₦airaland Forum

SLAP44:
Seems like the masses are standing up slowly, the ruling class keep pushing the masses into untold frustration.

When are getting a video of this great escape?

Of course all the Revolutions that happened the world over in the past started that way. The rulling classes took the poor masses for granted for so long and greedily oppressed them to the point of breaking and the greatly wounded masses fought back. And those marked the beginning of development across Europe and America.

The same is coming to Africa soon. The daft ruling class who are alliterates and illiterates should up their games and start mending their ways, or else the wrath of the wounded masses will soon consume them.

izzou:


Is everyone running mad in this country?

What is this?

This is no joke because God knows my generation will never be Nigerians.

Someone gets out there and tells you "there is something good about this animal hole", "Nigeria will be great", "we dont have another home let us build Nigeria". bla bla bla. Bullshits.

The country in its entirety thinks every citizen is mad and needs mental evaluation. In fact they want you go crazy and are hellbent on driving their citizens crazy. They are ready to feed on the flesh of her citizens.

MelesZenawi:
Story.

Soludo should retire and have rest.

Your only reason you dont want him is because he should retire and rest? A man in his fifties? lol purely sentimental. which is what most nigerian electorates do.

MelesZenawi:
The voice of majority has rejected soludo.

The same voice that chose the charlatan called Obiano, who made anambra stood still development wise.

The truth is, Soludo is more qualified than everybody who has contested for and will still contest for that position.

Look up his CV, a first class materia, Economist well knowledgeable in both Monetary and Fiscal policies. International and local. Has handled positions home and abroad more than any of those contested and still contesting. (though you dont trust a mere mortal) But by credential, he is the most qualified. If you were to establish a company and those contestants apply as manager, my brother na Soludo u go hire.

But, the truth is, majority of Nigeria electorates are ignorants and illiterates they will never make the right decision. They will rather chose their pockets or their parties over individual's qualifications.

Beautiful couple

achi4u:
you're not from Ebonyi state but remember the name "Ebonyi" is being derived from Ebonyi river, whoever that spoke evil against Ebonyi name MUST be drown from that river.
I like you and want you to be useful to ur parents and ur community.

Uncouth little boy.

All4real2:
yes it has gotten to more than insult because you are the biggest fool for saying that.Even if Ebonyi is regarded to be one of the poorest state in this country and their governor is doing what the so called reach states governors could not do is not comparable let me tell you Umahi is the best performing governor in Nigeria take it or leave it .

Frustrated little tout

All4real2:
yes it has gotten to more than insult because you are the biggest fool for saying that.Even if Ebonyi is regarded to be one of the poorest state in this country and their governor is doing what the so called reach states governors could not do is not comparable let me tell you Umahi is the best performing governor in Nigeria take it or leave it .

You are a little frustrated boy roaming the streets

Jibsy203:
You are a big fool nd u know, der is no village in South West dat u will use to compare to any village in ebonyi state, not from Ebonyi bt i have been to most villages there even been to villages in most sw region so shut up

Has it gotten to insult?

Black man will always be angry and uncivilized

Just google Nigeria states with highest poverty level.

Go ask Ebonyians too

Travel out too and stop making childish sentimental statements devoid of logic

McCoy662:
are u pained and aiming at tarnishing the image of the governor and his people or are you arguing based on fact??
Let's be guided, cos he who asserts has to prove!

Mr man, i am from Ebonyi state.

Ask anybody from Ebonyi about what i have said.

Ask anybody who has one time gone to Ebonyi either for burial or marriage, they will confirm too.

I am old, learned and educated enough to have gone beyond childish sentimental statements.

Did you not read on Nairaland a few weeks ago states that have the highest poverty rate in Nigeria Was Ebonyi not included?

ClintonEmex:
Umahi is performing very well; one of the most outstanding governors in Nigeria. He has taken Ebonyi to the real next level.

Lol. You went to Abakaliki okay. 90 percent of Ebonyi state still has never seen electricity and in abject poverty. No amenities.

The man is just building abakaliki leaving off rural development.


Ebony state has one of the worst indices in Nigeria, the only southeastern state competing with norths in everything bad except insurgency.

No single inter-city road to connect villages

megacity:
Umahi deserves to be president

Lol. You went to Abakaliki okay. 90 percent of Ebonyi state still has never seen electricity and in abject poverty. No amenities.

The man is just building abakaliki leaving off rural development.


Ebony state has one of the worst indices in Nigeria, the only southeastern state competing with norths in everything bad except insurgency.

No single inter-city road to connect villages

Rochas2023:
I don't even know how this man gets funds to do this type of projects. I went to Ebonyi last week and was amazed.

Lol. You went to Abakaliki okay. 90 percent of Ebonyi state still has never seen electricity and in abject poverty. No amenities.

The man is just building abakaliki leaving off rural development.


Ebony state has one of the worst indices in Nigeria, the only southeastern state competing with norths in everything bad except insurgency.

No single inter-city road to connect villages.

planetx:
You people are really dumb its mind-boggling. This is a donation indirectly to his foundation not some chewed gum investment, you people use zero logic before commenting.

Be civilized for once and stop being abusive with gutter words.

That thing they actioned will one day be at a place where millions will be paying to see it, and that's when it becomes investment and start generating millions of dollars.

Why do you pay to go to museum?

Go to Landmark Beach VI Lagos, you pay 2k to go to the beach, 25k to rent the canopy. You know how much they generate from that beach alone?

That is why there are lots of jobs and money in white man's land because so many things are turned into businesses.

But here all we are good at is attacking a person instead attacking the topic with logic.

legitnow:
THIS MAN IS STILL WAITING FOR U.

Of course. This Deontay means business.

First, he doesn't smile and show unnecessary politeness when in business. and that meanness he brings to the ring. Boxing is fight, you must be mean and aggressive inside out before you can win.

Second, Wilder doesn't do conventional boxing, he fights like a fool waiting to catch you with his right jab, and boom once he does, no matter who you are you are hitting the canvas whether you like it or not.

No living boxer now wont hit the floor once Deontay catches you with his right jab. For the first time, Tyson fury hit the floor twice and woke up miraculously. � � �


to be honest, AJ is no match to Deontay.

Larryfest:
Person wey win this bid now weytin him go use dis gum do now

When they say now white man get sense pass black man, una go begin dey shout "for where."

Save this post, you will be amazed how much fortune the person wey buy this gum go make from am in future. Then his kids will be grateful for their dad's "stupidity". lol

Oga, these whites have common sense die. they see the future and that's why they are far ahead of us because they are future ahead.

They live for future and black men live for present.

jayfolarin:
Nigerians always ready to suck the white man's dick and discard their own without much thought.

Whatever air peace chairman has done is nothing compared to what billionaires do to game the US financial system on the daily. How many Wall Street bankers went to jail despite putting the whole world through recession in 2008?

You have a CEO of an indigenous airline that could become a huge competition to foreign airlines that have been making bulk off our skies and suddenly he becomes the target of some money laundering investigation?? USE YOUR BRAINS

I will make an educated guess and say the next target of investigation is Nigeria's first auto maker, Innosun

But our African Ethiopian Airline (The best in Africa and among the best in the world) is thriving successfully flying America and Europe always have not been grounded or target by the so called envious white? Why?

Why move those monies to America, banks no dey Naija again?

You mean America no wan grow their economy by selling their aircrafts to successful airlines from Africa?

Why break the monies into bit with different account names and banks?

But I hear say Naija man get airport for London too, why dem no witch hunt am too?

helinues:
N1.45trn annually?

Oh boy and that's not official oo

Fg should pass the key of Nigeria borders to me. Na straight to lagoon

As we are talking right now, goods are being smuggled through the same closed border by corrupt Custom officials.

The difference is, Customs make more money now and are tactical �

Tboy1419:
good evening, just registered with your link, how can i fill in my bank details, how did you fill yours.

Fill in your bank details? tomorrow now you go come dey shout here say them withdraw all your money for bank, them hack your account.

efighter:
Ghana ex-president is still talking because he is still eating once a day, by the time he goes two days without food, then he will know that Nigerians no be dem papa mate. Useless burnt offerings.

USA has competent Immigration, Customs and Excise, Police and Army, yet USA is still building a wall against Mexico. Now, tell me something else.

The Ghana man is right. Nigeria's institutions are weak riddled with corruption. You think nothing passes through the borders? Lol. Only that he created more opportunities for corrupt custom officers to enrich themselves fantastically. My goodness, all you need do is pay more now and smuggle whatever you want. No be Naija you dey again? Lol. It is only the poor masses who are the end users of these products that suffer most because whatever bribe the custom collects to help you smuggle, them go add am for the goods.

Nigeria institutions are so weak that no matter the law, there are loopholes. For instance, go naija airport, you go flout all the laws and go free only if you sabi bribe those securities. lol. If queue long, pay, you go be the first. If you like carry gun, only make sure your pocket full to bribe your way. See wetin una judges dey do foe court.

if you like build a wall, the same custom will take bribe and give people ladder to climb the wall.

I once, then, escorted person reach one naija airport, and we came to the security gate where only the traveller suppose enter. but the officer there, waved at me say make i find am something so that i fit follow the person enter the restricted area. lol.

Bros, Mahamma is absolutely right.

vanida6:
That game vex me yestrday


then just do juju for chelsea to escape

2 Red cards haba

One of the problems, I mean a very big problem Nigerians have is that out of ignorance they react with emotions to everything throwing away facts which they ought to have searched.

The two red cards and a penalty were deserving. In soccer rules, when you stop a ball heading towards the goal post with your hand inside the 18 yard box, a yellow card should be given and a penalty awarded.

Blind as well fouled Abraham who was smarter to have touched the ball b4 him. The foul as,well deserved a yellow card.

It is unfortunate that those guys have already been booked prior to those clear offenses which deserved a yellow card apiece.

Soccer officiating sometimes can be biased but yesterday scenario wasn't. The ref went strictly by the rules. Remember, he was well trained and more knowledgeable than you and I when it comes to what is wrong or right in soccer.

gimmehear:
10 grammatical jargon often used by Nigerians.



In Nigeria, people use a lot of grammatical jargon daily and most this jargon are/were/is believed to be correct when view in the English man’s way, but interestingly, most of this jargon often have no sensible meaning when searched for in the dictionary.

Below are some compiled words.

(1)Installmentally:

This “word” is a favourite of many Nigerians, but, sadly, it simply does not exist. You won’t find it any reputable dictionary. The correct thing to say when “installmentally” comes to your mind is in instalments or by instalments.

(2)Plumpy:

Nigerians use “plumpy” when they want to say that someone is chubby or slightly fat. The correct expression is plump.

(3)Disvirgin:



This particular “word” is used severally on a daily basis, especially by Nigerian men when they intend saying that a woman has lost her virginity to a guy. The correct word to use, however, is deflower, because “disvirgin” is not a word depicting that meaning.



(4)Crosscarpeting or cross-carpeting



This is a favourite of Nigerian politicians and political analysts alike. They use it when they want to say that a politician has dumped his political party for another party, usually a rival party. The right terms to use when describing this scenario are party switching, defection and crossing the floor and not “cross-carpeting” or “crosscarpeting.”
Go-slow: The word go-slow exists, but not in the way Nigerians use it.

(5)A “go-slow,”

in the peculiarly Nigerian context, is a situation in which road traffic is very sluggish due to vehicle queues. However, go-slow in the English language actually means an industrial tactic used by employees whereby they intentionally reduce activity, productivity and efficiency in order to press home some demands. When this happens, you say that work in the office, factory or organization is at a go- slow. The correct terms to use when road traffic is very sluggish due to vehicle queues are traffic jam, traffic congestion, gridlock, and (less technically) hold-up, not “go- slow.”



(6)Cunny

“Cunny” is not found in authoritative dictionaries, but it can be found in some slang dictionaries. Over there, it is a slang used to refer to a woman’s v**ina. The correct term to use is cunning (which is used to describe someone that is being deceitful or crafty) and not “cunny.”

(7)Opportuned

There is nothing like “opportuned” anywhere in the English language, but that has not stopped its blatant use by all and sundry in Nigeria, including journalists and writers. The correct word is opportune. The word opportune is an adjective; therefore it has no past tense. An adjective has no past tense. However, some verbs can function as adjectives or adverbs in a sentence. These verbs are called participles and they do have past tenses. They are not pure adjectives. Examples of participles are fattened, amused, disgusted, mystified, overwhelmed, upset and bored. Be that as it may, opportune is a pure adjective and not a participle, therefore it has no past tense. Opportune means appropriate or well- timed.



(Alright

“Alright” is a misspelling of the term all right. All right is used when you want to say that something is adequate, acceptable, agreeable or suitable. To hardcore English language linguists, “alright” is not a word. However, its usage is gaining traction and it’s increasingly becoming acceptable. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary – which is considered the gold standard among American English speakers – has recently drawn a lot of criticisms for its permissiveness when it began indexing some otherwise colloquial and street language terms, including “alright.” Most linguists disagree with the gradual acceptance of “alright” as a word by the public and even the media, while those in the minority are “alright” with it.



(9)Wake-keeping

“Wake-keeping” exists only in the imagination of a few English speakers. As a matter of fact, there is no such thing as “wake-keeping.” The correct word is wake and not even “wake-keep.” Both “wake-keeping” and “wake-keep” are ungrammatical.



(10)Screentouch: This bad grammatical expression gained currency in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries with the influx of made-in-China stylus pen touchscreen not- so-smart phones in the mid 2000s. It was a novelty then; many in Nigeria had not seen it – or even thought such advanced technology was possible – before. So, they looked for a name to call it and “screentouch” came to mind, after all you just touch the screen and it starts working. In case you’ve still not figured it out yet, the correct thing to say is touchscreen and not “screentouch.

So there you have it, 10 English language “words” Nigerians love to use that are not found in the dictionary. Feel free to add yours;
https://www.gbetutv.com/10-grammatical-jargon-often-used-by-nigerians/

Lalasticlala

Good write-up, but you are guilty of the same mistake "GRAMMATICAL JARGON" This is wrong.

Grammar means the set of rules that explain how words are used in a language.

Jargon means the Language used for a particular activity or by a particular group of people.
A jargon doesn't mean wrong. E.g Medical Jargon.

Therefore that phrase (grammatical jargon) is confusing.

It should be grammatical errors. They make mistake not following the rules.

Coldie:
As an ipob your opinion doesn't count. Until u speak from an unbiased perspective

When a kid talks, you know.

DarkJeddi:
Pete Edochie is 72 years old and Olu Jacobs is 75 years old ..

RMD is 58 years old

How exactly are they Mates?

Go see how those 75 78 men behaved in their 50's

densiks:
Is he using lipstick?

Though personalities defer, but honestly this man can be petty. Pete Edochie, Olu Jacobs, these men have this kind of aura, prestige and respect that hovers over them. They act so mature.

For this one, no no. But He looks better with flesh on his face than his bony face now.

Coldie:
Nigerians are funny sha, just to bear I dae abroad u guys go through hell.
With all the untapped locations in Nigeria with our large market somebody would go to Ghana to go and do petty trading.

If its there law I can't question it, but I hope ECOWAS won't scream blue murder when Nigeria retaliates.

I know many people from Niger republic in PH who own shops and kiosks and engage other petty services but we no send.

There country there rules Goodluck to them

Lol. You aren't a businessman so don't talk about trade and call their hustle petty. By the way, do you expect them to get money from where to start in a big way? Everything big started from small.

There reason for going out to these countries is that there are less competition over there than in Nigeria.

Many of them who you call petty do so very well than their counterparts here.

And they have very favorable business environment, standard of living better, and Economy more stable than in this mismanaged enclave called Nigeria.

Check them out, you barely see those guys there looking bony. Like guys from Senegal look so well fed, at least they eat well than their malnourished counterparts in this idiotic country called Nigeria

MelesZenawi:
Cheap campaign.

Is that not what he was elected to do..

This is not funny. Nigeria is close to Animal world than they are to Western world.

I have never seen a man as stupid as this man. Go to Anambra he is printing and pasting his name and pictures on every stupid mediocre projects he does. Trash cans, toilets. He will paste his picture on those cans, the fire truck and even the uniform the firemen wear.

He wants to be praised for buying stupid cans. And what makes it laughably ridiculous is that this buffoon lived in the Western world for years and saw how humans manage things, yet he came back and became such a shame in his activities.

OruExpress:
The FG has bought innosons products that that's all he asked for. Not everything is a government agency. After all of the times the government has failed Nigerians, we still want them involved everything from groundnut selling to tooth pick manufacturing

You got it all wrong. There are so many ways to support firm like this. e.g. Tax holiday, very low interest loan for expansion, partnering with him to build adequate infrastructure, like power plant etc. So many ways.

Believe me, if these are done, this guy could be the biggest employer of labor in Nigeria. And an Industrial Training hub for students of higher Institutions in Nigeria and in West Africa.

But hell no, Tribal sentiments and just being stupidly myopic about how Economics work wont allow them do these, instead they chose to do idiotic projects which has no trickle down effects like Trader Money. Very ridiculous.

Go to China and see how Govt support firms. My goodness, so far as you have ideas, forget the rest, the govt provides them all.

Righteousness89:
[s][/s] That Akara Business Might be Raking in Cash that you can only wish for....

I have Seen Frying Akara Train Children in The University

I have Seen Making Chips Build Duplex..

It's not about what you do... it's about Who is Backing you..

When GOD backs u, with Groundnuts you will break grounds!

You are so correct. That's what many people dont know about business. It might be stressful but you are earning far more than many employees.

decatalyst:
I am loving this romance walahi.


America will soon be jealous

Lol. I don't think so. African countries are mediocre nobody wants them as Allies . Russians are just using them to sell their refurbished weapons and make money.

African countries are dumb. and poor too. Who wants a dumb poor person as a friend??

America dey target Arab billion dollars deals and not 10 thousand naira deal from poor Africans

Truth234:
Not so true, Andy grew up with everything and has started training since age 7. However, he needs something like this to crown years of sacrifice and dedication, something that scared people in his corner as he was always thinking.

AJ, on the other hand, started at age 18, became an Olympic champion 4 years later and World Heavy Weight Champion two years later. It has never been done. AJ that was almost sent to jail a few months to Olympic turned his life around via total dedication and a complete change of career path from bricklaying to World Champion with little training. He single-handedly brought boxing back and sold it to casual. The most endorsed boxer and one of the most endorsed athletes in the world.

Andy is not on the same skill level with AJ, he is only fast. AJ just needs to repeat Joseph Parker's style, fight behind the jab and move all night, he is too tall, too strong for Andy and move in for a kill towards the later round.

I don't see AJ losing to be honest. Two times World Heavy Weight Champion in the making... wait for it.

Okay then. Let the best man win

Truth234:
Na so easy? He lost simple, he underrated Andy and couldn't recover from the punch to the head (concussion) in the third round.

But he wins the rematch hands down, even Mike Tyson says it was just a bad day in the office and he doesn't see Andy repeating it. A big very good guy will always win a small very good guy. A similar thing happened to Lewis against Douglas, that Douglas almost refused a rematch (like Andy until Eddie Hearn, AJ manager, threatens him with a lawsuit) until Lewis forced the rematch clause with a lawsuit.

AJ will now use his size, reach and power. Don't forget he knocked Andy down with a punch in round three (Andy has never been down until that round three), while Andy couldn't take him out even with a concussion until the fight was stopped in round seven.

A fit, ready AJ beats Andy 9 out of 10 all day.

Hope AJ does get his belts back. But technically speaking, Andy is a more beast than AJ, very fast and has a rock chin.
He was a grace to grass story and those of that category always fight with their last blood considering the fact that life dealt with them and brought out the beastly mode in them. Their past is always a motivating factor. They hate failure with passion, want to prove something, and hate going back to the failure that dealt with them in the past. Their story is a big motivating factor.

AJ needs more and more hard work because Andy will not be an easy fight.