₦airaland Forum

dannypaul:
Sincerely in saner climes, this thief should be in prison. Alas!! in this shithole, he recontested and won.

Incredible!!!

"the people are a mirror of d leaders they elect"

what do I know?

You legitimise the thuggery and violent rigging that was evidently done by your statement, “recontested and won”.

Of course he didn’t.

FirePower1:
He was a leader but a lot if Nigerians by upbringing only understand the language of rulers. We are skeptical of leaders and see leadership characteristics as weakness. In most African home, the system of relationship between parents and children is that of masters and servant. Put a child accustomed to the mat on the bed, it won't take too long to roll by to his mat.

Wisdom here.

grandstar:
The economic policies under Jonathan were way better than Buhari's. The endemic corruption, lawlessness and indiscipline were the Achilles's heel of that government.

If only Buhari had simply maintained the floating exchange rate he met, the severe forex scarcity ithat Buhari's pegging of the exchange rate caused would never have happened.

If the scarcity never happened, industries wouldn't have collapsed due to the absence of dollars to import raw materials.

And if companies hadn't collapsed, they wouldn't have sacked millions of workers.

And if all the aforementioned did not happen ncluding the sack of millions, a recession so severe lasting 6 quarters wouldn't have occurred.

Soludo and Sanusi were so quick in condemning his policies. By July 2015, or even before then, Sanusi urged Buhari's advisers to talk truth to power.

If only Buhari had simply maintained the floating exchange rate he met, the severe forex scarcity ithat Buhari's pegging of the exchange rate caused would never have happened.

This is where you guys clearly dont get it. You expect so much from a man that does not have the capacity, ability or education to deliver a fraction of what you expect.

Firgemachar:
I was expecting to see this imbecilic comment...

Only imbecilles notice "imbellic" comments so no surprise here

AkataYeriYeri:

Let’s see if he will die or not .
FUI , you will die too ,every member of your family will die .
That’s a fact!

As MFM will say, "back to sender".

chimjoshjuan:
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has revealed his plans of sending a delegation to tell the Republic of Niger to start using the Kaduna Inland Dry Port instead of using the seaports in Lagos State.El-Rufai who revealed that he will tell Niger to start using Kaduna port and not Lagos while speaking on Tuesday on sidelines of the ceremony for the commencement of cargo delivery by rail to the Kaduna Inland Dry Port, said; 

“We are very grateful today’s event has opened a new vista of commercial opportunities, not only for northern businessmen but even for our neighbouring countries. I intend to send a delegation to the Republic of Niger to sensitise the government of that country on the opportunities of receiving their goods in Kaduna instead of Lagos and having to truck them, as well as any of their exports from Kaduna port to any part of the world.

You can ship your goods directly from Kaduna to any part of the world and you can also import goods from any part of the world directly to Kaduna without your containers or any of your goods being opened up for inspection in Lagos.”


https://unclesuru.com/2019/05/08/ill-tell-niger-to-use-kaduna-port-not-lagos-el-rufai/

The Malian genocidist and midget has been throwing shots at Tinubu and Lagos since the elections were over. He has no use again.

AkataYeriYeri:
Peter obituary die die die !

As MFM will say, “Back to sender...”

ProsperChild:
Valentine Obienyem, media aide to Peter Obi, says the news making the rounds that his principal suffered heart attack is false.
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was reportedly admitted in a hospital in Anambra state and said to be under close monitoring, with plans to fly him abroad if his condition did not improve.
But in a statement on Tuesday, Obienyem described those behind the reports as liars.
“Yesterday, I posted a report of how the former Governor of Anambra State felt a bit feverish and had to visit a Hospital at Onitsha,” he said.
“I equally reported that he returned and went straight to office to continue his work. We spent the whole day planning on the focus of his next apostolate: support to 50 selected hospitals.
“Today, the reckless fringe twisted the report that Obi suffered a heart attack. I should believe that anybody capable of coming out with such a wicked and twisted lie is as well as wishing him dead. But the sooner they realize that God is the creator and custodian of all lives, the better for them.
“May I therefore use this medium to inform the public that Obi did not suffer any heart attack or any debilitating illness. He felt a bit feverish, which is one of the pangs of humanity, visited a hospital in Anambra State and that is all. Mr. Peter Obi is hale and hearty.”
Obi was the running mate of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February election.

Source:https://www.thecable.ng/peter-obi-didnt-suffer-heart-attack-says-aide

It will be a missed opportunity for Nigeria not to have the likes of Peter Obi, an astute, proven and disciplined leader, not to lead her even as Vice President. Get well soon, Peter Obi.

I do hope this sickness isn’t politically-induced. APC are so evil that I can’t put any evil past them

sharpden:
Source: https://politicstimesng.com/nigerias-major-problem-not-corruption-but-leadership-dogara/

Is it now this one is knowing?

sirpekun:
Talk show and Big Brother Nigeria host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu has expressed shock with the fact that people still voted for Governor Umaru Ganduje of Kano State, despite video recordings showing that he took bribe.

The Big Brother Naija host in a tweet on Tuesday morning said it was truly amazing that the Kano state governor who was accused of taking bribes from contractors and also caught in several videos stuffing dollars into his “babariga” – could still be reelected back to the office.

Read more on https://idonsabi.com/ebuka-expresses-shock-on-how-ganduje-won-in-kano-state/

By using the word "re-elected" when he was clearly rigged by the military and Kano State-protected street urchins, you are inadvertently validating the "victory" and normalizing rigging. Ebuka, you should know this.

SageMK:
Ihenacho carrier is finished.

Dude looks dejected all the time. Always missing sitters!
He should come back to his village and pick up farming.

That’s what happens when you come to England to play professional football and begin to focus on women, comedy nights, Instagram, etc, and not on football.

It was a shocking miss. Vardy or Madison would have scored that easily.

Quinblis:
What happened to those of us that were trained OSMERT by Nigeria content development and management board in 2016?

Some people have chopped money from your head. You were the local side of things.
Others have to chop money from the international side. International estacodes are more valuable than local ones.

Nigeria. If you know, you know.

BuhariAdvocate:
God bless president Buhari the best president in the world. The most respected president in the world the most powerful black man in the world. Ogoni people should be worship Buhari. He has done well to them what their son failed to do.

lol.
The world’s capital of poverty. How did he manage to pull off this great feat?
Ever had the chance to ask him this powerful question?

RTSC:
Shut up.
None of una get sense for una family.

A Duo that was one time the kings of African music and making millions of dollars now turn to upcoming musicians that can barely scrape together 10 million views as solo musicians.

Grace to grass as a product of collective pride and stupidity.

Stark morons.

Pride.
This is what is killing all of them. The "likes" on Instagram can make one forget the sorrows and pain. When they are on their own, the pain builds up.
Your wife and kids are family. Your siblings, for goodness sake, are family too.

Samakus:
Hi guys. I have never been more confused in my life than today.
I lost my contract job on the 28th of March 2018. Since then, I have been networking and applying for jobs online too.

Fast forward to today, I got offer letter from a private firm I did interview with 2 weeks ago and I was asked to resume tomorrow, May 7th. Now today again, a federal university I submitted my CV with (man know man thing) contacted me that my name is on the latest employment list released. Both jobs have almost the same salary. I'm confused like kilode! I don't know what to do. My mind is tilting towards the federal job but it will require me to relocate while the private firm's own is located in my state of residence.

I have never been this confused in my life. The private firm's employment offer demands two weeks notice before I resign or they will hold my guarantors. Please advise dispassionately. I have been looking for work for nearly two months. Now, it's coming as a confusion to me.

Mods please move this to front page. I need to think properly. Opportunities like this don't come twice

Federal job.
Job security and opportunity to improve and grow your research profile, publish, apply for a scholarship abroad and leave the country.

0ppa:
That is a credible riddance to perpetrators of social vices.
I hope they do not come back for revenge.

If the kidnappers were Fulani henchmen.... That man and his entire family is as good as dead, no matter how long it takes.
They should just seek asylum somewhere safe.

lamzybaby:
The Nigeria Army has banned the use of motorcycles in the North West and some parts of North Central in Nigeria in order to curb the menace kidnapping and other criminal activity.

The Decision to ban the motorcycles was reached after the Army observed that criminals always use the motorcycles to escape after carrying out the criminal activity.

The information was released in a press statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations Col Sagir Musa

More: http://nigerianpilot.com/breaking-army-bans-use-of-motorcycles-to-curb-kidnapping/



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1935008706611445&id=354312648014400

Is Nigeria being run by the military?

I thought we had the police?

popsy2:
Alibaba is desperately courting attention lately and to what end ?

2023 will reveal the motive behind all these bleating.

He’s a bloody coward. Where was he when the videos of the Kano State Governor was circulating around?

partnerbizz4:
I have yet to understand how clubbing is sweet.

Maybe cos i can't dance but can only nod my head.

But clubbing makes no sense to me.

Have been to a few and it didn't worth it.

Seems I am alone in this




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Clubbing is a waste of time, waste of money.

decatalyst:
Yeah...but lets give kudos to the railways corporations, a government organization giving the impression or actually showing that they value the life of their 'customers', for the first time!


Much is to be done, but with the right attitude and zeal in the right places, we will get there one day.

Edited: can we all be treated as human and deserving of the basics of life?

It was the Senators on the trains, afraid of using the roads, that hired the helicopters.

CastedGist:
GistMore.com

Comedian Akpororo's wife, Josephine whose celebrating her birthday today shares photo of herself in children's room with lots of clothes spread on bed, a troll called her dirty girl.

His husband, Akpororo curses him for trolling his wife. The boy quickly send him DMs and apologizes.

See more; https://gistmore.com/boy-rushes-to-akpororos-dm-to-apologize-after-being-cursed-for-trolling-his-wife

I’ve never understood why people, in the full glare of the social media public, act like kids with loose mouths. It’s something I don’t understand and will never understand. Aren’t you worried that, in years to come, it will be used against you?

Tareq1105:
Because it is PDP state and South East is PDP.

If na APC state now, they will start with Buhari, to Oshiomhole, to the Afonja or Kunu Hausa failing to see the dirts in their own eyes.

Children of hates.

Owing salary is owing salary.
Osun and Kogi that are the champion of owing salary are APC states.
The same thing applies. Their citizens are too docile and quiet.

ETraining:
honestly there should be penalties for these states

True. But I also question the citizens— their quietness and docility is enabling these tyrants called state governors. How many of the citizens have written a detailed piece on these owed salaries in national newspapers? None. And it’s a shame. These tyrants hate bad publicity and will be forced to save face if the news of their owes salaries are made public. But no, the citizens who should write and talk are just quiet.

Metrixnews:
The Abia State government has offered detailed explanations on the outstanding salaries owed to civil servants in the state, saying actions are ongoing to address issues bordering on salary payment.

In a release signed by the State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Obinna Oriaku, the state government said it is embarking on a reform/restructure of the public sector management system to make it more functional and optimally effective.

It also solicited for support of the general public as it embarks on this journey which it says will help redirect our state to the path of sustainable development.

Read full release below;

Press Statement

Our Position on Parastatals Salary issues

While we acknowledge that there are lingering salary issues to be cleared in Abia State, especially with parastatals and pensioners, we wish to state the following facts to clarify the distortions and present concerned members of the public with details of ongoing efforts by the Government to tackle the challenges

HMB/ABSUTH

Parastatals like the Hospital Management Board (HMB) and the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) are institutions to which the State pays subventions on a monthly basis, these institutions generate revenue which they are supposed to use for their operations including payment of salaries of their workers.

Following a painstaking review of the operations, processes and procedures of these parastatals which are discovered to be grossly flawed, the Abia State Government was left with no other option but to wield the big hammer by dissolving their Boards last week to pave way for more efficient management team that would reposition these institutions, shield them from undue external interference and pressures and deliver on their mandates seamlessly. These steps are in addition to the series of meetings representatives of government had with the Nigeria Medical Council (NMC) and a holistic review of HMB/ABSUTH operations last month wherein it was agreed that that state government pays two months subventions every month to the institutions to help them clear the outstanding. Implementation of this agreement will commence this May. It is our sincerest hope that ABSUTH workers will seize this opportunity to call off their industrial action. It is our firm belief that after the review and implementation of the recommendations of the committee set up by the state government on these institutions, they will become more efficient and self-sustaining.

SEMB

The secondary school teachers salaries’ outstanding is due to the restructuring of the sector that has affected the Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB). It is on record that Abia is the only State in the entire federation that still manages a Junior Secondary School system that is distinct from its senior category. With the recent signing off on the review of the sector by the Governor, the Junior Secondary School system will be joined with ASUBEB as obtainable in other states of the federation and with its resultant effect on staff delineation from SEMB to ASUBEB. It is expected that this process would be completed this month and the secondary school wage bill would be easier to manage unlike what is currently on ground. The State has also concluded plans to be paying the teachers two months salaries every month effective from May allocation to clear the outstanding.

READ MORE: https://www.abnews247.com/2019/05/breaking-abia-govt-admits-owing-salaries-highlights-affected-mdas-pledges-action/

The State has also concluded plans to be paying the teachers two months salaries every month effective from May allocation to clear the outstanding.

Another LIE from the stables of Ikpeazu.

flickers72:
Spot on. First day in my job I was spoken to like a nobody. Just because I’m the only black in the government department where I work. Gave me a hell of hassles. I told them 6 months I’ll be their boss. I worked hard, and within 5 months I applied for a job next grade up. You know what I got the Job. Those same folks that disrespected me are now being managed by me. What I’m I saying here? I’m not trying to say I’m too good, but making a point if you respect yourself and proof to them you’re smart and intelligent they’ll respect you. But by the way Racism is everywhere even in Nigeria, we call our Racism Tribalism.

True. Nigeria's own kind of racism, that is tribalism, is worse that the white man's racism, if we want to be honest.
When you realise this, the complaints about the white man's racism will end. At least in the white man's world, if you are evidently good, you are likely to get the role you apply for.

In Nigeria, if you are evidently good and not from the "right" tribe or religion, you are wasting your time. Which is worse? Of course Nigeria's. We just like deceiving ourselves and pointing fingers.

zoedew:
Strictly speaking I wasn’t about you! I was actually sharing the same podium and notes with you!

Haha! My bad!

zoedew:
Just live your life. Be you! Don’t die on yourself faking the whiteman lifestyle. It’ll only end up a poor copy! If I speak English in my Nigerian accent it is the responsibility of a normal human who is Caucasian to adjust to me just like I do when he speaks in his own accent. When you try to speak the way the Caucs do you cheapen and demean yourself! Has anyone taken note of what the jaws of Blacks who do end up looking like? Critically set out to find out and you’ll be amazed at your findings!!

I am not sure there is anywhere I wrote here that one should "fake" anything.
Being confident and super-smart is not the whiteman lifestyle- I am sure you know this.

otipoju:
The key to dealing with white folks is never to defer to them from the very beginning.

I lived in the same house with them for 6 months...my land lady had to tell me one day that " you do carry yourself with some pride " i tell am straight..." You dont know what you are missing by not being from Africa and youll never know."

Exactly.

This is how to deal and work with them. Never, ever, ever defer to them or act lower than them. Never ever.
This means you have to be brilliant, super-smart and confident. This is the main attribute that shatters the "black man/ African" stereotype. Look in their face, eyeball to eyeball and hold conversations. Work smart and look smart. If your job or engagement requires that you look smart, wear a smart suit and look smart. Even on the trains, the train managers will not ask you for tickets nor harass you racially- they will perceive that you know your rights and are educated.

Learn sarcasm from them and use it intelligently. I remember when a white fellow told me, "I was in Africa recently and we saw the lions..." My response was, "I presume, you went to Kenya or South Africa? Or some particular country? Come on, its the age of the internet! Africa is not a country you should know this!" Of course he went on to speak with a bit more respect.

Crying out or cowering will simply prove that you are timid and a confirmation of the stereotype they know about the "black man". Sorry Sis, but this tactic will only increase the racism and cause further victimisation or as its said in psychology, covert racism. By the way, in Nigeria we are also racists to ourselves. We call ours "tribalism". What right do we have to call out the whites?

whyteteeth:
I have been trying to apply for scholarships so i can do my Msc outside the country but I just realized my class of degree isn't really working in my favor. Well I made a good 2.2(3.32) in my first degree largely due to many reasons ranging from lack of motivation(i didn't study the course of my dream), some financial setbacks and the attitude of our lecturers towards the students. I opted for a Pgd sometime last year because I needed to switch to another discipline. By God's grace I have finished and I did very well; I made 12As and 2Bs of out the 14 courses I offered during the course of the program.

Recently, I started searching for scholarships so I can travel overseas for my masters degree but all the scholarships I am seeing place a 2.1 as a minimum Scholarship requirement for eligibility in obtaining such scholarships. for instance the common wealth scholarship, NLNG scholarship etc. I am wondering why this is so because i feel people who didn't make up to such class of degree should be given opportunity to further their education. I mean its not like its a do or die affair for everyone to make a first class or a 2.1. A 2.2 is also a result. To begin with some persons like me didn't end up with a 2.2 because they aren't intelligent but many factors beyond their control could have been responsible for that. I am really depressed. I think they should lift the bar and give everyone equal opportunity. We all can make a change despite our class of degree. Afterall the most motivated and talented people are not always the ones with first class and 2.1.

I believe I have what it takes intellectually to succeed in my chosen field of study if i am given the opportunity.

You must understand that this is a capitalist world, my friend. While I believe that you can succeed intellectually with your 2.2 - numerous professors and academics started with 2.2 -capitalism does not quantify emotions or feelings. There is always a standard benchmark and, where the applications are high, the standards are made even higher, from which numbers will be pruned.

Young people do not realise this until it is too late.

There are scholarships which 2.2's can apply for, put these are very few and far between. If indeed your academic strength has increased, I will suggest that you look towards publishing in your field, a journal paper. You should seek help with friends who are academics and publish in a medium to high impact factor paper. Once this is done and published, you can attach this to any application for a Masters in Research (MRes) program. Your application is certainly likely to be considered. It is a long way to the point where you want to get to, but it is possible and more achievable than applying for scholarship programmes where 2.1/1st class is the minimum requirement. Again, capitalism has no feelings.

Best of luck.