₦airaland Forum

Berankis:
Are these really white men? Well, I feel native South Africans are still psychological and even literally under the subjugation of the so-called 'whites' or European settlers. Instead of them to fight genuinely for their true freedom, conversely they were trying to still impress the whites and gain their acceptance on south africans' own soil. They have been trying to achieve this, by tagging other black Africans in their country as the enemies. Unfortunately, it will only lead them to deeper challenges.

CoronaVirusPro:
So because we have terrorist in Nigeria makes it legal for for a race to be hunting down blacks at sight?

You will always defend your masters thinking one day, they will adopt you as being White, and that impossible.

They will still hunt you same way they do others!

CoronaVirusPro:
Pray you never come across a White man who sees you as a game. They kill blacks for fun!

Till date, there are still sundown towns scattered across the US, and certain such places exist in Europe too. If someone’s car should mistakenly get faulty in those places. He or She is dead.

God1000:
Man's inhumanity to man, I'm surprised this horrific incident didn't make big headlines in south Africa, they were busy fighting Nigerians that period

White men committed this unspeakable crime

IbeOkehie:
Black Africans dehumanized themselves. We sold our own into Slavery to alien races. The Gods are haunting us.

The Haiti you claim was harmed by the West is populated by the descendants of people that Black Africans SOLD into slavery. That's easy to ignore and heap all blame on the White Man

Gerrard59:
In relation to black Africans? No. The majority of Nigerians and other Africans enjoy certain technologies and infrastructure as a result of the decision of the Chinese to spread them to Africa. The roads, telecommunications infrastructure, railways, airports, sea ports, factories, mining, heavy-duty equipment etc. Without the Chinese immense contributions and investments, Africa would have been much poorer than it is and MANY Africans would have been starved of ubiquitous technologies in other parts of the world.

No race or country is perfect, but the Chinese have been a hooge blessing to Africa(ns), nay black people, without the dehumanisation we received in the past 400+ years.

Gerrard59:
The United States massively helped Japan back to its feet by providing intellectual property, openness of the US market and favourable deals. As Japan grew tremendously as a result of its hard work where its firms challenged their American counterparts, the United States cut its wings with the Plaza Accord. It is that similar deal the Chinese have refused to sign. So, yes, the Japanese worked hard to be where they are today, but they had strong American assistance. Ditto for South Korea which had assistance from Japan, and China had investments from Japan and an open market to the US. Europe on its own had the Marshall Plan Act.

As for the Dominican Republic, as the other poster stated, the Portuguese/Spaniards were not as destructive as the French. See the miscegenation they did across South America compared to the One-Drop Rule Anglo-Americans did in the US. But generally, the French have been terribly bad towards black countries, and even other colonies. Haiti was forced to pay huge loans because it challenged French colonial powers. I cannot think of a prosperous country whose previous colonial masters were the French. It is that bad.

Gerrard59:
France in cahoots with the US ruined that country. France itself does not have a good history or reputation with black dominated environments. Also, Haiti is in the Americas, aka the Monroe Doctrine. Thus limiting any trade, military or scientific collaboration I will want to have with the Chinese. Nearby Gabon the Chinese provide funds for its military, and the US suddenly invited the president for what-I-don't-know.

Cajal:
Only a kid will not understand how military regime and 16 years of misrule kick-started economic misfortune

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

Anither563:
PDP is now a subject of ridicule and a laughing stock. They should just keep quiet and allow the ground swallow them.

May God bless Nigeria for ever!

LieDetector:
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to ensure continuity of his regime by voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election.

“The forthcoming general elections will provide us with the opportunity to convince the electorate of the need for continuity to enable our party to consolidate on our achievements in the last 7 years,” Mr Buhari said.

The president, according to a statement by his spokesperson Femi Adesina on Friday, disclosed this while receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State.
“The Government and people of Nasarawa State, as usual, have a great role to play in returning our party to governance in the 2023 elections, in order to create a path for greater socio-economic growth and development.

“This is not only important for Nigeria alone but also for the West African Sub-Region,” the president was further quoted as saying.

https://gazettengr.com/nigerians-should-vote-tinubu-for-continuity-of-my-regime-buhari/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

BeeBeeOoh:
https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/09/youre-inconsequential-struggling-to-control-nnpp-pdp-fires-back-at-kwankwaso/

SmartPolician:
Choosing to contest in the 2023 elections was one of the best decisions Peter Obi ever made. You cannot be this disciplined, knowledgeable, rich and experienced in public and private sectors and still be playing second fiddle. As a result of that decision, his influence and popularity are growing across Africa and around the world.

jameshankss:
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.

The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”

Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and at the same time, toying with the destiny of millions of Ndigbo.

But the chief spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Yunusa Tanko, accused Soludo of being sponsored by some unknown persons to weaken the base of the party in the South-east.

The former CBN governor had been under intense attack for close to a week for dismissing Obi’s investment in the state as amounting to nothing, during a television interview.

Soludo said in the write-up, “My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the ‘investments’ Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra State revenues.

“Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on ‘investment’ that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and, therefore, committed a ‘crime’ for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment, even to my family.

“Everyone knows that I don’t follow the winds or one to succumb to bullies, or shy away from a good fight especially, when weighty matters of principles and future of the people are involved.”

Soludo said he had urged Obi to return to his former party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to actualise his presidential bid. He added that he had always told the LP candidate to his face that he was not capable of winning the 2023 presidential election, especially, under LP, which had neither a councillor nor a local government chairman.

Soludo said Obi was not just his friend, but also his brother, but despite that, they have their political differences.

He stated, “For full disclosure, let me state that Peter Obi and I are not just friends, we call ourselves ‘brothers’. But we have political differences: he left APGA for PDP after his tenure as governor, while I have remained in APGA since 2013.

“During the last two governorship elections in Anambra in 2017 and 2021, he led the PDP campaigns but APGA won landslide in both elections. By the way, in 2016, he visited and proposed that I defect to PDP and contest the 2017 election against the incumbent Willie Obiano, but I declined.

“After my victory in November 2021, he called to congratulate me, as I did to him in 2010. That is the Anambra way: we fight fiercely during campaigns but share drinks at the next social events. After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa, who taught us that in politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests.”

Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/

jameshankss:
Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/

kheny12:
Make this country just divide into different countries. Things will be better. The strike won't bring any positive results.

tungamaje:
I agree with you because that was what I was against. Monopoly. Everybody should be allowed to market his or her goods and not be dictated to. A friend of mine once took his bags of garri to a market and was not allowed to sell because he didn't belong to the garri sellers association. Maybe his would have been more affordable to people but he was forced to join the union and told how much they sell in the market

Odidigboigbo:
How old are you? How on earth could you compare these men with Ajuri Ngelale in terms of experience and training? He can't even talk where these men are talking.

tungamaje:
What I understand here is that they went to the market to ensure that everyone is free to bring in his or her products to sell at his /her price instead of the situation where the union people would tell you you must first register before doing business. This union issue is very common in Nigerian markets and the consequence is that they help inflate prices of goods and services Allow everyone to sell at his or her prices

Morbeta11:
Last year, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) queried Mr Ngelale’s qualifications and competence as the president’s spokesperson.

The NIPR said Mr Ngelale was not ‘fit’ to hold that “exalted position” because he lacked the basic “knowledge and requisite training on public relations.”

casualobserver:
Most commentators do not understand the gravity of our problems.

What Nigerians want is for Tinubu to continue to do what Buhari did. Continue to borrow to subsidize petrol and continue to use our little forex to defend the Naira. Those are the root of the hardships Nigerians are facing.

The problem with that is that as at the day Buhari left office, 97% of our income was used to service debts.

eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

Ortega777:
Nigerians do not know the architect of Tinubu's Administration.
He is Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of staff to the president.
He is the hand behind the scene triggering all the said reforms.
He is the closest person to the president right now.
Femi is responsible.
Elders should Call Mr Femi to order before things go completely averse.

President @officialABAT does not get it at all. He's so far removed and detached from the realities of at least 80% of the population he governs. You can't be screaming "reforms" "hard decisions" everyday, requesting for sacrifice whilst you don't demonstrate the need for it. pic.twitter.com/dQu7mJCzDA

— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) September 7, 2024

nams77:
This is sickening.
But what is even more sickening is the Yoruba and fulani/ Hausa telling the Igbos to go back to their region In the same country called Nigeria.
Allow the Igbos go, you say no. Allow them stay in a free environment, you say no.
One day this country will splinter and it won't be the making of the Igbos. This country will break as a result of the spreading terrorism from the north

PlayMaker14:
“Our Ireland, not your Ireland”

Voice22:
I was only joking. I did not threaten Igbos in Lagos- MC Oluomo says

In a new video he shared today March 17, the motor park boss said he was only joking in the viral video where he warned "Iya Chukwudi" to stay at home if she isn't going to vote for APC on Saturday, March 18.

In the video he shared today, MC Oluomo denied threatening Igbos.He mentioned that he had always lived peacefully with all tribes. He also brought out Mama Chukwudi who said that MC Oluomo was only joking as he has always been cordial with her. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5kdlNNXqv/?igshid=ZWU2MTYxZTY=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5lxe1W8us

ojinuocheibi:
receive sense in Jesus name. Go put flag for you okada make you see wetin police go do you

StreetTyga:
Hmmm! ... I know this exact place. For real ?... once a peaceful place.

anonimi:
Kidnapping will be history in Anambra under my watch – Obiano
ByPremium Times March 4, 2014

Anambra Governor elect, Willie Obiano, said on Tuesday in Abuja that his administration would ensure that crime, kidnapping in particular, was a thing of the past.

Mr. Obiano spoke to State House correspondents after a delegation from the state met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.

“Kidnapping is very critical for us and under my watch kidnapping will be a thing of the past.

“First, as soon as I am sworn-in, there is going to be a security conference where all the stakeholders in Anambra will come from near and beyond.

“We are going to do a lot of things that the present administration has started,” he said.

Mr. Obiano said he would deploy vigilante groups, equip and train them appropriately to tackle kidnapping.

“We will also place emphasis on youth employment because where most of the youths are employed then the rascal few will be easily policeable,” he said.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/156165-kidnapping-will-history-anambra-watch-obiano.html?tztc=1

vanbonattel:
Nigeria police has failed.

Nigeria has failed.

With state police, the killers would soon be caught.

MajorOvakporaye:
They have used gbegiri and amala politics to chase Ngelale out of the administration.

atiku4President:
It's been long he was sidelined.

Gerrard59:
Yes, as it's done in Singapore. Also make parking along the streets illegal unless at designated spots or spots owned by the building owners as it's done in Japan. I'm glad the Lagos train system is being developed as nothing beats a safe, affordable, clean, efficient and fast train network system in a densely populated area. Lagos, being Nigeria's richest and smallest state, is best positioned to implement these policies and infrastructure.

Aussie2doc:
https://thenationonlineng.net/lagos-rail-mass-transit-and-dangote-refinery-the-game-changer-in-the-midst-of-chaos/

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Rail System Struggles as Only 15 Trains Remain Operational
Written by 2M Editor Published on 04 September 2024

Nearly a decade after its much-anticipated launch, Addis Ababa's light-rail system is facing significant challenges, with only 15 of the original 41 trains still operational. The decline in service is attributed to a shortage of spare parts, inadequate maintenance facilities, and frequent power outages.

Ato Worku Desta, Deputy Head of the Research and Technology Department at the Addis Ababa Transport Bureau, confirmed that the city's rail service has deteriorated over time and failed to live up to expectations. To keep some trains running, damaged units have been cannibalized for spare parts, but this approach has proven unsustainable.

The rail system was part of a broader USD 14.8 billion loan-funded infrastructure initiative by China, which included the Ethio-Djibouti railway, airport expansions, and road projects. While initially hailed as transformative, the rail service has been hampered by poor planning and insufficient arrangements for maintenance, spare parts, and local expertise.

https://www.2merkato.com/news/transport/8038-ethiopia-addis-ababa-rail-system-struggles-as-only-15-trains-remain-operational

Penguin2:
It’s not uncommon to hear non-supporters ask “what would Obi have done differently?” “every presidential candidate promised to remove subsidy.”

But the main question has always been how.

Below is a documented steps of how Obi intended to go about subsidy removal which wouldn’t have thrown the country into the kind of chaos and crisis we are into right now.

Now, can you compare this to the disaster we currently have?

nairalanda1:
I believe that APC should have been voted out this last election (and in fact, APC would have lost the election if not for the division in the opposition)...but if your preferred candidate won, the same thing would have played out.

The problem is years of subsidising fuel have contributed to a massive debt problem for Nigeria. Keeping fuel below its production cost for years has meant years of deficit budgets and more deficit budgets.....meaning as at August 2022, we were spending 90% of our revenue on debt servicing.

A graded removal of fuel subsidy as some were proposing would have still left us in more debt (and tinubu is doing the same thing).

At the end, we should have removed subsidy in 2012. Even earlier.