₦airaland Forum

dallyemmy:
He was probably born in the UK and and nurtured there. After the society has corrupted his mind, he suddenly became a Nigerian.

Quite the observer you are sir, thanks.
He is to be registered as a sex offender and .face a license extension that is a clear indication he is more of one of them than one of us.

Lexusgs430:
Another prisoner on the awaiting deportation list........

I doubt it, he is not a Nigerian as suggested by his punishment, been signed into the sex offenders register and license extension is a show of the fact that he is one of them rather than one of us I bet he did something heroic we might hear a british citizen rather than a Nigerian.

A white man once said " give a black man a job and he will do what needs to be done, put a white man with him to do that job and a black man will do better but put a black man with him both of them will end up doing nothing "

we are our own worst enemies, infact the black community is racial towards his own kind than the white can ever be.

APCLyingBastard:
All those infected came to the reserve as a group.

What they should be investigating is if they al shared something in common. That is; do they live in proximity with each other? do they share a water source? Did they eat the same meal before embarking on the trip?

Has any of them travelled to areas prone to Lassa fever?

These are what should be investigated.

very true I would have guessed it's an airborne virus but that will mean everyone who went on the trip would have been affected.

first step for now is to get everyone who went there to quarantine and those who they came in contact with and run the necessary tests on them whilst they are constantly observed, I doubt this is Lassa although Lassa diagnosis is a bit tricky too but I hope they get the necessary people involved.

MelesZenawi:
Nigeria, Drug Cartels And Xenophobia In South Africa. THE FACTS.


I have a lot of problem with the authenticity and accuracy of these stories , I'm a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, now University of Johannesburg, I am married to a South African, I worked for the African union from inception until 2009, when I decided to relocate, so, from 1996-2009, that would be 13 years of living in South Africa, by virtue of having studied and worked in South Africa and speak Zulu fluently. Also, due to the nature of the work, it afforded me the opportunity to travel extensively within South Africa and Africa generally. So I can conveniently and confidently say that, I know South Africa and its people, very well.

Now, the issues raised in this write up concerning drugs is untrue, yes, some Nigerians are involved in drugs, but they didn't start it nor are they even in the majority, neither are they the kingpins of drugs, but the thing is Nigerians in South Africa are like the children of the Third Reich, damned for what they are and damned for what they're not.

Encapsulating the drug business in South Africa and prostitution, it would be wise to recognise that drug business was going on before the earliest Nigerians settled in SA, in Cape town, gang wars started in Cape flats amongst the colored people long before Nigerians got there, in Durban, there was drug trade by Indians from Pine town to the Promenade long before Nigerians saw the Indian Ocean in Kwazulu Natal,( note Durban is not a capital city like JHB. Pietermaritzburg is the capital city)

Now, in JHB, drug business by Nigerians are heavily situated in places like, Hillbrow, Berea, Yeovil, Orange grove, Ellis park, Rossettenville. These are areas heavily populated by foreigners of diverse origin.
Let me also shine some light on Prostitution before I conclude. Prostitution is a right of passage of 90% of South Africans, white, black, Indian, colored, the remaining 10% are Khoisan. An average South African girl of 15 years already has a child before the family will now aid her to move from the locations to JHB, Durban, Port Elisabeth, East London, Cape town or Tswane, which is by the way, the real name of Pretoria.

Native South Africans are extremely poor and as as a result crime and prostitution thrive in the Locations ( informal settlements) like Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa, Lenasia and Eldorado park in Gauteng province, with JHB as capital city. Lamontville, port Shepstone, Umlazi, Umtata, Bluff, and other locations spread out in the Zululand, feed the crime and LovePeddler needs of Durban KZN. While in the Cape town is fed by, Gugulethu, Kylitsha, cape flats and neighbouring East London and Port Elizabeth.
The other provinces, like Bloemfontein, Limpopo and basically all of the former Northern Transvaal, Boputhatswana, flock to JHB, supported by migrating prostitutes from Namibian, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and a smattering handful from Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Angola, not forgetting assassins from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. These completes the Violent crimes and Prostitution ring in South Africa.

Looking at drugs holistically, Nigerians, Tanzanians, Indians, Pakistanis' Italians and the Boer South Africans are indictable here, but in different categories.
The drug business are in three categories:-

1. Importers, ( drugs are not indigenous to South Africa) so they are imported from South America, Asia and Europe to SA. You might be wondering Europe? Yes, Europe,drugs is not restricted to Cocaine and Opium, inclusive also are, Fentanyl, Mandrax,Ecstasy, Acid paper e.t.c these come from Europe, they all find their way to South Africa and somebody brought them into the country and just about 10% of importers are Nigerians, are you now wondering who is then responsible for the remaining 90%? South African whites/Boers, yes most drug imports come from Holland which is the Boers original home. Have you ever wondered why there haven't been and major drug bust in the Airports or anywhere else in South Africa? Simple, its a Cartel, run by Indigenes, the Police, immigration and Customs.

2. These are the middle men, who now buy 50-60-70grammes, break it into 5gs and in turn sell to the third and final group in the drug dealing chain, called " Ndi-Atuke" .

3. Now, the third and final group who take the major risk in the business are the ones who may buy 5 or 10g and cook a part to sell as rocks and the other as powder, this group are the street urchins who market in small scale to whoever can afford it and this group are individuals that cannot afford to be cartels as they are constantly harassed by the Police and the Mafia, to pay protection money.

This third group, some of them team up with pristitutes to bring their customers ( mainly whites) to buy from them. So the prostitutes are already addicts, who are no longer accepted as residents in strip clubs like Summit club, Dorchester and other such clubs that dot the cities of South Africa like a reminder of its immediate gory past, they are the prostitutes and all Pinch sellers are guilty of such association and its not restricted to Nigerians.

Now to the reason why Nigerians are targets for this Xenophobic attacks are two tiered.
1. Once upon a time on Etv South Africa, there was a Talk show named "Third Degree" hosted by an Indian lady who was trying to divert attention of criminal acts from her stock to Nigerians, first of such shows was a Masacre that took place in a gay club called little Caesars, in the ensuing documentary, she blamed it on Nigerians and drugs, but when the case was finally busted, no Nigerian was involved. It was dobe by whites and Indians who hated Homosexuality.

The second documentary of note was the Moodly killing, Moodly, an Indian then a student in the University, reported his white girlfriend missing, and Mrs Pillay of Third degree concocted a story that Nigerians abducted her because of debt from drugs. At the conclusion of the investigation, when the body was found, autopsy indicated that the girl was not a drug user and that Moodley himself strangled and dumped her body before reporting her missing, again, no Nigerian involved.

2.. The second and most probable reason ( which even irritates me) Nigerian drug dealers in Hillbrow are lousy, Infact, if you see them misbehaving in South Africa, you'd think they're in the village and drug sale is a legal business. Others nationals more involved and richer are absolutely living non-descript lives, but their Nigerian counterparts in the lower rung are living flamboyantly with no obvious source of income.

So, in conclusion, Nigerians are not as was described in that write up, but they have simply constituted themselves into a "nuisance" in South Africa by their show-off. If they were the biggest drug dealers in South Africa, they would all be in prison by now. The biggest barons are big South Africans and are known to the government, that's why they are untouchables. Don't regard all their blame-shifting
There are lots of Nigerian professionals living and working in South Africa, even the face of Vodacom the largest telecom service provider is a Nigerian. Many small and medium scale businesses in South Africa are established and run by Nigerians. They create several jobs for South Africans.
There are so many Nigerian Doctors, lecturers, business men , Engineers holding places of pride in the economy and society. These are areas where the citizens don't even have the capacity to cover.
Finally, xenophobia has nothing to do with drugs, but lots to do with envy. They came to loot and kill. Do you fight crime with another crime?

thanks for this excellent piece I suggest you option this for a front page story, your use of words and thorough investigations to some I can actually vouch for are excellent, please don't hesitate to create a topic on this, enjoyed the content hands down - I myself do freelance investigative report from time to time if you don't mind I will like to save this somewhere for future references.

SirIconR:
This is exactly what happens when u scrap history from your school curriculums...

your comment held me , how I enjoyed history classes back then with my teacher who can act for life.
it's painful honestly I wouldn't have mind taking history in classes.

AnonymousIP:


THAT IS WHERE XENOPHOBIA STARTED ......

IS WE ARE GETTING IT IN A HARSH WAY IN SOUTH AFRICA ... LET'S KNOW THAT WE ALL STARTED IT ....

ONLY GOD CAN HELP US

I am forced beyond reasons not to agree with you on this, I have done my research and read articles dating back to 1981 even before the orders were given.


what shehu did is or can be seen as a move trump is pulling currently on illegal immigrants, this has no element of xenophobia in it.

I came up on majority articles and journals and trust me this act in 1983 had no element of xenophobia.

listen man bead or no bead be careful of who you have sex with am no preacher but trust me you have got alot of hell hounds out there who would easily crawl into your bed just to make a mess out of your life.

SLAP44:
Soldiers will try and stop them because they know that shoprite is just the small target. Those guys are holding practice sessions for the big one, a REVOLUTIONARY UPRISING.

asin eh Nigerian.is at its tipping point

omohlexy:
You see! That's exactly what i mean. When you are insulting someone because of his opinion,You will also insult your clients.When you insult you clients, They will run and you will resort to cheating,Lying and Stealing. So i hope you can agree with me now that you are a liar,a cheat and a thief.

You crave for attention , I have decided to be sensible and let you have none of it, do have a nice morning.

Larryfest:
Not all Nigerians over there are into crime those southy are just been dumb that's all, with the way some Nigerians are into all sorts of crime in other countries how come those countries are not killing Nigerians the way South Africans are doing now Well it isn't there fault sha na because we no get better President.

one dumb SA here said 98% of Nigerians he has seen over there are criminals and drug dealers .
I guess what this man has in his shop are drugs and the dish he is also installing has drugs in them too infact we can say he is installing drug on the roof.
SmH .mtchew

FamousMonk:
About Xenophobia...
Let's quit the hypocrisy.
It is appalling..
Truth is,a typical Nigerian man doesn't care about what happened to some Nigerians in South Africa.
We are just trying to follow the trend and appear like good patriotic citizens who love each other..
Forget the posts and hate speech on twitter ,Facebook etc..
It is just for social media attention..
I repeat,as long as the killing of Nigerians do not affect the price of garri,a typical Nigerian doesn't care...
I woke up and decided to write about it too..
But I'm so sorry i cannot pretend to care when I really don't..
After the whole fracas,Nigerians will go back to their usual daily routine.
If I'm killed today,I will be buried and nobody will care.
We will post about it,empathize with the families of the victims,make it seem like we love and care about these people,but in reality,we don't ..
For me,I don't know them,and they haven't helped me in any way before so I swear,I do not care..
This is the bitter truth..
There is something fundamentally wrong with an African man's brain and way of reasoning..

I feel ashamed to bear the title "homosapien" with you.

lolly2pops:
i am a south african living in fear for my nigerian husband and kids. my kids answer nigerian names and for some days now i have stopped them from attending school. i am just being cautious. Zimbabweans are the marjority of the looters, especially the tribe known as ndebeles from Zimbabwe. see, the ndebele language which is spoken widely in zim is one of the many nguni languages spoken in south africa. many zim people have been arrested along south africans. there is a criminal element to all this. i saw them looting and i could not stop my tears from rolling down my chicks! im devasted and i know for sure that our politicians in the african continent are to blame for this. the politicians in nigeria are the reason why nigerians have forsaken their land i. search for a better life. the politicians in south africa are the cause of the current situation. oh cry my beloved africa...cry

please for the safety of your kids I suggest you hold on to them and keep them away from school and public places that you are uncertain of in terms of security.
I am truly sorry for the events that are happening and I hope they can be resolved soon, impose a curfew routine for them for now, no one is safe.
it's true the hardship here in Nigeria is a big factor to the mess we are in out there, my prayers are to all the innocents out there , things will be better someday.

. my pastor just called me the man was scared and terrified he said yesterday night he saw hoards and herds of witches aka village people heading to SA and one particular battalion of witches were sent directly to Aka's house whilst two others were sent to shop rite branches and Mtn please oh the looting is now spiritual ,I repeat the looting is now spiritual.

blindjustice13:
Lets make the hash tag go viral


#cutdiplomatictiewithsouthafrica


Enough is enough!

blindjustice13:
Lets make the hash tag go viral


#cutdiplomatictiewithsouthafrica


Enough is enough!

good idea boss but the hashtag is confusing me

apparently we now have categories of witches
white witch -present bad witch - also present fat witch- e dey here black witch - e dey progressive witch - na here xenophobic witch - South Africa corruption witch - aso rock herdsmen witch- sambisa Aka witch -South African looting witches - dem dey Reacting witches - na here Mod witches - ....( I still like my account oh) nairaland witch -..........(abeg let's know if you're here reading this)

FarahAideed:
More Nigerian shops in the malls lost to looting than ShopRite . Many of those Nigerian stores will never recover from the loss today ..how does looting Nigerian owned stores retaliate against xenophobia in South Africa .

in my village they say when two elephants fight, the victims are grasses beneath them.
this is the chain reaction of events to unfold.

Ibile77:
very sad and unfortunate but who knows whether the same lady indirectly incited hoodlums thinking the act will be limited to S,A companies alone ?

thinking correctly sir, people don't have an idea what this can cause Nigerian is already at the verge of a civil war, we just need any silly excuses to run into our neighbors house at the moment and do something crazy.

nobodytestme:
Unfortunately, not been around here lately, been busy chasing the paper, and thank goodness it’s coming in..
But if you reading, think about this, South Africans don’t do businesses here, they just they brand, the name .,. The workers, staffs are all Nigerians, so why destroying or looting from a Nigerian just like you, don’t make sense to me..it’s a simple logic, business stores in Shoprite are rented out to Nigerians like you, and you want to destroy them, it’s not logical..
The only mouthpiece here is the government, but as Usual “DULL-APO” won’t say nothing .. Been reading and following up posts and A cow has never been Involved, so why would he do anything?
I also saw a post on Nigerians arming themselves with knifes brought out from the boot of a car, and if you watched the video , you’d see that they spoke in Yoruba dialect, but some slowpokes here earlier said this was an Igbo fight and it was only igbos in South Africa being killed and whose properties were being destroyed.
I’m impressed we have finally realized that this Xenophobic attack is not on igbos , or yourbas or any other tribe , but Attack on Nigerians and everyone has been united on social media, this shows that Nigerians still have sense , it’s just frustration from the government that makes it seem otherwise..
If we can channel this togetherness on politicians and speak up with one voice irrespective of tribe or ethnic or religious affiliations, we will get there someday
I’m all in for “an eye for an eye “ , but think twice, an eye for an eye does not play out in this situation.
Don’t go stealing from a fellow Nigerian like you in the name or represal attacks

respect to you sir.

Ehizs:
Iceprince con even get sense pass MI

I am shocked and electrified by this in fact lemme go and climb pole and read ice princess comment again, see the level of maturity she has.

Bossontop:
Very good......e remain total boycott of shoprite, dstv and mtn

fully supported

Bossontop:
Very good......e remain total boycott of shoprite, dstv and mtn

fully supported

we put them there, there is no greater demon than that which resides within.


that's what is happening, we put them there, we fought friends, we turned our eyes from what is right, we went tribalistic, we went religious, we sold our future and that of the future generations for 1k when we put them there.

so let them eat it, they paid for it and we gladly sold to them.

FarahAideed:
The same AKA that housed you when Nigeria music scene wasn't favoring U for years ...

you lack brain nourishing nutrients , I suggest you save your self some respect and comment no further.

congratulations to him, he will soon be gainfully employed in the prison he can use his mathematics knowledge to calculate the prison time of the other inmates and possibly find X and Y behind bars.

Mods: please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section.
Me: hmmmm will comment soon once I have finished learning Swahili

Dasuks:
Much love to u bro. That's an inspiring story. Resist that narrative as u are proof of the contrary. RIP to ur Pops. Honor him with the life that u live now.

I came up good and only recently realized how hard parents worked before everything turned good. What did I know then but to play with my kid bro, argue over video games and crush on girls etc. The idea of being a thief or the loudest person in the room never occured to me. And when I tried to be mischevious in my teen years due to peer pressure it just didn't feel right or stick.

The thing that pains me is that it's those who have lived subsidized lives as govt officials and criminals off the grid (yahoo etc ) are quick to preach the "everybody is a thief" nonsense. And weak minds who don't know any better echo that BS. As if u could possibly characterize 200 million ppl Simple excuses made to deny personal responsibility.

Rather what they should say is that mischief is rewarded in Nigeria. not that all of us are one bad name or the other.

It's annoying. I have lived on three different continents and met Nigerians who are wonderful and sweet ppl. Wonder how I never met a criminal ? Cos I dont do that. I'm not ever gonna be in the same space as such ppl. even tho I know that they exist.

your words mean much brother, I still believe in my country and I won't stop trying to do my best to help those who want that opportunity to do what is right , I have seen bad people change those miscreants we are quickly to call, the touts , the rogues we are quick to label evil and all brother , I have seen people's lives change simply because someone was able to give them an opportunity, the actions of our leaders are rubbing off on all of us, I don't blame how people see us because I know the truth and that's all that matters.

Princeofasia:
yes if you got the right leader. mark that phrase.
the fact is 98% of nigerians are drug pushers or scamers outside nigeria. i spend 80% of my time aborad so i know what i am saying. proof me wrong man

do you know what religion and ignorance have I common it's the idea that what they see, think and say is the truth and their ability to want to want to always stick by it no matter the fact that is laid on the table.

I have got no worries or trouble with YOUR TRUTH nor with YOUR FACT I am a proud Nigerian, a computer scientist and a 3D animator and I am proud of my country , I respect the laws of nature and my priority is to the service of humanity and all that seems morally upright.
yes I am that Nigerian, my apologies if I may have over reacted and threw slew words at you, am sorry it feels terrible to have the world tag you with all the negativity they can think of when they haven't had the opportunity to see the better sides of us.

we are humans, no race, no color, no language, no culture makes us bleed a different color, what SA is doing isn't right I understand their grievances but what is right is right and we should learn to stand by it no matter what.

Dasuks:
Thanks for this. I am seriously fed up with the blanket generalization of silly platitudes concerning Nigerians.

As if everybody grew up around same things. If your parents worked hard, ran businesses and kept u comfortable thru out ur life why should u be hungry for awoof money. Or if u do ur thing and get paid based on skill, what is ur wahala ?

Chances are that u and ur fam have never been in govt, do not frolick with the wrong crowd so do not even know a yahoo or cult boy etc. Normally living ur life jejely and someone comes to tell u that you're a thief ?!?! Lol. Rebuke them.

More success to ur 3D business my compatriot. Cynics shld go and search their own hearts for their ill intentions and stop blaming everybody.

And the hole in the argument of these SA guys is that they never attack the drug dens. The so called illegal foreigners who are henched with local SA manpower. Instead they go to civilian shops.... the irony.

The biggest criminals in SA are their own ppl.numbers gang and co. They provide cover for the Naija dealers. Ppl make it seem as tho foreigners will just come and not use an existing system. They're supermen who just land and dominate a space where they make up less than 5% of the population.... false equivalencies bordering on illiteracy seems to the forte of poor SA blacks.

bro I came from a family of seven, a headmaster for a dad and a teacher for a mom, all seven are educated you can say I am the least of the seven, I have seen poverty in all its colors brother.
My dad was called a choir master because he had just one jacket and my mom was the woman no one wanted to come to her shop.

hmm today I have got four surgeons and a pharmacist for brothers with the sisters doing well.

my dad died recently his beliefs that education is the key and his and my mom's sacrifice for us has made us what we are today.

I just hate how people tend to want to white wash us all, Nigerians are survivors, we are blessed ,talented and strong individuals who if given the right opportunity can do better.

SA's problem is SA's problem ,it started even before our people began to migrate over there.

ogunladeabiodu:
why the stress then?is it a crime 8f u come to ur fatherland and do what you claim as right rather than risking your life and property emanating from attacks 8n a foreign land. Don't forget that bad eggs implicate the good ones.my token though

point of correction I am in my father's land, I work with NGO to help desensitize youths against ill vices .
I have seen the negativity that been a Nigerian causes out there and it's saddens me to a fault .
I do not blame the country people for their actions no, their country their rules, their opinions their beliefs.
I blame mine like we all Nigerians should.

Princeofasia:
shut up. when 98% the sea is occupied by dolhins , then its safe to assume the only dolphins live in the sea. i have been to almost ever country on earth and 9 out of 10 nigerians i meet are either into drugs or yahoo yahoo. safe your shit lies to someone else. naija is cursed

Search that thick bony structure up above your neck for the brain you lost, 98% really (laughs) look kid I don't know the shitty stuff you have been fed with but go get your facts right before I can put up a valid argument up.
Nigerian is a blessed country, if we have got the right leaders I bet Dubai has got nothing on us.