₦airaland Forum

angelsing:
Seriously speaking, what is good about this our country presently?..During babangida/Abacha's tenure the country was still united irrespective of the tribe we came from, even the hausa's were sad with the way the country was and we all had one voice against the government. Fast forward to obasanjo/yaradua tenure, same thing one voice without division. Just check this present tenure, we now hate our self more, we don't tolerate each other anymore, Tribal and religion as divided us so much that we now call our self all sought of names just to prove we are superior to each other..I don't know the angle u supporter's of jonathan are looking at it from but the country has never been brought to his knees like this present government. All I want is good governance and am not seeing it in this present government..

Simple! the issue is that other bigger tribes feel the minority has no right to rule over them the reason all these crisis and problems they are giving GEJ. Its really unfortunate that in a country where we are made to believe that we are all Nigerians and equal by both birth and origin yet some people in some quarters will say they are born to rule hence no other person is qualify to rule. If you are talking of competence, let me ask you , is there a particular region that has the monotony of competence or capacity to rule?I have never seen a govt. in Nigeria that has been so frustrated by the troubles they citizens gives to it like this present govt. Let this man concentrate on carrying the country forward. Who ever feels he is more competent should prove it through the ballot box.

Oduduwaboy:
The most selfless thing an influential man can do in any society is to continually be at the forefront of the fight for good governance . Wole Soyinka has done this more than any man living in Nigeria today . Therefore. your submission becomes null & void .

Which fight for good governance are you talking about? that a man doesn't seem to see anything good about the present administration is that what you call fight for good governance? aligning with opposition and engage in name calling and and insults on the government of the day?
You can never fight for good governance this way and expect better results okay.
Common road safety management they gave him during IBB regime how was he able to handle it and we all know how it ended up.
Oga, rest ok. If you think leadership is easy then i will ask you if you have ever handled even a course position in your tertiary institution(dats if you attended one anyway) you will understand that its easier to criticise from outside, but when you get there you will notice its not that easy as you think.
To hell with his criticisms what Nigerians want is solutions and not criticisms.
He is not doing the nation any good. Let him go and hide in his village because he can not proffer any solution to our problems.

arsetalks:
Let's do this. Shall we?

Who is Wole Soyinka?

His full names are : Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka

His honours :

1973: Honorary PhD, University of Leeds
1973–74: Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge
1983: Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[38]
1983: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, United States.
1986: Nobel Prize for Literature
1986: Agip Prize for Literature
1986: Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR.
1990: Benson Medal from Royal Society of Literature
1993: Honorary doctorate, Harvard University
2002: Honorary fellowship, SOAS[39]
2005: Honorary doctorate degree, Princeton University.[40]
2005: Conferred with the chieftaincy title of the Akinlatun of Egbaland by the Oba Alake of the Egba clan of Yorubaland. He was made a tribal aristocrat with the right to use the Yoruba title Oloye.[41]
2009: Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award
2013, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement, United States.[42]

Now tell me who is GEJ?

Guy, look i dont blame you because you an African and a Nigerian like me, you see we are titles-crazy. Ask yourself a simple question, what has any of these his titles benefited a common man on the street? A man gathers title all over the world for the good of his personal life and that of his family and returns to his home town and begin to expect his country men to worship him as a result of the titles. And some people indeed begin to tremble at any little garbage things he spits from his mouth all the time. For your information, all over the world people in such a privileged position try their best to see how they can live a selfless life and not going around criticising the govt alone.

How has he been able to demonstrate his love for a common man? All his degrees and accolades are strictly for him and his family alone.
GEJ has being serving the public for years now in one way or the other so we can say he has touched lives even if he hasnt done it the way we expect that doesn't mean he has not being there.
People must think beyond partisanship and see things from the reality point of view. my take.

maclatunji:
Soyinka condemns Jonathan’s ‘Impunity’, Likens President To ‘Nebuchadnezzar’

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan for allowing what he called a reign of impunity, the latest being police siege on the National Assembly.

Mr. Soyinka said the latest action of Suleiman Abba, the Inspector General of Police, against members of the House of Representatives was an “unambiguous” declaration of war against the people.

At a press conference in Lagos he titled King Nebuchadnezzar – The Reign of Impunity, Mr. Soyinka said that the battle line had been drawn and Nigerians must decide whether to submit or resist to the current democratic dispensation.

“I shall not insist that the biblical figure of Nebuchadnezzar is uniquely apt for the pivotal figure of the ‘democratic’ history in the making at this moment,” said Mr. Soyinka. “For one thing, Nebu was a nation builder and a warrior. One could argue even more convincingly for the figure of Balthazar, his successor, or indeed Emperor Nero as reference point – you all remember him – the emperor who took to fiddling while Rome was burning.

“However you should easily recall why I opted for King Nebu – the figure that currently sits on the top of our political pile himself evoked it, albeit in a context that virtuously disclaimed any similarities, even tendencies. Perhaps he meant it at the time when he claimed: ‘I am no Nebuchadnezzar.’ Perhaps not. One judges leaders on acts however, not pronouncements, which are often as reliable as electoral promises.”

Mr. Soyinka said that it was left for Nigerians to decide to revert to the ‘Abacharian status of glorified slaves.”

“The praetorian guards have been let loose – to teach the rabble their place,” he said.

“The recent choice of a new leader for the guard was clearly no accident, and this hitherto unknown enforcer, one Suleiman Abba, has wasted no time in inaugurating a season of brutish power. When a people’s elected emissaries are disenfranchised, cast out like vagrants and resort to scaling fences to engage in their designated functions, the people get the message.

“However, the choice is always there, and each choice comes at a cost. It is either we pay now, or pay later.”

Mr. Soyinka also said that President Goodluck Jonathan had continued to surprise Nigerians in ways “few could have conjectured.”

“Peaking at his own personalised example where he set the law of arithmetic on its head – I refer to the split in the Governors’ Forum, and his ‘formal’ recognition of the minority will in a straightforward, peer election – democracy has been rendered meaningless where it should be most fervently exemplified.

“Nothing is more unworthy of leadership than to degrade a system by which one attains fulfilment, and this is what the nation has witnessed time and time again in various parts of the nation, the recent affront against the legislative chamber being only the most blatant and unconscionable…

“It is a warning. His choices for the occupancy of crucial public positions – such as the protective arm of the nation – constitutes an even more immediate and constant public alert. The signals are ominous – for and beyond 2015.”

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/02/soyinka-condemns-jonathan%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98impunity%E2%80%99-likens-president-%E2%80%98nebuchadnezzar%E2%80%99

who is wole soyinka? Abeg make that old man go sitdon for waste yard, him too de make noise.

pls poster give us ur email so we can send it, whats d company into and how much is the pay like?

ireneony:
if only men will abide to this rules this life would have been very easy

lol hear talk o.

kennygee:
Very necessary, not all the "If a boy touch you, you will get pregnant" nonsense.

A friend of mine actually cried and told her mum "She had a miscarriage" (thanks to nollywood), when she started seeing her period, no sex education or preparation whatsoever.

ahahahahahaha mis whatttttt?

grayht:
He said: "The military jet has to be deployed to
push the insurgents back as the situation is now
under control and the entire town has been
cordoned off." "Same ol'story"

A-P-C expecting bad news since 18th century.

figment232:
Apc shld field fashola as their presidential candidate.He is only one that can outwit Jona

Field who as presidential candidate? lol i laf in arabic, let me tell you people, if they try it, thats is when the whole world will know that that amalgamation in APC is just because the north wants to use the west to get back power not because they are really friends.
If they try it, Buhari alone and atiku will scatter everything you are seeing in APC. They are not really friends with the west o, its just because they want to use the west as a ladder to get back their power.

harde2lah:
If he couldnt go, did he show any empathy? It took him two weeks to acknowledge that the girls were kidnapped; a whole CC of the armed forces. Do unto others as you would expect others do unto you. dont quote me again nigga. I know you lack empathy and you don't have feelings. I don't post to please your likes. So do not expect me to post what you want to hear.

I still insist he wasnt needed there he is not a security agent. secondly empathy without serious planning and and deployment of security agents and resources still will amount to nothing. Stop being sentimental, these reasons you are giving are mare political gimmicks. If it took him two weeks to believe it's is because he depends on the report from security agents as the president of the country and not on pages of news papers or social media homepages (e.g facebook, nairaland) like you are doing. Furthermore, if you are well schooled, you will know the meaning of the term nigga and will also understand that it is not meant to be used on just anybody you meet. Finally if you want me to stop quoting you then stop quoting me first.

harde2lah:
gej is a cantakerous coward. he loves his life more than Nigeria. No wonder he couldn't visit the chibok parents but had to bring them down to abuja.

visit chibok to go and do what? leave story, is the solution of chibok tied to his physical presence in chibok?He has the right to govern from anywhere in Nigeria ojawe. Are you saying immediately the kidnapped the girls if he had visited chibok the bh boys would have been scared and released them or they would have had pity on GEj fr traveling all the way from abuja to chibok and decided to release them? Abeg na political talk you sef de talk, talk better thing make i hear.

OrlandoOwoh:
Who are timid?

who are the people attacking their presidents?

holatin:
this will end soon immediately we kick Dr ebele Jonathan out. and the general take over
vote for change nt tribe or clan.

Rather this will end as soon as GEJ grabs 2015, he will no more have mercy because there will be no third term. he will be ready to do anything closing his eyes.
Listen to someone whom i guess is a youth talking? it is only in this country that people believe younger people dont posses the ability to lead the country? Your busy campaigning for Buhari as if no younger person is good enough to handle the affairs of this country.
We are tired of old leaders who had opportunity yet they did not do anything good with it or better still they realised it didnt occur to them to loot well and have made up their mind to come carry their own share this time, yet some of us are blindly fighting for them. Na wa o

OrlandoOwoh:
Obasanjo was once attacked when he was campaigning in 1999. OAU, Ile-Ife is a wrong place for any politician that thinks he can easily use deceit, to campaign. I trust Great Ife.

are they spirits? besides they are still timid.

Ebubeslym:
why not allow the people to choose their next governor.....


endorse ko
overdose ni





yeye dey smell

modified*****
must we have grandfathers as leaders?

how will they allow the people to make their choice when they have ugly tracks to cover and need someone who will help to cover them more when they are out? Politicians are something else. So sad.

TheRealMrStan:
http://ynaija.com/im-the-first-nigerian-artiste-to-make-money-from-rapping/


Is Ruggedman truly the first Nigerian artiste to make money off rap music?

Who is Ruggedman? this local nigga who's music only known and felt within unilag? ahahahahahahahah

DonaldGenes:
Agreed very well in some cases but APC is no good herself


The problem with GEJ is, he doesn't listen tø advice..good or bad.Does it matter what people call Yøu? Is part of the appurtenance of your job. He must be ready to absolve all the bullet 'cos this is Democracy.

Apparentky,Those around him are ostensibly advising him wrongly indirectly enjoying the luxuries of Eating from the preaidency...Look at our economy? Are the ordinary Nigerians not really poor, I understand there must be poor people amongst us but for Nigerian sake, GEJ should listen to what the Opposition are crying..."Try harder"


1.Is corruption not really spiralling out of control?



2.Is The minister for Interior still hanging around?

3. Is farouk that collected $620,000 from Otedola not still around in the house?

4.How much is our naira to a dollar? Are we not owing so much debt that we hustle cancelled out during OBJ"s era?

...in fact there are so much to talk about but no need to delve more...

I understand and appreciate GEJ stides, he has tried in terms of Road infrastructure like Ore-Benin Road? At least renovated some few selected Airports. Agriculture is moving? I like that..


Must we keep pretending that everything is hunky-dory in this Cøuntry?

Note; I don't Hate APC neither do I hate PDP...both players should know how to play the game for the benefit of our people

your analysis sounds a bit more reasonable, unlike some people who pretend they cant see anything at all that GEJ has achieved.

Well, if atleast you can count upto 3 or 4 things that he has achieved to me he has tried, he is barely 4 years in the office and he has achieved developement in 4 areas, meaning if he stay the next 4 years he can do in 4 more areas. if past successive administrations achieved in that pace, nigeria would have been better today, dont you think so? remember GEJ inherited a terribly bastardized state from the previous admins which require some time, effort and patience to redress.

Besides, the man has alot of enemies without even carrying them like they are his enemies. They have tried so many things to frustrate his govt yet he has being focused. He may not be the best of president we all want but for now he is the president and we havent seen a better option from any quarter. those championing change have not even told us who they will use to replace the non-performing president and how the person intends to solve the problems GEj cannot or hasn't solved. Whoever you think is an angel with all the solution will get to the office and will beging to appeal for patience as nothing good can be achieved overnight.
GEJ we have tested and known whoever u are bringing we have not.

It is common sense not to put out the cooking fire just because the sun appearing shines like fire that can cook something.
My opinion tho i may be wrong, but thats what i think. Say your own.

One Love, One Nigeria.

john4reala:
........
I school is Pakistan

is this english or _shorthand or shorttongue language?

look how can you say Don Jazzy is 32 years, haba haba haba. look Nigerians lets stop all these na. that man cant be less 36 or 37 ojare.

neenar:
Tell me, retard_, isn't it a norm to have the SSS or any security outfit display pictures of confiscated items after any raid or arrest?

Why should I even bother arguing with a saTAN like you, whose brain is under his shoes?

From ur language, you have automatically placed yourself in a particular social strata, so i do not need to keep wasting my time trying to let you know your shortfalls which you are not and will never be ready to admit. just live with them okay. As if after they release the pics you wont look for something else to talk about.

neenar:
Tell me, retard_, isn't it a norm to have the SSS or any security outfit display pictures of confiscated items after any raid or arrest?

Why should I even bother arguing with a saTAN like you, whose brain is under his shoes?

From ur language, you have automatically placed yourself in a particular social strata, so i do not need to keep wasting my time trying to let you know your shortfalls which you are not and will never be ready to admit. just live with them okay.

neenar:
So, Mrs. Ogah and her subordinates couldn't afford a 2,500 tecno phone to take pictures of the "invisible" items?

And you are to dumb for my own liking too.

When sycophantic Mrs. Ogah claimed the raided center was for cloning pvcs, you and your fellow iidiots believed with no single shred of evidence. Now, she went ahead to list "camera-shy" related items, and I, as a logical being asked for evidence.

Tell me, oaf, is there anything wrong with displaying the "seized" items by the SSS to buttress its point?

Its a shame that an issue as sensitive as this can be taken for granted by people of your reasoning and thinking faculty. Just listen to yourself? am sorry people like you i classify you as executive bush men that know nothing about the anything due to unfortunately the little education that u acquired, which makes you not see anything reasonable about other people's opinions.
You expect dss to at this stage put pictures of those things on the internet just to convince someone that is nobody like you right? Keep waiting...

Ekpekus:
When you are done @op pls attached picture of the [b]fees per [/b]term!




Anyway, it is none of my biz!

N4,480,000.00 per year

GAZZUZZ:
Please what does this mean [img]http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQeDRL6wKDUmf-PUqRw3b5gVRNe7yWw2bNdecK0ox2V3ZsrsFTSY6e4v00h[/img]

voodoo

one of the very few radio programmes in lagos i cherish alot. may ur gentle soul rest in perfect peace bro. you will ever remain green in my heart. And may God grant ur family the fortitude to bear the great loss. once again rest in peace.

Karleb:



Ever wondered why non-computer scientists turn out to be great programmers?

It's simply because, anybody can wake up today and start writing code and might even beat you at your own game.


Summary: it takes passion to be a programmer not a four years degree.

programming dey programming dey guy, forget its not about writing little cheap stuffs and say ur a programmer o. what solution have u ever developed or what projects have you ever accomplished that is solving real life critical problem? post your links if online. its not about saying its fun, anybody can say anything obc saying something is different from doing it. it involves alot of brain work bro. and tell me also the language you work with it or better still the tools u use competently.

koboko69:
The state of emergency have had little or no effects since it was declared. the only effects we have seen so far is some Generals pockets and bank accounts getting fatter, over 200 missing girls, little kids bombed to death like chickens, gallant soldiers and officers being killed like rams...etc. When the FG and the Nigerian military top brass really wants to end this madness, it will take them less than a month. for now its all about political gains and money.

if mr incompetence is not impeached;
we will surely kick him out on lovers day next year!

vote for CHANGE!!!

Day-Dreaming, wake up guy it's daybreak . lol

Karleb:
Abeg, programming is rather interesting unless you are lazy.

which tool or language do you code wit guy?

asodeboyede:
For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the
righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the
salvation there as a lamp that burneth.
And the gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all
kings thy glory: and thou shall be called by a new
name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Thou shalt also shall be a crown of glory in the hand
of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy
God.
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall
thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou
shalt be called Heph'zi-bah, and thy land Beu'lah: for
the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be
married.

In summary, He that is blessed is blessed nothing can harm him, so GEJ fortunately or unfortunately is blessed and enthroned divinely, hence there is nothing anybody can do about it not even d islamists until after 2019. interpreted in common english. Q.E.D lol

Programming nko? u never start o

ALKARULEZ615:
I'm busy presently, coupled with the fact that we aren't allowed to type epistles here in France ....would tell yhu later....probably next year or so

ahahahahahaha e no go pass via lococion and that all u want to talk about next year?