₦airaland Forum

Don’t tell me those are pictures of same person!

Anyways, the message for me is that everyone needs to be mindful of what they put out there in guise of trending. Exactly how I feel when I see some of these scamming and ritualistic skits.

YoshihideSuga:
What would Singapore be said to be if Malaysia is acclaimed to be one of the safest places globally?

Very safe too. A lot of these Asian countries are very safe. Singapore is expensive, but remunerations are usually commensurate with the living standards.

Richtaiwo:
Street criminals are rarely a convincing advertisement for their chosen “career,” which makes one wonder what the attraction is supposed to be. A casual look at most arrested criminals tells a consistent story, permanently hungry expressions, faces that look like they lost a long argument with soap and water, clothes that seem to have survived several disasters, and an overall scruffy, unkempt presentation.

To crown it all, they usually appear painfully poor, both in appearance and, regrettably, in intellect. Nothing about the package suggests glamour, success, or even basic comfort. So one is left with a genuine puzzle, what exactly is so appealing about crime, when its most visible ambassadors look like walking warnings rather than role models?

Just look at how irritatingly weird these ones appear, like some scary characters in extremely horrible horror movies. Very dangerous species of creatures. Imagine coming across these demons on a lonely path.

You’re very correct - nothing attractive about this life of criminality.

On the other hand though, it tells some other stories - abject poverty, hunger and illiteracy, and these are the parts the governments usually can play very big roles. I lived in Asian countries like Malaysia, which is one of the safest countries in world. This safety record is highly attributed to very affordable and available food, public transportation and healthcare systems. These work like magic.

43Ronin:
Guys lets quickly go to chumwezes page and make sure he privates it. He played that penalty like he was angry

why? Pls let’s not start all these non-sportsmanship.

DSS1335:
You just stirred up my angers against wike.
During the 2023 presidential election, the turn-out was the biggest I have ever witnessed in my unit. All voters were so keen to vote for only one person....OBI and they voted overwhelmingly.
When the presiding officer was counting, it just LP lyrics. Before they could record in the sheet finished, Ishi Bombey( Samuel Wanosike), the then ikwerre LGA chairman came in the armed thugs to scatter the process. Chased and flogged those who dare resist while the armed men shot sporadically to scare people. ...down till today, the result from my unit down to the ward level is not available even in the inec-irev portal. Rivers state overwhelmingly voted for Obi. In fact if the real figures were allowed, Obi could have polled over 2million votes alone from Rivers state. I pray that karma gets back on wike as fast as possible

My exact story. Had the video of the count and the picture of the ridiculously mutilated results sheet for my pooling unit for more than a year. We cannot continue to watch these devil-incarnates continue to steal our rights, our collective sensibilities and future of this nation.

Eraddray:
Try getting transcripts from some school...e go be like war...

Even after making payments on school website.... LAUTECH for example...

He will need to link up with someone who in the student affairs to help u to follow up...and that won't be for free

Exactly, and very annoying, considering how easily you can get it in schools outside the country.

I really don’t understand why the relief on interest on mortgages is restricted to owner-occupied housing alone. Since the government cannot provide adequate housing to all, I don’t think private investors into the sector who get mortgages at ridiculously high rates (about 30%) should be so demotivated by such exclusion. Most times, the annual interest rates come higher than the rental income. A lot of economies would rather do everything to stimulate growth and encourage investment in sectors the government is unable to adequately cater for.

The norm has been that political parties rejoice when they have new members join them. They trumpet such ‘achievements’ on the media to showcase their strength in the eyes of the people. The APC is no exception when opposition governors, senators and party members decamp to their fold; it will typically be in the news for over a week to show their strength.

Why does this norm not hold in APC-era opposition? Why would unknown parties so detest the limelight only in recent years?

This brand of politics being practice in Nigeria is grossly appalling to say the least, and the media robos should not try to make everyone look stupid by trying to justify this undemocratic trend.

Same discourse as this is …. https://www.nairaland.com/8589977/pedestrians-traffic-hits-balogun-market

Ah! The first time I experienced this firsthand on that Balogun/Marina axis, I was so scared I would miss my way out. You don’t want to be stucked in this especially at this time of the year.

I agree with the Op completely. In as much as I think we have extremely long way to go in terms of leadership and the consequential developmental strides, it is completely appalling to see how many Nigerians find solace in continually denigrating the country at the slightest instance. We don’t ask ourselves: how is it that citizens of other countries don’t exhibit such hatred and unpatriotism towards their countries? It’s how these negative sentiments and publicity smear the image of good, hardworking Nigerians out here that worries me a whole lot.

You would think with this level of sentiment, Nigerians would do everything to elect good leaders, but no. Instead, would see all kinds of disgusting level of tribalism, selfishness and bigotry at elections just to impose their incompetent and corrupt brothers and sisters and people of same religion. We really need to do a whole lot as a people, otherwise, please stop making things more difficult for everyone else.

SmartPolician:
Why do you people keep bringing useless updates about Gumi here? When did he suddenly become someone of importance?

Exactly my point. They keep making the terrorist sympathizer look relevant.

Same pattern I have noticed with Nairaland trending news and persons: they pick out different phrases from the whole discourse (that has already been published) and make it look like they’re new conversation. SMH!

ceejay80s:
I will send message to USA, if it involves money to help, they should cancel it, we are thieves in this country, some will corner the money flash,
USA should not send any penny for aid deal to Nigeria

Really don’t think it’s correct to generalize and paint the whole country this way. Generalization like this makes these guys (sometimes unintentionally) categorize everyone as bad and corrupt (which is clearly not true), and consequently making anti-African and anti-Nigerian policies.

stuffs2002:
No wonder you wanted Obi because he declared a war in the Muslims in Nigeria

What are you saying?

Chucks13:
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You said it all. I swear Atiku and obi are very lucky Tinubu is not like them. I remember how obi sacked Anambra state University VC back then for standing up to his face in demand for the University staff 13 months unpaid wages same obi is claiming saint today. I just dey laugh.

Let us finish 2027 first and Tinubu return obi and atiku better go on exile orelse dem go see shege because at that point we have nothing more to loose only 4 years left eyes go turn the 2 of them I swear.

Hmmmm! Nothing to loose right now?! Interesting target to have in a democracy! Smh!

If Protestants and Pentecostals put in a fraction of the efforts they put into finding dirts on the Catholic Church into leading good Christian life, Nigeria would have been a fantastic place to live. Focus on conversion of sinners by living Christ-like life yourselves; quit focusing on the Catholic Church which gets assaulted by these unending attacks for centuries yet stands strong!

Abeg make don no pour sand inside the pardoned inmates garri o! Just imagine the trauma that would cause the inmates knowing they were pardoned and want to start anew, only for “village people “ to send them back into prison!

Looks like we’re getting to the point where the will of the few obviously corrupt politicians will amount to the people’s will (since they’re all in same fold). Ironically, if any other party takes over power tomorrow these same selfish people looking out for only their interests will flock back to the party in power. This is a Nigeria’s version of democracy! 🤦🏽‍♂️

osuofia2:
When asked about her viral Facebook post claiming she had converted to Islam, Kinse clarified it was an emotional outburst born out of despair. “It wasn’t a real conversion,” she explained. “I was angry and broken. My aunt, who died a Muslim, came to mind. It was grief and frustration — not apostasy.”

You left because you wanted to be in the world, stop disreputing the Catholic faith

I seem to agree with you. I mean, how do you go on Facebook to declare apostasy and claim you didn’t mean it? Invariably, her expulsion was on ground of apostasy not sexual harassment. Just like any other society, some priests and religious do not live up to their callings. However, one can’t take just one side of this story.

lionshare:
No country has a perfect electoral system, not even the UK or the US; it is always a work in progress. However, if you simulate the election results 1,000 times, you will consistently get the same outcome. You’re not more insightful than those who chose not to challenge the results in court, as it is mathematically impossible for any other outcome than the one declared. To understand this, you need to examine the distribution of results across the entire country — not just one state, region, or polling unit. The electoral authority has made some progress, but still has areas that require improvement moving forward.

You’re very correct. Continuous improvements is key though. And one way to achieve that is (after the elections) reviewing the obvious lapses exploited by the corrupt politicians and officials, and block such through purposeful electoral reforms.

It’s how these people think we are all gullible that beats my imagination! I kept the video of the count results in my polling unit in Lagos for almost two years, wondering “who can salvage my dear country?!”. “How can a party with 200+ lower votes upturn the first position when the highly mutilated ‘original’ copy got published in what was supposed to be the authentic source of info for vote cast?”; “Should everyone become a rogue and thief to defend his/her vote?!”.

Just stop abusing our collective sensibilities, since we’ve all moved on!!! It’s getting past time for the much needed electoral reforms. Not one that INEC will change interpretations of transmission of results at the last minute.

Same news in another thread couple hours ago. Anything different?

If I were Dangote I will allow them go their follow stretch. They’re toothless in holding the government accountable and want to sabotage the efforts of an individual. Just ridiculous!

oyichi:
so you must be of the same age with someone before you call him your brother?, nawa for foolishness ooo

Thanks for enlightening them.

I also join Tinubu, Atiku and Obi to congratulate my brother the 44th Olubadan…!!!

free2ryhme:
nobody asked you your tribe and religion, cant you comment without mentioning your credentials


e no dey hard una dey show una true colour

Fantastic 💯

That’s cool. Also impressed by the government’s acknowledgment of both the positives and the areas for improvements (usually very lacking in government’s responses to criticisms).

I look forward to the days when the various levels of government will want to do everything possible to be the best in class in terms of all developmental metrics.

The kind of visionary leadership generally lacking in Nigeria and in fact the whole of Africa, worsened by a stark lack of desire to make the change and become our own Lee Kuan Yew.

Everyday when I step out into the streets of Kuala Lumpur, I look with mix of admiration, desire and awfulness from the lingering question: “When will Nigeria be like this?!”.

Not just our leaders, we the citizens need to wake up already. We need to eschew bigotry (one fire that’s dangerously flaming up everyday I read most discourse on Nairaland and other media), extremism, selfishness and seemingly unquenchable greed. We have to lead by example, starting with ourselves and our homes. Without these largely nationalistic and ideological basic changes, I wonder when we’ll ever get to the levels of these nations (who interestingly are still called the third world).

Very good exposure. Journalists and in fact everyone should continue to call out these fraudulent, evil and deceptive politicians. They go rent equipment and vehicles for the cameras, use the opportunity to syphon billions and allow it go fallow. How they never think of leaving lasting legacies that they will forever be remembered for beats my imagination!

Do Cameroonians really cast their votes for this ancient of days? If they really do and he, working with the electoral body, do not just impose him on them, then they’re obviously win the prize for the most foolish electorates in the world!

I’m just here to praise the courageous beautiful lady! Nice one 🙌

I know she’s trying to correct the fallacy of generalization Nigerians suffer, not just in Ghana right now, but in many other countries of the world. However, she has inadvertently fallen into same trap as the accused by referring to a particular region. Almost like saying “don’t condemn all Nigerian, condemn only people from…region because they’re the criminals “. I’m not from the referenced region but at least considering her role, it’s very wrong for her to be making such references. We have worst criminals from different regions and countries as well!

First time seeing a number 0 jersey number. Congratulations ladies. The ladies making us proud…