₦airaland Forum

Gerrard59:
Tell the government to privatise NIPOST, and see investors rush to acquire it. Roads? Why should private firms construct roads? What then becomes the government's responsibility?

privatize a business and expect it to grow in Nigeria? I should ask if you are ignorant of the way things are done in Nigeria. Yep roads are a government responsibility, but because of huge infrastructural deficit caused by years of misadministration, private entities could help. Private entities could construct road in order to prevent loss of revenue. In fact let a private entity not bother with repairs or construction of road and watch as they would make a loss. I remember ojemai farms in their hey days, as they took a road and repaired for the sake of their business. I can also remember reading that factories of old create their own private roads for their businesses.

TheAngry1:
This story is gaining attention only because the young lady is light-skinned. 17 other girls were invited, why the fuss over Sophia? She is Nigerian like the other girls, but this 'white is right' nonsense mentality no go allow us hear word. That's how Nigerian journalists have written columns, features and editorials with the same running title everywhere-'Oyibo Wall' to describe Leon and Troost-Ekong. Na wetin sef?

bro pls try to always read completely before commenting. her story is really gaining traction because she is an adopted Nigerian.

Nasir123:
Money is good.

Nigerians should be reasonable.

Did you know we can creat our own Paradise on earth?
Pls no one,I repeat, no one( ur pastor, imam,not to mention those criminal politicians) should advice u to wait till u get to Heaven.

We must fix this Country for Good.
God bless Nigeria.

bro we can fix it only if we all are ready to form a movement and forget about tribal/religious affiliations.

vikacydevato:
That money can start a snail farm.

bro it can start you at least 2hectares of cassava farm or 1 hectare of cucumber farm

MrWondah:
10 percent tithe loading if she eventually wins. Little wonder Nigeria is backward. Nobody would invest 100k on a tech startup but would gladly invest it in kitty

thank you bros. God bless you. imagine if 100k is given to tech start up or even tech innovations - the bandwagon effect will be massive. look at the money amazon pumps into us post office, just imagine if tech companies start pumping money into nipost, roads. just imagine the jobs those companies will create, even the wealth it would generate if companies are listed on the stock exchange. the day I knew we lost it as a country is the day when it was announced the 48 million would be given to a single person and persons will still part with their money so that someone they do not know from adam will win that money

make una dey look am there. very soon na so one Hollywood director go give am role for him mannerisms

shey una see d insult wey dis people dey give us because of the economic hardship wey dey force many Nigerians to buy used product

HeyCorleone:
You won't find such nonsense show in a country like China, or Russia, Germany, France, and other World powers.

It's only in impoverished third world countries you find such things, and the people there rejoice to it without thinking for a moment that their is something wrong with them.


Indeed the black man has a curse.

not that am supporting BBN but do know that Russia has such a show, and that the big brother franchise was made popular by the U.K. truth is I would have preferred the Indian version which is the big boss

hmmmn

makydebbie:
Urgh. You mean in every aspect? Then I'll know you're being sentimental.

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I never said so, pls stop forcing words into my mouth(or in this case keyboard). You simply stated Ghana is better than Nigeria which implies that you meant twas in every aspect and I simply stated you should point out how it was better

Olukat:
1.What's our total power generation?
2.How much of such power is distributed?
3.When was the last time you saw a proper power layout job carried out.
4.What census are you using? Just know that Nigeria have never carried out one!

GENERATION CAPACITY
Installed Capacity: 12,522 MW
Thermal: 10,142 MW
Hydro: 2,380 MW.
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using worldometers
Nigeria Population
1950
37,859,744
1951
38,423,978
1952
39,035,145
1953
39,685,757
1954
40,370,373
1955
41,085,563
1956
41,830,031
1957
42,604,508
1958
43,411,475
1959
44,254,686
1960
45,137,812
1961
46,062,905
1962
47,029,140
1963
48,032,246
1964
49,066,059
1965
50,127,214
1966
51,217,359
1967
52,341,834
1968
53,505,978
1969
54,716,735
1970
55,981,400
1971
57,295,210
1972
58,662,603
1973
60,110,433
1974
61,673,559
1975
63,373,572
1976
65,226,229
1977
67,215,805
1978
69,293,550
1979
71,391,290
1980
73,460,724
1981
75,482,552
1982
77,472,907
1983
79,462,277
1984
81,497,739
1985
83,613,300
1986
85,818,502
1987
88,101,628
1988
90,450,281
1989
92,844,353
1990
95,269,988
1991
97,726,323
1992
100,221,563
1993
102,761,737
1994
105,355,783
1995
108,011,465
1996
110,732,904
1997
113,522,705
1998
116,385,750
1999
119,327,073
2000
122,352,009
2001
125,463,434
2002
128,666,710
2003
131,972,533
2004
135,393,616
2005
138,939,478
2006
142,614,094
2007
146,417,024
2008
150,347,390
2009
154,402,181
2010
158,578,261
2011
162,877,076
2012
167,297,284
2013
171,829,303
2014
176,460,502
2015
181,181,744
2016
185,989,640
2017
190,886,311


also
The report, titled ‘World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision’, said with such development, Nigeria would overtake the United States in terms of population just as world population would reach 9.8 billion people.
The report said “by 2050, the third most populous country will be Nigeria, which currently ranks seventh, and which is poised to replace the United States.
“Among the 10 largest countries of the world, one is in Africa (Nigeria).
“Amongst these, Nigeria’s population, currently the seventh largest in the world, is growing the most rapidly.
“Consequently, the population of Nigeria is projected to surpass that of the United States shortly before 2050, at which point it would become the third largest country in the world.
“In 2050, the populations in six of the 10 largest countries are expected to exceed 300 million: China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and United States of America (in alphabetical order).
just because there are no censuses taking place yearly does not mean you will not be able to estimate. As for my point up there , it all simple common sense.

makydebbie:
Nigeria is not better than Ghana. Can your dead currency survive there? Which kain dream be this?

Even your leaders plays with your intelligence. Citizens that don't know their rights as citizens. Nigeria is fvcked up right now. But we'll keep praying for you guys, so much love. #makeNigeriagreatagain.

But then;
Hopefully, when this delusional Nigerians (thinking Nigeria is better than Ghana in every aspect) wakes up, there'll be light or something.

lady Nigeria is by far better than Ghana. state ur reasons why you believe the opposite and I will state mine.
also currency value does not determine the greatness of a country except for cheap propaganda points or you want to tell me that Libya is so great or Russia is so bad. sorry lady I always love ur comments but this time I believe ur are the delusional one.

Axis313:
It's not jealous my brother, the rest of the world already know that our power sector sucks,and the stupid idiots that are parading themselves as our leaders care less about it,so far they have diesel generators to power their homes.

bro that's not an epic response. truth of the matter is that we Nigerians want a magic wand wave which would give us stable power supply rather than thinking critically. the power generated by this country could comfortably supply three - five small African countries but not Nigeria. why? quite simply our population is growing to fast, this causes increased infrastructure which means increased electricity consumption. imagine Nigeria is said to hold one of the largest population of youths and if multiple baby mama birth continues, by 2035 our population would hit maybe over 230million, imagine that more power consumption and our power systems are just being upgraded at that time to 2015 population. as we grow in population, so also we will lag in electricity.

Olukat:
Jealous of what? Use your head!
That response is epic and should awaken our consciousness on the real issues

bro that's not an epic response. truth of the matter is that we Nigerians want a magic wand wave which would give us stable power supply rather than thinking critically. the power generated by this country could comfortably supply three - five small African countries but not Nigeria. why? quite simply our population is growing to fast, this causes increased infrastructure which means increased electricity consumption. imagine Nigeria is said to hold one of the largest population of youths and if multiple baby mama birth continues, by 2035 our population would hit maybe over 230million, imagine that more power consumption and our power systems are just being upgraded at that time to 2015 population. as we grow in population, so also we will lag in electricity.

udi4eva:
Its not something to be humble about. It was an agreement, if you refuse to give them,they will build a dam across the niger in their country, this will reduce the speed of the current and water level here, so it will even be worse for us here. But on the other hand, we are giving them only a percentage and they are managing well,and have other sources of power too. What are we doing with the one we are generating here and all the plenty power plants. Nigeria is a laughing stock in Aftica. For a youth to be boasting about a table full of billionaires when majority of the country survives barely on less than 1$ a day tell you what our priorities are.
Useless country!!!
Shameless Leaders!!!
Senseless followers!!!

so river Niger flows from Ghana and empties in the Cameroonian highlands, well u learn something everyday. anyway what that guy above said about Nigeria supplying Ghana electricity is true and funny enough is true for most countries close to us and they are all owing us hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. we are also supplying them gas for their turbines and they are owing us for that also.

concupiscent:
"haha. In the spiritual realm there's good and there's evil, so witches do exist, but some persons dying are not a result of the Oba curse, he wields no such power.

I was born and breed in Benin and it is not as evil as you guys outside paint it."

-concupiscent

if u were born an breed in Benin it either you were not born to a Benin family, or you are an utanta supporter

hmmn, I talk am say this lady na lair, she go jus day pack the kids for ring road. once saw her near first bank ATM and saw 2 ladies drop 1000 naira notes. the only one make government remove na those wey they carry swollen body parts for ring road

hmmmmn

chai, where for Benin this tin happen

NSK4U:
let them give people money and stop politicking everything, who and who collected 60billion in this same country??
APC's perfected lies about governance won't take Nigerians anywhere positive

bros is not a lie, anchor borrower's for instance gave between 2bn- 3bn per state, u also have programs for fisheries, livestock and so on. I remember during 2013/2014 when they were giving out loan to farmers . up till date no farmer has paid back most went and bought new cars, married new wife and so on rather than using it for what it was meant for.

Sagay212:
That is the exact instructions of their Mohammed. Even on nairaland, they want to force people to accept their Allah before posting on their threads. And non Muslims wonder why these guys are terrorising the world. It starts with petty rubbish like what the OP and many of his kind bring up here and how they cannot tolerate others and must force people to accept Allah.

true, I believe some nairaland mods are contributing to the current religious and ethnic tensions. how can someone push such a thread to FP knowing the effect and how polarizing such issues are. Can u imagine someone equating a choice in profession to someone being kidnapped. Well I believe both the op and the original writer are touched in the head.

friimarket01:
This is great. Once a new technology comes out in a country scientists all over the world begin to work to replicate that invention but here in Nigeria we are still trying to replicate 1959 technology without success.

bros that car u are seeing and others with nuclear/radioactive fuels were planned in the 50s/60s, its only now that the tech base has improved that their building it. truth is most of the improved techs were planned in the 1890s - 1930s. like Tesla's AC current, radiant energy transmission, electric cars e.t.c, but lack of funds, war, nepotism and poor tech base did not allow them to develop it. Truth is if we even look through Nigeria's own past you will find some inventions. What we need are daring investors with the bravery and will to support. them sorta like musk

Afam4eva:
This Ikeja bus terminal has been finished for many months but left idle because they want to commission it. What is the craze about commissioning projects with so much pomp and pageantry.

do you not know it is because of the money they appropriate from commissioning of projects. At times, the cost of commissioning could be more than half the cost of the project.

bros abeg is this real? messi play? naija do swear for them? seems like the coach go jus kukuma get him sack b4 world cup.

Gullah:
Ikechukwu Ezenwa, our goalkeeper

no nah him spare parts dealer wey go London last week. mtcheeew

fecta:
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nor vex, maybe the bros don't booze

Donbabaj:
This game no sweet at all. Super Eagles can't qualify from group stages if they continue like this. Well, may be is a strategy sha but we miss Mikel.

abi, maybe they are playing horribly so the opposition at the world cup will underestimate them

caprini1:
The team is missing Mikel,to stabilised the midfield and attack.

I just hope and pray we can find a midfielder of such quality and another lethal/efficient striker for the world cup

Ekaka1:
Truly if Serbia win this match or we get a draw it's not because they are a lot better.

We just don't take our chances and our attempts at goal is very poor...near zero. Corner kicks are without purpose as if we don't intend to make them count.

Whatever the case...Serbia will score...if we don't . This match ain't ending in 0-0

true, we are playing without purpose or conviction. I still can't believe eagles defeated Argentina because if we had played like this all through the match, then you can be damn sure they would've trashed us.

Gangster1ms:
Joel obi is horrible.. just remove that guy

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bro its not just Joel. whenever they go foward they lose initiative and they give the ball away damn to easily. they also are not stringing passes and some are showing skills to the fans and then they would lose sight of the ball. I believe their winning streak is getting into their heads.

philcz:
Any channel showing it on mobdro?

bein sport6

oga I nor know o. I think say na secondary school match I dey watch. them be don't score us o