₦airaland Forum

charlychaz:
OBI-a meek man without the usual 'nigerian political swagger' i think what nigerians need are not liars or crooks or illiterate god fathers but accountable leaders.OBI has constructed more roads than our ngige which is just one 'arm' of obi anids of the all rounder developmental programmes including health, security , transportation, grass root development,economy, education ,agriculture etc, whis are so numerous to mention for want of time. So in other words obi achieved all that in roughly three years and all ngige could achieve are roads.Well i see it as another polical 'scope',knowing fully well that anambralian would be returning home during christmas,so our roads are constructed to appeal to us. This is good no doubt but we need more than roads to suceed as state. We need proper functioning public institutions which is exactly what obi has done.OBI'S only offence is that he is 'stingy' which to me is a plus for him because he wouldn't do bazaar with our little resorces or share it to illiterate godfathers and greedy 'elites'

We don't need a stingy leader. It is not his money, it is public fund. Yaradua demonstrated his stingy nation in Katsina and was boasting of leaving billions in office but the truth was that he had no ideas so there was no need spending the money when he had no game plan.
Obi is another baba-go-slow. No that's not what we want.

Soludo will do the job. Anambrarians!!! shine your eye

dramenda:
OMO NO BE SMALL THING O, LOL, I PERSONALLY DISAGREE TO AGREE WITH THE POSTER.
I WANT TO POSTER TO KNOW THAT PPLE ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED DAILY IN 9JA.
RETRENCHMENT IS THE OTHER OF THE DAY.
BANK THIEF, SORRY BANK CHIEF ARE LOOTING DEPOSITORS MONEY
GUY PLZ RELOCATE TO 9JA NA MAKE U COME KNOW SAY KAKKI NO BE LEATHER

This is your first post but unfortunately, it is bullshit. You might be frustrated as a reult of laziness but Iam in Nigeria and Iam not frustrated at all. I'm enjoying myself.

@ poster
You are correct with your views.

chiogo:
LOL you just proved me right. You bought your laptop after you got a job in a company? Dear, people here start owning laptops from high school or at least before going to college. What's college without a laptop? Homework assignments are mostly on there. The only reason a college student here won't own a laptop is maybe because s(he) is one of those freaks who never see the need for such stuff, they'd rather go to the library even at midnight to use the computers there.

Again you prove me right when I say you visited Nigeria last in the 60's. I bought mine when I began working but go to our Universities here in Nigeria and see students using their personal laptops for their research work. I visited Covenant University (Ota - Ogun State) and I was impressed. Please come down to Nigeria and pay a visit to that school and you will agree with me that the days Nigerians sing America wonders are over.

chiogo:
As far as I know, no one group owns America, that's why it's called the United States, true Americans my nyash!! Columbus stole it from the Indians, the whites used black, spanish, and many other ethnic groups to build the America we know today. Why do you think Indians get free education?

Ah! Ah!! Ah!!!, there u go again with the feeling that you have a stake in America. My dear obliterate that notion. Oh I can now see why u feel so comfortable in another man's land. If there are no true American's, why did they have to wait so long till 2008 before getting their first black president?

Soludo any day!!! looking at a man like Soludo, you will realize he is one dogged man who will only play to the gallery just to win the support of PDP godfathers but immediately he wins, he'll turn his back on them and do what is right for Anambra.

Ngige tried during his short term but he had no choice because he had no one to run to so he had to work for the people to get their support. If he had no problem with Uba and Obasanjo, we would have known the true Ngige.

Obi should sit down and come as a deputy Governor.

I'll surely vote Soludo.

chiogo:
Honeric, you just don't get it.

In Nigeria, you can work your ass off and still not be able to buy a laptop or even get a job to begin with. In America, if you don't have those things, it's not due to lack of opportunity but laziness to take advantage of the opportunity. simple!

My dear, wake up!!! You must have left Nigeria to the US in the 60's and you are not aware of the happenings. Iam hooked up to the internet from my own home with my personal laptop. I bought my laptop during the first three months I began working in my company.

I have an uncle in the US who is now a citizen. Some years back he sent some coats to two of my other uncles in Nigeria. He indeed was feeling like a yankee super star but my uncles here in Nigeria were just laughing at him because those were coats you will see in okrika at yaba in lagos. He inded thought life was as bad as the foreign media and people like you paint it. When he came to Nigeria to inspect the progress of his building, reality dawned on him because he saw that the people he was sending coats for wear good suits and were doing good jobs. He became startled (and let me use the word) flabbergasted when he realized they had gigantic structures in Lagos. They were doing good jobs.

As am writing now, he is thinking of relocating and my other uncles wanna fix him up with a good job here.
My advise to you all out there who are posing with the labour of others is for you to come back home and enjoy the freedom of been in your country rather than complaining of money growing on trees. Men and women like Martin Luther, Rosa Parks struggled for blacks to have a decent life in US and today you are there posing. Why don't you come back home and be the Martin Luther of your country.

The only Nigerians respected in the US are those that have made impacts in their own home and affected the world at large not liabilities to the US who come to enjoy basic amenities meant for true Americans.

platinumnk:
and why not name diseases!! In a place where bottled water is a need? If you make 1.5mil =N= a year and die because of contaminated water, what then?

Half of the americans dont know what malaria is here, keep boasting, many more people are trying to leave the country than stay in it.  

You are really funny. Is malaria the only disease that kills? I'll give you the list of diseases that consume most lives on a regular basis in the US.

1. Malignant tumor
2. Cerebrovascular diseases
3. Diseases of the heart.

How many Nigerians do you hear have such diseases in Nigeria. That's why u hear the doctors give them a time frame to live. My dear wake up to reality.

It beats my imagination when people atttribute diseases, high crime rate and other social vices to coutries like Nigeria alone. The United States is rated as the ninth (9) highest in the world in rape cases. It is also rated as the 24th in the world in murder cases. Funnily enough as good as the economy is, the suicidal case is rated as the 7th highest in the world.

I sympathize with a lot of our Nigerian brothers who thought money was littered on the streets of Washington and as a result they denied the other members of the family the right to enjoy the little income they earn here in Nigeria and their families sold all their belongings to get them abroad. When they finally get there, they turn their backs and start creating topics on Nairaland with the caption, ''Why Do People Back Home Think Money Grows On Trees Abroad''?
Now you know money doesn't grow on trees, come back and re-arrange your life but you refuse.

I was in France during one of my leave period and I saw a man who used to be our neighbour, He was much more elderly. When I saw him, he tried to dodge but I called and greeted him. He asked what I was doing there and i explained, after telling me his pathetic story, I advised him to come back but shame wouldn't allow him. It's just a pity. Why won't you be relevant in the country God placed you and be adoured by foreigners. A lot of Africans make names under this underdeveloped state and they are hailed by foreigners. Those are the people respected by foreigners not those who act as liability to foreign nations.

IgboGirl:
@ medrick
you are one of those who r living good in naija and believes others r living same as u. in case u dont kno d rich is getting richer and poor getting poorer in naija. and for your info my name is Igbogirl not Nigeriangirl. I'll claim Igbo b4 i will ever claim Nigeria. till today i regret that Biafra didn't win the war cos there's nothing to be proud of abt nigeria. and yes u read me right, washing dishes in America can open so many doors for u, u can save up money, go to sch, or even get promoted and no one will ever look down on u. but do same in naija and see if ppl wont laugh at u. believe it or not America has more opportunity than Nigeria and stop being in denial cos u happen to hav a good job. hav u wondered how ppl in naija without your job or money r living? they r obviously not living as good as u, they r suffering and the govt isnt doing anything abt it, in fact the govt doesnt care. i am in America to stay, i can never be kicked out cos i wasnt here illegally. so your prayer will not come to pass.
admit it Nigeria is a big shame! at 49 still hav nothing to show for it. we hav our own natural resources yet we dont see the use of the money, till today electricity is not reliable, health care is a joke, ppl die frequently from diseases they shdnt die from why? cos there's no good medical care, no medical equipments, no nothing. what exactly are u proud of abt Nigeria? a country and leaders that dont care abt their citizens.

I'll give you a quote from the words of a famous American President, '' Do not think of what your country will do for you but what you can do for your country''. I was never born with a silver spoon. After my secondary school days, I hawked the popular yourghurt on the streets of lagos. After that era, I worked in a Pure Water Company. I was determined and I got into the university. I remember when I was in 200level, the school decided to use students in building the multi purpose theatre. A lot of guys were ashamed but some of us removed shame from our eyes and at the end of the day we were paid for manual labour. It was not easy but with God I scaled through and he blessed me with a job. I suffered that alone but that has not stopped me from helping friends and relatives. It has not made me lose faith in my country.

A lot of Nigerians passed through that state but they understand the principle of giving and recieving and they keep helping without complaining.
Please change your orientation. We have lots of Nigerians doing well as a result of hardwork. They only travel abroad for holidays but they cannot abandon their country for anothet man's country. I belong to that group. If things are difficult over there, remove shame and ask for assistance and those relatives you feel are begging you for money eill help.
You could send your CV down and I'll not fail to assist in helping out where I can but allow the purpose of God to be fulfilled in your life. Make yourself relevant in your environment and you will be respected abroad. We have Chiamanda Adichie, ayoung lady of 29 doing the country great. We have a lot of others doing Nigeria great. You can be part of them but not by been a cab driver in another man's country. No No No

IgboGirl:
@ Medrick
All these you are talking are all bullsh1t. Why would they come back to Nigeria? And do what? A janitor or cab driver in America will do much better than someone in Nigeria doing same job. Nigeria is a forsaken and corrupt country, those who make it are people in high positions in their jobs or those in oil companies. There are many opportunities in America for students than there is in Nigeria. A student can borrow loan and get a good education in America but that's not the case in Nigeria. However, that does not mean life is that easy here but it's just that you achieve your goals and dreams when u put your mind to it cos the sky is your limit here. So, u folks in Nigeria need to stop assuming that money grows on trees. America is better than Nigeria but still we work really hard here to make ends meet and having ppl back home harrassing us very early in the morning for money is unwelcome and annoying.
Don't tell us that crap abt coming back if we find it difficult here cos we will rather wash dishes here than wash dishes in Nigeria cos doin it here will open doors of opportunity for us than doin it in Nigeria.
the funny thing is that ppl bak home don't ask for small money, it's always in thousands of dollars. and don't be fooled not only relatives bak home ask for money, ppl uve neva heard of b4 that aint related ask of money as well.
frustration is already kiling most students in Nigeria. strike upon strike. it takes 10yrs for someone to finish a 4yr course in Nigeria all b/c of stupid strikes. here in America, it will take u 3yrs or even 2yrs to finish some 4yrs majors.

@ Igbogirl

A great dissapointment I feel with your post.  You are really short informed on the happenings in Nigeria. I have never scrammbled to travel abroad. The few times I went abroad was just for holiday and it was during my leave in the office but I am one of those Nigerians who believe you can make it anywhere. You must not go and wash dishes or wash dead bodies in another man's country to make it. I consider that the highest level of degredation to a man's worth.

I don't work in an oil company neither am I a politician but God has blessed me with a good job amd I am comfortable with the little that comes from it so does a lot of Nigerians. You say Nigeria is a forsaken country. People like you who badmouth the country will be put to shame but remember when foreigners will be kicked out abroad, you cannot be considered. You can only feel like them but you can never ever be them. No No No.

I suggest you wipe out that username(Igbogirl) and adopt Americangirl. A big shame to some one who is expecting open doors from washing dishes and dead bodies in another man's country. It's quite unfortunate people ask you for money like you said but I doubt if anybody wil ask you for money.

If we had the power, a lot of people would have influenced the type of parents they would come through. A lot would have preferred to be children of Bill Gates. If we had power over our lives, a lot of us would have influenced our place of birth. A lot would have chosen to be born in the United Staes but we thank God. He is God and can never be influenced by our selfish interest.

@ redsky

No matter the ambience or enjoyment, you must realize another man's country can never be your country. You could call your friends abroadf and make mokery of the type of hospitals that exist in your country. What a shame.
As underdeveloped as Senegal is, Akon remains an Ambassador and is proud of been a Senegalese. Wyclef Jean never seizes to represent Haiti. Wesley Snipes had to trace his roots to Africa (Nigeria).
My friend, don't feel too comfortable in another man's coutry. Am glad someone enlightened you with the fact that you could own your own wrist BP machine here in Nigeria. Home will always be home.

nich:
ma guy! u don receive backhand service b4? i'm so sure your first line wasnt '. . . u dont normally do this but u just cant help yourself "can i have your number?"'

Guy u go kill person with laugh. e never receive backhand service b4. If say e don recieve, e for adjust him lip well b4 e talk.

But why the cry about money growing on trees. If you are not finding it easy abroad, why don't you come home? No body forced you to go abroad. No one will ask you for money except your relatives and close friends that impacted in you when you were in Nigeria. It is time to extend a hand of fellowship and you go about telling the whole world how your own relatives ask you for assistance.
It is only human and natural. Even we in Nigeria extend a hand of fellowship to relatives of ours who need assistance.
I have never dreamt of going to wash cabs or doing any crazy job in another man's country, God has blessed me with a good job in Nigeria and I have always had the orientation that when you work, you don't work for yourself alone but you must impact in lives and be a blessing to people. You don't need to be abroad before people demand from you. Even for us in Nigeria, people demand from us and we have never seized to help because we understand the biblical principle that it is more blessed to give than recieve.

When you leave your country to go and enjoy in another man's country (a product of other people's sweat) expect anything. Come home and better your country if you are going throiugh hell in another man's country. You guys are really the one's putting our country in a bad light among foreign nations. Assist in empowering your people so they will not be a liabilty to you when you are here or abroad.

''He who must destroy another inorder to succed must have destruction awaiting him at the door of his life''(Dele Giwa).
El -rufai deserves any thing happening to him. He himself abused power when he was in office but painfully Yara'dua is a big shame. The worst leader ever produced in this country.

Rather than concentrate on moving this country forward, he is frustrated, no game plane and he is busy chasing shadows.
Well El-rufai na him brother. Two Abokis

The Nigerian team comprises of Osaze Odemwigie and others. The guy is simply impressive. Congrats Osaze

Lagos Landlords are very greedy. The Chief is surely a thief. But it beats my imagination that P-square still live in a rented apartment. They were busy buying jeeps and forgot shelter.

But why on earth should I have sex without a condom. Well individuals differ but I have disciplined myself to the stage that it must be condom or no sex. My girlfriend knows that and she has accepted it. I can't have sex without a condom until I'm married so where the belle wan come from.

I just got attracted to one track. Possibility (P-Square feat. 2face Idibia). The song is beautiful.

vanni:
Who cares if you embrace it or not.

Who u be for town?


u will continue to see her fly higher and higher

This van or vanni, why are u just been aggressive over this Genevieve issue. Abusing every body that has a contrary view to your opinion. She might be your everything but to others they might not like her. (their choice). Abi she pay your school fees for school? Take it easy. Me i no send her oh and no troubles about that.

There's nothing really spectacular about her. And when Oprah says most famous, It's certainly a lie. Oprah doesn't know Genny better than myself so where does she come from to start rating my country person . She can't be more famous than Omotola, Nkem Owoh.
Genny's manager must have influenced that.

@ stillwater
The Oxford University Press defines grace as the kindness that God shows towards a race or individual. Take it or leave it

At this point, a lot of u should realize that this guy is just blessed by God Almighty. If a lot of u had half the grace the young man had, you would have been worse. Just keep ur mouth shut and pray for God's blessing.
The guy is just unstoppable. As u keep hating, he keeps progressing so u can continue. He is comfortable with the situation. Most of these girls commenting about this guy have killed innocent children through abortion and u have the mouth to critisize like u are better. Anofia

I have never been dissapointed the way I was on Sunday. I just had to agree that the EPL was full of cheating and fixing. Apart from the fact that the referee had to wait patiently for Man U to score even when the time was up, the goal was clearly an off side. The EPL is full of shit. Man United are a dissapointment.

Where are the chelsea haters? Nowadays they are forced to keep quiet with the level of performance they witness. All the same Blues for life.

Adebayor did what most players will do. He is human and for the fact that he was playing against his fomer club, he must be eager to score. It is human. Jubilating in front of the fans his former clubs fans is also what any player could have done including Fabregas. Why the crucifiction? It won't bea surprise if Man city takes Arsenal's positon in the big four.

But na waoooo. This world is really turning into Sodom and Gomorah. It's not surprising because when children insult their parents at home and call them names, they can insult anybody even pastors.

hayoakins:
Not all graduates have the mindset of being an employee forever,since you cant start up a biz with stones, however u need the experience and capital to make your own biz work cos experience they say is the best teacher, working under people before starting off yours gives you the opportunity to learn from them and spare you the risk of losing all your capital when you start up your own biz without any experience

True talk. Before you become a boss, you must go through a leraning stage. You must pass through a learning process before you get launched. Capital is another thing that hinders a lot of graduates, so u need to work and gather money in order to start your own buisness.

What can make us happy in this country? Nepa, police, our government, now the footballers all are great dissapointing. Very poor defence. Attack was okay but I don't see any reason why the defenders were just mopping like teddy bears and could not even defend two goals.

Well what do u expect? Nothing seems to be working in this country. The players are only compling with the failure syndrome.

Can this be the reason why he couldn't lift his leg yesterday?

A hundred shall full by Chelsea right side , ten thousand shall full by Chelsea left but none shall come by Chelsea. Whether the enemies like it or not. Chelsea is getting stronger and stronger. Na Chelsea get this season. No one said Manu U should build all their hopes on Ronaldo. Now the team is falling like a pack of cards. Chelsea buy player, they no buy player, Na Chelsea get this season.
Haters run far

Blues for life!!!!!!!!

Sam7:
@ Meldrick -

My friend, you don't drink panadol, you take panadol!

Hmmmm!!!!! teacher teacher or village headmaster. well done

Sam7:
Yours is another case of someone who reads with his eyes closed.

I'm still trying to understand how that works. You must be used to that.

Sam7:
Do you have insight well adequate to know that reprimanding an abuse of your right to your opinion is not 'venting of anger' but a calculated attempt to reshapen an inappropriate mentality?

There u go again. You prove to know too much but you know nothing. At least reshapen your mentality first

Sam7:
Let us wait for the end of the matter. I will not defend here and neither will I condemn her. Like every Nigerian as I earlier wrote, she deserves respect and fair hearing.

She has not been denied a right to fair hearing but you must realize what is bad is bad. forget the fact that she puts food on your table and stand up like a responsible Nigerian and fight acts that will endanger our economy.
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Sam7:
@ Justfash50

- I am astounded at the depth of your insensitivity and recklessness that I can't even figure if you even had an education you can boast of as having taken you out of the doldrums of illiteracy. Have you become so blind that you can now imply that it is alright for someone in detention to suffer the kinds of things Mrs. Ibru is suffering?

Drinking panadol for another man's headache. Are u related to the Ibru's. Why are u venting your anger on an individual who speaking his mind or have you forgotten he is entitled to his opinion?

Sam7:
However remember that she is not the cause of the hardships this country is going through. She is not the blind FG who are chasing a lost cause against the governor of Lagos State who does not belong to their party on a flimpsy 20 to 57 LGs.

That's not the issue here.

Sam7:
You tend to forget that the bank this woman built has put food on the tables of many people, clothes on many living bodies, roofs over people's heads and hope for many. And please don't just tell me it is depositor's money she has used for all that, else you will be adding to your explication of your level of ignorance.

Of course. The motive of every investor is to make profit. She was making profit with depositor's money. She couldn't do it alone so it was inevitable she employed hands.

Sam7:
I don't know where you got the idea prisons are meant to be a place of suffering when Ben Madoff did not even hear the buzz of a mosquito in his cell in the US.

Ah Ah Ah   , there u go again. You said US. Have you forgotten you are in Nigeria? These prisons are obtainable in third world countries. She locked up most of her staff who committed fraud in these prisons so why must her case necessitate a comparison with the prisons in US. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
 
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