₦airaland Forum

mctowel01:
Please don't be talking trash, stop making an argument where there is none. I m getting irritated by the nonsense comparison. I was on NHIS as a student during my degree and I clearly remember when I had a serious heart problem and guess what, the nurses in charge were so rudely talking to me with total disregard, sending me round 3 floors They asked me to go two floors to look for someone with a vague description to sign a document, while she was busy discussing with someone. I came back, then she shouted at me to stop disturbing her, that I should go and look for where she said. All this while, my chest was giving pains. Even after locating the place, the doctor wasnt around, she just told me to go look for another nurse, without any concern just because she was discussing with someone. I.m sure many people here have also experienced something similar.
At that point, I called my folks at home to take me to our private hospital with insurance cover. Since then, I ve ensured I avoided government hospitals in any way I can, unless its not critical at the moment. Thankfully, my family is under insurance from work. How many Nigerians can afford insurance in hospitals with quality healthcare? Is there even a base for comparison? Truth is that I dont use public hospitals for the same reasons, but I decided to give it a try because it was examination period and I didn't want to go too far from school. Reality is that many Nigerians are one critical illness away from death or total bankruptcy which could have easily been treated. I see people die like chickens everyday due to poor health service. You know this, but you wont be concerned because you are not a victim, a common trait in many Nigerians.
You are just saying anything to make yourself feel like you ve made a point without thinking things through. Are you clearly stating that airtel offered health insurance to everyone who loaded N200 credit? No raffle draws involved? Have you checked what the insurance covered?
Please, I understand some people could be patriotic and all, but blind patriotism is just stupid and ridiculous, and to a certain degree, as a result of a self-centered personality.

Don't mind her.....

Defending the indefensible

efismikoko:
Well there are million of us in this country without oppressive tendency and will still not want to move out of this country

That's also fine too.
Anyone who wants to stay here is fine.

Esseite:
Whistle blowers in Nigeria are disgruntled members.. the sharing ratio did not favour them like they wanted..

Genuine ones are scared of whistleblowing to a boss/superior who is a member of the caucus..

Or a police who would turn the case around and you end up being in trouble.. (Am a victim)

True story...
My friend a banker whistleblew on his boss forex deals.

The auditors claimed to find nothing..(boss's paddy)
The guy was transferred from head office to Jos..
He was switched to marketing..
He eventually was layed off after constant target drilling
He lost everything just for wanting to do the right thing
He relocated to the US to start all over again

its unfortunate

Originalsly:
Lol...funny but true!...the very people that would be shouting at and slapping anyone below their status at home....see them at the airport jumping to instructions from the ehmmm....low life Immigration officers! "Sir get back behind that line and wait until you are called"...such ehmmm.... humiliation and that's only the introduction. True... they really can't live abroad!

Thank God someone sees the point im making.

Jacksparr0w127:
Take it or leave it, he can never break the US market. Changing his sound to suite them won't matter still. He should come and king us in Africa

He sure can...


British and Jamaican artistes break into the U.S. market all the time
He only needs to double his hustle, and put in more content into his future released, then indeed, Wizkid will be Baba Nla

efismikoko:
Bros leave long story if you don't have money anywhere that place will irritate you

We make money so we can get all the basic amenities we need and you know the good part they become ours that we can even pass down to our generation to come
We don't make money to oppress our people pls

You nija Yankees are the people that work and save then come to Nigeria to oppress us when you change the dollars Abi I lie
And you can't get good things of life at little cost bro

I am not a Yankee based o

Just call me a nomad

But the truth is that from my years in NG, I saw the warped mind set of many living there
Sad but true

FriendNG:
I thought the man is fearless according to some of his southern supporters. He realize these E warriors cannot help him at the end.

- Emir Sunusi is an appointee of the Government who is answerable to a Commissioner, not even to the Governor says Ganduje.

What does southern people have to do with this?

He was only trying to show your people the light, but it seems they are redeemable
Millions of Almajari, exploding fertility rates and religious extremism that he is speaking against, your people are not ready to change


Besides, the Emir will not apologise like that, it's a lie

If na could tackle the FG head on as CBN head, who is an illiterate Governor?

ayodele234:
Just leave all these men. We know their type. They will defend the US. to their last blood when even rich Americans are renouncing their citizenship and moving to other countries because of the high tax rate. If you are able to save $1million in your 401k account CNN Money will profile you. I asked a simple question for them to name a single Nigerian who went to the US. and made millions of dollars or those Nigeria born there who were able to become millionaires, they all avoided my question. Another expensive joke is Nigerians who tell lies about Registered Nurses being rich. America don't consider them rich people, they are just there paying the bills. The only time an RN is gonna be rich is when a Nigerian tells you. It is just a save face profession

You see, based on your comments, I believe your mind set is, bejng successful and living a good life equals amassing a lot of money, or being a millionaire.

Sorry to say, but that is not correct
being successful is measured in more ways than one.

Living a structured life to some is the definition of success

Having plenty money to oppress others to some is the definition of success

Having the good things of life at little cost to others is the definition of success

Amongst others

So for Nigerians who have "oppressive tendencies" will NEVER love to live abroad, that I know for sure. The type of people who like to get away with things because they think they have status....

We know their type, and they are here in this thread


in summary sha, Nigeria is not HELL, things are just more difficult here, that's all

mctowel01:
So what exactly is your point, you are just talking about the challenges in the US for some sect, then comparing it to the best life of 1% of Nigerians. Are you really making an argument? This is just a pure waste of time. News flash... even some people living the so called life in Lekki/ ikoyi are in debts, big debts, but you will never know.

WORD

SabrinaTravel:
Our Nigerian dictators, called "politicians" are just so smart and wicked. Through sabotaged and deliberate efforts, they keep monitoring and reducing the numbers of foreign investors to Nigeria.

Of course they have a reason, a selfish reason though. They know very well that with the influx of foreign investors, especially the western giants, into the Nigerian economy, we will be liberated.

The rapid developments in places like UAE, Qatar, Barhain, S/Africa are results of invitations to investors.

Imagine Nigerian government officials making visa approvals difficult to citizens from western countries such as USA, Canada, Germany, France etc. So why don't we blame our government officials first before blaming Donald Trump. Imagine Nigeria government issuing a year visa to US Citizens,while they issue us 2 years! rubbish! pls put me in the visa issuing position and you will see me issuing hundreds of visas to these western people everyday. why? of course the answer is simple. They will liberate us!

Imagine the Federal government hoarding international passport booklets! gosh! what for? because they don't want us to liberate, because they need people to govern, people to hail them during election times!

As funny as it sounds, you have a point

Maduawuchukwu:
What do you mean by do we have all those amenities?
Squares are for relaxation. Don't we have relaxation spots in Nigeria? What of millenium park In Abuja?
What do u mean by do we have walkways? Do you live in the forest that u ask such a question?
I have lived in 5 places in Kaduna and one place in Abuja; that Is Gwagwalada. Out of all these places, it's only the place I am living in now that I have not been able to get public supply. In Gwagwalada the water supply was too constant.
As regards security, most places in Nigeria are relatively safe. Nigeria is made up of many states and cities and in most of them security is good. I have never seen an armed robber in my life! Don't generalize.

Please let us not go down that road
Just let the matter rest.
Nigeria has a lot to do in terms of improving its infrastructures , even tho those yabbing Nigeria should not be doing so.

That is just the truth

seunny4lif:
They showoff becos they don't have.
The Real billionaires have no time to showoff.
Even Jay-Z the real money on music don't showoff cos he is too rich to showoff

Donald Trump is a billionaire and a show off
So what are you saying?
The Kardashian family as a unit is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and they show off
Even the Adelekes (Davido dem) are one of the richest Nigerian families and some of them are show offs.

And none of these people can be said to be empty barrels, or not have anything

Show off is a personality thing, and has nothing to do with how rich you are

Didn't you guys see that the wife went to remove the contraceptive herself?
That woman is just a big fool
The woman is 100 % at fault here, and I don't blame the man for feeling cheated.
Besides, if she knows what she did was right, why does she run away to somewhere, tell the man that she is pregnant, then come back with the baby?

What kind of useless woman did this guy marry?

abels:
Weti de worry kemen sef, must u b everywere?

Anything wrong with that?

Jesusgirl92:
Hungry rumor mongers....... There's no batch C. Just batch A and B. Stream 1and 2

You smart

Tolexander:
As if she wasn't a side chic to a married man before getting married to basketmouth!

And you know this how

This is the thread where broke boys, and economically emasculated men come to massage their bruised and battered ego

If you guys cut your coat according to your cloth in the real sense of it, you lot won't be having these problems

Good girls that will stick with you abound, but how many of you are willing to go search and get them there?

Derawiz:
The truth is that Jonathan failed to live up to the expectations of his people.
I don't know who drew his strategies for him but it was abysmally wrong, ever heard the saying that a Hausa man cannot betray his brother for money? probably Jonathan never heard it.
The bro went on developing the North, giving the amalgiris air conditioned classroom, from learning under around trees under the scorching sun of the North to learning in well designed classrooms. SURE P was just wasting money in the north but his own people back at home can not even point a finger to any reputable federal. project executed by his government. But nope, they wouldn't still have any of it, they wanted their own kinsman.
Sometimes I don't even blame the man, the lack of unity in the south might have been his reason for a** licking of the North nevertheless, Jonathan ran one of the most foolish administrations ever, one in which his own people cannot even boast of.

Remember that in the north, Jonatha recorded millions of votes there in 2011.
Those votes vanished en masse in 2015
What happened?
What do you have to say about that.

This woman and get husband is just delusional; D

WellEndowed:
After helping themselves they sleep with each other's spouse

That is part of helping themselves na

That guy needs to be arrested and questioned o
What kind of talk is this?

neocortex:
Well, she is wrong in making up unfounded statistics to back up her point but some
set of men who accuses women of bringing nothing to the table will still be the one
to cry foul if the wife becomes wealthier.




Here you commit the same offence as the lady you quoted, how many Nigerian men do you know
to make such a baseless generalisation.



This trait is primarily a male one as you hardly find women who whine about not being in charge of
their home.



Please speak for yourself as you are not a standard of behaviour for all men.


You are right insecure and possessive men are found everywhere in the world.



You should have included the full reference here so that others can check. Mind you when a large segment
of women are working(60% are part of the workforce in the US), is it any surprise that those who are not
are less happier ?
It is called peer pressure and has nothing to do with gender but humans in general.



Since women wants control over everything as you claimed don't you think they should be ecstatic
that they make more money ?



It is normal for men who feel they are losing control of their home to feel unhappy.



Again context matters, please provide the full reference. But will you be surprised
that a full time housewife care more for her surroundings ?



Of course it is not, but that doesn't make it right either.



Of course her stat has no factual basis.



Sorry to burst your bubble you just picked out a statement that support your
position and excluding the context, here is a part of the forbes article I presume you
referenced:

So, if career women are bad marriage bets, so are career men.

And let me leave you with this rebuttal to your reference here:



At the bold, speak for yourself.



Again, you paint a picture of all richer women based on a subjective observation.

When wealth disparity is obvious, this behaviour may be exhibited by the family whether in a man or woman
as people generally tend to marry within their social group and those who don't may be resisted by their in-laws.
Then I ask if someone isn't welcome in a family , why try to prove himself when he can just walk away ?



The last time I checked women gets tagged as gold-diggers more often than men for obvious reasons.



An easy way to solve this problem is to marry an housewife and maybe get a written agreement
that she will never go into business so that your ego won't be bruised.



This is a false statement, control and dominance is the perogative of males,
some men can go to the extreme to exert control over their wife.
Are you aware that a third of women murders in the US is caused by their male partners ?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/09/men-killing-women-domesti_n_5927140.html
And it is primarily for ego, ownership and control reasons. So women naturally wants control theory
does not hold water.



Again, you break your own rule can you point to any survey you did that confirm your position.
You should never have responded if you also believe in making wild assumptions about people
you know little about.



This is a choice any woman can make.


It is as if you know her personally, but if you don't this is a misplaced advice as it
adds nothing to the discussion except to make your opponent look bad.





Because broke ladies got divorced doesn't mean a woman can't be sent parking because she is richer than her husband.
There are no rules on reason why divorce should occur. Someone could be divorced because of cheating while another
due to "lack of respect"or both, they are not always mutually exclusive.

So men should marry women that fits their description of a wife so as not
to end up as frustrated whiners who complain bitterly about how bad women are.

I love the way you broke it down

alezzy13:
My submission for about a year now is that BOTH GEJ and PMB have no business running the country.

The high hopes I had for GEJ - which was why I supported in him in 2011 when he won with a landslide - were unceremoniously dashed when I saw the direction the country was headed. Yes he made some modest gains infrastructure-wise and particularly in Agric, but when compared with the funds at his disposal, conservatively put at 51trillion (the highest of any president so far), he should have done much MUCH better. Added of course where the very disturbing allegation of corruption under his watch.

PMB of course has not fared any better. Yes, I will concede he seems to be enjoying a rather prolonged honeymoon with Nigerians, a fact that was recently highlighted by Economist in a recent article, but then again, when you compare the funds his predecessor had, you may see why pepole have chosen to be a little more patient with him.

A balanced view

teetee123:
This is getting out of hand. These guys are not the only ones feeling the heat of a bad economy. The elders should come together and say NO to this craze for fast money and show off of wealth.
There is need for a complete re-orientation

True that

dandollaz:
This is Thailand not Malaysia op.
If this country zoo is doing well no Biafran will take that risk. Actualize Biafra and see how things will be coordinated.

Are we the only tribe in Nigeria?


Is the suffering not affecting all of us?

So why is it that some have chosen this path?

Millions are still struggling legit, but these ones decided to go on the fast lane, but they will pay 4 it

alezzy13:
While I agree Punch was rather unfair in its criticism of GEJ, claiming he had no infrastructural projects to his credit, I nonetheless totally agree with their submission about his nauseating penchant for deflecting blame for failures to everyone but himself, while gladly lapping up commendations for perceived successes.

Many of the noisemakers here howling in defense of GEJ doing so out of sentiments rather than facts.

At least, you have admitted that indeed, the punch article was nothing but piece of shit, that's a good one

Nobody is saying that Jonathan was a messiah, but see who we chased him away for?

Two years now, and his government is still going in no direction like a rudderless ship on the sea.
Anyone who does not see that is not sincere

Eazybay:
Hmmmmm..

Has anyone else wondered what would av happened if GEJ was a Northerner? I mean I am yet to see a man vilified and lambasted this much. All dey care to say is Corruption!!
Meanwhile GEJ and family have no foreign ACCTS, no oil blocs, trained their kids here. Even bubu trained his own wards abroad, how bout SLS et al.

Is there any President that has built more roads, rails, power projects than Jonathan? We still remember how 'monkey' transformers permeated the entire landscape (even ajegunle) and alleviated the transformer overload menace?

Is there any President that seriously made efforts to maintain our refineries like Jonathan?

Is there any President that invested in education of Nigerians like Jonathan?

Is there any President that has upgraded our weaponry like Jonathan? We had it from sniffer dogs upwards even in d midst of an arms blockage.

Has any President taken pains to effectively clean up the voters register and initiate solid moves for an electoral reform (even to his own detriment as the old register would av guaranteed a PDP victory),

Why is Jonathan to blame when the Northern Elders claimed to have the key to BH soln, BH itself was not proscribed as a terrorist group till after 2yrs of mayhem and our own inadequacies led to the arms embargo?

Why is PMB hailed for destroying Boko haram when he has only succeeded in capturing d flag? Did he not accept that he received Nigeria intact at his inauguration?

Was the power privatization not hailed by the Intl community as the most transparent in our history?

Obj who is mature enough for presidency, had his first tenure and only after his rigged second term had d nerve to declare "its no longer business as usual". The EFCC he used as a tool to engage a third term via the back door. He is now hailed as a "performer".

Did we not witness the largest agricultural turn around, irrigation systems and food security under GEJ? Even this admin has attested to it.

Please if we are not slaves to the north, why did we refuse to pay 140 per litre under GEJ but agreed to pay 145 under buhari?

Why has nobody asked how we incurred 15tn debt in just 2yr?

A man is asking to work from home and we are already begging him to run for 2nd term, yet we claim the previous one was too weak.

Please name a President who has performed or is performing better than GEJ.

The NORTHERNERS ARE INDEED BORN TO RULE

That point about fuel is the one that pains me the most.


N145 when oil prices have dropped, as against N140 when oil prices were higher

What kind of country is this

austinvsb1:
The ramblings of a pelunctant child whose future has been robbed blind but refuses to see it! Only Low IQ'd individuals would be swayed by this your pathetic attempt at WHATABOUTISM

I only engage in intelligent discourse

YOU are the unintelligent person here


You did not address the points he raised, but you are rambling like an slowpoke


Address the points he raised, or point out anyone that is a lie there, then let's see

ehie:
What has Punch Editorial Borad written about the following;
1. the flight of FDI and multinational Inestors due to the uncondusive economic policies of the Government
2. the systemic genocide of christains by Fulani Herdsmen
3. the persecution of citizens defening themselves in Kaduna and Benue by the government of those states
4. the unbridles recession caused by the forex racketeers
5. the slaughter of Nigerians by the army during the shite annual procession
6. the unlawful deentions of Dasuki, kanu and El zakay
7.the wikieaks cables indicting El Rufai of Prperty racetering in Chida, Kubwa
8. the Wikileaks cables indicting Rochas Okorcha of embezzlement when he was woring in FAAN
9. the abuse of power by Hameed Ali, Babachir Lawal and Magu
10. the abuse of power during the DSS Raid
11. the abusde of power by the presidency by letting an incapitated man rule the country for 6 months now
t12.the payment by Adeosun of 2 million dollars monthly to a PR firm.
Punch Magazine, is itslef pathetic as pathetic as theyir reporter groveling to beg the CSO who kicked him of Aso Rock, methinks the artilce is just a way to get into the good books of the cabal.bloody sycophants

Thank you o


Biased media

And you Punch newspaper people are shameless
Have you people spoken out against the misrule of Buhari?

Dividing the country with his utterances

Being a nepotism specialist

Taking six months to assemble a dead cabinet

Bravado acts in the ND, which caused unrest there, damaged pipelines, Nigeria losing billions of dollars and till today, we have not reached the level of production we were prior to his reign

He has removed subsidy, yet his government is still limping, which means that if his government was still paying subsidy, Nigeria will have collapsed

His blunders are endless, yet you useless media houses are not speaking up, and screaming.

Fulani Herdsmen are on rampage, yet the president is doing nothing


You people are just terrible

two years, and they are still throwing blames

Almaiga:
This book just exposed how pained GEJ was all this while. All those heroic statements about him conceiving defeat is now gone. Now that we know what his evil plans where.
He has to be begged all night before he conceive defeat. All those Awards that was given to him after the election should be withdrawn.

What is this one saying?

Who is not pained when he loses elections

Buhari, the vegetable we have in Aso Rock today, did he concede defeat when he lost in 2003, 2007 and 2011?

And you are here talking rubbish

sureboss:
Women, both married or single need to learn how to control their tongues. Let me give u an example, 3 sundays ago I came came home from church around 11am. Few minutes later my wife also arrived home from d church which is just 2buildings from home n started harassing me for not waiting for an after service program I earlier planned to attend n I made her know I had some pending official issues on my laptop to sort out. She simply continued to insult me calling me an 'Antichrist' and that she regrets marrying me, and that when calamity befalls me I will be looking for pastors to pray for me and that I think I can act the way I want cos I have money n DAT I am an embarrassment to her in church for not attending and DAT my biz can even flop cos I choose not to attend blablabla.....
Cos I couldn't concentrate on d official documents I was working on I dressed up to go to the church program for peace to reign only for her to pick the keys to the house n lock the doors saying I only want to go out of the house n leave her, she refused to give me my keys
To prevent a violent confrontation and possible injury to her and my ever bubbly 8month old boy I walked to d balcony of my duplex and jumped down, found a way to open d gate and walked to d church and attended d program. Few minutes after I was seated in church she walked in as if nothing happened.....anyway she later apologized
However if I struggled with her n got her injured while trying to get my keys u can imagine wat d story will be......or I lost my calm n hit her..

Summary women should try to control their tongue and actions while men should try to control their temperament and do whatever is necessary for peace to reign....

Women and their problems

Assuming you have wounded yourself, what would have been the story?