₦airaland Forum

splenzard:
some see an Hausa dullard and a yoruba laureate,


I see two people at the different extremes of education...its quite sad we have geniuses amongst us and we let a cattle rearer sit on that rock

That's the sad irony of Nigeria.
It is as if it is deliberately set up to fail.

What a shame.

A man like Wole Soyinka, who has spent a lifetime fighting tyrants and despots, now hobnobbing with an unrepentant tyrant, bigot, nepotistist- in- chief and budding despot.

Men without principles.

Watch him sing a predictable tune afterwards.

Mylove55:
d fall in oil price is cause by pmb, which also result to scarcity of dollars, but gej has opportunity to diversify d economy but instead he import rice with $20b

Incoherent, Meaningless nonsense.

BTW, polio is back in Nigeria after a 2 years of eradication.
Hhhmm!!
Could that just be a coincidence that we have certified failure in government ?

Like I said to the other sai-baba zombie, I look forward to the daily blame game and abdication of RESPONSIBILITY for the 2 and half years.

maclatunji:
Of course you will laugh because you are parochial. Even GEJ cannot come out to say: 'don't blame me '. He knows the evidence that will come out will be damming and he and his wife for starters will find it difficult to stay in Nigeria talk less of being relevant politically.

#Hehehehehe

Keep defending a man that his scurrying about trying to prevent his guilt from being exposed to the maximum.

If you could use the better part of your thinking faculty, you would realize that every former leader looks back at things they could have done differently.
I have no doubts that GEJ would look back at things he could have done differently.

It is only a person whose personality borders on imbecility, a psychopath, that would get a chance at leadership twice in his lifetime, and take it on with the same failed mindset, the same failed attitude, the same failed expired medicines, even after 30yrs idleness, without learning a single thing.

As the months roll by and this land becomes more desolate, I look forward to reading about more excuses and more blames from you and the rest of the army of paid e-zombies.

maclatunji:
It is only an hypocrite that will blame the present government for our problems, it is doing a lot to stabilize a bad situation.

Cognitive dissonance is a terrible terrible thing.

You feel sooooo embarrassed by the less than dullard performance of your Messiah, whose fake medicines have long expired, that on a daily basis, you have a compulsion to blame a government that left office 15 months ago.
What a great shame.

I'm having a lot of fun laughing at you, because, in another 15 months, you'll still be blaming GEJ.

This, of course, clearly shows that neither you nor your pretended Messiah understand anything about leadership and taking responsibility.

^^^

I guarantee that you'll start seeing real changes in the economic reality of Nigeria.

^^^

Instead of this;

larrybee2017:
Yes just like your brain is a fantastic brain, so big yet has nothing good to offer as a solution. If you are one who think you have a solution to the present economic situation better than these people why not offer the solution you this toddler I wonder who gave you phone to browse?

Yes.
The solutions to the present economic conditions lies in the understanding, and are clearly enumerated on this well known treatise written more than 100yrs ago.

You see my dear little one, we don't have to reinvent the wheel.

So, start reading this ;

Ishilove:
The USA for a start.

Kindly list the founding fathers of USA who were devoted Christians.
If the founding fathers of USA were such devoted Christians, they wouldn't have been smart enough to separate the Church from the State.

If all of the USA , at her founding, had as many churches as Ikeja, the USA would have been much a basket case nation today as Nigeria is.

Nigeria is the way it is today because of the way the we THINK.
Religious beliefs and doctrines influences ,and in many cases , determines the way people THINK.
Therefore, religious beliefs determine how people determine their place in reality , and how they confront reality.

The Western nations have VERY GOOD REASONS for keeping religious bullshytes from their public academic curriculums.
Gees!
What REASONS could those be ?

Ishilove:
The USA for a start.

.. please respect other people's religious choices.

Lol.
What would religion be if it respected other people's religious/non-religious choices ?

What would your religion have become if it had respected other people's religious/ non-religious choices ?

You get my drift Ishilove ?

baresywood:
*Why most States can't pay salaries of workers and the many ills of our economy.* THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT ON AN INSTITUTION WITH ALL POLITICAL PARTIES. *NOT A DISCUSSION ON ANY POLITICAL PARTY.*

21 senators currently receive pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors.

The current senators who once served as governors are *Bukola Saraki* of Kwara, *Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso* of Kano, *Kabiru Gaya* of Kano, *Godswill Akpabio* of Akwa Ibom, *Theodore Orji* of Abia, *Abdullahi Adamu* of Nasarawa, *Sam Egwu* of Ebonyi, *Shaaba Lafiagi* of Kwara, *Joshua Dariye* of Plateau *Jonah Jang* of Plateau, *Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko* of Sokoto, *Ahmed Sani Yarima* of Zamfara, *Danjuma Goje* of Gombe, *Bukar Abba Ibrahim* of Yobe, *Adamu Aliero* of Kebbi, *George Akume* of Benue and *Isiaka Adeleke* of Osun.

*The former deputy governors in the Senate*
are *Ms Biodun Olujimi* of Ekiti and *Enyinaya Harcourt Abaribe* of Abia. *Danladi Abubakar Sani* served as the acting governor of Taraba state.

Many *former governors* are also in Buhari's Cabinet as Ministers. This includes: *Ngige, Fayemi, Amaechi and Fashola (SAN)*

In Akwa Ibom State, the law provides that ex governors and deputy governors receive pension equivalent to the salaries of the incumbent. The package also includes a new official car and a utility vehicle every four years; one personal aide; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5 million per month and N2.5 million for his deputy governor.

In Rivers, the law provides 100 percent of annual basic salaries for the ex-governor and deputy, one residential house for the former governor “anywhere of his choice in Nigeria”; one residential house anywhere in Rivers for the deputy, three cars for the ex-governor every four years and two cars for the deputy every four years.

It is alledged that in Lagos, a former governor will get two houses, one in Lagos and another in Abuja, estimated at N500 million in Lagos and N700 million in Abuja. He also receives six new cars to be replaced every three years; a furniture allowance of 300 percent of annual salary to be paid every two years, and a N30 million pension annually for life.

This is the reality for all the 21 ex govenors and deputy governors who are currently serving as senators. This same is also true of ex governors who are now serving as Ministers.

NOW I ASK:
How many years did these guys serve their states as governors and deputy governors? Is it more than 8years? Is that a reason to be entitled to these *bogus and mind bugling* pensions for life? Even if they are entitled to pension for life, must it be so outrageous? Do they have two heads? A man puts in 35years of his life in service, he ends up with a fraction of his earnings as pension. Some politician does 8years and for life he doesn't have to work again.

As if that is not enough: HOW on earth can any public servant with conscience collect salaries and allowances as a senator or minister, and still have the audacity to claim pensions equivalent to the salaries of a serving governor in Nigeria?

IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE......

Once you are elected a senator or appointed a minister, *you must forfeit any pension accruing to you from government at any level until you vacate office.* This should also apply to senators collecting military pensions like former Senate President *David Mark.*
Yet these senators are in the Senate that is inviting the current finance minister to discuss the recession of Nigeria's economy. *A senator pockets approximately 30 million naira monthly as salary and allowances.* Our so called *"honourables"* are *NOT* interested in making laws that could restructure our country into economically autonomous federating States/Regions to save the country from sectional agitations that is threatening to destroy Nigeria. Why should they? They are feeding fat the way things are now. The sad and hopeless situation is that the rest of Nigerians are busy arguing based on party, and ethnic affiliations while these enemies of state continue to rape us.

Do you know that it costs tax payers *290m Naira yearly to maintain each member of our National Assembly* in a country where nothing works & 80% of the population earn below 300 Naira a day? A *working day earning* of a senator is MORE than a yearly income of a doctor; it's more than the salary of 42 Army generals or 48 professors or 70 commissioners of police or more than twice the pay of the US president or 9times the salary of US congressmen.

Please say NO to this looting of Nigeria in the name of democracy by sending this text to at least 5 others.

*I believe this country must have a referendum on salaries of all our law makers.* This must happen very quickly

Thank you very much.

This is an unsustainable system.
When APC promised change, we all thought they would quickly dismantle this unsustainable system, but alas, nothing has changed, except the daily lies of their spokesmen.

Borrowing to sustain this system is the worst form of economic perfidy.

If any one thinks the situationis pretty bad right now, just imagine what awaits our children and grandchildren.

baresywood:
*Why most States can't pay salaries of workers and the many ills of our economy.* THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT ON AN INSTITUTION WITH ALL POLITICAL PARTIES. *NOT A DISCUSSION ON ANY POLITICAL PARTY.*

21 senators currently receive pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors.

The current senators who once served as governors are *Bukola Saraki* of Kwara, *Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso* of Kano, *Kabiru Gaya* of Kano, *Godswill Akpabio* of Akwa Ibom, *Theodore Orji* of Abia, *Abdullahi Adamu* of Nasarawa, *Sam Egwu* of Ebonyi, *Shaaba Lafiagi* of Kwara, *Joshua Dariye* of Plateau *Jonah Jang* of Plateau, *Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko* of Sokoto, *Ahmed Sani Yarima* of Zamfara, *Danjuma Goje* of Gombe, *Bukar Abba Ibrahim* of Yobe, *Adamu Aliero* of Kebbi, *George Akume* of Benue and *Isiaka Adeleke* of Osun.

*The former deputy governors in the Senate*
are *Ms Biodun Olujimi* of Ekiti and *Enyinaya Harcourt Abaribe* of Abia. *Danladi Abubakar Sani* served as the acting governor of Taraba state.

Many *former governors* are also in Buhari's Cabinet as Ministers. This includes: *Ngige, Fayemi, Amaechi and Fashola (SAN)*

In Akwa Ibom State, the law provides that ex governors and deputy governors receive pension equivalent to the salaries of the incumbent. The package also includes a new official car and a utility vehicle every four years; one personal aide; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5 million per month and N2.5 million for his deputy governor.

In Rivers, the law provides 100 percent of annual basic salaries for the ex-governor and deputy, one residential house for the former governor “anywhere of his choice in Nigeria”; one residential house anywhere in Rivers for the deputy, three cars for the ex-governor every four years and two cars for the deputy every four years.

It is alledged that in Lagos, a former governor will get two houses, one in Lagos and another in Abuja, estimated at N500 million in Lagos and N700 million in Abuja. He also receives six new cars to be replaced every three years; a furniture allowance of 300 percent of annual salary to be paid every two years, and a N30 million pension annually for life.

This is the reality for all the 21 ex govenors and deputy governors who are currently serving as senators. This same is also true of ex governors who are now serving as Ministers.

NOW I ASK:
How many years did these guys serve their states as governors and deputy governors? Is it more than 8years? Is that a reason to be entitled to these *bogus and mind bugling* pensions for life? Even if they are entitled to pension for life, must it be so outrageous? Do they have two heads? A man puts in 35years of his life in service, he ends up with a fraction of his earnings as pension. Some politician does 8years and for life he doesn't have to work again.

As if that is not enough: HOW on earth can any public servant with conscience collect salaries and allowances as a senator or minister, and still have the audacity to claim pensions equivalent to the salaries of a serving governor in Nigeria?

IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE......

Once you are elected a senator or appointed a minister, *you must forfeit any pension accruing to you from government at any level until you vacate office.* This should also apply to senators collecting military pensions like former Senate President *David Mark.*
Yet these senators are in the Senate that is inviting the current finance minister to discuss the recession of Nigeria's economy. *A senator pockets approximately 30 million naira monthly as salary and allowances.* Our so called *"honourables"* are *NOT* interested in making laws that could restructure our country into economically autonomous federating States/Regions to save the country from sectional agitations that is threatening to destroy Nigeria. Why should they? They are feeding fat the way things are now. The sad and hopeless situation is that the rest of Nigerians are busy arguing based on party, and ethnic affiliations while these enemies of state continue to rape us.

Do you know that it costs tax payers *290m Naira yearly to maintain each member of our National Assembly* in a country where nothing works & 80% of the population earn below 300 Naira a day? A *working day earning* of a senator is MORE than a yearly income of a doctor; it's more than the salary of 42 Army generals or 48 professors or 70 commissioners of police or more than twice the pay of the US president or 9times the salary of US congressmen.

Please say NO to this looting of Nigeria in the name of democracy by sending this text to at least 5 others.

*I believe this country must have a referendum on salaries of all our law makers.* This must happen very quickly

Thank you very much.

This is an unsustainable system.
When APC promised change, we all thought they would quickly dismantle this unsustainable system, but alas, nothing has changed, except the daily lies of their spokesmen.

Borrowing to sustain this system is the worst form economic perfidy.

If any one thinks the situationis pretty bad right now, just imagine what awaits our children and grandchildren.

CAPSLOCKED:

WHEN I TOLD YOU GUYS THAT MTN BARED GODS NUMBER, SHEY I WAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED?
AS I TYPE THIS NOW NO SINGLE SERVICE MAST IN HEAVEN.. GLO & AIRTEL IS OUT OF COVERAGE. ETISALAT HAS STOPPED GIVING FREE 15MB TO ANGELS (THEY USUALLY USE THIS ONE TO STREAM MARY MAGDALENE'S PORN), SO NOBODY LIKES THAT NETWORK OVER THERE.

BROS NO NETWORK FOR THAT SIDE, GOD IS ALWAYS OUT OF SERVICE SO WE'VE BEEN CALLING IN VAIN.

Keep telling them, but they just don't get it.

truthbastille:
I agree partly with some of your comments but, you need to understand the hopelessness, helpless and disillusioned state people get by daily only to find succor in messages that inspires and motivates them to face thier daily life challenges. Most advanced countries seem to relegate religion to the background cos he is health needs no physician, its the sick. By the sick Im refering to the black race generally who have been deprived, exploited, and divided in some many ways

If we accept prayer as a necessary placebo, acting as a temporary palliatives against our NATIONAL CONFUSION, then let's be honest about it, and I might concur.

But I don't ever see the short or long term benefits of encouraging or using more stone age confusion and modern evangelical fraud as a necessary placebo for a hopeless and confused populace.
Till when? Till when

foladara777:
U almost sound intelligent but unfortunately ur ignorance is thinly veiled... When d greatest nation in d world was built, all itz leaders and founding fathers were devoted Christians... Now tell me, if religion is really d disease u paint it to be, how did USA become as great as it is today?? No one is asking u to believe in religion buh plsss show some respect for people's choices... Itz not as if ur fancied atheism has improved d standard of your life.

Liar. Which greatest nation had their founding fathers as devoted Christians ?
And did these founding fathers think and use their brains or did they surrender their responsibilities to the Toothfairy ?

Vilshow:
We need prayer to overcome our challenges as a Nation. May GOD Almighty answer our prayer and bless this country in JESUS Name. AMEN

No sir.

You need your brainpower to overcome your challenges, not prayers to the invisible pink UNICORN.

Sunnycliff:
You need Jesus! Your case requires more than prayers!
God loves you

Which nation Jeesus don EPP ?

Sunnycliff:
How are they charlatans? Are you OK?
Is Kumuyi a politician that steals from the masses?

If you think you have mouth and can say whatever you want, learn to respect men of integrity especially Pastor Kumuyi!

Religious fraudsters steal more from the masses.

The fact that these types are worshipped and held in lofty esteemed is exactly my point: why we are basket case nation.
As man thinketh, so he lives.
As a nation thinketh, so they live.
Nigeria is a case study on this.

Every reality has its origins in the mind.
If the minds of the far majority are suffused and suffocated with debilitating stone age fairy tales, then that nation will inevitably have a tough time dealing with real common issues.

AngelJazz:
we need all the prayers we can get

More prayers indeed!

But how much prayer is enough prayer?
How many megatons of prayer power does it take to reach the boundaries of heaven ?

Isn't there a saturation point where the law of diminishing returns sets in ?

wealth123:
You are under a serious curse. The hottest Hell is waiting for you, if you fail to repent. You see multitudes gathering to pray for Nigeria, the only thing your evil saturated mind can write is to call men of God fraudsters. What have you achieved on planet earth? Nothing of note and instead of asking for deliverance from poverty, you still open your mouth to add to the generational curse following you.

Get a brain ijn.

But sir, what happened to all the megatons of prayer power generated every day in Nigeria since you were born and long long before that ?

Have we been dialing the wrong number all this while ?

Repeating the same task over and over again ( prayers) while expecting a different outcome each time is the clinical definition of INSANITY.
Hence my reference to " lunacy fringes" .


If you live in Nigeria, you're already in one of the hottest part of hell, and a timely use of your brain would definitely steer you out of it, not more foolish supplications to invisible skydaddy.

Deluded people.

Appareil:
A fool says in his heart,there is no God!!!!

And a foolish god says there are no other gods.
- logicboy03.

Zikdik:
Plaetton is killing someone

Someone has to do the dirty job.

Acidosis:
All nations pray so keep your mouth shut. Name one reasonable developed nation without a popular Pastor, you inferiority complexed never to do well black unthinking Africans who always associate their unethical backwardness with other peoples' religion.

Just shut up already. Why is Joel Osteen not receiving the blame for America's backwardness?

Why haven't you killed TD Jakes for the backwardness of USA?

Why don't you blame Yongi Cho for the corruption in South Korea you black 'brained' corrupt Africans?

My religion shouldn't be blamed for your redundancy.


White Christian Missionaries gave you schools, they gave you hospitals and all you need, yet you won't stop killing yourselves over nothing. They should have left you all in the dark where you all truly belong to kill twins and albinos for dinner and lunch; kill innocent people for a dead king in tbe name of abobaku while you terrorize your women and widows with oro cultists and never to do well widowhood terrorists in the east; you black, wicked, soul-less and lazy corrupt monkeys.


Without this same religion, where would you all be today?? Answer me?


All nations PRAY, repeat after me sir, ALL NATIONS PRAY!

Acidosis,
I remember a very memorable quote of yours.
The one in which you wrote
" Common sense is your enemy " ( when it comes to religion) .

With that quote in mind, I see clearly where you're coming from.


Now, back to the issue.

In every nation, there are always a small minority of people who exist and live on the fringes of lunacy. These are not policy makers nor people who influence the direction of national policies.

Joel Olstein, T.J Jakes, Benny Hinn, Crefto Dollar, etc, are the similar set of charlatans that feed fat on the people on these fringes.

Now, here is the problem.

In Nigeria, the far majority of the population are beholden to magical thinking, and are permanently stationed on the fringes of lunacy.

For charlatans like Kumuyi and Oyedepo, these are inexhaustible resources to mine and exploit for huge profits.

In the countries that you mentioned above, men and women whose worldviews are anchored on magical thinking are not allowed to filter through their systems and occupy positions where they make decisions that affect the entire populations.

Aside from being daylight money fraudsters, these two men spread a horrible mental disease that takes many many generations to cure.

Lol.

Prayers !
Yes, why not more prayers ?

In a land where charlatans like these two are celebrated as national heros, what other solutions do we have to deal with common existential issues than prayers from the same charlatans ?

Nigeria is a fantastic place.

Every type of fraudster has his/her own niche market, his/ her own peculiar racket . Whether you're a Yahoo boy/ girl, a senator, a political jobber, a small church fraudster or a megachurch daddy GO, each one has a specialized racket and a specialized customer/ Maga base.

HungerBAD:
Still trying to make sense of the article.

Lol.
How would you know sense when you see it ?

plaetton:
Spot on.

We all forget that there are things, evolutionarily honed character traits that make men different from women and which cements the social order.

Whereas men and women are and should be equal as human beings, they are not equal in social character traits.

Since the beginning, it's been not just a tradition, but an evolutionarily honed trait for women to marry up and men to marry down.

Call it insecurity, a complex or whatever you want to call it, the bottom line is that a man's ( African, Asian, middle Eastern, or white European) psyche is not hardwired for co-equal long term relationships with women.

Therefore, marrying a co-equal is a form of self-emasculation that modern society imposes on men.

And the consequences? High divorce rates in the West.

So, whether a lady has a great job, her one money, masters or PhD, makes no difference to African men still relish the old hierarchy where the man lies on top and the woman compliments him with her own feminine strengths right below.

Feminity is still a woman's greatest strength.

I find most African women abroad ditch their feminity for masculine attributes, calling themselves " strong women ".

The idea of intimacy and co-habitation with a " strong woman" is very unappealing to many men, Africans and non Africans .

So , at the end of the day, it is simple evolutionary biology at work, that make men, in this particular case, Nigerian men, seek humbler, home-bred women as lifemates.

And lest I forget too is the question of simple statistics.

Back home in Nigeria, there is far greater variety of women to choose from that meets a man's dreams or values than in any city abroad.
Therefore, a man has a far greater choice of meeting or hooking up a lady that meets his requirements like ethnicity, education, family background, social status, etc.

For example, if a man abroad is looking to settle down with an Igbo lady, preferably in the age range of 25-35, who also must be attractive, university educated, sane , humble and good character, from a decent family , then he is looking at a shrinking pool, because, the statistical probability of meeting a lady in that pool who is also looking for him is lower the further he moves from his home base.
In his hometown alone, he has a greater pool of women than in the entire city of London would offer him.

toshmann:
I agree.
The ones in Nigeria are more spoilt. Easy money can get them laid unlike girls abroad. But the hirks abroad dont take no shit from guys. And unfortunately, men dont like marrying competetors but companions. Girls abroad dont understand that the best way to control your man is by being submissive, that way you can ask him anything and he will do it.

Spot on.

We all forget that there are things, evolutionarily honed character traits that make men different from women and which cements the social order.

Whereas men and women are and should be equal as human beings, they are not equal in social character traits.

Since the beginning, it's been not just a tradition, but an evolutionarily honed trait for women to marry up and men to marry down.

Call it insecurity, a complex or whatever you want to call it, the bottom line is that a man's ( African, Asian, middle Eastern, or white European) psyche is not hardwired for co-equal long term relationships with women.

Therefore, marrying a co-equal is a form of self-emasculation that modern society imposes on men.

And the consequences? High divorce rates in the West.

So, whether a lady has a great job, her one money, masters or PhD, makes no difference to African men still relish the old hierarchy where the man lies on top and the woman compliments him with her own feminine strengths right below.

Feminity is still a woman's greatest strength.

I find most African women abroad ditch their feminity for masculine attributes, calling themselves " strong women ".

The idea of intimacy and co-habitation with a " strong woman" is very unappealing to many men, Africans and non Africans .

So , at the end of the day, it is simple evolutionary biology at work, that make men, in this particular case, Nigerian men, seek humbler, home-bred women as lifemates.

sankky:
GEJ regime also embezzled the intelligence needed to organize the Rio team and clothe them well.

Lol.


This is the one thing Nigerians should hold Jonathan guilty of ; Walking away with the intelligence and common sense needed to run a country.

Jonathan !! Please bring it back ooo.
Pls visit ASO Rock more often.

I am a Toothfairian .

I don't know if that makes me an atheists or other.

Omonigeriarere:
You know what happens when someone argue with na

Before - 'she can't step her toes in US"

Now - Another ringing tone


_{Common sense is not meant for eating alone na}

Everyone has an opinion. I have never waded in this Haliburton/ Alisha Buhari thing.
Like most Nigerians, I don't know what to make of it.
I only sit and watch the events unfold one after the other.

However, I must say that the coincidences are strange.

All I posted here was that a diplomatic passport held by a wife of a head of state would shield her or anyone else from arrest or embarrassment.
That is commonsensical.

After all, the late Yaser Arafat, though deemed head of a terrorist organization then, did attend a UN conference in New York before he died.

So , for zombies celebrating her trip as proof of her innocence, they are lost and deluded.
Why would any Nigerian with common sense defend the integrity of feudal oligarchs?

Based on what do you defend her and vouche for her innocence?
This what puzzles me

abduljabbar4:
Hungerbad please do me a favour and ignore this guy. They don't deserve to be taken seriously

Common sense is free.
Take it or leave it.

Omonigeriarere:
[s][/s]

You are still in the Wailing Episode 1, but Chapter 2.

Continuu.

Even a feeble rebuttal would have sufficed.

Usual nonsense from those who have nothing upstairs to offer.