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grandstar:
I lost a lot of respect for him when I discovered he ditched a show without notice.

This is wrong and painful to the organisers.

Nigerians are always BITTERLY looking for something to hold against successful people...
If they have a valid contract with him, they can sue him - instead of the useless lady ranting on SM!
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midolian:
Americans this, Americans that...

That you ve not been seeing Americans do it doesn't mean no one else should do it. Does it?

If not inferiority complex, I don't see why a black man can't condemn or support a thing without using Americans as a point of reference. What is right is right and wrong, wrong.

Plus I don't see how this is a show of disrespect to our military. If not for the love she has for the uniform, would she be putting it on?

Finally, even in your "almighty" America, you will hardly find a musician who has not bn on their military camouflage for one show or the other.

Attached is a screenshot of many of them who have used it in the past and are still using it

THANK YOU!
Was wondering if it is not the same America you can go to any Goodwill outlet and pick up a used military jacket.
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1zynnvn:
Please decongest Lagos. Thank you

livebyday:
Trully Lagos needs to be decongested

wink2015:
When will they open the Warri seaport to the outside world?

Are Niger delta militants and sea pirate disturbing the free flow of ships across the sea route?

Apapa, Lagos port has been over used.

The federal government should decongest Lagos ports that is becoming too tight and look towards the Niger delta region

lollybizzu:
I don't know why I'm very happy with this news.

I think it's a good one. Let the commercialization be decentralized from Lagos.

May this not be the end.

It is PRIVATE importers (not the federal government) that decides which ports to use...

Nigeria has seaports at Onne (FOT and FLT), Warri, Sapele, Calabar and Port Harcourt, yet many PRIVATE importers (even many of those shipping goods to the South-South and South-East regions) still prefer Lagos ports because of costs, security and logistics.
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aolawale025:
In a federal system, states are free to fix their wages according to capacity and environment. Lagos ideally should pay above #30000

Nigerian states are FREE to fix their wages "according to capacity"....
The national minimum wage is a FLOOR (hence, "minimum" ), but each state is FREE to pay MORE!
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Forumobserver12:
Population is not the problem, mediocrity in leadership is responsible for lwhat you are seeing in Lagos today, these also cut across the country, unfortunately we have settled for less in this part of the world coz unnecessary sentiments..

When yoh compare Lagos to other populous cities in the world, you will realize that poplulation is not actually the problem rather we lack quality leadership in this country, politicians are more concern about how much wealth they can acquire while in power nothing else....

Sorry, but it's not just leadership...

People paste posters right underneath "Post No Bill" signs, casually litter the streets, turn public bins into water containers, urinate against the wall of public toilets, etc. Ultimately, the condition of Lagos (and Nigeria) is a culmination of the conduct of all residents (by omission or commission).
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spirul77:
if you stay in Abuja, please where do you stay in Abuja? I was in wuse ll not up to two weeks back and I will be there tomorrow and Saturday, I shuttle between lafia,keffi and Maraba so I always have needs that makes me visit abj at least twice a week, I will be watching a local wrestling in Maraba,nasarawa state by 5pm this evening, I will give you a pictorial evidence If you want when I go to wuse ll tomorrow, I have been to gh, dakar,damn I was impressed.
If you know what these nationals from African nations think when you introduce yourself as a Nigerian you would know Abuja is not even developed enough to be "Nigerian" capital city.some parts of Nairobi be like heaven, there are some things that are alien to us till you see these "small" countries, Chai, I shock when I first left Benin city,edo state for abomey in Benin Republic ,damn .

drmikeadams:
. Thank u my man, we too like mediocrity

While obviously we should redouble our waste management efforts...

I have been to as many African nations as most, and (perhaps apart from Kigali) they all have places just as DIRTY as anything in Lagos...
Even the Nairobi that you are raving about, has Africa's (and probably the world's) LARGEST SLUM in Kibera and several others in Mathare.
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Horlufemi:
There are only 4 thing Ambode did in Lagos

Airport Road
Ajah Bridge
Oshodi Terminus
I think a project in Epe can't remember now.

Tell me what else.

Security 0
Waste Management 0
Road Network 0 (Satellite town was abandoned he said. It's PDP area)

Tell me what he did apart from those 4 things I listed. Jug my memory.

Sanwolu isn't as good a Fashola but better than Ambode.

In addition to my previous list, the employment trust fund (LSETF) set up by Ambode has given grants and low-interest loans to hundreds of SMSEs set up by Lagos RESIDENTS - i.e., all residents of Lagos are eligible regardless of so-called state of origin.

The Ambode administration also provided FREE education to over 1 million students in Lagos public schools - again, without regard to so-called state of origin. His administration renovated scores of public schools (under the direct supervision of the Deputy Governor, who happens to be an Educator), trained and re-trained teachers, raise teacher salaries and provided some headmasters and principals with housing and/or car loans. In addition, the FREE Code Lagos initiative (to train a minimum of a million coders) and the Ready-Set-Work training and internship program has provided better and more employment opportunities for young graduates and the youth. Its FREE adult literacy program (Eko nke koo), for which it recruited and trained 1000 recent graduates as facilitators, had over 50,000 adult enrollees in just the first year.

In health, the Ambode government has inaugurated the biggest sub-national contributory healthcare insurance scheme in Africa, renovated/upgraded primary healthcare centers, and has set up a first-class Critical Care Center at LASUTH (headed by a Professor from Howard University, Washington DC), among other initiatives. Furthermore, even though the Security Trust Fund was initiated before his administration Ambode has sustained and improved on it, including increasing death benefits to policemen killed in the line of duty to N5 million (and bear in mind that this is s federal police force which should not be the state’s responsibility in the first instance). One could go on and on, but suffice it to note that virtually all major projects by the Ambode administration often has a sign with the notation “Your Taxes at Work”!

Nigeria is in such a sad state because we often mock and deride success and hard work, while elevating failures and rent-seekers. SMH
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Horlufemi:
There are only 4 thing Ambode did in Lagos

Airport Road
Ajah Bridge
Oshodi Terminus
I think a project in Epe can't remember now.

Tell me what else.

Security 0
Waste Management 0
Road Network 0 (Satellite town was abandoned he said. It's PDP area)

Tell me what he did apart from those 4 things I listed. Jug my memory.

Sanwolu isn't as good a Fashola but better than Ambode.

We Lagosians can only pray that BSO will be better than Ambode (even Fashola) in the future...
But to be brutally honest, at this point, Sanwo-Olu cannot carry Ambode's jockstrap in governance!

Permit me to "jog your memory" with respect to ambode's tenure, in addition to the projects you listed, there are the Abule-Egba flyover bridge, the 21 border roads and 2 bridges at Alimosho, the road network at Epe, Ojodu Berger revitalization, the Ikeja terminal, the Bariga Waterfront and jetty, the court and magistrate complex at Badagry, the Five Cowries Jetty at Falomo, the HOMS housing estates that he completed or brought near to completion, the Light-Up Lagos initiative, and the 450 inner roads (each with covered sidewalks and streetlights), as well as the several projects that he started but the thugs at the House of Assembly refused to pass his 2019 budget until after he left office to ensure that he did not complete, such as the Pen Cinema Agege flyover, the Yaba and Oyingbo terminals, the Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT corridor, the proposed Fagba flyover, etc.

Frankly, the BUSIEST person thus far in BSO's government has been the OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER!
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hisexcellency34:
Stop showing all these old pictures. Lagos is far better in terms of cleanliness than it was under Ambode. Nigerians have short memory

madridguy:
Yes its getting better compare to under the emperor Ambode that almost killed Lagosian with cholera.

Maxymilliano:
There's an improvement compared to what it used to be, more is still needed in enlightening the populace on hazards associated with indiscriminate dumping of refuse, and also in areas of enforcing discipline. Agege metropolis can serve as pilot scheme, where sachets of all manner of alcoholic beverages, take-away packs, pure water, pet bottles etc dominated the drainage's.

ajebuter:
I agree..

It is not where we want it to be in terms of cleanliness..

But it is better now...

OLUJOSHINS:
Not 100% clean, but Lag looks a lot cleaner now.

Party banter aside, Ambrose's idea of cleanliness was definitely going to trigger an outbreak

Not even 10% clean...

And it's NOT cleaner than Ambode's time, until the very end of his tenure...
When there was an ACTIVE campaign to sabotage his Cleaner Lagos Initiative!

The notion that rewarding party foot-soldiers with PSP contracts will adequately keep this Megapolis clean is DELUSIONAL!
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Delusional Houseboy Governor...
They have used the PSP contracts to reward APC foot-soldiers, while the city got DIRTIER! SMH
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AyakaDunukofia:
THIS IS THE FIRST NIGERIAN THAT WON A BELT IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY. PLEASE, WELCOME DICK TIGER, THE FORMER WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. HE HAILED FROM IMO STATE. ADJUDGED TO BE ONE OF THE GOAT. HE RULED THE RING FOR YEARS.

Dick "Tiger" Ihetu was a LIGHT-heavyweight champion, not a heavyweight champion...
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Hogan Bassey was NOT a British-Nigerian...
And he was a Middleweight, not a Heavyweight.
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nnaeyes6:
Popularising formication

Good, humans were commanded to "go ye into the world and multiply!"
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joelbooks:
First time in history, since amalgamation, Nigeria will have a leader to sign a budget in December, in a year preceding the year of the budget.

God bless the 9th National Assembly
God bless President Muhammadu Buhari
God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

With all due respect...
That's simply a BOLD-FACED LIE!
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Football age...
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danny56:
Sex sex sex.... The parent of that girl may think she just started... As soon as a lady is budding breast you can't trust her virginity without God's help.

Making excuses for PAEDOPHILES...
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Biglittlelois:
Exactly, and it's really a very stupid thing to do, forgetting the fact that the other part of the world is moving towards everything electric, sad.

Hydrocarbons will still play a large role in our lives and economies for most (if not all) our lives...
Norway and Canada (both leading environmental nations) gave out the HIGHEST number of oil prospecting licenses this year!

The US is exploring previously excluded prospecting areas and investing in shale...
While several advanced nations are currently locked in a struggle over the Artic's oil resources!
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onecoder:
Like the billions he's currently saving in cement

YES! Before the likes of Dangote (and BUA) started producing cement locally....
Nigeria was the WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST IMPORTER OF CEMENT (after the US).

Local production of cement by indigenous producers like Dangote (and BUA)...
Forced foreign companies like LaFarge to upgrade their old plants and invest in new ones.

Local production and competition also raised the quality of cement...
From the old 32.5R grade to Dangote's 52.5R (matching the top grade globally).

It also has created THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN NIGERIA (across the entire value chain)...
And not only saved billions of forex in imports, but also earns Nigeria forex in EXPORTS!
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shalomblue:
Dangote's first priority will be how to pay back the loans used to set up the refinery and not how Nigeria will save x amount of billions.
If FG had set up a refinery same time as Dangote started, the refinery would have been operational by now but they would rather place the future of an entire nation to a man that dreams of being the richest man on earth by merely producing sugar, cement etc.

Are both mutually-exclusive?

And why shouldn't he become the richest man by producing things that PEOPLE need, rather than just manipulating numbers on Wall Street?!
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sulaak:
This is state capture at it's worst.

Complete madness, why ain't the four refineries working, it has been 5 years and Buhari the Minister of Petroleum has failed to do his job.

sulaak:
A capitalist country will encourage competition by selling the four-state own refineries to Dangote competitors and encourage competition, instead of monopoly.

It's neither state capture nor a monopoly....
There were at least TWENTY-EIGHT (28) private refinery licenses BEFORE Dangote got a license.

In fact, if either of you want to build a refinery...
You are free to approach the DPR and apply for a license (with supporting evidence of course)!
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spacechuks:
Shame on Nigerian government for giving this dangote control over the economy.mind you the source of your raw material emanates from Niger delta,therefore one day we will wake up and regulate the influx of raw material to your refinery or better still you can import crude from another country. Shitehole

They didn't "give" Dangote anything....
Nigerians have such a rent-seeking mindset that they are always thinking 'allocation'!

This is an INVESTMENT financed entirely by Dangote (through equity and debt)...
And it's a RISKY one, which is why the 28 other private refineries licensees BEFORE Dangote did jack!
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Hamazz1:
Kudos to Dangote shame on my country by this the entire federation is giving one man I mean one single soul the sole power to create artificial scarcity , determine price , production among many others.
Should he choose to frustrate., the govt will be helpless in countering the plight of Nigerians .
What a shame.

Unlike now that there are never any scarcities and we are living La Vida Loca?!
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ednut1:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/how-yaradua-was-pressurised-to-revert-refineries-sold-to-dangote-obasanjo/amp/ Yar adua how i wish you are alive to see this blunder of yours . I passed through the refinery yesterday it looks so far from completion

The sad thing was that many of the chattering class were actually praising Yar'Adua...
Because seemingly Nigerians would rather "own" 100% of NOTHING than a small percentage of something!

Meanwhile in the 12 years since Yar'Adua's blunder...
Nigeria has probably spent about US$50-60 billion importing products (enough for about 15 new refineries).
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J2381:
The question remain why Dangote? Why can't the federal government make our refineries work? Or is Dangote now bigger than the federal government?

He may not be bigger but he's obviously BETTER...
Nigeria is prime example of the "big for nothing" syndrome!
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Jestin:
So Nigeria is going to depend on a private refinery to stop importation of fuel.....Na wah for my country.....FTC

Why not? The countries Nigerians are rushing off to are they not dependent on private refineries and businesses?!
Meanwhile, the 4 government refineries in Nigeria are near-comatose but spend hundreds of millions of US dollars periodically on TAM.
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This yeyebrity trado ruler...
Who would show up at the opening of an envelope

"Irreconcilable differences" in most Nigeria cases means...
The dude wants to spread his oats, but his wife is blocking him!
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tiredoflife:
Poverty is relative
And what I am implying is the materialism we practise here

I agree that we are presently suffering from a poverty of values here in Nigeria...
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Zooposki:
In Africa. You are crazy. White supremacy is global.

You are not only racist...
But seem to have very low self-esteem - but then again both often go together.

Bye Felicia!
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oyebanji44:
How much is N160,000

Not even N160K...
Because these Barbarians had been planning this for 3 months!
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Zooposki:
Blacks cannot be racist. They do not have the structures in place to be racists.

Keep deceiving yourself...
Perhaps not in the US or the West, but most certainly in Africa they can.

And obviously you have an inherently racist (and I suspect tribal) mindset and/or inclinations...
Accordingly, if you have not put your racism into real-life practice, it’s likely because you are not successful enough to.
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Zooposki:
If you say so. Seems you have a white woman tucked up besides you. Be careful passing those recessive (non human dna aka nephilim dna aka fallen angels dna aka Lucifer dna) genes to your children.

You are obviously a racist yourself...
But ironic how you are regurgitating the white man’s religious figures in your racism. SMH
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Zooposki:
If you say so. Seems you have a white woman tucked up besides you.

Even if I did, it would be because of who she is not her color...
Same way as if it is a Nigerian, it would NOT be because of her ethnicity.
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