₦airaland Forum

yns4real:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/09/bumpy-road-to-2027-politicians-plot-to-rig-inec-infiltrated-tinubu-shops-for-yakubus-successor/

All these speculating speculations don't even help the system. We are always saying things that will frighten voters so that they won't come out to vote so we have more people commenting online then coming out to vote in real time.

iwaeda:
https://gazettengr.com/5-fuel-tax-good-for-nigerians-will-fund-road-infrastructure-tinubu-govt/

The government further said the five per cent tax on fuel is a global best practice obtainable in other developed countries.

“This practice is virtually universal, with over 150 countries imposing various charges ranging between 20 per cent to 80 per cent of fuel products to guarantee regular investment in road infrastructure,” it said.



While the PBAT administration sites the bolded because they want to take from Nigerians can the PBAT administration say same for when it comes to the minimum wage, welfare and health of the civil servants, etc, etc, etc.!!!!?

Lamasta:
Like I said you need more of the desire to understand the word of God and not the word of your pastors, shalom.

Like I also said desire that which will add value to your spirit man.

Lamasta:
You need more of the desire to understand the word of God and not what your pastor teaches you to understand

You lots need to unlearn and relearn and free your heart from evil thoughts because of the world and for your sakes.
You need to stop dwelling in elementary doctrines and go for what will build you spiritually through the Word.

Lamasta:
So you are inferring that Peter is lieing or what He said it categorically that gold and silver he had none but what he had which is more than gold and silver he gave him and he walked for life, stop twisting the bible interpretation to suit your support for pastors acquiring wealth....Jesus said freely ye receive, freely give not freely acquire wealth

You need to read the Holy Bible and desire understanding. Everything is not about the desires of the flesh.
I don't know the true intentions of the Op, but I just have an interpretation of what it is there in.

jesusjnr2020:
0 Pieces Of Gold/Silver: Peter's Life Savings After 3 Years Of Ministry With Jesus

Acts 3:6 (KJV)

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

Peter's entire life savings was 0 pieces of gold and silver after serving Jesus faithfully in ministry for 3 full years.

However unlike the mentality of many church leaders (prosperity preachers) which they inculcate into their members, being poor to that extent didn't make Peter feel downcast or ashamed of himself, instead his poverty was something he was unashamed of and even proudly exhibited in public to the lame man from birth who asked him for some alms, because being a true student of Jesus' teachings, he knew that his true value or worth didn't consist in having such material possessions but in having Jesus. Acts 3:2-5, Luke 12:15.

That's why he was able to give the lame man something more than what silver and gold or any amount of money could have given to him, even the ability to rise up and walk again.

Acts 3:7-10 (KJV)

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength.
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

God bless.

This isn't the right context for your intended purpose at all.

Apostle Peter knew that though the lame man asked for alms but that wasn't the purpose of God for him at that time. The man has to first receive healing and everything would follow. The workings of the Holy Spirit in man prompts a man of prudent man to do that which is right, approved and acceptable by God at every given time.

naptu2:
In the simplest English possible, one of the reasons for the creation of the new tax law is to harmonise all other tax laws. There were so many taxes in so many different laws and they decided to put everything in one law. That's all that happened.

They are not imposing a new petrol tax and they are not implementing the old one. What the government has been talking about is reintroducing the toll plazas, not petrol tax.

Tinubu’s government to reintroduce toll gates on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, second Niger Bridge and others
https://metrodailyng.com/tinubus-government-to-reintroduce-toll-gates-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway-second-niger-bridge-and-others/

Whether they call it petrol tax/toll gate bills/tax harmonization, have they also considered if it will cause any ripple effects on other areas given.....?

If this brings about an increase in transport fares then it will be watered down on all commodities, etc, etc......!!


I just think this administration is going about all this the wrong way. It's obvious everyday and there's no formidable opposition to stand against the government.

naptu2:
Background

Everybody wants government to maintain highways, but nobody wants government to make the money to maintain the highways.

Once upon a time, long ago, government tolled the highways in order to generate the funds that it would use to maintain them.

In this video you can see that the chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters (military vice president) Brigadier Shehu Musa Yar'Adua paid the toll when he opened the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in 1978.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_LfloE6BWc?si=ybvpzjW7C49OZO4w



However, over the years, there were claims that the toll operators were corrupt and that they did not remit the funds to the government. Private companies were hired to run the toll plazas but the allegations of corruption continued.

Therefore, sometime around 2004, the Obasanjo Administration demolished the toll plazas. The government decided that it would impose a petrol tax and use that money to maintain the expressways, instead of relying on tolls.

(Some people believe that the demolition of the toll plazas led to the deterioration of highways like the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway).

President Obasanjo included the tax in the appropriation bill (budget) and he wanted to start collecting it before the budget was passed by the National Assembly.

However, the tax was opposed by many people.

Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos opposed it and threatened to sue the Federal Government and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) agreed with him. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), led by Adams Oshiomhole, threatened to go on strike and both the Senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives expressed opposition to the tax.

President Obasanjo decided to pause implementation of the tax, due to the opposition to it. The tax was included in the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Act of 2007, but the act states that the implementation of the tax will begin on a date to be determined by the Minister of Finance.

In other words, it is not a new tax and it will not commence on January 1st. The reason that some people believe that it's a new tax is because a new tax law (that harmonised all taxes) was recently enacted and this old tax was mentioned in the law.

Thank you.
So BAT as governor of Lagos State stood against the implementation of this surcharge/tax during the administration of POBJ when #100 Naira has so much value and economy better and now as PBAT is wanting to implement it after more than 15 years when this same #100 Naira value has been decimated to nothing!!!!!

Does this actually show that the handlers of the economy and the PBAT actually know what they are doing other than trying to fix sets of nonsense on Nigerians and tell them that over 150 countries do same!!!

Do this same over 150 countries experience the same deteriorating state of economy as Nigeria is and do they pay members of their parliament the same amount collected by those in Nigeria or do they pay the meagre money they call minimum wage!!!!!!



All this are just without much thought they keep doing.

fergie001:
Seun Okinbaloye's interview on #PoliticsToday with a former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal (T).

This is the only question that needs the response of Tambuwal.....

PMB, a Northerner just finished two tenure of eight years and another Northerner in the person of Atiku wants to take over leadership, is that in the interest of Nigeria?

Rapmoney:
I just stumbled on the Super Mario Bros game that was first released in 1985. Fond memories. I used my saved pocket money to buy the Terminator Game Console that we used in playing Super Mario and other games like Contra, Duck Hunt and Mortal Kombat.

I literally trekked to school for a long time just to save N850 which I used to purchase the game. This was in 1996. My house became a theatre, always filled with friends until Popsy seized the game and asked me to concentrate on my books. If you get this game console that year, you be sabi pikin.

How many of you saw the princess at the end in Super Mario?

Nintendo, Sega and Gameboy were the order of the day till this came out with multiple inbuilt games.

ZombieDredd:
finished this game many times after i learnt the cheat

my best was contra and MK though

You dey play Mario with cheat just to rescue princess from the dragon, when some of us can actually take just a life, take a good number of power ups and growth and shooting power to finish the game in just one time.....

dboY1123:
Good morning all
I want us all to look into a request from a returning parent and come up with suggestions, advise, examples(picture samples) etc.
A family left our school some years back while their daughters were in nursery and lower pry classes.

They're planning to come back now while they are in the secondary sch Ss2 and SS 1 now
One going to SS2 didn't do well in our entrance test at all which we advised to repeat.
The SS1 performed excellently
So parents said they can't be in same classes. That they will get extra teachers you know their excuses.

The reasons why they left was that they took them to a Faith based sch so they could learn their religion, Islam, Long hijabs.
Now coming they want us to allow them wear hijabs in which I said NO cos ours isn't a Faith based sch as I won't even allow Christians SU cover their hair in sch.

I suggested that they buy them beret caps and wear after sch. So the parents went back home to think over it.

Do you think we should bend our rules to accommodate them buy allowing Beret, which the parents agreed to or we should maintain our standards knowing fully well that other parents would replicate.

Also I think IRS is now a compulsory subject in secondary schools new curriculum


Google Image used for illustration

The only question you should ask yourself is that "why would they attend a faith based school where they are allowed to practice their religion and now leave that school and come to yours and tell you to allow them dress in accordance to their faith ?!!!!!!


Would you now allow the children of a native doctor bearing chalk marks on their face and putting leaves on their mouth attend your school because they ask you?



I can tell you freely, you don't need such money from such persons if they insist to come. The wearing of berets should be allowed just for one religious faith except yi want to make it part of the school dress code..

AMINDA:
Sorry, I can't help you. If you're asking whether he ran a government of stomach infrastructure like Fayose did, the answer is no. Goodbye.

As far as Nigeria is concerned, politics and governance, I naturally don't equate anyone's number of academic certificates, portfolios obtained and purported outstanding performance of private or public service if whatever they did did not alleviate the livelihood of the common man. If there are no significant signs then it's just all talk and paper.

AMINDA:
He took Kaduna from an average of 9 billion naira per year IGR to over 60 billion naira when he left office. Kaduna became the Northern State with the highest IGR during his tenure. Kaduna was consistently top 5 state that attracted the highest FDI while he was governor. He embarked on the iconic and ambitious KadunaUrbanRenewal drive that transformed the city of Kaduna into a very modern city. You can either visit Kaduna to see for yourself or do your research online. There's no Nigerian alive that can doubt the capacity of Elrufai to deliver in any task he's assigned. He delivered as DG BPE, delivered as FCT Minister (still the best till date) and delivered as governor of Kaduna state.

How does this translate into the betterment of welfare of the populace he governed?

kolente:
For El-rufai to appear in a 45 minutes show on Live TV and all his comments are literally being dissected bit by bit whilst being on the front page of every SM platform say a lot about his influence and reach.

Nasir-El Rufai is a big fish in Northern Nigeria take it or leave it.

I doubt if there is anyone in the entire North with three seperate academic qualifications spanning Quantity Survey, Business Management & Law with Fourty (40) certifications from Harvard alone.

The dude knows exactly what he wants and even the Vice President Kashim Shettima "warned" that he cannot be underrated.

El-Rufai giving them wotowoto.

With the bolded he possess, what was the economic index, infrastructural development index and FDI of Kaduna State when he was State governor?

Good afternoon...
Please does anyone have any idea how much is this sold for ?

Maxymilliano:
https://punchng.com/pdp-govs-warn-wike-camp-says-party-wont-bow-to-impunity/?fbclid=IwdGRleAMj_5BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrGTsFdsvUqASc7d2k1066e_tTWFoeHf2ppiDZZ9nnIvrwFRAPWVxV0WtIkM_aem_E-TVOsypXrHo4SK8hVMs-Q

Who are the PDP governors that Bala Mohammed is counting on and do the all of them combined have what it takes to take on ad stand against the Honourable Minister of the FCT?

MaxInDHouse:
Jesus didn't promise me that i can sleep in the house of people who don't share my faith rather he promised me that there awaits me a home everywhere i go as long as my brothers and sisters in the faith lives there! Mark 10:29-30

If by your faith, you mean only those of JW then you're no longer of the faith as spoken of by Christ Jesus.

MaxInDHouse:
Can a member of any of these religions travel anywhere and feel safe in the home of strangers simply because they belong to the same religion?
Can a member of any of these religions welcome a stranger into their house simply because such a person belongs to their religion?

That's what Jesus promised his disciples! Mark 10:29-30🙂

Let me ask this question back to you differently......

How possible is it for a JW to sleep in the house of one who is of a different faith?

MaxInDHouse:
So who told you the KJV has not been mistranslated and full of indoctrination?

You people have eyes but don't see ears you have but don't understand {Psalms 115:4-8} if you so much believe in one version of the Bible whereas it's not the original manuscript from the inspired writers Jesus said:

By their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they?  Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit.  A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit." Matthew 7:16-18

Translators of KJV did what they knew but there best is not good enough since the 16th century users of the KJV have failed to have the same line of thought {John 17:22; 1Corinthans 1:10; 1Peter 3:8} there is no love among it's users {John 13:34-35} they are not zealous for fine works of preaching and teaching about God's Kingdom {Matthew 28:19-20} those who are known as preachers among them monetized the word of God! Matthew 10:7-10

So of what benefit is your KJV that you are rating above other translations when users of our own Bible are known global as WITNESSES of the fine works taught by the Prince of Peace? Isaiah 9:6; Act 1:8

So you mean ministries like Living Faith Church, Salvation Ministries, Greater Evangelism World Crusade , Christ Embassy, Deeper Life, Catholic church, are not known witnesses of the gospel of Christ Jesus?

MaxInDHouse:
OK then, so next time watch carefully before quoting people because we are competent students of God's word not follow follow!

The mere fact that certain verses are removed from your organizations bible, which is completely different from the KJV shows you're a competent follow follow of your organization.

Melezenawii:
Anti-party allegations not enough to punish Wike – PDP


https://punchng.com/anti-party-allegations-not-enough-to-punish-wike-pdp/

This is the case of that person who tells you ugly things about another and tells you not to tell the individual what you heard about them!!!!!

MaxInDHouse:
Where was Abraham?
Has resurrection occured?
Has judgment taken place?
Is Abraham's bosom close to Hell?
What Good did Lazarus do?
What evil did the rich man do?
How many prophets lived with Moses?

You people just read without thinking of the meaning of Jesus' PARABLE! Matthew 13:13-15

We are all entitled to our thinking.
In the resurrection day it doesn't matter wherever each one finds themselves.

MaxInDHouse:
The word "HELL" is English while "HADES" is Greek meaning of the Hebrew word "SHEOL"

Just type:
What is the meaning of the Hebrew word "SHEOL" in any search engine.

In Hebrew, SHEOL (שְׁאוֹל) refers to the underworld, the realm of the dead, or the grave, a shadowy place of silence and separation from God where all people, both righteous and unrighteous, go after death. It is often described as a land of deep darkness and gloom, a temporary state before a future resurrection in later Jewish thought, and is not a place of eternal punishment like the concept of Hell developed later in some cultures.
SHEOL/HADES:
These terms, primarily used in the Old and New Testaments respectively, often refer to the general realm of the dead or the underworld. They can be seen as a place of waiting or a general state of the dead, rather than a specific place of punishment.
GEHENNA:
This term, frequently used in the New Testament, is often linked to the valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem, a place where refuse and dead bodies were burned. In this context, GEHENNA is often used to describe a place of fire and punishment, representing a final, eternal separation from God for the wicked.

The churches later borrowed place of torment from pagan traditions not from the Bible!

I am very sure the parable of Lazarus who died and was in the bosom of Abraham and the rich who found himself in a place where he was asking the poor man Lazarus for water....

This is not included in your Bible or you have a different interpretation of it!!!!

richeeyo:
Abeg na VDM drive trailer, this girl supporting girl is the dumbest thing invented after gay🙄

Is Bobirisky a girl?!!!!

If he is why did he not go t his village as a girl when he went for burial of a family member!!!

mrvitalis:
If Jonathan contest obi would step aside and he would best tinubu blue black

South South would vote him
South East would vote him
North would vote him

Even wike won't dare condemn Jonathan

Do not deceive yourself. It would be hard for GEJ to beat PBAT. Voting is not social media. There are lots of people at the grassroots in the South South that will work against GEJ becoming president again.


Have you asked yourself what will GEJ be using as a bargaining chip to draw supporters from former governors and present governors.

Even in Bayelsa State, they will work against him. Let's not even talk of Rivers State. There's so much personal stakes and not many people who want to throw theirs away for a GEJ candidacy and presidency.

Pakute:
https://independent.ng/el-rufais-population-remarks-showed-disdain-for-southern-kaduna-hayab/

If El Rufai ca say this then I see no reason whatsoever he should be complaining about PBAT......Except he thinks he can thrive now on sentiments feeding his kinds.

fergie001:
Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on ChannelsTV PoliticsToday

We all hope Southern Kaduna people will hold up banners with the inscription of the atrocities he did them on their lands the entirety of his tenure...
Let them play him the evil he meted out on them.

sonnie10:
There is always a red flag. Most times when a contractor or vendor gives a quote that is even less than the materials estimate involved, it becomes questionable. There is nowhere they won't cut corners to get something out of the job. Sometimes clients are too busy or lazy to do their due diligence, what matters to them is the lowest quote aka cheap charges. In a country where professional regulations are lacking, not everyone will have the ethical values to do what is right.
For instance, if I have a job say to plaster a wall that will take 10bags of cement and 10 tons of sand to complete, then a contractor says he will take #150k (labor and material) to do it. Right there, is the red flag.
cement @ 10k x 10 = 100k
Sand 10tons = 70k
water?
Labor?
What this means is that he is planning to use only about 5 bags of cement to do shady job that will crack in no time.

When we did this fence, some people said its over the board to use iron rod for the pillars and to do chain but my contactor insisted.

As a good professional your contractor will advise and insist and as a good client, you adhered to your contractors' instructions.
Not many clients are like you.

In as much as we do know that many a times contractors do certain things over the board and use engineering terms and design to cajole the client into getting the work done.
I for one don't give myself to over design of structure. I look at the terrain, continually observe the environment and do what is appropriate per time.
It's not everyone who possess the requisite real practical field experience and ability to make use of their engineering brains in challenging situations.

nlfpmod:
https://thewillnews.com/kumuyi-softens-marriage-rules-for-deeper-life-members-abolishes-six-month-mandatory-courtship/

Pastor William Kumuyi, has announced sweeping changes to some of the church’s long-standing marriage regulations, stressing that they are administrative guidelines rather than divine commandments.

Speaking at the 2025 Global Family and Marriage Conference, Pastor Kumuyi urged Christians to differentiate between God’s unchanging laws and church rules, which, he said, can be adjusted to meet practical realities.



It is good this is coming from Daddy G.O.

fergie001:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/2027-ive-done-my-maths-tinubu-will-come-third-el-rufai/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter


Nasir El-Rufai on ChannelsTV

Is this the same El Rufai who did not better the lives of those in Southern Kaduna but still won his second tenure, saying such !!!!!!

Donake:
Who broke the assembly with a televised defection only for the nicompoos to retract and seek cover from a controlled judiciary? Your analysis are very short of secondary school or the highest an OND background....

You can do better than this.....

Get an affidavit affirming you're the CoS to PBAT.