₦airaland Forum

obainojazz:
The guy learning from his mentor - Putin

No doubt there’s some PR involved but I think his popularity is organic. I watched the inauguration of Ghana’s president, John Mahama, and Traore received the loudest cheers and ovation.

As for Burkina Faso being a glorified dustbin, that’s due to decades of exploitation by France and the West which Traore is now trying to reverse.

Traore has pivoted towards Russia, and this has infuriated the West which has launched their own counter PR using the normal playbook of accusations such as corrupt enrichment, human rights violations, suppression of civil liberties etc.

In all these, it's important to be able to sift through the sponsored propaganda to discern the truth.

American media slandered the leading Italian papal candidate so much in the days leading up to the conclave and effectively killed his candidacy.

Nothing wey I no read online. Still, I wasn't expecting Prevost to emerge.

I fear who no fear America.

afrodoc2:
That is too broad a statement.

I disagree. Imagery is important when it comes to storytelling, but it is not everything. The acting of Marlon Brando and Al Pacino for instance can't be replicated on print. The background soundtrack of the movie and the emotions it triggers when watching it can't be transmitted through a novel.

The only way you can say The Godfather novel is better than the movie is if you are FAR more bibliophile than you are a cinephile.

Perhaps you're right and it's too broad and conclusive a statement but I’m yet to encounter a movie adaptation that captures the depth and richness of a book. I believe many others feel the same.

Books allow readers to delve into the inner recesses and thoughts of a character’s mind for a better understanding and conjures a vivid image to the reader.

Movies on the other hand, rely on visual storytelling such as facial expressions, dialogue, quirks, actions of the characters which can’t fully replicate the immersive, introspective experience a book offers

For me, Books > Movie adaptation.

afrodoc2:
The Godfather movie is better than the book. The novel is very good, but the movie is a GOAT candidate.

I don't think any movie adaptation can be better than that imagery that floods your mind when you read the book.

The GF movies were very good but the novel trumps the movies.

owobokiri:
Keep defending evil..
Las Las, all man go dey alright

I do not support PBAT or this administration.

However, I refuse to switch off my brain and accept the narrative that the mass failure in JAMB was caused by an increase in the price of eggs, and by extension, this administration.

I believe the causes are a declining interest in tertiary education, student unseriousness, poor teaching, elimination of exam cheating, social media addiction & distraction, and systemic problems that have plagued our education sector for decades.

I will not attribute the inability of 16 year olds and above to pass JAMB to not being able to eat eggs. The problems existed long before now, and blaming it on eggs is both lazy and silly.

Who don watch the movie Conclave. Is it any good?

BlueRayDick:
I have used AXA before where I used to work in the past and their corporate plan is top notch . Their service was smooth and I had no complains.

Where I work currently dem Dey use one yeye HMO wey I no understand and almost everyone complains about them and their services .

I will still recommend AXA , tho I don’t know much about Leadway and Hygeia sha

I don't think FG subscribes its employees to any one HMO under the NHIS scheme.

Staff of ministries, departments, agencies and parastatals are assigned to HMOs based on location and other criteria.

I'm in the East, and under Hygeia HMO

Addition of new dependants takes about 2 weeks to a month to come through after registration and documentation at the NHIS office. (Don't know if this is due to NHIS or the HMO).

No queues or delays when calls are put through at the point of use i.e Fast response time.

Code generation is fast too.

BlueRayDick:
I dey my house with my wife.

Why u go miss ur fellow man "so much" ?

This is absurdity and ridiculousness taken to new heights. I guess anything to rope in or discredit PBAT is fair game to some.

At this rate, peeps will blame the president for their wife's inability to take in

BlueRayDick:


So na one year of not eating egg make dem no pass JAMB?

Instead make dem talk about Tiktok and Instagram wey dey distract them from reading dem dey blame innocent egg.

Nowadays every young person wants to be Peller, Dj Chicken, Salo and the likes who keeps shouting "keep tapping...send me roses...let's go guys send me baby lion, etc"

My broda I tire. Absurdity and ridiculousness taken to new heights. I guess anything to rope in or discredit PBAT is fair game to some.

At this rate, peeps go blame the president if their wife no fit get belle.

Dem say na increase in price of egg cause mass failure in JAMB

https://www.nairaland.com/8418877/mans-old-tweet-warning-increase

Shegzdave:
And Atiku is the answer?
By that time he’ll be 80, dementia don set in, aall his goons in the cabinet will be taking their share of the loot and when he’s interview, he’ll tell us he’s not aware and can’t remember

All the Resources he wasted since, that’s when he’ll now try to recover them thereby plunging us into more debts and probably sell all national assets to his goons

You see why them suppose arrest you?

OasisX:


.....bruh! Seems something is wrong, coz I can see your posts again. Do the needful again bruh, cos your peace of mind is my happiness too.

Plot twist

Omoyele Sowore news media is reporting that Atiku Isah (NANS President) was forced to recant and wrote the apology under duress.

https://www.nairaland.com/8419061/dss-detains-atiku-isah-hospital

Public Apology To Seyi Tinubu By Atiku Isah (NANS President)

https://www.nairaland.com/8419027/public-apology-seyi-tinubu-atiku

How do you make such a false and grievous allegation with all the name dropping with "dem say"?

The guy suppose go jail.

BlueRayDiick:
Oga semid4lyfe dem don knack me apako again

Post unblocked.

Social media algorithms are crazy. I posted about VDM yesterday and this pops up on my Tiktok FYP


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7497921412108258568/

TemporaryHansel:
What if he did all that to make sure nobody suspects him of such? There are levels to money laundering, and you seem to underestimate how deep it can be.

You're right my Lord. Na money laundering hin dey do.

GloriousGbola:
that may also be packaged money laundering tho

Nothing is impossible but I doubt.

Remember when he got that 100m donation to his NGO, he cried out and posted it online, afraid that someone was trying to use the NGO to launder funds. He even tagged EFCC to investigate and unmask the donor in that video until Don Jazzy revealed it was from him.

Someone who is well aware his NGO can be a conduit for cleaning illicit funds will not engage in such.

folake4u:
@ the bolded.

With due respect, that is an insult to the late learned silk.

VDM is nothing but a clout chaser and the average Nigerian is gullible.

Labeling VDM a clout chaser doesn’t erase the positive impact he’s made or the genuine goodwill he enjoys from ordinary Nigerians.

Tell me, which other Nigerian internet personality will launch an NGO and raise over N70 million in 24 hours, with the bulk of donations coming from ordinary Nigerians contributing their modest 5k, 10k, 20k? That speaks to the belief people have in him and what he represents. It’s the same reason many posted Free VDM on their socials and were willing to boycott and cancel GTBank.

Personally, I’m indifferent to him but I can objectively admit that despite his theatrics, he’s been a force for good in several ways.

Never smoked ✔️
Never cheated ✔️
Never got drunk✔️
Never mast∆rbated✔️

20 marks.

Theflint1:
Yea, a degree in mass communication, tailored to the needs of the modern times is a pretty decent deal.

The unbundling makes sense, and theatre arts is different from film and multimedia. Film and Multimedia is closer to information and media studies than it is to theatre arts.

I opined Film & Multimedia Studies and Theatre Arts are similar because I was looking at both in terms of movie/TV & Theatre productions which are essentially performing arts, and require the same professionals and BTS personnel.

Also themes of commonality will be acting, script writing, production, directing, casting, speech & dialogue, sound production, continuity etc.

NUC has unbundled Mass Communication and elevated it to a full Faculty with the following departments:

Public Relations
Advertising
Broadcasting
Film and Multimedia Studies
Development Communication Studies
Information and Media Studies

When I was in Uni, Mass Communication was known for having never produced a First Class graduate. That record was later broken and the department has produced some first class graduates in recent years.

The department also began its exams two weeks ahead of other Faculties (alongside the Faculty of Education) because of the large number of courses that had to be written by the students.

The unbundling is a good development and brings it inline with current demands, and offers students the opportunity to specialize in their areas of interests that align with their career aspirations.

I may be wrong but I kinda feel Film & Multimedia Studies is a duplication of Theatre Arts.

Shegzdave:
Must you use electricity ?
Back then people use Abacha dust to cook, lantern to illuminate the room, natural air to cool the body, charcoal iron to iron their clothes

Learn to sacrifice for the greater good

Sarcasm wey wear agbada and go Harvard. I applaud 👏

Ibime:
That's why commercial leases have "make good" clauses

Landlord rent you a flat to live in, you modify am to Boutique or shop in a way that the Landlord will have to incur costs to make turn it back to a residential, you come dey shout say you do Landlord favour

Good point but I think the economic downturn and skyrocketing rent prices are the main reasons for this trend.

Rent whether residential or commercial has become so expensive that many entrepreneurs can’t afford separate spaces for living and business. As a result, they rent residential apartments and convert parts of them for work. This is especially common among fashion designers and photographers.

My tailor's shop rent was increased by 100% last year. Rather than paying that, he moved from his 1-bedroom to a 3-bedroom apartment. He turned the living room into his work space, the dinning area into the changing room and store, and converted the master bedroom into the family living room, with the other two rooms as bedrooms.

The photographer we use for our photoshoots operates the same way too. He runs his studio out of his apartment.

Both are talented, well known, and have plenty of customers. To avoid taxes and levies, they don’t display business signs or banners. Very coded setups, but business is booming.

BlueRayDick:
What u call extensive modifications and redesigns are normal improvements every decent person will do to a rented apartment to make it livable .

I’m not specifically referring to this lady’s video alone , but talking in general terms here . I have the example of my friend up there 👆. He only made the house more livable by normal retouches to the parlor , changing the already cracked WC in the rest room , etc .

These things are normally a plus to the landlord and he will be the one to benefit from it in the long run. But imagine the landlord increasing rent in the second year and still increased rent in the third year . That is just pure wickedness aimed at forcing the tenant out so he can rent the improved apartment out to another person who will pay more for the improvement the old tenant did.

Do u think such landlords will go to court ? They definitely won’t .

I agree its wickedness from the landlord but he is at liberty to increase the rent despite the tenant's renovations and improvements unless there is a signed and legally binding agreement that fixes the rent at the old rate for a specific period.

Make I yarn you my story.

I moved into my current place 15th January 2023 but the landlord gave me two verbal concessions (1) My rent will run from 1st February to January 31st annually, and (2) He wouldn't increase my rent for at least 5 years.

I paid, he wrote receipt and true to his words the receipt was from the period, 1st February to 31st January.

But when he would bring his lawyer drafted agreement, I noticed the 5 years rent fixation clause was missing. I had moved in already, mounted dish, installed ACs, fixed net doors and other minor stuff. Also, the place was a bargain compared to other similar houses in the vicinity so I just signed and sent his copy back to him.

This year February when I renewed my rent for the 2nd time, the landlord sent my receipt a week later with a notice of rent increment effective from February 2026 when I would have clocked 3 years in the apartment. He cited inflationary trends, and bringing the house at par with other rental properties in the area as reasons for the increment.

I consulted two lawyer friends, and they asked if the 5 year rent fixation was stated in the agreement to which I replied No. They both said I have no case and the landlord is free to increase the rent despite his promise to me. They even commended him for leaving the old rent for 3 years and giving me such a long notice of rent increment. Na so I take swallow my L.

Morale of the story is the Landlord is at liberty to increase rent annually unless there"s a legally binding agreement that will prevent him from doing so.

BlueRayDick:
I support this lady 💯

To everyone blaming the lady, this was the apartment before she renovated it. Pure wickedness from the caretaker/landlord 🥴💔 https://t.co/wtFLfG4XdP pic.twitter.com/8FCqoKsN1Q

— OLAMIDE 🌸💖 (@Olamide0fficial) May 3, 2025

She renovated the house she rented from the shittty condition she met it only for the landlord/caretaker to evict after giving the apartment a complete facelift .

She gave them aura for aura by destroying most of the improvements she did to the apartment making sure the landlord does not profit from her loss by renting the place out to someone else at a ridiculously higher price courtesy of her improvements

I am really surprised by your stance.

The truth is the lady has no right to alter the property without the consent of the landlord via a signed and legally binding agreement.

The extensive renovations, modifications, redesign and improvements she did are sara for the Landlord and by removing them, she has damaged the landlord's property and violated the tenancy laws.

If the Landlord takes legal action, she'll undoubtedly lose.

As wicked as the action of the landlord is, he'll win because emotions have no place in court.

Away from the legal aspect, her action also has future consequences for other prospective tenants as realtors will refuse to build properties for rent.

Also, Landlords will profile and refuse to rent properties to certain people, require huge security and caution deposits which will invariably make apartments more expensive, unaffordable and worsen the housing situation.

Kimbeast:
How do I block airmark and his wahala?

Click on his monicker, tick the checkbox beside Block This User and click on it. The feature is programmed to reverse block so he'll automatically block you too.

CrystalTiger:
Now now, them dn turn am..

I am in awe of her narrative spinning and agenda driving skills.

No be na wa, na real wa.

BlueRayDiick:
@semif4lyfe please epp me check my last post ; dem don knack me apako

Post unblocked.

BlueRayDick:
Na always people wey get kobo kobo for their account go dey make all those kind mumu threats of canceling GTB because of one yeye verydarkman.

Shey a businessman that uses GTB as his business account for transacting business deals worth hundreds of millions daily go say he go close down his account because of one social media clout chaser having issues with government agencies ?

Shey person wey dey Dey steady use GTB Dey open form M to import raw materials and finished goods for his business get any time to Dey follow them do solidarity with very dark man ?

You dey carry talk go far sef. Shey na me go close my GTbank salary account of many years because of VDM?

I like VDM and hin don help my friend recover funds from an online vendor before but I no dey mumu for anybody. Make hin carry hin cross, I no send am message.

So people are really closing their accounts in GTbank cos of VDM?

The videos dey all over tiktok. Many Nigerians dey gba I swear.