₦airaland Forum

Mooh247:
Russia already has its Nuclear sub strategically positioned accross major points, it now has fastest undetectable missile that can carry nuclear pay load, in the last decade Russia has bought more uranium than any other countries making their nuclear arsenal massive

All this power with just one man Puttin, who doesn't need to seek congressional approval to attack

I bet just like Crimea invasion, Ukraine would be invaded and nobody would talk because Russia/China alliance guarantees a full blown all out Nuclear, Cyber and Economic warfare


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I am certain Russia would not use nuclear weapons but only if Russia itself is threatened. No one can win a nuclear war. Both Russia and the US has enough nuclear power to destroy the world 6 times over. So Russia will only use nuclear as a last resort if it's very existence is threatened.

backbencher:
Russia is basically acting the way it is because

1.Historically, Russia has been easy to invade because it has a very wide border, and the border is difficult to defend. As a result, it has suffered bad invasions (The Mongols really burnt russia to the ground centuries ago...which is why the Russians reduced mongolia to a nice quiet puppy....)

2.So Russia always actively interferes in its neighbours affairs, to get governments that favour them in office. If that does not work...invasion.The aim is to get a buffer against agressive European and American powers.

3.Ukraine used to be part of the old Russian empire and the old Soviet union. It is also regarded as the birthplace...sorta...of the Russian nation.

4.Ukraine, and other Eastern European nations don't want to be Russia's buffer...so they are signing up with Europe and the US.

5.Russia feels threatened...and as a result, war.

Basically, Russia wants a buffer. They do not want Napoleon, or Hitler...part 2 coming across their border. (The mongols have been reduced to nice puppies, and central asia is a mess. China doesn't want to invade Siberia anyway.

You agree with me that Putin's fears are justified. If Ukraine should join NATO, then Russia would be surrounded by arch enemies. Then US and NATO would be free to have a military base next door to Moscow.
Remember the Bay of Pigs? US was prepared to invade Cuba and start a direct war with Russia because the Russians were building a military base in Cuba next door to Florida.

okwusdaddy:
How is nollywood causing it then, when they know that it's just make belief.The high rate of poverty is the cause not nollywood.

I hate it when people use poverty as an excuse for diabolic or serious crime. Nigeria is not the poorest nation in the world, but we are the most materially desperate. We are looking for reasons why more Nigerian youths are prepared to do anything including sacrificing other family members for riches.

So you dont mean believe Mama G is a wicked stepmother or Jim Iyke is a lover boy thug because Nollywood is make belief?

Thanks for the link you referred me, it accurately described my condition. I had discussed my issue with various doctors and they all gave a wrong prognosis.

You have now pointed me in the right direction, I will now know how to approach the problem.

Thanks again for your help.

PressMyButton:
People would rather damn the consequences as long as the movies protrays the shortest route to making money is through ritualism. They would be fascinated by the thrill on the face of their celebrity actor throwing money up the air than any punishment that may come after.

Another thing is that people are aware that the consequences are not real or just make believe, because they still see the actor either in real life, in the media or in other movies after his supposed death/madness. But on the other hand, they still see the actor living a luxurious life even after the movie (even if the luxurious life is fake). So their minds still hold the belief that the actor made money from ritual money. It's like people still believe Patience Ozokwor (Mama G) is a wicked mother in law despite her character suffering some negative consequences of her wicked ways.

Karlosorji:
what are you even saying? Money Heist is a movie about breaking and entering the bank vault with the purpose of stealing money. So tell me, how many banks have been broken in Spain since the release of the movie? Take responsibility and fix the country. Simple

Breaking into the vault of a bank is a very very difficult thing to achieve given various security measures in place. You cannot compare the ease and anonymousity of yahoo yahoo or the ease of kidnapping to breaking into the vaults of a bank?

uvie66:
In the west where most Violent films (Rambo, Al Pacino et al) produced, the populace have not suddenly gone aggressive and violent also Nigerians have less access to Nollywood because of Nepa.

Which populace have suddenly not gone aggressive? Certainly you are not talking about US populace with periodic mass shootings and high gun related deaths.

what do you mean by Nigerians have less access to Nollywood because of Nepa? Are you insinuating that Nigerians don't have access to electricity at all or that TVs in the homes of most Nigerians are there only for decoration?
You mean most Nigerians were unable to watch Nollywood movies from 1980s till date?

MadeINchenzen2:
Nollywood contributed... no stories

What about prosperity pastors that promotes miracle alerts and instant riches?

Benitoh:
They should better fix the country and stop trading blame.

To fix the country we have to fix ourselves first. We must learn to put our collective wellbeing above our selfish motivations.

redPUSSY:
It's not true..


Any Nollywood movie that portrays blood Money always have sad/disastrous ending for the people that engage in such blood Money in such movies

Not exactly accurate. Nollywood moves that portrays blood money or yahoo money spend very little time portraying the sad/disastrous endings. They spend 40% of the time showing how much poverty and suffering the main character passed through. They then spend another 40% of the time showing the enjoyments and benefits the blood money brings the main character. Finally they spend less than 3 to 5 minutes showing the main character going mad, terminally sick or dying.

The enjoyment scene stays more in the minds of viewers than the brief sufferings scenes the main characters were subjected to.

sukkot:
Now I am painfully aware that most cardiologists today dont know what they are doing. They have to go invasive first before they are sure but i am sure many of you will rather get the answers to your problems without costly painful invasive procedures if you can help it. Thats where i come in, I am the electrocardiography electrophysiology expert and will diagnose ALL, and i mean absolutely ALL and ANY disease or condition just from looking at your ecg reading. its a specialty and skill i have honed for over 10 years now. Here is a person wh wrote to me this morning from nairaland aged 33 presenting with pains in both arms and chest and it hurts turning his neck. Attached is his ECG he posted via email ( thats his feet not mine hehe ) . Now from the ECG we can see borderline R wave progression, ST segment elevation in leads V3 AND V4 AND V5 AND V6 as well as LEAD 1 telling me there is an anterior and lateral wall artery blockage. Also we have T wave inversion in lead 3 and finally there is LEft ventricular hypertrophy going on.

IN CONCLUSION this client has blockage of an artery supplying the anterior and lateral wall of the left ventricle and this has caused his left ventricle to exert itself and get bigger. The artery blockage is the proximal portion of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and this has caused Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Now when he takes this diagnosis anywhere they know what they are doing easily and it is an easy fix.

now we dont believe in fleecing our sick brothers so this service only incurs a 5000 naira administrative charge. So hit me up if you have cardiac issues and an ecg for me to diagnose. Dont let these quacks go invasive on you for something that can be diagnosed non invasiely.

Sent you an email. Please respond, need advice on your area of expertise.

Simran94:
I am not in support of that ultimatum sha, it wasn’t necessary.

Back to the matter of the guy and father, what if this was a case of sexual abuse? I have seen this before it’s either step-father sexually abused his stepson or father sexually abused his son.
If this is the case, the girl has every right to know before marrying that guy.

Why will your mind go to sexual abuse? Why are you imagining the worst case serenio. That being too negative. I doubt it has anything to do with sexual abuse, else the mother and family would not be comfortable asking the proposed wife to intervene. I suspect its either physical abuse or financial misunderstandings.

I don't necessarily support an ultimatum, but I support holding off the marriage until the girl knows what the real bone of contention between her boyfriend and father is.

okoroemeka:
a man that cannot settle an issue with his father a fellow man for 3 years is a big red flag,how possible does he think he can exist peacefully with a woman if he has such an unforgiving and Ridgid mindset,a man that will have a peaceful marriage will be calm, patient, forgiving and be ready to see issues from his partner s perspective because sometimes women can make you go nuts

Very disjointed family. I will not support my daughter or sister to marry into such a disjointed family. If they cannot resolve their family squabbles amicably, I would not want my daughter, sister or their children to also be dragged into animosity they know no nothing about.

Kobojunkie:
I am afraid you are speaking gibberish to me. I owe my parents nothing and they are aware of this. That you are submitted to a system to causes you to believe otherwise does not mean you should then spew your bullsheet at me as if to suggest it ought also to apply to my case.

100s of thousands of Nigerian couples who married right there in Nigeria without your traditionals also enjoy a curse free existence living among those who do. So I fail to see how you are intending to prove these ideas are anything but the bullsheet I initially labeled them.

I am sorry you feel that way. You must have had a very loveless and traumatic childhood. I owe my mum a lot, that's why I owe it to her to provide all I can for her in her old age. She gave me the best education she could afford. I lacked nothing in terms of food or material things. I travelled for holidays to any country I wished for holidays. Then you expect me to owe her nothing?
That's called ungratefulness.

Kobojunkie:
It is only eroding in your mind abeg!

Maybe you are projecting your own situation on everyone else.

Kobojunkie:
You actually believe such things have value ad meaning to them?

Look, not everyone believes have some godlike presence to them, even in that Nigeria you know of.

It's cultural and not God like presence. You at least owe your parents who toiled and sacrificed to raise and educate you to become who you are today.

My cousin got married in England at a registry, but the traditional marriage was done in my uncles house without their presence. It shows respect for both families and both parents were involved.

Kobojunkie:
Stop lying!

Even though the family structure is eroding gradually due to increased westernization, the strong family bond is still there, especially in regards to relationship with parents.

Kobojunkie:
What particular cultures since I happen to know of many Nigerian couples, my parents included, who didn't have parents present at their wedding? My folks had theirs over 40 years ago, and the marriage went pretty much OK... we aren't cursed and all the other assumed bullsheet.

You mean your parents did not give their blessings to the marriage of their children? Why?
I don't want to believe the marriage was done in the same vicinity as their parents. Most times even if the property marriage was conducted overseas, the two families still conduct their own marriage in the absence of one or even both of the marrying couples.

OvaSabi1:
Africans like clinging on to family bond needlessly. Jeff Bezos did not talk with his biological father for most of his life till the man died. Nothing like placing of curse, the man is still doing well. Nigerian women especially are fond of this nonsense with our messiah complex. Your husband will tell you to stay away from certain family members and you will go and be doing peacemaker that they did not send you.

Different cultures. African families are more closely knit that western societies. American see their adult children probably only on special occasions. We on the other hand are never too far away from our parents.

iamL:
Or perhaps the father has abused one of his sisters in the past which the family might have kept only to themselves.

Something like this happened in my neighborhood. Some of the children refused to have anything to do with the father.

Family secrets no be here o, and digging out some are almost impossible.

I doubt it has to do with sexual abuse of his children, else his mother would not be begging for a reconciliation. It's probably something personal between the both of them.

Kobojunkie:
Where do you get these bullsheet ideas from abeg?

100s of thousands, world over[color=#990000][/color], wed each year without even a family member present at the occasion and they go on to enjoy marital bliss after it all. Why is it that it is when you Nigerians are involved that disorder becomes the order of the day?

You said the world over and not Nigeria. In traditional setting. Except your father is late or infirmed, it's a taboo in many cultures for your father not to give his blessings during his children's weddings.

ogawisdom:
U are just childish n very stupid and dt is putting it politely.

Forgiveness is a divine injunction for healthy living. No matter what the father did he must be forgiven. I am not here to agree with a toddler like u

It depends on what the father actually did. Some sins are simply unforgivable.

My grouse with the guy is not trusting his intended wife enough to tell her why he is so angry at his father. It could be an issue that will affect their marriage.

OfficialAwol:
Don't be stupid by leaving a good guy because he doesn't talk to his dad.

Do you talk to everyone around you?

So how do you expect them to have a traditional or church wedding without the involvement of the father?

Indispensable85:
You've never seen a fight that he lost before?
And he's no where in Rivers politics?
Dealt with mercilessly by wike.
Lost the governorship twice.
Wike slapped him from right, Abe slapped him from left.
Abeg go sleep jooor

Dealt mercilessly by wike, how? Have Amaechi contested an election with Wike and lost?

asthmacoughend:
What does Turbaning got to do with the 2023 Presidential Election ,Just asking as a Non Politician ..

Because the title itself is a political statement.
Dan-Amanar Daura means the Trusted Son of Daura. Meaning the person turbaned has been adopted as a son by the people of Daura and by extension north west Nigeria.

Cryofigbos:
How old r u?

So many children on dis platform and non of u know what politics is or hw dey play it.....by always typing nonsense on nairaland must have made some of u guru in politics

It is a laughable thing to believe Amaechi can stand a primary election with tinubu or Osinbajo, okorocha and kalu has said it but u fools with imaginary hate on nairaland don't know anything, today u r celebrating turbaning as endorsement if he declares u will start calling him president I guess
We will be here after d primary I know by then u must have been singing a new topic....south east always lose at d end and dey will keep losing, to even think d party will give ticket to a region that no state is being controlled by APC sef is mental disorder
Stop out of anything politics and go to romance section

The only person that can stand up to Amaechi in your line up is Tinubu. Osinbanjo has no political leg to stand on except on the shoulders of Tinubu. Okorocha is a non entity in APC. Kalu has some weight but cannot be considered a heavy weight.

If you understand politics, you will know that APC is made up of two major blocks and two minor blocks. AD and CPC led by Tinubu and Buhari respectively are the two major blocks. While NPDP and APGA(Okorocha faction) led by Amaechi and Okorocha are the two minor faction. Amaechi's NPDP faction with support from Buhari's CPC faction would give Tinubu's AD faction a run for their money.

Validated:
Okay, Anaechi is yoruba, from Ogbomoshò.
Hope you are fine now.

And I had thought he was Fulani from daura.

focus2727:
hnmm yes the same happen to Obasajo in 1999 he did not win his ward or any state in the south west yet he president of the nation. This is 9ja.

Amaechi is a seasoned politician, he had never lost an election before. Obasanjo was not a politician and had no grassroot support before he contested the 1999 elections. Amaechi will get the support of the South South because he did well for the South South as transport minister. If he gets Tinubus support he will easily take south west, if he is anointed by Buhari, he will take the North East and North West.

TooNoisy:
Amaechi that cannot win a local government election in Rivers State, is that who will win presidency?

For a person that has won State House if Assembly election twice, Governorship election twice and won Nigerian Governors forum chairmanship against a northern candidate supported by the Federal government, this statement is a misnomer.

Amaechi will not win one State in the South if he is brought forward. All these titles are compensation on the money he spent on Buhari's election and for building his wasteful "University of Transportation" in Daura.

Amaechi stands no chance.

Speak for yourself. Many in the South South will vote for Amaechi including Rivers State where he had win every election he contested for.

manchinkids:
there's no unfolding politics anywhere, Amaechi will not fly the APC flag

E go do you like cinema (or Netflix).

phineas:
Any public outry on this case should be for justice for DOWEN boys now.... Perhaps only medical people see it clearly

Why are you more concerned about justice for the Dowen boys instead of overall justice? What about justice for Sylvester and justice for the family? What about justice for the society as a whole?

In a normal society, an accusation should be enough for the police to invite the accused for questioning. My grouse with the Nigerian police is when the lock a suspect up for more than the 24hrs constitutionally allowed period and the annoying fact that the police arrests suspects before fishing for evidence. Most of the time by forcing the suspect to write a confessional statement.

MDCN in her regulatory role is the best person's to step into this case cos it's clear to all the first pathologist that was a quack had a strong role to play in the wrong detention of juveniles for something as grevious as a murder charge. How did that even happen.Only a coroner's autopsy should have been allowed for the purpose of their detention but I guess Lagos was afraid of public opinion

This goes beyond MDCN. There is the issue of bullying, then there is the issue of murder/manslaughter. MDCN can only regulate professional conduct of doctors. It cannot determine bullying or even murder/manslaughter.

I'll try and explain for non medical person's here.You can not say there was signs of aspiration poisoning from things in his stomach due to something swallowed if you did not check in lay men's terms ( the food pipe)

The first thing any clinical student in gastric surgery in Nigeria knows this because Nigerians for some odd reason drink diverse corrosive substances in half hearted protest attempts or by accident.

Signs of poisoning might have all disappeared 7 days after injestion of poisonous substance. The bodies excretion system most probably would have eliminated The poisonous substance from the system save microscopic traces. This particular poisoning is suspected to contain biological agents. So how do you determine the primary source of the septicemia that invaded all the vital body organs within 7 days?

The first thing it does. Is burn the oesophagus in a chemical poisoning before it affects the tougher overprotected stomach.Many times and in most of the cases the oesophagus( food pipe )is severely affected but not the stomach. So imagine an autopsy that concludes the findings in the stomach is from swallowing without looking at the affect on the oesophagus?

Not all chemical poisons are corrosive. In fact most lethal chemical poisons are not corrosive at all. A few drops can kill you within a matter of hours. Then Biological poisons are not corrosive at all.

His autopsy was also not recorded? Why? No pictures at the least? If there are he needs to explain himself clearly to a panel.This pathologist and the first Dr that saw this student where lax in their business very lax.

That's a general issue with the sorry state of professionalism in Nigeria. Incompetence is rife in all professions in Nigeria - civil engineering, medicine, accounting, etc.

It had far reaching consequences. And the fact that those Drs are still clinging to self survival at the cost of the future of these little kids who always have to explain in future that they had been tried sometime in the past for a murder case is evil. Some of the kids were not even there on said day (3 out of 5)

DOWEN boys must be cleared of that allegation and the state and police pay for it's incompetence.Those Drs must be stripped of their certificates for a period of time they are both a hazard to society

And lastly anyone still dragging DOWEN and DOWEN boy for murder now is complicit.If you have kids fear God

That's why I am routing for the case to go to court where every witness would be examined and cross examined, ie class mates, Hall mates, house master, school nurse and doctor, and other parents and students who has had similar experience can be summoned to testify.

tuboi:
Thanks for your matured comment..All I’m interested in is the truth.If the boy has underlying health problems, it should be established.if he was hallucinating, witnesses should be called..I don’t just want the sole focus of the case to be on the autopsy..

He never had any underlying health problems. His body was laced with deadly bacteria that infected all vital organs of his body.