Ogun farmers only need his brain and not his body.
#Back to Bourdillon 2027
Bourdillon báwo? Please let him stay in Abuja o. We dash una.
anonimi: The eyesore on Bourdillon Road 2nd January 2025
Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.
If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.
That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.
So what has eb1lokan and Oshiomhole’s Association of Past Criminals, APC done with their revenue target met in August and the $84 billion subsidy savings that has made petrol and everything else expensive? Should we add the extra loans he has taken more than previous presidents?
Is he just stealing money to bribe politicians who will mobilise votes to reelect him? Or what else is happening to the money?
Adblg0610: Imagine Nigeria is like a big school, and the government is like the head teacher. Every year, the head teacher says, “We need to collect money from students and teachers to buy books, fix classrooms, and feed everyone.” Now, in August (which is only 8 months into the year), President Tinubu said, “We’ve already collected all the money we planned to collect for the whole year!” This means: The school (Nigeria) has enough money earlier than expected.
That’s good news! It shows the government is doing a better job collecting money (taxes and other income). With more money, the school( government) can fix more things, buy supplies, or help students who need it. It also means the school(government) may not need to borrow too much money from others (which would mean paying back with extra money later). So, in simple words: It’s like finishing your chores early and getting your allowance before the weekend. Which means now you can do more meaningful things and save for later!
Ọpọ ọrọ irọ ni ó kún inú rẹ.
What meaningful things have been done by eb1lokan and APC with increased revenue from the 200 million Nigerians since May 2023 when he hit the ground running
chisomkachy: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s first supplementary budget includes a fleet of SUVs for himself and his wife, a presidential yacht and the renovation of his villa amid a cost-of-living crisis for some of the poorest people in the world.
The proposal — which seeks additional funding beyond the annual budget approved by Tinubu’s predecessor — comes as the government asks Nigerians to persevere through pain caused in part by a raft of economic reforms ushered in by the new president. Africa’s most populous country faces rampant unemployment, soaring food prices and a plummeting currency.
Federal lawmakers approved the president’s request for extra spending on Thursday, but eliminated the provision of 5 billion naira ($6.01 million) to buy a presidential yacht. Instead, they doubled the allocation to a student loan fund to 10 billion naira, according Abubakar Bichi, chairman of an appropriations committee in the House of Representatives.
The lawmakers approved 1.5 billion-naira proposed to purchase SUVs for the office of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu — an amount larger than that allocated to many individual federal colleges. The supplementary budget also proposes almost 6 billion naira to purchase SUVs for the presidency — more than the amount initially allocated to fund a student loan program for poor families.
aribisala0: According to CHATGPT the north have been in Power for 45 years
Is ChatGPT also a tribesman like most of us who use zoning and rotation in sharing the national cake at local, state and federal governments in either the legislative or executive branch?
edet19892015: Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.
According to the Greeks, they are three types of people on Earth, 1. The idiots, 2. The tribesmen, and 3. The citizens.
Studies show only 10% of Africans are citizens. The remaining 90% are either tribesmen or idiots.
1. When the Greeks used the word "Idiot", they did not use it as a curse word. Idiots are people who just don’t care. If they sit for exams, they will cheat. If they are in government they will steal.
An idiot does not care at all, if he eats bananas he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash bin.
IDIOTS won't attend monthly neighborhood meetings. They won't pay security dues. They won't contribute to community development. Even when they see or know about something that will harm others in the community they won't report it. When they see/know/have something that will benefit their community they won't share.
In fact, Idiots don't care to register for or vote in an election, yet they complain the most. If they register to vote, IDIOTS will sell their votes for peanuts.
According to the Greeks, some societies have more idiots than tribesmen and citizens.
2. The next set of people are "Tribesmen", these are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe.
These are people that believe in you only if you are part of their tribe. It can be terrible to have a tribesman as a leader, he will alienate the rest.
When the Greeks talk about tribes, it’s not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion, gang membership, group membership, party membership and even cult membership as a tribe.
A great percentage of Africans are tribesmen, because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes. They trust only their tribesmen
3. The last group are "Citizens". These are people who like to do things the right way. They will respect traffic light rules even if no one is watching them.
They drive within speed limits. They respect the laws, and won’t cheat in exams. In government, they won’t steal. They are compassionate and give to others to promote their well-being.
Citizens often promote projects that benefit everyone. The Greeks called this group "The Citizens".
Some countries have more citizens than tribesmen and idiots, others have so many idiots.
A tribesman can become a citizen through orientation. And an idiot can become a citizen by training and constant enforcement of the law.
But things fall apart if you elect an idiot or tribesman to lead you if he has not been reformed.
Where do you belong? Are you an idiot, a tribesman or a citizen? Reflect on your life. Reflect about your immediate community, city, state and nation.
kennisman: Let me go and inform El-rufai to read the post, wait a minute.
The south has ruled Nigeria for longer under democracy in the 1st, 2nd and 4th republics.
Azikiwe- 6 years
Shagari- 4 years
Obasanjo- 8 years Yar’Adua- 3 years Jonathan- 5 years Buhari- 8 years Tinubu- 4 years (by 2027)
North total- 15 years South total- 23 years
Those who want to include the years of military dictatorship started by the January 1966 failed coup of southerners, will have to make the difference with military dictatorship of their own.
emirate9: Tinubu Taxing in lagos is logical ... the state demands huge budget to maintainance, but the state has no natural resources to augment revenue
Since Lagos is a National trade hub its only logical for govt to explore that avenue, creating enabling environment and taxing
What greater natural resource can one ask for than deep water shoreline for ports? Is this not the mainstay of Lagos prosperity since it was under the control of Bini Kingdom?
Is it not ironic that Lagos State has failed to provide water for its posh Lekki residents and others despite having N3.4 trillion budget from N42 billion a quarter of a century ago? What do you think that means apart from looting to bribe politicians who retain him in power?
The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.”
While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk and added that treatment of waste water would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.
He said, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’
If the Lagos landlord has met his federal revenue target in August, in addition to reduced imports, increased exports, higher trade surplus and $84 billion subsidy savings that has made petrol and life so expensive, then why is he borrowing more than previous presidents
The Federal Government says it has no intention to borrow from any local or foreign organisation with its removal of subsidy on petrol and exchange rate harmonisation.
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Chief Wale Edun, revealed this at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday in Abuja.
He said that the benefit of the subsidy removal would be ploughed back into various sectors aimed at boosting government revenue and improving the business environment for local and foreign investment.
Edun said that with the increased revenue from subsidy removal, various palliatives have been made available to cushion its effect on a short, medium and long-term basis.
He reiterated the President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s desire to bring back the economy from the wood it has found itself over time.
fredoooooo: Asiwaju Òf the whole federation ; early, middle or late campaign , dem go meet us there .. TINUBU till 2031
Yes o.
How else would we reward him for his performance and APC delivery of his promises to make life better than PDP high employment productivity and prosperity capitalists did with their deregulation and privatisation schemes.
Buhari’ll reduce petrol to N40/L —David-West
FORMER Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tamunoemi David-West, said that Nigerians should expect sharp drop in petrol price from the current N87 to about N40 per litre, saying, “the president-elect, Gen. Mohammed Buhari, will reduce the fuel pump price to N40 per litre.”
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.
Brendaniel: Always blaming others for his bad habits and failure
Exactly what makes him a great politician in our country of people who want to perish from lack of knowledge and history.
Did he not lead us into saying that Jonathan was marginalising Yorubas after collaborating with northerners to deny us the number 4 position?
anonimi: How we foiled Jonathan’s effort to make Mulika Adeola Speaker, Akande reveals
AS president in 2011, Goodluck Jonathan did all he could to ensure South West grabbed the country’s number four seat, including lobbying then opposition leaders from the zone, to no avail. The North West eventually grabbed the seat, supported by South West leaders in opposition to then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Former Governor of Osun State and now statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, made this revelation in his autobiography, “My Participations” which is currently dominating political and national dis- course.
Aminu Tambuwal, now Sokoto State governor, won the seat, against the preferred pick of his party, Mrs Mulikat Adeola Akande, from the South-West. Defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, then a fledging opposition, which had Akande and his soulmate, former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, as front- line leaders, openly asked its elected members of the House of Representatives, mostly from the South-West, to work against their region and back Tambuwal from North-West.
The opposition party’s support carried Tambuwal through the contest against Akande, then ruling party’s favourite for the speakership seat.
In his book, Chief Akande revealed that former president then as incumbent, personally reached out to Tinubu, who is now believed to be nursing presidential aspiration in 2023 and himself, but couldn’t convince them.
He wrote, “President Jonathan, immediately after the meeting (with political parties), called Bola Tinubu aside into a lobby to broach the matter of ACN support for a choice of who would become the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“That same day, President Jonathan talked to me on phone about the same matter. He disclosed that PDP had zoned the position to the South-West but that only one Muraina and another Mulika won elections on PDP ticket from the zone into the House of Representatives.
May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu
According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”
On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.
Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.
TheBillyonaire: Is Abuja an open air psychiatric ward ? Why would Wike allow touts to roam freely ?
Wike is only interested in grabbing land for himself. He is not interested in governance, which is why he can’t be bothered by children being out of school because teachers are owed salaries despite increasing government revenue and budget.
anonimi: FCT Teacher’s Strike: The unfolding crisis that has kept Abuja’s children out of school for months
The industrial action is the third in a series since late 2024.
ByQosim SuleimanandZainab Adewale July 2, 2025 Reading Time: 4 mins read For over three months, public primary school pupils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been out of the classroom due to a teachers’ strike.
The industrial action has seen multiple suspensions and resumptions and is the third since late 2024.
Ehn now. As their Asiwaju boss dey for Aso Rock, they are also in the FCT. The reward for making Jonathan a one term president and replacing him with his 2011 expired northerner.
How does an ọmọlúwàbí replace PDP prosperity with APC extreme poverty shege?
thisweekng: The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.
He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.
He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.
“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.
“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.” Private sector to drive the economy
Desazubu: Owomida things. Made in Bourdillion Lagos and exported to Abuja. If you know you know.
The tragic transformation of Abuja into another failed progreThief Lagos master plan.
anonimi: The eyesore on Bourdillon Road 2nd January 2025
Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.
If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.
That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.
WriterrNg: China and Russia have existed as neighbors for over 1000 years so please say something else.
In those thousand years they were big superpowers and they never confronted each other.
Relationship dynamics change over time, whether it is between individuals or countries.
In 1964, the Chinese revisited the matter of the Sino-Soviet border demarcated in the 19th century, originally imposed upon the Qing dynasty by the Russian Empire by way of unequal treaties. Negotiations broke down amid heightening tensions and both sides began dramatically increasing military presence along the border. Sino-Soviet relations worsened further following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Border confrontations escalated in March 1969 when a group of People's Liberation Army troops engaged Soviet border guards on Zhenbao Island in Manchuria, resulting in considerable casualties on both sides. Further clashes occurred in August at Tielieketi in Xinjiang and raised the prospect of an all-out nuclear exchange. The crisis de-escalated after Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin met with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in September, and a ceasefire was ordered with a return to the status quo ante bellum.
To counterbalance the Soviet threat, the Chinese government sought a rapprochement with the United States. This resulted in a secret visit to China by Henry Kissinger in 1971, which in turn paved the way for President Richard Nixon's official visit to China in 1972. Sino-Soviet relations remained sour after the conflict despite the re-opening of border negotiations, which continued inconclusively for a decade. Serious talks did not occur until 1991, when an agreement was reached shortly before the fall of the Soviet Union. The border issues were conclusively resolved between China and Russia following a treaty signed in 2003 and an additional agreement in 2008.
casualobserver: I am not a Russian or a North Korean. they dont owe me anything. they are fighting for the preservation of the dignity and sovereignty of their people so they dont end up like you. A slave who thanks his enslaver for crumbs.
Russia and North korea never enslaved any African country. After the west has helped to destroy your economies, they now recruit you to wash bottoms for their aged and you a graduate are only too happy to oblidge.
look at the roads, rail, and other investments in Nigeria, do you see any American companies? instead they pontificate and tell you to accept same sex marraige and preach democracy and human rights that as you can see they themselves dont practice.
its your choice to remain mentally enslaved!
The most mentally enslaved is the person who blames others for his own inadequacies instead of working hard in Enlightened Self Interest (ESI) to make progress like the Chinese, North Koreans and other Asian countries have done recently despite their brutal colonial past.
Do you hear Qatar and UAE complain about Britain that gave them independence 11 years after us
70% of Chinese weapons system were copied from Russia. Even down to nukes and nuclear reactors.
China till this day still buys fighter jets, airplanes, air defense systems, radars, rocket engines, ships, submarines, heavy military equipment and nuclear reactors from Russia.
Russia helped China build their first atomic bomb.
Chinese people view Russia as their big brother, travel and see for yourself.
Was America previously a colony of Britain
Where is the Italian successor of the Roman Empire today? Or the Turkish successor of the Ottoman Empire?
chyz: I thought that not too long ago it was written into law that in order to be president you had to have a college degree. Is this law still in effect or is it being ignored like the rest of the laws?
Also, if I'm not mistaken I don't think IBB has a degree.
You should have quoted the law.
It’s quite interesting to stumble on this 15 years old thread and juxtaposition with the events that happened since then until now.
Brendaniel: Just like what Tinubu is doing in Nigeria, Let Tinubu show Nigerians his tax records to show he is leading by example...
The man who said he was richer than Osun State and has bullion vans delivering money to his Bourdillon house on election eve?
Jonathan led by example on tax transparency but he was replaced by eb1lokan with a corrupt, clueless and expired northerner. Why and how did we replace PDP prosperity with APC extreme poverty shege? To benefit who else apart from the man who is enjoying his turn at the treasury now?
Omooba77: Abuja- President Goodluck Jonathan made tax payments of N6,264,221.75 to the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS), out of a total of N43,230,871.44 as president between 2011 and 2013.
DeLaRue: Why do news like this make it to the front page of Nairaland, when it is completely irrelevant to Nigeria.
It’s very relevant to our country that exports its resources and even people to Britain, thereby effectively begging them to recolonise us because we are incapable of governing ourselves.
thewinning101: PANDORA PAPERS: Buhari visited Tinubu in corruption-tainted London villa acquired by Oyetola
Governor Oyetola, a relative of Mr Tinubu, may have sabotaged his own country by buying the exotic property as Nigeria made to seize it. ByNicholas IbekweandTaiwo-Hassan Adebayo October 7, 2021 in Headline Stories, Pandora Papers Reading Time: 8 mins read
It was a meeting of two of Nigeria’s most influential politicians in London – President Muhammadu Buhari was visiting political kingmaker and senior member of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
In July, the presidency announced that Mr Buhari was heading to London for an education summit. The office also added that the president would also see his doctors for “medical check-up”.
Coincidentally, Mr Tinubu, who had travelled to London earlier, was also receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the British capital. So, a perfect setting for both men to meet was created.
LuminousFuture: She dodged tax and she was the one preaching tax payment.
I agree with you that they should calm down on accountability and transparency for public servants.
Do you also expect them to japa here when they have turned their country into a basket case of corruption and lawlessness?
anonimi: The migrant crisis in Libya and the Nigeria experience
The drive for survival and for greener pastures has continued to force millions of West African young men and women to gamble with death in attempts to cross over to Europe and other parts of the world. This quest to escape poverty, hunger, unemployment and insecurity, among other reasons, caused a major segment of Nigeria’s population to seek alternatives for better livelihood prospects for themselves and their families.
Those seeking economic survival see irregular migration as the best alternative, given the difficulty and resources involved in migrating through regular and legitimate routes. In many instances, very few of the original number who set out on these dangerous journeys live to tell their stories. While many regularly drown in the Mediterranean Sea, many also die in the deserts, and others are sold as slaves in a modern slave market.
Most of the victims of this trade are from West Africa. Many of them leave home with expectations of getting to Europe and other destinations perceived to have better economic prospects for them, but they end up in the slave merchant nets in North Africa. The victims are put in camps and sold in open markets in Libya, while the international community watches in silence. The geographical location of Libya renders it a transit route for migrants journeying to Italy and many other parts of Europe.
May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu
According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”
On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.
Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.
The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.”
While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk and added that treatment of waste water would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.
He said, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’
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