₦airaland Forum

GloriousGbola:
My guy you are a Nigerian. When Atiku lobbied to have his case closed and warrant sorted, he paid a lobbying firm 300k if I recall.

Trump is the most genial, most corrupt president America has ever had. That is why Qataris are dashing him plane, why he is doing real estate deals in Saudi Arabia. That money is going to team trump.

What your mafians call protection money. Maybe they will Throw in a Chieftaincy title or medal as well.

Naija ultimate peace prize as the guy has so a love of that sort of thing

Don't u think Nigerian government showing efforts at fighting terrorism, naming & shaming terrorism financiers and prosecuting terrorists arrested would be more beneficial to Nigerians instead of spending as much as $9m of tax payers money to hire an American lobbying firm? Let's not forget that the Nigerian firm that hired the American lobbying firm on behalf of NSA will also be paid hundreds of millions for their "serices"

So what is now the difference between this current government and the past one? They are currently hounding Malami for hiring international lawyers for ridiculous amount of dollars in processing refund of Abacha's loot. Then we have this government doing what they are doing with this American lobbying firm. Na wa o

GloriousGbola:
IMHO he understands trumps game. Likely the lobbying firm is attached to Trump family one way or another. That is the trump way.

So they have to waste $9million of tax payers' funds just to inform America they have plans to fight Jihadists?

Na wa o.

They refused to name Terrorism sponsors , we have not seen much prosecution efforts from FG to terrorists and we have state governments busy negotiating with terrorists.

They should take action instead of wasting tax payers money on lobbying

iamoyindamola:
Blueraydick
If you didn't watch tehran s3 last year, it is out now
The english subtitle should be fine too

I've lost interest in the series jare.

I'm currently watching The 100 on Prime. I watched it way back but I stopped at season 3, I'm now on season 6 (It has 7 seasons)

Of late I've been enjoying Prime. I just wish other platforms like HBO, peacock, AppleTV etc were available for easy sub in Naija and at reasonable cost; one would not need to be doing unnecessary download up and down.

afrodoc2:
I had one Chilean woman who survived the horrors of Pinochet consoling me today for coming from Nigeria based on all the negative news she has been hearing with banditry, terrorism, and corruption.

She must be wondering how u survived all of that and still managed to keep ur sanity to become what u are today.

In 2024 I was in PH, on the way from the airport we were in a convoy with one German and one American national who are expat consultants to our company. The coaster bus we were in was bulletproof o and we had one hilux full of armed soldiers as lead escort while another hilux filled with armed Mobile police officers was following closely behind us.

Despite the level of security, the moment our driver observed the bus was giving him funny signs and he parked, come and see the way those expats were jittery. Seems they've been told how kidnapping is rampant in Nigeria particularly in the Niger Delta. You could clearly see the horror on their face right from the moment the driver stopped to check the vehicle till we continued our journey. We the Nigerians in the bus were not even bothered because we know nobody is coming to face that much security detail in a gun duel but the white guys were not calm at all.

Some of those negative news always keep foreign nationals on their toes while in Nigeria.

afrodoc2:
Naija matter na like trying to use hand to stop a basket from leaking. I no sure say any project gets done anywhere in this country without inflation of figures and kickbacks.

Obligatory!

It seems almost everyone expects u to inflate project costs and pay kickbacks the moment you get a contract from any government ministry/department/agency. It seems everyone has accepted it to be the way to go

PDPGuy:
I can’t believe Morocco spent only US$75 million to construct the Prince Moulay stadium in Rabat (69k capacity), venue for today’s game 🤯

In Western Europe or the U.S., that stadium would cost no less than $450 million or even $700 million. Or is it the cost of labor that is the difference?

Meanwhile, Godswill Akpabio stadium that was built in Akwa Ibom between 2012 and 2014 cost $96 million despite our own stadium being completed 12 years earlier and our own stadium having 30k capacity while the Moroccan stadium has 69k capacity 🤦‍♂️.

Some people must have made mad-ass money from that Akwa Ibom stadium that can't even stand toe to toe with the Moroccan stadium.

GloriousGbola:
the police attached to VIPs are supernumerary [also called SPY] police - not required for actual police work

This is not true at all.

The regular policemen, MOPOL and SPU are majorly the ones attached to VIPS.

It's mostly banks, some companies and few private individuals that use SPY police as drivers/orderlies. The real VIPS use regular policemen, that's why u see them lamenting since the order came out.

izzou:
Blueraydick

Abeg what does Police Supermemary Unit do?

How is it different from the normal Police Unit?

Because I dey wonder how a Commissioner of Education become ACP

supernumerary Policemen otherwise known as SPY police are just private individuals trained by the supernumerary police unit for specific security roles and protection of high ranking officials and or organizations. Their job is to Complement the services of regular police officers

Their uniform is slightly different from the regular police officers.

It is the supernumerary police unit that trains SPY police and in charge of posting them to ministries, departments,multinationals, banks and other private organizations

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Seems like you don't understand the principles of justice. Since October 7, Israel have attacked Syria, Qatar unprovoked. I don't want to mention Yemen and Lebanon cox you will start shouting Hezbollah and Houthis.

Why is Israel annexing Syrian territory in 2026?
Why did Israel strike Qatar? Have Syria or Qatar attack Israel since October 7?

You have left October 7 and jumped to post-October 7 still u are avoiding the main point.

If u don't hate Israel why did u celebrate murder of innocent Israeli citizens ? Is that part of preaching multi-polarity world ?

GloriousGbola:
iran is attacking protesters
american govt is attacking protesters

russia first entered crimea, then ukraien
us entered venezulea, is now eyeing greenland - so whats teh difference?

anyone can make up any case to invade a sovereign nation - they have nazis, they have wmd, they are narco terrorists, they are oppressing minorities - but at its core it is all BS and about power

It is what it is.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
I've told you many times that October 7th didn't happen in a vacuum. U go fetch ant infested firewood then you wonder why lizard dey visit your house.


https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-livid-after-un-chief-says-hamas-attacks-did-not-occur-in-vacuum/

This is beside the point.

You claim you don't hate Israel but I doubt that is true. Why? Because you rejoiced when October 7 happened. October 7 was Jihadist slaughtering defenseless Israeli citizens and you actually took delight in that massacre.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
We wey dey preach Multi-Polarity in the International Arena, e no mean say we hate America or Israel.

Are you sure about this?

Your posts in the past literally read as though u rejoice when these two countries either have planes falling off their sky (In the case of America) or when their citizens get massacred by Jihadist (As in the case of Israel in the wake of October 7).

timbros:
How dare you? You are not patriotic!

Patriotic kor, platonic ni.

I watch football my own entertainment and Arsenal v Chelsea offers more entertainment value than Nigeria vs Morocco. I will watch Nigeria match's replay later jor.

izzou:
The only recorded crimes committed on 3MB is when a vehicle breaks down. That's when you see 3 touts harassing victims.

So because of at most, 20 people causing mischief on the bridge, we use 2.5 billion to put CCTV, and still incur monthly expenses?

We never really talk wetin wan make us put 2.5 billion there

I don't think that's the only crime happening there o. There have been instances where dead body has been found on the bridge without any indication that it was a road accident which suggest such corpse are dropped there.

Away from crime, the CCTV can aid prompt emergency response to accidents on the bridge . I think that is something that makes the CCTV installation reasonable.

The cost may be over-inflated as typical of most government awarded contracts, but I think the CCTV installation is actually needed on the bridge.

GloriousGbola:
Na why lasg floodlight na over 1m.

Exactly.

GloriousGbola:
240 solar panels when a solar panel is 130k
300kva transformer which is 18 to 22m
Lights are solar powered so why do we need 300kva in the first place?
Generator size not included
Hilux should be 70m+ or thereabouts
Total cameras not listed
Total floodlights not listed

Not sure how this comes to 2.5b,esp as it is ccecc who will likely be supplying most of the materials direct from China.

lolz. U dey try calculate contract sum disbursed by government through ministry ?

Just dey play! Majority of the contract sum goes for settling different persons of interest from the civil servants at the ministry to even the minister and Perm secs overseeing the ministry that awarded the contract.

izzou:
I saw the comment yesterday, and I wasn't surprised.

But I am still trying to understand what we need a CCTV for in Third Mainland bridge.

There are thousands of Federal Roads where this surveillance would be needed.

Maybe I dey in the past oh, but I no know wetin we need am for

Well, to the best of my knowledge the CCTV is required to monitor and control crime on the bridge. You know how vehicles breakdown on the bridge and hoodlums just swarm the vehicle occupants with the aim of either forcefully obtaining cash from them or outrightly rob them.

I want to believe the CCTV will be manned and security agents will be close by to intervene when such incidents occur going forward.

I also think the presence of monitoring officers in the CCTV control room will aid fast response to accident scene on the bridge going forward.

All of these assumptions is hoping the CCTV will be used like they ought and not that it was just an avenue to take out money from the treasury.

That being said, I agree other major highways across the country also need this CCTV to combat crime along the highways.

@izzou they said the cost of the CCTV is N2.5billion and not N40billion that was earlier reported.

https://www.nairaland.com/8598058/third-mainland-bridge-surveillance-cost

To think that one stewpiid BATist was actually defending the N40 billion cost on front page yesterday and was busy insulting anybody who pointed out how ridiculous the N40 billion price tag for only CCTV surveillance sounded to sane minds.

popizaino:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Morocco 🇲🇦 Wed - 9:00pm

Chelsea vs Arsenal. Wed - 9:00pm


@Ibime
@Timbros

Which one are you watching?

Na una two carry SE matter for head pass.

I will definitely be watching Arsenal's match ahead of Nigeria's.

KingTom:
Egbon, even late Awujale sef say na Sudanese we be

Awujale say na Wadai una come from in Sudan

izzou:
The owners of the rehab go dey cash out steady.

If person get money, na sure ticket be this

Na super cash out sef.

Thw first and only time I've been to the neuropsychatry hospital in Yaba(Yaba left) was when I was in either 300l or 400l when we offered a course that required us going to different levels of hospital ( primary Healthcare centers, general hospital, tertiary hospitals/teaching hospitals, specialized hospitals like Yaba left, etc) to carry out some findings/research.

It was while within the premises of Yaba left I saw at close range what harm drug abuse has done to individuals and their families. No be small thing at all.

Some parents bundle their kids down there and spend serious amount of money to rehabilitate them.

KingTom:
The shame and stigma associated with drug use is no more there, frankly people don't care enough to bother themselves with other people's problems in these times

I was having this discussion with a friend recently ; while we were much younger smoking marijuana was something people go as gra away as possible from home to do because of the shame/stigma associated with it.

There are some "Ẹlẹ́gbon" that we didn't know dem dey kpoli until we saw them at a football field very far away from home litting their smoke with some other senior men where they were damn sure no known person can see them.

It's either they smoke in such far away football field or they look for an uncompleted building that is very far away from home to do their thing.

Nowadays you see kids that are barely out of secondary school blowing trees in broad daylight on the streets. You see smoking on TikTok Live, they smoke at open parties and even beside people's windows without fear of the people in the neighborhood reporting.

Funnily if you decide to report them because you feel it's not right for them to be smoking weed openly like that, they will label u a snitch.

And to now think it's even all those synthetic weed cultured in labs they smoke that can easily damage their brain. It just gives a creep that in years to come, only few young adults may be sane enough to be called elders

https://x.com/thembuotidem/status/2010675248522207310?s=46

My old man once mentioned this place. I think an article was written about the island back then In Guardian newspapers or so

These northern governors are not really serious about combating terrorism and banditary.

After the FG has already declared act of banditary as terrorism, here is Katsina state governor agreeing to a so-called "peace deal" to release 70 bandits back into the system just like that.

https://www.nairaland.com/8597323/katsina-governor-release-70-bandits

Bandits that kidnapped, injured and killed law abiding citizens, those are the same people they are releasing back into the society under yeye peace deal arrangement.

They eat security votes from FG, turn back to claim FG did not do enough to protect their citizens and then proceed to be negotiating with terrorists. Na wa o

Alonso Don collect sack letter?

That was fast!

raumdeuter:
If they put him as Right back, I can accept it cos his competitions will be Eguavoen, Mobi Oparaku, Ruben Agboola, Efe Ambrose etc. I cant remember a great right back we ever had. Many times sef na makeshft right back we dey use.

Meanwhile quality Left back na water Iroha, Babayaro Taiwo

Yeah, apparently we didn't have great RBs that's why they thought of fixing calamity Yobo there sha.

MorataFC:
I know raumdeuter will disagree with inclusion of Okocha.

Me sef have my reservations about the list.

Joseph Yobo na dirty !

iamoyindamola:
Ring is thumb print as how na
Na because you no they go waasi, religious leaders and lambs
Their target are the female they love the lamba

Omo ! E shock me, he's dropping lamba as if the people he's addressing are very dumb. For this age and time make person dey claim say ring na biometric fingerprint that will allow somebody enter a foreign country

iamoyindamola:
Guehi is saliba position, with Madrid coming every market days for him, it's only a matter of time.
I also feel if we win something significant our team will be fulfilled and seek another challenge

Until then...bringing him in would not make sense

I no know say Alfas too dey drop lamba like this o

Lambarudeen🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/0py2OvChgj

— Depegan of Lagos 🇳🇬🇺🇸 (@Mautiin01) January 12, 2026

iamoyindamola:
Guehi is not coming this season it's after WC, more over he's for free meaning he will negotiate a big contract and he knows he can't compete with the 2 best cbs.
After this WC by the next one he be close to 30 he need the pay more than the play, may the highest bidder win

Guehi coming next season doesn't change anything. If Gabriel Saliba are not leaving anytime soon, then it's certain Guehi will be coming to seat on the bench and only hope to play when either of them is injured or in ocassional cup matches when they are rested.

Guehi is at the peak of his footballing career, so I doubt if he will settle for that when he can go to Loserpool where they can guarantee him starting shirt or Barca (if they are nkt broke again).

Make dem focus on strengthening other more important departments where we are light instead of brining in a player that may not be happy on the bench whether he's signed for free or not.

izzou:
We have highways all over the country that need urgent security attention.

Na 3rd Mainland bridge wey no soul dey waka on top dem wan use 40 billion do CCTV.

When Northern politicians say Tinubu na President of Lagos, we go say na lie.

Is there any sense in this project?

The annoying thing is how Dave Umahi will call criminally inflated figures as cost for a project and he will boastfully be using English to defend it.

Imagine Ekiti state government's 2026 budget is 415 billion and Dave Umahi get mind to say FG used 40 billion ( close to 10% of Ekiti budget) to fix only CCTV on third mainland bridge 🤦‍♂️

Shebi if they even want to do projects in Lagos because it is the president's state they should at least call reasonable figures nit this kind fugure that clearly shows intention to fleece tax payers of their funds.