₦airaland Forum

Southernigbo:
Why are southerners so weak na, why can't they deploy their arsenal and contest, why zoning?

If we want to jettison zoning then let's jettison quota system and the educationally disadvantaged rubbish where a Northerner needs only a score of 2-10% to gain admission to federal schools.

AbdulHakeem44:
The beating was too much and they beat so blindly that the cane could hit any part of her body especially the eye. The beating was too much. Meanwhile, it is not only Muslims that beat kids like this, the act should be condemned generally.

I agree with you that such an act should be condmned generally. There is no excuse for such barbarity.

AbdulHakeem44:
Like I said many people who are commenting do not know have first hand information about the issue, they are only being emotional. Are u aware that it is the parents of those students that actually called the teacher and principal of the Arabic school, criticizing them for not punishing the students for the behavior?

This excuse doesn't suffice at all. Does it mean that if the parents of the concerned students ask the principal and the teacher to put their fingers in the fire, they would?

Some adherents of Islam need to do away with some extremities. I respect people's choices to practice their religions but the flogging of these students in such inhumane manner is condemnable.

Smithkafors:
It's OK.... The Dave umahi just scored an own goal. He could have stayed back in PDP.

Well, perhaps Umahi's decamping to APC might have jolted PDP out of her slumber and that could well be the reason why the PDP is considering a Southern presidential candidate now.

SarkinYarki:
See the idiot we were all begging Buhari to forgive

I only marveled at the foolishness of some Southerners that clamoured for the release of this man; he is as crazy as they come.

Akharmony:
Do you know that this is what an ordinary yoruba is capable of doing. They can compromise and bend at any given point in time. i think now it has become a tradition.

Don't pollute this space with your tribal sentiments. The Yorubas never liked FFK because of his antecedents; it was non-yorubas that liked him because they shared political ideologies with him at that point in time and the last time I checked Dave Umahi has cross carpeted too.

Nigerian politicians are shameless and it is not because of their tribes or ethnicities rather it is because of their selfishness.

The major question is this, "Why is Fani-Kayode not joining the APC in his state (Osun) and his from his ward in Ile-Ife.

Why is he joining and registering in Abuja. It would appear as if the local party members in Osun state do not want him.

We will see as events unfold though as Nigerian politicians cannot be trusted.

Timmybr:
Some registered Estate Surveyors are the ones making things harder. I wanted to get 3bed flat, and the rent was 600k. The agent in charge wants to collect 120k for Agency Fee, 120k for Agreement, and 50k for Caution Fee. I was furious, and I asked why this unnecessary payment, it should be 10% for agreement and agency fee, then caution fee negotiable. I was told a reputable law firm in charge of the building is the one collecting such. Asking for a breakdown, I was told is 10% which is 60k, but they are collecting in 2years, that's why it's 120k.

I left that angrily, getting another apartment, same 3bed, the agent demanded 100k agreement, 100k agency and 100k caution for 850k yearly rent.

All these house agents and lawyers in charge of buildings are really making things difficult, and they don't care.

Until the government enacts a law that criminalises the practice of agents charging fees above a percentage, this unholy practice will continue.

Unfortunately, this exploitation of prospective tenants is major driver of inflation in this country. The market is the most intelligent system; once one person tries to exploit it, it adjusts itself and the price of other products.

Kennyking1234:
Boss I have tried my best I showed them what i have built but all to no avail

What have you built yet? Can you give a description? Is it a project that can be monetized? When you answer these questions, we can take it further. Cheers.

GIANTPLUSHUB:
Nigerians and their pulling down mentality. You can't always win all the time! If Aj was a full American, Americans would cheer him up that he can always win another time and not putting him down further more just like what most Nigerians are doing with their speeches, comments. Wish you all the best in your further endeavors AJ.

Very well said. Most Nigerians with that pull him down mentality are miserable and misery loves company.

Bendeco02:
What are u guys expecting.... The same region that betray southern unity will still come here to shout southern unity because of their 2023 jagaban presidential dream.... Later they will say they 're sophisticated but see as the so called less learned northerners are using their head.... Yoruba leaders are the number one mugus in Nigeria.

Is there anything like power lotation in Nigeria constitution... Take those northern leaders anywhere, they will still win you on this matter.

Get sense Yoruba say No... They prefer playing corny to their own disadvantage.

For the sake of clarity, I am a Southwesterner and no apologies about that.

Beyond that, I don't do tribal politics and I don't believe in ethnic bigotry.

That said, it is a bit difficult for me to understand how the Southwest betrayed Jonathan.

The following facts negate that submission:

1. The Southwesterners were at the forefront of the clamour to have Jonathan take over after the rumoured death of Yaradua. Tunde Bakare, Soyinka, Odumakin and OBJ played vital roles.

2. In 2015 GEJ won all the states in the Southwest with the exception of Osun state.

3. In the 2019 Presidential election, PDP narrowly lost the Southwest to APC because the Southwesterners that the PDP relied on were not well grounded in the politics of the region and relied solely on the Federal might and the power of the dollars.

4. The other factor was that the Southwest was alienated by PDP denying Southwest the opportunity of producing the party's Chairman. This led to Prof Tunde Adeniran, Segun Oni and others quitting the party whilst those that stayed back did so grudgingly.

Despite the misgivings occasioned by point 4 above, PDP/ Atiku still posted a decent outing in the Southwest.

Perhaps, what broke the camel's back for Atiku majorly was the decision of some parts of the country to boycott the election. Maybe, if elections were not boycotted in those places, Atiku might have won because these were PDP's supposed stronghold.

Okoroawusa:
Besides, if Buhari does what you want you will still be the one shouting about how he has persecuted and alienated political opponents.

How you arrived at this description of me is a bit baffling.

I have read some of your posts with delight in the past and that was the reason I quoted you, thinking we could have a decent discourse with respect to the pros and cons with respect to the tendency of our politicians to cross-carpet to and from various political divides thereby blurring the progressive versus republican divides.

But, it is alright.

Okoroawusa:
We are not happy about the defection of FFK to our party. However, we can't deny him his right to association and APC must move forward.

APC!!!... Progress!!!

The part of your post in emphasis is a big worry for me.

If we assume that Nigerians voted Buhari into power to replace Fani Kayode and his ilk, does it bode well for the country and her citizens when the party in power brings back such people in whom the people, supposedly, have passed a vote of no confidence.

Awoleesu:
Mr. Masari has a good political argument but a lame economics one!

If we take Democratic economies like India, USA etc for instance, you'll discover that a region like Goa decided to promote economically proactive policies when it became clear she had to compete with regions like Punjab and Central India or fall into the non-viable brackets of regions like Pradesh - note that they all have seaports!
The idea is that the economic less-viable states should rather be challenged to bring to the front burner their economic comparative advantages instead of complaining about being threatened (even as a consumer based economy)!

In Masari's Katsina for example, Sharp sand is in excessive abundance. Why can't he think of generating IGR by 'exporting' the commodity to a predominantly rocky Abuja for an economic exchange?

Utah does not begrudge Indianapolis for being a gateway to the US, nor does N.Dakota feel cheated by the prosperity of Florida simply because they operate within the same federation.
Each state look inward to bring up a competitive advantage...

That's what Wike meant by "putting on their thinking caps..." That's what Masari should be doing, and not arguing about being the "demand aide".

What happened to the Katsina Steel Rolling Mill under Masari? This complex is capable of triggering a multiplier effect of chain markets, but what we saw is that it has gone moribund!

So, Oga no one will lower the bar for you simply because you chose to be unproductive... Get in the ring and compete! That's what Democratic economics is all about!

May Almighty God bless you. Very apt.

Verysmart101:
Can it survive without ndiigbo? These benin republic port are being patronised majorly by ndiigbo.85% of goods imported into Nigeria through tincan and apapa warf are ndiigbo.75% of building structures in Lagos are owned by ndiigbo which ndiigbo provides majority of land use charge for Lagos.And the list goes on.Lagos cannot survive without ndiigbo take it or leave it

Each of the regions can survive independently. These leaders lacking in intellect and administrative creativity are the problem.

The Eastern, Western and Northern regions were doing well back in the days. With her Cocoa industry, the western region developed the first television station in Africa and other firsts.

Were it not for the madness of this unitary system of government that was introduced by leeches, the independent regions would have been more developed than we are.

The Eastern part of the country would have been fine with the technical and trading competences of her citizens; the western part would have done well for herself with Agriculture and administrative gift of her human resources and the Northern part would have been more than okay with her Agriculture and leather industry.

Sadly, the exploration of crude oil introduced laziness and almajiri kind of system into governance where Governors go cap in hand to beg for handouts from the Federal Government. A South-Eastern leader of opinion called it "feeding bottle" economics and the description is very fitting.

cuteralph101:
omo zamfara shock me

Zamfara shouldn't shock anyone. The state is a very unproductive state and very poorly governed such that you have some of the poorest Nigerians from that axis.

Because the state gets so much allocation from FG without any meaningful contribution the Governors of the state steals as much as they can and then devised the Sharia law to suppress and repress the citizens from the State. Read about the escapades of the former Governor (Sani Ahmed Yerima).

larion:
No boss, I didn't find it offensive.... It was the initial guy who said I can't get job because of the way I write that pissed me off.

Then I saw his profile and noticed he signed up in 2017, guess it was transferred aggression...lol

Just woke up on Saturday Morin, I still dey bed and suddenly started seeing many mentions on nairaland....I weak na.

Eeya! I understand how it feels and I appreciate your perspective better now. Sometimes, it is just good to chuckle at such things and channel your energy to more productive stuffs.

You will always find different types of people on a forum like this.

larion:
I was very quick to remove the word kids even before i saw this post of yours, when i went back to check your profile.

Sincere apologies

My brother, apologies accepted. If you found my earlier post offensive, accept my apologies too.

I wish you more success in your endeavors. The more people who won from here, the happier I get.

Stay blessed.

larion:
Yikes, where did everyone get up from.

Sorry Papi, i dont get up from bed for 350K naira anymore.

That post was 11 years ago,!!

Yuck! now i wanna throw up

Sad that your post which I quoted was made 11 years ago, I must have missed that part.

When I quoted you, I was only trying to motivate and encourage someone and not to deride; and my attempt at that was based on my perception based purely at that time.

It is good to know that you have since moved up and I am glad for you. However, I am sure someone in the shoes you were in 11 years ago would still find my suggestion useful.

Stay blessed.

larion:
Yikes, where did you kids get up from.

Sorry Papi, i dont get up from bed for 350K naira anymore.

That post was 11 years ago, can you picture where you were then

Yuck! now i wanna throw up

Great and I am happy for you. By any stretch of imagination (a $700) fee for a reusable and resellable python module just for payment integration isn't bad in my personal opinion.

By the way, be careful how you use the word 'kids' for people you don't know. There are late 40s, 50s and 60s on this forum.

If you knew where I was eleven years ago, you would take back your statement.

SirBlack999:
This feels like this dude has been abandoned. Worst is that the people agitating for a yoruba nation seems like a fraction.

The difference between him and MNK is that the later has a huge and global followership.
I won't be surprised if we stopped hearing about this dude in some month time.

Rather, I feel the guy is getting good counsel. When the State (read the Government) is looking for ways to bind him it would be foolish to provide them with the rope.

Igboho is getting good legal counsel and that is evidenced by the judgement of 20billion damages he got against the DSS today (whether he is paid or not, it is on record).

The Yoruba elders have done well in standing by him and making it difficult for him to be extradited to the Country. People need to learn to fight for their rights within the ambits of the law.

Sheggy13:
Why is this writer contradicting himself? He listed the titles of both Mikel and Kanu but still went on to say Mikel was the most successful when Kanu has more titles from different leagues and even personal awards from CAF and BBC. Is counting too difficult to do?

I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

This incidence underscores one of the incompetences of President Buhari. Ordinarily, the Air force official who issued the initial statement disclaiming the incidence ought to have to have been relieved of his job as a spoke person to serve as a deterrence.

BabaO2:
Nothing in this bill now, abi na only me read am ni, grazing is still allowed. The governor is just too coward to confront Buhari or what?

You must be mistaken. The anti-grazing is embedded because the law forbids anyone fr moving cow on foot from one point to another point without using a vehicle or train. Logically, this takes care of open grazing.

kalex0:
UI UX

Sorry, my forte is not UI/ UX. In that regards, I cannot mentor you. But largely, don't ever shy away from paying to learn. Sometimes, it cuts your learning time and it helps you to avoid the possible pitfalls. Standing on the shoulders of Giants helps you to see far into the distance. Best of luck.

larion:
for like 6 months, i av being reading on nairaland witout posting, but i cant hold it anymore wit dis thread, i design website, and nt rili bad wit development of it, as in php and mysql, but rili i dont get d jobs, im a 500level comp. Sc. Student but then i shld av few jobs 2 call mine, but nt rili, and here u pple r talking as if d jobs are everywhere, pls open my eyes, let mi even start wit d 40k, 50k job, cos i will neva take those 10k job even if they come, abeg good pple of nairaland dt get dis jobs wat im i missing

Sometimes you are learning the wrong things. I laugh when people talk about getting paid 20k for developing websites.

Learn the tough stuffs and make some good money.

Recently, I developed a payment module for a Django Oscar project. And the fee was 350k. Just the payment module. You may not understand, but look for the stuffs that have steep learning curves and you will be amazed at what you can earn. Cheers.

kalex0:
This is what I really have in mind, I will pay.

Can you suggest any center around ogun state?


I’m not currently at Lagos

What exactly would you like to learn?

MardiGras:
Please be as candid with me as possible.

Is learning web design a waste of my time.

Twice i've embarked on the process of learning it, and twice i've been discouraged saying 'everyone' knows web design and so the competition has driven the price of the market down.

That i should learn programming instead as it is more challenging.

Pls help me.

Nope, it is not a waste of time if you know your onions. However, bespoke website development is what would give you good money. Besides, you will need the knowledge of some server side programming language like Java, Php or Python for dynamic websites.

frog12:
death penalty should apply to these crimes. the lawmakers are just lazy or they are the sponsors of these thugs !

Absolutely. I think the growing concerns about "the right to life" plays a huge role in politicians developing cold feet with regards to death sentences. However, people who have absolute disregard for the right of others to live shouldn't be allowed to live too. Such should not enjoy human rights maybe animal rights. Wicked souls.

Revolva:
Sometimes when I see some youngsters being displayed by EFCC for cybercrime ..I wonder so deeply that it's is over ....never ever trust any young guy that your spirit does not trust

You see them in clubs and everywhere , in posh wears and using high tech fones but their source of income can't be assured to be legal

Girls on the other hand the same thing , they sleep around and do hookups and are very lazy , they hang around malls and lounges looking for who to take them home , you check ur social media app you see them listing themselves for prostitution ...

Learn a trade they won't , but they can sleep around for iPhone and other stupid thing ...even if you give such gal 300k to start a business they won't be able to nuture any business to profit out , they will squander the profit and show off in birthdays hosting and frivolous activities

Nobody is perfect but when this type of play comes to stay too much ...it's annoying

The prospects are grim. And you have spoken well.

kcnwaigbo:
So it's fair for the SW to contest again in 2023 after Obasanjo's eight years!!! The SS has spent just 5 years and the SE none yet the SW who has spent 8 years do not even want the NE/NC who has spent 0 years to contest.Nobi juju be dat?
If the SW can contest the 2023 elections then nothing stops any northern region from equally contesting

I believe it is fair for a South Easterner to become the President of this nation at this moment. This is the more reason why the South Easterners and other Southerners should resist this idea of a Northerner as a PDP candidate in 2023.

Revolva:
Our youth mindset have been destroyed

Completely destroyed! I don't understand why the youths will be failing themselves after the government has failed them.

The glamourization of cybercrimes, prostitution and a host of others have furthered contributed to the decadence.