₦airaland Forum

edoyad:
Couldn't help laughing after seeing this, this Yinka is a case.

BuddahMonk:
This slowpoke siting this investment here probably have one duplex in his village where people and some tattered aju-bussu masquarade came to bow for him every xmas but his wealth will be in a no man's land.
Igbofoolishness too much walahi

managermahmud:
Good piece of write up..
There is something that we Nigerians fail to understand. U'll meet most of the youths huzlin to travel out to go and huzle without knowing that when they travel out, that effort they make to huzle, wen they apply same effort her in Nigeria, they'll make same or even more profit sef.
Now wen they succeed in travling out and exhibit same lazy attitude whch they already exhibit here in Nigeria, they'll be forced to go into drug trafficking where they think they'll make shap shap money, without still knowing that the risk in such 'business' is far greater than d fuccking profit... It'll then end 98% of them in prison, they'll then be calling for help to serve their jail term in Nigeria(Nigeria that u abandoned to go and huzle elswhere) some sef, it'll cost them their lives
On this note! I urge my fellow Nigerians to quench d ambition of traveling out to hustle. If u can't make it in ur father's land, it'll b extremely difficult for u to make it elswhere.
#ILoveNigeria
#ILoveMyFathersLand



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Front page pls Mr admin

citizenY:
The major lie about this bridge is how the people of the south east were deceived by GEJ , and their leaders to accept the tolls to be charged on this bridge for 25 years.... who is charging tolls on Abuja infrastructure that were built while Onitsha bridge was allowed to deteriorate or not replaced by a new one?

' Are others paying for similar federal facilities?

Collynzo22:
Yakubu, you and I know that no one will pay any toll on that bridge.
Let it be completed first.

Reski:
what brought buhari into this discourse? And it is even better to have a primary school leaver that is firm, foward thinking, smart and good at heart. Not the current clueless phd( permanent head damaged) drunkard occupying Aso rock.

ba7man:
Too many credible candidates to choose from, that's what I like about APC.

They aren't all saints but compared to PDP's line ups.........

silvoice:
Apart from these our buses and taxies that can buy fuel up to ten times in a day, instead of buying it once, each time i see someone drive an SUV for instance, into a fuel station and buys btw 5 to 10 littres of fuel, two things always come into my mind: either they don't have enough to fill their tank or that they just wanted to top up the fuel level.
But that is not always the case, rather it seems like a habit.
Though i use my car maybe twice in a week, i like filling my tank so that i don't search for fuel often.
My question is: are there mechnical, eletrical or safety inplication of always having enough fuel in my tank?

Anoruo:
Source: www.nigeriafilms.com/news/22282/33/senators-salaries-and-allowances-in-nigeria.html

MillionDollars:
UNITED STATE

ajani1978:
I regret to vote for him last election

benuejosh:
Hope Jona is watching.

Revolution:
Did someone call my name?

blackpanda:
all what u mentioned r constitutionally under the control of FG. So blame GEJ not Amechi. It is Jonathan that shared all d oil blocks to his greedy friends not amechi.
States can only lay claim to derivation fund which is why amechi went to court

onyik44:
Hello everyone,i received the sms and email invite but up until now,i have not seen the hard copy invitation. I hope without that I can still be allowed to do the test

adoleval:
Is there any test Centre in Enugu? People dt have recieved the email should let the house know.

praises16:
I noticed that many places in Rivers State, especially Port Harcourt have names like Rumu this, Rumu that e.g.
Rumuokoro
Rumueme,
Rumuji
My question: what is the meaning of 'Rumu '
and please can someone help translate some of those names?
Thanks.

Ups for Nairaland. I was already wondering how to get the meaning of the above until I remember the melting pot called Nairaland.

#waitingforanswers.

morefire:
this is long but a lovely piece, i encourage you all to read


For the purpose of this piece, the average Nigerian politician will be considered a male. That should not in any way be taken to mean that there are no female Nigerian politicians that fit into the picture the following words will paint of the average Nigerian politician.

The average Nigerian politician loves Nigeria deeply and will stand for the country when push comes to shove but whatever happens, don’t let shove come to him choosing between his interest and that of Nigeria. For the average Nigerian politician, the only time Nigeria gets relegated on his ladder of love is when he has to choose between Nigeria’s interest and his. Unfortunately, this clash of interest between the 160 million people of Nigeria and solitary interest of one man happens every other day. Thousands may die because he wants power or because he wants to retain power, it is okay if he gets power or if he retains it.

Have you not seen them curse and abuse the government in power, describe how their party, the main opposition, will rescue the nation from the shackles of those in power? Have you not read their stories and heard their speeches where if you weren’t a Nigerian yourself who pays attention to the issues in the country, you would think those they accused of being behind Nigeria’s woes are solely responsible for the same. One switch, one decision and they reverse their every word. As soon as they switch parties, they want us to believe the demons they cursed only yesterday have actually always been angels and the angels they dined with only days before have actually always been murderers. The average Nigerian politician has no sense of shame, no badge of honour, just a chance to stay connected to power or a chance to stay where those in power continue to notice them for good or for evil. They are the ones who today tell us the All Progressives Congress is the coming messiah the holy books spoke about and within weeks want us to believe the Peoples Democratic Party is the chariot upon which Nigeria’s destiny to greatness lies. The annoying part, they want us to believe their every word, even when we are all witnesses to their public equivocation. Unfortunately, they are in every party.

The average Nigerian politician sees Nigerians only through two possible hues: those they consider being for them, that is, those they know will trumpet their fame and goodness irrespective of the evil they mete out to the people. The other colour of people they see are those they consider enemies, and it doesn’t matter that these so-called enemies demand of them one thing only: do better for our country, be about our country.

The average Nigerian politician is unruly, with a seeming genetic lack of chivalry and decorum but that state of mind is not genetic, you should come see them walk the streets of New York or in a queue to buy grocery somewhere in London. There, they fall in line, maybe, because they know the language of “do you know who I am?” and “can’t you see I am old enough to be your grandfather?” are not universal languages. They comport themselves like children who know the sting of a whip and see it dangling before their eyes.

Give him credit, though, the average Nigerian politician knows what to do. They know what Nigeria needs. They have houses in Dubai where no one screams “Up NEPA!” because power has been restored to last a few minutes after the same had been out for days. They have children in world-class schools abroad so they know incessant closures of schools are not the norm. They travel through public transport abroad so they know public transport does not have to be unsafe, unkempt and dangerous as they have made it at home. They visit other countries and they know it is an anomaly for the private jet terminal of a country to always have more functional planes than the commercial terminal. These average Nigerian politicians know the beauty of making most of the people wealthy; they know the essence of a population with a respectable disposable income. They know one can be rich and still remain rich despite not having too many poor people around one. The challenge they have with making things work at home is that, home is the only place where their oversized egos get to be worshipped, just for having more money in the bank and more access to power.

The average Nigerian politician finds his self-worth in the gross poverty of the people. The average Nigerian politician understands his wealth only in terms of the poverty he sees around him. If he doesn’t see as many poor people as possible in need of his benevolence, he doesn’t see the sense in his wealth.

The average Nigerian politician believes everyone else is responsible for the mess Nigeria is in today, everyone else but him. It does not matter whether or not he can explain his own wealth. Somehow, ask for how he made his money? You will get a classic subconscious answer, “We thank God!” Do not expect that to be followed by a believable story of how his wealth came about. The story begins and ends with a reference to a God they believe in, only as long as he does not arrest them for being perpetrators of evil. The average Nigerian politician is so rich the wealth has no known source.

Okay, it does have a source but we know they are all supposed to pretend we don’t know it is stolen public wealth. We pretend and even celebrate these privileged thieves because deep down within the average Nigerian, he wants to become just like the average Nigerian politician. That should not even be a desire because, of a truth, the average Nigerian politician is only different from the average Nigerian in that one is already with the power and the means to make life difficult to most Nigerians, while the other still has limitations with respect to how many people his ways affect.

Do not forget, it is not the average Nigerian politician that treats his security man as though he is only but another part of a lifeless gate; that is the job of the average Nigerian. Do not forget, the average Nigerian politician is not responsible for the looting of the estate’s monthly contributions; that job belongs to the average Nigerian with the power to manage an estate. It is the average Nigerian who gets an order to pay staff salaries but holds out a few months to make some money off the interest.

You cannot judge the average Nigerian politician without placing the mirror before the average Nigerian. Away from the mirror, one looks richer than the other, one looks like the oppressor of the other but in the mirror, they are one and the same. They are the average Nigerians who see Nigeria only as an opportunity to make only their own lives better. It does not matter who is dying of terrorism elsewhere, they are fine where they are, so Nigeria is fine. It does not matter how much a politician steals, except he is not of their own ethnic group or he is not a friend to their uncle’s friend.

We are all jokers in this country; we think we want a better country for all of us, when of a truth, we just want a chance to make only our own lives better. When the desire for a better country becomes collective, we will get that country when we deserve it.

Omojuwa is a social media entrepreneur and political commentator. @omojuwa

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Truckpusher:
Then stop complaining and remain silent forever and accept whatever they dish out to you.

Obiagelli:
Are going to employ 30 million unemployed Nigerians in the plastic factory? Please use your sense when you want to quote me.

Obiagelli:
Are going to employ 30 million unemployed Nigerians in the plastic factory? Please use your sense when you want to quote me.

Truckpusher:
Get involved and stop asking mere mortals questions that they clearly do not have answers.

Get involved and do that which is necessary.