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Golan007:
Even worse for the forum.

The minute you loss your credibility is the moment you lose members.

The selling point of Nairaland is that you can say or make which make whatever claim you want.
Truth or civility is irrelevant.

There is no credibility to be gained or lost as it is not in the news business.

The news article didn't paraphrase it.
He was quoted directly.

He must have been pressured by political henchman to retract his statement.

cynosuree:
I didn't notice it at first - before we started dating, or I would never have dated him because it is a deal breaker for me.

I have considered telling him but I don't exactly know how to approach the conversation without being rude/insensitive, I know telling him would really hurt him and I don't want that. I've also thought about learning how to live with it, because no one is perfect right? Maybe I'm asking for too much?

What's the point of telling him?
To brag about your superior intelligence?

If what you describe is correct, then that is who he is.
This will be like telling an amputee that he has no hands.
No smart person will do that.

Sometimes it is better to make your decision, act on it, and then shut up.
It is not necessary to tell people why you choose the way you do.

jerryunit48:
This explains the scam in COVID 19 in Nigeria, I read about him running away a long time now and if it takes 14 days for the virus to develop and this man is still healthy then he doesn’t have the virus , they should free him

The only scam here is your extreme ignorance.
SMH

Horlayhemy:
Ok. I hope that puts them in the shoe of the masses searching for jobs. Politicians seeking political offices should be made to take aptitude tests from dragnet let's see how many of them can scale through.

Such tests are useless to determine a good leader.

SeverusSnape:
Same thing with Bubu the mumu, whom you supported.

tu quoque fallacy.
Buhari can be a devil, but that doesn't excuse Trump.

... Thank God he won, we all now know how incompetently dull he is. At least Trump has many successful businesses, man is a billionaire. He was a billionaire even before becoming president, bubu the mumu his Nigerian counterpart had no successful business, Just looting right from the Abacha era.
@topic, America's troop, They should do as it pleases them.

If it is not illegal in ones country, people have rights to criticise or praise international events.

JustforMen:
I'd say science also requires belief.
Otherwise without belief, how could you explain the existence of the particles that exploded into the big bang.

It doesn't require belief.
Majority of the world population have not heard about the "big bang" so the concept of belief or disbelief in the
the theory is meaningless to them. For the very very few with interest and understanding of the subject, their
"belief" isn't any more than a doctor prescribing a new drug derivative.
If the same method that allow scientist to accurately predict the motion of the planet also point to a big bang, then accepting the
big bang as the current explanation for the beginning is logical.

Particles didn't explode into the big bang and nobody has definitely explained why
the big bang happened in the first place. Thus, before "the big bang" is currently meaningless to us.
Moreover, there are alternative theories to the big bang.

Mark you, I am a rational theist and I believe in science not as a substitute for religion but as a compliment.
Science has successfully explained many aspects of the universe especially the 'hardware' but religion does a good job of explaining the 'software'.

This shows you understand the purpose of science unlike those who are asking why science cannot explain why "x" which is irrelevant.

I would say it is a continuous search for truth in both science and definitely, in religion.

I don't think religion actually search for "truth" it merely declares truth.
This is obvious from the way more conservative movement or religion tend to survive much longer
than those who change the rules as they see fit.
How would a religious founder know when they found "truth" and how do we know
such "truth" applies to others?

I think religion just provides stability and structure to believers. It tells them the "whys" with confidence.
It doesn't even make sense to consider science and religion as opposites as many seem to think.

My concern with science purists is the implied notion that anyone who differs from their beliefs is illiterate or of inferior intellect.

That is somewhat correct especially when applied to those using pseudoscience or science denial to justify their faith.
The Bible never explicitly describe the age of the earth but some theists wanting to outdo science has made it their
life goals to deny any dated living thing older than 6,000 years old as fake or lies.
Isn't it apt to describe such as scientific illiterates since they have veered too far from faith and are pretending to rely on science
justify their beliefs?

Nothing is further from the truth as some the best scientific minds were also theists, infact, the best of them are.

This further shows that science requires no belief or disbelief.
We will expect the majority of the scientists in the UK to be apatheists because
of how society skew.

Also, the Nigerian scientist will be majorly theist.

The fact that there are a lot of changes going on in science shows that the "purists" aren't much of
a problem.

The major problem is the pretenders of science who spread misinformation to the largely scientifically-ignorant
populace with a view to defending their faith.

fairfora:
in as much as there are veritable information and discoveries brought about by science, some claims cannot be substantiated. Example of this the dinosaur era.

What do you mean by substantiated?

There are a couple of baobab trees in south Africa which are over 4,000 years old. The trees are still waxing strong. There were dangerous animals that are now in extinction but not as old as some scientists had exaggerated.

This is irrelevant piece of information.
An existing tree doesn't in any way contradict an extinct dinosaur.

Some of them out of their myopic minds posited that, when Israel left the Egypt, the red sea was shallow and that was why they didn't get drowned at the time of crossing and my question is, why did the same red sea swallow pharaoh, his army and chariots in same red sea? Till date, they've not been able to find an answer to that. I respect science which I'm a part of but some claims dont just make sense.

You are attacking a lie with another lie.
Science isn't interested in Egyptian history. It is archaeology that study human history and the current
understanding is that there was never an exodus let alone crossing of a sea.

light099:
Scientists with their Carbon 14, Carbon dating bullcrap.
Extraordinary bullcraps, only valid until another bullcrap invalidates the former.
Continue searching, you would never discover anything of tangible relevance to your search, you would only end up more confused and misinformed every time.

What have you ever discovered?
Nothing, zero.
Lack of inquisitiveness is actually a liability.

As a human, you would always have to believe in one shit or another, either the religious shit or the scientific shit. No side seems to be devoid of shits, except that one shit is obviously the way to go, while the other is nothing more than futile bullcrap.

Science does not require belief.
It doesn't even require your trust.
You don't need to believe that high doses of cyanide kill before it does it.
You don't have to believe that banana rots due to microbe action before it happens.
It doesn't care about your opinion or believes and neither is there a god of science
punishing unbelievers.

It's more sensible to believe the allegory of a snake talking in a garden than theories of how fish turned into man;

Fish turn into humans?

Really?
This is one of the reasons I am against free or subsidized education.
In places such as Germany, only smart people get the tertiary government-funded education
because they believe it is better for society not to overwhelm educationally unfit students.
The others are recommended for vocational training.

It's more sensible to believe this masterpiece universe is designed and fabricated by a creative, wise, intelligent, supernatural mind than to believe it created itself and exists on it's own. More ridiculously originated from a tiny bang. You don't mean it?
It's more sensible to believe a path that tells us the purpose and future of the world, not one which doesn't know why we're here, where we're coming from and where we're heading to.
It's sensible to believe a great designer somewhere knows a lady should have two breasts, curvy figure and thinner voice, while the man should be more masculine with thicker voice. Or you mean nothing figured that out and also fabricated it?
All these are very shallow details by the way. It would take some tangible time to describe the minutest parts of life and infinite time for the whole vast universe.

It is sensible due to your early brainwashing or inability to process uncomfortable information or both.
Educating you will be like explaining electrons to a caveman.

Life is no doubt a great masterpiece of art, epitome of extraordinary creativity, climax of skillful fabrication, nexus of complex functionality and unbelievable compatibility of distinct contrasting vastness.

You have said nothing and I doubt your Adam and Eve story alone gave you the idea of this hodgepodge
of words.
I see you are trying to cover all bases because your faith can't even make a strand of wool.
So, you concede "inanimate objects" to science as if your faith can even make a membrane.

Science is only good in fabricating inanimate objects and making life better, that is where it belongs and it should strictly stick to that. But when atheist scientists come explaining cardinal aspects of life with science. I tell them, never mind, because you really suck at that.

I am not aware of any science where living things are being fabricated at least not from scratch.
Since you don't know the meaning of science or its basic purpose why would you even comment on it?

Some people would mock you for being so gullible for believing in a sky daddy, until later you realize who is really more gullible.

Again, you demonstrate utter ignorance of science.
"God did it" is never an explanation, it is a cop-out and feel-good concept for the challenged.

Sheu Sanni is wrong.
Those terrorists cannot be reasoned with.
They continue to kill people in Katsina even after receiving billions
in a ceasefire deal.

They want to kill and can only be stopped by being killed first.

Another ignorant thread.
Thousands migrate to Nigeria yearly from neighbouring and
far away countries.

ATAKAM:
God is really merciful.....despite all these wickedness from our leaders they still pray to Him and he spares them........

There is no one on the other side.

Sweeetheart:
So how many education and health did Nigeria pay money for since independence my analyst?

Since 1960 till date, your country failed to stabilize power sector because of corruption and you're splitting nonsense

Don't ask me.
Go and get an FOI request, if you know what that means.
But one thing is sure.
The government subsidizes fuel, education, health, electricity for you as well as every member
of your family who ever lived in Nigeria. Yet, the same entitled folk keeps asking what the government
is doing for them.

Go and check how much was taken to foreign countries by Nigeria politicians since independence. I haven't even talk about the one they've in Nigeria and other Africa countries


You need a global Knowledge to know you've a backward country. Nigeria is a failed state and any country that want to progress must not emulate this disaster called country

How much was taken?
I am sure you have no idea just like other emotional posters on this thread.

You have no idea of the value of money and how it works.
It is funny how some of you guys compare Nigeria with some other countries
that have been amassing wealth for 300 years or more.
Yet, the majority of the development you that tends to seduce you happens
after the second world war.
I will suggest that you find a good book on the history of global poverty to enlighten yourself.

Many of you look at results from other countries and marvel at the magic behind it.
It isn't magic, it is a product of money and planning.

No matter how you slice or dice it, you cannot buy a hummer for the price of a bicycle.
It will never add up.

Sweeetheart:
we are talking about physical capital. you're talking about population


how does population hinder physical development

That question has simple answers.

Physical capital can't be made out of thin air.
More population means:
More salaries to pay politicians and civil servants.
More subsidy to pay for education, health, agriculture and many others
Project money has to be shared across the board instead of concentrating on key projects.
More pressure on infrastructure which means they won't last.

Nigeria spends about 70% of the yearly budget on recurring expenditures. That is not an accident.

A country with a quarter of Nigeria's population but with similar resources and
the same level of corruption will be able to do more capital wise.

Remember, we have 20 times the population of the UAE.

SIRTee15:
Never in your miserable quote me again...
U this uncultured idiot.....
If u have no respect for your parents....
Keep it that way and don't cross that line with others....
Nonsense.....

It is obvious you lack understanding, no wonder you couldn't ask the right questions.

An adult shouldn't be relying on "my father said" when discussing serious issues especially
when they don't even understand what their father actually said.

stagger:
The cost of that passport was my dad's monthly salary then and we were living well.

They were living "well" then because there were fewer people depending
on corporate job.

SIRTee15:
It's not about salary or minimum wage....
Its the purchasing power that matters....
In tho 70s, things were cheap and the little salary can actually go a long way....
U could buy basic food stuffs with coins and few naira....

My Dad bought his first car in 1979, just few months after he started working as a teacher......
And he paid cash for it.....
I doubt a new oil and gas worker can pull such stunt now....

Inflation and naira depreciation over the years, has led to constant rise in cost of living without a commensurate rise in wages....
That's what our parents complained about....

The truth is working n middle class had it better then than now....

It is a shame.
I expected you to talk about real economics given how you started about "purchasing power"
but you ended up on baseless anecdotes just like others.
"Few coins" means nothing without adjusting for inflation.

How much was your father earning per month, you refused to state.
How many months did he work before paying for his car, you refused to state.
Was he from a death poor family without savings or his family were comfortable,
you didn't state.

Maybe it is not your fault, perhaps, he didn't tell you the whole story because economics
can be complicated.

Unfortunately, emotions can't fix economics.

Sweeetheart:
nonsense theory. this doesn't mean the past leaders and citizens then did not failed us


Nigeria discovered oil in 1956, Dubai discovered theirs in 1966 but look at Dubai today and look at Nigeria. I'm not even talking about human development here, I'm talking about physical development


this country na hopeless and useless country, there is no soothsaying about that

You still miss the point.
What is the population of "Dubai"?
What is the yearly budget of "Dubai"?

Now compare those with Nigeria's.

NaijadrivaCars:
Lies. Population is an advantage if well utilised. Besides, we have the resources.

No, we don't.

olamidedivotee:
South Africa is colonizing us slowly

Move to North Korea if you don't like it.

Hypocrit:
in the issue of rape, the victim of the rape also matter: some are cool, wide, grieve within, tears out, ashame/shy, open/social, tolerant, intolerant, introver, extrovert. Because in our society we tend to use the initial attitude of the victim during the event to determine the outcome if it is rape or not, which is misleading to both ends; the very reason you later here some victims commit suicide after some times, while others seldomly/freely swim through the storm. But in later years these set will come to public through movitation to give their own account maybe as form of awareness or possibly prosecution (if evidence are still reachable). But as the society is a bit skewed against the women and some girls with ulterrior motive make false claims out of it, with the definition of rape less understood, everyone story is eventually trashed by mostly the guys who are the accused.

I get your point.

It is very difficult to strike a balance between protecting victims and preventing permanent
If we take every post-encounter claims as gospel truth, then, we are giving too much power to accusers.
And if we deny them outright, we are empowering rapists.

But people with power without responsibility or regulation often abuse it.
As humans, there would always be false claims and no matter how few they are, the people
on the receiving end are real people too.

I believe that narrow definitions are better for society because a pickpocket shouldn't be treated like
armed robber even though they are both criminals.

I totally support victims coming out with their stories later as it will demystify the act and encourage
victims to report rape earlier. But every case should be examined on their merit just like other crimes.

Hmmn

KenBen217:
but what of the case where a guy does time for the false allegation the bitch should do exactly the same time he did

That will be a criminal case if it found that the "victim" lied to the police and the court.
However, no civilized law supports the equal "eye for an eye" principle.
The liar will be convicted but won't get identical punishment.

It isn't fair but so is life.

LedRock:
I don't believe a person can be raped in such situation, let her go and write a better and more convincing story

If by rape you mean forceful and violent sex, then you are mostly right.

LedRock:
What of the other people she said were in the house?

They are irrelevant.
It is not in the interest of anyone in the house especially a male
to out themselves.

The reason why I am hesitant to term it rape is that she was likely bamboozled rather than forced
into the act since there are other people around.

pyyxxaro:
She shud be arrested for false accusation

FirstbornWds:
The lady should be arrested and sent to jail.


I mean, why would you even think of falsely accusing a guy of rape and jeopardize his life? If not for anything, she should spend at least 20 years in Jail

"False accusation" has a specific meaning and it does not mean "anything you don't like to hear".

Even in cases where a false statement is made, it is entirely a civil and not a criminal affair.
That is why you can accuse a politician you hate of being a thief and still be walking free.

I wouldn't characterize the affair as rape yet since the story isn't that tight
and I am also against watering down the meaning of rape.

But this Aisha of a girl can never be trusted.
I wouldn't be surprised if she sold her friend for a price to Peruzi.
Then she later tricked and delivered her to his home.
Aisha was said to have pretended to fall deeply asleep when her "friend" allegedly called for help.

For all we know, Aisha is merely protecting herself from the consequences of pimping by deception.

hybrid77:
Nonsense

You mumu-ishly believe that he would rape someone and announce it online.

People announce things online all the time if they feel they did no wrong
only for it to backfire. People have announced murder, kidnapping and potential
terror attack online.

I wouldnt want my wife or anyone to be raped.

We know you wouldn't want your wife to be raped for obvious reasons but anyone?
We know you don't care about any other person but yourself.

How can someone rape 24 ladies? How?

A rapist like any other criminal can rape a thousand if he is committed to it
and can get away with it.

Do you also know the number of normal folks that have forcefully penetrated them. Why dont they mention these guys as rape?

We don't know the number of abnormal folks who rape people.
You could even be a rapist yourself.
For example, how will someone mention you as a rapist when there will be no
consequence?
What we do know is that many get away with it because of no reporting
or carefully planned crime.

If the redeem girl wasn't killed, she may have not reported since she knew the rapist.
Should she share her story later, you would come out and start ranting as usual.

Once you become succesful they suddenly remember their past experience with you and try to tanish your image (Ronaldo and Neymar as a case study)

Being "successful" should not protect you from criminal consequences.
Rapists deserve whatever they get.

No disrespect to women with genuine case of rape. But i dont belive these people anymore.

You don't need to believe any case, as long as would-be rapists start thinking twice before going on the
next hunt, then the campaign is a victory.

Shameless opportunists.
They are the one rabidly supporting the racist Trump and killer policemen.
They also can let go of any opportunity to steal attention.

andrewtosin:
The talks from health officials that children or kids are vulnerable?

Who cares about vulnerability talk?
How many adults are infected compared to children?
How many children's deaths have been recorded compared to adult?
Check every country's stats and your doubts will be cleared.

JohnOkolo:
You must be a foolish bastard Woman. Double faced shit.

slowpoke john or crystal.
Go back to your cave and let humans interact in peace.

Robisky001:
Does that really matters? WHO can't accept the fact that the cure for Corona virus has been discovered by Africans.

Don't fool yourself, there is no cure for coronavirus and there may never be.
Medicine by blackmail doesn't work any longer.
You either present a double-blind study with genuine data or hawk your cure in hold-ups.
Appeal to emotion or exhibiting persecution complex isn't science.

Very few viral diseases have a "cure" and it tends to take several decades for one to be found
usually by not looking.