₦airaland Forum

Islie:
Seems most thieves are now teens who are so occupied in making money instead of going to school and get an education

SOMEHOW you wouldn't blame them, cause the country now appreciates big cash and not good heads... Sometimes i dnt knw who to blame. Is it the leaders? Circumstance? Parenting? Or lack of self discipline?

chrisxxx:
So Amaechi can fight this dirty? I am more ashamed of Amaechi and his APC propaganda. Wike you must act to see Buhari and clarify him with some of your actions or Amaechi will put you both on collision course. I know Wike would not fight the presidency. He is not daft like Amaechi to underestimate the power of presidency. Not being in same political party with the president does not make you both enemies. We want development for Nigerians and Rivers people though party affiliations might differ. Wike I know will work with Buhari to the shame of Amaechi and his cohorts.
If you believe this rumour you are a learner. Over 40% of Wike's votes were got from non-indigenes. Sacking them from their source of income is not the best way to appreciate them. Wike had some non-indigenes working under him when he was the council chairman of Obio/Akpor LGA.

u mean Wike that called Buhari "BRAINLESS OLD MAN FROM THE NORTH" during his campaigne at Alimini-elele? U must be joking that APC as a whole znt agnst Wike

SeductiveAngela:
Btw, i thought the Igbos told us that they are the owners of PH. I thought they told us that Rivers state would be part of their Biafra Republic. Wike abeg sharp sharp sack all the non-indigenes in the River state civil service commission

lol this is FOOLISHNESS BEEN PREMIERED INNA 10HD camera...
Can't u percieve that ur mouth smells more than ur pvssy? When ever i see eediots like u i wonda hw jobless this country is

SeductiveAngela:
Btw, i thought the Igbos told us that they are the owners of PH. I thought they told us that Rivers state would be part of their Biafra Republic. Wike abeg sharp sharp sack all the non-indigenes in the River state civil service commission

lol this is FOOLISHNESS BEEN PREMIERED INNA 10HD camera...
Can't u percieve that ur mouth smells more than ur pvssy? When ever i see eediots like u i wonda hw jobless this country is

Am here to read n learn also

last year, i came across an autistic child name Ahmed along Woji-slaughter road PH..he was very skilled in drawing..so ma question is, what's the connection between AUTISM n DRAWING? Since autism wudnt mk a child tu b connected to the society..thank u

Ilekeh:
Thank you. The stupid media is focusing on irrelevant stuff.

Imagine calling Michael Brown an adult at age 18 and the terrorist Dylan Roof a child at age 21.

And these cops even took him to Burger king after arresting him. Wtf

lol.. U mean it? Burger King?
Kai! Dats racism at it Everest

Ilekeh:
Thank you. The stupid media is focusing on irrelevant stuff.

Imagine calling Michael Brown an adult at age 18 and the terrorist Dylan Roof a child at age 21.

And these cops even took him to Burger king after arresting him. Wtf

lol ..u mean it? Burger King?
Kai! Dats racism at it Everest

Feranmicharles:
Its very funny trend its been treninding since yesternight


#itsOnlyInNigeria that an artiste would have two names and it'll be same. TUNDE EDNUT,now rearrange it backwards

lol guy thank u oo..u jux kick away my ignorance..i been no notice am

Feranmicharles:
Its very funny trend its been treninding since yesternight


#itsOnlyInNigeria that an artiste would have two names and it'll be same. TUNDE EDNUT,now rearrange it backwards

lol guy thank u oo..u jux kick away my ignorance..i been no notice am

My votes goes out to
JARIZOD SOSIQDUDE LEKINZ RAPLAWD IAMKINGZLEE TOMFRENCH AKPOSY SCENTMARLC
success tu y'all bro

My votes goes out to

JARIZOD
SOSIQDUDE
LEKINZ
RAPLAWD
IAMKINGZLEE
TOMFRENCH
AKPOSY
SCENTMARLC

success tu y'all bro

cc : NLjega

N-word to me means nothing. Just stop the discrimination n killins of the blacks in Texas n Ferguson

After all this TANoids will come-out to say that, Amaechi did nothing in Rivers state.. Stewpid set of ppl

Snail kwa? hmmm

Hmm hmmm

Lol Contractor sorry oo..PDP no go pay u oo..after that Hate-campaign una do..see d outcome Lol Contractor sorry oo..PDP no go pay u oo..after that Hate-campaign una do..see d outcome

Ehyaa Tinubu boys pleading for position since 1700 B.C
well thats good for democracy

VictoriaBee:
King depicts male gender and a female can never be one. That's synonymuous to saying where in the bible was a man made queen.
There are countless of bible verses adoring queens.

Psalm 45

9. Kings' daughtes are among your honourable women.
At your right hand stands the queen in gold from ophir.

u b hunter? u just de beat around d bush...u'r tryno giv ursef hope

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to upturn the status of some traditional rulers in state who are believed to have been favoured by the former Governor Rotimi Amaechi for political expediency while he will restore the status of those allegedly victimized unjustly by the ex-governor.

In furtherance of his desire to correct what what he regards as “unfortunate politicisation of the traditional institution” by the former governor, he said: “I have sent an Executive Bill to the Rivers House of Assembly to repeal some sections of the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council law, which the former Governor hurriedly passed in one of the rooms in Government House”.

Wike said in the implementation of the obnoxious law, some traditional stools were hurriedly upgraded from third to first class and some had their status withdrawn from them,Pm news reports.

He said some traditional rulers were also arbitrarily promoted above their peers and when the new Assembly passes the his Executive Bill into law, his administration would correct the injustices and arbitrariness.

The governor who appeared on popular news and current affairs interactive programme of Silverbird FM radio in Port Harcourt decried a situation where some hitherto revered traditional rulers dabbled into politics.

He specifically cited example where the Chairman of the state traditional council allegedly sent text messages to some traditional rulers not to attend ceremonies when the former president (Goodluck Jonathan) came to the state to address the people of the state.

“How can you do that? How can you tell traditional rulers not to listen their President who wants to address them? As a traditional ruler you don’t dabble into politics. When Mr A from PDP visits your palace you bless him and when another from APC visits you bless him too and all you tell them is to ensure there is peace in the state. But if you do anything contrary to that there is dire consequences,” Wike cautioned

Wike also alleged that a particular traditional ruler from Isiokpo, headquarters of Ikwerre local government area of the state went to the extent of taking a full page advertorial condemning his governorship ambition during the campaign period.

The governor stated that the traditional ruler stated in the sponsored advertorial that Ikwerre people are not greedy for an Ikwerre (Wike) to succeed Amaechi also an Ikwerre.

The state governor further alleged that the former governor dethroned a traditional ruler for daring to welcome him and his campaign team in his palace during campaign period, while someone who was no longer a chief in his (Wike’s) community, Rumuepricom, Obio-Akpor local Government was made a traditional ruler.

However, Chidi Lloyd, the former Leader of the 7th Rivers House of Assembly disagreed with Wike on the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers law. He said that he was sure Wike had not read through the law the former lawmakers passed before condemning it. He said the new law passed was made to reflect the current realities aimed at “strengthening and empowering the traditional institution but not to make them partisan,” Lloyd posited.

culled from : http://www.chichinwaafrica.com/2015/06/see-what-wike-is-planning-to-do.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

VictoriaBee:
Quote a bible verse that supports women are below men except submission in marriage. Thanks

lol...and you forgot that marriage was the only connection that really brought this sexes together? that a man would lord over his wife nt the oda way round..where in tha two holy books that a lady was made king?

I do not see how we will ever solve the turbulent problem of race confronting our nation until there is an honest confrontation with it and a willing search for the truth and a willingness to admit the truth when we discover it.”

-- Martin Luther King Jr., “The Other America,” 1968

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Earlier this year, I wrote an article for Aeon magazine called "Running Amok: The Crisis and Opportunity of Mass Shootings in America," (link is external) followed by a short referential blogpost here at Psych Unseen: "Mass Shootings in America: Crisis and Opportunity." In a sentence, these could be summarized by saying that the usual culprits brought forth to explain mass shootings, like guns and mental illness, should be viewed skeptically and that the underlying roots of such behavior are more deeply ingrained within human instinct and behavior.

Just a few months have passed and all too soon we have another mass shooting. We're saddened, horrified, and outraged by the events that occurred at a church in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this week, if maybe just a little bit more inured to it all. But the lesson in the seeming frequency of mass murder and my claim that such events cannot be explained away by mental illness (a claim similarly made the other day in this article from Slate magazine ), isn't that we should become desensitized to violence or accept it, with nothing to be done to prevent future acts. On the contrary, if we begin with the premise that mass murder isn't typically perpetrated by some inexplicable "other" that can be swept under the rug of insanity, we can come to see how the seeds of hate and murder lie within us all and within the fabric of our society. Once we come to that realization, we can assume a responsibility that we can and must all do our parts to curb violence.

This week's tragedy seems to offer a kind of case in point, with an opportunity to learn how we might move forward. Let's start with my standard Goldwater Rule disclaimer (see this past blogpost for my explanation of this ethical guideline for psychiatrists) — professionally speaking, I don't know anything about the suspect arrested for the Charleston shootings. Sure, we've all heard a bit of rumor, but in the fog of mass murder, we really don't know much. One article describes the alleged shooter as “quiet and strange,” as if that's telling. Another piece posted shortly after the suspect's arrest provides a very short list of "everything" we know about him thus far (link is external), claiming that the alleged shooter is a "pill-popping racist." Finally, in the midst of polemics about whether racism was to blame, this New York Times suggests that, yes, yes it was

And so, while we still don't know enough, the available evidence presented through the (often unreliable) media suggests that the shooting was indeed racially motivated — an unfortunately classic example of a "hate crime," in this case targeting African Americans. Along a backdrop of cases highlighting the potential mistreatment of African Americans by police over the past year, it would seem that racism is the topic of the hour. And, as Martin Luther King Jr. said back in 1968 (see the quotation above), it’s something that needs to be talked about honestly, with a willingness to accept the truth.

So let’s talk about racism. Many of us prefer to think that racism isn’t that big of a deal anymore, with this kind of denial coming in two flavors. One says that we’ve come a long way from the days of slavery and segregation, with a black president and whites potentially destined for minority status. Another concedes that racism may still be a problem within certain people or certain pockets of America, but not among those of us who sat watching 12 Years a Slave (link is external) in horror and moral outrage. But the truth is that, psychologically speaking, racism is a reality and, as a reflection of evolution-driven tribalism, it’s in our DNA.

In the psychological literature, one aspect of racism is studied within a construct called “implicit bias.” As explained by the National Center for State Courts, “unlike explicit bias (which reflects the attitudes or beliefs that one endorses at a conscious level), implicit bias is the bias in judgment and/or behavior that results from subtle cognitive processes (e.g., implicit attitudes and implicit stereotypes) that often operate at a level below conscious awareness and without intentional control.” (link is external) In other words, as was the conclusion of a 2002 paper called “Why Can’t We Just Get Along? Interpersonal Biases and Interracial Distrust,” it appears that racism is often “subtle, often unintentional, and unconscious.”1

Now, before you affirm to yourself where you stand on how pervasive implicit biases about race are, click through to the Harvard University’s Project Implicit website (link is external), and take the Implicit Association Test (IAT) labeled “Race IAT.” Then, while you’re at it, try the Skin-Tone IAT, the Presidents IAT, the Weapons IAT, the Arab-Muslim IAT, the Sexuality IAT, the Weight IAT, or any of the others. Needless to say, the results may surprise you. I took several of the tests recently and let's just say that some of the results made me more than a little uncomfortable. And even if you’re African American yourself (or belong to another group against which people hold implicit biases), I suspect that your own test results might be at least as unsettling.

Now, to be clear, the results of the race-related IATs shouldn’t be taken to mean that you are or aren’t a racist.2 Rather, they highlight how implicit biases about race are ingrained in our both culture and our individual minds, regardless of our own identities or socio-political views (for a characteristically eloquent but entertaining illustration of this reality, see Muhammed Ali’s classic BBC interview from back in 1971 (link is external)). In that sense, racism is undeniable.

Once we acknowledge the prevalence of implicit biases about race, we can start to think about ways to change for the better. How do we do that? Several findings from research with the IAT offer some possibilities. On the discouraging side, a recent study suggests that the very act of taking the IAT make actually reduce positive interracial interactions,3 at least in the short-term, laboratory setting where “priming effects” may not be translatable to the real world. Likewise, holding the belief that race biases are fixed and unchangeable seems to be associated with overcompensation and efforts to end interracial interactions as soon as possible.4 On a more positive note however, believing that race biases are malleable seems to foster better interracial interactions. Finally — and this should come as no surprise — people who have interethnic friends tend to have less implicit race biases as measured by the IAT.5

Which brings us back to mass shootings and what we can do to prevent them. To begin with, we have to understand that there is no one single cause of mass murder. While I often argue that mental illness is a convenient, but inaccurate explanation, sometimes people with serious mental illness do commit murder. Just so, not all mass shootings are motivated by racism, though some certainly have been — the 2011 Norway attacks (link is external) and the 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shootings (link is external) (a case for which I interviewed the perpetrator, while assisting with his psychiatric evaluation) readily come to mind.

If there is a common unifying thread to mass shootings, it's that they're carried out by people — mostly men — without well-defined mental illness who take certain beliefs to an extreme and carry out their aggressions on some perceived “others.” Such beliefs, which are often socio-political or religious in nature, are the kinds of beliefs and biases that we all harbor to some degree, just as we all tend to engage in divisions of “us” and “them.” As the IAT demonstrates, racism is a prime example of the kind of seed of violence that spans a continuum from all of us to the mass murderer at other end of the spectrum.

Accepting the premise that the roots of violence lie within us all doesn’t mean that we’re all closet murderers — for the vast majority of us, taking another human life is a bright line that we wouldn’t cross in most circumstances. But it does mean that typical motives for mass murder and the emotions they’re grounded in — aggression, hate, and revenge directed at an “other” — represent “you or me… amplified.”6

Taking a page from IAT research, it’s important to think of these motives — even if they are “normal” to some degree — as modifiable. It's vital to not let ourselves become inured to violence no matter its frequency. Nor, for that matter, should we allow our racial biases to write some violence off as status quo, as we're prone to do with the alarming rates of murder among black youth living in certain pockets of urban America, like Chicago

Then, just as perpetrators of mass violence inevitably target those that are viewed as “others,” we must not fall into the easy trap of painting the mass shooter, or the person on the path towards such violence, in the same way, as something that lies so far outside of ourselves that we can dismiss it as "evil" or "insanity." The roots of mass murder are much more integral and insidious than that, like cancer that's born within our own bodies of cells gone awry.

In a multicultural society, we need to engage in more multicultural interaction. We need to make more friends with people who aren’t like us and encourage discussions of opposing views that don't quickly descend into hateful bickering, like they often do in online commentaries. By doing so, we can all do our part to work on our implicit biases about those that we might view with fear, misunderstanding, and aggression, in order to foster a more peaceful society. By commiting to that within a culture, perhaps we can in turn temper the rageful passions of those few outliers who pursue a more violent path.

culled from :https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psych-unseen/201506/when-racism-motivates-violence

nice move...seems like work just started

Proffdada:
I trust Yoruba never grace an occasion without inviting all their relatives, therefore igbo 6;yoruba raise to power X, where X is any integer greater than 6

lmfao ...guy abegi no killi me witi laffu

Bobbystanley:
We are here.

The yellowbars bought there own award.

It was the igbo guys that merited it

when it starts, i wud be watchin from d sidelines.. nairaland gangsters that acts worst compare to a pregnant stagnant gossiping housewives

carry go

kossyablaze:
Igbo 2 : 2 Yoruba....lol no tribal comments this time I guess.

mtchwww just wait n see dem...they'r just warming up from tha background

misssclassy:
[color=#000050]First of all, most Nairaland feminists are smarter and more intelligent than their other female counterparts.
Prove me wrong if you can.

Now watch as I debunk your baseless claims.

1. Feminists are not extremely rude. In fact, they are very polite. It's only when you provoke or insult them that they show you their other sides.

2. Like I said before, Nairaland feminists are not rude or disrespectful. If by being respectful you mean "licking asss" or being sycophantic in their comments, then you must be on a long thing, because We don't like asss.

3. Feminists don't hate men. We only hate the fact that men feel they are better or of a higher class than us. And as such we should treat them like our superiors and accord them such respect.
Feminism is all about a believe in the equality of the sexes so if we see a man who feels he is above us, or he is more superior than us, we will prove to him that he is not. Not that we hate him.

4. Nairaland feminists are not biased. I myself I am not biased. I say things as I see them and I know a lot of ladies who aren't biased in anyway.



5. Feminists are not delusional to themselves or the society.
And who the hell told you that feminists find single or divorced mother more appealing?
A lot of feminists embrace the concept of marriage and long for the day they get married. The only thing is that she would want her husband to respect her views on feminism, even if he doesn't support it.
Come on, there are acclaimed feminists who are happily married. You have the likes of Beyonce and Chimamanda

6)I don't know where you got this idea from but you are wrong. Most feminists here on nairaland are not even married so how would they understand a marriage situation and what to do when they have issues.
That being said, a feminist would never advice a lady to leave her marriage because of simple issues that can be handled through other means.
Except the person isn't using her brains.

7)There are many Nairalander who are championing the cause of feminism and at the same time are still dedicated to their religions.

8 )You are the one making a hasty generalization with this point you gave.
Everyone has a right to their opinion and views. You can't force someone to join in your cause. Because someone doesn't support your views doesn't mean the person is "bad"
Feminists don't see men who don't share their views in the way you just described.

9) I am a feminist and I won't describe myself as naïve. I have had experiences in life and those experiences have shaped my mind and the way I view things.
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Whats d need of feminism? since d two known religion teaches that the male counterparts are greater than their female countparts?
the day women will be on a equal scale with men, trust me the world would become unbearable for all

my votes goes to

SNAZZY5050
WENSON
SCENTMARLC
LEKINZ
IAMSYNORD
SOSIQDUDE
RAPLAWD
TOLZEAL
OFFICIALCART3RG
JAYHANS
IAMKINGZLEE
SWAGGAVILLAGE

GOODLUCK TO U GUYS,,SORRY I MEAN BUHARI TU U ALL

HarkymTheOracle:
Am Yoruba but am proud of my igbo brodas.

God bless you brother... Dats d kind of love i want in Nigeria..forget abt this low-life ppl

Kwakwaso spking gibberish since day 1

Making nigeria proud since day 1 ... The tribal bigots are loosing their members on NL

Arrest that kwarapt pwaulitishan.. Change has kam tu stay... Send him tu West Germany

So this crook want to decieve us ehh? No be u helep Saraki n Dogara? U think sey wey no knw

Let them pay salaries...i dnt fvcking care bout tha insight