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Foreign Affairs / Re: Trump Holds A Bible, Visits Church In White House Vandalized By Protesters by NiCurious: 7:25pm On Jun 02, 2020
Jakemedg:
You said peaceful protesters without specifying where
Please refer back to the OP of this thread for reference.
Travel / Re: Reps Ban Airlines From Canada, UK For Denying Nigeria Landing Rights by NiCurious: 6:18pm On May 30, 2020
Esseite:


So why could that not be done since it is an emergency?..

The never even tried.. where was the effort?

Do you wait for an emergency to start such a process?
Travel / Re: Reps Ban Airlines From Canada, UK For Denying Nigeria Landing Rights by NiCurious: 6:17pm On May 30, 2020
salford1:
There is no direct flight from Nigeria to Canada or vice versa anyway, so what is the usefulness of the ban
Travel / Re: Reps Ban Airlines From Canada, UK For Denying Nigeria Landing Rights by NiCurious: 6:11pm On May 30, 2020
Abuleoshi:
Somebody should please whisper to the Honunrable member that no Canadian airline flies directly to Nigeria. This has been the case since God knows when.
In Fela's words, all this na Shakara jare.

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Travel / Re: Reps Ban Airlines From Canada, UK For Denying Nigeria Landing Rights by NiCurious: 6:09pm On May 30, 2020
OldSoul1:

These guys must be dumb! There is no direct flight from Canada to Nigeria. So what airline are you banning?
Travel / Re: Reps Ban Airlines From Canada, UK For Denying Nigeria Landing Rights by NiCurious: 5:51pm On May 30, 2020
AZeD1:
Lol.......

There's no Canadian airline that flies to Nigeria.

When Canada wanted to evacuate it's Citizens from Nigeria, they used Ethiopian Air because Air Canada and West Jet don't fly to Nigeria. Their goal was to get their citizens out and not play stupid games.

Thank you.

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Nairaland / General / Re: This Python Swallowed Whole Antelope In My Village (Graphic content) by NiCurious: 5:40pm On May 30, 2020
shocked shocked shocked
In the headlines: "Giant Snake Pregnant With Antelope, Tragically Killed Before Giving Miracle Birth"
Family / Re: HELP! My Brother Is Too Dull by NiCurious: 1:10am On May 30, 2020
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Health / Re: Man Electrocuted To Death In Aba Few Weeks To Traditional Wedding (Graphic Pic) by NiCurious: 7:36pm On May 29, 2020
Metal ladder in the background. Not a good choice.
Car Talk / Re: "The Car Is Worth 100m, The Cloth Is 15k A Yard", Young Northerner Brags by NiCurious: 5:39am On May 29, 2020
I thought he was wearing blue plastic sheeting. Not in a hurry to copy his clothing.
Romance / Re: He’s Very Stingy And I am tired by NiCurious: 3:15am On May 28, 2020
Positivechick:
I broke up with my boyfriend today,...
Am tired, he has no vision, No focus , no aim , he depends on his friends and it's annoying. I think about he’s future more than he does , he’s always in the present. He’s making me feel like a bad person that he would make it. I hope he makes it but the relationship is so draining and I am 100% faithful to someone with no sense of reasoning. He’s Saying I am dating someone that’s why I want to leave him. He isn’t even addressing the issue we hv on ground .

Thoughts??

He's a visionless moocher who is happy to receive from everyone, without giving in return, cannot plan a week in advance, and makes a priority of nobody but himself. Don't even worry about why he thinks you are leaving, after you have already spoken. Walk away and move forward with your life.
Ignore those who tell you you are ungrateful. They are trolls.

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Family / Re: Seeing Dead Aunty In My Dreams Repeatedly. I Need Any Solutions Please by NiCurious: 9:25pm On May 27, 2020
sisisioge:
Hmmmm....inside life!

1. Your Uncle and Aunty really tried for you. They collectively did more than your parents did so you should be very grateful to them. Get this and stop being bitter about it, it will help you further release yourself and them.

2. Comparing yourself to their kids shouldn't even happen...they weren't your parents, they were nice people who took you in. I understand how you might have felt differently though...thank goodness it was in the past. Everyone is running a different race...you apparently still think you and your cousins are still on the same track hence your conscious and subconscious comparison. Free your mind...move on and you will stop seeing their mother gossiping in your dream.

3. In your hearts of heart you still think you didn't quite do enough for them, hence the reason you kept dreaming about her. Free you mind, talk to a therapist if you have too or pray and speak with her in your spirit. You did nothing wrong... Have that conversation in your mind, believe it and move on.

May God bless you with peace...peace supersedes any other thing in this dear life.

Short, sweet, and beautiful.
Family / Re: Seeing Dead Aunty In My Dreams Repeatedly. I Need Any Solutions Please by NiCurious: 9:24pm On May 27, 2020
charlesELIKIBA:
HELLP NAIRALANDERS
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Why do I repeatedly see my aunty in my dreams.... just before this writeup, i had just woken up from another dream she was present in, she was whispering to the ears of a very good friend of mine and then the friends turned to me and was like '' ah cahrles na so you be''?...and i was angry and was like '' how can you believe something someone you just met told you against i your best friends word'' and minutes later dream ended and i woke up.
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Our dreams deal with different aspects of our inner selves. How I interpret your aunty dreams: on some level, YOU are still believing your aunt's whispers against your own better knowledge; you are not being a good friend to yourself when you believe those whispers. Your dream about your aunt forgiving you--turn it around, forgive your aunt, for her ignorance. It is done, she is gone, let her whispers be silenced. smiley
Romance / Re: I Proposed To My Girlfriend But She Doesn’t Wear Her Ring by NiCurious: 10:49pm On May 26, 2020
Hotzone:
Good morning to you. I don’t know if I am over reacting but I proposed to my girl a week ago and she was so excited about it and it was so romantic but I just noticed to my greatest chagrin that she doesn’t wear her engagement ring to work.

So I complained and she said she’s facing some spiritual challenges. We don’t live together as she claims her faith is against it. We work in the same organization and her position is a little higher than mine but I take care of bills concerning her but it seems I am getting tired with much terms and conditions. It’s draining my energy.

Please, I need u to talk to me because I am about to “collect list” from her kinsmen.

If she's even maybe at a higher position than you in your organization and likely earning as much or more, why are you taking care of her bills?
If you are getting tired of "terms and conditions", which sounds like you've been dealing with them for more than a week since you proposed, why did you then rush to propose?
As to why she's not wearing her ring, there are innocent reasons and not so innocent reasons, and I don't know her, to know her reasons.
Properties / Re: Please Help. My Apartment Is Being Haunted By A Ghost. by NiCurious: 7:29pm On May 25, 2020
wjxavier:


This is where you go off on a tangent. The people that invented Sango and Ayelala were talking to trees.

Somebody will always answer.

The dead are dead. This fellow watches too much tick tock videos. That’s where the seed was sown.

See, whether ghosts are real or not...they are real to the OP. Even if this is a figment of his imagination, for the ghost to be settled, he must address this figment of his imagination, or projection, as if it were real. His imagination or psyche or conscience will answer back regarding what the unfinished business is that he has with the deceased. If we offer our advice in terms he is familiar with and can relate to, it is easier for him to understand what he can do next, to settle his matter.
(Just my opinion about how this all works. smiley )
Properties / Re: Please Help. My Apartment Is Being Haunted By A Ghost. by NiCurious: 1:31am On May 24, 2020
Cloud699999:
Good morning Nairalander,

It all started Last week When a neighbor next to my apartment died without nobody noticing for 2 days until she started smelling. We didn't actually suspect that it was from her room until someone came looking for her because she wasn't answering her phone, which was still ringing inside and the door was locked from the inside that was how we knew she was dead, already swollen because the last time we saw was Sunday night and we didn't know untill Tuesday that she was dead.

All this happened last week. Later that Tueday family and friends with police came to evacuate her corpse. No foul play or any struggle seems she died in her sleep. She was young and a very playful lady and lively. She is 36 years old single mother and she lives.

So the haunting started 2 days later. The First one happened around 2am, My girlfriend said she saw someone looking like standing by the door outside just staring straight at her, there was no light and the window was open, so when she pointed torch light she saw nothing but when she switch the torch light, she saw the shadow of the same person. That really scared shit out of me because she later told me in the morning.

The second was last night. Someone was banging seriously on the toilet window because it's an iron window. The banging continue for almost 3hours. It was double banging as if someone was knocking hard. I doubt it was someone when I try I check I couldn't find anyone there, few minute later the banging continue till around 4.30am when mosque call out for prayer. And I could here some here some sound like someone walking in the next room where she died, no one was home. Her sister refuse to sleep in the room so it was locked.

Please help, how can I get rid of this unwanted disturbances. I don't know what to do. This last night scare me to the bone. The funniest thing. No one heard this banging except me. The other neighbors have different theory.

Anyone experience this kind of thing before? How did you handle it?

[This thread runs to 21 pages already and I didn't read all through, please forgive me if I'm asking something you've already answered.]
Setting aside any argument about whether ghosts exist or not. A 36 year old just died in her sleep? Of what? Let's run with this being the ghost of the young woman who surely had no plans to die any time soon. She must have had unfinished business, and is asking you to help. From what you know of her, what might that be? Where are her kids, are they with her sister, or are they grown up? Is there something left undone in her apartment? How did you and she relate? Is there unfinished business between you two? Next time she appears to you or makes a noise, get bold. Ask her what she wants from you. Be courageous and open to understanding her reply. It might not be in words.
Romance / Re: Should I Break Up Or Make Up With My Boyfriend? by NiCurious: 6:31pm On May 22, 2020
Acmepreneur:
This my guy is not serious at all.

I used to tell myself change is the only permanent thing in life bla bla bla. And I really believe that once you take the right steps, you can be anything you want to be. This made me to be very soft with people....

If you're not ready to break up, separate for a while, and apply all that good advice that you gave him, to yourself, to grow yourself and your own finances.
Without you always nagging in his ear, your boyfriend can contemplate for himself, the wisdom of his choices, and change his course if he chooses to, and not because you told him to.
Meanwhile, look for someone on your own wavelength. Take your time and look well: you are young, no need to get married next year.
Health / Re: COVID-19 Home Care Killing Many Top Nigerians – Osagie Ehanire by NiCurious: 8:00pm On May 20, 2020
JOACHINpedro:
HELP!!!!
How do I uncomment in a thread? angry
Click Modify and erase your comment until nothing is left but one character. I haven't found a way to entirely uncomment, though.
Celebrities / Re: Logan Williams Died Of Fentanyl Overdose At The Age Of 16 by NiCurious: 4:48pm On May 20, 2020
MrBrownJay1:


as much as fentanyl has been a plague in the US and Canada for years, it has only been used as a cheap stronger replacement to heroine (which was what junkies were using before someone introduced a cheaper stronger version called fentanyl)... now, people dont just get into heroine/fentanyl out of nowhere, majority start on lighter drugs and upgrade to these harder drugs.... and YES, by the time you are hooked, there isnt much you can do.
but if your 13 yr old start smoking weed and, instead of addressing the issue full on, you try to pretend that all is well (when it certainly isnt), then you as a parent is fully to be blamed for knowingly letting that 13 yrs old weed smoking child deal with their drug addiction, to the point where he/she decided to try out fentanyl (of all drugs).

Fair comment. I should have specified that not all addiction is caused by bad parenting, fentanyl addiction by subscription, being a case in point.
Celebrities / Re: Logan Williams Died Of Fentanyl Overdose At The Age Of 16 by NiCurious: 6:09am On May 20, 2020
I hope you posted in the parenting thread further up the fp.

Zedoo:


As a person that was flogged incessantly growing up. I mean EVERY SINGLE DAY, both in school and at home.... beating DOES NOT CHANGE a person...it only makes them pretend in your presence or fear you.

You should discipline your kids from an early age (not flogging) and make them know WHY they shouldn’t do somethings by SHOWING them the end product of those things.
No matter how much you talk, images do a better job of teaching children.

In adolescence children feel “hated” by parents at the slightest caution. Whatever his/her tough friends are doing as habits he/she will most likely do... they can’t talk to their parents about things because they do not have an actual relationship.
This Is reason why everybody in a family assumes all is well until something drastic happens (which they usually discover when it’s beyond repair).

If you have resolved to “beat the devil”out of your children, please also resolve to love the heaven out of them and equally reward them for good deeds as you chastise them for bad ones.
In all you do, DO NOT TALK DOWN ON YOUR KID or reaffairm pronounciations on their life because it causes low self esteem which is the Kickstarter for all other things children do as adolescents.

“We turned out fine” because our parents beat us, does not mean our parents “know” who we really are beyond what we act for them at home.
Except you aspire to have the same exact relationship your parents have with you (I want to assure you that you DON’T) unlearn the acts of parenting that have been enforced on you by your own childhood. It is not the answer to the childhood of today or tomorrow.
Celebrities / Re: Logan Williams Died Of Fentanyl Overdose At The Age Of 16 by NiCurious: 6:08am On May 20, 2020
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Celebrities / Re: Logan Williams Died Of Fentanyl Overdose At The Age Of 16 by NiCurious: 6:03am On May 20, 2020
tot:


For Fentanyl to be this potent, that means it's probably prescription only so how did this guy manage to get it? I just wonder. Such a waste of one's life.

Legally, it is only available by prescription. However, it's easily obtained illegally as a street drug. Part of the problem is that the street version has variable potency, as the buyer never knows if it's been cut with other substances, or is relatively pure, so it is easy to overdose. There has been a fentanyl overdose issue in Canada for a couple of years, now.

Fentanyl is a painkiller, and is also used as a sedative for medical procedures. In hospital, I was administered a minuscule quantity, which made me unconscious. When I woke, all I knew was that I had had the most restful nap ever. I would gladly have gone under again. And I'm not a druggie. That's when I realized how addictive this drug must be.

People on this thread forming self-righteous about bad parenting being the cause of addiction, have no idea what they're talking about, and for the sake of them and their families, may they never have firsthand knowledge.
Properties / Re: School And Houses Destroyed By Erosion In Anambra State (Photos) by NiCurious: 3:33am On May 14, 2020
sad Unlike. Thank goodness it was overnight when nobody was in the building.
Politics / Re: Lockdown: Umahi Suspends Commissioner, Perm Sec, Others Over ‘porous’ Boundaries by NiCurious: 7:22pm On May 10, 2020
Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
This Corona viruse don cause many problems already

Imagine a real niggarrr is plus +1 today

But can't do anything because he is damnnnnn broke because of corona viruse

It's your birthday? Happy birthday.

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Health / Re: COVID-19: WHO Says Madagascar's Herbal Tonic Not A Cure by NiCurious: 2:35pm On May 07, 2020
Minemrys:

and madagascar has reported lots of people turning negative.

And so has Nigeria.
Politics / Re: The Infectious Disease Control Bill: What You Should Know by NiCurious: 2:24pm On May 06, 2020
AmazingELixir:
cool cool cool


From the write up I really don't see any reason for the public outcry against the bill...the fact that it bestows much power to the DG NCDC who in this case is a career technocrat as against a politician gives the bill credence.


The only worries is the overzealous nature of the enforcers especially the men in black, my thoughts though.

Agreed in principle. The way the bill's cited points have been written, it's emergency measures, war measures, in a war against contagion. To stop the spread of any contagion, the NCDC needs discipline and compliance, and control over who (carrying what) enters and leaves their isolation centers, or the ability to stop the movement of infected persons, to prevent the further spread of contagion.

HOWEVER, the rampant abuse of power in Nigeria, worries me, given what these sweeping powers permit.

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Health / Re: COVID-19: WHO Says Madagascar's Herbal Tonic Not A Cure by NiCurious: 1:56pm On May 06, 2020
It is important to understand the difference between treatment and cure. A treatment helps with the symptoms, but does not kick out the infection, which a cure would do.
Nobody is saying, don't to use the Madagascar as a treatment for the symptoms. But understand, it is still the body's own immune system that must beat the infection itself.

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Family / Re: Time To Divorce My Wife? by NiCurious: 1:11am On May 06, 2020
If you aren't willing to try Bukatyne's approach within the marriage, then I think you know the answer.
It's time to cut free and then do the things that Bukatyne suggests, after the marriage.
Good luck.
Health / Re: Lagos Confirms 4 COVID-19 Deaths by NiCurious: 2:41am On May 03, 2020
Investnow2017:


Dear it is about the ratio of death to confirmed cases. That of Nigeria is not looking good as of now.
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While even one death is too many, Nigeria's death rate (number of deaths relative to number of confirmed cases) is about 1 in 30, which is half the global rate of 1 in 14, using today's figures.
Health / Re: COVID-19: WHO To Commence Vaccine Trials In Nigeria by NiCurious: 12:30am On May 03, 2020
I cannot believe the amount of willful ignorance being spewed, re-consumed by others, and regurgitated with a yet another new twist on this thread. It's like rabbits eating their own poop. I weep for Nigeria.
Education / Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by NiCurious: 10:56pm On May 02, 2020
placeofallure:


I don't get you, Mister?
Oh, just that you had said "an advice" instead of "advice". That's all.
Education / Re: Some Grammatical Mistakes You Make And Things You Say Wrong. by NiCurious: 5:18pm On May 02, 2020
Sir, it is one of several proper uses of the word "idiomatic", that I have defended. It's not personal to me: it's externally verifiable, as I have shown.

About your tactics in conducting an argument, now....
Rather than doing minimal research by checking a dictionary (even an online dictionary, at your fingertips), you continue to assert that the one meaning of[i] idiomatic[/i] that you are already familiar with, out of several, is the only meaning--even when provided with proof to the contrary, which you didn't seem to absorb. You prefer to project your own limited knowledge onto the person you are engaging with. You attempt to portray presentation of a simple, verifiable truth, as a character flaw, and you expect admission of incorrectness from the person who has shown you that your own information is incomplete. You continue to be defensive with false offensive and bluster, after you received a concrete rebuttal, which would be laughable if it wasn't so sad.

Clearly you are not interested in a discussion for the purpose of clarification and understanding, which was the broader purpose of the OP's thread in the first place. Your mind is made up, so I won't confuse you with more facts. We have nothing further to discuss. Good day.

omonnakoda:

I knew you would be defensive. One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you were wrong. Cultivate the habit.
Idiomatic expressions have little to do with grammar and indeed often are grammatically wrong
A few idiomatic expressions from Nigeria

Story done get K leg
Water done pass garri
No shaking
Shine your eye



From elsewhere
Call it a day
Speak of the devil
I was pulling your leg
Take chill pill

Etc.

As such idioms are "stock phrases " often with a different meaning from the literal meaning of the words and that have common currency I.e they are clearly understood among a particular group


What you have written is face saving twaddle. Admitting you are wrong is the first step to learning

Using "idiomatic" in that sentence was wholly incongruous

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