₦airaland Forum

mendaymi: see them Aro student,Yaba left applicant , when u said they can not tell us how to generate 40,000MW I taught you have sense not untill you type rubbish, see opposition party can never tell you how to make thing right now, because of the timing and is like giving their glory to the ruling party or are u a dump? Oh sorry I remember Aro and Yaba left

Is it that they don't want their Oga at the top to come and tell us another thing later?

Danhumprey: Talk is cheap! When they get to power,they would realize that to generate even just 10MW is not easy. And to cover up their failure,they would start manufacturing one excuse or the other! Let them wake up and face facts!

Ala Enron project by the Lagos State government.

Ese Walters, the Edward(ess) Snowden of COZA.

When the only consideration for going to church is about "boredom", then you get real "action" with some "non-understandable level of grace" to boot.

Hope you know your future husband is already roped in this your apparent indiscretion?

Pre-merger;

PDP against ACN

Similar to Brazil vs Republic of Benin

PDP against CPC

Similar to Spain vs Tahiti

PDP against ANPP

Similar to Argentina vs North Korea

Post-merger

PDP against APC

Similar to Spain vs Cameroon

People still go to Britain?

What!

abbeylincon: If u reject Ngige's selfless service this time, on flimsy reasons, then Ngige shud jus wait till 2015 wen APC Wíℓℓ make him Minister of Health! Ngige would have bn your Messiah,I was passing thru Onitsha wen I stop over on my way to Aba, I felt sorry for that state, no single tarred major street road! Too bad! Ngige leave them to remain backward all in the name of APC,wit or without u, APC has come to stay, only Kano state is more than the entire east in terms of population, so wot re we sayin? Why d braggin?

The same type of arrogance and tactlessness that is burying Ngige's career is what you are repeating here.

We shall see.

This woman, Oprah Winfrey, after meeting and surpassing the liberal white man's expectation of "success".

After helping them (beyond all sensible reasoning) to spew gibberish about God and Jesus Christ and Christianity.

Having satisfied all conditions precedent to the most depraved and degenerate opinion's crown princess; homosexuality, Nigerians being fraudulent et al.

She must have felt that she's a goddess of sort known worldwide as the rich amazon of the "progressives" for whom white men and women will fall prostrate as soon as she's sighted.

In her delusion, she forgot that she's a black woman or thought that her liberalism will somehow whiten her skin.

And they said she's intelligent?

Wake up sister, you have been used.

Your demystification is just around the corner.

Just like your brother in the white of house, they don't need your services any longer.

It is just the beginning.

You will be milked and left frustrated, broke and broken.

But the good news is, you will still account for all the nonsense you helped propagate.

NaijaNaWaa: Those local ethnic and religious garbs must be banished for public officials in their official public appearances. Whoever loves them should only adorn them in private.

And why?

Rossikk: Sorry, but the writer lost all right to respect by equating African attire with savagery and western attire with civilization. Such a person does not deserve the least bit of respect in any gathering of Africans. He is a disgrace to humanity. I have absolutely no problem putting him in his place. You say he is ''entitled to his opinion'' by equating MY African tradition with savagery. Well, I'm likewise entitled to my opinion by equating him with a pig and an orangutan.

I'm tired of Africans being told to ''remain calm'' when they're racially insulted and demeaned. I mean this guy is basically saying in so many words, that Africans - blacks - are inferior to whites and should be happy to copy them. Why the hell am I supposed to be ''calm and respectful'' to someone like that? There's no reason at all to show any respect to him. He is an ignorant racist who hates his own heritage, and requires shock therapy to get his brain working, if he has one.

Inferiority complex things.

[quote author=LOVE.HAPPINESS]To those who disagree, it must be remembered that China went through an extremely violent "cultural revolution" where millions died and everyone else was made to modernize by force.

It laid the groundwork for their miraculous 30 year transformation from one of the poorest and most backward civilizations, to one of the richest and most advanced.

We don't need a violent revolution in Naija, but we DO need to embrace change. At international meetings, GEJ is the only head of state wearing traditional dress, except for some tiny island nations. Everyone else is wearing a suit.

To mobile users who cannot see the photo below, Jonathan is surrounded by Presidents and Heads of State from over 30 nations (including South Africa, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, Egypt, Pakistan, and others). He is the only one wearing traditional dress, other than the Prime Minister of India who is wearing a head covering for religious reasons.

If Rossik has ever worn a suit, he would know that the material a suit is made of determines how much warmth it keeps in. A linen suit is perfect for hot climates, as are other materials. Do you think people in colder climes stop wearing suits in the summer?[/quote]You should be proud of him.

Others before him, i.e Tafawa Balewa, Shehu Shagari and Olusegun Obasanjo, did not disappoint.

He held his head high there my friend.

Perhaps you didn't notice the Arab guy at the back too.

It's even very worrisome that you adduce religious reasons for excusing the Indian PM.

Common!

There's something called pride.

It's being totally comfortable of whom you are, without any apologies.

[quote author=ceo_13]Thank God my university, Ahmadu Bello University is in top 10; and for those calling names of great alumini from OAU they should give ABU credit for producing their leaders and big shot that run things in Nigeria. See dem: yar' Adua, atiku, almost all the northern givernors, el rufai, and many more. ABU for for life!!![/quote]What did Atiku study in ABU?

Akinsete19: Please if you don't know what to it is better for you to shout up your mouth, did you think that oau is just like advanced secondary school called university that most of you criticism the school attend, nothing founded in any university,polytechnic in africa that is not found in oau-ife,get the fact right, and am very sure that most of you criticism the school don't even where the school is located talkless you knowing the school gate, the fact that you don't have the privilege or you wrote post utme five times in the school without being admitted does not mean you to criticise the school, i am not a student of the school.

So where are you schooling?

geedeex2: It doesn't seize to amaze me the level of some people's mediocrity, How do you rate a governor's performance solely on construction of roads alone. Moreover,he keeps demolishing houses and rendering people homeless, you need to see the illisan ago iwoye road.although he is doing something but the timing is wrong

What's the right time sir?

anonimi: It would appear that the ACN governors and other party stalwarts do not realise that EDUCATION is the foundation for any society to develop upon.
Something that Chief Obafemi Awolowo clearly realised and worked on during his six years (1954-1960) as Premier of the Western region. He had free and COMPULSORY education for ALL children in primary school. He did this with cocoa money without the Niger Delta oil revenue from monthly federal allocation!

The UPN governors took it a step further by extending the free education PLUS textbooks to secondary level and established state universities such as LASU, Ambrose Ali university, Olabisi Onabanjo university. They did all this when crude oil was at about $30 compared to around $100 these days!
However our new-age pseudo-progressive have decided to REVERSE this education progress and focus on physical infrasturcture.
They are forgetting the yoruba saying that:



How many Nigerian are going to Ghana to look at their infrastructures compared to those going to learn in their schools where they have well paid and highly motivated lecturers

Your comment is good.

But we need infrastructure as much too.

Basic infrastructure like these are what make educated people to stay back and develop their towns/states/country.

With a conducive environment, human intellect comes out functioning optimally.

Let's commend the ones they are doing and challenge them to look into other areas such as education that you rightly mentioned.

Bravo! Ogun State Government.

Sibrah: I wonder how many party can boast of such people who will go into private sector with ease. PDP rule of SW hardly witnesses such.

You missed this obviously.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php/national-news/128032-pate-quits-jonathans-cabinet-joins-us-varsity

Nigeria has immeasurable talents everywhere.

disloman: It's so dishearten seeing this kind of comment.Not only on this topic.Others too.Jona this APC that.Can u tell us which of the SW states did PDP won in d 2011 general election?[Seun,there r lot of pple who do not deserve to comment on the platform. It's sicken seeing useless,stu.pid n senselesscomment which 2yr old kid couldn't come up with.I weep 4 this country which pple reasoning like this.Its crazy.

With the bold, it seems you were properly tutored by the Retiring Justice Salami.

People who are not as bitter as you seem do not "deserve" to comment on blogs, while only you can keep on "weeping"?

It's crazier my friend.

Olaolufred: IT IS NOT AS YOU SAID OR THINK.
HE WILL BE CHARGED TO COURT.
HE COULD GET BAIL AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
HE WILL BE GRANTED BAIL AS SOON AS SURETY IS AVAILABLE FOR HIM.
THE CASE WILL DRAG FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND END UP IN FUTILITY.
IS IT NOT IN A COUNTRY WHERE MAINA STOLE 32 BILLION BUT WAS TOLD TO PAY BACK 750,000 AND SIN NO MORE?
WAIT AND SEE.

It's not certain if an "attempted murder" charge is bailable though.

DivideUs: me and your fathers abi? stupid clowns, may you always live like this

Relax man!

Why this bile?

You can make your "changes" when you win elections.

Godsun: Pure politics or injustice? Except God doesn't exist, we will all reap what we sore sow.

Amen to that my friend.

DivideUs: Shame on nigeria, shame on the judiciary, shame on goodluck Jonathan, shame on NLC, shame on us all! We allow things like this to go on, I promise you we will never see better days and in the end we would merely have existed but not have lived! God punish us all!! And may God destroy the name nigeria

lol...

All this because of an extremely political Judge's retirement?

Haba!

They will pay his retirement benefits at least.

He was removed to make our democracy stronger; where winners emerge from the ballot box and not from the courts.

Do you think ACN, CPC and ANPP will bother to merge and test their strengths at the ballot box with Salami still at the Court of Appeal?

Merger would have been a waste of time since he could easily cancel all their opponents winnings and "award" them offices from his table/court.

Let the man "enjoy" his retirement. He has "worked" very well...

Nigeria has moved on.

Nigeria has always outlived bitter people.

[quote author=MEGA-WATCH]Aside the forging of document, far as Nigerian law is concerned,the FG does not have a good case because SEDITION is not a purnishable offence in Nigeria. And there is nothing like insighting the public,everybody has the right of expression. It is the duty of the FG to enlighten the public more anytime she feels the source of information is deformative.[/quote]You mean inciting the public?

Well, since the unfortunate genocidal incident in Rwanda in 2004, that argument has lost it's weight.

No responsible government will allow any person to incite the public to violence.

We are still dealing with the gruesome murder of immunization givers in Kano, whose killers were allegedly responding to some irresponsible broadcasters' incitement on radio.

[quote author=Texas.Cowboy]Freedom of expression is the right of every citizen of a democratic nation. Well, i guess Nigeria is not a democracy yet.[/quote]Read the charges well, it's says forgery.

Nigeria's press freedom is one of the best in the whole wide world.

But no one has the right to forge documents.

Meanwhile, their lawyers are capable of defending them.

That's what civilize people do.

flexshop: Its GEJ I blame for giving the press absolute freedom. Nonsense. GEJ is the only president that I saw conduct free and fair elections with my own two eyes in recent times. The man dey try.if na me be president, I won't tolerate all these nonsense,imagine areaboys and never do wells coming on nairaland to call a president retardeen.well if givin you people freedom of speech means he is retarded,I must give it to Mr. President. The man is truly Good.no normal nigerian would be as lenient as he is.that is why I like the man.but he should remember that absolute freedom breeds Anarchy

Oga, he (President Jonathan) does not have any choice.

Press freedom is absolutely and totally guaranteed in the constitution.

If you are aggrieved you can sue them for libel and claim damages.

But, no president has the right trample on press freedom.

Even Buhari/Idiagbon's draconian decrees did not survive.

sincerenigerian: You have to be very dumb to think Metuh resigned on his volition. Have you read his communique? Read it if you haven't seen it.

Where's the "communique"?

sincerenigerian: Jonthan is not politically savvy. The same thing that happened during the NGF election is taking place here. What is going on is tha; the Northern Governors have told Jonathan that they have problem with Tukur. They've asked he be removed. Tukur is playing out Jonthan's script by fighting Jonathan's perceived enemies but Jonthan is about to throw him under the bus.

The Northern Governors want their own man to lead the party and eventually use the newly appointed Chairman to their advantage in 2015. Jonthan is trying to dance to the Northern Governors' tune and it will back fire on him next year. If you read the interviews of Kwakwanso , Wamako and Lamido in the last one week, their requests have been for Jonathan to kick out Tukur and reconcille with Amaechi. The whole strategy is to guage how resolute or strong Jonathan is. Once Jonathan bows to their demands; they will be smelling blood in the water. The Northern Governors are playing well planned script. It takes a smart mind to decode what is going on.

At the end, Jonathan will be "janglized" the same way they did with Akpabio and Jang.

Relax man!

It's called political horse-trading.

It's legitimate.

You don't think President Jonathan's Chief of Staff will also "janglize" him do you?

DerideGull: To be a human being is all about obeying certain laws being them natural or statuary laws. Laws are also very local in the sense that certain laws in USA can not applicable in Nigeria. It is against the law in USA to indulge in polygamy while there is no such useless law in Nigeria or some other Africans countries.

There is nothing hypocritical in obeying laws.

Thanks my brother.

Some of these guys will not even dare enter the UAE with the heterosexual unmarried partners and not go to jail.

And they are here telling us Jews and Armed robber tales.

When it comes to some other people and countries, they respect their religious and cultural values.

But they come to Africa with this slavery mentality.

Like we are incapable of deciding what we want by ourselves.

Ferdinandu: .I'm not gay and personally I detest the Idea of being Gay and my stance on their way of life is indifference.But you know Nigeria is just full of self righteous hypocritical Jews who will rather crucify Jesus or stone an adulterous Woman than jail an Armed robber or a Murderer and you are one of them.

Your innuendo not withstanding.

We have laws in Nigeria currently against Sodomy.

There are stiff penalties for infractions.

It is the death penalty in Zamfara, Kano, Sokoto, Katsina, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kebbi, Yobe, Kaduna, Niger and Gombe States.

These states are using the Islamic legal code, Sharia.

For the rest of the country, it is 14 years maximum.

Be guided.

[quote author=ozo_emeka]In IMO State Mbaise, marriage is taken to be a union between a man and a woman as the case may be. But there are circumstances where a marriage between a woman and a woman is permissible. In a situation where a woman has no son or no child, if the husband dies, it is culturally allowed for her to marry a wife. And in this case, she becomes the husband. Like in every case of marriage, this woman goes out, inquires and gets a wife of her choice. She pays her dowry and fulfills other traditional rites as it is done when a man is marrying a woman.

“Like in every case of marriage, this woman goes out, inquires and gets a wife of her choice.”
After that, the woman brings her "wife" home and they start living together as "husband" and "wife." Nobody frowns at it. To have children, both the "woman-husband" and "woman-wife" will agree to allow a man from the same village or neighboring town to sleep with the wife.

The children born by the wife bear the family name of the woman-husband, not that of the man responsible for the pregnancy. I want to add here that the men who sleep with such wives in most cases are married men. And normally it is regarded as immoral, in fact it is a taboo for a married man to sleep with or "father" children from another woman. But in this case an act normally taken to be immoral is allowed.

This is a situation where people are permitted to break taboos and deviate from traditions. This marriage practice pre-dates Christianity and the so- called western culture which most people today blame for all the moral and cultural wrongs in Africa. The same gender marriage is still practiced till date. In other words, there are some families today in Igboland where women are both husbands and wives, fathers and mothers.

There are some homes where woman-husbands are living happily with their woman-wives, though there are not many such families or marriages. Such unconventional marriages and families are in the minority. The fact is that they exist. The fact is that they are part of the local tradition and culture. They are not imports from the West. And this has in no way undermined social cohesion, public order and morality or family values.

“There are some families today in Igboland where women are both husbands and wives, fathers and mothers.”
Some people have tried to argue that this is not really a case of gender marriage because a man comes in to impregnate the wife. But, traditionally, it is the case and it is known as such. It is a case where a woman marries a woman.
The man who impregnates the wife does not come into the picture at all. He has no family responsibility. His duty is only to supply sperm. The family is responsible for the woman-husband and wife.

Some say that same gender unions destroy family values and undermine the upbringing of children. It should be emphasized that children in this case are brought up in an environment where both "parents" are females. And they grow up to be normal children. Some say because child bearing is involved, then it is not same gender marriage. But my response is this: whether for procreation or for pleasure, it is same gender marriage. And it is the couples, not the state that decides whether to marry for procreation and or for pleasure or for any other purpose they deem fit.

Unfortunately, most Nigerians think that same gender marriage is antithetical to procreation. It is not. In fact same gender unions as in this case enrich family values. There have been instances where a partner in a same gender relationship wants children, and goes ahead to have them.

Because of the secrecy, privacy and hypocrisy that go with sexual expression, no one can really say if these female partners have or do not have sex with each other. But like all couples they live together and run their families. But today, things are changing.

“Same gender unions as in this case enrich family values.”
Individuals are becoming more open, more assertive and expressive with their sexual and marriage choices, desires, orientations and identities. The sexual and marriage dynamics are changing rapidly. And Africans must make the necessary social, cultural and legal adjustments in response to - and to accommodate - these changes.[/quote]What you described above is just one of the many variants of SLAVERY practiced in Africa.

It usually involves a RICH WOMAN buying a GIRL to be used as a SLAVE at home.

African rich men and women traded in slaves for centuries before the Europeans joined and it didn't "undermine social cohesion, public order and morality or family values."?

They used the slaves for various things; farming, stealing, robbery, extortion, as "wives" or "husbands" (to use your words) etc.

There are many forms of SLAVERY in Africa my friend.

It may interest you to know that some human beings were actually bred for slaughter.

That is, male/female human beings born/purchased and castrated (sometimes), nurtured and groomed for their role as "follower" of traditional rulers/rich people to the grave.

In other words, they are slaughtered and buried along with the 'big man'.

There is the Osu Caste system too.

Slavery in any form is evil.

carr96: ....and u knw dis because? Speak for yourself ok!

I know this because rituals are being prepared now to cleanse the land by the elders concern.

It's considered an evil omen.

Plus, the commercial aspect of it is bad business.

You know what I mean?

carr96: [b]Anambra has always been a progressive state, men and women who has always been ahead of their time, from Nnamdi Azikiwe to Achebe and Ojukwu. We are rather proud of it. We are objective and open minded! Let's pander to the views of religious people and accept albeit for a moment that it is a sin to be homosexual even though we know it is not, If i recall properly, Jesus himself loved sinners from David to prostitutes, so why then do so called religious people today judge, hate and persecute people who happen to be different to them, this is ofcourse gross hypocrisy and bigotry which religious people seem to be expects on. Look at Boko Haram, packs of condoms were discovered from their camps, they rape young women and enjoy the trappings of civilization in secret yet they tell us they hate all of it. Christians say love one another, yet they are the first to hate, the first to condemn other human beings to 'burn in fire' forever. How dare you bigots judge others, why are you all so bothered by where and what position a man or woman decides to have sex in and whom with?. It's time we all that being objective and rational. Homosexuals have been around for the longest and existed in every society, repressing it with hate will only drive it underground and produce grave outcomes. The religion(s) which you alll quote are all alien religions, so if anything is 'un-African' then it your christian and Muslim religions. I do not care what another man does in his bedroom and whom with as long as he doesn't harm children and the vulnerable. Let's face more serious issues like Islamic terrorism, corruption and gross underdevelopment. Congrats to Anambra state for always being ahead of time, for being open minded, rational and objective! The first Nigerian in space will likely come from Anambra state while everyone else is stuck in ignorance they'll be moving ahead of time as usual. Bravo! [/b]

Those people you mentioned here did not promote degeneracy.

The overwhelming majority of Anambra people don't believe in homosexuality.

It's in the interest of these guys not to push their luck too far.

Nigerians will not accept another affront.

grandstar: As countries become richer, they also become more liberal. Such protest will rise in number in future and eventually government will be forced to implement pro- gay laws. i dont support homosexuality(Romans 1:26,27)but i also condemn homophobia.

So China is implementing homosexual laws now?

China is being speculated to overtake the US as the richest nation in a decade's time by the way.

mitey: The ONLY legally recognized same sex violation is gay MARRIAGE. The Police should come and tell us whether they caught these people getting married. If not, what did they do wrong? Then why the discrimination?


NB: I'm a red-blooded straight guy, and I believe being gay is wrong. But that doesn't mean I should discriminate against gay people. Otherwise, how am I different from those Boko Haram animals who kill you for disagreeing with their religion?

#LiveAndLetLive

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They have misled you.