₦airaland Forum

Wow this is a commendable news to start the morning.

meobizy:
Didn’t this man relocate to the US? Wetin concern am with Nigerian events? He should face his new environment.

Are you normal.

Sheuns:
UAE has become collateral damage in this war.

Na wa o.

Very weak country them can't even identity the real threat, useless people.

Tinubu is assigned for a mission and that mission is to kill will the people of Nigeria.

It's very hard to give an honest opinion in this matter, so I'd stay out.

With nothing to show for it.

What's wrong with this op can't you see that Venezuela are celebrating now, thanking the u.s president.

You are part of the reason this country can never moved forward with this your jobless syndrome.

seunmsg:
If they ask the OP to tell us the new taxes that he’s complaining about now, he will start throwing abuses around instead of answering.

There is no abuse here. The concern is simple and factual recent policy proposals and enforcement measures expand the tax burden on ordinary Nigerians higher VAT impact through increased prices, stricter personal income tax enforcement on already-strained workers and SMEs, levies embedded in electricity tariffs, fuel pricing, telecom and service charges. When costs rise across essentials, it functions as indirect taxation. The average Nigerian now pays more to live, even without a formal “new tax name.”

helinues:
Happy ranting. You still have more years to go

Calling facts “ranting” doesn’t make them false. Electricity tariffs have risen faster than incomes, fuel prices have multiplied, food inflation is crushing households, and insecurity persists. These are measurable realities, not emotions. If pointing out higher costs with no matching service, leaders flying abroad for healthcare, and citizens being priced out of basic electricity is “ranting,” then the problem is denial not criticism. Silence won’t fix policy failure, and years passing won’t turn bad economics into success.

Ivimmanuel:
Truth is even if the power improves theyd be blackout everywhere with the hike in tariffs only a few can afford units that would last a month. This is unfair

Exactly. Even if power supply improves, the current tariffs mean most people will still experience blackout because they simply cannot afford enough units to last the month. Electricity has been priced beyond average income levels. When units finish, darkness returns not due to grid failure, but affordability. That is energy poverty, not reform. Power that exists but cannot be paid for is no different from power that does not exist.

Let us stop deceiving ourselves. What this government is doing cannot honestly be called reform. It is a pattern of rushed economic decisions that increase hardship while delivering no visible improvement in public services.
Electricity tariffs have gone up, yet power supply remains unstable. Nigerians still experience blackouts, estimated billing, and failing distribution infrastructure. In serious countries, tariffs rise after supply improves. In Nigeria, citizens are forced to pay more for the same poor service. That is not reform; it is institutionalized inefficiency.
Fuel subsidy removal followed the same reckless path. Yes, subsidy was corrupt, but removing it without functional refineries, affordable public transport, wage adjustments, or social protection guaranteed inflation. Fuel prices jumped, transport costs doubled, food prices surged, and small businesses began to collapse. These outcomes were not unexpected they were basic economic consequences.
Now, instead of fixing the damage, the government is introducing new taxes in an economy already under extreme pressure. Nigerians are being asked to sacrifice more without clear evidence of how previous taxes and revenues were used. Where are the refineries? Where is stable electricity? Where are functional public hospitals and improved security? Taxation without accountability is exploitation.
Healthcare exposes the hypocrisy clearly. Public hospitals are underfunded, doctors are leaving the country, and medical infrastructure is weak. Yet government officials regularly travel abroad especially to Europe for medical treatment. Leaders refusing to use the systems they manage is the clearest proof of failure.
Security remains fragile. Kidnapping, banditry, and violent crime persist across the country. Farmers abandon land, businesses struggle, and citizens live in fear. No nation develops under constant insecurity.
Calling all this “necessary pain” is an insult to intelligence. Real reform is planned, humane, and transparent. Pain without structure, direction, or accountability is not courage, it is negligence.

Nigerians are not against reform. They are against being governed into poverty while being told to endure in silence.

akpumping7720:
SW is the only region in Nigeria?

What do you mean only region, I think will should divide this country, because will are all tired of this bullshit.

Sad, this is the reality will live now, no good road, no healthcare, inflation is all time high, the naira is collapsing, insecurity everywhere.


I mean what are will still doing in this country when the necessary things are not provided, are will going to wait until 2027 election before taking the necessary step.

No security guarantee in this country and will want to pay tax, I will rather go to jail than to pay tax.

Well this is not new because will live in a zoo country.

E nor get Wetin nor dey happen for this Mr T_pain regime.

I don't think trump is serious about this, because if he's those terrorist would be wipe out within seconds.

Helinus will not like this news 😂😂😂

This is madness by my state.

What's is happening to our player now Wetin be this, will barely take even one shot, will are not been any aggressive here.

You know what will are done it's already finished will don't have anything to offer in this match and in the world, because na amateur player full here.

What nonsense is this do will even have any player in the pitch, Nawa ooo ball nor dey reach two seconds for our player leg.

God Na like this our player want take go play for world cup.

Na thunder go fire you there

God1000:
I think that was a hasty response from Nicky Minaj

Donald trump should mind his own business in America and leave us alone, the solution to Nigeria's problems will come from within, not from outside

Jesus Wetin be this since Tinubu know say will go all die make him Kukuma kill all of us

Nigerians, it is time we speak the truth without fear. We cannot continue pretending that all is well when the nation is collapsing in front of us. For years, we have trusted leaders who promised progress, peace, and prosperity—yet what we see today is insecurity, poverty, broken roads, failing schools, and a government that responds with silence instead of solutions.

The recent statement from Donald Trump about the killing of Christians in Nigeria and the idea of sending soldiers has caused arguments online. But let us be honest: if Nigeria were safe, developed and properly governed, nobody outside our borders would even mention intervention. The only reason outsiders talk about us is because our own leaders have abandoned us.

Look at the reality. Senators and House members pay themselves hundreds of millions every year. Governors spend billions on convoys, foreign trips, luxury houses and private jets. The presidency approves outrageous budgets for feeding and furniture while ordinary Nigerians fight for fuel, struggle to buy rice, and live without electricity. Meanwhile, the minimum wage is ₦70,000 a month — not even enough for one week of family feeding in many homes.

And what about security? Bandits raid villages, terrorists kidnap children, farmers abandon their land, and whole communities live in fear. Yet government officials still repeat the same lines: “We are on top of the situation.” If they truly were on top, blood would not be flowing across Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, Zamfara, and other states. If our leaders had shame, they would not defend failure with speeches.

So when a foreign leader speaks, instead of shouting “sovereignty,” we should ask ourselves: what exactly are we defending? Bad roads? Looted budgets? Dead students? Mass graves?

Supporting Trump’s statement is not about loving America or wanting foreign soldiers. It is about admitting that Nigeria has become a place where life has no value—because those in power value only their pockets. When the world calls out injustice, it means we have already failed to fix it ourselves.

Let this message be clear:
We don’t need foreign armies.
We need leaders who care.
We need functional schools, safe roads, working hospitals, and a police force that protects instead of extorts.
We need accountability, not excuses.
We need governance, not government.

Until our leaders stop eating while the people starve, until the billions they budget for themselves are redirected to the masses, until insecurity is treated like a national emergency, every voice that exposes their failure is welcome — whether it comes from Lagos, London, or Washington.

Nigeria belongs to the people, not the politicians.
If they will not defend us, we will defend the truth.
And if the world speaks, let them speak — because silence is how nations die.