₦airaland Forum

Bastardlyrich:
I'm from ss and ijaw.
So we are fools abi.
After the betraying.
What a nerve and effontry.
You are clearly insulting ijaw in particular and ss in general.
Just wait 2023 no far again.

The Ijaws have moved on from Jonathan's loss. Most of Jonathan's people have made up with Buhari and joined APC. Lots of Ijaw leaders don't see eye to eye with IPOB ie Asari Dokubo, Tompolo.

PARADIZEPRIEST:
IF NO S.E PRESIDENT=INTERIM GOVT=ARMY ARRANGEMENTS

And you expect the rest of Nigeria to go to the S.E. and dash you the president on a platter of gold?

Power is never given or gifted, it has to be fought for, sometimes at great risks. How many igbo politicians have been reaching out to other regions of Nigeria to ask for support. How many igbos are reaching out to their friends and colleagues in the South West, North and middle belt negotiating to clinch the presidency. Tinubu and Osibanjo has been criss crossing Nigeria begging for support.

You guys are yet to learn that threats don't work in politics. You guys and Jonathan's kinsman made many threats that if Jonathan was not given a second term heaven will fall. Did heaven fall when he was defeated?

Bastardlyrich:
How can either of them be president
Ss and se are not voting for a Yorobad Christian or Muslim
North will not leave their own and vote for a Dan bayerebe.
It's obvious that you are dreaming.
But Continue

But the north voted Abiola, OBJ and Jonathan.

Talk for your south east and not South South.

South South will vote for the person who brings the best offer.

South East are practically irrelevant nowadays as they present the least votes (courtesy of IPOB sit at home and no elections). You guys just don't have the numbers.

I think Osibanjo has the best chance of clinching the presidency ( depending on who PDP presents). Tinubu will asked to be settled (as usual).

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Stargurl20:
They're not married, and even married ones respect each other's privacies.

Which privacy are married couples respecting again? Ok, you hide your private parts abi? What can be more private than your private parts. Maybe you cover your bodies from your partner and only allow him/her glimpses during sex.

If you don't want to share your privacy with anyone,don't get married. Just be contented with baby mama and baby dada.

Stargurl20:
But wait o, can't partners have their own privacy? See the way someone is been tracked like she's has done some forbidden.

Married partners can't have their own privacy, their privacy then becomes joint privacy.

I hope when you decide to marry, you and your husband don't operate different privacy policies. That's a recipe for disaster.

Stargurl20:
What will u gain from this comment, uncle?
Oh.... Ruining their beautiful relationship?

Which beautiful relationship? Can you call a relationship a fiancee is maintaining an emotional relationship (and most certainly a physical one too) for over 3 years a beautiful relationship?

Beautiful relationships should have boundaries, and the lady has crossed all boundaries.

Oyiboman69:
the white men came and conquer them and introduced their own system of government and even as low as a ward councillor is more powerful than any king in this present system of government...the time they command much respect is over....

Believe me some kings like the Oba of Benin and Olu of Warri who are not involved with politics still command a lot of respect both locally and internationally.

Even the Ghanaian president respects the olu of warri. He was received by Nana Akufo-Addo when he went holiday in ghana.
https://www.nairaland.com/6918014/olu-warri-wife-holiday-ghana

Lboy30:
How could a whole Olu of whatever live his Pallas and travel all the way to Abuja all in the name of seeing a President? What is wrong with our traditional rulers.? Tueeeeh!!!

The Queen of England has left Buckingham Palace and visited numerous countries in her younger days includung Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe, does that make her any less respected?

DeepSight:
I think what that poster is referring to is what has emerged as the "footloose-and-fancy-free attitude" of some of our monarch's these days, which is quite at variance with what ought to be their stately dignity.

It's no use monarchs gluing their ass to the throne expecting the world to come to them. Monarchs should be the chief diplomat for his people, building relations and alliances with other leaders and people. In The past kings lead in front on the battlefield.

Urbanchampion:
Things have really changed, in the past, Monarchs like the Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́ and Olu of Warri seldomly leave their Palaces. The is why there's an adage in Yoruba that: "on re Ọ̀yọ́, o n kánjú, ṣé Aláàfin n re bikan ni"? meaning "you're rushing to Ọ̀yọ́, does the the Aláàfin ever leaves his Palace?"

Is the Alaafin of Oyo a prisoner or is his Palace a prison. Even the Queen of England visits other countries.

DeepSight:
. . . "than other developed countries" has an embedded suggestion that Nigeria is one of the said "developed countries."
It is not.

Ok. Noted.

HellVictorinho3:
Stupid comparisons....... useless debates..

.....must we beat China?



Can't Nigeria develop further without these baseless mentions of foreign madness??

We can't. Because we live in a globalised economy where goods and services is extremely mobile. The law of demand, supply and market equilibrium operates on a global scale. For you to succeed you have to compete with China.

DeepSight:
This is a misnomer.

Please elaborate.

obailala:
What is wrong with that Nigerian bridge?... I'm totally lost here... In terms or quality, there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with that Nigerian bridge. Even in terms of aesthetics, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the bridge itself; maybe you might make a case for the dilapidated dwellings surrounding the flyover but what exactly is wrong with the bridge?

How exactly is it rational to compare apples and bananas?... The 2 bridges are very different, and meant to serve different purposes.

And lastly, was that Nigerian bridge actually even built by the Chinese? What bridge is that?

We are not talking of aesthetics, we are talking about standards and quality. Nigerian bridges and roads are of a lower standard than other developed countries.
I had a relation who worked for a UN agency that carried out a survey of Nigerian roads. He told me that all Nigerian fell short of international standards, including the ones build by Julius Berger. He said the concrete strength and thickness of the roads always comes short of the actual design and traffic specifications.

moshino:
Its not the budget that is the problem, its the Nigerian CORRUPTION factor. Both bridges/highways probably cost the same amount of money.

They don't. The contract sum might be the same, but the actually money going to the Chinese contractor is much less, and they would give you the quality you pay for.

dasparrow:
I remember way back when Julius Berger, a german construction company used to build all our roads and bridges. They did an excellent job. But now, our leaders bring in these chinese to come and do our construction and you see the result. If I were president of Nigeria, I will not give one single contract to the chinese. They can't be trusted.

The problem is not the Chinese, it's the Nigerians who contract the Chinese. The Chinese has a policy of giving you the standard you are willing to pay. When you order ordinary consumer items from China, they will give you various prices of various quality of the same product. Physically you would not be able to tell the difference between different standards. Even with drugs you will be asked to specify how much active ingredients you want in the drugs depending on the price you are ready to pay. That's the Chinese model of business.

einsteine:
Your girlfriend is chatting with a simp who has been sending her money without getting p.

Nevertheless, although we have since concluded that na mumu dey marry, any man who still wishes to marry must first clone his wife to be's phone and fully satisfy himself that what he sees there are things he can take.

You make a terrible profiler. Please read the OP's update again.

Dear All,

I wish to mention this:
We once had a quarrel about a few years back and she seemed to be with this guy...(How did I know) ?
I wanted us to travel outside the country so I requested her bank statement which the travel agent told us to bring so this same guy's name appeared severally crediting her weekly.
I punctured this, she only said there was nothing that he was just asking her out bla bla bla...she told me she has ended since we have reconciled.

Same guy has popped up again!

Which guy will be crediting a babe's account on a weekly basis and the guy is not chopping the pussy cat. The guy has been chopping the p for years, is still chopping the p and will continue chopping the p after marriage.

lordatkinson07:
It is not a crime for your wife to have a toaster, whether she gives in or not is what you should consider.
From your post, there is nothing incriminating there. Except you are just looking for a loophole for you to hurt her. If truely you love the babe, confront her and let her give a convincing explaination for her action.

Are you serious or you are joking? It is a big crime for a wife to have a toaster without the knowledge of the husband and she not making it clear that she is happily married.

There are lots of suspicious response from the lady. She is getting married in 4 months for God sake. I am sure the guy is tuning around looking for money for the marriage and here is the girl chatting and begging for money to from unknown guys. That's an embarrassment to any male ego. When does she intend to stop chatting with toasters?

Stargurl20:
Nawa o... There's nothing fishy here. In fact, u should be thankful for the kind of woman God has blessed u with. There's nothing to worry about here, broda.

What do you mean there is nothing going on, when the other guy said I love you, why not shut him down immidiately and tell him she is engaged.
It is certainly fishy having such conversations with someone your fiancee doesn't know. At best that's an emotional cheating, at worse it could be an opening to physical cheating, that is if they had not been physical in the past.

OP should have patience and investigate further without letting her know.

backbencher:
LOL...

1.Army rule, part one.1966-79..we had a 3 year civil war, pogroms in 1966, rise in violent armed robbery in the 1970's, and the usual tribal crisis.

The crisis that led to the 3 year civil war started under the Tafa Balewa government. The federal government's interference on the Western Nigeria elections led to a break down of law and order and the military supposedly came in to unify the country and stem corruption.

2.Army rule from 1983-99..we had Maitatsine, islamists, tribal violence, religious violence...1987 was hot, I tell ya...people thought we would end in anarchy, rise of cultisim and cultic violence, and violent armed robbery. (era of Anini and Shina Rambo....which is what led to the formation of SARS).

The army dealt decisively with Maitatsine islamists, the 3rd armoured division under General Buhari pursued the Islamist into Chad, much to the anger of the civilian government led my Shehu Shagari. Buhari was actually queried for entering Chad against government directives.

IBB publicly gave the then IG a standing order to fish out Anini and he was arrested within weeks.

Then cult activities were restricted to the universities and higher institutions. Cult gangs did not take over our streets, motor parks and secondary schools as it is now.

3.Army rule 1983...our economy went down, and down and down, and we became more and more dependent on oil...which is why we are in a mess today.

Our economy has been going down since the seventies, but is accelerates during civilian regimes.

Both military and civilian regimes have relied on oil to run their governments. No government since independence has designed a plan to diversify our economy away from oil.

And you want that?

All I want is relative safety for my family and business. Any government that can supply that I support.

No, I so don't want to go back to the days where criticizing government could get you locked up incommunicado for months on end.

This civilian rule is bad, and awful...but Army rule? I don't want to be like Fela's zombie again.

We all complained about first and second republic...and got Army rule...and see what it did to us. We were crying for the corrupt politicians within 10 years of army rule each time.

If Because of corruption within the civilians politicians, Boko Haram takes over North East, Fulani Bandits take over North West, militants take over South South, IPOB takes over South East and cultists take over South West, would you be happy?

backbencher:
Mali still has issues with terrorism. Nothing has changed, and the economy is still bad.

Sudan's army rulers are facing serious protests from their people every day.

You want a coup because your side lost out in the political games to their side, not because you want a better Nigeria.

Army rule was one long harsh thing. It was not a good thing for the Army and for Nigeria.

But all the infrastructures we identify with our nation was build under military rule. Lagos Internation airport, National Arts Theatre, Third mainland Bridge, the four refineries, etc. Compare with national infrastrural assets build by civilians.

DeepSight:
Military coups are now simply outdated.

Military coups would always happen whenever civilian government become too corrupt for the society to function.

Before you accuse me of supporting coups.

DeepSight:
Well the problem is that one cant really say because owing to the nature of Military Gwaments, there is a lack of information. The secrecy is far greater and as such you dont even know what slides underneath the rug. The open nature of civilian gwaments may be part of the reason you are able to see, and thus think, that they are more kwarapt. All I can accede to is that there are many more participants in a civilian gwament, not necessarily that the kwarapshin is greater.

Believe me kwarapshin is far greater under civilian government. The total revenue received by the IBB government in 8 years is less than the total revenue received by the Jonathan government in one year. Meanwhile we can point to some projects by IBB. (Remember IBB fought 2 wars). Name one infrastructural project by Jonathan. The total revenue received by Abacha in his 6 odd years is probably only 3 month's revenue by this Buhari government. Remember crude prices fell to $8 under abacha and never rose above $16, all these while under sanctions.

jackcanfield:
The reasons are never valid, a coup never solve a problem like this , the challenge here is people fighting an asymmetric warfare in a symmetric way . There is need to change the modus operandi of the Military to fit into todays reality. Even symmetric warfare has change, the Russian -Ukraine debacle has shown that , with Satellite, you can pick out the entire enemy assets and prepare a game plan.

Even though I don't support a coup, sometimes a coup might be the only option for securing the territorial integrity of a country. It happened in Egypt. When Mohammed Morsi was bringing in religion into politics and allowing Muslim Brotherhood into government, the military leaders led by El Sis overthrew his government.

The military is usually a unifying organization, they won't tolerate a civilian government that would dismember the country or introduce policies that would disunity the country.

Even in the former Soviet Union, the military attempted a coup against Boris Yeltsin from breaking up tje union. It failed because the people supported Yelsin.

What the Burkinabe (and Nigerian) soldiers are complaining about is not even tactics. It's lack of basic equipment to fight the militants or Islamic terrorists. They are ordered to the war front without adequate arms, without enough ammunitions and without adequate supplies. Apart from that no adequate intelligence and then they have to deal with sabotage. It's like a suicide mission. And they cannot resign. Many fine officers have died needlessly.

jackcanfield:
Very stupid excuse for a coup, we know most likely they are targeting Nigeria with all this nonsense ... but they would be surprise what would happen , when Mali was showing a "I don't care attitude", I knew something wasn't right.it is all an economic game , how do you trade among yourself when there is sanction everywhere. Stupid Coupist, brainless idiots with not sense of Patriotism.

Why not address the reasons given for the coup. Are the reasons valid?

Government sources could not immediately be reached on Monday. Frustration has risen in the West African country in recent months due to the frequent killing of civilians and soldiers by the militants, some of whom have links to Islamic State and al Qaeda.

With mutinying soldiers demanding more support for their fight against Islamist militants.

DeepSight:
Military Governments, sorry gwaments, were also corrupt. I am not sure this is a "civilian government" thing so much as a simple problem of political will.

Yes there was corruption but the level was much less than under civilian. The corruption was only perpetuated by the military ruler and his cronies. Even the governor's could not steal from the coffers without the knowledge of the head of state.

Under civilian government corruption was free for all. From governors to legislators to even judges. From ministers to service chiefs to civil servants.

Awkabigboy:
Youre still a kid who didn't live during military junta

There was no militancy, IPOB, Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen and ISWAP during military regimes. The corruption was less under military regimes.

The worse thing about military regimes was Human Rights violations and abuses, sit tightism and authoritarianism.

mysticwarrior:
The albino goal keeper was responsible for our defeat.

The keeper was not responsible, the defenders were. Very few keepers in the world would have been able to catch that shot.

benuejosh:
Government officials didn't cause anything. The goal keeper knows how to catch feelings and not ball.

Its was not entirely the goal keeper's fault. What were the defenders looking at allowing the scorer waltz from side to side and had enough time to pick his spot. You no see the swerve and bounce of that shot? How many keepers in the world go catch that shot?

Danjikanbauchi:
Expect same here a night after Buhari hand over to a southerner.

Fulani dominated army forces are planning.

Forget Fulani dominated army. Even the Fulanis are not finding it easy with Bandits and Boko Haram. Sokoto the seat of the the Fulani Caliphate has been under constant threat from Bandits. Even the Sultan of Sokoto is not finding it easy

TOPCRUISE:
Boko Haram is the cause of insecurity in West Africa. It's growth began in Libya. Poverty and corruption started it.

If not for corruption within the militaries of West African countries, Boko Haram would not have been able to seed, not to talk of grow. Afterall most West African states had death with Islamic terrorists in the past under military regimes. Civilian governments seem incapacitated due to corruption.