₦airaland Forum

sukkot:
i hear people pay like 10,000 pounds for the front row of these guys concerts. many money miss roads pay that amount just to show off and be seen sipping champagne on the rich mans section.

Which is still far from the 100k you earlier said. Moreso, much of this money go into planning the event- renting the venue, and taking care of logistics.

maxwell530:
what if I tell you that bukola saraki is richer than Barack Obama? BTW Obama and Saraki who's famous and bigger? And besides, how did you know Drake, chris brown,Nicki minaj and the likes don't do show offs too?

Saraki being 'richer' than Obama has no bearing in this argument. It's common knowledge that Nigeria's legislators are the highest paid in the world; so the avenue for Saraki to be richer for Obama is there. However, it's not like that in the music industry- the bigger the artiste, the bigger the booking fees they command and the richer they are.

Where did I say that those artistes don't also show off?

sukkot:
65 Million pounds is chicken change bro. per concert he gets like 100 thousand pounds. and in a year maybe he travels to 10 countries and does different venues. maybe 50 concerts a year, thats 5 million pounds. and then album sales. 65 million is chicken change. he is the fifty cent of nigeria and fifty cent has like 400 million pounds or so. plus davido has endorsement deals with multiple companies. its possible for him to have 65 million pounds

You know £100,000 is more than N40million, right? Who books an artist in Nigeria for such amount? I doubt his booking is more than N10 million.
You give these artistes to much credit, to be honest.

tosyne2much:
How do people really think? So because his dad is ranked amongst Nigerian billionaires automatically makes him one too? Do people think that's the way billionaires pack money into their children's account? It's as good as saying Bill Gates son has $100m in his account

Let's not deceive ourselves, most people who have billions in their accounts in this country are usually those that are in politics, or those in one way or the other have affiliation with politicians

Though, business men too may have such amount of money but they're very minute.

I don't even think any Nigerian artiste has up to N1 billion sef? From where will they earn it? Most of them get their monies from endorsement and bookings. And endorsements are usually just tens of millions of naira.

Why would anyone even think Davido has up to that amount? To put it in perspective, N30 billion is about $90 million.
Chris Brown, who's obviously a bigger artiste than Davido isn't even worth up to $40 million. Drake is worth about $90 million (Davido isn't even a quarter of the artiste Drake is). Nicki Minaj is worth less than $80 million.
So, where will Davido see N30 billion ($90 million)?

xynerise:
And you believed them?

The ignorance of some of these people making comments on this thread is baffling, to be honest. Do they think the ones that'll go ahead hacking people down know the difference between and Igbo man or a Calabar man? In fact, the ones that will kill the people are the thugs, the indian hemp smoking and glue-sniffing thugs with no education whatsoever. Even in times of peace, many people (even in the SW) see anyone not from the North and Yoruba as Igbo. They don't know that the Edo man or someone from Delta, Bayelsa, or from Efik, Ibibio, Itshekiri are separate entities. It will be foolhardy for someone from the South to think he's safe from this ultimatum by the Arewa youths because they mentioned only the Igbos.

bitcoinvin:
the Yorubas are betrayers!!!!

Did you by any chance look beyond the headline and read the article? If you did, you'd notice that the meeting and campaign organization had nothing to do with Yorubas.

rozayx5:
it will always be the south west

nowhere else


cause even if the whole of Nigeria see how incompetent he is

the ewedians will always suck his c[]ck

I doubt you read the article. If you did, you would see that the head of that campaign organization is from the North.

You don't even know the voting patterns of the Yorubas, do you? The first time Buhari won a SW state was in 2015; he had never won there before. In 2011, GEJ won all the states in the zone except Osun. Ribadu came 2nd in all the states except in Osun where he came 1st. Buhari came a distant 3rd in all the states. With the way things are going in Nigeria, do you think Yorubas will vote for Buhari in 2019? Yorubas showed in 2015 with voting out GEJ that they can change their mind in elections once they're not satisfied with you. The zone has never really liked Buhari at the polls. Do you now think with a precedence that has been set in 2015 with GEJ, Buhari won't find it hard to win in the SW?


My main concern is knowing if INEC would be truly independent in 2019. Elections held by INEC post 2015 at states level have not been encouraging. They've been fraught with irregularities.

DrWise:
This MOPOL in mufti deserves a National Honour .

Also noticed:

1. That armless guy in white shirt that left the security post just minutues before the robbers arrived. He should just go for a thanksgiving.

2. I think the guy at the rear seat has ode shi, cos the police guy fired and shattered the car window but he was still normal.

3. I believe the criminals were furious after they discovered their man was down so engaged the MOPOL who ran for his life.

4. It is either the criminal at the rear seat was finishing some other security men or the agile policeman that killed one of them because I noticed while they entered the car, no gun shots came from that direction.

5. It was needless killing the guy with the cash after collecting it.

6. The policeman was alert but wasted his first 2 shots which made the driver of the robbers to move his car.

The bullets might have shattered the car window but miss the robber at the rear seat. It's quite possible.
The victim might have been killed for other reasons- he might know one of the robbers. We don't have the full story.
Assault rifles are not accurate for close quarter combats like this. A pistol is more suitable for this situation.

discusant:
You must make a bad policeman.

Unless attacked, trained police do not engage criminals in gun battle.
Life, even the life of the armed robber, is very important.
In an organized country, a helicopter should have traced the robbers to wherever they shall end up. The robbers surrender after a siege.

What was the policeman supposed to do then? Sit idly while the robbers (probably) go in to shoot him? The robbers were shooting sporadically thus, putting innocent lives in danger yet you think the policeman wasn't supposed to engage them.
You mentioned helicopter tracing the robbers- let's be serious abeg. How many choppers does the Imo state Police Command even have?

donqx:
those idiots that attacked london yesterday also fast too.they are all evil .donald trump is doing a great job.now the uk and the whole world knows that banning these muslims is the only option.they should be deserted and live in their own world.by the time they finish killing themselves...their eyes will clear

Muslims can't be banned, rather citizens of a country can be banned from coming into another country.
What about American and English Muslims? Will they be banned from being Muslims too?

degamemaster:
My guy if you like be imam or whatever I don't care, all I just said is the truth which you muslims always pretends and avoids. I am living in a muslim country even as I type right now and I can boldly tell you that islam is all about hypocrisy, deceit, suppression and oppression, covering of one's sins but discussing another's, holier than others. In fact, islam is everything wrong and everything is wrong with islam. For you info, we in Christianity condemns sin whenever we sees one not minding who's involved and yes, Christians are not perfect but Christianity is.

Neither do I give a damn whether you live in a hole or on the moon. You conveniently said Islam is all what you wrote because you say you live in a Muslim country, and that Christianity is perfect but Christians aren't. Using your logic, one can also say that Christianity is evil and bad and that Christianity is everything wrong and everything is wrong with Christianity. Such person can also say Muslims are not perfect, but Islam is.

Isn't it ignorant that you say Muslims are hypocritical because they fast from dawn to dusk while you are not a Muslim and thus, not privy to the reasons and rulings why Muslims do such? A secondary school student shouldn't even make that conclusion.

Lastly, as regards Christians condemning sins, is it not Christians who always rise in defense of pastors who are alleged to have engaged in sins? These Christians always proclaim the pastors innocent before the man even utters a word. Those Christians portray the accuser as being used by the devil and come up with the 'touch not my anointed' mantra. Are those Christians or not?

Cheers!

excanny:
I dont really care. Anyone following religious books written by cavemen over 1700 years is stvpid. No apologies.

Well, such 'stvpidity' is recognized and respected by the Constitution. It is also practised by billions of people of the world. So, the discourse isn't about whether they're stvpid or not, but whether their rights to be stvpid is being respected or not.

Cheers!

excanny:
You dont need Islam to tell you except you are really really dumb. These are common sense cases where its ideal to put off fasting.

Football is a highly physical sport and one needs to be in the best health status and well stored reserve of energy to achieve the best.

So, in your opinion, religion should be like a tap that can be turned on and off at your whim. If one isn't comfortable with paying tithes, he should just stop paying it? If a Christian isn't happy with the commandments in the Bible, he can afford to not follow them. According to your logic, that's common sense and it would be dumb for you not to do them.

Secondly, players have always played during Ramadan, so I don't know where this talk of how Ramadan inhibits playing. The players in question have not said they won't play but it's the coach that wants them to abandon their religious obligation because of a match.

Quick question:
If an employer insists a worker comes to work every Sunday when the worker wants to be in church to practise his religion, is it common sense for the worker to accept or unacceptable for the employer to demand such?

degamemaster:
My brother that is the hypocrisy in islam, in fact everything about them is hypocritical.

Your signature shows you're a Christian. Will it then be right if I judge some of Christianity practices based on my practices as a Muslim? Will it be right if I call some Christian beliefs hypocritical because it doesn't conform with what my religion teaches me? Will it be right if I criticize the concept of tithes in Christianity because it isn't the same with Zakat in Islam? Won't it be stupid if I laugh at how Christians pray because it's not how other religions pray?

excanny:
Fine. These examples shows that common sense should guide when to put off fasting. So apply same while playing an important once in a lifetime match for your country. Cameroon 2019 will never come again, why fail your country when they need you most?

Firstly, the players haven't said that they won't play the match because they're fasting. According to the article, the coach doesn't want them to fast on the match day. So, it's not a case of dereliction of duty. Secondly, the instances I listed aren't common sense; they're duly noted and recognized in Islam.
Thirdly, the match in question isn't a once in a lifetime match. Do you see a religious practice as a faucet that can be turned on and off? Islam isn't like that. You don't practise Islam on your own conditions. There are laws guiding the practice of the religion.
When clubs give players time off when they suffer a loss, does that mean that the player have failed the team when they need him most? These players are humans with emotions, passions, cultural and religious beliefs. If you expect them to abandon their beliefs and emotions because of you, isn't that selfish on your part?

excanny:
If he was on the brink of death and needs to eat, wont he go against his religious belief?

This shows you don't have an idea of what fasting in Ramadan or the practice of Islam entail. You seem to equate Ramadan fast to be a do-or-die affair. The practice of Islam shouldn't be herculean. As regards fasting, there are some people that are exempted from fasting. A sick person, a traveler, a menstruating woman etc are excused from fasting in Ramadan. They'll however repay the fast at the appropriate time.
Let me enlighten you a little bit. Do you know that pork is forbidden for a Muslim? But if there's famine and the only food available is pork, then a Muslim is obligated to eat that pork to stay alive. If he doesn't eat the pork at that time and he dies, he has committed a sin.

RonJeremy:
Everything Muslim must have K-leg.....

Don't blame your ignorance of a religion/phenomenon on the religion/phenomenon. Study it first.

excanny:
Ahmed Musa is an important player for now. He must be started at all means.

Even if he goes against his religious belief and practice in the process?

WotzupNG:
Are you waiting for the day they someone will collapse before you know that fasting and engaging in strenous exercises is bad?

Africans are always stupidly reactive instead of being proactive.

This has nothing to do with Africans and always being 'stupidly reactive'. The guy you quoted told you that no player has collapsed as a result of fasting on the pitch. Not just African players but players in European leagues too. This has nothing to do with your insult on Africans.
What this means is there is no precedence of collapsing on the pitch while fasting. Thus, it's not seen as a dangerous practice. I believe that club administrators and sports nutritionists are aware of the relationship between fasting and playing football and might have put measures in place to accommodate the two.

dayowunmi:
Turkish football league is still ongoing despite fasting being on. Nigerians and religious fanatism. If premier league was still on will he be telling his boss not to use him because he's fasting?

Firstly, the players in question did not ask the coach not to use them. Did you read the news? It's the coach that wants them not to fast on match day.
Secondly, this isn't about religious fanatism. The fact that the Turkish Premier League is on doesn't mean I shouldn't observe my fast. What's my business with how I fast in Ramadan with the Turkish League? Even if 90% of th players in Turkey are Muslims, do you know of the provisions that's been made for them? Fasting isn't supposed to stop you from working. Yaya Toure, Benzema, Ribery, Ozil are Muslims players who play during Ramadan.

mapet:
I am Christian......and I will try to answer you question with another question.

Why are you trying to define Muslim fast from another lens

Thank you for this. Why would we hold other people's beliefs to our own standards? Why should we analyze people's beliefs through the prism of our own standpoint? It's just like me as a Yoruba man condemning an Igbo man for upholding his culture, whereas such culture doesn't even affect me.

Kathmandu:
Why should they be fasting when they have an important national assignment

They ain't the only players available to the team.
Secondly, the coach should have made plans to replace them knowing that the match would fall within Ramadan.
Thirdly, you can't expect a player to go against his religious beliefs just to please his boss.

Afam4eva:
I think the Muslim players that want to observe the fast should be excused from the national team till after Ramadan.

Very simple. If the players believe they can't give their best for the team, they can always go on a break during Ramadan.

Papiikush:
lol, you say you are fasting but you eat first thing in the morning and once it's 7pm you rush to the kitchen. Na only lunch you no chop but you go still complain say fasting tough

Abeg who is fooling who?

What's your problem with how adherents of a religion practise their religion? Does it affect your life? You think Ramadan only involves not eating and drinking during the day? You're greatly mistaken. Even if they eat 24 hours a day and call it fasting, it's none of your business. Back in secondary school, I noticed that Christians' fast involves drinking water. Though I was amazed, I didn't question it because it was none of my business.

I'll suggest you do same.

latsy:
There is a difference between moral support and physical support.

I don't get your point.

nextstep:
Never ok.

If your child is being hurt, protect the child and remove them from the situation.
On top of another man... na your own fault be dat. Walk away, then deal with it maturely later.
Fighting with your mom... well, your mom is an adult who likely caused the trouble
If she hit you... quietly take your beating like a man and don't fade. Shey na ordinary hand? A woman's hand?

Reacting with violence will only make things worse. Save your strength for when it's really needed.

LOL. In your submission, none of the scenarios have put the woman at blame. So according to you, if a wife is caught cheating, it's the husband's fault. Wow!! Please tell me how? Even if the husband's sexual prowess doesn't satisfy her, is cheating the answer?

If the husband's mother is also in a physical alterations with her, you also conveniently blamed the mother by saying she might have caused the trouble, thus absolving the wife. Great one!

Also, you said if she hits the husband, the husband should take it like a man. Wow! How about the woman keeps her hands to herself?!

This post reminds me of Yaya Toure who was sulking because he wasn't given a birthday cake by Man City.

There are 2 types of people- good and bad people. Being good shouldn't be predicated on one's tribe.

mykl01:
Haven't we already done that in Nigeria?
Can you boldly go to Kaduna and call the person that tried to commit homicide an idiot

Dude, you're missing the point. The idiots in Kaduna that attacked that Christian were wrong. If Nigeria had any bit of sanity, they should have been prosecuted. Those idiots in Kaduna were as wrong as the masquerades that attacked worshippers in their mosque in Ekiti.

chukwuaustin:
If u are a Yoruba moslem sorry for u because u slavery will last forever it not bad to stop something as evil as associating with zoo Moslems am glad I did....

The ignorance in this mindset though. You really think Muslims of Yoruba origin practise Islam with the approval of Northern Muslims? Dude, you don't know jack about Islam. You think Yoruba Muslims take orders from Northern Muslims? Kindly tell me how Yoruba Muslims are slaves to Northern Muslims.

chukwuaustin:
It gave me opputunity to know that Isis is Izala n Izala is Isis,it gave me the opputunity to know that 80% of the Moslems directly or indirectly love the activities of boko haram n Isis.Biafra will benefit from my experience.

The population of Nigeria is believed to be around 180million. Let's say Muslims take 45% of that, that's 81million Muslims in Nigeria. Now, you said 80% of Muslims support Boko Haram, that's should give us about 64million Muslims that's support Boko Haram. How many Muslims have you met for you to come to this conclusion?
Dude, you went into a religion as a bet. You probably didn't study the religion before joining. You were not convinced that you were making the right decision. Obviously, the foundation was weak. You won't be missed. I dare say that you joinedjoined because of some benefits you thought you would get from humans.