₦airaland Forum

PrinceMajestic:
I was taught by people who would off their queen and play me blindfold and still mate me, I learned the hard way. I was forced to read chess books of world grandmasters like Rybka, karukan etc I was forced to memorize each single 64 squares of the board in my head like my teachers, I've repped my varsity, and my town in local competition,

Your teachers did a bad job by making you memorize instead of teaching you the nuances of chess strategy which is basically about acquiring small advantages and exploiting such and transforming them into bigger advantages. It could be spatial advantage, lead in tempo; better pawn structure or 2 bishop advantage; control of files, ranks or diagonals. These are themes and they need to be memorized.

I've gone for competition and also met people better than I am but in all my chess life I never met a woman in all my competition
that's why I am boldly saying what I said about female players. I don't talk much

How could you have met a woman in the competitions you went for when the female category is always separated from the male category except for very few tournaments.

And like someone pointed out, only a fish would brag about playing queenless against a Nigerian female champion. And you aren't a Nigerian male champion yourself !?

DeepRoyal:
You are mad.

I don't have any issues with what you wrote,heck I didn't even read it but PLEASE don't ever say Yorubas are not supporting Obi

When LP did it's walk in Oyo, Lagos , when people turned up for Obi in Osun, were they all igbos?

I am not a tribalistic fellow and this is my first time ranting here but fvck any Igbo who thinks the Yorubas are not supporting Obi.

I am Yoruba and I support Obi with my full chest, so do other millions of Yoruba and if you or any other Igbo play the tribal card again, saying Yorubas do not support Obi then you will comeback with and thank us your brothers after we have united with other tribes to bring Obi in or can you do it alone?

I have had cause in the past to discourage one other guy who expressed the same sentiments the poster you quoted expressed.

And it would appear that this opinion is aimed at belittling the efforts of South Westerners in the LP in case Obi wins. I would not be surprised if it is later said that no South Westerners voted for him if he wins.

I have heard it said here severally that Yorubas did not contribute to GEJ's ascension to Presidency! I have heard it said here severally that Yorubas have not contributed to the PDP development. Of course, these are fallacious claims!

Look at how conveniently the poster mentioned that Anambra voted for Abiola (which is a fact) but he side stepped the fact that the other South Eastern states did not vote for him and that is their inalienable right for which they should not be crucified in my sincere opinion. So how come the Yorubas get insulted collectively because some of them aren't supporting Obi?!

These issues call for some introspection.

Agboriotejoye:
What did he steal from Kogi state
You actually believe he illegally acquired the cement company but somehow got his hands on the C of O?

I am not saying he did but couldn't he have gotten the C of O through the typical Nigerian "Paddy Paddy" arrangement while the then powers that be would be bribed! Many shady transactions go on in government circles in this country so while I will not condemn Dangote yet; I will equally not be too quick to rule out underhand dealings.

simplesearch:
1 Corinthians 7:2 (KJV) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.


You can see from the above it is one man to one woman and vice versa.

CAVEAT: I DO NOT APPROVE OF POLYGAMY FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

However beyond my personal reason, the verse you quoted up there can be argued not to have expressly disapproved polygamy.

The verse only stated people should avoid fornication by getting married. Technically, that may be interpreted to mean that a man legally married to more than one wife is allowed to enjoy conjugal bliss. It would appear as if that verse you quoted only forbids extra marital affairs.

I would like to be corrected by supporting verses though the cause the verse you quoted in isolation doesn't do justice to your thesis.

franchasofficia:
This is the problem Bola Tinubu has, he was able to pocket Lagos state and some Southwest states from being a poor boy born into wretched family

Is this for politics or what? How on earth do you term a family as "wretched"? Please let us learn to choose our words wisely. I am sure you wouldn't like for someone to refer to your family as wretched because of the actions or inactions of one of your family members.

pocohantas:
Our security agencies are too ignorant. Are they educated at all? Maybe they know these things but choose to feign ignorance just to extort citizens.

Everything is yahoo to them.

Most of them are not educated while some are semi-illiterates. The few ones that are really educated would hide behind the cover that the officialdom provides to extort victims by feigning ignorance of the legitimacy of some online businesses.

kingreign:
Imagine how Nigerians behave like like deranged hoodlums when they go abroad and then the host country authorities enact stricter rules against Nigerians willing to go abroad.

Rip to the deceased!

Most Nigerians are just sick in the head! You complain about bad leadership in your country and get to travel to another country only to go and indulge in criminalities and other vices. Is the leadership there too bad or what?

Faber:
I should avoid you, you brought this disgrace upon yourself, by mentioning me in the first place.

Anyways I blame your mom for giving the world a nuisance like you. She would have saved the world of a hooligan like you by simply aborting you.

Hooligan is someone who speaks ill of people's daughters by sexualizing them and being stupid while not being productively engaged. So the world here knows who the hooligan is!

Hooligan is someone who insults people old enough to be his uncle by telling them to get out. Again, it is not difficult to identify who the hooligan is.

A mannerless idiot like you would not understand who is disgracing himself, even if the person stares back at you in the mirror.

Faber:
The last time I checked you're a poverty stricken, stinking negroe from a shithole. So why are you bragging about speaking or writing in a language that belongs to another man. You're not proud of your forefathers who communicated in their original native language, which ipso facto connotes you are not proud of your heritage, your ancestry and your roots. So how then can you prove to me that you are not suffering from identity crisis.

You see why I told you that fools grow old two. See the old age of Methuselah have nothing to do with the wisdom of Solomon. Who old age epp.
Mumu man show me a single American that speaks a Nigerian native language perfectly. Therefore then, I can decide to speak or write any foreign language anyhow I like.

Finally you said I should communicate in my native language right? That's good oya take am..

Anu ofia, Nne gi bu akwuna akwuna...a kwu oto tuba nne gi ime. Ya mere e jiri muo onye ara dika gi.

Wasted sperm

I see that you speak better in your native language native fellow forming what he is not.

Laughing out loud at poverty stricken. Idiot forming Mark Zuckerberg + Bill Gate. You are a wretched boy.

Shit hole! Is that all you got? Avoid me henceforth, don't let me add to your burden.

Faber:
Ancient man, it have been proved times without number that old age doesn't mean you are wise. You can have grey hairs and still be a fool, fools grow old too...

Fooolish man like you

Fools like you should pray to see old age because how do you see that which you despise?! You are cursed, idiot. Either your parents failed to train you or you refused their parental counsel, you will be taught from outside. slowpoke. See the idiot that should spend time reading brighter grammar spewing nonsense! If conversing in English language challenges your capacity, kindly reply in your native language.

Faber:
Taa get out. Na folks like your misbehave around these hungry, clout chasing bitches everywhere. What's so special in a lady being a shoe maker. Even the person who first invented shoes is not making noise.

We too dey promote and celebrate mediocrity in this shithole

Are you mad or something. Do I sound like one of your age mates that you engage in insults with? Get out Kee you there! Idiot, so when you guys are old enough to use handsets, the next thing is to come online and be misbehaving! I am waiting for your stupid response, mannerless idiot.

Faber:
For una mind now, this one na wife material. Shoe makers don widen this one pussy, e go even accommodate that Tinubu Agbado gym bike.

Fear Nigeria girls doing professions meant for men. They hardly stay professional. Shoe makers are known randy men, especially in Aba. So I pity for who go simpingly go wife this one.

Finally, her shoes na wash, I don patronise her before.

Can you please have some decency! Is this the way you go about sexualizing all young girls around you? For someone who can as well be your kid sister, this is not cool.

ZUBY77:
That's how they sold poor people's vehicles to fund campaign.

Don't bring this into politics! Poor people who drive against the traffic at the risk of knocking down and killing people deserve no pity.

Redstubpen:
I am a qualified Legal practitioner of 10 years post call experience in one of the western state from a Federal University. I also have an ACCA Certificate in International Financial Reporting. I was doing fairly well in my craft/ private legal practice. until sometime around 2020 that I had a medical condition that almost claimed or altered my life but for providence. I was grounded in the Teaching Hospital for 3 months, during that time I went through so many things , even an elaborate surgical procedure that lasted for about 5 hours.

Long after the successful completion of my hospital stay and I'm still here trying to pick and string up the broken and disjointed pieces of my life together. It is taking long because I couldn't even get an office and furnish it with little but necessary details. Considering where I am coming from ,without any proper support system, I am back trying to better my lot in a state that's not so financially viable.

I am very sure there are successful lawyers on this forum in bigger cities and I hope someone somewhere will connect with my plight and bring me on board, give me a leverage or support me with the wherewithal I am lacking in rebuilding my career interests. I could also veer into other spheres of Law, particularly finance and other niche.

I would also be willing to undergo a mentoring process with anyone who will patiently see to my growth and career well-being. I'm overwhelmed, slowly sliding into depression and my present condition is far less than desirable. I am going to provide proof on request. My condition and position is 100% genuine.

Advice, Encouragement and Support is welcome

I'm 35 BTW....

Why don't make this a fresh topic so that it can attract a wider audience. You can tag the mods to help you move it to the front page when you do.

SmartyPants:
Are you a mad man? Am I owing you??

I gave you 50k out of 70k you initially said you needed. Then you came back asking for 120k more, to expand a business you haven't yet started.

Are you serious at all?

And did you give me money to keep for you??

Let this rubbish stop immediately.

This one is loud! Like seriously, I don't believe anybody would feel that entitled! Is this some kind of cruise or what?

ITbomb:
Do you think it is their choice to stay in a one bedroom apartment?

It may not be their choice to stay in a one room apartment but it is their choice to either make love in the presence of their child or not to. They can do whatever they want to do while the child isn't in the room.

Greatdand007:
Which one is best to learn

They are all good. It depends on your interest.

Temmylee01:
me that I'm in Abuja really need to learn it but don't know where or how to get a tutor. Watching videos on YouTube doesn't cut it actually

What exactly do you want to learn, you might just be fortunate to get someone to take you under his/her wings.

But wait a second. At the start of this war, I read so many monikers right here on this blog that were praising Putin to high heavens but they have all gone quiet. This life, it is better for you to use your senses before 'dem go use you'.

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smartest option is to add a coach or another state train on that track

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Well, I am not privy to the laws that regulate rail tracks in Nigeria. However, I am aware that these things aren't as straight forward as they seem. For instance, what is the position of the current laws about States government being able to add coaches to Federal Railway tracks, is it permitted or not?

If State Governments and other entities weren't permitted to generate and distribute power using the PHCN infrastructures I would not assume that any state government can just put it's coach on the FG's tracks.

Saying that they would construct a rail line from Oyinbo to Agbado is another of their usual lies thinking that we would not see through their bullshit

Again, you may be right to be cynical but cynicism wouldn't take us anywhere. Do they tell lies yes they sometimes do. But at least there were things they promised and they delivered, so it is our responsibility to hold them to account with respect to any unfulfilled promises they have made.

obynzo:
I hate people who are not sincere how many towns are in Lagos to Agbado route? These same towns are already covered in the current Lagos to Kano rail that Amaechi modernized that runs through Abeokuta.

Yes, you have a point that most of the towns are covered in the Lagos-Kano Rail, but the guy you quoted (christistruth00) also raised a valid point which is about the frequency of operations. Like he pointed out, Lagos-Kano trains may not be able to ply the Lagos-Ogun route as many times as the dwellers would want. For instance, before the FG train moves from Lagos-Ibadan-Kano and come back for another haul, a Lagos-Ogun train would have covered that same short route several times and that would be some relief to commuters.

NinjaXmetahuman:
Generate revenue from cocaine?

How? genius

Ndlea should sell it themselves to the youths or other countries where cocaine is legal and put the money in government pause?

Do you know any other country making legal money from cocaine?

As in, I sometimes weep at the level of ignorance displayed by the so called youths and leaders of tomorrow. So, apparently if that guy that you responded to were to be the President he would seek ways to resell the coke after the seizure!

Agboola321:
My post was never about the auctioning of vehicles. Those vehicles are supposed to be impounded. I was talking about the 3 years imprisonment if that was true.

You get?

Okay, now I get you. I don't actually believe that part though except there were other crimes. Traffic offences do not carry any jail terms to the best of my knowledge.

Agboola321:
Traffic offence is a crime but I feel the rule is quite harsh if he had to spend 3 years in prison. That's a whole lot.

LASG should come up with a more refined and humane approach.

Honestly, I don't understand why we think the seizure and auctioning of of the vehicles of one-way traffic offenders! People are demanding for leniency for them.

But wait a minute, the people that one-way traffic offenders have killed or wounded didn't have the chance to plead for leniency for their lives.

Alpharey:
No matter how rich one can be. Paying a fine of even #10000 per driving offence will reset the person's head. Doling out money is never easy no matter how rich you are.

I agree with you that monetary fine should deter people from commiting offences such as driving against the traffic, ideally.

However, the statistics and what we encounter on the Nigerian roads suggest that fines do not discourage our country people from commiting such crimes.

For instance, I am aware that people are made to pay hefty fines and made to go for psychiatric evaluation for driving one-way in Lagos State, yet people still commit these crimes!

LASTMA personnel extort people for these same offences, so ordinarily one would think that the people would avoid having to pay such needless monies either to the Government as legitimate fines or to the rogue LASTMA officials. But our people aren't bothered.

Therefore, it may well be the time for a couple more of vehicles to be impounded and auctioned. Maybe, we will learn to behave properly on the roads.

Millimann:
Why not impose fines rather.

I guess the authorities now understand that imposition of fines haven't been working because our people will just say "shebi na money, e no go pass fine" and they will continue to flout the law, especially driving one-way. I see a lot of folks expressing anger at the Lagos State Government because of the auction of these vehicles. However, those who have lost their loved ones to the recklessness of the one-way traffic offenders would applaud this move.

Our people should learn not to endanger other people's lives by flouting traffic laws.

DON'T DRIVE AGAINST THE TRAFFIC.

fergie001:
The problem of PDP is not in Ayu's resignation at all but in the new composition of the Party.

If Ayu resigns today, Umar Iliya Damagum from Yobe State becomes PDP National Chair. That is the PDP Constitution unless there is a re-composition of the NWC.

If a Southerner is picked after Ayu's resignation, there surely will be litigations.

Is it impossible for Ayu and Iliya Damagum to resign to accommodate the Southern interest? Was Ayu not aware when he made the promise to step down, if a northerner emerged as the PDP presidential candidate? If promises can be so easily broken now, what happens if Atiku wins the Presidential election?

Icumsa45:
I guess you can eat the meat raw because their beef is well treated, if na your locality you dey, sure tapeworm for you.

I am not sure there will be any tapeworm left if the op cooked the stew for 1 hour 45 minutes like he said.

Deeprooted:
We have suffered so much in our country that every little good thing seems too good to be true to us. I understand your standpoint so I don't need you to believe me.

It is the disbelief for me. And why anyone believes that they are entitled to your attempt to convince them is even baffling for me.

Antioxidant:
We miss you so much Kemi Adeosun. She almost finished the job.

Honestly, Adeosun seems to have managed the economy of the country better than the current minister of finance. Perhaps, there exogenous circumstances beyond the control of the current minister of finance though. One may not be able to tell.

wizzybobo:
Wow. 54000 fraudulent payroll entries is unfathomable. Why can't FG manage its payroll entries effectively?

Sorry, the FG will manage it's payroll through Nigerians, and sadly most Nigerians are criminally minded.

olisaEze:
Although the buck stops at the president’s table, Nigeria is the way it is today because the SW sold a defective product to the rest of the country

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Narratives such as the one you expressed in your post is insulting to the other ethnic groups of Nigeria by implying that they don't have a mind of their own and they couldn't recognize a 'defective product' that the south west packaged for them.

My advice to people who have candidates to sell to the South westerners is to do so by enumerating the strengths of their candidates. Any attempt to guilt-trip the South-westerners into supporting any candidate will be counter-productive.

It was asinine talks like this that led to GEJ developing frosty relationships with Yoruba political leaders (starting with OBJ) when some people began to belittle the Yorubas' contribution to his electoral fortunes. Even though the gentleman tried to make amends, it proved to be a little too late.