₦airaland Forum

omoharry:
They are called the Nigerian happy slaves . Give them 1500 and you see them surrender their life and freedom just that .

you are absolutely correct

Max24:
Every sensible group knows that Tinubu has a good plan for this country and is making efforts. Only unpatriotic people think they must oppose him because he is not their kinsman.

And only unpatriotic people thinks they must support him because he is their kinsman, even when they knew he has nothing to offer

Miyetti Allah and any group dissociating itself from the planned protest are enemies of the masses,they are tools being used by government

Love800:
But the club is still working.
Abi they sold the shares to another party to be using it before leaving?

yes

Love800:
Is shell not functioning again?
Is it the one in warri?

yes, shell has left warri

EreluRoz:
Protest is not the best way to go about it, I don't want anyone to get hurt

what is the best way to go about it,by suffering and smiling

Goodvibes007:
I know alot of Nigerian politicians are corrupt. They all have houses abroad.

But how do we know Dr is telling the truth. At best, this is just a gossip. I.e. not confirmed to be true.

Just yesterday or so, gistlover blog listed like 20 or so popular Nigerian women sleeping with Akpabio. Are we just to believe that as well because one blogger said so....?

There is no smoke without fire

Shikini:
You make money in Nigeria and move the proceeds to acquire property overseas.

Why won't the country bleed?
.

yes,the country will continue to bleed, because our foolish leaders will steal from the country and go to Europe to acquire properties.

Tjra:
You are on your own.

You are free to protest but don't destroy properties or block access to movements of people going about their daily businesses. Simple

for peace to reign, you must go to war,our leaders have taken us for granted for too long,A coward can never find peace.Face the consequences and be free

OPICANTO2223:
Seriously serious. This charlatans residing in one side of this country with demonic hypocritical instilled brain dead, should protest alone.

Is it only the south east that is feeling the economic hardship in Nigeria, what is even wrong with you people,

They've not learnt their lessons,all the oil companies left warri because of this their nasty attitude.

It's unfortunate that this is a community where youths beats,control and disrespect their elders.

Shell has left and Chevron will leave soon

Cxmanluvs:
I'm not a pauper like you

ok, you are one of the online millionaires in nairaland

The Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), has vowed to defend the Southwest region and its heritage against all external forces that may threaten the peace, unity and development in the region.

YYSA gave the assurance following the planned protest against hardship in the country by some groups scheduled to hold in August.

National President of YYSA, Olalekan Hammed and the National Secretary, Olawale Ajao in a statement on Friday in Ibadan, said it had uncovered secret plans by some unscrupulous elements to take advantage of the intending nationwide protest against hardship to perpetrate evils.

According to the youths, there is a plan by the people to set major economic development facilities ablaze in the Southwest.

“We have uncovered some secret plans by unscrupulous elements to take advantage of the intending nationwide protest against hardship to perpetrate evils by setting ablaze all our major economic development facilities in Southwest.


“Besides that, they have as well mapped out some strategic areas to ensure that they navigate easily to palaces menacingly and burn them to ashes”, the youths alleged.

They added that local government secretariats were also part of the public properties targeted for destruction by the people.

“Moreover, it is our prerogative to defend Southwest region and heritage against all external forces that may be threat to peace, unity and development.

“For this reason, we hereby unequivocally declare that the scheduled mass protest has been put on hold in order to secure and protect Yoruba land from enemies of progress disguising as students and activists to put us into peril socially and economically”, they said.

Meanwhile, the Yoruba group commended the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for ensuring that justice prevailed for all tiers of government to operate as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.

“They are as well known as the three levels of government through which legislative lists were shared as follows; exclusively legislative list, concurrent legislative list and residual list.

“Although, the state governments that constitutionally share some powers in the residual legislative list with local governments have dominated everything, while the constitutionally recognised third tier of government has become castrated”, the youths added.


While noting that genuine development starts from the grassroot at the local government level where people are engaging mostly in primary activities such as farming, fishing, craft, hunting, petty trading and others, the YYSA said, “Essentially, agriculture products and food items are being transported to cities after successful harvest in rural areas under local administrations.’

It further explained that the issue of security can best be tackled at local level where suspicious persons can easily be identified

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Nigerians are sick and tired of this incompetent government with nothing offer except excuses.

Malroux:
Trump should start rehearsing his victory speech. His inauguration suit and tie should be ready by now.

Americans are angry with Trump because of his anti gay stance unlike his prodecesors

MossadAgent:
And how will your IPOB mob looting Lagos and burning it down bring food on the table?

Go and burn your villages, towns and cities in your yeast first.

IPOBis not the problem of Nigeria,the YORUBAS Were

MossadAgent:
That's why Nigeria must be restructured and to all that which belongs to whom.

Support restructuring back to pre Ironsi Nigeria you no go gree, instead nah federal govt handouts you are still bent on parasiting on.

what does your south west contribute to the nation's wellbeing, the country is relying on Niger delta oil wealth to feed your baren bregion

walefresh3:
then go to Abuja and do that....

Lagos go teach sense pop

If you do anyhow you Naa go see any how...

Lagos is for peaceful Nigerians

Which peace,when hunger and hardship is ravaging the country and you are preaching peace.

MossadAgent:
Look at this one.

The federal govt takes 51% of all revenue while your parasitic state gets to share from the rest.

Are your governors maintaining the Police force, military and other security outfits ? Are they the ones maintaining our diplomatic missions ? Picking the tab for federal roads that are the only roads linking your backward region to the rest of the country ?

I can go on.

The fact remains that your state governors can not account for the monies that the FG disburses to them .

Go and hold your thieving Abuja contractor cum governors accountable.

It's talk like this that has since made me know that you guys will never accept return to true federalism because your shithole states and region will be the poorest without federal largesse.

When the father (the head ) is not doing well,it will surely affect the children.Even with the federal allocation shared among states, without the right template put in place by the federal government,it won't have much impact

Aside, Lagos state among the south west, which other state is viable,none

MossadAgent:
Nobody is telling you not to protest.

Just take your protest to your state .

Simple.

It's not like your governors in the SE since 1999 with the exception of Dave Umahi has been outstanding .


Go and hold them responsible for the rot in your states.

The rot, poverty and inflation ravaging the country right now is not caused by the state but the federal government.

Was it the state that removed fuel subsidy,the state cannot do much without the federal government putting in the right template for development

Remove the lid that is blinding you not to see things clearly

MossadAgent:
But you are saving everything for Lagos .

We have seen this before.

Kill others but leave yours intact.

Be very careful in your latest foolishness.

Patience for you is on thin ice.

Do not cause more troubles for yourselves .

It's this fear of trouble that gives Nigeria leaders the impetus to misgovern the nation, because nobody is holding them accountable.

This has led the nation to the current quangmire and hardship.

They should be asked to account for their misdeeds

MossadAgent:
Why not include Kano or Kaduna for even spread.

Your SE that is suffering from chronic bad governors since 1999 you don't see.

It's thus same attitude the 1966 coup plotters had.

All the 36 states are suffering from bad governance, including Lagos.

There will be mini protest in the different states across the country

Cxmanluvs:
Just make sure you're present at the Lagos venue... We want to check something.

Won't you be there, okay you are one of those cowards that complain bitterly about the sorry state of the nation, but withdraw into their shells at the slightest opportunity.

I will be there

shortgun:
As the planned protest is fast approaching the enemies of the people are telling Nigerians to go back to their home states if they want to protest

They won't tell Nigerians to go back to their states when Nigerians and thier relatives are forcefully posted to troubled zones in the country where many never came back alive for the mandatory NYSC scheme.

They won't tell Nigerians to go back to their states when Nigerians and their loved ones in the military and other security agencies are deployed to communities where insurgents, bandits and terrorist kill them while serving the country.
Nigerians won't go back to their states when resources taken from their states are distributed to different parts of the country or used to finance the insensitive luxurious lifestyle of the political class.


Anyone telling you to protest only in your home state is a compromised criminal going against the provisions of the constitution.

The protest should be done where it will have much impact and publicity and that place should be Lagos state and Abuja

fuckJones:
we have the right to arrest miscreant too

who is the 'we'

fuckJones:
Peter Obi will be arrested if the protests go on and nothing will happen.
Again I repeat, (S)He will be arrested and nothing will happen.
He is not grester than Abiola, Obasanjo, Soyinka, etc who were arrested and detained for the peace of this country.
Nigeria is bigger than ibo handle mops and their fail president.

Nigerians have the right to protest peacefully,Peter Obi inclusive

What's causing the crisis?
The worst economic crisis in Nigeria in decades has cost the country the ranking as Africa's biggest economy. And inflation and a volatile exchange rate are driving the cost of living up in the nation of more than 200 million people.

Higher drug import prices have led to local price hikes and a scarcity of basic medicines. Pharmacist Emmanuel Olaogun Oladeji says Nigerian drug manufacturers simply can't plug the gap.

"There is a limit to what local manufacturers can do. We are grateful to have the likes of Emzor Pharmaceuticals and some other indigenous manufacturers in the country, but there is a limit to what they can do," Oladeji told DW.

Why oil-rich Nigeria can still not fuel its economy

Analysts predict that Nigeria could plunge to fourth position on the list of African economies in 2024. Businesses are struggling to stay afloat.

"What caused our problem in Nigeria today is the devaluation of our national currency against the US dollar," Alhaji Sani Nasidi, a veteran businessman, told DW.

The high cost of essential commodities citizens are facing is a direct result, he said. As a way out of the current crisis, Nasidi suggested that "Nigeria needs to run away from a dollar economy."

Economic reforms cause hardship
President Bola Tinubu has embarked on a bold set of economic reforms that he argues are necessary and will bear fruit in the future.

His decision to remove fuel subsidies was seen as abrupt. It led to the doubling of fuel prices, rising food and transport costs and an increase in the price of imported products.

According to financial analyst and former banker Aminu Philip Yado, the high fuel costs are impacting Nigerians broadly.

"Transportation is one of the major factors that affects the cost of produce in the market," Yado said. "When you go to the farm and you have to harvest and transport at a very high cost, there is no way you can come to the market and charge low. You would certainly have to charge profitably and sustainably."


"The same inflation is what caused companies to run away from Nigeria because they would not be making a profit," said Alhaji Sani Nasidi, the businessman. "The quality of goods and services they normally produce would be reduced, and people would not have money to buy it."

Aminu Philip Yado, the financial analyst, believes that the economy needs innovation.

"What is basically wrong with the economy is that the managers of the economy themselves are not really having the economy at heart. Everybody that gets there struggles for his own and not the Nigerian people," Yado told DW.

Yado sees a lack of investment in major infrastructure that could grow the economy and create jobs for youth as a key factor in the deepening economic crisis.

"When they talk of borrowing, in fact how much [...] of this borrowing that they want to invest in the Nigerian infrastructure actually goes into investment in that infrastructure in Nigeria?" he asks.
How is Nigeria dealing with fake bank notes?

Energy crisis with devastating impact
Nigeria also faces an energy crisis. Tinubu is trying to rejuvenate the national power grid by pouring in public money instead of subsidizing electricity for those who cannot afford to pay.

After he scrapped fuel subsidies, Tinubu did away with a series of electricity subsidies.

"If there is power in Nigeria today, all artisans that depend on power to do their business will go back to doing their business at a cheaper cost than they are doing now," said Yado.

Most business owners are forced to buy generators to keep operations going. This trend, the financial analyst told DW, is not sustainable.

In the meantime, citizens like Toyin Ogundeko and her son are desperate. "People have all sorts of complicated conditions, and imagine how they're coping?" she said.

"So, for me it's a plea to the government: Whatever needs to be done, first find a way to stabilize this economy. Things are getting out of hand."



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One thing we learnt from the #UKElection2024 is this: If you want to win an election, focus on telling the public what you want to do first and how you would govern the country better. Do not concentrate on attacking the government in power or your other opponents. You could do that, but it should not be your single issue. You have to offer a better alternative to the public.

That is why I am amused when people think Peter Obi is coming in 2027. If he contests again, he will only lose, and worse, he will divide the opposition's vote and make President Tinubu's re-election easier.

Let me ask you a question. Where does Peter Obi stand on the issues? He is against the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. What are his alternatives to that policy? He attacks the Government over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu but does not say how he will end the insurgency in the Southeast. And worse, he even obeys IPOB's Monday sit-at-home.

He attacked President Tinubu for ending fuel subsidy, yet he said he would not borrow. Therefore, how would he retain subsidy without borrowing or remove it without increasing inflation?

Other than that, what does Peter Obi really stand for? He talks about ending consumption and increasing production, but he is Nigeria's single largest individual importer through his trading business-next supermarket.

You see, when you are not blinded by tribalism, it is clear to see that Peter Obi is no Keir Stammer. He is just the head of the political wing of IPOB, who will set Nnamdi Kanu free and treat the secessionist tendencies of IPOB with his gloves, just as Buhari did with Boko Haram.

Again, we know what Keir Stammer stands for. It was very clear during the campaigns. But other than his plan for "religious war" against the Muslim Ummah, and his intention to free Nnamdi Kanu, what does Peter Obi stand for?

#TableShaker

Blue3k:
That's true until the ban those websites in those states.

how

The biggest national security threat facing Nigeria today is not Boko Haram or bandits. Boko Haram is fighting to have an Islamic Caliphate, and their leadership has been decimated, while their ideas are being rejected and recruitment has dropped.

Bandits are criminals, and their operations are purely for commercial gain.

But the Obidient movement is different. They are fighting against democracy by refusing to accept the will of the Nigerian people as freely expressed during the #NigerianElections2023, and insisting that Peter Obi won an election in which he came third. They attack the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, falsely claiming that the INEC was mandated by law to declare results electronically, thereby undermining the trust that the public has in that vital institution.

Their fight against democracy is being escalated to the point that where anyone with an opposing view to theirs and who refuses to support their candidate and their movement has a brand, they use every means, fair or foul, to engage in reputation-savaging and to cancel that person and their brand as well as threaten their family members.

They set up crowdfunding to report the social media profiles of their opponents and write bogus petitions against them to national and international organisations while coordinating on WhatsApp to use robotic devices to mass report their social profiles.

Working with Arise TV and several influencers, they spread fake news and propaganda against opponents of their movement and the Nigerian state. They have a confirmation bias against Nigeria, especially the North and Southwest. As a result, they question positive news about Nigeria, even where it comes with evidence and promote bad news about Nigeria, even where it has no basis.

Not stopping there, they constantly de-market Nigeria by misrepresenting the true state of government policy, such as the Samoa Agreement, which an Obidient, Sonnie Ekwowusi, lied about, falsely alleging that it is to promote the LGBTQ agenda.

And in the wake of the Kenyan protest, their leader, Peter Obi, in a post on social media, asked why Nigerians do not learn from Kenya, an obvious attempt to trigger Kenyan-style protests.

Their movement is actively seeking to instigate ethnic strife in Nigeria when their leader, Peter Obi, falsely asserts that people of Igbo origin are being targeted for demolition in Lagos as punishment for not voting for the APC when not one person has shown that their structure was illegally demolished.

This is even as Peter Obi lied that a court had given a verdict ordering the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. However, contrary to Peter Obi's IPOB-inspired lies, in a unanimous ruling on December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Nnamdi Kanu had a case to answer for treason. After that, on May 20, 2024, the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Nnamdi Kanu should be denied bail.

Finally, there is a sustained effort by Peter Obi and his movement to undermine President Tinubu personally, by making false claims about him, including that President Tinubu paid for 1411 people to go for #COP28 with government money. In fact, only 422 of the delegates of Nigeria were publicly funded. And not all of those publicly funded were financed by the Presidency.

Unlike Boko Haram and bandits, Obidients are attacking the institutions that uphold our democracy, including free speech, the judiciary, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the corporate existence of Nigeria and her political stability are at risk if nothing is done, within the ambit of the law, to curb the excesses of this movement.

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022.

Blue3k:
On a serious note gamblers will travel to Abuja to get their fix. There's plenty of places to go waste your money nigeria. The prostitutes will just get smarter. Instead of walking the streets they will arrange meet up online. Hisbah won't be online look shutting down every listing website or searching every motel or home.

They don't need to travel to Abuja,all they have to do is just to download the app online

Racoon:
Meanwhile, they have refused to ban or outlawed the bandits and terrorists ravaging Kastina State. Stupid religious fanatics.

hypocrisy