₦airaland Forum

MEGAWATCH:
NIGERIA IS A ROGUE NATION.

Whatever judgement they dish out today will only reinforce our individual perspectives, so that's not an issue. My only worry today will be if INEC does not receive any cane. That would be an endorsement of criminality.

Longinyamapucci:
Only a bastard will be wishing for Lagos to burn down.

Enemies of Nigeria will lose las las.

Peace in South please.

Who wants Lagos to burn down? Through whose hands? If your answer includes agberos who are obviously fingered in this mayhem, WHO MADE THEM?
One good thing about reality is that it will always set in. The rubbish we defend today may be the bane of society tomorrow. No one will cry for what Nigeria will become if we continue trampling on truth and justice because of tribalism.

Unfortunately, politicians have weaponised tribalism like they did poverty. We thought poverty was a thread only the marginalized can't withstand, but now we've seen that tribalism is a thick net the educated and enlightened can't wriggle free of. Even pressure groups are not spared. I pity this generation.

For those who are unfortunate not to live in a better society, by the time you count 10, 20, 40, 80 years in Nigeria, you would have seen Nigeria become worse for those that will come after you, just like our forefathers left us a deteriorating society.

Only ONE: Judgement that doesn't prove our constitution is nothing but a paper document. Supporters of the leading candidates wouldn't know what would hit them if we end up not upholding constitutional democracy. Some are even thinking military takeover is the worst that could happen to them. If the constitution is thrown in the dustbin on Wednesday, your hope of a better Nigeria will go with the wind, at least through democracy. Unless you JAPA, you will never have a taste of a decent society.

Your emotions betray your true alliance. The way you're heaping insults on OP for asking a simple question, shows you're in denial of thr realities of a Tinubu presidency. Which Nigerian with a legitimate means of livelihood would say they don't expect anything good from government, even if it is just improved power situation for efficient business operations? Who is the 'opposition', a fellow lamenting the woes of government's bad policies? Na wa o.

OhuDealer:
I did not have any expectations from this govt because I never wanted in power in the first place .

But be as it may, Tinubu is the president.

For 8ys straight I castigated Buhari govt here and his horrendous regime even exceeded my lowest expectations of it being far worse than I could ever imagine or foresee but you didn't see me trying to fight the President and the mighty federal govt .


The way you idiots are going about this opposition is giving genuine non partisan critics and opposition to this govt a very bad toga.

Stop forming objective critics when we all know you are opposed to this govt solely because of the ethnicity of the President .

itsme01:



No election is 100% perfect, and no Democracy is 100% good

If you observe irregularities in Gabon election, take your evidence to Court, ECOWAS Court, African Union Court, International Criminal Court

You have no right to use Ak47 and Assualt Riffle to Force yourself as an Head of State on people who never voted for you and your Military Battalion


.

It is this same line of thought that's destroying the fabrics of democracy in Africa. The ripples are already visible to the blind. The autocratic democracy we practice in Africa is crumbling.

More lobbying of Africa countries for their own gain. Like China-Nigeria currency swap deal like BRICS. Like IMF like USA. Unfortunately, Nigerian leaders will always grovel, no sense of dignity because of corruption.

SMH for Nigerians. Fruitless tribalism has eaten deep into many souls, and Nigeria is not better for it. No one is concerned about the TRUTH. We saw a foreign embassy's reply to a visa applicant the other day. They are even now inclined to flag government issued documents, much less academic certificates. With the kind of forgery going on in high and low places, an innocent Ireti, Chinedu or Musa, would soon be caught in the cross fire. Schools will soon be delisted and visa processing even more difficult. When it is dawn, people will have sense.

Until the world sees us as people who thrives in the rule of law, Nigeria will continue being an embarrassment to the global world. When the legal fireworks are over, we will finally know how the world will treat us.

ibinaboonline:
And what they are selling is between 0.7 to 0.8 in actual liters.

To fill a 5l gallon you will need aleast 6L

Exactly! I've said it several times and my friend was laughing instead. He thinks I'm just capping. Although I used the word "shorting' but I maintained that the metering is tampered. I don't think all the fuel stations are doing it but some certainly are. I know at least two. I actually had to intentionally investigate by buying fuel several times with a transparent container from several filling stations and then compare. You're absolutely right. And my friend was laughing at me like the economy has finally gotten to me.

Actually 99.9% of petrol stations do it as I was told by a reputable source. He says no petrol station owner can make profit without adjusting the metre. He cited the volatility of fuel and also the fact that not all the volume that leaves the depot is emptied into the reservoir (for various reasons). According to him, it is not a question of who doesn't do it, but to what degree?

AA Rano, NIPCO and a few others seem to be fair in their dealing, at least in my location.

Watcharena:
you're right in every ramifications. NIgeria is not capable of making independent decision without western influence.

I can remember some years back NIgeria wanted currency swap With china as our biggest trade partner,all arrangements were made everything was finalized,but at the end I don't know how NIgeria pulled out of that deal because of western influence.

I followed that event closely. Immediately after that deal, IMF sent a representative (US citizen) to Nigeria. They came to stregthen ties and made phantom promises. I knew the deal would be sabotaged. World politics is all about interest. I doubt African countries have true allies, they only lobby us for their gains.

sarkinbauchi:
A corper is a servant
A minister is a servant.

FG can appoint a corper to serve as minister like many corpers engaged to serve as Electoral Polling officers by INEC.

In essence, government should once again trample on the laws that set up NYSC (which you haven't managed to read). Tomorrow, you'll apply for visa and wail because of denial. You folks should continue celebrating lawlessness, the world is watching us. Every national document submitted to foreign embassies is now being flagged.

IconicR:
Reno is right but as usual Nigerians don't like truth

"Right as usual?" Meaning all his previous comments against PBAT are also right?

"Nigerians don't like the truth?" Meaning their's a universal truth even when spoken by double-tongued individuals?

AmotekunSW:
When Peter Obi was Governor was it not people like your father advising him that he said mad men were giving him advise?

The Agulu nonentity that you fools are following, is it not an GCE he also tendered to INEC?
This is an idiot who went to a University and his certificate was issued on a Sunday after studying for a decade. Why didn't the idiot submit that University certificate to INEC?
Even at that, ever seen any of his classmates?

Ignorance may be loud, but never attractive. If you must be a political jobber, be an informed one. UNN is in Nigeria, not Chicago and he has not secured an injuction against you requesting for his certificate. As much pain he has been to APC, have you ever heard anyone mention anything? Not even at the tribunal.

Why? They simply verified. Ignorance is not bliss.

sleek214:
All these troublesome Igbo people

Of course 'us against them mentality' until Nigeria happens to you. That's the only way you can learn the woes of a failed nation. If DSS can kidnap anyone, what makes you think you won't be next?

Well, well, Well.

JASONjnr:
Tinubu should find food for FFK so that he won't start attacking him....

At least he's humble enough to backtrack, having seen the full picture. Recall that he was once urging Nigeria to 'crush Niger'. If men of good good conscience pursue the highest good, Nigeria would have been a great country. All we have now is defenders vs attackers, but to our own hurt.

Wainey:
The stupidity of many people online is just overwhelming, Is it Tinubu that is attacking Niger abi is it ECOMOG that is attacking the Junta forces?

If you're the only sane person in online spaces, won't you be worried about your sanity? What is ECOMOG and what does each member state contribute to it? Trying to make a distinction without a difference is not intelligence.

Please, help yourself
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/8/1/timeline-a-history-of-ecowas-military-interventions-in-three-decades

https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/4379/5057

izonborn098:
Op' if you are the president of nigeria today, will u allow one court to sack u?

"A government that is allowed to break the law during an emergency will create an emergency to break the law" - Anonymous

When they're done destroying vital institutions and institutionalizing corruption, how would the Nigeria of our dreams manifest?

It is not the inhumanity of the people in power that worries me, rather it is the crippling of the power in people (our minds); that the poor must continue to suffer and yet live in defense of the oppressors.

Burob:
Peter Gringory Obi & his Obidients, no fit comot Tinubu for their basketmouths?

Everything Tinubu.

Okay.

beerfraud:
okay Sinedu

Hmmm. This is interesting.

beerfraud:
Reno Omokri in responding to a tweet from Obidient who asked why he did not visit Nigeria during Buhari’s tenure

https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1689271961904443392

Choose your role models wisely:

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt"

Two pages already, and people are debating who's a stronger man between 2 non-state actors, but ignoring the issue of national public importance (Oil theft). May we not spend our productive years debating inanities

successmatters:
They are supposed to be sending Ghanaians to be presidents in Nigeria.

Apt. It requires asymmetrical thought-level to know that many Nigerians are either too used to bad governance or they sincerely don't feel they deserve the opposite. Ask them how many multinationals have set up shop in Nigeria since 2015, compared to the number that has left.

blamingthedevil:
Elluppees and Obidients disgraced

Hmmmm. The senators, however self-serving their motivations might be, demanded accountability of a supposed public works programme that billions of Naira was appropriateed for and released, yet fellow Nigerians are the enemies?

Can we really 'blame the devil' for our nation's woes?

The real opposition are the indigenous Lagosians. They would win when they wake up to that reality.

maasoap:
Lol. ECOWAS will lose against Niger, really? Not ECOWAS vs South Africa, not even Niger vs Nigeria!!
Have you seen their total military personnel and capacity? It is so insignificant. And if you think one country is somewhere ready to support them, you better think again.

Maybe I exaggerated, but try and comprehend my submission. War is finance, can ECOWAS sustain it? Assuming they get external funding, so would Niger and alliance (at worst they'd trade their national assets). Nigeria being the supposed 'boss' would take on more responsibility than it can shoulder, with both economic and security fallout. Now, I mentioned the border countries in the Sahel; War also involves logistics. Is Chad, Mali, BF, or Guinea going to allow ECOWAS move weapons across it's borders? How would ECOWAS send reinforcement to the front line? Remember that Nigeria alone doesn't make up the entire ECOWAS structure. When you weigh the cons of military actions, Nigeria has no business being in WAR. Let her use her position to pressure the regime, and maybe they could get a workable timeline for return to democracy. Mind you, that's the best ECOWAS can get. There are outcomes War can't achieve, because of external influences.

Osariemen12:
That's my president, Alassane Dramane Ouattara: the best president in west Africa as of today.

Are you sure?
''The President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara who tempered with the constitution of his country and gave himself a third term extension is without shame also condemning the coup in Niger Republic." - Shehu Sani

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/ivory-coast-president-ouattaras-disputed-third-term-confirmed

I think we can conclude that CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP is the bane of Africa.

Wainey:
I really don't want this war but I really want ECOWAS to bring back democracy in Niger.

Military rule doesn't respect fundamental human right o, a dictator can even take your mother as his wife and jail your father if he speaks, there is no constitution to hold him as he is bigger than the Constitution, there is no checks and balances either, no legislative or Judiciary, and there is no election.
You will endure that dictator until there is another coup, and if the next dictator is worse than the previous one, you will run to another country as a refugee.
Don't ever pray for a military govt

I get your point. Truth is my brother, world politics is changing and many African countries will be used as pawns. Look at it objectively, can ECOWAS return Niger to democratic rule alone, and with brute force? What of Chad, Mali, Guinea BF etc? Don't you think that would be an overstretch? How many Anglophone ECOWAS country has a viable economy today (IMF rescued Ghana recently)?. Is it Liberia? In the end Nigeria will bear the cost with it's already lean resources, and then internal crisis will start due to worsening economic situation. My point is, ECOWAS should weigh its options and choose the easiest way out. Place sanctions if they must, but should be as tact as PMB in managing same affairs. Coup is no threat to us if we manage our democracy well. Tanzania is working, Botswana, Seychelles are working. Just recently, Rwanda and Zambia are on the right path. Since imperialists have an axe to grind with France, ECOWAS should act within the limits of its powers and interests ONLY.

Wainey:
Niger does not have what it takes to stand ECOWAS.
Also I don't want this war on Niger, they are trying to find a govt that will suit them, but I seriously don't want them to think a military dictator is better than a democratic govt.

I think they have to look for a voice in Democracy than settling for military rule

That is where you're wrong sir, in war as in love, assumption is dangerous. You would have thought Russia has overrun Ukraine by now. Be reminded that the same forces (interests) are at play in Niger. So, expect it to drag on needlessly. People profit from war (insurgencies in the North is only a tip of the iceberg). While, Niger may have unwittingly but ceremoniously chosen the path of destruction, does Nigeria need to follow suit? Look at the map, study war history, which border countries can Nigeria count on in the Sahel? ECOWAS will lose woefully, and Nigeria disgraced.
Emphasis is that "Don't start what you can't finish, war is (strategic), not a tea party". We should not let ego drive us nuts, we could just turn a blind eye and fix our own mess.

ganisucks:
https://twitter.com/doyinokupe/status/1687471055315648512

Is Nigeria so war-hungry? I really don't understand the use of the term 'war' in this context of events. It seems like the purported 'war' is meant to serve another purpose than we can discern. People are sounding as if the war would be over in 24hrs, they're cannot yet comprehend the cost to our fragile economy, peace and security.

It is well.