₦airaland Forum

Bollinger:
Yes. And due to the constant invasion from Germans, the English eventually had to form a union with them to become today's England. You see how incredible it sounds. They don't go about saying "i am German first then English" or vise versa. That is how a Nation is formed. Until you realise you cannot have a Nation within a Nation, you will continue to live in heaven called Nigeria. I don't even know why i'm trying to educate you. You want a great nation but want to achieve it with caveman rules and mindset. Good luck.

I can't believe i am trying to convince a Nigerian to have a mindset of one one Nigeria. If you were chinese i would understand your resistance.

where did you get all this your history from?English formed a union with who?ok you mean the Anglo Saxons formed a union with the celts and Britons against other Germanic tribes.well your history is very wrong am done.

UIA04:
So you are a woman to know how we think abi maybe you spend too much time withhoes

Even these hoes grow wiser and get tired of Bleep boys but it might be too late for some to get the nice guy


What I'll say is many ladies like spontaneous guys, if a guy is predictable it might be a bit boring. Unfortunately the spontaneous guys 80 percent are adventurous and thus might be players breaking hearts until one day they too get tired of being jerks

got tired of being a jerk,the first girl I poured my heart to told me am too nice,though she didn't turn me down but she hardly believed I really and truly liked her.

Bollinger:
Just so you know to England today is a a combination of German and saxons. But this not as important as thinking one nation, instead of multiple allegiances inside a nation. Wake up.

am very sure you Dont understaunderstand what you wrote up there,the Saxons are a Germanic tribe,just like the angles

Bollinger:
Keep justifying and googling to justify your ignorance. You do realise that Germany of today is a combination of English, danish, and icelandic peoples right. However you want to justify your mentality google will not help you all the way. I wonder what you are trying to build? Your ethnic group or the nation. This local government farm boy mentality needs to stop.

lol at googling,I Dont need to do that post what I wrote up there,there is nothing wrong with googling anyway,am not too proud to learn,we learn everyday fr everyone old, young,male and female,
Back to the topic I believe its straightforward enough for the discerning minds,Germany is a combination of English, Icelandic and Danes? Where did you get that from? Even if u mean Germanic tribes made up this countries you mentioned, you are very wrong go and read please.

Bollinger:
Guy, I would like to attend whatever institution you went to. It's amazing. Where these people come from to form is not in question. In America, you have the Irish, Italian, Chinese etc. To build a Nation they had to put the country first. This simple concept is why they are a Nation. If you can't understand this then . . . . . . Also, with this mentality of yours, even if they carve out a Nation of Yoruba's, you will still find people like you who will say "I am Ijebu first then Yoruba". Make una change una mentality una no go hear.

not in the mood to provide lectures now,but let me try once am tired I will stop typing.
English is simple and complex at the same time, the words Nation,Country,States all have different meaning but they can be use interchangeable with each other depending on the context,race,ethnicity and tribe cannot be use that way.you can birth a new country today but not a Nation.
There is a reason the USA is called United States,to have a Nation takes eons of years ,Nigeria is made up of many nations not immigrants like the USA same for the UK nations but not immigrants,if no nation makes up the USA then its only natural for them to call themselves Americans 1st then any nation they came from later,the people that made up Nigeria and the Uk were all on the land before the Country was birth,America was a British colony which later metamorphs into USA.

Bollinger:
And people wonder why Nigeria is going down the tubes. The above comment is one of the reasons. A German will say; I am German first but from Grafenwoehr. An American will say; I am an American first but from Illinois. A Nigerian will tell you; I am Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ijaw, etc, first but from Nigeria. See the difference. In normal societies the country comes first before where you were born. In Nigeria it is the reverse. I wonder how it's people expect to work together to build a nation? What a country.

Germany and France are mono ethnic, the Uk is made up of four nations,the Us is a country of immigrants, that's the difference, am Yoruba 1st Nigerian 2nd no offence.

Realhommie:
Shebi when e reach this one now you're quick to celebrate and mention 'Igbo's repping'?

If to say na one drug dealer/419 dem catch for Asia now or at MMIA you go still mention 'Igbo's repping'? Lol

She's Nigerian first bro.

no I dissagre, she is Igbo 1st,Nigerian 2nd,in Uk a scot or English 1st British 2nd let's stop deceiving ourselves,
Btw am Yoruba,she is young and beautiful btw,

Dont know if she is the one that flew an aircraft I was in last year from Lagos to Kaduna last two years same aril tho.

kimond101:
I am a Civil Servant and I do not endorse going on an indefinite strike because of the removal of subsidy.
If the strike is for an increment in minimum wage then I would endorse.

minimum wage increase should be for the lowest paid worker,a difference of two thousand between levels is not a crime a boss is a boss no matter how much he is paid,but a 200℅increase accross board will turn Nigeria to Zimbabwe under a month.we just have to grind this out.

Dunno if dreams work,on had this game on my mind.I just woke up from a dream and Chelsea was leading 1 0 at half time.

otokx:
When I heard the NLC man saying shut down market I laughed, its like he wants to get the beating of his life.

no mind am,the strike is uncalled for,I Dont know why they Dont call for strikes on govt spendings,both NAss and executive.

NOETHNICITY:
Govt can do whatever it likes so long as its for the good of the pple! Am in support of this!

am sorry to disagree with that,govt can not do whatever it likes,I guess the funds is for the already established grazing reserve in the North, no southern part of Nigeria will sell or grant a grazing reserve none.
Btw If the cattles can survive in the south now,I think its high time people of that region start ranching themselves, seems tsetse fly is no more a problem in the south.

Let the herdsmen sell some of their cattle and buy land to build ranches,there is subsidy on fertilizer,they should use that to grow grass for the cattle,dig well or bore holes for water,that will solve the problem, not roaming about calling it culture.

No,Nlc execs knows that the strike is not popular, after the betrayal of 2012 and factions in their ranks,this strike will be difficult to pull off,any Nlc men locking any gate should be arrested.

Why can't you guys just post the damn reason here,read ko write in.

Are you guys aware that a disease infected the tomatoes in the country?
Stop blaming dangote,with a 30m square land you can grow tomatoes for you and your family all year round in the south,it was done before why can't we do it again?

Buhari is a big failure on this herdsmen attach,I Dont care if they come from Afghanistan. He should deal with it,I support his govt but I won't be blind with sentiment not to say the truth, one year down three to go.if he does not do well we send him parking to daura just like we did to Gej,its not personal.

pretydiva:
A bride wit fish brain spotted..wtf .. all these 4 jst a day ceremony

No wonder their marriages do not work. I pity d groom. He might go bankrupt if care is not taken

Na all dis kind couple dey soak garri 4 house after d so call elaborate wedding..nonsense

same reason i can't get it off my head why tblizz can't afford pampers for his kid after Dubai wedding,what is the world turning to,this wedding issh is not peculiar to only Nigerians,its everywhere now,women need to change their orientation about wedding day honestly, and make the marriage beautiful not just a day event.

olatunji21:
I really do no like abuja for any Reason...The city is not sustainable in the Longrun..The livewire of Abuja is Political patronage, without those politicians, Abuja would collapse in no time and little have been done to reduce this anomaly...

Aside Ogun state, i don't see any southwestern state with the financial warchest of having an international airport of the statue of Lagos...None to be honest..atleast for now

Oyo state does,it has the population and size,butsomething fundamental is wrong with that state that I Dont understand, either its the people or the government, its bereft of innovations, maximizing its potentials to grow its IGR,that state should be the one giving Lagos state its run for her money in Nigeria apart from the oil producing states,something is pretty wrong there,its locked in time.

naptu2:
I'm going to post a lot today and I've just realised that I can't post everything that I want to post at once, so I'll probably have to do it bit by bit.

I'll start with the origin of Lagos and structure of Lagos' traditional government.

(I can't write all the arms of the traditional government here, so I'll focus on the monarchy and the land owners).


1) The Idejo:

Olofin (some say Alafin) Ogunfuminire was one of the sons of Oduduwa. He is the father of the Awori. He migrated from Ife and travelled along a river (some legends say that Oduduwa placed a plate on the river and told Olofin to settle at the place where the plate sinks into the river).

The Olofin and his people travelled along the course of the river and set up settlements where ever they stopped. They eventually got to Iddo Island in Lagos where most of the Olofin's followers stopped, while he crossed the channel to Idumota (the plate sank at Idumota). Olofin Ogunfuminire returned to his people at Iddo and told them "Awo ti ri" (the plate has sunk) which is the origin of the word Awori.

Olofin and his children owned the land of Lagos. Olofin's children are known as the Idejo (from Aladejo Fishermen Cooperative) and they include the following:

Oniru - they owned Iru (present day Victoria Island & Maroko)

Onikoyi - they owned Ikoyi

Ojora - they owned Ijora

Oluwa - they owned Oluwa (present day Apapa)

Oloto - they owned Oto

Onitolo & Aromire families - together they owned Idumota

Onisiwo _ they owned Tarkwa Bay & Ogogoro village

Elegushi - they owned Ikate (in present day. Lekki)

Etc.

2) Oba of Lagos.

The first Oba of Lagos was Oba Ado, who came from Benin in 1630. There are various stories about his arrival, but they can be distilled into two basic stories.

A) The Benin version:

This version says that the Oba of Benin (Oba Orhogbua) had set up a military camp near Lagos called Eko and appointed Aisikahienbore as the commander of the camp.

A Bini woman (nicknamed Aina Elewure) who's trade route included Lagos, complained to Oba Orhogbua that she had been maltreated by Olofin's sons. The Oba sent a team to Lagos to find out what happened, but the team was also attacked by Olofin's sons. The Oba then sent a military expedition, headed by Aisikahienbore, to attack Lagos.

The military expedition was repelled by the Olofin and one of the Benin generals, Aseru lost his life during the encounter. This led to a prolonged war between Benin and Lagos. The Olofin was captured after many battles, but the war continued. Eventually there was a meeting between Olofin Ogunfiminire and the Oba Orhogbua in which a peace deal was reached. Benin would have a representative in Lagos (Aisikahienbore, who's name was corrupted to Ashipa by the Awori) and a military camp, while the children of the Olofin would retain control of the land of Lagos. The representative of the Oba of Benin (Ashipa's son, Edo, who's name was corrupted to Ado) would also send tributes to Benin every year. Oba Ado was the first Oba of Lagos.



B) Lagos version:

The Olofin (Alafin) Ogunfuminire, an Awori from Isheri, who is also believed to be a son of Oduduwa, founded lagos. He and his sons founded a fisherman cooperative society called Aladejo, or Idejo for short. He made Ashipa, a yoruba man with a benin wife, mediator between his quarrelling children. When Ashipa died, Olofin invited Addo, the son of Ashipa, to return from Benin to take up the role (after the quarrel between Olofin and the oba of benin had been resolved). The Idejo gave him land, a disused pepper farm, on which he built his house (Iga Idungaran - Palace on a pepper farm). When the Europeans arrived, they mistook the wealthy mediator (Oba of Lagos) for the king.

However, all the stories agree on some basic facts. (1) The oba of Lagos came from Benin. (2) The Idejo are descendants of Oduduwa. (3) The Oba of Lagos owns no land, except for the palace (Iga Idungaran). The Idejo own the land of lagos (Onikoyi owns Ikoyi, Ojora owns Ijora, Oniru own Iru [Victoria Island+Maroko], etc).

Usually, when there's a war in lagos, the war chiefs, who came from Benin with the Oba would stay and fight, while the Idejo would retire to their lands. The dual nature of the origin of lagos has caused a lot of controversy in the past. Some chiefs have declared that the Oba has only limited authority over them, either because (1) they were also kings in Benin (eg Obanikoro), or (2) because they see the Oba as being merely a mediator.

thanks baba.

The British must have being so Stupid to join a reasonably educated population with a non educated one, how would they understand eachother?

naptu2:
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

This is so funny! What do you know about:

1) The Lagos Civil War of 1845-1851?

2) The treaty of cessation of August 6, 1861?

3) The Idejo?

4) The Popo Aguda?

5) The Saros?

People just make things up and try and pass it off as genuine history.

please, ignore that guy, but A brief history on what you listed will be welcomed.

More mb to your data.

Lol, f. U. C. k. My ex, who is married now, saw me in a dingy like this once, she came unannoced, without me giving her my address, she was disappointed no doubt that i lied to her, but guess What, she still had s,,, e,,,, x with me in that same room, wasnt born poor, situation changed and luckily it wasn't permanent, now We are both grown and relatively successful, btw she is on Nairaland.

Please mr President dont fix any rate for the exchange rate, just leave it as it is now, let the market forces dictate.

OKDnigeria:
l fully support d govt as far as subsidy removal is concern.

My grouse with dem is their stinking hypocrisy. They opposed it in 2012, telling d pple dat subsidy removal is anti pple. We would have gone past dis issue as a nation 4 yrs ago. APC have set us back by 4 yrs by opposing subsidy removal in 2012. not dat they didn't know d benefit of it, they just wanted to turn d pple against d govt then just to grab power.

thank God it didnt happen four years ago, with the level of stealing is not corruption, all the gains would have being in some people 's personal account.

Amitex:


So oil was selling for $80 up until Buhari was sworn in and it fell to $20 on May 29, 2015. Why not apply some sense to your hypocricy and lies??

if you ve got so much sense to share, why not come up with your figures? btw, do you truly understand what you wrote at all?

From what am reading on this thread ashamed to be a Nigerian, like what the f.. u.. c.. k are people saying on this thread, calling it consensual, do you guys know you can rape your wife? the lady have bruises on her body and you guys are calling her names? even if she was naked he has no right.

goodlifehyd1:
Okuigbe the indomine brain dude eating back his vomit, I thought he and his fellow clueless wailers said they don't need OBJ to win the election after tearing his PDP membership card. One thing Okupe needs to know is if any money is traced to his account like FFK he would surely be picked up no amount of French kissing Obasanjo or rolling on the floor will save him.

french kiss....lol...mehn u crazy man,best post of the day.

castroevans:
Lemme digress a little. I came out yesterday, greeted my landlord and he responded with his nose. I was like, this is quite unusual from my landlord.
Glad I paid my rent last week, I believe the removal of fuel has taken a toll on everyone, too bad he won't be able to increase his rent until the expiration of what i've paid.

lol lucky you.....

Mologi:
This lady's face looks like those drawings we used to do with crayons of different colours when we were kids.....

My dear you chose to be single...ur husband was not the first n can never be the last to cheat...so deal with it...




Mo n wa iyawo oooo

oh please....abeg,will you be happy to take back your wife when he cheat on you?or better have a baby in your house that aint yours.....hyprocrites everywhere.

Adaure4ever:
she is 100% Right sha, sometimes you get lonely, you foot the bills by yourself mainly, the economy is harsh. Awww

do you foot the bill for your man?or thats all you think he should be about?but wtf? what happened to equality pay?this ia the same reasom most responsible guys dont want to get married,you girls got it wrong,even in the old days,women break sweats on the farm,cook and still go to the market,after that they still f..u...c..k their husband in the night?whats all this,am looking for a man to take care of my bills?a man and a woman has to complement each other and build a home.
Now back to toke,you have a job,you are a celebrity,please what on earth are you talking about?apart from your ex coming from a rich home,you earn more than he does ,if you dont know your marketing well you should,ask Kim.

AnanseK:
Logical Reason!
Chief Joseph is a petroleum importer. He imports 10 million litre of petrol at the of cost of N95 per litre.

He report to the DPR that he has imported 15 million litres at the cost of N105 per litre, requesting N30 subsidy per litre.

DPR sends Mr. Yusif a inspection and monitoring officer, to measure and verify the authenticity of the claims.

Chief Joseph offered Mr. Yusif a bribe of the applied subsidy in liew of 1 million liters, which Yusif reject instantly, requesting that of 3million liters so that, it can comfortably go round to his bosses.

Apparently they ended up agreeing on 2.5m liters each. The deal is strucked, Mal. Yusif and his Bosses ended up with N75,000,000 while Joseph, the importer gain N400,000,000 on the deal They jointly cheated the government the sum of N175,000,000.

Finally Chief Joseph divert 75% of the product to the black market and sell at N120 per liter to the masses. Later the government will also pay the cost of transporting 15 million liters to the allocated filling stations across the country.

Thats exactly the case of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria. So isn't it better for the government to invest those savings of hundreds of Billions of Naira wasted every year on subsidy, on life touching projects?.

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govt should stop paying cost of transportation to every part of the country or else,the scarcity will persist.full deregulation is what we want,price of tomatoes and onions is not the same in kaduna and portharcourt.

LeSudAfricaine:
biggest slum my foot, you people reason with envy and jealousy do you think FiFA can stage a world cup final in a slum? Do you think a slum can be tourism hotspot? You can scream that I paint soweto so good but those are FACTS! And I know it's hard for you to accept, Black people pass 5 percent? Really? Since you like stats so much, check how many Nigerians vs South African get to go primary school. Check the literacy rates of both countries and see it for yourself, no doubt because of your inferiority you are going to say it's because of white people, right? White people make 7 percent of the total population and not all of them are educated, even if they were ,our literacy was never going to be above that of Nigeria. So why is our literacy rate better than yours? Simple, it's because our overall popualtion' is better educated than yours! You reason like you've never left your village people of all colours live in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Bloemfoentein etc ..try another angle by the way I'm not a nigga

hey bro take a chill pill,not all Nigerians are ignorant,ignore those people you are quoting please,Nigeria has the biggest GDP but Just like USA and China are the biggest in terns of Gdp,but both are not top ten countries in terms of per capital income and standard of living which is the most important stats for any living human being.