Do you still think that Buhari was clueless and that Tinubu is smart
anonimi: World Bank offers Nigeria forex rate advice, as Tinubu eyes N200/Dollar rate
April 23, 2023
The President-elect said he would work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to *bring down the exchange rate to N200 in his first term.*
“My administration will collaborate with the Central Bank to harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilization of the value of the naira against the US dollars and other currencies and in the short term, strengthen the naira by boosting the supply of foreign currency and moderating demand.
“The short-term goal is to achieve a naira/dollar rate of 300 naira/US$ and gradually achieve a less than 200 naira rate over the next four years, Tinubu stated.
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to ensure that the naira would be equal to the dollar in value if voted into office.
NAN reports that Buhari said this on Monday during the south-east presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.
“It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than N230 to one dollar. This does not speak well for the nation’s economy,” he said.
He urged the people to vote for APC, noting that he would ensure that corruption was tackled headlong if elected.
demstone: wen a bag of rice was 120k , exchange rate #2000/$. reserve differential $3b, obidients made it seem d world had come to an end...
but now dat a bag of rice is btw 40k & 55k, exchange rate #1350/ $ reserve almost $50b dey live in denial... DO U LUV NIGERIA OR U JUST WANT OBI TO B PRESIDENT
If you love Nigeria, then you should be working hard for the country to return to PDP prosperity years of deregulation and privatisation policies.
When will Tinubu ease petrol price to N70, which his expired Buhari failed to achieve?
Abi, what is the meaning of his January 2023 promise to crash petrol price, when it was N197
anonimi: Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC
January 19, 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.
On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.
But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.
It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.
Sccarrr: South Africans don go quiet since the incident reaveled they have the worst of criminals on earth..... SMH
Is that why Nigerians stopped doing japa there, to enjoy the fruits of Tinubu and APC reforms
If we are not buying petrol at N70 then how much do you think we are being forced to pay as subsidy to APC for the massive corruption in their oil sector?
anonimi: Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC
January 19, 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.
On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.
But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.
It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.
Nigeria only gained independence 60 odd years ago after being brutally invaded by guns and bombs by British looters and robbers who colonised and plundered the country's resources to the tune of $50 trillion according to AI calculations.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOCIETIES TO SEE WHY THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE, STUDY THEIR HISTORY!!!
A PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR TODAY, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE 'STUPID', AS THE WHITE CRIMINAL LOOTERS TAUGHT YOU.
Use your 🧠 so you don’t have to scream cluelessly to reflect your inability to accept responsibility and work on your deficiencies and shortcomings.
When did Qatar and UAE gain independence?
When did Singapore become independent?
Stop making excuses and start making impact.
Was China not destroyed by British imperialists with opium?
Was Japan not destroyed in WWII, just like Germany was
Goodmarlian: It's nothing new African generally worship white men after GOd Infact the mental picture of God and jesus in their brain is a white man with white beads deep inferiority complex
No like the guy was any special nothing he said is creative, jesus tells them he is a Russian and they follow him Nigerian girls will even do worse if he came here women and fish brain 5&6.
If Nigerian men and fish brain are not 5&6, then why have we not created a culture and a society as good as what Russian/white men have created
Obiedun: Election date was never changed in 2003. It is a lie. The Catholic complained but it was ignored. No election timetable was charged during Obasanjo's time. Were you a kid then?
Where is the lie? How was it ignored? When did Changed become the same thing as chaRged
REWIND: In 2003, elections were going to clash with Easter. Catholic bishops protested. INEC shifted to April
Following consultations and mounting pressure, INEC announced a shift in the election date.
The commission subsequently moved the governorship and state assembly elections to a new date in the same month.
WizardOfNG: Pleasurable watching you literally hyperventilating hypocritically pretending to care about Nigeria and Nigerians.
Were you on Mars when Nigeria joined diplomatic efforts with the USA to formally create the US-Nigeria joint working group given the task of tackling the security challenges facing Nigeria?
The working effort of the formal partnership is what you now call "backdoor invasion"?
Obvious some of you simply live to oppose anything those you hate do. You are never about supporting actions that are right for our country and people regardless of those leading the effort.
This was back when we were a strong country under PDP before Tinubu made his 2011 expired soldier into APC change messiah four years later.
Was this how Jagaban supported actions that were right for the country and people regardless of those leading the efforts? Or was your leader looter just hyperventilating hypocritically pretending to care about Nigeria and Nigerians back then?
What was he doing then
EkoIle1: It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, he has intimidated and emasculated the governors of these States. We are witnessing a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.
The body language of the Jonathan administration leads any keen watcher of events with unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015.
Borno and Yobe states have been literally under armies of occupation with the attendant excruciating hardship experienced daily by the indigenes and residents of these areas. This government now wants to use the excuse of the security challenges faced by the Governors to remove them from the states considered hostile to the 2015 PDP/Jonathan project.
Let me be quick to say that this administration will be setting in motion a chain of events the end of which nobody can predict. Experience has shown clearly that actions, such as this one under consideration, often give root to radical ideologies and extremist tendencies, a direct opposite of the intended outcome of unwarranted and unintelligent meddlesomeness. The present scenario playing out in the country reminds one of the classical case of a mediocre craftsman who continually blames the tools of his trade for his serial failure but refuses to look at his pitiable state with a view to adjusting.
Emu4life: Won't be easy with Iran though. Those guyz are smart
…………unlike us in Nigeria who have openly admitted America 🇺🇸 to violate our sovereignty and kill innocent northerners under the banner of Christian genocide by Muslim terrorists.
Is it not obvious that the charade was just an excuse to get our resources, based on whatever deal Tinubu and his wife made with Trump while pretending to be in the White House for prayers
Truthday: A new bill in the United States House of Representatives seeks to have the US Secretary of State collaborate with Nigeria to counter what lawmakers describe as the destabilizing impact of illegal Chinese mining operations in the country.
The “Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026” was introduced on Tuesday by five Republican lawmakers: Chris Smith, Riley Moore, Brian Mast, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Bill Huizenga. The sponsors allege that some Chinese mining companies operating in Nigeria have been paying protection money to Fulani militias, fueling local violence and insecurity.
HacheNoire: Why other nations are now learning knowing the USD can be weaponized.
Did he also answer why the USD is on a free fall and 4 year low?
Now you created a shortage because of Iran which still slumped the USD. That means, if you print more at this point, it will be a wreck.
Why is Tinubu not achieving his short term goal of N300/$1 despite the free fall of the dollar?
What is holding city boy from his own goal, 33 months after hitting the ground running cluelessly like a headless pig 🐖?
He saved $84 billion from subsidy removal which caused petrol to be expensive and life unaffordable. He borrowed $3.3 billion from Afreximbank to defend the naira, using SPV future oil revenues through Elumelu’s UBA at an outrageous 11.85%.
Do you know what Jagaban is doing with all our money apart from stealing it to bribe politicians and buy votes in 2027
kaludestiny10: You are absolutely right, this madness started from 2015 when Oshomole while on a campaign rally stated that once a corrupt politician joins the APC, he or she becomes a saint.
Is it any surprise that APC corruption has become worse than when PDP was in office, just like every other governance indicator
More debt and less economic growth is the legacy of A-looter Propaganda Conmen, APC over the past 11 years.
socialmediaman: The 2018 Rating by Transparency International placed Nigeria at 148th position out of 180 countries. Nigeria was improving over the years under the previous government, until Buhari got elected as president, things became worse.
There is a difference between fact and fiction. We need to face facts, Buhari is worse than GEJ when it comes to fighting corruption, at least that’s what the facts prove.
Most of us believed there was corruption under Goodluck Jonathan’s Government. I agree with those who did, there was corruption, but not as bad as it is today under Mohammadu Buhari.
In 2012, Nigeria was placed at 139th position, In 2014, Nigeria gained 3 steps and was placed at 136th position. Under Buhari, Nigeria has lost many positions down to 148th.
There’s no further proof needed that corruption has worsened under Buhari’s government compared to previous years.
chisomkachy: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the alleged money laundering suit it filed at the Federal High Court against Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.
Naija News understands that the anti-graft did not give any particular reason for its application for withdrawal.
Following the application to withdraw, Justice Nicholas Oweibo discharged the ‘lien/Post No Debit’ placed on Obasa’s three accounts in Standard Chartered Bank.
The accounts are (US Dollars) 0001852063; (Current) 0001852056 and (Saving) 5002309624.
The judge also set aside the ex-parte orders he made on September 15, 2020, which led to the freezing of the accounts.
Recall that the court on September 15, 2020, granted an interim order freezing Obasa’s accounts following the EFCC’s application in a suit marked FHC/LCS/1064/2020.
The agency had said it was investigating the Speaker for the alleged offences of conspiracy, diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.
But Justice Oweibo, on August 16, 2023, heard the application to unfreeze the accounts in his chamber.
During the hearing, the EFCC was represented by Mr. Sulaiman I. Sulaiman, while Obasa was represented by Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).
The EFCC lawyer told the court that the application to unfreeze the accounts was pursuant to Section 44(2)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 26, 29 and 34 (1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, and under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.
Section 44 of the Constitution concerns constitutional rights to property.
Justice Oweibo held: “It is hereby ordered that an order is hereby granted to the respondent/applicant setting aside the ex-parte orders of this court made on the 15th day of September 2020 upon the ex-parte motion of the Applicant/ Respondent in relation the funds of the Respondent/Applicant domiciled in the accounts stated in the following schedule:
“ACCOUNT NAME, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF ACCOUNT, 1. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered, (US Dollars) 0001852063 2. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Current) 0001852056 3. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Saving) 5002309624.
“Issued at Lagos, under the seal of this Honourable Court and by the hands of the Presiding Judge this 16th day of August 2023.”
SmartPolician: Alex Otti and Peter Mbah have made more impacts in 2.5 years than Hope Uzodinma has made in 6 years.
Do you have information on what impact the three of them have made on improving government services and common utilities, provided by an adequate number of well paid civil servants?
Has any one of them recruited up to 19,500 teachers for example? This is the number that Makinde employed in five years without calling himself a progressive politician o.
Babasessy: The Awolowo rebirth in the Southwest has inspired gongs, songs and rhetoric of sorts. But they have missed one point.
It occurred to me in Abeokuta last week amidst the big crowds and euphoria of the swearing-in of Senator Ibikunle Amosun as governor. In all the states from Lagos to Edo, where Awo has witnessed ideological resurgence, hardly a single family member has played a role.
So we have an Awo family without an Awo. That is an irony. But history overwhelms us with this sort of twist. Obafemi Awolowo toiled for his reputation. His roots were lowly, he toiled to school both home and abroad, launched into careers in law, business, journalism and eventually politics. He carved a niche for himself, and became the first methodical and charismatic leftist in our history. Other leftists abounded but they did not inspire comparable drama and following.
He faced tribulations, went to jail, failed in elections, won a few, but he imprinted his ideas and legacy in the country, and no single mortal has beaten him in the history of this country. His greatest achievement was in the area of ideas, and that was how he fashioned a family. Most families are born of biology but his issued from ideology. That family suffered with him.
In a spoof of Jesus Christ, these were the men who followed him in his teachings, and endured with him in his temptations. So he formed a kingdom for them in the Southwest, in the old Western Region, presiding over his projects, his legacies and people.
In all of these, the family he had was not his flesh and blood. In another spoof of Christ, who were his family anyway? Those who were with him must be counted as his family. So, I combed in the ambience of Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), and I found none. I went to Ogun, I frisked the crowd under Amosun’s bower, hardly any. Around Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun, I could not lay a finger. With Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti, where are the forbears of Awo? Yet, I can hear the chants of Awo. Hardly in any of the inaugural speeches or any of their other public intervention would you miss the philtre and filter of Awo from these gentlemen. To parody Novelist Joseph Conrad, they are the sparks from Awo’s sacred fire, the messengers of the might within the man.
Already all of them are pursuing the legacy ideas of Awo: free education, free health services, infrastructural development, urban renewal and economic engineering.
Lagos has posted itself as the John the Baptist. The others are putting up valiant efforts, and the world of course is watching to see how well they will perform. It will call for great work, resourcefulness and cooperation. They are the real Awoists, and Awo was a man of rigour and vigour.
The Awo son that many expected to take after the father was Olusegun, who unfortunately died in a car crash. We shall never know if he could have pulled it off. But the others have not shown much of the paterfamilias’ brio and depth. In the past decade, under this republic, they have blended with the wrong crowd. Even H.I.D, hobnobbed with Alao-Akala, who brought illiteracy to governance; with Oyinlola who turned the grace of office into a hell-hole of despots; with Daniel who could not arrest his quick fall into megalomania.
I wrote once that this woman whom Awo once described as the jewel of inestimable value has lost value to his cause. If he came back to life, he would have committed the extraordinary act of divorce after death. Even his newspaper, The Tribune, has so stumbled and fallen that it swims in Awo’s vomit.
onatisi: the experiences nigerians have had is enough to teach and educate nigerians on how best to choose a good leader . if nigerians have refused to learn bitter political lessons from past experiences which has happened to them ,then there is nothing anyone can do about that . look at ghana political culture , thempopulace are so intelligent that their politicians know that you cant take the voters for granted .
But in nigeria , in that same place where bandits are killing ,looting and raping places , once it gets to elections time you will see how the same people suffering these hardships as a result of bad leadership will troop out to welcome , dance and even fight to vote for apc ONCE THEY ARE GIVEN 5000 TO 10000 NAIRA .
please tell me how do you think you can change the mind set of people like that? this is a country that voters believe that a bad goverment must complete 2 terms just because of religion or ethnicity , nigerians vote based on three things , religion , tribe and money , the average nigerian voter does noit care about pedigre or track record . it is all about how much is the candidate willing to pay , where is he from? which religion is he doing ?
In summary, you are not willing to find out what works Ghanaians and other peoples did to increase political intelligence among themselves?
Is that because you don’t want the gains from such increase in political intelligence of everyone?
How does lighting other candles extinguish, or even diminish the light of the original candle Lowe lowe ni a ń lu ìlù ògìdìgbó.........
hotseat: By the same token, the North should tell the Wizard of Adamawa that peradventure he becomes the ADC presidential flagbearer, not a single vote from the South would go to him.
If the North thinks it can upset the rotational gentleman agreement between the North and the South, then the ADC is in for a rude shock.
The belief that the North can singlehandedly decide who becomes the president is erroneous.
The late President Mohammadu Buhari found out almost belatedly that, inspite of his over-hyped 12 million voters, that he still needed votes from the South to clinch the presidency.
The ADC is not thinking straight, if you ask me.
@hotseat
Why did Tinubu upset your gentleman agreement on rotation and zoning by tribesmen in sharing the national cake in 2011, when he threw Ribadu and Buhari under the cow 🐄?
Should we also forget how Jagaban of Borgu threw Mulikat Akande under the cow to upset the gentleman agreement in zoning the 2011 HoR Speaker position to Yorubas?
Prospect of a possible alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, was dashed yesterday in Kano as the leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu described CPC as parading “expired leadership.”
Tinubu told ACN supporters in Kano during the party’s Presidential rally that: “What Nigerians need now is a transformation in leadership” as obtained in the advanced economy.
The two-term Governor of Lagos State explained that the leadership of ACN was offering Nigeria the brilliance of Nuhu Ribadu who, he said, is in the class of Nicolas Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain, Medvedev of Russia and Barack Obama of the United States of America.
“What has CPC got to offer? We certainly don’t need expired leadership as we are offering the best in terms of brilliance, courage and patriotism in the class of Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain and Barack Obama of the USA.”
Tinubu’s position came on the heels of Ribadu’s declaration penultimate week in Kaduna when he hinted during a political rally of a joint ticket between the two opposition parties to confront the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The national leader of ACN criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for shying away from the national debate held last Friday, stressing that”that singular act exposed Jonathan as a coward who has nothing to offer.”
onatisi: some people actually still overestimate the political intelligence of Nigerian voters,
one thing tinubu knows is that every Nigerian voter has a price , and he is prepared to pay the price. the same people crying blood now and saying they wont vote for apc will change tone and tune when it gets to election time and they are offered money, they won't mind if they will cry for another 4 years . Tinubu will intimidate the opposition with his reelection financial war chest which they have been amassing since 2023.
i wont be surprised if tinubu wins massively this time around, the only way tinubu can be stopped is if there is a strong popular revolt or movement against his government with a strong united opposition against him but apart from that he cant lose
Why are you not working to improve the political intelligence of your fellow Nigerian voters?
Do you gain anything particularly useful by having your fellow Nigerian voters not being politically intelligent
Obiedun: Thanks for your feedback. Wasthe 2023 election timetable changeed because of the Catholic outcry?
I don't see any reason why election date should be changed because of voting.
The election date that was changed is the one of 2003, when Obasanjo was reelected, because Atiku rejected northern pressure to make him a one term president like Tinubu made Jonathan.
2003 was the year that Buhari lost his first attempt to secure the job from 200 million Nigerian employers.
If election date is not changed because of VOTING, then why else should it be changed
DeLaRue: As I said, I have no problem with shifting the election date as I know from personal experience what it can feel like when one has not had a meal for 12 or more hours. And as a previous commenter narrated, voting in Nigeria is particularly demanding physically.
But the issue now is,if INEC changes the date for fasting Muslims, it will find it difficult to move the date to a time when Christians are fasting. Lent will not end until March 18, I think. And since a President must be sworn in within 90 days of election, that means a Presidential election date after 18 March will be very dicey. Hence INEC may have to consider December 2026, or more likely January 2027.
As for Mrs Tinubu, if she was quoted accurately,what she said made no sense.
First, there is no credible recent data to confirm which religion has the most followers in Nigeria.
Secondly, even if the muslim population is larger, that is not a credible argument for a Muslim Muslim presidency.
What other data apart from census figures are relevant to religious beliefs?
Did the last census of 2006 have religious affiliation questions?
If 20 years ago there was no religious affiliation question then what is the NON recent data that confirms which religion has the most followers between the two Abrahamic ways of relating with the Unknown God
TonyeBarcanista: The problem is Atiku Abubakar and his minions, not Islam.
We have seen Muslim predominant countries holding elections, playing football games, and all during Ramadan. Even Atiku's private businesses do not shut down during Ramadan.
Was Atiku the problem in 2003 when Catholics prevailed on INEC to shift elections?
What happens to a political party that is divided among itself
REWIND: In 2003, elections were going to clash with Easter. Catholic bishops protested. INEC shifted to April
In 2003, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shifted the date of the general election after protests by Catholic bishops over a clash with Easter.
BACKGROUND
INEC had initially fixed April 19, 2003, for the governorship and state house of assembly elections.
The date, however, coincided with Holy Saturday, a day preceding Easter Sunday, a significant event on the Christian calendar.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) described the scheduled date as unacceptable and urged the electoral body to reconsider.
The bishops argued that holding elections on Holy Saturday would prevent many Christians from fully participating in their religious and civic obligations.
In a statement at the time, the conference said the decision demonstrated insensitivity to the religious commitments of a large segment of the population.
The bishops implored INEC to move the election in the spirit of inclusiveness and national harmony.
The protest sparked public debate over the need to balance electoral timelines with religious observances.
Following consultations and mounting pressure, INEC announced a shift in the election date.
The commission subsequently moved the governorship and state assembly elections to a new date in the same month.
Chucks13: Madam for the first time I must tell you to uour face you are a liar ma.
That your statistics is dead on arrival. Pls ma I'm your husband strong supporter that does not mean its because of Musim Musim shit,
I supported your husband because I believe in his capacity to deliver and if you don't have something better to say pls keep quiet ma.
What capacity to deliver has Tinubu shown in Lagos if he increased budget and revenue 100 times over the past 27 years but failed to make water available to all households?
What is good about delivering shitty, smelling, disgraceful water that gives kwashiorkor belly to people? Is this what being a city boy means
How many photos of the coastal road progress can you use to pay for the progress in petrol price, under clueless APC and Tinubu, who promised to crash the price in January 2023
WizardOfNG: You're here again with your scatterbrained nuisance. You are now campaign manager for the failed Osun Governor because you currently view him Tinubu's enemy ba?
Only God can help you with your negative fixation on Tinubu that seem to have totally consumed your life for years on this forum. I shudder to think what your private life is like.
What is the negative fixation in telling the truth about someone’s failure so they can make amends, if they are capable of doing that
It’s utter nonsense that Jagaban’s balablu cluelessness has led to America’s 🇺🇸 backdoor invasion of our country to recolonise us and take possession of our resources. It’s what Trump did in Venezuela and what he is doing in Congo after his fake peace deal. The same thing is happening in Gaza.
How did APC drag us so low for Americans to violate our sovereignty, killing innocent northerners under the guise of looking for Muslim terrorists committing genocide against Christians? Ko ṣẹlẹ̀ rí
Did we ever have it so bad when PDP deregulation and privatisation politicians were in office for 16 years of prosperity
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