₦airaland Forum

furacao:
Of course the whites in your office will enjoy the programme. Read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and you'd understand why they respond that way. It reinforces their stereotyping of Africans.
Why wouldn't they be thrilled by the carriage of Makko people if they did not, ab initio, expect less?

So you're perfectly happy to apply a racial stereotype while complaining about racial stereotyping, eh?

You people never cease to amaze me.

@tkb417 et al
Kindly answer these questions:

1. Why would you rather point accusing fingers at the BBC instead of the Federal or State governments?
2. If the BBC apologizes (which they definitely won't), will that suddenly turn all the slums into decent environments?
3. If the actual numbers of lagosians that live in slums add up to 7 million instead of the 11 million you said BBC claimed, will that make things all right? Will that make you feel much better, knowing that still a huge number of people are suffering while you make snarky comments on the internet?

[quote author=Aloy+Emeka link=topic=435402.msg5940279#msg5940279 date=1272017643]The constitution requires the govt to provide free standard healthcare, electricity and roads to Nigerians besides, the may not pay for it but let them pave the way for a more affordable care.[/quote]Oya, show me where it said all that in the constitution.
Please edit your post quickly so the whole world cannot see you claiming that the constitution guarantees all Nigerians free electricity.


Back on topic, kudos to Dr. Kanu. I wish we had a whole lot more people like him.

bibiking1:
Easy bruv

I'm trying, bro
The herd mentality on Nairaland is to blame EVERYTHING on the government. The youth corps member did an excellent deed (and he should be richly rewarded) but the 'Shame on the Govt' part is not neccessary IMHO.

9jaganja:
Have you read the constitution or you don't know how to read?

I was reading 200+ page Novels when you were still quaffing mummy's milk. And your point is, ?

Am i the only person in Nigeria who hasn't heard of this fellow before?

RIP

LOL

As with any half-hearted attempt to scam people, conflicting stories are the order of the day.

chosen04:
Abalaka's last words b/4 he decided to take it easy are "If they cant listern to me 2day, let them learn in a hard way 2morrow''. Are we not learning the hard way 2day as it concerns Aids and ppl living with it?

We would have all be kissing his backside if Abalaka was white and trained in ''one big school outside the country''

Mind you even those who opposed him at that time, were only afraid of one thing----Cos he was using ''HIV VACCINE'' in his experiments.

Believe me, the cure to HIV lies in VACCINE not drugs as the world has being trying to achieve.

If ours is not a country that discourages innoventions, the VACCINES Abalaka worked on should be improved on, rather than looking for drug cures for Hiv/Aids.

The environments those you mention worked were totally different. Do i have to debate on the environmental diiferences? Am sure you know them!

Abalaka claimed he had been treating HIV positive patients and curing them of their malady. Now here you are claiming his solution was a Vaccine. I hope you know what a Vaccine is?

Ndipe:
Whose duty is it then?

You tell me. How many countries in the world provide free healthcare to all their citizens?

lovenifest:
After watching the 2012 doomsday film, my 12 yrs old daughter continuously joking tells me, "Dad, we know you want to save your family as you have always warned us about what is coming, now we believe you and all my students at school talk about it everyday". These are kids but very alert and prepared.

You actually base your judgement on that crappy movie? Now i see how deluded you are.

It is not the duty of the Edo State Government to provide free healthcare to all its citizens. And there's nothing stopping you from doing what this guy did.

Funny how you refer to him as a 'common corper'. Do i remind you that a youth corps member is by default an adult and a graduate? So what's 'common' about him?

@violent
please tell him o!

All i see here is people trying deperately to heap scorn on the BBC.
However, what cannot be denied is the extreme poverty the people depicted in the documentary live in. In between your self-righteous bleats of outrage, i hope you at least do something to help eradicate poverty in Nigeria.

The energies you people dissipate in condemning the BBC could have been better used in actually doing something positive.

Gents, can we PLEASE post only topics related to Politics in this section?

chosen04:
Stop talking @##---------. Dr Abalaka was given a pass mark by the govt agencies that investigated his claims. His claims was not totally empty.

So it's easier for you to believe that one man discovered the cure for HIV/AIDS yet faded into a life of obscurity, abi?

Oh yes, i forgot. The usual claims that the Government did not 'encourage' him. I wonder how much government 'encouragement' Steve Jobs and Bill gates received.

Someone who at the height of his notoriety could command an impromptu press conference starts whining about 'lack of opportunity' and you people fall for that?!

So you people would rather BBC showed posh houses in VGC and the gleaming Yachts of those who robbed you blind, abi?

at least 60% of lagosians experience the terrible lifestyle shown in that video. If you feel so patriotic and embittered about the whole matter, why not do something to ease the suffering of those people? Why are you not troubling your councillors, your senators, your Governors to redouble their efforts to clear Lagos of those slums, or at least improve the way they work?

But this is Nigeria, the country of cowards. Since it's much easier to petiton BBC and claim conspiracy theories than to actually fix the problem, we start sending protest letters and pointing accusing fingers. a
We'll never amount to anything with you pathetic, whining lot.

brushparke:
I can see you have been fasting and praying for years hoping to be right.
Its a big shame. Just to be proven right? Really sick.

No need to hope. I KNOW i'm right, and i've known i was right all along.
I'd understand if Secondary school leavers were taken in by this grand deception, but some of you are graduates!! This is why Nigeria will struggle to develop.

[quote author=ugo_3u link=topic=433105.msg5925620#msg5925620 date=1271793235]oh man, is everyonen on nairaland too chicken to participate at the tournament, where winner takes it all![/quote]No. We're too busy earning real money outside.

brushparke:
That is your low witted opinion.

Ah. Still waiting for your big payout, eh?
get your lazy ass off the ground and look for productive work, mon ami!

The iPad is nowhere near sold out. All Apple stores and a significant number of best Buy stores are loaded with the devices. Plus the 3G version comes out in a couple of days.

As i said before, it's price gouging. It's hard enough to justify the cost of a giant iPod touch without being made to pay twice the price.

Isn't it funny how all the conspiracy theorists babble on about 'research', when all they did was to read up several incoherent articles on dodgy websites.

Fhemmmy:
Are you kidding me?
You mean people are selling the 16G Ipad in Nigeria for 170K Naira?
I find that hard to believe jare

\there's always massive price gouging from a few silly people hoping to make a quick buck.

\\\eventually, the iPad will flood the market, and it'll be sold for a reasonable amount.

Fhemmmy:
Thank Jare, however, the tech is so kool that soon, i am sure you would be asking for one.

But not at the crazy prices i'm seeing here in Nigeria. I mean, isn't it enough to slap $100 on the price as profit? People are talking prices of around N170k for the $499 16GB version.

I won't comment unduly on your strange decision to sell an ancient game like PES 2008 for N8000. However, saying you have Gran Turismo 5 is false advertisement.

GT5 isn't out. What you have is GT5 Prologue, a demo of GT5. Update your post, please.

I said it before, and i'll say it again; I am extremely happy that these gullible brain-dead Neanderthals invested their hard-earned cash in this obvious scam.
One look at the website, a cursory glance at the so-called evidence and i knew at once that these naive people were in for a world of hurt.

Hopefully the bitter lesson they learn will help them make better - and more logical - choices in the future.

@Jasinto
Is there any reason why you attached that photo of the bold 9000?

Can you people start using your brains for once? This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Politics.
If you have an issue with how he spends his money, go find a lake and jump in it.


if you need any help deciding what is appropriate for the Politics section, i suggest you go to http://www.dictionary.com and search for the meaning of the word 'Politics'.

kosovo:
lol @ tex . . . i had my 360 in jan 2006, but buying games on the 360 is much cheaper, cos it has be modded . . .

1. You once claimed you had a 360 but sold it long ago
2. You never talk about any 360 gaming

That's why i came to that conclusion. Feel free to prove me wrong

kosovo:
just beat it and it's average at best!

1. You don't have a 360.
2. You aren't exactly the most unbiased critic out there, are you?

I find this bickering to be extremely silly. both consoles have their exclusives, lots of good games on either side. You don't have to run down the game selection on the rival console to make yourself feel better about your choices. That's pathetic. Enjoy what you have.

At the end of the day, strong competition benefits the consumers more. As it stands, competition is what drives Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft to bring out new ideas to keep us entertained. I would not change that for the world!

hollandis:
I wonder why this nonsense will be in front page.After IBB destroyed the country in 2003,someone still has the guts to put this in front page.I am sure it is the Hausa man Kosovo.

There are at least 3 front page links to articles with titles that seek to paint Babangida in a good light.

Is Nairaland's leadership throwing their weight behind Babangida?

Look, here's the simple version:

Babangida is a very very bad and unrepentant man.
If you vote for him, after all he's put us through in the past, you're a fool.
If he wins in 2011, Collectively Nigerians are fools.

Simple as that.

naijamini:
@paddy_lo
Won't that be great? I hope and pray that you are right.

The problem, as I have said in another place, is not that we can't live side by side for years or even decades. The problem with Nigeria is that there is this deep seated animosity, religious, ethnic, communal, take your pick, that would cause the same people to hack each other to death given the excuse. The Nigerian system of doing things is broken.

This does not mean there are no good things about Nigeria, there is plenty. Like I said in my comment, some of the good samaritans mentioned in that story were no doubt muslims. However, where is effort to bring those who committed that dastardly act to justice? Where is the effort by our government to rectify laws and policing systems to effectively set us on the path of sustainable peace? These are the questions that border the mind.

I have no doubt that Kano is a swell place to live, except for that one day when it is taken over by the extremists. That one day could turn to forever for those affected.

Also, please advice our extra-religious CBN governor of the same thing. The other day he basically called Lagos crime city.

Sanusi has never insisted that Sharia be imposed on Nigerians. I don't know where you get off spreading such stupid FUD.

Calling Lagos 'crime city' is a personal opinion of his. i don't see how that's an issue.