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Gjrich:
Your close friend will sleep with your wife one day then you will feel the pain of infidelity

Put sentiments aside, the guy you quoted is right.

In most countries and E.Guinea included, sleeping with people’s wives with their full consent is not a crime. However, it’s a big moral decay to do so. A very big one!

Equatorial Guinea is not charging him for sleeping with people’s wives. They are charging him for doing so in a government space; his office.

Usmanovic95:
Thanks for this piece, I will definitely read more about him in my free time.

Go and read “From third world to first: Singapore story”

You will see that something is actually wrong somewhere in Africa.

I don’t think I’ve ever criticized Tinubu’s government. But comparing him to Lee kuan yew is a joke taken too far.

I wish it’s true but since it’s not. Please stop the joke now!

LKY in his 35 years of service to Singapore could only be accused of awarding himself a 3 bedroom flat in one of the government subsidized apartments. After investigation, it was found to be a lie.

LKY said African leaders would travel in private jets and Cadillac to UN and commonwealth meetings to beg for loan. While he travels in commercial even when his country was already rich enough to afford a private jet. He went ahead to make Singapore airline among top 3 for decades.

LKY said when he sent a fact finding delegation to Africa to learn about how to develop a country, they came back disappointed. He never concerned himself with anything Africa again. He said with the way African leaders were leading, that Africa will never develop in the next 50 years. It’s about 60 years ago he made that statement. Was he right?

LKY stopped open cattle rearing in 4 months. They had a worse case in Singapore.

LKY made sure he distributed resources and political positions evenly among the the major races in the country even when the Chinese were over 70% of the population.

LKY never spared his immediate family or friends when they broke the law.

LKY did not promote religious or racial bigotry while he was the president. He brought down discrimination to the barest minimum.

Etc.

No more jokes please.

codemaniacs:
Big lie..

Former Leeds utd coach Marcelo Bielsa could not speak English..

He always had an interpreter..

Thre are exceptional cases. Besides, they are Europeans of which I believe as at that time does not even require a visa to enter uk.

Hanli:
on top their to enter their own land o, we want dey dictate for them. entitlement

See me see wahala o.

I never see this kind entitlement mentality before o.

ayenika1:
Just a test like IELTS is now the best criteria to measure one's intelligence ? Ask them, why English test if not for money. In school, people failed English and still graduated tops.

Some Brits also speak bad English. It's all over the world.

Don't the fooled & stop selling your country for 1naira.

Go and read the meaning of Commonwealth before you justify your words.

Nobody mentioned intelligence here. English proficiency is the topic here.

And nobody is selling himself short. The only people doing so are those who are insisting other countries have to change their rules in order to accommodate them. That’s a bigger inferiority complex.

Stay back home and develop your place. Not by force to travel.

musicwriter:
How about people from England who apply for Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean, etc visa?

Do they pass some exam in Chinese? Russian? Japanese?

You see, slavery and being controlled is now normal for most of you. The only thing you're at peace with is being thought of as inferior.

You're taking about a culture that doesn't have any respect for anybody. Their language which we insist is better than ours has given them an unwarranted sense of superiority over us!!

Keep quiet abeg!

Always shouting racism does not make you superior either. Once a people make rules for themselves and their visitors, it’s termed racism by some Nigerians.

When you go to another man’s land and they tell you what you must do to live freely with them, you shout racism. Na Waoh!

Imagine Nigerians talking about racism by white against blacks. Two very distinct body colors and features. But these same group of Nigerians are very okay discriminating against their fellow blacks in the name of tribe. Which is worse? Abegi.

Nigeria has the right to deny any American or European who doesn’t know how to speak Igbo or Fulfude. Same goes for the Asians if they are tired of the Americans.

No be by force sir.

Psoul:
In this 2024 you're still writing "so therefore."
Reason UK is still imposing TOEFL on us.

No issues sir.

I support the move. I didn’t exclude myself.

Not holding brief for her, but I can bet the truck driver may have over stepped.

Gerrard59:
Taught*

For a group of people who misuse words during their written conversation, I argue that Nigerians MUST continue to write English proficiency tests whether they like it or not. These are the same people who ask "English na my papa language?" when corrected. Are the Chinese and Russians doing badly because they don't speak English properly? Forgetting that in both countries, English is NOT the OFFICIAL language of communication.

"There" for their
"Were" for where
"Leave" for live
“Axe” for ask
“Borrow” for Lend (Iyin Aboyeji, an urbane elite, used borrow rather than lend in one of his tweets).

Nigerians MUST continue to write the IELTS/TOEFL/PTE. I will write to the British Council to ensure this happens regardless of Reno's rants. Never should the test be scrapped for Nigerians. They MUST WRITE IT!

I think we are saying the same thing.

Though a tourist visa may not require that.

However, it’s their life and rule.

franchasng:
Commonwealth Nations are supposed to be exempted from English competency test, but then it's a money making avenue for the British and other English speaking countries with globally accepted English language competency test like the IELTS

True.

But…

1. Most Nigerians have very poor command of written spoken and written English even after school. Our English proficiency was top notch in the 60s, 70s and 80s even with little education then. And these guys almost never denied anyone visa because English proficiency.

2. Commonwealth union is no longer as together as before. Many people are on their own now.

Golan007:
I meant for travel and not migration or even studies.

They actually do ask them.

I taught many Chinese intending tourists before their appointment with the high commission.

Everything is not racism.

Golan007:
You've been to Haiti, witnessed Haitians it simply adopted another racial trope?


There was one of your type who I shut up about the USA about 2 weeks ago, showing him my drink from Dunkin Donuts at the time.

Most of you have no pride in your race and would sell your Kim for mirrors as your forebears did.

Oh, it’s now about race? You should have said so from get go instead of beating around the bush.

I can never take people like you serious. Because you are not only ignorant but delusional. An ethnic bigoted Nigerian telling me how racist Trump is forgetting how tribalistic his own people are here.

See the massive pride in you. You shut someone down just because he supports Trump.

Go and do more of that to your village people you feed. Not in a public fora like this.

Golan007:
If for visa Reason, it is daft.

Would they ask the same to Chinese?

Go and check well.

Every Chinese that migrated to uk legally in the past 15 years passed TOEFL very well. And so therefore, can write and speak passable English language.

Why is everything seen as discrimination here?

Golan007:
I know your likes.

He said Haitians were eating dogs and cats.

To you, you're saying "I'm not Haitian".

He is a rapist.

To you, :after all, it's not my sister".

He attempted a couple.

To you, he didn't ask anyone to do anything.

You know my likes? What about that?

I don’t give a hoot about whoever wins the USA election. I’m just trying to point out the hypocrisy in your statement.

No need to blackmail Trump Nigerian supporters by telling them not to air their opinions because they’ve not left their hamlet in Nigeria as if those who support Kamala has also left their hamlet to win the right to support her.

Just state why you don’t want Trump and move on. No need for blackmail here.

Sir, no need to sound politically correct here. Haitians eat cats. Aside from the obvious poverty among Haitians in and outside Haiti, the culture of eating cats has always been there. Haitians come mostly from sub Saharan Africa of which some people around there won’t waste time to eat cats should heavy needs arise.

It’s just so funny how Nigerians are quick to point fingers when they do worse when in same situation.

A lot of unspeakable crimes and misdemeanors were alleged to have committed by some of the past presidential candidates in Nigeria, yet most Nigerians voted en mass for these guys and stood by it.

But same people who have no visible stake in USA election will say because Trump said Haitians ate cats, he shouldn’t be elected.

Very funny and careless statement from Nigerians.

Golan007:
Greg Popovich, an accomplished white man, who is both wealthy and famous, a 1 percenter, is telling people about the dangers of a Trump presidency.

Yet, you would find one urchin that has never left his hamlet in Nigeria, telling you how Trump is great for him and the world.

Sir, please relax.

There are both dangers to having either Kamala or Trump as president.

The calculation should be who will fare better and to whose interest.

Going further, Trump to some people is the the devil they know as against Kamala; the angel they don’t know. He has been there before and heavens didn’t fall.

No need to insult people over the choice of Trump. It makes it look like the people who support Kamala has also left their hamlet in Nigeria.

If not for anything, I like Reno and Asari for using every opportunity to taunt the Igbos.

How can some Igbos be too emotional to give prominence and attention to someone like Reno? A childish psychopath who lies and causes chaos for a living?

Someone who has no history is telling you whose history maybe be better than his that you have no history and most Igbos are riled up already. As if other tribes in Africa were not wearing leaves and animal skins before the so called history.

If you don’t stop giving relevance to people like Reno and Asari, una go learn the hard way.

Nonsense!

NetbizBoss:
Sometimes I suspect it is this homo stuff that make Bobriski blow

Na money laundering make am blow.

Which kind nack them go nack person come give am millions or billions? Haba!

However, seems you must belong to a godfather to have such connection.

@topic

New trend is If you wan damage person name, just tag him gay on social media.

musicwriter:
There are many Singapores and Hong Kongs in Africa and other third world countries but they're called cities/towns

This is unbelievable!

But please point one even in Europe aside from Luxembourg which is the richest country by gdp-ppp per capita. Please don’t mention any African country or city because this our discussion will now become a joke.

Now a more juicy challenge to you, Just name one city in the world that’s as quarter as rich as Singapore.

For the records, Singapore is the the 4th largest economy by gdp-ppp. Switzerland is 7th. USA is 9th. Japan is 36. Kuwait that’s smaller by half, speak one indigenous language and with all her oil is 39th.

Argentina and Mexico speak only one indigenous language in their respective countries yet they are 74th and 75th respectively.

Pakistan speak their indigenous Arabic yet they are 141st.

I wonder why anyone will think that use or lack of use of indigenous language hampers development.

Singapore has many races which even made their case very difficult. The Chinese, the Tamil and the Malay and other minorities. Different colors and shades of people. They made English their unified language and language of instruction. Even most of their Chinese population can’t even speak Chinese.

They came through with frugality, Fiscal discipline, diverse industries, and a skilled workforce. All these were achieved through justice of which some people can refer to as merit. Language has nothing to do with it.

For a very long time in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, Singapore was the second highest producer of refined fuel….second to USA. Yet they never had a single drop of crude oil in their soil.

They only had to soft pedal because they have gone past basic tech and has moved to Hitech.

Please let’s not discuss about Singapore. Make your comparison with other countries.

Deng xanping pioneered the economic development in China, yet most of his policies were copied from Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore.

musicwriter:
You people keep citing Singapore and Hong Kong without an idea of what their population and wealth.

Well, the population of Singapore in about 6 million. About half of them are foreigners. The foreigners own the wealth.

So is Hong Kong, their population is about 7 million. Chinese and other foreigners out-number them.

It means that we already have many Hong Kong and Singapore in Africa, if you could cut out Banana Island or Victoria Island or the Federal capital territory in Abuja from Nigeria and call them a country.

Singaporeans and Hong Kong people are not wealthy or so called developed, rather they are like laborers working in factories for Europeans, Americans, Chinese, They do not won the wealth in their land but they are well trained to handle machines and manage wealth for foreigners.

They are just like South Africa! You'll expect that black people in South Africa should own the wealth in South Africa but that's not the case.

Please copy this and send it to others cause I am tired of talking about this all the time. You CANNOT develop like China speaking someone else language. If you don't speak your language, foreigners would do it for you like in Singapore and Hong Kong and enslave you for the rest of your life in your own country.

You clearly do not know anything about Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore or Hong Kong.

Go and read the history of Singapore and how they laid their foundation for development.

Singaporeans laborers? What’s wrong with that? Who’s suppose to do the labor for them? Africans or Indians like they have it in the gulf? Which country doesn’t have their citizens as labours? USA, Europeans, the same developed China whose over 90% are also laborers in USA and European owned factories in China?
The Singaporeans do it themselves and they are well paid for it. Besides, the labor in Singapore is far different from the one black South Africans do. One is very skilled labor which is at per with any OECD country in the world? The other is not skilled and wage is very low. The comparison is off.

Over 95% of Singaporeans own their own houses.
Over 95% literacy.
Free education for all.
Free and adequate healthcare system.

How do you even define people who are developed or average?

Singapore is a small country. What an off point excuse every now and then.

Why can’t your states who even use Hausa language develop a bit? Is banana island an LGA or a state? It’s a private estate just like many estates around the country.

As for foreign investors owning “everything” in Singapore. Tell me which country chases away investors? None that I know. Investors only avoid some countries that doesn’t have a conducive environment for business.
I mean, why do our leaders spend so much to attract these foreign investment you are tagging a taboo now?

Look, i intentionally used Singapore because it has a diverse ethnicity and race. Worse than that of Nigeria. But they came through with a borrowed language and an equal and effective justice system.

Language has little or nothing to do with development if there’s no equal and efficient justice system.

INJUSTICE is the only thing holding Nigeria back.

ITbomb:
Anything to justify the millions siphoned in the name of estacode

Not holding brief for these guys but let’s say the truth when it’s needed.

1. The meeting was held in Enugu.
2. When Ebonyi governor is spending 1.9b to travel in one year, Mbah is spending 28m. He has been termed the most prudent governor in this republic so far.

musicwriter:
In order to all that, you have to begin with your own language. Your own language is where you take the first authority and make a contract with nature that you can do all things like others. Without your own language you're doomed to have others build it for you.

Guess the language the people who build it for us speak.....

Indigenous language is mainly for historical or preservative purposes. Nothing more.

Any language you plan to use for your development is ok so far you learn it well.

Singapore and Hong Kong are typical examples of countries that used English as language of instruction to develop their countries.

ShogunNoName:
Fake hungry Yoruba blogger.

This wasn't what happened. The video is everywhere, Wizkid came in and wasn't comfortable staying in the club because David was already there since chilling with the nbm squad. Wizkid and his men left after not up 10 mins , he literally ran out of the club

The smelly elebe couldn't even stay and hold his ground. They ran like the chickens they are. Ostrich ko pigeon ni

David and and other men don form perfect circle inside club dey groove before the smelly elebe pulled up and ran away after 10 mins

You elebes need to be careful before you push him to his death o.

It's all games and fun until you push him to act stupid. Go and ask.

Some people do not forgive. O. When push comes to shove burna boy even has no choice but to stand with David , if you know you know.
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6 comes before 7 for a reason. E get why

With people like you, Nigeria is irredeemable.

See dirty pride in glorification of cultism that has never benefited anyone.

Write it down in your diary. You are coursed today! The only redemption is the day you come to this same thread to apologize to Nigeria and Nigerians.

No jokes.

tishbite42:
Oga mi, nothing special
They're picking on ragtag people
Can they bomb Egypt and Saudi Arabia?

They are not the same enemies sir.

Saudi and Egypt would rather support Israel to fight Iran sponsored Hamas, Houthi and hezbollar.

Saudi knows that if Israel falls, the Saudi kingdom is gone. Israel is a buffer zone for them.

Isis has even pledged support for Israel against these guys.

What does it tell you?

Deep down, it’s a Sunni vs Shia fight.

Saudi is Sunni. Iran is Shia.

Even Saudi no dey take eye see Qatar because of its ally with Iran.

Even in Nigeria here, the Shia adherents are endangered people.

Stories has it that he was shot at the hip during the Biafran war. Old age seem to have escalated the dislocation and therefore made him incapable of moving freely on his own.

In places where things work, he would be in prison by now for allegedly pioneering massive corruption in government.

On a human and personal note, I wish him the quickest recovery.

Christ4ever:
Unfortunately, Bob can't be sentenced twice😂

My main interest is the court case between VDM and the Falanas. It's gonna be explosive 🔥

Nigeria must be great again.

#IstandwithVDM

Nothing will come out of VDM vs Falan case. VDM didn’t defame him. He just played voicenote and gave his opinion with so much “allegedly” attached to each sentence he made.

Falana on the the other side hasn’t committed any crime by charging a client to appeal his case.


The only thing that will resurface here is the initial money laundering charges that was omitted due to bribery.

And of cause paying bribes to avoid cell rooms. If true, lots of people will loose their jobs and he may actually be sent back to prison for bribery.

Zonefree:
Shouldn't Bobrisky be rearrested and jailed for a longer sentence for evading her jail time?

What nonsense country is this?

At least not immediately until the full investigation is concluded.

If you arrest him now and it happens to be that he actually spent the whole time in prison, he can sue the Police or Fg and demand for a huge sum for wrongful arrest, wrongful imprisonment and defamation.

JASONjnr:
Lol....

The alleged voice note made it clear that he was taken to a private house and that he never went to the prison.

After he was out, on curiosity made me ask... Bobrisky said he will love to go back because he was on a vacation and he relaxed from all the stress of work.

If you add everything, you will understand that many things are involved.
1. He was never in the prison.
2. He bribed the officers.
3. He paid 15m to reduce her sentence.

Nothing wrong with the third “offense”. 15m is the legal charge of a lawyer who appealed his sentence.

As a first time offender as regards to naira note mutilation, he was supposed to be given an option of fine as stated by the law. He was not given and he wasn’t aware of the full interpretation of the law.

When he found out, he did the right thing for himself. Nothing wrong with that at all.

As for 1 and 2; it’s unacceptable! Everyone involved should go in for it.

VDM is doing a wonderful job with his daily expose’.

But if he wants to go far and also enjoy huge support from Nigerians, he must hire some people to assist him with thorough research and investigation before coming public with critical information.

1. Femi Falana is a lawyer by profession and his job is to defend anyone who seeks for his services. And that also comes with charges.

2. Mutilation of naira note is an offense punishable by 6 months jail term but with a 50k fine for first time offenders. Any jail term longer or without a clause of fine is an infringement on the person’s human rights. And when this happens, the offender has rights to appeal for pardon.

Idris aka Bobrisky’s right was infringed on when he was not given the option of fine. And so he reserves the right to appeal the jail term. That is where Falana stepped in. What’s wrong with that as a human right lawyer?

The problem is that we are mixing up the “hatred” we have for Idris with sentiments as regards to his rights and law of Nigeria.

We are also being carried away by VDM personal beef, vendetta and opinion of Bobrisky.

I am 100% against cross dressing and even more against homosexualism. Any day he’s caught engaging in such, he should be prosecuted according to the law of Nigeria. But even in court, he reserves the right to a lawyer. And Falana is licensed to defend such people if he so wishes.

Let’s not always be carried away by personal beef VDM has with some people anytime he makes a broadcast.

Enzo is by a long short not as skillful, fast and smart in football as the father. But coming out here to laugh at him is the stupidest gesture I’ve seen people exhibit.

1. Zinadane is not just an average footballer. Dude can be counted as top 6 best footballers of all time. How do you compare such talent to even an average professional European footballer?

2. If Enzo was a Nigerian, he would make the national team. That’s to show you that he’s not even that bad as some people are trying to make it look.

3. Most of what he achieved as a footballer was a self effort. He started by omitting his original surname zidane and taking up his mums surname to avoid bad mouths like we have in this thread.

Na Waoh, people talk as if just anybody can match the talent of zinadane zidane.

In the next 30 years or more, Nigeria may never get a skillful player like Okocha. Yet we feel even a much more talented player like zidane should have a replacement just because he has a son.

Enjoy your retirement Enzo. You have made your parents, your siblings, wife and 3 daughters proud.

osuofia2:
So if you dream, you go and give testimony. Go and listen to all the testimony

The lady who collected an Ak 47 had a dislocated joint. After praying, she fell asleep. During the sleep, she encountered all she narrated and sort of won a battle in the dream. On waking up, she was healed.

I’ve had such encounters times without numbers.

If you don’t believe that some dreams are spiritual battle, it then means you do not know what Christianity is all about or you are not a true follower of Christ.

Remember, they didn’t put the testimonies up on NTA. It was in their channel. People went there, lifted some contents, edited it and put out some parts that will drive views for them in social media.