₦airaland Forum

It seems the overwhleming number of people here prefer firefox; for me, I am addicted to google chrome.

spikedcylinder:
Jeez. What if she just traveled for better health care?

There are a million and one other countries with healthcare systems the quality of which is comparable to the United States. And while you may feign ignorance to the fact that the United States is the most sought after country by Nigerian women to give birth to their children, we all know it is true. While I strongly think it has given we Nigerians a bad name, just as we seriously abuse any privilege given to us, I think that it is better that the US changes the system, that is, to deny birthright citizenship to children of nonresident parents. Because many of these mothers of anchor babies neither live in the USA nor contribute to its development, it is unfair to those who stay in the US, pay taxes, and develop the country, just for some parasite mother to send her child back in 18 yrs to benefit from a country to which she has contributed nothing.

Ujujoan:
I saying one shouldn't let such baseless 'rules' control his or her actions!

I'm not saying you should marry a total stranger . . . you should so whatever you feel comfortable with. I just don't subscribe to the idea of being hung up on 'courtship' for years and years and years . . .  It's a complete waste of time!

Whether one should court before marriage is one issue.

The duration of a reasonable courtship is another issue. As to that, reasonable minds could differ as to what constitutes a reasonable length of time. I say that it depends on the circumstances and should be long enough to provide both parties the opportunity to apprise each other's character. Several factors such as the proximity of the courting parties, their communication with each other, and their skill at observing people may be controlling in determining what is a reasonable time.

You would think that indigent Nigerian citizens are usually the ones who travel abroad to give birth to their children. But who would have thought that the daughter of a Nigerian billionaire, Bella Adenuga Disu, has joined the ranks of legions of Nigerian women who travel to the USA to give birth to their children so that they can become American citizens at birth.

The reasons that motivate this behavior can no longer be attributable solely to the hopes that these anchor babies will one day take their families out of poverty, as this situation suggests otherwise. Bella Adenuga is from an extremely wealthy family.

http://lindaikeji..com/2011/02/pregnant-bella-adenuga-disu-relocates.html

Ujujoan:
Pleas not that nobody's entirely ruling out courtship. But then the fact that you courted is not a guarantee that your marriage will work and vice versa!

Nobody's saying 'don't court' . . .  and nobody's saying you MUST court! 

so what are you saying?

It is funny how so many people here are trying to justify marrying someone without courting them, just because so and so did it and it worked out. Let's not disregard common sense in our reasoning. If you don't court the person whom you intend to marry, how will you be able to learn about that person's character before entering a, presumably, lifetime contract?

zayhal:
Cases abound to justify that courtship has little to do to the success or otherwise of a marriage. I have two brothers both of whom courted for 7 and 9 years respectively. The one who courted for nine years is divorced now, the one of 7years usually have family members going to settle quarrel every now and then. I've got another family member who met his wife in February and they got married in June. Everyone complained that they were rushing things. It's been 6years into the marriage now. I still admire them and their lifestyle.

I'm not saying people shouldn't court, but it should be for a reasonable period of time and courtship shouldn't be expected to be the trial period of the marriage. It just doesn't work that way. A lot of people pretend during courtship.

What exactly is your point?

ferdiii:
Everyone including Jonathan will 'jar'.

Just imagine how many people will ja

Ikengawo:
repressive government?

how are you being repressed? you don't even pay taxes LOL

You can still be repressed even if you don't pay taxes.

olumyde5:
May be the The UK and The US will pay us back in return by waiving visas for Nigerians too , lol

If the U.S. waives a visa requirement for Nigerian citizens, Nigeria will come to an end. You go figure.

fstranger1:
Absolutely nothing!

for real

I think we learn to stand up in unison against a repressive government!

Your inputs, please. Do you guys think Nigeria would have been better if Nigerians took to the streets like the Egyptians?

This is extremely funny! LWKMD!

GEJ is also feeling among, as in feeling like the U.S. president who ordered the evacuation of U.S. citizens from Egypt. Does he know that the U.S. normally provides housing  and other forms of assistance for its evacuated citizens in need upon their arrival in the U.S.? Has Ebele thought of how he would help them get on their feet, or his plan is just to dump them at Murtala Muhammed Airport?

190:
[color=deeppink]how dare you talk about my tpia like that[/color]

jump in the river Niger if it hurts you that bad

Tpia, along with several other girls on NL, are misandrists!!!!! Shame shame.

ladyF:
Why get a girlfriend when u can't afford it? Relationship is not by force.

how much are you worth so I can see whether me, or any of my buddies, can afford you? and if you do have a bf, how much did he pay for you? and do you do short term leases also, or you are strictly for sale.

Jenifa_:
check this out. put yourself in the lady's shoe and imagine this happens to you at least 3x a day. won't you want to curse the guy's head off eventually?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTwqpaNT6Us   start at 3:20

guys in civilized societies don't go about toasting every girl he meets on the street.In fact, they rarely do that. it gets annoying after a while and the girl just wants to be left alone.  even many oyinbo girls complain about sexual harassment when they visit African countries. Just because they are not cursing you out doesn't mean they won't report you to authorities if you cross the line/ they get fed up.

you are probably one of those Naija chicks who grew up (and still lives) in the village, and the only way for you to learn about "oyinbo girls" and "civilized men" is through DSTV, youtube, google, or facebook. thank God almighty for internet access and, maybe, DSTV in your life. how many Oyinbo girls whom you met personally have complained to you that they are being sexually harassed when they visit African countries? and we are talking of Naija dudes here, not dudes from other African countries. and how many guys who come from civilized societies have you met? and from which civilized societies did they come?

pray for more, among others, Lebanese, Liberian, Togo, or Benin immigrants into Nigeria so Nigerian guys can have more options as to to girls they can approach. that way they don't have to deal with the fear of being cursed out just because they are doing what guys do, which is to approach women. only a moronic b-iatch  will think raining insults on a guy is the way to rebuff his advances, when they are other multitude of decent and respectful ways to do so.

in those civilized societies, once a Naija girl makes shakara, just say next and you can have your pick of women from a multitude of other nationalities. God bless America.

Don Diara:
Thumbs up for TOBE, Americans feels like they are the best and no one can break them, we need more people like TOBE. We need to show them that we are better than them. Remember the slave trade days, those bastards showed NO mercy on our fathers we need to avenge that. One love.

And you think that Tobe stealing money from innocent people, many of whom could be black or Nigerian, is a way of avenging the horrors perpetrated upon blacks during the slave trade? And did Tobe tell you that he discriminately selects his victims to ensure that they are slaveowners or their heirs or descendants before he strikes them? And do you think people like Tobe give a hoot about their victims' nationalities when they scam them?

I know people like you will find every means to justify their criminal acts, just like an armed robber will find an excuse for stealing from and killing his neighbor: that why can his neighbor be rich and he is poor.

Bottom line, that mentality is what has caused Nigeria to decay into its current state: the mentality that there is an excuse and/or justification for every crime, particularly embezzlement and money laundering.

chiozor:
^^^^ u talked like an uneducated fellow.Obj initiated those projects.take it or leave it.

10cirenoh:
@princek12

 Go and check when the project was awarded, i mean the date, then come back here to tell us why you think 77ken is wrong with what he posted.

Yes $16B was spent but the 188 is still from it.

you guys need a chill pill. My main point is that we never give due credit to people who complete projects. Just as the Bible says, that he who endures to the end, not he who started, shall be saved, I am saying the same thing. How many times have we started projects in Nigeria without completing them? Too many.

With that being said, given the tenure of OBJ's regime and the amount he spent on the power project, that is, 8 yrs and $16B respectively, are you guys saying that OBJ could not generate 188MGW given the time and money expended?

Tinubu always makes the same argument, that he started everything Fashola is completing, but that same Tinubu could not complete any of those things in his own regime. While I am willing to give partial credit to OBJ for starting it, I am also willing to extend more credit to GEJ for completing it, which is more important.

77ken:
Obasanjo initiated those projects GEJ n croonies are taking glory for. Dumb Joe.

I am sorry to say this, but you dey craze. Obasanjo spent $16b on the power project in 8 years with nothing to show for it, and if OBJ truly initiated it why didn't he complete it in his 8 yrs in office? Is 188 megawatts too much to generate in 8 yrs? Abeg, you and Baba Iyabo need to go sit down somewhere and whisper to the birds.

She read the speech like she knew not what it meant. Put simply, she read the speech piecemeal, making little or no sense to her and the listeners. That is what you call village politics. Advice to men: if you aspire to be politician or public servant, please choose your wives wisely.

Nigeria's president told to reduce ministries


Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has been told by a key advisory panel to cut government's running costs.

The chair of the Presidential Advisory Council, Theophilus Danjuma, said ministries should be cut or merged to free money for development schemes.

The budget proposed for 2011 shows Nigeria would spend far more on the government than on infrastructure.

Nigeria is Africa's leading oil producer, but the majority of its 150 million people still live in poverty.

Parliamentarians' salaries are not made public in Nigeria, but diplomats say the country's politicians are among the best paid in the world.

The BBC's Bashir Abdullahi in the capital, Abuja, says Mr Danjuma, a retired general and former defence minister, was appointed by Mr Jonathan and is a highly respected figure.

Mr Danjuma said that he realised the "far-reaching recommendations" made by the panel came on the eve of April's elections.

"However we think also this is the right time we raise these issues," Nigeria's Daily Trust paper quotes him as saying.

He said the president had promised feedback on the suggestions.

2011 Budget Proposal: $27.6bn

Ministries: $12bn
Other government bodies: $350m
Parliament: $707m
Pensions and gratuities: $1bn
Transfers to statuary bodies: $1.3bn
Debt payments: $3.5bn
Other expenses: $2.6bn
TOTAL RUNNING COSTS: $21bn
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE: $6.5bn

"If necessary, we shall be involved in finding remedies to all the issues that we have raised," he said, the Nation newspaper reports.

Mr Jonathan, who last week won the ruling party's ticket to run for president, thanked the panel for its report and said its recommendations would be taken seriously.

"You can't provide education, health or security without resources generated from a robust economy," he said.

The finance minister has set up a committee to review the government's running costs, and has said cuts have already by made, Reuters news agency reports.

The president's proposal for this year's national budget, which is currently before parliament, shows that nearly 75% of the $27.6bn (£17bn) would be spent on running government and its agencies.

Only $6.5bn is proposed for spending on capital projects, such as investment in vital infrastructure.

Mr Jonathan's main opponents for the presidency in April will be former anti-corruption campaigner Nuhu Ribadu and Gen Muhammadu Buhari.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12251208

It is disappointing that the stadiums are mostly empty. I guess Nigerian soccer fans have ditched the local league for the European league.

I can just imagine how many Naija girls in Dallas, TX he infected with herpes. It reminds me of another Naija dude in Houston who knowingly infected many Naija girls with HIV, many of whom were married women. The women have probably infected their husbands, too, and the cycle goes on and on.

JOKYTECH:
In addition to this, they should try to associate and do collabo with some of this top stars, abeg make them try mingle, they ve been on their own for too long

Good point. Artists all over the world collabo with other artists to increase their chances of releasing a hit record. Making a hit record is not easy.

There you go again with your Nigerian mentality, that someone must have jazzed an artist who no longer has a hit record. It is universal that artists are not guaranteed a next hit record, and several reasons, none of which are attributable with jazz, may have caused their subsequent records to flop.

What happened to Jodeci, Boyz and Boyz II Men, to mention a few?

hell nah! Before you know your child will end up acting  like Soulja Boy. American culture is also very infectious. If you think about how many Nigerian youths who have never reached Murtala Muhammed Int Airport try to emulate these low life rappers, just imagine how many Nigerian kids in America emulate the ways of the hip hop generation in America. It's right in their face.

A man should treat a lady like the poster listed, but only to the extent that the girl reciprocates this treatment with a similar, favorable gesture.

poster, girls still love guys who have shallow pockets, but maybe only ten percent of girls.

poster just escaped from Kirirkiri, where he was serving life for raping a mad woman.

if you have licked a Kitty that smells lake stockfish, poster, you may contracted HIV or gono (aarun gbajumo).