₦airaland Forum

I dont understand the mentality of most Nigerians.We embrace our enemies and hate our friends.EL Rufai is one of the most courageous Nigerians alive.Here is a man who returned from exile and despite all the mammoth enquiries inflicted on him,he has not been convicted of any misdeed.For a man with altruitic motive in all his dealings,he has refused to be cowed.He never stops talking.Ask Atiku.

Ozin,Have you not realized that whoever wants to achieve anything in the polity called Nigeria,he has to resort to force? That is the language those in authority seems to understand. June 12 ceded presidency to the SW.Due to militancy in Niger Delta,GEJ came in and I can bet it,in 2015 the presidency will be ceded to the North because of the Boko Haram insurgency.So no matter what anybody may say,this Occupied Nigeria has definitely achieved something.Just wait and see.I only pity the SE.Nobody gets anything through cooperation in modern Nigerian state.It is just a reflection of the level of our bestiality as a nation.

What a self deception? You post a topic and you generate a cohort of opinions to support your view.Dont you look at the mirror? It doesnt lie ! Frankly, for a long time,I have not witnessed a protest that cuts across every strata of social classes and professions,who were ready to stake their lives for what they believe.When i looked at the mammoth crowd in Lagos and Abuja,I am reminded of the civil right protests in the 60's.Jonathan better watch out.The next stage of the protest would be a call for his removal.

this is how they say it. the revolutionists of yesterday have become the bourgeoisie of today

The best analogy for the Nigerian situation is like a father with about 150 children and he has to feed all of them everyday. It got to a point where the financial burden of feeding the whole family was getting unbearable. He investigated and discovered that the senior among his children were the ones sabotaging his efforts. He identified the crooks,but he is somehow afraid of his own children.Do you know his solution ? He stopped buying food for his family: everyone to go out there and fight for survival!

Rather sad for this confession of incompetence.There a Yoruba adage that says,' As we are learning a skill,we equally learn speed. If we have all the time in the world,there will be no need for a clock and even timing in competitions, A leader should be imbued with more speed than his followers.That is why ,he is the leader in the place.

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I dont like being abusive,but when some folks behave so foolishly,it leaves one with no option. How on earth could adults (not kids or thugs) descend to such an animalistic instinct of hanging to a moving vehicle ? And no even one of them is sane enough to stop others ! It sucks.

Any song that doesn't add to me spiritually or wisdom-wise would not be found in my phone.I hate sexually profane,violence-laden lyrics.

in literature and psychology ,we call it CHEMICAL PERSUASION.It is a situation where an individual has been so subjected to extreme dehumanisation that he now sees his oppressor as his friend.

Your theories are vapid.Maybe if Abacha could not be charged for financial dishonesty,but for moral dishonesty.

It baffles when people talk in utter ignorance.Somebody even asked why Adeniyi didnt talk when Yardua was alive.Learn from this story- Krushev had just assumed leadership of the USSR after the death of Stalin and in one of his public meetings, he was criticizing his former boss's policies when a voice came from the crowd, 'When Stalin was commiting all these evil,why didnt you talk?' There was total silence and Krushev asked 'Who said that?' When no one showed up, he calmly reply, 'Now you know why I didnt talk back then!'

Nigerians,especially the Yoruba have a rather accommodating culture.However those cultural edges are being smoothened by religious convictions especially christianity.You will be surprised to see that religion is a big factor here.In addition a fair skin person (half caste) have an edge over dark skin ones (explains why many bleach their skin).However, be wary of a lot of wolves,who would do anything for money.Dont despair,there are a lot of good guys out there.

This definitely belongs to the joke section! Joke apart it takes somebody with pride to read motive into a mere action of giving your suit to your aide camp.It is not by force that you must contribute here,especially when you dont have something tangible to say.

Ado Ekiti,certainly not the worst state in Nigeria,whatever criteria you may want to adopt.What you called poverty is nothing but quaintness in simplicity.Most towns and cities in West Africa sub-region and even a place like Akwa-Ibom have this quaint simplicity.Mind you,Ekiti-State has the highest life expectancy rate in Nigeria.Can you beat that ?

I do it whenever am bored.quite self adulating.gives one a sense of self worth,especially if you have a lot of stuffs online (do have my publications et al on Amazon and others)

Now I know if poverty has failed in annihilating us,Nuclear option may be the easiest way.It is not enough to just import technology,but can we manage it safely? Ordinary and basic Hydro power technology,we find to be herculian,now nuclear.

Greed

These prurient statements make me laugh.It is when you have an economy in the first place that you are afraid that it would collapse.the blatant fact is that Nigeria doesnt have anything called economy.When the whole world was shouting global recession,did we feel anything? Sadly, we are already on the ground,so there is no fear of falling.Dont be deceived by the government,they only want to save more money to be embezzled.

Somettimes i wonder and begin to ask why some people continue to trace every imaginable problem to OBJ.If your chicken refuses to hatch,it is OBJ.Rather ridiculous.

Jesus is the only unifying force for all humanity,God himself in the flesh who died to take sin out of our life,thereby reconciling humanity to Him.

It baffles me at times why a government would be so consumed by who wants to discredit it,even if there is no visible enemy in sight.It is only an unserious government that would conjure a fictitious enemy as an excuse for non-performance.You can fight your so-called enemies by out-performing.

It has been one justice for the poor and another for the rich.it always baffles me.Some who looted in good health,when standing trial suddenly gets sick and he released on that ground.Law is truly an ass!

i am a yoruba guy and i can say that it is very wrong and erroneous for people to link every crime to race or ethnic affiliation.just as you have some real heartless people among yorubas,hausa and other ethnic groups,the same way you have good people among these ethnic groups.unless you are saying that satan himself,the mastermind of all these demonic inspirations belongs to a particular ethnic group!

I dey laugh ooo.Actually true.We would stop using generator and start using parafin lamp!

That is actually true! It testifies to the level of abjection Nigerian state has experienced since its creation.

That is what you get unfortunately when the elite strategically and delibrately imposes a poverty and ignorance-induced policy on the hapless people;who would hail it as a blessing.Introduction of the sharia is one of such policies.Has any rich man been amputated under the Sharia? Rather,they indulge in more heinous crime with impunity.A former governor married an under-age girl for example. It in the ignorance of the masses that their own prosperity thrives.Can Zamfara be more Islamic than Saudi? Yet they able to find a meeting point with western civilisation.

Dont get the whole hullabaloo about this.There is a policy in place,explicit or implicit to drive the philosophy of the school and the visioner feels admitting muslim students would jeopardize this vision, so he says NO.You know my favourite Yoruba proverb? It says if you have decided the masquerade of your father's house would dance,you may later decide it wont dance and nobody can arrest you.The school even claimed their experience with admiting muslim students in the past had failed.Logically, Covenant has more to gain than lose in terms of fees accruable from fees and even the hope of converting these muslims to christian faith.It also not everytime that you state a company policy,especially one as sensitive as religion in black and white .To wean the struggling middle class from your target clientelle,you simply charge a high fee.I know things would soon come to this when those that claimed blood relationship with Mohammed(peace and honour be his name)were killing and maiming in his name,they are doing more harm than good.Now they have tied the tag of fanaticism and intolerance round neck of Islam.Now, the enlightened muslim folks dont want to associate with such negative tag.