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Islie:
https://dailytrust.com/bbc-picks-holes-in-data-trump-relied-on-to-blacklist-nigeria/?noamp=available

BlackViper:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/markets/2025/11/07/elon-musks-1-trillion-pay-package-approved-by-tesla-shareholders/

jmoore:
Anyone that supports death for blasphemy is a terrorist.

Bashir Ahmad, we have your receipts.

Ehikioyah:
Can you have too much solar energy? While it may seem counterintuitive, businesses can indeed face challenges from excess solar energy production. When a solar system generates more electricity than a business can consume, the excess energy typically feeds back into the grid. This scenario raises concerns about potential waste and financial implications for businesses. One of the primary concerns with excessive solar energy production is the potential strain on local electrical infrastructure. If multiple businesses in an area generate surplus energy, it can lead to grid instability and outages. This is especially true in regions like Nigeria where the electrical grid is not equipped to handle high levels of distributed generation.

So how can you make money from your excess solar power?
Consider renting out energy: If you produce a lot of solar energy, you can consider supplying some of that energy to adjoining businesses for a fee, ensuring that you can benefit from excess production.
To learn how to calculate the amount of energy that different appliances use, so that you can charge the right fee, see here:
https://earthbond.co/smb?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=nairaland

olaoye15:
If Trump does not immidiately swing into action to curb the increasing rate of life lost from airplane mishaps, Nigeria will have no choice but to come into that now disgraced country to save lives that Trump has sworn to protect. We will not fold our hands and let this happen again.

joelbooks:
At least 7 killed, 11 injured after a UPS plane crashes near the Louisville airport



https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/ups-plane-crash-louisville-airport

NaijaphiliaBlog:
There has been a significant reduction in the prices of Nigeria’s domestic flight tickets this year 2025.

The price drop has been confirmed by travel agencies, airline operators and air travellers.

Reasons for the price reduction include a greater number of aircraft in service, more airlines entering the market, and stability in the forex rate.

As at October 2024, cost of a flight ticket was about N180,000 to N200,000 but now ranges between N140,000 and N150,000.

New entrants like Aero Contractors, Enugu Air, Max Air, and Rano charge about N100,000 to N120,000 depending on when the tickets are bought.



SOURCE
https://x.com/NaijaphiliaBlog/status/1979324301364072734

aribisala0:
Tinubu has handled security with levity

What is the difference with being at war

If he could declare state of emergency in RIvers why not in Benue , Zamfara or Katsina?

He needs to
Remove Nuhu Ribadu
Enforce grazing laws
Ban open grazing
Declare state of emergency in several NW states , close the border in those states
Ban motorcycles
Move towards enforcement of cashless policy
Get external help

treesun:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/05/tinubu-government-summons-all-foreign-diplomats-abuja-over-trumps-military-threat

Ppn247:
VeryDarkMan mocks BLord in new video for unpacking some of his upgraded IPhone XR that just landed from a GIG Logistics carton. He asked BLord to explain why his own Upgraded iPhones that he initially claimed are sent from China through flight are being unpacked from a small GIG Logistics carton. He said husband Phones have finally landed in Nigeria and he's grateful to BLord for making him a real business man unlike BLord who is a fraudster but using business to cover up.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksvasZrU1IA?si=UhvkmUxD22OFwk_m

Ilekokonit:
China launches biggest crackdown on Christians for years as dozens of pastors are rounded up in 'new wave of religious persecution'

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Published: 13:55, 13 October 2025 | Updated: 14:27, 13 October 2025

Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018.

The detentions, which come amid renewed China-US tensions after Beijing dramatically expanded rare earth export controls last week, drew condemnation from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called on Sunday for the pastors' immediate release.

Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of Zion Church, an unofficial 'house church' not sanctioned by the government, was detained at his home in the southern city of Beihai on Friday evening, said his daughter, Grace Jin, and a church spokesperson, Sean Long.

'What just happened is part of a new wave of religious persecution this year,' said Long, adding that police had questioned more than 150 worshippers and stepped up harassment at in-person Sunday services in recent months.

Speaking to Reuters from his home in the United States, Long added that around the same time, authorities detained nearly 30 pastors and church members nationwide, but later released five.

About 20 pastors and church leaders remain in detention, he added.

Police in Beihai could not be reached by telephone for comment. China's ministry of public security did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.

Jin, 56, is being held in Beihai City No. 2 Detention Centre on suspicion of 'illegal use of information networks', an official detention notice that Long provided to Reuters showed. The charge carries a maximum jail term of seven years.
Pastor Jin Mingri (pictured), the founder of Zion Church, was detained at his home in the southern city of Beihai on Friday evening

Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of Zion Church, was detained at his home in the southern city of Beihai on Friday evening

Supporters fear Jin and other pastors could eventually be indicted on charges of illegally using the internet to disseminate religious information.

'He's been hospitalised in the past for diabetes. We're worried since he requires medication,' Grace Jin said. 'I've also been notified that lawyers are not allowed to meet the pastors, so that is very concerning to us.'

The crackdown comes a month after new rules from China's top religion regulator banned unauthorised online preaching or religious training by clergy, as well as 'foreign collusion'.

Last month, President Xi Jinping also vowed to 'implement strict law enforcement' and to advance the Sinicisation of religion in China.

China has more than 44 million Christians registered with state-sanctioned churches, the majority Protestant, official figures show.

But tens of millions more are estimated to be part of illegal 'house churches' that operate outside the control of the ruling Communist Party.

Zion Church, with about 5,000 regular worshippers across nearly 50 cities, rapidly added members during the COVID-19 pandemic through Zoom sermons and small in-person gatherings, Long said.

The church was founded by Jin, also known as Ezra, in 2007, after he quit as a pastor for the official Protestant church.

A graduate of the elite Peking University, Jin converted to Christianity after witnessing the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Long added.

In 2018, police shut down its church building in Beijing, the capital, during a crackdown on major house churches. Earlier this year, police temporarily detained 11 Zion Church pastors, Long said.

The government placed travel restrictions on Jin in 2018, so that he could not visit his wife and three children who had resettled in the United States, Grace Jin said.

'I think he had always known that there was a possibility he would be imprisoned,' she added.

Dozens of police officers forcibly intercepted Jin last month while he was trying to board a U.S.-bound flight from the commercial hub of Shanghai, and restricted his travel outside Beihai, said Bob Fu, the founder of Christian NGO ChinaAid.

'The key underlying reason is that Zion Church has grown explosively into a well-organised network in recent years, which of course must scare the Communist Party leadership,' said Fu.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15187201/China-crackdown-Christians-pastors-religious-persecution.html

blamingthedevil:
70 Americans Shot Dead Across the United States in the Past 72 Hours as Trump Moves to “Save Christians in Nigeria”

At least 70 people were shot and killed and 183 others injured across the United States in the past 72 hours, according to verified reports from the Gun Violence Archive reviewed by The Daily Letter.

https://x.com/simonateba/status/1985072956830290060

FreeStuffsNG:
Trump’s approval rating hits new low for second term

By Jennifer Agiesta

One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

The fall of 2025 is not a replay of 2017, the year before the Democrats captured control of the US House in Trump’s first term. The Democrats’ 5-point advantage among registered voters in the generic congressional ballot falls short of the 11-point edge they held in CNN polling a year before the 2018 midterms. And favorable views of the party still stand near all-time lows as they have throughout this year, 8 points below where they were in the fall of Trump’s first year in office.

In a midterm election year, though, views of the president can outweigh perceptions of the opposition party. Trump’s approval rating in the poll stands at 37%, the worst of his second term in CNN polling and roughly equivalent to his 36% approval rating at this point in his first term.

And his disapproval rating, at 63%, is numerically the highest of either term, one point above the previous high of 62% as he was leaving office in January 2021.

CNN’s Poll of Polls average, which puts Trump’s approval rating a few points higher at 41% as of Sunday, charts a similar trend since January. Approval of the president has dipped across partisan and demographic lines since the summer in CNN’s polling.


Democrats have a very early advantage
Looking ahead to next year’s midterms, Democrats appear to have a very early advantage: 47% of registered voters say they’d vote for the Democrat in their district if the election were held today, while 42% prefer the Republican. More say they’ve ruled out supporting a Republican (42%) than say the same about a Democrat (35%). And 41% say they would be sending a message that they oppose Trump with their vote, nearly double the 21% who say their vote would be a message of support for the president. Independents break in Democrats’ favor on the generic ballot (44% to 31% for Republicans, with 19% saying they wouldn’t pick either right now).

Registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents are far more likely than Republican-aligned voters to say they are extremely motivated to vote next year (67% compared with 46%). Those Democratic-aligned voters who consider the state of democracy to be a top concern are perhaps the most fired up within the party: 82% in that group say they are deeply motivated to vote, compared with 57 % among Democratic-aligned voters who call the economy their top concern.

CNN’s poll results suggest that the Democratic Party’s ongoing internal image troubles may not necessarily translate into defections at the ballot box. Democratic-aligned voters remain far less fond of their own party (65% have a favorable view of the Democratic Party) than Republican-aligned voters (80% have a favorable view of the GOP), but even those Democratic-aligned voters with a negative view of the party are almost universally behind the Democratic candidate in their district (93%) and broadly motivated to vote (71% say they are extremely motivated).

All told, Democrats hold a 12-point advantage among those voters who say they are extremely or very motivated to turn out next year.

Broad dissatisfaction with Trump and the country
Americans are broadly dissatisfied with the state of the country (68% say things are going badly) and the economy (72% say it’s in poor shape, and 47% call the economy and cost of living the top issue facing the US). About 6 in 10 (61%) say Trump’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the US.

Roughly 8 in 10 consider the federal government shutdown a crisis (31%) or a major problem (50%), and 61% disapprove of Trump’s handling of it. Nearly as many disapprove of the way each party’s congressional leadership is handling it (58% disapprove of each). Taken all together, about 9 in 10 American disapprove of at least one of those three players on the shutdown.

A majority hold negative views of Trump’s performance on several other key issues: most (56%) feel that his foreign policy decisions have hurt America’s standing in the world and 57% say he’s gone too far deporting immigrants living in the US illegally.

About a quarter of Americans (26%) say the state of US democracy is the top issue facing the nation, and it is the top issue among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (45% say it’s the most important issue, with the economy and cost of living at 38%).

Americans are increasingly likely to say Trump has gone too far in using the power of the presidency – 61% say so, up 9 points since February. On his teardown of the East Wing of the White House, 54% of the public is dissatisfied or angry, with just 10% saying they’re satisfied with or happy about that decision. Another 36% (including nearly half of Republicans) say it doesn’t matter much to them.

Most Americans also see the Republicans who control Congress as doing too much to support Trump (55%, up from 48% who felt that way in February). But the GOP base is pleased: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are largely satisfied with the level of support the GOP in Congress provides to Trump (63% say it’s the right amount, about the same as in February).

On the Democratic side, though, views are more divided and party support less clear. Four in 10 say the Democrats in Congress aren’t doing enough to oppose Trump, and among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, 69% feel that way.

The CNN poll was conducted by SSRS online and by phone from October 27 to 30 among a random national sample of 1,245 adults, including 954 registered voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points; it is plus or minus 3.6 points for results among registered voters.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/cnn-poll-democrats-trump-midterms

mrvitalis:
To all the Lagos Igbos like pretty Mike good morning ooh

This can't happen if that club was in owerri

If you want to do business in Lagos rent

Or buy under a different company (preferably a she'll company from USA or England) then rent to yourself

Nigeria hate Igbos and they are no more hiding it

E remain cubana

Celebrityblog:
https://thenationonlineng.net/court-orders-interim-forfeiture-of-pretty-mikes-night-club/amp/

Previous thread
https://www.nairaland.com/8548041/ndlea-raids-pretty-mikes-lagos

BreakingNews21:
I sincerely wish Madame Verheijen the ultimate success in finally sorting out the refinery malaise. The lady comes with top notch international credentials.
She also resembles a famous Nollywood icon.

Meet Olu Verheijen, Tinubu’s Energy Adviser, Picked to Drive Change in NNPC, Electricity Sector

https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/energy/1539898-meet-olu-verheijen-tinubus-energy-adiviser-picked-drive-change-nnpc-electricity/

Omooba77:
https://www.channelstv.com/2025/11/05/fg-mulls-refineries-sale-to-boost-competition/

lionshare:
https://businessday.ng/business-economy/article/nigerian-eurobond-oversubscribed-by-400-despite-trumps-threat/

lawani:
I agree with your positions. We must also know that no amount of land can satisfy a nomad. If you give them anything they will need more. Nigeria has only ten million cattle heads for which people are killed in their farms. Britain has twenty million with less land and less population. Nomadic cattle rearing needs to be banned

PigTormentor:
This one dey deny obvious Genocide in Gaza that the whole world can see daily on TV but wants to claim Genocide in Nigeria that can't be proven. See your fake life?

Samsyne:
We won't forget about it




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGt3q00mApQ?si=eB2UhEBbYIskBj4N

PDPdestroyer:
All these no concern me. How do we solve the conundrum in the tweet below?
How do we make these three men work together 😂

Christistruth00:
Egun and Yorubas even have the same root
Egun descended from Onipopo who was Oduduwa's Son and they migrated from Ife

the awori were in the Badagry Area before the egun

The egun Settled in Badagry as War refugees when the King Of Dahomey attacked ouidah
In Benin Republic their Original homeland in the 17th century

By the way ouidah is from a Yoruba Word Wida Which was the Yoruba name of a bird that was abundant in the Area

They Settled in Badagry on Land that was given to them by the Alapa of Apa a Yoruba King In Badagry LG Who wears a beaded Ife Crown like the Oba Of Badagry

The egun , Of Nigeria and Benin Republic the Ewe Of Togo And Ghana and the Ga of Ghana in Accra Area are Basically the same People they are all of Yoruba Ancestry but adopted the Akan Language
Of their Fon And Ashanti neighbours

The Alaafin Of Oyo was the Former Overlord Of them all