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11Ebiscoo:
The recently published report by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United State, listed Nigeria among the first ten (10) miserable countries in the world.

According to the report Venezuela was listed as the most miserable country in the world. Reacting to this Hanke said, “Venezuela holds the inglorious title of the most miserable country in the world in 2018, as it did in 2017, 2016, and 2015.”

However, Argentina jumped to the No. 2 spot after yet another peso crisis. Since its founding, Argentina has been burdened with numerous economic crises. Most can be laid at the feet of domestic mismanagement and currency problems (read: currency collapses).

Iran took third in the ranking, before Brazil that made it to the fourth position. Turkey took the fifth position as the giant of Africa Nigeria emerged sixth.

The Misery Index was calculated using economic indices including unemployment, inflation and bank lending rates.

For Nigeria, unemployment rate was the major contributing factor to its miserable state.

According to Hanke, “The first Misery Index was constructed by economist Art Okun in the 1960s as a way to provide President Lyndon Johnson with an easily digestible snapshot of the economy. That original Misery Index was just a simple sum of a nation’s annual inflation rate and its unemployment rate. The Index has been modified several times, first by Robert Barro of Harvard and then by myself.

My modified Misery Index is the sum of the unemployment, inflation and bank lending rates, minus the percentage change in real GDP per capita. Higher readings on the first three elements are “bad” and make people more miserable. These are offset by a “good” (GDP per capita growth), which is subtracted from the sum of the “bads.” A higher Misery Index score reflects a higher level of “misery,” and it’s a simple enough metric that a busy president, without time for extensive economic briefings, can understand at a glance.

The accompanying table contains Misery Index rankings for the 95 nations that report relevant data on a timely basis. For consistency and comparability, and with few exceptions, data were retrieved from the Economist Intelligence Unit.”

See the data below:

http://mcebiscoo.com/2019/03/31/breaking-nigeria-ranks-6-miserable-country-in-the-world/

which one do we dey take first for front?

Niaja4real:
If u want to give help to someone, let it be holistic. From my observation, the building is not completed. No water in place, bcuz I have not sighted any overhead tank around the compound & the compound is not interlock either. They should have finished all that before rushing to the press.

at least, she started from somewhere. house building can never be complete until you start living in it

ZAWs:
by Rilwan

A QUIET war is going on in the camp of former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

The camp of the former Vice President is said to be very angry with the governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, and former Kano State governor, Alhaji Musa Kwankwaso, over the votes he got from Sokoto and Kano states during the presidential election.

Associates of the former Vice President believe that the two PDP chieftains did not wholeheartedly work for Atiku’s success in the presidential election because they were scheming for their own presidential ambition in 2023. The belief in Atiku’s camp is that Kwankwaso and Tambuwal preferred that President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the election in the belief that he would quit the political scene after his second term while his domineering influence would vanish.

Atiku’s presidency, on the other hand, they were believed to have reasoned, would eclipse their influence and their say in the PDP during the eight years he would spend in office, while their popularity would wane considerably.

Atiku’s camp is said to be particularly peeved by the high number of votes the PDP garnered in the two states during the governorship election as opposed to the party’s poor performance in the two states during the presidential race. It would be recalled that the PDP could only muster 391,593 votes in Kano and 361,604 votes in Sokoto State during the presidential election, while the party polled a whopping 1,024,713 votes in Kano and 512,002 votes in Sokoto during the governorship race.

From the rumblings in the party, the PDP seems to be hell bent on zoning the presidential ticket to the north again in the 2023 elections.

http://thenationonlineng.net/silent-war-in-atikus-camp/

The Nation Newspaper/ APC

Unlimitk:
Ah ah!!!

Where has this girl been

Since Atiku their Fulani master lost

Amarabae and that Dumbo disappeared on nairaland

Were u not the great analyst predicting atiku win?

Mrs ipobs yam leg analyst

kai, this thread is to review our poverty capital status not name calling. oya, take 2 strokes of the bulala.

raker300:
Here is the comprehensive list

If Anambra had the lowest rate even more than the totally urbanised Lagos, then we don't need to go to white men for solution. Other states should keep ego by the side and adopt Anambra strategy through peer group review.

Obainoneandonly:
OP this table you are shaking,my hand no dey o

your hand should dey so that we all work harder to lift people out the cankerworm called poverty

NobleAngell:
Unless you're trying to cause trouble here.

was I the one that declared Nigeria the ogbenge capital? Any nation or state that is named poverty capital is expected to be angry, then work harder to delist her from this bad name.

If Nigeria is the world capital of poverty today, which state in Nigeria is the capital of poverty?


am suspecting Yobe or Zamfara state. poverty has no duplicate in these states.
please, 'who' is your suspect?




'It is no longer news that Nigeria is the current world capital of poverty. With this compliment, Africa is by extension, world capital of poverty courtesy of her 'giant' 'pickin' called Nigeria. I expect that this type of development will engender intensive rengineering of our struggle toward lifting millions of people out of poverty line. '

this one now cover up for una collabo with INECtus, prince of inconclusive.

Binikingdowm:
Oshiohmole is a huge failure if not for buhari winning the presidential election, APC would have lost everything.

Since he came, APC lost 6 states including Adamawa, bauchi,Oyo,sokoto,IMO and Benue States.

Osun, the state they rigged is still pending and will likely go to PDP.

Same with zamfara and Ogun state. With APC disunity.

Buhari didn't win because of oshiohmole, he won because he's influential in the north and has the power of incumbency

why ruffling the obvious?

seriousmata:
The vice president of Nigeria Professor Yemi Osibanjo says that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP failed to complete a single major infrastructure in 10 years while it was in power.

Read more at...
https://seriousmata.com/2019/03/29/no-single-major-infrastructure-was-completed-under-pdp-in-10-years-osinbajo/

this man too dey make mouth. you think say controversy na food?

Offpoint1:
Innoson no serious, I never see dia advert for once both on TV, net or offline.

check well, I have seen their ad on TV recently. it is awesome and concise.

we are in serious trouble in this country.

legacy may be good or bad. am sure nepotism and junketing to foreign hospitals will surely make the lists.

I saw this pic on Nairaland courtesy of Babasolo. Does this picture really depicts A.P. C 's govt. fight against corruption ? lest you forget;
1. Tinubu's bullion van story
2. Airline cash stuffed story
3. 2019 elections widespread infractions .
4. recently, Amaechi's 'Godfearing' outburst and other numerous hypocrisies of A.PC. Help me mention the rest.
My people, what has improved positively under this current Government? Almost every thing P.D.P was accused of , are taking a new height presently. waoh! Hypocrisy and propaganda will surely 'finetune' Nigeria's Political future.

Binikingdowm:
I'm very sure he's among the creator of boko haram,this man has been a Senator since 1999 and they still want him to rule the senate.

Look at borno state, the state he's currently ruling is nothing to write home about

Face of a m*ggot. He is from Yobe. the Nigerian capital of poverty.

Olawaleyy036:
Talk And Do!!! Delta State Deputy Speaker Ossai Osanebi Aka Iam_otunba02 has Sent Stephanie Idolor The Lady Who Recorded Success's Viral Video The N500k he Promised her!!! After Success's Parents Refused To Give Her any Money from The N5.5Million Nigerians Donated to them.

Watch video and see the evidence below

Source: https://www.nairafame.com/2019/03/delta-state-debuty-speaker-sent.html

thank God you did the correct thing. forget that family, let God judge them

Nairalanders,
For me, today's Kano supplementary election marks the climax of this year's general election. Perhaps, we have seen two different general elections conducted under two different Nigerian presidents in recent years. Without any sense of sentiments, can we compare and contrasts these elections? the former, conducted under 'Transformation Agenda' and latter, under 'Next Level' . From your submissions, one can apparently deduce, whether Nigeria is really improving in her electoral process?

'like' if 2015 is better than 2019 elections. 'share' if 2019 is better.

zoba88:
The Man Who Convinced Osun State Tribunal To Declare Adeleke As The New Governor Of Osun State.

This is Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu ( SAN)

He is a Nigerian lawyer and also a senior advocate of Nigeria.

A brilliant lawyer and one of the finest Nigerian lawyers alive.

Dr Ikpeazu’s forte is election petition and let me explain why:

Dr Ikpeazu is Adeleke’s head of legal team that is handling his matter in court.

This man brilliantly came up with the argument that INEC returning Officer as it were lacked the locus to cancel the Osun state governorship concluded election.

His reasons were simple: Our electoral laws did not empower the Returning officer to do so and to his credit, Osun state tribunal members affirmed his brilliant argument by declaring his client winner.

Dr Ikpeazu will be leading Adeleke’s legal team all the way to Supreme Court and I know that with his deep profound knowledge of our electoral laws and his sheer brilliance which is beautiful to watch, victory is sure for the maligned Adeleke.

But aside this, what many people did not know that this was the same man that got the court to cancel Chris Ngige’s stolen mandate as the brief governor of Anambra state and then declare the not so popular Peter Obi as the governor of Anambra state in 2006.

Dr Ikpeazu marshaled his argument with eloquence and conviction from the lower court to Appeal court that Peter Gregory Obi was rigged out by Chris Uba and Ngige with iron clad evidences attached, the court after hearing his brilliant submission from this Onitsha born lawyer and with the evidences on their table can’t help but declare Peter Obi as the rightful governor of Anambra state even when many pessimists thought it was impossible for the court to do so at that time.

What this means is that he is the first Lawyer in our history to convince a Nigerian court to send a sitting governor packing.

And he is about to repeat the same feat with Adeleke.

What a man! History they say has a way of repeating itself.

An evasive and a quiet family man that shuns media publicity and the glamour associated with senior silk in this part. He prefers his work to do the talking for him.

A giant and a colossus of the legal profession.

Take a bow Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu! You have done well sir and history will remember the role you played in advancing and shaping our legal profession.



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2019/03/meet-lawyer-who-convinced-osun-tribunal.html

He comes from a legal inclined family. His father was the fsmous justice Ikpeazu.

EdiAbali:
THERE IS NO IJAW IN ONDO STATE.

guy go and make your research.

Okwyla:
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has described President Muhammadu Buhari as the father of modern Nigeria. In an interview conducted by GEOFFREY ANYANWU in Awka, Anambra State, Ngige said with the solid foundation being laid by the President in all sectors, Nigeria would soon boom again. Ngige spoke on the new minimum wage and other national issues.

Before the election, the issue of minimum wage was raging. Was it a political strategy?

There is nothing political about it. This President cares about workers. I care about workers; I have been a worker before, so, we all feel the pains. We all know that the economy; at least, that the minimum wage will move from the present N18,000 to something else. So, that was why we did all the negotiations as should be done. The President put up a committee that advised him, recommended N30,000, even though the recommendation was not by consensus as required by the ILO Conventions and Regulations but the President in his magnanimity listened to the governors who currently are unable to pay the N18,000 now and who made a case and said that they have submitted a bid for N22,500. So, he said that they should come up with good statistics to convince him on why they cannot pay the N30,000. The Senate had on Tuesday also okayed N30, 000 and as they had passed the bill, anytime they go to Mr. President for assent, he will do so. He has given his word on that.

On employment, your party spoke of giving Nigerians work, what do we expect to see in the next four years in this regard?

The employment situation will be much better this time around, because we are continuing with our economic recovery and growth plan which in the main is for us to diversify the economy; that is the main thrust of that plan; diversification of the economy so that the economy does not rely on oil only for us to make money. It has already been done, we are achieving results. Our earnings from taxes, whether it’s customs duty or Internally Generated Revenue, have increased so much that the collection from the FIRS alone is in the region of Trillions. We also have collection from Customs, we have collections from other offices, other royalties, taxes from oil miners, gas explorers and people in the oil-related industries. All those taxes have since been well harnessed and more importantly, we have blocked leakages. The single treasury account has put every fund in public glare, funds that were under the table that can be swept off or stolen without anybody seeing them; they are all now placed on the table by the TSA, all accounts are now TSA account and in the Central Bank and you can now know what this establishment has and if this establishment is paying money, you know to whom they paid it, for what purpose and how much. So, these are the things that are in the ERGP.


Agriculture again is a major source of diversification and today, we are eating what we produce, what we grow here. Rice for example is a major staple here and we have been consuming before now, about five to 10 tonnes a day in terms of importation of rice from outside, China and the rest of them but today, 95 per cent of the rice we eat is produced from Nigeria. Five percent, imported. In fact, people told me that it’s about three percent to two percent now but we are looking forward in this clime to exporting rice so that we can do 100 percent our rice here, do 100 per cent of our beans here, sorghum was already on the world map, we are third best exporter and the other things. So, we need to start earning money from agriculture. We should be, we have the fertile soil. We have the soil, we have the workforce; young workforce unlike the old times. We also have better facilities now in terms of fertilizer, in terms of equipment and so, agriculture should be a major stay. It can become our main stay after oil, followed by solid minerals. There are a lot of solid minerals here that are untapped. We’re going to do them and make no mistake about it, President Buhari is the father of modern Nigeria. He is the one laying all the foundations and these foundations are solid foundations not fragile and all these that he is doing translate to more infrastructure and for as long as you have more money, you can do more infrastructure. So, we are doing more blockages, we are building more infrastructures through the money we are getting and through some loans, cheap money, cheap funds from China in particular to build railways, to do electricity, to do roads. These are the major infrastructure in the land and when you are doing infrastructures, you are creating jobs.

Power is another area that will be tackled, tackled very seriously in the next four years of President Buhari and when he tackles power, he will create a lot of small scale jobs; people who are doing vulcanizing, people who are doing tailoring, people who are doing carpentry, they will all resort to electricity and not the small generating sets where you will be buying fuel and diesel. The national grid power, you will see them, they will multiply their shops, they will put branches and these branches will employ people, many, many people. The big industries – Dunlop, Michelin and all these industries that fled to Ghana, they will come back because why they fled to Ghana was because of power. They will come back and when they come back here, they will utilize our local rubber and more rubber will be grown, more farmers will attend to rubber and all these are employment. So I’m looking forward to that and it will come.


Can you put a figure to how many people you have employed so far and how many are we expecting in this second term?

I can’t give you any figure because they come in various ways like through the Anchor Borrowers loans and these loans are used to improve fertilizer, and it’s been working. There’s a lot of money in farming, a lot. There’s this awareness now that farming is no longer a derogatory job. It’s even a job that makes you to be proud. In the North, they are the people who pay first for hajj before those that are government sponsored. They buy vehicles, they train their children; they send them to schools. Mr. President complained that the only aspect that worries him is that they are marrying more wives in the North. So, you can see that it is a major employment. It’s only in the South; South-South and South East that you see people not taking farming seriously but if you go to Ayamelum area of Anambra State, you’ll see what Coscharis is doing with rice farming. There are so many other big people there too; big rice mills that are there. If you go to Ebonyi, same. Today, Ebonyi rice cannot be compared to any rice in the world. It’s even better than Thai rice. The taste is sweeter, very delicious. So, you can now see that this country is changing and that is the change agenda we said we’re giving. So, after four years, we said that in another four years, we move you to the next level and this next level will be a level of Eldorado, I can assure you. This is the level that we shall attack power and infrastructure frontally, more vigorously than we are doing now; railways, roads, the harbours and water transportation, the airways, electricity and what have you. Once you do all these, you have created jobs. So, we expect more jobs will come. This is apart from the social intervention projects of N-power where we today have at least half a million young graduates who could not get jobs being given temporary appointment for two years on N30,000 per month and Shell improvement programme of conditional cash transfer for the vulnerable; those who cannot do anything anymore; for the weak and poor. AGIP which is another cash loan programme that is in hundreds of thousand for businesses, we intend to intensify all those; fine-tune them. There is the immediate term and then long term. This is the way it is spread.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/03/buhari-father-of-modern-nigeria-chris.html

No!No,! He is the father of your modern umunna

Egede(igede) extends more to cross river than Benue state

Ijaw found in Bayelsa, rivers, delta, Edo and ondo

a modicum of Igalla extends to Anambra,Enugu and Benue states

kanuri(kanembu) are also dominant in Yobe state.

a modicum of gwandara extends to FCT and dominant in Nassarawa state

Nupe extends more to kwara state than Niger state, though their ancestry head lies in Niger state(bida).

gbagyi(gwari) extends to nassarawa , kogi states and dominant in Fct.

with the exit of APC, expect developmental strides in the south East.

am waiting for a concrete fact to counter the aforementioned especially the academic perspective. I hail thee , umu Igbo.

jumobi1:
Politicians are opportunists. APC isn’t necessarily dead.

very soon she will be buried without mourning.