₦airaland Forum

Your opinion.

Due to security issues, he will have to choose carefully where and where not to campaign in the Southeast.

Saying that, I can't imagine the consequence of Tinubu being harmed there.

ArewaNorth:
I don't know why you people have difficulties in understanding facts. When census was carried out in Nigeria even those residing in other states have their data registered on their state of origin. More than 70% of Lagos residents are not the state's indigene. If truly you know the number of foreigners in Lagos you will be seriously shocked talk less of even Nigerians from all states trooping to Lagos daily. If you see the vehicles travelling from East and North going to Lagos daily you would wonder if there is any space left in Lagos!

But census should be based on where people live, not where they come from. Ofcourse the census form can have a separate question about state of origin.

If you are from Benin, Kano or Akure but have resided in Lagos for more than a year before the census, then you should count as a Lagos resident. Whether that person is an indigene or not should be irrelevant.

I don't know if Lagos is more populous than Kano, but your basis for justifying why Lagos census count would be lower is flawed.

Nigeria is an odd country. The moment census is announced, everyone starts running back to their state of origin only to return to their state of residence after the census. Even gov't officials and community leaders actively encourage this bizarre behaviour.

Excellent work sir.

Can you please provide an estimate of cost up to and including DPC only. Rough estimate. I'm thinking about N5m?

Thank you.

TooMuchStuff:
Me in Abj na 800 naira.

Was 300 during our Great GEJ era.

You can say the same thing about GEJ. Why did the bread cost N300 during his era when it only cost N200 during OBJ era. And why did OBJ allow the price to reach N200 when it cost N150 under Babangida.

My point is, the economy has been going backwards under successive governments.

Nigerian economic problems are asymmetrical and complex. When you add very poor leadership like GEJ and Buhari, you begin to understand that the country has a long way to go.

It is laughable to suggest that Jonathan was a competent leader.

People also forget that there's no guarantee that Wike will be in control of PDP after he completes his term.

The new Governor he puts there is likely to betray him and seize control of the party. This is what tends to happen.

So Wike's no.1 priority now is about how best to get a soft landing from EFCC etc, not about whether he remains in PDP or not.

OneNigerianist:
He is still overwhelmed by his illusory control of Rivers state.

Governors win elections in Nigeria not because they control their State. It's usually because they spend a lot of money on election day to buy votes.

All APC needs from Wike is for him not to spend on election day and leave the field for them.

The coming Presidential election will be the most cash-induced in the history of Nigeria, if Ekiti election is anything to go by.

At N10k per voter, and with Wike not releasing money to PDP, many PDP voters, especially in rural areas will collect APC's N10k and vote for them.

That's how APC will hope to secure up to 40% of the votes.

donphilopus:
He has a governorship candidate in the state. All they have to tell him is that if APC can get 40% in Rivers, they would deliver his governorship candidate and maybe after swearing-in on May 29th 2023, he alongside the governor would defect to APC. That's all.!

In that scenario, they can even give him the option to remain in PDP with the new PDP Governor if he wants.

APC don't need Wike to defect. Like you said, they just need him to stand back and let APC secure a high percentage of the votes. APC will be very happy with 40%.

The problem wiith moving to APC is that he'll have to contend with Amaechi for leadership of the APC in Rivers state.

But this is politics.

If Wike is convinced that APC will win the Presidency, he'll be tempted to move to save his ass from the barrage of forces he'll have to contend with once he completes his term. EFCC being no.1.

A photograph of Wike and Amaechi hugging and laughing in a few months time? Impossible?

Don't rule it out. This is Nigeria.

Madmohamed123:
what stoping Nigeria to fix their refinery and make fuel affordable for her citizen.

Why should Nigeria import fuel for the first place Nigeria and their government don't have shame.

Since several regimes have not been able to fix the refineries, why keep hoping that they will ever be fixed

Also, if the refineries are fixed, you still want the govt to 'make fuel affordable for her citizen'.

So effectively, you want subsidy to continue in perpetuity and consign the refurbished refineries to permanent loss of profit.

When are people going to stop this ruinous socialist way of thinking.

I agree.

People simple don't understand.

There's nothing more frustrating than the corrosive belief amongst many Nigerians that subsidised fuel is their only benefit from the govt and no one must take it away.

The whole subsidy thing is wrapped up in monumental fraud.

I disagree with you on fixing the price. Let the price be set by market forces. Government should not be involved.

This subsidy thing is killing the economy.

deborahetim:
Backlash from lecturers telling you grade A is not for students in their course.

Why would a lecturer say and practice that.

Are they narcissists.

Dangote sef has cashflow challenge right now.

He's currently seeking a N300 billion loan to finish his own project.

He won't have Ghana's time.

Bbsharon:
Fully booked because I booked two days before my flight date.
And yes it’s unpopular compared to other routes. Besides Green Africa just started flying that route last year and Airpeace too joined not too long ago. Formerly it was just Overland.

Airpeace has been flying Lagos -Akure route for about 4 years.

I've done Heathrow, Schipol, and of course Lagos, Abuja etc.

Yet, my most pleasant flying experience has been through Akure.

From alighting from your flight to getting into your taxi takes less than 2 mins if you have hand luggage only.

With luggage, probably, 7 max.

What's so special about big airports where you are stuck in the airport for hours

On my visits, I have found Akure city generally to have an easy going vibe that is nice indeed. I've found similar vibe in Ilorin.

VeryWickedMan:
Lol
See low budget plane with the fans exposed like a Rambo-era helicopter.

Cheap flight, cheap death

That plane is one of the most rugged in the world and cheaper to run. It is French made. The interior is better. I prefer it.

Airpeace fly very old planes on Lagos -Akure, with seats often held together by cellotape.

On the Lagos to Akure route, Green Africa is usually about 30% cheaper on average than Airpeace.

It is very popular with weekenders.

You said the Abuja-Akure route is unpopular, yet you went on to say airpeace was fully booked, and that 2 other airlines ply the route on a daily basis!

There's also 6 daily flights to and from Lagos. That's 12 flights per day, including Abuja.

How more 'popular' do you want the route to be.

Of course Akure is not Lagos, Abuja, Portharcourt or Enugu, but I bet it is in the top 12 of routes in Nigeria and growing fast.

Our of 36 state capitals, Akure can be proud of itself.

There's a certain regal elegance and road presence that range Rover has that even the more expensive Rolls Royce Cullinan and Bentley Bentaga don't.

A simple 'That's not necessary madam. Thank you' would be my response.

I absolutely believe the woman's offer is innocuous, though unnecessary.

This nairaland idea that every gesture by a woman is ultimately about them wanting sex is so bizarre. Why would you think this is about sex in the first place.

Nairaland is not 100% police-able, as long as anyone can create a thread any time.

So basically for their AWS (cloud computing) business, not Amazon online store.

I can hear a loud sigh of relief from Konga and Jumia...at least for now.

Not so lucky for MainOne, or is AWS not their direct competitor.

jmoore:
But they can erect gates and put doors in their churches. CCTV is cheaper than all the gates and doors in one church.

I agree Churches should consider installing CCTV.

All I'm saying is the cost will be an issue for many of them. I know what I'm saying.

Also, the effectiveness of security cameras in these situations should not be overstated.

Terrorists do surveillance. All they need is a peace of cloth over their faces, and security cameras loose their effectiveness.

That said, security cameras are better than nothing.

jmoore:
All the offerings churches are collecting is not enough to buy CCTV?

Majority of churches up and down the country don't even make enough to cover basic costs. The average offering in most churches is probably no more than N200 per person. Majority of churches have less than 150 members. How is maintenance, diesel/petrol, equipment, pastors salary (if full time) going to be paid.

There's a lot of hard graft and volunteering by highly dedicated, community-oriented individuals who keep many churches going.

Don't be deceived by social media and the flamboyance of just a few large churches.

An 'Executive Order' will have to target a very narrow band of private organisations, otherwise, it will run the risk of being unconstitutional.

I suspect only businesses requiring license from the State govt to operate will be affected e.g hotels, supermarkets etc.

I'm not sure if places of worship require State govt license. The
State will need to encourage this set of private organisations to install security cameras. It can't force them by an executive order.

One or two statements from OBJ a few weeks before the Presidential election will be a massive blow to Atiku.

PDP will do well not to pick a fight with OBJ now.

Let the matter rest, and hope OBJ keeps quiet about Atiku.

Mr Wike is probably the most vulnerable to prosecution by EFCC of all current governors.

He will pitch his tent with the party he thinks will win the election and give him a soft landing.

He may end up supporting APC presidential candidate without necessarily decamping.

Totilopussylick:
It baffles me too

I mean how can someone have university degrees without having primary and secondary school certificate

It is possible.

Open University in the UK will accept you based on work experience.

There are authors, leaders of industry, philosophers, even scientists etc who didn't attend any school.

Of what relevance is primary education if you have university education.

Theory is different from practical.

Blowing grammar on TV and newspapers about economic theories as he used to do is different from having real and practical solutions to people's real problems.

Many of the challenges in Nigeria are endemic, and there are no easy solutions.

Mr Soludo should accept he can't and won't perform magic, and start focusing on the simplest wins for now.

May be he likes it.

No need to read meanings into it.

Looks good on him.

So the British determines who becomes president in Nigeria?

Well done.

My observations:

1. Too much protein in a single meal.

2. Portion is too large for one person. This should serve two.