₦airaland Forum

My advice is that this advert should be presumed as fraudulent until proven otherwise; I am not being cynical, just keeping it real. We all know how things roll in Nigeria.

All these argument sef. If a woman is too successful to submit to a man she has several options: (1) stay single like Oprah and get a Love Machine to help your self out; or (2) become a lesbian; (3) or find a gay ass man you can control and stump over; or (4) be by your Gad damn self. Shikenah!

What's up with all these guys wearing skin tight suits and shirts that are in effect baby tees?; na waa for these English man dressing ooo!! I am not advocating baggy attire but, doggone it, what is wrong with wearing a moderately loose fit suit or attire that does not adhere to the crevice of your male body?

I think men refuse to tolerate--not afraid--of successful, insubordinate, and pompous women; I don't think men are afraid of successful women. Because many successful women feel as though their financial status has relieved them of the duties of a wife, and because men have rejected and condemned such behavior, some people (probably women) have concluded that men are afraid of these supposedly successful women. Give me a friggin break.

4-0; oh 3-0 ( goal ruled offside)

It would be highly disappointing if the Eaglets don't score at least 6

these Okoro guy get skills but no brain.

I told people this guys are fit

3-0  Super Eagles

goal 2-0

goal for naija

primetime

The poster has not explained what she meant by "class." Any other girls with the knowledge of what the poster meant by class are welcome to explain that word to me.

They are giving out free tickets because FIFA's vice president expressed his disappointment at the low turnout at the Nigerian games; he said that it shows lack of patriotism, especially when Nigerian fans headed out of the stadium when the Eaglets were down three goals to the Germans. He intimated that it was inappropriate not to support your team--17 yr olds particularly--at a time when they most needed the fans' support (unbeknowst to him, a number of our players are grown ass men).

I heard that mango + gari = early grave. Till this day, you will never see me drink mango and gari, even for $1mil.

Because they are watching too much American girls on DSTV (satellite), but what they don't know is that American girls' body are sassier and the temperature is generally colder than Nigerian temperature (except for summers), so American girls can do it without the smell. Wearing Jeans without pants is extremely sexy if the girl is pretty, has reasonably wide hips and ass,  flat stomach, and a good arch on the back with maybe a tattoo, of course without the smell.

There you go. That's why Nigeria will never progress. A tournament meant at developing young talents for the future are filled with baba ibejis, then five years later Nigeria will be complaining about the deterioration of the quality of its football.

Fhemmmy:
it is very easy to fix, however, some of the reason behind the inabilities not to be able to fix are
1. Politics : some of the people behind the importation of the generators are all members of the ruling parties and they have paid so much monies into the campaign of the elected officials and the leaders.

2. They have to do the interest of the stakeholders that are also into importation of the generators and those that are making money from the sales of gas for generating plants.

3. The govt is handicap cos most of the decision is made by those that dont want the best of the nation.

Till the FG can get rid of those kinda people, nothing for Nija.
So it is better to just decentralize power and allow the states to invest into their own power generation and that will give us a way to know who is doing what and who is doing nothing.

Great point. Decentralization, which will allow states to generate their own power, will expose those who are accountable. I wonder who those generator mafia folks are; they must be very powerful. They are probably Lebanese or Europeans, as only God knows.

I still don't get the mindset of our leaders. Won't our leaders be happy to know that his/her country has sufficient power to sustain domestic and industrial demands? Won't our leaders be happy to drive around at night and admonish the glowing beauty of light on different buildings and on street lights? Won't they be happy that their country is not being to subject to constant ridicule and embarrassment for lack of power which Jamaica, of all places, has?   The true potential our country, which is replete with intellectuals, has been curtailed because of lack of power, and the sad part is that it is such an easy fix. Why? Mbut why? Why now? It hurts.

mccloud224:
All countries are corrupt = TRUE
All countries share money on the table = FALSE

The Bush family have always been into oil as well as other companies (Research more on the Haliburton Group).For every soldier that dies in Iraq, The Bush family gets richer.What they do is create avenues to aggrandize themselves directly or indirectly with their power.They also create jobs through these establishments and pump more revenue back into the economy.The war in Iraq is all about oil money.Everyone knows that and the main people profiting from this are the Bush family.Simple as that.

A BLACK MAN ON THE OTHER HAND will dip his hands directly into funds that are meant for the well fare of his people, he will send that money to UK,US and EU accounts (most of which might be seized after he leaves power or after his death but black man no send all dat one. . .all na runs).

By power, I meant electricity. As with the sharing of money, it was just an illustration to show that Western leaders, either by taking or sharing money on the table or by creating avenues to aggrandize themselves, directly or indirectly, do so within a certain degree of reasonableness. On the other hand, Nigerian leaders, in conjunction with corruption, also create avenues to aggrandize themselves, but they do so within the realm of greed and insanity.

Abeg, I think power and greed are the biggest obstacles to economic prosperity. Every damn country on earth is corrupt, but those countries at the very least will provide a conduit within which a country can self prosper. For example, if there is $100 mil on the table, a western leader will take $5mil (a reasonable amount) and appropriate $95 mil for use in the economy; on the other hand, our own leaders, Obasanjo for example, will take $95 mil (a greedy amount) and appropriate $5 mil in the economy.  Power is another big issue because it impedes manufacturing, economic development, and even in the absence of good governance power further handicaps entrepreneurs and foreign investors who have the resources to sustain themselves; also, the atmosphere which lack of power creates makes it insanely difficult to conduct any legitimate business. All our leaders will surely rot in hell.

What a stupid and dumb question and a waste of precious front page space.

Guk:
Nigerian Diaspora commission is simply trying to adopt the model in the Oil industry which is Crude Oil is taken from here; shipped abroad & brought back as Refined Products at Exorbitant price for which the govt did not contribute to the refining process,  so a Nigerian goes abroad & returns as PREMIUM motor spirt for which his development abroad was never contributed to by the Nigerian govt

Among many others, most of the innovative ideas, aesthetically pleasing projects, and major advances in Nigeria have been implemented by Nigerians in the diaspora who returned home to develop the country to bear semblance to the country in which they have resided. And whether you like it or not, traveling to the diaspora to learn  enlightens you and may make you a "premium motor spirit" with which you can develop your country. Not leaving the country will make you more likely to acquiesce to sufferings, to be more tolerant of obnoxious surroundings and behavior, all of which are behaviors that will make a local Nigerian less aggressive for immediate change, but these  obnoxious surroundings are extremely repugnant to the diaspora Nigerian who just returned home, for it is unbearable and becomes an extreme motivation for change.

Abeg, life in the diaspora for a young person is way better than life in Nigeria, particularly if you choose to work hard. For example, you can go to school without fear of your teachers going on strike; there is an increased chance that your labor will be rewarded; you can go out and party and have a good time, day or night, without fear of being intercepted by armed robbers; you can study without worrying about power failure; students who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds have a greater footing in succeeding in the diaspora than in Naija; and many more. Growing up in Naija is hell, meehn, especially if you are not wealthy and politically connected.

Why does the poster think that because he/she hates Nigeria everyone hates Nigeria?

People celebrate halloween in Yankee because life is good, so they have time for extra-curricular celebrations. In Naija when there is no light Halloween will be the last thing on your mind.

ziga:
I think light up Nigeria went from being a complaint to being a movement. We need more projects like that and not wasteful nagging.

But it started from a complaint, though; and a lot of the people who you call wasteful naggers probably helped transform that complaint into a movement. You can't in one breath criticize complainants and implicitly acknowledge their efforts in transforming a complaint into a movement. And most movements start from somewhere--usually from complaints.

To all these folks who are telling people to "do" something rather than complaining, well, complaining is one of the many ways of doing something. What else do you want some people to do? Go to Aso Villa and stage a coup? Complaining, aka protest, is one of the most efficacious ways of effecting change; at least, it is better than being a spectator and being silent. Look at how the complaints of the posters on light up Nigeria made it to CNN, culminating in a CNN anchor's interview with Mrs Rebrand, Dora Akunliyi.

ziga:
Unfortunately, it wasn't hard for me to read and understand what rhymz had to say. If you didn't understand the post, you could have asked questions rather than complain.

LMAO

Kobojunkie:
From my understanding, this is not really about doing business in Nigeria but someone postulating that IF more people opened more businesses in Nigeria, the Nigerian problem would go away. We know that is not true because, many Nigerians, both at home and abroad already own and run one or more businesses in Nigeria. The gospel of SELF RELIANCE has NOT WORKED. We need to admit this and understand that we cannot simplify, and brush aside the Nigerian problem is such a way.

True talk. Opening up businesses won't solve the pressing problems which need to be addressed. And if these pressing problems are not solved, aspiring entrepreneurs would be limited as to the type of businesses that which they can start. That is why most new businesses in Nigeria are usually limited to import and export, restaurant, street hawking, etc; and even when these businesses are started, their true potentials are often not realized because of deficient infrastructure.