₦airaland Forum

theV0ice:
I don't ask for the identity of folks i encounter on threads so whats my own? you might actually be a modified tortoise in real life like your moniker suggests, of what effect is it on me? If it rankles you unduly that some folks are impersonating your tribe, why not report to Seun who owns the site? abi you saw my name on the mast head?

You kids take your online existence too seriously......you better take a chill pill before you burst a vein. You'll just die and no one here will notice. You actually believe your IPOB nonsense will get you anywhere?? geez...you need a dose of common sense my friend

Anyway, go ahead and buy your gun, kill every fulani and yoruba you see at upper iweka then turn the gun on yourself if you like.....it's your cup of tea

But then.....don't forget to start campaigning for another Fulani president in 2019. Remember it's an order from Ike Ekweremmadu

Hehehe..... Na where I dey since?? Chai! I have missed all the fun!

simplycarro:
You've been murdered time and time over on this forum.
You no get Shame?

Chai! Everyone come and see this technical knock-out that registered as a 9, on the Richter scale! Hehehe....

Bollinger:
Lol. . .it's good to have optimism but be realistic about what you are optimistic about. There are no signs that the country is going nowhere but in circles. But, you see change when there is none. You need not look further than the front page of NL to see how phucked is. I don't make the headlines, you'all do. Stupid shiit that shouldn't be happening is absolutely normal to you'all. I say again, change your mentality and then you can start being optimistic. A goat wears shoes, optimistic he won't be seen as a goat.

I told you before that you have a myopic mindset, and with every comment that you utter... you keep proving me right. I forgot to add the word 'warped,' to that description.

My optimism is founded on nothing, but sheer reality. I have lived in the UK as well as a few other foreign countries, and I have also lived in Nigeria. Believe me when I tell you that Nigeria still has a number of good things, going for it. My neighbour uses the rent from the houses he built in Nigeria, to fund his lifestyle and living expenses in the US. I have heard several people saying it is easier to trade within Nigeria, than abroad and the return on investments are still far better here than in other European countries.

So all your vile epithets you keep recycling about Nigeria has not stopped those who are making a decent living within this country, from doing so. Only those who experienced a deprived childhood within their own country, seek means of escape from it, and never have anything decent to say about it when they finally leave the place. You seem to get a high from launching invectives and cusswords against your country. So here have the floor... and knock yourself out.

dominique:
Once Chucky234 and Oseri has reached a resolution, no point keeping the thread active.

Even after Chucky234 and Oseri have reached a resolution, please do NOT delete the thread.

Kindly lock it if you have to, but please let it remain online (read-mode only), to serve as a deterrent to would-be scammers, of the fate that awaits them if they decide to pull a fast one on unsuspecting Nairalanders.

Bollinger:
The only reason i asked if you were a Nigerian is because you seem not to know that the country you live in has been a cesspool since inception. If you were a true Nigerian you would have known that. There is a difference between realizing what is and hoping for what can be. If you don't have the true grasp of what is then how do you move on. You need to wake up to reality.

Do you earn money for every vile epithet you spew out about your country? So to you, Nigeria is a 'cesspool??' And no one else is allowed to have a different opinion, without you questioning their Nigerian identity? Okay,o! Your clueless mindset has just entered the next level.

I live in Nigeria unlike you, and I can see what took place in the past, what is currently happening and the plans in the pipeline for the future. On the contrary, you are the one with a thoroughly negative mindset who does not have any grasp about what is currently going on, in different sectors of the country.

Like I stated earlier, Nigeria has its shortcomings but I will not denigrate my country in order to feel good like you are busy doing. If you dislike my optimism, hug the nearest transformer. How old did you say you were, by the way??

uboma:
You are obviously confused and lost.

How can you say that life then in Nigeria is the same now?

How old are you by the way?

Don't mind dem! Small indomie children quoting figures and facts out of context, and landing in the cesspit of ignorance and stupidity. See the mugu talking about number of universities. What was the population of Nigeria, back then? What is the population of Nigeria, now? What was quality of life way back then? What is the quality of life, at this present time?

Bollinger:
You sure you are Nigerian? So, speaking the truth is hate mongering. Right. Got it. This is another bane of Nigerians; living in denial. Admit that the foundations the country was built on was and is flawed, change the way you'all think, and finally chart a realistic course for change in the future. Living in denial is counter productive. All it does is hold you back. Reminiscing for a time that never existed is sad to say the least. I somehow feel sorry for you. Damn, what a pity.

Hear we go again. Please go back and re-read your initial post before coming back here to rant. You were the one pouring scorn on Nigeria because of your claims about the lack of a pension scheme, lack of jobs or owning a car after graduation. And my response to you, was that it was not always like that and the state of affairs in the sixties and seventies, were far better than what it is today. So contrary to your statement, nobody is living in denial .

Am a full-blooded Nigerian and I carry my green passport with pride. And I will be the first to admit that a lot of things in Nigeria need improvement. But I will not destroy my country or talk trash about it, in order to feel good with myself the way you have been doing. Neither will I drag its name in the mud, because of some perceived shortcomings.

Does speaking the truth, mean having to denigrate your country?? In one of your earlier posts, you claimed: " The rot in the country today has been going on since independence." Later you said: " i can tell you for a fact, Nigeria has always been crap." You are the one with a skewed mentality here, and it is so sad to see that the myopia through which you view your own country, has clouded your sense of judgement. I am yet to meet an American outside the US, talking trash about their country. They often refer to it as 'God's own country', making you believe it is the greatest nation on earth, despite all the problems they have over there. Tell me, are they living in denial as well?

aim5:
Yeah, I personally don't see Igbo elements in the music. How the hell can one say that Esan/Afemai and Igbo have the same music haha laughable.

Bros, I no know say you sef see am! I have lived and worked in different parts of Edo State. My relative married an Edo man and I used to stop by to see them, on my way to the South-East during my field tours. And the man used to entertain me a lot as a good in-law, with their traditional music, food etc. I did not detect any Igbo influence in their music, oh!

aim5:
Afemai music has that soothing highlife music sound, while Esan music can vary... In my opinion, most Esan music doesn't sound like Igbo music at all... Music from Irrua has heavy blues elements with some funk in it.

Thank you for educating the clueless, my brother!

Marotzke:
who asked you all the questions that you are answering? Simple one that you left, is Igbanke in Orhionwon local government area, part of EDO state? Are Igbanke people Igbo or Igboid or whatever? I know of one pastor (Pharm) Leonard Onyibe. From Igbanke Edo state. Unapologetically Igbo. Unquestionably EDO.

Ask General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia where his mother was from? And her maiden name? Then you will understand that there are Igbos in Edo state. Leave Ishan and Afemai people alone. No one mentioned them.

You are the one that is now flaunting Igbanke in your post. My last post had nothing to do with the Igbanke people. It focused squarely on the Esan and Afenmai people. So why are you digressing to chanting "Igbanke" like a mantra?? Was that the subject under discussion?? And what does Ogbemudia have to do with this issue? Vicotex and Ekenedegreat mentioned Esan and Afemai people, and my post was a response to their earlier comments. So what da heck is your problem??!

The subject was that Esan and Afenmai women wear two wrappers, and they are not in any way related to the Igbo!! Stick to the subject!! Chai!

Bollinger:
Then why were you so sensitive to my example of it? if anything you should be thanking me for teaching you something you never any idea off. Let me guess you are going to come back and say you knew. Right? Lol. . . .

If you expect me to swallow your myopic hatred of Nigeria as part of the lessons you are teaching, then sorry... I will gladly pass on that one. I have read your rants and there is nothing worthy of 'teaching' in any part of it, or any cogent objective facts in it, that can be taught. Your insults how how shallow your mind has become.

Last word: Am not sensitive to anything, I just hate it when misguided rhetoric, hate-mongering, childish rants and myopic views are peddled as truth, like you have done.

Kennedyiheme:
I'm wondering the golden years you guys aare talking about. Fela started singing since the laate 60s. He said "if there's anything good at all to sing about I will, but there's nothing good to sing about" so when did this golden years happen?

Ask your elders...those over the age of 50 years, who graduated from Nigeria universities in the sixties till the late seventies. And stop taking Fela's songs as the only gospel or yardstick, that chronicles the truth about the entire Nigerian condition from independence till date. Free your mind!

uboma:
It is you that is obviously confused.

I am too big to come online and lie about what is not. I will attach the transaction details for you and others in your shoes to see.

You do not need to. The rest of us understand what you are saying, and we believe you. Let the untutored, ignorant ones continue to spew their clueless views online.

Bollinger:
Lol.. .if you consider a person talking about a retirement fund "flaunting", then i really pity you. Retirement is a normal topic as normal as breathing. Who lives today without a retirement plan? I sometimes forget who i'm talking to. I forget i'm talking to people who think driving a car is a big deal, having a retirement plan is "flaunting", Owning or paying mortgage is crazy or impossible and getting a job as soon as you graduate a miracle. To me, it's not "showing off", it's "normal". There are no big boys here because everyone has the same thing. I spent a better part of my life in Nigeria and i realized that the bane of Nigeria is not corruption but it's mentality. It's just too phucked up for any change to happen as evidenced from the above post.

I do not consider having a retirement fund as "flaunting" anything, but the way you alluded to it to denigrate Nigeria and trample upon everything connected to it, is what I refer to as "flaunting.".

The pension fund system has been reformed and is even presently undergoing further reforms in Nigeria, as we speak. I have a pension plan, too. So what is the big deal? In your myopic warped view, the lack of a functional pension system, is what qualifies you to pour scorn on Nigeria. I truly pity you. You alluded to driving a car, as a miracle. Nobody has said that here, but I guess in your own small mind....it is truly a miracle, which is why you made reference to it.

Finally you said that; "Owning or paying mortgage is crazy or impossible and getting a job as soon as you graduate a miracle.". Even though that has been the reality in the past couple of years, but it was not always so. In the past, it was not a miracle. Obviously, you do not have elders that graduated from Nigerian universities in the 60s to late 70s. During that time, employers chased fresh graduates from universities with jobs and getting a car loan was almost automatic.

My older relatives and elderly friends who are accomplished professionals working in different parts of the world as well as within the country, showed me evidence of the good life they had in that era, which is why till date a lot of them remain grateful to Nigeria for the good start they had in life.

ekenedegreat:
You should thank him for educating you too I know, next time you won't tell somebody to go and check. Coming to your question, if the clans you mentioned falls under Igbanke or Igbakri they are Igbo's.

Don't be funny! I knew you were going to take the lazy man's route to get answers to this question, and that was why I asked you to go and conduct your own checks. I will ask you again to go and do your research.

The Esan and Afemai people are not related to the Igbankes or any other Igboid group. So take your shallow mind out of the waters of ignorance, and conduct a study on the Esan and Afemai people before you come back here to mis-yarn.

Vicotex:
they are are not Igbos but i will tell you that they are highly influenced by igbos.
Listen to the elements of their traditional/cultural music, you'll hear some igbo influence in them.
Come to food, you'll still see the influence.
Maybe it's cos of inter-marriage

Haba! In what strange way are they heavily influenced by Igbo people?? Which of the Afemai people told you that? Or which of the Esan mentioned this fallacy to you? What aspect of their cultural music sounds 'Igbo', abeg?? Don't even go there. If you call an Esan man or an Afemai person, an Igbo.... you may receive some wicked insults, o! The Ovb'iedo will not take kindly to you trying to assign another identity to them!

Their names, language and culture are thoroughly Edo!

Bollinger:
In the 1960's in the U.S bread was 20 cents, today it's 2 dollars, depending on what kind you buy. A gallon of gas was 25 cents, today we buy as high as 3 or 4 dollars a gallon at the pump. What Nigerians don't understand is there will always be inflation, what you do is you adjust to that inflation. That is what i do and that is what the american government does. This is why americans don't feel inflation too much. I already know that my retirement funds will not hold the same value it would today, so i am already adjusting the way i save towards it. And, no need to ask anyone, i can tell you for a fact, Nigeria was always crap. Growing up we'd never had power for a week straight. Roads were always crap; don't think it just started today. Police and Soldiers had always used civilians for target practice as is today. And the worst part is the Nigerian way of thinking has not changed from then till now. If it had, things would have changed, wouldn't it?

Please return your self-hate into your pocket! Some of you never see anything good in Nigeria because of your myopic mindset and jaundiced view. Nigeria was not always crap. Even the UK and US you mentioned have their own failings and share of woes.

And stop flaunting your retirement funds. No one asked you for it, and nobody is interested in it!

macolino:
Lol..so person wey be 40 years na elder for your village?

Do you know what it takes to be 40 years and above in Nigeria? One must give thanks to God!

udeagbalaC:
this is scam there was no time in history where naira and dollar equaled

You were either still in diapers then, or were not even born. Ask your elders!

Bollinger:
Really? Fela's songs were released from the late 60's. And listening to it now, you would think he was still alive and the songs were released yesterday. Nigeria never had golden years. The rot in the country today has been going on since independence.

If Fela had been alive now, his songs would have been more critical. Are Fela's songs the only yardstick for measuring the state of the economy in Nigeria?? Or was Fela the sole authority on the Nigerian condition? Trust me, Nigeria had golden years. Talk to your elders who were graduates at that time, and let them share their stories with you. Then, compare what they had, with what we have today!

In 1991, as a youngster I still remember buying an economy class return ticket with 12,000 naira to the UK on British Airways!

Gboliwe:
True! I still wonder o.

I think it is one in every three nairalanders.

You wonder how a user sits back in the comfort of his room and generates several usernames to promote hate for an ethnic group.
You wonder how a a user rants from section to section making noise, I mean, real noise. Is that not how mentally challenged folks behave offline? Yet again, you see a user, day in, day out, saying the same sheet over and over across sections/boards and it makes sense to him alone.

Little wonder I don't get into fights with users here. Who in his sane mind will fight a mentally challenged person?

Bros, na true word you talk. I have advised several NL members to go for a psych eval a couple of times on this forum. Sadly, they have refused to take my advice. The day their madness enters the market place, I'll remind them that I had warned them earlier...

macolino:
The good old days,I could buy myself,choco milo,goodie goodie and oxford biscuit and still have 10kobo change..we have lost it.

Bros', I hail oh! Why didn't you invite me to your 40th birthday?

Mbediogu:
I remember as an undergrad buying an 'okrika' white shirt and a black trouser. There was a hundred dollar note in the pocket. I was asked to take it to CBN office. There I was given a form to fill and asked to return in 2days. I got 65 naira which was big money then, much more than i spent on the clothes.

Ichie! I dey hail oh.... we recognise you as one of the highly esteemed elders of our time! Please send our own share of the drinks you distributed during your 40th birthday, down this side!

okosodo:
Yet we choose to magnify bigots, simply because they are from the north

Who is the bigot, here??

Vicotex:
i've seen the ishans/esan and afemai tying double wrapper during occasions, but the do not tie double wrapper as a casual attire/outfit.

#b4 my fellow igboman ask me wch tribe am from, my mum is from Afemai (Ibie to be precise) and my dad is from Afikpo (Igbo)

Thank you for educating him on the double wrapper issue!

ekenedegreat:
Do you know there are Igbos in Edo?

Do the Esan and Afemai look like Igbo or do they sound Igbo to you??!

AwesomelyMade:
Ok I have known her for sometime now. I met her on my way to work, we got talking and exchanged contacts. She calls to find out if I have eaten, and I am like 'yes'. '

What did you eat' I ate rice. This she tries to find out everyday until she asked to see and taste the rice I prepared at home.

I understood she was looking for a way to visit. Finally she visited, didn't want hear anything about work or even the rice she wanted to see, but to watch some stuff on my laptop. She calls me to sit beside her. I did! She chuckles and places head on my shoulder, I tried to offer her something but she refuses. I observed that she drew closer at each chuckle

Before I could say jack robinson, she was all touchy and started kissing. I wish I could upload the pix of my mouth, she bit my lips and apologized. Why i asked?

She said she couldn't control herself. She literally asked me to have sex with her and I refused on the grounds I just can't.

'I am a woman for crying out loud' she pleaded, 'please do it'.

'No I can't' I told her.
She gets angry and leaves. I really don't know what to do now.

You finished kissing her, and allowing her to browse your six-pack, now you are saying you don't know what to do??! Am not sure whether to flog you or to blast you. First, you brought this on yourself by inviting her to your house, unaccompanied.

Secondly, the minute she put her head on your shoulders, you should have jumped up as if soldier ants bit you, and asked her in shock : "What is the meaning of all this crap?" Then give her a stern warning, never to try that rubbish with you again on this side of eternity. Does your house look like a brothel?

Third, you 'bone' her, meaning you grow cold, distant and stern all at the same time! If she asks a question, give her monosyllabic answers. If she apologises, ignore her and freeze her out.

After like 10 minutes, tell her you have an appointment and you need to leave. Go to the door and hold it open, for her to take her exit. She will know she has offended you by over-stepping her bounds. She would be too embarrassed and too busy apologising for her actions, to ever call you a weakling. Quickly call one of your friends in the neighbourhood to come over, and act as if you both have a prior meeting scheduled for that same hour, in another place. She would leave, thinking you simply found her repulsive.

Trust me, it always works! Just say NO... and mean it! Even if she calls you names, who cares? Does her opinion put garri on your table?? _mtcheew.

Gboliwe:
That isn't damage control at all. It will NOT help this case.

You have two options before you.

1. Refund Mr Oseri his money and take back your "clean" ride.

2. Give him 50k and thread closed.

Anything aside these is only helping to batter your already battered name.

I don't know what is wrong with some of you! For instance "Gboliwe" is in no way linked to my real name but I will so hate to see any iota of stain on the name. Why those of you who feed from nairaland will now relax and help in staining your business name beats me.

Reach out to this aggrieved customer and settle things.

Well said! But am appealing to everyone on this thread, kindly let us continue to keep it civil. We don't want a situation where Se.un will come in here to close this thread, before a full and final resolution of this case, takes place. It was done on the inspiredm thread and most of the beautiful, enlightening, juicy posts made by several respondents, were deleted.

Oya, Chucky234 the ball is in your court. 50k is too small for a 'big boy' like you, that has been forming all over this thread, since the story broke. Pay up, sharp-sharp!

ekenedegreat:
What part of Edo is that? I know why am asking.

Visit the state and find out!

ekenedegreat:
If he is from Edo, why is he answering Igbo name? why is his ancestral language Igbo? Do Edo women tie two piece wrapper the same way women from oliseh's clan do?

Edo women tie two-piece wrappers! Go and check!

PresidentT:
If check history books you will realise that the Ika Nation as a whole is heterogeneous with different ancestral roots. He's likely to be from Edo.

Hehehe... I pointed this out on another thread, and the pro-Biafra forces wanted to e-lynch me simply because I stated that the Igbanke and some other Delta-Igbo groups have a dual heritage.

Am still watching and waiting to see how the whole debate would end!

odeotito:
Too many folks ain't paying attention to the OP. The airport is not your conventional type of airport a la Ibadan, Akure and Asaba et al but A CARGO AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HUB! Carefully midwifed it should positively impact the State's economy given the agric sector push The Gov has initiated. I think the project holds promise should the private sector dig in very well in food cultivation. If the quality is right the Lagos and foreign markets will make Osun Farmers smile to the Bank!

Guy, leave dat side abeg! He is just giving a big name to a silly project that he should not have embarked upon in the first place!!

Did anyone tell him that Ibadan airport cannot handle cargo?? Did anyone inform him that aircraft maintenance activities cannot be carried out in Ibadan airport? Wasn't that the same airport where the old Nigeria Airways and many private, independent airlines used to conduct maintenance checks on their aircraft?

In fact, until last year some old unserviceable aircraft were still parked there after several fruitless maintenance activities which did not yield any fruit had been conducted on them!

abbeywasc:
i do not doubt that most people you know pay their bills and are ultimately shortchanged(actually, i dont understand the type of the shortchanging) however, i have seen prominent leaders, judges, politicians and top government officials bypassing their meters. both end of the system needs to be corrected for two wrongs do not make a right

Did you read my initial post on this thread? That is what I mean by shortchanging??!!

Being asked to pay for electricity that was NOT supplied;

Being given crazily estimated bills that were wrongly computed by the DISCO staff, and being compelled to pay such bills;

Being asked to pay for a new pre-paid meter instead of the DISCO fixing it, when the old one which is still under warranty, developed a fault through no fault of the owner;

Monthly access charge of 750 naira being deducted every month, when the PPM was working, even though you do not get power supply for 15 days in a month;

These are some of the things that constitute "short-changing!!" Grrr!!!

NanaF:
Did you read that the car's airbag was replaced with something else. Do you know that is criminal?

Did the OP intend to drive a car whose gear case is being held together by SAND and glue? SAND! Freaking sand! Do you know how insane that is? And the door handles being held together by glue or what is that? Why did he not show it in the picture knowing the buyer solely relied on the picture when making his purchase.

None of you will behave any differently if this happened to you.

No mind dem!! Someone is saying it is not possible for a car that is over 10 years old to be in pristine condition. If you take care of a car, maintain it properly, rectify any faults promptly and efficiently, it would still be in a great condition.

See the list of additional faults on the car, as reported by the OP:

oseri:
....The driver comfirms the car is ok. so he drove the car to PH. i took delivery of the car around 8pm. Instantly, i noticed the brake was bad, and the power steering was bad too. On further inspection the next day, this are the problems with the car.

1. Power steering pump bad
2. Brake tubes from abs module, one caliper, brake fluid reservoir removed and pluged. Brake system destroyed
3. driver side mirror cannibalised. it doesn't work from the control. it was put in place with a super glue
4. The moon roof control work erratically
5. gearbox shifting very badly
6. rear axle vibrating. i'm suspecting bushings
7. no horn
8. driver airbag already deployed. replaced with a caton airbag case
9. diver's door interior handle broken. put in place with a super glue
10. the entire shocks bad

the list is endless.