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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:00am On Aug 26, 2022
GloriousGbola:
how many governors truly remain politically relevant after they leave office?
90% of them fall out with their successor
Wike is trying the lagos template - installing a bureaucrat career civil servant [while he handles the politicking] - but we are yet to see if Wike actually has any clout in rivers.

this election will tell
I would like to hear what his loud mouth will say when his successor tries to take control of the structure and act like the almighty governor Wike has portrayed himself to be all through his tenure
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:48am On Aug 26, 2022
GloriousGbola:
PDP was 16 years

OBJ to Yardua to GEJ

the obj years were a great start but not consolidated on

yardua simply froze or reversed several of objs inititaives


as for GEJ - he was simply not made for leadership and everyone was just doing as they please

and this admin has a lot of the same corruption issues

any admin that fails to swiftly publicly investigate, and prosecute members of the cabinet / administration who are clearly involved in corruption is simply more of the same
GEJ’s government was a disappointment, he had everything to make the country prosperous , but he just couldn’t help himself; like u said he’s certainly not cut for leadership . …. He just messed everything up. He could’ve prosecuted the Boko Haram better , he could’ve used the funds at his disposal wella and should’ve clamped down on corrupt people in his government but he was just not man enough.

Buhari on the other hand was and is still terrible . He’s a case of when the head is bad, all other parts of the body will be worse off . He spent most of his first term fighting for his life, he locked the boarder of a country that is mostly import dependent with little or no arrangements made for substitute of those imported goods already on ground, the anti-corruption campaign he rode on to power has been long dead with his anti-graft chairman enmeshed in corruption and abuse of office allegations, Terrorism rose to an all-time high under him and he has not shown to be a better decision maker than GEJ whom people ditched for him. In fact , his body language and optics portray him as a more divisive president than GEJ ever was. …. Yes he’s done well in the area of infrastructure development, but as far as economy is concerned the old man is still stuck in 1984
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:00am On Aug 26, 2022
Theflint1:
I think what Wike wants is that either way it goes, he has chance to continue eating his Dollars after governorship without EFCC wahala, and that Rivers politics remains in his pocket...I doubt Wike really get business with Federal appointment since e lose presidency.
If that’s Wike’s end game, then he needs not throw this much tantrums then. Tinubu or Atiku emerging as president won’t be much headache for him. None of those corrupt two will carry EFCC for head and start touch-lighting other corrupt public office holders like Wike na . Even if they do, Wike has enough coverings to come out unscathed from whatever corruption charges that will be leveled against him. Wike’s wife is a judge that obviously knows the law and knows people in other courts of higher jusrisdiction, their are enough SAN’s that will defend him successfully at a reduced rate sef ……..

I don’t think Wike is bothered about any possible investigations into his reign in Rivers’ state , I think he’s more concerned about his relevance in national politics post 2023 general elections .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:18pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Wike is pained, but I like what he's doing.

If you don't stop some moves now, it cannot be stopped later[/color]
Wike’s pain is undeteatndable tho.

Atiku has not been a man for the party that one would’ve expected him to be considering he was one of the founding fathers of PDP way back. Since the emergence of Buhari as the president in 2015 Atiku just took the backstage and didn’t really step up like most of the party faithfuls would expect him to as an eler; rather he just runs off to Dubai, come back during the 2019 elections , threw couple of millions her and there and banked on “northerner tax “ to get the ticket .

After losing 2019 elections he ghosted the party and only comes back again to contest under the same party he has not really done much to ensure it’s growth nor continued survival after they lost the biggest elective seat in the country .

Normally Atiku deserves the maximum shege he’s getting now , it’s just that Wike could have actually dealt with him without these open tantrums he’s been throwing here and there . I mean Wike could’ve worked against him without showing his cards like he’s doing now . If Wike is not careful , he might end up losing on all ends . Even if he works against Atiku and Tinubu wins, Tinubu’s camp won’t trust him to really give him whatever he will think he deserves for a job Weldone…. They may even sideline him. And then there’s still no assurance that whoever he imposes as his stooge in Rivers state after him will remain loyal to him for long .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:24pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Use Google Maps.

Ask around before you enter any street or road

Look at how cars are parked. If they are facing one direction, it probably means its a one way.

Look out for road signs.


But the best option is Park your car at home and use public transport grin[/color]
Road signs that have been deliberately uprooted by those touts and their Lastma cronies grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:21pm On Aug 25, 2022
GloriousGbola:
na so they do me on a friday. i drove my car to park outside site. i dey inside for barely five minutes. na so dem tow my moto. and those fking idiots expect you to come to the yard and start begging every one of those useless good for nothing ediats.

out of the blue a fried, a vendor on the project happened to know a lastma oga so we got my car out with 35k. and they told me - it was one of the security guards right next to our site that called them.

it is a fking racket though and through

you must always be very very careful on Fridays. they are all out for blood, weekend money and they know you will do anything to ensure you are not immobilized for the weekend.

fking twats
That’s the life they live on Lagos island , it’s a 4cking racket. The least u will pay is 30k once those tout is uniform strikes .

The funny thing is u may even see vehicles parked in that same street not towed cos whoever is controlling that space rogers them
Steady .

For people who are government apologist and those who lap at every official jargon the government throws out to explain these things , they will think it’s normal for u to have ur vehicle towed since the place is not an authorized garage/park, but they don’t know it’s the hypocrisy of having some vehicles towed and others left as they are that is annoying . It will surprise u that some of those fines do not really get to the government’s coffers sef, but end up in pockets of touts and the so called enforcement agents
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:52pm On Aug 25, 2022
GloriousGbola:
first time i'm seeing anything like this - but parking is fked up in VI.

unless your org has the money for a big plot of land, you will hear it

everybody jus dey run their own parking hustle.

i guess the govt is now muscling in on it

but 300k? in this fking buhari economy? and that parking has no guarantee. you car is still parked at your own risk
Lagos island and V.I axis is a jungle when it comes to parking .

U will be attending to a client/guest and his/her driver will call oga that CBD or LASTMA don dey tow vehicle go their office while he was just having a nap in the car parked just outside ur premises off the road o. grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:33pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]If you go to places in Ikeja,
you'll see some companies using those places to park cars, and you'll see the Laspark sign there too.

It means those companies are paying for it. I have seen it before[/color]
Well, I’m not conversant with Ikeja axis like Lagos island sha .

I know for a fact that if u park for that Western house front, ur vehicle go don reach Lion Building before u even enter and settle
down for the place u dey go sef grin

On Lagos island most of those parking spaces are owned and administered by touts . If u don’t give them money , by the time
U come out of whatever office u are going u will look for ur vehicle and won’t find it…… u go check inside gutter sef u won’t find it.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:27pm On Aug 25, 2022
Itsrm:
grin

Everyone ghosts at that point. grin

Tell all those abroad is not easy people to come back home and hear what they'll tell you grin
I wonder how universities will cope under this new situation in which diesel has made even private institutions like banks put on Big Gen for few hours.

I was at a company recently and the bros wey I go see dey beg me say na 11 am dem dey switch on big diesel powered Gen wey go
Power AC ( This is a company that has billions in capital base oh)

I wonder how lecturers will cope when universities resume and the management has to ration hours for putting on Generator. Imagine somebody that just returned from abroad will cope under that work environment tongue
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:17pm On Aug 25, 2022
iamoyindamola:
Finalfuckingly
Aswear! The thing gimme joy, make the guy no dey distract my boys again ….:. Make dem bring in another winger if possible
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:16pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Actually, the area is not in your premises. Its definitely outside your fence.

I also think that that particular area is not part of your property ie its not part of your land

Like in the picture below, if you decide to park on that kerb, that's when LASPARK will bill you.[/color]
Well, CBD will not allow u park on that kerb u just pointed out, I know it for a fact. CBD in junction with LASTMA patrol the whole Broad street , Marina and other part of central business district in Lagos Island and tow vehicles parked either on the kerb or anywhere not within ur premises .

Anywhere u see people parking outside on CBD in lagos , it’s because some agberos are collecting money there trust me .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:04pm On Aug 25, 2022
So Pepe don cross enter France …. Oluwaseun ! cool

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:00pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]This is not new.

Companies pay for parking space right from time past. Maybe this owner is just hearing of it for the first time.

My only issue with this is why they should bill him completely for the year 2022 in August.

He should be billed half of fee, or they could evade it till next year so they can create that awareness for him and other businesses in the area.

But for the parking permit, its a way of generating revenue for the government[/color]
U mean after paying land use charge , pay tenement rates to LGA’s , pay radio and TV fees ( in offices ) , pay corporate income tax, etc one is still expected to pay for having his or staff park in the office parking area ?

I guess this is where the IGR they always talk about comes from. Makes sense now .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:05pm On Aug 25, 2022
Lagos for show

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:45pm On Aug 25, 2022
afrodoc:
Many of the people who were insulting and cursing people for supporting Jonathan instead of APC in 2015 are now insulting and cursing people for supporting APC instead of Obi. It is not about the candidates per se but some people just have fanatical/extremist mindset.
Well, I think the extremists abound in all camps, just that there are more in some camps than the others . On this very thread someone called Yorubas not supporting Tinubu “ Omo Ale’s “ , I don’t know if that was a provoked or unprovoked attack , but that’s actually an extremist’s view.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:42pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Na so naa

E go tell me my history. Person wey no know if I dey exist, or if him dey exist.

I am still waiting for him to come and type, so I go deactivate or begin call mods.

Toddlers everywhere[/color]
It’s actually funny how some people hold their nairaland “E-rep” so dear cheesy

At times I try to imagine how they will either hold their smartphones or computer typing king essays to knock out their perceived “E-enemies” grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:22pm On Aug 25, 2022
afrodoc:
APC supporters is not a clan that you are born into and can never leave. Some of those APC supporters of 2015 are now Obidi.ots.

grin
Another Angu!

The same way Sarki Waspaping don swap APC for PDP after his brother was kidnapped in the bandits train attack. Interests do change sha
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:10pm On Aug 25, 2022
raumdeuter:
Is this in response to Jonathans supporters call them supporter of APC? I am not sure if that word is allowed here cos at a time the mods had to change it.

You can read this thread for example and see who the attackers on other supportrs are, You have been vocal about your support for Obi same with Izzou, How many people here have called you names for that?
Me vocal about support for Obi ? I don’t think so, me wey even bet against Obi winning 4 states out of the 36.

I don’t really do name-calling per se, so I would really not expect anyone to call me names and if they do I can always ignore like I do some of them that do ocassionally with snide remarks . Time no dey to dey carry politicians wahala for head like gala
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 5:42pm On Aug 25, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]When it's against your candidate, it's bitter. Instead of condemning the tweet, attack the group

I'm not supporting that Henry Shield guy, but we all know there would be extremists in every group.

Stereotyping a whole group because of one person's tweet is funny. But then.....agenda has to ... [/color]
I just weak jare….. stuff like that that happening are typical of an election period in Nigeria .

I just pity those that will cut off off communications and quarrel with loved ones because of these politicians . Some people haven’t been able to mend bridges they burnt in 2014 till now
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 5:35pm On Aug 25, 2022
raumdeuter:
Apples and Oranges

Attacking the candidate is different from attacking fellow Nigerians supporting the candidate.
Most obidient have gone beyond attacking Tinubu/Atiku to actually attacking the supporters of these people
If you declare war on people because they support another candidate yet you want to live in the same country during and after election

What would be apples to apples is showing when the supporters of Jonathan were attacked on Social Media when campaigning for their man like Obi supporters have been doing

You have expended all the insults on Tinubu druggie, Fraud, didn't graduate, everything. That is not enough na to go on to his supporters
Lolz …. There are countless APC supporters that insulted supporters here on nairaland prior to 2015 elections …… Jonathan supporters were even referred to as “Satanists” .

What is bad is bad.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:53pm On Aug 25, 2022
raumdeuter:
That is the only way they know to sell their candidate
I don’t think it’s an OBIdient thing per se….. bitter politics has always been played in naija before now . ( Even tho I don’t see much sense in somebody praying that lives of others will be the one way or the other. Those things don’t work, if they do Abacha no supposed get survivors in his family going by the amount of generational curses Nigerians had hauled towards his family )

People carried Jonathan’s “coffin “ in 2012 and years later Jonathan confirmed that incident alone traumatized his mum who had lost other kids in the past . ( No parent will not be traumatized in such circumstance )

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:49pm On Aug 25, 2022
seankafor:
weren't you informed that they want to be paid for the 6 months they stayed at home undecided

What kind of nonsense is that?

Honestly Im with federal government on this one..

Let everyone go find work .

ASUU are criminals
Okay, since u know more than the FG that knows there's shortage of PHD holders in the country, oya go and sack them o and replace them with OND holders
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:46pm On Aug 25, 2022
raumdeuter:
What is ASUU grouse? They want to be paid with a system they approve of. When you get to work today do you tell your employer how you want to be paid?
That is not the only thing they are dragging with the government na.... It's just one of their requests, increment in salary is one of them, increased funding of varsities, etc.

[b]The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, accused the Federal Government of misinforming Nigerians about their demands, just as it said that it never had it so bad with past administrations as far as negotiations are concerned.

The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke disclosed this while reacting to the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo’s claim that it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the five-month-old strike.

Osodeke in an interview with The Guardian, in Abuja, said that the claim by Keyamo that ASUU was demanding N1.1t naira to end the industrial action is false. He, therefore, urged the Federal Government to stop misinforming Nigerians.


“We have never had it this bad in the history of Nigeria, because we never had any situation where we would have an agreement with the government, only for the government team to disappear…We’ve never had it this bad!

He said: “We’re not saying give ASUU this money; we are saying refurbish Nigerian universities in such a way that it can attract students from all over the world. That’s the major thing we are asking for. It’s not about ASUU.

“We’re asking for that money for Nigerian students, and Nigerian parents. The money is for building infrastructure, upgrading libraries, hostels, and lecture theatres so that students will not be having lectures through windows; so that students will not be sitting on the floor during lectures. That’s what we are asking for. Just like you have in other countries, even our neighbours here, Benin Republic and Ghana. That’s what we are asking for.

The ASUU president added: “We are also saying that lecturers must earn competitive salaries so that we can have lecturers from all over the world come to our universities to teach, just like we’re going outside. Those are the things that we are asking for.

Osodeke said that negotiations with the government have not been fruitful owing to the actions of some government officials at the federal level.

“On two occasions, we have negotiated and reached an agreement with the team that was set up to meet with us, which did not come from outer space; a team that was set up by the President. On both occasions, the government team will not come back to us but will go out and start misinforming the public. Honestly, we have not had it this bad since ASUU started having issues with the government.

The Federal Government agreed to inject a total of N1.3 trillion into public universities, both state and federal, in six tranches, starting in 2013 after the union decried the deplorable state of the institutions.

In 2013, the government was to release N200 billion and release N220 billion each year for another five years.

After releasing the first tranche, the government stopped releasing the funds. In 2017, it, however, released N20 billion. In 2020, it promised to release N25 billion.

ASUU rejected the offer, insisting on N110 billion, which is 50 per cent of the N220 billion that it demanded, but the government declined, citing paucity of funds.[/b]
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:49pm On Aug 25, 2022
Emmynator:
ASUU's FIGHT IS YOUR FIGHT



Why is it that for these six months, federal government cannot hire other people to take the place of ASUU and teach you? There is no professor or senior lecturer, who is unemployed, except the retired ones. Besides, there is no qualified lecturer from any part of the globe, who can afford to take an appointment in Nigerian universities
This is what I have been trying to tell my Friend Itsrm. Lecturers with years of experience are not jobless..... I once asked Egbon Raumdeuter if he will use his Harvard certificate to come and lecture in naija under the current terms and condition of service our Federal university lecturers are working, baba just ghost me grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:37am On Aug 25, 2022
popizaino:
Oga sha.

You know this you know that,
You are related to this you are related to that,
So so and so worked with my parents,
This and that also worked with my parents,and yet you couldn't pay 36k naira debt.
shocked

Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by BlueRayDick: 2:41pm On Aug 24, 2022
So I tried the new indomie crayfish noodles and it wasn’t bad . I added eja kika to give it that special flavor I want ( that’s the only way I enjoy noodles nowadays )

Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by BlueRayDick: 2:11pm On Aug 24, 2022
Ofada + shaki + ponmo + beef

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 11:23am On Aug 24, 2022
Theflint1:
smiley
No big deal na…. It’s just a reversal of the Buhari-Osinbajo campaign promise where Buhari had plans to take care of security being the general he was and Osinbajo take care of the economy as the “egg-head “ he was portrayed to be .

So u are having Bobo Chicago taking care of Economy since he allegedly made Lagos prosperous single-handedly and Shettima having fought Boko Haram as a governor in Borno is expected to know how to tackle security challenges lipsrsealed
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 2:56am On Aug 24, 2022
izzou:
[color=royalblue]I no believe all these lamba abeg.

Different people go thief, use Abacha name as Customer details

23 million in the 90s is a lot of money. Let's not talk about the ones he had dropped before.

[/color]
You think America or any foreign country will just hold on to someone else’s money for this long and then suddenly tag it Abacha loot and release it to Nigeria has being the last owner ? Well personally I doubt that cos I’m sure these transactions have “legs” that can be easily traced .

The issue I have with them however is keeping these monies in their financial system for this long and then acting like some benevolent sugar daddy ocassionally as they so please . Dem no try at all
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:00pm On Aug 23, 2022
Abacha don bo card another $23million from
grave via the United States ; yet some people here actually wished for military rule like we had under Abacha . shocked
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 9:06pm On Aug 23, 2022
What a difference three years can make!

Image on the left : Our starting line-up
December 2019 - 1-1 at Bournemouth

Image on the right : Our starting line-up August 2022 - 3-0 at Bournemouth

Only Granit Xhaka and Bukayo Saka remain.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 9:51pm On Aug 22, 2022
Martial Don do customer dada ni cool

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