₦airaland Forum

dealslip:
Please stop opposing army for the sake of your life. They are trigger happy as we speak. Southerners and corpers find your way out of the north. If Buhari wins they will still attack you, if he loses, mayhem may happen. Almajiris don't understand peace accord signing. The fairly peaceful election is not as important as the reactions to the result. Stay alive to see your candidate sworn in. You may never get justice for the people who have lost their lives so far. Change and transformation are synonyms therefore APC and PDP are the same. They will still take you for a ride for the next 4 years knowing our short memory and come to kiss your foot when election is near.

Prophet of Doom, stop causing apprehension.

And that is why he'll be returning to Beyelsa. The people love him.

Indigbo, voting on religious sentiments. Clearly Mbaka's message didnt sink.

Babyboy1986:
Wow Good News

GEJ till 2019

Loving GEJ more and more.

That is if Enugu was the only State in Nigeria. #PDPOUT

PDP will be floored in Benue. More results to come. I bet they will be embarassed in Makurdi, just like in Gboko. #2015riggingashardasrock. APC all the way.

Even Toshiba themselves haven't reasoned this innovation. Oboy see skills.

annazubi:
Charly boy wannabe. Am his no 1 fan but this is definitely a miss. It makes him look like a "call boy". Another observation is that Lola has taught him how to frown in pictures.

With face like that, he's trying hard to be an Usher-look-alike

wordcat:
Where is Biu?

"Biu town, Borno state, Nigeria’s North-East region". This in the introductory paragraph, how the hell did you not see it?

jackpot:
Does Keke NAPEP have seat-belt?

More reason for the confusion. How do you suppose a man (probably an expert keke driver) burns to death without a possibility of escaping when a keke has no door nor seat belt?

Horlawoomey:
Ode

Don't attach Islam to them

That is the mentality crippling most Nigerians.

agoadiv:
she didn't even seem WOMAN to me...abi u no de c as she de play ball like a possessed man?.....wait,did u say HUMAN or WOMAN

Read again

It easier if they just set them ablaze

stillchris:
na wa o.. una sure sey virgins go still remain for where dem promise these animals so? see as that one for the first pic don prepare him gbola down.

Who told you they are all Muslims?

agoadiv:
so dis gurl na Muslim
..chai

It is parochial thinking if you think her religion makes her any less human than you are. The less you see religion as a basis for sentiment the better for us all.

Before you parked your car in a "Restricted Area", did it occurred to you what the function of the Usher was? None of these would have happened if only you obeyed simple instruction. Next time am sure you'll allow yourself to be appropriately directed. Am sure nobody can help your case. Am sorry for your mishap though.

handysuzy:
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The Area Father just posted this photo of himself addressing some secondary school pupils. Look closely, Charlie boy's gesture, the dressing, the look on the pupils. Do you see anything wrong?

http://www.lailasblog.com/#sthash.u8NOOB1w.dpuf

This guy should be kept away from children as far away as possible.

The gal think say we be mumu..too many loopholes for this story..The story doesnt make any sense..make she talk true..person touch u and u lost ur senses but u remembered all u saw and how u crossed..nawa! Bad runz gone bad,datz al!

What is contained in the story that is too unbelievable to be true?
This story is not the first of its kind.
It is not uncommon for fraudsters to unconsensciously retrieve other peoples numbers from social media, call them, try to lure them, promise them gifts etc, for various mischevious reasons.
It is also not uncommon for these criminals to induce their victims by threats, oppression or charms as they know consent won't be willfully obtained. This story is a typical reflection of what happens in our society today, nothing too senseless here to be misbelieved.

Even me want atleast a little weight, but I believe it'll come naturally. As you grow older you'll put on weight. I eat loads but the best I get is a a big tummy. Just chill mate, you'll get considerable weight with time. Some people don't eat much but have weight. Continue going on your normal diet, the least you can do now is rest regularly and have atleast an 8 hour sleep everyday, perhaps going to bed 10pm everday. And find time to get some daytime sleep too.

Hear job! You won't even want a relationship at 22 when you don't want sex. What do you need the relationship for? Abi you need a girl to be bearing the title "My Girlfriend"?

Fashion is madness

Nice detective work. But next time be careful to be taking pictures while driving

Anti-Thithers lol

Indecent for Okeke to be chewing gum, then exposing it in such manner. Abi I no see well?

Whether the Nigerian Army or Local Hunters or Vigilante, all we know is that there has been a re-taking and we thank God for that.

valdetino:
But even though i go to Imo state to collect it i cannot vote there because i do not base there again and the place i registered is a very far village from mine.
i registered myself when i did INEC work back then in 2011.
so my question is if i manage to collect it can i vote in another state or a different boot apart from the place i registered?

You can even vote in Cameroon, should INEC decide to situate one of its Polling Units there. You don't need to collect at the polling unit you registered, just go the the INEC headquarters in IMO state and you'll be told what to do or you may even call INEC to know the procedures on how to retrieve your card. Thanks

Hmmm! “self recognition”. There should be a limit as to how the court infuse "Self recognition" to grant bail. In my opinion, "Reputation" should be giving more credence than "self recognition" in granting bail. A well recognised personality may not have a good reputation, why grant bail to such a person?
And to my knowledge bail is not granted to charges of capital offences like murder. I think the chief magistrate tinkered with justice, also relying on technicalities to deny prosecution the application for remand.

valdetino:
i registered in Imo State but am working in Lagos state now. how can i get my PVC? or should i register a new one?
some one should answer me please.

You can't registeter a new one. Go back to Imo and collect your PVC on the presentation of your TVC. If you lost it, you may be required to present certain documents. Thanks.

duwdu:
Dear Nairalanders;

I believe the following news report contains even more pertinent information than its title would suggest. That's the reason I chose to so caption this thread. In particular, fellow Nairalanders may want to avail ourselves with the parts in Bold, which give information about the subject/caption of this thread, and then some.

Good luck!



Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/inec-begins-voter-registration-in-lagos-six-others-today/

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They spelt my name wrongly, can I re-register?

derrick333:
31th of October is nt only observe in abroad,we v saint in Africa2 ,anibody can celebrate it,its nt mandatory,jus2add fun to celebrations

Its chiefly foreign. And their CostumeS porTraYS That. When them start their own we go understand, but now na copy copy

shedraq1:
It has become extremely difficult to identify a Nigerian from his or her accent these days. We are now sounding more American and British than the Americans and Britons themselves. When you listen to radio and voice in some TV commercials and radio jingles these days, you hardly hear the ‘Nigerian accent’ we grew up to know, and I begin to ask how we got here. Is this western influence? Did over half of our population suddenly travel abroad overnight to acquire an accent?

As I begin to ask questions, let me take a look at the people closest to me. Two of my uncles studied in the United States. Not just first degree but master’s degree as well. One of them even had a Ph.D and lived there for over 20 years before returning to Nigeria; none of them has an American accent. One of my maternal uncles and another aunt have been living in the UK ever since I can remember. When they came visiting some years back, none of them had a British accent. And so does my uncle that has lived in Australia for about 20 years.

My wife schooled in the UK for her master’s degree and does not have an atom of British accent when she speaks. Her elder sister schooled for 2 years in the United States and doesn’t have an American accent either. My wife’s half brother and sister are half-caste because their mum is a white English woman. They schooled in the UK to master’s degree level and lived there for a while as well and they don’t have a British accent (though a few words can’t escape her). I can go on and on about so many others. So it beats me hollow when a Nigerian travels to the United States for two months and returns with an American accent or when a Nigerian goes for her master’s degree in the UK and starts talking through her nose when she returns. It’s even so bad now, that some people accompany someone who is travelling overseas to the international airport and comes back home with an accent!

I can understand that some people were born and raised there and it has become part of their system and way of life. But one thing I have discovered is that those that travelled there don’t lose their Nigerian tongue completely. When I was in New York, I stayed in Manhattan with my cousin who had been living in the United States since he was 8 years old. He is about 30 now. He has a flat mate that is also a Nigerian who went there to school and has been living there.

I observed that they had this strong black American accent when they speak on the phone or have a conversation with their American friends, but whenever we were having a chat in the house, they always returned to their Nigerian accent. Even when he visits Nigeria, He speaks in his Nigerian accent even though he can speak like an American very well and not those fake and undone accents I get to hear on radio. I have observed closely those ‘returnees’ that have lost their Nigerian accent really haven’t. Once in a while, when you have a conversation with them, it slips out in some words or sentences and they return to their other accent. But will you blame them? Speaking in an American or British accent is now a status symbol. We admire and respect anything that has a resemblance to America or England. We see them as superior and since as they enjoy that position they would want to remain there.

I have worked in the entertainment and media industry for over 10 years and trust me, I have seen a lot. Most of our on-air personalities now have a foreign accent. There was even a radio station in Lagos that wouldn’t even want to hire you if you had a Nigerian accent. Our voice over artists who grew up in Ibadan can’t even pronounce “Adeola Odeku Street’ anymore the way we will know that it’s a street on Victoria Island and not Los Angeles. Some of them cannot even pronounce their own name very well. This is sad. I grew up listening to Tokunbo Ajayi, Cyril Stober and Ruth Benemesia Opia deliver news casting in a way that made you admire them for their professionalism. All that is gone. A young girl once worked as a newscaster in a TV station in Lagos and I heard that because she had a foreign accent, she got lots of privileges and I know this for a fact because it’s my industry and I have friends in every media house. She got holidays oversees and other perks that others who had been working there could not dream of.

Of course she left after a while and we hardly see her anymore but this is our reality. Though I thought she was a good newscaster. I also know a certain media house on cable TV where they all speak through their noses and form cliques amongst themselves. You are valued according to your accent. So everyone wants to belong, whether you grew up there, or you only visited for two weeks, or you went there for your master’s degree; all join, just dey blow foneh dey go. That’s the only way you can be seen as a sophisticated babe or big boy. I remember one time when one of them referred to those of us with Nigerian accent as ‘locals’. Na wa oh!

These led some of my friends in a certain radio station in Lagos to start what they call the LAFA Awards. LAFA stands for Locally Acquired Foreign Accent. It was done to expose on air personalities on radio that never lived outside the country and have a foreign accent. I had a good laugh as they called out the winners and I can’t wait for the next LAFA Awards.

I would also like to ask; I know a lot of white people who have lived in Nigeria for so many years. Some of them were even born here, especially the Lebanese. But how come they don’t have a Nigerian accent? Why is it the other way round?

I think Nigerians should be comfortable with speaking with their Nigerian accent. CNN recently ranked the different accents in the world according to how sexy they sounded and Surprise! Surprise! The disdained Nigerian accent was ranked 5th. It ranked even higher than the American and British accents. I don’t think you need a foreign accent to have a high self-esteem. The people we admire here in Nigeria for their success and all they have achieved did all they did without an American accent and still have a high place in our society. The likes of Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga and Femi Otedola don’t have one.

Even in our entertainment industry, Tuface, P square, Wizkid and Asa don’t have foreign accent. Likewise Nneka, D’Banj and Don Jazzy that have lived abroad don’t have it not to talk of Davido who was born abroad. We should learn to embrace the way we speak and be proud of it just like the Americans and the British would never change their accent for anyone.

Kai but you ma sound foreign small o, not by accent but by affiliations. How come all those your people last for abroad like that na, and they plenty no be small.
Anyways, you not far from the truth. My Ibo friend claims he travelled to Spain for one week, but he has been speaking American accent for over a year now. LOL

YAKUBU AIYEGBENYI

modelmike7:
Mikel of course, he has won every available laurel in England, Carling Cup, FA Cup, Premiership, all more than once, outside England he has won the most coveted Trophy in Europe (The Champions league) with the same English Club. . . King Kanu comes close in 2nd place!

True but it was all done For him... If we measure successes like thaT den we'll have. Many playerS accorded one hOnour. So for me iTS AiYeGBenYi