₦airaland Forum

Makweembo:
RIP to the dead.

Just a reflection since the subject matter is on ground - compare this collapse to Synagogue's last year. You can still see part of this structure standing, whereas in SCOAN's case, everything was levelled to the ground like a pancake in a matter of seconds.

That's why I still stand by my resolve - what happened at The SCOAN was sabotage in the form of demolition, NOT structural issues.

Yes, because it is written in the Bible that all buildings that collapse must collapse in exactly the same way and they all have the same failure points.

/s

Some of you scammed your parents by failing to acquire an education despite all the school fees they paid for you.

Lekki gardens!

Kolababe:
She looks so fab now, it's hard to believe she is uneducated...

http://www.newseveryhour.com/2016/03/checkout-this-new-photo-of-olajumoke.html

Actually hard to believe YOU are educated if you truly believe your looks are based on your level of education.

Amanwulu1:
but hv we not concluded dat gej was a failure? Why use him as d measure for excellence dat buhari must surpass? Why not mention anoda person, or are u implying dat we maligned gej by our general bt v conclusion. My friend we voted 4 change n buhari not gej represent dat change.

Lol.

YOU didn't vote for Buhari. You voted for zero change. Why are you complaining now?

The OP is just a paid tout who is no doubt being given a stipend to come and post these 'trending topics' on Twitter

His post history is quite interesting

BaddieKay:
There are things u guys say that isn't cool,majority of people voted buhari 4 things to change not compare him with someone they voted out 4 his incompetence.

If people wanted the old way of things to continue,they would've stuck with Jonathan.

Can you avoid jumping in and making posts without viewing the conversation/context?

The person I replied to did NOT vote for change.

UltimatedeBest:
A government with change agenda wouldn't have tow the same path of the past government. Shame on Buhari, he has failed woefully. In fact he has no idea to run dis government. From the look of things, he is confused and tired already but, because of his ego and shame he will never resign.

So if there has been no change, at worst he has continued with the #Transformation you folks were so proud of. So why are you lamenting?

I expect Buhari supporters to complain, not you TANoids.

Bluffly:
Look here, we are discussing and do not ever come insulting, okay. Why telling me I am not serious. If you will state your facts, state it without hurling insults.

You consider that an insult? LOL

Thank me for educating you today and move on

ShowYourCertificate:
Naij forgot to add the one of the appointment of Garba Shehu as Senior Special Adviser and Femi Adesina as Special Assistant. All are on information and communications. This is despite the fact that we have a Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed (aka Lai the Lier)

And if I call Buhari a dullard, some zombies would be crying

But your hero GEJ had an information minister, then Doyin Okupe, Abati and Reno Omokri, all used to disseminate information.

What are you calling him, too?

Bluffly:
Guy there is difference between studying abroad and coming back to Nigeria to make millions while affecting few lives and studying abroad to come and affect many lives. You have also reduced the skills transfer to just making money. Our going out to study abroad is basically to make us a research hub. If the knowledge we have gathered so can not be geared into research that will bring us about making our own, then its useless. You mentioned Smile Internet which is basically a service which is not of our making. I see channels such as extreme engineering and its manny likes as regards innovations, we have many internationally trained engineers, did you see their impact. Everyone only came back to assure their survival.

You're not serious.

Studying abroad is not solely about making Nigeria a 'research hub'. Improvements in technology pushes the nation forward. Not every damn thing is about 'making our own'. What 'our own' is a foreign trained medical doctor or specialist to make? Or a software developer? Or a HR specialist?

When people come back and start up successful companies that employ many Nigerians, how the heck is that not adding value back to the country? Is Smile or Hotels.ng not an employer of Nigerian labor?

Nobody cares if people came back to 'ensure their survival'. It's the end product that matters. And if those guys add value back to the country, that's what matters.

Bluffly:
If you studied mechatronics abroad, why not go and lecture in the university and see how you can impact lives, get the government to invest in research or private sectors rather than looking out to become a millionaire.

Hundreds of Nigerians come back to lecture. How the heck did you miss that? If you've gone through the University, are you really that oblivious to the fact that a lot of your lecturers were trained overseas, at least for their PhDs?

Bluffly:
Hotels.ng is similar to Booking .com in the UK. If you look behind it you will realise that there is a foreign technicality behind it. If will can not sit down and make it Nigerian then its bullshit. Its okay to start with the foreign support but not for long. But in Nigeria, the foreign support sticks.

Nope. The Hotels.ng guy did the development himself. In fact, he pretty much chronicled his work on twitter while he was working away at it.

Bluffly:
Until we start replicating all these things from the point of research and development everything is a mirage. A good example is China. They study abroad but see how they've been able to replicate things. When you pick India and China, Nigeria is next on foreign education and yet we are so wide apart from them in terms of earth breaking innovations.

There are numerous Nigerians who have come back and have put in their two cents to move Nigeria forward technologically. There are areas that need a massive, sustained investment from the Government and from enlightened graduates to make a difference in. Nigerians are already working within private and international companies to deliver world class performances. But if you think China and India just harnessed a handful of returnees with zero support and poor power to work on hi-tech products, you're on a long thing.

Ironically, Buhari is trying to discourage this manpower investment by his indifference.

Bluffly:
Tough decisions are needed in tough times. He pegged FX while trying to see what can be done to salvage the economy futuristically. We have very few FX as a nation and if they keep servicing every FX demands then we will be left with no FX since the FX is no more flowing in unlike before. Have you seen anyone making it through enjoyment? You want everything to keep bubbling while we are moving towards death rather than for us to be sober while trying to birth life.

'Tough decisions' yet he fritters away our Forex on pilgrimage, gives it to business moguls who pay relatively meager tax and spends it on frivolous foreign trips that are of limited or no use whatsoever?

'Stuns'?

Nigerian bloggers have misused that word to pieces

Bluffly:
I am a study abroad agent but I must say the truth. We have not seen any significant effect on our environment since Nigerians have been studying abroad. The opportunity has been reduced to obtaining the certificate rather than skill transfer. Studying abroad is synonymous to travelling globally. Our leaders are well travelled but we can't see the significance of their exposure in our society. In as much as I am not happy with the development, I can not outrightly blame Buhari.

Please, be serious.

How are our lecturers who were largely trained in the 80s or 70s supposed to pass on modern trends and recent developments to the new generation?
There are a LOT of Nigerians who just go and come back to get the certificate, but there are plenty others who come back to add value. do you know how many new IT millionaires and employers of labor we have now in Nigeria, instituting new tech and new ways of doing things?

The guys behind Smile internet, you think their further studies were done in ABSU? Mark Essien founded hotels.ng, Nigeria's biggest hotels booking site with an annual turnover in hundreds of millions, if not billions. he learnt how to be a Software developer in Berlin. My friend is specializing in nuclear medicine in South Africa, and will return to be one of the foremost in that field in Nigeria. Another friend moved from Uniben to Oxford, returned to be a leading light in internal revenue generation, lectured part time in LBS and is now working with external investors and partners to build Nigeria's first cancer center.

And these are just a few examples.

Just because you only follow the lives of a few desperate fellows who just want to emigrate, It doesn't mean there aren't tons of Nigerians coming back to make a difference. How else will we get any modern knowledge in mechatronics, robotics, computer engineering, advanced farming techniques etc that aren't taught as well here?

I have been a Buhari supporter for a LONG time. But he GOOFED badly here, and betrays how out of touch he really is.

AZeD1:
How do you stop rounding tripping of the dollar?

Where is the 'round tripping' going to come from?

To get the dollar for school fees for my friend, his parents have to tender documents from the school, signed and stamped confirming the EXACT amounts for the school fees and living expenses. Only then are they allowed to fill the forms and obtain the forex...and there are mechanisms in place to prevent this from being abused.

kingbasil:
One would have thought by now that the kuje prison facility would be overflowing with corrupt officials with the zeal buhari started with but Alas zero convictions has been made. And you are the idiot for defending still a grandpa who have been chasing shadows since the inception of his tenure...

Guy

Have the decency and honor to admit when you're wrong.

You held this case up as an example of how to speedily prosecute offenders. Even after being educated (for free!) that the Iranian case was not speedily concluded (even in a country where the judiciary is strongly influenced by the leadership) you are still here arguing.

Have you no shame?

Buhari is following due process and the rule of law. Had he not done so, you people would have been bashing him for being 'a dictator'.

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

this is utter rubbish.

While it can be seen as a luxury to send your kids overseas to school, we must never forget that it is a KEY mechanism for knowledge transfer, and remains one of the best ways to
1) TRansfer knowledge and modern trends in medicine, science and technology and other fields

2) Ensure the next generation of lecturers and academics have the most exposure to the latest developments

I much rather the Govt continues aiding students to get access to forex at official rates than keep lavishing our precious forex on dinosaurs like Dangote that pay barely any tax.

Akinrogun:
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u a ar a slowpoke and an ineffectual buffoon.....

is cutting off d head d solution to headache?

I expected u and him to make a mental deduction that changing d asbestos to aluminum or other coverings is d way forward......not running away from d property.

but u ar lobotomized......u can't reason deductively.... and for d records, I'm an accomplished captain of industry.....a seasoned technocrat.

Go back home and ask ur daddy about Akinrogun..... he'll tell u more about my person and accomplishments..... av a nice day.

Are you done with your e-bragging, you intellectually challenged lout?

'captain of industry' my arse. Despite your foolish words, at least the OP now knows that asbestos is bad for his health. If - unlike yourself - he has something to live for, he will do something positive about it.

Akinrogun:
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honestly whenever I need a dose of laughter.... I switch to nairaland channel.... it's bn hit back to hit.

so for ur mind.....cos of comments u ar seeing here, the next thing is to abscond ur household to sambisa forest.

Just because you don't have anything to live for, it doesn't mean he is in the same boat as you are.


Asbestos is potentially dangerous, and has been the cause of so many cases of lung cancer. better safe than sorry.

Then again, perhaps you have nothing to live for...

ekafine:
Okorocha, who had expressed regrets for accessing the bailout fund from the federal government lamented that the money had put the state in a mess.

According to him, the N26 billion the state took from the Federal Government that was used to pay agitating workers has put Imo in trouble as more money is being deducted from the state’s federal allocation than anticipated.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/04/okorocha-jets-out-of-nigeria-as-efcc-queries-diversion-of-n2bn-bailout/

I don't understand. How can someone take a loan without properly calculating what the monthly deductions will be, and thoroughly reviewing the payment terms?

This is absurd

dazzlingd:
The saddest thing is that you thought u ve made sense.
Your post lacks logic, empathy and strategic thoughts. It is technically unsound.
The other day I commented on a post that Nigerians celebrate mediocrity, this is even worse, you now celebrate mediocrity and evil conscience.
When u build an organisation, kindly employ criminal minded people and men of evil conscience because they appear competent to u which by your judgement mediocres means competency...
Will she be the first microbiology grad in nigeria? What so special about what she has done if not evil and inhumanity

My brother, I don't know which University he went to, but I would have petitioned them to withdraw his certificate.

Such an abject lack of common sense in that post...shocked the willies out of me this fine Saturday morning.

bengems:
America is a great country today because they value human skills and talent. In the states, if someone goes against the law in a more sensible and logical way, such a person will face the punishment attached to the crime, but with mercy. Because he will be of importance to the government for his great logic reasoning. I That's America by the way.

Back 9ja...they waste away the masterminds behind a crime not thinking twice of their importance. What a jungle?

I think this Lady in question has a deep knowledge of how drugs work, why can't government appreciate and rehabilitate people like this in the community? But let her punishment be less.


This is why Nigeria is stagnant year in year out

To think 17 dolts liked this your inane post.

Maybe we should also release all the hardened criminals from jail because we need able-bodied workers.


Someone was selling fake drugs that may even have led to the deaths of innocents, and you're here condemning the prosecution.


You deserve a hot slap for this nonsense, and I am sure you're an early frontrunner for worst post of 2016.

new2020:
A lot of Nigerians till this day are totally oblivious of northern agenda. As soon as they saw Innoson getting media spotlight and possible patronage...cash going into SE, they met and agreed to stop this Igbo man immediately. A northern billionaire will champion the cause...Dangote. Expect Dangote vs Ibeto scenario to play out...using government connection to stifle Innoson like they did to Ibeto. One Nigeria for you!

You may ask...why do I think like this? Well from experience, it happened to Ibeto.

Lazy, narrow minded thinking at its finest.

Instead of encouraging Innoson to improve his marketing and target the millions of regular Nigerians who buy cars, you folks are more interesting in encouraging him to continue his baffling decision to mainly target Government patronage and to continue to use faux-patriotism to run to the Government for more funds.

Where are the Innoson road shows in Lagos, PHC or Abuja? where can you do a test drive of Innoson motors in Berger or Ikeja or maryland? Where are the TV adverts?

Instead, it's the lazy approach you folks encourage.

Yes! Blame the Hausa man. Blame the Northerner. Not a single one of you has asked why none of the 1000 igbo produced, directed and distributed Nollywood movies does any significant product placement for Innoson vehicles.

I challenge you to list any 3 Nollywood movies where the main star drove an Innoson car.

cao:
She's getting it as a gift...I'll see what she says.

She'll probably like it. Can be modded, with TONS of games in it.

cao:
Oi FetchUK! Do you have any deals for Nintendo 3DS/DS, asking for my sibling in Naija.

If you're willing to get a 3DS slightly used, we can deal

Tpave:
I think he is right, cos most of the people being prosecuted are former PDP members under Goodluck Jonathan.
But like the poster below me rightly said "if you're arrested, go and clear yourself"

Are you really this bereft of logical reasoning?

This whole thing centers around the looting of federal funds. Which party has been in power in the last decade?

Why is viviangist watermarking pictures she didn't take?

Nigerian bloggers sha.

olaideeeedris:
I'm no fan of Dino but I feel a news agency should be neutral but we can't say that of Safara Reporter. They proAPC and AntiPDP

Abeg, when did Dino Melaye move to PDP?

Some of you just type rubbish without waiting for your brains to catch up.

greenmonk:
Ur own logic is zombie logic. Head or tail u win either way.

I'm not the one insinuating that a GEJ reelection would have changed the global price of oil for the better

greenmonk:
If u really believe in tertiary level of education would u have elected buhari president of Nieria in place of GEJ?

Education to the tertiary level is not required to run for president of Nigeria. Your point is immaterial.

With GEJ, we already had performance data which was shockingly under par. There was thus no need then to consider him based on his certificates.

This is why I said earlier on that the skewed logic you display is an embarrassment.

Until you make these attacks punishable by death, these disfiguring attacks will continue.


If I had my way, I would pass a law for the death penalty, public firing squad execution. Televised. Nobody will pour hot water again

greenmonk:
And one custard bucket of rice would still be 700 naira. Thats all that matters to the common man.

Ooh. You're saying if GEJ was president, the oil price would still be around $55?


Smh. Can you at least PRETEND you've had some education to the tertiary level?

HIGHESTPOPORI:
How has dis whole people we are hearing improved d live of d common man?

By preventing these crooks from stealing even in this low oil price regime, the lives of the common man has a chance to be bettered.

But i don't expect you to understand