DJ Switch has no reason to apologise.

It was a fake DJ Switch account that tweeted that 78 bodies stuff, and I sincerely suspect that it's either from the Nnamdi Kanu camp that want to ride on the occurrence, or it was part of the SanwoOlu camp to create so much fake news that people will start doubting legitimate ones

Kurunmi was a general.
This is a case of going to battle and taking one of your captives as a concubine without your commander's consent

Niceman12:


We don't need any holiday on Friday. I'm only wondering how Hausa language written in Arabic script is affecting Nigerian Christians.

They are towing the same lines as MURIC, which actually makes me feel bad.
MURIC sweat petty things and now some Christian are copying that degradation.
Put yourself in their shoes if the inscription was written in Greek or Latin, won't you feel sidelined?

Biodun556:


I don't care about cross neither do I care about Saturday and Sunday but I'm just trying to let bigots who are crying about so called Arabic on naira note to know that there are some Nigerian symbols and practices that are derived from Christian doctrines.

Although the marriage act must be changed.

Judging by your username, I suppose you're Yòrùbá.
Our elders say: Headache isn't cured by chopping off the head. If people are dragging you down to a rough conversation, as an Omolúàbí you're meant to drop a your opinion with diplomacy, not go down that lane with them that will lead to insults and abuses.

Nigeria is a secular state and all religions & regions, either predominant or not should feel well accommodated.

I honestly think Fridays & Sundays should be the non-working days of the week, then when Nigeria can afford to, like Finland, Saturday can be included.
Why? Because those are the two most important days in a week in the two predominant religions in Nigeria.

Concerning the marriage act, I don't know much about it but I'd like Nigeria to be more conscious of Customary law union

About the cross, much ado about it. I don't care about the health symbol, I care about how efficient the health system is instead. Because western countries health system functions better and a sick non Christian won't give a shit about why the cross is on their hospital logo.

As much as your post is meant to be Muslim VS Christian, I am Yòrùbá and I believe (and practice) that the sky is big enough for all birds to fly.
I suppose you won't be as honest when it comes to the enforcement of Sharia law VS Tax from alcohol consumption though.

Babátúndé O. Gbadamosi
Lagos-East Senatorial Candidate:

I suspected there was something more to the sudden announcement by the elected governor of Lagos State that he would stop paying the 'Actual Governor' & others pension under the Lagos State Governors Pension Law. A group calling itself "Concerned Lagosians" sent me the following:


THE TRUTH BEHIND SANWO OLU’S PROPOSED CANCELLATION OF PENSION PAYMENTS TO TINUBU, FASHOLA AND AMBODE
Sanwoolu must tell Lagosians the truth behind the proposed cancellation of former Governors’ pensions instead of presenting it like an altruistic action ....

The Facts:
1. Ex-Governors are being paid humongous pension packages, after their tenors, by a lot of States.

2. The Pension Reform Act of 2004 changed Nigerian Pension system from Defined Benefits to Defined Contributions.

3. This means that private and public sector workers can only be paid pensions from the funds they contributed while in active pensionable work.

4. The salaries of Governors and their deputies are not subjected to pension deductions, their own pensions can only be fixed by the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

5. Lagos State is one of the States using Tax payers money to make this illegal pension payment to non-contributing ex-governors/deputies, a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

6. When Lagos State wanted to issue Bonds to raise N100billion from the Capital Market in Jan 2020, the Nigeria Pension Commission disqualified the Bond from accessing pension monies in custody of the PFAs.

7. Lagos Government had to sign an undertaking to correct the illegal pension payment provisions in its pension law before the disqualification was lifted.

8. Lagos was then able to borrow N100billion in Jan 2020 to spend on projects yet to be properly accounted for.

9. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court, in a suit filed by SERAP in 2017, in judgement last year December ordered that the Attorney General of the federation to challenge the legality of the pension payments to ex-governors and their deputies.

10. The National Industrial Court in January 2020, also declared as null and void, payment of pension and gratuity to former governors and their deputies.
This is the position of the law as of now, in the absence of any Appeal Court order setting it aside.

11. Lagos State intends to borrow additional huge sums of money from the Capital Market again, but it must cancel the illegal payments to governors/deputies by revoking Ex Governors Pension Law in order for PENCOM to qualify it's new borrowing for PFAs' investments.

12. Sanwoolu’s decision to cancel the ex- Governors pension law is not altruistic and should NOT be applauded. The decision to cancel the illegal pension is by compulsion and not by choice.

13.Civil society and other stakeholders must monitor the present Lagos State Government to ensure it does not continue to pay these monies to the ex-Governors through the back door through nebulous tax Consultancy (Alpha-Beta) contracts ,inflated and fictitious contract awards.

- Concerned Lagosians

Etrusen:




Oga Benin have nothing to do with Yoruba

SMH. Why is the Oba called 'Ovbie Oodua N'uhe (Son of Oduduwa in Ife)?
Cuz this was what I was referring that person to before you quoted me as a troublemaker that you are.

Etrusen:
if you have anything to prove that am wrong kindly bring your evidence to prove me wrong and sorry I cant waste my time on your self claim praises that if I should ask you the meaning you can't give me answer.

Abeg focus on your Yoruba and leave Benin alone


you are even bringing Ogiamien for me to contact
na laugh I just dey laugh Una wen nor wan leave Benin matter abi another person matter nor dey tire Una for neck?

All I have to say, and more are what you will get from the Great Ogiamien Royal family of Utantan descendants, especially The Ogiamien Trumpet vol. 2 that addressed this issue, or aren't the Ogiso Evian descendants the custodians of Bini history?

You have been provided evidence over & over on this forum, from Bradbury to other non Yoruba or Bini historians e.g. H. Ling Roth, the author of the Great Benin: Its Customs Arts and Horrors

If you scrutinise my profile on this forum well, you will see I'm not the kind to engage in trouble, so kindly avoid me henceforth on this issue.

I have nothing more to offer you

Etrusen:




must Yoruba always add the Oba of Benin in their problem ?

me self don tire for Una oo

Kindly read & digest the praise singing of the Oba of Benin and digest it yourself.
I'm not interested in any back & forth. Kindly contact the Ogiamien descendants if you want any back & forth

Olugbo's ancestors were one of the aborigines of Ilé Ifè before Oduduwa (son of Lamurudu)'s arrival.
Oduduwa, a wealthy (according to the praise singing of Oba of Benin) migrant rose to prominence in Ifè and took over control of the 13 villages that made up Ifè.
Some disgruntled aborigines left Ifè for what is now Ugbo (Ilaje in what is now Ondo State).

So Olugbo feels his throne is prior to any descendant of Oduduwa's (as acknowledged by the current Alaafin Adeyemi)

Whatever we think Olugbo does that's wrong, we need to first consider the above narrative of mine before judging

Zzor:
Truly men hates to see successful women

You skipped the part he made her 'successful'.

"Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker," Brown wrote Saturday. Brown was the speaker from 1980 to 1995, prior to his stint as San Francisco mayor.

Safe to say that "Men make their women successful"

Zzor:
This is beautiful, that devil ubunja will not see this

You and Ubunja will make a beautiful couple like Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt). Your obsession for each other is admirable.
I'm wondering who will make the first move tho

Another lovely interracial couples thread! Racism really is a plague in humanity

Hi Hintona

I love this thread of yours so much! I'm just realising how beautiful interracial couples look!

You can try "French Village", Badagry, if you live in Lagos. It's a federal government establishment and that's where we Francophone students translate our transcripts to English.

I will strongly advise you budge to the Alliance Française you are shying away from. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing excellently. Asides the language you'll be able to learn, you'll connect with people of backgrounds that could be useful to you.
But if money is what's making you shy away from A.F, and you find "French Village" too far, I'm not sure I've got other advise for you

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This is the reason for making a will.
A will has a legal backing and all its contents would be carried out (if the lawyer doesn't betray the family of the deceased.
As long as you start acquiring assets, meet a lawyer, make a will
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Adenex3051 , CoolKizzy . . I'm still yet to hear from you. . .

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I still think anything any church or entity (NGO or not) does for profit should be taxed! Though charitable deeds/enterprises MUST be exempt!

Now, if any NGO does make profits and doesn't pay taxes, they should be sued.
If they do anything, e.g. compromise in a way that will affect Nigerian citizens, i.e. collect funds/offer support to terrorist organisations (like MURIC was alleged to have from Boko Haram) they should be sued along with their directors.

On no grounds should the directorship of a presumed charity organisation be replaced on governmental orders, even the court of law. They can be deregistered if they lose their case in court of course.
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Koralords:
There’s no big deal in it,Samething happened in Spain ,Spain was onces ruled by Muslim before they lost the war,the biggest mosque in the world then was located in Spain and was converted

Mosque of Cordoba precisely.

However, note that the muslim invaders of Spain (the Moors) built the mosque, but the Europeans converted it into a church after they got their land back. Sounds justifiable to me.

Does Erdogan's decision sound justifiable?

CoolKizzy:
How many blocks can it make

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50 pieces of block. 10 turnings.It freezes within 7 hours of constant light supply
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PS: I figured you run a cocktail bar. A functional iced block machine will definitely come in handy

Adenex3051:
LEAVE YOUR WHATSAPP NO, I WILL CHAT YOU 2MORO.

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+2348183379510

I've got an iced block machine I'm currently using but want to sell off.
It's locally fabricated and is fully functional. The a/c unit's compressor is only what's faulty and 15k only or less will fix that.
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It's a 50 block pieces machine with 10 turnings and freezes within 7 hours of constant light supply (generator or NEPA)
It's less than three years old.
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We're only disposing it because we can't keep up with the 6am - 7am rush hour which is the prime time & part 1 of the two peak periods of a good sales day.

Kindly comment below for inquiries, and if you're seriously interested, request for my contact.

Asking price is 200k

LOCATION: Lagos

Hi engrrichie92

Have you gotten your specified iced block machine?
If you haven't, are you still interested in one?

I've got one for sale. We want to pivot from the business because we can't meet up with the 6am - 7am rush hour here.

Kindly reply so I'll know if to drop my contact here

LOCATION: Lagos

emmy512:
I thought of something like this, but for the same psycholohical reasons I figured it wasn't necessary but the upvotes and downvote would work better ans they'll push negative stuff down the viewing order and all the useless ads and porn stuff would go down too and would even be easier for mods to filter that way

You just inspired me to add that, if it's possible, Seun & co. should code a Nairaland comments algorithm that will relegate the most disliked comment to the very bottom. This will lead to positive comments on the first pages and that will sure feel like a breath of fresh air from the negative comments flooding in here.

LMServices:
Interesting observation but the dislike button on social media platforms has done more damage than good over the years.

Suicide and depression among young people can be attributed to social media (trolling or disapproved via dislike buttons). And with a platform as Nairaland where there are divergent views, a dislike button might trigger or see a sharp increase in depression, and possibly suicide among Nigerians.

So many social media platforms are either muting the dislike buttons or not showing dislike counts for those reasons.

From a psychological point of view, a dislike button will see Nairaland become a troll farm.

I think you might need to visit the comment section (of a post with lots of comments) on LindaIkeji's blog like I earlier suggested to Seun to see a sample of what I mean.
Whatever psychology is stroked through liking of comments should also be reprimanded by people against the person's point of view/bias through disliking such comment.

Suicide and other stuff you stated as a probable result seem unfathomable to me, especially as these suicide are results of having low likes on attention seeking platforms like Instagram, NOT on forums like Reddit; and also from troll comments on the attention seeking platforms.
Nairaland is a faceless forum with people of different opinions dropping comments, I believe we should be able to express our silent displeasure to our fellow Nairalander through the dislike button.

E.g. People against my point of view on this topic that aren't willing to comment could simply hit a 'Dislike' button and move on.

Also, those of us against tribalism comments could simply hit the dislike button, especially if the comment was subtle and doesn't warrant reporting the comment.

Dear Seun,

As you may know, Nairaland might be your 'baby' since it's your sweat and hard work, but I (and I suppose a lot of users) as a stakeholder share a similar view about Nairaland being a project I'm part of and whose growth is dependent on my contributions and addition.

The 'Like' button is encoded here for users to express their agreement/likeness of posts or comments which is a commendable addition, however, I suppose it might have skipped your mind that users also need to (silently) express their dislike for posts and comments they don't agree with or that they dislike.

An example is me disliking the recent news about NBC's 5million naira fine to Naija Info FM over the broadcast of an interview of a former CBN director. Asides making a comment, I also want to express my disgust at such news by hitting a 'Dislike' button.
Another is me encountering comments about subtle hate for certain tribes, or opposite gender, religion, etc. I may not be in the mood or right state to call out the poster/commenter in a comment, but still want to express myself to the commenter silently.

I would like you to take a moment to check out the comment section of LindaIkeji's blog, and also YouTube as references to how Nairaland might look like if you implement my suggestion.

I hope you fully understand my point and references. I am looking forward to a reaction from you & your team.

Regards

Cc Lalasticlala, Mukina2

Your baby daddy is a confused man and he's affecting your life with his indecisiveness.

MY ADVICE:
If your family can support you, fine; just know from now onwards, you're raising your child on your own and don't ever expect anything from him, even a phone call, but whatever he offers, collect it as a form of support.
Please, concentrate on making your future and that of your child be the best revenge to him, his family and whoever scorns you.

NOTE:
Don't ever transfer the aggression of your baby daddy to your child. You never can tell what the future of your child holds, so don't ever put bitterness in his/her mind or life.
You have a love child, raise him/her with pure love

It's not surprising that people like the OP are oblivious to the fact that it takes money to develop visible projects because most southern Nigerian youths lack knowledge of how governance is being ran, other than how it should be ran.

The problem that befell the Buhari administration in 2015 is the same problem with Mákindé's current government - lack of funds.

I really don't expect people like the OP and his supporters to know that there's an unwritten law in Nigerian politics that once you lose an election, you deplete the government's account by disbursing funds to bogus projects.
Why? Because your opponent, the winner of the election will be running helter skelter to provide funds to run his government for the most part of his tenure, thereby positioning him to lose his second term bid since the public will say they can't point to any major project he did during his first term (just like the OP has just done).

If you study Òsun State during the past administration, you will realise Mr Rauf Aregbesola added more petrol to the fire of his state's near bankruptcy because he had to go looking for funds that the administration before him didn't leave in the state's purse.
The current governor, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola is facing the same challenges.

Dear OP, I'm not surprised at your comment at all. It only highlights your rank in the aspects of governance knowledge.
Of course, you will be more knowledgeable in some other fields, governance just isn't part of them.