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Celebrities › Re: Moment Two Staff Of An Eatery In Amsterdam Recognised A 'disguised' Davido by SmartyPants(m): 11:59am On Jul 23, 2022
Ill never understand why women misbehave when they see celebrities.
Career › Re: How Do People Survive On 30k Per Month Salary In Nigeria by SmartyPants(m): 9:17am On Jul 23, 2022
JooEeL:
Which nigerians will revolt? Do you know that instead of revolt, some hausas were found eating grass in the north? With all the invasion of Fulani terrorists, do u know the Hausas are okay with living in the IDP camps as long as they get that their small wretched shelter, along with some small foods and water? Do u know the same is ongoing in Benue as we speak? There are IDP camps all over d place and sometimes d terrorists go in there to kill them in their silly tents, yet how many are able to rise up?

Or is it the stupid southerners who love sex and are as well brainwashed religious zealots that will do the uprising? Why wait for 2 years, so ure telling me what is currently obtainable in Nigeria is not yet enough for some pushback?

You are overestimating these people.
Stop being so abusive in your comments. It's absolutely unnecessary. Nigerians are no more or less stupid than any other group. If anything, the Nigerian has shown his industry and intelligence by succeeding everywhere he is found on the globe.

The truth is that you've misread the situation. The conditions for revolution in southern Nigeria are far from ripe.

That is because contrary to what you may observe, the majority of southerners are doing well enough to live above poverty. Look at the stats. The poverty level in southern states averages at around 20%.

20% of the population cannot stage a revolution. The 80% will feel threatened and will crush them.

That is not Nigerian thinking. That is human nature.

Revolution is only adopted when people feel they have no other option. Everywhere.

However, Nigeria is also extremely complex. no other nation in the world has Nigerians' depth of ethnicity and tribe, in addition to religious diversity. Owing to the political intrigues that have dogged this nation since independence, it is now more or less impossible for Nigerians to unite.

We saw that during end SARS, where northerners were mobilising to attack protesters or no known reason.

Additionally, most southies are educated and can aspire to good jobs or entrepreneurship or to travel out. So desperation is channelled into initiative.

If you force more southerners into poverty then you will see that they too have a beastly side. After all, Ipob, Niger Delta militants, Sunday Igboho and co, and the youths who took SARS down were not imported were they?


So these are the factors.

Edit: I forgot to add that poverty in southern Nigeria is assuaged by billions of dollars in remittances annually.
Career › Re: How Do People Survive On 30k Per Month Salary In Nigeria by SmartyPants(m): 8:50am On Jul 23, 2022
JooEeL:
Sri Lanka are also very spiritual people comprising of Hinduists and Buddhists but when its time to survival, they all rise together and start a revolution.

Nigerians should keep waiting on God, that they've never seen or heard for once in their miserable lives to come save them from their endless misery and poverty.

Lazy brainwashed docile black bunch who fear death more than anything.
What happened in Sri Lanka will happen in Nigeria eventually. Sri Lankans have been suffering all along but they didn't rise up until now. And that is because they were pushed to the wall.

Eventually when starvation becomes the reality for the majority of Nigerians -- which is coming if we continue like this for the next 2 years, then Nigerians too will revolt.
Travel › Re: Poor State Of Benin-Auchi Federal Highway (Photos) by SmartyPants(m): 7:38pm On Jul 22, 2022
Almaigaa:
Lies.
People are discussing and you feel you have something to contribute?

Will you get away?!
Travel › Re: Poor State Of Benin-Auchi Federal Highway (Photos) by SmartyPants(m): 7:31pm On Jul 22, 2022
OVB123:
Point to me the state in southern part of nigeria that edo state is better than?
Who are you to ask me to point anything to yourself?

Ordinarily, you should be ignored because you clearly have nothing to offer but I only replied to you out of amazement that someone could be so foolish.

Edo State is 7th in terms of internally generated revenue and GDP per State in Nigeria, with agriculture being the major economic activity which is very unique compared to other top 10 states minus Oyo which have mineral extraction as a major economic activity.

See the attached.

Travel › Re: Poor State Of Benin-Auchi Federal Highway (Photos) by SmartyPants(m):
OVB123:
Edo state: one of the most backward state in the entire federation. Headquarters of witches and wizard. God forbid i have anything to do with that state.
Really? A state that is among the best performers in terms of igr?

You sound quite uneducated.

This is coming from the same fool who spells rosy as rousy, while looking for jobs and wondering if he should leave his state to the same Benin:

OVB123:
Hello Nairalanders! Please I really need your help. I am presently living in Portharcourt and things are presently not too rousy (ok) for me. I have been on the streets hustling, all to no availed.
Now I am contemplating relocating from PH and I have been in touch with some of my friends, one base in Asaba, while the other in Benin city. Now I want to ask (please be frank with me) interms of jobs opportunity and low cost of living, between Asaba and Benin City which of this two cities will you advise me relocate to?
Politics › Re: Atiku Says 90% Of Northerners Are Not On Social Media - Sparks Reactions by SmartyPants(m): 12:59pm On Jul 22, 2022
Did he say they are not on social media or he said:

“In the North, 90% of our people are not in tune to social media.”
Business › Re: Nigerians Got Richer As Income Per Capita Surges To $5,250 In 2021 - World Bank by SmartyPants(m): 10:47pm On Jul 21, 2022
dyera:
LoL Seychelles that has a population of 100k people is making the list. Mauritius with a population of 1 million should not even be compared to Nigeria in terms of well-being of the citizens let alone Seychelles. There is no comparison between the difficulty in governing 1 million people and the difficulty in governing 200 million people. It is a lot easier to manage and help 1 million people out of poverty than it is to help 100 million people out of poverty.
I don't know if you realize this but the list is not a competition and there is no prize awarded for being first.

All this defense is not necessary.
Phones › Re: Mark Zuckerberg Shares Photos Of The Cars His Wife And Himself Use by SmartyPants(m): 3:59pm On Jul 21, 2022
MMWandali:
Opposite of being a Nigerian billionaire

Commendable and
Simple

Difference is,
He actually did work for his money
Unlike the politicians in naija
Dangote and Otedola worked for their money of course, even if they did so with help.

Do you know how many people Zukerberg cheated and continues to cheat on his way to the top?
Christianity Etc › Re: Nigerian Man Arrested In Uk For Preaching In An Open Place by SmartyPants(m): 8:13am On Jul 18, 2022
AntiChristian:
So na official church dey make country Christian for your mind?
I don't know what you think it means for a country to be Christian.

But note: I never said the Country is Christian. I said the UK (as a State) is a soft theocracy. Christianity is the official State religion of the UK.
Christianity Etc › Re: Nigerian Man Arrested In Uk For Preaching In An Open Place by SmartyPants(m): 10:12am On Jul 17, 2022
AntiChristian:
I see someone above calling UK Christian country! No wonder they promote LGBTQIA, fornication and abortion. Those are Christian things!

Noise pollution is taken seriously in saner climes! Make them give am three months community service!

If na north he was arrested now hell will break loose!
Na so attention dey hungry you?
Judybash93:
The UK isn't a Christian country. It is a secular country by all standards.
That's a popular misconception. The UK is a soft theocracy. There is an official Church of England, and therefore an official State religion that is practiced in connection with the monarchy.
Crime › Re: Man Stabs Brother To Death While Having Sex With His Wife by SmartyPants(m): 10:03pm On Jul 15, 2022
Massiveglory:
What he did is bad but if he has a good lawyer, he can win in court.
Really? And what will the good lawyer argue?
Celebrities › Re: Lilian Afegbai Narrates How Pickpockets Left Her Stranded In Paris by SmartyPants(m): 6:22pm On Jul 15, 2022
israelp:
I still dy confuse ooo
Card.
Politics › Re: Court Orders An Upward Review Of Judges Salaries by SmartyPants(m): 3:55pm On Jul 15, 2022
Ibechris2:
U cant be a judge in ur own matter...

This is absolutely needless and indeed, null and void.
As simple as.

Early retirement looming for this judge.
Crime › Re: Baba Ijesha To Spend 5 Years In Prison, Not 16 Years by SmartyPants(m): 9:48am On Jul 15, 2022
WibusJaga:
Lawyers too like to de confuse person with long grammar & bloggers go capitalise on people's ignorance to blow things out of proportion & even tell outright lies just to pull traffic.
The grammar isnt long. The problem is that laypersons are lazy and expect bloggers to spell it out for them.

You can easily understand these things if you care to read.
Sports › Re: Watch: Is This The Worst Miss In The History Of Football? by SmartyPants(m): 8:08pm On Jul 13, 2022
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kramer:
Watch closely, he didnt even have to touch that ball at all. It was clearly going in.
That is obvious. But in the heat of the game, things are not as clear to a player as hey may be to you and I watching on tv.

now watch again, and you'll see that he saw the keeper getting up and decided to finish it off. He lunges too early and is off balance when he makes contact with the ball. That should have been a toe-poke but he misses the side of the ball he was aiming for. It was a reasonable train of thought but he made a mistake. It happens.

No one is going to blatantly clear a goal like that if it was match fixing.

As a rule of logic. we should adopt the simplest explanation, which is as simple as he made a mistake.

IT HAPPENS.
Sports › Re: Watch: Is This The Worst Miss In The History Of Football? by SmartyPants(m): 4:03pm On Jul 13, 2022
kramer:
You can't tell me that's not match fixing right there!!

Only other explanation is that he used his weaker foot, but that's very bad
You really think thats how match fixing is done? So obviously??

He was in hurry, lunged and mishit the ball. Thats all.
Politics › Re: Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa: The Futility Of Obi/Baba-Ahmed Ticket by SmartyPants(m): 6:49am On Jul 13, 2022
Finally someone said it.

I started by leaning towards Obi but over time and watching him closely if I vote Obi today it will only be because I believe the South East deserves a fair shot.

Some would say we should depart from APC and PDP, forgetting that Obi only left PDP to Labour on the eve of primaries because he could not win. If Obi could win he would be in PDP today.

And it is undeniable that Obi does not stand for what Labour stands for, so as Wike has said, the man lacks character and integrity. He proved this by denying something he has said on record, more than once. But where he almost lost me was when he pushed the blame to "a youth". Does that sound like a man that really respects the youth?

Listened to the Datti guy as well. Half knowledge of economics so he can say things the masses want to hear but have no substance.

Facts be told, Tinubu is a better technocrat though currently unfit for the position due o his age. Atiku is only disqualified for me, on the basis of politics of ethnicity and religion.

As I said to a friend months ago, the youths should be clamouring for a fresh start not to recyle these old men.
Business › Re: What Business Can One Start With #10m? by SmartyPants(m): 5:22pm On Jul 12, 2022
yunus22:
Sir! I've sent you the pictures of the machine i bought as you requested.
Cheers. Will be in touch
Business › Re: What Business Can One Start With #10m? by SmartyPants(m): 1:54pm On Jul 12, 2022
Deprofessional:
Please potential businesses one can start with the above amount.

Not anything online or cryptocurrency or forex.
A business that revolves around your core skill.
Politics › Re: Northern Governors Angry Over Shettima's Selection As Tinubu's Running Mate by SmartyPants(m): 1:45pm On Jul 12, 2022
KristaPretty:
At this point, I clearly can see that the election is between LP and PDP.

The northern leaders do not like Tinubu as he seems arrogant to me. Northerners like doing their things in unison and the cassava and agbado guy is not one for that.
lol

If Tinubu were to go with their so-called unison he would never have made it this far. Ahmad Lawan would have been be the flagbearer instead.
Politics › Re: Northern Governors Angry Over Shettima's Selection As Tinubu's Running Mate by SmartyPants(m): 1:44pm On Jul 12, 2022
They are disappointed of course because they know hat Shettima is a popular northern candidate that will split votes with Atiku whom they secretly support.
Business › Re: Highest Paid MD/CEOs In Nigeria In 2021 (Photos) by SmartyPants(m): 10:01am On Jul 12, 2022
geezville86:
Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, Austria

Based on Gross Domestic Product.
I thought as much. Compare by GDP per capita. We're obviously far from similar.
Business › Re: Highest Paid MD/CEOs In Nigeria In 2021 (Photos) by SmartyPants(m): 8:37am On Jul 12, 2022
geezville86:
Highest paid (about $900k) is still not comparable with C-Suite Executives in similar economies. Hopefully they have other benefits like stock options or performance bonuses
Which countries are you referring to as similar economies?
Business › Re: Highest Paid MD/CEOs In Nigeria In 2021 (Photos) by SmartyPants(m): 8:32am On Jul 12, 2022
LoneWolf212:
You can still be in your 9 - 5 and be rich but it comes with a price.
No wealth comes without a price.

Even inheritance is conditional.
Politics › Re: Tinubu: Shettima Is Unaware That He’s My Running Mate by SmartyPants(m): 8:47pm On Jul 10, 2022
Built2last:
By chosing to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket in a country like Nigeria and at a time such as now, the one clear message the APC is sending to the Christian Community in Nigeria is; DO YOUR WORST! YOU DON'T COUNT!

Beyond this insult, the most imb£cilic set of idjiots are the people who, in a bid to protect their own intestinal interest, argue that a Muslim-Muslim ticket in a highly volatile multi-religious Nigeria, , doesn't matter as long as they are competent (As if there are no competent Christians in the North). If it doesn't matter, why did some people give that as a condition for supporting Tinubu who himself is a Muslim? This is the fuulish justification we were given when Buhari was filling all sensitive positions with only people from a particular region and religion. Today, how far?

And because for some of our Daddy G.O and Men of God, the bl00d of money appears ticker than the bl00d of Christ, this insult might be left unresponded to. Some of them may even find a way to justify this even if it means standing the Bible on its head like Pastor Poju did when he turned the definition of faith upside down in a desperate bid to disguise his support for Tinubu. Pa Adeboye will deliberately play the 'see no evil and hear no evil' card. Bakare will most definitely find a way to defend this as a way of paying back his debt to Tinubu. No surprise in his own case.

But I trust the irrepressible Bishops David Oyedepo and David Ibiyeomie. Those two have never been found wanting when it comes to defending the interests of their flock.

As for CAN, I want to believe they are preparing a ROBUST counter measure beyond mere rhetorics.
It's an election and every party can field whoever they want. If you don't like their choice and feel insulted, can't you vote frot he party that hasn't insulted you?

Are you compelled to vote APC?
Sports › Re: Southampton Signs Super Eagles Midfielder Joe Aribo From Rangers by SmartyPants(m):
Abujaexpress:
Nice move how?

Is Southampton FC that might be fighting for relegation next season, a better team than Rangers, champions of the Scottish League and will be in Europe next season?

He has got a bad agent, otherwise the best was for the Agent to negotiate for better pay for Joe.
You don't understand football at all.

1. Higher wages

2. Tougher opponents so better self-development

3. Exposure. Even if Southampton go down, must he go down with them?? He can prove himself and move to a bigger club but no big club will sign a player from the Scottish league because the level is not high enough

4. It's the player's dream
Politics › Re: Armed Robbers Attack 7 Flats In Wuse 2, Abuja by SmartyPants(m):
Mutuwa:
Aftermath of Prison break. Could be undecided
Its not any aftermath of prison break. Such attacks are carried out by people who are familiar with the area. Besides escaped prisoners wouldnt move inwards to the city but rather would disperse outwards to other states or rural areas. Unless they want to get caught.
Politics › Re: How Abba Kyari, Others Survived Kuje Prison Attack by SmartyPants(m): 3:27pm On Jul 09, 2022
JASONjnr:
The prison invasion is a set up and the government is totally aware and this news will be sweep under the carpet very soon....


I will worry less about it.... The two officers that queried and told the masses that the military left the area not too long, were arrested....


Ever wondered why our military and Boko Haram seems to be the same?

E clear you say the Army isn't ready to end the insurgency just yet? Say e fit be say them de work together...
Where did you hear this?
Crime › Re: Kuje Jailbreak: Hassan, Fleeing Boko Haram Member Recaptured In Nasarawa by SmartyPants(m): 10:01am On Jul 09, 2022
yinkus6750:
Haaaaaaa
How did he moved, how was he recaptured ?
Thought they all went. Ack to sambisa forest ?
Good intelligence work.
Do you know the distance from Abuja to Sambisa?
Politics › Re: UK, US warn residents against travel near Kuje prison, 19 states by SmartyPants(m): 6:14am On Jul 07, 2022
Racoon:
Even the US where active shooters are always on the prowl is also issuing travelling advisory?
A travel advisory is intended for their own citizens. I'm sure you dont mean to say that just because they have problems at home, they shouldn't take care of their citizens abroad?
Crime › Re: Nigerian Teenagers Jailed In The UK As A Result Of Telegram Chat by SmartyPants(m): 3:52pm On Jul 06, 2022
Entanglement:
Because he is black undecided
Why can't they jailed those teenager white who say alot of derogatory things on Instagram and telegram
It's because he provided the address of a person who had been named for a hit. That makes him a co-conspirator to murder.

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