₦airaland Forum

Why is it trending. I thought they said it didnt matter. If the quest for self determination is irrelevant, why all this.

SamzackD:
Mandela was provoked by the south African govt but his followers never resorted to taking up arms and killing the whites in SA, and when his wife made her own security group that was killing people that didn't believe in their struggle Mandela had to divorce nd ostrasize her, and right now history only remembers Nelson but it has forgotten his wife Winnie who was also part of the struggle,

You guys where pushed to the wall by the govt and you bulged, and fell for their ploy to label you guys as terrorist's, IPOB made the wrong move when they took up arms against the govt, and right now their case with ytje govt is obsolete

Oga, which arms have they taken up.

Very possible but very hard. High risk in a practical sense because speaking of senses the process of conception is half passion, half science and it is the passion part that makes it fraught with risks.

Ussy4real:
They start their rhetoric with ‘I am not a fan of Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB’ and then go on a long false equivalence, stack all the blame on our service men and women asking them to ‘go and fight Boko Haram’. Why don’t you also leave the comforts of your homes in USA, UK, Asia or wherever it is you kiss your children goodnight safely at night whilst you encourage young helpless folks in the South East to throw bottles and projectiles at a National Army. As you ask the military to go and fight Boko Haram, you can also enlist in Nnamdi Kanu Biafra Secret Service or his ‘Lion Brigade Marines’ as a machinery, after all, Victor Banjo also fought in the Biafra Army in Civil War 1.

Who do you guys think have been in the North East for years? many of them dying, many of those soldiers from across Nigeria daily paying the supreme sacrifice to protect Nigerians.

Don’t be ashamed say where you stand, you all want Kanu and his militias to have a free ride, Nigeria can burn so long it brings that Buhari down, where have you all been for over 2 years that this character has been propagating worst rhetorics than what led to the Rwanda genocide. Be proud but don’t outsmart yourself with the now broken record of ‘I am not a fan of Nnamdi Kanu’ go home and join his army of militias.

Those of us who have been down this roads before, who witnessed the death of poor Yoruba boys and girls pushed into untimely death by leaders who kept their kids abroad will not let it happen again. I am not a fan of Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB. I am not afraid to say that, yes to restructuring and if possible Nigeria can choose to break but not at the price of sending poor kids to untimely death, whilst your children are safe abroad, sorry you do not have my support. Once beaten 10 times shy.

We will continue to counter your narratives and your propaganda. We will condemn Buhari and the government if and when they do wrong as we have been doing, we will condemn aspects of the military operation if and when it violates the rights of citizens as we did condemn them when they invaded NUJ office in Abia State but for now, let the Python dance. Kanu said he's got the nuclear capabilities to stop the python from dancing, he did say he would wipe out any Nigerian soldier who may choose to come to his Biafra Republic, in this battle, just like Civil War 1 we won't have winners, we will all pay the price, sadly the ground zero of the battle will pay worst price. Before you come with your 'I am not a fan of Kanu', make some efforts in taming your Frankenstein monster before it consumes all. ~Oluwakayode Olumide Ogundamisi

If it is not important then why bother speak about it. A nation that cannot pull its citizens together by any means other than violence has no long term viability. Who will invest in that. You speak of folks living abroad. Why do they choose to live abroad in the first place. Is it not because they cannot stand to fight for what is right, which is a just, equitable society that rewards excellence. What do you defend by this article, a corrupt, autocratic system of rent seeking racists. That is what the army and the owners of Nigeria are defending, the system, the same failed system the government has done nothing to repair in two and a half years. Who is talking to the ethnic nationalities, no one. What program has this government put in place to answer the national question, none. Violence is inevitable in a confined space where dissent is crushed. At least Yaradua was able to halt the Niger Delta decay of the Obasanjo years. At least Jonathan was able to configure some sort of national discourse to neutralise the likes of Nnamdi Kanu. And another president will come to halt the disatrous internal policy of this undiplomatic federal government. That is the assignment for you. Begin to criticise that.

Elnino4ladies:
I least expect this from obi SMH

He has joined the PDP and it is in their DNA to morph to beasts when the election bells ring.

brookz:
Ike Ekweremmadu from Enugu State is the Chairman of constitutional amendment committee for the past 10 years till date yet he couldn't lobby his members to include Referendum in the constitution.

Emeka Ihedioha from Imo State was the Co-Chairman of constitutional amendment committee yet he couldn't lobby his members to include Referendum.

Morons making excuses for them will foolishly tell you that Hausa-Fulani did not support them yet:

Ihedioha manipulated his ruling party PDP and conspired with opposition ACN to become deputy speaker to Hausa man

Ike Ekweremmadu manipulated the ruling APC and conspired with some Northerners to become the Deputy Senate President.

Maybe Ndigbo know how to Lobby Hausa Fulani when it comes to Personal and Selfish interest but will label them unapproachable when it comes to our collective interest.

Solution to your problem is within you. Keep blaming every other tribes for your problems and exonerate the crooks you elected to Represent you.

Go and study how to lobby in a Democracy and stop glorifying idiocy through senseless utterances

Forwarded as Received.

The Niger Delta has had political representation since independence. Honestly admit to yourself that it was militancy that made derivation possible and imperative. Where has a subsequent push for relevance gone via the PIB, nowhere till date and you feel others won't learn from the successes and failures. Why being clever by half. You insist on one undivided Nigeria yet you tribalise everything by saying 'your enemies within'. Has it occurred to you that not everyone belives in the political system, (even in your region) and that is why they want out of the entire system so that you can keep your Ikweremadu and Ihedioha who you claim by default work for you and not them.

SmartMugu:
This is a forum and I think everybody just says whatever they want, some of those comments reiterates our tribal differences.

I don't even live in Nigeria but I'm Yoruba wherever I find myself in the world. Thats how i was created and im proud. I just think it's not okay to generalize. I lived, studied and left Nigeria when I was young. I believe I'm getting much older now. I joined this forum just to keep track of happenings in Nigeria.

The first time I heard of that word 'Afonja', I asked on that thread
what that meant. Someone replied with a picture of a man with some tribal marks. I had no idea whose picture that was. Another responded with a bowl of ewedu soup. After reading other threads, it was time to see the tribal differences. Why be so tribalistic?

Tribalism is now new, it's been like that since I was just a baby. It's never been solved for that long, so I believe in a complete overhaul of the current existing system.

The most important people in my life right now are my family and friends. If being tribalistic is the way to go, my closest friends are arent much. One is Yoruba, one is Igbo, one is Hausa, and one is from Bayelsa Niger-delta.
These are people I've known through my adolescence life and we still talk almost every week. We've known one another for many years and I'm spending a part of my next visit to Nigeria with my friend from the north. His parents still call me even though they know I'm Yoruba but they liked me for who I am. My Igbo friend was still here lately and him and his wife came over to my place. So, I don't discriminate at all. I don't know why folks here on the forum keep describing everyone from a tribal perspective.

The idea is this, don't assume everyone is same.Because a few folks act a certain way is no reason to condemn the entire tribe.
From a tribal stand-point though, we all don't entirely think alike and are better off in our separate locations. No wars needed, unless a certain set of people need everyone to stay together for their personal reasons. Only them benefit from it, not us.

So why defend a particular tribe if you are not a tribalist...or as I will say racist. The first test to know a racist is race consciousness. You react to prickles. You may have friends but you know where they are from...bros you are not innocent, just take it. One tug of your chain and you have gone ballistic. True love sees no evil. Just advice.

lafflaff123:
Fake News everywhere.

Believe this story at your own peril. How can Abba Kyari become Vice President when we have the Senate President? and the Speaker of the House?Nigeria is still a Democracy in case the people spreading this fake News don't know.

Is the Vice not a nominee. Can't a replacement equally be nominated. In the event the President is incap and his veep takes over he can nominate. The Senate President becomes defacto Hos when both President and Vice are gone for any reason in order to maintain governance and it will only be temporary until elections can be arranged.
The fact that the Sen Pres is called the number 3 citizen does not mean he is the Vice President's vice president and can be 'promoted' to the Executive like some civil servant.
The institutions are seperate, distinct and equal and the Senate President is a President in his own right. The creed is just for emergencies.

To topic: hey, I don't think most people give a hoot. I have this feeling that there is a perception that the old lion is growing weak and vulnerable so it is being encircled by pretenders to its throne. First the el-rufai visit to Lagos, then the mama taraba drama, now the expose's of APC west's propaganda machinery...who cares..

Hahahaha so corruption is no more the biggest problem of Nigeria. Told ya. Instead of voting in a statesman you went for a strongman now all the recovered loot will be wasted on internal security aka keeping Nigeria intact and after the tenure has ended the treasury will be empty yet again. Mark you the waiter has not brought the final bill for the Boko luncheon.

What we see years ahead Nigerians are just waking to. Fight corruption na. Slow, dense people. Don't restructure una hear.

Maintenance again and again and yet again and then again....and again and again...

Why bother to tell tales. Just steal the money for heavens sake. No one will bite you. They are busy in the crab pit.

I seriously advice the government to deescalate the situation. It has been talking about diversification since inception but the only thing accomplished so far in this light is the diversification of its challenges from the Boko Haram insurgency to four enterprises now in the Niger-Delta militancy, the fulani menace and now the eastern secession. Should I say weldone on such outstanding achievements when it is totaly unnecessary. The government should improve its diplomatic skill set and its political competeencies. They have hitherto been sacrificed for parochial sectional, interests. This is a time to call in experts from our academia and institutes to brainstorm a way out. The military lacks the tools to bring this situation to anything but a disastrous epic. Kanu has not touched a soul. He has engaged government via the eastern politicians. He has shown to be a person who can be reached. What has central government done to reach out.

Instutionalise, they say no, professionalism, they say no. Restructure, they say no. They like it this way so they have it. The same police force under the same leadership with conflicting interests shoot each other to death. Don't we just love this circus called Nigeria.

Before 2019 everyone will be demystified.....and great disappointment will befall the land.

The great thing about being objective and sincere in life, in private, public and on social media is that you get to comment on anything and everything without fear of contradiction or hypocrisy. Now, for those who have been ranting all over this forum about the troubles in the east where incidentally the only blood shed was that of unarmed civilians legitimately making a defiant stand against oppression, can you come out and speak about the killings by a militia on another set of unarmed civilians by a sect that claims to be above the law if you folks are not hopelessly hypocritical.

ITbomb:
Investigative policing would involve other working agencies of government. So dont think America style of policing will work in Nigeria.
First of all, we dont have a reliable shareable database of Nigerians. The nearest is BVN of course but it not integrated to record criminal history and certainly doesnt cover 60% of the population.

Investigative policing means,
1. the person ID is on the database (we dont have)
2. his recent travels and purchase are logged (we dont have)
3. his face has been captured in a CCTV in at least last one month (we dont have)
4. once his ID is flagged, he cannot use any social services (not in Nigeria)

So in the absence of all these, the Nigeria Police has to work with what it has - guilty until proven innocent

So why doesn't the police build a database oh wise one. If the CBN can, surely the police with more teeth and judicial backup can. They are just a lazy and ignorant bunch. Read through the history of the FBI or the ATF, they passed over mountains of civil liberties to build the investigative capacities and competencies they have today. We just love mediocrity here. No thinkers and doers in Africa.

....when you think you've heard it all....now this. Any further proof needed that these chaps haven't shaken off the cloak and mannerism of their colonial ancestors.... where every citizen was a defacto enemy of state...pity.

What is the meaning of best overall graduating student. Is it a secondary school where all students study the same subjects under the same conditions over the same period of time. How do they assess best.....grade points or neatness of uniform and length of fingernails and nose hairs (military school)....mbok enlighten me oh because....an alligator in nursing school will be only a nodding agama lizard in a hospital ward full of dummy doctors....just spare a thought for those studying quantum physics... their attachment for don turn to dada and to baff sef na wahala.

Bungalows and duplexes, graduates and certificates, officers and ratings, 6 cylinders and 4 cylinders....on and on with yet another subjective debate but when you realise the world is round not flat you see the need for diversity for one size will never fit all times, all purposes and all circumstances....why not sing the praises of 12 cylinder engines and wonder why a hundred cylinders are not automobile engine aspirations today....afterall is more not the merrier...

1967 civil war
1977 indigenization policy
1987 economic restructuring
1997 Niger delta upheavals
2007 bokoharam insurgency
2017 eastern secession

some might even add 1957 to that list but it appears every decade or so the Nigerian state sits down and decides to shoot itself in the foot. The fact that the fallout of each of these catastrophic events is still felt today is testament of our collective failures to learn any lessons whatsoever and because the black man is such a short term thinker and shortsighted visioner his society is constantly being corroded by avoidable unfortunate events.

It is baffling that an army that has sacrificed so much defending a state that has lost so much has learnt nothing from the terrible happenings up north. That we all say today how we wish the leader of that sect was not killed that way a decade or so ago but made to face the law....and yet..

ibinaboonline:
I don't know, I wasn't there, but I'll say let's remember that this is not moving picture. This are still images and still images hardly ever shows the full story. Images can be taken at just the moment and those images could conjure imageries. I'm saying, the elderly man may have bowed to him but how did the COS respond? We can't be sure of that with still images so we cant be eager to condemn him. Besides, is the man greeting him or thanking him for something? Gratitude shows no respect of persons and this elderly man may be thanking the young man for something he did for him. I don't know, I wasn't there and neither were the people talking as if they were

Oga. You do not thank your employee for doing his job. Government is not personal but collective responsibility. This is pure feudalism on display, the kind the owners of Nigeria are reared to kill their citizens to sustain. The boy was just a hairs breadth from placing his feet on the old man's head while puffing at a cigar. Thank him for what. Let me see your boss hit the deck for you to do your job. Sick country.

greatiyk4u:
Poverty can re-configure the brain to act foolish


This is purely poverty-induced-humility

Only restructuring can turn this anomaly around and make these feudal lords true public servants. Only if old man knows this will he be free of shame. Nigeria must be cleansed of piling curses day after day.

His tenure in government will come under scrutiny. Hope his skeletons have been exhumed, incinerated and the ashes scattered at sea.

zikter:
good for them. would have preferred mfm to win it. lmc should redesign the trophy. it looks like a toy or a secondary school trophy we used to have in those days

Oga complainant, how many trophies have you seen. Must it be as big as a skyscaper or be covered in diamonds and saphires to impress you. A trophy is a trophy. Have you seen the Rob Ellis trophy for a whole rugby world cup. Its size and shape is just a whisker from what I see in these pictures. I have seen international sporting trophies that can fit in the palm of your hand, some made of wood, others of stone and all manner of shapes and sizes. Just google check. What is important in sports is records and achievement. Trophies vary widely. So stop putting down your own and travel far and wide to gain knowledge. That team has won the league and that record will stand forever.

This ACF or whatever they call themselves should just let people live their lives the way they want it abeg. Is it by force to live this way. Is Nigeria a prison or regimented barracks. It will only take a few more unadressed ethnic killings to set this powderkeg of a country alight.

Why not your pyjamas afterall Intercontinental flights are mainly overnight and if flying against the clock you might still get there at night. Imagine wearing a three piece suit to sleep six hours, that's madness.

Of course our system cannot allow him to even dream about it. Since independence haven't we been left with the choice between the rock and a hard place constantly. Is it not the same country that devours its that has mediocrity writte into its constitution by which we all swear....

Come 2019, yet again it will be a choice between the lesser of two evils, the saner of two mad men, the healthier of two invalids (no pun intended), the cunnier of two ignoramuses and the slicker of two con men.....always taking bitter roots we Nigerians. Just fed up.

oyb:
None of this matters. The most important thing is that she died a married woman.


Marriage is the only thing that matters if you are a woman. Without marriage, you are not complete.

Other women should follow this example. Even if you marry a philandering criminal wife beater, you have met your societal obligations

Marriage as an institution is right, proper and desirable for a lot of reasons. The fact that a number of folks donot understand it or know how to run it does not change the need for it. Accidents don't make cars bad or the desire to have one evil. Accidents understood and learned from improve safety on the other hand. When the pressure to own one comes from 'society' does it absolve one of the responsibility to research a quality model and then learn how to drive safely?. So what pressure are we talking here. Those who are diligent will be diligent under pressure and those who are sloppy will be sloppy even if they are still teenagers.

millionboi:
Abeg I think she was decivd by d Australia tins

Quite unfortunate. That was severe bad judgement on her part. The phoney said he had companies and employed thousands which means he had thousands of ladies at his call. Why then is he single with so many around whom he could pursue life with. This was a big red flag. And until that is cleared up completely in courtship no papers should be signed. But it all boils down to the individual at the eye of the storm. If you are desperate they will sell stories of el-dorado and if you become greedy you will be caught in a trap she could not scape from. People are made and unmade by their thought patterns and outlook at life.

MISSCONGENIALITY:
you are very right. Some people lazy about waiting for a man to come and carry the I cross instead of doing something to develope themselves. I told a girl the other day that why I'm asking God for is not husband but that he should bless me so that I can be able to take care of myself and people around me. But if a man comes I. The process and I'm good with him, then fin. But I can't keep my life on hold that I'm waiting for man.
Most girls in the university are in school to study and get a good husband instead of studying to better their lives. That why they fall victim to all kinds of wild men out there.

Exactly, so that when these silly men with fake lives come around peddling pie in the sky fairy tales they won't move you. You are focused, objectified and driven. You have a vision you need a partner to help attain not a life jacket for survival. Then he will know your worth and what he stands to lose if it breaks down. I tell you this is what real men look for. No matter the temptation, women should absolutely not cheapen themselves.

Badboiz:
League just dey start for better place, for here e just dey finish.

I think there is a long term plan to catch up with Europe. If they can restart before the year's end that will go a long way. The LMC has done a fantastic job of reorganising our league-scape. Once upon a time it started April and ended late November with lots of turbulence all the way but with CAF seriously thinking of aligning its calendar and the need to give our teams enough game time before the continental club games begin this is a right move and hopefully the results will show sooner than later. We do need to get back to the summit of African club and country football.

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Jos.
Truly cosmopolitan

Wonderful place, lovely people....fond memories...and before I forget, produces exceptional footballing talent, arguably the beat in Nigeria.

It is important for women (girls) to go through a process of self development to avoid falling for animals like these. Get a vision, set high standards and you will meet your man in the process of pursuing it, a man who will appreciate your value and who you will be able to vett over an appreciable length of time . When I say longer courship some say it is unimportant, when I say seek God's face for guidance and grace in important (life) decisions, people say God is unimportant. So, get off social media and chat shops, get a skill, get busy, focus on the mind not the body and free your destiny.