₦airaland Forum

akashi01:
Exactly!!! This machine was dumped exactly where you see it in the picture...I walk past it everyday and ask my friends why the school can't use it to power the whole school or at least School of Engineering only...The Nigerian politics in every aspect of life is just toooo fvcked

Until Nigerians are will to hold their leaders to account; until political leaders understand that they are public servants and have no choice but to work in the best interests of the people; until they fear for their lives, then this will keep happening.

Peter Rufai has caused more heart attacks than viagra.


P.S.
This photo reminds as to why Oliseh is a disgrace - rather than embrace the best goalkeeper that Nigeria has ever produced he drove Enyeama away.

Every week a new story.

macof:
1. There is only one person that will decide, so the decisions are made quickly and there are fewer arguments regarding the new policies to be imposed.
2. Monarchy reduces the heavy amount of expenditures of the nation in the elections and campaigns as there is no need to elect the next ruler; Even in an Elective Monarchy like in Yorubaland
3. The masses have great respect to their king or queen as Head of State than an elected president as he/ she will rule for a term only. This promotes patriotism
4. Countries ruled by a monarch government have less corruption. Rulers know that their leadership is not for a term period, so they have no lust for money. They do not have the intentions to misuse their authority for corruption.
5. there is greater accountability and no blaming the "opposition". The Monarch is less distracted and the people not deceived by political tricks

Thailand is a monarchy and is mired in political chaos, has been for a few years now. Thailand is notoriously corrupt. People don't respect the monarchy in Thailand, they fear the monarchy because honest discourse about the head of state can lead to a prison term. Anyone found in possession of books critical of the monarchy faces three years in prison:
http://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2015/09/10/american-thai-community-seeks-end-to-monarchys-influence/
Corruption in Thailand:
http://time.com/3674200/thailand-tourism-police-corruption-shakedown-extortion/
http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/thai-junta-beset-by-corruption-scandals/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/21/thaksin-thailand-corruption

Brunei hasn't moved forward at all in the past 20 years and they are a monarchy with a small population and large oil reserves but you wouldn't know it if you were there. Where is the evidence of speed of thought an action here? A tiny country such as this should have surged past everyone, including/especially the democratic Singapore. The reality is that the reverse is true.

Saudi Arabia is a monarchy with the largest known reserves of oil; the country has huge (yet depleting) financial reserves; is the seat of Islam drawing millions of tourists and billions of dollars from pilgrims. They have barely moved forward as a society since the discovery of their oil reserves and the monarchy has had to struggle to force through simple reforms, such as female education. In 2016 Saudi women cannot leave their homes unless permitted by a male relative. Women cannot drive. And if you want to talk about corruption and waste you need look no further than the Saudi princes. Saudi also cracks down heavily on 'dissent':
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-saudi-monarchys-harsh-crackdown
Corruption in Saudi Arabia:
http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/middle-east-north-africa/saudi-arabia/snapshot.aspx
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/sa-corruption.htm

Bahrain isn't corrupt? Why were people protesting in 2011? Why were people being attacked by security forces? Because they love their system of government? Because they feel that their concerns are being listened to? Because the government is progressive?

Northern Nigeria has emirs and yet it is one of the worst places in the world to live. Explain how monarchy has made that society better? Tell me how it has allowed that region to become more progressive? Where is the evidence of the speed of thought and decision making in northern Nigeria?

Where is the accountability in monarchies? Most claim to have divined their power from a deity, deities that they cannot prove exist. That in itself is a fraudulent claim so how does one build a system of honesty and integrity on a foundation of lies? If that isn't a trick then what is it?

Monarchy is the antithesis of accountable government. There is nothing to stop them from abusing their power or misusing funds.

Transparency is the answer to corruption, not opaque government. Monarchy is a throwback to a bygone era. The constitutional monarchies of Europe are tolerated for now because they have largely been pushed to the background. Representative national governments and the EU make the important decisions in those nations, not the monarchs. It's important to not here that there is a movement to eradicate many of them:
http://www.aerm.org/
https://republic.org.uk/

Monarchy sets a bad tone for a society if those people are trying to move forward. It encourages slavish dedication to an individual who has been elevated above the rest, not by account of their achievements. If a people are trying to be progressive and forward thinking it is imperative that they embrace ideals that allow everyone to contribute to the fullest of their abilities. No one should be able to jump ahead of another because they are family of royalty, that is what leads to the incompetence that plagues regions such as northern Nigeria, the GCC and Thailand. Meritocracy and transparency should be universal values if we are to be a free and fair.

China has pulled more people out of poverty in the past 30 years than any nation in history. Has developed quicker than any nation in history. Is the engine of economic growth globally, all this without being a monarchy. The previous record holder was the USA, again, not a monarchy.

Born, throwaway.

MmmS:
I'm fabricating stories? The US army was called in to hunt for Boko Horam camps and rescue the Chibok girls that were believed to be in Nigeria and Cameroon. Since Boko Horam is only in Nigeria why search in Cameroon as well? Or is the fact that innocent people are only being killed in Nigeria by Boko Horam is something to be proud of?

You know what, may the rest of the World is fabricating all those stories that about Nigerians being caught at airports and other ports of entry concealing drugs. Funny enough some of them are published on nairaland. So Nigerians are now fabricating stories about whats really going in Nigeria?

So because there are people willing to buy drugs, those that sell them should go unpunished? If that law operates in your country? Why does EFCC keep arresting Nigerian scammers if internet and credit card fraud doesn't really exist in Nigeria?

Apartheid existed in South Africa the same way Colonialism existed in Nigeria, but there was never a time that over 200 underage females were abducted from a school and forced to marry insurgents or used as suicide bombers during Apartheid now was there? But then again I'm sure you would find that more humane.

Im sorry for fabricating about things i read on nairaland everyday in the politics and crime sections.

Where did I say that Boko Haram was only in Nigeria? They've spread to Cameroon because there's nowhere for them to go in Nigeria, the armed forces there have pinned them back.

And you should be smarter than to believe everything that you read.

You should also be smart enough to understand that colonialism whilst destructive was not the same as apartheid. At least Nigeria got the Brits to go away, the British and Dutch crooks are still in South Africa feeding fat from stolen wealth.


P.S.
The drugs market is international, likewise fraud and cybercrime. Most of the chaos caused by western appetites for illicit substances are felt in Mexico, not Nigeria.



P.P.S.
I don't wish to fight you. I like South Africans. Are you Xhosa?

I wish this were true, maybe then the North would go its own way or at least advocate for full federalism.

Sadly I fear this is a hoax, no serious news outlet is reporting this story.

The OP didn't even post a map that pinpoints Lake Chad, why show us Kaduna?

Sloppy work OP. Try harder next time.

Mods, this is clickbait.

MmmS:
In Nigeria US $24billion simply vanished without explanation, Boko Horam continuously spreading, Fulani herdsmen attacking travellers, Igbos being well known for drug trafficking and murdering people for ritual purposes, Yorubas being known for fraud. Uncle please, what exactly is right about your legal system?

If you're talking about the money that Sanusi claimed was missing - that matter was simply a case of someone speaking without thought. He once claimed that close to $50 billion was missing before someone pointed out that wasn't even possible, that was when he decided that $21 billion had vanished. Then he claimed the number was $2 billion, then changed it again to $12 billion. The international press caught onto the 'story' after the minister for finance and PWC had shown that nothing was missing.

Boko Haram has been cornered in Nigeria, don't spread lies.

A lot of people sell drugs because even more people take drugs. Do you drink alcohol? Even more people commit act of fraud.

None of what you've listed even comes close to the crime committed by the Boers and British against the people of South Africa for which they were forgiven without being made to make restitution for their evil deeds. Maybe you should face those problems instead of fabricating Nigerian stories.

Reyginus:
Lol. The fact you are an old man or you move with the tag 'elder' does not make you a reasonable person. I urge my fellow youths to learn this. There are so many foolish old men in this country.

You speak the truth.

Nigerians have been raised to look up to elders irregardless of how stupid some of these people are. This is why men like Buhari and Obasanjo are held up as icons by some even though they've played a largely destructive role in the history of Nigeria.

lovedatruth:
Honestly, as much as I love dis man called Buhari, he goofed big time on dis. Still can't fathom the rational behind dis decision.

What do you love about Buhari?

What has he done that could be equated with success or progress?

macof:
there are many benefits to monarchy and demerits of Representative democracy

go and learn some politics and government studies and use your brain and stop following what you perceive as popular opinion just to seem cool and intelligent. .. that only disguises your true state

Please tell me about these benefits of monarchy in the 21st century.

macof:
only if you were intelligent, unfortunately it's only someone very stuupid that asks such questions

Would an intelligent person defend a monarch in 2016?

nigerianvenom:
fratermathy, thanks for this.but akwa Ibom has four major cities (uyo, eket, ikot ekpene, oron).
Le meridien hotel is not in uyo but uruan, so is Atlantic fm and cocharis motors.
The first class newly completed hospital built by Akpabio isn't in uyo but itu.
Akwa Ibom is the most peaceful state in Nigeria. It has the deepest sea pot in Nigeria without dredging.
Akwa Ibom has some of the most important entertainers in the entertainment industries and sport, I. e, ini edo, Frank Edoho, ime bishop Umoh, mesh, pasto goddy goddy, emem isong, annie idibia, Vincent enyeama, England youth prodigy rose efanga Barkley.
The first chief justice of Uganda, justice udo udoma was from akwa Ibom.
The first or second cbn governor - clement isong was from akwa Ibom.
The longest serving secretary to the federal government - ufot ekaette is from akwa Ibom.
The second in command of the defunct biafra region - General Philip effiong was from Akwaibom.
The first indigenous IGP of Nigeria-sir Louis effiong was from akwa Ibom.
Maritime Academy of Nigeria is in oron, akwa Ibom.
Akwa Ibom was created same day with katsina state.
The most popular beer in akwa ibom is champion beer which is brew in akwa ibom.
Governor Victor attah married a Canadian while Godswill Akpabio married an igbo woman.
Akwa Ibom has the best delicacies meals in West Africa, I. e edikang ikon, ekpang nkukwo, afong, etc.
I'm from akwa Ibom, incase you don't know and akwa Ibom ayaiya

The late Mrs Attah was from Barbados.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/105296-allison-attah-wife-of-former-akwa-ibom-governor-dies-at.html

It isn't one of the best road networks, it is the best. I just wish that the AKS and CRS governments would work together to build a good highway between Calabar and Uyo because the roads built by those state governments are always much better than those built by the FG or the NDDC. When AKS and CRS governments work on a project they tend to do it to the highest standards.

AKS and CRS are why I believe regional governments are needed. AKS generates sufficient power for its needs but has to feed that power back into the national grid and provide power for places that do not contribute any power. The same can be said of the Federal budget in general.

OP is right about people in CRS and AKS being neat. Definitely the cleanest part of Nigeria.

OP is wrong about the accent. Their English is fine, they speak the language better than most Nigerians, especially the ones who think that by shouting they are being clearer. Ask certain people west of the Niger to pronounce any word with the letter 'H' or 'CH' and you will see what I mean. Besides, I've never heard anyone in AKS or CRS speak English as poorly as Buhari.

macof:
The same difference between you and an intelligent human being

So there's no difference...

When these people were sheltering Boko Haram fighters they didn't think about the long term consequences.

Now that their sons have been killed and their daughters kidnapped they want to cry 'Sai Buhari'.

'Sai Buhari' will not cure your stupidity.

Reading that guy's twitter timeline, it's clear that he's not very intelligent.

If you want to make your feelings known ensure that you, your friends and family boycott his services.

Sijo01:
Blacks are no longer safe in their host countries. God protect your children.

You were never safe.

Only naive people told themselves lies.

HungerBAD:
Good.

The most important thing is that both Religion Worship one GOD.

Are there differences between the Yoruba and Northern Muslims? Islam in the West seem to be more tolerant, and very liberal.

Islam throughout much of West Africa tends to be very liberal and considerate to the point where you can't always readily identify who is Muslim and who is not - this is a good thing.

The biggest exception to this rule are those Muslims in northern Nigeria who wear their religion on their sleeve and use it as an unclad tool of oppression.

lonelydora:
Wow 18 and pregnant, that's good. While 18 years old girls of nowadays are still thinking they are too young to even have a boyfriend.

Most 18 year olds are too young to be responsible parents.

You need a wealth of knowledge and stability to have a chance of successfully raising a child.

owanedo:
my guy you still have the temerity to defend the indefensible? are you bewitched? amachi was not the president of Nigeria at any time. warri port Harcourt was started obj but is yet to be completed after how many years. cleaning up ogoni land that had been an issue for long what happen? how many infrastructure were attracted to the region under gej? what happen to the five dead sea ports in the region under gej. my guy you dey fall hand.

Amaechi is the Minister for Transport, he may decide to scupper the old plans for the railway.

During GEJ Akwa Ibom and Cross River states did well. There was a lot of construction going on in Bayelsa too.

It's not for the President to do everything - the states are responsible for most areas. It's only for the President to sign laws into effect and direct policies that will create an enabling environment for business to flourish. That happened under GEJ, that isn't happening now.

Ideally the states would be more powerful and the federal government smaller and weaker, sadly some people don't want that because they like having one man to blame for problems he neither caused nor is responsible for.

ogmask:
Lol!!! How u must defend GEJ by spitting on Amaechi's face. You even mentioned monorail that the opposition hanged their campaign on but left out the 6 star hotel alams started that is still standing like a bereaved woman. As a gov and president GEJ failed his pple. Amaechi on the other hand did well in rivers state save for politics.
The almajiri sub standard schools built by GEJ could not even survive his tenure UN office, yet that is what you will placate as one of his achievements.
Btw, who said the president can not influence the development of his area. Where they no state govs in the north where u mentioned he did "wonders"? Defending GEJ for ignoring the ND is like saying an imam is the head of the Catholic church. GEJ knew he goofed thatv as why he begged the pple of the ND for a second chance.
For this mata, GEJ fail like bug time.

Who knows if there are state governors in the North or not.

They don't seem to do anything besides collect oil rent for other people's lands.

owanedo:
my guy, sit again and reflect on all you have just posted. now I know juju is still very effective. how can a sensible, reasonable and responsible man neglect his home and go out to build other people's home and you are holding brief for him. niger delta problem has been there before he became president and common sense demand that it should have been his primary task to develop it, in stead he decides to use divide and rule tactics to the detriment of the larger populace of his region. ask asari dokunbo where his investment are?

For him to show favoritism to his area of the country is to be bad President. He had to be impartial.

Besides, he didn't 'neglect' his home. The plans for the rail network were for the train to run through Otuoke. Not sure what Amaechi has done to those plans.

What 'divide and rule tactics' do you speak of?

What's the difference between Olori and Olosho?

cornoil:
Many communities in Niger Delta are in this same state, GEJ really disapointed his people, with his 6 yrs in governance Niger Delta should ve turned to London by now.

He was the President of Nigeria for 5 years. That meant that he had other concerns besides the Niger Delta, such as:
Building schools for people whose parents refuse to send them to school
Building universities (in the North)
Dealing with Islamic insurgents in the North
Making deals for the renovation of the rail network
Selling Nigeria's potential at the World Economic Forum


You forget that these Niger Delta states have governors. Akwa Ibom and Cross River State have used their resources well, you can see the work that has been done. Bayelsa had seen practically no development from independence until it became a state, they've been working to get up to speed. Rivers, on the other hand, is a disgrace. So much money has been wasted in that state - from the monorail to the world class hospital that never was.

olukenny:
..........stop deceiving yourself in the course of defending what you don't know,if I didn't see what is happening in niger delta but I can confirm with strong evidence that the ijaws militant in arepo creek kill innocent soul in ikorodu,ogijo and arepo.Meanwhile am not ready for your argument,but you are free to insult me cause you must be good in that.

Please post this 'strong evidence' that you claim to have. Post news reports of these militants targeting school children or other innocent civilians.

It's quite clear what this warning is about. It is about Islamic terrorists because they are the ones who kill indiscriminately.

Niger Delta militants do not pay heed to Islamic holidays, Muslims do.

Koreslee:
U a Christian ion need to argue further...
Cos if i do u still gonna go against d facts tho

I'm not a xtian. Do not make assumptions.

What 'facts' have I argued against.