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PoliticsRe: Traditional Ruler, Emeka, Reacts To Video Of Nnamdi Kanu And Wife In Bed by VolvoS60(m):
Rolings:
you all are getting it wrong (or pretending to ). the point is a NK who is a freedom fighter dont need this kind of publiity, it is an indictment on his personality, you can say its the work of his enemies which is true but you cannot deny the fact that he is not the only married man why are others not having their sex videos leaked and gloat over it like you all are doing......what you all need now is a sober reflection...and not you usual chest beating that gets you nothing
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I don't care much for the ethno-nationalism that pervades threads like these so I prefer not to comment. But a few things are in order.

You do have a few points. But I find the online reactions to this whole matter interesting - very, very interesting.

A couple of years ago - Hadji Bukar Ibrahim (father, husband of 3 wives, two term senator and governor of Yobe state) was captured in a rather compromising video with two women - allegedly women of easy virtue. That should have been a death sentence (both politically and literally) for him according to the religious law he signed as governor in the early 2000s. But what happened? Mr. Ibrahim asserted that he had a right to privacy and the matter died there.

On this same Nairaland, a large number of people were indifferent to that scandal or amazingly, sided with Hadji Ibrahim. The threads are still there. Strange that Mr. Kanu (who as far as I am aware has not claimed to be a moral or religious leader) is being raked across the coals while Mr. Ibrahim got off scot free.

Just saying.
PoliticsRe: Ban On Mining Activities Won’t Last Long — Minister by VolvoS60(m): 7:45am On Apr 12, 2019
Emycord:
pls can someone explain this phrase to me in details: one nation, "BOUND" in "FREEDOM". it seems like a contradiction to me, how can bondage and freedom be so used in the same clause?
grin
CrimeRe: Little Boy Electrocuted After Walking Into An Open Transformer. Graphic Photos by VolvoS60(m): 8:58pm On Apr 11, 2019
sad

Some of the comments on this thread show that whatever it is that ails us is serious. Very serious indeed.
CrimeRe: Little Boy Electrocuted After Walking Into An Open Transformer. Graphic Photos by VolvoS60(m): 6:31pm On Apr 11, 2019
sad


Rest in Peace, young one.
Foreign AffairsRe: Sudan Military Has Seized Power by VolvoS60(m): 1:37pm On Apr 11, 2019
HisSexcellency:
Why are African military personnel so interested in governance huh
You have more coups and military takeover/ interference in Africa than anywhere else
grin
CrimeRe: Dispatch rider hit by stray bullet, one other killed as hoodlums clash in Fadeyi by VolvoS60(m): 1:33pm On Apr 11, 2019
undecided

Probably this man woke up, bade his family goodbye and set out to earn his daily bread. Sadly, he won't be going back to them.

As some posters have said, the violence which claimed this man's life is nothing new. It flares up every now and then.

The question is: why is this violence acceptable to the 'sons of the soil'? Why should cultists, transport union members and other undesirables continue to take away the blood, sweat, toil and lives of productive members of society? undecided

The man is lying there with his despatch riders kit and helmet. Who will speak for him and demand justice when those who run Lagos approve of the violence that claimed his life? undecided
EducationRe: Plastic Bottles Used To Pay School Fees At Morit International School, Ajegunle by VolvoS60(m): 12:33pm On Apr 11, 2019
Looks like a good initiative.
Car TalkRe: Are Gear Problems Not Fixable In Nigeria? by VolvoS60(m): 3:50pm On Apr 07, 2019
Interesting thread.

Some of us have been fortunate enough not to have any transmission problems and we want things to remain that way. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much on these boards to help in that area.
Car TalkRe: A True Story About Insurance. by VolvoS60(m): 3:14pm On Apr 07, 2019
Controlv:
I informed the insurance company where i took the mandatory 3rd party insurance, i submitted incident report and repair estimate of 1.2m for the 2 cars. The investigation was concluded withing 2 weeks and they agreed to pay 732k.

It took 3 months of rigorous follow up before i get paid. I had to visit the insurance company's office on a weekly basis for 3 months before i got paid. It would have been worse if i reside outside Lagos.
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undecided

This is why insurance companies have a (well deserved in my opinion) reputation as shysters. Why the 3 month delay?
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m):
Iamgrey5:
You don't know Iwo road

What is the link ɓetween Ring road and Iwo road. ?

Even if you are coming from Lagos, you head to straight to challenge, you don't need to go to Iwo road

Orita challenge is far closer to Lagos/Ibadan express way than Iwo road.

from challenge you go to any place you plan to visit in Ibadan

So I don't know what you are blabbing about sir smiley


How is accusing people of Ignorance or obvious Bigotry an insult sir ? smiley

When is stating the obvious an insult?


And yes I believe you are hallucinating like you claimed with your explanation of Ibadan roads smiley

No insults just stating the obvious smiley
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I am still waiting for your photographs, Sir. grin

When next it rains, take photographs of Iwo Road roundabout and paste them here...if you are bold enough. cheesy I can assure you sir, when the rainy reason really kicks off, the roundabout will indeed be something to behold.

My route into Ibadan from Lagos leaves me with two options: after passing through where the old toll gate used to be on the express, go to Challenge through the exit ramp on the right OR continue straight on till I get to Iwo road roundabout much, much further ahead. The Challenge option eventually takes me past the Oyo State High Court of Justice, D Rovans, etc. all of which are on the Ring Road axis...Do you now understand why I mentioned Ring Road?? Or you need an even lengthier geography lesson? grin

Like I said earlier, you have no argument. You carefully avoided the key issues on the thread and instead chose to create a diversion about entry routes into Ibadan. grin. Nice try, but it won't work. You really do need to update your trolling techniques - the ones you used here have been played out completely. Picking fights here and there and making endless excuses for leadership failure will not rescue Ibadan (or any where else in Nigeria) from neglect or regression.

Anyway, what did I expect? Any one who would put forward Shoprite (a shopping mall chock full of imported consumer goods undecided) as an index of development (any where in Nigeria) should be avoided like the plague.

Do have a good day, Sir. wink
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m): 7:53pm On Apr 06, 2019
Ishilove:
Truth is a very bitter pill to swallow, so when they can't bear it they go neanderthal on the truthsayers.

Ignore the particular uncultured ass (donkey) who you quoted. He has been trying to bait me by writing the same shite that comes out of his rear end, but I refused to dignify him with a response. I cannot and will not banter words with an anus.
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The funny thing about it is that Ibadan holds very dear memories for me. I went to school there. I served there. Family lives there. Hell, I was born there!

If I criticize anything about the place it is because I know it can do so much better.
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m): 7:44pm On Apr 06, 2019
Iamgrey5:
Who have I insulted apart from you?

Please point out where I was uncultured bla bla bla

it seems you are particularly seeing things smiley

I never said the infrastructure in Ibadan is superb, I only said it is better than most states in southern Nigeria. smiley

And the road in Iwo road is good, I am in Ibadan for the weekend, I promise to take a picture and post it here by tomorrow.
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On this thread you have accused people of onanism, ignorance, bigotry and hypocrisy. And that was in your first few posts!

And according to you up there, I am hallucinating undecided. This is what people say when they do not have a convincing argument.

I know Iwo road well. Quite well in fact. To beat the insane traffic there, i sometimes prefer to go through Ring Road when coming into Ibadan - even though that route is longer.

The last time I tried passing through the Iwo road axis to link Basorun - I was coated with dust from the road works going on there - the road works that never ends. undecided

Iwo road roundabout is not an example of good infrastructure. It is not. Call a spade a spade.
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m): 4:46am On Apr 06, 2019
Iamgrey5:
^^

Haha haha

Another idiot cheesy
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It takes one to know one. wink

You have been all over this thread hurling insults like the uncultured, ill bred individual you are. Those insults will NOT change the stark reality that Ibadan (and the whole of Nigeria really) has an infrastructure deficit. Name calling will NOT change anything. It won't add one millimetre of asphalt to the disaster that is Iwo road roundabout. grin The picture doesn't lie!

The truth indeed will make you free.
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m): 10:06pm On Apr 05, 2019
Funny thread. grin

Some very thin skinned, sensitive, defensive people on here. They can dish it out in spades but they can't take it - not even a teaspoonful (or two)! grin

The pictures don't lie. There's a reason why it is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But that isn't even the issue here.

Some of us are actually very familiar with the area shown in that picture - and we are mystified at the strident denial of reality on this thread!

The truth shall make us free. wink
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m): 9:49pm On Apr 05, 2019
Icon79:
Brown roof and brown water = double dose grin

O pari
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grin grin
TravelRe: Iwo Road In Ibadan Flooded, Roads Blocked - Photos by VolvoS60(m): 9:48pm On Apr 05, 2019
adioolayi:
It should be as a result of ongoing dualization of Gate-Iwo road construction works
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grin

Na so.
CrimeRe: Fulani Herdsmen Attack 2 Towns In Benue, Kill 5 (Graphic Photos) by VolvoS60(m): 9:55pm On Apr 04, 2019
undecided

And Nigerians say they have a government.

The end game is this: to normalize these serial abominations until Nigerians accept and question it no more. Sadly, the powers that be seem to have succeeded. Except for a minority that retains its humanity, most of us are now indifferent to the carnage.

The Buhari government has failed miserably in its primary function. A pox be on all their houses.
PoliticsRe: Obi Peter Onuoha, Wounded Soldier 'Time To Speak Out Than Commit Suicide' by VolvoS60(m): 9:42pm On Apr 04, 2019
uuzba:
So the country should have NO army?
What do you think the purpose of Army is in this world? And why does every country have an army?
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Have you ever thought what will happen when the neighboring counties decide to cross your border, overtake your land and property and drive you out with nothing?
If America does not have army, what is stopping everybody in Mexico from migrating there and taking over their land?

Abi is it "Abeg Na!?" that you will use to ward off invaders to your territory?

Nigerian army are doing a job of making this nation remain THIS nation and nobody even thanks them for it. You will not have any economy or any naira of money to spend if you have no country.
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Point of correction.

Not every country in the world has an army. At least 20 countries do not have a standing army.

These countries have various arrangements for national defence. Some of them rely on defence pacts with neighbours or regional hegemons for security. Others rely on their police forces for internal security as well as for protection against external aggression.

And it seems to have worked out well for them.
TravelRe: How Potholes On Enen Nsit Road Killed My Son In Akwa Ibom - Man (Photos) by VolvoS60(m): 10:28pm On Mar 31, 2019
Bluffly:
People also die on smooth roads. Should we also blame the government for smooth roads. I have driven hours on most Nigerian highways. I anticipate that there will be a pot hole ahead, I don't overtake on hills, bends, obscured paths to say. When drivers are careful around potholes they can't have accident. I dn't speed on unfamiliar roads. Even USA has potholes.
RIP to the dead.
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undecided
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m): 9:11pm On Mar 31, 2019
eyeview:
As long as our talentless comedians will start jokes like "If solider slap you, if mopol slap you", these recruits will continue to feel empowered and see it as an endorsement of their power to brutalise you as a civilian. Nothing irritates me like all those "If army slap you, if mopol slap" jokes. If akpororo runs out of jokes, that's where he quickly jumps to.
This kind of news is the result
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Very well said.

+100
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m): 9:09pm On Mar 31, 2019
aljharem:
Very good, they need to teach him sense. We need to respect men in uniform. I bet he is i...g..o
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Trolling and doing an abysmally poor job of it. You are losing your touch...
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m):
daddymummy:
It is because most nigerians enjoy pains.Their sexual desire is being fueled by pain and beatings/whipping.That is why civilians are being punished and beaten illegally by soldiers.Some people even wish they would be beaten for their pleasure.If all civillians rise up and say enough is enough,this will stop.But instead nigerian civilians take sexual pleasure from being flogged.They will even tell their stories of being beaten by soldiers with joy and laughter.Soldiers know this and they will continue whipping them.Such a thing cannot happen in the US or Europe.
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You may be on to something.

I said on here years ago that there is a deeply troubling pyschosexual component to military brutality in Nigeria - both for the victims and the aggressors. It is very disturbing how the victims - sometimes grown men with children undecided - often recount with glee their humiliation by functionally illiterate soldiers who wouldn't be able to cut it professionally anywhere else.

S and M games. undecided

Modified: It is even more shameful that the fellow beaten up by the so called "soldier" is physically disabled. He has some kind of palsy - evident in how his right hand hangs. undecided
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m): 8:27pm On Mar 31, 2019
cannanland:
I know our military abuse their power some times, but the guy was wrong to have told to soldier that he was the one on the line.........whenever you see a uniform personality and medical practitioneers........soldier,police,nscdc, doctors, nurses etc.....and u can recognised them, u should give them a chance to do whatever they want to do because of their work ethics!
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No.

You can't decry soldiers abusing their power and in the same sentence criticize a man for standing up to soldiers misusing their powers. That is double speak.

People gladly and willingly give way to doctors and nurses when they need to get stuff done. It is a labour of love, so to speak. And why not? Doctors and nurses don't go round flogging people with their stethoscopes. They don't go round stabbing anyone with syringes. No sir. These doctors and nurses are far from perfect but their contribution to society is not in doubt. Can the same be said about Nigerian military? undecided
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m): 9:22am On Mar 31, 2019
mayor360:
I was a witness when the incident happened on Friday morning, the message was wrong, the soldier was patient enough, but that guy went too far bad locking his camouflage, the guy that was beaten really deserve what he got, he frustrated the soldier in the name of right, the soldier was not trying to jump queue, he only requested that a policeman on duty be given preference at the ATM point, only for this human right man to insult and lock his camouflage round neck
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You need to state clearly exactly what happened. The soldier wanted preferential treatment for himself or for a policeman? And what do you mean by "he frustrated the soldier in the name of right"?
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m): 9:20am On Mar 31, 2019
OyinO:
Allow the soldier to collect and go. You Nigerian bloody civilians lack respect and special treatment for service personnel of the Armed Forces especially Army. These guys sacrifice everything to keep you safe, then you come and be dragging chance to collect money from ATM with such a fellow who lay down his life to let you have peace. Some soldiers are on duty. They take permission to come to town and withdraw cash so as to give to their family at home and return to duty post. Then you want him to remain standing with you. Also, the security risk of standing unarmed in present day Naija is huge. Though, one single slap is enough instead of faxing the man as if he's a criminal. That's quite too much for the gravity of offence committed.
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Sarcasm?
CrimeRe: Soldier Seen Beating A Man Who Told Him He’s The Next In Line At An ATM Booth by VolvoS60(m):
IamD18:
I have every feelings that there's more to this story. Maybe a statement the man made.

Because I've never in my life seen a soldier forcefully trying to withdraw on another person's turn. They'll always take permission to do so, and I'm sure many haven't seen a soldier intimidate someone in an ATM queue before.
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There may be more to this story. I don't know because I wasn't there.

What I do know is that Nigerian military do this kind of nonsense frequently so it isn't hard for me to believe the story.

A naval rating brutalized a pregnant woman in Lagos some years ago over some minor misunderstanding in a bus queue - beat the woman up till she collapsed. undecided The story hit social media in no time. That sailor was very, very lucky he wasn't lynched - things were heading in that direction and the fellow knew it - he quickly started calling his colleagues for back up because some men in the crowd were threatening to gut him.

Is there really a need for a standing army when all these people do is misuse their uniform?
AutosRe: Disadvantages Of Buying Nigerian Used Cars by VolvoS60(m): 10:00pm On Mar 30, 2019
You can't tar all sellers of Nigerian used cars with the same brush.

Some imported used vehicles are far, far worse than the car you bought - the buyers of such made the same mistake you made and didn't do their due diligence. Anyway, lesson learned. Life goes on. I hope after all you've spent on it, the vehicle serves you faithfully and for a long period of time...
Car TalkRe: BMW Owners' Forum by VolvoS60(m): 8:44pm On Mar 30, 2019
andykay:
Good day my gurus in the house. I need your help on bmw e46. I saw it on olx and I like the car. A brother of mine now said that if the battery is not in front, the car is not good but the ones that have their battery at back do have electrical fault every now and then. I need your expert opinion cos this is the first time i am thinking of buying a BMW. Thanks for your quick response.
^^^

With his theory, your brother may be on to something - maybe though not quite in the way he intended.

BMW, VW Porsche etc. mainstreamed the German design trend of placing batteries in the passenger compartment undecided - in the cargo area or under the driver's seat. It is a controversial practice - as shown in the sad, unresolved death of Latifa Lincoln and her 3 year old daughter from hydrogen sulphide poisoning, with a faulty car battery being the suspected cause of death in that case.

Electrical faults may be the least of one's problems when it comes to this strange practice of putting car batteries in the passenger cabin. Progress or two steps backwards?
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Yinka Odumakin Writes Letter To Bola Ahmed Tinubu by VolvoS60(m): 2:37pm On Mar 23, 2019
sapoyoro:
its a popular saga...even if u read obasanjo past interview about Tinubu,he has also alluded to that event,infact many times..
Our former governor oyinlola in osun state because of the gci saga then (and the university of Chicago or no Chicago stuff)
once said of tinubu in a campaign
"lati Atarii tinubu dee gigisee,iroo loo kun bee"(from tinubu's head to toe are lies and deceit)

when lam adesina was defeated by ladoja,our old boys association tabled their grievances to the new governor, especially in regards to our principal.. and he was promptly restored to his old post until retirement at the ministry few years later..
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Thanks for the heads up. I will look up the story.

I am relieved to hear that GCI old students fought the good fight and made sure that the principal didn't lose out completely. All isn't lost.

The so-called jagaban (or whatever he is called) will answer for all this in due course.
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Yinka Odumakin Writes Letter To Bola Ahmed Tinubu by VolvoS60(m): 3:35am On Mar 23, 2019
sapoyoro:
very very...
theres no GCI old boy who will not know of that Saga...
I was a js2 student at that time so I witnessed it all..
I still remembered how mr Ademola was maltreated and whisked away by the police.
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I read the full write up by Odumakin. I don't know much about him. But let's put that aside.

In the write up, Odumakin quotes former Oyo state governor (now late) Lam Adesina as confirming he seized GCI school records (for reasons undisclosed) and kept them until the eve of his departure from office. undecided Why?

It seems incredible that Lam Adesina and Bola Tinubu would conspire to destroy the career of an apparently innocent man (the GCI Principal, Ademola) to satisfy Tinubu's empty, worthless vanity. If all this is true, then Lam is surely answering for it wherever he is now.

The only question I have now is how vigorously GCI old students fought this matter when it was hot. I never heard about it all these years. Tinubu and Adesina should not have been allowed to get away with it!

People want the glory associated with getting a school certificate but don't want to put in the work. undecided

All this will end someday...
Car TalkRe: Fashola: Bad Roads Not Cause Of Accidents On Highways by VolvoS60(m): 8:39am On Mar 21, 2019
undecided

These are excuses for non-performance. Tell us something we don't know, Mr. minister!

Your job is to get those roads built. There are other government departments charged with the responsibility of regulating driver behaviour. 'Stay in your lane' and fix the damn roads! Your party is in power now - you have no place to hide! undecided
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Yinka Odumakin Writes Letter To Bola Ahmed Tinubu by VolvoS60(m): 1:55am On Mar 21, 2019
sapoyoro:
if I do not know of others,I know that of the GCI saga cos I'm an old boy now.. around 2003 when Tinubu lied he is an old boy of the school but his records backing the claim were not found. the old boys association and our principal then mr Ademola denied him instantly... one afternoon, just before break,policemen sent by then Governor lam adesina storm our school,arrest our principal and cart away all the school records and that was the last we saw of the very gentle mr Ademola...we later heard he was compulsorily retired...
fun times then.
Tinubu is an evil man and a conman...credits where its due,he is a fantastic politician.
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Are you serious about what you said concerning GCI?

I remember the University of Chicago versus Chicago State University controversy but I never heard about GCI. It would be good for more GCI old students to speak up about what happened - they can't silence all of you, no matter how they try.

It keeps getting worse. This is the chicanery that even on this thread, some people want us to worship and celebrate.

Rubbish. undecided

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