₦airaland Forum

zeenaman:
I had a very unpleasant experience with VIO officials yesterday, one that rendered me helpless and cheated. It's been 24 hours since the incident, but I'm still seething, not just for the money they extorted me of, but for the vulnerability of ordinary Nigerians in the hands of state-empowered irrational people in uniforms, and in some instances, with guns.

I had a very important place to visit, and was already running late. These guys stopped me, asked for all vehicle documents, which I presented to them. Determined to find a fault, and capitalise on it to extort me, they said the temporary driver's license I was holding was unstamped. The same licence I paid for in full since last year February, and they are yet to schedule me for capturing. Whose fault was it that I've not been captured? I applied for the licence in a government's licencing office, where it should have been stamped according. Why should I bear the brunts?

They made me lose my appointment, deprived me of an opportunity, forced me to their office and extorted me. They insisted I pay in cash, at that point, I knew it was a pure robbery, and unfortunately, I could do nothing against a state-weaponised extortionists.

We can't continue like this as a people, this system is corrupt at all levels, no accountability anywhere.

Your temporary DL expires after every 3 or 6 months depending on who stamped it. Always go and stamped it before it expires.

Your number mistake is stopping for them. How long have you been driving not to know this?

Kalulu44:
Good day and happy Sunday to you all.
At 45 it still beat my imagination that I get freak out by anything crawling especially snakes.
This morning while coming out from my apartment, I saw this snake crawling inside my compound while being escorted by a bird (funny scenario), I guess it came from the bush opposite my house and crawl thru under my gate.
Immediately I saw it, instead of me killing it I got freak out.
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I quickly took some steps away and hurriedly went to call one of the two guys working in our hotel which is just the next house.
One of the guy said I shouldn't call him in matters of snake (my likeness)
It was the youngest guy who I am 22 yrs older than that came to kill the snake.
Even after he killed it, when snapping it with my phone, I was scared as if the snake will suddenly come back alive and hurt me.
After that, I took a stick and picked it to go throw away. Still I was afraid.
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This is me that's not afraid to enter any bush or forest whether day or night.
This is me that's not afraid to enter any dangerous area or neighborhood.
This is me that's not scared of anything be it ghost, armed robbers, cultist e.t.c but snakes no matter how small it's as been my only phobia.
So guys! I'm asking, is there a way I can stop myself from being afraid of snakes? Or is it too late cus I'm too old?

Your own is better sef. As an adult, I am still scared of millipede or centipede.

chatinent:
(c) chatinent

Nigerian Nurses and Zero Confidentiality: A Short Ward Drama 😭🏥

We talk about medical ethics, patient privacy, and HIPAA charts in textbooks, but the moment some of our local nurses resume morning shift on the ward, all that grammar just flies out the window. Imagine an early-morning hungry man sitting quietly in a heavily crowded general outpatient reception, already sweating from anxiety. The AC is always on but never chills.

Suddenly, a senior nurse walks out of the treatment room, looks over the entire crowd of patients, and to her colleague at the records desk she asks in what she felt was a low tone: "Nurse Chika! Abeg where is that Syphilis man that came in this morning?" Omo, shame wear me djellaba me wey wan be good citizen to coem do the routine HIV checks. I don die.

The entire waiting room went ice-cold immediately. Everybody slowly turned their heads, scanning the rows of chairs, trying to spot the official owner of the title. The poor patient, face burning with heavy embarrassment, raised his hand slightly and muttered in an igbotic disguest ...politely, as we faked a smile and was standing slowly. Even me come dey pity am.

The nurse didn't even blink. She just flipped her folder, and said: "Oga there are a lot of people waiting. Should we call the next person?"

Highly uncalled for, completely unprofessional, but average daily behavior in a local clinic. Na so oga syphilis even nearly tumble for tiled floor a he missed a foot.


Anyways, back to discussion.

Here are 50 things we mostly do before/after or while visiting a clinic or hospital that may seem right but wrong:

1. Sharing prescription drugs with another patient on the ward because you feel your sickness is exactly the same as theirs. Lol.

2. Adjusting the drip (IV infusion) roller clamp yourself because you feel it is dropping too slowly and you want to go home early.

3. Stopping your prescribed antibiotics halfway because the symptoms have cleared and you claim you are healed by faith. Why didn't you meet your pastor naw

4. Sneaking traditional herbs or agbo inside your bag to drink under the bed sheets while orthodox medications are still running in your system.

5. Lying to the doctor about completing your previous medication dosage out of fear of being shouted at.

6. Taking paracetamol, antimalarials, and antibiotics at home for a week, and then telling the doctor you have not taken any drug at all when you arrive. Hehehe

7. Bringing a whole church group, your complete extended family, or a village meeting to crowd the bedside of a patient in an intensive care or general ward.

8. Sneaking heavy, oily solid food like pounded yam or highly seasoned pepper soup to a patient who is placed on a strict, medically managed diabetic or hypertensive diet.

9. Arguing or trying to bribe the security guard at the gate to let you in outside official visiting hours.

10. Waking up a heavily sedated or sleeping patient just to tap them and ask, "Sorry, how are you feeling now?"

11. Holding loud, aggressive prayer sessions, binding spirits, and screaming in a general ward, thereby disturbing other critically ill patients who desperately need quiet rest. Na these ones I detest the most

12. Allowing toddlers and young children to play on the hospital floor, run around corridors, or touch disposal bins during visits.

13. Sitting comfortably on the patient’s hospital bed instead of using the visitor's chair, introducing outside bacteria straight to their bedding.

14. Spitting phlegm or saliva into the bathroom hand-wash sink or out the window instead of using designated disposal units.

15. Touching or pressing buttons on medical monitors, oxygen concentrators, or adjusting catheters because you feel the tubes look uncomfortable.

16. Throwing used baby diapers, sanitary pads, or bloody cotton wool into the regular waste bin instead of the color-coded biohazard bins meant for clinical waste.

17. Walking straight from the streets into a ward to touch a newborn baby or an incision site without washing your hands or using a sanitizer.

18. Demanding to see the Chief Medical Director or the Doctor-in-Charge immediately because the queue to collect your medical folder is moving slowly.

19. Raining insults on the nurses on duty because the doctor has not arrived, forgetting that nurses do not control the doctors' transit or emergency schedules.

20. Utilizing an internal connection or "who you know" to bypass the emergency room queue when other patients are in far more critical, life-threatening conditions.

21. Complaining bitterly and shouting at the pharmacist or lab technician about the high cost of drugs and tests, as if they are the ones who set the hospital tariff.

22. Threatening medical staff with your social status, your uniform, or spiritual curses when procedures do not go exactly the way you imagined.

23. Begging or demanding that the doctor "just give me drip," believing that a treatment is completely useless unless it involves a fluid bag or an injection.

24. Assuming a young doctor is incompetent or clueless just because they opened a medical app or a manual on their phone to crosscheck a drug interaction.

25. Forcing water, herbal mixtures, or glucose into the mouth of an unconscious or convulsing patient to "revive" them, which causes the fluid to enter their lungs and suffocate them.

26. Forcefully discharging a patient "Against Medical Advice" to take them to a prayer house or a native doctor, only to bring them back to the emergency room when the condition becomes irreversible. You will see what you want, no worry...

27. Refusing a specific pill brand and demanding a particular color of drug because "the yellow capsule is what always cures my body."

28. Refusing life-saving blood transfusions for your dying relative based on personal theories that the blood might be spiritually contaminated or alter their destiny.

29. Sneaking out of the ward at night or jumping the hospital fence to abscond and avoid paying your accumulated medical bills. LOL.

30. Bringing out your smartphone to take photos or record videos of patients, accidents, or medical staff performing procedures without explicit permission.

31. Demanding an immediate X-ray or CT scan for a minor, everyday headache because you believe the doctor is playing with your health.

32. Looking directly at a female doctor wearing a stethoscope and calling her "Nurse," while insisting on waiting for a male counterpart whom you assume is the "real doctor."

33. Hiding your history of traditional scarification, spiritual treatments, or previous surgeries when the doctor is taking your medical history.

34. Pouring anointing oil or holy water directly into open surgical wounds or fresh burns on the ward, which introduces severe bacterial infections.

35. Aggressively pressurizing a doctor to write a fake medical report or issue an unearned sick leave certificate so you can skip work or school.

36. Openly blaming a child's obvious genetic or congenital health condition on a spiritual attack from your village elders right in front of the child and the medical team. Idi iberibe makachi

37. Leaving your urine or stool sample bottles uncovered on the laboratory counter, or exposing them to direct sunlight when you were instructed to keep them shaded.

38. Reusing old, disposable plastic water bottles to collect urine samples, or washing out specimen bottles with soap and water before filling them up.

39. Refusing to sign an emergency consent form for a life-saving surgery because you insist you must call your husband's elder brother or a church pastor first.

40. Expecting a doctor to diagnose a complex, long-standing medical issue in less than two minutes without allowing them to run proper laboratory investigations.

41. Giving a newborn baby herbal concoctions or heavy formulas in the maternity ward when the pediatricians have explicitly ordered strict, exclusive breastfeeding.

42. Practical cutting off your hospital identification wristband with a razor blade because you complain that it feels like a handcuff or ruins your outfit.

43. Treating a severe kitchen burn or hot oil scald at home with raw eggs, toothpaste, or palm oil before finally presenting at the hospital when the skin goes septic.

44. Shouting "God forbid!" and becoming deeply offended when a doctor suggests a psychiatric evaluation for a family member showing clear signs of severe mental illness. LOL. E erything, una go dey thin person don kolo

45. Bringing a critically injured patient to the emergency room and refusing to pay for a medical card or basic admission deposits, arguing that "life comes first" means everything must be free until you are ready.

46. Sitting heavily on the floors of the corridors, hallways, or emergency room staircases, effectively blocking the movement of emergency stretchers and crash carts.

47. Purposely hiding a patient's history of heavy smoking, drug abuse, or sexual history from the medical team due to family shame or stigma.

48. Peeling back a sterile surgical dressing with your bare fingers out of pure curiosity just to see if the operation wound is healing properly.

49. Making active phone calls or browsing directly next to sensitive life-support machines and ventilators where "No Mobile Phones" signs are clearly posted.

50. Believing that if a patient unfortunately passes away in the hospital, it is automatically the fault of the medical team, leading to the physical assault of doctors and the destruction of expensive hospital equipment.


Ok o. Which one una dey do??

Omo, I'm guilty of about 5 oo.

Meanwhile, are you from Ohafia? The last statement on number 36 is a signal

They are looking for egunje. Domino Pizza should settle them. Country hard

ikeno:
Really Don't Know How To Handle This Situation

Few weeks ago an ex of mine who I still keep contact with cause we stay in same state and sometimes she comes over to my place even though am not married but she was once married but due to domestic violence she left are husband and have been fending for her 3 children through her business, called me 2 weeks ago and said her seven old daughter who is the second born belongs to me and the reason she never told me was because I was not ready to settle down then.

She sent me a video of the girl and to be honest, facially she looks like me and few of my friends I showed the video to admitted she looks like me.
Since she sent me the video have been in shock and really don't know what to do in such a situation.

Have told her to come to my place this weekend so we can talk about it.

So guys how do I go about this situation any advice will be welcome

Go and carry your cross.

"Sleeping with a married woman is a loan repayable someday in whatever way Karma chooses"

Bwrezz and yansh are the best gift nature bestowed unto man.

But then, too much of everything is bad. I like moderate bwrezz.

What is going on with our secondary schools?

Chai! He will learn the hard way. Why does he want to knack a minor?



Abeg, guymen here, stop using chats to toast a girl. Everybody wants to trend these days. Don't give them receipts with chats.

Which faction of PDP? Wike or Turaki?

Amoda is on the throne. All he knows is tax, tax and tax. Amoda and his boys have never created wealth in thei lives.

Odi mma. E go reach everybody.

We no longer care. We, Peter Obi's supporters, have dashed you people ADC.

Iweakbro:
Those guys from across the Niger will some come to claim we are part of them lol.

You are an Igbo man whether you like it or not. You can't sugarcoat our origin.

They are Igbo people. They should stop deceiving themselves.

Engr. Bello, welcome on board. God's Grace as you pilot the Zenith rudder.

Jim Ovia, the man that changed banking in Nigeria. I wish you well in your future endeavours.

Mtchewww!

Most people wear non functional watches just for fashion. Most now use phones to check time.

I have almost all. But how many do I wear?

I no dey wear reach four of my shoes. They are just occupying space in my shoe rack.

Maybe I will do giveaway someday.

I have almost all. But how many do I wear?

I no dey wear reach four of my shoes. They are just occupying space in my shoe rack.

Maybe I will do giveaway someday.

Starlink all the way.

No time for mobile network wayo.

Na wa oo!

Person go watch football to have fun, enter wahala.

You wan stop aboo.ki people business oo

Rielbusinesses:
Imagine Yusuf Buhari.
Is he not the boy who made tramadol and codine very expensive?

A jonkie that nearly killed him self on Abuja experience and was flown overnight to a hospital in UK.

These politicians see Nigeria as a shop.

Nigeria is actually a shop. Na where person dey work, he dey chop

He that findeth a wife finds a good thing and obtaineth favour from God.


Marriage is beautiful. Forget what all these nonsense celebrities portray.

Women no dey hear word.

Nigerians sef.

Blessing CEO lied herself to fame with someone's house and you people think she can't continue with the lies?

She should be used as an example so that others will learn

It's a well known fact. Even car batteries are not what it is rated.

Nigerians eh.

I agree! Odumeje started well with prophecy back in Onitsha. Odumeje prophecies unbelievable outcomes those days in Onitsha before he ventured into Eddy na Nagwu church.

Amoda Ogunlere no send anybody papa.

Tinubu didn't come for good governance. He only came to chop life and enlarge his dynasty

Kolmani was a conduit pipe for Buhari and his cohorts to siphon money.

Although, my company benefited massively from that project

Paige001:
I think dry grains like rice, corn, soyabeans, beans or even crayfish

Please if you are into this and know everything about the business, can we talk?

Which one is trainers again?

Why do Nigeria government always lie to her citizens?

Whatever you see any government agency deny is about 80% true.