₦airaland Forum

sparrowkid:
We could all remember the brouhaha that followed pegging the oil price to $38 in the 2016 budget even when oil price was sold at $30. Despite the government saying that they have consulted wide, some "emergency economic experts" were all over the space telling us that it was impossible. But at the end, since the end of February this year, oil price never sold below $38.

Majority of the so-called "experts" have never come up to say that they were wrong. They should apologize to us because it was on the basis of their wrong postulations that some people were attacking the budget team. The moral of the story is that we should not because of primordial interest condemn the work of the others. We may be wrong and they may be right.

God bless my dear country.

Then u overlooked the efforts of kwachukwu who was directly or indirectly involved in the efforts to make OPEC cut down production which was solely the reason oil prices stayed stable and then slowly sluggishly started rising. The budget team was incompetent, that one u know and thats why they where condemned. That someone is incompetent doesn't mean he/she can't make good suggestions. I think we should please differentiate between criticism and condemnation here. Those in power should not hope to be treated with kids glove cos they hold and run the collective lives of lots of people so they should expect to be criticized, insulted and condemned if need be so that they can be on their toes.

Islie:
http://punchng.com/buhari-tinubu-better-ally-opponent/

Whoever wrote this is a hypocrite and a charlatan

AllTheWayUp:



By using 10,000 policemen, 6000 soldiers and DSS to rig the election and snatch results sheets and ballot papers like they did in Rivers and Edo State.


Thunder fire Ngige.

They could accomplish that in Edo which is south west but didnt they try in PH. South south resisted them, now they are besting their chest and pointing fingers at a southeasten state. These people have guts. Anyway it was that vile snake Rochas that gave them such reason. They can try but if the southeast allows it then it will be the beginning to the end.

First time behind d wheels for me was in owerri, a long time ago. I had kept pestering my cousins to allow me drive their cars but they refused. Na so one faithful day one of my cousins took ill and I had to run errands for him.
Na that time I learn say driving in ur head and starting a car na two different things.
I must have driven that car like a million times in my dream but in real life the 4king car no gree move. It started without problem but when I want to move it, it will jerk and go off. I must have been there for over an hour trying to get that car to move.
Anyway I finally suceeded after a while but I should have known that my initial stress was a sign of more problems to come. 10 minutes from the house at the mechanic workshop I was bringing the car to, I almost ended the life of the mechanic and his boys. To worsen matter, the crazy car stopped and refused to come back on.
Luckily the guy knew my cousin's car so he came out from his hiding place thinking it was my cousin. When he saw me, he almost ran back in till I called his name, my cousin had told me to call him by name.
Anyway he checked the car and found out I had completely burnt down the battery from the perpetual starting and going off, I had also destroyed the trigger head or so of the alternator (car experts make una no vex, thats what the guy told me then).
My sick cousin almost busted a gasket with laughter when I returned to his place with very round saucer eyes telling him what I had gone through.

stinggy:
Good one. And if the church owner is culpable too, arrest him!

This shouldn't go the way of Lagos church collapse - Maupe Ogun

Sniff! Me thinks the governor is only spitting fire cos he narrowly escaped. Thank God for that though. Anyway what do I know

legendte:
[s]When non Nigerians talk about Nigerians, they are actually referring to Igbos.

Just tell me any sector that you won't find hardworking Igbos.

Just like the house of Israel with many gods despite being the chosen land of God, Igbos have few bad people who engage in illegal things. [/s]

You just can't take away t he quest for success from Igbos.
Just try and interview any Igbo hawking on the street, you will be amazed by his dream which he will definitely achieve.

We are in Agriculture, entertainment, sports, education and most importantly, MAKING MONEY.

IGBO KWENU

Comment uncalled for. I helped u cancel the unnecessary parts. it now looks better

eph12:
Hope after agreement and all the fg will not turn back and deny those negotiating on its behalf?

D problem with the equation is that after talks and agreement is reach. The people paid the money will vanish into thin air and use the funds to finance more guerrilla attack on oil installations. Thats the true face of that issue. Afterall how did Dokubu and his mates make their money?
Nigeria is a joke.

DevGuru:
This is meant to be a counter-thread to a post made by Benita27 titled "Why Are Nigerian Mother In-laws Too Mean Towards Their Daughter In-laws?" For ease of reference, the post has been reproduced below:

I noticed 80% of our Nigerian mother in-laws threat their daughter in-laws badly unlike their foreign counterparts, and this trend is so common,once a man says he wants to take you to see his parents instead of excitement a certain fear creeps in.
personally i'm not scared of meeting the man's father because i assume father's trust their sons to have made the right choices, but for the mothers is not usually the same, was able to ask someone if she felt same and she confessed feeling worse. grin
Why are our Nigerian mother in-laws so mean?.
Need your contributions, and Ladies how do you feel when getting to meet them?.

Even though Benita27 claimed to have sought clarification, she already indirectly made a clarification to the issue by revealing that she would naturally be afraid to meet her mother-in-law, even if it was for the first time. The environment through Nollywood has poisoned our ladies' minds so that by default, as they are planning to get married, they consciously prepare for war with their innocent mother-in-laws. This situation is so bad that even the meekest mother-in-law may become somewhat cruel as a result of the extremely defensive attitude which the wife displays. There are many good mother-in-laws but our ladies are now taught never to give them a space.

I'm not sure of other ethnic groups but I can speak of mine, Yoruba. This menace seems to have found a permanent seat among us and it usually throws this ugly situation at us (husbands) - You have to Choose one between your mother and me!.

Someone might wonder why I feel so concerned. It's because my wife carelessly lost a great fortune to this menace. Her married sisters advised her never to be friendly with my mother even though she had no reason to be cruel towards my mother - the incident remains the ugliest I've ever witnessed in my marriage... It's really a long story but you can read it here https://www.nairaland.com/3206538/wifes-siblings-breaking-us-apart

Bros that problem is age long. Its hard to find a wife who is not at loggerheads with the mother-in-law. My wife too spites fire anytime my mom is mentioned. It really used to surprise me till I saw with my own eyes that most of my cousins also have similar problems. Its a female thing though there are exceptions.

MeAboki:
Speaking of insults:"No am a dunce just like u"; your words, not mine - is apparently to you not an insult.
I am sorry, I truly do not have time to cure you of your stupidity, in believing that anyone bearing a Muslim name must automatically be a Muslim - besides, since when does a name like Gyang Dung sound Muslim?
Pls go and bury your head somewhere.

I thought about what to write u but came out blank. That quote of mine u quote was not meant to be an insult cos I included myself in it too. It was my attempt to lighten the mood. The insult from my part was the STFU. Whatever. Just know not everyone on nairaland unlike u is ready to insult people and later scream wolf after being dished back wat they dished.
Cheers!

MeAboki:
And you are still out there insisting on repeating your stupidity - go figure.

....and here comes the insults. Really unnecessary if u ask me. If u have info on subject pls share without insults so people will learn. If u don't have info then STFU.

MeAboki:
So you based your whole judgement, in the absence of any other fact, solely on the sound of his name - and I thought you were intelligent, Mtcheww!

No am a dunce just like u. No vex but if he was Christian, he will have a Christian name. Thats plain fact so whats this ignorance u are playing?

omohayek:
Yes, I know all too well the sad history of regionalism in Nigerian politics, but just because things were done that way in the past doesn't mean that they must be so in the future.

The trouble with parties with regional origins is that they find it difficult to shake off their "tribal" coloration even if they start trying to go national; the alternative approach is what you currently have with the ACN/CPC to APC transition, whereby a free-market, pro-business party is yoked to a statist party led by an ex-general, and the result is a completely incoherent governing platform.

What the Nigerian masses really need isn't yet more parties of "come and chop" politicians funded by godfathers who've enriched themselves through corrupt means. What they need are parties which actually stand for something, which draw their funding from the mass membership, and which choose their leaders through truly open primaries instead of backroom deals between godfathers.

Above all, the Nigerian masses need politicians who appeal to them as individuals who want better roads, safer streets, more jobs, better schools for their children, etc., not by saying "my kinsmen, it's our turn to 'chop' from the 'national cake'"; any party which fails to make such a broad national appeal from the outset will always remain vulnerable to tribal attacks; no southerner would ever vote for the CPC, no matter what policies it pronounced, just as only westerners supported the ACN, and only easterners backed the APGA. It was always enough to say "they are a Hausa/Igbo/Yoruba" party for people to close their ears to anything these parties might have had to say.

A Daniel has come to court. Again well said but u know its all im the theory. Its all wishful thinking. Such a political system as u quoted could be the solution that Nigeria needs but members what one needs and what one gets are usually in pratice, two extremes. They are usally parallel and they never meet. Its why I said that once Nigerian learn to make their minds up and speak individually and also stop following these politicians like Zombies. Things will change. A national party that cuts across geopolitical zones in this country with ethmic bias is for now not possible in.Nigeria.

Stingman:
I can't think of NATIONALISM when I am subjugated...You must be from the region that has external border...You want me to be restrained in Nigeria...While others are not...

It doesnt take effort to want something good for ur people bros. Think nationalism cos its one way out. Its the peaceful way out. Any other way will bring out the guns and bombs and the war just as history showed us will be fought again on Igbo soil and homeland. As half Igbo who still have cousins living in the east, I dont that for them.

zanogo:
Not your culture but your personal choices,you can choose to go with your ibo or yoruba sides but your choice doesnt make the other inferior

I never hinted anything about inferior or superior. Anyhow, atleast we agree on somethings

Stingman:
Look at the map again...the whole country just de FEAR 5 small Igbo states...Why would others have borders except the SE? You would say the Igbos will dominate the Cross River people...but are the Kwara people (Yorubas) in NC not dominated the Hausa/Fualnis in NC? Hahaha the FEAR of the Igbos is the beginning of WISDOM in Nigeria...

Still chest beating. U should us ur strength and think more towards nationalism

OmaniPadmeHum:
No Sir. A national party. The party ideals do not support ethnocentrism unless in a healthy manner and only in the promotion/ehibition of cultural dynamism and richness.

It is a National Party.

Am surprised there is no chest besting from u like the previous guy. Hmm, I repect that. Ur comment is also a lot more matured too. This is definitely an idea to support. If only those fools who call ourselve leaders csn buy into it. Then again we don't beed them to form such an initiative. If u really are serious I can be interested.

zanogo:
good for you for being neutral or choosing anyside you wish, my point is you dont need to have problem with people that doesnt do things your way

Fair enof. By doing things my way I suppose u mean culture? There u are wrong though cos Nigeria is more than one culture just like they are more than one person or people

Stingman:
Nigeria and their fear of the GREAT Igbos...Hahaha..See as they hide the Igbos states well within the region...in that map. Why not extend the region all the way to the Cameroun border as they did the NE? Or do we have only one ethnic group in the NE?

ALL THE REGIONS HAVE BORDERS EXCEPT THE SE...IGBOS ARE TRULY THE ONLY FEARED REGION IN NIGERIA.....WHO CAN REFUTE THIS...?

PEOPLE WOULD NOW SEE WHY the Igbos are the most subjugated people...

Oga, this borders on chest beating which is irrelevant in this case.

omohayek:
The last thing Nigeria needs is yet another useless, regionally-restricted, tribal-based party. Here you all are jabbering on about "SW this", "SS that", "NC the other one", "Afonja blah blah", and yet not a single one of you has anything to say about actual political ideas; what sort of politics is this, in which ideology plays absolutely no role whatsoever?

You can all keep fooling yourselves by thinking that the formation of yet more parties along the lines of the existing ones will ever make a difference. As long as you care more about where politicians are from than what they intend to do when they get power, Nigeria will never go anywhere developmentally, even if the current set of thieves are replaced by a younger and fresher bunch of wannabe thieves. You ignorant, insanely tribalistic Nigerians are your own worst enemies.

Well said, I give u that. I almost cried reading ur words. It shows there is still much hope for Nigerians. I mean I have been thinking in that past that clear rational logical thinking eluded us Nigerians. I mean when u meet a Nigerian outside the shore of Nigeria he/she gives u the impression of maturity and clear thinking but this same person turns into an agbero once u meet him/her in Nigeria. I mean when we stop following people who don't know better than us, when we learn to cultivate the habit of always asking questions, keeping people we lead us on their toes, things will change in Nigeria.

@Omohayek, to answer ur question. I will ask u one of.mine. Have u forgotten that all present and past political parties in Nigeria were built along regional fault lines. Its always starts like that before it metamorphs to other regions so its not new. The thing u should look for is the size and how.much strength they can muster during the general elections. Nigeria news as many mega parties as possible for a clear voice of the masses.

zanogo:
who are you to question who the south west vote for? worry about your region first before you record another back to back defeat

Am a nobody and nefa claimed to be anyother thing. Ma broda, its a free world and I can question what and who I want to, eh! So don't allow that worry ya stomach. I don't have any regions so don't vex, I prefer to sit at the fence. Do u know why? Cos I can choose to take any region between the southwest and southeast as my cousins keep mounting pressure on me to choose one but ur leaders have been messing up too much that I have chosen for now to dissociate myself with both regions. So don't worry about me but urself.

udemejack:
[b][/b]So even Goodluck refused to sign it into law,and you thing Buhari will?,this Ekweremadu is a complete joker

Doesn't matter anymore weather Buhari signs it into law or not. Once he gets the bill he has only 30 days to sent it back stating his grievance cos failure to do so makes the bill law automatically. Those cutthroats have already changed that portion of the constitution during GEJ era.

OmaniPadmeHum:
I propose

Nigerian Democratic Republican Party-NDRP

Yes I know it sounds like "Join Body".

Made up of youths alone. The young. No one should be above 45 years old. Combination of left wing and right wing ideals depending on the issue.



Una good morning.

Its a good name for a southeastern party.

Iam4Atiku:
Wrong, in this case, it's divide and conquer.
If the AC wing of APC leaves, the North Central becomes formidable and sentimental, the North-East presents Atiku, Buhari stands no chance. The North-East can't abandon Atiku for Buhari. Norh-Central feel marginalized.
The South-East is already aggrieved with Buhari, same as South-South. The only issue now will be the South-West, because you can hardly predict them. They give their votes to the highest bidder(with due to people from that region, facts are there to back my claim).
Buhari will be left with his North-West people, maybe some part of North-Central and Maybe some part of South-West.

You can agree with me that Buhari can't win North-East this time, he can't win South-South and South-East. So, whoever the South-West gives block support carries the day. And if you take out Aregbesola, Fayose, Ambrose, Tinubu, Obasanjo(still skeptical though) from the South-West, then you know what's left for Fashola and Fayemi to gather for Buhari!

Like ur analysis and it pains to say it is quite true IMAO.
It pains cause most of the south west and my cousins are directionless and will vote in masses like cows for whoever their leader give them. Was speaking to one of my cousins the one concluding his maters in Aberdeen. I asked him if he was willing to vote who he would have voted for among the south west top shots and he said and I quote "whoever the south west fields and supports would generally be the person". I was sad but understood it mean if Tinubu gets his boys behind Buhari the southwest will back Buhari again.
One wonders if they don't know better or if like one of ours Fela (a son of the soul) prophesied in his song "Zombie". Time will tell afterall all we ask for is a better Nigeria.

dre11:
• APC, PDP, too battered for next election –Convener

• Waku, Tapgun, Ewuga, others back move



https://newtelegraphonline.com/2019-north-central-politicians-unveil-new-party/

I did say the time was ripe for a new political party to spring up. I did say the north central was going to soon reveal the new name and people behind this new party. Those people that were insulting me for saying that where are they now? Nice development. No one party or group should be allowed to hold the nation at ransom. PDP did it and now APC wants to do it. Such an action only creates and breeds impunity.

chemicalDisease:
Its good that the north is dividing.

ADC north central


APGA. Southeast


AD. Southwest

Bros APGA is dead. Rochas helped put the final nail on its head. Since APC won the election I have not heard of APGA so anyone still talking of it, am sorry for the person. The south east should condense their strength and form a new platform using the lessions they learnt from the disintegration of APGA as a benchmark so they won't allow it repeat itself.

MeAboki:
Chai! Chai!
Oboy, so the sponsor of the proposed bill Rep Gyang Dung of the PDP from Plateau State is also Muslim?

Abeg muke una give us (Muslims) a rest - see how you are twisting this to make it as if Muslims caused it - as usual blaming others for your own follies.

It should be obvious to anyone that this bill was sponsored by Christians out hate and rivalry and also to spite Muslims for having Sharia, in continuum of their general agenda to checkmate Islam and Muslims at any and every opportunity; unfortunately, this time the proponents failed to think through and look beyond their hatred by properly taking time to consider the implications of what they are asking for before rushing to submit their proposal.

It serves them right, Muslims will not oppose them but support them; let them reap what they are sowing - they deserve it.

His name alone sounds muslim. Ur intetest shouldn't be what those fools in the house will reap but the repacurtions of their actions on d masses.

MrCork:
..ok..so you can marry a Nigerian woman. ..abi?...did you see the opinion poll result

..did you vote?

Am crazy about our naija sisters

MrCork:
Although all men belief Nigerian women are known gold diggers (except the lightskin ones) & that we men prefer women from South Africa, Ghana,Seirrra Leon, Zimbabwe, Uganda plus Togo.... why do we all agree & why is this true? ..pls advise!

Speak for yasef