₦airaland Forum

Something is really happening in this world now. I don't know what to believe.

This new workplace monitoring tool issues an alert when anyone is less than six feet apart. Amazon is also using similar software to monitor the distances between their warehouse staff. https://t.co/aUiVgUMWg5 pic.twitter.com/9uiNmvQwVU

— MIT Technology Review (@techreview) May 3, 2020

MichaelDuf:
https://londonreal.tv/1000000-fighting-for-freedom/



Listen to this live now.

Which vaccine has ever been mandatory in this world. Why should this one be different, think bro. And why will they be using digital means to check to track those that has not been vaccinated. Think!!

Fabulouzjoseph:
vaccines are meant to help people not to kill people. A man brings a vaccine to help people recover from a disease and you condemn him is that right??

What is the %. We talked about many runs girls that have lost their lives in the process. Or those that their womb is damaged forever and are leaving in regret while you from afar is envying them.

I think like most Nigerians he does not trust those mask as it could be contaminated.

Wilstino:
Before you speculate, Experts says wearing nose mask, only helps prevent an infected person from passing the virus, it does not prevent an uninfected person from contracting it. Hence social distancing and good hygiene is being advocated. This is also the reason people are now advised to wear nose mask.

Hence, you may also look at it from the angle that Mr President is clean and doesn't want anyone meeting with him, to infect him with the virus.

Reichel99:
Ok ma, all I know is I won't accept a cheat back.

Your choice I hope it works for you. Just know that there is no perfect marriage as there must be something you have to or must endure for the marriage to survive. Some times we need to ask our parents their experiences. You might be surprise what have been enduring.

One thing I found out in this nairaland is that while you put up a mature topic every commentation tends to be mature with their comments. This is good. There has not been any abuse in this topic so far.

If he is not doing it for ritual purpose then somebody out there is dealing with family.

TheGiftedOne:
Incest, rape and murder at the same time? Tufiakwa! This is worse than Corona.

CNN is take this too far.
As Nigerians we have right to follow any body on social media and air our view. I think there are many Trump supporters in Nigeria because of America interference in 2015 election.

TRUSTEDGUY:


Wenti concern Russia and United States for Nigeria matter.

I hope dem no go impose zombie for us as president

Google it bro. She is a board member of many organizations,mostly as an economic advisor.

They are many bro. Some she visits twice in a year. But with tech she works from anywhere.

She was almost appointed the World Bank chairperson if not the interest of America.

Kennyswag:
which Asian bank are you talking about?

MetaPhysical:
There is nothing Ibo is achieving today that has not previously been done by Yoruba.

I continue to tell you guys, by comparing with Yoruba you succeed in showcasing your deficiencies and humiliating your accomplishment.

Like right now, if you had kept to just celebrating NOI for this great accomplishment other Nigerians would truly give you credit....but when you compare yourself to Yoruba at ethnic level you invite a response that tranfers the glory to Yoruba instead. You hurt yourself by doing that.

Compare now the two, Ngozi and Deinde, who is more accomplished, Yoruba or Ibo? Its easy to see!

Yoruba no dey ya category....find ya level for Naija! Ibo na small boy where Yoruba dey abeg!!


Meanwhile, Big Congrats to Madam Ngozi....more feathers to her gele!

Bro just look at the profile of the man your talking about again and look at that of NOI. A woman known all over the world. World bank, Asian bank and many reputable countries not Mozambique and Angola whose economy as at the time you stated is nothing good even now. As bad as our economy is now, it is better than that of than the two countries u mentioned. So it shows that the man is not a good economist, nobody know him in Nigeria not to talk of world over. He name rings no bell in economics world.

klax:
Ok add Auchi + Agbor+ Benin + Ishan + ijaw+ Ebira + ighala you hear?

Why are taking this personal. There igbo in Delta, Rivers and cross River. So if you like drag it to anywhere is your headache.

Pardon the typo errors.

Please am not here to convince you but to tell the truth. It is what it is weather you believe or not.


As of marriage, it is family affair not tribal one. Some people from my town are married to Yoruba while some marry from Yoruba.

�� enjoy your Sunday bro.

klax:
Her state is delta but she is igbo if I understand you? So the igbo in Delta are now are igbo? So you forgot when some useless misguided igbo came on this forum to Labelled the Delta igbos as fake igbo?

Oh you forgot how will say Oginni ne ku when these people speak Igbo as if they are talking rubbish? Oh you forgot how they were always rejected when they attempt to marry anybody from SE? Bro I know what I'm saying a very close friend of mine is a victim of what I'm saying so sorry since when it comes to issue that matters they are fake but when it come to Okonjo they are mot fake pls drop that pooh I'm not buying it she is from Delta end of story.

Listen good Yoruba has never rejected kwara or call them fake or tag them in any bad shape so your reference is void.

Good evening.

You are right about the behavior of some people in South Africa towards Nigerians.
But you are very wrong about her identity or tribe.
Her tribe is Igbo but her start is delta. If some people from Kwara state are Yoruba then one is your point here.

klax:
Wonder shall never end. Your stupidity is unquestionable and exceptional.

Bro biko you are a big anuofia nonentity tribal rat. Okonjo is a Delta woman so shut da f u c k moreso listen good it was not Yoruba that chose Kemi for Buhari to matched Okonjo it was apc that appointed her and it was not on tribal stupidity you are ignorantly talking about.

So same South Africa bitches that slaughtered Nigerians especially the Igbos are now the one you are praising now But why are my people these foolish and myopic in sensibility

If the damn South Africa like let them make any Nigeria or Igbo their president I dont give a f u c k because they spilled innocent Nigerians blood with their barbarism xenobitch so bro feck off.

You life is filled with hatred and you want igbo presidency 2023 isn't You are sick in the head Nwanne you and all your co haters are sick. Just get lost with uour tribal madness.

Congrat Okonjo but sorry I hate South Africa.

Afamed:
We don't throw banters with inconsequential people.

Thank you

Do you know she is employed by Asian bank as adviser to the board. And more than 3 nations is working with her on Economy. Then twitter. Now S.A. Respect her please as no African is better than her for now with respect to economy.

If it were to be Mbaka most of you will be talking with both sides of your mouth. Now it is divine.

[quote author=OgbanjeProphet post=87051648]Egwu ndi ọgaranya!

Ọsọndi owendi!

Ọdinala lovers come in, haters and efulefus fck out!

Long live all ọdinala Igbo


I met with Chiwetalu Agu yesterday at a funeral. He as healthy as.

OZAOEKPE:
I'm a Catholic and I can say that Mbaka is a traditionalist, he should leave the church and go open his church...


I see people attacking me, I want to let you all know I served Cardinal Okojie as a bishop and as a cardinal. I served mass for over 15 years of my life. I still serve mass and I can say for sure, the greatest of all priests are those who obey their bishops, Mbaka is a disobedient soul

Stop saying what you don't know. His bishop has not complained of him being disobedient. It for his bishop to take action not you. We are all catholic and we love Mbaka. Prophets where killed in the Bible because what they say is some times not pleasing to the people and authorities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEUtB44OB1s

Watching the prophecy that changed the narrative in IMO state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEUtB44OB1s

Lee29:
They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving (1 Tim 4:3 - 4)

This passage already gave Catholicism and Islam as fakes

I would simply say that your FAKE.

It is always like a shock. Before I was like this will not happen.

It is always like a shock. Before I was this will not happen.

Muyiwaipere:
Well more points on Jehovah's witness..we don't celebrate because
1.There's no biblical backing stating Jesus was born on Dec 25
2.Jesus never in anywhere said we should celebrate his birthday nor did he celebrate it himself
3.Go and check Wikipedia this Christmas celebration it's no biblical it's from there pagan origin

If you don't believe this... Argue with your phone

I[b]s sunday that seventh day or the sabat day but you worship on Sunday. [/b]

Great

babyfaceafrica:
super story, politicians and their ways

Bishop Kukah has earned respect over the years for his unbiased stand on burning national issues. This is yet another classic!

Social Media Bill:
SHORT WALK TO TOTALITARIANISM?

Matthew Hassan KUKAH*

I have consistently tried to create levels of differentiation between democracy and dictatorship, especially dictatorships of the military variant as we have had in Nigeria. I have argued that Nigeria is still very far away from the goal posts of what could be called a democratic society. In my view, the environment does not as yet look anything democratic because the actors are largely strangers to the ethos of and what is more, too many of them are tied to the old order, not to talk of the fact that the presence of General-presidents suggest that we are still in the thrall of militarism.

Democracy thrives on debate, consensus building, negotiation, persuasion, argumentation, rule of law, process, and inclusion. The military thrives in a coup culture, secrecy, betrayal, violence, command structure, exclusion and lack of transparency. That explains why I have always warned against describing the current charade of violent elections as democracy.

I have illustrated on several occasions that many among us arrived at Democracy’s altar by parachutes, funded by moneybags, cliques and cults. We have seen no difference from those who claim to be democrats in terms of the strong-arm tactics that we associated with a militarized environment. Our ‘democrats’ have had no problems with what Noam Chomsky would refer to as resorting to manufactured consent when it comes to elections. They have rented the same crowds, contrived the same outcomes as the old order, seducing the people by bribery rather than persuasion and debate.


Like the false feathers of Icarus, everyday, the drama of the fraud called democracy is re-enacted as the masks occassionally fall off and we see the real face of fascism that hides behind it all. When they sense that we want to test their mandate through closely monitored elections, they threaten that we will receive either coffins or body bags in return. Every day, the evidence is before us suggesting clearly that, in the mind of those whom we have entrusted our future to, democracy is merely a heuristic device to perpetuate their grip on power, a bad portfolio investment that fears scrutiny. All the State Assemblies, at best glorified cemeteries of silence, inhabited by puppets, cowed to silence and submission as they munch their crumbs.

The recent outrage by the Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed over public reaction to the Social Media Bill, is illustrative of the point I am making, namely, that not all who call themselves democrats appreciate the enormous burden that goes with the claim today. The Minister has used some rather harsh and divisive words that suggest some contempt for the voices and views of those whose labours and sacrifices brought him and his government to where they are today. His language is disrespectful, appalling and illustrative of the highhandedness that suggests that we are not in a democracy. The language is as intolerant as it is alienating. The Minister says that no amount of threat, blackmail etc will dissuade the government from going ahead with the social media because it is borne out of patriotism. Really?

There are many questions begging for answers here. Is this the language of democracy? Is this the language of people who understand or have really imbibed and internalized the spirit and fine principles of democracy? If we must do your will or face the wrath of government, then, this suggests two things: First, we must obey you and government because we are subservient to you and government. We must be answerable to you not the other way round. We must, because if we don’t, we can be penalized by imprisonment for daring to question its wisdom or seek to have an input in a law that concerns us. When did we surrender our rights and voices to government if we are not heading to totalitarian rule? It looks like and smells like it. Is Mr. Mohammed a lawyer who is a politician or a politician who is a lawyer? In an ideal situation, the former should reinforce the latter.

At this point, I would rather side with President Muhammadu Buhari who has been far more honest about his deficient democratic credentials. I have heard the president on at least three occasions complain that democracy is definitely not his strong jacket. To him, democracy is an irritant, a nuisance that he is compelled to live with. To paraphrase the President: ‘When I was a military man, I arrested all the thieves and put them in protective custody. I asked them to go and prove their innocence. Now, I have been told that even though I can see the thieves, I cannot arrest them. I must take them to court and prove that they are guilty.’

I admire the fact that the president has illustrated that his conversion to democracy was not like Paul on the road to Damascus. His tentative conversion to democracy did not come with a confession of his sins (of staging a coup), a promise not to do that again and then a plea for absolution and the acceptance of the required penance! In honesty, the president says he prefers to work with ‘those he knows not those who know’, so we can forgive him. But not others.

Mr. Mohammed has climbed a moral high horse, claiming that he is motivated by higher and noble values of protecting the rest of us from a hovering scarecrow of evil, the social media. This is a low level fence erected to hide the construction of a wall of tyranny, fascism and totalitarianism. All tyrants and fascists started with the most noble of intentions, composing panegyric lullabies in praise of patriotism. But, as the old saying goes, patriotism is often the last refuge of scoundrels. Sooner than later, they will start the witch-hunt. This is why, the radical American intellectual and activist, Lillian Hellman who lived under the witch hunting era of McCarthyism titled her memoirs, ‘Scoundrel Time!’

To be sure, there is no one, including myself, who is not aware of the dangers posed by the social media. We have all been victims. However, should the government wish to address this matter legally and openly, why should they be afraid of a public debate? It is desirable that we address the social media by way of education, open debate and transfer of knowledge. When did the social media become sinister in the eyes of the government? Is it after the same government used it that they now realise that it was good for them then, but bad for the rest of us now?

Law making is a serious business and it demands high moral standards of honesty on the lawmaker. No citizen should be compelled to obey bad laws. Patriotism is not a commodity of exchange. I have lived long in this country, been engaged long enough to know that the degree of patriotism of office holders is often in direct proportion to the opportunities that they have. Today’s Buhariphiles will develop Buhariphobia when they lose their position. Against the backdrop of the rumours and whispers about term limits, do we know where this is going?

Finally, we must all concede that technology is here to stay. All we can do is to try to make it work for us. Like their explorer grandfathers before them, both Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter) have shone their light. They know what they have seen in Nigeria and Mr. Dorsey says he plans a longer stay in future. They have seen opportunity in an incredibly energetic and brilliant youth and they are prepared to pour investment into them. What do those who govern us see? Afraid of their shadows, they see in their own Youth, trouble and threats to the quicksand into which they have buried their selfish ambitions. They want to kill these dreams by thinking of a Bill to protect us from Hate speech and so on.

There is absolutely no doubt that we face a difficult future with what to do with the social media. However, the future of employment lies there and all need to do is to extend the frontiers of the imagination of our Youth to enable them explore a future that can make us safer and prosperous. We know that fire burns and people drown in water. Should we therefore restrict the usage of water and fire or should we sit the children down and explain the dangers inherent in the goodness of water and fire? Our real challenge is the shame that now afflicts us due to years and years of the neglect. A people so badly governed will use anything to express their frustration and sadly, this is what makes us all victims of hate speech. The greatest expression of Hate is those who use the power in their hands to divide us by favouring or excluding others based religion, gender, political affiliation or social class. They are the real reason why our people have remained diminished.

It is a measure of who we are and the premium we place on life that anyone would dream of suggesting a death sentence for the propagation of Hate speech. Surely, unscrupulous and immoral theft of humungous resources belonging to all of us by our politicians is more damaging to our society than any Hate speech. It is like comparing saliva and a dam. We should have nothing to fear. A clear conscience fears no accusation. Technology, developed by humans still has inbuilt safety valves that will enable it to correct itself. Threats, arm-twisting or raw bravado will not do. Edward Snowden has shown that the builders of terror can always pull back. It is inefficiency and political corruption that creates the conditions for the social Media to thrive not lack of patriotism.

The ultimate goal of this Bill is not to punish those who offend, but those who offend government or those in government. Again, here, we have to fall back on the president’s sense of honesty. When he promulgated Decree 2, the focus was to punish journalists who made public officers uncomfortable. Again, on this note, the President has not changed his mind set at all. So, again when Tunde Thompson rushed to forgiveness, it was not because the President had shown any contrition. Therefore, when the sponsors of this Bill claim that it is for our own good, they are borrowing our mouths to eat onions. If the government gets away with it, we have no idea what else will be on the table. Only a robust debate can cure the claims of cynicism.

The Government has all the laws it needs to fight any form of crime and individuals can fall back on it. This Bill is a redundant, stale, superfluous and a fraud. We will fight it Bill with all our energy. It is rotten yoghurt being marketed beyond its expiration date. We should reject it as a totalitarian attempt to circumscribe our hard earned freedom.


* Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese

Bishop Kukah has earned respect over the years for his unbiased stand on burning national issues. This is yet another classic!

Social Media Bill:
SHORT WALK TO TOTALITARIANISM?

Matthew Hassan KUKAH*

I have consistently tried to create levels of differentiation between democracy and dictatorship, especially dictatorships of the military variant as we have had in Nigeria. I have argued that Nigeria is still very far away from the goal posts of what could be called a democratic society. In my view, the environment does not as yet look anything democratic because the actors are largely strangers to the ethos of and what is more, too many of them are tied to the old order, not to talk of the fact that the presence of General-presidents suggest that we are still in the thrall of militarism.

Democracy thrives on debate, consensus building, negotiation, persuasion, argumentation, rule of law, process, and inclusion. The military thrives in a coup culture, secrecy, betrayal, violence, command structure, exclusion and lack of transparency. That explains why I have always warned against describing the current charade of violent elections as democracy.

I have illustrated on several occasions that many among us arrived at Democracy’s altar by parachutes, funded by moneybags, cliques and cults. We have seen no difference from those who claim to be democrats in terms of the strong-arm tactics that we associated with a militarized environment. Our ‘democrats’ have had no problems with what Noam Chomsky would refer to as resorting to manufactured consent when it comes to elections. They have rented the same crowds, contrived the same outcomes as the old order, seducing the people by bribery rather than persuasion and debate.


Like the false feathers of Icarus, everyday, the drama of the fraud called democracy is re-enacted as the masks occassionally fall off and we see the real face of fascism that hides behind it all. When they sense that we want to test their mandate through closely monitored elections, they threaten that we will receive either coffins or body bags in return. Every day, the evidence is before us suggesting clearly that, in the mind of those whom we have entrusted our future to, democracy is merely a heuristic device to perpetuate their grip on power, a bad portfolio investment that fears scrutiny. All the State Assemblies, at best glorified cemeteries of silence, inhabited by puppets, cowed to silence and submission as they munch their crumbs.

The recent outrage by the Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed over public reaction to the Social Media Bill, is illustrative of the point I am making, namely, that not all who call themselves democrats appreciate the enormous burden that goes with the claim today. The Minister has used some rather harsh and divisive words that suggest some contempt for the voices and views of those whose labours and sacrifices brought him and his government to where they are today. His language is disrespectful, appalling and illustrative of the highhandedness that suggests that we are not in a democracy. The language is as intolerant as it is alienating. The Minister says that no amount of threat, blackmail etc will dissuade the government from going ahead with the social media because it is borne out of patriotism. Really?

There are many questions begging for answers here. Is this the language of democracy? Is this the language of people who understand or have really imbibed and internalized the spirit and fine principles of democracy? If we must do your will or face the wrath of government, then, this suggests two things: First, we must obey you and government because we are subservient to you and government. We must be answerable to you not the other way round. We must, because if we don’t, we can be penalized by imprisonment for daring to question its wisdom or seek to have an input in a law that concerns us. When did we surrender our rights and voices to government if we are not heading to totalitarian rule? It looks like and smells like it. Is Mr. Mohammed a lawyer who is a politician or a politician who is a lawyer? In an ideal situation, the former should reinforce the latter.

At this point, I would rather side with President Muhammadu Buhari who has been far more honest about his deficient democratic credentials. I have heard the president on at least three occasions complain that democracy is definitely not his strong jacket. To him, democracy is an irritant, a nuisance that he is compelled to live with. To paraphrase the President: ‘When I was a military man, I arrested all the thieves and put them in protective custody. I asked them to go and prove their innocence. Now, I have been told that even though I can see the thieves, I cannot arrest them. I must take them to court and prove that they are guilty.’

I admire the fact that the president has illustrated that his conversion to democracy was not like Paul on the road to Damascus. His tentative conversion to democracy did not come with a confession of his sins (of staging a coup), a promise not to do that again and then a plea for absolution and the acceptance of the required penance! In honesty, the president says he prefers to work with ‘those he knows not those who know’, so we can forgive him. But not others.

Mr. Mohammed has climbed a moral high horse, claiming that he is motivated by higher and noble values of protecting the rest of us from a hovering scarecrow of evil, the social media. This is a low level fence erected to hide the construction of a wall of tyranny, fascism and totalitarianism. All tyrants and fascists started with the most noble of intentions, composing panegyric lullabies in praise of patriotism. But, as the old saying goes, patriotism is often the last refuge of scoundrels. Sooner than later, they will start the witch-hunt. This is why, the radical American intellectual and activist, Lillian Hellman who lived under the witch hunting era of McCarthyism titled her memoirs, ‘Scoundrel Time!’

To be sure, there is no one, including myself, who is not aware of the dangers posed by the social media. We have all been victims. However, should the government wish to address this matter legally and openly, why should they be afraid of a public debate? It is desirable that we address the social media by way of education, open debate and transfer of knowledge. When did the social media become sinister in the eyes of the government? Is it after the same government used it that they now realise that it was good for them then, but bad for the rest of us now?

Law making is a serious business and it demands high moral standards of honesty on the lawmaker. No citizen should be compelled to obey bad laws. Patriotism is not a commodity of exchange. I have lived long in this country, been engaged long enough to know that the degree of patriotism of office holders is often in direct proportion to the opportunities that they have. Today’s Buhariphiles will develop Buhariphobia when they lose their position. Against the backdrop of the rumours and whispers about term limits, do we know where this is going?

Finally, we must all concede that technology is here to stay. All we can do is to try to make it work for us. Like their explorer grandfathers before them, both Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter) have shone their light. They know what they have seen in Nigeria and Mr. Dorsey says he plans a longer stay in future. They have seen opportunity in an incredibly energetic and brilliant youth and they are prepared to pour investment into them. What do those who govern us see? Afraid of their shadows, they see in their own Youth, trouble and threats to the quicksand into which they have buried their selfish ambitions. They want to kill these dreams by thinking of a Bill to protect us from Hate speech and so on.

There is absolutely no doubt that we face a difficult future with what to do with the social media. However, the future of employment lies there and all need to do is to extend the frontiers of the imagination of our Youth to enable them explore a future that can make us safer and prosperous. We know that fire burns and people drown in water. Should we therefore restrict the usage of water and fire or should we sit the children down and explain the dangers inherent in the goodness of water and fire? Our real challenge is the shame that now afflicts us due to years and years of the neglect. A people so badly governed will use anything to express their frustration and sadly, this is what makes us all victims of hate speech. The greatest expression of Hate is those who use the power in their hands to divide us by favouring or excluding others based religion, gender, political affiliation or social class. They are the real reason why our people have remained diminished.

It is a measure of who we are and the premium we place on life that anyone would dream of suggesting a death sentence for the propagation of Hate speech. Surely, unscrupulous and immoral theft of humungous resources belonging to all of us by our politicians is more damaging to our society than any Hate speech. It is like comparing saliva and a dam. We should have nothing to fear. A clear conscience fears no accusation. Technology, developed by humans still has inbuilt safety valves that will enable it to correct itself. Threats, arm-twisting or raw bravado will not do. Edward Snowden has shown that the builders of terror can always pull back. It is inefficiency and political corruption that creates the conditions for the social Media to thrive not lack of patriotism.

The ultimate goal of this Bill is not to punish those who offend, but those who offend government or those in government. Again, here, we have to fall back on the president’s sense of honesty. When he promulgated Decree 2, the focus was to punish journalists who made public officers uncomfortable. Again, on this note, the President has not changed his mind set at all. So, again when Tunde Thompson rushed to forgiveness, it was not because the President had shown any contrition. Therefore, when the sponsors of this Bill claim that it is for our own good, they are borrowing our mouths to eat onions. If the government gets away with it, we have no idea what else will be on the table. Only a robust debate can cure the claims of cynicism.

The Government has all the laws it needs to fight any form of crime and individuals can fall back on it. This Bill is a redundant, stale, superfluous and a fraud. We will fight it Bill with all our energy. It is rotten yoghurt being marketed beyond its expiration date. We should reject it as a totalitarian attempt to circumscribe our hard earned freedom.


* Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese

Emedu:
Bring out your brains out of the shell of hatred and wrong sentiments. Everyone knows the result was never transmitted electronically. Everyone equally knows transmission of results electronically is strange to our Constitution. How hell some brainwashed fools will believe such a nasty claims. Fake people, fake mentality.

But if you go to Inec training for 2019 election you will see the responsibility of APO1 which include sending of the collected result to the central server. Why is it there if it were not to be used or constitutional.

worst time to be a Nigerian soldier.

worst time to be a Nigerian army.

Some time I wonder where the politicians get there data from. The governor said that APC will win 30 state of the federation. Is it that they just quote there imagination.