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dapsoneh:
fix ur vocabulary Mr.
You should be thankful i fixed that for you

common 40 words see as your head dey commot steam, you gat use smiley make up

seún really do people sumtin

yinkus6750:
It would be the greatest risk to retry the Muslim -muslim ticket again. They might not be twice lucky. And what has Shettima actually contributed during this first tenure? Prof was far more visible and active in the last regime.

What the vice chairman said is correct, i wonder how i forgot that

You cant ask what as shettima brought to the table he doesnt even get a chance to have a sit .. Vice in Nigeria across all elective post even SUG are just ceremonial post living on borrowed power
We knew how sound Osinbanjo was but what was he able to contribute, infact the last time he took a decisive decision that was is undoing under Buhari

Solution0707:
BUT NO ACTION OR PRESENCE OF THEM, NOT UNTILL THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS AKA VDM COME STEP IN, JUST LIKE THAT OF JOS, ONLY HIM OVER ALL THE 23 LOCAL GOVT CHAIRMAN PUT TOGETHER IN BENUE STATE

I am not downplaying VDM role, but before VDM their was already a build up ... people are already taking it up, the youths protested and even Peter obi lend his voice

it doesnt favor when we crest the glory to One person, we need a stronger community not a strong man

its all collective efforts ... power in the voices of the people not one Man

gracealonev:
Oga, you are writing old English…
That word is kudus!

Me wey dey use yoruba accent write English, weytin concern me

autoez:
Because they're no longer milking us as they have always all thanks to Tinubu

Mvmv your worries should be your leaders those ones are not milking una dem dey drink una like hollandia yoghurt nii

Solution0707:
THANKS TO VDM WHO MAKE THE NEWS GO EXTREMELY VIRAL, IF NOT, OUR FAILED LEADERS WILL NOT RISE, THEIR VISIT MEANS NOTHING, BECAUSE SOME COME FOR POLITICAL MEETINGS, IT'S ACTION THAT WE NEED

VDM played a part and kudos to him But no be VDM make Nigerians know say killings dey go on for plateau ... it being on news all week

So it took social media sensation for a siting president and police Igp to creat time for a back 2 back genocide in benue,

Even Ukraine fighting war don't joke with 200 lives, it just shows how insensitivity Tinubu govt is, this was the same man calling Jonathan all sorts of name then

Since he plays politics with everything, i dont know why the opposition are not taking advantage of the situation heat up the damn politics like 2015. capitalize on it

dapsoneh:
it is 'lives' and not 'lifes'
Fixed!
Go and make ur research first, thrn come back you political baby

the 40 words is not compulsory esp. when you have nothing to say. keep that in mind

ariesbull:
Poverty in West! hmmmmm who no go no go know !

People often say, “At least you’re in the UK or America, things can’t be that bad.” But the truth is, poverty in Western countries is real, just often quiet and hidden behind closed doors.

Being poor here doesn’t always mean sleeping on the streets (though many do). It can mean working full-time and still not being able to afford decent food, rent, or even proper healthcare. It means avoiding the doctor because you can’t pay the bill. It means sending your child to school hungry or unable to buy a school uniform.

Imagine raising children in a neighborhood with failing schools, broken elevators, and gunshots at night — not because you want to, but because you can’t afford anything else. Or having to choose between heating the house or paying rent in the middle of winter. That’s the kind of quiet suffering many low-income families in the West face every day.

And let’s talk about education. They say school is free, but if you’re poor, your child might miss out on computers, field trips, or after-school programs. University? For many, it’s a dream that dies early because of tuition costs or the fear of lifelong debt.

Mental health? Often ignored. Living in constant survival mode drains your soul — and therapy isn’t free.

Poverty here is lonely. It’s being surrounded by wealth you can’t touch. It’s knowing your kids are falling behind while others move ahead simply because of where they were born or what their parents earn.

So no — poverty in the West may not always be loud or obvious. But it’s deeply painful, and it robs people of opportunity, dignity, and peace. And worst of all, it’s made to feel like your fault, even when the system is stacked against you.

Let’s stop pretending it doesn’t exist just because the buildings are tall and the streets are clean. Poverty has many faces — even in the most developed nations.

Bros come home to better side then, i am in Nigeria everywhere soft, security 24/7 ... i am sure your kids would wish you had them here once they land at muritala airport feel lagos natural air

maivd:
Dangote is going for the jugular, but at the end of the day the consumers will smell pepper. Dangote will completely squeeze every single penny from the masses for the huge loss and risk he is about to take.

That is not true ... Dangote Monopoly lacks credence anyhow we chose to look at it ... for god sake Nig. has four refinery, is it Dangote that stopped those refinery

Fix the Refinery and alienate the "Monopoly" bullsh*t

Dangote operation is far more transparent than what Nnpc and Marketers have being running ... if dangote is hiking we cant easily detect

waleolowomefa:
WHAT WILL HIS VISIT DO TO STOP THE KILLING? ASK yourself this and be content with the answer. At least PBAT is visiting the site now...hope AGOTIKUYO and his nairaland goons will let us rest

OGa mechonu, as 1st citizen of the country is presence in Benue shows concern and i stand with you not just by words

The president visit to Benue sends strong signal to the military force to prioritize that zone asap. its the president body language that count to the security men

some of you can be very annoying sha

dapsoneh:
It's long overdue, although the killings have political undertone, those people are human beings.
May we not be victims of political manipulations and scores.
BAT shld act urgently

The killings have undertone what does that even mean, people wey die which party you discover dem be

What guyz like you failed to realize is that their is no way you will try to defend or excuse this Tinubu govt n you wont sound ridiculux, & insənsitive

What program does the President have before him that supercedes the lifes of citizen he sworn to protect

the useless man even said i will try n make time .... can Seyi or Remi be in hospital n he will "try" to creat time

lionshare:
Your whole Ghana comparison just flopped.

You used Nigeria’s Band A rate—market reflective—and compared it to Ghana’s standard rate. That’s not how it works. The fair comparison is with Band B, which is still subsidized and sits way below Ghana’s.

So even with lower income, Ghanaians pay more per kWh. That alone shuts down your “affordability” argument.

Stop mixing things to look smart. Band A isn’t the average Nigerian experience—it’s the premium tier. You dragged the wrong data into the convo.

I’ve dealt with your inconsistency, your emotional detours, and now this sloppy comparison.

No more time to waste—this debate is closed. If logic still feels like witchcraft to you, maybe this topic isn’t for you.

How can a "standard rate" be the subsidize, does ghana even run subsidy or your phone is not google enable

if i earn minimum of $45.70 in a month n pay $0.12 for a 24hrs electricity that is still cheap compare to

Nig. i earn $43.60 minimum n pay $0.04 for 16hrs electricity .. the darkest hour i have to make up for with gen or solar power nko factor in the cost on my salary abi naa free

24-16hrs = 8hrs darkness to make up for, i need @least 3 litre fuel, #800 × 3 = #2400 i.e $1.5cent
when you add my $0.04 (band b)+ $1.5cent [gen]= $1.54cent to enjoy 24hrs electricity in my 1 room

Now where is "cheaper" Nig. or ghana you just keep embrassing yourself

Any woman having issues with her man go watch ball must be a witche .. a man that doesnt watch ball is not even a man

mo je rii folake4u omo mii nwa baby lawyer she is a chestsea fan .. i want to owe her one jersey opening season if she wants

TimeManager:
God bless Benue State, God bless Nigerian Forces, God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

Oga go sit down jare ! so it took 100s of dead citizen for Tinubu to take benue crisis serious But the uselezz old man ran to declare state of emergency on rivers over political feud

helinues:
In this century, you people are still fighting your ancestors fight without letting go.

It's not the government killing people, it's some of the citizens who are likely from the same area

What much would you expect outsiders to say when those involved are not ready to shed their swords

Any genocide that goes on for more than a day ... the govt & owners of Nig. knows about it

Thunderfayamods:
Have a good day okay? I don't go back and forth with ITk people. You are not making sense.

dont cry ! keep your opinion its no use here

mr i live in america,

ariesbull:
Lolo...see excuses

Even God rested after creation


Nobody wants to work till 70s unless poverty and lack of planning

You play with grandkids, travel around and do other leisure

I will say see kiwi polished dark mentality my Hod back in school was 70yrs over 10PHD e get
How old was Buhari as president, is it poverty that is making Atiku run around, is it lack of planning that is making Dangote still run upandan pass official retirement age

Some of you here can be very Funny sha

Thunderfayamods:
Mr man you can not stay else where and start telling me what is happening in my locality. You might hear general news but can never know what is happening at the grassroots level and how the people feel if you don't leave there.
I have been to all the 36 states of Nigeria, some of you people think that everybody here is a kid.
This is my 28th year in the US so can you please tell me what is happening here in my locality with regards to health since you always hear the news?
You need to curb yourself of false mentally and hear say. You are one of those that probably believe that people pick money on the ground abroad.

if you like let your existence go deeper grass than root, info on insecurity in Us are well recorded, one person life matters

i have friends in Us n Uk and they are not praying n fasting becos they want to jesus to save them from bandits or kidnapper yle travelling on road

whatever is happening in your Us locality If 20% of what is happening in Benue happen there Bros you will not be in Us

Even if i never step abroad or forget the news, the fact that my leaders are quick to run there is enough testament its a safe haven, that place works (no 100% anywhere)

SoliBayNG:
You only regret cos your stomach infrastructure has been left unattended to, not because he's Buhari Ultra.

Y'all deserve your leaders

You can imagine ! if not shameless how much dem wan give am 2023 wey no go finish with the Tinubu inflation we are battling

Awon alatenu jè agba lagba

ariesbull:
Una too dey argue ....most of them in USA have no retirement..they work till 70s ! That's madness that slavery


About 6 to 8 million adults ages 65 and older were living in poverty in 2022, depending on the measure used to assess poverty. Under the official poverty measure, one in 10 (10.2%), or 5.9 million adults ages 65 and older, had incomes below the official poverty threshold

In short ! Majority of the Americans are in one debt or the other ...working to pay off these debts

What kind of mvmv assumption is Most of them dont have retirement plan ... where did you (Nigerians) that have retirement plan copy it from

The fact that people work into their late age doesnt negate "retirement plan" ... whites dont like being a liability in their old age and for some "working" keeps them active n alive
sitting down after retirement is what killed my Father quick, he is not the sit down person

How can you posit people that dont joke with mortgage plan dont have retirement plan ..

Thunderfayamods:
Have you ever stepped out of Nigeria....... ....

Ajala travel ... i dont even need to step out of my compound to know the rate of insecurity across the world, it global age bro

have you being to Benue , take a vacation

ariesbull:
In USA killing people is normal and having guns are normal ! Pepper would just die cos of gun


A Yoruba man was killed in USA ,he was doing Uber , he was 77... Just April this year ! That's how bad it is

A 77-year-old Nigerian Uber driver, Olatunji W. Bolaji, was killed in a shooting outside a hookah lounge in Philadelphia, United States. A 77-year-old Nigerian Uber driver, Olatunji


Now how can a man of 77 yrs still be doing taxi in USA
How can he still be doing it by 2 am
What happened to the children
What about the family
What about retirement

He died like a chicken! Usa is suffering abroad is hell and they wouldn't tell you... Some of us have been there for visit and we can't stand the suffering

I don't want to even talk about the ones in UK that don't know their left from right suffering joblessness and living in cubicles

Oga you are not being sincere, their is something called " one-off" its everywhere

that one 77yrs old man died, on a broad scale whats the ratio of insecurity in Nig. to Us or Uk shey 9ja wey even media don taya to they report bandit killings, even the govt don taya to they make condolence statement

Whatever you have in mind, what is the rate compared to Nig. thats how to be logical

oluayebenz:
Nawa for some of you o

You think been poor abroad is a joke?

No be say being Poor is good anywhere, But being poor abroad doesnt deprive you of basic needs unlike Nigeria everything is a luxury to poor man

Malaria drug is a luxury, dstv , air condition, 3 meals, iphone, stable power, police protection are luxury for the poor man in Nigeria.

somethinggood:
I don't trust Nigerian Marketers. They prefer making 5naira profit selling at a higher price than make 20naira profit selling at a lower price.

In Nig. businessmen think higher price is the only way to maximize profit

Should there not be a price increase in the next 1 month, its the fear of the new sheriff in town i.e Dangote

The marketers dont trust Dangote, he seems to be compassionate about crashing the price and come off of as hero ... those marketers dont want to score own goal

lionshare:
You’re confused. First Nigeria’s economy is too big for West Africa, now you're shocked wages aren't higher? Make it make sense.

You chant “cheap is relative” but dodge every valid comparison—West Africa, BRICS, income vs rates. You reject data because it ruins your narrative.

Ghana pay more with less income. That’s less affordable. Simple math—not your strong suit, clearly.

You cry about corruption and grid failures like that justifies broken pricing. It doesn’t. Pricing isn't the whole fix, but without it, nothing moves.

Band A areas now get light. It’s not theory—it’s working where applied. You just prefer cheap blackout over costly progress.

You’re not debating—you’re ranting. No logic, no structure, just noise.

This convo’s done. Come back when you’ve got data, not feelings.

lol ! now you are beginning to hallucinate, where did "too big for west africa" come into the conversation, Fiy it is richest economy in west africa.

i am not dodging, your valid is not just valid tbh. what data did you present


the minimum wage in your ghana is Ghs 539.19 approx. $45.70 and the price of electricity used in households in Ghana reached 1.78 Ghanaian cedis (GHS), which is 0.12 U.S. dollars, 24hrs light

the minimum wage in Nig. is 70k approx. $43.75 and the price of kwh on band A is 209.50 i.e 0.13 usd not 20 hrs light oo

Please juxtapose "Cheap" again, i have done the maths you only spelt

Let me widen your horizon beta, Price hike or increase as govt or institution push is primarily an avenue to maximize profit dont let them bamboozle you
[b]Methods and installations are the key drive of efficiency, optimal output and upscaled service not Price hike as they mischievously push[/b]no amount of price hike can make national grid transmit 5000mw 24hrs n the world wont hear gbooowaaah 💥
Most of our mega source of generating power are obsolete, 1st we need to diversify into renewable source of energy (might be capital intensive but they are more cheaper to maintain on the long run.

Affordability doesnt negate profit, invest in the right source with cheaper maintainance that will guarantee sustainance of optimal service which will also boost turn over rate. people will use more when its affordable

Real profit is in turnover rate not High price as they want us to believe

Greattha:
Repetitive like dstv but very unstable. If you love football, then it's good for you but the other family channels aren't stable...my experience with it on my visit last month was terrible.

No customer care to call for complaints, all their so-called e-channels don't work...no response from them.

Look well before you leap o. Cheap article dey purge belle too.

But the ball sha stable, 5k for ball is a good bargain

lionshare:
Look, if you can’t stick to logic, numbers, and cold data, this debate isn’t for you. I’m not interested in emotions—I want real progress.

Even by your own minimum wage standard, Nigeria is about average in West Africa. Yet Nigeria has the cheapest electricity at Band B, with Bands C and E even cheaper. Ghana, with lower wages, pays more. That’s fact, not opinion.

Yes, converting wages and prices to USD for comparison is standard economics—no excuse to reject it.

Electricity in Band A areas has improved. Our focus should be on removing subsidies and moving everyone to market-reflective prices. It’s better to pay a bit more for reliable power than to have cheap, unreliable electricity—or none at all
And remember, alternative power sources cost way more than grid electricity. So arguments about affordability need to be grounded in facts, not feelings or excuses.

why should Nigeria be richest economy in west africa and average in minimum wage ... are you really being logical

Like i said " cheap" is relative, maybe you should try digest that 1st and except you can give me an illustration of expensive in ghana or ethiopia, anywhere citing there minimum wage


Conversion of rate to juxatpose "cheap" is what is not tenable in "All". i can collate data to juxtapose richest economy, fast growing ... but " cheap" its debateable

As total removal of subsidy on fuel, optimise fuel production or enforce efficiency why should i believe market reflective price will guarantee stable supply when i know our transmission capacity and generation capacity are not adequate to withstand 24hrs supppy to All, why fool ourselves

What about corruption, will subsidy is gone just fix that. in a country where system and regulatory bodies are inactive how do we actualize consumption reflective tariff, or you think the world evolves only around cost reflective.

Under Tinubu have the price not being hiked, does it look like paying more improved anything, should i remind you how many times national grid collapse n why

joromii:
This SUV max shouldn't be above 4m for a Nigerian used. Check everywhere on Nairaland, there are even some listed around 3m or so

so lets just say a solid buy n drive should hover 3.5 to 4m sha. realistic wise