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ebenezary:
BRT BRT BRT who are/is the real owner of this company that is bigger than the state? We all know is no other person than ex governor TINUBU and if he's allowed to be the president, only God knows what will happen to Nigeria

BRT is NOT a company...
It’s simply a road infrastructure-based mass transit system.

There is currently one BRT route and another that was close to completion by Ambode administration...
Eventually, there will be about 13-14 BRT routes, and the operator for each route will be by public bidding.
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payperpost:
heavy corruption is going on under this BRT rubbish, that is why they have been dragging feet on the train project! how can you spend billions to build train stations and abandoned them for criminals? BRT purshasing scam is more lucrative I guess!

I hope you are aware that the light rail trains will also be operated by PRIVATE companies...
It will effectively be a rail-based BRT - govt builds the infrastructure, but PRIVATE companies operate the rolling stock.
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0KNM:
Noted

I narrowly missed out to FTC. No thanks to a greedy op

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voltron14:
Be talking nonsense.

The EFCC has given a detailed description of the activities of a cyber criminal who is often called Naira Marley.

Had this been FBI, you would have been applauding them.

Naira Marley simply needs to explain why despite claiming the laptop isn't his, he has his online signature on various activities found on system.

The boy is even lucky.

Should he go to prison by any chance, he would still have a gathering of airheads to churn out his cacophony to.

His likes would still welcome him with dance.

No so for many others.

BLESS YOU!!

Very impressive digital forensic work undertaken by the EFCC.
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Tomtop1:
It's obvious EFCC are just looking for a way to hold Naira, there is nothing illegal on all those card info. Efcc should stop disgracing Nigerians. If you leave in Europe or America you will understand this is a cool is stories to get him.

Pretty sure that’s what those 88 Nigerians rounded up by the FBI a few a months ago thought as well...
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Alvin212:
Wretched soul

Bleep off,, with your shiity

Legit work

,,,,,,

You sure will die poor

See Yahoo boys...
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Kingspin:
Their super corrupt organisation make them 1st in the world.

Let Nigeria politicians be organised super corrupt but provide us with good road and power

Slavery also made them "1st in the world" during that era...
Dropping nuclear bombs on fellow humans in Japan also made them "1st in the world" in military.

Deliberately infecting BLACKS with syphilis in the Tuskegee Study also made the "1st in the world"...
Sponsoring coups throughout Latin America for much of the 20th century also made them "1st in the world".

Supporting South Africa's Apartheid rule (until late in the game) also made them "1st in the world"...
One could go on and on virtually infintuum, but the point has already been made to those equipped to get it.

Dude, I'm not one of those LOW SELF-ESTEEMED Nigerians with a "come and see America wonder" mentality...
I give them credit for the strides they've made (just as I would give anyone else), but I do not Canonize the US!
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RTSC:
Obama became a president in his 40s.
That is not an old men's club.

The next president after trump is going to be young going by the current players that wants the seat.

Gowon was 32, IBB was 44...
Jonathan was 50, while YarAdua and Shagari were in the 50s.

What has age to do with COMPETENCE?!
Folks keep chasing shadows in derogation of substance! SMH
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ccollins:
trash u say.overbloated Ego will kill some Nigerians, ur country has no good system like USA and u say this rubbish post

Sorry, I don't understand gibberish...
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Let me take the liberty of re-posting my earlier position on this matter from another thread...
https://www.nairaland.com/5474595/border-closure-nigerians-shun-local/3#83179529

9jaRealist:
We have a structural problem....
But we are trying to use a cosmetic approach to bamboozle folks instead of working to resolve the REAL issues.

Let examine the underlying structural issues that this cosmetic border closing does absolutely NOTHING to resolve, and why NIGERIA has some of the world’s HIGHEST costs of production and why we still rely on imports for even some of the products that we produce in relative abundance. Let’s start, for example, with tomatoes (since it’s what has kick-started this discourse). Nigeria is actually Africa’s leading producer (and among the world’s leading producers) of tomatoes, but we lose at least 40% of our harvests (some estimates put our losses as high as 60+%) before it gets to market on account of a lack of storage and preservation infrastructure and terrible roads and poor logistics. Closing the border does NOTHING to resolve this. It merely results in POOR NIGERIAN CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD’S CAPITAL OF EXTREME POVERTY having to pay HIGHER prices since without the Benin Republic imports, there’ll now be FEWER tomatoes in the market.

Now, let’s look at rice. It may surprise some to learn that Nigeria is actually Africa’s leading producer of rice, having overtaken Egypt in 2017 or thereabouts, but we are still short of meeting local market demand from entirely domestic production (either because our population keeps growing or our taste keeps changing, not surprisingly in tandem with increased urbanization). Accordingly, without importation, we merely replicate the situation with tomatoes - that is, POOR NIGERIAN CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD’S CAPITAL OF EXTREME POVERTY having to pay HIGHER prices because without supplementing local production with imports, we are left with FEWER rice in the same local market. Meanwhile, we have to HONESTLY ask ourselves how rice produced on the other side of the world (often with relatively more expensive labor) and then shipped halfway across the globe still manages to cost SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER than locally-produced rice (stone and all).

REALITY (and as my moniker indicates, I’m a hard-nosed realist) is closing land borders does absolutely NOTHING to redress why we have some of the world’s HIGHEST costs of production, not only in respect of rice but with many other products. Our farmers still rely on mostly poor seedlings and poor farming methods, and thus we have probably the LOWEST yield per hectare in most of the developing world. In addition, we are lacking in irrigation infrastructure, and thus not only are we still compelled to rely on the somewhat unpredictable fortunes of “the rains” but are also stuck with seasonal farming instead of year-round farming (which is why we are Africa’s largest producer of maize, and among the world’s leading producers but PARADOXICALLY also one of the world’s leading importers of maize - because for more than half of the calendar year, we neither plant nor harvest corn). Of course, already discussed the issue of poor/non-available storage facilities as well as poor roads and other transportation/logistic infrastructure, that constrains getting products to the market TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVELY.

Accordingly, if this government was really serious about sound economic policy and development, it would help farmers with improved seedlings for better yields, with irrigation infrastructure to drive year-round farming, proper storage facilities including cold storage for perishables (such as these tomatoes), much better road transportation and logistics infrastructure, necessary market and pricing intelligence/information, in addition of course to better agricultural financing and insurance, among others. Even if some misguided policy makers in Abuja erroneously believe that the border closure is an optimal means to encourage local production (not sure why, but the cluelessness and incompetence in Abuja can never be overestimated), there would still be a LAG TIME for local producers to cultivate, harvest and mill (in the case of rice) their products before even getting to market, so why a SUDDEN closure which simply results in FEWER products in the market.

Sadly, Nigeria has become like the proverbial farmer whose farm is on fire and instead of fighting the fire, he busies himself with chasing bush rats fleeing said fire. Thus, instead of addressing structural issues that impede local production and productivity, we merely place an additional layer of effective ‘taxation’ (an Incompetence Tax, if you will) on POOR NIGERIAN CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD’S CAPITAL OF EXTREME POVERTY by DECREASING the quantity (perhaps even quality) of goods available to them and thus invariably condemn them to HIGHER PRICES for fewer goods (and choices). So, let’s be clear about this - the closure of the land borders is an ill-advised resort to cheap cosmetic POPULISM (in derogation of sound economic policy) that bedazzles the gullible but which does absolutely NOTHING to address/redress our structural issues! After, Mr. Buhari drives even more Nigerians quicker into POVERTY, we’ll still be at Square One!
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nauto5:
Do we have border ?

In many parts of the North, we really don’t...
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REALLY DUMB MOVE!

Sadly, Nigeria has become like the proverbial farmer whose farm is on fire and instead of fighting the fire, he busies himself with chasing bush rats fleeing said fire. Thus, instead of addressing structural issues that impede local production and productivity, we merely place an additional layer of effective ‘taxation’ (an Incompetence Tax, if you will) on POOR NIGERIAN CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD’S CAPITAL OF EXTREME POVERTY by DECREASING the quantity (perhaps even quality) of goods available to them and thus invariably condemn them to HIGHER PRICES for fewer goods (and choices).
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fairfora:
How old is Buhari, lai Muhammed, mamman daura, ABBA kyari? These guys are in their 80s but the reduced their age. Military were permitted to slash their age in those days and Buhari and obj confirmed it. Have you seen anywhere in the world where a younger sister is older than the senior brother? Go to daura and ask how old is Buhari's younger sister. I see you as one of the lazy youths who finds it hard to decipher the truth. None of those US citizens you mentioned is up to 80 years of age.

Who cares? How old is Invictus? Mompha? Kole Aluko? Etc...
Our issue with Buhari should SOLELY be his incompetence, not some nonsensical distraction about age.

While I think we should be bringing in a younger generation of politicians...
Our generation should offer more than simply youth, not least because an incompetent young leader will be around LONGER.
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Angelfrost:
Our people don't read... Worse still, they can't properly comprehend what they managed to read.

Look at shallow brainless reasonings all over the thread... No one is bothered with where she pointed out the fact that the political landscape in Nigeria is closed to most eligible and intelligent leaders... That majority of the political class are the same set of wealthy old rogues...

What universities churn out these graduates??!... Tueh!!!

Perhaps you lot should follow your own counsel...
Because if you actually read the report (even the OP’s post), it’s clear that she was being LITERAL!

After referring to Nigeria as a gerontocracy, she then added as a different strand of thought that “there is ALSO a gentleman’s agreement...” (emphasis added), which indicates that the so-called gentleman’s agreement is in ADDITION to and INDEPENDENT of Nigeria’s supposed gerontocracy. This is basic English, and frankly unsure why many seem to be struggling with it (or perhaps just befuddled by the accent).

Meanwhile, let’s not conflate disparate issues here. If the primary issue is that political office is expensive to attain in Nigeria (which of course it is), exactly how different is that from her own country? Please let’s quit chasing ephemeral shadows in derogation of substance. We have much work to do and need COMPETENT leadership, regardless of age (or ethnicity). Young yahoo yahoo boys will be no better than this lot.
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Hamid7:
Only you have made sence so far. Too much ignorance in Nigeria.

Nope, he didn’t make any sense...

The women said (1) Nigerian politics is a gerontocracy; and (2) there is “ALSO” this power rotation agreement...
Each strand of thought above is INDEPENDENT of the other. You don’t need old men to zone (eg, in states) or vice versa.

You people should quit trying to twist any and every Oyibo drivel to be profound...
Reality is that her drivel aptly epitomizes the shortcomings of “parachute” analysis. SMH
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whoawa:
"Old men club" she meant the kingmakers, she doesn't actually referring to the age of our political office holders rather the cabals that determines who becomes what.

The old generals are still the ones running this country uptil now if u know you know .

Believe me she actually got her point very well

Incorrect! She LITERALLY meant a gerontocracy....
She then ADDED that there was “also” this gentleman’s agreement (in addition to being a gerontocracy).
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SmartyPants:
Are those old men?

Also they have quite a few relatively young men and women involved over there. Barack Obama was in his forties when he entered office for example.

Gowon was in his 30s...

Nonetheless, don’t think anyone is rationally trying to compare apples with oranges...
The limited point is that you cannot live in a gerontocracy and think old age is the issue.

Folks seriously need to quit chasing shadows in derogation of substance...
If we misdiagnose Nigeria’s problem as solely that of old age, it will be a FATAL mistake.

Our generation has to bring MORE to the table than just youth...
For, to be brutally honest, we perpetrate some of the WORST traits of our elders (even here on NL).
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roca47:
one problem with Nigerians is when one speaks the truth we start saying rubbish.

Or the problem could just be that when ‘Oyibo’ starts spewing rubbish some Nigerians are afraid to speak the truth...
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Peters95:
Its obvious the truth is always painful. How many times those guys you mentioned sleeps on duty? Some have been senators for almost 20 years yet same story.

Please! Trump fell asleep during the Queen’s speech...

Even Dubyla Bush fell asleep during a state function in Japan...
While Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been caught napping a few times.

OLD AGE IS OLD AGE...
Some of you should please quit with the low esteem/inferiority complex.
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GEEBITE:
47 and 53 years has a difference of 6years.

For some reason, I was thinking 50 years for Obama...

Well, he (b.1961) was over 47 in 2009...
So about 5 years, and 2 years less than Jonathan.

But over 15 years older than Gowon...
And 4 years older than Babangida.
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At least she seems to have dropped CNN from her “CV”....
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bmdmix:
this woman should do something better with her fame nah haba.

You mean her INFAMY...
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cucumbae:
She is much beautiful than all wizkid babymamas.Including tiwa,his big goddess.

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but abegi let’s not get carried away...
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NwaAmaikpe:
Since the days of John the Baptist, fine boys have always been attracted to worwor girls.
That is why opposites attract.

But not for me.
I am very allergic to anything that is even remotely worwor.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
But US passport is in the hand of the holder.
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solmusdesigns:
The Irony of life is 99.9999% of the youths commenting dont understand her words..

She said "Nigeria Politics" is an Old men club where gentlemans agreement of rotation must be followed

The old men club only adjectifies the Gentle mens Agreement.. as in the 18thcentury where "Old Men Club" or fraternity lodge, freemasions and ogbonis are noted for thier gentle mans agreement and sealing deal with handshake

And in case you are still in doubt...
Go back and look at the original article (as well as the OP’s post).

She clearly says, “[t]here is ALSO a gentleman’s agreement...” (emphasis added)...
In effect, she is saying that in ADDITION to being gerontocracy, there is ALSO this gentleman’s agreement.
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solmusdesigns:
The Irony of life is 99.9999% of the youths commenting dont understand her words..

She said "Nigeria Politics" is an Old men club where gentlemans agreement of rotation must be followed

The old men club only adjectifies the Gentle mens Agreement.. as in the 18thcentury where "Old Men Club" or fraternity lodge, freemasions and ogbonis are noted for thier gentle mans agreement and sealing deal with handshake

I think you mean “Old Boys’ Club”...

But that’s NOT what she’s saying...
Rather, she was being LITERAL and the bit about gentleman’s agreement is a second strand of thought.

Sadly, her drivel is the epitome of ‘parachute’ analysis...
Zoning in Nigeria is not a Chicago-style smoke room accord but rather loudly propagated in the plain view.
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babajero:
And your unreasonable assertion does not make you reasonable.

Nor does your obtuse retort make you clever...
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babajero:
Your stupid writing does not change the fact she wrote.

Nor does your personal insult on him change the FACT he wrote...
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SouthSouth1914:
When I mean recycled, I mean that obansanjo since his military days still dictates who becomes president and all. It’s still the same class of 79’ that run things!

Obasanjo left power 79’ and has been active ever since till date.

No, he doesn’t....
He backed Atiku against Buhari and lost.

Meanwhile, the US keeps “recycling” the same families...
While the UK keeps “recycling” the same public school alumni.
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SoNature:
No. I think US old men and women are far smarter than Nigeria's.

For example, can Buhari challenge Joe Biden to a debate?

Or Atiku Abubakar with Elizabeth Waren?

Those will be the joke of the century.

Exactly! Warren or Biden (who keeps sticking his foot into his mouth) discussing the intricacies of the Niger Delta, the diversity of 200-plus ethnicities, the badges and incidents of colonialism, etc., will be a riot and likely the “joke of the century”!

Folks should quit comparing apples with oranges. The politics of the US is necessarily different from the developmental politics of Nigeria, but OLD people are still OLD people - as Senator Sanders’ recent heart-attack on the campaign trail aptly demonstrated.
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Astark:
read the damn article. She never mean old literally, it's an idiomatic expression.

Like a deal between mature people. Africans are really backward

I will ignore the childish insult on Africans...smh

Not just because insults are a sad self-indictment of one’s intellect and character...
But because as an African you could just be referring to yourself, and who am I to argue with what you think of yourself.

Meanwhile, on the SUBSTANCE of the matter at hand...
“Nigerian politics is like an old men’s club” is what is known as PLAIN ENGLISH.

It neither an idiomatic expression nor even a metaphor...
As Abami Eda would say “Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense” - and that’s not idiomatic either!
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martowskin1:
My brother no problem, enjoy ur country.....

Have always said it, no !matter how bad our country !look, no matter how poor our leader looks.

It is still dream for some people..... Those who know they want and need better than Nigeria is offering can look for it some where else.

I don't argue Nigeria issue with people anymore.

Irrelevant obfuscation...
What does my opinion of how Trump walks or talks have to do with the state of Nigeria?!

It’s frankly obtuse to leap to the insane conclusion that criticizing Trump and Nigeria are mutually-exclusive. SMH
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