₦airaland Forum

Rossikk: You have an evil mindset which is why you veer straight to inconveniences. I am free because I drove back home today with no problems, have had a nice dinner, and even tipped my gateman. His smile alone made my day. Soon I'll be stepping out to have a drink with my guys. I coulon't do that in the UK and US when I lived there. Too much pressure. See? You can be happy in Nigeria if you let yourself be happy. But if all you care to think of is your pothole and generator noise, then live out your life in misery all you want. Wasted life.

Your experience is called shuffering and shmiling. See your life?

Rossikk: GEJ has done more than the last 6 Nigerian leaders COMBINED. Infrastructure, education, health. ALL have seen improved investment in the last two years. Unless you are based abroad or living under a rock, you would know this.

First of all I have not seen these phantom development you childishy allude to.

And if begging terrorists to accept amnesty, re-instating Anenih and pardoning the likes of Alams is progressive to you then we have no need to have any exchanges.

You're too dense to float in any sensible discussion.

Rossikk: You're the one who gives a crap about what some stinky breath oyibo calls you or doesn't call you. YOU afterall are the slave. I'M FREE.

You're free indeed.

With generator noise and potholes.

No wonder Fela sang that 'Freedom' is a disease.

Rossikk: KINDLY SHUT YOUR SLAVE TRAP YOU IGNORANT DUMMY.. Are you aware of how many progressive African and 'third world' leaders the CIA has ADMITTED in 'declassified' documents to having played a part in their assassination?

Instead of you to go and read up about the Americans and their shenanigans you're here playing dumb happy slave to their crap.

So your best answer is that GEJ is one of those progressive African leaders.
If Africa ever gets re-colonized again its because of brains like yours. Beggars under their own leaders.

Rossikk: KINDLY SHUT YOUR SLAVE TRAP AND GET LOST. FOOOL.

And Oyibo will call you monkey banana e go dey pain you?

cheddarking: Ignorance of the Highest order.

The US has no permanent friends or enemies...Just permanent Interests.

They dont give a sh1t about Nigerian people...They only want Nigerian Resources.

Mumu!

I live in Nigeria and everything the report retorted to is true.

Patriotism is not an excuse to allow gross ineptitude all over the nation.

You just witnessed what happened in Boston at least in the media. Contrast that with GEJ saying he knows the people sponsoring BH but will never callout a single name. Then GEJ turns around and begs the terrorists to accept amnesty.

This is is just a simple example to help redeem the neural linkages I assume exist in your cranial hemispheres.

After, you'll be planning vacation or honeymoon in Ghana. Mtscheew

Its a pity how people think in this country. The US has nothing to lose or gain by making their observations of the humongous levels of mismanagement, corruption and ineptitude currently ongoing in Nigeria.

Infact the US Gov't is trying to help your case (Nigerians) with this disclosure.

But some people can't think outside of their anus. Imagine the terrible situation this country is in presently, you do not need anyone to tell you. But you are here insulting the US.

I am ashamed.

By the way this is front page material.

So in your opinion Nigeria has not hit the rocks already?

22Billion USD in Excess Crude account-ECA (left by the late Yar'adua) disappeared in less than 1 year (Feb. 2010 - Aug. 2010) under Acting President GEJ.
Subsidy on fuel was partly removed in Jan. 2012. Sure-P has not shown any results whatsoever till date.
Electricity situation has worsened. The apparent improvement last year was due to the anomalous heavy rains (causing floods). Now the rivers are drying up and we're back to square zero.
Boko Haram sponsors have remained faceless....no intel whatsoever. Who runs a country like that.
Anenih and Alamieyeseigha (confirmed crooks who have destroyed this country) are back in Gov't or getting Gov't support.
Kidnapping, terrorism, vandalism are everywhere in the country (nowehere is safe anymore).
Lawan Farouk is yet to be prosecuted almost 1 year after a recorded solicitation and acceptance of bribe was made public! Jesus have mercy on us.
GEJ renamed UNILAG to MAULAG without any consultations and didn't give a damn about what Nigerian thought only to rescind later after legal actions were taken against the Gov't.
GEJ installed Akpabio as PDP Gov. Forum Chairman. Akpabio is a confirmed thug who has had assassination in Akwa-Ibom State linked to him.

Please I do not want to carry on before someone here gets a heart attack.
GEJ is the worst president Nigeria has ever had. By 2015 only the carcass of a country will remain.

Biafra diplomat: Jonathan underperformed no doubt but Buhari will be far worse, voting for Buhari will be akin to jumping from frying pan to fire. A lot of people thinks that military dictator and civilian presidency are the same but they are not! People cite Buhari as a strong ruler but it was clear that Idiagbon called the shots. The world has gone digital and Nigeria cant afford to be left behind with analogue despots like Buhari. Buhari is ethnocentric, dictatorial, religious fanatic, enemy of democracy, eccentric and above all violent and inconsiderate. Nigeria will hit the rocks if by omission or commission he gets into Aso rock, God forbid!

And he gave Dora Akunyili (a Christian, just in case) the chance to achieve what she is most recognised for today.

GenBuhari: Buhari is called a religious bigot, yet I heard one of his wive may have been a christian.

His cook and driver are christians.

He ruled Nigeria with absolute power yet did not bring Sharia to a single state.

He has never been to hajj pilgrimage.

He suspended hajj pilgrimages to save money.

He crushed violence from Muslim fanatics during his rule.

Now PDP are trying to accuse him of links with Boko Haram, when GEJ himself has stated people in his own govt are behind Boko Haram.

If we do not have Raji Fashola, Nuhu Ribadu, Donald Duke running for President then Buhari is a better choice compared to GEJ.

Do you guys realise how much Nigeria has reached the brink of an uncoordinated and uncontrollable collapse under that clueless GEJ of a man?

Buhari's performance as a Petroleum Minister, Military Dictator and PTDF chief is head and shoulders above GEJ's as Deputy Gov., Gov. of Bayelsa State, VP, Acting President and President of Nigeria.

BTW many of the young cargoes some people are clamouring for have let us down already....Think Dimeji Bankole, Doyin Okupe, Reuben Abati, Lawan Farouk, Fani Kayode etc.

I smh.............

Watch Video here--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21764675

Since 2009, northern Nigeria has been gripped by a bloody insurgency as militant group Boko Haram continues its quest to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state. Visiting the Boko Haram stronghold Maiduguri is dangerous, so a BBC reporter filmed with a concealed camera to reveal what life is like for citizens caught in the crossfire. The journalist's identity has been concealed for security reasons.

The city of Maiduguri is an hour's flight from the Nigerian capital Abuja, or a gruelling 900km (560-mile) drive, with no exact time of arrival because of the countless checkpoints along the way - manned by heavily-armed soldiers in full combat gear, many of them hiding behind dark goggles.

Troops on the lookout for the next suicide bomber stand guard on street corners, their positions protected by sandbags.
The streets are lined by deserted buildings, peppered with bullet holes, and people must abide by a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Banks close at 1300, markets from 1600, and many children are no longer able to attend school after buildings were burnt down.

“You can't even tell if your neighbour is a member and you dare not talk about them in public” -Maiduguri resident

The Boko Haram group behind the faceless campaign of terror gripping the city, is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north.
Drive-by motorbike assassinations of politicians and policemen became their modus operandi, but their activities have grown in confidence and scale, spreading to other states in the region too.
The group's official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means: "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad".
But Maiduguri's residents dubbed them Boko Haram, which loosely translated from the local Hausa language means: "Western education is forbidden".

The group promotes a version of Islam which forbids Muslims from taking part in any political or social activity associated with Western society, including voting in elections, wearing shirts and trousers or receiving a secular education.

Brutal crackdown
The group has been blamed for the deaths of some 1,400 people in central and northern Nigeria since 2010.
Maiduguri locals say this building is a feared detention centre and have nicknamed it Guantanamo
"As it is, you can't even tell if your neighbour is a member," one Maiduguri resident told me, "and you dare not talk about them in public."
Boko Haram's members are so well-embedded in the community here, that it is almost impossible to know who is Boko Haram and who is not.

The Nigerian state has responded by deploying the Joint Task Force (JTF), an elite military and police intelligence force, and the crackdown has been brutal.
People are being killed by unknown gunmen and the military is accused of killing and detaining innocent people without trial.
Many people are fleeing because of the insecurity and entire neighbourhoods in this once-prosperous city are now completely deserted because the army has warned residents to relocate, so they can try to "weed out" members of Boko Haram.
One of the displaced agreed to take me to his house. On an eerily quiet street, he unlocked a padlock to show me around the dusty, cobwebbed four rooms where he once happily lived with his family.
"It's been over four months since I left this house," he explained.
"There was an incident in the neighbourhood and soldiers told us to leave and the house has been locked since then. I have been trying to return but I am scared because I don't know what would happen."

One widow told me her husband was killed in 2011 by soldiers on a sweep for Boko Haram. She says he pleaded he had nothing to do with the insurgents but they shot him in the street.
"We heard gunshots while at home and thought Boko Haram had attacked the area," the 28-year-old mother of four told me.
"Outside we saw a military vehicle so we ran in the direction of the soldiers seeking their help. Soldiers pushed us into the gutter and took matches and kerosene from inside my house. Then they burnt my house down.
"Witnesses saw soldiers talking to my husband for 15 minutes. Then they shot and killed him and burnt his car."

'Empty promises'
Almost every family I meet has a grim story to tell.
“Two men broke into our house in the middle of the night and pulled my father from his mosquito net. They shot him, slit his throat and used water from our kettle to clean their knife”-Twelve-year-old girl
Many parents told me their young adult male children have been in military detention for several months and they have not been allowed to visit them.
Sources say there are thousands of young men being held in various detention centres across the city.
"They took my son while he was sleeping and slapped his wife who was six months pregnant," one woman told me.
"It's been a year and eight months now since they took him and I haven't heard anything. I have tried my best to know why he is being held, but without success. The soldiers keep saying that they would release our children but it is all empty promises."

Both the Nigerian constitution and Terrorism Prevention Act clearly state that detainees should be brought to court within a reasonable time. But one of Maiduguri's top lawyers told me that has not been happening.
"People are in detention in JTF custody since 2011," he told me, "since they came to Maiduguri they did not take a single person to court."
When asked about allegations of detentions and human rights abuses by serving military officers, Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika told the BBC:
"I've not received a single case against any single identified soldier or officer as Chief of Staff."

The bloody insurgency here has left hundreds of children without parents. Without any welfare protection, those not taken in by sympathetic relatives often end up on the streets.
Some of the more fortunate come to the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation orphanage, where free breakfasts and primary education are provided for children whose parents have been killed by either the army or the insurgents.
The school is so popular it has a lengthy waiting list.
I visited at playtime while the pupils played outside in the sunshine. But behind the chanting and clapping, almost every child has a chilling story to tell.
"Two men broke into our house in the middle of the night and pulled my father from his mosquito net," one 12-year-old girl told me. "They shot him, slit his throat and used water from our kettle to clean their knife.
"My mother covered the body and we prayed."

Across Nigeria, many worry that if resentment against the state builds, it may make recruitment for the insurgents easier.
And as Boko Haram widen their campaign by kidnapping foreigners to reflect their wider regional ambitions, it seems there is no end in sight to the conflict plaguing the country.
This report was first broadcast on BBC Newsnight on Tuesday 12 March, 2013.

oses4u: Why are pple saying AC milan are waste? Do u no wat it takes to play Barca champions league @ home? Ask Chelsea. They got the answer. Chelsea my world.

Any objective football fan will tell u dt AC Milan played total rubbish on a night dt Barca Messi was on form.
Allegri used the wrong sets of players esp. Constant (full game) and Niang (should have come off earlier) .

He didn't choke the midfield with the likes of Mustard, neither did he park the bus properly. Niang could have scored dt goal and the story would have been diff't.

But overall poor tactics from the Milan coach.

What an inept coaching display. Allegri is a disappointment.

ALLEGRI IS A LEARNER

aieromon: This is the same brain freeze that happened to Fergie. You come with a plan and want to stubbornly fulfil it even when the opponent has altered theirs in the course of the game. Muntari has come in a little bit too late.

Exactly
Allegri's tactics are off. Why will Constant and Niang play 60 mins or more with Muntari on the bench?
This is where you have to respect Mourinho's tactical genius.

ifyalways: Some untruths in the article.
There are no schools in Nigeria of today with the label for whites only.Hard working Nigerians,politicians and contractors broke that barrier ages ago.
No apartment with the for expats only tag.The most you'll get is a ridiculous rent quoted in USD which the average Nigerian can't afford.

I agree with you. It is less subtle than the article suggests. But it's not all gone away. No?

I stumbled upon this article online and want to share it with Nairalanders. Link posted at end of article.

By Cosmic Yoruba

On the surface there does not seem to be much to talk about when it comes to the subject of race in Nigeria. To clarify, 'race' in this post does not refer to the different ethnic groups that reside within in Nigeria, but rather to the global classification system that categorises mankind based on phenotype, geography and physical appearance. Out of curiosity, I typed 'race in Nigeria' into Google, the first ten pages of results were links to articles on Nigeria's presidential race, Nigeria's 'race' to the Olympic games, another 'race' to save Nigeria's last lions. Most amusing was a link to a question on Yahoo Answers; 'What race does Nigeria belong?', to which the answer chosen was 'Africans or Blacks'. The results after a quick search for “racism in Nigeria” are closer to the theme of this post. However here, I focus on how race and racism work in Nigeria as opposed to the anti-Black racism Nigerians face outside the country.

Are Nigerians racist against white people?
In 2009, a group of Commonwealth MPs were refused carriage by a boat company operating in the Niger Delta. The four white South Africans and a mixed-race person from Namibia who were barred from a boat trip to Bonny Island cried racism. Outraged, the Black MPs decided not to use the boat company's services in solidarity. Their cries reached the governor of Rivers State who apologised and promised to use his power to force the boat company to change their policy. This experience was cited as proof that racism against white people exists in Nigeria.

The so-called maltreatment of the MPs based on their race overshadowed the boat company's claims that they were only looking out for the security of their passengers. The Niger Delta remains a tense region where people, both Nigerians and foreigners, can be kidnapped by militants. In a region where people with light skin are targeted for kidnapping, a boat company says that it cannot take white people on board for security reasons, apparently this is racism.

A few white travellers in Nigeria have complained about the racism they face as they are targeted by the police for bribes, or by criminals just on the basis on their skin tone. This apparently is evidence of racism, even though it fails to recognise that Nigerians are also, perhaps more so, targeted when it comes to bribery, kidnapping and other crimes in the country. It also ignores the fact that in Nigeria, as well as in other countries around the world, the West and white skin in particular is associated with wealth.

Or do Nigerians love white people?
Indeed, it may be due to this association of pale skin with wealth that some Nigerians will say that ours is a country that loves foreigners, the whiter the better. It seems that the only Nigerians who openly resent foreigners are those who have spent time abroad and lived through anti-Black racism. To elucidate in an anecdote, I know of a family who won a visa lottery and were very keen to travel and live in the United States.

A few years after having experienced racism for the first time in the States, they felt betrayed, and said anytime they saw white people having it easy in Nigeria, they wanted to tell them to leave. Another friend of mine who has lived in England for about six years once said while we were in Abuja that, “When we are in their countries we hustle and “suffer” but white people in Nigeria get first-class treatment”.

Most Nigerians who have spent most of their lives in Nigeria grow up revering white people and seem eager to defer. Mixed race children are praised for their beauty, wealth and intelligence. Nigerians abroad believe that Nigerians at home are overly accommodating to foreigners usually at the expense of their own people.
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Nigeria is a country where foreign employers can be openly racist to their Nigerian employees and get away with it. We currently hear a lot about racist Chinese people in Africa, this seems to have taken the shine off racist white people in Africa.

The “real” definition of racism
Blogger Zuky recently came up with this 'real' definition of racism in response to the generic dictionary definition;

Racism (i.e. white supremacism) is an interlocking set of economic, political, social, and cultural institutions, structures, attitudes, beliefs, and actions which systematically advantage one racial group at the expense of all others. Racism is measured not merely by interpersonal hostilities, but by the racial inequality of societal outcomes.

Considering the global racial hierarchy that places white at the top and Black at the bottom, and following the above definition, Black Africans generally do not have the power or privilege to be racist, even in their own countries. White people and light-skinned foreigners in general are not limited from getting jobs or finding homes in Nigeria. Nigerians experience anti-Black racism when they visit a store and are told to wait in a corner so that all the white customers are served first.

In South Africa, a Black child, Sello Pete was shot and killed because a white farmer mistook him for a dog. In Nigeria, businesses feel the need to pay a white British or Indian man to be the face of their company so that they can move ahead (for a humorous take on this subject, see this video 'How to Get a Contract in Nigeria':
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There are schools that are only for 'foreigners', where Nigerian children need not apply as they are not included in the students admitted. An apartment building in Lagos can advertise as 'expats only' and the company behind the advert can assure those who lodged complaints that they provide other apartment buildings for Nigerians who are interested in their services.

Job advertisements in Lagos can openly call for Indians, I have personally come across adverts that specifically called for those that held qualifications from the UK or USA, perhaps more vague to reduce any possible offense. I have worked in a company in Abuja that wasted funds on getting the services of one IT specialist from France when there were several even more capable and talented Nigerian IT specialists already employed. The bosses just could not accept that their Nigerian staff had the abilities to do a better job.

'The white man's magic'
Nigerians generally seem to trust white people, or light skinned foreigners, over our own. This is what blogger SolomonSydelle of Nigerian Curiosity, refers to as 'the white man's magic', as Nigerians tend to believe everything good comes from a white person. In Nigeria, you can expect that you as a Nigerian will not always be guaranteed excellent treatment if a white person in is the vicinity. The people who witness it complain but nothing is done to combat such treatment.

That anti-Black racism should take place in the most populous Black nation in the world is confounding and ironic. Nonetheless, when one considers the vestiges of colonisation on the African continent, it becomes less surprising that Africa is not a safe haven for Blackness. However, rather than solely blaming colonialism, the Nigerians suffering from low self-esteem and an inferiority complex who see no problem in putting anyone who does not have black skin on a pedestal should be confronted. When anti-Black racism is not just limited to treatment in public spaces, but extends to how businesses operate, such a mentality can affect Nigeria's growth and development.

The Pan-Africanism that encourages the cooperation and unity of African people first and foremost seems to be largely forgotten. It is frustrating that there are Nigerian businesses that cannot attract a market base because Nigerians are not interested in supporting local enterprises. What does paying an Indian or Lebanese person to front your Nigerian company do to the pride of other Nigerians? Such self-denigrating attitudes stand in the way of Nigeria moving forward because we do not trust the abilities of other Nigerians, Africans and Black people.

Nigerians are yet to come up with local definitions of racism or to enforce ways of dealing with it. While discussing ethnic discrimination within the border topic of racism is great, it remains alarming that the other kinds of racism that happen in Nigeria are left untouched. In 2010, Gabon was cheered for deporting several European nationals due to their racist behaviour, a decision that surprised many Africans because we all know it does not happen often. Nigeria is yet to make a similar move.

^{Photo (bottom): Overton Park Zoo in Memphis', Tennessee, USA in the 1950's. Photo by Ernest Withers}

www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19486/Self-esteem-and-race-in-Nigeria

pekelepekele: Why is that once you are a Nigerian and you take a picture with anybody abroad the difference of the body freshness will surely be clear to the world no matter who you are in Nigeria

This question is a legit one and is by extension similar to why do many Nigeria's freshen up once they stay outside Africa for a considerable time period?

My suspicion is as follows (I am not an expert at all):


1. Harsh environment in 9ja... Too Much dust and pollutants due to lack of tarred roads and greens, and allowing incineration/waste disposal close to dwelling areas. Peeps in Nigeria are more exposed to dirt and other skin irritants.
2. Use of sponge and harsh chemicals in soaps and body creams . On many occasions, when 9ja peeps travel abroad they abandon their hard bathing-sponges for a while and use soaps only. It is well known that the skin secretes oils to protect itself. Imbalances in skin pH due to scrubbing the oils away can lead to eczema etc. Remember, that water for public use in Nigeria is also poorly treated (alkalinity vs acidity, mineral content).
3. Diet. African cuisine is largely one dimensional. European diets have a lot more variety (not necessarily tastier but highly nutritious) which is even being improved with professional chefs and superior food handling/storing processes. Your feeding has a huge impact on your skin health.
4. Just living in the tropics is enough to affect your skin. Closer to the equator, the sun is harsher which is not good news for the skin. Also chemical reactions occur a lot more in the tropics hence there are more dissolved minerals in tropical waters.

One other point I do not want to emphasize much is that many of these non-Nigerians have racially mixed ancestries (many are subtle). Isn't it rumored that the most admired skin color is the golden half black and Asian mixed skin?
So mixed race ancestry (no matter the generation) apparently introduces some glow into skin tone (think Tyrese, Sade Adu, The Rock, Obama, Esperanza Spalding etc)


My 2 kobo. Feel free to analyse further /concur / debunk.

I'd like to see pics of the purportedly completed Eko Atlantic City....










Instead of knowing how much clue (or lack of) that GEJ portrays

I'd like to see pics of the purportedly completed Eko Atlantic City....










Instead of how much clue (or lack of) that GEJ portrays

It is understood that SS and SE extractions will hardly find comfort in a Tambuwal/Fashola ticket being Muslim/Muslim and NW/SW especially with the BH menace. It is a pity because we should consider abilities more than sectarian affiliations of potential leaders.

Looking beyond religion and the tribes on the proposed APC ticket combination (which I suspect is more imagined than real), I scratch my head as to what what experience Tambuwal has in policy making position(s) and what he has has achieved (ie track record).

Tambuwal has spent most of his public life in the House of Representatives (since 2003) that is not held in high regards by most Nigerians. The same House that has produced Ghali Na'aba, Etteh, Hembe, Farouk Lawan, Bankole etc
Tambuwal hasn't cut his teeth for a president to be.

Buhari, Fashola, Ribadu, Anyaoku come to mind as better placed personas for the defacto reform minded leadership of a serious opposition party that will challenge the status quo.

Tambuwal is likely to be another GEJ in the making (handpicked but clueless) or is just a decoy to destabilise APC before it takes shape.

Long live Nigeria.

Babzilla: 1ST NA POPE NOW NA KESHI

Is GEJ next?

Kajina: No I don't get it BTW, Go give you analysis to WHO not me.

I am struggling not to view you as a representative specimen for a learned Ghanaian.

Pele.

Kajina: Some Nigerian men bleach too. I know a couple who are my neighbors, both husband and wife bleach. Their child who was very dark before now looks like white VERY SAD

Do you realise what 77% of a population means? It means more than two out of every three Nigerians uses bleaching cream.
I live in Nigeria so I can see for myself. That you have encountered a stray family of bleachers from Nigeria does not give credence to the statistics you quote be it from WHO or whoever.

It is folks like you and I that write such reports.

The sheer implication of 77% of Nigerians bleaching is that
all ladies/women (say 15 yrs plus females) about 25% of the population bleach.
Then you need all men (15 yrs plus males) another ~25% to bleach.
Finally, you also have to include more than half of all children (who make up to ~50% of Nigeria's population which is bottom loaded) to also use bleaching creams.
i.e. all mature men and women, and more than half of all children in Nigeria
This is just impossible.

If this is not enough to debunk your evidence then I will rest my case as common sense will require.

Kajina: @ Red_Light, If you read my comments carefully, I do not insult, but make my point. Because that is what civilized people do. Now, I keep giving you the evidence so what evidence again are you asking for READ THE LINK BELOW FOR THE EVIDENCE: wooping 77% of Nigerians are bleaching!

http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/09/21/report-on-skin-lightening-in-nigeria-battabox-enlightens-nigerians-on-its-dangers-side-effects/

Just a second to think this trough.

Most people that use bleaching creams are ladies/women (may Fela's soul RIP). This excludes most men and children(aged under 15).
So in your finite wisdom, are you insinuating that ladies/women alone (bleachers and non-bleachers) make up to 77% of Nigeria's population?

Don't believe everything you read.
Use your head 'cos you've got one.

As a proper 9ja guy wey get brain, I will do some thinking for some of you.

Imagine a Swede trying to insult a Norwegian by stating the proportion of blue eyed blondes in Norway. There are blonde jokes of course but so are brunette and ginger jokes. Blondes are never particularly singled out for ridicule or discrimination.

Most Ghanaians I've met are quite dark no doubt. But this is not a reason to make their skin colour an object of ridicule.

In any multiracial community you consider in the world, the darker your skin the deeper your problems... India, South Africa, Brazil, USA, Caribbean countries, France, UK etc etc.

Only us Africans can celebrate our "darkness". Oyims will never look down on their fairer in complexion fellows and so should we Africans not ridicule our darker brothers.

Oh... And the statistics on 73% (abi na 77%) of Nigerians bleaching is so untrue. We have bigger problems than spending money on bleaching creams.

My 2 Naira. Una welldone.

I believe that if you were born after the war..... 1970 or later to be precise, you have to learn to shed the bitterness of our past as a nation.
Let's leave history in the history books. The lessons have been learnt a long time ago.

Our problem is currently how to improve our individual, sectarian and collective lots. For me the key pressing issues are:

1. The urgent need for a sovereign national conference discussing and agreeing on how to redefine our federalism (for the decentralising government power and resource control, ensuring security, rule of law and the provision of basic amenities)

2. Replacing the current indigenization rights by ancestry with indigenization by prolonged residency.

If you are ~40 or younger in age, please let's look forward. Looking back for too long never breeds progress. Proffer solutions not irreparable problems.
I see Nigeria if properly administered, at a better advantage than if we split into different countries. Permit me to state that it is apparently a lost generation for our parents. Our own generation is to aspire to change that in our own time.

Long Live Nigeria.

speedyboi: please, what will you say if after 30years later; northern nigeria claims injustice and unfairness during boko haram menace? Or they start saying that they suffered the most during boko haram bombings and the aftermath(which its true)?
How does that sound to you? And what will be your reaction?


There.....you got it now

I am impressed with the level of thinking displayed by some folks on Nairaland these days.
Excellent point you have raised about the Boko Haram menace and how it will affect the (core) North in years to come. You can even start a new thread on this matter to brainstorm on.

I have always said that whoever is perpetrating the BH nonsense has cheated the (core) North immensely and they (core northerners) have no credible leaders to recognize and quell it.
It is such a shame. The (core) North will wake up to a great amount of reverse (or the opposite of) development by the time the BH menace is over.

I am concerened because I am Nigerian first and also because I spent my childhood in the (core)North.

Only in Nigeria

1. Remember the stranded Virgin-Nigeria flight from Heathrow (Sept. 18, 2012) that needed contributions from passengers to purchase aviation fuel before the plane could fly back to Lagos? No comment.

2. Your professional background/affiliation means nothing except you can flaunt your wealth. If you like be graduate of "Space Engineering" dey live for Ogba, if you never hammer, Yahoologist wey get Range Rover dey live for VGC better pass you ten times!

3. We launch the latest cars and gadgets immediately they hit the International Market, yet we manufacture none!

4. With the heavy traffic in places like Lagos and rampant fuel scarcity, only people who have no vehicles of their own understand the logic of carpooling. That is to say na only pipo wey no get motor dey enter their neighbours motor go work. Some dey contribute fuel money join sef. Neighbours (wey live for the same area) dey work for the same office sef no gree share motor make them do drive this week make I drive next week.

5. People go to church for the sole purpose of updating their trending-fashion knowledge. After church- Hewo did you see Amaka's hair? My God that is the Saharan hair I was telling you about. Na money kill am...o. That her bobo dey into oil and gas na: the one wey dey drive G-class. Hmm I saw the guy with another chic for club on Tuesday sha. But en dey try for Amaka.

6. Abuja (criminal's civil servant's city) has more wealthy people than the rest of the country (including Port-Harcourt-Oil City ..dt 1 na city?) and competes with Lagos (a business cosmopolis-do we act like we are from the same nation?) favourably.

7. You need MSC/MBA/LLD/MA etc from a foreign school (Cyprus, Malaysia and beyond) to be considered fit to be employed for a proper job.

8. If your skin colour is Negroid, contracts, accesses and police protection will bypass you and go to anything with Lebanese, Pakistani, Indian, South African, Chinese (and beyond) looks.

9. Person wey get mechanic workshop or spare-parts business go leave en family for Naija go dey wash toilet for London etc in the name of I wan go abroad

10. Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Civil Engineer, Lawyer, go dey find Mechanic, Electrician, Master bricklayer/Plumber, Police to fix a car fault, TV fault, leaking pipe or interpret Nigerian penal code.

Only in Nigeria

CEJ

500N airtime- first to you figure this out.