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wunmi590:At what age did you marry if you don’t mind me asking 😊 |
It’s obvious you’re into the babe really seriously. For the sake of your mental health, assume you are not the only one she goes down with. You can never control a woman unless you are jobless. I learned this through my own personal experience with my girlfriend. Women can be oddly behaved sometimes you wonder if they are not playing you. In most cases, when they show such behaviours, they are trying to see your reaction. If you react childishly, you lose and she wins. Women don’t want a man that lacks depth. Situations you can challenge her : if she goes out without informing you. Your reason for challenging such behavior is to let her know you need to ensure her safety. This feels like love and instil fear into her mind. She will feel protected and respect you. So, always base your challenging a lady on something that protects her, shows caring to her genuine needs. That’s what women indirectly refer to as caring. |
bunmioguns: He’s more than overwhelmed. |
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Everyone must not help for the public to know about it. Besides, that’s not the major issue. Mr Lere should focus on the major rather than sleeping and ranting on the minor. Femi Falana met the SAN requirements and paid the price. And his Sanship were a clear demonstration of his litigation expertise, of which same can’t be said of Wike. The difference is clear. |
Are you just getting to know they are the most backward people in the universe? |
I see her videos on Facebook. She’s a content creator. |
He should just go to court already. NBA should stop entertaining his verbosity. |
Azord:That’s it. Life is not balanced. That’s why the popular saying goes “he who has head has no cap.” This life appreciate what you have and who you are. Nobody is better. We all carry one burden or another as long as you are living. |
Conduct an unscheduled search of most civil servants in Nigeria—federal or state—and you’re likely to uncover a stash of registered companies tucked away in drawers or digital files. From junior desk officers to procurement directors and permanent secretaries, many of them own multiple companies, each carefully graded and categorized for different kinds of government contracts. These are the companies they quietly promote whenever a public contract comes up—whether it’s for construction, procurement, or routine supplies. The corruption-proof systems painstakingly established by our colonial predecessors have been discarded without ceremony. Today, public procurement is no longer a safeguard of accountability; it has become a charade. So, the next time you see a government project advertised and are invited to bid, save your time and your money—the winner has already been chosen. What you see in the newspapers is merely a ritual, a hollow performance of “due process.” Worse still, it’s a scam because you will lose your hard-earned money while playing a game rigged from the start. Even more disturbing is how far the abuse has evolved. In many instances, as soon as a contract is awarded, a letter of completion is issued—before a single shovel hits the ground. This guarantees the release of the full contract sum long before any work is done. What follows is predictable: abandonment, half-completed projects, and disappearing contractors. In a functioning democracy, procurement is a cornerstone of public accountability. The process is meant to ensure that public funds are spent judiciously, transparently, and in the best interest of the people. It requires a clear separation of duties—those who award contracts must not be the ones who execute, supervise, or audit them. But in Nigeria today, that line has been dangerously blurred, if not completely erased. We are now witnessing a troubling trend: the same individuals who issue contracts also award them to themselves, execute them, supervise the execution, and perform oversight on the same work. This is a total collapse of checks and balances in public administration. I recall visiting a governor who invited me to accompany him on an inspection of a road construction site. Before a cheering crowd, he lashed out at the Lebanese contractor. “I want this road delivered by Easter! I want to celebrate Easter on this road!” he thundered. “Ebano!” the people hailed. “If you fail to deliver, I will terminate the contract, impound your equipment, and have you arrested!” “Yes, sir,” the contractor replied, visibly shaken. The crowd roared in approval. That night, I was invited to dinner at the governor’s residence. Seated at the same table was the very same contractor. Over the course of the evening, I learned the truth: the “contractor” was actually a member of the governor’s staff. The company executing the project belonged to the governor himself. Head of Service What does this mean for our country? It means corruption has been institutionalized. When the contractor is also the regulator, there is no incentive for quality, transparency, or accountability. Projects are inflated to enrich insiders. Poor or non-existent work is certified as complete. Reports are manipulated, audits buried, and public funds vanish into private hands—with no consequence. The evidence is everywhere: abandoned roads, phantom health centers, dry water systems, ghost schools, and overpriced supplies that never reach the people. Oversight institutions—ministries, procurement bureaus, audit offices, even legislative committees—are either compromised or sidelined. I know a state where the governor secured a massive loan and generous grant to overhaul the water infrastructure. The only visible result? A grand building called Water House—a monument to failure. Not a single drop of water flows to the people. I, too, have been a victim. As a senator, I nominated a constituency project to benefit my community. The supervising ministry awarded the contract to its cronies, issued letters of completion without execution, shared the funds—and the so-called contractors vanished. This is not mere incompetence. It is a carefully orchestrated scheme. By concentrating the powers of procurement, implementation, and oversight in the hands of a few, a corrupt elite has hijacked governance itself. A friend of mine once captured this phenomenon succinctly: “Conflict of interest is no offence here. When the Security Officer is a vendor of anti-theft equipment—and he is the burglar at night—the recycling of equipment will never end.” The consequences are devastating. First, it erodes public trust. Citizens lose faith in government when they witness resources squandered with impunity. Second, it drives out genuine private sector players. Honest contractors are pushed aside by political insiders who rig the process. Third, it deepens poverty and inequality. When funds meant for schools, hospitals, roads, and clean water are diverted, it is the poor who suffer most. If Nigeria is to escape this quagmire, we must return to the foundational principles of procurement: transparency, competition, and independent oversight. Procurement laws must not just exist—they must be enforced. Conflict of interest must be punished, not explained away. The civil service must be insulated from political interference. And civil society must refuse to stay silent. It must ask tough questions and demand real answers. Democracy is not just about casting votes every four years. It is about how leaders manage public resources in between elections. When procurement becomes the playground of cronies and political fixers, democracy is hollowed out—and governance becomes little more than legalized looting. Let us call this what it is: corruption at its most sophisticated. And let us act now—before it becomes irreversible. Source https://www./death-bid-how-nigerias-procurement-process-hijacked-why-ojudu-con-ge4yf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via |
festacman:Good points made right there. You took the words out of my mouth sir. Nigerian economy operates on extractive institution and this is evident from the analysis of the post. Always extracting from the masses you’re meant to offer more and more social benefits. In 2024, Tinubus economic reform were: 1. Removal of fuel subsidy 2. Tax reformation 3. Unification of exchange rate , and 4. Establishment of Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CreditCorp). The question we need to ask ourselves is did any of these economic reform made any meaningful impact on the quality of life of an average Nigerian citizen? We can keep deceiving ourself showing to the public macroeconomic stats and score cards of how much our foreign reserve has improved, but what stands as economic indicator impact are the feedbacks we get from common Nigerian streets in Lagos, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Abia , Porhacourt, Katsina, Benue, Markurdi , Rivers , Bayelsa , Kogi , etc. None of Tinubus reformation was tailored to processing our raw materials to create employment for the teeming youth population. Chemical engineering graduates , industrial design graduates, bio chemistry graduates, political science graduates etc have no place to work as there are no critical value chains ; the system have turned all of them to bike riders , Uber and Keke Napeb drivers finish, and yet they are claiming to be reforming the economy. Nigeria is still very much resource dependent and that has always been our major economic problem. When you package all your raw materials as a nation to other countries without granular refining in your country before exporting , you’re not only killing intellectual capitals but also undermining the interest of the masses. The current economy system we operate only favours the few elites. Tinubu left out the major and settled for the minor yet some people are seating somewhere analysing mediocrity. We truly really have a long way to go. I hope one day a military coup is staged to make comprehensive and foundational transformation to building a robust economy architecture with sound economic governance that embraces an all inclusive institution. Sad |
CodeTemplarr:Read the paper first before commenting. Remove the table of content page and the Executive summary page the pages left for you to read are not up to 34. To hide gold from a black man, just place it within a book. |
To those who don’t understand the point in this news: the USA established a policy of which the sole purpose is to discourage importation of goods. The practical way to implement this policy is to increase tariff on the imported goods. The consequence is it makes those goods expensive to people living in the USA. Hence the people would begin to prefer cheaper versions of those items. The cheaper items are the localized goods - made in and by the USA. It’s a way to promote and encourage local manufacturers in the USA. Nigeria does the same when we placed a 25% tariff on USA imported goods . The implication : USA imported goods prices go up and becomes unaffordable. Reason you see many foreign products in Nigeria these days are so expensive- from Turkey wear to foreign shoes and bags and electronics. From time immemorial this is a policy efficient for economic strengthening and development. |
SmartPolician:This is what I expected all those commenting should be questioning. Meaning if she had not faced the current challenge, she would have kept all the money for herself. Money that can feed the entire state. This is also applicable to other politicians holding public offices. They simply keep for themselves what’s meant for the public. What a country ? |
Myrepublic:I don’t really get this your point bros. Are you saying the militants are in support of Fubara and this is their way of protesting? |
I saw this on X : First slide was last week, second slide is this week. None of the two incidents were discussed at neither the Senate Chambers nor at Security Council. These people are discussing 2027 political dynamics at the detriment of National security. Cc @DavidHundeyin @firstladyship https://x.com/deinsiderman/status/1902042959685587033?s=46
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just2endowed:that’s hypocrisy. If it doesn’t affect them, they won’t take action. They are evil people. You heard him emphasize on crude oil. That’s his true reason for taking this action.
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Temitope Ajayi demonstrated nothing but evil , unfairness and wickedness from that statement he uttered. This is the statement and I will analyse it. He said,” She should get Capital Punishment under NYSC," To discover true intention behind words or sentences, semantics is essentially recommended. The claims Ajayi made and could be inferred are that: 1. Rita had committed an offence against the NYSC by violating an unknown rule(s) of the later’s regulations. 2. That the offence in question is so severe and highly damaging 3. That given the severity of the offence , Rita should face the harshest punishment. That’s the summary. Now, be the judge. If Rita’s only offence was because she condemned Tinubu’s Administration meant she had committed a grievous offense that deserved such harsh punishment, what would Ajayi tag the deaths of millions of Nigerians occasioned by sheer corrupt practices exhibited on daily basis by Tinubu and his cohorts ? How much grievous and severity would he claim for Yaha Bello for embezzling millions of dollars and spending it on two to three children- public fund meant for millions of people? How about the EndSars saga where the government gave order to shoot youths at sight and ended up killing our innocent Nigerian youths for airing their grievances over bad government ravaging Nigeria? What more can we expect to see in a lawless country filled with empty brains like Ajayi and his masters who all things being equal are not meant to smell position of authority because of their poor reasoning and wickedness to humanity? |
illicit:In the hierarchy of statute and law, protocols are lesser in power than the grundnorm. The right that lady exercised is her constitutional right to Liberty and freedom. Tinubu is a commoner who was supposedly elected by the people , and this lady belong to the supposed people , therefore she has all the rights to react , complain and express her observations about the job Tinubu is delegated to do by the people when he was voted as the president. In addition, she didn’t allege the president of unfounded claims. The facts she stated are true. This is a democratic government. If Tinubu and any of his wannabe supporters , with fish brain had been educated and intelligent enough, they would know that by now they are the ones painting the image of this country in bad light among international communities. Is Tinubu’s government satisfactory to me- no, Tinubu’s government is nothing different from other past governments we have had. In fact, his administration is worse than all previous Nigerian administration combined. If Tinubu feels his right has been infringed or violated, the door to the court is wide opened. Thank God with the stolen public funds, paying for litigation services of SAN won’t be his problem. So he should call the attention of the court to it. Witch hunting this innocent lady is a violation of her constitutional right to Liberty and freedom. Protocol is meant to serve administrative purposes - to treat basic omission of members of a group, and in this case NYSC. If NYSC feels their member has offended any of the terms or regulations of their organisation, they should subject her to investigation and disciplinary proceedings accordingly. Even where such tribunal had come out with their report or findings and found her guilty, she has the right to access the court for “judicial review .” These are laid down laws made for the management and control of everyone in Nigeria. Why then do our leaders always like turning these laws upside down ? Why ? Tinubu will not end well!!!!! |
Tflex01:I doubt if you read the post. He only commented on verifiable facts. He stated unequivocally that Akpabio has cases associated with embezzlement of public funds hanging around his neck with the EFCC. That legally, he should be under criminal investigation which should not have guaranteed his eligibility to be in any government office or position. That’s his point. Second point - he mentioned that Akpabio shouldn’t be a judge in his own case. That’s one of the prominent pillars of the evergreen principle of “natural justice.” He didn’t judge Akpabio. He only stated verifiable facts about him and I quite agree with him 100%. |
Also I realise that a lot of Nigerians are fools. I see some idiots arguing over the report mentioning Fulani. For Petes sake? Why you people are so mumu like this ? why do you people always ask wrong questions? The question is not about whether or not the report mentioned Fulani. That’s an example of ethnic bigotry. You forget that whether a Fulani is mentioned in the report or Yoruba or igbo it doesn’t change the fact that evil had been perpetrated. There’s no society that consist of infallible human beings. So you people should rather focus on the issue at hand and stop commenting like fools that you’re. This is one major vulnerability these evil leaders always exploit. Foools!!!! |
One cannot but worry about the carefree attitude our security personnel towards this kidnapping menace. How easy they track crypto transactions which used to be in the category of the untraceable. But why is it so difficult to track these criminals even when they make phone calls. Nobody can tell me otherwise that Tinubu and 99% of our politicians and political leaders are not part of this evil development. Nobody. You can’t tell me tracking and bringing these people to book is so much a big deal, when you people can track WhatsApp numbers , phones even without SIM cards in them. What’s really going on in this country? We flex muscles over little insignificant things like the NYSC lady airing her view about the government. But we ignore critical issues that bother on life of the citizens. Is what that lady claiming about the leadership of this nation not clearly true with all these heart wrenching situations we keep reading in the news ? I think it’s about time Nigerians rise up against the government and demand a good fair and balanced system of government that respects and protect the critical interests of the masses. You evil government take all the public money and embezzle all without giving nothing to the masses; yet you still are going after their lives. Omg! Why’s this country filled with evil people like this ? An injustice to one is an injustice to all. It may be anyone’s turn tomorrow. It’s just a matter of time. A stitch in time saves nine. Nigerians should rise up before it’s too late, put aside ethnicity and religion because that’s our vulnerability and these evil useless leaders are not stopping anytime soon to explore them. Whether you’re Igbo, Yoruba , or Kanuri- whatever ethnicity you’re , please see this as a war against all; we are one class of masses. Stop hating on yourself along the line of ethnicity. They are killing our future- all our future. That’s the fact! Ethnicity and religion is not our problem!!!!! Don’t let their propaganda overshadow your conscious mind Nigerians!!!! The leaders are our problems and our greatest enemies. They are decimating us in our numbers. Nigerians please rise up as one against the oppressors we call leaders. These evil politicians are deadlier than the devil. God should just come to kill all these evil rulers off our land. That’s my prayer. |
You people will never understand the reason behind irrational behaviour of some people. Have stopped judging others based on my personal experience with life. We fight so many battles secretly but sadly we can’t always make ourselves to cover up all reactions. Who knows whether he’s aware some persons looking for his downfall has been making plans and propaganda lately, and he’s sure this is one of them - to taunt him, and in his way of expressing himself to those people, he had replied rudely. But the society doesn’t care about the original story and in fact , news media won’t include them either. A simple case of something similar to this was when Mohbad was crying for help. A lot interpreted it to mean a sham or another attempt to make viral video. But when the main event unfolded, we later realized so many deep secrets behind his repeated complaints before his death. Don’t be quick to judge Ronaldo, the fact that he reacted rudely should indicate he’s frustrated and it’s not about that guy in the picture, there’s a bigger issue behind the story. |
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Obviously living on the fast lane. Enjoy while it lasts bro. Besides nobody is guaranteed of tomorrow. |
What a brilliant submission from the writer of this article. However, I disagree with the writer where he stated Nigeria as a nation is a consumption country rather than producing nation, stating such fact without a proof is as good as a mere assumption. For Nigeria to benefit from emigration of the Nigerian citizens to foreign countries, the country needs to build a robust and highly enabling and enviable environment to attract investments from Nigerians and Nigerians in the diaspora. |
DIVINEEVIDENCE:I used to think I was the only one. Body of fellow men disgust me in sexual sense. But I doubt if that’s the case with women. Ladies in the house over to you. |
Arostar2023:Apologies for the insult. My emotion got the best of me. I’m always in pain when I see what a country that’s supposed to be wallowing in plenty reduced to nothing where her citizens feed off crumbs from the table of corrupt leaders. I believe there’s no two way about it. If we want a great nation. We need to stop making excuses for corrupt practices. Our laws should be firm and strict, particularly policies tied to human life. Construction companies should be sanctioned heavily for putting up poor quality works out there. There should be a strong consumer protection legal implementation with basic punishment for offending these laws to nothing less than life imprisonment on a guilty charge. And such property should be demolished without any consideration or whatsoever. Until the country laws in sensitive areas are made this strict, we would continue to experience the loss of life of our innocent citizens. And citizens too have their obligations or ditties to play. We should stop putting up excuses for bad leadership or traces of corrupt practices. These rulers read our blog posts and can tell our position on some of these matters. |
Arostar2023:This is one of those persons I’m referring to in my comment above. We have a lot of them in the country. They dominate the Nigerian population. They are totally clueless and lack consciousness of a mind of a true human, and they go about ignorantly showcasing their stupidity with pride. See him comparing the investment over a material product with human life, and even indirectly saying the waste of material product like building supersedes that of human life. You see what I’m saying.? If this type of animal by mistake becomes a leader, you can imagine the kind of backward policies he would be doling out to his subjects. How can a sane human justify demolishing a building investigated by relevant government authorities to be dangerous for habitation and could potentially collapse and take away lives of the people? Just how - what reasoning could anyone put up to make that make sense ? But only in Nigeria we come across such reasonings; it’s so so sad. |
To the stoopid Nigerians comparing Nigeria with other saner climes. I saw some really devastating comments under the news yesterday where Serbian PM was demanded by the opposition MPs to resign for causing the death of about 15 Serbians. The news reported that a public facility poorly constructed had collapsed and had lead to the death of this 15 Serbians. Consequently , the opposition party stormed the Serbian national senate using grenades of different colours to disrupt the activities of the senators. And some dull heads started whining by insinuating and taunting Serbian nation undermining the patriotic act of the opposition and indirectly describing their reaction as an ill rather than an exercise of democratic rights. And I angrily wrote my response in the form of comment stating how such Nigerians can be so dangerous to co exist with normal thinking Nigerians. And I stated in that response examples of cases where Nigerians in their thousands loose their lives as a result of public corruption. And how the opposition parties in Nigeria would not show up to challenge these excesses. Why making stoopid comparison to score stopid cheap points? Let’s see what the Nigerian opposition parties would do in the extant sad situation ? I have come to realize that what keeps the country Nigeria backwards is not the government; it’s the active presence of these set of stoopid Nigerians we have in our mist. And sadly enough, some of these stoopid Nigerians often claim they are educated and hold degrees in human and society related courses such as Sociology, Psychology, economics and more. Yet they demonstrate behaviour wreaks of valueless systems in the society rather than showing behaviour that brings about innovation and positive change in the society. Their stupidity emboldens and always encourages terrible and corrupt practices in the country. They are often notable for arguing along the line of ethnic conflict, religion conflict and materialistic interactions. This is because they are so empty internally. And unfortunately, we have more of their population than the normal Nigerians. If what was reported from Lagos Nigeria had happened as usually in a saner clime like the US, even in some African countries, immediately relevant persons , entities , oppositions and organisations would have started calling out the relevant leaders directly responsible for the lost lives. Their calling out is usually not the flimsy type. Is either they demand just like what happened in Serbia , that the PM should resign , or they demand something of value to not only remedy the current crisis but prevent such occurrence from happening to their citizens in the near future. That’s what’s called a working system. But what do we get in Nigeria. It’s one random social media individual that saw the situation and posted the horrible news to the knowledge of relevant authorities. And from the response of those authorities that were tagged , does it appear like these authorities have a clue as to what needs to be done to salvage the sad situation ? The answer is a capital no. All these sum up to the fact that Nigeria remains a shit hole and the country is not giving up that status anytime soon if these insane persons in Nigeria are not reducing drastically in their numbers. |
Shame on all of you mentioning saner clime. You obviously are loose in the head hence your inability to think reasonably. Similar situation to this present Serbia crisis in Nigeria was the EndSars of 2020. How many youths did the Nigerian government take their lives for peaceful protest. ? Where have you seen opposition in the Nigeria government exhibiting such a patriotic attitude in display by the Sebian MPs for the interest of the common man. Thousands loose their lives in Nigeria every minute, has any opposition come up to do what Serbian MPs is doing at the moment. 15 people lost their lives due to poor construction of a public facility and the opposition party came to protest to prevent such occurrence in the near future and to even maintain their PM resigns. If it was the shit hole Nigerian, will the President of Nigeria past and present react to such move by the opposition the way Vucic is doing ? Did the Serbian government arrest anyone or bully any of the MPs for coming out to air their opinions as required by the standard principle of democratic society. ? So , what is not sane about the clime there - you useless fools? Every time someone with sense will have to think for you. It’s so sad to be called a Nigerian. The set of people like you that God sent to this part of the world are disgustingly stupid and ignorant. No sane human should be allowed to live socially with you animals. How dull and stupid you all people can get doesn’t seem to stop amazing me. Fools making comparisons thinking they as being wise but ironically in reality their brain is full of custard. |

