₦airaland Forum

seanfer:
How is this a terrorist attack? Are you saying the explosion incidents that happened in some parts of rivers state last year due to the activities of bunkering is also a terrorist attack?

Stop creating false symmetries even if what he said may not be the actual cause responsible.

You should be asking yourself what were they mining in a residential area that could create that level of destruction if you believe illegal mining is what is responsible. Illegal mining that none of the surrounding people know about

That surrounding looks like a place someone dropped JDAM

Pathetic

Buhari will handle skuriti
Osibanjo will handle ekonomi

Tinubu will handle ekonomi
Shettima will handle skuriti

All of them them ended up handing over security to terrorists and bandits

By this time, defence minister is suppose to be warning potential kidnappers while parading the evils ones that he already arrested.
But it is Nigerians he is warning

madridguy:
I am sure you're getting the wrong information about the Houthis and their mission.

Their point is simple and direct. If you cannot allow medical aid to come into Palestine, then we are also blocking our own water way from every ship bringing anything into Israel. It is not their water way the only way into Israel, they can sail their ship through other sea.

It is international waters that guarantees freedom of navigation. Then again, the Houthis don't have any water and the areas they occupy even is illegal. The Houthis are not the representative government of Yemen so does not have the locus to decide which ship or not should sail in the Red Sea.
The Houthis are non state actors, and I say again using the logic from your earlier comment. The Houthis should attack Israel directly as that is the root cause of their grievance.
They should not go about attacking children and grannies while the brother they have problem with (Israel) is right there.

madridguy:
Truly the Houthis are the heroes of our time. They are proven to the world what they're capable of doing.

I expected the US/UK to take the fight to the Red Sea, fight the Houthis soldiers there and not taking your fighter jet to be bombing civilians sleeping at home.

If you have differences with your fellow man, fight him at the spot, going behind to fight his aged mother, wife and children is nothing but being coward.

The Houthis have been blocking any Isreali own ship from passing the Red Sea, I expected the US/UK to take the full fight to the Red sea and not to Yemen.

Now we all can see Israel is just a light weight fighter claiming heavy weight.

I think it is more proper that you direct this to the Houthis you support if you are not trying to be hypocritical.

The Houthis claim their attacks on commercial ships in international waterway is to stop Israel in Gaza. Now according to your logic, is it not more effective and a sign of boldness like you claimed about the Houthis that they shoot missiles to Israel and not commercial ships going about their business.

You say it is a sign of weakness for the US to attack Houthi military infrastructure right inside their stronghold but you consider the Houthis to be brave when then attack random civilian ships. The Houthis should attack Israel to test the limits of their courage as Israel is the one they have issues with.
Your request better fits the Houthis than it does the US

Houthis should shoot a missile into Israel to stop them from attacking Palestinians

ppogba:
The most important thing is they should not give her out in marriage just yet.

She is not a Muslim

imagrg:
Some members of the Police Force are giving the Police a bad name.

Go to the State CID in Edo State and see how youths are harassed and extorted.

Some members? They are all a bad name maybe with a very miniscule exception

Administration1:
If CCTV come out make i bend

They've seen it that's why the police authority is now begging for amicable settlement.

Nobody is even talking about the police charging 30,000 for bail because of carpenter and chairs.
Nigeria police is one dark hole that whenever I see people supporting them, it saddens me.
If you report a matter at the station, the reporter (complaint) will pay and the accused will pay as well

smokinloud:
But we can still control things if we are not much

It is not about population, it is about the Nigeria character.
They do this same nonsense in other states/cities too that are far less populated.
They do it in Benin, Warri, Yenagoa, Portharcourt etc

HenryTimes:
What's this excuse of the only performing minister?
What has he performed?
He should be sacked if found wanting, no excuse for corruption

The usual over hype of Nigeria politicians

Obakoolex:
[b]In every rumour there's always an atom of truth. But the question remains....what kept the daughter mute when he was alive??
At least she claimed others were brainwashed[/b].

The bold is among the biggest lies ever told in human history. Not particularly related to this topic

People should really stop saying that thing

seunmsg:
NJC should look into the case of all these funny high court judges who are always giving funny judgement in favour of corrupt politicians.

You should be more concerned with security agencies going after the corrupt politicians using the right means. You hear of this because the one in question is a prominent man that could afford legal fees.
Security agencies while conducting their business do this and even far worse to ordinary people.

They can go after corrupt people and still do it the right way. Going after corrupt people is not an excuse for violation

jamesversion:
Ijaws have propagated the notion that Ijawness is based purely on ancestry and not language. How then can the stool of Opobo be said to be Ijaw when Jaja was clearly an Igboman. No matter the traditional rites done, you can never alter the DNA of an Igboman into an Ijaw and vice versa.

Alot of "Ijaws" today are actually Igbos because the Igbos were the readily available humans In the slave market as at then. The traditional practices that turned them from Igbos into Ijaws especially in Okrika is simply tradional and unscientific in nature, as no amount of tradition can displace the biological composition of the different races.

And going by ancestry again, a lot of "Ijaws" are actually people from different parts of Nigeria and west Africa because there is also a notion that Ijaw women are the owners of children they bore. I know persons in Kalabari especially whose paternity are traced to other ethnicities in Nigeria and west Africa at large but bear Kalabari names and claim to be native of Kalabari communities, which by extension are Ijaw, simply because of their maternity. So is the Ijaw ancestry now a feature of any parent?

@ first paragraph, nobody said Jaja don't have Igbo DNA.
Lemme give you an example. In my maternal village in Delta State, there are Igbo men and women with their families that has lived in the community for years, some even fought alongside the Ijaws when they had ethnic conflicts with other Urhobo villages. As with Ijaw culture, they are now full members of the community as Ijaw people...they can even ascend the throne of the community as full indigenes. Now in all of these, nobody denies them of their right to be Igbos if they so desire. By your assertion, if any of them occupy the stool of that village tomorrow, the stool would no longer be Ijaw because they have Igbo DNA?
The stool is still Ijaw whether it started with them or not (as in the case of Jaja) or they ascended to it down the road as the occupant must be Ijaw either by ancestry or through acculturation in the case of Jaja. Jaja was made an Ijaw man even before he founded the territory Opobo. The stool of Opobo is ethnically tied to Bonny whether Jaja a former Igbo slave boy that was made Ijaw man started it or not.
The only problem I see here is the Ijaws accepting other people easily as one of them because of their abhorrence for slavery and servitude.

Your last two paragraphs, I will ignore.

43Ronin:
Do the people of Opobo speak igbo or not. Maybe the problem is the tribe nomenclature, however jaja was the founder of opobo. And yes, he was an igbo slave who later became the traditional rulers of ijaw and the richest man in the Niger as at that time. It's not obsession, it's history.

Nobody said people in Opobo don't speak Igbo alongside Ijaw.
I only called your attention based on your claim that Jaja is the founder of their tribe. Jaja is the founder of the territory Opobo and not the tribe

43Ronin:
The founder of their tribe -King Jaja was an igbo man. Till this day people of opobo speak both igbo and ijaw fluently and have igbo names

wrong, not the founder of their tribe but the founder of Opobo. Their tribe/ethnicity has long being in existence before Jaja the slave boy was even born.

Does it even make sense to you that you said their "tribe started with Jaja". Jaja that just existed few hundred years ago. Don't confuse the language they speak as their tribe. Jaja did not give birth to everybody in Opobo and Opobo does not have only the Jaja family. He left for Opobo from Bonny with people, not just himself and those people other than himself have a tribe.

Side note: Jaja was bought as a slave and made a free Ijaw man so y'all obsession with sneaking Igbo into Opobo Ijaw affairs in Rivers is concerning. The stool of Opobo is Ijaw so that alone should be enough to discontinue the petty sentiments

Chicagograduate:
They want to increase fuel price again.
Do those countries with high fuel price have a high unemployment rate?How much is their minimum wage?
Do they refine fuel abroad and import back into their country to sell?
Do they have months of blackout like Nigeria?
A whole opec country cannot boast of a functional refinery.
The media is even helping to drive this wicked move by Tinubu and Akpabio after sending prayers to lawmakers mailboxes.
Na that fuel go explode for inside that Una convoy

You are just disturbing yourself with many other factors.
Look at the oil producing countries like Nigeria in the report and look at the prices attached to them.

Iran sells gas N26, Libya, Venezuela etc sell less than N40. You'll not see the so called Nigeria government and their merchants talk about that but compare themselves to a tiny place like Hong Kong that sell over 2k because that's where their interest lie in doing same thing here

princeade86:
Sorry to divert the topic. I want to ask about something pls. Is it true that police don't help someone collect debt. Because I took some that owed me close to half a million to police station, d case has been dragging for like 6 month now. So yesterday, when I got to station to vent my displeasure about how d case is handling, they boldly told me that I should be patience because is not police job to help someone collect debt, but they are just helping me. Pls police is the house, how true is this? And if is true, won't there be chaos in d land because many people will be taking law to their hands.

That's what they usually say that it is not their job to retrieve debt. But when they eventually do, they will still collect 10% from the whole sum for the stations that are still considerate

I trust you paid some even before they took the case

folake4u:
Hahahaha.

Okay Sir.

Thank you and have a great day

folake4u:
Yeah, I've seen good reviews of the beach. I'd like to experience it too.

No, I haven't been there.

Okay

When you eventually do, tell me about the experience.
I'm open to invitation though

folake4u:
Lmao. I don't like loud music, or congested environment or smelly places as well.

Everyone's been going Badagry Beach, what do you say about that.

Haven't been there but I have seen so many people say good things about it. Would definitely like to be there to experience it first hand but I have not decided what to do with the distance.

Have you been there or any other one you would like to share?

BondRiv:
The only thing in this one's head is Ijaw. Keep chasing shadows.

How is thinking about Ijaw as an Ijaw man a bad thing

folake4u:
Oh my!!! And people still go there? Na wa.

What's the best Lagos beach, in your opinion?

Atican is okay not because it ticks all the boxes. The sand is clean, the water is okay and you can take your stuff there unlike Landmark.
The only downside is the distance and roads around that axis is not very good.

I love beach noise and loud music so I still go to Oniru more often than others. It is easier for me to commute to and fro and manage the traffic unlike that Lekki axis since I live on the mainland.
If you don't like congested environment, don't go near that place

folake4u:
@ the bolded 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes, Takwa Bay is the very thing the OP decried with the exception of clean sand.

Even the water is quiet like pond water with funny structures littered around the whole place

Jewessgratitud3:
See the beach name wey you go and you dey expect to see glory...

You didn't go to Alpha beach, Kuramo Beach
Takwabe beach or Laguna beach make you see glory.

Oniru kwa?

Takwa Bay beach is shit. The worst I have even seen.

If you are trying to hide from someone, you can go there though

Circus show.
PH refinery is working
PH refinery is going to work
PH refinery phase 1 is working
PH refinery phase 2 is in progress
PH refinery is test running

They will soon set fire to one part and give another excuse again

Xourajou:
Just 5000 dollars mmm

Where is your own donation

shinealight:
My friend, are you a LAWYER? Even if you’re one, your view is not sacrosanct!
Everybody is interpreting the Constitution these days and making pronouncements based on which side of the bed they woke up in the morning. Wait for the Courts pls….you may very well be disappointed that your views are not shared by truly knowledgeable Lawyers!

Alright

shinealight:
Just read today’s newspapers below and tell us there’s no division in PDP. On what grounds did the Ebonyin State Governor Umahi defect to APC and he’s still there till today? The Law is not about wishful thinking…this you’ll find out soon enough!

https://www./2023/12/30/court-restrains-anyanwu-from-parading-self-as-pdp-national-secretary/

https://www./2023/12/30/court-restrains-anyanwu-from-parading-self-as-pdp-national-secretary/

It is obvious you don't know what the law says about "division" in a political party hence this your comeback.

How is disobedience to law or refusal to enforce the law a judicial precedent to justify another wrongdoing in the case of Umahi that you mentioned. He is there because no one approached the courts to reprimand him for his wrongdoing.

To your first point again. It is bemusing that you referenced a court order restraining one certain individual from parading himself as the secretary of the PDP as division in the part. If you are the attorney of the former 26 lawmakers, they would be disappointed if this is what you come up with in their defense

Sharatan:
Listen to yourself. That’s why women(esp feminists) will never hold any real position in the affairs of the world.
You sit at home with your Kote-stinking pvssy to type rubbish.

Omo

kaludestiny10:
You are right with your assertions. In economics, we have what is called scale of preference. If we are to apply the economics scale of preference to the security situation in Nigeria, states like Kaduna, Benue, Plateau and Zamfara should be at the forefront in terms of security intervention and not south east.
This is my personal opinion.

Alright

shinealight:
It’s only a Court of Law with relevant jurisdiction that can pronounce that the 27 members of the House of Assembly have lost their seats……not the PDP. [b]Anyone with open eyes can see that the PDP has been divided since their Primaries where they chose Atiku as their Presidential candidate. They went into the elections as a divided party….that’s why they lost woefully.
Let the Courts decide whether the legislators have lost their seats or not…..that’s the job of the Judiciary….to make pronouncements according to Law and the Constitution! [/b]

The PDP divided into what exactly?

There is no leadership division in the PDP both at national and state levels. Section 109 paragraph (g) did not provide for throwing tantrums as division for defection so you are trying to be clever by half.
Those former lawmakers cannot even defend what they did cause it is clear to all and sundry including them that they are wrong. They only relied on manipulating our weak judicial system to get a pass and not because there is a valid ground for their action according to law

Putindbutt:
PDP is daft, how can suspended members declare the seats of 27members vacant?

Their seats are not just vacant because of the declaration of those you are pointing at, their seats are vacant because of the action of the 26 members.

The law is clear, if the current speaker had not declared their seats vacant, the law empowers the platform upon which they were elected (PDP) to approach the courts for the same declaration. In fact it extends to any of their constituents approaching the courts to declare their seats vacant if their defection is in contravention of the law.

You might want to find out the facts from our national law book before calling people names so you don't become that yourself

kaludestiny10:
Charity as they say begins at home. South West is being ravaged by killer herdsmen.
States like Oyo and Ondo are facing the heat from those Fulani terrorists.
Mr president, do the needful first in South West before extending it to other parts of the country.

It can be done everywhere so don't tell the president where to start from.

Nigeria has the resources to secure all parts of Nigeria if we have a responsible leadership