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Those danfo drivers are a menace, forever putting lives in danger.

I look forward to the day when I no longer see those horrible yellow minibuses on Lagos roads.

Those danfo drivers are a menace, forever putting other lives in danger.

I look forward to the day when I no longer see those horrible yellow minibuses on Lagos roads.

The problem of Northern officials stealing resources meant to improve the lives of the Northern populace is why Boko Haram found room to grow in the first place.

Those people still haven't learned and until the Northern masses are willing to make their crooked leaders fear for their lives it will continue to happen.

2kurupt:
Why should I address your questions when you dodged mine b4 asking yours?

Every city got it's good & bad sides. Aside the negative news & reports, ask yourself when last the top media outfits cnn, BBC etc etc reported something that's commendable in South America or Africa?

Do you know there were terror & crime related attacks during some previous sports events hosted by your beloved US of A? Google it then maybe you'll have a rethink.

This matter has been over flogged, enough said. I'll stop responding to comments on this thread henceforth.

You didn't ask a question.

You have failed to make a valid point supported by evidence and are now ducking out of a discussion that you clearly did not (and do not have) sufficient understanding of.

All cities suffer with crime by crime in Rio is a greater concern than elsewhere. It is regularly surveyed as being one of the most crime ridden in the world. In a country that is recognised as being one of the most unequal.

P.S.
Nowhere have I expressed love for the USA - someone tried to suggest that crime in Queens, New York is as bad as it is Rio. The US Open is played in Queens every year without the crime problems that Rio has. I detest lies and misinformation and self-hatred and that is why I asked questions and presented evidence and sound logic.

2kurupt:
Self hate you say? How about passing your point across without being abusive? It's not like you're gonna be paid throwing around insults to anybody that doesn't share your views.

Digging thru Google to find negative news links ain't gonna validate the fact that a cruise ship accommodation for a select few is out of place & completely unnecessary. Would they be putting on gas mask during the basketball matches for fear of zika virus? Enough said, peace out

That's the most recent news story, I didn't need to dig. It's doing the rounds on social media.

You still haven't explained or supported your point.

The facts are:

Top athletes typically find alternate accommodation during the Olympics, it happened last time in London, in 2012. It happened previously in Beijing, in 2008.The US basketball team has always done so this time and idiots are shouting about 'blackman mentality' without:

a) explaining what a 'blackman mentality' is
b) explaining why so many 'white' athletes are also staying away from the Olympic Village
c) explaining why they should not stay in a venue where they have the best security and comfort

Australians are complaining about their accommodation - Rio Olympics Athletes' Village Declared "Uninhabitable" http://deadspin.com/rio-olympics-athletes-village-declared-uninhabitable-1784219622. Do they also suffer from the so-called 'blackman mentality'?

And here's more Rio news - Russian diplomat shoots dead armed mugger in Rio:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/05/russian-diplomat-shoots-dead-armed-mugger-in-rio-6048889/#mv-b

Why don't they cut themselves off from power by divesting power to states and/or regional governments.

Stop this foolish unitary nonsense.

2kurupt:
"there aren't enough good quality hotels in Rio" Did I just read that correctly?

C'mon man, Rio de Janeiro is a top holiday destination & that wasn't just a media propaganda. I ain't a Brazilian but I find that statement of yours insulting, discrediting an entire city just to justify your point.

So the rest of the US contingent using the Olympic village & lodging at hotels are 3rd class American citizens right?

Someone said "Blackman mentality" above and you guys were seeking for his head. I can't say am surprised in all these since almost the entire US basketball team is made up of blacks.

The top golfers and tennis players also have alternate/superior accommodation - is that also due 'blackman mentality'? Those that have the means usually do not stay in the village because the hames village is, at best, a mediocre venue.

A lack of quality hotels was a comment made by several media outlets and the US basketball administration decided to take appropriate action. The Australians have been crying that they wish they'd found alternate accommodation because the official quarters are a disgrace - is that also because of a 'blackman mentality'? They've been saying for years that Rio would need a lot of work to be ready for such events.

How about the athletes who have said that they won't be going to Rio because they fear for their health and safety? Is that also due to 'blackman mentality? Is it a 'blackman mentality' that has some people worried about the Zika virus during Brazil's winter time when mosquitos will be non-existent? Or in Rio when the Zika virus is more prevalent in northern Brazil?

Some of you have a level of self-hatred thah makes me wonder why you don't top yourselves instead of occupying space and spewing nonsense. What the hell is a 'blackman mentality'?

Many athletes will nat be staying in the games village. It happens every tournament. I'm still not sure why it's such a big deal to some of you.

P.S.
This is the Rio that you are defending - Bus full of Chinese basketball reporters caught in roadside gunfight on the way to Olympic Village in Rio:
http://shanghaiist.com/2016/08/05/rio_roadside_shoot_out.php

gists:
First, it is hypocritical to lament about the amount of money being lost because of the subsidy for Hajj pilgrims even though you kept quiet when the Christian pilgrims were also subsidised by the same government last year.

But having said that, this government campaigned that they will stop wastages. What better/bigger example of wastage can you think of than subsidizing pilgrimage - be it muslims or christians. The money being used for this purpose will go a long way in solving some of our pressing needs.

We should always talk and speak out when the government does something wrong. It is very silly and childish (to say the least) when you speak only when it favour you or while trying to pull down the other. It reminds me of Jibrin and Dogara.

No Nigerian pilgrims should be sponsored or subsidized.

Anyone stupid enough to buy into the idiotic myths that cause them to waste their time and money in the Middle East should go on their own dime.

kode12:
This is nonsense. Why would they disqualify Nigerian airlines without staring their reasons for doing so. In my opinion that's just a means of forcing more Nigerian pilgrims to use their own airline services,so even the Nigerian companies won't even be able to make money from the flights. The gov't must take measures ASAP. This is unacceptable

The only measure that should be taken is for Nigerians to open their eyes and see that religion is gouging them dry.

Why spend so much to go to Saudi Arabia where you will be mistreated and blamed for their incompetence?

I hope people have not already forgotten about the many people who died last year because of Saudi laziness.

2kurupt:
Agreed the other athletes are broke & New York income index far exceeds that of Rio but least you forget it's the same place that hosted a galaxy of stars in the World Cup. You certainly can't say hundreds of professional footballers plying their trade in top leagues were broke azz too.

We ain't saying their ain't rich but this is just unnecessary show-off because it's certainly not the first time US basketball stars are going to the Olympics.

It happens all the time, at every Olympics. The US basketball players, the tennis players and the high profile golf players get their own, superior accommodation. Usually it's a hotel but there aren't enough good quality hotels in Rio so they've had to charter a cruise ship hotel. I'm not sure how this constitutes showing off.

Nor do I can't blame them, the dorms provided are of a low standard.

You mentioned the World Cup in Brazil, there were serious concerns pertaining to accommodation during that tournament as well:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509591/Englands-World-Cup-squad-stay-hotel-overlooks-Brazils-biggest-slum.html

Didn't they say that they would stop this foolish practice?

Another promise broken.

MadCow1:
Good Father..


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You see that look in the kids eye, that is a look of gratitude to her Dad for raising her in the Christian way. She knew she deserved that asswhooping.

He is raising his child in the Christian way: Spare the rod and spoil the child..

Train up a child in the way she should grow and when she is old, she will look back on those scares and say;

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You are mentally unstable if you think this is good parenting.

You are doubly unstable for believing that there is a deity that sanctioned such behavior.

masseratti:
very funny, so In your words because coca cola is sold for hundred naira and Hennessey is sold for 20k, that means Hennessey is richer that coca cola?clearly you ve not being to either queens or ajegunle. And stop diplaying your ignorance online, Rio City is as big as New York city, with its high brow areas just like Manhattan and its slums just like queens so Please stop abeg, some of the most beautiful places you will visit in your life are in Rio and its beautiful, same city host world cup couple of years ago, no one was kidnapped.

You don't appear to understand the words that you read or those which you write.

The poverty rate in NYC is much lower than in Rio where poverty is rife.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2016-the-road-to-rio-gold-is-paved-with-grinding-poverty-10439009.html

Basketball players are amongst the wealthiest athletes in the world. Average salary in the NBA: $5,883,681; Median Salary: $3,241,800
http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/players.html

That is not sentiment. Income levels in Rio are lower. Infrastructure is worse in Rio and crime is much worse in Rio, it's one of the most dangerous cities on earth:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/travellers-stories/being-a-tourist-in-one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-cities/news-story/984e1cfd483208801f7552665187d764

But you keep telling yourself otherwise, it's clear that you are not working with a clear deck of cards.

Please broaden your reading base because your knowledge of the world is horrendous.

masseratti:
rip favalas are as dangerous as ajegunle and queens in new York, if you guys av not stepped out of Nigeria please hush it, the place in rio they are is just like saying you fortified your self in park view lagos because of mushin story, the purpose of the game is to bond with others, Olympic is more of a game festival not to exclude yourself, most of these players in less than 20years from now will be broke ass, meanwhile there counterparts in other sports that are white will still be well off amd they didn't bring a yatch to the games.

This is about the basketball players who are amongst the best paid sportsmen in the world. It is the other sportsmen who are broke not the basketball players.

The purpose of the games is financial, which is why McDonald's is a main sponsor despite selling junk food.

Queens is nowhere near as dangerous as Rio and Ajegunle is easily avoidable.

It's clear that you have no idea what you are talking about.

masseratti:
black man with his mentality, smh

What does this have to do with the 'black man and his mentality' when Rio is one of the most dangerous cities on earth?

What is the black man's mentality and how does it work in this instance where some of the administrators are white?

Amaechi is the same fool who rode on trains and rail lines that he claimed did not exist only a few months prior.

This is the same idiot who wasted so much money on a Port Harcourt monorail and hospital that was never built, the funds vanished into thin.

And people are still taking him seriously?

Cadamlk:
When GEJ removed the subsidy in 2011,i was among the few that supported the idea. I wonder why the man bowed to pressure and returned it again.

I kept telling people that subsidy is a scam,they called me names.Now i have been vindicated.

The people who protested are in government now.

GEJ relented because the fools who make up the majority of the Nigerian populace decided to believe the liars who are still lying to them - they said it was for the poor when in reality it was for Tinubu and his friends.

These people have no integrity.

Neither party does.

OP is very confused.

Which is it - an American university or a European university?

We get that the political class in Nigeria is useless but this isn't a good way to make your point.

There are a number of variables as to why laptops are more common in one society than another.

Why don't you make a thread about the ridiculous birth rate in Nigeria and how that effects living standards?

Or the obsession with religion that has people ignoring practical medical advice from qualified professionals and instead listening to foolish religious charlatans?

Kutis tell the truth and Nigerians get angry. It's been that way for decades.

That Ooni is an idiot and the other traditional ruler is a slowpoke as well.

They don't understand that their words and actions are undermining their own authority which means that they don't understand the source of their power.

Let both of them abdicate if they do not know what they are doing.

Let them take Buhari with them.

The new leader has announced his plans since the old leader became president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...

cckris:
His village will be regretting that they have one useless brother who doesn't want to help anyone.

What should he be doing to 'help' people in is village?

Why are they dependent on him?

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What's the meaning of this?

RAOD?

Inside joke or incompetence?

A lot of those kids come from the Benin Republic and Niger.

It's been going on for a while.

His arms would be limp and down by his side if he were dead.

This is useless clickbait.

More money down the drain.

Let a private Nigerian entity purchase and run the business as a business instead of pouring more government funds into a project that has already lost hundreds of millions (by one way or another).

What happened to all the money they were claiming to have recovered?

macof:
what has the big bang theory got to do with Christianity? that it was proposed by a Catholic priest doesn't make it an achievement of Christianity because it wasn't proposed in honour of any christian principle
if anything it goes against Christianity. .. what happened to "and God said"?

lemme ask you, why has the big bang theory not been embraced by churches?

If they want to take credit for the big bang theory let them also take credit for the pederasty that was/is rampant amongst their clergy.

Churches are full of runs girls.

It doesn't matter which country you're in it's the same cesspool.

Someone already made a thread about the price of tomatoes having dropped.

Stephen Keshi is dead but this man is still alive.

And people keep talking 'there is god o'. Really?

I hope that Nigerians demand to see/hear genuine manifestos instead of delusional promises as was the case with APC.