₦airaland Forum

PremierGuy:
I don't think all these polls makes any difference, people voting is all that matters. In 2016 Hillary was miles ahead yet lost the election.

Stop that false narrative. Hillary was never miles ahead of Trump in the polls in 2016. Few weeks to the elections the, Hillary's lead was even within the margin of error.

xest:
Thats the worst advice you gave her. What do you mean by going to a Bible believeing church?

The one that would ask her to sow a seed and then fast and pray for 40 days in order to see a breakthrough.

Instead of churches to use church donations for helping poor and vulnerable members of society by providing free social services like education, health care and accommodation, they are too busy exploiting the same people.

loneprof:
My dear, I hope all you wrote is true and I genuinely feel bad for you. What the guy wrote about seeking God is true and I also understand that due to your situation, you feel abandoned and alone, but it doesn't negate the fact that what he said is true.

Since this your baby daddy denied the child, have you reported to the police? You can also contact human rights/welfare agency to take up the case with him cos he doesn't have a right to deny his child's paternity. Don't sit down and be looking, contact the nearest police station and explain your situation, they will drag the guy to welfare and force him to pay for the child's upkeep, after all, you didn't impregnate yourself.

Best advice. Since you know the baby daddy and his contact address. Contact human rights organizations to take up the case. I don't know much about our paternity laws, but I am sure he will be asked to pay child support for the upkeep of his biological children.

Fantasticcc:
So bad,we predicted it but children of hate from the waste side voted for this disaster now we are all suffering.

You guys are the ones that make it all about hate, hatred for Buhari even before he contested for the 2015 elections. Then the hatred got to psychosis levels after he defeated a Ebele Azikwe. The hatred was then transfered to the "wasted side" for voting for the disaster as you put it, despite Buhari garnering only about 40% of the actual votes.

You guys conveniently forgot that Ebele Azikwe was already borrowing just to pay salaries when crude fell to about $70 to the barrel, and his finance minister warned of tougher times ahead.

Now, I am not exoneration the Buhari administration for financial recklessness, but the blame should not squarely lie with the administration. The National Assembly which comprises of people from the " Waste side" and the "potopoto republic " also carries most of the blame. That is because the power of the purse belongs to the national assembly. The government cannot borrow $1 without the approval of the National Assembly, in fact it cannot spend N1 without approvals from the national assembly. So how come the national assembly are behaving as if they are oblivious of the precarious financial status of the country? It is either they are not doing their job or they are complicit.

Beosten:
Let me start from here: I have what it takes to be a pastor and I had numerous visions that confirmed my calling. But I have a disability, and I refused to go into pastoral ministry since 2005. I came into the full-time ministry a few months ago. I came into the ministry because it seemed God was the one punishing me for refusing to do the needful.

Then a church member came to me for blessing saying that her child already procured visa to travel out. That was before covid19 break. I prayed for the child. But God revealed to me in a vision at night that the child should not leave Nigeria, and that it will end in tears. I didn't tell them anything about the vision and the child left Nigeria.

The child has just been deported and a lot of money down the drain.

How should a pastor handle this kind of thing without offending those looking for counseling? I will pray for forgiveness, but can God hold me accountable for this error?

I left Christianity because of Christians like you and your church member. If really you get visions, then I am sorry to say God is wasting the visions on you. What's the purpose of giving your visions if you cannot pass such visions accurately to avoid calamity. So, if the person had died because of the message you failed to deliver, who will be blamed? Even in the bible prophets were burdened with passing unpalatable messages to very powerful kings, and here you are of being afraid of losing a church member.

Even without visions, did you ask your member what he wants to do abroad that he spent a fortune to procure a visa? Is the streets of abroad paved with money that he will just be picking off the streets? Could be not have put the money to better use here, either by starting a business or learning a skill. Most likely, the member would engage in criminal activities or constitute a nuisance in the foreign country.

A good man of God would advice his followers on ways of making legitimate earning and not engage in "get rich quick" schemes.

dragunov:
Out of only God knows how many millions of directionless youths BBN have helped how many? What positivity do they bring? They lump all manner of people into one place, lmake them fight and sleep with themselves and you call that help ?

It's entertainment. Many people find it entertaining. It's like any other film or series, eg, telemundo, prison break, James Bond, etc, there are fights, drama and love scenes. If a show like BBN can render many Nigerian millions of youths directionless, then Series such as Game of Thrones, 24, prison break will render many more directionless.

jollymizzle:
investing 2.5 billion to make 7.5 billion like they did with pepper dem is an idea every investor will jump at. Also remember there was virtually little risk as they knew from the bbafrica experience that Nigerians will watch and vote.all I'm saying is if they want to make money from us they should at least give us something worthwhile expecially when they take huge profits. Tobacco companies pay huge taxes,if this show must stay they should pay huge taxes for the damage they cause.

You think they don't already pay huge taxes to both the Federal and State governments? No one had ever accused Multichoice, owners of GoTv and DSTV of not paying taxes. You think Lagos State government plays with its taxes? Ask Glo what Lagos State did to its office because of taxes.

DSTV saw that they made more profit from Nigeria than even south Africa. So they decided to concentrate on BBNaija instead of BBAfrica. The first of BBN was held in South Africa. They Ferried the contestants, officials and guests to South Africa. It was a very successful show in which Katung won. The government and Nigerians cried fowl, that it was condescending and a disgrace for Big Bother Nigeria to the held in South Africa. So the next edition was held in Nigeria with Multichoice investing billions of Naira to build and equip a studio in Ilupeju Lagos.

Once again you guys I call "Voltron - Defender of the Moral Universe" is at it again, you want the government to completely ban the show.

So I now ask, what exactly do you guys want;

To move Big brother Naija back to South Africa? Or to move it to somewhere else like Ghana or Cameroon?

Or to Ban DSTV and GoTv from operating in Nigeria altogether?

ethicallyright:
SAUDI ARABIA NOW BEGS BOXING ORGANISERS, THE UFC AND WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT TO HOST SHOWS, MATCHES AND EXHIBITIONS IN THEIR COUNTRY. LAST YEAR , NICKI MINAJ WAS PAID TO PERFORM IN SAUDI ARABIA.

Imagine Nicki Minaj in the holy land of Mohammed. Anyway it should not come as a surprise. The House of Saud has seen that the future of oil is bleak and soon free oil money would cease to flow from the desert. So, they are beginning to court foreign investors and tourists.

They still have the tourists goldmine of mecca and medina though.

It's countries that have free money from natural resources that has the luxury of chasing away investors in the name of morality. If a country depends on actual production of goods and services to survive, you think they would care about what women wear or people drinking alcohol?

ethicallyright:
Infact, for Nigeria to succeed someone with your mind or mine should be at the helm of affairs.

People like me in helms of affairs ? Never. The Nigerian political and even social space has character traits they throw up, and I don't fit.
I am non religious, non tribalistic, abhor corruption and believe in telling people the bitter truth. Even the Nigerian masses would not accept people like me.

Nigsrdumb:
Typing long and in bold doesn't mean it males sense.

If you can't explain how bb naija will turn naija into an advanced state, then simply ranting.

If you can't see how counter productive it is for the fabric of society to have something like bbnaija has a main discuss, in the midst of abject poverty, backwardness, then ur education is useless

I wish we could split Nigeria into 3 countries along religious lines, instead of tribalism lines - the north for fundamentalists muslims, the East and west for fundamentalists Christians and the South South and middle belt for liberal Christians and Muslims, and free thinkers. Then you guys will be free to convert your morals to constitutional laws.

jollymizzle:
ok ok, all I'm saying is a foreign company should not come and make money off our youth while degrading our society at the same time. They could still make some profit if not the same outrageous amount if they consider other shows that won't cause more issues for us

Are you aware that the organizers of BBN spent close to N2.5Billion to organise the show? Or that the show alone employ over 300 youths directly and hundreds more indirectly?
Then we are not talking about Multichoice itself, which employs tens of thousands both directly and indirectly.
If you drive foreign countries doing legitimate business on Nigeria because of morality, what message are you passing to other foreign investors? Even U.A.E. had to suspend morality in it's main cities to attract foreign investors and tourists, in order to boost it's economy after oil.

You are talking about morals now because we still have free oil money from the Niger Delta. If there was no free money for both the politicians and youths to he fighting over, don't you think Nigerians will be begging foreigners to come to Nigeria and invest billions, so youths can find jobs?

ethicallyright:
China and Taiwan do not represent nations with traditional family values. They are simply communist nations which suppress the media and ensure state priority over that of the smallest unit of the society (family). Incessant and recklessly abortion which is not only encouraged but legalized in China to avoid the Malthusian Theory of population from becoming a reality in the communist republic may represent anything but traditional family values.

The foundation of the contemporary Chinese ideology has antecedence in the manuscripts of Karl Marx , an European. The Government that led the Chinese breakthrough was atheist. Till today the Chinese Communist Party which rules China is officially atheist. Chinese were not atheist 70 years ago. They were basically Buddhists and Confucianist who would have prayed for the cure of COVID-19 than investing in research to win a breakthrough.

The period of Christian supremacy in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe was characterized by burning of free thinkers on stakes , executions for blasphemy , intertwining of religion with politics and Slavery only after a stronger middle-class which emerged in the vassal States fought the Feudal Lords to put an end to feudalism. Feudalism and monarchy were the norms and traditions of Western European Nations. The industrial revolution of the 19th century which was the inculcation of science and technology into the production process was what differentiated Europe and North America from the rest of the world. The industrial revolution was to usher in Capitalism to suppress feudalism and Democracy in place of absolute monarchy. Until those European Revolutionists threatened the Status quo in the 19th century, the European ideology was the conquest of other tribes , slavery and subjugation which are ideologies that African tribes believe in till today.

Don't mind the ignorant moralists tying to force their religions on everybody by force. The period of Christian supremacy was the worst period in Europe. It was what was called the dark ages, where the people were oppressed and exploited and had all their rights taken away in the name of religion. Europe did not start making progress until power of the clergy and the monarchs were curtailed and freedom and Democracy took over.

Theocratic societies thrives only under autocratic monarchy. Christians and Muslims in Nigeria wants to turn Nigeria into a theocratic state like Iran.

dragunov:
And do what please? The man is highlighting a social misnomer which really doesn't contribute positively to mitigate the problems the Nigerian youth finds himself facing and all you can say is for him to shut up?

Who told you it does not contribute positively to mitigate the problems the Nigerian youth finds himself facing? Do you know how many youths have been employed or made money through BBN?

jollymizzle:
Gulder ultimate search is what the organizers should sponsor rather than this infernal bbn. It was a great show which encouraged participants to solve problems, and I think we would all agree that we have a lot of problems to solve.

Then bring the money and sponsor Golders Ultimate Search or Jollymizzle Ultimate Search.

jollymizzle:
I disagree, it's not always about alternatives,people have to make a right decision on what to do with their time. The more people make right decisions, the better for us as a society. It's moral decay is evident, we need to find ways to stop it from becoming worse.if this show must continue we need to make it as less profitable as it is currently for the organizers.

It's not moral decay that made the Europeans colonize us.

It's not moral decay that caused the civil war.

It's not moral decay that made all governments in Nigeria - both civilian and military fantastically corrupt.

It's not moral decay that made the country, especially the far north, the poverty capital of the world.

Your moral decay is someone's else's moral increase. Learn to keep your morality in your homes and churches and leave others with their own morality.

sidonlook:
The Ooni is not wrong in his views and don't forget that two wrongs don't make right.

The Ooni is wrong. We are in a global village, where everybody is connected to everybody else. So unless you want to Bank the Internet and satellite communications, you cannot stop people from watching what they want to watch.

The government allows it, DSTV delivers it, produced by BBN and watched by our LAZY and IDLE people does not make it right.

We are living in a free world - A democracy. You cannot impose your idea of right and wrong on others. We are all subject to the constitution and the laws of the land.

The government and the politicians did wrong , suppressed us and gradually mortgaging our future is not a enough reason for the youth to waste their time on programmes like BBN ,that profits them nothing but makes them poorer.

I don't understand this your point. Is the government paying the subscription of Nigerian youths and then forcing them to watch?

Whenever you watch, you waste your productive time.

Likewise, whenever you watch football, African magic, listen to music, play Playatation, visit Nairaland and in fact any type of entertainment.

Whenever you vote, you loose your money and with all the money sipped from us, BBN make those idle youth in captivity in the BBN house walk away with millions.
You are made poorer as you did not put your money into productive use.

False premise. There are many platforms for voting. Those that can afford it vote using SMS, those that can't simply log into the BBN website and vote. Those with subscription are also given free votes. So no one is forced to loose money by voting.

BBN makes people poorer, how?
Do you know how much DSTV used in building and running the BBN house and shows. They said they used N2.5 billion to organise the show. That's N2.5 billion injected into the Nigerian economy.

The organisers say they employed 300 people, mainly Nigerians in the backend to run the shoe. That's Nigerians employed during this difficult period where most have lost their jobs. Then there is the issue of hundreds of youths making money off BBN on social media. A look at the BBN page on nairaland will show thousands of viewers constantly on the thread. Oga Seun is smiling to the bank. Even the print media is not left out as they carry BBN news constantly. Finally we should not forget the contestants whose life change rapidly as a result of appearing on the show. Many turn to overnight millionaires through endorsements and other social appearances brought about by BBN fame.

This country Nigeria is dieing gradually and the growing unemployed youth are not keen on saving the country from the killer politicians

These are the things that propagate restiveness, bandictry, yahoo yahoo, robbery and rebellion

Are you saying that it was BBN that brought about restiveness, bandictry, yahoo yahoo, robbery and rebellion? We're these vices absent before BBN started airing in Nigeria, or they will disappear or reduce once BBN stops airing?

What happened to good shows like

"Multina dance" that bring to spotlight talented dancers


"Project fame" ( who wants to be a millionaire) that rewards clever and intelligent people


"The dragon's den ", that helps young entrepreneur to get seed capital for their business.

Big Brother Naija encourages laziness

Different strokes for different folks. As I said, we are living in a democracy and capitalist society. Nothing stops you or the Ooni from sponsoring a programme and airing it in any of the available platforms including online, if that what interests you or your think commercially viable.

Multichoice DSTV is making its money,
The bbn participants are making money

The Nigeria government is making money.

Is that not the goal of a capitalist economy? - profit making. It's all about the demand and supply equilibrium.

The government is interested in things that could make the youth lazier and unable to challenge government policies.

What's concerns the government? The government job is to provide laws and legislation for various sectors and industries, and then make sure sure participants adhere strictly to the laws. It's not the government jobs to dictate how business firms run their business.

Big Brother Naija should not be encouraged.

That your personal opinion.

Dmanlex:
Supported because they are show casing immorality

And those proposing and supporting the ban promotes morality?

TriCee:
I don't like the show either, but there are so many other channels to choose from on DSTV.

Don't minds the hypocrites, is it by force to buy DSTV, is it by force to subscribe. Even if your life depends on buying and subscribing to DSTV and GoTv, multichoice has provided a simple code to block Big Brother channel from your decoder.

Meanwhile, the organizers should carefully check the contents of the show again.

It's rated 18, unless you are advocating for removing all other 18 rated channels and programmes from all TV stations in Nigeria.

Onitola2:
whether d law makes sense to u or not, a sane person wouldn't do such a thing when u know it's punishment is severe, u can't even abuse a governor or a president in public, Muslims don't toy with their leader (prophet muhammad s.a.w.), and they regard Jesus as a prophet like him so they give him due respect, so u won't see them abusing Jesus, some people (majorly Christians) made a film of Jesus being a gay not long ago, how many Christians stood up to boycott it?

You are just spewing nonsense. We are in a democracy and not autocracy. Buhari is being abused daily by IPOB, PDP and others, no one is calling for beheadings. Governors are being insulted everyday on social media, nobody has been killed for it yet.

I don't understand how someone can compare boycotting of a film one finds distasteful and beheadings because of it. Did muslims decide to boycott the Danish magazine that made a cartoon of muhammad? No, they went on killing Christians at random around the world.

salford1:
Well the good thing is that those that would likely fall victims are his own supporters since they like resisting measures to protect themselves from Covid

167,000 already. I remember when 140,000 was being discussed on this thread. What a mess of a country - all Trump's doing.

The idiot is the Covid king.

And you think he cares how many of his own supporters die in his quest for reelection?
He even had his supporters sign waivers against liability if any of them catches coronavirus at his rallies. They are just pawns in his reelection strategy.

salford1:
Highest Covid casualties in the US since mid-May was recorded on Wednesday. The democrats have alot of work to do since Trump (it is what it is) has given up.

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2020/08/13/us-reports-highest-number-of-covid-19-deaths-in-one-day-since-mid-may/

I don't think Trump has given up on covid19, I believe he is using the pandemic as a reelection strategy. He wants the pandemic to be so bad as to affect the election results or the elections itself. Have you not Wondered why he has been touting postponing the elections and undermining mail in voting? He at worst want to discourage large voter turn out, either by mail or in person, because he knows large voter turn out will favour the democrats and not the Republicans. He wants to create chaos especially in the swing states, so as to gave just enough electoral votes to win the elections.

Just watch as the elections get closer. Trump and his supporters will get more desperate in trying to undermine the elections and discourage voters.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr]
Not good
Such law should be abolished
The governor should pardon him
As the generalisimo of that state he has the right to pardon him

Such law is unconstitutional and should be challenged at the Supreme Court. The only problem is Shariah Law only applies to the powerless, it can never apply to the elites. They only use the law to cow the poor masses into submission.

Aboki99:
What are your yardstick for making this moral judgement about an issue that does not concern you? The author has clearly explained to you that this is a matter for us muslims.

You guys are just displaying your blood thirsty nature. How does a human being enjoy the killing of another in the service of their own God?

Obviously, a person that insults Mohammed no longer believes in him and cannot be said to be a true muslim. Shekau and Al-Baghdadi that have killed hundreds of thousands of people including muslims does not deserve death because he is a true Muslim. But someone that renounce Mohammed or Islam has suddenly become an existential threat that needs to be killed.

Honestly, Islam is a treat to national and indeed world peace, and I don't blame the Chinese for attempting to eliminate the religion in their country.

Mo3891:
Legislative law and customs are far so different

Sharia law was legislated by northern assembly and passed to law by northern Governors with full support of Northern citizen ... Did Oro and twins get legislative backing

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Does it conform with the constitution of the federal Republic? The fact that a law was legislated by northern assembly and passed to law by northern Governors with full support of Northern citizen does not make it constitutional. The environmental law was legislated by Lagos assembly and passed to law by Fashola with full support of Lagos citizens, the courts still declared the law unconstitutional.

Even the national assembly can pass a law with the full support of the president and the citizens of Nigeria, but the Supreme Court can still declare such laws unconstitutional.

For example, the 'doctrine of necessity' that was passed by the national assembly that made Jonathan acting president was unconstitutional, and would have been rendered null and void if the matter was taken to court.

Hashimyussufamao:
Death Sentence For Blasphemy At Kano: A Perspective by O. G. Chukkol

I have been following arguments on social media for the past two days about the death sentence passed on one Yahaya Aminu Sheriff for blasphemy (insulting prophet Mohammed PBH) at Kano.

Let me make few observations here:

1. There is actually a Shariah Penal Code law in Kano state

2. The said Shariah Penal Code makes provision for offences and punishments recognized in Islam

3. The Shariah Penal Code Law prohibits blasphemy and a violator risks death sentence. See section section 382 thereof.

4. The Shariah Penal Code Law of Kano applies to Muslims only

5. The Shariah Penal Code Law of Kano does not apply to non Muslims. So a Christian or any other non Muslim cannot be prosecuted under the law except if he consents to it

6. Sheriff was tried and convicted under the Shariah Penal Code Law because he was a Muslim.

7. Sheriff has the right to appeal to a higher court for his conviction to be reviewed or set aside if the trial court was wrong.

8. Governor of Kano State has the final say on Sheriff's conviction. He can pardon Sheriff and allow him go free or change the punishment or sign death warrant for Sheriff to be executed/killed as ordered by court

9. A non Muslim who insults prophet Mohammed or commits any other form of blasphemy can at best be tried under the general Penal Code law for defamation or breach of public peace or any other related offence depending on exactly what the person says

What of if the accused renounced Islam or changed religion before or even after the alleged blasphemy.
Do Muslim citizen have the right to renounce the religion?

Mo3891:
Respect other people's law simple as ABC.. this is the principle of a through federalism

So you also have to respect laws that prescribe death for twins.

What of the law that prescribe the death penalty for any woman that defies the Oro festival curfew that is common in Yoruba towns? Should you not respect that too.

Just like Atiku defeated Buhari in the 2019 elections.

QuotaSystem:
Simple.

SE has destroyed any political capital it ever had to ask for any favours from the North. Did you really think your extreme display of hatred against Arewa and other ethnic groups in recent years will have no consequences?

With the constant daily insults, blackmail, antagonism and most importantly, refusal to support the core North and its favourite candidate (PMB) in the last 2 consecutive elections + endless attacks & total rejection of his government, you have ZERO moral, political, rational or logical grounds to expect any political favours from Arewa even if we extended the same favours to the SW in the past.

You also fail to realise that while NADECO & Radio Kudirat never "tormented the country", instead it agitated against dictatorship and military rule, IPOB & Radio Biafrauud by sharp contrast is markedly driven by hatred, insults and attacks against other ethnic groups especially the Hausa Fulani & Yoruba. This is a fundamental difference between the two so stop comparing oranges with rocks.

If you're in doubt, watch as events unfold.

Imagine comparing Radio Kudirat to Radio Biafra. Radio Kudirat was conceived by Yoruba intellectuals to fight the the military government of Abacha to restore the June 12 mandate. Even though Ralph Uwazuruike conceived Radio Biafra to promote Biafra on an intellectual level, Nnamdi Kanu, the appointed director high jacked it and turn it into a platform for insulting Yorubas, Hausa/Fulanis, Northerners, Nigerians and Nigeria. I wonder how you guys want to achieve Biafra by antagonising everybody else.

Now you want to become president, not by alliances, persuasions and politicking, but by issuing threats.

Deepthoughts:
look I'm not igbo matter e fact I'm from the NC, but it amazes me that people like you feel so unconcerned n in fact happy that a strategic part of the country is been sidelined,after the injustice done to Abiola in 1992 the SW formed NADECO N RADIO KUDIRAT n tormented the country but the whole country accept that an injustice has been done hence even the conservative north saw the signs n the SW was compensated in 1999,why can't this be done for the SE?

You might not identify as igbo, bit some tribes in the NC, particularly Bennett state are very close to the igbos.

You are amazed that other people feel so unconcerned that a strategic part of the country is been sidelined? What about your own part of the country (that is if your are not igbo), are you not concerned about how your own people has been sidelined? Unless you are telling me that your people have held the position of the president before or had held crucial political positions in Nigeria.

You alleged NADECO was formed to torment the whole country, did NADECO torment your village town or state? NADECO was only active in the southwest, the capital Abuja and part of the South South. Even IPOB that makes a lot of noise cannot be said to be tormenting the whole country.
It's not the whole country that agreed that injustice was done to the South West. A certain region supported Abacha's hold on power and held a 2 million man match in Abuja to convince Abacha not to relinquish power.

xynerise:
So money is the reason most women won't leave?

That's degrading

If she is a housewife with no external income, with young children and from a not well to do family, where do you want her to go?

Professor Sagay needs to learn about the Chinese Money Trap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qzEVyYCOV0

Though I want a modern railway system badly, we should avoid falling into the Chinese Money Trap like so many poor nations have.