₦airaland Forum

kritikali:
No need for too much grammar, they re d poorest becos they don't have oyel and are landlocked...simple and short..u talk too much

They were the poorest 100 years ago, hence the amalgamation - check your history.

It is has nothing to do with oil.

Botswana is landlocked and is one of the wealthiest nations on the continent.

Switzerland is landlocked and is one of the wealthiest in the world.

If you want to find the cause of the endemic poverty in northern Nigeria then you are going to have to be more honest about the socio-economic situation.

zeestunner:
This is how the north bring there young ones to national limelight how many young ppl from south jonathan. Bring come national limelight b4 u know this guy go become member of house of rep later,later who knws speaker or a very lucrative commitee later governor etc na small small d boy go take turn don for naija. Southern leaders watch and learn. Don't hate the player hate d game.

The name of the game is not government, it is private enterprise.

Civil service is not a means to national prosperity or development, sadly many Nigerians do not seem to understand this fact. It is why the north remains the poorest region of the country even after all their angling for political power.

NeduLuiZ:
I have not known buhari to be nepotic



Having second thoughts

You haven't been paying attention.

He has never said or done anything for the benefit of Nigeria.

Everything he has done and said has been for Islamists and Fulanis.

OJODEL10:
Normal children that died at birth will go to heaven for it is written in the bible that their sins are forgiven

What 'sin' has a 2 month old committed?

lionduke:
He has been surviving without being in NPF official pay roll.

What has he been surviving with?

You know damn well that he has been surviving on 'donations' that he has extracted from 'suspects'.

dayo23:
Just send 6 team Isreali special force (jackals) they will not only bring back the girls safely they will wipe all BH members to ashes

They'll kill the girls too.

Accidentally, of course.

Psalmwellcology:
We don’t seem to learn in this country ooo.... I comment my reserve

What is your issue with Oliseh?

Never liked this dude since his nonsensical actions against Greece.

His selection was a true reflection of Lagerback's unsuitability as Super Eagles coach.

I don't care where he is.

Buhari should order a reliable handgun and turn it on himself.

It's quite clear that this man is not, nor has he ever been, fit to run Nigeria.

I pity all of you fools who were swayed to think otherwise.

Chickens coming home to roost.

You wanted to make Islam your foundation.

You want to copy the Arabs - well this is what Islamized Arabs do.

Lol at Rivers State.

No way does it deserve to be on that list, there are at least 10 states safer than Rivers.

Opinedecandid:
I'm from Akwa Ibom.

Obong Attah performed.

Obong Akpabio super-performed.

Deacon Udom will certainly over-performed.

Abiak ake biak.

Haters jump into the next keke out of town

Not sure about Attah but it's clear what Akpabio did.

Attah may have created the blueprint but he wasn't able to put much in action, from what I saw. It was during Akpabio's time that I saw real change.

For everyone who wants to talk about 'allocation' - for many years Rivers State, Bayelsa and Delta far exceeded what AKS got and did not come close to doing what Akpabio administration was able to do.

transit4:
he had setup a ten man committee to oversee the project.. the annoying thing is that he added an Igbo man to the list

What's the problem with an Igbo man being on the list?

People like you are the problem with Nigeria.

Ashawo give birth everyday - why is this 'news'?

efilefun:
The funny thing here is that most people who are been scammed are the greedy and gullible ones, imagine been told you won RM15.9M from USA while you live in Malaysia Na your spirit fly go USA go compete or did your spirit play any lotto on ur behalf... If he's not looking for money thru the short way he wont be scammed...

NOTE: Aint encouraging the dudes behind the scam but lets just face the fact!!!, we all receive thousands of such emails and we delete them instantly, but he's obviously stu-pid and greedy to follow up the scam until he lost his wealth.

You can't con an honest man.

The only people who fall this kind of scam are greedy or desperate people who expect manna to fall from the sky.

Ivanspring:
Op you know what to do to stop these 'frustrations'. Why not just do it?

Why should he be pressurized into marriage?

It's because of people and attitudes like yours that so many people enter into marriages that don't stand a chance.

All the people who say that they were scammed by Buhari/APC should forever lose the right to vote.

It was obvious from the beginning that they were making outlandish promising which they would never fulfill.

It was even more apparent that they meant Nigeria no good when Buhari kept going to London - when has the UK ever done right by Nigeria?

persius555:
60 percent of products in that market is fake china importation. Commit ur day into the lord's hands b4 buying in that market. Untrustworthy igbo (traders) hustlers and yoruba agberos (roadside phone hawkers) plenty pass the goods in that market. This is where konga, jumia and the others source their merchandise. That explains why a lot of products, especially accessories are returned. All the same, computer village is your one stop shop for tech products. That market is something else.

I didn't know that this is where the online retailers source their goods.

Do you have proof?

There are some good shops in Computer Village, a lot of places I avoid too.

Some good shops there but too crowded and too many touts.

ParrishNorwood:
Depends on the state.

The overwhelming majority.

Maybe Kaduna is different, Kano too but the rest don't do a thing.

holicalpha:
In as much as I would like to Cast Buhari ,I would rather be reasonable than be like one of APC fans and blame the President for petty issues the way they blamed Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for petty issues.



The State Government should do something about these massacres that have going on for years.

God Bless Nigeria
God Bless Nigerians
God Bless DR GEJ.

We all know that state governments in the north don't do anything.

Why would you have a picture taken of you praying if it is supposed to be a conversation with god?

Did not your Jesus condemn the Pharisees for praying out loud?

He didn't 'break' his head, he cut his head.

The police are wildly abusive but please do not exaggerate.

I laugh at all the fools who fell for this man's propaganda and lament for the poor souls being terrorized and slaughtered.

I like your ideas but should you not extend them to your fellow brothers in the south?

Most of them share your same ambition and ability to reason.

‘Iguocha’ or 'Ugwu Ocha' sounds better.

Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

Harcourt was known as a sexual predator attracted to both sexes. He attempted to rape Dorothy Brett, the daughter of Lord Esher, and followed this by an attempt to seduce his son. Dorothy Brett wrote of him that "it is so tiresome that Loulou is such an old roué. He is as bad with boys as with girls ... he is simply a sex maniac. It isn't that he is in love. It is just ungovernable Sex desire for both sexes". His behaviour was known and tolerated in certain private quarters, however, after attempting to seduce a 12-year-old boy (Edward James, who grew up to become a great collector of surrealist and other contemporary art), the boy's mother began making the matter public. Harcourt committed suicide by taking an overdose of a sedative.

A truly disgusting human being.

How do you negotiate with people who are intent on creating an Islamic state in a secular republic?

People who will kill themselves just to kill infidels?

On what grounds will you negotiate?

This will be interesting.

No, it guarantees that you won't know what you are doing.

That you will rush into further bad decisions and that it will be easy for others to influence you.

If you wait, you will most likely have more income, more knowledge and fewer children which often translates to a higher standard of living.

Dollyak:
It appears you don't know what you are taking about. What is your point because your post is out of sync? Anyways, Cornwall as well as many others, has been crying for an independence from England for donkey years, does that mean they would be granted? No, because majority of them are in the minorities. Forget about the past as there are many international constitutions that governs the right to a secession.
Although international law like geneva acts are, in principle, neutral with regard to secession, there are elements associating the unilateral process of State creation with international law. Hence, though there is neither a right nor a denial of secession under international law, each process of secession is associated by certain elements that help depict (if not the legality, at least) the illegality of some cases. However, most of these laws are against a rejection of a call for a secession by the majority of the population. A right to a secession is on a country by country basis and are mostly influenced by the founding constitution. For instance, the union between all the stated in America was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the states. This isn't the case for Nigeria or countries like United Kingdom. Hence, why Scotland was allowed to have a referendum last year.
Heck, even though the law makes a secession by any states in U.S. absolutely pointless. Yet It took 150000 votes in 2012 for texas to activate their right to a secession, of which was rightly turned down by the federal court.

Bear in mind that it is the majority that counts. In Spain any polls on sovereignty must be held nationally hence why they have been repeatedly shut down by Spanish parliament. Go and check Spanish law, the only way they can trigger the clause is for the majority of the Spanish people to vote in favour of a referendum or call for it. Nigerian law is not as water tight as those countries I have mentioned. This has been said countless times by many people.
The point is there are now many laws that bounds the right to a secession unlike in he past where countries like Russia can just hold countries against their wishes.

There should be a call for the revaluation of the union going forward. I know majority of African countries are regional based rather than parliamentary or federal. So I would imagine this also holds true for Nigeria to an extent. Nigeria doesn't have a solid case against a secession by international standards especially when you factor the things like different tribes, religion, marginalisation etc. Major tribe Yoruba, Igbo or hausa/fulani have he right to demand a referendum.
In conclusion, those posts of yours is irrelevant and doesn't mean a secession is impossible if that was the intention of your post.

Cornwall is the worst possible example because it is one of the poorest parts of the UK, not just England.

My point is that there are several countries where prosperous regions are tied to less dynamic regions.

You said that such would never happen in Europe which is a patent lie, Europe has several such examples.

Belgium is a prime example, Spain is another. Ask someone who lives in west Germany what they think of the former East Germany; or what a Bavarian thinks about the rest of Germany ;and it will not sound too dissimilar to what a Catalan would say about the rest of Spain; or what a northern Italian thinks about southern Italy.

You told a clear lie that, that common myth spread idiots "only in Nigeria" that people such as yourself like to convince yourself of. The reality is that there is very little that happens "only in Nigeria" but people such as yourself cannot see context, cannot observe what happens outside of your tiny sphere and as a result fail to grasp a sense of perspective.

I have no issue with a law change being proposed but there are other countries where people are bound together with others, seemingly against the will of the people. Don't forget that referendums are about marketing and money and we've just seen how those elements can be used to swayed the masses in Nigeria - you won't always get an honest or the best outcome.

Nigeria does not need to completely disintegrate but constitutional reform is a must. There must be provision in any such arrangement for the union to remove those elements that refuse to tow the line and pull their own weight, as is the case with a number of the northern states.

xdos:
Yea I agree... My major fear is the effect the high level of corruption in this country will have on the safety part of this project.

You think Russia does not have problems with corruption?

Or China?

Or India

Or Brazil?

Or Ukraine or Poland?

Corruption is not unique to Nigeria.

Human error can never be eliminated so long as there is even one human being alive. That is no reason to live in constant fear of progress.

Oseite:
I repeat, the only thing that matters now is that Sanford is one of the largest employers of labour in Nigeria. Do you think a gainfully employed employee of his cares what else he has done that might be wrong? If the refinery were to be completed, and the ripple effect is lower fuel prices and stable electricity, how many people will care how he got his money in the first place. If he was to pack up and go, many Nigerians will lose, including southerners.

Do you honestly believe that he would take all his money out of Lagos if his region (which he seems to do little for) was expelled from the union?

I broached the issue of how he got his start mainly to show that he is not a visionary of any kind. This is a man who was given exclusive import licenses, any fool could make money selling them.

Lagos is the largest city on the continent.

Nigeria is the biggest economy in Africa.

He needs Nigeria a lot more than Nigeria needs him.

Without government help he would not be able to prosper. That is a fact.

If he stepped aside, another entity would step in. The profits are there to be made.

Oseite:
How he got his start is not the issue in question. And I do not deny that he could and should have done more for Nigerians, not just fellow northerners. The fact remains that there are a significant amount of southerners who have benefited from him. And if the refinery is completed, more southerners will benefit as it is in the south. Even now as it is under construction, majority of the workers there are from the south.

Do you honestly believe that one Dangote who, if we're being honest, has done nothing besides import goods that could and should be produced in Nigeria, wipes out the economic, political and social retardation that Nigeria has suffered as a result of the likes of Abacha, Babangida and before them fools such as Ahmadu Bello?

There is nothing unique about Dangote, he is the man for the hour but there are others who would have done just as well with the same opportunities and many others who would have done better with similar opportunities to influence government.

Can you not see that if Nigeria were an open market for the most productive Nigerians, and not just those close to the Federal government, then the country would prosper?

Why do you think we still have a unitary method of dividing revenue? Who benefits from such a silly formula? Why do unproductive Nigerian states steal from productive states by way of 'federal allocation'? Do Dangote's actions wipe away the deficit caused by such policies?