₦airaland Forum

emkz:
As a supporter and enabler of the destructive 'protests', Alhaji Atiku certainly wants the sinister protest to continue despite the red signals from the streets. A tweet that condones the destruction of private and public property and investments of citizens is unbecoming of a former vice president of Nigeria.

If Bayo is not a pathetic liar, why has ThiefNuibu not prosecuted Atiku with the evidence of this allegation

Abi it is rocket science ni?

MrPOTUS:
It's full blown in the country, but worse down north.

That's why they're easily manipulated and used as tools for elections.

If you are not from the north, how much advocacy work are you doing for your own community, LGA and state to employ workers instead of doing ineffective empowerment?
What has been the impact of your advocacy

MrPOTUS:


The elites keep on distributing poverty up north

Only if their youths can use this protest as opportunity to revolt against them, not just Tinubu.


Free themselves from their shackles

What are the elites distributing down south, if not poverty also?
How many workers have been employed for EACH of the last 25 years to provide water & sanitation, free education, good feeder roads with roadside bushes and gutters cleared regularly to avoid erosion and flooding?

Do you know?
Do you have any clue?
Or you are too focused about the delinquency speck of dust in the eyes of northerners to bother with the log of wood in your own eyes

helinues:

Atiku have nothing to loose again as his Presidential ambition is finally dead.

The presidency position eluded him in 2023 election, the closest for him

Was 2003 not the best time for him but he was magnanimous enough to allow Obasanjo run for re-election, and that was the first time Buhari failed in his northlokan candidacy

G1STMORE:
Responding, Soyinka said he had no cause to doubt Fayose, given his knowledge of how Obasanjo did the “unthinkable” when his aspiration for a second term in office was similarly threatened in 2003.

Said he: “Before the PDP primaries in January 2003, Obasanjo got everyone he knew could reach me on the surface on the earth including Yemi Ogunbiyi and my son, to get me to help him intercede when it was clear that (Abubakar) Atiku was in a position to take his job. He knew Atiku had a lot of regard for me and calls me ‘Uncle’.”

In the now famous BBC interview few days to PDP’s 2003 primaries, Atiku had declared that he was under tremendous pressure from his supporters to contest the ticket against Obasanjo but was yet to make up his mind in what triggered panic in Obasanjo’s camp.

“The pressure was intense,” the literary giant recounted. “Of course, I could not have knelt before Atiku not to embark on a course of action that would lead to his boss’ disgrace. But I can confirm to you that Obasanjo as President knelt down before Atiku so that he would not lose his job.

“But I warned Atiku that for making Obasanjo to kneel down for you, be sure you would have to pay heavily for that. I guess my warning came to pass if you remember Atiku’s dramatic change of fortune once Obasanjo was sworn in for a second term of office.”

GIST FROM GISTMORE
http://gistmore.com/obasanjo-knelt-atiku-2003-professor-wole-soyinka

Dollarmind001:
Rubbish.

This not our problem.
That old dullard should step down if he can not fix the problems on ground.

Who will replace him if he steps down?
Shettima

Are you kidding me? Or you are just catching cruise clowning around?

Nawa4nl:
Let's just break this country biko

Why should Yorubas be interested now, when it is our own turn in Abuja, just as we were not interested in 1967 when Gowon made Awolowo his civilian deputy

Yorubalokan
Awalokan
Emilokan

femmy2010:
Tuition has been paid directly to the school . The N20k is additional support for the student's upkeep.
This is a good one, really.

Something well thought out like this is what Nigerians need , not Sending grains to them like paupers.

Do you mean that we don't need privately run factories and farms as well as cheap fuel from PH refinery in addition to Dangote's

Biodun556:
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Ltd. said it has fulfilled its pledge of achieving the mechanical completion of rehabilitation work on the Area 5 Plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC.


Rehabilitation work had been ongoing at the Port Harcourt Refinery for over two years. The NNPC had pledged to complete Phase One of the project (mechanical completion and flare start-up) of Old Port Harcourt Refinery (Area 5) by 31st December 2023.


The Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd., Mr. Mele Kyari, said as of December 15, 84.4% of Area 5 Plant, a key component of the Refinery, and 77.4% of the entire rehabilitation project have been completed.

He said this during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation project. The tour coincided with the 15th Refineries’ Rehabilitation Steering Committee Meeting,

Kyari’s words: “In our quest to ensure that this refinery is re-streamed to continue to deliver value to Nigerians, we made a promise that we will reach a mechanical completion of phase one of the rehabilitation project by the end of December and get the other plants running in 2024.

“Today, we have kept those commitments,” Kyari stated.

He commended the staff and the contractors for doing a great job in ensuring that the refinery achieved that significant milestone.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the NNPC Board, Chief Pius Akinyelure, described the milestone as “historic”. He stressed that the board was proud of the staff and management of the refinery.

“We are just starting. We want to be at the highest level of production so that we will keep the prices of petroleum prices in the country stable to give comfort to our people. And also to generate more revenue for our country,” Akinyelure noted.

https://www.facebook.com/100064873830467/posts/pfbid02e4zby9P5ZqGzdWUTKnSqtw3K8LXrVnZWK2TJuknX3uwq7BwmvDBT6uMjp1JSjxUl/?mibextid=TBvgVe4bSWbE1BJj

Abdullah36:
Hey everyone, I just wanted to share some good news in respond to yesterday's thread https://www.nairaland.com/8174706/6-institutions-receive-2bn-students Well, my siblings finally received the first 20000 monthly Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). It's been a long wait, but it's definitely worth it.

A lot of us have been skeptical about the program, but I can personally attest that it's real! I'm so grateful to the government for making this opportunity available to students.

If you're a student in need of financial assistance for your education, I urge you to apply for the NELFUND loan. It's a game-changer for many students, and it could be the boost you need to achieve your academic goals.

I'm excited to see what the future holds with this financial support.

Let's spread the good news and support this initiative. Well done Mr. President

If your siblings is unemployed after graduation, like millions of Nigerians are jobless since ThiefNuibu made Buhari president, then what next?
How will he repay the loan

Whatever happened to APC's promise of creating 3 million jobs each year from 2015? How many were created such that unemployment was so bad last year that ThiefNuibu promised to recruit 50 million soldiers?

lalasticlala:
Insecurity: Recruit 50 million youths into army, Tinubu urges FG

All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to recruit at least 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army to boost Nigeria’s fight against terrorism, banditry and all forms of internal and external security threats confronting the nation.

Tinubu spoke at the 12th colloquium to celebrate his 69th birthday in Kano State.

He said, “We are under-policed and we are competing with armed robbers and bandits to recruit from the youths who are unemployed —33 per cent unemployed?”

“Recruit 50 million youths into the army,” he stated, adding that[b] “what they will eat —cassava, corn, yam, will grow here.”[/b]

The APC chieftain, while reacting to recent statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics that over 23 million Nigerians are jobless, also urged the government to create jobs for youths in the agricultural value chains.

He said, “Don’t talk about illiteracy, anybody who can hold a gun, who can handle a gun, who can cock and shoot is technically competent to repair a tractor in the farm.”

The former Lagos State governor, however, saluted “very creative” youths in the country, saying, “They are angry, they are showing their anger but we will appeal to them”.

The colloquium held in Kano, was themed, ‘Our Common Bond, Our Common Wealth: The Imperative Of National Cohesion For Growth And Prosperity’.

The event was virtually attended by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who chaired the occasion and restated the essence of a One Nigeria.

The colloquium was also virtually attended by the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo; House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; amongst others, whose itineraries were disrupted by poor weather from the Abuja airport to the Kano airport.

https://punchng.com/insecurity-recruit-50-million-youths-into-army-tinubu-urges-fg/

Believeintruth:
Oga show me where gas is now exploited in Anambra. Mention a gas field in Anambra first. Oga stop being daft abeg.

Let me give you some free education that Peter Obi, Nnamani, Ngige, Obiano, Soludo and the other governors of the remaining 35 states since 1999 have failed to employ teachers to provide.
Thank me later

Anambra receives N268.2m as oil producing state

Anambra State government confirmed yesterday that it has received N268.2 million revenue in its new status as an oil producing state.

The amount was from the mineral derivation revenue from the Federation Account for the month of July 2022 totalling N268,232,939.16.

The state Commissioner for Finance, Ifeatu Onejeme, who confirmed the development said the feat was finally achieved sequel to Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s “massive follow up and collaborative initiatives with relevant federal government agencies.

Vanguard recalls that Anambra State was recognized as an oil producing state during the administration of former Governor Willie Obiano.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/anambra-receives-n268-2m-as-oil-producing-state-2/

Believeintruth:
VAT is taxation on activities that is to raise revenue. A state where per capita income is low and IGR is high or VAT revenues are high means businesses are suffocating from high or over taxation.

Here is the source below.

https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1590877-lagos-rivers-lead-full-list-top-nigerian-states-largest-gdp-emerges/

I know it is a shock to you, but until you people realise that the real drivers of growth are the SMEs who are littered all over Anambra especially in Onitsha and Nnewi.

SMEs kee you there.
Why did you choose to be ignorant of this part of your source

The report compiled by BudgIT, indicate that Imo and Anambra state are having drastic growth in GDP compared to other states because of the growing natural Gas exploitation that is going on in these states, especially Imo state.

Read more: https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1590877-lagos-rivers-lead-full-list-top-nigerian-states-largest-gdp-emerges/

Blizzy9ja:
You start from the head

Rotten ThiefNuibu’s head wey dey shake like im hands and legs

Believeintruth:
you say he is destroying igbo economy but ironically Anambra has a higher GDP that Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti and they are not doing sit at home. So please whose economy did it destroy?

Why did you fail to share your source for this GDP report?

Is Anambra also contributing more VAT to the federation account

bandad:
Let's him come back home and lead the protest, if he's that patriotic.

How many protests have you led, Mr. patriotic or maybe your name is Patrick sef

Christistruth02:
Sowore is after foreign Grant he is not even in Nigeria

What year are we now?

How much grant have you given to other NGOs to advocate for good governance in our country? Or you just want oyinbos to keep giving the grants while you blame them for racism and being solely responsible for Africa's underdevelopment?

Thewrath:
You mean SW? They are the ones that didn’t want protest na,coz their son is on seat!

Is Sowore the Yoruba version of Simon Ekpa whose ESN/IPOB is not just destroying the Igbo economy with weekly sit at home but also killing them with his band of ESN terrorists

sterlingD:
Chairman of Mile 12 International Perishable Market in Lagos, Alh. Shehu Usman, said: “The reason for rising costs of food items is because most farmers in the North have been chased away from the farms by bandits, and many of them are now in IDP camps.

“The only solution to this problem is for people to return to the farms. If you are not farming and you are not importing food, so, how do you get the food?

The people who are struggling to farm cannot farm because bandits are disturbing them.

“The problem is enormous. The federal government should just make sure it provides enough security for people to continue farming. That is the only solution. The government must find a way of taking farmers away from IDP camps back to their farms.

“As long as farmers are not able to go to the farms, food items will remain expensive.”

In his comment, Chairman of Ile Epo Market, Oke Odo, Alh. Taofik Olorunkemi, said that insecurity is the major issue of the hike in food items because the farmers are not able to go to the farms due to the menace of kidnapping.

“Another reason for the food inflation is the increase in the price of petrol as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy, which has led to an increase in the cost of transportation.

“Also, many of the villagers who normally bring food items to the market no longer come around, because of civilisation. So, we sometimes have to go to the villages ourselves to source for the items,” he stated

These people are not serious.
How can insecurity be our problem after ThiefNuibu alone made Buhari president? What kind of conundrum is that

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/

tifirmuny:
How can mushroom be replacing meat cucumber replacing tomatoes?? so our children will have stunted growth like Tinubu when they grow up!

Jesus christ! We are pinished

Since his hands are shaking like his legs due to stunted growth from childhood malnutrition and adulthood drug use, maybe BATeria and eBola man wants us to all be like him

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.

Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.

His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.

The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993

It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.

Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.

He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/?.
 
U.S. court judgement indicts Tinubu for drug trafficking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/news/article/u-s-court-judgement-indicts-tinubu-for-drug-trafficking/

US Court Releases Documents Linking Tinubu to Largescale Drug Peddling


https://fij.ng/article/us-court-releases-documents-linking-tinubu-to-largescale-drug-peddling/

ogododo:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/inflation-households-struggle-to-cope-with-galloping-food-prices/

If Buhari was bad for the country and ThiefNuibu is worse for us, then what is APC?

A band of clueless people who only seek power for the purpose of destroying the masses

ROTTWEILER007:
and they will say it's well even inside the well. God Abeg protect your own

That is the saying of hopeless people who don't want to work on ensuring their relatives and acquaintances in public office prioritise the masses' commonwealth for employing workers to provide basic common services. If pipe borne water was available in all buildings will we have this type of unfortunate incidents and cholera outbreaks?

How can the 36 governors and their predecessors have failed to provide water in all buildings in this 21st century? Yet we say it is well even inside the well. Why do we do ourselves so much wickedness

The lack of state-owned pipe-borne water in the homes of Lagos residents has continued to be a source of concern, a non-profit group, Corporate Accountability and Public Advocacy Africa (CAPPA) has said.

At a press event to mark this year’s World Water Day, the group said its monitoring team’s visit to state-owned waterworks showed that most of them are not operational.

The group said the waterworks it visited include the ones at Maryland, Mushin, Ikorodu, Obalende, Agbowa, Onikan, Ikoyi, and Amuwo Odofin.

Only the one in Ikoyi is producing water, according to CAPPA.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/450615-world-water-day-lagos-water-crisis-worsening-group-says.html

opamoses1:
According to a Facebook user from Zaria which is one of the towns with the borehole, he writes that 2 weeks after commissioning, Peter obi water project in Zaria Kaduna has stopped working.

alsudan:
This is Thiefnibuu Minister for BUDGET and PLANNING.

But somehow he doesn't know the allowances of Ministers.

Who do us this kind thing?

Why do you expect Abacha’s bagman to be honest and transparent

Abacha loot: UK backs US, opposes FG’s plan to pay Bagudu $110m

The United Kingdom has joined the United States in resisting a plan by the Nigerian government to give Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, about $110m (N41.8bn) out of the $155m (N58.9bn) stolen by late dictator, Sani Abacha, Bloomberg reports.

The US, the UK and Nigeria are involved in a dispute over investment portfolios worth $155m traced to Abacha and held in trust for Bagudu and his family.

Nigeria is seeking the approval of a UK court for Nigeria to take ownership of the assets before returning 70 per cent of the proceeds to Bagudu under the terms of a 2018 deal.

Nigeria’s Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has denied ever entering a deal with Bagudu but court papers say otherwise.

The UK government’s National Crime Agency is now “opposing the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s application,” according to a motion filed by Bagudu’s brother, Ibrahim, to the District Court for the District of Columbia in the US capital on March 30.

The US Department of Justice said in February that its Nigerian counterpart is hindering its efforts to recover the allegedly laundered money from the UK.

Bagudu was part of a network controlled by Abacha that “embezzled, misappropriated and extorted billions from the government of Nigeria,” according to the DOJ.

While successive Nigerian governments have repatriated billions of dollars looted by Abacha, who died in office in 1998, the administration of Nigerian President, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says it’s prevented from assisting America’s ongoing forfeiture efforts by an agreement between Bagudu and a previous government in 2003.

https://punchng.com/abacha-loot-uk-backs-us-opposes-fgs-plan-to-pay-bagudu-110m/?amp

SadiqBabaSani:
Nonsense ,

Because of your selfish interests you walked out of PDP convention in 2014 just so as to weaken PDP and send a Goodman GEK parking from Aso Rock, I am so glad how your former friends treat you like trash

Big nonsense from him, which is why he is such a lousy politician, who rubbished his generosity of allowing Obasanjo’s 2003 reelection by waiting for his begging.

Is 2003 not the first time that Buhari ran for president as the candidate of the north

ecolime:


Just wait till all the children of those wey Japa to UK grow up.

Na Emeka, Tunde and Amaka go dey win gold for UK against Nigeria.

T'ọmọ t'ọmọ ni a ń gbà ìyàwó ọlę.

What works are you doing at your community etc levels to prevent this happening

iwaeda:
See the mentality of those ruling you.

Are you not Nigerian?

Are you a foreigner

PHAYOL81:
HOPE you're not talking about his salary. That can't solve the inflation on ground. Lagos state has a record 23 million residents. Even if he earns #23m every month （or even double the amount, adding up allowances and all）and sacrifice everything for the people at month ends, he would only have given each head a naira （or two）which is a useless endeavour. What he should rather focus on is food security and there's a bunch of funds and devotion he's sacrificing towards that sustainance.
LASG already had FOOD HUB development ongoing somewhere in EPE since two years ago, with a side inclusion of FEEDLOTS in order to make LAGOS self sufficient in agriculture, agro-economy and food security. Add up the just concluded rice mill, investment in massive coconut cultivation （with its proposed chains of processing factories）and series of empowerment programmes for the state's farmers.
The governor and his agricultural sector team were even in PARIS around last month to understudy the Europeans' largest food hub and subsequently signed agreement with the management to help the state in the ongoing development of same in EPE. So, the governor ain't nonchallant. He's doing something proactively even before this hardship. Remember, LASG （despite her enormous population）has about the least unemployment and poverty rate in the country.

Cho cho cho ṣàlàyé of Stockholm Syndrome patients.

What is he doing with the state’s annual trillions budget for the last five years if he can’t employ teachers for the free education of all children like Jakande did in just four years?

Think about that before you vomit propaganda rubbish again.

Ratio of public to private schools in Lagos State is one to 22 ― Commissioner

September 4, 2022

The Lagos State government has said the ratio of public to private schools at both primary and secondary school levels in the state is one to 22.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the revelation in her remark at the 2022 edition of the Total School Support Seminar Exhibition (TOSSE) held at Oregun in Ikeja between Thursday and Friday.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ratio-of-public-to-private-schools-in-lagos-state-is-one-to-22-%E2%80%95-commissioner/

NewDea4:
It shouldn't be about profit making, but for you it's about robbing the treasury...just listen to this useless fool

I don't even pity Nigerians anymore, whenever they're ready they'll break off the shackles of APC...until then let's all keep playing to the gallery

Abeg free our pen robber oh.
We love them like that- squeeze us of taxes and IGR without employing us into government jobs to provide facilities maintenance, services and utilities.

Britishpea:
Lol na frustrated hungry people full Nairaland meh! See as den Dey vent anger on Sanwoolu because he said that Olam food processing company should crash price to give back to the society! One clown up there even said “see how a graduate(sanwoolu) is talking lol.

During this period businesses can adjust prices. High cost of food in Nigeria is artificial. It is basically because of insecurity. Southerners don’t farm like the North. Southerners are lazy in terms of farming. The youth prefer to do yahoo, ladies prostitutes and ride Okada. Few others are in the cities looking for white collar jobs with their Incompetent certificates.

The North that serves the country with food security faced a lot of insecurities and banditry over the years, they ran away from farms.

It’s because of the fact that they are the real farmers that’s why all the agriculture agencies by the govt like NALDA, NISRA etc are directly focusing on the north with loans, inputs, machineries etc. you can’t hear of such opportunities in the South because they are lazy.

North also have large expanded lands. The southerner who has a little piece of land at the back of his house will prefer it’s bushy then cultivating it. That’s why you see our lazy youths in Nairaland crying up and down and attacking everyone as if na we spoil their demented lives!

You are the real frustrated hungry clown here doing swagger with your ignorance.

Does tea grow in Britain? How do they afford to have tea?
Or does cocoa grow in Europe? How do they afford to have chocolate?

If you are a southerner, don't you have farmlands in your village

Ikaeniyan0:
Well, government is already making plans to import.

How is that an answer to the impact of increased imports on Naira value?

Is that not the clueless thing Buhari did as military dictator to rake up so much debts while killing farms and factories to create unemployment, such that Babangida was obliged to implement IMF austerity measures.

No wonder Obasanjo said that he was an olodo on the economy but still endorsed him for ThiefNuibu to get his ebilokan chance last year.

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”

http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

PHAYOL81:
True. To solve this hunger issue, everyone must be ready to sacrifice.

What is Sanwo Olu sacrificing instead of trying to tax more people without employing workers to provide ordinary water in the city?

tosinhtml:
The Lagos State government has unveiled an ambitious plan to generate N200 billion annually by expanding its income tax base to include remote workers and leveraging digital solutions for enhanced revenue collection.

According to the synopsis document for the EKO Revenue Plus Summit, which is expected to hold on September 25th and 26th, 2024, with the theme “Unlocking New Revenue Streams for Lagos State”, this southwest state plans to raise N5 trillion internally generated revenue (IGR) from four major sectors.

One of such sectors is the digital economy, through which Lagos State plans to introduce a Resident Global Digital Citizen Tax Management System, targeting remote workers, foreign firms, and digital influencers.

Blockchain and Tokenization Agenda: Lagos State plans to implement tokenization for real estate, infrastructure, and intellectual property. This project will require N500 million and aims to generate N100 billion annually from income fees and permits.

Link: https://nairametrics.com/2024/07/30/lagos-plans-to-get-n200-billion-annually-from-taxing-remote-workers/

The lack of state-owned pipe-borne water in the homes of Lagos residents has continued to be a source of concern, a non-profit group, Corporate Accountability and Public Advocacy Africa (CAPPA) has said.

At a press event to mark this year’s World Water Day, the group said its monitoring team’s visit to state-owned waterworks showed that most of them are not operational.

The group said the waterworks it visited include the ones at Maryland, Mushin, Ikorodu, Obalende, Agbowa, Onikan, Ikoyi, and Amuwo Odofin.

Only the one in Ikoyi is producing water, according to CAPPA.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/450615-world-water-day-lagos-water-crisis-worsening-group-says.html

Ikaeniyan0:
Government should let agro and food processing companies import wheats, corn, rice etc into Nigeria for free.

If the Naira value crashes as a result, what have you achieved?
You can't borrow your way out of laziness, you work your way out of it.

yarimo:
Obaseki want to use people's rice to campaign with

Look, listen and learn to redeem yourself from the yoke of ignorance.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJfhW3R0rd0

madridguy:
Wise people. They took the palliatives Tinubu sent to them that Obaseki kept in a warehouse for forthcoming campaign.

kedeojo:
You see why some of us from Edo state always criticize Obaseki. Same thing happened in endsars period, where a warehouse was busted and people discovered COVID-19 palliative kept for election purpose which the federal government gave earlier to the state government. His heart is as ugly like is face. He would have rebag them for distribution in the eve election.

So many lies and propaganda, to achieve what?
Cure your ignorance with this =>

UdabaPrince100:
Vandalized residence in Edo owned by Christian Feeding Programme vendor - CAN

…looted bags of rice funded by State Govt with N2bn, not FG


The Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo State Chapter, Apst. Gen. Dr. Irekpono Omoike said the vandalized residence where bags of rice were looted by hoodlums in Urora, in Ikoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State is owned by a vendor contracted by the Edo State CAN Implementation Committee for the Christian Feeding Programme.

Omoike disclosed this during a press conference at the Chancellery of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin, in Benin City.

He noted that the Christian Feeding Programme which is in its second phase of distributing relief materials to vulnerable Christian Group was funded by the Edo State Government with 2 billion naira.

He said, “There is a very important issue to correct a wrong notion that is circulating that the rice being distributed by the State Government is rice supplied by the Federal Government and re-bagged. This is misinformation. It is a very wrong notion that needs to be corrected.

“Earlier this year, the Edo State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria had a meeting with Governor Godwin Obaseki where he shared his concern on how to reach out to vulnerable persons and the poor who are bearing the hardship of the economic downturn in the country.

“After the meeting, an implementation committee for the Christian Feeding Programme was set up where we designed a programme on how to reach out to the poor with food palliatives. The governor released the 1st batch of the funding for the programme, which is 1 billion naira to purchase rice to be distributed. This was done and in May 2024 we flagged off the distribution of the first phase at the Baptist Convention Ground in Benin City.

He said in the First Phase of the Programme 60,000 bags of 10kg rice were distributed, noting “In Edo South, 27,000 bags were distributed to the LGAs through the churches in Edo South, while in Edo North we had 18,000 bags distributed. In Edo Central, we had 50,000 bags. The total that was distributed in that first batch was 60,000 bags of 10kg rice.

Omoike noted, the “For the second phase, another batch of 1 billion naira was released by the governor to replicate the exercise. We purchased another consignment, distributed it through the structure of CAN. This process is ongoing since the month of July. In the last few days, we have successfully distributed to all the churches that did not receive the 1st batch across the 18 LGAs.

In this batch, we were able to reach 56,250. There’s another consignment in this last phase, just as we did in the 1st phase, meant for churches not under CAN, since this was really done in partnership with CAN.

According to the Secretary of the CAN Implementation Committee for the Christain Feeding Programme, Rev’d Osagie Ehrunmwunse, “the truck in the viral video where bags of rice were looted belonged to a logistic company distributing the rice. The truck supplying down from Ekpoma had a breakdown the previous night. The rice was meant for the Seventh Days Aventis, Letter Day Saints, vulnerable children, orphanage, widow among others.

“In an attempt for us to take that rice for safe keeping, that was when the products were looted by hoodlums. So that was exactly what happened on Thursday morning. Where the incident happened was not exactly a government warehouse. It is the house belonging to one of the suppliers of the rice for s distribution.

“We are happy that nobody died in the process, or got injured. But like Mr. Chairman was responding, it's disheartening to know that people have to twist the information by saying it's federal government rice.


https://www.facebook.com/ctnaija/videos/looted-bags-of-rice-funded-by-state-govt-with-n2bn-not-fg-christian-association-/1161664218383704/

Cajal:
Oyo wey 23rd of the land mass na arable land
Dey protest hunger

How much is available to farmers without fear of Fulani herdsmen who ThiefNuibu pampers and protects

Highways:
Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'


When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.


Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country

The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW

— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019

Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.


Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....

However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.

Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/388382-afenifere-police-speak-on-arrest-of-alleged-killers-of-fasorantis-daughter.html