₦airaland Forum

Cletus77:
They were thinking, it wasn't gonna affect dem

That is foolishness. The economic prosperity or redundancy of a nation will affect everyone connected to it, even non-Nigerians, directly or indirectly.

dominique:
I don't know the articles you read but no news site nor Abike Dabiri referred to the Dubai robbers as Igbos. They were called Nigerians

Go to Twitter and find the tweet in which she reposted a Tweet.
Then come and tell me what the implied intent is.

Naijaalive:
Buhari Aide, Abike Dabiri-Erewa Reacts As Four boys from St John’s Science and Technical College in Anambra State have won the Bronze Medal at the International Festival of Engineering, Science and Technology which took place in Tunisia.

Names
1. Ugwuish Ogonna
2. Chuka-Umeora Anthony
3. Nwachukwu Daniel
4. Machi Dominic

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https://all-gists..com/2019/04/Abike-Erewa-Reacts-As-Nigerians-Students-Won-Bronze-Medal-At-In-Tunisa.html?m=1

They are doing world-class things. Suddenly, it is “Nigerian” students.
But when they are caught stealing in Dubai, it is “Igbos”.
The hypocrisy which oozes out of the mouth of Nigerians cannot be a blessing to the country.

Cletus77:
We need more of these to convince BMC that APC and Buhari is a total failure

You think they don't know? They do. All of them. Including the BMC's with official positions like Tolu.
However, I don't really blame them if one looks at the picture holistically. The Buhari's regime is implementing a classic program of fascist socialism, where the State uses poverty to subdue its citizens and the security services to oppressive the stubborn ones in order to intimidate the rest into silence.

And it has worked, of courses enabled by the twin postcolonial and seminal divisions of tribe, ethnicity and religion. Nigeria is a country that stands as on a tripod of the Hausa/Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba nation-states. To rule, you just need the backing of at least the political class from two of these tripod. Buhari has the backing he needs from the North and Tinubu-led political elites of the South West. That is enough to rule in Nigeria.

The BMCs are also victims of the sorry state of Nigeria's affairs. However, they survive based on the penury they get from Buhari. So they know. But survival, for them and as expected, is first. So they ignore.

TechCapon:
AAC deputy governor candidate saw this coming so he quickly rushed to wike and collect N200 million bribe. He doesn't want to lose on both sides

lol.

garfield1:
Was there any elections in 2007

Are you living in 2007 for goodness sake?

That is 12 years ago!
Why must you be so full of hate towards your country and countrymen that you want to take them backwards?

MadeInTokyo:
Photos of the monsters who shot the innocent Nigerian.



https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliceNG/status/1113049611952943104

If you know nothing will happen to them like the "corrupt officials found in Buhari's government", please "like" this.

If you believe that these men will be tried and publicly sentenced, please "share" this.
Let us check something.

holuphisayor:
If AAC is getting this huge number of votes, how come their presidential candidate got a meagre

It was rigged.
There were no elections in Nigeria.

saintadeola:
u have no ideal, AAC doesn't exist, they rigged all this result for him, I am a corper and a presiding officer in awara LG, they don't even know him, army seize result sheet to favour awara

Don't bother yourself Bro.
Everyone knows this.
But they have to write and defend the "votes" in order to normalise and legitimize the rigging that took place.
This is the norm in fascist and totalitarian regimes.

SouthSouth1914:
I beg to disagree with your assertions regarding the NA. If it were something else of financial values, they deliberate on it day and night because it benefits their pockets!

I tell you, with the way things are going, very soon anarchy will hit the land. The NA and the police will not be spared! Nigerians have been shortchanged by the same people who swore to protect them at all times.

My argument relates to Police Brutality.
The National Assembly has summoned the Police IG on a number of occasions. Many occasions. And he has refused to turn up.
What should they do?
Send for his arrest? Who will arrest him? The Police or DSS or Military that worships Buhari as a demi-god?

I agree with you that anarchy will hit the land soon. However Nigerians are so bitterly divided across tribal and religious lines that the chaos will not actually touch the elites. They will still affect the ordinary people who do not share the same ethnicity and religion as the anarchists.

SouthSouth1914:
2 most useless organisations in Nigeria- The nigerian police and the National Assembly!!

Nigerians have lost faith with the police! They intimidate, harass, main and kill helpless Nigerians on a daily basis. How can someone be a slave in his own country??

The National Assembly, specifically, the Senate, has called the IG multiple times to be questioned in the National Assembly hearings.
All those times, he never came. He says he is only answerable to the demi-god, Buhari.
When Saraki spoke on this, instead of Nigerians to support him for following the right process, they insulted him. Nigerians, always emotional than pragmatic, even the most "intellectual" of them.
It will be unfair and certainly dishonest to include the National Assembly when it comes to matters like Police Brutality.

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olajizz01:
Keep deceiving yourself

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Corrected.

olajizz01:
Anytime I see Amaechi ,I see violence.



Rivers of cultists.

Corrected.

ZAWs:
by Rilwan

A QUIET war is going on in the camp of former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

The camp of the former Vice President is said to be very angry with the governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, and former Kano State governor, Alhaji Musa Kwankwaso, over the votes he got from Sokoto and Kano states during the presidential election.

Associates of the former Vice President believe that the two PDP chieftains did not wholeheartedly work for Atiku’s success in the presidential election because they were scheming for their own presidential ambition in 2023. The belief in Atiku’s camp is that Kwankwaso and Tambuwal preferred that President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the election in the belief that he would quit the political scene after his second term while his domineering influence would vanish.

Atiku’s presidency, on the other hand, they were believed to have reasoned, would eclipse their influence and their say in the PDP during the eight years he would spend in office, while their popularity would wane considerably.

Atiku’s camp is said to be particularly peeved by the high number of votes the PDP garnered in the two states during the governorship election as opposed to the party’s poor performance in the two states during the presidential race. It would be recalled that the PDP could only muster 391,593 votes in Kano and 361,604 votes in Sokoto State during the presidential election, while the party polled a whopping 1,024,713 votes in Kano and 512,002 votes in Sokoto during the governorship race.

From the rumblings in the party, the PDP seems to be hell bent on zoning the presidential ticket to the north again in the 2023 elections.

http://thenationonlineng.net/silent-war-in-atikus-camp/

The Nation, Tinubu’s Paper
I commend them anyway. Their adroitness and expertise on propaganda is second to none in Africa.

Chinnyrita27:
Good day nairalanders. I created this account to seek for advice as I am confused and crying as I type this. I have been happily married for 4 years with a daughter of 3 and my husband. Not about a week ago, I had issues with one of his friend in his absence in our home. He had this close friend who came visiting on a faithful evening last Monday(I was not strong enough to go to work),he came when my husband wasn't around so I had to leave whatever I was doing to keep him company while we wait for my husband, at some point I offered to get him food, he obliged and ate, it was not upto 30 minutes after eating, he asked me to go buy him card. Politely, I told him I can't as was so tired and weak to walk about 10 minutes under the sun, i suggested to recharge free for him from my bank, he insisted, frowned his face and asked if I was trying to tell him that he can't recharge from his account, I was shocked, he stood up angry and aggressively and drove out of the compound. I didn't utter a word, I was angry but kept calm.

Not until my husband came back, and when I was about to welcome him but, he angrily yield and screamed at me and asked why I had to insult his friend and call him poor. I angrily asked him why he believed his friend without trying to confirm the from me, we deeply quarrelled and he made statement threatening to end the marriage if I cannot respect his friends and his people. I have never disrespected him or any of his friends and family members before, I'm so confused, we have not be conversing and relating well since Monday. I tried to make peace with him as I wasn't comfortable keeping malice with him but he said I will have to apologise to his friend which is something I don't think I can do.

I am so confused, what should I do?

I am not sure bringing your personal issue to a public forum is the right thing to do.
In a relationship, in marriage, apology borne from humility wins, in most cases. So apologize to everyone that "seeks" an apology. In the end, you win.

Deji63:
Did I just read "but MUCH are sound"? You are a a University Of Lagos graduate as well. I weep for this country.

Which way Nigeria?

LOL. Deji, you are really riled up.
Been laughing here.

Perhaps, it is down to personalities. I earned my PhD at an Ivy League University. I'm currently a reviewer of 4 top journals in my field of manufacturing [aerospace] as well as an academic at an Ivy League university, however, I will not disparage the PhDs from Africa, let alone Nigeria. It is the system I would blame. Not the "graduates".

Dannyset:
This just shows those who calls Northerners illiterate are the ones that need to hide their face in shame. They have their sense intact whenever they go to the polls.

It's a shame that some people will return incompetence and corruption as long as the person is coming out under PDP.

Northerners knowing politics isn’t in dispute.
What Nigerians are crying for is for Northerners to know governance.

Deji63:
I am almost certain of her write up being re-read and approved by her before posting. To most so called "academics" being churned out now via the education sector, they must be seen to be perfect as that is how far their level of reasoning takes them. Perfection which only lies in the "eyes of the beholder" considering grammatical blunders and disgracefully punctuated write ups scattered everywhere by our PhD holders.

The likes of Prof. Osinbajo may not get us to the promise land. He will however pave the way for us to get there. Nigeria will be great again.

Osinbajo is not the President, unfortunately. He is as handicapped as the man on the streets by virtue of Nigeria's constitution and the sort of person he reports to.

When Helen Paul's PhD news first broke, I remember questioning. I believed it was an honorary doctorate; I found out it wasn't. I muttered a "congratulations" and that was it from me. I do not blame her. I blame the system. She, and many others, are only a product of the system. I suspect if I ask her what "H-index" or "Impact Factor" or "SCOPUS" is, she may not be able to immediately give me an answer.

Deji63:
Maybe before the rottening of the system and polity by unscrupulous elements. Helen Paul certainly did not write this in a rush. I bet she read through and gave herself several nods of approval before finally posting.

Nigeria back in the day is not what's obtainable now. I reiterate that we seriously need help. I do not celebrate mediocrity. I am speaking in general terms. Our education system is a big mess save for a few. I know what I am getting at. Nigeria certainly needs a rescue. I tell you.

There is no evidence to suggest that she did not write it in a rush. There is no evidence to suggest that she did.
These are fairly debatable.

What is not debatable is the comatose state of Nigeria's educational system. Unfortunately, Nigeria runs a Presidential System of governance where the type of governance obtainable at the center, easily transmits to the branches and roots. I'm not sure what educational transformation someone with a questionable School Certificate can deliver. We will be deceiving ourselves if we are asking for or expecting anything more than mediocre.

Deji63:
I don't write like an "academic" but Helen Paul does?

Check this out "Special thanks to University of Lagos, for finding... " Should in fact be written, "Special thanks to the University Of Lagos for... "

See what I am trying to point out about half baked PhD holders? What's that (comma) doing after "Lagos"? "the" should be written before University Of Lagos. That's a Doctorate Degree holder? Only in Nigeria. Perhaps because Theatre Arts isn't such a serious course. Hmm?

I weep for this country. I really do.

We have moved from interrogating Helen Paul's PhD - or the absence of it. Let us accept that hers is problematic, according to you.
Yours, however, if one is to take your claim serious, will be subject to the same critique and consequent doubt, if the standards of PhD's are adhered to. We can concede that, perhaps you may have written in a rush, hence you forgot to put important punctuation marks in your first statement. But then, Helen Paul can make the same arguments too -perhaps, "overcame by the excitement of having a Doctorate" seems fair to me.

However, that is not my point. In the academia, there is an unwritten rule which sees academics refrain from publicly disparaging another, perhaps asides instances such as plagiarism. Hence my initial question.

Do I regard PhDs obtained in Nigeria at the same level as the ones obtained in the West? Certainly not! And there are the REF framework and other measuring models that quantitatively shows the varied distinction. However, this is a systems issue and there are Nigerian academics with PhDs obtained from Nigeria, who have higher research outputs than their colleagues in the West.

Deji63:
Yes I do. I bagged mine five years ago and not from a messy education system.

Congratulations. You do not write like an academic though. In the academia, it is rare to find an academic disparaging another. Very rare.

That doesn’t invalidate hers, though.
You should know this, if you are an academic.

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Deji63:
Who is fooling who? PhD in Nigeria is bagged by the illiterate who can't even construct a sentence in English. It's all about wearing gown& title and answering doctor that their levels of intellect don't match. Her caption says it all "first stand up comedian to bag a phd' That is all Helen Paul couldn't wait to say. PhD my foot .Nigeria is a mess even a danfo driver will bag a PhD if he greases the right palms.

So you have your PhD?

ijustdey:
https://www.thecable.ng/yakasai-apc-might-field-tinubu-or-osinbajo-in-2023

Instead of this fellow to talk about governance or sustainable development goals or human development indices, it is about politics and elections in 4 years time JUST after 4 weeks of riot a disputed election.

These guys hate Nigeria with passion.

Built2last:
Nigerians are evil

Since this guy tried his luck at the BBnaija show and didn't succeed, he has gone solo to make ends meet and avoid the unnecessary pressure our yeyebrities face in the name of showbiz.

Still, we have called him out to ridicule him. If he does Uber and so what?

Would you rather he joins the pant gang?

Thank you.
Nigerians are extra busybodies. Nigerians do not know what they want, to be honest.

Iamicekid:
This one that the girl is no more using her ring, be like se Ronaldo don dey get cold feet ooo... if Na me sef I go get cold feet make dem come marry finish make she con later say she wan divorce cause of a little misunderstanding and den go con split money wey baba don dey hustle for since

You'll sign prenup na.

myboy2111:
There was loud silence in the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the inability of former President Goodluck Jonathan to deliver his community and senatorial district to the party in the just-concluded elections.

Results of the elections showed poor performance of the PDP in Jonathan’s Otuoke community in Ogbia Local Government Area and his entire East Senatorial District comprising Ogbia, Nembe and Brass local government areas.

The senatorial district fell to a former Governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, who worked assiduously to deliver the senatorial candidate of the APC, Mr. Degi Eremienyo Wagara and the candidate for Nembe-Brass Federal Constituency, Isreal Sunny-Igoli.

Results from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed that Wagara scored 43,303 to defeat the candidate of the PDP, Ipigansi Izagara, who polled 32,363 votes and the ADC candidate, Senator Nimi Amange with 16,936.



Also in the Brass-Nembe Federal Constituency, the former President was said to have done nothing to deliver the PDP candidate, Marie Ebikake, who scored 19,279 against 41,150 polled by the APC candidate.

It was gathered that Jonathan would have lost his entire Ogbia to the APC but for the efforts of Governor Seriake Dickson’s appointees, who went extra miles to rescue the PDP.

Party sources said it took the efforts of the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, to avert the defeat of the PDP candidate for the Ogbia Federal Constituency, Fred Obua, by the APC.

Iworiso-Markson was said to have worked with the newly appointed Special Adviser on Grassroot Mobilisation, Captain Ozu; the Senior Special Assistant on Youths, Osaanya B. Osaanya to deliver Obua, who scored 12,048 votes to win the APC candidate, Samuel Ogbuku, who got 7,995 votes.

The PDP leadership in the state was said to have bemoaned the former President’s attitude saying it justified an allegation by a group, Ogbia Renaissance, that Jonathan, his wife, Patience and A.J. Turner were working against the candidates of the PDP.

A top member of the PDP, who spoke in confidence, said what transpired on the election day was brazen anti-party by Jonathan’s loyalists in the PDP and some disloyal appointees of the governor.

“The Ogbia Renaissance raised the alarm days before the election accusing the former President and his loyalists in the PDP of working against the candidates of the party in Ogbia and the Eastern Senatorial District.

“Despite denying the allegations and pouring invectives on the group, the anti-party played out in the election as these individuals openly backed and sponsored the APC and the ADC House of Representatives candidates.



“There associates, who are PDP appointees in Dickson’s government also worked against the PDP candidate. It took special efforts and commitment of some loyal appointees of the governor such as Daniel Iworiso-Markson to avert the defeat of our House of Representative candidate in Ogbia Local Government Area.

“We are watching them and we have noted the roles each of them played. The PDP in the state had already established a disciplinary committee and the names of these people have been penciled down.

“They will be invited after the election to face the committee. It is shameful that under the watch of former President Jonathan, PDP lost a senatorial district to the APC in an area that is supposed to be a stronghold of our party. This is what anti-party can cause”.

http://thenationonlineng.net/disquiet-in-pdp-as-jonathan-loses-senatorial-district-to-sylva-apc/

Is Jonathan contesting?

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StOla:
Hahahaha!

The deporter and the deportee.

Peter Obi used that tribal politics to ensure Anambra electorates will not vote for the ACN candidate, Ngige.

Now the same Obiano he did all that for to win for APGA, has become his political enemy.

Fashola: Peter, no be all miscreants I deport, including Yorubas and Hausa. Why you carry am for head go report me to Jonathan that year?

Obi: Nna na politricks. I trick the media to achieve my aim. Like I trick them about my single wristwatch.

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After elections, you are still lying. You are so good at it- you the BMC's- such that Lai Mohammed no longer has to work again! Have you seen him anywhere recently?
Don't you guys get tired of lying?

NoContract:
If you consider the word illiterate to be an insult, then I'm sorry, your ego controls your thinking.

LOL. Mate, you are hilarious
Of course, it is implied as an insult.
We can pretend about this, but this is fine. Clinical psychologists will tell you that self-deceit is quite prevalent amongst humans these days.

It is quite sad that your supposed education does not inform you that people can hold distinctly different views and the presence of one does not invalidate the other —nor should the other be demonised as "illiterate". One can suggest the "love" argument and another can suggest the "logic" argument. They are both mutually exclusive and should mutually exist as opinions.

Sadly, your vaunted "education" -or should I say, "literacy"- seem not to have taught you this.

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NoContract:
Dude you are just illiterate. The world have moved on. Genetic surgery is the new gold. Things have never been this easier medically.

The whole point is, if you truly love someone, you'll find a way. And in this modern age, options abound. Get orientated and be open minded.

This is 2019, not 1921.

OK.
The "educated" one stoops down in the mud to throw insults because someone has a different opinion. You see how obscene that sounds?
The painful and self-deprecating irony.

Ugosample:
what does sickle cell have to do with HIV,?

Read through the thread. I cannot do that for you. You’ll understand my treatise better.