₦airaland Forum

2rhymestharap: I don't know where to post dis so admin forgive me if this is a wrong Section.. But dis. For biz peeps so its part of it!...

In need of Boa/Chase alc wanto the a huge transfer and you must be in lagos, I must be able to see you One on one too so we talk,,

Add bb pin 2302e18a or call whatsapp 08169123080... Thanks or comment sha

419 big scam... abeg, nobody must fall for this trick oh!

Youngzedd: I wonder why ATM card stock inside the machine.

If a machine is proving stubborn leave it and check the other.

Oga, something tells me you are not a regular ATM user. Does any ATM machine give you a warning, or notify you to retrieve your card and switch to another machine, before it traps your card? I think not....

Pavore9: lt messed me up here in Nairobi in February, Barclay said l should contact my Nigeria bank which l did after filling forms & sending it back, l was told it would take 45days to resolve because it is an international issue, it was reversed after 68 days!

Bros, do thanksgiving and sing praise to God. There are some people here in Nigeria with the same problem, who have not been able to resolve their ATM card issues for over 6 months.

tigerpaws: [size=16pt]Yes, You can have your Master's done, with a 3rd class degree!

Some universities in the UK accept 3rd class without IELTS[/size]

Abeg, tell them! Even in Nigeria, there are some well-established universities that will accept you directly into a Masters' programme with your 3rd class qualification, depending on the course of study.

agohmamuda: sorry i didnt explain better. When u finish with a 3rd class it means u cannot go for masters. So d person has 2do post graduate studies. After which he!she can go 4a masters degree and bcom equal with everyone with a master degree. Post graduate studies is just for one year. Dont dull. This is d best way out.

Sorry, this is not necessarily true. It depends on the school/university and course of study. I know several folks who graduated with a 3rd class and they were admitted directly into a masters' degree programme, without having to go through a post-graduate diploma programme or post-graduate certificate course

A close friend of mine graduated with a 3rd class in biology and was admitted to do a Masters' degree in international environmental studies. She finished the course a few years back and has now been admitted for a Ph.d by a private university, here in Nigeria.

conyema12: I never insulted you....I only demanded for answer to the question.. was that not a truthful question . Who destroyed our institutions? NEPA NITEL RAILWAYS ...I will ask u again?... If your reply comes as an insult then I know who are a goat?

Hello, talk is cheap.

Why don't you post the list of all the board of directors who ran each of these institutions from 1971 till date, to buttress whatever point you are trying to make? Please cite the sources too, as well as the url, so we can verify your information.

Compare the status of each institution and their assets as well as level of profitability over the years, and plot these figures and information into a chart, in order to assess the performance of each institution under their respective boards.

Once you have done that, we would then be able to assess objectively which group performed better than the other.

Until then, kindly put the rhetorics on hold. Talk is cheap, but facts are sacred.

chrisbaba1: [size=13pt]Nobody is disputing anybodys living conditions. The whole idea that igbo people succeed anywhere and everywhere is simply farce, its the same as assuming an average calabar girl is a s*e*x machine, don't let a farce decieve you we know the truth, Every man makes his own history not your tribe. Igbos should contest more to lead, i care less about a leaders tribe... Oil, we dont have oil in the west, we have never depended on oil, we depend on human resource and brain power, thats our source, so whats your point[/size]

WORD! Well said, bro. It baffles me each time a simple thread is hijacked by the ethnic jingoists and tribal warlords who try to cannonize their own tribes and demonize other ethnic groups. Why?

The same Nigeria Airways was regarded as a profitable entity from 1971 to 1983. At least, it is on record that they had over 30 functional aircraft that were flying to various international destinations, and yielding good profit for the Nigerian government. During its profitable years, the same airline was manned by various professionals from different ethnic groups and they all did a good job.

So what went wrong?

The rot started from the mid-80s until 2002 when Nigeria Airways was finally liquidated. Again, those folks who committed unsavoury acts that led to its demise, came from various ethnic groups.

Ethnicity is not, and has never been a factor of corruption. The good, the bad and the ugly come from every ethnic group or tribe. No tribe is holier than the other.

What people should do, is draw up a chart of lessons learnt from the final years of the airline and ensure that such history is NOT repeated, if there is a need to set up another national carrier in the nearest future. Chikena!

freetowns: Wat d hell u talking about. If u are not a web designer, shut d eff up!!

A wise man once said, "It is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." This adage applies to you perfectly... you really should have kept quiet, since you had nothing of substance to add to the discussion.

Only those with empty minds, trade insults.

Mr. Moderator, please kindly move this thread to the front page so that more folks will be able to view it . Hopefully, they will read, repent & go forth to sin no more by creating posts that will enhance the level of objective discourse, on Nairaland.

Oga Moderator, can you kindly move this thread to the Front Page? A lot of people need to read this and modify their actions on Nairaland. hopefully this will imrove the level of discourse on the forum.

A lot of the people using shorthand text deliberately ignore Rule 21. In my opinion, any post that contains more than 3 shorthand phrases or abbreviations should be deleted by the moderators. It is not hard to write in plain, simple English.

Affiong owuna: lolzzzzzzz. R u tired? Sign of defeat. Lack more meaningless word 2 say? Wow. I tot u hd it in u. Anoda 1 bites d dust. U ve brot Anoda word 'attention seeker. Again i ask, Do u knw d meanin of d word?. Goes 2 show again dt u dnt mk sense wt ur comments. U r just blabbin again. As usual. N in all ur coments u say d same thing. Ur frequent use of 'education' n 'english' shows dt is ur only tool of reference. U lack wat 2 say. 'in ur voice' English comprenhsion, essays, grammer, syntax in school... Lol. Ur comments ve depicted u as an anonyed, angry, self-pitied, defeated, a poorly 'iam an educated pupil of english' n an ignorant child. Shows ur lack of knowledge 2 put 2geda meaninful sentences. U go abt puttin english words in ur misplaced sentences. Try as hard as u can, Am sori, dt wont stl mk me consider u a fully qualified english studnt. U ve a lng way 2 go mr advocacy of english language n spellings. U r jst all bark n no bite. Woof Woof. Feel free 2 comment. As i said b4 'am ryt here, eva ready 2 read n laff @ ur ignorance n frustration n vexation. Dnt stay 2lng 2 reply afta u finish feignin ur yawnin. I Knw u r nt bizy. I ve al d tym in d worldputtin english words in ur misplaced sentences. 4 u my dear. U r neva 2much. Knw dt u r always in my tot. Hahahahahahhhahahhahahahahaha. Dnt worry, ds is nt a tease or a taunt. .

Hahaha ..... a wise man once said that ignorance is a disease. It applies so well to you. Afterall, you had admitted earlier that you could not understand my previous post. Yet it was written in simple, lucid language that a 10 year old could comprehend.

Now, in a bid to make yourself feel important, you claimed that "another one bites the dust." What other one are you referring to? Ooops! I forgot that you were referring to yourself. Well, when some like you says he has bitten the dust, who am I to argue?

Anyway, I understand your problem. You are educationally challenged and like you admitted previously you suffer from "frustration n anger n low self esteem". Poor, little attention seeker, following me all over this thread and hanging on to my every word. I know you will faint, if I ignore you....

You have also confirmed in your own words, that you suffer from "ignorance n frustration n vexation. " In fact, you have just described yourself perfectly, as "an anonyed, angry, self-pitied, defeated, a poorly 'iam an educated pupil of english' n an ignorant child. " You have suffered from these symptoms so often, that is why you believe everyone feels the same way you do. Pity.

You can't put a coherent sentence together, yet you have the guts to claim someone is "puttin english words in ur misplaced sentences." I promised not to laugh today, but honestly your ridiculous antics show you need serious help.

You have already admitted that you are jobless with nothing to do. Eeyah! Your case is a classic one, that shows how the devil finds work for people with idle hands like you.

Sorry o! Stop running after me, trying to get me to notice you. Look elsewhere for a cure for your dementia. It is clear you need deliverance.

By the time you are through, maybe Lola Omotayo will take notice of you!

P.S. Am out. You can keep your jobless bum there...since you have all the time in the world. _{*Keep playing with your little keyboard, waiting for those who will give you handouts for the next meal.*}

Lord Naya: MR ANYAOKU SAID OIL BLOCK NOT OIL WELLS !!!. THE PRODUCING OIL WELL IS IN ANAMBRA STATE. A BLOCK IS AN AREA AN OIL COMPANY IS ALLOWED TO PROSPECT FOR OIL. AN OIL FIELD IS AN AREA INSIDE AN OIL BLOCK THAT HAVE PRODUCING WELL{S}. EXAMPLE IS THE AGULERI OTU OILFIELD THAT CURRENTLY HAVE A PRODUCING OIL WELL WITH SOME OIL WELLS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED

Haba, oil block or oil well.... that is not the issue. My earlier question to you was "post your source." Why is that so difficult to do?

Affiong owuna: hey buddy. ur coment dosnt mk a whole lot of sense. It infact is a whole lotta nonesense. U neva made any sense b4, so am nt surprise. At least d oda 2 i got a few little grasp. Bt ds? Ah ah, u r tryin 2 hard 2. fantasizin? R u sure u knw d meanin of d word? Hellooo u r d 1 fantasizin if u didnt knw. Since u knw evry part of ha features dt ws tweaked. N d diffrent type of enhncement, N d different angle dt d cameraman used as if u were der present. Stp ur 'i too knw' attitude n go n show d qualifications i askd of u. Dnt botha if u dnt ve any. Ur failed attempt of an insults dosnt move me. By ur words evry 1 culd c dt u r provokd by my little coment n tryin 2 hit so hard @ me. Such a polite talk hs made u so angry n reduce u 2 tears n insults. Kip it comin n let me knw hw vexed u r. Ders nothin more satisfyin dan sitting down n readin some 1 crying their frustration out n bringin all their tools of intimidation 2 try 2 stay ontop. Kip em comin buddy. Im ryt hia. Pour out ur frustration n anger n low self esteem. Am eva ready 2 listen. N yes i dnt give up. If we all do, wat wl hapn 2 d nation?

You have just given yourself away. From your comments and cries of 'intimidation', it shows you are just a little attention-seeker.

No one is trying to intimidate you, but if you feel intimidated, that is your problem. You are good at seeing things, where none exist.

It is obvious to everyone on this thread, that you are educationally challenged and you flunked English comprehension, essays, grammar and syntax in school. Pity.

You also mentioned "frustration n anger n low self esteem." Are you giving us an insight into how you really feel? Eeyah! You must have had a tough day to be going through all these emotions at the same time. There is no need to cry. Raise your head up and ask for help.

So I am only going to say this for the last time, as simply as I possibly can - get a life!!

(yawn).... Let me give you space to continue venting your emotions. Am out of here. Got better things to do with my time.

Affiong owuna: Wow. M speechless. So u ve seen ha personally. Am confuse o. In a drm? If wishes were horses. Some pple can claim. Al of a sudden ur imaginary frnd has a studio 4 photo enhancement n teaches on it. Lol. Gud 2 knw dt u offer course on spellings. N gud of u 2 offer 2 teach me. I tink i might consider signin. Bt 1st could u show me ur waec n neco result on english language, 2 b sure u r d right person 2 lecture me. N whle u r @ dt, culd u pls also show me ur result in d university(if u r in 1) on gss english language. I nid 2 b sure u r up 2 d task. Ur gpa (if it is 3.5 n abv) is also nided 2 pass d qualification. Oh n also a certificate of spelling B showin u as d winner of a spelling B competition. Dts al i nid. Simple. Am very considerate. N by d way, i wsnt fightin wt u or tryin 2. M nt here 4 dt bt 2 socialise. In my 1st comment I only tld u wat ur statement ws portrayin whch is hate. Afta xplainin urslf, U culd ve stp at dt n i wuld ve agreed wt u n gist wt u showin i mean no harm, bt u hd 2 b childish n throw words @ me, Bn mean n rude.. Am a very calm n respectful person, bt dt doznt mean dt i tk bullyin politely. Say anythn bad 2 me n il say it bk. Period. Dnt intimidate any1 here. I rest my case.

Hahaha...! You just don't give up do you? Where do you think Lola Omotayo lives? On the moon? Please the lady lives in Lagos. If you need an introduction, just say so and stop sounding shocked. Am sure something can be arranged for star-struck folks like you.

I don't know why you are giving yourself a headache, because of a plain little fact that is so obvious to everyone.

Now, if the pathetic comments you made above were meant to indicate that you have some kind of knowledge hidden somewhere, you have failed woefully.

Anyone looking at your poor attempts to construct a sentence, would know that the money spent on your education was a waste. The English lessons are still available for you, for free.

You are requesting for a NECO certificate to be pasted. What a pity. I bet you never even had one to start with, and yet you still have the guts to mention a GPA of 3.5 You probably need someone to provide you with one that you can clone for free, and pass off as yours'. How sad!!

You were actually the one that started throwing childish tantrums by claiming a simple comment was full of hate. But then I forgive you, because your ignorance shows you are a kid.

Now, stop fantasizing over Lola Omotayo. Go and get a life! The lady does not even know that you exist!!

[quote author=TOPIC: Why Anambra Cannot Claim Ownership Of Oil Wells In Igga, By Community Leaders

FRIDAY, 12 APRIL 2013 16:17 BY ONYEDIKA AGBEDO BUSINESS SERVICES - BUSINESS NEWS]

THE tension that was generated over the vast oil fields feeding the Orient Petroleum’s Anambra River production facility at Aguleri-Otu in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State is yet abate.

Last Saturday, Aguleri-Otu community in Anambra-East Council of Anambra State, led by the traditional ruler, Igwe Alex Edozieuno, the Eze Ndo, urged the Enugu and Kogi states governments to call their respective indigenes to order over what they described as their continued inflammatory public utterances over the actual location of the oil wells recently commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Igwe Edozieuno had urged those who have issues with the location of the oil well or boundaries of his kingdom to follow it up with the National Boundaries Commission (NBC) and or the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation in the Presidency, saying that was the most reasonable thing to do in the circumstances, instead of stoking crises and tension in the area.

It could be recalled that shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan declared Anambra Nigeria’s 10th oil producing state while inaugurating the indigenous private oil refinery on August 30, 2012, vehement protests came from Enugu and Kogi States challenging their exclusion from oil producing status as Anambra.

The president’s historic declaration albeit inadvertent, was like stirring the hornet’s nest. Although the President did not denounce his pronouncement, he was quick to direct the National Boundary Commissioner to take urgent steps, to determine the actual boundaries between Enugu and Anambra on one hand and Kogi and Anambra on the other hand. Since then, the National Boundary Commission has taken steps to nip the impasse in the bud.

During a recent visit to Igga by The Guardian, an Igalla speaking community in Uzo-Uwani Local Council Area of Enugu State which has been laying claims to the ownership of the oil wells across Imabolo River to feel the pulse of the villagers, a traditional ruler of Igga Kingdom, His Royal Highness, Igwe Herbert Ukuta III, decried the exclusion of Enugu State from benefiting from what he described as “God given endowment” to the state.

“There is no boundary or land dispute whatsoever. Get me right. The communities we have here are Igga, Ogurugu, Ojor and Asaba. The fact was that in those days across Imabollo River, we own the parcel of lands in the oil fields. We have over 100 natural fishponds there. Because our forefathers concentrated in rice farming (not on the land) but at Adarice Farms, they engaged the services of Aguleri fishermen to come and help us harvest our fishponds. After harvesting the fish, we divided it into three, we took two parts as the owners of the land and Aguleri people would take one part. So, it was in the ratio of 1:2.

“Eventually, the Aguleri fishermen who have been coming with canoe from their distant homes pleaded with us to allow them settle on our land so as to make their operations more convenient and safer. They are migrants. Our people considered their plea and allowed them to settle on our land. They continued working for us in the ponds from generation to generation but surprisingly, they started claiming ownership of the land we gave them.

If you go across the river, you will see signposts bearing inscriptions – “Migrant this, migrant that, or settlement that. I would want to ask, “if you are the owner of a land, will you write migrant primary school in a school in your community? It is not possible. Go across the river and you will see the signpost bearing this inscription. So, I don’t know how they managed or what must have come over their heads or mind when they started claiming ownership of our land,” Ukuta said.

He added: “This oil you are talking about was first discovered in the 50s before Nigeria became independent. SAFRAP was the first company to strike the oil. It was an oil prospecting company just like SHELL. The oil was discovered and sealed by the company, because they said it was not in commercial quantity with the type of technology available in those days. Recently, Orient came to us and told us that they have license from the Federal Government to prospect for oil in our land. We inspected their license and saw that it was genuine and gave them right of way to the oil wells, but asked them to stay away from the town’s politics. They passed through here and some of them were living in the community, even in my palace free of charge, with staff of its subsidiary, SINOPET.

“We heard that a refinery was built about 150 kilometers from here in our neighboring state, Anambra. We started hearing news from radio and reading in newspapers that these oil wells on our soil are no longer our own, that they belong to Anambra. Even when Mr. President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan came to commission some projects in Anambra including the Orient Refinery, he also visited here; it was when he left that we heard that Anambra is now an oil producing state. They (Anambra) may have oil in their place, we don’t know, but the oil wells across Imabolo River 915 OPL and 916 OPL are situated naturally on Igga land....

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20130413034525zg/nigeria-watch/why-anambra-cannot-claim-ownership-of-oil-wells-in-igga-by-community-leaders/[/quote]I read this story and laughed really hard.

When will all these "ownership" claims end? Enugu State wants the oil wells too...

Here is another angle to the whole story.

It is not just oil that is causing the fight, it appears farmlands are being encroached upon. There should be an amicable way to resolve this crises.

[quote author=Topic: Kogi Says Tussle with Anambra Is Over Farmlands ,Fishponds Not Oil]The people of Kogi State who share boundary with Anambra State where there have been lingering boundary disputes have once again disclosed that they are more concerned about access to their farmlands and fishponds and not the presence of oil as is being insinuated.

Kogi State Deputy Governor and Chairman State Boundary Commission,Yomi Awoniyi,made the disclosure at a presentation to the House of Representative Joint Committee set up to interface with parties involved in the alleged encroachment of some parts of Kogi State by Anambra State and to carry out investigation into activities of oil companies in the disputed area.

The Joint Committee meeting was sequel to a motion brought before the House and referred to the Committee’s of Petroleum Resources (upstream) and that of Special Duties.

While noting that oil was only discovered somewhere in the present day Bayelsa in 1956, disclosed that as far back as 1922, documentary evidence of colonial times showed that the first crisis between Kogi and Anambra was over the disputed areas where forest reserves under the Kabba province were being encroached upon to establish Anambra Forest reserves.

The Deputy Governor also said as far back as 1994 there were already efforts between communities in Kogi and Anambra states to use ethnographic references to resolve the areas of dispute in favor of Kogi State,said the inability for the people to access their farmlands and fishing ponds is the state’s concern and not oil.

Awoniyi,called on the committee to do all it can to ensure that the on going peace talks and existing peace currently being enjoyed by the bordering communities is sustained.

While noting that the state government is aware of the unitisation oil policy which will benefit the state by reason of the OPLs 915 that straddles the state when the issues of oil exploration is decided,said the people of the state will not want to let their farmlands and fishing ponds go unhindered.

The Deputy Governor commended the peace that existed between Kogi and its Anambra neighbors until early this year called for it to be sustained,said since the crisis began eleven persons have been killed while sixteen others are currently recuperating in the hospital from gunshots injury.

The Deputy Governor urged the National Boundary Commission not to rely only on the Legal Notices in its judgment of determining the boundaries but on historical proofs and ethnograhic evidence that are gazetted and are in the archives......

http://newsdiaryonline.com/kogi-says-tussle-with-anambra-is-over-farmlandsfishponds-not-oil/

.[/quote]No be today the thing start, sef.

Rare Diamond: AS AT JANUARY 2014 THE NIGERIAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION TOGETHER WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANAMBRA AND KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT HAVE COMPLETED ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE FIELD TRACING WHICH HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO ALL THAT THE OIL WELLS ARE IN ANAMBRA STATE

Please post the source of your information so that it can be verified.

Other people have confirmed that a few of the oil wells straddle 3 states - Anambra, Kogi and Enugu.

Kindly read the article at the following link: http://www..com/talk/topic,131182.0.html;

[quote author=Topic: As Jonathan declares Anambra oil state...Kogi stakes claim to same oil wells]But speaking yesterday at the ceremony to kick-start his company’s oil refinery in Anambra State, Orient Petroleum chairman Chief Emeka Anyaoku said the controversy over ownership of the oil deposits has been resolved and that the ‘bulk’ of the deposits are within Anambra territory.

He however added that any state where oil was found and drilled by Orient Petroleum would be accorded due recognition.

“There was misconception that the oil well was not entirely in Anambra, that has been resolved through the map of Nigeria. Let me quickly state that the two oil blocks encompassed parts of Enugu, Kogi, Delta and Edo states but bulk of it is in Anambra,” Anyaoku said.[/quote]

Affiong owuna: ur statement is full of hate. Hard 2 blv bt der r pple very beaitiful in nigeria. N gettin close 2 dem physically confirms it. Photo enhances beauty nt mk pple beautiful. If u r nt beautiful, am sori al d photo in ds world wont change dt. It wul only add a litle credit 2 u. Lola is beautiful tk it or lv it. Its nt abt any cameraman or photoshop wateva. She hs neva appeard otherwise in all ha pix. So dnt let personal dislike do d talkin 4 u. Kip wateva dislike u ve against ha dt n admit d truth dt she is pretty. Dnt let hatred mk u anonyin. Ok. 4 me. She is very georgous. Tnx

There was no real or imagined 'hate,' in my comments. It was merely an observation. I have seen the lady close up on several occassions, and even though she is pretty, her features are not as striking as depicted in the photo.

Some people are naturally photogenic. Lola is one. And then again, with the right kind of lighting and camera angles, a skilled camera man can deploy Adobe Photoshop CS6 to tweak a lot of pictures, to highlight certain things and downplay others. It is done all the time.

Check Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Essence etc.

You can book for a course in my friend's studio and I will show you exactly how it is done. I can also ask him to give you free lessons on how to write English properly, while you are at it. Everyone can see that 'spelling,' is not one of your strong points.

Abeg, free your mind and stop seeing hatred, where there is none. Any 'hate' you can perceive is all in your soul.

[quote author=madam_oringo]Will the ethnic baiters think? He should have mailed this write-up to the hordes of urchins, his kinsmen who are the worst culprits and when it all happens, they are most likely to be the biggest losers. I wonder how they will change their tones as soon as the clueless fisherman is out of Aso Rock back to his Otueke prison.[/quote]You obviously failed to grasp the essence of Okey Ndibe's piece. Otherwise, the last sentence in your speech, would not have been there at all.

newman1: @op
you are not a medical doctor

Pray tell, how did you arrive at that conclusion? Kindly let us know.

Na photoshop dey work.

Believe me, if the same camera man who took these pictures also applied the same techniques to your own photograph, you would look just as good as she does, if not better.

Doctors in the public hospitals are not fast losing the respect of the public. They lost it a long time ago, when they became trade unionist by going on strike at every little opportunity.

Doctors in private hospitals are no better. Their consulting clinics are money-spinning machines while patients are the revenue-yielding assets that must be milked dry, in a bid to sustain their ridiculous charges.

The last time I went to a private clinic and I was billed almost 3,000 naira for 2 tablets of valium, which cost less than 400 naira in the pharmacy, I got up and took my case to God.

etebefia: i never knew yoruba was minority in nigeria

Ask the Yoruba people.... LWKMD!

I hope they will forgive you for calling their tribe a minority.

My own tribe sha, (like every other minority tribe) already knows its own place in the scheme of things...

When the majority tribes start arguing & attacking themselves, we step in to act as referees..!!

Nwoguphillip: Femi Aribisala hallucinates about the end of the Bola Tinubu dynasty

By Phillip Nwogu

I can't imagine what dynasty you speak of if a man and his family follow a certain calling. Is Fani-Kayode not in politics after his father are the Wallows not in politics government and journalism , like their father and grandfather, is Femi Anikulapo-Kuti and his son Made and other siblings not holding on to their fathers dream. .

Bros, comments are free but facts are sacred. Femi Fani-Kayode was NOT imposed on the electorate by his father and neither did he venture into politics, while his father the late Remi Fani-Kayode was in politics. What Ashiwaju is doing now, by sponsoring (or shall we say, imposing) his wife, daughter and son-in-law into positions of power is totally different from what happened in the Fani-Kayode case. Get your facts, right!

Femi Anikulapo-Kuti's venture into music bears no resemblance at all to Ashiwaju's antics in the political arena. The musical talent runs in the veins of the Anikulapo-Kutis' and they all share some of their father's musical traits. They have not attempted to comandeer the musical space for themselves at the expense of others.

Nwoguphillip: Nigeria is at crossroads and nationalistic ideals to move the country forward is required from everyone. We shall all participate where relevant. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu the Jargaban Borgu kingdom is certainly playing a pivotal role in nation building. He has a captive audience of loyalist that will never fail him.

The structures he has put in place has been the panacea for growth , industrial development , improved infrastructure , creation of wealth , educational advancement , shelter, security improvement to mention a few.

.

Which structures has Ashiwaju put in place? The ability to fiddle with Lagos state's treasury through his cronies?

Abeg, list the structures so we can examine them objectively.

Nwoguphillip: We have entered a new era called stomach infrastructure which we learnt was the key to Fayose's suspicious victory in Ekiti.
Did Brutus not speak to the people about Caesars ambition to justify the conspiracy to kill him , where the people not convinced till Mark Anthony relayed some home truths ......so let it be with Ekiti.

.

Leave Ekiti people alone. They voted for Fayose in protest against Ashiwaju's long-reaching arms, that were already meddling into their state politics, through Fayemi.

They know how to get Fayose out too, if he misbehaves. Just siddon dey look...

biodunid: Towards an Ethnicity of Values By Okey Ndibe

It is dispiriting enough to run into unlettered Nigerians who can’t see the right or wrong of any issue without first wearing their ethnic or religious lens. It becomes sordid when those who are seemingly educated resort to viewing matters of profound import through the lazy, easy, hardly pertinent prism of ethnic aggregations or religious affiliations.

Such haste to seize and spout ethnic jingoism or religious jingles raises serious questions about the form and content of education in Nigeria. At its best, education is a tool that frees and enlarges the mind, enabling the educated to see matters without the blinkers of ignorance or parochial platitudes....

One is constantly shocked by the ethno-religious name-calling between different Nigerian groups on Internet forums. The dirtiest epithets are hurled at the ethnic or religious “Other.”


Those with access to the Internet—many of them, one imagines, university graduates—frequently promulgate ideas that members of other ethnic groups are sinister and diabolical, in short as the very incarnations of evil. In like fashion, these Internet partisans often make sweeping ethical claims for those who belong to their states, ethnicity or religion.

Such claims, whether they denounce or extol whole groups, are caricaturist in nature. They have little or no validity, even when they appear persuasive or seductive. In fact, we should recognize them as inimical to the cultivation of a broad base of enlightened society.

I have argued elsewhere that ethnic baiting and stigmatization often precede genocidal horrors. The free circulation of ideas of the inherent villainy of members of other ethnic groups and the inherent moral goodness of members of one’s own ethnic collectivity is a clear and present danger. Those who champion such attitudes are ever reluctant to subject their positions to self-scrutiny. They seldom pause to interrogate the legitimacy of their notions of collective guilt and collective heroism. Without any form of examination, ethics is collapsed to the size and shape of ethnicity.
.....

http://saharareporters.com/column/towards-ethnicity-values-okey-ndibe

Okey Ndibe, I salute you for this piece! In fact, you deserve a national award. You echoed my sentiments, exactly.

You need to spend one week in the 'politics' section on Nairaland, and I swear that you will find perfect examples of people displaying all the traits listed in the highlighted portion, of your comments.

Some of them have 1st, 2nd & 3rd degrees in various disciplines, yet their affinity for using subjective analysis to attack other ethnic nationalities, betrays an inherent pathological disorder.

Nigeria, we hail thee!!

MAYOWAAK: Eleven days after Nigeria got her political independence on October 1, 1960, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello said, as was carried by the Parrot newspaper on October 12, 1960:

"The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the north as willing tools and the south as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future." – Parrot Newspaper October 12, 1960.

Now, there are important revelations about the vision of Sir Ahmadu Bello, as captured in the above, and which vision his people have executed with great effectiveness for the past 5 decades:

1. Nigeria is an estate of their great grandfather Othman Dan Fodio, and so anyone who does not descend from their forebear is a tenant. The vision is to maintain a tenancy status for all non-Dan Fodians dwelling within the geographical boundaries of Nigeria.

2. To prevent ruthlessly any change of order that wrestles power from the Dan Fodians.

3. To use and manipulate all "minorities" of the "north" as the slaves of the Dan Fodians.

4. To control the resources of tenants (non-Dan Fodians) in their estate (Nigeria).

5. To resist any form of rule over the Dan Fodians.

6. To never allow non-Dan Fodians to have control over their future.
...

Bros, where is the source from which you quoted this so-called speech? If you want us to believe, kindly past the link or the url here... so we can read, review and verify if the comments were correctly quoted or if those statements were actually made.

This is the technological age, my brother.

Photoshop influence is all over this picture. Yeah, she is a fine babe but not this pretty, when you get close to see her in person.

The photographer try sha, maybe they can recommend him to Ashiwaju Tinubu to take his photo and mask the deficiencies.

Why do we like re-inventing the wheel in Nigeria? And why do we like follow-follow mentality or copycat syndrome?

There are so many eCommerce sites in Nigeria already. Just talk to the owners and upload your 200-plus household items on one of them, or divide it between all of them. That way, you benefit from the huge traffic already existing on those sites and you free up your time to do something more meaningful.

Collaboration is the key ingredient that is lacking in the business space today.

Instead of having a few major players that can have the financial & technical muscle to drive the industry, you then end up having multiple, fragmented players that operate below par, and are not adding any new innovation to the business.

Chai!

etebefia: why do you people like denying your tribe?, this is bad habit

Ehn, where did I deny my tribe? Point me to the section...

I come from a minority tribe oh, don't dash me to another tribe.

tandj: APC from my POV has and will never be an opposition. Its more like a party of people seeking out revenge one way or the other cos they were sidelined.

We don't know what an opposition means. Yet to form one.
Politics in Nigeria like all other establishments still mean biz of enriching pockets.

Shame.

Bros, you were reading my mind!! Come here & let me give you a royal handshake.

Evergreen123: Taa gbafuo.
I have served the public in a yorubaland capital and shook my head for u.
When I made the complaints, I was told I had not seen the worst of it yet.
I mean young adults and teenagers kept saying mi ogboo englis to simple 'what's the problem?'.
U can't have this problem in an eastern capital city,I bet u .
Shove ur akure and abagaba makeshift story up ur dentate line.

Eeeyah .... you "served the public in a Yoruba land capital?" What? Only one capital? Hahaha... wonders shall never cease!

You served in only one state capital and you are now using that to generalise? Oga, generalisation is the trait of shallow-minded bigots, oh! Don't let people fool you into believing their exaggerated stories. Now, where are those Yoruba people who should come on board to respond to you? Ah, why you can't find them when you need them.. Pity.

One word of advise. Don't bet that you can't have this problem in an eastern capital city. You will lose! Big time!

As for my Abagana neighbours, I can send you their address, oh. Visit them & verify, maybe you would then realise that poor educational skills abound in every tribe, district & region.