₦airaland Forum

obongproff:
I tot the house of rep has already made abt 71 amendments to d constitution? Was dat not as a result of the confab?

Most naysayers above donot, cannot and will not know what is happening. Worse, instead of being part of the solution all you hear are complaints. Worst, they draw others who want to get out of the pit back into it. The present generation, a barometer of the future? I hope not.

I often berate the pre- and post colonial rule generation for all the ills of society. One thing they had though. They knew what they wanted and got what they wanted. Everywhere from Ukraine, to Egypt to the States people step up, ordinary people, and get things done. Here the babies wait for mummy government or a self styled messiah to feed them from 5 loaves and 2 fishes.

Did our grand and great grand parents wait for the British to quit and whine and whine and nag and nag while at it. A black man is today the US president. Anything is possible but if the attitude I see on this forum is a snapshot of the youth, of the future then forget it.

tempex88:
What do they mean by made. In Nigeria? The design is foreign, the metal for fabrication is not from ajaokuta, the interior is imported. Even the technologist/ engineers are foreign. So what makes it made in Nigeria. This govt and lies. Sha.

Is Stallion Motors owned by government again. Must everything be about government and politics. A group of people decide to open shop to produce and we start questioning the means and motives. What is happening to us.

I buy certain equipment from the second largest economy in the world and industrial giant, China and they still boast of german and Japanese engines in some models to entice you. Their commercial buses are styled complete from the scrap books of Toyota. Are you saying that Mercedes Benz and BM plants in the US and Mexico are assembling cars that look like a Mustang and smell like a Taco. My friend. This is a logical, positive first step. It is you and I that will ensure that Stallion's Hyundai remains Nigerian by patronage and investment so that more value in jobs, businesses and taxes is generated.

omenka:
Just give me my C-Kompressor, 4matic, or AMG, don't give a hoot about all these!!!

Mercedes all the way!!
German Rocks!

Then complain about the economy. Yeah. Unemployment all the way!! We still cannot link ourselves, our survival, our progress with our environment. That is the perhaps biggest problem of the African. Its always personal.

politricks:
Its this kind of news i want on frontpage not 'who wore it better'

Na. Airheads must vent too.

That is the ideal but it is not the reality at least not in the eyes of extremists on both sides of the divide. I continue to say this. Not everyone considers good roads, stable power and a thriving economy progress worth casting their bias aside. The south west is not Nigeria.

Madawaki01:
Hi akin,i'm from ona ara,ward 7 in particular,my polling unit is at jegede,lemme tell u the honest truth,i knw u will knw this already,u have already failed,ona ara is accord party strongest hold,and it is only apc that can compete with accord here in ona ara l.g.a......u should have joined accord or apc.,u will be my only vote for pdp sha,but u won't win,i don't think u're doing enough in ona ara l.g.a.,i didn't even knw up till now that u're frm ona ara/egbeda,hope u can work some magic b4 february,i will try to campaign for u too(as a fellow nairalander)but that name "pdp" is a great turn off..
Wishing u gud luck sha....

Hmmm. Having read through a lot of responses and this one, all I can say is that though I believe he is 'init to winit', that is not the whole picture of a man aspiring to public service. Yes, he has thrown in his hat. He will get noticed, he will debate, he will battle, he will shake up the establishment and challenge the status quo. For our benefit he will provide options, fresh ideas, a new angle and hopefully a parachute in case of incumbent failure. I am sure win or lose someone of his personality will undoubtedly gain something along the line. He is rich so he may not be desperate.

At the end of the day if he listens to the overwhelming voices on this forum and aborts his run the electorate can certainly never be better for it because my view about democracy is simple. Political strongholds, consensus candidates, lack of opposition, etc are rife grounds for resentment, corruption and retrogression. That's why I oft welcome all and sundry into contest even though I may not like them personally or share their views. The game will always be more important than the players.

Yes. The people of that area should be glad he is in the race, objective that he is in opposition and must be prepared to offer him a chance if the incumbent fails. So it is with all offices at all levels in our polity.

safarigirl:
for an engineer, you're a bit dense.
Do you not realise that there are job opportunities to be found even when sleeping on the BBA Channel? I know of someone who does a BBA podcast with a good number of followers. Do you realise she could get a job as an OAP or own her own show with time?

That the show is not to your taste doesn't mean those who follow it are under-achieving delinquents or whatever you're insinuating. There are hard-working people with greater qualifications than you will EVER have that watch this show and I'm damn sure ochon and Psychedelia would lay a WWE-style smackdown on your smart-assss in a battle of wits if it came to it.

So kindly shoki away from this thread and let us continue our analysis of the psychological state of mind of 21 people of various cultures in one house if you may. Gracias amigo

Psychological state indeed....hmmm. My dear he is telling you the truth. In say ten years I hope your views remain the same. Wise people apply themselves to where they will be in years to come today. This country does not forgive mistakes made over time.

haywire07:
Nigeria's Lilian Afegbai quit her job because of #BBAHotshots . Now she's unemployed

I sincerely hope other serious, focused and determined employers out there will not be conned by these people when reality kicks in and they prodigal back. Success is not built this way.

Hmm...And I bet he will lose....no pun not intended...

Don't lose sleep over a country in its twilight zone. Look to the future. The future is east. The sun rises there. Our regard for the US is long gone. They mean very little to us going forward.

Happy Birthday Sir. A time like this calls for introspection. A time to take stock. To check how much influence that 'forbidden' generation (as I will like to call them) still has over the course of the destiny of this great country.

Sure Gowon won the 'civil battle' for Nigeria but the war is yet accomplished 43 years later. We are still in the furnace of nationhood. We remain as divided, fearful and antagonistic as anytime before 1967. No question asked then has been properly answered. There is still no trust across the Niger, no bond between tribe, tongue and religion.

The convenience of Federal Character which should have been 'a spare tyre' to get us to the next garage on our journey to development has unfortunately become a stifling, stagnating, permanent feature in our landscape.

So what did Gowon actually achieve beyond maintaining the Colonial map of the Niger. Nothing. Why is he celebrated. Frankly I don't know for it will take more than monumental effort to repair the damage he presided over. Under his watch corruption and nepotism became institutionalised. He watched his Generals and Colonels loot the country and build economic and social empires that still plague us today. He gave them an air of invincibility and arrogance that makes them desire to rule and reign till eternity. He elevated the man above the institution. He politicised the military and we are suffering it today.

Gowon's reign was not a success. He had so much opportunity and wasted much. We can never as a nation regain the innocence of those years. Our youthful vigour is lost perhaps forever.

Happy birthday General but I dream of the day when the last of that generation is gone so perhaps we can remember no more the past and look forward to a better future.

If South Africa hosts and thus gets an auto ticket does it mean its 1st, 2nd and 3rd from our qualifying group. More factors to input into the quadratic equation the Super Eagles and NFF always put us through.

Joenice:
Yes. His time's up. He's biased in his selection. Bring in a coach who will win at least in Congo and returns home to defeat South Africa by 4 nil. Then, we would qualify.

Every coach has preferences, even if YOU were appointed I will probably not agree with your selection and will most certainly name drop. And don't tell me you have not disagreed professionally with anyone leading to your parting with the fellow, then I will say you have never handled responsibility. Mourinho, Ancelotti, Pep, Wenger, Scolari, Van Gaal name them. They have all discarded players we all felt were worthy. They win some trophies and lose some matches scandalously but they are still considered good coaches. Keshi has won and lost too. That is life. That is football. It is a team game and not only about the individual players.

donsteady:
Who do we have to replaced him? i mean locally

I will say the cup winning golden eaglet gaffer who is presently handling the flying eagles if and only if he is allowed to see his team grow into the senior national team which means it is not for this year or the next or the next. We have experimented enough with coaches. Now let us experiment with players, with groups of players who know each other. It is time we take the gamble and graduate almost an entire cadet team into the senior team en-bloc, coach included because quite frankly we have not reaped the rewards of 30 years of age grade soccer in any way shape or form. And the system of mixing older and younger players isn't working well.

I mean we have presently perhaps the newest set (combined fewest caps) of players ever to grace the eagles' nest and two years down the line the team looks painfully worn out. It is not working. The new wine is ruined by the old wineskin. We need fresh ideas not just new faces and that's why the NFF's Technical Department must be created.

Hindsight is 20/20. This is the Nations Cup. He won it at his first attempt so there's really no motivation, the management that made it possible was going. The ingridients for a perfect fall are there. Probably he should have gone after the world cup. Continuity remains alien in these parts. We have not attained the necessary levels to make long term success a possibility in most aspects of public and (I dare say even our) private lives.

1runm0le:
Fat ugly girls will still meet men that love them, beauty also comes from within...

Sure, personality weighs more. Everyone loses shape over time.

iamayodeji:
Its good that a lot of people are viewing this thread, It means you are a victim or your gf is a victim.

Or your account officer is a victim.

Edusouls:
Hahaha, chai african women and their vry stupid, vry silly excuses, go and check out ur fellow white girls of the same age range, and see how superp and elegant they look, super sexy with flat tommies, they diet reasonably, exercise regularly, vry healthy habits, they look and thouroghly take care of themselves..the black woman is a much more duller and lousy counterpart, careless, eat anyhow, vry lazy, vry unhealthy habits, how many girls do morning walk or run? Look and observe if u can see any in u area. White girls most of them have bicycles and skipping ropes, black girls dont cherish such things they see it as childish, una know nahh niger girls, bb, i pad, i phone, galaxy , na wetin be the koko.. White girls re far much better than black woman in almost every area, african girls re management assets..too myopic, selfish,nasty,materialistic, nagging, argues a lot and worst of all vry unfaithful and dishonest..

Haba. Too damning an indictment na. Temper justice wit mercy.

frank043:
Greed,indiscipline,gluttony,and too many boyfriends buying them useless junkie food items,and instead of sharing with their friends,they selfishly eat the whole rubbish alone. They drag bottles of alcohol with guys and go as far as consuming the liquor more than them! What is the result,the junks and alcohol pads on their stomach wall,and they walk about shamelessly thinking they look like some princess. When they eventually get pregnant,they consume the whole kitchen and walk about the house looking like gee-pee tanks.

Ouch !!!

deScifa:
Even if Buhari did win, Which is unlikely he can only be there for 4 years...8, if he is lucky, that is not enough to change Nigeria.
Shouldn't it be then, that Nigerians begin a slow reorientation and improve our value stock?
This pathetic belief that a champion of the people would come and be the messiah, is a pipedream.

I think you have a better understanding of the situation. I think Nigerians are over-playing their hand here. I think they are looking for someone to subsidize their collective failings. I will always say America is not America because of Obama or Britain because of Cameron or Germany because of Merkel but because of Hitler too and France because of Napoleon too.

A good car needs a decent engine but a great engine on its own will not make a car. A good car will have even average parts working perfectly well. A great Nigeria requires much more than Buhari.

In 1983's WAI I could fear pissing in the brushes. Today I piss in the brushes any how. What has been the gain of WAI. Nothing. Where is PTF or Buhari's refineries..., gone, lost. Where will Fashola's roads or Akpabio's stadium's go in a few years...lost, gone. But the people remain. They are the custodians of true change. It is them I watch. It is their actions or inactions that give me hope or despair. I don't want change for just 4 or 8 years (even if it happens). We need fundamental, structural, irreversible, trans-administrational change.

No man can offer this. Only Nigerians can.

Wish him the best. In 1983 people widely hailed the change he brought. Eighteen months later people widely hailed his overthrow and exit. I repeat again.

The problems of Nigeria resides in Nigerians. No one man can change this country whether GEJ or GMB. It is our collective will that has brought us to this place and it is our collective will that will take us to where we need to go. Leadership is not about coercion but about inspiration. It is the people then that respond and cause the change.

What I see on both sides of the argument worries me. Those who fear his coming and those who are hopeless without his coming. These opposing positions cannot realise the country we badly need. I am sorry, in the long run all I see bitter disappointment whatever the outcome since we are not ready to change this country for ourselves.

meforyou1:
op, you suspend people when they commit crime. why do you have to wait for when it is convinient for the offender to serve the punishment, how will it be a deterrent?

But here in Nigeria 'big men' break 'big laws' and get 'big plea bargain'. Overseas oyibo dey get dia own brand of injustice called 'suspended sentence' reserved for celebrities and... 'big white boys and gals'.

sharubutu:
@OP, if u have a car or knw hw to drive, intentionally refuse to wear ur seat belt, then drive towards any FRSC roadblock and see the penalty of that minor offence.
Now to the topic, the students knw the rules of the institution, probably signed an undertaking, went against these rules and got the accompanying punishment. So what's the big deal?

The poster knows you will be arrested for not wearing a seat belt. I think what she (I assume) is saying is, it becomes wierd to conduct such arrests in heavy traffic aka 'go-slow'. I mean how da hell do you want me to buy gala and LaCasera with my gaddem seat belt on....thoughtless of that Iphone 6 and Rolex Perpetual...that I missed cos of my gaddem seat belt....I hate seat belts....I hate Road Safety....I hate laws....ok, what were you saying..

Ihebu4chelsea:
you failed thats why you are studyin dia. Look @ you Comparin a Federal university to dat Secondary School you call Convenant.

Covenant. A convent is where nuns are warehoused. We need to sieze your mobile phone too.

EJanni:
I dress to be comfortable and to enhance my confidence where ever I go. Infact I dress to stand out in the public not really to empress any guy or gurl.

Comfortable? Make up struggles to hold out nature. Hair plants itch in the humid tropics. The rain wrecks havoc on gels, paints and powders, pads trap heat and the stilettos'. Have you seen an 'office' lady's toes, bridge and ankles, yes...yuck. My dear that lie simply won't fly.

The truth is found in the Book of Genesis. One of the curses simply say of the woman. 'And thou shall endear yourself unto the man...and he will rule over you.'. This simply means the woman is hard wired from birth to please the man. Simple. Women dress to impress men. All men...simultaneously.

Decades of military incursion into politics. Decades of dis-investment in military hardware, training and logistics has led us to this point. So sad. The soldier of 2014 will look back to the seventies with envy. When 303 in Kano had dozens of MIG's no older than a decade. When TAC Makurdi had several squadrons of Jaguars. When we had the latest long range heavy artillery pieces from the former Yugoslavia. Those were the days.....

Mynd44:
And still prices don't reduce.

Irony of the highest order

Nothing to do with government which has played its part. Direct that to your greedy neighbour. Government simply cannot legislate common sense into its people.

S/A has just beaten Congo away who beat us at home. We are in big trouble. We just have to get a result tonight, midweek and away to Congo to make it through since it is clear S/A is going through. I hope the result has filtered through to both staff and players going into this match. They must win and do so convincingly.

all4naija:
Okay! I shouldn't blame the government but blame the citizens. You are only begging the question with such mentality. In every nation the government takes the blame for most problems with development and it is responsible to put the people under control. From those images that road is far cry. It's bad as the word BAD. Indeed, it is a road in hell to Wuse as I can see from those images. Yes, the government has to be blame d for not putting road marks, traffic light, tarred it and put curbs. Not until I can see those in place there is nothing you will tell me here that I am going to accept.

I understand, but remember that it is people who make governments, people make laws through representation and society sets the standards for what it finds acceptable. No one should wait for governments or laws to act in a manner that preserves his life in the face of gross recklessness.

all4naija:

Oh, please! There is a common saying in English that 'a picture is worth a thousand words' and there is more than one picture to prove my points. Please, go and get laid. I think there is too much anxiety going on in your head!

What about the galloping road surface? It could throw another car over some meter into incoming vehicle where the driver can lose control. Beside those anologies, Nigerian roads are bad! Accept that and move on with your miserable life!

Another universal government blamee. Roads in Abuja city and the borough of Wuse are 95% motorable because I drive there at speed too but never has government told me to kill myself doing it. Hian.

Salihu00:
what about road users who are always on over speed in our current bad roads if they have good roads nko?

Na gofmen tell them to 'go and dieee...' so dey follow dia leader.

christejames:
OMG!!! Rest in peace to the dead. Its left to our leaders who love using important things like road to campaign to start effecting their campaign promises cause we can't wait till eternity before they yield to our request (road construction), the roads won't reconstruct itselves na!

Everything na leader cause am, leader, leader oh Mr. Follower Citizen. When will you grow up and take responsibility for ya sef.