₦airaland Forum

heendrix:
i just had to keep my calm when i read her bio and saw she's an igbo girl

truth: after hausa peeps the next Nigerian problem is majorly igbos

Hehe, I felt the same way... Igbo girls get temper sha

*I'm from Asaba BTW

We don hear sir... thank you sir.
We're still not voting for you sir

- signed, Nigerian youths.

Banky carries it very well. Not too flashy, yet exemplifies sophistication.
Ebuka... it looks good, but smacks of someone trying too hard to be fashionable...

Tex42:
Ebuka's trousers are always on point... His tailor is very good... Very adherent to size.

I agree with u on the trousers though... Ebuka's are on point and Banky's (in this case), are a bit too bulky at the ankles...

IgbosAreOsus:
A silly fact from some perverts. Keep deceiving yourself...

And yet you don't have any issue with having a lady go down on you ba?

IgbosAreOsus:
One mystery that keepS bothering me is this head-giving thing.
Like me putting my precious mouth in a girl's toto
...

Scientific fact: the mouth, the hands that one uses to eat, and the borehole water we wash our hands with before meals, contain many more bacteria (and more dangerous ones too) than exist on a healthy woman's privates. You may have your personal preference and reasons, but I just thought I'd mention this fact.

I'm happy to see the University taking such a swift, strong stance, as opposed to our institutions of higher education.

CaptJeffry:
How much is the monthly payment biko?

Stop all these magic. With good credit, Lexus can give him the SUV with zero down payment.

Their site says $17.92 per thousand borrowed for a 60-month financing, so if we estimate the car to be $50,000 out the door including options and tax:

50 x $17.92 = $896/month = 313600 Naira/month!

In Lasisi's voice: Are u mad? How will I be paying 300k/month for a car? Money that after 12 months can build a rental property?
Anyways, enjoy the car sha... some of us are very happy with our 2004 Camry

SMH at NPF...

They won't come and defend people from bandits and terrorists, but then won't allow self-defense.

So what are ladies supposed to do to protect themselves?

hillsiderfak:
If we had Nigerian Airways how can Kenya Airways have anything serious to do here. its time the federal government revive Our National carrier .

believe me if we had Nigerian airways many of the foreign airlines will not have a seat here in Nigeria. if Nigeria can get things right we will lead Africa and the world.

Erm... for every flight we have to a country on our carriers, there's a corresponding flight from their country to ours on their carrier. You also need ground staff at each foreign location, so the existence of Nigeria airways will not influence things. Going from Gov't records, they'll end up hanging on to a lot of incompetent and surly staff (who you might need to bribe for window seats or some nonsense), instead of firing and hiring the best.

National flag carriers have long been inefficient money losing organizations, and governments have been divesting (British Air privatized in 1987, as did Japan Airlines). America has no government national carrier. We don't need another excuse for looting, and I just wish Arik and Peace would get their act together and really rule the skies with good service.

What I'm surprised by is that the clay house has AC...
Usually clay/brick houses are used as examples of naturally-cool buildings that don't need extra cooling, so this is intriguing.

Especially since there's so much shadow on this building, I wonder what could warrant the extra cooling... maybe a few computers?

Sigh... this black boy has entered one chance with oyinbo.
Because of a bully's words, he's allowed himself to be seduced/goaded into violence. Unfortunately, because he is black in a white country, he is going to suffer the consequences of this choice for a long time:

- he might be looking at suspension, if not outright expulsion
- they will mark his records as being violent
- if he complains in class, the teacher might write a note that she fears for her life
- if he so much as steals candy, they will look at his record and give him maximum jail time
- when it's time to look for work, get a mortgage, or run for office... guess what? Yes, there's a database with his record in it.
- if he dares make a police officer nervous, he will be killed.

So much for "winning" on the playground. Oyinbo may lose a fight to you, but they will make it their life's mission to destroy you over time.

Somebody very very close to me went through this same thing as a young teenager (letting his anger get the better of him in oyinbo land) and is still suffering the consequences as an adult.

It's unfortunate that people are praising his fighting skills... upon all the hand-to-hand combat we claim we have, we Nigerians can't cure disease, make steel, produce phones, or drop missiles to warn other governments: we are powerless, because we fail to realize the true source of strength in today's world: your mind.

Criis:
Checking your profile picture, I can only conclude you're being ironic.
Either that or you're highly deluded. It's not easy, I understand.

Away from that, this lady should just shaku shaku into her husband's house.

Why? So she can have a parasite that will suck up her hard-earned wealth, while telling her how to live her life, and controlling what she does? Everybody craves love and affection, but not everybody needs a husband, and most Nigerian husbands cannot be said to be the best thing to happen to a woman.

No, marriage does not equal a happy life, even though she must have had a lot of proposals (and for all we know she may be secretly married)

But how fast could you be going in such a small residential area for brake to fail and car to land on top gutter like that? There's a parking garage behind him, he's going the wrong way to climb up that high barrier... somethings' not adding up.

Follygunners:
Really? No one could take him to the hospital but, they can take pictures? Shows how much we value human lives in this nation.

Are we even human enough to be considered one?

The funny thing is these are the same 9ja pple that open their stupid mouths to blame 9ja leaders and gov't.

The pple of a nation deserve whatever leaders and gov't they get.

I understand where you're coming from but there are problems with moving accident victims:

1. you don't know what they broke in their body, and so moving an accident victim can worsen their situation if you're not a professional. You really need emergency personnel with stretcher.

2. in our dear country, there's no reward for doing good... if you pull somebody and take them to hospital, three things may happen:
- you're on the hook for the hospital bill
- police will start looking for somebody to blame and frame
- if you somehow made something worse (by moving the person without training), instead of thanks you may get a lawsuit

One of my aunts was implicated by police and got into so much undeserved pain, trauma, and financial cost for stopping to help the victim of an accident and take her to hospital. With these in mind, we've learned to mind our own business, and leave victims to the professionals that our oil and taxes are supposed to pay for.

There are places that ambulances can't go that keke can due to bad roads or even traffic.
These would also be cheaper to operate and hire.
The increase employment opportunities

For these three reasons I find it commendable that at least the government is doing something, even if this is obviously a way to siphon some funds

drkay:
To me, this isn't bad as its definitely going to reach the unreached. There are many remote villages in that state those sophisticated ambulances cant reach/ be going routinely but these will definitely be of help to them. It can even serve as a mini mobile clinic and with this, minor suturing, wound dressing, intravenous and intramuscular injection of drugs/fluids and vaccination can be done easily. God bless whoever is behind this initiative.

I think this is right... including as use for mobile clinics. It's not everywhere a large ambulance can reach, and this way you can have many more of them for the price of one ambulance.

Harfisco:
I will never agree with your point,you said remote villages are in the state .why can't he spend on the road in order to enhance transportation of farm produce or will he also provide keke to farmers too

Fixing and upgrading roads will likely cost 100 to 1000 times as much as these kekes... I agree we need to address why there are bad roads everywhere in the first place, but at least while we have bad roads, let's have a way to navigate some people to hospital.

OP, I agree with everything except the "free" part.

You think it's free to pay your tfare, or to take you to cinema, or eat shawarma or ice cream? All those drinks, pocket money, hair money, recharge card, parasol money, soup and eba money (abi did you not eat part of it?) - is that free? Even my time is valuable and if I convert the time spent listening to you talk about things I don't care about, and helping you deal with life in general (escorting you to MTN office, following you to bank, following you to sort out your admission, taking you to clinic for that tummy ache, carrying your generator to mechanic, helping you carry mattress from your friend who just graduated, etc). I could have spent this time being productive making money, or improving my studies, or even just recovering from a hard day's work... but we do these things because "we like/love you"

We men pay in so many ways for relationships. I could just pay for olosho for 30 minutes of fun, and still have change and time left over for more productive and relaxing pursuits. So please don't think that women are being used for "free casual sex anytime", as if the woman is not also enjoying being in the relationship and using that to oppress her rivals.

NOC1:
my friend shATAP, go try it in there country an see yourself paying heavily from your pocket.

The difference is that side has relatively clean streets so you'd be unwise to litter when there's no litter; moreover they have trash cans and working waste disposal.

Here, however, the entire street and open gutter is a dump site. Even if there's a trash can, it takes a month before they come to clear it, so where do you want me to put my trash.

Now in this case, the street looks pretty clean, and from the sound of it, there's a dustbin nearby...

There are several stages for well water treatment:
Alum helps to join sediments so they become heavy and sink.
Filters remove fine particles and larger parasites
Chlorine treatment tank kills bacteria and viruses (some people are looking at ultraviolet UV)

Ideally you would wash your well every dry season with strong bleach concentrate. Use a bucket to remove the dirty water.
Then when it's filled with water, add alum.
Then if you're able to have somebody arrange a chlorine mixing tank so that the water you pump into your overhead tank is chlorinated. This should give your whole house potable water (no need for buying table or pure water). (I saw somebody selling this on nairaland a while back https://www.nairaland.com/491158/dont-buy-bottled-water-satchet#27966045 )
Then once every few years, clean the overhead tank with concentrated chlorine

If I was a medicine man and wanted to put maggots in somebody's privates, I'd simply find a way to get botfly larvae in his clothes while they are hanging, or on his bed... nothing spiritual about this, please.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WNESxe3vKw

AnthonyAk:
People have died from common head ache.

Considering the tumor was on her head close to her brain she came out and her right eye looks like it still works. Its not man . After all my ex's brother in law died from complications from cancer and he was exposed to state of the art treatment.

When its your time , its your time to go. The day a person is destined to die is beyond the comprehension of man. Nothing random about life and death

Steve Jobs had all the money in the world and couldnt even make it

Her tumor could easily have grown from another direction and thus blinded her (as others not so fortunate), but you do realize that even blindness is being cured in some cases - e.g. replacing cornea, and a recent breakthrough in retina transplant - as long as it's not a severed/damaged nerve.

Steve Jobs, it has been said "died regretting that he had spent so long attempting to treat his cancer with alternative medicine before agreeing to undergo surgery." Likely he might have survived had he started therapy earlier. Nevertheless, people do die from cancers (brain, skin, pancreatic, breast) even with the best treatment, but ongoing research will make that a thing of the past.

Likewise, people died anyhow from malaria, but today, so long as treatment is administered on time (and correctly), the chances of dying from malaria are quite low. A headache is a symptom of a problem (e.g. a burst vein, a blood clot), and not the cause of death; likewise a fever from malaria is not the root cause of death, but instead the effects of the plasmodium leading to dysfunction of multiple organs.

Death is not a result of mystic predetermination, but a factor of accidents/disease/age:

If one is below 5, changes of death are high.
If one is above 80, chances of death increase with age until it becomes a certainty.
If one is going 200km/h and hits another vehicle, chances of survival is low (the lower the speed, the lower chances of accidents in the first place, or serious injuries)
If one got malaria 200 years ago, or HIV 20 years ago, changes of death were extremely high.

Acceptance of mystic predetermination tends to be prevalent in poorer societies (Europe in 1600s, Asia until 1900s, Africa till today). I'm not debating the existence or otherwise of God (nor even the argument that God gave us brains to cure diseases); but I'm taking issue with people throwing their hands up and praising a God for curing something humans did - a God that allows such death, disease, and destruction in the first place.

Purewatermeji:
We Yoruba Muslims will always love and support the north and Buhari. No matter what the igbos think, Buhari must rule us till 2023 whether he performs or not. He's a Muslim and that's more important

Please please please, don't tell me that he's the only viable candidate. There must be at least 10,000 well qualified, Northern, muslim (since that's your requirement) men and women who can do a much better job than PMB. I would have expected APC to simply reject his candidacy and field some more competent people. It's as if they are intent on losing the election. This is extremely selfish of him, putting his ambition ahead of an entire country after not being able to deliver in his first term.

Pearllait:
Yet someone will wake up and say there's no God....

I HAVE A GOD WHO DOES WONDERS.
kudos to the surgeons

What does the surgical removal of a tumor prove the existence of God - who cynically allowed this tumor to grow on one of his creations? Oh you'll say he was manifesting his presence or some other blurb...

What's really sad is that in 2018, it still takes Westerners to volunteer their time and skills to help out the citizens of African countries... it's like we've not made progress since 1600's... still praising and cursing supernatural beings for totally natural problems that the world figured out how to solve 100 years ago.

Omofunaab2:
It's funny how no single igbo on this
thread see anything wrong in selling hard drugs to the public.

This is what we keep saying about these people

Three things:

1. I am saying that selling hard drugs (and fake drugs and food) is wrong. As did Dr. Dora Akunyili of NAFDAQ (an Igbo woman)

2. Tramadol and Codein are prescription medicines - not hard drugs. They are controlled (but not illegal) substances, though I'm in support of tighter regulation.

3. However, as they are over-the-counter drugs, it is up to the purchaser to use them responsibly. This is the position of many Igbo on the thread, and to be fair, this is correct.

There is responsibility on all sides - and also of government - to speak rationally about this issue and to find genuine solutions. For instance, I've not seen anybody from the North talk frankly about the need for our Northern youths to medicate to addiction? What are the the underlying reasons for wanting to get high - and escape from the harsh realities of life? This also needs to be addressed without inciting violence. Yes, I think violence is being incited with the use of language like: "staunch the supply; they are the suppliers; we must do something". As in the rest of my posts on this thread, I criticize drug peddlers (including those selling prescription drugs without care for what use they are put to), and ask for tighter regulation (since these are not illegal or fake drugs), but I also call for deep examination for why the drugs are being abused.

Unfortunately, our pattern as a country has been to let issues fester, then deal with the symptoms when people go on a rampage, but never tackle the underlying problem... so it will happen again. This is election year, and I'm worried that the drugged youths will be put to nefarious use in the coming months...

asha80:
have you heard the name dahiru mangal?that should answer your question about people involved in bringing in some of these things(he is not the only one but a major player)

You're right, and just as Bala Mohammed is pointing fingers in a certain direction, we also need to raise our voice that people like Dahiru Mangal are also part of the problem. More critically, it's the youths and the various Arewa associations - the target of the dog-whistle - who need to be reminded of these facts.

KevinDein:
Only licensed pharmacist are allowed to trade drugs, especially those capable of causing addiction like codeine. The punishment mustn't be death penalty. The northerners are free to come up with appropriate punishment for offenders.

It's also totally amusing how you guys are incapable of conversing without throwing unnecessary insults. Very unpleasant people. maybe that's why your brothers residing in the North refused to go back home when the quit notice was issued. They are well aware their brothers back home are an unpleasant bunch.

rainylad:
Thsts your business,talking about 'unpleasantness' the feeling is very very mutual,i can assure you....Kindly deal with your drug problem caused by breeding almajiris and junkies instead of looking for who to kill...The mess and rot in your region is your fault,deal with it alone or have your seperate arewa country.

It's this distrust and hate filled slinging back-and-forth that causes the death of many in the real world. Drug addiction anywhere is a concern to us everywhere, and we all suffer its effects one way or another. The Niger-area of our grandparents is not the Nigeria we have now, and we must work hard to make sure it's a better place for our grandchildren.

My concern to those who have ears, is: listen to the rhetoric and find ways to calm it down before it gets out of hand. We've seen the effects of rhetoric many times (the Civil War was one major outcome of letting things escalate).

asha80:
drug trafficking here implies illegal drugs..the drugs in question here are not and they are not fake

I'll reiterate: we have to condemn all those who sell things that harm any member of our country (whether hard drugs or abused prescription medicine), because we are all in this together. An entire generation of our youths are being decimated in the core North.

I understand that what' we're talking about here is prescription medicine. I also feel what we all have a responsibility to make sure drugs are not abused. I would like to see those importing/selling these drugs support tighter laws regulating the supply of these drugs. Perhaps one should only get them under the discretion of a pharmacist, licensed medical professional, or be only sold the amount that is prescribed for treating symptoms of cough and pains. Those who sell outside these controls (i.e. illegally) should be sanctioned.

Codeine and tramadol are both narcotics - controlled substances (not illegal, just controlled) - prescribed to an treat moderate to severe pain.
They have a high risk for addiction and dependence, and can cause respiratory distress and death when taken in high doses or when combined with other substances, especially alcohol.

There are many fine points to debate and argue about, but I honestly feel this is a ticking time bomb.

To my brothers all over Nigeria: to my Hausa brothers; to my Igbo brothers; my Yoruba; to my Igala, Fulani, Itshekiri, Anioma, and so many much more, please lend me your eyes and at least read to what I have to say with an open mind.

This is the second "dog-whistle" I've heard this week about this issue. For those who don't know, the phrase "Dog-whistle" in politics is a messaging technique employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup (wikipedia)

We're here arguing about demand and supply. One side argues that Igbos too love money to care about people's welfare, while the other side argues that without demand, there'd be no supply. Some abuse one side of being hapless drug addicts, some others abuse the other side of being heartless mercenaries, and others are drawing straw man arguments and slinging mud. Both sides may be happy to score cheap points (as if this was debate team) but are missing the crucial issue, and the looming danger.

I'm from Asaba area. Let me just put it out there so whoever wants to discredit my opinion can latch unto something and use it to abuse me.

It wasn't so long ago that our Igbo brothers were selling so much fake drugs that they put the lives of millions of children, their relatives, and loved ones in jeopardy. To quote Dr. Dora Akunyili (an Igbo woman by the way) "so many of (her) countrymen and women (were) fighting killer diseases like malaria and tuberculosis with little more than sugar syrup and chalk tablets, cynically packaged to look like the real thing"

The majority of people who threatened her life in order to continue their line of business were mostly - it must be said - Igbo. This is a fact. Without her brave and selfless struggle - which sees that even pure water sachets have an approval stamp - a lot more people would be dead or barely living with badly damaged bodies. We also owe a lot to our government and the many men and women from all over Nigeria (civil servants, media people, traders, the general public) who tamed this menace.

We have to condemn all those who sell things that harm any member of our country (whether hard drugs or abused prescription medicine), because we are all in this together. An entire generation of our youths are being decimated in the core North. For those who are defending drug dealers because of tribalism or ethnicity don't give a damn about whose lives they destroy - even yours and your loved ones. They don't even care about the lives of people in their family, or their friends', so far as they get paid. Criminals, like corrupt politicians, come from all parts of Nigeria, and the irony has always been that: those who defend them, blind to the wrong they do, are the very ones who suffer.

Now to the dog-whistle, which a lot of us appear to be deaf to:

Our children are massively into drugs because there is massive, unceasing and incessant supply. We must staunch the supply. [/b]Then review our laws. Then detoxify our children. Or simultaneously and concurrently.


Pan-Arewa, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Northern CAN, Usman Bugaje’s Arewa Research and Development Project (ARDP), the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and those [i]Arewa October Youths must [b]just have to collaborate and do something in unison, for once.[/i]

We just have to do it, and may Allah make it easy for us.

Now, I'm not a fortune-teller, nor a prophet with divine vision, but I can tell if it's going to rain by how dark the clouds look. And I'm saying though it may look sunny now, the clouds are gathering. Are we prepared to deal with a horde* of drugged-up youths who have been given orders to wipe some of us out? We can debate about demand-side or supply-side economics, but when the horde hears and responds to the whistle, all they will know is that "the suppliers must be wiped out", and to be clear - any Igbo person is fair game.

Yes, we have brave Igbo generals here on Nairaland and social media who will boast that "we can handle anything, we are not afraid of anybody", yet will run at the first sign of personal danger, leaving the more vulnerable to face death alone. I don't mean to abuse anybody but I think a certain General* should have died with honor in defense of his ideals and his people... let me just leave it at that.

I wish I had a bigger platform to make this appeal: we have to condemn drug trafficking no matter who is doing it. There are many other ways to make a good living, by making things and offering services that benefit us. It does us no good to defend activity that will turn around and bite us, or a loved one. We must be our brothers' keeper no matter where he is from because it's only then we can prosper as a nation of black people.

*To my northern brothers, please don't take offense at the word horde... I only mean it within the context of a group of people who are under the influence of drugs.

*To my Igbo brothers, please don't take offense at my opinions of the General in question. Oh, and to those who think that splitting the country will solve all our problems: some criminal Igbo traders happily sell counterfeit drugs and parts to Igbo people too.

okpala95:
Before the bridge was constructed, which road where people passing before

Ferry services from Asaba to Onitsha. My grandparents talk about how they used the ferry back in the day...

Not sure of the photo credit, but I saw this on

https://asaba.com/asaba-with-out-the-niger-bridge/
and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eric_chicago/5291675915

We complain if oyinbo don't feature black people in their adverts or on the cover of their magazines (we want equality ba?). But then we also complain when our own feature oyinbo. Is it that we only want to see black people... isn't that racist?

Abeg this is a world-class advertisement, showing how beautiful our outfits are on different bodies. There are two oyinbos, one asian, one black, and one mixed person modeling. Her clientele are international, and reflect this mix. If the bride has oyinbo as some of bridesmaids, don't you think she'll say: OK, I know I can have a good Nigerian outfit for the whole crew"? Or if the bride herself is oyinbo nko? Because this is happening a lot more nowadays.

The designs themselves are a blend of cultures: you can see the Nigerian influences of cosmopolitan Yoruba, blended really well with European influences (French modern, English Victorian and mid-century). Her tagline is "Gracing Every Woman Around The World". What does that mean: she's designing outfits with her unique blend of post-modern clothing (blending cultures), and offering them to every woman (not just Nigerian or Black women). This is a lofty, commendable, and achievable goal. Imagine women anywhere seeing it as a contemporary and desirable outfit, on par with offerings from Italy or London. I don't see how this translates to inferiority complex. Haba. Learn to enjoy beautiful things and think about the goals of design, without looking for faults where there are none.

Instead of celebrating this harmony, some people choose the path of myopia and close-mindedness. But thanks for the outrage, now I've discovered her and will check out more of her work.

It's up to gov't to list - and make publicly available - their achievements.

It's the landlord's responsibility to take care of their property - this includes the grounds, roofs, doors, toilets, pumps, etc. as part of regular wear and tear. If tenants damage things intentionally through malice or carelessness (e.g. breaking a window, door, toilet), they would be responsible.

For instance, roofs eventually rust or leak, generators and pumps need repair - I feel that's part of landlords (or estate agent) responsibility, usually handled by reserving 5-10% of rent for repairs and maintenance.

On the other hand, it's also fair for tenants to pay for what they use (so a water fee is OK, or trash fee, or electricity, etc).

That said, if the landlord is asking for 2500 to help contribute to fixing the pump, it might be a fair price to pay, just for the convenience of having water. I'm not saying you have to, since it's not in the rental contract, but it's a nice thing to cooperate with everybody in the house for the better good, your convenience, and peace & quiet.

It's not easy to carve a picture into hair... at lease the barber tried.
This is obviously a fan, and done for fun, so people, please stop being so critical and just enjoy

asha80:
what this scenario seems to.suggest is that the average person over there can't think for himself

Sadly, yes. It's not a new scenario, we've seen it pretty regularly since 1966 and if one is poor, barely educated, unemployed, all their elite has to do is blame some external factor, and sparks fly.

What I do not understand is why - even using Islam as the basis of education - the elites keep on suppressing their people when it continues this cycle of poverty and violence. It's ironic that modern Islamic fundamentalism is so opposed to progress, considering all the contributions made by Islamic scholars during the Islamic Golden Age (8th to 15th centuries) in alchemy/chemistry, astronomy/cosmology, geography, mathematics, etc. Based on that precedent, the Islamic world should have been at the forefront of technological achievements and enlightenment.

Maybe, like the Christian world which stopped progress in its Dark Ages, the Islamic world is undergoing its own dark period, and one can only hope that fundamentalism would get wiped out with time.