₦airaland Forum

madridguy:
The extortion is just too much. Hope the aforementioned men will have a rethink. We must all CHANGE our ways to have the positive CHANGE we all clamoring for.

did the extortion suddenly happen or suddenly increase. I would assume there must have been extortion even in the previous administration.

if the extortion just started or increased dramatically then they should investigate that.

The Ministers excuse seems a lazy man's excuse to me.

jpphilips:
Have you visited a local refining site before?

you have a point. i am working on assumption. who knows if their volumes can even rival the major refineries

beckNcall:
The President really looks frail. He can wear the same clothes so far it is clean, or he has other types of it. Thats no reason to call this picture fake.
We should stop wishing death on Him, it's not fair.

I just tire for Nigerians

jpphilips:
Naa its illegal refineries.

not likely. The volume/concentration is too much.
there have been illegal refineries since time imo river

Dhayor001:
Trust me, him better pass Sambo. Just saying

as in. that one should just refund his salary abeg!

DropShot:
I am sure Nigerians will rank amongst the world's dumbest people.

Simple logic, we find hard to understand.

I am sure if this regime was culpable, Soyinka and those who matter most in Nigeria would have been up in arms before now.

Imagine people defending criminals and corrupt politicians are same protesting about the economic woes brought upon us by the looters they hail!

Shame on them!

you insult a country because you are headstrong about your opinion on why things are bad now.

except you are a paid promoter of this regime, you would do well to re-evaluate your position on the economy.

note that I agree with the bolded and both sides of the divide (PDP & APC) do this.

DropShot:
Do you understand what determines the value of a currency? Any idea how Naira's value against the dollar is determined?

i hope you also understand that your fall in naira does not align with price of crude and your production output trends.

The waste of the previous administration continues even now!

laudate:
And you did not see anything hate-filled in any of the Igbo guy's responses, ba?? The same Igbo guy that said "calling out an ethnic group using derogatory remarks," is not hatred. I guess it is a sign of affection and respect in his own area...

I already said the Igbo guy's response was disproportionate. that clearly means his (Igbo guy) was worse than that of the yoruba guy's.

the bolded was unneccessary

laudate:
And so? The Yoruba guy was the first to make a derogatory remark, and AustineE1 responded with a remark that was even more vicious and vitriolic than his own. Didn't you see it? Then the Yoruba guy responded with another comment, and your friend AustineE1 got furious and accused him of hatred, after he himself had dished out uncomplimentary remarks in response to the Yoruba guy's post. Why?? My point is that both of them responded to each other in the same vein, so why is one person crying foul and coming here to complain??

Finally, yes - tribalism oozes from both sides of the divide, but if you do a content analysis, you would often see that one side is usually the first to draw blood.

the bolded conclusion is the problem. From what I read, the Yoruba guy was first to draw blood although the Igbo guy's retaliation was disproportionate.

the yoruba guy was also first to accuse the igbo guy of politics of hatred (This politics of hatred will take you nowhere)

laudate:
And you responded to him with vitriolic remarks that exceeded his own. So why are you now complaining?? Because he chose to reply to your vitriol with another comment that was not even as bad as your own? Is that why you are upset??

he is admits he is spewing hatred but he is also saying that the Yoruba guy spewed hatred first but is the first to accuse others.

I am neither yoruba nor igbo but i have seen that the tribalism/hatred is from both sides on this forum.

Statsocial:
Webometric ranking uses four web indicators to determine how relevant the scientic/research journals are across the global academic landscape. E.g the excellence indicator measures the value of google scholar citations of journals by institutions across the globe.

times and shangai are the recognised ranking. Webometrics uses web indicators only.

[from Wikipedia]
The aim of the Ranking is to improve the presence of the academic and research institutions on the Web
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Uniben was 1st in 2004 when it recently went online even though by NUC standards, Uniben was no 5.

If you follow the Times rankings, you will see that University of Ibadan is the best in Nigeria by a distance and the others are not worthy of a ranking.

ALAYORMII:
The tallest in East, Nigeria, Africa, or the World??


This has nothing on the one in Brazil (Christ the Redeemer) not to talk of the one in Poland. (Christ the King)

as in ehn. I am always awed anytime I go see the Cristo Redento

am4truth:
On one hand i agree with you, but for people that are technologically inclined, there is always a way.
Have you heard of VPN?
With a vpn, there is no way government can stop you from visiting any site of your choice.
peace!!

yes there is a way but not with Virtual Private Networks. VPNs do something else.

VPNs are for secure access to private networks through a public tunnel. The concept behind VPN is also used in IP Masking which is what I think you intend to say. IP Masking is useful to hide your identity from the third-party. It would be useful is facebook blocks IP Nigerian IP addresses and you want to access facebook. Masking your IP address would not be useful if government (through NCC) blocks facebook IP addresses from being accessed via our telecoms channels.

2tek:
just as goverment CAN NOT SHUT facebook,youtube,twitter etc

i had hoped this will be the only factual statement in your post but even this is untrue.

Government can actually stop residents from visiting facebook to a large extent.

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Mercifully, the baby won't survive a week...It will journey into the great wheel of life and be re-incarnated into something much less horrific..[/color]

i like the hidden empathy in your post even though i do not believe in re-incarnation

Oladimejyy:
The first thing i want TRUMP(LION) to do is to destroy all those demon houses they called MOSQUE,then send every dick,penis and harry to their country as been MUSLEM and then destroy,damage,burn that book they called KILLER BOOK(QURAN).
Note:For those quoting me,i'av type my word and i can't change it.
I delibrately wrote it so as to know how many bastard mohammed had brainwashed

that you got 42 likes shows islamophobia is real

Wiseandtrue:
I agree with you however they involved Nigerians the moment this story went viral.
For the sake of closure, Nigerians deserves to know who was wrong
Someone needs to apologize not only to Nigerians but for the sake of the other party.
So that healing can take place.

My dear. The moment she accepted this car, I stopped supporting her. rather i support the theory that everything was consensual except the leaking. she was aware she was being videotaped and she performed the act without any coercion.

If she was coerced or was not aware she was being videotaped, then the rational decision is not to accept any car from the organisers and pose in it.

haba na! you sef think am. This girl's estimation of her value and reputation is worth lless than the cost of a car.

veraponpo:
Many Presidents of Ghana have been conceding defeats and have been handing over to the opposition candidates.

Jonathan is not a pace- setter on this matter.

Stopping arrogating special status to that corrupt man.

That does not mean what he did was not commendable but not out of this world.

abi o.

Nma27:
The woman looks like the dominant one in the video and not someone who endured years of beating. The man was reckless but then Rip to him.

my perspectives on info so far:

The man is a cheat whose recklessness ended his life. I dont think he was assassinated by his wife. his recklessness made him high risk. I agree the woman clearly is the dominant one. I also notice both sides (wife vs husband family) are trying to attract sympathy. The wife saying he beat her for 13 years and she has had multiple surgeries is likely false. At the time she was threatening him, i dont think there was likelihood of violence. The hawks (man's family and wife's family) are not helping matters. They seem to be interested in the man's estate.

seunmsg:
How can you in good conscience compare a regrettable military accident to a situation where a minister collected millions of naira from jobless Nigerians and refused to provide a comfortable venue for them to write an aptitude test? Some of you guys are so unbelievable.

His point is that the blame went straight to the top then. the issue then was not about comfort. Immigration, police, customs tests etc. have been done in venues like that. If there was no stanpede/accident, we wont have raised any dust.

My blame for Jonathan then was that he didn't take corrective/punitive actions.

2tek:
mmm: Together we will change the world.

2tek replies an MMM ANTAGONIST--- maclatunji


The following are my questions to the subscribers to MMM popularly called Mavrodians.
here are the answers from my understanding.

1. Where do you think the money you are collecting through MMM is coming from?

MMM claims not to be a business and not an investment, so where do you think the 30% return which excites you so much is coming from?

ANSWER:the 30% comes from traffic generated from the website,money donated by new members, money re-donated by old members and help from other countries. it is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE for ALL these 4 conditions not to occur. MARK ZUCKERBERG, the owner of Facebook is the 5th or 6th richest in the world and one of the ways he gets his money is through traffic generated by Facebook. MMM is currently in over 120 countries of the world with over 200 million participants.

2. Do you know what a Ponzi scheme is?

I have to ask this question because of those who defend MMM with the claim that they have made money from it. To be the clear, a minority will make money from Ponzi schemes being the early adopters that help to create the exponential growth. However, the latter subscribers are the ones that lose greatly. If you understand this, you will not present this argument as evidence for MMM not being a fraud.

ANSWER:BIG LIE.The early adopters will pay the newcomers. the next set of newcomers will pay the early adopters and it continues like that. its a circle that will never end. Money is redistributed among members of MMM on the principle of gratuitousness, benevolence and reciprocity. MMM members donate FREELY to each other. Nobody was forced to join MMM. We are aware of the risks both implicit and explicit. No man has ever succeeded financially without taking CALCULATED RISKS.

3. Where did you get the money you invested in MMM from?

You could not use that money in any legitimate business?

I ask this question because many MMM subscribers behave as if they were incapable of earning money before MMM came.

ANSWER:A good number of MMM subscribers are gainfully employed and have normal businesses. Remember, There is nothing wrong in having an alternative source of income. Remember, we have DANGOTE CEMENT, DANGOTE SUGAR, DANGOTE RICE FARM and now in the pipeline - DANGOTE REFINERY.

4. Is it that you don’t understand that governments across the world are duty-bound not to allow a Ponzi scheme started by an ex-convict that has scammed people across the world operate freely within their countries?

This one is self-explanatory, Sergey Mavrodi the main brain behind MMM is an ex-convict. He got convicted for scamming Russians with a precursor scheme to MMM.

[b]ANSWER: Point of correction-MMM has never defrauded anyone. MMM became so popular in RUSSIA and was controlling one third of the total money in russia at a time, so the government became jealous and decided to loot the peoples money using 17 trucks to carry/loot cash from MMM OFFICES. That is the main reason MMM doesn't have a CENTRAL ACCOUNT where money can easily be stolen.The government of Russia defrauded the participants,not MMM. They claimed SERGEI MAVRODI/MMM evaded tax but MMM/SERGEI MAVRODI stood his ground telling/educating the government oppressors that MMM is not a business that should pay tax. MMM is just a community of people donating/helping each other with their spare cash. DO you pax tax to the government on the spare money you donate to your brother or neighbour or give out as charity? MMM has come to destroy the current unfair and unjust financial world order/institutions, so don't expect the government,CBN,SEC, etc to be happy. MMM has come to liberate people from financial bondage and servitude. The financial APOCALYPSE is inevitable. MMM servers(cloud servers) are not located in NIGERIA, so the government CAN NOT STOP MMM. the same way the government can not stop facebook,youtube,twitter etc.[/b]


5. Explain how MMM is a revolutionary idea that commercial banking should be afraid of?

MMM subcribers are quick to tag banks as stealing from their customers while MMM is the solution for the masses. Curiously enough, they pay into each other’s bank accounts; curious to say the least.

ANSWER:MMM gives 30% every 30days which the banks CAN NOT give. MMM gives 10% referral bonus. NO serious MMM participant will take loan from any bank again. No serious MMM participant will maintain any fixed deposit in the bank again. No serious MMM participant will buy any dubious, non performing shares again.


6. Do you understand that wealth is created based on the value you create not through this system operated by a few people to rob people of their money while leaving them in the lurch?

Let us say all of us joined MMM, where would productive output come from?

ANSWER: MMM does not stop anyone who is serious from being productive. MMM will in fact assist to provide the financial boost needed for people to be more productive. MANY MMM participants are gainfully employed and engage in various productive businesses and entrepreneurial ventures.


7. Did you anticipate that your ‘investment’ (sorry, your ‘Mavros’) could be frozen without you having any say on what happens next?

I am sure many ‘Mavrodians’ did not expect this December debacle, but we are here.

ANSWER: PAUSE MODE/FREEZING OF ACCOUNTS is one of the strategies employed by MMM for STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. its not a new strategy, only those who didn't read/research well about MMM will claim ignorance. THe number of participants GHing*(getting help or withdrawing money) from the system should balance with the number of participants PHing*(providing help or depositing money) otherwise a PAUSE MODE is activated which normally lasts from 1-2months. MMM has lasted for 5years in its current form since 2011, and that is one of the strategies adopted over the years. it was adopted in south africa (www.http://rsa-mmm.co/ ) and zimbabwe http://ea-mmm(DOT)net/ and the MMM in both countries is doing fine now. Even banks couldn't pay many customers this PAST festive season. ATMs were dried, with no cash in them for people during yuletide season. Is that not a form of PAUSE MODE?


8. Do you agree that as a promoter of the scheme, you are quite dubious because you are seeking to reap bountifully at the expense of others when the scheme crashes?

Note I wrote ‘when’ not ‘if’

ANSWER: OGA, MMM CAN NOT and i repeat CAN NOT crash. The worst that can happen is a pause mode/re-start. A pause mode is not a crash. my people perish for lack of knowledge. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for MMM to crash. MMM is an ideology. MMM is like religion, religion CAN NOT CRASH. The day an individual dies, his own MMM or religion has CRASHED. Everybody in the world CAN NOT die at the same time.In a pause mode, MMM will manually calculate how much each individual has earned from the system, those who have made 'profit' already will have their old mavros/money frozen and released gradually, but the poor,newcomers or 1st timers will be queued up to be paid first by the system followed by others. thereby ensuring that NOBODY looses money. and the system PH/GH RATIO will balance in time.

9. Do you not worry that you could have a hand in the death or grievous harm happening to people who could lose money from MMM and become suicidal?

We already have reports of some people taking poison because their money got frozen this December.

ANSWER: MMM is sincere and transparent, hence the WARNING to ALL participants to participate with their spare money. This is CLEARLY WRITTEN on the programs website home page. MMM participants are adults responsible for their actions.

10. Do you understand that you are effectively using time that you could use for productive activity to promote a questionable scheme at best?

If you understand that time lost is irrecoverable, why waste it?

ANSWER: MMM is not a questionable scheme. MMM is an ideology that is changing lives of millions of people around the world. MMM is bridging the gap between the rich and the poor. If any adult decides to dedicate few hours or days to donate his/her spare money to charity or a neighbour in need, or teach people how to do same, do u consider that wasteful? MMM is helping humanity, that is CERTAINLY NOT WASTEFUL.

Your answers and feedback are quite welcome.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/top-10-questions-mmm-subscribers-mavrodians-answer/

with this reply, I now understand why ponzi schemes succeed. It is am much about ignorance as it is about greed. Your response to macaltunji is very flawed and ignorant.

5starmilitant:
So mr senator, are you saying even your fellow apc senators are against magu? Because I don't understand why they kick you out because you were advocating for magu...

And the nairaland zombies are ranting and making it look as if magu's rejection was championed by only Saraki and the PDP lawmakers.

the problem is zombies and wailers are trying to look at a good vs evil scenario whereas such dichotomy dont exist in politics (especially the Nigerian one).

Odkosh:
But will the Igbos hear this?

will the Yorubas hear it too. it is both

steppin:
and
Yeah, right! Buhari is a woman and that's right in my own opinion...lolz

that could be right. lol

I come from a school of thought that says there are no absolute true or absolute false. every statement is true or false or cannot say if it can be inferred from some implicitly or explicitly agreed premises.

Trina0936:
And who said there was any form of commitment in the relationship?? Where did you see 'committed relationship'?
A man cannot expect a lady to put all her eggs in one basket when he obviously has not made any serious commitment. Very few ladies would cheat in a relationship they know is serious and headed for the altar so stop all these rants!
So you mean you have never gone out to see another lady in public while dating someone else?? OK. Continue lying!

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Bolded not true for both genders

delishpot:
How did he get poison while in detention?

Those whose names must be protected provided the poison.

niggi4life:
Taking a closer look at the guy, u will observe that he's still scared of touching the girl sef

Na dis kind geh go dey control d family once dem marry and d guy must dey keep up with d chase even after marriage because d girl look like d type wey go dey give timetable for sex

true notice the girl is very pretty.

if the girl doesnt understand the need for humility and submission in marriage, then it would be tough cos they would literally have a one-sided marriage

ImperialYoruba:
I know they will jump in and shout Ilorin.

Ilorin had a coup and Yorubas chased away the coupists but failed to fathom that the land would ever become what we now call Nigeria.

In the cases here in picture. There is no coup, no attack, no invasion, no aggression....but these Biafrans willingly submitted to the power and supremacy of Sulta, the serikin musulumi.

I think there is an otumokpo in that prayer bead because he loves to offer it and Biafrans willingly accept the Sharia code infused into the otumokpo.

Islamization of Biafra is the beginning of your freedom.

Creeps!

stupid tribal-ist! how are Wike and Akpabio biafrans. when matter reach oil, Niger delta ceases to be biafran.

Yoruba and Igbo tribal-ists are second to corruption as Nigeria's biggest problem.

back to Topic, some traditional rulers respect themselves and are thus respected in return.

Bolustic:
Don't look at the northerners alone, what about the myriads of baby factories in the east? [b]We have to stop this culture of terming everything from the north as negative, this is 2017.

Large population, if well managed, is a always an advantage, China and India are successful examples. BTW, how is the SS, despite it's oil and low population, compared to the north, better off?[/b]

says a tribal-ist who insults other tribes. lol

GGirll:
Jesus said we should observe the Holy Communion in remembrance of Him, no where in d Bible was it quoted for Christmas to be celebrated....i do not celebrate or do anything i didn't read in my Bible....

Sola scriptura is sufficent. doesnt mean it is the entirety of Christianity.

History of the scriptures would explain that

maclatunji:
I see, you are one of those hooked on the idea of 'free money'.

her rebuttal to you has 58 likes already.

58 people failed to see the logic in your questions or chose not to read it.

speaks volumes about our sense of rationality as Nigerians.

ekanDamie:
wen he does not have self respect nkor?
money does not power my respect,
I would have sat down there like I don't know wizkid. d stupid agbaya even stood up.
M U M U

whizkid's left arm was stretched towards him. it can be rude to receive a handshake/hug while sitting.

I once stood up to shake a guy who offered his hand to me only of the guy to say "You dont have to stand up to greet me bro". I wanted to give him a lecture but refrained.