₦airaland Forum

Godjone:
Nwike is now the much talked about politician. Everybody dey find oil money for their campaign spending. See how the mighty jagaban and Atiku are crawling on their knees just to get Wike attention. The same person they call all sorts of names in time pasts. Wike must be careful with these rogues because if they succeed through him, and they acquire the power they are looking for, Wike will be history. They may even jail him

They aren't necessarily looking for his money/Rivers Money. They want the population/structure.

If they (Atiku) & Tinubu lacked money they wouldn't have both won Primaries (a process we all heard was rife with $ )

They also

BrodaAgbaya:
I live in Shomolu, i don`t have a car either but i hope the govt maintains the ban. Sanity is needed in Lagos abeg.

What kind of sanity.

Only bike sanity?

How about the insanity demonstrated by non-bike road users?

Jones4190:
A local champion built his party ACN from the scratch, won 6 states, had 6 governors from 2 regions, 19 Senators including Ngige from the SE, and 50 HOR members, the Minority leader seat of the NASS, 136 House of Assembly members. Tell us anyone else who did it like him.

APC as it is known today is a agglomeration of many political parties.

In 2011, ACN had Zilch (zero) in the North West.
In 2011 they won only Osun in the Presidential election. While Lagos voted PDP.

By using the word scratch, you're overreaching, the Party Tinubu started from scratch — which he did with the help of others — was ACN. he formed from supporters from AD. We would see him as more powerful if he had won over the 100+ senators under the ACN. You're essentially gloating with the efforts of the CPC — by attributing it to Tinubu.

Livingod:
they already see Peter Obi as president

Nah it's for social media buzz. To gain traction.

NigeriaIsGreat:
YOU CANNOT SILENCE ME WITH TRIBALISM OR NEPOTISM!!!

REPACKAGING PETER OBI?

If no be say person get strong mind na so dem wan repackage Obi give person.

Obi of 13months doctors strike in Anambra. 13!
Obi of Akwuzu SARS. Unalloyed ter**rorism
Obi that did not employ teachers in Anambra for 8years
Obi that did not develope Awka in 8 years
Obi that did not employ civil servants in Anambra for 8years
Obi that his driver was caught with 250m cash in Lagos
Obi that does not own any investment in Anambra, no supermarket, no warehouse

Obi of massive kid*napping.
Obi that ordered the ma*ssacre of arm*less MASSOB protesters in 2006 & 2013 and had their dead bodies thrown into the Ezu River.
Obi of 6months Anambra State Univ strike.
Obi of 7 years unpaid salaries for State Water Board workers. 7years. 260 of them died.

Obi of Pandora papers. Opening secret businesses abroad with his kid's name while he was governor. Dem catch am red handed

Obi of 7years no LGA election. 7years!
Obi of no IGR growth.
Obi of no signature infrastructure. Non!
Obi anti-infrastructure.
Obi wey carry state money put for family business.

Obi importer of groceries for over 30years driving down naira value. He Couldn't metamorphose into production like Dangote , BUA, Adeleke etc
Revd Barr Christian Nwachukwu

Hahahah.

Good points. But the highlighted are contradictory.

The 'family company' he invested — a Brewery is literally a Manufacturing concern. He's also into banking. Harping on his Hypermarket chain alone is biased, since he was in other sectors too.
The Hypermarket was probably the lower investment even.

SmellyNyash:
If he wants to be relevant next year, he should join the youth's movement

To be 'relevant' he needs to join the winning side.

It's not clear that PO is the winning side.

nony43:
In the whole of the Nigerian military, Nigerian Army and Airforce are the most useless. Nigerian Navy is doing a great job, we hardly hear of pirate attacks, if the Army and Airforce are working like the navy we won’t be hearing of herdsmen and bandits wiping out villages.

That name Ezeagwu is funny lol. Like king of madness

You mean you haven't heard of the news of how much Oil is stolen from Nigeria daily through sea tankers?

Including the most recent.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/oil-supertanker-detained-after-nigerian-navy-says-it-resisted-arrest-2022-08-19/

Zonefree:
In their quest to impress the two vagina, they got into bigger problem.

The girls will be released while the boys will bear the consequences by themselves.


Moral of the story; No woman, No problem.

If you think these guys just went to fight police men to impress their girlfriends, then good for you. I hardly see that.

Nigerian policemen (often) can't be reasoned with.
Even though you bow to them they'd still try to have their way with getting whatever they want.

Often stubborn ones like these 'shake' them. But it could be risky. Let see how this goes.

mariahAngel:
Men like that are usually very boring.
It takes passion to like any sport.



I'm quite sure it was the first question.

Boring is a highly subjective term.

This OP may not like Bollywood movies too. Some others may. He may not like Game of thrones.

That may be others' interest.
Many people discuss a broad range of things in their interests. History of economic thought. Cancer research, Semiconductor research & development,
WW2 battles. The industrial revolution etc.


This world would be poorer if we all had same interests.

Acidosis:
Let's be realistic when we market this "free health care" as a basis for Nigerians to move to certain countries.

I know people who haven't used a single tablet in 10 years despite the harsh environment in Nigeria. I don't think the typical Nigerian hustler cares about all that.

Frustration sets in when the expectation (money) does not match the reality. For example[b], the average Nigerian is not used to paying taxes[/b]. Many circumvent electricity bill, etc. so they get really frustrated when they realize that 20-30% of the money they worked for goes to an healthcare system (they probably wouldn't use).

I believe an individual should try and attain a certain level of comfort before relocating on the basis of free or standard healthcare. What some people need is good money. These are people who haven't been to a hospital for any major treatment in 15 years. All they need is a good job, money, and more money.

Says who?

There's severe double taxation and substantial implicit indirect taxes in our system.

Sadly we don't see the tax put to good use here.
Also when people (anybody) has an excessive expectation of something/somewhere, they are bound to be disappointed! I guess that's life.

HRHQueenPhil:
So what do u then advise or were shld we move to that will be worth it

Don't always listen to these generalized views.

In one of his points, he said when immigrants become high earners, they are pained when they have to take 50% tax cuts.

But they weren't pained when others paid the same and they enjoyed by way of social benefits— that high earners paid for.

Such a migrant is a selfish freerider!

God1000:
This is how they corrupt and push young people into wrongdoing, we're not interested in seeing his wealth abeg

Seeing the funds of the wealthy should spur one,
not drive one to crime.

Would working in Chicken Republic drive one to steal cooked chicken?

Would working in a Bank's bulk room(Vault) cause one to steal money?

Then why does seeing money shown off cause a youth to take to crime?

Mynd44:
It is regular character. Bully and harass.

But you locked the last story of this news here in Nairaland and removed the story too.


Also you failed to state that the blog accused David of being stranded in Benin Republic. A country with close ties with the Nigerian government and so David can easily be picked up — just like Sunday Igboro was last year.

Cheers.

Michelle70:
Politics is a game of numbers.
And the north is endowned with it

One family is equal one townhall meeting

If so, why didn't their choice win the 2011 election.
I.e. the candidate that won virtually all (NE & NW) states there failed to win the 2011 election.

godofuck231:
learn from history

Nothing to do with what I wrote.

As you show that picture, could you also show Black south Africans killing Nigerians 2 years ago?
Not 100 years ago.

Or even Nigerians killing Nigerians.

godofuck231:
when elders see the horizon and spot Babylon you climbing a tall tree will never see the land of Cannan

Ok.

godofuck231:
They want a world War with Russia, their economies are failing, they want an excuse to collapse the world economy where everyone starts from zero and they will come in after a peace pact and play the big brother to help reinsert tentacles into world economy and drain them afresh

Slow your row.
Western Europe & North America already top the global economy (Barring China & Japan). What domination do you speak about again?

God1000:
How do we stamp out corruption in Nigeria? It has become a serious cancer in our society.

Corruption is responsible for Nigeria's underdevelopment

Yes. Corruption+ Incompetence.

internationalman:
They want to start another war when they are still struggling with ukraine.

With which resources.

How are they(UK) 'struggling' with Ukraine when are yet to start anything?

Omihanifa:
He’s just wasting his time. Shishi he no go get

Someone who has been paid a lot in the past already.

That's his Business.

And it's technically value-adding.

Haphazard sampling at work!

Ladies and gentlemen, please study your statistics well so that you don't fall for such biases.

meobizy:
Ruiz would have done the same if he didn’t Usain Bolt that whole night. Well, back to the drawing board for him or an early retirement. He should pick one.

IF, IF, IF, IF, IF...


Ruiz lost the second time. No IFs.

Yes!

Read Gen 46. Joseph set a worthy example here.

xpressionx:
Do no marry because others are getting married.
Do not married because of your libido.
Marry someone who is your friend,who you find fulfilment in gisting with,if love becomes shaky,that friendship can sustain it till it finds it stand.

But most of you said NO.

Na big nyash,big bress
Deep pocket and long prick una dey find.

Why divorce to go bokwu?

This is a moot point. Very debatable. even hypocritical.

Why?

Because if you believe that people should consider marrying only those who they are friends with, it shifts the attraction criteria (that would have been for marriage alone) down to friendships.

I.e. By being friends (opposite sex) only with those among whom I would derive my wife, I will befriend mostly those I find attractive enough for marriage.

So the friendship is essentially a mirage within which my marriage intentions lie beneath.

redPUSSY:
LETS HAMMER IT ONCE AGAIN!!... IT WILL END IN TEARS FOR THOSE WAITING TO INHERIT BUHARI'S BLOCK VOTES

IT WILL END IN TEARS FOR THOSE WAITING FOR BUHARI TO RIG AN ELECTION FOR THEM WITH ELECTORAL LAW ON GROUND

AND FINALLY, IT WILL END IN TEARS FOR THOSE THINKING THAT A BIG WEIGHT NORTHERN POLITICIAN LIKE KWANKWASO WILL STEP DOWN FOR ANY CLOWN


This should serve as an eye opener to those clowns waiting for Kwankwaso to step down for their demi god...

If Kwankwaso is working for Tinubu like urchings love to say to deceive themselves and feel happy, do you think Jubrin would resign from Tinubu's camp and join Kwankwaso's camp even to the extent of insulting Tinubu ?

Thinking that Kwankwaso would step down for Tinubu is like saying that Obi would step down for Atiku... If Obi or Kwankwaso try it they would loose their supporters and nobody would take them serious again in politics both today and in future and they are nothing without their supporters.. Its the fear of loosing supporters that made Kwankwaso to reject deputizing Obi..

Kwankwaso would rather contest and loose and keep his followers intact and build more followers for future politics like Buhari has been keeping his cult followers since 2003 than to step down for anyone...


WE NEED KWANKWASO IN THIS RACE

Buhari's supporters did not win him the 2015 elections. APC coalition, disgruntlement with GEJ & Southwest's support did it for him.

Of course you should know this.

God1000:
Overconfidence will be Tinubu's downfall, he's ignoring too many germane issues

I 'feel' that he is the man to beat though.
North + South West.

SU50:
And then what if atiku wins? Even of he has the governorship, his own candidate might flip and he will become another amaechi albeit for him, there won't be federal cover.

Atikus choice of overlooking wike for the VP position was his best after picking the ticket, this guy would have soiled that ticket with his madness.

IF Atiku wins, your estimations would be right BUT Wike feels he should be accorded some respects (I don't Support him) because he led Rivers to win for Atiku in 2019 ! One of the biggest states PDP won.

He felt (probably) that he should count for something.

AceRoyal:
If it can hold in BokoHaram ravaged NE in 2015&2019 why won't elections hold in SE?

BH isn't everywhere in the NE.
Vast swaths of areas in the NE are very livable - even untouched.

We far away almost always exaggerate the state of things!

Shollyjay90:
All these Kings in Nigeria, can someone please explain to me, their significant or value to the Nigeria economy.

They are ceremonial custodians of culture.
Serving to remind us of our pre-republic governance structure/culture.

They also could serve as arbiters in mediating/ resolving issues that our political government (in lack of will/face) or Judiciary (in its lengthy hesitance) would be unable to solve.

I know that you worry about their costs of funding them/their lifestyle. And you'll be right to.

But know that the funding is only an issue because we don't explore tourism here enough.
In the UK, Buckingham generated ~£50m in 2020
(Per statista) https://www.statista.com/statistics/373081/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers-by-establishment/#:~:text=Royal%20tourism%20in%20the%20UK&text=Income%20from%20ticket%20admissions%20to,British%20pounds%20in%20retail%20sales.

Now what is the cost of funding them? Is it beneficial? Etc. Well that's still subjective.
Remember, Not everything that counts can be counted.

femisplash:
Wike doesn't give a damn post 2023, his main objective is to blow up everything NOW, so that everyone in PDP lose together.

Yes but the fellow he wants to see lose isn't a 'first time loser'. One can even say he's (Atiku) mastered the art of managing loses!

Something Wike can learn from him.

Anointedclass:
That's how I find it hard making my own decisions 2 years ago, now I dey find a way to come back to Nigeria

That you find it hard to come back means you're currently occupied with something you count equally valuable there.

Otherwise you'll come back.

nastyesco:
This guy is just a classic “money miss road”, he has perfected Trump’s craft. He just intends to trend.

Second front page today, I dedicate this to all those who haven’t given up on their dreams…keep sleeping!

He's not though.

He usually puts his money where his mouth is.