₦airaland Forum

Just saw it on Channels T.V headline. Who would take such a risk? Anyone that updates us with what really happened to the 30 dead bodies would definately have a hand in it. Can you take such risk?

So many kids are scared to ask their parents how they met, even when they are grown up. To them, it doesnt matter. And the parents also wont bother to tell, to them, it doesnt matter also. To me, is of great matter o0, cos when you are about getting married, your parents would want to know how you met your spouse, forgetting the fact that they did not tell you their own.
I have asked and gotten my reply. Mum said;
"hmm, i was forming a big hard-to-get chick at age 23 when dad came chasing her around with his Mate190 motorcycle, she also had many admirers, one of which had a car but because he was from delta(the period when the igbos dont marry outside their states) she didnt agree."

She ended up marrying dad who is not from her state, i guess it was fate.

Have you had the courage to ask or have they told you?

Share yours.

[b]I dont know what you all might think or how you might feel from your own perspective but to me, i think it is OK if the Religious Leader is worthy of such positions in governance, or even the presidency position.

I can recall it happened in Haiti where a priest headed/governed the country as President. Even in Benue state, they had a time when a catholic Priest was the governor. In my own view, i think is advicable religious leaders rules the nation, for a few reasons:

1. They would/can be held accountable whenever there is a case of fund misappropriation because they have *hierachies(dont knw if i got the spelling, dont gbagaun me) in their various religions.

2. They would do anything humanly possible to see that they dont spoil their names and the religious reputations as a leader.

3. They would try to see that they do what they have being preaching to their congregations.
These are some of the few reasons why am Ok with it.

What do you think?, Is it advicable for them to enter into governance? (not neccessarily Politicians because in Nigeria, the word politician alone denotes "ruthlessness, deceit" e.t.c)[/b]

Whether state of Residence or Origin o0, ANAMBRA TO THE CORE.

chuks01: this must be jaknade estate isolo

All correct.

What could possibly make a normal human being eat[b]#1[/b] if that person is not a cannibal?? Gosh.

With the way things are going on by the day, i think it should be clear to all that the merger ahead would lead Nigeria to a dead end.
Why would a political party form alliance just to defeat another without stating what they would do for the populace. Instead, they are all bent on unseating a party that tolerates all regions and has no room for ethnic/tribal superiority.
Just examine the words stated here by Mallam Ibrahim shekerau:

Responding to a question on whether the merger meant the emergence of a new political party, Shekerau said, “that is what merger is all about. There will be no more ANPP,there will be no more CPC, and there will be no more any other political party that accepts to be part of it. We are coming up with a new identity, a new name, a new flag, a new logo, new whatever.”

He doesnt even know what the party they are going to come up with has to offer@the bolded in the above quote. This to say, he doesnt know what he himself has to offer either. Where would that leave we Nigerians to?

Looking at this other quote, he stated:

Mallam Shekerau also said many other political parties were likely to join the merger arrangement, a development which, he pointed out, would put the mega party in good position to wrest power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre.

The above also indicated that the merger has only one thing in mind and that's the bolded. Maybe PDP has not being sharing the looted funds accordingly, so they decide to form a merger to unseat it, so they can take the looted money all to themselves.
All quotes gotten from https://www.nairaland.com/1159686/anpp-cpc-acn-one-april

What i think personally is that each party should continue their admins and individual good works in the states they are governing, rather than fighting for a presidential slot. With the states they are governing, if they do well, then they have gotten the support of the origins there and outside there also, that alone would give them a clean slot to get the president. How would you get there when you havnt cleaned up the state you are governing?
What do you think?

The water that dont mix aint new. I have been to Oguta lake in Imo state where such exist. Any Imo kid from Oguta I & II would confirm this. It is located at the Oguta lake golf course, such a wonderful site. Unfortunately, i lost the pix i took the last time i went there. The place is known as "Oranmiri & Orashi". The two river have different colours and they dont mix. I taught it was the soil beneath them but it aint it. I used a cup to fetch from the river and another cup from the other, funny enough, they were colourless in the cup, the could mix in the cups. So i had to tell the guy sailing the flying boat to do a 360 turn around the place the rivers meet, they mixed but retained their individual colours in each others boundary. To my greatest surprise, with my very own eyes, the water return to where the came from. i.e the green coloured water moved away from the blue coloured and went back to its boundary line. I was like WOW but scared also, i had to tell the sailor to take me back to land.

Pharoh: You are absolutely right about the statement above ( minus 14 in my area right now ) and i was just trying to visualize the possibility of taking these peeps shouting its cold right now and dumping them inside places like Siberia, the Nordic countries, eastern Europe, northern Europe,Usa, Canada, Australia, Iceland or anywhere in the northern hemisphere.

Their possible reaction to that situation is what is making me to laugh and yeah London is cold relative to anywhere in Africa.

Ever been to Angola in Africa before? There is damn cold, might even be compared to london.
The reason we are shouting cold is because we werent born and trained in it unlike the kids in the U.K, Russia and Greenland. I personally have experienced 5degrees sometimes around 2006 at jigawa state in Nigeria.

AVECDEO: You mean you can view UBA House and Nitel form your House in Oke-afa in Isolo...still wondering.

Anyway it's snowing in my area...guess where in Lagos.

Yup, i can see virtually everwhere in lagos ranging from tradefair to the island. Even at night, the light from the screen of the T.V at oshodi botanical garden is visible.

Na where u dey wey dy snow 4 lagos?

As a true and illustrous son of Anambra, lemme be quick to state this. Anambra has really changed. I lived at kano before i moved to lagos. As at 2012 when i went down east, the only bad road i met was onitsha-enugu road which is a federal road. All other roads i plied, from ifite-awka where i stayed, down to nnewi, awka etiti, Okija, ihiala, till i got to my maternal home at Oguta, Imo state, i didnt encounter any bad roads. My village itself has a tarred road, even to the gate of my house. Industrial wise, anambra hasnt being bad either. Employment wise and educational wise also. Anambra still has a very low level of un-employment which i know in the next 5years, it would be less than 1%.
When someone does something no one did, give kudos to him especially when he began from the very scratch. Anambra is flooded with 3-4-5-storey buildings which is also good for the skyliners. The only thing i feel Anambra lacks now is More Groundbreaking world class infrastructure, an inland port and an airport.

Lmao, Atheist church ko? Atheist mosque ni. So they really think they would take over the world and drive away religion? It should be atheist shrine and not church. Church is a building set up to host the body of christ and the a place where christians meet to glorify God, listen to his words e.t.c, in essence, a living church is the body of christ.

Negro_ntns, modify ur heading. It is "Igbos" not "Ibos".
BTW, Has any igbo man asked you for his/her lost money b4? Those that lost things are today making them up with hundreds of millions in their account and you are here complaining for them.

Congrats to her. Is there any fund set up by the Anambra state govt to her indigenes for educational purposes? Cos i sent a mail to the minister of information, anambra, but over 2months now, i havnt received any reply. Please help me out, does anambra fund her indigenes who needs funds to study just like kogi e.t.c does?? I googled it but could find.

kishy53: So cold here though am not out of D house yet

It aint cold here, just that it covers visibility. Are you in a Northern area? Cos there i know is always cold during these period, sometimes it gets low as 5degrees.

Mehn, i woke this morning, yawning and coming out from my room, open the door to the outer part of my house,(living at a 5 storey-building, last floor) On getting to the corridor, i couldnt see the network mast in front of my house, also the buildings. At first, I thought my house was flying, not until i could see a trace of light from the building of my church. This was around 06:28a.m, even right now, cars moving on the roads still have their headlights on, so as not to hit any other vehicle. I cant even see MMIA, not even UBA, NITEL buildings e.t.c. Am not sure any aircraft would move or enter lagos today. Am at oke-afa Isolo, what is the condition of your area?

Why fear and complain when you know you are clean? Even if you are dirty, there is a way you can defend yourselves. But if you are too dirty, then e dun baje 4 u. Besides, Nigerians would make the greatest mistake by 2015. I always say this, it is only in the west i see people wanting buhari. How can an aspiring presidential candidate only campaign in the North and expect to win the south in a country we call "one Nigeria"? If the merger works, they cant still win the south and East. Well, ma advice to all parties, bring out a credible candidate that is not a retard and is not desperate to balance the equation, Simple.

afam4eva: I want to thank and appreciate Jarus for holding forth thus far as far as the monthly debates are concerned. It's a lot of work i tell you.

I think we should start preparing for the January debates. Pls let's keep the suggestions for this month's topic coming.

What do you guys think about "Should State of Origin be replaced with State of Residence?"

I like the topic. Me sef wanna partake in the debate.

Hehe, thread created for bashing purpose, dats BTW. Keep asking, dont go do something, be there till the figures gradually becomes true. Why didnt you wonder why the North has so much population that are not visible?

Ofcourse we all know that Acn, Anpp and Cpc would be merging as one party inorder to capture the presidential seat by 2015 from the hands of the Pdp. From the things on ground, its just the people of the South west(both origins and migrants) i am always hearing of endorsing this merger both on nairaland and many places. The PDP is currently holding 22 states of the federation, leaving the remaining 14 states to ACN, CPC, ANPP, LP and APGA. Even when all other political parties in Nigeria merge up, they wont make up. The last election that brought the present government at Aso villa shows how things went. The SW voted in favor of ACN, the SE/SS backed PDP, parts of the north stayed with ANPP and CPC but yet PDP took the lead. This still brings me to the doubt in Nigeria's regional population, keeping the SE/SS at the least populated region, but that's by the way. Another thing i noticed was that as at 2012, Nigeria's population estimate was 170million from the former 163 as was placed, with the increase in Northern population while other regions maintained a stable figure as the former. This leaves me with the question of "Is the North trying to get invisible population to vote for 2015?, Are they trying to get ballot boxes and papers they would take to Mali, Chad and Niger to fake Voters as they have always been doing?", Well, thats also by the way as 2015 would speak for itself. Now back to topic, PDP is Nigeria's largest political party and also one of the largest in Africa, if not the largest. Do you think the merger would be able to pull their stunts well by 2015 against all Odds?
Lets hear your minds here, please no tribal bashing o0, Mods please watch out.

The buhari of now, can never be the buhari of then. Then he was good as they say but how can you backup his goodness now? When he has been power thirst for over 12years now? If one has good intentions for someone, and he has tried to change that person but the person declines, he would sit back and wait for the period he would say "I TOLD U B4 BUT U DECLINED", in dat case, God knows he had tried his best. Rather than promising violence.
Am not advocating for jonathan's second term but i can never advocate for buhari's presidency.

Is this topic still here? Delete na.

Ada Nri1: And they had to assemble in front of the plane with its Dana air emblazoned to take a picture right? We hear ya

They had to pose to show that they did not crash, is a part of thanksgiving, showing them at the body of the landed aircraft in good health.
@Topic, if they were paid or not, is none of anyone's business. If you want to board the airline, fine. If you dont want to, Fine. Free Us jare.

[quote author=Lagos_Boi]no be full na mugu, him be learner.[/quote]eiya, truth bitter o0, chai, e pain una o0. Sorry eh, go colect more money so that u go share pple wey go vote 4 d MERGER.

The ACN/ANPP/CPC merger is already a big failure to me. PDP being the largest party in africa and holding 22 states of the Nigerian federation can not be brought down unless God says so. Our efforts to bring them down would be worthless without God's approval. What we should be concerned about is to bring down the bad leaders. PDP produced Akpabio, Sullivan, Liyel, Amaechi e.t.c, are they not good in their various works? Even if the merger works, 36-22=14, PDP with 22, merger with 14. How does that beat PDP? Please be wise and know where you are heading to rather than being unrealistic and biased because you like ACN due to Yoruba majority or ANPP/CPC due to Hausa/fulani Majority. PDP is the only WAZOBIA party 4 now without anyone being majority, the south is represented, the north is represented as well, Simple. Fight the bad leaders and forget about their party affilation.

temilexis: May all those in support of Dana Airline coming back to operation have their family members die in a plane crash because in Nigeria we don't feel for other Nigerians in as much as when bad things don't happen to our own immediate families. All of u guys clamoring for the return of Dana airline should know that families of the victims of the crash have NOT BEEN COMPENSATED till date. Secondly the FG have not till date released an official report of that ill fated flight, the investigation has been swept under the carpet. What a short memory kind of wicked people are u Nigerians that love to agree over illegality style of governance!

God is watching you in 3D, pls take back your words so that it wouldnt happen to your family, its just an advice. But if you like, dont.

FYI, DANA has paid of the remaining 30% they owed the victim's families as at december last year. Calculating 16million naira by 158 people and see what it gives you, its not easy, not everyone can do it but they did it, and thats why they were not grounded.

GoldCircle: Just want to ask why the double standards? Bellview crashed and was grounded; ADC crashed and was grounded; and I also think same happened to sosoliso ( not too sure). I mean these airlines were owned by Nigerians. Now an Indian owned airline crashes and its back in the air 7 months after. Me thinks something isn't just right. How do you then encourage local businessmen to invest in their country? *smh*

The bolded should answer your question. Most Nigerians dont learn from their mistakes, Most indians does because this aint their country and they wouldnt want to cause any kinda loss in trust between their country and ours.

blackpanda: Its not the resumption of flight operations that's d problem. But must they throw a grand opening? This is silly and insensitive! Wen buses have accidents, do u see the owners throwing extravagant celebrations? I mean what point are they making here. 150 people dead, then the next thing is to pull out celebrities for grand opening. Does that make sense.
You nigerians are too quick to forget easily. May if one of ur close relatives is involved in d next crash, u will understand better

The reason for the Inaugural flight and the use of celebrities was to restore the trust they enjoyed from their former passengers. If Basketmouth, with all his fame and so on, was able to enter the flight, then i guess it's safe for others to board. And beside, "forgive and forget" is the code no matter what, but be concious, simple.

The fact that they had a Crash last year doesnt guarantee their permanent grounding. Yes, the families are going through pains, no doubts but lets be realistic. After all the accidents transport vehicles such as "the young, God is good, GUO, Gobison, Tarzan e.t.c" have gotten in the past years, they are not yet grounded. Checking how many lifes they have taken, is enough to be a whole village. If you are conversant with this driver named "Nkekenyi" of blessed memory, you would understand what i mean. His Accident along OKENE about 12years ago claimed the lifes of over 60people in the luxury bus. What am trying to pass on is that "we shouldnt criticize DANA for resuming, neither should we criticize the new patronisers but anyone who patronises them at this point when the report is not yet out, does so at his/her own risk.
Life itself is about taking Risk.

We have over 60 political parties in Nigeria but only about 10 of them are in control of the government. Below gives the political parties in Nigeria in alphabetical orders, even though some of them are being scrapped out, last i checked, they are remaining 31 and INEC would still scrap more.

A

Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN)
Action Alliance(AA)
Action party of Nigeria(APN)
African Democratic Congress(ADC)
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria(ACPN)
All People's Liberation Party(APLP)
African Renaissance Party(ARP)
African Political System(APS)
Advanced Congress of Democrats(ACD)
All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP)
All Progressive Peoples Alliance(APGA)
Alliance for Democracy(AD)
African Liberation Party(ALP)

B

Better Nigeria Progressive Party(BNPP)

C

Citizen's Popular Party(CPP)
Community Party Of Nigeria(CPN)
Change Advocacy Party(CAP)
Congress for Progressive Change(CPC)

D

Democratic Alliance(DA)
Democratic People's Alliance(DPA)
Democratic People's Party(DPP)

F

Fresh Democratic Party(FRESH)
Freedom Party of Nigeria(FPN)

H

Hope Democratic Party(HDP)

J, K, L, and M

Justice Party(JP)
Kowa Party(KP)
Labour party(LP)
Liberal Democratic party of Nigeria(LDPN)
Masses Movement of Nigeria(MMN)
Mega Progressive People's Party(MPPP)
Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy(MRDD)
Movement for Democracy and Justice(MDJ)

N

National Action Council(NAC)
National Conscience Party(NCP)
National Democratic Party(NDP)
National Majority Democratic Party(NMDP)
National Unity Party(NUP)
New Democrats(ND)
Nigeria's Peoples Congress(NPC)
New Nigeria Peoples Party(NNPP)
National Democratic Liberty Party(NDLP)
Nigeria Element Progressive Party(NEPP)
National Reformation Party(NRP)
National Solidarity Democratic Party(NSDP)
National Transformation Party(NTP)
Nigeria Advance Party(NAP)

P

Progressive Action Congress(PAC)
Peoples Progressive Party(PPP)
Peoples Redemption Party(PRP)
Peoples Salvation Party(PSP)
People Democratic Party(PDP)
Peoples Party of Nigeria(PPN)
People for Democratic Change(PDC)
Peoples Mandate Party(PMP)
Progressive Peoples Alliance(PPA)

R, S, and U

Republican Party of Nigeria(RPN)
Social Democratic Mega Party(SDMP)
United Democratic Party(UDP)
United Nigeria People Party(UNPP).

Thats all.

I know most of ya'll dont know these terms i would be posting now. The few you know are probably not more than 20 except you studied/are studying government in school. No offence meant at the bolded. Meanwhile, am not a government student but i took my time away from science a bit just to master these terms with the belief of being a leader someday. Alright, below are the terms with definations, if i cant post all today, i would post them tomorrow.

1. Democracy- govt. of d people, 4 d people and by d people.

2. Autocracy or Despotism- govt. by a sovereignity with uncontrolled authority.

3. Political party- organized group of people who control or seek to control a govt.(see next thread titled "list of political parties in Nigeria" to get all of em)

4. Aristocracy- govt. by d nobility.

5. Bureaucracy- govt. by d departments of state.

6. Oligarchy- govt. by d wealthy.

7. Hagiocracy- govt. by Priest or Ecclesiates.

8. Theocracy- govt. by divine guidance.

9. Episcopacy- govt. of d church by bishops.

10. Statocracy- govt. by a military class.

11. Kakistocracy- govt. by d worst class of citizens.

12. Emissary- some1 sent out on a mission.

13. Diarchy- system of govt. whereby d military nd civilians share offices and govern 2geda.

14. Monarchy- form of govt. in which 1 person who inherits or is elected to a throne, holds executive power 4 life.

Some others include;

Autonomy, Politics, Revolution, Referendum, Ombudsman, Amnesty, Regent, Consort, Census, Communism, Socialism, Facism, Statistics, Citizenship, Apartheid, Archives, Capitalism, Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, Pluralism, Election, Electioneering, Gerrymandering, Electoral commision, Polling Booth, Polling Officers, Returning officers, Marxism, Rigging, Electorate, Ambassador, Indirect rule, Regiment, Unitarianism, Bill, Leninism, Thuggery, Autarchy, Federalism, Interegnum, Diplomat, e.t.c

You may define the above or add yours to the benefit of others.

50billion naira? To be truthful, we all know the constructed FG roads wouldnt be up to such amount, in it, over 20billion would end up in the account of some individual in governance, lets be truthful for once.