₦airaland Forum

Prince001:
They surely can be fixed in a month with integrity, right people and resources!
I will never commend any govt in Naija for doing the work they were voted for to do in d 1st place!
Social amenities are normal things to do! They shouldnt be portray as an achievements of a govt!!!!!

There’s NOWHERE in the world that all roads requiring rehabilitation/rebuilding are fixed in ONE month…

Lagos has over 3000 roads, its terrain is mostly swampy, and it’s a developing economy with limited resources….
It spends reportedly spends over 60% of its capital budget on road transportation (and there’s still healthcare, education, security, etc.).

Btw, LASG projects has signage THANKING taxpayers for making it possible…
Nonetheless, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Positive Reinforcement!

Even employers will pay bonuses and give awards to employees for good work - even though they are being paid salaries for it.
Even Obama or Biden (in fact, ANY AND ALL political leaders) get praised for good jobs - even though that’s what they were elected to do!
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tegrianonigltd:
How many Warri boys you see for there, no be your People full there

Why are these hoodlums you support not wanting to build this and how many yearsHow Many years did it take The great LEE of Singapore to transform Singapore to world class?? Go read about him, the King of Dubai and other of uae go read their books, go study the reinvention of Great China who looked up to Nigeria for development in the 70s and early 80s, you sit and support this hoodlums, devourers, animals in human skin as fela call them, Dubai planned and in 10 years they were there before other developments came in, in his book MY VISION, he said I SAW THE FUTURE AND BUILT THE FUTURE, King Al M. Of Dubai, small road una don praise them for Lagos, 3 governors this is the fourth still praising them for road, come on Road, how big is Lagos ? How big is the whole Lagos, as the 5 th largest economy of Africa, that city should be Paris na, you know what I am talking about, they jus come, rehabilitate same useless road their predecessors did. Can’t we do the effort too, why are some youth still shouting Tinubu in 2021, making me feel like an emperor. In a slum

Btw, pretty much same with Lee’s Singapore (perhaps to a slightly lesser degree). Lee was often quite criticized in the West and internationally for his brutal methods, including forcibly relocating and demolishing poor and rundown neighborhoods and dislocating indigenous residents from their ancestral homes and even burial grounds. Growing up as a kid in the US, I distinctly recall an infamous case of a young American student visiting Singapore who was publicly flogged for a minor environmental infringement. In fact, people used to be publicly flogged and fined for what may seem to the rest of us as “minor” offenses such as disposing of chewing gum and spitting in public places. In contrast, then military ruler Maj-Gen Buhari’s War Against Indiscipline (“WAI”), from before many of us on Nairaland were even born, that subjected people to things like frog-jumps (and I think the occasional koboko whip) for public indiscipline, is still being referred to till the present-day as the “infamous WAI” and generally condemned as barbaric. APPLES AND ORANGES!!
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tegrianonigltd:
How many Warri boys you see for there, no be your People full there


Why are these hoodlums you support not wanting to build this and how many yearsHow Many years did it take The great LEE of Singapore to transform Singapore to world class?? Go read about him, the King of Dubai and other of uae go read their books, go study the reinvention of Great China who looked up to Nigeria for development in the 70s and early 80s, you sit and support this hoodlums, devourers, animals in human skin as fela call them, Dubai planned and in 10 years they were there before other developments came in, in his book MY VISION, he said I SAW THE FUTURE AND BUILT THE FUTURE, King Al M. Of Dubai, small road una don praise them for Lagos, 3 governors this is the fourth still praising them for road, come on Road, how big is Lagos ? How big is the whole Lagos, as the 5 th largest economy of Africa, that city should be Paris na, you know what I am talking about, they jus come, rehabilitate same useless road their predecessors did. Can’t we do the effort too, why are some youth still shouting Tinubu in 2021, making me feel like an emperor. In a slum

Quit comparing Apples with Agbalumo…

The ruler of Dubai (VP of the UAE) is an ABSOLUTE MONARCH who word is LAW in Dubai (pretty much the norm in all of the Gulf states, except arguably Kuwait which has a parliament, albeit that parliament can still be arbitrarily dissolved by the Emir). That means that he is not tied up with interminable litigation and never-ending court injunctions nor bothered by the “masses” or the “civil society” INDUSTRY. Accordingly, if he was in Lagos and wanted to demolish slums, underbridge squats, sidewalk or other illegal markets, Okobaba sawmill, Makoko, etc., he will simply do so. Meanwhile, in Lagos, just as one example the demolition of the Otodo-Gbame waterfront slum that was originally a mere transit point for itinerant fishermen from Benin Rep is still tied up in PRELIMINARY motions in court more than four years later. The Maroko slum demolition (and relocation) that was carried out before many of us on Nairaland were even born is still in courts until the present day and is raised by segments of the “civil society” INDUSTRY every time slum improvement schemes are muted. In contrast, the ruler of Dubai went abroad, saw a canal and decided to build one through downtown Dubai, destroying parts of the historical Bur Dubai (and dislocating many families that have lived there forever generations), and it was done PRONTO!

Many expats half-jocularly refer to the Emirates as “E uropean-M anaged, I ndian-R un, A rabs T akes E very S hilling (cash).” There’s nothing terribly difficult in signing checks, but that’s not necessarily a version of development that I would recommend for Nigeria. The reality (and I have personally consulted extensively in the UAE and the entire GCC region) is that most of the development plans of Dubai and most other Gulf states are dreamt up or otherwise envisioned, planned, designed and implemented (and often even managed and operated) by FOREIGNERS (often Westerners, but also other TCN expats). The one abiding credit that one can ungrudgingly grant to the Ruler of Dubai is that at least he recognizes his limitations and allows FOREIGNERS to contribute and operate freely in the emirate. Nonetheless, one cannot rationally compare a HOMOGENEOUS ethnic and religious absolute monarchy with a 200-plus ethnic and religiously diverse nascent developing democracy. Apples and Agbalumo!!
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Prince001:
I guess u are Sanwo Olu fan. U mentioned ijede what about Eyita and so on in ikorodu? Why is Vi and ikoyi road was built better? Go and look d rest of d place and compare that to island. All d other places no street and so on aswell.
Until I see every road in Lagos looks similar to ikoyi and VI one then they are doing well. Cos we all paid Tax and we are all same b4 the law!!!

I am a “fan” of good governance, not politicians…
Accordingly, I was also a “fan” of Ambode’s projects.

Meanwhile, there are MANY roads in Ikoyi not yet rehabilitated…
Different roads cannot look identical, but there are minimum STANDARDS for Lagos roads.

Since Fashola, Lagos has had a statutory road code, and every road meets a standard (including street lights, pavements and signage).
The reason these Ikoyi roads look “better” to you, is NOT the road themselves but the environment. Ikoyi is different from Ijede. Facts!

Meanwhile, development is a PROCESS and not an event…
All the roads in Ikorodu (or Ikoyi or anywhere else) cannot be fixed in ONE day (or even one year).

EKO O NI BAJE!!
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sapphiere:
See what this man has brought to his family. Now the kids and wife would have suffered if his wife was not a financially independent woman.
Staying faithful seems impossible to Nigerian men.

On a second thought, what if it's not the side chick that killed him? No girl would want to kill a man that constantly gives her money.
I believe some men killed him. Maybe business went wrong.

The article did not say the lady is guilty. She remains innocent till proven guilty at the court of law.

That's not enough evidence.

This is Nigeria where even a guard can be bribed.
Didn't you watch the video where Pretty Michael bribed guards to act evil for him?

jaxxy:
I'm yet to see what she stands to gain by doing this knowing fully well she will get caught and no longer benefit from the sugar daddy.

It kinda doesn't add up.

Agree. A lot of the story comes across as conjecture…
Presumably, there are details of the story that still has not been filled in.
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Crenzywilliams:
Pls shutup since u got nothing else to say. So because he had a side chic and was killed by her it serves him right?, Did u even think about those he's left behind?, The children and even the NNPC manager wife?, No one deserves to be brutally murdered for having an affair, its just unfortunate that he's dead when he should be enjoying the billions he's pilled up.
Lessons to guys, don't disclose your financial status to a fling, so many gold diggers with daggers out there now, don't allow great sex be your end, use ur head to think and not your penis.

RIP to the dude…
Nobody deserves to be murdered, whether you should be “enjoying billions” or starving.

Nevertheless, the way the MISOGYNISTIC Nigerian male mind works is something else…
Perhaps the REAL “lessons to guys” is NOT to have a “fling” outside of marriage in the first instance! SMH
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tegrianonigltd:
If you never cross before no yarn or cap with me abeg. Lagos no reach some African cities talkless of Europe. Na dustbin, especially those mainland and island, so called lekki no even fine reach Soweto

And yet your people are happy to come sleep under a bridge in Lagos…smh
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Prince001:
Well done my ass. What about the rest of Lagos? Are they not in Lagos? Why na only island dis guy dey garnished always? He should focus on Mainland too!!

zudozz:
They know d right thing to do but they only do it in Ikoyi VI and Abuja.

The Ijede road that was just commissioned the other day in Ikorodu was that in Ikoyi or VI?
The Mafoluku and Yaba bus terminals that was commissioned recently was that in Ikoyi or VI?
The Maternity and Child Care Hospital commissioned in Epe this week was that also in Ikoyi and VI?
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kebeb:
So many trees and greens on the Island compared to the mainland & suburb.
My landlady just cut the tree in our compound to build extra 3 self contained apartment. Greedy landlords plenty for mainland sha.

There’s a Lagos State hotline you can call (anonymously) to report or check if she had permission to do so…
The regulations in Lagos is that she needs LASPARK approval, and would have to plant 3 new trees for every 1 cut down.
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SEGLIZ:
illiterate commission rehabilitated roads.

how this men turn out to be our leaders still beats me.

they commission wheelbarrow, they will commission gutter (drainage), pen and pencil, books and school bags for pupils.

this people are just a mockery to this nation.

And when you build a space center, they’ll be glad to commission it…
Meanwhile, they’re commissioning things important in the DAILY LIVES of citizens.
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dmbb:
APC governors are working

Tragic comedy….
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Qualer:
he is just completing projects started by Ambode! 95% of all the projects he has been commissioning were Ambode's projects!

Doesn’t matter…
Government is supposed to be a CONTINUUM.
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Prince001:
Well done my ass. What about the rest of Lagos? Are they not in Lagos? Why na only island dis guy dey garnished always? He should focus on Mainland too!!

Tats:
Good job but most of these roads are roads that wealthy people live.

LASG build roads EVERYWHERE (see video and chart)…
The Ijede road in Ikorodu was just commissioned last week!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZZ61SbLYk0
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MSEdLAW:
You obviously can’t decipher her cryptic message when she referred to court papers... so mentally biased and committed misandrists views..she is holding on to the rich nigga as a meal ticket she is the one holding on see her emphasis on legal wife.. a woman with shame would fvcking move on !!!!!!

See how primitive misogynistic Neanderthals reason…
She should be ashamed for going through the court process, rather than the one impregnating the whole world! SMH
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Lanrelagboi:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159127800101013&id=735776012

EKO O NI BAJE O
Lagos Leads, others struggle to follow!
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MSEdLAW:
Forget this blathering .... Mr worldview ... take your responsibility and get as rich as him... get to know his own side of the story before lynching him online period!!!!

Unlike you, I don’t evaluate people, or right and wrong by money…
With all due respect, that just’ s unenlightened POVERTY mentality. SMH
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MSEdLAW:
A system that permits and supports a repressive marital settlement against men always seems advance for a misandrist ... who told you he isn’t providing care for his wife... so because of marital respect he should remain with a Jezebel

Get a divorce and move on (there are even no-fault divorces these days)…
I realize it’s difficult for misogynistic Neanderthals to grasp, but that’s what CIVILIZED folks do!
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MSEdLAW:
A system that permits and supports a repressive marital settlement against men always seems advance for a misandrist ... who told you he isn’t providing care for his wife... so because of marital respect he should remain with a Jezebel

Huh?! Where did I say that Ighalo was not providing care for his wife?

Abegi, try to do basic things like reading and (even more crucially) understanding before you rush to comment - albeit I realize how difficult it is for folks raised and steeped in a primitive misogynistic culture to countenance a different worldview (and while at it, “offspring” does NOT mean wife or spouse).

Nonetheless, returning to what I actually wrote (as opposed to what a misogynistic eye saw), OFTEN (and given your comprehension antecedents, I feel duty bound to point out the often does NOT mean always or every time) cheating men do not even bother to take responsibility for the offspring they have out of wedlock. If you lack the capacity to even acknowledge this BASIC reality (spread across all strata of society), then we should not even be having this discussion (as I don’t bother with meaningless parallel monologues). SMH
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emonis88:
So only few Nigerians make calls , send texts or use data. Is vat not charged on calls , texts n data? Electricity is used by all , a beg is vat not charged on electricity? Next thing u I'll say is dat d poor should live in darkness n not also make calls if they can't afford d vat.

Nigeria cannot afford to be a tax-free nation (again, it already has the LOWEST VAT rate in ECOWAS)…
Revenue from taxes are necessary to make the infrastructural (physical and social) investment badly needed in Nigeria.

As noted however, VAT is a consumption tax, so the more you consume the more you pay…
While not completely avoidable, consumption taxes are fairer because the consumer can better control (even if not eliminate) it.

Nevertheless, the BASICS of life are excluded - food, medicine, education, rent, etc. (didn’t know electricity isn’t excluded)…
But, yes, the MAJORITY of Nigerians are not gulping up data on NL/Internet. And if you wan’t to spend all night “toasting”, pay for it.
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Fulaniherdmens:
Sonia, the wife of footballer, Jude Ighalo, took to her Instastories this evening to congratulate him on the birth of his baby from another woman.

Sonia in her post revealed that the footballer has fathered two children now from two different women. She pointed out that she still remains his legal wife.

In January 2020, the footballer and Sonia deleted their photos from their respective Instagram pages, furling rumors that their marriage was in crisis. Both have not been seen together since then and have neither shared each other's photos. They have also stopped wearing their wedding bands.

See Sonia's post below

Oh!

desuwa30:
Congrats Ighalo on the arrival of ur baby (Feb) i just de receive court email now tmaoo

We don many Ah Father Abraham
*still one legally married wife

2 baby mamas
5 kids And some slay queens still de fight to enter

This is why I love the US and UK legal systems…
The wife would have simply gone to court and got HALF of all assets (which doesn’t even compensate for the marital disrespect).

In Nigeria’s primitive and misogynistic culture…
It’s often considered “natural” for men to cheat, and largely without consequences (not even responsibility for their offsprings).
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Princedapace:
There is no company that is registered in Nigeria that their staff dont pay tax and still pay VAT. When I worked as a CCR, my tax got deducted from my salary before it got to my account. That is the story of working class Nigerians. I do not work under Nigeria's economy. My clients are abroad and my tax are deducted there becus they are the ones who pay me. When I use the money in Nigeria's economy, I pay my tax as well.

So, Nigerians pay tax. The ones they pay, govt should use them. Govt loot bro. Nigerian politicians owe master art properties in Dubai,. that is where our money goes. Our oil money, our sweat, these men loot them. We cant talk becus we run a st*pid system of govt that has placed ethnic politics above proper governance. This will continue until we change and run a proper system. Many people who earn 30k naira as miinimum wage, by the time the salary gest to them after various tax cuts, they will be getting around 26k

Many people who have shops pay all sorts of tax and levies. I can never ever defend Nigeria politicians becus they have failed. Look at the billions spent in electricity so far. Go and read. How much and what is the evidence? We run a useless system of govt that makes politicians to escape with their poor governance and until we fix them, we are going no where,.

In 50 years to come, Nigerians will still be on nairaland talking about all these basic things such as water, roads, electricity, health care, etc. If we dont work on the useless political system.

VAT is INDIRECT (consumption) taxation…
And I specifically noted WITHHOLDING (direct) taxation, which is what your company/clients deduct.

The percentage of Nigerians subject to withholding taxes are relatively small compared to income earners (including but not limited to self-employed and informal earners) and the size of the economy. Again, it speaks volumes that Nigeria has the LOWEST tax base in all of Africa.

Meanwhile, speaking of VAT, Nigeria has the LOWEST VAT rate in the entire ECOWAS subregion (including dirt poor countries like The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Guniea-Bissau, etc.), and probably one of the (if not the) lowest in all of Africa. As previously pointed out VAT is a CONSUMPTION tax. In effect, if you do not consume you do not pay VAT. However, VAT in Nigeria specifically excludes food, medicines, rent, school fees and other educational expenses, public transportation, agricultural products and expenses, etc. It is also ONLY applicable to businesses generating over N20 million in yearly revenues (meaning that it does NOT apply to products/services bought from small and medium scale businesses - which is probably the MAJORITY of Nigerian businesses). Accordingly, VAT in Nigeria only applies to a handful of goods/services used by most average Nigerians (and probably a MINORITY of the population), and thus bemoaning about VAT charges seems more than a wee bit misplaced (and frankly self-serving) in light of the public services that you expect in return.

If Nigerians are still moaning in 50 years about basic things like water, roads, electricity, healthcare, etc. on Nairaland (or elsewhere), they only have to look at THEMSELVES (and I realize that critical introspection is difficult for most Nigerians) - and not least because tomorrow’s leaders are today’s followers and tomorrow’s elite are today’s masses. Nigeria’s leaders are not from Mars but are Nigerians from Nigeria who emerge from the general population (and often reflect the mores and values of the larger society). A political (or indeed any other) “system” does not exist on its own or in isolation. In fact, a “system” only exists when it is operational - that is, when human beings start running the said “system”. Accordingly, to blame the “system” gravely misses the point. NIGERIANS (the human beings) are the problem, not a nebulous and amorphous “system”. Without this basic starting point, we might as well be pissing against the wind!
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TMSMedia:
Actress Yetunde Barnabas and Footballer Peter Olayinka have had their court wedding, IgbereTV reports.

Taking to her Instagram page, Yetunde shared photos from the ceremony that was attended by family and friends. She wrote;

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQp9D2pjHA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Nigerians and that term “actress”…smh

Anyway, CONGRATS and happy union to the couple!
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NaijaCoverBlog:
Source: https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/6/nigerian-hit-and-run-driver-arrested-for-killing-teacher-in-ghana-2.html

What difference does it make that he is Nigerian?!

Seems that Africans (including Nigerians) are always to eager to stoke XENOPHOBIA! SMH
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Princedapace:
oga, may ur life be like Nigeria. Nigerian leaders are wicked. over 30 people killed in a community in Oyo state, over 100 slaughtered in Benue last week. In fact, last week, over 400 Nigerians were slaughtered. Poeple like u must be the ones telling leaders that all is well.

Oga, all is not well. Nigeria is too big to be managed as a unitary system.

I had to pay heavily for solar and inverter system to power my apartment. This is not fair. No stable electricity, we also pay private security to guide our place. Terrible. Infact, many communities and areas in Nigeria will be robbed for hours and no security on sight.

Even the politicians u defend dont trust Nigeria that is why they cant move around without heavy security even in their domains.

That is why they always travel abroad for medicals. More than 80 percent of Nigerians will die if they need health care emergence becus of terrible health care system. Ur leaders will always use tax payers money to travel abroad for health care, but how many Nigerians can afford to travel abroad for medicals?

That is why they send kids abroad for education. They know that the education they gave us is wack. They loot our wealth, send their kids abroad and flaunt it on our faces. We are left with an educational system with endless strikes, poor teaching methods and terrible living conditions.

We are shameless that after 60 years and bloody civil war, we have not fixed the most basic things such as water, education, health care, electricity and housing. Shame, shame, shame. U are telling people not to rely on media. Oga, come, I challenge u, come, let take a walk on the street to meet the real Nigerians. Let have them interviewed reandomly and lets hear from them.

Over 60 years, Nigeria has one of the highest number of beggars on the roads. Our forests are full of all sorts of evil, from ritualists to kidnappers to farmland destroyers. My good friend lost her dad due to poor health care. My mom's coworker died becus they couldnt get emergency health care for her.
If the Denish player who collasped on the pitch was in Nigeria when he collapsed, he would have died. To get access to health care in Nigeria is hard becus the health care system is terrible. Even u, u will die if u dont have access to fly abroad if u need an emergence health need. U are gone. A guy lost his sister in Kano due to snake bike. He lamented how the roads that led to the hospital was terrible, and how they managed to get to the hospital and the hospitals they are tried didnt have basic antidote to snake bike. Three hospitals. And the sister died. If he was in South Africa, the sister would have lived.
Those of u who defend these politicians, nature will pay u all back. Evil candidates. I have to dig my own borehole, jointly contribute in our area for prive security to guide our area, installed solar inverter system to generate electricity, have access to poor health care, etc. What is now the benefit of being a Nigerian and govt takes VAT from me? Rubbish

PS: Btw, I noticed your reference to (indirect) VAR taxes, instead of direct (income, corporate or other direct taxes). Yet, it sounds as if your doing pretty well materially (private estate, etc.). Without presumption or prejudice (and assuming that you actually and timely pay all of your due taxes), the propensity of the average Nigerian to EVADE taxes is one of the contributing factors for the paucity of public services. The fact is that Nigeria reportedly has the LOWEST tax to GDP ratio in all of Africa (yes, even lower than many very poor African nations) speaks volumes. The reality is that, outside of the civil service and those subject to PAYE withholding taxes, the greater majority of income-earning Nigerians (in formal and informal employment or self-employment) ACTIVELY EVADE paying their due taxes or notoriously underpay (when/if they pay at all) - and yet everyone seems to expect world-class public services. Of course, a big reason is the Culture of Entitlement cultivated by the oil windfall that the overwhelming majority of Nigerians do not contribute to in any way at all!

I am well aware that many Nigerians would argue that they do (or should) not pay taxes because there is little or no evidence of tax revenues being put to good use or that said revenues are more than likely to be embezzled, but such an argument only renders the citizens just as culpable the rulers (I am loathe to refer to these lot as actual leaders). Every nation/society is a social construct built upon the basic premise of rights and responsibilities, perhaps best manifested the so-called “social contract” between the government and the governed. But every contract requires “consideration” - which means that you have to provide something to get something in return. Accordingly, when citizens fail to pay timely and fully pay their due taxes, it is not only a moral failing in the basic tenets of citizenship (those taxes can be likened to equity investment in the nation, from which citizens expect some form of returns) but also a more legalistic failure to uphold one’s obligations under the “social contract” - and consequently strips such derelict citizens of any (moral or other) right to complain.

Unfortunately, so many Nigerians have this rather weird notion of citizenship, whereunder citizens enjoy only rights but do not bear commensurate responsibilities. Yet, as with most of human experience, one most often gets what one pays for - and that’s if you’re lucky! Furthermore, Nigerians have a rather grave misconception of the resources available to the state (even if politicians did not steal a significant portion of public resources). Just for perspective, the US expended over $4 trillion just on healthcare last year (2020) and yet could not guarantee access to healthcare (or adequate and affordable healthcare) to all of its citizens - including to many actual taxpayers! Accordingly, even if Nigeria spent every single cent it earned from oil and gas sales ($32.6 billion in 2018, even before the pandemic decimated revenues in 2020, and for perspective Kuwait made $60.7 billion same year with a population of only 1 million nationals) solely on healthcare and neglected everything else, the government still wouldn’t have anywhere near the revenues to provide the sort of world-class healthcare across the nation and across all strata of society (even if the politicians did not steal a penny).

While fully cognizant of the gross failures of governments in Nigeria, it is sometimes irritating that Nigerians often act as if they have absolutely no agency in their own fortune (or perhaps more accurately, misfortune) - even discounting that the poorest Nigerians are often the most fervent supporters/voters of “Sai Baba” and the political elite, and even the supposedly educated class and/or middle-class will fanatically defend their “own” (defined by tribal, religious or such other base or primordial affiliation) in almost all circumstances (including corruption charges). Yet, every single CHALLENGE in our nation is also an OPPORTUNITY - and as life experience has amply illustrated, the most successful people and organizations are those who address or otherwise help solve challenges. In Nigeria, our eyes are too clouded with the torrent of tears from our wailing about our challenges that we fail to see opportunities arising therefrom.

With all due respect, the saying that every society DESERVES the leadership it gets couldn’t be more aptly demonstrated than in Nigeria!
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Princedapace:
oga, may ur life be like Nigeria. Nigerian leaders are wicked. over 30 people killed in a community in Oyo state, over 100 slaughtered in Benue last week. In fact, last week, over 400 Nigerians were slaughtered. Poeple like u must be the ones telling leaders that all is well.

Oga, all is not well. Nigeria is too big to be managed as a unitary system.

I had to pay heavily for solar and inverter system to power my apartment. This is not fair. No stable electricity, we also pay private security to guide our place. Terrible. Infact, many communities and areas in Nigeria will be robbed for hours and no security on sight.

Even the politicians u defend dont trust Nigeria that is why they cant move around without heavy security even in their domains.

That is why they always travel abroad for medicals. More than 80 percent of Nigerians will die if they need health care emergence becus of terrible health care system. Ur leaders will always use tax payers money to travel abroad for health care, but how many Nigerians can afford to travel abroad for medicals?

That is why they send kids abroad for education. They know that the education they gave us is wack. They loot our wealth, send their kids abroad and flaunt it on our faces. We are left with an educational system with endless strikes, poor teaching methods and terrible living conditions.

We are shameless that after 60 years and bloody civil war, we have not fixed the most basic things such as water, education, health care, electricity and housing. Shame, shame, shame. U are telling people not to rely on media. Oga, come, I challenge u, come, let take a walk on the street to meet the real Nigerians. Let have them interviewed reandomly and lets hear from them.

Over 60 years, Nigeria has one of the highest number of beggars on the roads. Our forests are full of all sorts of evil, from ritualists to kidnappers to farmland destroyers. My good friend lost her dad due to poor health care. My mom's coworker died becus they couldnt get emergency health care for her.
If the Denish player who collasped on the pitch was in Nigeria when he collapsed, he would have died. To get access to health care in Nigeria is hard becus the health care system is terrible. Even u, u will die if u dont have access to fly abroad if u need an emergence health need. U are gone. A guy lost his sister in Kano due to snake bike. He lamented how the roads that led to the hospital was terrible, and how they managed to get to the hospital and the hospitals they are tried didnt have basic antidote to snake bike. Three hospitals. And the sister died. If he was in South Africa, the sister would have lived.
Those of u who defend these politicians, nature will pay u all back. Evil candidates. I have to dig my own borehole, jointly contribute in our area for prive security to guide our area, installed solar inverter system to generate electricity, have access to poor health care, etc. What is now the benefit of being a Nigerian and govt takes VAT from me? Rubbish

While you make some good points, are you NOT Nigerian?
Why do Nigerians think it’s other people’s job to fix Nigeria for them to come and enjoy?

Sure, our government is mostly terrible…
But NO advanced nation has ever been developed solely by its government. Ultimately, PEOPLE build nations.

Even in the US (where I grew up), people still die of snakebites until today…
Just as Eriksen (the Danish player) was saved on the pitch, Vivian-Foe died on the pitch in FRANCE (and there are others).

There are THOUSANDS of people who die of sudden cardiac arrest EVERY DAY in the West…
It’s MISGUIDED to treat one high-profile case as the norm (most crucial is a quick response - even CPR, which most Nigerians don’t know).

Again, we have generally poor leadership (but of course they were like us before they became “leaders”)…
But ultimately Nigeria’s present (and future) state is the culmination of the varying actions of ALL Nigerians (by commission or omission)!
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Rissamenti:
Nigeria To Wave Goodbye To Imported Trains, and Build Them IN NIGERIA Instead.
https://allafrica.com/stories/201911100092.html

GOOD development overall…
However it is NOT a “train manufacturing” plant, but merely a coach ASSEMBLY plant.

The most important component of trains is the locomotive…
Putting together (imported) components of a coach/wagon creates jobs, but is really low-end.
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ITbomb:
Stretch marks, fallen oranges, bulges here and there
This is not perfect by any standard

Agree, but let’s not body-shame people for NATURAL ‘imperfections’…
All those things are NATURAL, and personally I don’t care for plastic surgery people.
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Cuterboy:
Osas Ighodaro just shared some hot new bikini photos on her Instagram page and she looks so perfect from every camera angle.

The Nigerian American actress and television host was once the highest grossing actress in Nollywood. She is popularly known for her role as Adanna in the highly watched soap opera, Tinsel.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRQS0jj-rS/?utm_medium=copy_link

I guess taste is PERSONAL (beauty in the eye of the beholder, and all that)…
Sorry, but she does NOTHING for me. Love that she seems to love herself though.
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Esseite:
Because you dont earn a living from it.... the other alternative which is farming in neighbouring states, the herdsmen are making sure that is destroyed.

Because too many people ‘earn’ their DEATH from it…
Reportedly well over 200 fatalities already this year! SMH
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NewDelhi:
Too bad. RIP young one. If you had accepted the offer , your life wouldn't have ended tragically.

Moral of the story.

If man toast you, no dey do shakara. Some guys are crazy, they'll get jealous and stalk you, things can get horribly wrong.

DISGUSTING, DISGRACEFUL AND DESPICABLE MISOGYNISTIC COMMENT…
Hopefully, if/when you have a daughter or kid sister, some thug will not murder her. DARN BARBARIAN! SMH
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flyinnizam:
So guys as usual, I have returned with my monkey topic. Killed by my brother and they look like different species but this time the monkeys were sold for 15k only.

You lot are DARNED SAVAGES…smh
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