting with a live chicken. Standing in front of audience, He started to pluck the feathers of the live chicken off one by one.

The chicken trembled in pain, blood tricking out of its pores. It gave out grievous cries, but Stalin being a cruel dictator continued without remorse plucking the feathers out until the chicken was completely Unclad.

After which, he threw the chicken on the ground. The Unclad chicken was staggering in pain. Stalin goes into his pocket and from his pockets, he took out some chicken food and started to throw it at the poor & helpless creature.

The poor chicken in pain started eating and Stalin started walking towards his seat. As he walked away, he kept dropping some feeds on the floor & the chicken followed him and sat feeding from his feet.

Joseph Stalin then turned to members of his political party leadership. He said, "This chicken represents the people".

"You must disempower them, brutalise them, beat them up, starve them and then leave them".

"If you do this, go into your pocket & give them peanuts when they are in that helpless and desperate situation, they will blindly follow you for the rest of their life, worshiping you".

"They will think you are a hero forever. They will forget that, you're responsible for their sorrowful situation in the first place."

Breath taking, isn't it ?

Now! Take a look at all the people some Nigerians are busy defending on social media.

Take a look at those they call their heroes. They are the same people who plunged Nigeria into the situation she is. They are the same people who are responsible for their predicament.

#Could this be the Nigerian citizens situation presently?# In ma noble Opinion, i think it is.
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Wow....wow.....wow

It appears some people are getting this thing mixed up......This protest is not about Buhari...
This protest is a message to Nigerian leaders....APC, PDP, APGA, SDP, Igbo, Huasa, Yoruba, Muslim, Christian, Traditionalist, Atheist...etc.
That we are tired of the bad leadership and policies and that we need progress to be made....Nigerians are suffering and its no longer a funny matter..No one should play politics with our lives and the lives of our children

Am I the only one seeing Neferunenaji, is that an asian name...............Fake news everywhere in Nairaland.
We go soon rename am Trashland