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Sports › Re: Group C: Algeria Vs Slovenia: [0 - 0] On Sunday June 13, 2010 @ World Cup by waladis(m): 2:34pm On Jun 13, 2010

I wonder if any African team will make it to the quarter-final, it will be a shame if non of them make it up to that level. sad

Sports › Re: Nigeria Vs Greece: [1 - 2] On June 17, 2010 @ World Cup by waladis(m): 12:29am On Jun 13, 2010

blackmann:
the way i see it, we should be more concerned about those chinko guys than with greece. the way greece played today, they seem to be the whipping team of the group. But i don't want to undermine the Koreans. those guys could spring surprises if we are not careful.

We should be concern about every team that are going to play against us and avoid underrating any team. It is only normal for any team after losing their first match to attempt putting on a better performance in their next match. Nigeria and Greece lost their first match and I bet both of them are thinking the same way right now about their second match. We have seen in the past that some team get better with every single match and some that narrowly qualify for the second round got as far as quarter-final and semi-final. Any team can give a surprise despite their bad start or low rating, for example USA vs England

Sports › Re: England Vs USA: [1 - 1] On Saturday June 12, 2010 by waladis(m): 9:32pm On Jun 12, 2010

The Americans team might not be so that good but they are very energetic and did not give up easily, they ran after every ball and every english player, although the goalkeeper saved them some goals but am still really impressed and I enjoy their game against England than Nigeria against Argentina.

Sports › Re: If Nigeria Beats Argentina I Will: by waladis(m): 2:42pm On Jun 12, 2010

I will go six rounds with my girlfriend today with serious smacking grin

Sports › Mandela Relative's Death Mars World Cup Opening by waladis(op): 9:39am On Jun 11, 2010

Nelson Mandela's attendance at the World Cup opening ceremony was uncertain after the death of his great granddaughter in a car crash, his office said Friday.

https://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/afp/20100611/07/1111719045-mandela-uncertain-w-cup-opener-family-tragedy.jpg

With regards to him being there, it's something that we will issue later on. We are all still dealing with the shock of the passing of the child," said Sello Hating, spokesman for the Mandela Foundation.

"We need to afford Madiba and his family the time to mourn," he said, referring to Mandela by his clan name.

Mandela's 13-year-old great granddaughter was killed early Friday when her car overturned on a Johannesburg highway after South Africa's World Cup concert, his office said.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, contrary to earlier reports, was not in the car crash that killed her great granddaughter, Nelson Mandela's office said Friday, but she was taken to hospital because of her shock at the news.

The driver of the vehicle has been arrested as police investigate charges of culpable homicide, police spokeswoman Colonel Noxolo Kweza said.

"Zenani Mandela, 13, was travelling in a car returning from the World Cup kick-off concert at Orlando Stadium when the accident occurred. There was only one car involved and no one else was injured," The Mandela Foundation said in a statement.

Zenani was the granddaughter of Zindzi Mandela, one of the children born to South Africa's first black president and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

"Zenani, who celebrated her 13th birthday on June 9, was the eldest child of Zoleka Seakamela and one of Mr Nelson Mandela?s nine great grand-children," the Foundation said.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100611/twl-mandela-uncertain-on-w-cup-opener-af-4bdc673.html

Romance › Re: Is Infidelity Enough Reason To End A Relationship? by waladis(m): 5:07pm On Jun 08, 2010

cool-tobex:
The fact that there are more men than women on earth according to census, does not mean men should go ahead and have extra-marital affairs, or go about cheating their partner.
IT IS A WRONG THING TO DO. Think of it, if it was the other way round, what would the situation be like?

And who says it has never been the other way round? This thread should not be seen only from one perspective

Romance › Re: Is Infidelity Enough Reason To End A Relationship? by waladis(m): 4:38pm On Jun 08, 2010

As it was in the begining (they were like this before we were born), and so it will ever shall be ( they are still like that now and it just going to be like that forever ), world without,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I guess all you ladies know the rest by now

Romance › Re: Is Infidelity Enough Reason To End A Relationship? by waladis(m): 4:32pm On Jun 08, 2010

Lovemee:
Go ahead then, congratulate urself, kk?

Nothing to congratulate about this, that is just the way things are. Somethings will never change

Romance › Re: Is Infidelity Enough Reason To End A Relationship? by waladis(m): 4:27pm On Jun 08, 2010

ITgurlie:
For a relationship (dating, courtship) YES

The only place when you can forgive and give another chance is in marriage, but if he continues then we head to court cos I can't share my man with another, never

Then, you must either be prepared to share yourself with other men or live the rest of your life alone or as a lesbian, if you are lucky to be one . Even homosexual do cheat on each other.

Romance › Re: Is Infidelity Enough Reason To End A Relationship? by waladis(m): 3:55pm On Jun 08, 2010

agathamari:
she is far better off alone then putting her life in danger with a man who will do nothing but give her a disease.

Can you live alone for the rest of your life? What about those who are not lucky enough to know that their partner cheat on them until they acquire the disease and what about those who will never know till they die or only knew after the death of the man through his last will and testament . So what are you going to do NEXT?

Travel › Re: Across the sahara on foot to Europe via Libya ( Paperback ) ISBN # 9781478329206 by waladis(m): 9:31am On Jun 08, 2010

huhmmm

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 10:36pm On Jun 07, 2010

tpia.:
i dont support illegal immigration, and especially not to certain countries, but if people feel they have no other alternative, they'll continue fleeing.

Even if they travel legally, fleeing to countries where they are not wanted and might cost them their lives is never an alternative.

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 10:31pm On Jun 07, 2010

tpia.:
^^well, i'm not sure what anybody can do.

People say they have no hope at home ie their home countries.

if the western world would develop third world african countries to a reasonable extent, the tide of immigrants would reduce.

Why should the west develop third world countries, they were once like us and who developed them? We need to start finding our own feet and stop shifting the blame everytime to someone. Before it was our bad leaders and now the west. We must find a way of holding our leaders accountable for their positions and we the masses should make meaningful contribution to the society.

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 10:16pm On Jun 07, 2010

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6256679.ece

Migrant warns africans of misery in europe

N African in Paris is appealing to his countrymen to stay at home rather than risk their lives attempting to break into “fortress Europe”, where, he says, they will be miserable.

Omar Ba, from Senegal, in west Africa, says Europe is not the promised land imagined by Africans; instead it is almost impossible to find a job or somewhere to live and people are unfriendly to foreigners.

“I came in search of happiness,” said Ba, 28, in a cafe in Paris last week. “I found solitude and depression.”

He is luckier than most because his book I Came, I Saw, I Believe No More has turned the child of impoverished smoked-fish sellers into a minor celebrity and has put a human face on the plight of African “boat people”.

Ba, who grew up in a former leper colony, blames bad government in Africa rather than Europe’s immigration policies for the tragic deaths at sea of thousands of would-be immigrants in recent years. “If Africa provided just a minimum for its people, do you think so many would leave?” he said.

They are lured to Europe by hopes of prosperity drummed into them from an early age by a society reliant on remittances from overseas workers. Yet Ba soon discovered Europe was not the paradise that his family and teachers had promised.

The only white people he had encountered before reaching Europe in 2001 on an overloaded canoe were tourists on Senegal’s beaches. “They were joyful and seemed to spend money without counting,” he writes. “They inspired me with envy and fascination.”

He was shocked to discover that some Europeans were homeless, poor and sick. Worst of all, they did not want to know him, particularly the attractive young women he had dreamt of meeting. “People avoided me,” writes Ba, who managed to enrol as a sociology student at the University of Saint-Etienne. “I made beautiful girls flee; to think that when I arrived I fantasised about having an affair with some ravishing blonde who would give me mixed-race children.”

If Europe is difficult for the natives, it is much tougher for immigrants, he writes. Even those who have lived in France for three decades are “piled up on top of each other in insalubrious apartment blocks”. Ba found a room but knew another immigrant who lived in a telephone booth. He often had to beg and rummage in bins. The only jobs on offer were sweeping streets or washing dishes and that was before the global financial meltdown.

“So now a lot of immigrants are homeless, they are turning to drink and crime,” writes Ba, who spent two years at a restaurant sink before getting a job at a charity. He notes that employment does not seem to make people less miserable: “Before stepping on European soil, I never knew what stress was . . . in Africa it is impossible to have a salary at the end of the month and be depressed.”

African immigrants prefer to perpetuate the myth about the good life, even if it means incurring debt to send money home to relatives who treat them as cash cows. “It is a matter of honour,” writes Ba. “We do not want to admit failure. The family would not accept it.”

Many new immigrants find their main contact in Europe (a friend or relative who had promised to host them in style) mysteriously vanishes when they arrive. Yet nothing seems to damp the Africans’ overwhelming desire for Europe, not even the “rotting bodies that wash up on beaches” with horrific regularity.

Ba finds the human toll particularly shocking – his first experience of death was in a swell off the coast of Morocco. Another canoe had collided with a larger vessel and although they managed to pull the survivors on board, Ba will never forget the sight of his drowned compatriots.

In the Canary Islands he told the authorities nothing, following the instructions of the trafficker who had organised his boat ride. “If they don’t know which country you come from, it is impossible for them to send you home,” he explains.

After two months in a “retention centre”, he was put on a flight to Barcelona. From there he hitched a lift to France in a refrigerated lorry and almost froze to death. He is no longer an illegal: after being expelled from France in 2002, he returned on a student visa. Yet he is thinking of going home, perhaps to work as a teacher like some of his eight siblings. He hopes others might follow his example and return to a country that needs them.

“This migratory wave is draining Africa of its lifeblood,” he writes. “I want young Africans to listen to reason. Europe is not worth risking their life for. There they will find only suffering and failure.

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 8:16am On Jun 07, 2010

daytona500:
Nigerians abroad have contributed positively to the economy. Most of the so called fast food at home now such as TFC and the like were established by Nigerians in diaspora, and these have created jobs for many. Also, technologically, Nigerians have brought in fresh and constructive ideas to the nation. In Ghana now, Nigerians are doing very well because of their stable economy.

There are lot of Nigerians all over the world and there is hardly any country where you won't find them. The numbers of Nigerians that are returning back home to invest regardless of how they get there money are nothing to be compared to the ones that had already made up there mind to die in another man's land despite all the danger, discrimination and insult they received from the host countries. The Northerners face the same problems as the Southerners eventhough they are geographically closer to North Africa and Europe and share the same religion and similar culture but are not as keen and desperate to travel abroad as we Southerners instead most of them would prefer to die as beggars in their own country beside their family rather than to be killed like chickens in a country like Libya. I would also like you guys to bear it in mind that it is not only Libya that murdered the black Africans anyhow, countries like Morocco and Algeria have done the same in the past. This countries have deported a lot of black African into the middle of the desert rather than being deported straight to their countries, they were left in thousands without no food and water to die in the middle of the desert. Is this really worth all this search for greener pasture?

daytona500:
Though there is no place like home but we need to explore other nations for ideas because whatever we have been doing for the past forty years are not working for us.

I agree that we need to explore other nations for ideas but only if we are wellcome by the host nation and not at the expense of our precious life.
For example, something like this (see the link below) make me sick and if you ask me, I really don't blame any of this white guys in the Forum and in their country.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-305386.0.html

Nairaland General › Re: WHAT DO YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT NAIRALAND by waladis(op): 12:05am On Jun 05, 2010

indie22:
I dislike that people tend to be unecessarily abusive, over little things, its almost like its a competition.

Some actually do that deliberately just to generate attention and recognition for themselves, but in reality they lack the self confidence to achieve this.

Family › Re: Is There A Need To Validate A Woman's Fertility By Impregnating Her B4 Marriage? by waladis(m): 9:30pm On Jun 04, 2010

It is your choice when you discover that your partner is infertile to adopt or not to, or to move on. It is natural that most men will move on or take a second wife if they discover that their wife is unproductive and vice-verse. So it is all about doing what you think is right for yourself and your main reason of getting married which must have been aware to both parties before the marriage. Marriage is not just about love. It does not really bother me if a woman is fertile or not because I would know what step to take if I ever find myself in such a situation.

Nairaland General › Re: WHAT DO YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT NAIRALAND by waladis(op): 12:54pm On Jun 04, 2010

If you are a regular visitor to Nairaland, you need not to go far before you come accross
what you like and dislike. For example, the above two posters (semid4lyfe and mama-gee ),
one of them is a bully and a cynic while the other one is an optimist. I personally
dislike the cynics and the bullies here on Nairaland. Why? they prevent and discourage other Nairalanders from making their own contribution with the kind of comments they (the cynics and the bullies) make, as a result, ideas, educative and useful information are forever lost. I like the optimist because of their motivational comments, they just want to "live and let live". People like that should be encourage on Nairaland.

Culture › Re: How Do You Keep Armed Robbers From Visiting You? by waladis(m): 3:51am On Jun 04, 2010

@~Sissy~ and Osama10

Nice back up from you guys, information like this are very very useful.

Culture › Re: How Do You Keep Armed Robbers From Visiting You? by waladis(m): 12:24am On Jun 04, 2010

You are wellcome

Culture › Re: How Do You Keep Armed Robbers From Visiting You? by waladis(m): 3:21am On Jun 03, 2010

It all depend on the area where you are planing to live. But this small guide should help you or anyone who is planing to go back and settle down in Nigeria. Keep as much low profile as you can, not too much efisi, especially around the area that you are residing. Be selective and be carefull with families and friends especially the ones that you have not seen for a long time, they might not be the same Dele, Chkwudi or Fatimo you used to know. Adjust quickly to the lifestyle and the mentality of the people around you, study the people you meet very well, some are still trustworthy. If you want to do the BIG BOYZ thing, do it a bit far away from home, where you are not known in the company of a trustworthy person. If you are not married, please one woman at a time. Be carefull answering strange numbers on your mobile phones, they could be 419ers and strange girls with sexxxy voice will call your number pretending that they dial a wrong number, please do not ask me how this people will come about your phone number, one way or the other they will get it. If you don't know them, you don't talk to them and if you do, make it short and quick. Be humble and nice to the people around you regardless of their class, you might need them one day. There are lots of things, fun and business opportunity to discover in Nigeria, but you can only achieve this if you feel secure among the people. The way you start determines your success and failure in the country. I travelled down to Nigeria 3 to 4 times in a year and I have always enjoyed each moment, am glad to say that am half way through my preparation of relocating back to Nigeria. Before you finally relocate, I will advice you to be traveling off and on to Nigeria until you feel good about settling down in the country.

Nairaland General › Re: WHAT DO YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT NAIRALAND by waladis(op): 2:02am On Jun 03, 2010

semid4lyfe:
Silly people who start silly threads like. . .you know nah

You are one of the reasons why I started this thread in the first place

Politics › Re: Some Of Nigerian Police Now Use Two Guns At A Time Reasons Still Unknown? by waladis(m): 12:05am On Jun 03, 2010

When are the Nigerian police going to make an end with their Cowboys and Indians game in the public.

Nairaland General › WHAT DO YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT NAIRALAND by waladis(op): 11:42pm On Jun 02, 2010

Am sure most people have got different experiences to share about the great Nairaland. Some are positive, some are negative, some are helpful while some are misleading. So what do you like and dislike about Nairaland.

Business › Re: Rental Business - How Profitable? by waladis(m): 10:12pm On Jun 02, 2010

@question, The guy I spoke to yesterday said that the price varies from one area to the other. The price in Surulere is different from the price at Ebute Metta and Lagos Island. He claimed to be successfull with the business but had to stop because he can not cope with the business and his job at the bank. He promised to give me the best information about the business if we seal a deal.

Politics › Re: Bbc Airing Another Lagos Documentary Tonight! ! ! ! by waladis(m): 9:27pm On Jun 02, 2010

amen

Business To Business › Re: Brand New Generators For Sale (pix attached) by waladis(m): 9:24pm On Jun 02, 2010

@poster, are you going to reply my Mail? please check your E-mail, thanks in advance

Politics › Re: Bbc Airing Another Lagos Documentary Tonight! ! ! ! by waladis(m): 9:15pm On Jun 02, 2010

Dis Guy:
WHY CANT YOU DO YOUR OWN ABI? WHY ARE YOU WAITING FOR THEM TO DO ANOTHER ONE THEYVE DONE THREE ALREADY!!!

Dis Guy:
DID THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PAY FOR THIS DOCUMENTARY?? N8BILLION WAS SPENT ON N.T.A LATE LAST YEAR WHY CANT YOU ASK THEM TO COMMISSION DOCUMENTARIES?

As much as I hate to admit, I must agree with you that you are right? Instead of complaining we should be looking for a way to improve our country image and turn the bad side of us into good so that the enemies can keep shut.

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 8:35pm On Jun 02, 2010

otawa:
and will that bring back your LOVED ones?

No, it won't, but it will discourage more from happening

otawa:
And what is difference between you and the killer? both of you have killed.

The difference is that one is paying for his crime and and the other is seeing to it that justice is done. Even the Old testamnet support this ("Thou shall not kill", as a result " an eye for an eye" wink

otawa:
And we know this does not stop or reduce homicide crimes.

Then some certain amendment is needed in the law

otawa:
UK like western Europe has no death sentence but USA with its death sentence still remain a country with higher homicide rate.

Yes, that is due to their population and the fact that the law encourage the use arms for self defence in public, and mind you UK is catching up quickly with america or how do you expain the 9, 10, 11 years old kids gangster killing each other daily in the UK.

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 7:50pm On Jun 02, 2010

bisiaet:
Like some people posted like " Who send them to Libya, What are they looking for", "Home is home, "kill them if they commit crime and so on pls what is sense in all these, No sense!!!

I support capital punishment for murder
Why? the victim could be my father, mother, daughter or any of my relative.

bisiaet:
Listen to every travellers I mean a well expose person knows Libya has always kill and execute Nigeria just any how the record is there.

Hear your own statement yourself!!!

b) It is a known fact that since over two decades Libya has demonstrated with their action that black Africans are not wanted or wellcome in their country, through deportation, maltreatment, especially Nigerians and negative comment/unnecessary interference in the affairs of black African countries.
So if we are all aware of this, what then are we damn looking for in their country? Anyone who embarks on a journey to such countries like Libya must be ready to face the consequence.

And if you look at it from another perspective, the Nigerians most common jobs in Libya are prostitution, drugs and forgery which are against the country law and religious belief.

bisiaet:
For those who said who send them to Libya Pls is there any country in the world with no foreingner? Pls if you know any give proof but if not then if your fellow human beign went to struggle and was killed or executed or had it be is one of your family you wont say so. Listen to every travellers I mean a well expose person knows Libya has always kill and execute Nigeria just any how the record is there.

bisiaet:
For those who are asking what are they looking for in Libya I can equally ask you what are the American or EU looking for in Yemen, Afghanistan, Western Sahara do these countries produce oil ? Pls be well inform and do your check and balance before posting anything or responding to any thread.

Correct, there are foreigners in every countries in the world but not all foreigners are wellcomed in every countries, it is a common sense to know if your own kind of foreigners are wellcome in a particular country or not. If you are not a soldier, you wouldn't see any ordinary American or British citizen just taking a walk along one of the streets in Karashi, Kabul or Baghdad.

bisiaet:
Africa soil but dear poster home is home where is home now can you tell the thousands of unemploy graduates that home is home after six years at home doing nothing?

You are right, but if the eyes is patient enough it will definitely see the nose, some of my friends make it in that same country

bisiaet:
All is the fault of our government and leaders who had decided to ruin our generation completely, a silly leader with mad government, can Libya or whatever they called themselves kill or execute America or any EU citizen?

Yesssssss, they dooooo in a BIGGGGGGG time, they bomb them all in hundreds.

Politics › Re: Libya Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals by waladis(m): 5:04pm On Jun 02, 2010

brownciga:
i laugh when people in this forum talk about ' HOME IS BEST". these people lack knowledge about this country, many graduates in this country now wonder about without hope of getting a job. a friend of mine travel to poland last year after 2years of searching for job, but he can tell you boldly now that he sees a better future for himself, dis is someone who has lost hope b4 travelling out of this country, he now work as well as doing his master program. Travelling out of nigeria may not make u rich but it will give u better oppurtunity than wat we experience in this country. pls while we try to be patriotic , we should also be realistic.

And that realistic of yours is for everyone to check out of the country, wandering and scattering themselves all around the whole world like lost marbles. Even the Israelites came to realised that there is no place like home after wandering in the wilderness for forty years. Do you have an idea of what it takes to travel out of Nigeria, to be allowed entry at the port of destination, to have papers/residence and working permit at the country of destination, for your human right to be abused e.g. being discriminated because of your race, accent and s-x and do you know the numbers of Nigerian living illegally and beggarly abroad, tarnishing daily the image of Nigeria one way or the other just like most of our leaders. All what you said about your friends living abroad are words of mouth and not what you witness. Try to research more and better about Nigerians living abroad and their reputation. Being unable to live legally in most countries abroad has forced many Nigerians into drugs, prostitution, fraud e.t.c. and some people are still bold to say that Nigeria is a shitty country. Thank your star for not being born in a less priveledge countries like Chad, Niger, Sudan, Somali e.t.c

Family › Re: Should A Married Lady Ask Her Very Rich Ex-boy Friend For Finaicial Assistance? by waladis(m): 3:58pm On Jun 02, 2010

Nothing goes for nothing nowadays, even if it appears from the beginning as if no NO STRINGS ATTACHED , the husband who consented to such idea has already open the back door way for the devil to enter. In regards to my experience/History/Bible and unlike men, women lose focus easily, influenced and distracted easily even when they strongly believe that they are in love with their husband. That is why the devil did not go for Adam instead for Eve in the garden of Eden because he knew that man had stronger attachement to God due to the way we were created (God breath directly into his look alike image made out of sand while the woman was made of a man's rib). It is just only a matter of time, sooner or later the devil might influence the third party to be enticing the woman with his wealth, charm, concern e.t.c. since they have re-establish communication with one another again. A man must always be on the side of his woman and vice versa because that is why God created a woman in the first place, to be a companion to a man, guide and also to protect her from external influence . A few minutes away from Eve has cost Adam and all mankind the ever lasting life and bear it in mind if you do not go for the devil, the devil will definitely come for you one way or the other and there is one thing I know for sure , the devil gives nothing FREE

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