₦airaland Forum

TSOM:
Definitely a vindictive guy with slow-burning anger who'd take all the time in the world to plan and exact his revenge just to make sure the target feels the full force of his wrath and the psychological pains he causes would last longer.

That's the best kind of revenge.

Hah Hah... revenge. Look, the sugar daddy has already sponsored the party to make her happy. He already has the girl when and how he wants her. He won't marry her, and so won't stand in the way of her getting married.

There's nothing for him to get upset about: she's a side chick, probably one of many, that come and go as he pleases.

The only difference between the boyfriend, and most young guys is: he knows he's proposing to someone's side chick, whereas the rest of you don't know... that you're dating somebody's side chick.

The same police that has prevented all the lost lives in these few years? Trust them at your peril.

drakeli:
All of you saying na Stella or mama peace. It's like some of you never sabi right hand from left hand when maryam babangida dey raign.

Abi oh... Maryam Babangida was by far the most popular in her time... for all the right reasons:

She turned the ceremonial post of First Lady into an active champion for women's issues, launched Better Life Programme for Rural Women which encouraged cottage industries, farms, cooperatives and social welfare programs.

By her example and activities, she showed first ladies in other African countries how they could improve the lives of their people.

She was a role model for many women including my mother's generation, and people still sing her praises to this day. I don't think any other first lady has had quite an impact since her, and a lot of the institutions we have today have echoes of her pioneering spirit.

Nma27:
Too bad .. But one can float na. I can float in pools

Fully clothed with your hands tied behind your back ba? Tell you what: try it and have someone take a picture, or we don't believe it..

Fremancipation:
American tax payers don suffer....everyone all over the world is trooping there to have baby. The Chinese are the worst in this practice.

You mean the Americans are benefiting from the airfare, hospital bill, food and clothing, hotel or apartment, transportation and all the other goods and services being purchased by foreigners who have their babies there. None of this is subsidized by the taxpayer, rather it's employing them. Not to mention the recurring revenue as parents send their children to school/university over the next 2 decades. Also it gives the Americans access to some of the world's brightest minds.

Yes, foreign parents have access to residence via their children born in US, but if you can afford to bear a child in the US... you're already upper-middle class, and those are the money spenders America wants.

Ironically, if the money was spent collectively on Nigeria over those same 20 years, we too could boast of world-class hospitals and infrastructure.

Ohaneze is very good at slamming and noise making. The honest truth is the Nigerian state has no real power over Arewa... the power resides with the traditional rulers and the angry, disenfranchised youth. It's fasting time, so tempers are hotter than usual. What good will come of arresting the youth leaders? Won't it further fan the flames of anger in the restive North? If and when disaster strikes, you'll find an army with divided loyalty unable to stop the violence.

Name examples of where the Nigerian state was able to prevent sectarian violence against its citizens in any part of the country... is it after a few thousand people have lost their lives they will show up and start talking turenchi? Will the President even care to do anything, in the same way he quietly ignores the violence we've seen in Benue, Kaduna, Delta?

Some Igbo guys are forming hard guy... "we have weapons and we're not complacent like in '67". Bullshi1t. Those same noisemakers will not come to your aid when the fire is raging and the cutlass is waving.

If Nigeria was serious about protecting the life of its citizens we won't hear of mass killings every damn year. Until we see a definite stop to these riots and killings for a solid decade, we cannot trust what people say from the comfort of air conditioned offices, far from danger.

Abeg, if you value your life, heed the warnings seriously and pack ya load. Send your children south.

Wait... people leave Nigeria and go to Sudan... to study?

A word is enough for the wise... my brothers bearing names like Ugo, Chi-this and Chi-that, una don hear... make una begin pack small small. If you get pikin, this is a great time to send them on holiday to the village. If you fit sell your property, this is a good time to do so before it's too late. It's not after people start dragging and killing people you realize that the threat is real.

The Nigerian government won't help you.

Let me repeat, the Nigerian government will not help you when the sh1t hits the fan.

Cutlass no dey hear legalese and fancy English.

And I can confidently say that none of the noise makers on this forum will risk their life to come to your defense.

I don't even know why I commented... but na the same hairstyle... just that the lines remind me of "Star Boy" logo...

People are busy abusing Nigerians in Italy... not remembering Italy is the home of mafia, mobsters, revenge killings, and criminals openley controlling politicians.

frenchwine:
Osinbajo is taking this small matter too personal. By trying to be politically correct, he is exposing his weakness which would give impetus to his rivals.
Giving attention to riff raffs is the last thing he needs to do. Buhari spat on our face and told us to go-to-hell when challenged about his lopsided appointments, heaven didn't fall. Nigeria didn't burn.

It is always easier to nip small problems before they become something you can't control, especially when it's so easy to resolve. By showing this, he effectively puts to rest any kind of noise about partiality in appointments. Also heaven didn't fall and Nigeria didn't burn, but it quiets a lot of potential grumbling. If anybody starts making noise, at least people will give him benefit of doubt.

Daviddson:
The same way the US is trying to surround Russia by deploying its missiles and missile shields in Eastern Europe, is the same way the north is trying to put all military infrastructure in the north, to put the mainly Christian south (west, east & SS) at a disadvantage should a military confrontation ensue, which I don't even wish.

If it comes to that, they will have a really hard time fueling their vehicles and crafts. Just deny the military access to oil and the ports.

Peterwins:
Are these stories for real? Hmmmm!!!! Is this how airports are operated in Nigeria. Are the generators not on standby mode? This must be a joke.

My broda, if it's not lost keys, it's no fuel, or no oil

michoim:
Your assertion is shameful. That GEJ after about 6 years in power with all the oil money of US $140per barrel at a production rate of 2.2million barrel per day, the highest in Nigeria history, was only able to build without completing it, a very short distance railway between Abuja and Kaduna!

Even IBB that people say institutionalize corruption in Nigeria, in his days when government revenues were like nothing compare to what GEJ made, IBB still built the 3rd mainland bridge in Lagos; which cannot still be matched till date. How then shall we hail him.

And you don't think that in the intervening decades, worldwide inflation hasn't affected the price of things? Even to be fair, equipment, land, concrete, labour, fuel, are almost 10x what they used to be in IBB's time.

Rossikki:
Do you ignorant dolts understand there is a $25 billion high speed national rail network CURRENTLY under construction in Nigeria? It will outclass anything Kenya is currently doing, while connecting every state in Nigeria by high speed rail. This is why you and your ilk need to study and research before commenting.

We've heard many times of expensive projects being built. At the end of that $25 billion contract, they will deliver $250 million network with second-hand rails and trains from 1960s. That's what the complaint is about... with much fewer resources Kenya outshines Nigeria in quality and low-cost of their public infrastructure; which is a direct result of better management by their leaders.

For instance, how much have we spent on our President's foreign hospital stays in the past two years? I bet it could have paid for a very decent hospital with well trained staff and superb doctors. And the fleet of jets he is still maintaining (in spite of campaigning to reduce them) could probably fund major improvements to the rail link from Ibadan to Lagos. We don't need $25 billion contract where half the money will be pocketed, and the rest used for substandard equipment that will decay before the next rainy season.

Tough choice, but Zoro shines very bright as a relative newcomer. Phyno is still very hot, but I think we should rotate the title to Zoro this year (not because anybody is better, but because they are both great)

His fast flow, puns, and sensible lyrics make him a formidable talent

pweetyoge:
They claim ignorance bt the truth is they know exactly what they are getting into. They are not as naive and stupid as the media portrays the story. They all know either one way or the other( old stories, friends,neighbour who has done same) , but the love for quick money and the obodo oyibo syndrome blur and becloud the right sense of reasoning..

Your head dey dere. These are all sharp girls, so of course they should know what's up. I was thinking they hope that "what happened to Esohe will not happen to me".

Perhaps the north should stop voting for ailing or old people whose ability to last one whole term is in doubt. Then we wouldn't have these concerns mid-term.

There is no valid reason any qualified Nigerian should not run for office. Of Osinbajo runs but is not chosen at the primaries or final election no harm done. But to start proscribing what a grown man should or not do is not ok.

princejayboss:
Governance is not a theory .... its fu*king practical... wake up we are not in class room

Practicals are firmly rooted in theory: you need to understand how economies work before you make policies. There's a reason why most lawmakers in the developed world are lawyers, and people at the helm of large economies have experience in the theories of finance and macroeconomics.

Jumping into it without understanding it simply because you became a leader is disastrous- and we have many military and civilian examples in our history to prove it

"Dele and the Fan"... nollywood, better script don show

*in Flavour's voice*: "Finally oh...." Hope the monorail will be maintained. Don't want to see pictures next year of people stranded above ground.

Never ok.

If your child is being hurt, protect the child and remove them from the situation.
On top of another man... na your own fault be dat. Walk away, then deal with it maturely later.
Fighting with your mom... well, your mom is an adult who likely caused the trouble
If she hit you... quietly take your beating like a man and don't fade. Shey na ordinary hand? A woman's hand?

Reacting with violence will only make things worse. Save your strength for when it's really needed.

SalamRushdie:
No they were not , it was actually the only time Nigeria was the Giant of Africa ..please go and read your economic history ..if they were that corrupt why has Shagari been driving a corrolla till date and Buhari a Mercedes S class since 1995 ..bro open Ur eyes

I belive Shagari, like Jonathan and Buhari, are good men at heart, but somehow unable to curtail stealing and the political machinations of power brokers. For the most part, these were propelled to the limelight by real power brokers (Shagari had Dikko, Jonathan had Obasanjo, and Buhari had IBB and Abiola (financial backer, it's claimed), and later Tinubu).

I view the major problem is that the modern Nigerian state is a continuation of the older colonial Nigerian state, in the sense that its officials - our people - are not loyal to it. We're still treating Nigeria as a foreign entity while we're from North, South, West, East... I'm not being very clear, but it's like it was OK to steal from oyinbo, but we somehow forgot that we are now stealing from ourselves.

For those of you glorifying the Shagari years, you don't remember the massive looting, misappropriation of funds, nepotism, and the electoral fraud that characterized those times... our problems didn't start with Buhari.

The country was already headed for recession (then as now, oil prices had dropped), but Buhari's strong headed policies made things worse. I call it the tightening spiral:

- he wants government fiscal discipline, and to limit importation, since we have fewer dollars from oil
- less government spending and less dollars mean less business
- less business, people get fired, now we have fewer consumers
- fewer consumers mean businesses go bust, meaning less employment
- and so on...

What did USA do during it's depression? Large-scale infrastructure projects to employ people, encouraged farmers, raised tariffs on imported goods to stimulate industry. Basically the same things Buhari tried twice. Unfortunately for Nigeria, our credit's not so great and we don't have an industrial base.

I've tried to understand this issue in Asaba and I think there are several problems, and not all of it is government's fault:

1. The primary issue is that Asaba is down hill, relative to everywhere else in the region. All of the rain - from Ogwashi, Igbusa, Isele-Azagba, Okpanam - eventually runs down towards the Niger River and goes through Asaba on its way, overwhelming any drainage designed to handle only that city's rainfall.

2. There is a lot of uncovered, unprotected land in and around Asaba. A lot of the roads are also unpaved, or heavily damaged, which exposes the soil to runoff. This means a lot of erosion from uphill ends up clogging Asaba drains. We need to pave more, plant grass and build retaining walls that prevent all that sand from flowing down. Even on the Asaba-Benin-Lagos expressway, you'll see lots of clay soil coming down into the highway in several places.

3. Residents think it's a good idea to throw their garbage into the flowing water which further clogs up the drainage

4. Since the Niger river rises significantly during the rainy season, the water table rises with it, slowing or even preventing drainage down hill.

5. As we learned in primary school, clay is almost impervious to water, which means unlike many places, the water doesn't drain into the ground as quickly; couple this with the already full water-table, and you have standing water for days.

These are all surmountable - and not unique to Asaba - but I just wanted to provide a little more insight that goes beyond abusing government. In my opinion government needs to understand the unique conditions of rain/water table/soil type in Delta, and hire bright people who can solve it.

Interesting... so picture of one person pointing at a sign, another standing alone at stadium, and pictures of locker room equal both visit and are dating?
Na wa oh... Me too I should post picture of me, airplane, and Tiwa (all in isolation) so that bloggers would say we are in love, going to Dubai for honeymoon.

I don't think it's right to view the issue from a "blame" position: both sides benefit, and if prostitution is made legal, most of the problems associated with it would disappear.

Prostitution (for money) is just one of many forms of sex-for-resources. No sex is free of payment. Whether it's the male bird bringing food, or male lion providing protection for the pride and access to hunting grounds, or male human giving tfare and dealing with her wahala. Even that girl that you gisted and banged "for free"... all the time you spent clubbing, buying nice clothes or cars, chatting her up... those are resources that you could have used for something more productive like business or professional work.

That said, for those who would rather spend their time productively and enjoy the company of multiple women (without the bullsh1t that comes with a girlfriend or wife), prostitution is relatively cheap (from a naira X time/ per round point of view).

Most people view prostitutes as trafficked disease-ridden drug addicts with bad skin and worse fashion sense. That caricature is the minority. The majority of prostitutes are highly educated, well connected, very fashionable, and indistinguishable from the pastor's wife (please don't blast me oh...) Prostitutes are also way more likely to consistently use protection and keep clean. Think about it: boyfriend already has 10 body count, girlfriend too. Then they decide to go raw after a few encounters. That's potential exposure to hundreds of people (your girl's ex-boyfriends each had 10 bodycount, as well as your ex-girlfriends' exes, ad nauseum).

Not to mention the side-effect of helping out the local economy

Biodun556:
where will you people sell all these things when you finally secede from Nigeria?

We need to think twice before making a move.

They will be exported to Nigeria and other African countries. I don't get...

moneybag100:
Made in Aba but Nike logo on it.

If not for Nike logo, would people buy it?

Landlords to FG: reduce your tax, omonile fees, CofO, Land Use, LGA development fees, price of cement. Give us public sewers and water, so we don't have to spend money on tanks, stands, boreholes, pumps, soakaway, dustbin pit. Give us security so we can save costs on buglary, high walls and heavy gates. Give us light so we don't have to spend extra money on generator and fuel. Give us good access roads with proper drainage. Give us low interest mortgages. And please, give us a currency that doesn't lose half its value every year.

Even common water to mix cement, I have to buy tankers. Mtcheeew.

So after the West gives weapons to Nigeria to kill and starve Biafrans, we should be grateful a tiny number of them had conscience? The same West that preaches self determination?

Anyway, as somebody already mentioned, all belligerents memorialized yesterday.

The average age of our military leaders when they first took power in the 60's and 70's was also relatively young:

Ironsi: 42
Gowon: 32
Murtala: 37
Obasanjo: 39
Buhari: 41
Babangida: 39
Abacha: 50 (included here because he was the tail end of the same young hotheads, just waited 15 years to seize power)

It's a shame that we've allowed these same cast of characters lead us (again) in their old ages