₦airaland Forum

Clone2020:
Tesla isn't just trying to build semi-electric trucks, they are on the cusp of mass producing driverless trucks that can go long distances on just battery power. It is a very disruptive company, very soon you will see fleets of trucks hauling goods to and fro without any drivers.

So police checkpoint must....must upgrade to online banking. ...*737 things...

double0seven:
I doubt it's the fact that they can afford him (which maybe true) that they are dropping him.

The simple truth is that the show needed a new face since like years ago. It would be a big mistake for the new sponsors to keep using him. Very wise of them to do so. I'm sure they must have been so advised.

And frankly, I'm surprised Frank hadn't bowed out of the show. He ought to have left the show himself to go and do something new. Guess he just didn't want to until situation compelled him to.

Typical Nigerian he is, who cannot appreciate the dynamics of the game he plays. So he is oft reminded of his stangnacy by a terminal shocker. There are a few clients I have worked for a number of years but the relationship is gradually delaminating. While conventional wisdom says hang unto those who you met going up the ladder, the facts are clear, if the ladder rungs are worn, you are more likely going to come down anyway by accident so you might just as well climb to higher, newer rungs and hope there is no coming back down in one piece. He, like Wenger should have left years ago or like my fav David Letterman, quit while ahead.

dmostcheerful:
That show was ment for that man.
I don't think anyone can do it better than him.
We will miss him

Tunnel vision, stockholm syndrome, addiction....can't place it....but its no good. If anything between James Bond and David Letterman can be replaced....mbok....who cares to be a millionaire.

Good game. Well done lads.

Ladyjumong:
are u for real ?

please dnt spoil this already established spirit of unity among us here

Just a disgusting racist. Can you imagine here of all places.

See how Moses injure im mate.

Ha....40,000 dollars.... we need Paris refund....

rossyc:
30,000 dollars....gone

hahaha...no salaries this month....

Wow. Spanking the lions. Meowwww....

Elderson remains as clumsy as ever.

Lovely stadium. Best in Nigeria right now.

The guv will be like....hmmm.....salaries this month....

Chai 20,000 dollars. Guv will begin to wonder....if ....

Is the ball made of dynamite. Why is controlling it so difficult for these players.

JORDAN202:
WHAT CRIME DID SHE COMMIT



SOMEONE STUPIDLY PAYS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND IS NOW CRYING BECAUSE YOU SPENT IT

After this is over, I hope she works for you in one financial capacity or the other....perhaps as your accountant or treasurer...

Undeniable proof about what I day frequently. Poverty is not the absence of resources but the paucity of mental capacity and the disposition to do wrong. Like a lot of Nigerians think, 'oh why are we suffering when we are rich in oil'. Yes we are rich in oil but that is not wealth. Riches is merely a snapshot of a bigger picture. The lady in question on that day became rich, but prior and after the debacle remains poor.

Even if the said sum spent 24hrs in the account of a wealthy man, chances are certain that even after the money (riches) is recovered it will have left indelible, sustainable footprints because he will look at the windfall not as fruits but seeds. He will have the attitude of preservation and growth rather than waste and squander (does this sound Nigerian) but most of all he will be prepared with a plan, of the vision he pursues and so will not see this as an end but a means and because of this he doesn't need a grasp and grab, just a sniff. Thus he will more than likely return the 'windfall' almost intact because he will rather see it multiply than diminish, saving him from potential prosecution.

It is certainly wrong to do anything but alert the authorities and send the money back (who knows, the 'rich' man might even get a bonus and a commendation for honesty which is worth far more than gold) but the fact that wealth is always prepared to profit from situations and poverty is always prepared to destroy opportunitues tells us that wealth and poverty are not physical states of abundance or want but mental states of preparedness, honesty, enterprise as against greed, sloth and ignorance. Nigeria and Nigerians have proven themselves in the latter time after time despite her oil riches.

NwaAmaikpe:


This is wrong...

My Bible tells me not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers.

That is not the meaning. A yoke is a device placed on/between beasts of burden to keep them together inorder to channel their individual driving or pulling capacity into one larger mechanical advantage just as a drive shaft converts power from four or more individual pistons into one rotating force or torque.
The bible simply says believers should not expect an arithmentical increase in output when they pair their efforts with unbelievers.
The bible wants you to understand the value of grace in spiritual achievements which will be lost when you shut God out in pairing with unbelievers.
So in any relationship you undertake in pursuit of any task donot share burdens with those not enabled by grace. It simply won't work.
Finally the text makes mention of 'unbelievers' not sinners. So you can be unequally yoked with a fellow christian who does not believe.

eezeribe:
Oba of Benin...
Ooni of Ife...
Emir of Kano...
Celebrity Monarchs with Tax payers money,state funds and Federal allocation
Make I hear say any 'Kingdom' in Nigeria is self sufficient.. When some states can hardly sustain themselves without input from FG.
Even Queen Elizabeth also depends on Tax payers money for sustenance.

The Queen of England is a net contributor to the treasury. There is no comparison at all. Pls do proper research.

But you said he was tracked by the CCTV so what stops you from apprehending him.

PassingShot:
So, what business do some of the rich states have with owing salaries?

Bayelsa, is a typical example of a FAILED STATE if we compare her level of development to her income.

Is this also as a result of FG or failure to restructure?

Yes. It is the failure of the system which only restructuring can address. And please do not call it income because it is not. States get grants. Income is the product of work or investmment and as far as I know Bayelsa has no investment in the oil industry so how is it an oil rich state. And since they are grants there is no accountability and since there is no accountability there will be financial impropriety manifest as poverty. Restructure and Bayelsa will find money to invest in oil production and the income from that will be managed properly. Why? Because those who give them the money will demand accountability just as they do from Dangote and other private citizens. It is the structure that matters. If Dangote was receiving a free 15 billion every month without anyone asking questions he will not be where he is today. Remember Dangote is not from an 'oil rich' state.

diana158:
you can use this to assess the performance of your state Governor.
Governors should be rated base on the resources avalaible, and how well they have applied the income to better the lives of their people. Because there are Governors with lower allocations that are performing very well but because they are not building flyovers and bridges, sadly nobody talks about them.

Abeg go siddon. What else are they doing apart from paying salaries. Oil revenue, VAT, duties, royalties, taxes all go to pay 5% of the population. The rest of the population pay themselves and provide everything else for life and living.

You have all these acccusations and still want an opinion whether he should be sacked or not. Are you folks this silly. That it has been going on for years without a report alone should make you folks ashamed. Now you are not sure as to whether a criminal is indeed a criminal. Values have indeed gone.

Partnerbiz3:
That guy will spend the rest of his life in jail.

This trial will certainly lead to death sentence but they may not sign it hence he will spend his life in prison.

Crime does not pay.


Btw most politicians are worse than this guy.



See below...

There is no reason why Ambode should not sign his death warrant immediately. The risk of incarceration is just too high. He will surely corrupt the prison system and organise crime from behind bars not to talk of the cult followership he will inspire both in and out of jail.

BabaRamota1980:
I dont likr Kanu one bit. If i had a shotgun I will blow a see-through on his skull, at close range. But i detest open injustice in all its appearance. These Northerners dont even attempt to say we are sorry rather they continue to dictate terms.

Na Allah go destroy alumangiri.


The same security implications that exist in North and advised against arrest of Yerima exist in every region and should be a primary deterrent against arresting that fake yellow jew in SE.

Can you just focus on the game for once and ignore the players or risk losing the plot. Look man, the AGF will go one day so will Nnamdi Kanu, so will this government. What you should ask is what happens to the situation on ground. Is this nation moving forward or not. What poses the greater danger to this country, the rantings of one man or the fundamental errors of an unjust system. People talk war, war, war. Yesterday I was unfortunate to watch NTA which I have not done for a while. There the government put up a piece by the late Ikemba warning of the ills of war.

The man is gone. Has Nigeria changed since 1967, has Nigeria improved since 1967 IN ANY POSITIVE INDEX OF LIFE AND LIVING. Has race relations improved since then. Has ethnic bloodletting abated to such an extent that the hated Nnamdi Kanu wants to restart. Has justice been procured for all Nigerians. Are we really equal under the law, united and happy as a people. Had the tension abated before Nnamdi Kanu.

The man is gone but the ideas remain alive simply because the Nigerian state has failed to profit from the war it won. It won over bodies, over lands and territories but not over minds and hearts. What kind of victory is that. Nigeria is a nation of conquerors and the conquered, masters and slaves, touchables and untouchables. And subsequently every step it takes, every pronouncement, evey law it passes further provokes, entices, inflames. It either shows crass ignorance or stupid arrogance. Forget about the actors abeg. What is threatening this country is clear to all and what will push it over the edge stares us in the face. Whether we like it or not, if we donot restructure this country soon we will not have one to repair.

See what I said. This is the fundamental problem why this country just does not work. Government is like an auto mechanic. He changes some plugs and does not touch others and expects the engine to fire properly. How do you eliminate corruption this way. How do you develop the country this way when everything is sectional. Yet the courts and law bodies exhibit a blindfolded idol to grace their evil ways.

This photo is....just so....wierd. Media world I guess.

Lekki again. Dredging again....ha.

TPound:
I don't work there...but I can say I know every trick up their sleeves and know how to get the best out of every car protrayed

You say you know every trick up their sleeves.....but initially you question 'why' people say they are bad.....oga what is happening. Stay on one lane. Is the place (people) good or not. Must everyone be a hawk to fly. Should I undergo intensive training in streetology just to go there, haba.

TonyeBarcanista:
While I agree with you that those are very necessary, I think you went about it the "not so" proper way.

There are people in the NW, NE and NC that want such reforms as there are some in the South that are against it. The best is to reachout to like minds across board without shutting anyone out on the basis of geopolitical zones. The southern unity would be best of economic cooperation, integration and advancement, and not to "oppose" anybody.

The North is not your problem, your (our) problem is within

And I think you could be wrong too. While I acknowledge that we do too much idolatry in Nigeria (chasing undividuals around) at the expense of responsibility, that last line caught my eye and I think you fall into the same pit yourself. When people refer to 'the north' as I sometimes do, I donot refer to the peoples of the region (because there are great differences and divisions even amongst them), but I and perhaps the fellow you responded to refer to the philosophy that drives the actions of the peoples of that region. There is a big difference.

Of course when religious and ethnic upheavals arrive, they reside primarily at the doorsteps of the peoples of that region. When riots happen, more northerners of divergent ethnicity and religions get killed than southerners just as Boko has killed more northerners than southerners but the issues and challenges facing Nigeria today are not people-centric but ideological. And just like Boko, you can send armies upon armies to kill the body, but the thinking which drives the action is much more resilient. That cannot be defeated easily.

The problems facing Nigeria are not about tastes and tribes but thoughts and temperament. It resides in the minds and so people sometimes call it a 'northern way of thought' versus a southern way of thought which is more liberal, independent and forward.

Nigerians love to personalise things and in this simplicity mentality never get to know things thoughtless of getting things done. Did he at anytime think that the fulani were blood sucking vampires roaming about the countryside devouring the souls that came their way. That will have been most unfortunate and like a lot of our citizens akin to racism. Has he ever asked or inquired about the stories he heard or like most of us and our sheep mentality just baaa'd and booo'd. We need to be more cerebral in this country and secondly we all need to be more cosmopolitan, more open minded and travel from time to time out of our self indulging cocoons.

For his information and the rest of us, this racism and stereotyping will do us no good. Every society has the good, the bad and the ugly. It is not restricted to Nigeria. But how we are not able to work tnrough this remains a mystery. What is even more worrisome is that the over simplification of things which does not serve us well as in this case the issues causing the repeated clashes between the fulani herdsmen and various indigenous populations.

It is good that he has disabused the minds filled with dark ignorance but his message does not sit or serve well but to mask the real issues at hand which he does not address at all and which the nation is sweeping under the carpet. Those who have lost limbs and loved ones will want more anawers.

sKeetz:
You guys are yet to understand that good quality education is not cheap. As at last I check, medical students in Ghana pay as much as $2200 per year which is still very cheap when compared to other notable universities in Africa. And these university is still funded by the government.

If something like these is built in unilag or other federal unis and fees are increased so as to be able to maintain it, you will be the same people to start protesting. The sooner we come to terms with the fact that quality education is not cheap, the better for all of us.

We like things to be given to us on a platter but still complain that they are not enough. That's why we churn out half baked unemployable graduates every year and still complain of the fall in the standard of education.

If you think education is cheap, try ignorance.

Not only that. Nigerians with an enormous population then breed like rats. You see an average family having five children seeking university education, asking the government to pay the equivalent of about 30 million per head over the course of the program. Tell me. How can any government do that and still provide infrastructure like this.

Folks if you have more than one brother or sister growing up right now and will qualify for college education soon and you or your parents have no intent of paying the right fees to push them through and you support the way this country is structured then you have ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT TO COMMENT NEGATIVELY ABOUT NIGERIA ON THIS THREAD because you are part and parcel of this problem, period.

What you see in Ghana and Benin and South Africa and England and Japan and....are small, sustainable populations who donot think college degrees are tickets to heaven but value them as instruments of personal and corporate development so are willing to pay the right sums to obtain them and if not have small families they can cater for. Yes, folks in the developed world jump through hurdles to get their wards college degrees, some paying huge debts years after graduation. That is value.

Talking about medical school. If the basic of a qualified doctor starts at between 250 to 350 thousand. Why should the individual question a tution fee ten times that amount. Is there any venture in the world whereby you put in a tenth of the value and expect a full return. Are we not scamming ourselves as a nation......then they emigrate to work overseas after that and the EFCC does not go after them losing Nigeria billions every year....abeg restructure Nigeria now.

I have said it countless times. There is no way the government or any government for that matter can educate all its populace through college. Our rampaging population together with economic inadequacies makes it doubly difficult. We are running an unsustainable system. Citizens must begin to take responsibility for the future of their children. There is nothing fundamentally wrong in paying for things. It creates responsibility even amongst the ignorant thoughtlesss of those who desire a qualitative, productive lifestyle. When people mock private universities and the fees they charge little do they know that it is they who are falling off the wagon with paying peanuts for what fundamentally is the last step towards a lifetime of work. They fail to see education as an investment, that is why they donot consider for a moment the number of children to have and push to the government they hardly pay taxes to.

The good news is that it will only get worse. The gap between the resources of state and the demands of citizens will only widen and a time will come when the sector will be so run down, so dilapidated that it won't be worth it. Education is dying in Nigeria. Nigerians should take responsibility for the future of education and remove that burden from government. Let government's role be that of a regulator. State resources should be limited to targetted research, grants and scholarships. Government should systematically withdraw funding and simultaneously transfer autonomy over a set time period, say ten to fifteen years. That or the system will collapse soon.