₦airaland Forum

donsheddy1:
Well I've come to the conclusion that the uba prepaid card is best for paypal in Nigeria. Paga uses them as well and even add their own fee making withdrawal fee on the high side. Thanks everyone for your input on this matter.

Oh and if you wish to use a virtual USA bank account then use grey. These two has made life easier by 20%

Should one use a vpn for the virtual US bank?

As a bona-fide barrack boy, Pidgin was my first language for over a decade. I understood Hausa but couldn't speak the language. Then I went to secondary school; a newly opened Catholic school then. After the first term, during the holiday, switching back to default settings was a difficult process. I had lost my pidgin but had taken in English. And my Hausa had also improved a bit. However, after my first year, cross-influence got me speaking pidgin at school and English back home.

Mightymanna:
He has now testify that there is only ONE GOD and JESUS CHRIST IS HIS MESSENGER. But it is too late Azzaman spent his entire life arguing with Muslims in the name of evangelism

Nope! He lived half his life a Muslim, then saw the light

GanagiBitrus:
I don't think a Soldier can be a Pastor.

The military has chaplaincy services which cater for the spiritual needs of Muslims and Christians. Every Barrack has a Mosque, a Catholic Church and a Protestant Church(for all denominations other than catholic).
The mosque is headed by an Imam who is a soldier.

The Catholic Church is headed by a priest who MAY NOT be a soldier. This is dependent on the barrack type. If its a Division, you'll have a commisioned Officer as priest there. If its a Brigade, same thing. However, if its just a small regiment, it's most likely that a priest will be assigned by the Catholic diocese of that area. Maybe there are cases where Commissioned Officers head churches in smaller regiments, but I've never witnessed any myself. However, catechist must be a soldier.

The protestant Church is headed by a Rev. The doctrines and form of worship of the protestant Church is in line with the Anglican doctrine. Commisioned Officers head churches in bigger barracks such as brigades while Non-commision Officers head churches in smaller barracks

bewla:
Can't government make policies that will control all this meaningless waste of life

Trailer accidents used to be frequent in Jos, the plateau state Capital until the Governor declared that no trailer would be allowed to enter or move about in the city until its past 7pm. Now they just queue up at the entrance of the state capital. When it's 7pm they move in and out. Same could be applied there

porthouse7:
why are you so daft? How can a non commission officers plan coup

That person's sense of reasoning might be skewed, but when it comes to things like coup, you never can tell. First native president of Liberia, Samuel Doe, took over power after he and his fellow Non-coms executed a successful coup. He was only a Master Seargeant.

Cutezt:
The Berom people were the very first tribe to sense what the Jihadist are trying to do in Jos, and that is why you will never find a fanatic Muslim who likes the Berom people.

They sensed the danger a long time ago, stopped selling their lands to Muslims, and stopped giving out their daughters too, plus, they were always two steps ahead of the Jihadist agenda and counters it. We were seen as a troublesome tribe for a long time, but now, everybody has seen what the berom people were against and every Plateau indigenous tribe is plying that route now. Their agenda is clear as day.

The beroms and Taroh people sure stand against anything Islam but you see langtang people? They'll rather sacrifice themselves than allow even the slightest Islam infestation. Those two tribes have such disdain for Islam.

Cutezt:
Stop saying nonsense, nothing was ethnic based. It was purely religious based. And yes, Jos north has a good Muslim population, but they can't outnumber the population of Christians in the same Jos north.

Moreover, Jos north doesn't end at Dilimi, Anguwan rogo, Bauchi road, etc, Jos north is massive, and even if you dress like a pope in areas like Apata, Busa Buji, Rukuba road, etc, which are all the major residential areas in Jos north, nobody will touch you, but try that in the Muslim dominated areas and see. I know of a Yoruba Muslim woman who was chased out of her area at Yan Tire cos she was not 'Muslim enough'.

And before you say anything, I am Jos through and through, a berom man, born and brought up, spent the first 20 plus years of my life in Jos before moving, and I still go to Jos every December, like I will go again in a few days time.

Exactly! Anagutas weren't killing Beroms or vice versa. It's was purely religious. The origin of that crisis dats back to the problem set in motion by Babangida when he approved the creation of a new council presented presented him by the hausa elders of the present day jos North. Being a minority under the then Jos local government, they knew that the had very little chance at stakeholdership in the capital city of the plateau. With an independent council they now had a chance. Their growing population over the years would threaten the identity of the jos north natives in a local council ascribed to the hausas. The new LGA prompted the natives of the city to unionize and politicise their respective ethnic and cultural bodies and thicken the ethnic and religious lines. All those incidences incubated the 2001 crisis that followed after

Emma1Oj:
Are these not Falomo, Onikan and Eko hotel roundabout..!!

When has logos roundabout moved to Jos?

I don't know about the third picture but the rest are all in Jos. First, NTA roundabout, 2nd, NASCO roundabout, 4th is Old airport junction. Don't know about the 5th

This isn't an experience of death in anyway but an incident that could have gone horribly wrong at the slightest instant.
I was cruising down the road with my friend's bicycle, top speed, back then in the barrack. I must have been 15 then, I think. The barracks had a mad road network so it was mostly a joyride until I got to a part of the road network where it was like coming down a hill. I couldn't hit the breaks because it wasn't working at all. My instincts said to veer off the road into the shrubbery but somehow I didn't make that move. See, up ahead, just at an intersection, a military truck had just pulled over and soldiers were everywhere at that intersection. I knew I was in soup. The bicycle was heading towards the military truck at top speed and any attempt at squeezing through the right corner at the intersection could still end up catastrophic. However, I managed and the moment I got In that corner without hitting any of the soldiers or the truck, I dropped my leg down as the bicycle slowed down a bit and braked so hard with it that the sound my slippers made attracted the attention of the other soldiers there. One of them shouted at me and threatened to size size bike. I just told him sorry and continued riding.

SmartPolician:
That man is 1000% right! Electricity has improved in the past couple of months. Those who don't own cars have no business with fuel stations. Many people have admitted on Nairaland that electricity supply has improved in their area.

Electricity has improved in selected areas only, not everywhere.

Now the real implications of the increase in cost of petrol and diesel is that it increases cost of food transport and industrial production expenditure which also affects the cost of goods and services in the market. I used to spend 2k for a journey of 2 hours earlier this year. Right now it's 6k. No be juju be that?

The benue land is blessed by God, yet cursed with bad, terrible leaders.

The couple's marriage began with violence

I like to keep all my nails but one really short. That one long nail always comes in handy. It's not fashion for me, it's functional.

332 Arty regt Shendam, 34 Arty bde, Obinze. Barrack boy for life

I was on my way to work this morning when I saw posters of young Igbo men contesting councilorship positions here in Jos. I just smiled. If I had the chance I'll vote for them. If anything the Igbos have only contributed largely to the growth and development of the state. In one of the local governments here they drag population with the indigenes but not once has there been any social or political crisis between them.
I think those fighting them in lagos are simply battling their own personal insecurities. Cos how can you sell land to somebody and then go out in public and cry fowl, that that person has stolen your land?

Kenobsky:
The only thing I like of those of yesterday was that they make military value more cohesive.
Not like this small soldiers doing tiktok challenge with bandits inside bush.
I was born and raised in the barracks I love the yesterday soldiers because they have respect and protect their uniforms with integrity

Exactly. Any barrack boys born in the 90s would testify to how different soldiers back then were built. They moved different. In my opinion the last wave of those breed are 79Na and 90NA.

iLoveYouToo:
This is a weird question, what's there to admire or be fascinated about? They had guns and controlled armies, who couldn't do what they did given all they had at their disposal?

Easy to say. Fill their shoes and you'll know what is really up

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My Uncle's wife bought new yam today somewhere here In Plateau close to Jos. 6 big tubers for N1,200! As in One thousand, two hundred. I was shocked like this. Definitely giving her money to buy when she goes there next week. Make person breathe small abeg. And That's not to say that Tinubu has anything to do with it. The community just happen to have abundant supply from their farms

And I been dey plan my movement to Azare...omo wahalurr

DUNDEEmoderatos:
But dem dey everywhere on line dey brag say na only Yorubas dey suffer because na dem vote Tinubu.

Na mouth. When I left Imo state few days before the election there was already shege there. Cost of living was already something else. Now I talk to my friends and the update I get just no sweet for ear at all. Businesses are really suffering. Lockdown no dey even help matters

DUNDEEmoderatos:
All na pretence to create impressions that they are not suffering. The reason the can never be trusted.

Baba the suffering for that east dey unbearable. Everywhere quiet cos of the fear of UGM, no any other reason

TrackerSK:
Tinubu is a curse.I don't expect any president to be worst than buhari

Never liked the man but I thought he was a lesser evil to deal with. Never knew buhari only warmed the seat for him. Tinubu na bastard

Leemzyy:
thanks for this write up vsir

You're welcome

Maysdevices:
Some of my Igbos neighbor here argued it with me intensely also, they have given up on their people in the East and even want to run from Nigeria

I’m trying to so hard not to believe Igbos will sell their people but it seem I’m the only one that hasn’t come to terms with reality, I thought they were different

If you've lived in the east well enough you'll know human beings are human beings regardless of ethnic affiliations. I can't even recall some if my experiences in imo state cos of how crazy it was. At the end of the day, for the right price, they'll turn their fatherland into a jungle

Leemzyy:
What is that stuff?

You'd have to be really young to not know this 😃. It's a universal charger( or so we call it). It has 2 pins to which you'd connect your phone's battery terminal. Once connected a red light will appear. When plugged into a socket the red light will go disco alternating between red, blue and green. When your battery gets full the light goes green. Shikenan. Battery Don full. But it takes longer than normal sha. Like a 2 hour charge duration can take 6 hours with this charger. Chai...Those days sha😄

goodnessme1:
Even after claiming responsibility for the attack Nigeria government and it medias will ignore him and be accusing innocent peaceful Ipob and ESN for killings.




Simple because the criminal in Finland is working for evil apc government to destroy ipob and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
(1))To make international communities to see ipob as violent group and start hunting them because they can't Stop them from here in Nigeria, ipob leadership operate from abroad.

Cut the head of the snake game.

(2)To make our people hate anything related to to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and ipob.


But Ipob leadership was wise to disassociate themselves and ipob from the criminal activities of an apc criminal agent in Finland.

The game failed since.

Today Ipob still holds meetings and protests all over the world because civilized people supports their course for self determination.


Nigeria government sacrificing their security men just to stop ipob instead of doing the right thing.



God bless Ipob members worldwide.

God bless ipob leadership for remaining resolute in their peaceful approach, Because what evil Nigeria government wanted is Ipob to go to war, just like Hamas and they will have the support of their West masters to destroy Biafra land.

God bless Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, The Ohamadike


God bless ESN for their sacrifice in guarding our farmers and our farm lands, Which made it possible for our people to cultivate.


God bless all lovers of Freedom

This is a sensible submission right here. This Ekpa guy is the worst thing to happen to the Biafran struggle. I remember countering one useless guy here on nairaland who was praising this evil guy's actions and the guy abused me. I then told him that may the fate of all those who fell victim to Ekpa's antics visit him and his family. The guy never responded.
They claim to be fighting for their people but are still the ones putting their fellow brothers and sisters in untold hardship. Meanwhile the people they claim to be fighting against are in a far away region of the country living their lives without glitches. I don talk tire . Nothing concern me again. Thank God I do leave
Owerri

AbaganaMiracle:
Mumu, what's going at Owerri has nothing to do with your cessput useless protest. It is about evicting your terrorists in police and army uniforms from Biafraland which was an order from Prime Minister and Biafran government.
What you are witnessing today at Owerri is part of the war of eviction of terrorists from our land Biafra. You can kpai if you don't like it, but fact remains that every terrorists are not welcomed anywhere in Biafraland.

Me I did not see any terrorist there o. I only saw them putting fear in the hearts of their fellow igbos and destroying their sources of livelihood.

Maysdevices:
Anybody that thinks Igbo people are truly behind this must also think Pigs can fly

Something smells fishy but at the end of the day, yes, igbo people are behind this. It's simple. The east has been a bit unstable in recent years. APC want to use that as leverage to prevent the people from coming out to protest. They contact the Ndigbo on their payroll to do something. Their Ndigbo people contact hoodlums to do their thing. Shikenan. Now tomorrow go reach but people go fear to commot

D3rd:
I knew someone with a mindset like this would mention.

Well, for starters I cannot see anywhere in my write up where the guy's or any other group's intelligence was called into question.

My only concern is, English being our language of instruction and official language, it is only proper and normal that someone with at least a secondary education should be able to express his or herself without having to sound like a dunce.

Until our national budget is passed in Hausa, your car manual in Yoruba or your next reply comes in Efik, we must all learn to speak English properly and communicate seamlessly with it.

Like I submitted earlier, the worst English speakers in Nigeria are the Notherners and to some extent, Yorubas. Mostly Kwarans.

Are you aware that the children of lots of wealthy northerners never schooled In Nigeria? The guy I mentioned did all his schooling in Egypt, only came back home during the holidays. We got to meet during his undergrad and like most I thought he was uneducated until I got to know him better.
I worked at a private school dominated by Muslims from Northern and western extraction. I'm talking about 99.9%. These kids couldn't string a correct sentence to save their lives. But most of them could read and write Arabic. One of the boys even taught me a little back then. Most of those kids spoke languages and I'd tell you it takes some level of intelligence and dedication to learn a new language. One thing I'll never do is judge a person's intelligence or level of education by his ability to speak English.

D3rd:
Hmmm

What kind of education are the northerners getting by the way

A whole "son of a governor" cannot string a complete sentence

You definitely did not kill anyone at a night club but you have killed me with your distasteful English!!!

Chai!!!

How does proficiency in the English language correlate with intelligence abeg? Cos if it does then everyone in the UK is intelligent. I know a guy from a Kano royal family who finds it hard to string an English sentence. Yet with all my English I can't compete with this guy at all. He speaks Hausa which is his native tongue, Arabic, Russian and English. He's most fluent in Arabic. Has an Msc from the University of Cairo. So abeg tell me how English take be measure of one's intelligence