Literature › Re: My Honest Observation And Critique Of Americanah By Chimanda Adichie by linearity: 10:56am On Nov 06, 2016 |
FakoMaybach1: Before i start please note that all i opine here are just random thoughts and i post them here not out of mischief or to insult Chimanda
The book Americanah is set in a plot of the military and early democracy era of Nigeria and this is a time that fortunately i am conversant with, it follows the love story of Ifemelu and Obinze; how they met in secondary school, kicked of the relationship till university till ifemelu went to the united states and lost contact...i wont bore u with a full synopsis so i will go straight to my analysis and support it with passages and quotes
THE GLORIFICATION OF SUGAR DADDIES/ Reading this book you might begin to think that the writer (being adichie) either subtly encourages sugar daddysm or is indifferent to it. Aunty Uju in the book is a well educated woman, a medical doctor but refuses to settle with any young man in Nigeria but chooses to sleep with a Military man (General) for FREE!!!...the writer presents a scenario that makes it look not to bad for young girls to sleep with old men old enough to be their fathers and not ask for material things. The writer refused to take into cognizance that highly impressionable young girls could read this book and feel that dating already married men is not so bad. Through out the book there was no subtle condemnation of this act or even an effort to shine light on younger symbiotic relationships. the writer chose to paint young relationships in a very poor taste, in the case of Kimberly and her husband and even obinze and his wife; the writer presented a scenery that depicts women who marry young, successful and handsome men as insecure, paranoid and sad. Even Ifemelu's friend Rayinudo is also into this sugar daddy runs and the writer goes so far as to show that she was bought a Jeep, if that is not an advertisement of the profitability of sugar daddys then i wonder what else it could be...Chimamnda being a brilliant writer does not pay attention to the social responsibility her work needs to have
Men Are Depicted As A Means To An End The writer made subtle effort to show throughout the book that a man in a relationship must be used to achieve any target and dumped whenever it suited the ladies. This is exactly what i interpreted in the relationship between Ifemelu and Curt, Aunt Uju and Bartholomew, Rayinudo and her sugar daddy, Ifemelu and Blaine ( this one was for her activist and academics side), and so many other instances in the book. The writer does not see relationships between young couples as a journey, but as an enterprise. Subtly she encourages ladies to go for men who are very rich, and every relationship somebody has to be bringing more or it is balderdash. The book presented men in a light that made me sick to my stomach and i asked myself "so this is where these women place us? as a tool to be used, expired then thrown out" the manner which ifemelu cheated on curt, the way aunt uju divorced Bartholomew after she did not get the child she was looking for showed me a side which i never want to venture, now talking about venture
American Grass is not so Green As a young man with high hopes this book helped to kill any dreams i had about America. i had a friend who always said " After Heaven na US, even e get as u go waka for US u go see God direct"... But this book has put an end to that fantasy. The writer constantly hammered on racism and black on black segregation that makes one wonder if the thought of greener pastures is worth the stress and strain involved. The English society which i personally thought were to conservative and rigid was painted in a liberal light, and American society painted 50 shades of black. The writer painted a simple solution to race issues in England which is class, your money is ur rank while in america with money u are still second class/ Nigger.
Morality and Lack of it For a book that is not a romance novel or a james hardely chase soft porn; this book has a very low standard in the setting of morals. premarital sex was not frowned on even underage sex was treated with kid gloves. Ifemelu and obinze's escapade in obinze's house was made to look cool as if young people like that could keep things under check; if i hear. The writer saw nothing wrong with ladies having sex with married men, not once was the consequences of such folly exposed: even when aunt uju got pregnant for "The General" the writer created a scenario of All is well that ends well, the general owning up to the child and taking responsibility....this is bad and any girl reading this might be conned to thinking it is applicable (we all know how young girls are easily influenced by books they read)...HIV, Gonorrhea and other STD's were hardly mentioned, i began to wonder if in that world they didnt exist. i dont know if it is Adichie's western upbringing that caused this but i have read the Soyinkas, the Achebes, the Elechi Amadis, the cyprain ekwensis, and there was a thin code of conduct observed by this great literary icons, sex was not "cool" to this men and they spelt it out in black and white. Obviously Adichie does not think in african lines little wonder the book was titled Americanah.
Now to the issue that vexed me the most
The Ridicule Of The Institution Of Marriage Adichie made sure she downplayed marriage to the best of her ability, only ifemelus parents were the couple she really wrote on and she presented them as poor, the father a sycophant and the mother a bordering fanatic. If she had anything against marriage she should have said so.... Obinze's wife Kosi is a God sent babe any man could pray for. A girl that started with him when he had nothing, was patient, dutiful, beautiful, well mannered, cultured etc; and how did Adichie treat this character? she made sure Kosi lost out to the rude, childish, condescending, ill mannered Ifemelu. Adichie threw out the notion that one can grow to love someone she replaced it with in her own words "Feeling of responsibility". Adichie made single motherhood look Hip,cases of Aunt uju, obinze's mum comes to mind and surely Adichie made sure she blocked out the longing, loneliness and insecurity these women pass through daily. In all i can say i am just getting to know Adichie having read two of her works that is Half of a yellow sun and this Americanah....i will go for purple hibiscus and see what she penned there...i really need to know other new generation authors we have please mods if i made an error move it to the right section cc Obinnau copy lalasiclala Good analysis, but it will be wrong of you to anticipate or expect the author to act in certain manner through her writings or to think that, her writings portrays her dispositions & beliefs. You must understand that, good writers must first be actors/actresses. This enables them to be more creative and spin off works that are totally devoid of their personal inclinations. Except, one is writing an autobiography, the writer should not insert themselves, their beliefs or inclinations into the story. 2 Likes |
Events › Re: Photos From Bisi Alimi's Gay Wedding by linearity: 10:36am On Nov 06, 2016*. Modified: 11:07am On Nov 06, 2016 |
tayoalone: Nobody is saying corruption is okay. Nobody is saying that pastors milking their members dry is ok. Just like gay marriage for me is not ok. So not ok. Its an unnatural relationship. Just like a man or a woman sleeping with an animal is not unnatural. What they call bestiality. And talking of the Bible. Sodom and Gomorah were destroyed partly because of this. In fact this unnatural man and man relationship got its name from there- Sodomy. If you have any belief in Bible at all, the Bible comes against it strongly. If you say there should be freedom of association as a fundamental human right then we could arrgue that a father having a carnal knowledge of his daughter or a mother her son or even a brother to hid sister(Incest) should not be frowned. If incest sounds repulsive to you then so should sodomy. Everything in life is perspective. The sin of sodomy is not greater than the sin of lying, disobedience or stealing and yet, we are friends with thieves. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed solely because of sodomy, the Bible said, it was destroyed because of fornication and homosexuality, if my guess is right, you are friends with fornicators today, you meet them everyday at school, work, and my guess is, you don't resent them as much. Plus, those cities where truly not destroyed because of their sins, but rather because Abram grew tired of praying, had he persisted and ask the lord to spare it for two or one righteous individual, God would have agreed, hope Christian learn a thing or two from here that, sin is not as much a problem as our lack of intercession. Finally, regarding incest; we humans naturally abhor it today, simply because our relationships are too close and we have multiple alternatives to choose partners from, plus science have discovered that, kids from relationships like these, tend to have problems because of the closeness of the genetic makeups and not because there is some fundamental evil about it. Beyond, the above; the Bible condoled incests...Adam & Eve being the first humans on earth would not have multiplied and fill the earth, if siblings did not marry each other those days...we are all here today, thank God to incests practised by our first parents. |
Events › Re: Photos From Bisi Alimi's Gay Wedding by linearity: 10:12am On Nov 06, 2016 |
Davash222: Baba, I choose to disagree, we must judge them first. What they did is evil in the sight of God and also in the sight of Man. So is sin and we are all sinners. No, you cannot judge them, because the Bible say "Judge not, so that ye shall not be judged, for with the same measure that, you measured, so shall it be measured to thee"...meaning, if you judge their sins, your sins will equally be judged. All sins are equal and the same, leave the judgement to God. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Waking Up From Sleep With Thin Blade Marks On My Body. by linearity: 10:01am On Nov 06, 2016 |
DonaTee: Alot of pple here knw d truth but are claiming logic. 1. wat type of wall ghecko leaves insects wey dey fly around bulb n now climbs ur bed? Are u an insect? Or are u sugar dat attract insect?
2. Wat type of bedsheets or foam r dey talking about? As if dey hav better foams in deir house. Meanwhile u ve been wearing ur clothes n sleeping on same bed b4 this happened
3. Some say its rat. If rat bite d person it bleeds profusely n has rough edges n rat prefer to bite toes
The witches are at work. Tell ur parents den let drm join u in prayers n midnight prayers. Also avoid unnecessary slandering n confrontation with pple Since, you don't have any first hand knowledge about the actual cause, I guess your conclusions and likely suggestion is as plausible as the ones you condemned above, I must submit that; the ones you condemned even sound more logical. If the OP's question is presented in a developed country, the responses and likely solutions will defer greatly from yours and may be more in line with the ones you condemned. In Africa, even with our deep religious beliefs, we still lags behind the rest. If you pause and do a research on the poorest countries in the world today, you will discover one vital trace...i.e. they are deeply religious. The answer to this is, deeply religious people easily chalk up their life experiences to the supernatural and majority of the time, expects breakthroughs and answers from the supernatural, whereas the less religious ones looks inward for solutions and reinvent themselves and make things happen. The religious ones find often unknowldly fall victims to their subconscious minds and start rationalizing their suffering, all in the view that, there is after all a better life hereafter, whereas the less religious ones wants make here the better life and as a result, go the extra mile. Even Jesus himself ascribe the dead seeds to the work of the thorns that grow and shocked them to death and the shallowness of the seeds planted on the rocks as the cause of their fruitless-ness...in present day Africa, the witches are blamed for poor harvest, poor achievement, poor growth, etc that requires deliverance before success can be attained, but the White-man & the less religious attain these same success without deliverance. |
Business › Re: Egypt Devaluation To Test CBN Resolve On Naira by linearity: 8:01am On Nov 06, 2016 |
deenee: Naira is already free floating.
The main reason why there is still a wide margin between the official rate is as follows:
Corrupt politicians who steal money and covert to FX for storage at any cost. These morons now know that it is almost impossible to keep their stolen loot in Naira or even in any bank (all thanks to BVN) so what they do now is steal naira, get the aboki guys that sell dollar to mop up dollar at any cost for them and then they keep the dollar cash stashed away in various secret locations.
Importers that still patronise the black market esp those that import some of the items on the list of banned items that CBN won't allocate dollar for. Top of this list is fish, rice, tomato paste, frozen turkey/chicken furniture just to mention a few. I read a report somewhere (can verify if the data is true though) that Nigerians smuggle raw eggs worth over 8billion monthly through our borders. 30 billion naira worth of fish monthly. I don't even want to start quoting the figure for rice These figure is true are quite alarming. I just can't begin to imagine how much jobs we are creating for the countries where these food items come from. Jobs that should be in Nigeria. Hopefully the govt's efforts at self sufficiency will help reduce this trend.
Finally fuel importers and I pray Dangote's refinery will help solve this as over4 40 percent of our FX needs is channelled towards fuel import.
God bless Nigeria Your analogies are incorrect and this is why: 1. "Politicians who steal Naira, then connive with black markers to hype dollar and store those money as dollars for storage" In the above scenario, the politicians would be better off if dollar was low. e.g. If I steal N900, it is illogical for me to push the price of dollar up to say N450/$, so I can convert my loots into dollar and get a small amount of $2 for my troubled. On the flip side, if I pushed dollar lower, say to N300/$, that same loot of N900 will fetch me $3. 2. Those items were not bad from been imported, only that, no Forex will be allocated to it. Plus, these importers did not run to black market to get dollars at higher rates just because they love to do it. It is merely because the demands for these items by Nigerians like myself and you for these items are higher and there is no comparable local alternatives for the suppliers or that, we Nigerians have strictly dictated to these suppliers that, we want the foreign ones. So, if you want to help, stop eating eggs, fish, etc. 3. Fuel importation is merely about 30% or so of our Forex demands. You would have scored a huge point is you indicated that, this situation was given raise to buy corrupt politicians. They killed our refineries, so that they will be room to import fuel, thereby lining up their pockets. |
Family › Re: How Can One Recover Borrowed Money From An In-Law? by linearity: 2:15am On Oct 31, 2016 |
The marriage already have cracks, borrowing from your sister's work, then putting her against her family by saying, she should not tell anyone; then borrowing from your dad with the same two-face fraudulent attitude, then telling lies about some ghost trailers.
You don't need a seer to tell you the obvious. You better be aggressive against him to refund the money or tell your sister to start saving to pay back the union loan, else that will affect her job and might lead to her termination and her husband will careless.
Before, I forget I am compelled to note that, he is in the process of collecting another loan from your uncle, aunts, etc will tell them not to inform anyone, you better start calling them up to take caution. |
Politics › Re: National Assembly Takes Over Power To Control CCT From Presidency by linearity: 4:09pm On Oct 27, 2016 |
BERNIMOORE: Good Question, The Answer is Not Far Fetched;
Section 9(2) and, more importantly, Section 58(1) and (5) which states that (1) The power of the National Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and, except as otherwise provided by subsection (5) of this section, assented to by the President; and (5) which states that Where the President withholds his assent and the bill is again passed by each House by two-thirds majority, the bill shall become law and the assent of the President shall not be required! 
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/constitution-amendment-imbroglio-presidential-assent-needed-or-not-needed/
Buhari Will be stripped Of His Powers As Soon As the Lesgislative And Judiciary Decides to Stamp their Authorities 
Enjoy The show! If as it is now...'they are divided along party lines', it means they will not have a two-third majority to over-ride any Presidential veto...plus the fact that, been divided along party lines, means we have more people opposed to the amendment, since the number of APC members are higher...so this amendment is DOA. |
Car Talk › Re: Innoson Motors Reacts To IGP Filing N2.4bn Shipping Fraud Against Innoson Motors by linearity: 3:44pm On Oct 27, 2016 |
onomeasike: Go and tell this epistle to the Judge. I remember that the primary grouse GTB has against Innoson is that Innoson used fake shipping papers to secure billions naira worth loan from it,the bank found this out and held on to the company's money to protect itself against this I. B.O. sense by the one who is not innocent but bear innocent just in name. Apparently, Innoson is hiding under the technicality that GTB has no legal reasons to hold its money as its bank customer but GTB held stubbornly to that money because that's the only lifeline they have so as not to lose out completely.Innoson wanted to withdraw the money in their account while GTB can keep going to court to get its own money back from a fraudulent customer. Unfortunately, this long epistle has not addressed this criminal charge. The beating Innoson will receive is doing press up.Idiotas  This is how these fraudulent members of the Nigerian elite kill banks. They are so useless and have no modicum of shame. Somebody forged a document in order to swindle a bank yet it still keeps writing OFR after its name . Did you use fake shipping papers to secure loan from GTB? This is the simple question this useless press release failed miserably to answer. Rather, they are playing to the gallery as if the management and shareholders of GTB are fools. GTB is in the wrong here, they don't have the right to hold his money hostage, even if they suspect he lied in the IPO to obtain the loan, unless the money is a collateral for the loan obtained. Plus, multiple court orders have ask GTB to return the money. GTB recourse is to sue them on the fraud case and if they win, Innoson have lots of assests that GTB can collect on. However, it appear GTB tried suing through the government (why they didn't sue as the injured party is questionable) and based on Innoson assertions,that suit was withdrawed and a new one was never instituted. I think, GTB should release the new or appeal the order and institute a new case against them plus suing them directly. |
Politics › Re: Prewedding Photo Of Fatima Buhari And Ya'u Gimba Kumo by linearity: 2:05pm On Oct 26, 2016 |
Pre wedding foto na by force?
If pre wedding is this unexciteful, marriage will be too boring and mundane. |
Phones › Re: Before A Communication Mast Is Mounted In Your Property(read) by linearity: 3:32am On Oct 25, 2016 |
mojeer678: It's either you're being mischievous with the half-truths you typed here or you're truly and really an ignoramus.
Well, anyone who rely on mythbuster for facts and who was thought[/b] all these in elementary [b]physic class, you could be pardoned, slightly.
Let's open that narrow mind a little:
What is electromagnetic radiation? When an electrical charge is accelerated, energy is released into space. This emission is called electromagnetic radiation (EMR). EMR carries energy that is usually invisible and that can move through space and penetrate most non-metal objects. Mobile phones use EMR to create an invisible wave that can carry your voice or other data. X-ray machines use such high frequencies that they can even penetrate most metals. Microwave ovens use EMR to heat food. Whenever moisture is present, such as when passing through a person, some radiation is absorbed, creating heat or molecular movement.
How did our government determine that cell phones are safe? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided that cell phones are safe since the body temperature of a six-foot, 200 pound man using a cell phone for six minutes does not change significantly. The FDA has not conducted studies about how mobile phones, WiFi, antennas and wireless utility meters (alone or in combination) affect babies, children, pregnant women, the elderly, the infirm, or people with medical implants. Some scientists point to the non-thermal effects of using a cell phone:
• After 20 minutes of use, double-strands of DNA break into fragments. If the body's repair systems can't keep up with these breaks, cancer and birth defects can result. • Cancer rates increase, especially when people begin using mobile phones as children and hen anyone uses one for 30 minutes or more per day for ten years or longer. • After two hours of use, the blood-brain barrier begins to leak, allowing neurotoxins in food or from the environment (air or water) to affect brain and nerves, eventually leading to brain cell death.
My Comment: In Nigeria, the SON, NAFDAC and NCC have all been hijacked by vested interests. The NESREA has been systematically handicapped and starved of funds for training and capacity-building, hence Nigerian are on a long thing! You're O-Y-O!
Didn't the World Health Organization report that evidence of harm from cell phone use was not convincing? Yes. However, the report was authored by Michael Repacholi, an industry consultant who received hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporations with vested interests.
My Comment: WHO has now sensibly made a U-Turn, in 2011 it classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (emitted by telecom masts) as possibly carcinogenic! to humans. Need we say more? See WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Report of May 2011 issuing its decision that non-ionizing radiofrequency radiation has been classified as a 2B (Possible) Carcinogen which is the same category as DDT, lead, and engine exhaust. Just google: IARC’s Press Release No 208 dated 31 May, 2011
Some city planners claim that radiation emitted from WiMax is much too weak to affect human health. Is that true? In Dirty Electricity, epidemiologist Samuel Milham MD MPH Writes, “When industry apologists say that fields are too weak to cause biological effects, I point them to any number of electro-therapeutic devices, such as pulsed high-frequency field generators that are used to accelerate the healing of bone fractures. Anything that can stimulate cell division and growth is a potential carcinogen.” (http://sammilham.com/contact.shtm)
How does WiFi impact health? According to environmental consultant Stan Hartman, having a WiFi antenna in a router on your desk gives you about the same amount of radiation that you'd get 30 meters or less from a typical cell phone antenna. In isolated human cells, WiFi-like signals can activate the "cell suicide" response.6
Are trees affected by WiFi? Trees in areas with high WiFi activity have been found to suffer from bleeding, fissures in their bark, the death of parts of leaves, and abnormal growth. In the Netherlands, 70% of urban ash trees suffer from radiation sickness, including a "lead-like shine" on their leaves, indicating the leaves' oncoming death. In 2005, only 10% of ash trees suffered radiation sickness.
Is there any relationship between mobile phones, antennas and bee colony collapse? In India, a study conducted by Dr. Sainuddin Pattazhy shows that EMR emitted by antennas cripples the "navigational skills" of worker bees who leave their colonies to collect nectar from flowers. When a mobile phone was kept near a beehive, the worker bees did not return, and the colony collapsed within ten days.
How does living near a mobile phone base station (also called a cell tower or cell antenna) affect human health? Studies find that people living within 300 meters of a base station experience fatigue, headache, sleep disruption, irritability, depression, decreased libido, memory loss, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite, visual disruptions and overall discomfort.
Nearby at home, a study on sperm and radiation from telecom masts was conducted, A. A. Otitoloju, I. A. Obe, O. A. Adewale, O. A. Otubanjo and V. O. Osunkalu. (2010) Preliminary Study on the Induction of Sperm Head Abnormalities in Mice, Mus musculus, Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiations from Global System for Mobile Communication Base Stations. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. Vol. 84, pg 51–54
The conclusion and warning from the Professor is this: The observation in this study of an increase in frequency of occurrence of sperm head abnormalities in exposed mice therefore adds to the growing evidence within the scientific community of the potential reproductive health effects of the constant exposure to RF radiations especially from GSM base stations which currently dots the landscape of many developing countries including Nigeria. The real environmental concern in many of these developing countries is the nondiscriminatory manner in which these base stations are sited in close proximity to residential homes, offices, hospitals and schools therefore increasing exposure level. This high level of exposure may ultimately cause problem to the general populace in the long term since there is really no conclusive evidence that RF radiations are safe. Although there is inherent difficulty in extrapolating results obtained in mice to humans, the results from this study, notwithstanding, gives an indication of potential public health risks that can be associated with exposure to RF radiations and implies that regulatory agencies in these countries ought to adopt the precautionary principle—‘‘better safe than sorry’’ in dealing with matters related to human exposure to RF radiations.
So, oga mythbuster, take your sorry tale elsewhere! Nice write up I must say and you definitely have some research, but you are stretching the truth. It appear, you picked a side of a coin and devote all your attention to it, clearly ignoring the other data. I will like to use the international standard bodies you mention viz WHO and FDA to defunct your conclusions: WHO did not conclude that, EMR is carcinogenic. There was concerns that it might be, hence WHO undertook the reach and by default, they must class it under five broad categories. Group 1: Carcinogenic to humans. Group 2A: Probably carcinogenic to humans. Group 2B: Possibly carcinogenic to humans. Group 3: Not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans. Group 4: Probably not carcinogenic to humans. WHO/IARC interprets Group 2B as meaning, "There is limited evidence showing radiofrequency carcinogenicity in humans and less than sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals" For perspective, WHO also classify Coffee as 2B. I also noticed that, you copied and pasted some widely speculative internet sources without doing your own independent research. IARC did not clasify DDT and Lead in Group 2B, DDT is in 2A, and 2A is interpreted as 'There is strong evidence that is can cause cancel" which is different from 2A. |
Phones › Re: Before A Communication Mast Is Mounted In Your Property(read) by linearity: 8:27pm On Oct 24, 2016 |
Lazyreporta: Oga, this is true..
If you have a better point opposing this, bring it on or a link sir This is a myth, has been debunked millions times over, he even gave you a reference 'mythbuster', you can also google this. Cell phone radiations used the in non-ionizing region of the electromagnetic spectrum of light. The non-ionizing electromagnetic spectrum does not interfere with cellular growth or processes. People who spread this myth confuses the non-ionizing spectrum of electromagnetic radiation with the ionizing spectrum. The ionizing spectrum includes ultraviolate light, x-rays and gamma rays and these are carcinogenic, hence their importance in medicines, because their ionizing properties can be channeled medically to cure diseases. It may interest you to learn that the light that enters your eyes and enables you to see, is also a non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation just like the radiation from your cellphone. Perform the same experiment you just illustrated, but use a light source instead or another non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, you will get the same result. In fact, subject the egg to repeated sound effects, you will also achieve the same results....The common denominator is all these is that, these activities displaces the particles around the egg, which then travels through the egg and subsequently displaces the egg particles, as the egg particular collides with each other, thereby gaining energy that will gradually heat them up...we were all thought these in elementary physic class. |
Career › Re: Ecobank Staff Cleaning Allen Avenue. (pics) by linearity: 2:30pm On Oct 24, 2016 |
afolakemi: I am sure you don't understand what you are writting. First, go and ask to know the meaning of CSR. Then you will understand that staff were not coerced to do the cleaning and mind you I believe the street cleaning is not done on a daily basis. Abeg... They don't have to be coerced, off course they work for Ecobank, it is suicidal for any staff to say no, especially now that alternate jobs are near non-existent. Yes, I know what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is and I have done it before and each the coy gives me a paid leave to do it, because it enhances the image of the company. |
Romance › Re: Why Do Nigerian Men Come Back Home To Marry? by linearity: 1:55am On Oct 24, 2016 |
see jamb question, I agbe make I go look for the expose b4 I comment.
wait first, you fit help me answer one small question? Okay, thanks....why do some Nigeria ladies dey busy body inside another person wahala, to the point of making a video about it?
Na the person wey wear shoe, na him know wey the thing dey pain am, it is not my place to go dey drink panadol for their pains and I wouldn't care a bit unless their actions are illegal...even at that, no bi my wahala, make dey carry go, anywhere belle face. |
Career › Re: Ecobank Staff Cleaning Allen Avenue. (pics) by linearity: 6:14pm On Oct 22, 2016 |
Why is Ecobank using unpaid cheap labor to tarnish their image.
Ask staff to adorn company logo and work on their otherwise work free day and not compensated is slave labor.
If ecobank wants to be taken seriously about their care for the environment, they should invest some of their own money in the endeavor. |
Celebrities › Re: Chidinma Okeke's Video: Her Friend Speaks by linearity: 3:45pm On Oct 22, 2016 |
Julietcutie: well I don't believe that... I watched the video and it doesn't look Photoshopped to me...and again her friends are not even denying it... they admit she did such and are begging people to be easy on her... I thought as much. The truth is, her greatest problem is not people 'making life hard for her', given the current Nigeria laws, what she did is a crime, I think she should focus on that. What she is asking people to do is, like a thief after been caught in the act with concrete video proof, will then go on the internet and start asking people to stop spreading the video proof of the act and that people should go easy on him, etc. That is how she and her surrogates sound right now. In life, just like in science, you can only control your actions, but once the action has been set in motion, you cannot control the reaction. All attempts to control the reaction will result in a reciprocating reaction, thereby giving more life to the original reaction. That is why, the best principal in situations like these is one of these: 1. come out, deny the claim and shut up or 2. Own up to the claim, then shut up or 3. Say nothing and shut up. |
Celebrities › Re: Chidinma Okeke's Video: Her Friend Speaks by linearity: 2:41pm On Oct 22, 2016 |
Julietcutie: I pity the girl sha... it's really painful anyhow what she did was bad but you guys shouldn't judge her or make her kill herself Abeg every one makes mistakes besides who knows if this happened a long time and she now changed Am confused, I thought she came out said that, she was not the one of the video and that her head was photoshopped into it. Plus that, her lawyers are preparing charges. How can you forgive someone who say they did not commit any sin? |
Travel › Re: Accident Along Benin-Asaba Expressway In Igbodo, Delta Kills 4 (Graphic Pics) by linearity: 2:21am On Oct 22, 2016 |
samyyoung: Sometimes, I wonder how my death would be, I pray its painless!!!
I also pray I get d hint...at least, to be able to confess my sins n ask for forgiveness to eternity.
Dis is my death wish O'Lord. That my friend, is the best attitude we all have to adopt as we tackle this mystery called life on a daily basis. Am still very young, but I have written my last will and testament, have a nice insurance policy that will take care of my wife and kids. So, whenever God chooses to make that call, there will sincerely be no hesitations or regrets. |
Events › Re: Zimbabwean Lady's Outfit To A White Party Got People Talking by linearity: 7:56pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
In her defense, she must have thought, it was a 'White rags party', hence she came fully prepared.
My only issue is, even if she didn't have a white bra, she would have borrowed from friends or leave that item off her dressing for the night, as it would not have really matter. |
Politics › Re: Onyeka Nwelue Criticizes Buhari's Ambassadorial Nominees Over Old Age by linearity: 6:25pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
careytommy7: as much as I'm not a fan of Chinakwe's dog, I think this young man needs to shut up. after his mother disgracefully went to kneel down and beg for an appointment from the ayatollah and was rebuffed, he is now forming govt critic. one of the women I have recently started to respect is folorunsho alakija. she knows what loyalty and self respect means not your betrayer of a mother. Why can't you address what he raised objectively? If you feel the need to comment, why not proffer your arguments for or against his submissions, this way we all can benefit from the free flow of ideas that goes to the merit/demerit of the situation. Dragging his mum into this, is a cheap shot and should be left for the naive and uninform. |
Culture › Re: Wives Of Oba Of Benin, Oba Ewuare II (photos) by linearity: 3:36pm On Oct 21, 2016 |
Zector: Wonderful What is wonderful about been a trophy wife? |
Family › Re: Fire Burn Survivor Whose Baby Bump pics went viral gives Birth. by linearity: 12:36am On Oct 20, 2016 |
Your topic heading is misleading, at least change it to...."Fire burnt Suivival.............."
That 't' changed the meaning of the whole sentence, I was here thinking that..."Did she gave birth inside fire, then survived?"
In any case congratulations to mother and child. |
Health › Re: HELP!! How Can I Get Rid Of The Keloid Scar On My Head? by linearity: 7:34pm On Oct 19, 2016 |
Mztadhee: Mr, thanks for the advice. Buh I never said I have inferiority complex, so why the haste in judging me. Is it wrong to ask for tips from a public forum? Don't be to quick to pass judgment on people you have no single knowledge of who they are please. Thanks Dude, My point is, you are gud the way you are, you are expending too much energy on the minor. You have a scar in your head, so what? It is not a disease, it is not a sickness, it is not even an abnormality, except maybe your body was over jealousy when trying to heal you when you sustained that injury and did some overtime work. My previous comment was not intended to be negative, but rather to point to the fact, you are paying way too much attention to this. Accept my apologies, if it registered differently at your end. |
Health › Re: HELP!! How Can I Get Rid Of The Keloid Scar On My Head? by linearity: 2:35pm On Oct 19, 2016 |
Your problem is not the scars on your head.
I can clearly see that, you have a bigger problem in your life and if not dealt with ruthlessly, it will bring you downfalls and failures.
That problem is, inferiority complex aka the value of self worth.
As for the scar on your head, contrary to what anyone will tell you, am 100% certain that, it will follow you for the rest of your life; unless you become filthy rich, to afford the surgery where healthy skins will be removed from other part of your body and planted on your head, plus some hair growth treatment on it...
but like I said previously, this does not scale in comparison to your real larger than life inferiority complex problem, deal with that and you will just be fine. |
Career › Re: How Do I Turn Down My Boss' Advances Without Losing My Job? (please Advice) by linearity: 8:26am On Oct 19, 2016 |
gratefulheart: Your prayer is more than enough if you are really serious and genuine.
The way you are talking is like you are real to do it. You are only looking for validation.
Get serious please and save your save from destruction that you will regret all the days of your life. Prayer is not enough, even the Bible says, faith without work is nothing. She must pray as if, her escape depends on her prayers, and work and devise reactive/preemptive strategies. |
Career › Re: How Do I Turn Down My Boss' Advances Without Losing My Job? (please Advice) by linearity: 8:20am On Oct 19, 2016 |
Tell him you have AIDS and you are allergic to condones.
If that does not work, set him up by choosing the hotel and pre-bug it with preferrably hidden cameras and audio, then get him on tape. Use the tape as your job security.
There are websites/services you can upload the tape with advance instructions to send the tape to certain email addresses or contacts, should they not hear from you either weekly or monthly. Also make him aware of this, incase he thinks of trying anything funny. |
Health › Re: Why We Knock Before Opening Mortuary Door – River Mortician by linearity: 4:47pm On Oct 18, 2016 |
tolugar: Pls how can one apply for this job. Dude, you surprise me sha, so for dis kind hash economy, you think say; na only hailers done corner the market....siddon there, there is high demand for wailers too. |
Travel › Re: Unidentified Accident Victim Unconscious At Abuja Hospital (Photo) by linearity: 2:48am On Oct 18, 2016 |
MrBLING: Sorry you are wrong. Unless she left an expressed wish or any legal document to publish her personal information should she lapse into a coma, the hospital management or staff have no right to do that. She or next of kin can sue for damages.
In a sane society the hospital/police/media organization can release anonymous information eg
A female, mid forties, wearing ......clothes, .... jewelries, Is in a critical condition at ....hospital Any persons who believe they may be related should contact ......
And ps
This applies too to owners on nairaland website. For publishing her unauthorized image, while she is in the process receiving medical treatment The problem is, you are comparing western civilization, where everything is digit. Yes, in places like America, there will be no need to publish her picture, because they have myriad of alternative ways of locating her relatives. If she entered a bus, she must have bought a ticket and the likelihood of buying that ticket with Credit/Debit is very high and she can be traced. In very few cases, when the ticket was purchase with case, they can run lots of her bios, e.g finger prints, etc. However in Nigeria, we are not very fortunate and if what you are saying is done, you will see something like: The individual below was involved in an accident: gender: female age: mid 45 Jewelry: silver wrist watch, gold necklace with cross, and earrings clothe: red flower gown Accident location: lokoja etc Those information will barely get any hit, they are so generic, no one will pay attention to it; plus you will be counting on her close relative to be online or have access to the paper where the story is published and to know that, their relationship is been referenced. Plus who exactly will pay for that publication? I doubt the hospital is going to foot the bill, when no one have shown up to settle the bills she has already incurred or you think the Federal government is going to foot the bill? While I clearly understand your point, given the situation in Nigeria, this is the most effective and faster way to reach her relative and it might just save her live, because I doubt she is getting the best care she deserves at the moment, I even doubt is she is getting any beyond the minimum, because someone has to pay the hospital and if that someone doesn't show up fast enough, she will be statistic. Again, no confidentiality is involve here and none was violated. She was an accident victim, that accident happened in the public and there is no reasonable expectation for privacy or confidentiality for anything that took place in the public. The hospital is also a public place...confidentiality comes into play between an individual and his/her Doctor/Hospital regarding thing confidential matters discussed or confidential tests that are carried out. |
Travel › Re: Unidentified Accident Victim Unconscious At Abuja Hospital (Photo) by linearity: 12:01am On Oct 18, 2016*. Modified: 2:20am On Oct 18, 2016 |
MrBLING: Is this not infringing on the privacy of the patient? Did she or next of kin provide consent before making her pictures public? If you are so desperate to locate her relatives are there no better channels rather than breaking confidentiality which you as a clinician swore to uphold? Abeg pass on that weed wey you just smoke so. She is an accident victim, there is no confidentiality there...and when the identity of an unconscious patient is unknown, their are no known better channels to reach her people other than to go to the public for help. |
Celebrities › Re: Ramsey Nouah Helps Rita Dominic Down The Stairs (pics) by linearity: 8:34pm On Oct 16, 2016*. Modified: 11:47pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
ever811: its not lovely cause he is not her husband,.. if what's in that woman skol is actually brain and not sperm she should know by now that she need a man in her life for times like this..her own is posting pictures of other people's children on Instagram captioning it...I love kids and will soon have my..only if I can see her to tell her that,the second coming of Christ would not be trough a woman..cause I believe she has been hoping to conceive by the holy spirit.. beside Mary was a virgin and she is Ibadan express way..so it won't be possible even if Christ should still come trough a woman.. Which one be your own, abi you wan marry am? You think say to find husband na bean? The old saying still remain true ....."If wishes were horses, beggars would have ride." |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Four Women Accuse Donald Trump Of Forcibly Groping, Kissing Them by linearity: 7:10pm On Oct 15, 2016 |
ycat: First of all Rape is different from Grope, and what most of you get away with in Nigeria is considered grope in the US like your hand touching a woman's boobs accidentally or intentionally, or you slightly rub against her body. So get it straight and know the difference. Bill Clinton did the same as Bill Cosby if you ask me, and Trump is an innocent man here who rattled Hillary and she put their actors out on the hit job to get Trump. You conveniently forgot to mention that groping is sexual harassment in the US and it is a felony. You saw a video of this guy boasting and detailing how he grope women, you excused him and chalked it up to 'just talk', now 11 women and come out and say, he did the same things he boated about in those videos to them, and your excuse is.."Hillary put them up to it". Sorry pal, Bill is not running for President and Trump shoot himself in the foot by bringing up Bill...Bill's approval ratings when he left office was upper 60s percentage despite him cheating, can you guess what Bush Jr approval ratings were at the same corresponding time in his presidency?...a whopping 37%, and Bill's cheating is public knowledge in the US. in 2000, Rudy tried it in New York, when he was contesting against Hillary for Senate and he failed badly, until he had to withdraw for Rick Lazio. |
Politics › Re: Feeling Red? by linearity: 6:47pm On Oct 15, 2016 |
ycat: Though the cause behind it is worthy, but Is it a good idea to wear red to the poll knowing the danger of drive-by shooting and desperation on the part of the left? The fact that most of the Obama's catch and release are ready to go back to jail, having just been released in time for the elections, thanks to democratic machine for making it possible for just about anyone to vote despite criminal records.
http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/09/trump-army-planning-to-flood-polling-stations-with-red/ Stop spreading lies and conspiracy theory, the privilege to vote or not to vote is not controlled by the US Executives at the White House. Obama does not have any power to grant or remove the right to vote to/from anyone. Each State in the US have different laws regarding defranchising of released felons. In most state, felons are allowed to vote after release+parole+probation, about 15 states, including DC, you are allowed to vote immediately after release, 10 states permanently ban you from voting, 4 states allow you to vote after release+parole, only Maine allow currently serving felons to vote via absentee ballots, they never lost their right to vote...and Maine have a republican Governor. Your 'catch and release' analogy is only applicable to Presidential pardons and for the records, Obama has pardon far fewer felons compare to other Presidents in recent history..e.g. Reagan Pardon 393, Bush Sr 74, Clinton 396, Bush Jr 189 and Obama is just 70. So, get your facts straight, and try to do some little research before running off with those conspiracy theories. |
Politics › Re: Alleged Sex Scandal: Reps To Sue US Govt by linearity: 3:08am On Oct 15, 2016 |
see word, well make I carry chair siddon look.
The person below, might have something more useful to say to these honorable reps about legal standards abroad vs in Nigeria. Case in point, Ibori was was discharged, acquitted or have all charges against him dismissed in Nigeria, is serving prison terms in the U.K. on account of those charges.
I have to look it up, but I believe they have to give up their diplomatic immunity in order to be heard in any US court, meaning they can be arrested and prosecuted. |