₦airaland Forum

oldtruth:
Even if she said no light. Is that an insult? Park well please.

It's not an insult oh... even I was saying that it's not an insult, because it's fact we don't have light.

Then I listened to what she said... and realized she wasn't even talking about light.

OP she said: "No lie, this looks like DR".

She did not say "no light".

Please listen more carefully. In fact, Nigeria does look like the DR... CardiB is of Dominican descent, and she was saying how this looks [like her family's home country]

I guess we're all very touchy about people insulting our country, which is why we jump the gun sometimes. I get it. But let's not crucify someone because we misunderstood what she said.

Nairafame1:
Nigeria looks like Dominican Republic and has no light, Grammy award-winning rapper and social media sensation, CardiB says as she mocks Nigeria after she landed yesterday ahead lives Spot festival in Nigeria.

joshjc:
She should be deported immediately

oldtruth:
Is that mocking or just stating fact?

MyVILLAGEpeople:
Just look at what Buhari has caused...

NaijaDonCast:
but she should opted not to come to NIGERIA if she so much detest the country...

TheAmbasador:
In as much as that's true, she is disrespectful to a host country she is being to for the first time! That's irresponsibility & arrogance...who is she?

In other news... Judge Ojukwu being investigated by EFCC... properties sealed... coming soon.

But why does this fell like a prisoner swap? Kanu for Sowore?

Yes... this single one: get into a position to siphon money.

If you find you're on the wrong side depending on the month, carpet cross, and you shall be saved.
Accuse the other side of incompetence. It doesn't matter if you were on the other side, or will be there in the near future, all you need to do is refer to the first and only ideology.
Once you've exhausted enough terms on one level (e.g. governor), move to the next level (senator). All in service of that first and only ideology.

Very nice... hopefully it will still be working in 6 months, and not succumb to the Nigerian factors of no budget to replace bulbs (which die), vandalism, or lack of electricity.

We should just hurry up and make prostitution legal... two or more consenting adults and all that.

Why is it OK to have sex for free, but not to exchange money for it? I mean, it's OK to pay for a massage, yet not a hand job? It appears legal to pay to kill a person (e.g. police and soldiers get a salary), but illegal to service that person for a fee? Let the thing be legalized already so government can tax the income. Practically all the senators and reps are regular customers so why keep insisting on it being illegal.

Moralists calling out olosho yet doing much worse when nobody is looking.

One of the best quotes I've heard in a long time said:

"If you think sex workers "sell their bodies", but coal miners do not, your view of labor is clouded by your moralistic view of society" - Erik Sprankle

The same would apply to boxers, oil platform workers, drivers, etc. whose main input to the job is their bodies (which are often damaged and ravaged after years of work). You think sex work is so easy? You think long nights out on the town, hours doing makeup and hair for shots for the 'gram are easy? Keeping track of multiple clients, making them happy, and doing better than the competition? I would like this guy to try doing what they do (minus the actual sex) for just one month... he too will realize that it's hard work.

At least we can guess their source of income, unlike the Invictus guy, certain Insta big boys, and a few politicians.

So to my motivational speakers, please carry go, notin do una.

pacespot:
But my question is, instead moving this gigantic element around which comes with its own risks, can't they bring the company that built it in China down here in Nigeria to build it right in the refinery?

Then you'd need to bring on barges all that equipment, raw materials, skilled manpower, infrastructure, cheap money, support industries, and constant & plentiful energy/electricity. Add the Nigeria factor, and you and I know this thing could not be made here this decade.

Not as if we haven't spent over 20* billion dollars on a certain steel plant.

*20 billion in today's money, accounting for inflation and everything else.

DCmonster:
Dangote alone is taking all the glory in this refinery project because it has his name on it. There are numerous investors in this project for crying out loud. Dangotes stake in the refinery is not even upto 50%. Nigerians are just too dumb and gullible.

Remember when Steve Jobs or Bill Gates got all the glory for their respective companies products? By mid-90s, neither owned a majority in the companies, and didn't do most of the heavy lifting, but they were the singular focus when it came to the projects. How is it different in Dangote's case?

This is a massive project. Just having even 10% of this project is still a mind-boggling achievement.

Everybody repeat after me: "what is subsidy? I don't know what that is"...

Gwan2:
Flavour Nabania...over to you, Oh I forgot she is not from the east. Emmanuel Amonike over to you...I forgot also, she is not from the east....Who I wan call now
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Anyway, anyone who is debating the region with most pretty girls in nigeria by now is obviously still living in the caves

I dey oh, I dey oh... if somebody can forward me her contact, I will do the needful. I don't discriminate based on region

judedwriter:
Strength and stamina determines who wins a match not swimming in a pool

Funny enough swimming does help because it gives you strength and stamina - similar to jogging - but uses a different set of muscles. My 4 fav exercises are pullup, pushup, jogging, swimming. No weights or special equipment needed.

So, against my better instincts, I have to side with the Prophet on this one (but not for religious reasons, because that's just silly)

What I'd like to know is how much I can get for betting for and against AJ. As in I can go to one betting place and bet for him. Then go to another place and bet against. Since either outcome will be more than my wager, I'm bound to make money either way right?

Nthrone:
Bulshit. He should thank Don jassy, without him he will still be unknown, thousand of up coming art, still in the streets

Of course, of course, but you can't discount that Rema has been working hard for a while. Many people will be unknowns without the right backing, but I doubt Don Jazzy just picks random people off the street with no talent or music background.

Even Reekado "started recording his first set of songs in 2008." (wiki). This is 6 years before signing to Mavin. Same with Tiwa, Dr. Sid. All of them were dreaming and working on their music for years before they were "discovered"

Good hard work over a long period. Nothing good comes easy.

Stop reading and posting on social media. That alone will improve your grades.

I thought this only happened in US?
So the craziness of Black Friday has engrained in us too eh?
Normally, wetin I dey find inside shoprite? Upon the sale it's still expensive, plus all the trampling and pushing.

Na wa... even haters have to acknowledge she has the makings of a star. Haba, see reception.

Oh, there's a lot of business being conducted by these so-called "lazy youths", who work hard with the talent they have - whatever that is.

Ikjosh04:
It's so pathetic, is Nigeria �� cursed? �

No... we're not cursed. They have security cameras and police in LAX, JFK and Heathrow to also prevent theft. It's not a problem unique to Nigeria... what we don't have is effective policing.

stagger:
Was Kanu's luggage and money not stolen in Russia as he headed to the world cup as a FIFA ambassador? These things are not unique to Nigeria.

lillaowow:
We say robbery is happening in Nigeria, you say it is happening in Russia too.
How does that make any sense to you?
Why are you deflecting.? Do we live in Russia?
So because robbery is happening in Russia, we shouldn't tackle it in Nigeria?

The point is yes, we should tackle it in Nigeria, but we shouldn't start insulting our mentality as if Nigeria is the only place there are thieves. The solution is to look at how other countries are tackling it (not by self abuse, but with cameras and effective policing).

She's got expensive taste? No problem... me too. Shebi she's the one paying for this romance?

sodiqapril:
The child no ft know suffer again.....I pray everyday I don't give birth to my children in this country...

Abi now?

mmsen:
You think that chlidren born abroad have no problems? Third world thinking at its finest.

Hah, they may have problems, but they don't have to worry about the basics: education, health, water, light, jobs, loans, rule of law, etc. Other problems are easily surmountable if the child focuses and doesn't get distracted. It's hard to focus when you're concerned about the basics.

explosiveskull:
I know it's none of my concern but why are we celebrating child birth outside wedlock; isn't this what we normally call mme mkpuke or bastards?

We're celebrating the birth of a child, and fathers who take care of them.
Marriage has always been overrated, so we used abuse to force and shame people into it. It seems people (men especially) are realizing that marriage may not be worth all the hassle, yet the biological imperative to multiply causes them to want children.

Let those who want to marry, marry... and those who don't want to, should not be shamed into it.

Good thinking from Anambra govt to make this gesture to help out citizens.

I applaud this on one hand, but this just means government is spending money on this at the risk of (more important) areas. Well funded hospitals are much more productive than free transportation, in my humble opinion, as are farming equipment, or erosion control.

If people know that transport costs more during holiday season they can 1) save up during the year, or 2) move about less.

But aunty Kemi, it's the cleavage that helped her get the endorsement deal. Now other potential endorsers will see the cleavage, erm, product and want to endorse her too.

Nothing to say but I admire these nurses who can insert drip while talking on phone, chewing gum, yabbing patients, and selling recharge card at the same time.

I dedicate this FTC to my favorite nurse Nancy... my cure dey on top your body.

It appears somebody didn't learn from the Davido's accusers' experience.
She might be thinking "even if it's two days in cell, at least small change must drop for Christmas, maybe somebody will take me out to eat after my small fame"

linearity:
There is nothing like POS fees when you want to buy merchandise in the US. Though some merchants will add a fee if the cost of goods/services you are buying is below a particular threshold set by them and you can skip the fees by paying with cash or up your purchase to at least the minimum, which in most cases is like $10.

You're mostly right, but I wanted to add a small point to the bolded. In most of the world, the burden for using cards is borne by the merchant who is charged about 2% of the transaction plus a flat fee. Of course this is passed unto the customer in one way or another but better believe customer is paying even if they don't see the charge up front.

Echoing what you said, some merchants might even give a small discount for paying cash; alternatively, some charge extra if you pay with card.

We're paying for the convenience of not carrying cash (that is bulky, can be stolen or lost); the merchant pays for the convenience of reducing cash on hand, accounting and remitting, employee theft, etc. If you go to withdraw that money from ATM (after 3 or so withdrawals at some other bank, it will cost). Bank transfers also cost.

Is N50 worth the convenience? Only time will tell, but it's most likely that people will eventually just accept to pay this fee.

sacx:
Then it's totally an individual thing, desired just for the benefit of massaging one's ego and sense of self importance. However, understanding cultural diversity, it is courteous to address people in the way they feel highly esteemed.

I personally don't feel offended when kids address me by my first name. I introduce myself that way all the time.

Fair enough...

tech18:
What should a married man use

Mrss

Missr



Kestolove95 which one are you ?

Funny enough, in times past Master was used for men of rank (e.g master of a trade), or by employees referring to their employer. Over time it became the term used only for young boys. There was bound to be some debate over the appropriate use of master to refer to men in England at some point.

Mister was the default for men (of lower rank), and yet the two words have changed positions. You don't call a grown man Master, and you hardly call a young boy Mister.

Similar (but not quite because of gender inequalities) debates about Ms. Mrs. Miss.

safarigirl:
growing up, I learnt that 'Ms' is for women who are either divorced or unmarried at an advanced age.

To be sincere, there is no difference in pronunciation between Ms and Miss

Actually, Ms. is normally pronounced /ˈmɪz/ (stress the z); unlike Miss, which is pronounced /ˈmɪs/

Ms. is the female equivalent to Mr. that has no connotations of marriage (i.e. does not mean unmarried, or divorced, or single, or even married). It just means: female. Just like Mr. means: male.

Miss., Mrs., Ms. were all derived from the word Mistress (used for all women), like Mister. Over time, Mrs. came to connote married, Miss. unmarried, and Ms. sort of stopped being used, until its revival now as a marriage-neutral term, which ironically it has always been.

sacx:
What in your opinion is wrong with addressing people by their first name?

The same thing that makes you uncomfortable if a 5 year old calls you by your first name without adding brother, uncle, sister, aunty...
By that same logic a 45-year old would feel funny being addressed familiarly by a 25-year old in the office context.

The workplace is not egalitarian (unlike a friendly gathering of peers) - it works best with a hierarchy - so as to avoid conflicts over disagreement in business execution. After all, owners of the business (and their representatives) have different responsibilities and ownership than workers, management, etc.

One one hand, it's awkward do self-introduce yourself with a title. I mean, do men say, "My name is Mr." so and so? Or "I'm Dr. so and so"? In that vein I think women won't need to mention their title.

On the other hand, society still makes (unfair, IMHO) distinctions between married and unmarried women (one of the reasons Americans started using Ms.), and women feel the need to clear the air upon first meeting. So do what floats your boat, especially if you don't wear a ring.

As an aside I always get tickled to hear "Chief Mrs." , because we don't say "Chief Mr."


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From the wikipedia article about Ms, and to pause the knee-jerk reaction that it's a modern feminist idea (and therefore bad):

The earliest known proposal for the modern revival of Ms. as a title appeared in The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 10, 1901:

There is a void in the English language which, with some diffidence, we undertake to fill. Every one has been put in an embarrassing position by ignorance of the status of some woman. To call a maiden Mrs is only a shade worse than to insult a matron with the inferior title Miss. Yet it is not always easy to know the facts...

Now, clearly, what is needed is a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation, and what could be simpler or more logical than the retention of what the two doubtful terms have in common. The abbreviation Ms is simple, it is easy to write, and the person concerned can translate it properly according to circumstances. For oral use it might be rendered as "Mizz," which would be a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis' does duty for Miss and Mrs alike.[4]

OneKinGuy:
it's true, It's in US official Justice website,
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/ceo-nigerian-airline-indicted-bank-fraud-and-money-laundering

I searched and found it... you're right. This is serious oh