₦airaland Forum

ElekeNtioba:
u ar d confused one. Hw can u take d different opinions of igbos on a forum as the collective objective of d igbo nation.....smh

Trust me bro, I used to regard the opinions shared on this forum as the opinion of just a few paid and brainwashed south easterners. But after a while, it became clear that I was wrong. What you see on this forum is a good reflection of the opinion of a large population of easterners.

The annoying part of this whole saga is that the Northerners keep thinking that the SS and SE are being developed massively by this government.. Anyway, you cant really blame the North for thinking this way because in the face of the whole neglect, the SE still sings the praises of Jona as if he's the next best thing after sliced bread.

phantonce:
Op, the name of the airport was changed to uritala muhammad int airport last year by stealer oduah.
u need to get updated

great1:
I've never met or known Linda Ikeji, but from what I've read about her she seems the type of person that defiled all the odds and made it big time as a blogger in this present Generation. Few days ago she blogged about the battle which was raging due to her dominance of the blogging scene and accusations of plagiarism, an act which most online media houses is known for.

No doubt someone of her popularity and riches would encounter such an attack because someone somewhere feels the hurt, by her success or making something out of nothing.

The guy who is leading the attack, what is he known for?
has he built any solid reputation or business that is well patronised?
how much money has he made from blogging since he started his venture?

well cut the long story short, this is a typical example of life. When you work hard to make it, there are always people looking to sabotage
you every effort. Its our duty along the way to map out who these folks are, and if we dnt stop them before they grow larger, they may eventually bring us to our knees.

One lesson one can take home from this incident is, Never trust anyone and always watch your back.

I wish Linda the very best of success when she reopens a new blog hopefully haters will not touch this....Like MC Hammer Said... #You_cant_Touch_this

A lot of Nigerians really need a total re-orientation in life. It is really disheartening the way a lot of people keep painting the other 'unknown' blogger as the evil guy in this saga even when the facts are very clear for all to see. Why can't some people just sit down and think with their brains?

All because the guy has no money or fame so therefore he has no right to fight for his right?... This guy has been so demonized by Nigerians all over the world for being bold enough to fight and protect his meagre income which is being illegally swept away by bigger bloggers without apology. What is really wrong with the sense of judgement of some Nigerians?

It doesn't take so much to fix a reference at the end of a story.. Instead of doing the right thing which is so bloody simple, Nigerians would rather scream "witch hunting" and then continue to commit the same offence.

bigt2:
That's a bad one from google.

What's bad about it?

liberty300:
this has got to be the dummest thing I've ever read. Who steals what? Even vanguard nigeria, tmz USA etc collect writeups from various other sites. Linda @ least gives credit with her occasional "culled from sun/punch newspapers" so shut your mouth!!!

A lot of people out here boldly displaying their stinking ignorance...

So because every other person steals then it automatically means that stealing is right?... Well, you cant really be blamed because you were born and raised in a country where abnormality is viewed as normal.

christopher123:
When the Oyinbo people are doing research to build big planes, massive ships and other great inventions, the blacks won’t copy them by also invest enough time to study, research and make inventions. But once some blacks see a white person doing crazy stuffs, they copy that one immediately.

The pix above is that of our black sister, Latrice Royal, who is struggling to be like Lady Gaga.

..And what makes you feel she's trying to be like lady gaga?... is lady gaga the first or the only eccentric entertainer in the world?

TRUTHTELA:
Its very disgusting that a LOW LIFE FACELESS SCAMMER, and HACKER is claiming that Linda " STOLE " his pictures or whatever he's claiming, he went ahead with some other HATERS to blackmail the Linda Ikeji, claiming that she " COPY AND PASTE OR STOLE THEIR STORY?

What are his INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? WHO DOES HE WRITE FOR ( NYTIMES? ) WHY DID HE REGISTER EVERYTHING lindaikeji.com &co? WHATS HIS INTEREST?

WOLE SOYINKA, CHINUA ACHEBE, ADICHE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, GE, ACADEMICIANS, MEDICAL CO. RESEARCH FIRMS, APLLE, SAMSUNG AND ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE INTELLECTUAL are the ones that are suppose to be talking about INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT, PLS, ALL THESE LOWLIFE ROGUES SHOULD STOP MISUSING THOSE WORDS.

LINDA, STOLE PICTURES AND STORIES, YET NO SINGLE EVIDENCE, WHAT PICTURES AND STORIES IS THE GUY TALKING ABOUT? Bokoharam pix or stories? I expected him to be talking about EXCLUSIVE PICTURES OF WHERE EDWARD SNOWDEN IS or WHO BLUE IVY's Mother is.

No lawsuit can be entertained or won against Linda Ikeji, because, anything u put online is for public consumption. She gives credit and quote her sources. The guy wanted MONEY ( thats what he meant by " CREDIT" ). Thousands of news organisations, repeat news from other sources and uses pictures. Google and Getty images didnt have a problem with Linda, theyre too BIG for such. But, one single guy just woke up and start BLACKMAILING her.

New York times, Chiamanda Adiche, Wole Soyinka, et al, will NEVER BOTHER about Linda, publishing their article or news on her blog, cos they are way BIGGER than her.

All the NOISE about Linda stole his " WORKS", which "work has he done? Is he a WRITER? Is the guy an ARTIST? Is he a MUSICIAN ? WHO KNOWS HIM? AND WHAT AWARD or NOMINATION HAS HE WON FROM HIS SO CALLED "WORKS' ? LET HIM SHOW HIMSELF/FACE LEGITIMATELY AGAINST LINDA IKEJI, then, the world and I will have RESPECT FOR HIM. Someone HIDING ON TWITTER TO RANT ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL LADY, is not going to make him successful. If his own blogging or hacking is rewarding, HE WILL NEVER HAVE TIME OR NOTICE LINDA IKEJI,BUT, NOW I KNOW HE'S A LOW LIFE.

LINDA's blog is down, then what? IN THIS SOCIAL MEDIA AGE AND TIME, LINDA WILL BOUNCE BACK. SHE HAS BUILT A BRAND. EVEN IF SHE BLOG FROM FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, HER FOLLOWERS AND SUCCESS WILL STILL BE THERE. ( IF IT'S NOT PANADOL, IT CANT BE LIKE PANADOL).

LINDA "STOLE" this and that, what I always see her posting on her blog is about celebrities tweet and FB, post, Kim, Beyonce, Flavor, D Banj, Genevive, Omotala, GEJ, PDP, APC, or one LOCAL CHAMPION or the the other, then the rest will be about NUDE MALES OR FEMALES, SO WHAT's their to STEAL? WHAT ELSE IS ON THAT BLOG ? PEOPLE SHOULD STOP HATING INNOCENT SOULS.

LEGALLY, SHE's good and NOTHING WILL HAPPEN, IT's just ENVY, BLACKMAIL AND RUMOR.

Just as the same people that DESTROYED NIGERIA ARE BUSY EXPECTING JONATHAN TO BUILD ELDORADO IN FOUR YEARS, INSULTING HIM HERE AND THERE. Your tribe is home to some of the biggest and most CORRUPT SOULS IN AFRICA, YET YOU'LL BE CALLING JONATHAN A CORRUPT LEADER.

HYPOCRISY, LIES, ENVY, DOUBLE STANDARD MUST STOP, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE THAT YOUR COUNTRY FORWARD

N:B I'm not a fan of Linda or GEJ, I open her blog laugh at comments and keep it moving ( i have never commented for one day). She's doing good and will SURELY COME BACK BETTER. Gej, is a failure, but, FAILURES SHOULD NOT BE CALLING HIM OUT EITHER

Unfortunately you have just exposed your gross ignorance with this your post. So in your wisdom someone has to win an award before it is accepted by you that he owns a property?.. A writer has to win a nobel prize before you accept that his/her story belongs to him?... A movie producer has to win an academy or AMAA award before you can accept that the movie belongs to him and therefore should not be pirated?... Anyway, don't worry, there are a lot of grossly ignorant folks like you out there so you aren't alone.

It's not your fault that you were born and raised in a country where illegalities are so rampant that they are no longer regarded as illegalities. A politician steals money and when/if he's arrrested, he would say everyone else steals and that he's only being persecuted by his political opponents (and foolish people would support his argument). The president commits a blunder and when he's criticised he says it is the opposition APC that's trying to persecute him. A celebrity is involved in a malpratice and when accused would claim it is the work of his/her haters, bad belle people or competitors.

A simple question you should have asked before your long blab is if Linda copied someone's work and if she acknowledged the person or not... I believe we all know the answer to that. Do you know how serious a crime it is to steal intellectual property?... Every blogger may do it in Nigeria but that doesn't make it right. Try that beyond the shores of Nigeria in the developed world and you could risk prison time and huge fines in addition to the closure of your website.

Pride Goeth Before a Fall!

All bloggers in Nigeria are guilty of plagiarism, but she should have understood that being the Number 1 Blogger in Africa makes her to stand out and this comes with attendant consequences. Those who live in glass houses should be very careful not to play with stones.

A simple apology when she was accused by a lady of copying her work could have saved her all this trouble. Instead, she came up with an unnecessary arrogant public response that it was because she bought an SUV that's why people are coming after her.

But of course illegality is so rampant in Nigeria to the point that it is seen as 'Normal,' that is why so many people cannot still understand what she did wrong for her site to be closed.

obailala:
I guess for all the 419 victims in the world, we should also channel the anger to the victims and not the scammers because the victim let themselves to be deceived?

majekdom2:
yes, it should be channeled to the victims....

OK, you win... Let's end this argument please

lezz:
it is very sickening my brother when you consider that the european missionaries left europe in the 17th and 18th century to build school and churches free to complete african strangers. Today Nigerian pastors are building schools that the even some rich Nigerians cannot afford.

Even rich members of the Churches cannot afford it. You don't even get a discount for being an active Tithe paying member of the church

majekdom2:
you anger should be channeled to the poor you feel are being decieved ... dont you think so . its hard convincing a rich man as long as you dont match upto him or have visible results yoursef ... but the poor ,you can help them on that.

I guess for all the 419 victims in the world, we should also channel the anger to the victims and not the scammers because the victim let themselves to be deceived?..

Have you ever heard of emotional blackmail through psychological manipulations?

I will be very shocked to my bones if it is confirmed that Asari was one of those in the plane. No wonder there has been very high secrecy about the occupants of the plane. If Asari was truly one of those in the plane, then the nation is completely finished.

In as much as APC talks too much sometimes, I don't believe they would just rant about such a weighty allegation without some element of truth. Someone is really not telling Nigerians something.

majekdom2:
the jets were bought for him , he didnt buy it himself .. thats why you see him lease it out so as to be able to pay for its maintanence ... his case is quite pathetic ..... it is foolishness to hold on to what you cant maintain .... the set of people who bought it for him are the same ones using it for poo ... you get the gist now .

But isn't it strange that 2 planes would be bought for one man as gifts and you really think the man doesn't actually have a huge fortune stashed somewhere?

majekdom2:
you dont need the extra rich to take care of the poor ... you and I can do that . the bible made it clear , there will always be poor and rich amongst us .... but he made the rich rich so as to help the poor.

Is this by any means, an attempt at defending stupendously rich Pastors and their massive fortunes which they obviously made at the expense of the poor in the society?

DonaldGenes:
So are they suppose to be poor while working for GOD?

Was our Lord Jesus Christ himself rich when he came into the world?..

Saul who was previously a big man, after his conversion to Apostle Paul, did he cling to his previous riches?

Nigerian Christians continue to deceive themselves and let themselves to be deceived.

lezz:
Nigeria has about 5 pastors in the world top 10 richest list when we are not even in the top 20 richest countries in the world. That list if true is a depiction of the gullibitity and supersticious nature of our people who really cant think for themselves either politically or spiritually. Follow follow people.

Very thought provoking

We have 5 of our pastors in the world's top 10 richest list
We have our political leaders also ranking as some of the richest in the world.
We have about the highest number of private jet owners in the world (Nigeria has more private jets than commercial aircrafts)

Yet we also have some of the poorest people in the world; our nation doesn't even rank amongst the first 100 rich nations?

Lordlexyy:
...The job of the opposition is to find a hole in gov't and capitalised on it which Apc did.

Very simple logic but I wonder why too many Nigerians are too dumb to understand this. The job of the opposition is to simply pick out the loopholes and the shortcomings of the ruling party, amplify the loopholes for all to see and use the loopholes as a basis for their own political game. If only Nigeria was a sane country, the PDP would have been washed away a long time ago because of their daily blunders. We keep clamouring for democracy but it is clear a lot of people have no idea what democracy is all about. It surprises me how any right thinking person would expect the opposition party to be giving the ruling party a pat on the back even in the face of all the blunders.

GEJ through his lack of constructive administrative skills has invented a very toxic kind of politics in Nigeria; 'the politics of blame, blame and blame'

Every single occurrence is twisted into a political argument to confuse the gullible populace and win over votes. What have they not blamed this APC which was only formed last year for?...

APC is blamed for the epileptic power supply in the country
APC is blamed for being the sponsors of terrorism
APC was blamed for being the sponsors of #OccupyNigeria protests
APC was blamed for the #BringBackOurGirls protest all over the world
APC was blamed for plane crashes
APC is blamed for road accidents and bad roads
APC was blamed for raising up the issue of missing billions and thereby distracting the business of governance

Finally, APC has also just been blamed for causing the entire apparatus of the Nigerian Federal Government to overlook the simple protocol of informing the SA government before loading $9.3million and/or $5.7million in CASH into a South African bound jet to procure arms...

Another confusing twist in the blame game is how a chieftain who leaves APC to join PDP would be accepted and his sins washed away from him instantly. Anyway, the only reason why our leaders can dare to play such childish and irrational politics of blame is because they know very well, the level of intelligence of the majority of people they lead.

Even drugs are now being racists

Can they please just start off the production and stop telling us the same old stories that have been said since the 80s. Every time all we hear is "set to take off"

Lafem:
These criminals need to be wiped off the face of the map for their heinous crimes against the Nigerian people. Where's Amnestry International?
p.s: Our gallant soldiers need to be encouraged at this critical point in time guys, politics aside. We need to reclaim every inch of lost territory to these animals.
Viewers discretion is advised.
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Op, you have to be careful the way you post videos like this, or else just like SaharaReporters (who I believe released this gory videos for public information), you will also be termed a bokoharam sympathiser by the large multitude of not-too-smart Nigerians roaming this website

Abraham2013:
4rm ur comments, I can see u hav not held an elected position in ur life b4, even if its a family head or a community secretary. Well as I said, ur imaginations are too small. D problem wit people like u is dat u tink nigeria is a small and powerless country. However let me ask u dis few questions, Do u tink dat same SA is not breaking money laundry laws in nigeria dis very second? How does dat same SA get dere own weapons? Do dey manufacture weapons in SA? Do u tink dis is d 1st time nigeria is procuring weapons tru dis same means in SA? How best would hav done dis deal if u were d one in charge or if u were to advice those in charge?

Please I am tired of dignifying you with responses. You are free to live in your paradise. Let us end this discussion.

Too much English grammar floating all over this thread.

In my opinion, until the death of a man, he can never be certain about which knowledge or skill he gained in his lifetime will be useless.

The fact however remains that some knowledge/skill we gain in our lifetime will never be used but it would be silly to start pointing out the useless knowledge/skills now when we still have a long journey ahead of us.

Abraham2013:
Well its a pity u hav a faulty imagination, buh just go n meet ur LG chairman or councelor and ask him/her 4 a little lecture about governance. Do u tink running a govt is like running a beer parlour or restaurant? If only u know 1% of wat it takes to run a govt, u will surly hav a retink. Finally in psychiatry, it is d abnormal or mentally compromised person dat ask weda d normal person is actually normal cos to him/her, his/her abnormality is normal. Dat is y u see mad men/women saying dey are not mad wen u ask dem weda dey r mad or not. Buh den let me not assume, r u mentally normal?

Just when you think it can't get worse, they still come back to defend their silliness.

Okay I now get it, running government is difficult so therefore in your rare wisdom, it is okay for the government to go about breaking both local and international laws because it is a difficult task to run government... How smart!

Are you aware there is a law on money laundering existing in every single country in the world inclusive of our lawless nation?... I am sure you are aware.

Are you aware that the Nigerian government due to its incompetence, carelessness and gross disregard for anything called law, broke the money laundering laws of SA?... I am sure you are aware

Do you think every nation in the world is as lawless as yours where clear laws can be broken brazenly by the very people who are meant to enforce the laws?

I understand we live in a strange country where we have been exposed to too many irregularities from generations of bad leadership and consequently, our ideologies have mutated to a see a normal occurrence as abnormal, sanity is seen as insanity, honesty is interpreted as stupidity and dishonesty is regarded as smartness. However, your own ideological mutation is way beyond human comprehension. In fact, I don't even believe you are stupid, rather I think you are willingly trying to sound stupid because you think you have a responsibility to defend the government in something which is indefensible.

Energito:
You are not only a yrouba but also a man.

this is extremely funny

It is very disheartening that in the Nigeria of today, some 'unscrupulous elements' have forced it down our throats that a basic requirement to be a 'true' Igbo is to first of all discard your sense of reasoning and judgement and then worship Jonathan and all the ineptitude which he truly represents... If you dare to think differently, you are not only just an efulefu but also a bokoharam sponsor.

Sometimes I wonder how these unscrupulous elements were able to successfully spread this virus of visionless sycophancy amongst my people.

Ahmeduana:
THE QUESTION IS ARE THEY OBJECTIVE IN THEIR REPORTAGE?

What is your definition of objectivity?... I guess your definition must be when you see black and call it brown to allay public fears?

Abraham2013:
Same way GEJ will start enforcing simple laws which exist all over d world dat d south african break on daily basis. Don't worry by d time GEJ face dem, dey will pay back dat money 3 times + abeg wey dey ontop

eddie000:
You know anything about life? What kinda law? Shey South Africa companies in Nigeria dey pay their full dues? Listen, get to the top and see dirty deals, this is not the first time of them dealing okay?

It really beats my imagination that there are normal human beings who will openly support and defend this kind of illegality to the extent of blaming SA.

Just before I assume quickly, please are you guys even normal?