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semid4lyfe:
20m? E small o. I recall VDM accused her of going behind his back to meet with the Dangote reps, and Phyna responded that the company insisted she must not come with him for their meeting. and thats the reason she no inform am. Perhaps her family would have gotten more if she no cut off VDM.

Still, I'm beginning to notice a pattern with VDM. People he's advocating and fighting for seem to cut him off at some point.

First, it was that Bolt driver the House of Rep guy assaulted. That one went behind his back too, collected less than the compensation they were demanding, and even did apology video to the Rep guy. ......and now Phyna too don pull same stunt. May be VDM's is difficult to work with and his compensation demands dey "unrealistic"

Baba, poverty na bad thing. I've seen families settle for 5m before over the loss of their son who is 30 years old. 😢

TrebleChamp:
Bought at 1600 on Friday night at a shop closed to my residence, same shop sold to my neighbour at 1800 yesterday..

Omo! That means I was lucky to get it for 1,400 on Wednesday nìyẹn.

TemporaryHansel:
Some fans also recalled that Phyna had earlier revealed her family received ₦20 million in compensation from Dangote’s team following the accident that claimed Ruth’s life.

Is 20m not too small? Dangote should be held more accountable. they should've made sure he paid nothing less than 50m. Jusy yesterday, dangote truck killed five people in Keke napep

Let me explain to you what I think happened and how the 20m payment came to being paid to the family :

1. Companies like Dangote who have trucks and other vehicles on the road are exposed to liabilities that may arise from road accident involving their vehicles. Such companies insure their vehicle either comprehensively or at least against third party liabilities like damage to properties of third parties or death of third parties resulting from the accident they caused.

2. Now for insurances taken by the company, the amount the company can get from the insurance company to settle a victim for damage to the third party's property ( like cars, houses, fences, etc) are limited To certain amounts depending on the terms of the insurance policy . The limit may vary from 5m to 10m 15m, 20m, 40m etc.

3. For loss of live of a third party following such Accidents caused by their truck, the limit of compensation payable to the family of a victim following loss of life (like in the case of Phyna's sister) is unlimited but must be reasonable.

4. What point 3 above means is that if somebody dies in an accident caused by an injured truck like Phyna's late sister, the amount the insurance company will pay on behalf of the insured (Dangote group) is unlimited but must be reasonable. The family of the deceased can decide to claim 100m, 200m. 1bn, etc.

5. However, the insurer won't just pay them what they demanded but will subject their demand to test of reaonability. In doing that, the insurer will try to evaluate the deceased's educational qualification, what was her earning capability while alive? Was she working in a big place like NNPC, shell, etc where she earned millions monthly? Does she have a profession that earns her big money annually? Does she have dependants she provides for while alive who will suffer due to her sudden death? Is she the breadwinner of her family?

6. The answer to those questions will form the basis upon which the insurer will make their offer of financial compensation to the family of the deceased. Apparently, if Dangote truck kills a PhD holder who works as an engineer in an oil & gas company and also adjunct lecturer in University of Petroleum resources; the compensation Dangote's insurer will offer the man's family will be different from what they will offer a bus conductor who died in an accident involving a bus and Dangote truck.

7. Now when the offer is made, the family can protest but the insurer would most likely not budge. If Dangote group feels the issue may give them some serous reputational damage, they can accept the insurers offer and then proceed to add more money from the Company's purse to settle the victim's family especially if the family are threatening lawsuit.

8. Unfortunately in this phyna sister's case, we don't know if phyna and family had accepted the 20m, signed some serious binding legal documents that would mean they can't make further claims and she decided to come to social media to call the company out hoping she would get "justice".

9. In all, I hope she seeked legal opinion before taking all the steps she took because taking on a big organization like Dangote group that would be paying almost hundred of millions naira to retain the best lagal practitioners in the country no be play play.

PS: This post is not justify whether the 20m paid to the deceased's family was fair or not. It is just to explain what may have happened and how Phyna's fà milk y may not get beyond the 20m they had already gotten from Dangote (most likely pid by their insurers)

semid4lyfe:
Cooking gas dey abundantly available for here, and coincidentally I even refilled my 12.5kg cylinder yesterday. Price is also down from #1200 I refilled last month to #1150 now. See attached pics.

As una dey buy fuel cheapey for Lagos, make we wey dey other parts of the country dey buy cooking gas cheaper. Equation balanced

Jokes aside, it seems to be a Lagos or South-west problem. No report of scarcity in the East. Scarcity of any kind is bad cos it drives up prices. and I know how pissed I get when I have to buy anything above the normal price. I hope supply is restored to Lagos and environs soon, and it becomes abundantly available.

Now that you confirmed it's nit like that in the east, I guess it's a Lagos issue then.

I thought it was a non-issue at that point and decided to buy 8kg as against 13kg I normally buy ( My cylinder is bigger than the regular 12.5kg and takes more than 13.5kg to fill it sef).

Didn't want to stock so much at a high price, but now I feel I should've bought more sef with GloriousGbola confirming the scarcity has been a thing for a while.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
How much do you get it at the official price?

The last time u bought I think it was ₦990 or ₦980 per kg. I'm not so sure again of the exact price, but I know It was below ₦1k

GloriousGbola:
it is not lowkey

there is NO gas

i have been running my gen on gas for the last 9 months and i have had to go back to petrol

most places are completely stocked out and those that have are doing what they all do - inflating like mad

gas cylinder is 30 to 40k unlike jerrycan that is 5 to 8 k. so i cannot push myself to buy like 5 cylinders. if i had plenty cylinders i would have bought enough gas to last maybe two weeks posted here and let associated wankers start calling me cylinder'dor

gas that was at n980 per kg is now 1400 to 1700 depending on where you are buying from.

now imagine how it is for EATERIES, HOTELS and HOSPITALITY CONCERNS

maybe it has to do with the NLNG strike - [not same as the PENGASSAN Dangote faceoff]

I wasn't aware of the NLNG strike; I only know of the PENGASSAN vs Dangote face off that had been called off and ordinarily shouldn't affect suph of LPG nationwide normally.

As for hotels, eateries and those is hospitality business generally, only God knows how they survive. Doing business in Nigeria is not easy at all. So many unforseen circumstances will just affect Ur business out of nowhere.

So there's low-key scarcity of LPG(cooking gas) in Lagos ( I'm not sure of other states), and it's being grossly under reported in the media.

I also didn't know until this past week during the independence public holiday. I drove to a gas plant where we normally get gas at the official price and noticed they were shut. I spoke to one of the workers and he said they don't have stock hence why they shut their gates. Not far from there I saw a filling station with multitudes queuing up to get gas and I just had to leave there cos I wasn't going to lose hours of my holiday to queue for cooking gas.

I eventually bought at the cost of 1,400 per kg from a retailer not far from my my area and I just didn't give the whole thing much thought until yesterday I saw posts on social media showing people queuing up for gas in different parts of Lagos. I guess most people who still have gas reserve won't be able to relate for now.


If ur gas finish at this period, u either spend hours on queue to get it cheap or pay a very exorbitant price to refill from reatlilers who still have stock.

afrodoc:
Uche Chukwumerije, Titilayo Ajanaku, Vivian Anazodo, ati bee bee lo.

Organizer: infamous Daniel Kanu.

All 5 political parties had jointly requested that Abacha be the unanimous presidential candidate.

UNCP which was the biggest party had Bode Olajumoke, Ibrahim Mantu, Ali Modu Sheriff, Iwuanyanwu etc

NCPN had Don Etiebet and a few others.

GDM had MD Yusuf.

MD Yusuf and Etiebet initially declared they would run against Abacha but under pressure and threats (Etiebet was actually arrested) they both folded and declared for him.

IMO, this joint declaration by all the political parties in favour of Abacha was a factor in Obj’s emergence the next year (after Abacha’s death) as the PDP candidate.

Omo! 😲

So the stage was already set for Abacha to emerge as the president if not for agent death that took him out?

So political parties were jointly declaring for him while those who opposed him were either in jail or in exile? Na wa o.

OBJ continues to be a lucky man who came back from prison to meet already cooked meal waiting for him. I understand why some Nigerians would never really like him or rate him. I remember my dad would always shade him anytime OBJ appears on TV in his first term in office ; didn't really understand why he just doesn't fancy him.

Throwback to when people's parents actually campaigned for Abacha to be president after he had either killed or jailed those that opposed his military dictatorship

Throwback to the two million man march for Abacha of 1998, a campaign rally surreptitiously organized by the government to transmute Gen Sani Abacha from a military to a civilian dictator. Nigerians have always been hungry and stupid. It no start today.#NigerianHistory pic.twitter.com/6C2Jt8GsTr

— Olaudah Equiano® (@RealOlaudah) October 4, 2025

Normally people supposed identify the family of some of these shameless people in the video and remind them of how shameless their fathers and mothers were. History no supposed kind to them..

raumdeuter:
Twerki your body

Twe twe twe

Isakaba gimme your bakkasi o

To bá kọ ẹyin si ẹ kò tá...... 😂

Van Djik thinks his backside is the answer to all defensive problems.

raumdeuter:
airmark shey.you know where he dey run go

oBANTala don use Caicedo deliver Van Djik inside Ur cooking pot today

Gakpo equalizes for Loserpool.

Where Van Djik dey run go? 😂😂😂

Caicedo with a banger!

This Loserpool keeper is suspect, if Chelsea mount enough pressure he will mess up.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/investigationspecial-reports/825701-exclusive-university-disowns-tinubu-ministers-degree-certificate.html?tztc=1

According to Premium times, the current minister for Innovation, science and technology Uche Nnaji is parading a fake university degree and fake NYSC discharge certificate.

Their investigation was through and there's no doubt the man was caught red handed.

We await what the decision of the FG will be on this

afrodoc:
That’s a 4 year period for Jonathan according to what you quoted. 2011-2015.

Your stat is showing more people died per year under Jonathan than under Buhari.

This debate na dead on arrival sha. Nigerians comparing which president was worse while there are countries on this earth that are comparing which president was better.

The point is Buhari didn't do anything significantly better than Jonathan to justify how Jonathan's administration has been chastised as it was uo till date. Remember Buhari was elected to make things better but that never happened considering the data. We shouldn't forget there was censorship of media at some point under Buhari.

That being said, I completely agree that it's a shame we are comparing worse president's when we should be comparing the best. It's unfortunate the situation we found ourselves.

TemporaryHansel:
Wtf

Na outsider dey introduce Iyeki to Oba wey supposed be hea dof his kingdom (the market inclusive)

chrisooblog:
More people died overall under PMB.

Do you have another breakdown for strictly NE?

I'm asking based on my initial submission that PMB handled the Boko Haram security situation better and they were operational mostly in the NE area.

No I don't.

What we are saying is there was problem in the North East when Jonathan was president and he was kicked out because he couldn't solve that security problem...

Buhari campaigned on the premise he would solve that north east insecurity problem and didn't mention there will be banditary problem in the north west and that the middle belt/north central's fulani herdsmen/farmers crises will take the turn it took. Neither were we prepared for the southeast becoming a security Flashpoint.

All of the aforementioned security problems joined the unresolved boko Haram issue. (Yes I can agree boko Haram was Pounded for a while under Buhari but they were never completely disarmed)

You may not understand Sha, but for someone like me who was in the northwest and could be reassuring people down south that the north west was safe back then when everyone was assuming there's no difference between north east with boko Haram issue and the peaceful north west ; it breaks my heart to see that almost all of northwest has been ravaged by Banditary and terrorism. That time when someone serving in Niger can just decide to go visit a friend serving in Kebbi, Sokoto or Zamfara without fear of kidnap. Chai!

chrisooblog:
You notice I never argued with you concerning the banditry or herdsmen issue. I even added the IPOB mishandling matter so this is far from a whitewashing attempt.

I'm just highlighting how if we strictly judge his efforts regarding Boko Haram then we can say there was a vast difference between when he got in and when he left. Does that mean Boko Haram is completely eliminated? No.

Please for knowledge sharing post the GEJ and PMB security fatalities when you see them.

According to ChatGpt, below are the estimate figures for both Jonathan and Buhari's tenures. The figures are for reported deaths ocassioned by Banditary, terrorism, communal violence, etc

ChatGPT gave source of their data o (before somebody will say ChatGpt is not accurate source of data)

PS: The data for Jonathan's tenure spans 5 year period while Buhari's covers the entire 8 years period..

Segedinho:
This is how it is going

"The position of Iyeki was vacant. I am here to inaugurate all the market leaders of the various local governments and Pastor Josephine as the leader of the state" - Folashade Tinubu-Ojo https://t.co/UW0qunZpwV pic.twitter.com/wchLSQZbgx

— The Benin Blogger (@TheBeninBlogger) October 3, 2025

That means the pastor Josephine lady na the weapon fashioned against Benin customs and traditions. At least Folashade did not bring someone from Lagos to impose on Benin women as Iyeki general, na daughter of the soil that was willing she used to achieve her agenda.

An excerpt in Chinua Achebe's things fall apart reads thus : " How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us? The white man is very clever." I think that was what happened in this case.

chrisooblog:
Yes GEJ started the offensive against Boko Haram using mercenaries but it was under PMB that Boko Haram was seriously degraded. Under GEJ suicide bombings, capture of multiple towns village was almost a weekly headline. This trend slowed down considerably under PMB. Yes it took a while but the situation though not perfect is not as bad as it was under GEJ.

Remember it was during PMB that Shekau died? Yes the military may not have been directly been responsible for his death but obviously the pressures and constant bombardments caused issues between ISWAP and the Shekau group.

Borno is still not completely terrorist free however things are better compared to GEJ times.

This doesn't cancel the fact that PMB dropped the ball woefully on the IPOB and Banditry/Herdsmen issue.

The fact is everyone who voted for Buhari instead of Jonathan thought Buhari would resolve the Boko Haram problem and insecurity will be a thing of the past.

But at the end of Buhari's tenure Boko Haram were still operative, ISWAP was operative, the IPOB/unknown gunment issue was there, Fulani Herdsmen issue was prevalent and Banditary in the entire North West became a thing.

I served in the North West during Jonathan's administration and the entire north west was peaceful. People who were victims of Boko Haram in the northeast were brought to the peaceful north west to settle. In the school I served, they brought hundreds of students of unity schools to be absorbed into the system to ensure the kids continue their education.

Guess what happened under Buhari? That particular school I served was attacked by bandits/terrorists under Buhari's government and students plus teachers were kidnapped. They even killed the security operative stationed in the school. Today states like Niger, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara that were free from the Boko Haram madness under Jonathan had been ravaged by Banditary under Buhari's government.

As someone who knows the above, there's no way u can convince me Buhari didn't fail as far as security is concerned. There's no way u will give Buhari a pass where u claim Jonathan has failed security wise because on the overall Buhari wasn't better at all.

Perhaps, one of these days when I'm chanced I will try to dig out data of lives lost to insecurity during both ex-presidents' tenure for us to put to rest this propaganda that Buhari made the country safer.

chrisooblog:
I'm not a fan of PMB but let's not completely call a dog a bad name to kill it.

Yes Boko Haram is still a problem however the situation under Buhari improve compared to when GEJ was in charge. And as bad as Buhari was some of the Chibok girls were rescued/released.

His mishandling of the IPOB situation and complete failure to address the banditry/killer herdsmen issue nullified whatever progress he made in reducing the effectiveness of Boko Haram in the NE.

As per being appointed to negotiate on behalf of Boko Haram I remember Buhari rejecting their advances which led to them almost killing him in Kaduna so make of it what you will.

Nobody is calling a dog a bad name just to kpai it.

Yes when Buhari became president they went on offensive against Boko Haram but the truth is Boko Haram was never obliterated despite the Nigerian army experiencing some levels of military successes.

That was when "technically defeated" came into our military vocabulary. Initially Buhari government presented an image of Boko Haram threats being neutralized then they doubled down and said they were technically defeated. Don't forget Shekau was making videos mocking the Nigerian state.

Let's not also forget ISWAP came into the picture during Buhari's tenure and other insecurity challenges followed suit. Today Boko Haram is still operative in the northeast and one of the reasons why people talking about genocide against Christians and non-muslims are not totally off the mark.

If we measure what Buhari and APC promised in 2014/2015 promised against the current reality is, u will arrive at an unbiased conclusion that things have not turned out to be better for Nigeria before APC took over as far as insecurity is concerned.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Buhari will handle Security, Osibanjo will handle the economy.

But rather, Buhari handled the economy, while Osibanjo handled the condolence visits from the fallout of Insecurity.

Maaaaddd ohhh!![/color]

Omo! I'm not even sure Osinbajo can count the number of places he went to pay condolence visits withing their 8 year tenure.

Apart from being unable to solve Boko Haram issue till DATE; ISWAP, Fulani Herdsmen, Bandits and Uunknown gunmen were added to our insecurity vocabulary within their 8 years tenure.

Garba Shehu is here saying Buhari did not negotiate for Boko Haram as if Jonathan claimed otherwise. I know it is that Jonathan's expectation that is paining him ; he knows Jonathan's expectation was what most Nigerians who voted for them had but were later disappointed. He's only angry that Jonathan is reminding Nigerians of Buhari government's failure.

semid4lyfe:
It was like that but it was worked on, and now better.

I noticed it's now better. Ẹ kú iṣẹ́ 👏

https://www.nairaland.com/8532424/buhari-never-negotiated-boko-haram

Why is Garba Shehu trying to rewrite history? We were all alive when Boko Haram named Buhari as one of their preferred negotiator and Buhari declined.

Why is he trying to make it seem like Jonathan wasn't saying something that was out there in the open?

Jonathan was also not wrong expecting Boko Haram problem would've been solved by Buhari within first few years of his presidency. That was one of the focal point of Buhari's campaign, we all have memories of how Buhari the general and Osinbajo the pastor/lawyer were touted to be the solution to all of naija's problem by APC in 2014 to 2015.

I hate it when people can't just accept they have failed and be trying to deflect talking gibberish

Semenyo makes it 3-1 off a counter attack.

Church Agbasa!

iamoyindamola:
Second time they led and bottle the lead

They are a very poor team.

Thank God Arteta binned this Leno; his body no dey always dey ground at all. The first goal was his fault and now the second looks like something he should've saved if he was well positioned.

Fulham just dey gbezome. Kluivert makes it 2-1

Semenyo with a Solo goal for equalizer

Chukwueze with the assist