₦airaland Forum

We can all draw terrible photos from the Internet. I just want to see scenes like this stop. Human rights for everyone, not just the rich or the elite!

Why are you all so desperate to break up from each other? The level of hate is tangible and very primal. Is this normal because when I was in Lagos. people tended to get on. I mixed mainly with Yorubas and Igbos. Is this enmity, or tribalism, hidden on day to day interaction in Nigeria between people.

I feel that if the country is split, no one will benefit!

I prefer shiny dark skin that gleam day/night. For this reason I prefer Yoruba women from Ghana or Ashanti from Ghana. For some reason, most Nigerian men I have met, seem to prize light skin. That's good, leaves more dark skin for oyimmbo

Excellent.

You can travel from Land's End to John O' Groats in the UK and if you are ill, you will get medical service. You may have to wait 2 hours, but you will get seen to and assisted. On that long journey, there will be no form of delay (by corrupt police or robbers). You will be able to drive in peace. Things work here, the basics. You obviously cannot do it yourself and you need help. Put your ego aside and look at the truth.

From what I can see and from discussions when I was in Nigeria, corruption is endemic. (I still get headaches from the generator din) It cannot be solved by a change of nigerian government officials. The mentality-shift of changing from only helping yourself, family or tribe to helping everybody in the arena of Nigeria is akin to revoloutionary discourse.

We can help you? If not us, the Chinese (they are developing quickly), South Koreans or the Danish. The Nigerian mind, unfortunately, is not ready for development. There is a part missing which deals with social responsibility. Contract these services out so you can then you can all go about your business in peace. I must admit, that you are very dynamic people and good at buying and selling.

U r a joker, right? Guy we aint outsourcing phuck, so just hop-off this platform if u have nothing nice to say. We r yet to recover from this colonial "MOJO" called Nigeria, and u suggesting we go back to colonialism? I suggest u stop the brain-washing dude. Angry Angry


My friend, why are you angry. You are getting too excited! Please, look at this rationally and without emotion.  

I suggest that you out-source the basic elements of running the country. You can still have Nigerian politicians, governors - no-one will rule over you, but you just devolve the key elements of running the country to foreigners. I was in Lagos last year and I was told on more than one occasion by elders that things worked better with the British. It could be anyone, Chinese, Swedish, but a culture that gets things done and has a history of providing for it's people as opposed to providing killer roads, no light and robbers in and out of police uniform.

Very sad. RIP to those that have lost loved ones. BBC is saying 140 and rising.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16663693

Every country has problems. There is no shame in that, we are all imperfect, even as indiviudals.

I think to save Nigeria, you need technocrats and post-holders in the key service deliveries that are uncorrupted, all I read here is money bribe or tribal argument, etc,
Looking at things now, there is no security or organisation in the country. I know Nigerians are very productive and work hard, but for the country to continue, you need to outsource - British civil service, Chinese police, Israeli security, Swedish - design and organisation.

Who will secede first, I think after the last war, no region wants to put it's foot out perhaps. I think the Nigeria project should go to the UN for discussion so a road-map to avoiding crises can be averted.

Will each state want to be independent?

I think u should concentrate on leading the effort to keep UK united.

Scotland is about to gain independence

Argentina is about to take over Falkland Islands with tacit backing of UN and US.

I think you may have more problems on your hand than you know if you are truly british.

More than anything you should have used this opportunity to appologise to Nigerians on behalf of Lord Lugard to put people with irreconsilable differences in one Nation.


Good to hear your thoughts. I think Scotland should go their own way, we colonised them for far too long, but we have been susbsidising them for a long time (bit like your fuel). We will come to an agreement with Argentina, as money and peace will talk. As for an apology, I am not Lord Lugard and I believe that each man carries his own can, as it were.

Are you saying that you cannot get yourself out of your current geo-political end-game? You are in charge of your own country man, the african man was clamouring for independence, now you have it, it seems like you do not know what to do with it?

New to the boards here- white guy from England.

How come these people are not safe in their own country?

From what I can see, from hearing updates from the family of my girlfriend based in Lagos and Abuja, reading the news and watching TV - nigeria as en entity is imploding.

Nothing seems to work in Nigeria, we went back for 2 weeks holiday last year and everything was a mess. Roads shit, no constant electricity, everyone scared of the police and robbers in equal measure. I spoke to my girlfriend's Auntie and she confided in me when no one was around and said "My mum wishes the British never left".

Now, leaving pride and h(ego) out of this, I think you should ask us to come back and help you administrate the country. We take over managing the power grid, water provision, health care, police force, army, justice system etc, all we ask for is to collect 20% of your oil revenue per year. This is cheap, because as it stands now, there is no benefit to the masses and nothing is provided in return.

I just want your honest thoughts as we could do this before your country turn into Rwanda x25

Sorry for announcing your true identity. You will have a very torrid time here. I doubt you will last 1 week! Because we dont do diplomacy in Nigeria!

No worries, I grew up in South London, so I can take any heat or vitriol shunted my way. Thanks for the heads up!

My girlfriend Funmi - said that she stopped dating Nigerian men because the ones she met in Nigeria and here in England tended to lie and treat them bad, have temper and do not know how to treat a woman very well.

The guys I have met seemed to spend a lot of attention on external things (car, clothes, jewellery) and maybe do not understand that women just crave to be loved and listened too.

Hi everybody.

I am new to the boards as my girlfriend Funmi - pointed me here, I am an english guy, I think you call it oyimmbo.

From what I can see, the Nigeria project is not working. It is better you contract the police, army, justice, water, electricity, basically everything that does not work back to my people - the British. We did not let you down before. Because it seems and please forgive me for being rude, like you cannot organise a beach party at the beach.