₦airaland Forum

braine:
The woman was "unconcious" for about one moonth and later died?? I blame it on poor medical service.

One month? and the man was not arrested since. Only when she died was he reported. What sort of society is this.

ANEMMA:
This fraudulent Covenant University looks like a scam to me...compare the sch fees structure of what you called a university to GREAT UNIBEN school fees below

UNIBEN SCHOOL FEES SCHEDULE

NON SCIENCES

First Year = ₦46,400
Second Year = ₦12,400
Third Year = ₦12,400
Final Year = ₦12,400

SCIENCES (Including Medical Sciences)
First Year = ₦49,400
Second Year To Final Year = ₦14,400

HOSTEL FEES
₦8,000
Uniben simply UNIBEST

With these fees no wonder Nigeria is the way it is. Yet a fresh grad will expect to make all that back on his first monthly wage. How can this be. We should be ashamed to be paying this for college education. Shame. This figures you put together cannot even get you a top grade notebook with decent software. WTH.

double0seven:
Garba Shehu made huge mistake replying Fayose on behalf of the presidency. The presidency should resume back to its former policy of ignoring the man Fayose. He has since been looking for an avenue in which his AMD the presidency will continually be trading words.

As of now, the Presidency should completely ignore the man. His unacknowledgement by Buhari and the Presidency is what has been paining him most. The presidency should not bother to change a winning tactics.

Abi oh. Just ignore him the way the the Jonathan administration ignored some and made them look silly or continue pursuing the gnats trying to enjoy the barbecue on a hot summer day and get a fist full of chilli pepper in the eye like Jonathan sometimes did. Buhari should watch out. If the PDP succeeds in hacking into his server he may as well be named President sorry. Whenever Fayose talks just press delete. That's what I do to gnats. Even on Nairaland.

HoLEEsinner:
Olayinka please why can't you debunk the figures given by shehu? A wise man would reason before he speaks not you and your boss, the warning is for you to get your facts correct before openly your mouth, not restriction. Freedom of speech for all. This is democracy, but it doesn't mean you should fabricate lies to mislead people. If you're to give figures on how fayose's administration has increased IGR in ekiti, I bet you won't be able to give any meaningful account for that.

And how many lies were fabricated by the APC while in opposition and even now while in government. It appears the boot is on the other foot and the government can't stomach it. It will be a long, torrid 3 and a half years by the look of things. Buhari had better quit bleaching a grow a tough skin. He isn't looking pretty.

Yeske2:
Hope no cry of witch hunting when federal might descends on him, advise him to watch his mouth.

But why talk like this. Are you not a democrat. Do you honestly and sincerely expect Buhari and the APC to rule without opposing voices. If we all chorus the government aren't we risking democracy itself. Is what Fayose is doing any different from what Amaechi or Fashola did last dispensation. What are you threatening about. What is Federal might. When the PDP instigated the police against the Tambuwal led Green House what did you say. If Buhari chooses to go down that line he will have a sorry time because the chorus will only grow louder and neutrals will be alienated. He should just ignore Fayose and get on with the job. Time will either justify or rope him.

Said it right from time. Commercial banks should not be holding government. They are private entities. Let them face the private sector and do their real jobs, of stimulating the economy by financing productivity.

lmm4real:
Lagos people done carry last for electing the show boy as governor.

Elected who. Abegi. They elected APC. Can anybody honestly swear that he knew this guy will be guber candidate before the primaries let alone governor. Is that what you call a democracy. Did Lagosians ever ask him questions before electing him. Did he promise anything. He knew who put him there and he will answer to him ALONE. You cannot reap from where you have not sown. Sorry.

And for those calling Fashola, hear this. The reason Fashola did all that was an investment in his legacy and political future. He was stocking up on political capital to launch as a heavyweight in the party and the polity. But he had his wings clipped. What will this do to the psyche of Ambode and his minders. Of course, softly, softly, don't do flashy stuff, be conservative and dour. Just do enough to keep them alive but nothing extra to outshine the grand master. Am I surprised. Na. The APC after Fashola and Saraki will never let the public and its candidates engage.

aresa:
Can fashola please double as minister and governor of lagos state?

Stop chasing after individuals, build institutions. Fashola can drop dead in a heart beat. Will you follow him then. Said Lagos was not a democracy and any gains were temporal. You guys need to read my back posts a lot more. Lagosians CANNOT rise beyond the vision, desires and competencies of a certain Jagbajan. In history no system ever survives this in the long term. Lagosians should expect one poorer choice after another. When you choose you have no complaint. When choices are made for you rebellion arrives next door. Every parent knows the difference between age 6 and 16. Good morning Lagos.

JuanDeDios:
That's a mistake. They won't.

Now people are beginning to wake up. By 2019 it should be clearer exactly what the real problems of Nigeria are.

bruno47:
Baba should focus on building and fortifying the anti corruption institutions and not fighting it alone.Once he leaves people will go back to their evil ways.The institution will speak for him when he goes.

He can't build up institutions because by nature they will become independent and impartial and he can't have that. If it were that desirable our institutions will have been functioning decades ago. To control Nigeria any leader as a matter of necessity subdues institutions for 'peace' and 'stability'. It is a structural problem. If our institutions worked neither Buhari, Jonathan or Obasanjo would have been President.

babafirst:
I get your point but this has gone beyond basic psychology and that is why I used the words 'for the moment' in my earlier comment.For now no basic psychology can bamboozle the world as they marvel at our level of corruption.Infact the only investors PMB will chase away are the foreign crooks who know they cannot fit into the system again.Leaders from other countries have acknowledged problems like this in the past.Even Lee Kuan Yew had to acknowledge the problem of corruption and infrastructural decay in his country after their independence from Malaysia left them even without water.He built confidence by agreeing to stamp out corruption and making Singapore a haven for investors to confidently invest.Sepp Blather has been making noise about no corruption in FIFA till he was drowned in the anti corruption Tsunami launched against FIFA.Last time I remember Coca cola or so was almost pulling out their sponsorship because of FIFA denial of corruption.I understand your point but I tell you if the Indian PM comes to Naija and does not accept the issue of rape or Jacob Zuma comes to Nigeria and denies Xenophobic killings in SA and explain what they are doing about it then I can never send my daughter with my hard earned currency to school in those countries.

No one is saying he should deny it. Metuh and the PDP is simply saying he should stop repeatedly putting that as our only offering as a nation and as a people. That it demarkets us. Let me ask you. Is he going to wait till every corrupt Nigerian is in jail before he handles the economy. Can you wait on that. When fire consumes an occupied house, the firemen break into two teams - one to rescue, the other to tackle the blaze. One cannot wait on the other. Wisdom and success in life remains about striking the right balance. I know his vision is a holy country but he has to feed the masses with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. He should be careful not to make the same mistakes as in 1984.

Bollinger:
You might not want to admit it but even if we don't say it the know the truth. They have nationals here living and working with us. You think they don't talk amongst themselves?

That is exactly what I said in the post you are replying. And I am sure the nationals living here will rather want to hear what he is DOING. He was elected to do. He went abroad hoping the investors will do. What if they begin to chronicle all their own problems what will he think. Abi India no get problem bedevilling them. Pally, every country get him own big wahala.

Bollinger:
Has anything he said a lie? The truth is bitter. To move forward, one must acknowledge one's failings.

Abeg I have a deal going down with the Indians later this month. I hope both parties are not in the same world as this as I am not part of Nigeria's problems at all whether broadcast or hidden. It just doesn't help. We have international rating bodies all over, international risk advisors, they have their nationals living and working here in Nigeria. We don't need to pour petrol on our embers. It is not wise.

tsdarkside:
hmm..dont you people want to get it??

we dont need foreign investors!!!...

start by buying only nigerian made products!!...invest in your own self!....

how about buying only nigerian made cars...

And Oga wake up. When it is made here. It is called MADE IN. IN. IN. NIGERIA. Indomie is made BY indians. It is made IN Nigeria. You need foreign investors bro. Dangote is making cement IN Tanzania. He pays his taxes (from the plant) IN Tanzania. Nigeria will gain very little. Dangote takes the cake. He is a Nigerian but to Tanzania he is a foreign investor. You need them.

babafirst:
I disagree with Metuh on this one,PMB's comments are proper for the moment.Do you think investors are not aware that corruption is widespread in Nigeria?Travel around the world and read comments about Nigeria in the past ten years and you will get the opinion of foreigners.Some are even advised to be careful when coming to Nigeria.So even if PMB likes let him praise Naija from head to toe the foreign investors and bankers who know the pattern of looting and cash flow/money laundering from Nigeria know the truth.What they want is a leader who would boldly come out and state the problem and won't bury his head in the sand by glorifying corruption by saying stealing is not corruption.They want a leader who can tell them the bitter truth and say he is doing something about it.Or you think JayZ that cruised on Kolla Aluko's yatch does not know the money was stolen through Dizzy baby?The Indonesian leader does not hide it when he mentions the havoc drug trafficking is causing in Indonesia but he accepts something is being done.PMB is right by acknowledging the problem or the investors will continue to think it's an 'old boy how now lie lie president' we still have.Wailers I expect more wailing in reaction to this but the truth is bitter.There is endemic corruption,branding or no branding,manipulation of statistics by voodoo economists or propagandist like Olisah Metuh to deceive foreigners the way they tried to bamboozle Nigerians will not work.Baba let them know you know the problem and you are fixing it!

You don't understand. It is basic psychology. What you say is what you are. As a leader what you say is where you go. This is why you lead. The negativity is for the public to portray not leadership because in circles it portrays an inability to contain and handle. It sounds like an admission of failure. Leadership should not be given to emotional outbursts. The Indian PM wouldn't come to Nigeria and reel out his challenges with rape and 'beefgate' or Obama in Kenya telling them about the frustrations with the Republicans, NRA and gun laws even though we know all these. They will eat him alive back home. Buhari is the chief law enforcement officer but he is also the chief marketer and he will be judged on both so it requires wisdom to strike the right balance. That is why I say this anti-corruption thing is not all there is to do.

AdeniyiA:
well, i think the quoted suitably captured the whole issue, i think the President should stop painting Nigeria bad in the presence of /to outsiders. they know us already.

For once PDP is acting maturely ...

Well even Fela sang about this when he and Idiagbon ruled the roost. I guess it is one weakness he has. He is frank to a fault but I guess the world doesn't work that way. I'm sure he will get over it.

tsdarkside:
yea,yea...thats why our treasury is empty....pahhh...


the truth is always better than lies...nigeria has its own micro-economie....we dont need foreign investors....
btw...when did you last pay your tax??..if you even pay tax a tall....

You don't need foreign investment abi. That is what OBJ said and started doing from 1976. By 1999 he was on his knees begging them to come. Last week Cameron was on his knees before the Chinese president. Even the US continually seeks foreign investment. In the past one year 90 percent of my revenue has come from overseas as Nigerian component declines so I am not affected at all by the economy. Pally, I hope you are never placed near any economic decision making theatre.

Godjone:
Buhari na learner. Not qualified at all.

I will rather advise he attends adult school and learn more then earn a certificate.

Buhari is a stack illiterate

'Stack' as in crates of Heineken or....what...

The world's poor is into billions. If we have that many taking what does not belong to them then we are all doomed. We should stop joining poverty issues with crime because poverty is relative and proportional to one's mentality and competence. That is I may not have now but if I believe I can work it out and I am prepared to work it out then I am not poor. If I believe I can only steal to survive then what is the incentive to work. Any Nigerian supporting or encouraging or excusing this at any level should be ashamed. There is just too much work out there for the hardworking and diligent. Nigeria lacks everything. We need a mental renaissance.

IYANGBALI:
will you shut the fok up?who the hell are you to bring my mother into this discussion? I am proud to tell you that my mother is very very poor,but she will never,I repeat never take what does not belong to her like that criminal you were defending. Her action has nothing to do with poverty

Thank you. We should make a deliberate case to stop joining both issues or we are doomed. Simple as that.

DMerciful:
So they are taking fatal risk cos of the ineptitude of government? What nonsense? Can't they survive without government? Abi dem born you with government? So if there is a spark and they turn to suya will they hold government responsible? Yeye dey smell

I don't just get this attachment of everything a man's life is about to government. So if government ceases to exist we should all go commit suicide. When have Nigerians become so useless and hopeless. It is the people that make and sustain government not the other way round.

Mutuwa:


BTW

Mystery;-‎

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both their wives lost a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.‎

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.‎

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."

Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.‎

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.‎

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theatre...

You see. People make money in all sorts of ways. You don't have to steal greedily or die senselessly to 'survive'.

Day169:
Pathetic! Simply heart rending.
Despite previous mishaps with the attendant casualties, people are ready to sacrifice their lives and that of some dependants. Just take a look at the pics of lady with a baby on her back.
It shows the level of grinding poverty our people live in and the extent they are willing to go just to survive. .. Lord help us.

Oga. Let us start to preach the anti-corruption message down to the grassroots. There are other genuine, safe and dignifying ways of earning a living other than this. Nigeria lacks about everything. There is more than enough for the wise, hardworking and patient man and woman but not the lazy, greedy one. Poverty is not caused by government stealing alone. Poverty is also a state of mind that can only be defeated by a superior ideology.

dhardline:
How did we get here?
This is poverty walking and talking live.

If some Nigerians can risk their lives like this just to scoop fuel i wonder what's stopping them to protest against bad governance from the local government,state and then the federal government.

Ask me. Lazy, greedy things. Just like those they put to rule them. They think America is like it is out of the blues. Men shed sweat, blood and tears to make it that way. They had it tough. America a superpower today was made by the second world war. A time of great expense, sacrifice and loss. Our own suffering makes us worse, more inhuman.

benedictnsi:

When the economy improves and the standards of living become better, when our government creates more jobs for young Nigerians, when it is no longer "PERSONAL GOVERNANMENT OF NIGERIA" but federal, when there is serious improvement in the health sector, when the prayers for good leaders get answered, when we seriously fight crime and corruption..... Etc

Don't be silly. Always passing responsibility even for life and death issues. Are we this ignorant and stupid. Are these not the people responsible for instaling and maintaining government. How will they make right electoral choices when they cannot make right personal choices. What right do they have to demand good government. Is what they are doing good. Where does the law of sowing and reaping, of Karma (if you are an atheist) come in. We create the kind of society we live and and have no one to blame but ourselves. If they die they killed themselves. If they steal it will be stolen from them, period.

Life will always present you a minimum of two options. It is up to you to decide.

solarj05:
I hope their meeting is for the good of our country.

You hope. Is that all you can say after voting. You hope. Hmmm.

dearpreye:
The power of vision!

I believe many people would have wonders at the STUPIDITY of the developers back then. But today we see how STUPID indeed they were. Today, Transcorp is a place the high and mighty rush to book a room for relaxation, conference hall for meetings, etc.

That's the way Dangote has built his brand. Vision.

To be great, one must of necessity SEE what others aren't seeing. They may misunderstand you. All great men were at one time misunderstood in their lives.

You may have that idea and passion lurking within you. Harness it. Let them call you names. Just keep at it. All great men must be nonconformists. In the end, they'll come back seeking your fame, advice and wealth.

Genesis 13:14> in human form. The privilege of great men.

But the place has become a shadow of itself and is in dire need of refurbishment. Fallen behind a few competitors even in Abuja in my opinion.

tbaba1234:
Kogi has two bad choices.. It is terrible.

Poor quality electorate. Can you imagine the folks who've turned up for this man who has done next to nothing. They just can't realise that they cannot rise above their ignorance.

engrjacuzzi:
Chelsea can still win the EPL says fabregas

With six losses way before Christmas. He must be high on Abrahmovic's octane.

Smooyis:
Thumbs up for him.

Good one. I hope the big boys are sitting up esp. those who cannot buy one for all the Siberian oil and gas.

dustydee:
How do you expect him to tour the custom formations across the country? By road or should he charter a flight when there's one already available?

I am not criticizing his use of a jet. I am criticizing his use of a 'patrol jet'. For while he is on tour the purpose for the bird is defeated and it annoying. As vexing as seeing patrol vans after the crooks are long gone. We are simply not a brilliant people and its not about this Comptro, the NCS or this government. It is a Nigerian malaise. If Obama was a Nigerian he would be flying the space shuttle round the world afterall he's the boss of bosses. Abeg leave us. We are like that. People are often bigger than the institutions they claim to serve.