₦airaland Forum

RIP Rev. Father, you're now in a better place.

But seriously, this is getting out of hand. Now I can understand when people don't want to come home to do burial or any other events anymore... Kidnappers and villains are waiting for them. And what is sad is that it was maybe a family member that instigated the abduction.

All those people blaming Lola... shame on you. Three adult brothers allow themselves to be torn apart... it doesn't matter the perceived cause, they themselves are the original cause. If you allow something to tear your bonds apart, who's to blame? All these are adult men and they can talk out their differences and ignore the pettiness.

If a man allows his wife to divide his family, then the man is foolish. Isn't he a man? Kwa!
If a man allows his brother's wife to come between him and brother, he too is foolish.

Your mother says you should not marry somebody... is it her life? Parents and family will be trying to control somebody without just accepting that the person is a full grown adult. You should respect his decision and move on. If later he regrets, you demonstrate your love by accepting that too.

Me dancing... hope he sing that song as he dances out of senate... olori buruku swagger jacker
Eyin awon senetors, abeg no time to waste...

But this woman was way prettier before bleaching... this desire to bleach is a curse on black folks

I know dope means swag or something... but as this one take concern Teebillz, I been dey wonder whether na the meaning

But why are we calling out village people like this? Wetin dem do?

Chai!! Even the governor has lost hope in IPP and power discos. But come oh... how much was the contract worth, and how much did the gens cost? There's probably a few million naira deducted here or there.

But that's not my real concern... where's the budget in the police force for petrol or servicing all these gens? Or is this going to come from victims, er, I mean the public? And when a gen walks home with the DPO or inspector... any repercussions?

So many questions, I know, but this is Naija

ableguy:
Hmmm
Person is a person but when enters
*Hospital - Patient
*Taxi- Passenger
*Shop - Customer
*School - Student
*Stadium - Fans
But my Question is wat do we call a person who enters a toilet?

Depositor.

Bari22:
It is a big shame you can't construct 45km road in your home town even when you are vice president for 8 years

So if somebody uses their influence to build roads in their community we call them corrupt and self-serving... when they don't we call them foolish. Which way for a politician to satisfy everybody?

paiz:
Who cares

I dey fear oh. This one that ember month wahala is stirring up, Oct 1 is coming, PMB the great irritant is also present to catalyze trouble. If he stays away, cooler heads prevail, dollar won't cost so much, fuel will flow.

libertyhope2017:
ONCE AGAIN...DECEIVING SOUTH SOUTH PEOPLE. SOMETIMES I GET VERY ANGRY AT SS PEOPLE. ASK YOURSELF...THEY HAVEN'T OPENED PORT HARCOURT, ONNE, CALABAR AND WARRI, ALL SS SEAPORTS TO FULL CAPACITY SINCE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THEY WILL GENUINELY SUPPORT A NEW SEAPORT IN THE REGION? I DON'T KNOW HOW OUR PEOPLE REASON...MY GOODNESS! I TIRED MEN,

Abeg tell dem. This is 2019 loading... they have been "supporting, planning, and inviting stakeholders" for years now...

Greatzeus:
All of you congratulating her,hope you know this is her 4th term.If it's African leaders now we call them greedy and power drunk. What is she doing that any new person cannot do.

Hope you're joking.

1. The constitutions of most African countries call for 2 terms. When the incumbent wants to change the constitution - that they were charged to defend - in order to run for more terms, that's a problem. Palimentary systems (as opposed to presidential), allow for as many terms as the elected is popular.

2. Very few African countries have come close to the open and transparent elections in Germany; this was the mandate of the people.

3. We've had a case of site tight leaders who were not put in power by the people's mandate, who subvert the system for their private gain, and no ultimately did nothing to help their people. Perhaps when African democracies have fully matured, term limits can be extended.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. I can't imagine any idea that Funke would have that is original to this world, that she's claiming patent. Is it trading clothes or food, is it renting out house, is it bar owning or pure water selling?

Implementation is where it counts. I have 1000 ideas but no money and no contacts

Good riddance er... I mean, safe journey

With any luck, he'll spend Christmas there too so we can actually enjoy Naija over the holidays. See you next April.

Throwback:
Kanu is still on the run and his family has not declared he is missing.
The last sighting of Kanu was somewhere around the coast of Argentina, having outrun Abidjan which was his intended destination. He continues to break all manner of sprint records as he runs only to stop and hide in a rat hole whenever a chopper hovers above.

Savage

People clapping for Buhari... most of the tweets were from Nigerians (there are a lot of us) expressing our displeasure.

suso:
It's like you are bitter about it

Why get mad in what make her happy?
#awonWeyreh

No not bitter... just trying to rationalize the money being spent. She is a media personality and she needs to portray the larger-than-life lifestyle. A lot of people go shopping in US, buy things (usually on sale or at discount stores, and there's nothing wrong with that), showcase it, then bring it to Lagos to sell to people with real money.

She may be buying these things to keep, but honestly, I think she's running a business and so won't want to waste money.

You know, you can always:
1. borrow the dress (nothing bad in it, afterall people wear borrowed dresses and jewelry to the Oscars in US)
2. resell the dress after wearing it once or twice, so it's no loss

DanielsParker:
How about the marginalization the Igbos are being subjected to?

You have lived in the north for long, so? Isn't that bullshit?

You chose to invest in the north, no one asked you to.

All I see is a Coward and a weakling.

Next time just keep shut if you've got nothing to say, Mr Godwin onemaka.

Actually, since time immemorial, the one thing that prevents war is integration: whether through intermarriage, trade, living in other parts, financial investments, etc. When people are integrated and cannot easily divest, their personal interests tends to douse the fires of marginalization and war. This is a good thing; ask the Europeans.

scholes0:
It can't be worse than that Igbo girl caught one week ago with a severed adult human head.

Igbos have broken the record for producing the Youngest ritualist in Nigeria's history.

Python piss mixed with Nnamdi Kanu's smelly nkwobi poop fall on you.

I'm surprised we're comparing whose atrocities are worse, when we should be uniformly condemning them. It's not just you, I see a lot of this mudslinging and I just shake my head.

The fact is Nigerians have been killed by the activities of some other Nigerians... These crimes know no ethnicity. Nothing is going to bring the poor victims back, but we can all be our brothers' keeper.

Money used to build these shrines could have built a solid business. Instead they all want to get rich quick by any means

She always looks like that to me.

So the North is more backward... Should we pat ourselves on the back? The truth has been said; even though we are ahead of the north, we still have infrastructure and economy problems in the SE and SS. We acknowledge our good governors and also castigate bad ones.

Our roads are poor, schools lacking, no jobs, awful hospitals, etc.

Instead of comparing who is more backward this should ginger us to hold our own leaders accountable and to develop to the point where this statement can no longer be made.

Our gold standard is London, not Lafia

Here's a speech that didn't need to be made. Void of content or anything we can latch on to.

"Nigeria is committed to..." , "the UN should ..."
Can't wait till 2019 so we can show this disappointment the way out.

Those pilferers... That's how one was stylishly moving on his seat till my phone almost fell out of my pocket. Then they start forming sleep. Idiot

cashlurd:
I have always pointed this same thing to everyone who cares to listen. It's a very insane idea. Living in a rented apartment in the city and having so many rooms vacant in ur duplex at the village. And it's saddening that igbos do this a lot. They believe building a house in the village is a big accomplishment. The money I will use to build a duplex in the village which I know is a once in a while abode, I will use it and do so many landed property investments in the city

Many times land has been gifted to you in the villa (usually inheritance), so the cost there is zero. Often too, the cost to buy land and build on it is far less than trying to do the same in Lagos. I can't imagine that you can build many rental properties in Lagos with the amount it takes to build a duplex in villa. Besides, if you're constantly under threat of losing your property in Lagos (upheaval, Oba and Lagoon), will you place much confidence in it? Besides, the vast majority of Igbos came seeking opportunity, and never consider Lagos their home (in spite of the fact that's where they live 360 days out of the year) :-)

There are many reasons, as some have alluded to:

1. One of the biggest lessons learned in the aftermath of the civil war is that what we build in other people's land can be seized.
2. If we go home for holidays, where will we stay/receive guests? Are we going to squat?
3. Cultural expectations: you can have mansion elsewhere, but if you don't put your roots down at home, you or your children could be seen as foreigners in your father's land.
4. We are eternally hopeful that we will stop our hustle and retire happily at home
5. It's far cheaper to acquire land and build in villa, than to do the same in Lagos.

Many of my older uncles/papas retired to the villa after hustling in Lagos fom 50s-90s, and are peacefully enjoying their last days in the homes they built, far from the noise and bustle of Lagos. Of course, some bought properties around Lagos and are earning rent, but the majority of them didn't.

She said: "and you don't ve a better offer yet". To get a better offer, doesn't that mean that the woman too is looking? Of course her excuse is that her current man is not treating her right, but is willing to hold on to this bird until she gets another in hand. Sounds like woman are polygamists too (just doing it more undercover)

musicwriter:
Google is the only company I know of that's genuinely interested in helping development in this world, not just in third world countries.

YouTube is a FREE school!. One wonders why the world bank, the United nations, and all the other so called agents of development won't partner with them to make watching YouTube free.

Yes, so that they can profit from the advertizing they bring to the people they've "helped"

fratermathy:
Those governors should go back to their states ASAP. Their presence will only annoy the aggrieved Igbos more and more.
I don't see any thing useful that their visitation will do for the SE region.

If Buhari is serious, he should go there himself and iron out his issues with Igbos.

You haven't seen or heard that the vast majority of Igbos (within and outside Abia) don't agree with Kanu or IPOB? Their visit will annoy some small faction, but on the ground (from my own ears, and listening to friends in Onitsha, Awka, Owerri), nobody is interested in dying for some chicken-change Biafra. Buhari is a great irritant, but the presence of the governors will have much more impact in smoothing out relations.

This is very good. Let us strengthen our ties... we have nothing to gain from disintegrating, but more to gain from mutual respect.

Igbos complaining about marginalization... seek political power. Learn how to influence your neighbors positively, be respectful in your words and deeds, practice humility. You will gain more flies with honey than with vinegar. Learn how Israel is able to have such strong allies worldwide, and apply it to yourselves.

This is not fair. The money one would have used to send children to school, or to buy moto, or to fix that gen, or to buy equipment for the business will now be sent to Abuja. Where 100% of it will be squandered by fat politicians, or used to send one particular leader to 100 vacation in somebody else's land.

If government had demonstrated fiscal responsibility with oil money, we won't be in this poor situation. Now they're going to tax my hard-earned income, and I still won't benefit.