₦airaland Forum

As an engineer, the one thing I want out of life is to use my time to tinker and make things that will benefit my fellow person. How I wish I could pursue this dream in Nigeria.

SpaceX is the stuff of dreams, and I'm happy for Musk (and a bit jealous) that he is able to work hard and make his dreams come true.

yomi961:
Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.
No more religious freedom?
Why them no remove the one wey dey mosque?
The demonic agenda has started, what will now happen if tinubu wins??

So after spending all day and part of the night hustling in Lagos from 5am-11pm, you don't want them to sleep the little they can in peace?

You sure shey her ex no dey audience, and they didn't plan rendezvous for next Thursday? Fear women (and men)

But seriously, this is a rubbish pledge by the clergyman, who must have had her breast on the mind. (you can only say what you're already thinking)... And what happens when child comes and her breasts are off limits for months if not a couple years?

Anyways, it was funny enough to distract me from today's bullcrap.

Inasmuch as I understand the reasons for the objection to a Muslim-Muslim ticket, let's ask ourselves if:

a. Christians would also object to a Christian-Christian ticket
b. the country got better under the various mixed tickets we've had so far?

maasoap:
He wasn't tagged Peter Obi for fun or for nothing. Go and dig that up from the Google achieve, it is there. Obi is even more fraudulent than the rest

Please show verifiable claims that he looted funds.
Not that he had accounts outside the country, or in tax havens. Looted.

I mean: that he stole money, or he sold drugs, or some of the other crimes that the other politicians have been accused of.

Digmygold:
I prefer a spendthrift wey get sense. Not one that will use his stinginess against our economic growth by hoarding everything and bragging about it whilst Nigerians are hungry. I don't fancy him bragging about being stingy. That attribute alone will surely have a thunderbolt effect on Nigeria. Stingy people are usually heartless. May the senseless borrow small sense for proper reasoning. Amen.

You make a very good point. We need a spendthrift with sense. I wish more people can express themselves as clearly as you did here. Thank you

Digmygold:
LoL at 62? Young indeed. Does his bragging about being stingy automatically mean that he is going to be efficient? Nigerians will be okay las las.

The reason for stinginess implies being efficient with resources... let's try a stingy guy as opposed to spendthrifts we've had so far. After 16
years of stinginess, we'll have more data to judge better.

GboyegaD:
Have they fixed the roads linking the villages to the cities? The airport isn't as economically viable to the detriment of other things. I still wonder how we set our priorities.

You're right and those roads to the villages should be done too. Then again, the people who would most often use the airports don't live in the villages, so prioritizing roads for the airport (through which a lot of goods can also come in) is a good thing.

Granted, what I'd like to see is an emphasis on enabling small and medium scale enterprises, then the need for those roads would be better justified. Slowly slowly, Ibom is getting there, and I pray my brothers would build upon past efforts. Akwa Ibom of 20 years ago and now are not the same place.

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Subsidywise20:
Good, so that means Buhari banning twitter by extension is all right too?

In my opinion, banns are unnecessary. (Yes, I do report the occasional offensive comment).

But this ban is being done not because of incitement but because some people cannot stand what Reno is saying. And that raises my hackles a lot.

And yes, if someone did the same to an Obidient or IPOB, or APC, or PDP...I would be against it.

Buhari's statement was particularly insensitive and downright dangerous, knowing the causes for the Civil war and the weight his words carry. That warrants censure. Repeated violations (of the terms of use that he agreed to) warrant a ban.

Objectively, I'd have to say that Reno's tweets are dog whistles that will eventually trigger the intended audience to cause far more harm than even he intended. If he doesn't want to be banned, he should quit repeatedly making statements that are likely to incite violence. We've just had a student brutally murdered because of what she said, and we've had multiple instances of violence because of what people said online.

Subsidywise20:
If you cannot see banning someone is wrong...then I cannot help thee.

Good afternoon.

We ban people on Nairaland all the time for violating the terms. We put people in jail for violating the terms of a peaceful society. You could argue that hateful speech is not a crime, but a line has to be drawn somewhere.

Reno signed an agreement with Twitter - which includes language about inciting violence, or spreading hate. He is violating the terms of his agreement.

And remember, freedom of expression only binds the government. It does not apply to private organizations, including the ones you agreed to certain terms with.

Yamiriflathead:
Go and ban him na, Ipob extremist

That's what we're trying to do. I am not Ipob, but a reasonable and concerned citizen. We need to stop tribalizing or regionalizing things. Poverty, violence, and lack of opportunity does not care about region.

If somebody says something that eventually leads to loss of life, we should all stand up against it. For next time we might be the victim.

Yamiriflathead:
What we are seeing with this Reno petition is part of the Igbo intolerant DNA to contrary opinions and values outside their Alaigbo village mentality.

Ipobs are a very crude backward heartless and wicked people who are the opposite of everything they proclaim to be.

While I subscribe to Free Speech, I also understand the reasons why the US Supreme Court ruled that freedom does not extend to yelling “Fire” in a crowded theater.

The law only binds government from infringing on people's right to express themselves freely. It does not extend to individuals. I can refuse to let you use my platform to say what you want. I can also tell others not to listen to you.

When a person repeatedly makes statements that can incite/goad people to violence, we the people - or private organizations like Twitter, can censure that person. Furthermore, Reno signed an agreement with Twitter to abide by certain rules and regulations, and his speech is increasingly in violation of those agreements (e.g. not to incite violence, make hateful comments, etc.)

FreeStuffsNG:
Hmmm. This article below is a reminder again. Do not outsource your role as a father.

Nice article; well written

So being by his child's side 24/7 would have prevented the congenital kidney disease? I'm curious how the author expects the senator to pay for her healthcare without working? (for politicians, what you described is work)

Life work balance is important for sure but I don't get the relevance of your quoted article.

As if his government would be any better... that's how Buhari and APC were reacting to issues during Jonathan's tenure, yet they ended up being much worse.

Good luck to her

Who stole what? Abegi. See lamba. Wardens don cash out be dat na.

Watch, ISWAP will release a statement that they didn't carry any cash

Phew... slowly slowly Nigeria is being dismantled, so you might get your wish afterall. It won't be too long before these terrorists declare their own country; our soldiers will run and hide, and I can't blame them.

olatade:
Definition of a nation: A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
Nigeria is many countries lumped together by colonialists to form a country. Hence the many problems we have, Nigeria can never work unless we agree to a referendum. We need to renegotiate our being together.

Examples of countries that manage to do well, in spite of being multicultural by your definition: UK (the Irish, Welsh, and Scots didn't exactly voluntarily choose to be in the UK); Spain (Basque Country and Catalonia aren't always happy to be in that union), and of course India (though admittedly Pakistan did break away), China, Thailand, etc...

I do get your point, but I wanted to point out counterexamples...

Yet, if this brilliant man remained in Nigeria as a youth, he would have been frustrated to the point of selling groundnut. So many countries are benefiting from our intelligence, yet we fail to harness what we have.

cenaman:
Oyibo too get wahala, Common snail na em them dey fear like this?

Imagine if there was a locust, or some other insect that really likes to eat cassava leaves invaded Southern Nigeria.

So it's not Nigerian security forces that will stop terrorists, but other terrorists? This country na cruise

Tareq1105:
Court has no right to stop the loan except if it was not in the approved budget for the year. If it's in line with the borrowing plan to finance the budget, I don't think the Court has the power to do that.

From the article:

KFF is challenging the Governor of Kano State from borrowing the sum of N10 billion on the grounds of non-compliance with rules and regulations governing loan transaction.

The applicants in their prayers challenged the state government for not complying with Debt Management Office establishment Act 2003, fiscal responsibility Act 2007 and laws of Kano State 1968.

In other words, the Kano First Forum has observed that the government has flouted the rules and regulations, and the court agrees with that finding. In accordance with its authority, the court has stopped a potentially-illegal government action.

Finally!!! Some good sense coming from leaders to prevent the governor from going rogue.

Finding bandits is not the problem, Northern governors and security forces know where they are... it's the decision to stop them that's the problem.

Yankee101:
Extremist Islam has yet to develop a SINGLE country
Even Saudi Arabia is becoming more open

Nor has extremist Christianity. Europe was in the clutches of the Dark Ages until it started to open up to ideas.
It's not the religion, it's the extremism.

Eniitankorede:
If not you people are mischievous, you know that Muslims are killed more than Christians by terrorists and bandits including IPOB, Boko Haram, ISWAP any others.

Agreed... there is as much - if not more - violence visited on Muslims by terrorists and bandits.

omoluka:
Muslim killing muslim should not be the headache of christians

You're right... it should be the headache of all Nigerians. We claim to be our brothers' keeper, but turn a blind eye if our brother is of a different faith; and it's even worse if it's some of the other faith that are doing the killing.

The truth is, both Jonathan and Buhari administrations have been ineffective to stop the terror. What a government does is take the killings of any of its people seriously, regardless of origin or faith or gender. You can say it has gotten worse, and that's true, but it's not because Jonathan was particularly effective nor because Buhari is a sympathizer.

It's just a natural consequence of a growing cancer: it simply gets bigger if you let it, which both administrations have done. A serious government, with forces loyal to the country, would stop this nonsense within months.

unclejb2:
Biden is a sorrugate islamist. He helped to foist this calamity called Buhari on us when he was vice president

Nigeria remains a country where being a Christian is a death warrant.

He helped foist? Didn't Nigerians vote for Buhari with open eyes? Please don't blame others for our collective foolishness.
Your statement should be more inclusive: it's not as if Muslims across the country are not being kidnapped and killed. This is not a religious issue at all - as there have also been numerous attacks on mosques - and the government needs to stop pussyfooting about it.

This crisis has its origins in several places:
- climate change is causing hardships in northern West Africa (Mali, Niger, Chad, etc)
- destabilization (encouraged by the US) caused by the Arab Spring
- importation of thugs by politicians to disrupt the previous administration
- tacit acceptance by Northern ruling elite, but their minions are getting out of control
- unwillingness to address the real issues

Allowing this to descend into a religious affair is misleading.

When we say Kwara is peaceful, people don't seem to understand. Oyo too, and don't forget my Edo neighbors.

Delta would be peaceful too, if not for my troublesome brothers in Warri, etc. them no dey hear word.

I would like to see the Canadian advisory for US: mass shootings in schools, shops, hospitals, concerts, movie theaters, subway. The occasional storming of the capitol, riots, and other random acts of violence.

Mailthaddeus:
So the gospel of Jesus Christ lacks evidence? Baba u need to humble urself and seek God, that is the only way u can find Him. Remember ur not believing in God won't won't add or remove anything from Him, na u go kuku spend eternity in Hell/lake of fire.

But if u will humble urself and ask God to reveal Himself to u, acknowledge the fact that u are not sure of His existence, but u wish to know and that He should reveal Himself to u..I assure u, do this in a sincere heart and u will find Jesus Christ ready to welcome u to His kingdom.

The fundamental question is: why is the Abrahamic God the right one, but the Aztec (or the ancient Hausa, Inca, Egyptian, Greek, etc) one is the wrong one?

Adherents of all these religions would point to their sacred text as evidence of their conviction, so you doing the same is not proof either.

Kobojunkie:
Yet you continue to speak off me.

Again, the Truth I believe in isn't subjective since the source is not of me, and again, I was never told this truth since my birth, so try to stick to speaking for yourself and not others in this.

The Truth I believe in is over 2000 years old, so it was even more than 140 years ago.

Many truths are subjective, even if they can be shared. You keep saying truth it's not of you, but there's no denying that what you call truth is of a certain group of people, from a certain part of Earth, at a certain point in time. It is also colored by that people's cultural history and experiences. That is the essence of the subjective (i.e. it is not universally held by all peoples, at all time, nor is it objectively constant, in spite of what you may think).

We, in West Africa, did not learn of this truth till about 140 years ago, and we learned of it by being told it as part of our upbringing. It's a fact that you would not have learned this truth if you lived more than 140 years ago in West Africa. It did not reveal itself to you without the intervention of missionaries, never mind its age.

I'm also going further to say that if instead the missionaries were Roman, or Mayan, or Thai, you would not hold the truth of the Abrahamic God, but instead of the ones that brought their religion with them. In other words: you believe what you have been conditioned to believe.

You may say I am speaking for you, and in a way I am. I can make the statement: "you likely won't be speaking English if Nigeria wasn't colonized, or if it was colonized instead by the French". I am making the same statement: "you likely won't be speaking of Abrahamic God if their missionaries didn't bring it".

Kobojunkie:
There you go again pretending to speak for me. I already confirmation for what is my belief. And my belief, I know is Truth. You may not have and know what I know but we are definitely not in the same boat.

By the way, up until October 2017, I used to be atheist myself. I was never a believer before the faithful night it all turned for me. And it has never been the way it used to everyday since then...

I'm not speaking for you. You have your truth, and I have my truth. Since the two truths are not the same, one can only conclude they are subjective. This truth you speak of has been told to you since birth... If you had lived 140 years prior, you would never had had this particular truth.

FreeStuffsNG:
This is the second demographic/ developmental data I am reading today where the SE is having no representation in the top states because of their low population numbers which makes me to doubt the imagined official population of the SE. Official population of Igbo in SE is inflated and needs to be thoroughly and scientifically investigated.

All these data, land mass and satelite images are pointers that the SE population may have been inflated.

Igbo are actually far smaller in population than the anogue census data estimate.

These low numbers are not coincidental and are data obtained with better data capture tools unlike in the past.

Is this the reality the politicians know in the political turf that Igbo do not have a high population which made the leading parties not to take their flagbearers and running mates from the SE?

All data from SE, even international data on SE, are conflating into low population of Igbo.

The whole population of Igbo in the 5 Igbo SE states may not even be more populous than Oyo state or Kaduna or Katsina with dorminant monoethnic groups yet the SE has 5 states and LGAs more than each of those states! Should this not be investigated just to be sure that funds are actually reaching real citizens and not ghost citizens.

Is there another tribe now displacing Igbo as the 3rd most populous or the linguistic spread of Igbo language responsible for the masking of the reality of low Igbo population is now being eliminated with better data capture technology tools ?

You do realize that a good chunk of the subscribers in Lagos and Abuja are Igbos, right...? But you don't have to wonder, just read https://nigeria.opendataforafrica.org/ifpbxbd/state-population-2006 and it does tell you that the population of Igbo is quite small... (adding the numbers in 5 states is approx 17million people), keeping in mind there are probably 4 million or more outside the SE states. These are 2006 numbers, but the proportions should still stay about the same in 2022, until the latest census is formally verified.