₦airaland Forum

You need to know when to stop responding to people on a faceless forum. Most are trolling, so there’s no point in expending precious time and energy explaining anything to them.
Starve them of the attention they crave, and if they make offensive posts, report them. There’s no need to engage with them.
Just make your point and move on.

Qasim6:
Guy you are slow, I already schooled you on this veneration but it seems you are too slow to take correction.

No one is saying venerating righteous people is bad, but when veneration has reached the point of praying to them and seeking favour from them in prayers then it is shrik and I believe it's something every right thinking Christians that don't engage in such act will agree with.

To even compare 'peace be upon you o prophet' in Tashahhud to the kind of prayers offer to Mary is laughable and further show how slow you are.

Do you blame them? Whatever you call your father is what others will join you to call him.

Toolegit123:

The white chimpanzee should get out abeg.

Even there in China,we all saw how a faulty bridge collapsed

They wanna make it look like Nigeria is the worst place to live in, even tho he's not entirely far from the truth.

May God pÜrnish you for mentioning christian persecution in Kanu's case. Why are you people like this

Thewrath:
Shut up already,just because a handful of selfish individuals who can be found in every other tribe or race are fight for their personal interests doesn’t reflect anything!

The igbos you are mentioning,do you think they are broke?money is not a problem to them.

NK’s incarceration is case more than just lobbying,it’s a case of Christian persecution or a case of Nigeria fighting for survival because they don’t want a breakup of Nigeria..

But thank God the world is now becoming aware of this forced marriage and Christian persecution going on.

Lagos has the smalleat land mass in Nigeria and is heavily overpopulated. Those who complain the loudest about the inconveniences are often from states with the least development. As long as people refuse to stay back in their states and hold their public office holders accountable, they have no right to utter a word about Lagos. Don’t you dare mention your meagre owo mi da “taxes.” Go and pay that money in your state and develop it!

This issue must be taken seriously. Nairaland is rapidly turning into a breeding ground for fake and unverified, beer-parlor-style news that is deliberately promoted to the front page for engagement. Several of these fabrications are malicious and constitute a potential threat to national security. It may be necessary to alert national security agencies to these posts to effectively address and contain misinformation.
Cc @seun @Dominique @nlfpmod @Mynd44

Putindbutt:
Everything this newspaper is reporting is based on conjectures!. Everything in the article is based on MAY! MAY!! MAY!!!, MIGHT! not FACTUAL!!!

Pls, let's not turn this forum to a dumb site of gossip talks and newsroom Fabrications. Especially when you have some readers who hardly think on their own and could swallow up any junks thrown down their throats.


Cc seun Dominique nlfpmod Mynd44

Oh well, Comprehension isnt your forte. You should read the entire statements again....slowly...

MrUnitedstatesA:
What a foolish question. He is a leader of an African country that should be the position of Nigeria in global affairs. You cannot have any serious gathering of global leaders and he is not there what of your owl ?Nigeria should be playing a bigger role in global politics than small South Africa

Can you read at all? You don't seem to know the difference between invitation, visitation and hosting. English no go give us wahala ooo.

Blunt99:
and so...
What relevance if it won't stop the killings and strengthen our nGDP
The devil whose fathers created this mess is finally coming to tour their hell.

He is not welcome

Pele my dia, you'll be just fine.

TheStoriesOfMan:
He will soon heet his head on London tiles again.

Why is APC paid agents jubilating?

Funny King Charles with his funny accent, funny clothing and funny state visit.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Is Ramaphosa a Nigerian President?

MrUnitedstatesA:
He gave Ramaphosa of South Africa this honour in 2022 , the owl lovers are here celebrating as if it's something new or it indicates that the certificate forger has done something Africa had never seen before . We shouldn't be playing second fiddle to any country in Africa with the amount of oil and wealth we have. Our population is 5 times that of South Africa which should signify strength and an abundance of human resources. But we are led by criminals and druglords and kings who are ex-cons,now we celebrate any second or third place even fifth . What an embarrassment by the useless APC and it's followers. A whole giant?

You will wait till eternity. You must be young and have never experienced the military regime. If not, you wouldnt refer to BAT as a dictatɔr. Either that, or you think it's a buzz word and have no idea what it means.

givedemwotowoto:
While Nigerians are warming up for the fight of their lifetime to “vote out” the dictator from power through a “free and fair” election

May God Almighty save us from unpatriotic citizens who have to lie with a year old news to push their agenda.

ogododo:
Cin C no send. Nawa oo.

Thanks for this. Let's spread far and wide

muyico:
**What Really Happens During a Snake Bite: A Public Health Message Following the Death of Singer Nanyah**

The tragic death of fast-rising Nigerian singer **Ifunanya Lucy Nwangene (popularly known as Nanyah)** on January 31, 2026, after a snake bite at her Abuja home, has deeply shaken the nation. Despite seeking urgent medical attention and receiving emergency treatment including antivenom, she developed severe complications and sadly passed away.

Her death is not just a celebrity tragedy — it is a powerful reminder that **snakebite is a silent public health emergency in Nigeria and across Africa**. Thousands of people are bitten every year. Many die or suffer permanent disability, not because treatment does not exist, but because of **delay, misinformation, and lack of awareness**.

Understanding what happens inside the body, what to do immediately, and why hospital care is critical can mean the difference between life and death.

**What Happens When a Venomous Snake Bites?**

When a venomous snake bites, it injects **venom — a highly active biological toxin made of proteins and enzymes** — directly into the body.

Unlike household poisons, venom is biologically designed to attack living tissues and vital organs.

Once inside the body, venom:
* Spreads through the **lymphatic system**
* Enters the **bloodstream**
* Circulates rapidly to vital organs
* Attacks the **nervous system, blood vessels, muscles, heart, lungs, and kidneys**

Without treatment, this process can escalate **within minutes to hours**, leading to severe complications.

**Types of Snake Venom and Their Effects**

Different snakes produce different venom types. Many Nigerian snakes produce **combined venoms**, making bites more dangerous.

**1. Neurotoxic Venom (Nerve-Attacking Venom)**

Affects the brain and nerves. Symptoms may include:
* Drooping eyelids
* Slurred speech
* Muscle weakness
* Paralysis
* Difficulty breathing

This can lead to **respiratory failure** if untreated.

**2. Hemotoxic Venom (Blood-Destroying Venom)**

Targets blood and blood vessels, causing:
* Excessive bleeding
* Internal haemorrhage
* Shock
* Organ failure

Victims may bleed from the gums, nose, wounds, or internally.

**3. Cytotoxic Venom (Tissue-Destroying Venom)**

Damages skin and muscles, causing:
* Severe swelling
* Tissue death
* Open wounds
* Possible need for surgery or amputation

**Why Children and Weak Patients Are at Higher Risk**

In children and smaller-bodied adults, venom becomes **more concentrated in the bloodstream**. Their organs also have less reserve to cope with damage.

This is why fatalities are higher among:
* Children
* Elderly people
* Pregnant women
* People with chronic illness

**Local Herbal Practices — Medical Reality**

**LOCAL FIRST AID BEFORE HOSPITAL CARE (SUPPORTIVE ONLY)**

**Important Notice**

Local remedies and traditional practices **do not cure snakebite**. Their role, at best, is to **slow venom spread, reduce shock, and keep the victim stable while rushing to a hospital**.

**The Most Important First Aid: Stillness and Immobilization**

This is more effective than any herb.

**What To Do Immediately:**

✔ Lay the victim down
✔ Keep them calm and quiet
✔ Immobilize the bitten limb using splints, cloth, or sticks
✔ Keep the limb below heart level
✔ Remove rings, shoes, or tight clothing

**Why This Works (Biological Principle):**

Venom spreads faster when muscles move. Keeping the body still slows lymphatic flow, delaying venom movement into vital organs.

**Commonly Used Traditional Plants (Supportive Only)**

These plants may help with swelling or infection control but **do not neutralize venom**.

**Bitter Leaf (Vernonia amygdalina)**
* Traditionally applied externally
* Mild anti-inflammatory properties
* ⚠ Not an antidote

**Neem Leaf (Dogonyaro – Azadirachta indica)**
* Antimicrobial effects
* May reduce skin infection risk
* ⚠ Not antivenom

**Pawpaw Leaf (Carica papaya)**
* Sometimes used externally
* May reduce local tissue irritation
* ⚠ No proven venom-neutralizing effect

**Scent Leaf (Ocimum gratissimum – Efirin/Nchuanwu)**
* Antiseptic properties
* Used traditionally for infection prevention
* ⚠ Not curative

**Charcoal Application (Local Practice)**

Some communities apply powdered charcoal around the bite area.
* ✔ May reduce surface contamination
* ❌ Cannot remove venom already injected into tissue

**Pressure Immobilization (With Caution)**

Useful mainly for neurotoxic bites (such as cobra or mamba).

**How It Is Done:**
* Apply firm but not tight bandage
* Immobilize the limb

**Important Warning:**

⚠ Do not block blood circulation
⚠ Do not use rope tourniquets

**Water and Oral Fluids**

If the victim is conscious:

✔ Give small sips of clean water
✔ Helps prevent dehydration and shock

❌ No alcohol
❌ No herbal alcoholic mixtures

**Dangerous Practices to Avoid**

🚫 Cutting the wound
🚫 Sucking venom with the mouth
🚫 Applying petrol, kerosene, engine oil
🚫 Burning the bite site
🚫 Using chemicals or electric shock

These actions worsen tissue damage, infection risk, and bleeding.

**Why Local Remedies Fail (Biochemical Explanation)**

Snake venom consists of protein-based toxins. Herbs and home remedies **cannot chemically bind or neutralize these molecules**.

Only **antivenom antibodies** can specifically attach to venom proteins and inactivate them. This is why hospital treatment is essential.

Cultural practices deserve respect, but medical truth must be spoken:

**There is no scientifically proven herb that neutralizes snake venom.**

Plants such as:
* Bitter leaf
* Neem leaf
* Scent leaf
* Pawpaw leaf

may help reduce surface infection or swelling, but **they do not stop venom inside the blood**.

Relying on herbs instead of hospital care delays treatment and increases the risk of death.

**Dangerous Practices That Kill Patients (Please Stop These)**

Hospitals often see complications caused by unsafe traditional methods:

🚫 Cutting the wound
🚫 Sucking venom
🚫 Applying petrol, kerosene, chemicals
🚫 Burning the bite site
🚫 Using electric shock
🚫 Tight rope tourniquets

These actions cause infection, tissue damage, bleeding, and permanent disability.

**Hospital Treatment: How Doctors Save Snakebite Victims**

When a patient arrives at the hospital, treatment begins immediately.

**1. Emergency Stabilization**

Doctors first secure life:
* Check breathing and circulation
* Provide oxygen
* Establish IV access
* Monitor blood pressure and heart rate

If breathing is affected, assisted ventilation may be required.

**2. Antivenom Administration (The Only True Antidote)**

Antivenom contains antibodies that bind venom molecules and neutralize them.

Important facts:
* Works best when given early
* May require multiple doses
* Cannot reverse already destroyed tissue
* Patients are monitored for allergic reactions

**3. Supportive Treatment**

Doctors may provide:

IV fluids — to prevent shock
Blood transfusion — for bleeding disorders
Pain control
Breathing support
Blood tests to monitor organs


**4. Surgical Care (When Necessary)**

Severe tissue damage may require:
* Removal of dead tissue
* Drainage of abscesses
* Limb-saving surgery
* In extreme cases, amputation


**When Does Snakebite Become Fatal?**

Death usually occurs due to:
* Delay in hospital arrival
* Respiratory failure
* Massive internal bleeding
* Shock
* Kidney failure
* Lack of antivenom availability

This is why snakebite is a **medical emergency and public health priority**.

**Common Dangerous Snakes in Nigeria**
* **Carpet Viper (Echis ocellatus)** — leading cause of fatal bites
* **Black-necked Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricollis)** — paralysis and eye injury
* **Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)** — severe tissue destruction

**Prevention Is Better Than Treatment**

**At Home**
* Clear bushes and refuse
* Seal wall cracks
* Use door blockers

**In Communities**
* Improve lighting
* Control rodents
* Clear abandoned plots

**Personal Safety**
* Avoid barefoot walking
* Use torchlight at night
* Avoid sleeping on bare floors

**Final Public Health Message**

The tragic death of Nanyah should not be in vain.

It teaches us that:
* Snakebite can affect anyone
* It progresses fast
* Delay kills
* Early hospital care saves lives

**Snakebite is not a spiritual attack.**
**It is not a herbal problem.**
**It is a medical emergency.**

**Safe Awareness Message to Share**

“Local herbs may reduce swelling, but they do not remove venom. The best first aid is to keep the victim calm, immobilize the limb, and rush to the nearest hospital for antivenom.”

Where is Sudan today? Are they better off?

CyynthiaKiss:
What is the percentage of those that are in favour and against the unity of Nigeria ?
This answer will solve your question..

Weather there is an upheaval or not, once the decision of division comes, no amount of chaos would stop the balkanization


It happened in Sundan , Nigerian won’t be an exception

Nairaland is exploting these lies to drive engagement on its boring portal.
@seun @seunosewa what do you and your team aim to achieve by pushing all sort of lies and divisive posts to the front page?

amaridigital:
So any approval or disapproval from every single member of the US Congress should be our headache?
There are lots of morons in the US Congress and most of them support the horrible policies of Trump. How many of them condemn the racist post of Trump comparing Obama with an Ape? Nairaland Forum should get a grip and stop these inferiority complex. Don't turn us to fear fear babies. We are not obedients please.

No consequences

RodgersAkpafu:
Why does the media do this in Nigeria ?

Prosperity and PDP in the same sentence? You got jokes.

anonimi:
Can there be a more perfect description of Tinubu and his fellow propagandist liars in All Promises Cancelled, APC

The ones who scammed us into switching PDP prosperity for APC extreme poverty and corruption with insecurity from higher unemployment.

We saw it happen in the SE with ipob and esn.. History is about to repeat itself.

Image123:
The same people who cried and prayed for Trump intervention will wail bitterly over the coming.

Tinubu? How so? Twenty Characters needed.

TheStoriesOfMan:
Both Tinubu and the elites are sabotaging the genuine efforts of those who wants to end this insecurity.

Help? Hêll will freeze over. Hehehe

cooljoe7:
Blow hot all you want, it I won’t change anything. We all know the oppressed and help is definitely coming.

Oh well, Islam is here till eternity.

CyynthiaKiss:
As long as Islam exist, I don’t see this stopping any soon ..

Trump knows they would launch attack again, and he will retaliate..
America is not leaving anytime soon

Tinubu isn't weak. Nigeria has some saboteurs as citizens who are bent on making sure the nation fails.

Namaster:
Tinubu is a WEAK President.

The DISLOYAL Military is NOT helping matters.
After the COUP attempt, he has REFUSED to stay too long in Nigeria.

The coup SCARED him.
He has LOST control of the Military.

That's why the PDFile is attempting to establish a US Military Base in Nigeria.

To what END?

What Military assistance do they want to provide that CANNOT be provided WITHOUT staying in Nigeria?

What DRONE refueling station do they NEED that can't be provided by the part of the Nigerian Military responsible for Drone Maintenance here?

Even if they do NOT have the set up at the moment?

What is STOPPING them from UPGRADING the current set up in Nigerian Military Bases to serve their own DRONES?

The MOVE has ALWAYS been about a SNEAKY invasion of Nigeria by the US.
And the WEAK Tinubu is too PARALYZED to do anything about it.

Imagine trying to fight INSURGENCY in the North by establishing a BASE in Lagos.

MADNESS!

The NEXT President of Nigeria AFTER Tinubu must KICK OUT the PDFile's Army.

A case of my lobbyist is better than yours. Lol

Islie:
US lawmaker criticises FG’s $9m lobbying deal, says Nigerian officials have a ‘culture of denial’




https://www.thecable.ng/us-lawmaker-criticises-fgs-9m-lobbying-deal-says-nigerian-officials-have-a-culture-of-denial/

That post was last year. Dont you guys read past the headlines?

alpharoyalty:
Because we don't have intelligence.
In Benjamin netayahu voice, win the sky and you win the war.
When will we start facing these God forsake terrorists with intent and intelligence.
Go see how Israel finished them .
We need to learn that wars are no longer fought with muscles.
A lot of the Israelis were women and office workers but they decimated the islamist.

Did you read the post at all?

Freshandfitpod:
Let Muslims keep petting and feeding this monsters by gaslighting everything else than their religion needing a quick reform.

A lot of people didn’t read past the headline about something that allegedly happened on Feb 6th, 2025. Engaging with people with that level of surface-reading devoid of depth and context just makes you question those you respond to online.

"An attack occurred this morning, 06/02/2025, at an Army outpost along Maiduguri/Damaturu Road, Jakana town, by Boko Haram terrorists, with many casualties recorded on our side. Their corpses have been transferred to 7 Div military hospital in Maiduguri,” a top source said."

" SaharaReporters had reported that Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed was leading a troop of soldiers from Maiduguri to Damasak, Mobbar Local Government area of Borno State, when they came under attack by the insurgents on Monday, January 26, 2025 (not 2026)."

Followers of Islam are called Muslims. That is the correct and proper term. Dressing up the discussion with words like “fact,” “alignment,” or “delusion” doesn’t change reality. I won’t engage further on this matter.

Kobojunkie:
It is mischief when the facts don't align with your particular delusions... You religious folks all reason alike. Why you are all so divided is still...well, it isn't much of a mystery since it is all about greed and personal benefit. 🥱🥱

Why are you asking me? What's that got to do with me?

anonimi:
So what is in the DNA of the chief complainants of All Promises Cancelled, APC destiny destroyers

Do you know what is in their crooked DNA?