₦airaland Forum

Brilliant, what do you do full-time?

Some animals are more equal than others in animal farm.

Demdem:
For the colored part, why on earth should they go about with sirens?

It takes two, the effort shouldn't be one way, it unlikely to work.

In fact I 'taya' o

vizkiz:
see as the guy dey boil

You be dwarf?

Fgsggvsvsvsc

guiddoti:
MTN should b considerate naw. we ar lacking behind

We shouldn't be LAGGING behind, I agree.

"Top remedy for internet growth"?
I see no need to remedy a positive development, isn't that what we all want?
Let's say "Top remedy for lack of/slow internet growth....."

orobs93:
Ok
The mentality of black man is low...if they can all bring their wealth together and stop looting the Africa treasury..i tell u our continent will be a better place

Are you a black man? (Mr Low Mentality), speak for yourself, I have a better regard view of my mentality and I'm African too, not wise punching yourself in a streetfight.

OrlandoOwoh:
Liar! LAUTECH Teaching Hospital is in Oshogbo.

The Oshogbo General Hospital was extended and named LAUTEC Teaching Hospital. I'm guessing o

petkoffDrake:
why is buhari always putting his two hands behind? it makes him look DULL

I guess he should be punching the air to prove to you he's 'sharp'?

You're correct, you sometimes need foreign media and institutions to remind you of achievements of individuals like Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe......cos left for our youths(in order to score tribal points), these men are "overrated, dumb, senile, brain-dead........", so outrageous!

natureblack:
A good head and sincere heart are always a formidable combination.I appreciate your straight-from-the-heart post.

But,you forgot to add the rivalry between the two Southern majority tribes_the Igbo and Yoruba.

The degree of mutual suspicion and antagonism between these tribes has so poisoned the Southern political atmosphere to the extent that fraternal rapprochement seem a farfetched possibility.This unfortunate development has corroded and eroded any vestiges of future political unity between us.This also plays into power calculations from the ruling classes of Northern Nigeria;and they exploit it to the fullest of our disadvantage and envy.

Worse,there is no sign that the Igbo and Yoruba are willing to sincerely address and resolve the retrogressive situation to create for a respectable political and economic future for Southern Nigeria generally.The unending tribal e-battle between the Yoruba and Igbo on Nairaland everyday is a case-study.

So long both parties maintain their positions,so long we'll remain removed from Nigeria's political equation.THE TRUTH NEEDS NO COLOUR.

To be fair, you made excellent points, however, this tendency which I agree, can easily lead that region to self-destruct is what guarantees a natural selection process that ensures the most capable survive, compare an elite group who understand its actions will face scrutiny to one that act with impunity, the former will always perform better, but I understand there are plenty of work to be done.

criminalmindz:
friends and colleagues from every part of the nation and some of my best friends are not even from my side of the country.

However, recent events are making me to have a deeper reflection and I wish we- Southerners in this instance- can have some kind of introspection. Out of 25 appointments made so far, 18 are from the North, 3 are from the South West, 4 are from the South South while the South East has ZERO appointments. A tweet which I saw today stated that “southerners are only competent when it’s time for elections but northerners are competent in terms of governance” and this made the following thoughts run through my mind:

1. Only Southerners have been accusing fellow Southerners of corruption. Oshiomole has been attacking Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as if Ngozi turned down his marriage proposal. The same Oshiomole tried to make nonsense of Akinwumi Adeshina’s successes in the agriculture sector. Ambode tried to pull Fashola down and successfully smeared him with stains. Maybe that’s why Fashola did not get the Chief of Staff role. I’m yet to see a Northerner accuse another Northerner of corruption, even when they belong to different parties. The closest a Northerner got was when the new Kano State Governor attacked Rabiu Kwankaso but he quickly sheathed his sword and even disowned previous reports of attacks. Why are we like this?

2. Are Southerners the only ones who are corrupt? Were there no northerner heading the ministries and parastatals? Did the outgone Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko not have an alleged case of certificate forgery but he still served out his tenure until he resigned voluntarily? I’m not in support of corruption under any guise but the fight against corruption must not be seen to be sectional.

3. How come it’s easier for the President to believe that Sanni Abacha was not corrupt in spite of recovered loot while it is so easy for him to believe Goodluck Jonathan is irredeemably corrupt?

4. I still remember that aside from God, Tinubu made Tambuwal what he is today. The same Tambuwal would later call Femi Gbajabiamila ‘incompetent’ and rated Dogara as more competent. The same Tambuwal was propped up by Tinubu, a Southerner against a fellow Southerner, Mulikat Akande. Obasanjo was very key to denying Goodluck Jonathan a second term. A good number can still recall how OBJ tore his PDP membership card in public glare. The Northerners find it easy to support themselves but we are always pulling ourselves down. Babangida Aliyu, Sule Lamido and all the other Northern Governors including the former PDP Chairman Adamu Muazu often times refused to campaign for Goodluck Jonathan openly and many times even espoused the virtues of the opposing candidate on the rostrum!

5. Southern leaders and Presidents pull down Southern business men but prop up Northern ones. How many people still remember how Obasanjo ran Mike Adenuga out of town but both Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan made Aliko Dangote what he is today. No northern leader goes against their own. I dare to put it on record that President Buhari will never go against Aliko Dangote for any reason.

6. How come OBJ pardoned Salisu Buhari, the ex-Speaker who forged his credentials and he later was given an appointment as a Governing Council member of a University and heavens did not fall- but when Goodluck Jonathan pardoned Alamieyeseigha it became one of the major issues counted against him? Is there one rule for some and another rule for others?

7. We find it easy to raise our voices in support of the deportation of Buruji Kashamu but have no qualms with Atiku Abubakar strutting around the corridors of power.

8. Only Southerners find it so easy to abuse their elders when they voice opinions not in tandem with the popular opinion. We find it easy to diss Afenifere elders and call them ‘Afenifebi’ while hurling expletives and curses at them. We even abuse our kings and priests. Northerners will never abuse an Emir no matter how unpopular what he said is. Can you imagine any Northerner raising his voice against the Sultan? In spite of Tanko Yakassai, Balarabe Musa and Dangiwa Umar’s perceived support for Jonathan, northern youths did not abuse them. But our own youths run down our elders on social media while our educated elite also support the act.

These are some of the thoughts that have been running through my mind. I don’t pretend to have all the answers and I do this at the risk of being labelled an ethnic bigot. The point however is that Southerners have to get their acts right. We have to put our house in order. The bickering must stop. Let’s engage our emotional intelligence. Let’s not allow others to exploit our tendency to self-destruct.

Babe2sure:
A prophet has no honour in his own home.

Apparently

A prophet is not always valued at home.

DeHero1:
Bullshit!

The snake killed a dog.
You killed the snake
What do u think you deserve?

A throne and a crown, 'top-of-the-food-chain-tin'

Wanice:
ole buruku. big time thief. see as him potbelly big like calabash

Allow me to paraphrase your comment: '.........see as him big belly big like calabash'

Appoint a female coach immediately

OrangeDream:
Abeg who be dis man?? Abi no be Papa Tochukwu be dis?

Oh! Welcome back sir, how did it go over there in Jupiter?

QMark:
There are more than 120 types of cancer. He chose BREAST cancer research.
Congratulations Dr. Akala!

There are quite a number of vital organs in the human body that makes a gunshot wound life threatening, however, being an expert in removing a bullet from the neck and somehow managing to prevent the victims from bleeding to death would certainly help you to replicate that skills in the case of a gunshot wound to the upper left part of the body, death to BREAST cancer.
Congrats doctor.

ladyF:
Good for him....sure first team

It's [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

I'm not being sexist, but I noticed you seem to be the only female on this topic, even guys are in short supply here, you must be an interesting lady to be around. [thumbs up]

ladyF:
Haaa, when will they stop this drug trafficking, as risky as it is. But which one is crack cocaine? Say NO to drug trafficking!!!

Its [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

Cracking cocaine must be cocaine that cracked

Good observations there , however, Pidgin/Broken-English justifies the use of some of those words, e.g. "go-slow", "barb". Employing their use in plain grammar will be wrong though.

Bunch of thoroughbreds, LIKE!

So someone decides a yet to be released movie is a blockbuster,it most likely will be like almost every Mr Smith's movies, but not just yet.

Psychedelia:
Reminds me of Morgan Freeman's catastrophic FAILURE of a Xhosa accent as Nelson Mandela in "Invictus" - a film for which he was still nominated for an oscar in the "Best Actor" category.
Hollywood actors are absolute failures when it comes to portraying Africans in their movies, as most of the character development reeks of laziness and poor research.

Only very few Hollywood actors have impressed me with their portrayal of African characters, both in accent and swagger:

Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland".
Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in "Blood Diamond".
Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina in "Hotel Rwanda".

Everybody else annoys me.

Chinwetelle Ejiofor and David Oyelowo nko?
Half of a Yellow Sun & Blood & Oil respectively

By the way, I honestly see nothing catastrophic about Morgan Freeman's performance in Invictus, to me that ranks among his best ever performance. Only performance on your list that can called catastrophic is Di Caprio's Blood Diamond.

Inspirational!

ijustdey:
Lawyer accused of abusing 9-yr-old- girl re-arraigned




the lawyer need no bail since he is a custodian of law and he decided to break it

As a lawyer, the accused is more like a legal expert, he's hardly the custodian of the law that title belongs more to the enforcers of the law (police & judges).

doctokwus:
I know mine might be a minority opinion,but this is a rich diversity that has just been killed.
If this snake had been caught alive or even tracked and studied,it would have fetched 100x the amount it was sold for.
In other places, rare sizes of snakes like this would be a subject of wide interest and studies by snake experts who would even come from far and wide,earning us much needed foreign exchange.
But here,it has ended in somebody's pot of soup and a mere N10k when it cud have fetched good dollars.

There's something called hierarchy of need.

soe:
Ah AHhhhhhhh



62 is still too much naaa, say wetin happen?


Even the Borno State Governor doesn't need more than 20 policemen.....

My thoughts exactly

RobinHez:
As a kid, I was always scared of dogs! They looked so scary gosh, I always avoided them.

But this fateful day, I was to discover myself. Mum sent me out to buy some stuff from the other street. On my way back, I heard the "bark, bark" from behind... Looking back, I saw a ferocious looking beast staring at me.

Ómo na dat day I know say I fit run pass Usain Bolt! I ran to the extent, I couldn't feel my feets touching the ground, and people who witnessed it claimed that, they couldn't see my legs (I knw they were joking sha )
Like say that one no reach, I fell into a shallow grave losing #500 and my kito slippers in the process

After that experience, I had to man up to animals in general!
Absolutely
Thank you!

So you sef wear Kito

So we have foreigners as members of our coaching staff. Nothing wrong though, just didn't realise it.