₦airaland Forum

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.

OjoMadiba:
So we're the doctor who said HCQ does not work. Look, it's glaring that politics is been played with the lives of people, HCQ works.

Can you, Dr. President Trump and Dr. Demon sperm explain how chloroquine works. I mean the mechanism with which it kills coronavirus. Will the chloroquine work in isolation or has to be administered with azithromycin and zinc before it can work? Can it work with only azithromycin or only zinc. What's the work of azithromycin and zinc in the cocktail?

Where can we see studies on the effectiveness of either in combinations or singly, how these compounds kill this particular coronavirus or any other coronaviruses.

Guestlander:
Resource control died when the constitution was abrogated. On what basis would you control your resources when the constitution that gave you that power was no longer in existence?

Abeg allow the guy revel in his own self deceit. You are simply wasting your time arguing with him.
Just agree with his paradox that Ironsi decrees introduced resource control and in his 6 months in power and allowed the states/regions to control their resources.

nku5:
Show me where the decree where Ironsi expunged resource control. I am not interested in your biased opinion. I need facts

Decree 1 of 1966 suspended the constitution and therefore expunged resource control and everything else. It was Ironsi that created the exclusive list.
See the image below;


Then decree 34 annulled the regions and converted them to states under unitary system.

Without prejudice to section 8 of this Decree, the person who immediately before the appointed day holds the office of Military Governor of a Region shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Head of the National Military Government as Military Governor of the corresponding group of provinces with effect from that day.
The National Military Government may either conditionally or unconditionally delegate to a Military Governor of a group of provinces power to make laws by edict for peace, order and good government with respect to any matter specified in the delegation in relation to that group of provinces.

So in effect the Governors of the new states become appointees of the head of state and he may nor not delegate powers to make laws to the Governors, conditionally or unconditionally.

If we are examining dictionary definitions then Nigeria is not a Federation today in fiscal terms. The regional military governors could not be elected (of course) and had powers to make laws (edicts) for their enclaves subject to approval. The best Nigeria ever had in a military government.

Who is arguing with you that Nigeria is not a Federation? How can Nigeria be a federation when General Ironsi's decree 34 destroyed the federation? Subsequent governments - both military and civilian build on the foundation Ironsi built.
Even the 1999 constitution did not mince world about the structure of the Nigerian state.
The opening sentence of the 1999 constitution
clearly states;

WE THE PEOPLE of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:


HAVING firmly and solemnly resolved:


TO LIVE in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble Sovereign Nation under God dedicated to the promotion of inter-African solidarity, world peace, international co-operation and understanding:

I never saw anywhere in the constitution where it states that Nigeria is a Federation of states.

You guys can twist logic all you can, you cannot turn General Ironsi into a hero of resource control and true federation. He was power hungry and acquired too much powers to himself and the office of the head of state.

DissTroy:
Hogwash! I just proved to you Trump reduced the unemployment rate and created more jobs than than Obama ever did and you spew trash as a reply.

What have you proved? Economic Experts proved the reverse that Obama's unemployment rate was far better than Trump's

Argue with Forbes. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/07/04/trumps-unemployment-rates-are-still-worse-than-obamas-highest-numbers/amp/

SukaBlyat:
I doubt that she wants to pin a pregnancy on me.
She refused to go raw and after convincing her that I will be very careful. She agreed
True true we had deep fvck but I'm 100% sure I didn't pour inside.
I guess she is paranoid thinking that I came in her due the kind of sex we had was so damn intimate. She thinks I'm lying I just tire

If you went 2 straight rounds, you 100% came inside her. Even if you did not pre-cum before withdrawing first round, there will certainly be sperm in your duct and tube during the second round. This will be dripping into her with each deep thrust. So she is not paranoid.

Withdrawal is not an efficient birth control method.

nku5:
Prove you can read by showing me where the decree abolished fiscal federalism and regions. You guys have what is called cognitive dissonance You can't accept that all the old lies you grew hearing about 1966 and Igbos have been burned to ashes. Its painful i know

Subject to the provisions of this Decree, Nigeria shall on 24th May 1966 (in this decree referred to as ‘the appointed day’) cease to be a Federation and shall accordingly as from that day be a Republic, by the name of the Republic of Nigeria , consisting of the whole of the territory which immediately before that day was comprised in the Federation.

Now grab a dictionary or Google and search for the meanings and differences between a Federation and a Republic.

Without prejudice to section 8 of this Decree, the person who immediately before the appointed day holds the office of Military Governor of a Region shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Head of the National Military Government as Military Governor of the corresponding group of provinces with effect from that day.

The Governors will now be appointees of the head of the military government instead of elected by the regional electorate.

As from the appointed day all offices in the service of the Republic in a civil capacity shall be offices in a single service to be known as the National Public Service; and accordingly all persons who immediately before that day are members of the public service of the Federation or of the public service of a Region shall on that day become members of the National Public Service.

This decree removed all administrative powers from the regions and concentrated it at the centre.
Also remember, General Ironsi had already promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree, which suspended the Republican constitution of 1963. So I wonder which sharing formula and resource control you guys are talking about that Ironsi left intact.

LegendHero:
I initially chose to ignore you because you don't even understand the topic of Federation and Republic and it is a disgrace that you can come online and say Nigeria is a republic as at Oct 1st 1960.

Let me try to educate you for free from my free education:
-Nigeria was a Federation pre-Oct 1960 but under the commonwealth and the authority of the British Queen as a colony of Britain.

-By Oct 1st 1960, Nigeria is still a Federation but it is now a sovereign nation. However, the British Queen still remained the Head of state in "Title".

Have you ever wondered why Azikwe only became the President in 1963? That was because Nigeria became a Federal Republic in 1963, which means that Azikwe replaced the British crown as the symbol of national sovereignty and head of state.

Now you will ask me what is the difference between the Republic in 1963 and the Republic of Ironsi, let me educate you.

When Nigeria became a republic in 1963, it was called the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we are still operating our constitution, the major thing that changed was the replacement of the Queen with the president (Azikwe). We severed ties with the British completely at that point.

However, Ironsi removed the Federal from it by his decree 34 and called it just "Republic of Nigeria". At that point it ceases to be a federation.

So the difference was that it was "Federal Republic of Nigeria" before and now "Republic of Nigeria".

I asked you earlier that do you think Ironsi is a comedian for promulgating that it ceases to be a federation? Don't you think that word "ceases to be a federation" carry enormous weight?

Check the decree below, Ironsi removed everything called Federal from the constitution.
-Federal Republic of Nigeria = Republic of Nigeria
-Federal Military Government = National Military Government
-Federal Capital Territory = Capital Territory.

Now go and read up the difference between a Federation and a Republic that Ironsi promulgated. Only then can you understand why people always say he initiated the unification and led us to this stage.

If you try to talk after this again, then I will just keep shut, but I have done my bit to educate you.

You are just wasting your time trying to educate him and his likes. In their minds the dogma that Gowon unified our country and so is responsible for all their problems is like a religion indoctrinated in them since birth. No evidence you present can't change their minds. It's just like the Ojukwu released Awolowo from prison dogma.

Abeg, save your energy and time.

anungangampu:
the man didn't live to do any of that.. The man that later carried it out Is still alive.. Why don't we blame him.

You mean to tell me that after may 24th, 1966 Nigeria continued to operate as a federation?

Here is the very fist paragraph of decree 34 signed by General Ironsi;

Subject to the provisions of this Decree, Nigeria shall on 24th May 1966 (in this decree referred to as ‘the appointed day’) cease to be a Federation and shall accordingly as from that day be a Republic, by the name of the Republic of Nigeria , consisting of the whole of the territory which immediately before that day was comprised in the Federation.

Now grab a dictionary or Google and search for the meanings and differences between a Federation and a Republic.

PHIPEX:
The amount of lies that have been propagated in this country will take another century to clear out.
How does unification of civil service mean removal of regions when there were still regional governors including Ojukwu who could challenge the Federal govt?
Watch how these false propagator are always silent about Gowon that took away their resources because as usual they know who they believe is their easy targets so they pour their frustrations on Aguiyi.

To imagine I believed this all these while makes me feel stupid right now.

When you unify customs, immigration, police, radio and TV broadcast stations, and then insist on appointing the regional governors, what does that mean? Before the unification decree, each region ran it's own marketing board to market and sell it's own agricultural exports. After the unification of all the civil service and the federal government took over the marketing boards, agriculture died a natural death.

DMerciful:
Nigerians are restless about Biafrans going and this is an absolute truth. You can live in denial!

Why do you think the general Nigerian masses would be restless about Biafra going? Is it due to landmass, access to sea, wealth, GDP or investments in Igboland?

joeyfire:
Dont miss the central point. The regions still had control of their resources under Ironsi. Gowon was the person that TOOK AWAY resource control. Northern military leaders did not have access to oil money until Gowon started sharing it to them. It is Gowon's fault that Lagos State did not even smell the N400 Billion revenue collected from Apapa port in 2019

Why do you think Easterners started moving to other regions in large numbers after the war? There was NO infrastructure developed in the East after the war by the FG. Its not even an issue for argument. Asides from the Niger Bridge that they HAD to build, name one that Gowon built after the war. The 70s was the worst period in terms of development

No matter how many times and how loud you scream it, you cannot change a truth to a lie - IT WAS GENERAL IRONSI THAT TOOK AWAY FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL AUTONOMY FROM THE REGIONS. General Gowon only took advantage of the situation created by General Ironsi.

How can Lagos State smell the N400 Billion revenue collected from Apapa port in 2019, when General Ironsi unified and federalised the customs in January 1966?

Christistruth00:
Those Northern Military Leaders so tell in love with the Oil money they cou?e not find it in thereAfter to go back to rregional based resource Control.The

It is like asking a child to give up his Ice Cream.

Would Ironsi have gone back to regional based resource control after having tasted power and oil?

DMerciful:
Ibos ruined this country but you're restless about the thought of Biafra going. You resist Igbos going yet you blame them for everything

Believe me nobody is restless about igbos going. Igbos (I mean igboland) contribute very little into the national purse, so their going would not make much difference to the national purse. The problem is most of the "igbo want to go" strategy had been nothing other than emotional rants and insulting others tribes. If the igbos truly want to go, they should take physical practical steps.

For the records it's the greed and struggle for power of the political elites, especially the WaZoBia group that ruined the country.

imhotep:
So we must continue to blame Gowon and co. for refusing to change the decree.
Meanwhile, Igbo amaka.

Cc lzaa metaphysical bambambiglo t9ksy

Why should he change the decree? If na you nko, will you change the decree?