₦airaland Forum

Na wao... if somebody is failing school after 6 years... how can the person still be saying: "don't worry, I will still carry first class"... ?

Ikwerelastborn:
Is very pathetic and unintelligent of you to think they did it due to Christianity, it was purely a racial war,
Between you're no Christian, stop deceiving yourself, headslammer islamabad

Qudsi:
Is this the new way you muslims lie now on Nairaland. After telling lies as trained at your islamic centers. You will end it with "I'm Christian".
Sledgehammer fall on your head there, cheap antichrist.

The irony is that I'm actually quite accomplished, well rounded, compassionate, and give deep thought to most of my opinions on such heavy subject matter.

You're here saying they didn't do it due to Christianity. Yet most of us accept when people say modern-day terrorists are doing it because of Islam.

Please apply the same standards to the conversation: either they are all terrorists because of their religion, or they are not. I was referring to the statement: "not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims", which ignores the glaring fact that Christians (i.e. the West) committed some of the worst atrocities the world has seen. We should either apply this universally to all religions, or not make the statement at all.

These sentiments unnecessarily divide us, when the problem (at least in Africa) is bad leadership that uses their position to subjugate the masses. I point to the Sokoto Caliphate as a prime example of the problem - and it's not their religion that justifies it (afterall in Islam, all are equal before God).

Because I realize people would assume I was a Muslim for defending Muslims - and therefore discount my post - I mentioned I was Christian, so people would understand that you don't have to be Muslim to understand bigotry against Muslims.

God bless.

goodnessme1:
Police that can not protect their stations is talking about protecting the masses.
Anyway,no one is being forced to sit at home.Biafrans are doing it to honour their fallen heros.
Schools in my area have already declared that day a public holiday.

As in... if I choose to honour our fallen heroes, who is police to tell me I can't.

... as I was saying in a previous thread (which appears to have been deleted), Christians perpetrated some of the worst genocides and acts of terrorism this world has ever seen. This admission is merely the tip of the iceberg. We should stop (the relatively new trend of) ascribing terrorism to Islam. Humans can be nasty, and that's the problem we should address.

(I'm Christian BTW)

hee hee hee hee... and people thought the stealing under GEJ was bad...
My friends, the nation is corrupt to the core... even the youths that I had faith in, daily we're seeing them defrauding people in the US, or their ponzi schemes.

alsudan:
The dullard promised 1 dollar = 1 naira, but by 2023, when he’s done with Nigeria, 1 dollar will be = 1000 naira.

But I understood what he meant: 1dollar will equal 1naira, after they rebase naira (e.g. they will issue new notes so that the old 1000Naira will be the new 1naira note.

The former CBN governor, Soludo, wanted to redominate the naira back in 2007, but was prevented by NASS. It won't surprise me if that redom comes up again.

IMAliyu:
Lie?
I just remembered the naira devaluation started at the beginning of 2015..
Seems I got it wrong.

These are the numbers... I've not had the energy to edit recently, but I used to update the wiki page on Nigerian economy, and there was a fluctuation from 195 to 237 in 2015. Note these are parallel market rates that we could get... "official" rate is of no use to me, since most of us cannot get that rate.

Year    2015    2016    2017    2018    2019 
Best    195     345      350     370     380      
Worst   237     490      520    430     490

At least we have to give credit for creativity

But people sef, how can you flee your house at night because you see ghost?

LegendHero:
Nice one.

But I think the Nigeria media need some schooling in their reporting.

The $100m Facebook grant will be shared among multiple business and infact there are over 30,000 business or so that can qualify when Facebook announced the grant last year.

In the USA here I think the grant is $4000 for small businesses ($2500 in cash and $1500 in optional ad credits). I don’t know the actual amount for Africa.

Abi now... thanks for the clarification, before boys go dey reason their matter for streets, say them win $100m

If there was an example of a state or region that works well, is free from corruption, is developed, etc, I would agree.

Is it 1999 Constitution that we have to blame for lack of sanitation and clean drinking water? (it's the state's water board's responsibility BTW)
Or FG that manages omonile, corruption in every civil servant, and bad local and state roads? Should we blame FG for baby factories, skull mining, and the cheating that happens at computer village? When your quantity surveyor charges you for 300 rods but only bought 250, we should blame the Constitution bah?

No be new things na... asks some Nigerian women... how many men they satisfy weekly. And each man thinks she's his girlfriend, sidechick, friend-with-benefit, honey, or even wife sef. Phone is filled with names like mugu1, maga2, bff, ay-lagos, dim, etc. The only different is this one said it out loud ;-)

Apart from the fact that this statement is absolutely rubbish, let my try to debunk it with a rational mind:

Are they trying to say that it was OK in the past for herdsmen to go and destroy farms? In which time? Certainly not in my father's time, nor his father's time, nor his. Can you imagine?

Second, it's actually quite Constitutional, according to the land use act: all land comprised in the territory of each state in Nigeria are vested in the governor of that state and such land shall be held in trust and administered for the use and common benefit of all Nigerians. The right of every Nigerian to own land in any part of the country is therefore subject to the interests of the Governor. The Governor may also revoke a right of occupancy for overriding public interest.

You hear, the land is held in trust to the Governor, who is empowered to give a Certificate of Occupancy, agreeing that it belongs to so so and so (for a maximum 99 years).

Third, the power to control what happens within a state's territory is the exclusive domain of the Governor. There are some federal lands within states (or carved out from pre-existing states like FCT), but for the most part, state Governments have control over their territory and can determine what they will allow, and where. You can't go and open a factory in residential area, unless zoning law allows it. You can't open an abattoir right next to a hospital, etc. Governors are banning open grazing because it's becoming a security nightmare that the president has so far refused to address.

Like somebody else said, let herdsmen purchase land and use that land to feed their animals. People pay for their land - or inherit it - before they can use it productively (i.e. farm on it). Why should it be different because you have some cows? I wonder what would happen if we intentionally took our goats to forage in tomato and onion farms in the North.

adenigga:
The governor urged patriotic Nigerians and men of good conscience to speak out against the ills in the country, pointing out that support and synergy with security agents was imperative in the fight against banditry, terrorism and other forms of criminality

Dear sir, what have we been saying since 2015? Your chief executive sends his people to harass, jail, teargas, and jail anyone who says "pim". Some of us are even saying "e don do, we no want again", and the response has been bombing. Yet the perpetrators are receiving gifts and visits from some people in government. It's up to you governors and representatives to speak to your guys. At least, you, Gov Ortom, is trying.

RIP Lt. General.

Since this is Nigeria, this crash is suspicious...

CilicMarin:
Anything that would lead to the decimation of all terrorists is welcomed by me

I don't know what the real aim of all this NIN, IMEI back and forth, but I don't believe it's going to "reduce criminal activity", as FG likes to say. Afterall, we have people in government going to meet bandits in broad daylight, and some are sponsors of BH and ISWAP. Why hasn't FG used that information to stop banditry?

If the law enforcement was serious they'd do the following:
- ask the telco which remote towers (i.e. close to bush where bandits hide) are active during certain times
- who called it, or who did it call?
- collate with info about family members who got calls from kidnappers

They can get the IMEI and SIM from the telcos, and just keep tabs on where those devices are. Cell towers can even tell you where a phone is without needing to make a phone call.. as long as it registers with the network.

Not that I'm for this new invasion of privacy, nor do I believe it's going to "reduce criminal activity", as FG likes to say. Afterall, we have people in government going to meet bandits in broad daylight, and some are sponsors of BH and ISWAP. Why hasn't FG used that information to stop banditry?

What I am surprised about is: every time you use a phone, its IMEI and SIM are sent to the network ... that's what identifies the phone, and also the subscriber. What I'm saying is: there is a database at MTN, GLO, etc, that contain all that the government needs to track people. Why bother asking people to turn in data that already exists? It's not as if our telcos will refuse a government directive.

You mean: "we'll see you soon again".

Cross carpetting is a hobby for these people. Have you seen a country where politicians change party so often? Imagine if politicians in US went from being Democrat, to Republican, back to Democrat? Or UK from Labor to Conservative, and back? Only in Nigeria have I seen this kind of shameless carpet crossing, which shows that there's no difference in policy or political outlook, just a constant grab for selfish interest.

Anyone saying PDP is this, or APC is that, just doesn't realize that it's the exact same set of politicians who are taking us for a cruise...

oluwaseyi0:
I'm sure if the nepa people pack out of that apartment the next tenant will inherit unpaid NEPA bills running into hundreds of thousands of naira

Hah hah hah... too much sense. I tell u.

HonNL:
Chioma Aninwe, a spokesperson for PHED, when contacted, said the locking of the office was caused by a communication gap.

Yes, the gap between owing and paid rent is wide. Good one from oga landlord.

Failure44:
Damn Elon musk and china for almost sending me to my early grave.

Left sports betting addiction to crypto and it's the same result but this time I really got hit hard especially since I put majority of my savings in it.

I'm resuming school as a fresher next week and I don't know how am gonna survive with the last money I have.

Do i invest the little i have in crypto with the Hope's it goes back up
Advice needed am badly hurt and confused

I've been telling people for at least three years: if you're comfortable with watching an amount of money burn, then put it into crypto. No more. If it goes up, good, you won a gamble. If you lost it, no worries, it wasn't all you have.

You haven't sold yet, right? So technically you haven't lost any money. Stay the course with the amount you already put in. However, do not "invest"/gamble the rest you have. Save it and please use this as a lesson:
- you need to work towards saving 6-months emergency fund that will take care of your needs in case you lose your income. Do this before investing or gambling. This is cash in bank, so you can access it without story. Ideally half in naira, half in dollar-denominated account.
- use only 50% of your income for current needs (housing, food, fees)
- invest 30% of your income for the long-term in stocks, real estate
- use the remaining 20% for play (crypto, tithing, rocking life a bit)

I don't have any money in crypto, and many times I regret not getting in when it was around $500. But I just don't like putting money into things I don't understand, nor control.

Mallam Garba should note that this was a fight between BH and ISWAP. Nigeria armed forces had nothing to do with his death.
That is, if there's any truth to this report.

But what has this got to do with Kanu or Igboho? These two are looking to protect their people, something FG has continually refused to do.

For me the real lesson from this is that Nigeria's armed forces are useless. This is actually encouraging to Kanu and Igboho since they know the army can't do anything. Even with the recent shoot-at-sight order from IG. Does anybody remember how police was running helter skelter during end-SARS protest in the East? Ordinary protest. What if we actually got serious in Owerri

Abeg, let's wrap up this Lugard contraption

We don't need national carrier. Leave air operations to the private sector. I can't think of a national carrier that makes money... even BA was privatized.

If government has a few billion dollars just burning a hole, they can pay some of the national debt, build a world-class hospital in Abuja, or even just use it to buy made-in-Nigeria good and promote our industries.

I hope they kidnap these senators or their children. I don't even know how somebody will propose this..

Kidnappers have taken people's loved ones, now you want to threaten them with prison terms? Kidnappers that will just useless somebody's life for a place of jollof? How heartless can a government be?

Why is there kidnapping in the first place? Times are hard and the oga at the top appears to condone it.
Where are the police? They are just mounting roadblocks in lucrative places, abandoning their duty.
Soldiers nko? Na to dey pull rank and slap people anyhow.

Why are you still standing there? You no see say Naija dey burn?

If you want to help, leave Naija, make your money and learn a skill. You can bring your wealth and talents in 15 years.

You mean am? A sitting judge in court kidnapped?

I almost don't understand what country this is again

These people should do the needful and capture one particular mallam from one rocky place. I no mention any names oh.

OP: it's not your O'level that will get or cost you a job in this country, my brother.

Na wao... so if people - including close relatives of NLC members - were in hospital urgent care, no more light be dat? Let's say we had some type of electric rail in Kaduna (as is being constructed in Lagos) people would be stranded in mid-air? A company is in the middle of making some highly-sentitive equipment, millions of naira lost. Is that how South Korea became a first-world country?

Very anyhow people in this country, from government down to labor.