₦airaland Forum

NELFUND: WHEN DEBT IS MISTAKEN FOR EMPOWERMENT.

Imagine being so hungry for political validation that you celebrate a loan as though the government just shared its national cake with you!
You borrow money to survive university, and some people are already shouting EMPOWERMENT! Oga, empowerment ke? You have been empowered to owe!
Apparently, all it takes to deceive some people is to put a government logo on a debt and add a little political propaganda. Suddenly, liabilities become achievements, and repayment obligations become evidence of good governance!
Let's be serious for once: If I lend you money and you celebrate me for changing your life, who will you blame when the bill arrives?
Helping students access education is commendable. But let's not insult our intelligence by confusing a loan with a scholarship or borrowed money with a gift.
The tragedy is not just that some students may graduate with debt; it's that some people are so busy applauding the lender that they've forgotten to ask about the loan!
At this rate, tomorrow, if the government offers us loans to buy food, some people will call it The National Hunger Empowerment Programme.

#nigeria Ossai Ovie Success Verydarkblackman #nigerianstudents

DELTA STATE GOVT AND THE CHARADE OF EMPOWERING POVERTY.

Apparently, in the new economics of Udu LGA, ₦20,000 is enough to empower a human being.
Forget business capital.
Forget skills acquisition.
Forget equipment.
Forget sustainable livelihoods.
Just hand someone ₦20,000, smile for the camera and announce:
“Congratulations! You have been empowered.”
Empowered to do what?
Open a supermarket?
Buy a generator?
Start farming?
Set up a workshop?
Or simply survive until the next political empowerment ceremony?
At this rate, perhaps the next programme will be:
“Operation ₦5,000 Industrial Revolution.”
The real tragedy isn't that ₦20,000 was given to people who may genuinely need it. Every little assistance can help though.
The tragedy is calling a meagre cash handout “empowerment” and expecting intelligent citizens to applaud the vocabulary.
True empowerment gives people the capacity to earn tomorrow.
This only gives them something to spend today.
There is a profound difference.
And for a state with the resources and potential of Delta, reducing empowerment to a few notes in an envelope isn't just underwhelming.
It is an insult wrapped in benevolence and decorated with a photo opportunity.
Udu people don't need government to periodically remind them how little they can be given.
They need government to create an economy in which ₦20,000 is not mistaken for a life-changing intervention.
Because if ₦20,000 is “empowerment,” then poverty must be having the best public relations team in Delta State.
Udu deserves empowerment—not political pocket money with a fancy name.
Let's learn to do better .

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#SheriffOborevwori
#DeltaState
#VDM
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WHEN STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE SILENCES A STATE: THE DANGEROUS NORMALISATION OF MEDIOCRITY IN DELTA

There is a difficult conversation Deltans must begin to have.
For more than two decades, we have watched governance gradually move away from the question “What can government build for the next generation?” to the much smaller question: “What can government give me today?”
That is where stomach infrastructure becomes dangerous.
A bag of rice can feed a family for a few weeks. A political appointment can feed one person. A cash gift can temporarily silence another.
But when these little benefits become the currency through which citizens are expected to measure government performance, something far more valuable is lost: the courage to ask difficult questions.
And that is how the voice of dissent disappears.
Not because everybody suddenly became satisfied, but because too many people became economically dependent on the same political structure they ought to be questioning.

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SILENCE
The most dangerous form of political control is not necessarily intimidation.
Sometimes, it is patronage.
Give enough people something small, and you can make them reluctant to question something much bigger.
A person receiving political patronage may begin to defend the system that provides it—even when the wider society is asking legitimate questions about roads, hospitals, schools, employment, industrialisation, urban planning and transparency.
Gradually, criticism becomes “betrayal.”
Accountability becomes “hatred.”
Questions become “politics.”
And sycophancy becomes a survival strategy.
That is how a society can lose its collective bargaining power without anybody formally taking away its freedom of speech.

BUT HERE IS THE QUESTION DELTANS MUST ASK:
What exactly should we be celebrating?
Delta is not a poor state in terms of public revenue.
In 2023, Delta received about ₦483.57 billion in FAAC—the highest among the states for that year. In 2024, it received about ₦450.4 billion, second only to Lagos. Delta has also consistently been among the major beneficiaries of oil-derivation revenue.
The state's own 2025 approved budget projected ₦753.1 billion from government share of FAAC, while total projected revenue was about ₦792 billion.
Therefore, the conversation should not simply be:
“How much money did Delta receive?”
The more important question is:
“What measurable transformation did Deltans receive in exchange for the resources entrusted to the state?”
That is where citizens must become uncomfortable.

THE FLYOVER QUESTION
Consider the Warri–Effurun axis.
The administration entered into a contract in October 2023 for three flyovers, a cloverleaf interchange, pedestrian bridges and associated road expansion, with a stated 30-month completion period.
In May 2025, Governor Oborevwori stated that the three flagship flyovers and three slipways were at different stages of completion and were expected to be ready for commissioning in the first quarter of 2026.
That commitment deserves to be measured against the actual delivery record—not against political applause.
Because this is the fundamental principle of democratic governance:
A project is not an achievement because government announced it.
It is an achievement when the people can use it.
And this is precisely where Deltans need to stop allowing political communication to substitute for physical evidence.
A billboard is not a road.
A groundbreaking ceremony is not infrastructure.
A contract award is not development.
A press release is not delivery.
A commissioning ceremony is not necessarily value for money.
The only language infrastructure ultimately speaks is: completion, quality, usefulness and durability.

THE SNAIL-PACE QUESTION
There is nothing inherently wrong with taking time to execute a major infrastructure project. Complex engineering requires planning, design, procurement, construction, testing and quality control.
But government must also explain delays transparently.
What was the original completion date?
What percentage has been completed?
How much has been paid?
How much remains?
Have variations been approved?
What caused the delay?
What penalties exist for non-performance?
What is the revised completion date?
And most importantly:
How much has the project cost the people compared with the original contract sum?
These are not opposition questions.
They are citizenship questions.
Indeed, Delta's own public project-monitoring portal currently lists hundreds of projects and provides progress information for ongoing projects. That creates an opportunity for government—and citizens—to move the conversation away from political propaganda and toward measurable project-by-project accountability.

THE REAL GIMMICK IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES.
Sometimes, it is what government makes citizens focus on while something else remains unquestioned.
If citizens spend all day arguing about who received an appointment, who got a contract, who was given a political position, who attended the Governor's event, or who received a small empowerment package, the larger questions can disappear.
Where are the industries?
Where are the sustainable jobs?
Where are the world-class public hospitals?
Where is the educational transformation?
Where is the deliberate economic diversification?
Where are the industrial clusters that can employ thousands of young Deltans?
Where is the urban transportation system capable of matching the needs of rapidly expanding cities?
Where is the long-term master plan for Warri, Udu, Effurun, Sapele, Ughelli, Asaba and the other emerging urban centres?
Where is the measurable transformation of rural economies?
And where is the transparent public accounting showing Deltans what every major project actually costs?

THIS IS WHY SYCOPHANCY IS SO EXPENSIVE.
A sycophant does not merely praise a politician.
A sycophant can deprive government of the most valuable commodity in governance:
truth.
When everybody around a leader is saying “Your Excellency, you are doing wonderfully well,” who tells him that a road is deteriorating?
Who tells him that a hospital is understaffed?
Who tells him that a project is moving too slowly?
Who tells him that young people are becoming increasingly disconnected from government?
Who tells him that the people are applauding publicly but complaining privately?
A government surrounded exclusively by praise may eventually lose the ability to hear reality.
And a society where nobody is willing to speak truth to power eventually begins to confuse silence with satisfaction.

DELTANS MUST CHANGE THE QUESTION.
We must stop asking only:
“What has government given me?”
We must begin asking:
“What has government built that will outlive all of us?”
That is the difference between stomach infrastructure and development infrastructure.
One feeds the present.
The other builds the future.
One creates temporary dependence.
The other creates permanent capacity.
One can make citizens grateful.
The other makes citizens prosperous.

THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT.
It is a demand for a higher standard of government.
Every administration deserves recognition for projects it genuinely delivers.
The current administration has itself highlighted infrastructure expansion as a major priority, and the Federal Government has publicly commended some of its infrastructure initiatives.
But praise should never terminate scrutiny.
If a government says it is performing, citizens should ask for the evidence.
If it says a project is progressing, citizens should ask for the percentage.
If it says billions have been spent, citizens should ask for the value delivered.
If it says it is transforming Delta, citizens should ask for measurable outcomes.
Because democracy is not supposed to produce worshippers.
It is supposed to produce citizens.
And Delta does not need a population permanently grateful for crumbs.
Delta needs citizens confident enough to demand the whole loaf.
Our greatest danger is not that government may fail.
Our greatest danger is that citizens may become so accustomed to mediocre governance that they stop demanding excellence.
That is the conversation Deltans must have.
Not tomorrow.
But Now.

#MoreAgenda #DeltaState #DeltaPolitics

THE MINIMUM WAGE THAT GREW IN NAIRA — BUT SHRANK IN DOLLARS.
By Akaba Clement Erirayevenre

Since Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, one thing has remained almost constant: the minimum wage keeps increasing in naira, yet its international value has repeatedly been eroded by the falling value of the naira.

Look beyond the figures printed on the payslip and the story becomes more revealing.
In 2000: ₦5,500 ≈ $54
In 2011: ₦18,000 ≈ $117
In 2019: ₦30,000 ≈ $98
In 2024: ₦70,000 ≈ $45 around the time the new wage was approved.

So, between 2011 and 2024, Nigeria's minimum wage rose from ₦18,000 to ₦70,000 — an increase of almost 289% in naira terms.
But measured against the dollar, it fell from roughly $117 to about $45 — a decline of more than 60%.

That is the paradox of the Nigerian wage system:
The government can announce a bigger number while the worker can simultaneously become poorer in international purchasing-power terms.
And this is where the debate should go beyond “How much was the minimum wage increased?”
The more important question is:
“What is that wage actually worth after currency depreciation and inflation?”
A ₦70,000 minimum wage sounds dramatically larger than ₦18,000. But if the naira itself has lost enormous value, a larger number of naira does not automatically mean a richer worker.

This isn't necessarily evidence that successive governments deliberately set out to reduce workers' wages. But the historical data clearly show a long-term erosion of the minimum wage's dollar value, particularly after major episodes of naira depreciation.

The real tragedy may therefore not be that Nigeria keeps increasing the minimum wage.
It is that the naira keeps losing value faster than the wage system can catch up.
Nigeria doesn't just need higher wages.
Nigeria needs a currency and economy capable of preserving the value of those wages.
Because ₦70,000 on paper means very little if tomorrow's ₦70,000 cannot buy what yesterday's ₦30,000 could.

#Naira #Nigeria #MinimumWage
#Trending #Everyone #Currency

NIGERIA @ 66: INDEPENDENCE OR ANIMAL FARM? 🇳🇬

In 1960, the animals chased away the colonial farmer, believing the farm would finally belong to them.

66 years later, the animals still have the farm—but somehow, the pigs have taken over the farmhouse.
The old master had a whip.
The new masters have political power.
The old master took the harvest.
The new masters control the barns, contracts and granaries.

And the animals?
They are still being told to work harder, sacrifice more and be grateful.
The sign on the barn once said: “All animals are equal.”
Then, somehow, it was rewritten:
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Maybe the revolution succeeded.
Maybe the wrong animals inherited the farmhouse.
But the animals are not powerless.
The farm belongs to all of us.
The pigs are not the farm.
And silence is not surrender.
If we want a different Nigeria that will work for all of us, we must stop merely complaining about the farmhouse—and start demanding accountability from whoever occupies it. 🇳🇬

#everyone #trendingpost #nigeria

THE MISSING HALF OF THE FAAC STORY: DELTA STATE AS THE CASE STUDY.

By Akaba Clement Erirayevenre

We are repeatedly told: “States are now receiving more money from FAAC.”
True — but more naira does not automatically mean more purchasing power.
Take Delta State for instance.
In 2022, Delta received about ₦370.08 billion in FAAC disbursements. By 2025, the figure had risen to about ₦649.67 billion — a seemingly impressive 76% increase in naira terms.
But here is the part that the headline often leaves out.
Nigeria’s average inflation rates were about 18.85% in 2022, 24.66% in 2023, 33.24% in 2024 and 23.01% in 2025. Compounded together, prices rose by roughly 143% across those four years.
So, to have roughly the same broad purchasing power as Delta’s ₦370 billion in 2022, the State would have needed around ₦899 billion in 2025.
It received about ₦650 billion.
That means the nominal increase looked large, while the inflation-adjusted fiscal capacity was substantially weaker.

The dollar tells an even sharper story. CBN data put the 2022 average exchange rate around ₦426/$, while the 2025 average was about ₦1,517/$. Delta’s FAAC was therefore roughly $869 million in 2022, but only about $428 million in 2025 — approximately a 51% decline in dollar terms.

Now look at workers.
Delta had implemented the ₦30,000 national minimum wage under the previous administration. Today, the minimum wage is ₦70,000, which is a 133% nominal increase. But after the cumulative inflation of 2022–2025 alone, ₦30,000 would require roughly ₦73,000 just to preserve its old general purchasing power. Delta’s current ₦70,000 minimum therefore represents little real improvement against that benchmark.
And one important correction: the claim that the dollar has become “four times” more expensive since 2023 is not supported by official exchange-rate data. From about ₦461/$ in May 2023 to roughly ₦1,329/$ in late September 2026 is closer to a 2.9-fold or 290% increase.

The lesson is simple:
FAAC growth must not be measured only by how many naira were shared. It must be measured against inflation, exchange-rate depreciation, population, wage costs and the actual purchasing power of those naira.
Because ₦650 billion today is not the ₦650 billion Nigerians would have understood a few years ago.
That is the part of the FAAC story Nigerians deserve to discuss.

#PBAT #MoreAgenda #SheriffOborevwori #Viralpost #DeltaStateGovernment #Desopadec #NDDC #NairaVsDollar #FAAC #TheNigerianState #DeltaState

WHEN FAITH BECOMES A SUBSTITUTE FOR ACTION: THE DANGEROUS SIDE OF RELIGIOUS MANIPULATION
Written by: Akaba Clement Erirayevenre

There is a conversation Nigeria desperately needs to have—and it is bigger than VeryDarkMan.
Recently, VDM challenged Apostle Arome Osayi over a sermon in which the cleric described Nigeria’s national calling as spiritual revival, contrasting it with countries such as China that are known for manufacturing and technological development. Osayi said, “Our calling as a nation is revival,” and argued that Nigerians should not judge the country’s purpose only by industrial or economic achievements.
VDM's response was essentially this:
What happens when a young Nigerian is repeatedly told to pray for what another young person elsewhere is being encouraged to invent, build and solve?
That question deserves serious reflection.
I am not against prayer.
I am not against pastors.
I am not against miracles.
And I certainly do not believe every pastor who speaks about prayer is manipulating people.
But there is a thin line between teaching people to trust God and conditioning people to depend on religious intervention for problems that also require education, discipline, innovation, institutions and hard work.
That is where the conversation about religious manipulation becomes important.

RELIGIOUS MANIPULATION DOES NOT ALWAYS LOOK LIKE A SCAM
Sometimes manipulation is not someone collecting money and disappearing.
Sometimes it is a message repeated so consistently that people gradually surrender their own responsibility.
“Just pray.”
“Wait for your miracle.”
“Your breakthrough is coming.”
“God will do it.”
These statements may sound harmless—and prayer can genuinely be meaningful to believers.
But imagine a generation that learns to pray for employment without learning valuable skills; prays for prosperity without learning financial management; prays for technological breakthroughs without studying science; prays for political transformation without understanding civic responsibility; and prays for solutions while somebody else is busy building them.
At what point does faith stop empowering people and start making them passive?
That is the question.
THE CHINA EXAMPLE IS PARTICULARLY INSTRUCTIVE
China did not become a manufacturing powerhouse merely by wishing for it.
Countries that have transformed their economies have invested in education, infrastructure, research, engineering, entrepreneurship, manufacturing and institutions.
Nigeria can pray and build.
Nigeria can believe in God and study.
Nigeria can go to church and go to the laboratory.
Nigeria can speak in tongues and learn technology.
There is no contradiction.
In fact, one of the most dangerous ideas we could give young Nigerians is that these things are mutually exclusive.

BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS ARGUMENT
It is also important to be fair to Apostle Arome Osayi.
His statement was presented as a theological argument about what he believes Nigeria's spiritual role should be—not as a government policy telling Nigerians to abandon technology or education. His own ministry describes his mandate as extending into the marketplace and highlights intellectual curiosity, innovation and creativity in some of its programmes.

So the issue should not become:
“Pastors are bad.”
That would be intellectually lazy.
The better question is:
What effect does a particular message have on the people receiving it?
Because even a sincere religious message can have unintended consequences when people interpret it as permission to neglect practical responsibility.

AND THIS IS WHERE VDM'S CRITICISM TOUCHES A VERY IMPORTANT NERVE
His argument, stripped of the insults and theatrics, raises a legitimate developmental question:
Can a nation pray its way out of problems that require human action?
Prayer cannot manufacture a power plant.
Prayer cannot substitute for an engineer designing a machine.
Prayer cannot replace a competent teacher.
Prayer cannot build a functioning institution by itself.
Prayer cannot replace accountability in government.
Prayer cannot replace entrepreneurship.
And prayer cannot turn an unskilled young person into a skilled professional overnight.
For believers, prayer may accompany all these things.
But it should not automatically become a substitute for them.

THE REAL DANGER IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT TO FEAR QUESTIONS
This is perhaps the most dangerous form of religious manipulation.
A person asks:
“Why are we still poor?”
And instead of examining systems, education, leadership, productivity, infrastructure and economic policy, the answer becomes:
“You don't understand spiritual things.”
Someone asks:
“Why has this prophecy not happened?”
The response becomes:
“Don't question the anointed.”
Someone asks:
“Where is the evidence?”
The response becomes:
“Do you want to challenge God?”
That is how critical thinking can gradually be replaced by unquestioning obedience.
And once people are convinced that questioning a religious authority is equivalent to questioning God, that authority can become almost impossible to challenge.
That is where faith can become vulnerable to manipulation.

LET'S BUILD A BETTER NIGERIAN CHRISTIANITY
A Christianity that says:
Pray—but also learn.
Believe—but also investigate.
Give—but ask questions.
Follow your pastor—but don't surrender your brain.
Trust God—but take responsibility.
Expect miracles—but develop competence.
Seek spiritual growth—but don't despise science, technology and innovation.
And above all:

DON'T USE GOD TO MAKE PEOPLE AFRAID OF THINKING.
Perhaps the greatest lesson from the VDM–Arome controversy is not about VDM.
It is not even about Pastor Arome.
It is about millions of ordinary Nigerians sitting in churches every Sunday.
People whose children are unemployed.
People whose businesses are struggling.
People whose dreams are being delayed.
People who desperately want a better Nigeria.
They need hope.
Yes.
But they also need knowledge, skills, courage, critical thinking, institutions and the freedom to ask difficult questions.
Because a nation that only knows how to pray for solutions may remain dependent on the nations that know how to design, manufacture and implement them.
Faith should give people the courage to build—not the excuse not to build.
And perhaps that is the conversation Nigeria needs right now.

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THE FASCINATING STORY BEHIND THE GAME OF CHESS: A GAME THAT TURNED WAR INTO A BATTLE OF MINDS.


Imagine a king returning from war.
His army was defeated.
His soldiers were scattered. His horses were exhausted. His elephants and chariots had failed him.
But the king couldn't understand one thing:
“How did I lose?”
He had the bigger army compared to his enemy's. He had experienced generals. He had powerful weapons.
Yet another kingdom had outsmarted him.
That question would eventually lead to one of the world's greatest games:
CHESS.
But here's where the story becomes fascinating.
TWO KINGDOMS. TWO ARMIES. ONE BATTLEFIELD.
According to an ancient Indian legend, a wise man named Sissa created a game for the king who wanted to know why he lost.
He placed a board before the king.
64 squares.
Two opposing armies.
And pieces representing the forces of war.
The king.
The soldiers.
The cavalry.
The elephants.
The chariots.
Sissa looked at the king and essentially said:
“This is your battlefield.”
The king was intrigued.
“How does it work?”
Sissa began to explain.

THE KING DISCOVERS SOMETHING HE HAD MISSED
The king noticed something strange.
The most powerful piece wasn't the king.
And the ordinary soldiers looked almost insignificant.
Sissa explained:
“Your Majesty, you made the same mistake on the battlefield.”
“You thought victory belonged to the strongest soldiers.”
“But war is not won by one powerful soldier.”
“An army wins when its different forces work together.”
The king began to understand.
The cavalry protects the infantry.
The elephants create openings.
The chariots control the battlefield.
The soldiers advance.
And the king must be protected.
Suddenly, the game wasn't merely a game.
It was a miniature kingdom at war.

THE KING'S GREATEST LESSON
Sissa showed him something even more profound:
The king is the most important piece—but he is not the most powerful.
Think about that.
The king can move only one square at a time.
The queen can move almost anywhere.
The rook can cross an entire rank.
The bishop can strike from a distance.
The knight can leap over other pieces.
And the humble pawn?
It looks almost worthless.
Yet that little pawn can eventually cross the entire battlefield and become a queen.
Sissa was teaching the king something far beyond chess:
Never underestimate what appears small.

AND THEN THERE IS THE QUEEN...
Here's one of the most fascinating things about chess.
The modern queen wasn't always the terrifyingly powerful piece we know today.
In early versions of the game,the queen was more like a royal adviser or vizier and had very limited movement.
But as chess travelled through various cultures from India through Persia and the Islamic world into Europe, the game evolved.
The adviser eventually became the queen.
And around the late 15th century, her powers were dramatically increased.
She went from being one of the weakest pieces...
to becoming the most powerful piece on the board.
Think about that transformation.

EVOLUTION OF THE PIECES
The ancient Indian game contained various pieces.
When chess travelled west, those pieces evolved.
Eventually, in Europe, the Elephant became known as the bishop.
The old military world was being transformed into medieval European society.
The chariot eventually became the Rook.
The horse became the Knight.
The foot soldiers became the pawn.
And the king remained the king.
Thousands of years of history were being compressed onto a tiny board.

THEN CAME THE MOST FAMOUS PART OF THE LEGEND
The king was so impressed by Sissa's wisdom that he offered him any reward he wanted.
Sissa asked for something that sounded ridiculously simple:
“Give me one grain of rice for the first square of the board.”
“Two for the second.”
“Four for the third.”
“Eight for the fourth.”
And so on...
The king laughed.
What could possibly be difficult about giving a little rice?
But he didn't understand the mathematics.
The grains would keep doubling.
By the time all 64 squares were accounted for, the required amount would be:
18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice.
The king couldn't possibly provide it.
And once again, Sissa had taught him a lesson:
Never underestimate the power of something simply because it starts small.

CHESS AS A STORY ABOUT HUMANITY
Look carefully at a chessboard.
You will see more than pieces.
You'll see war.
You'll see politics.
You'll see leadership.
You'll see sacrifice.
You'll see alliances and betrayal.
You'll see patience.
You'll see calculation.
You'll see deception.
You'll see opportunity.
And perhaps most importantly...
You'll see consequences.
Because in chess, you can spend 20 minutes building a brilliant position—
and destroy everything with one careless move.
Just like life.

THE DEEPEST LESSON OF CHESS
You don't need to destroy your opponent's entire army.
You only need to put the king in a position from which there is no escape.
That's checkmate.
And perhaps that is why chess has survived for centuries.
Because beneath those 64 squares lies a truth about human existence:
You may not determine the pieces (potentials) you're given.
But you control how you play them with an end in mind.
Sometimes you must sacrifice something valuable.
Sometimes you must retreat.
Sometimes patience is more powerful than aggression.
Sometimes your weakest piece becomes your greatest weapon.
And sometimes...
the difference between victory and defeat is just one move.
So the next time you sit across a chessboard from someone, don't just see a game.
See two kingdoms.
See two armies.
See thousands of years of human history.
And remember:
**The battle may be fought on 64 squares...
but the real battlefield is the mind.🧠

You need to begin by breaking it into daily, weekly and monthly target. You said 5K daily minimum. Therefore you are looking at 35K weekly and 150k monthly.

I will advise you scout for food stuff that are quite expensive in PH but cheaper in other places like Edo state, Akwa ibom, or Cross River State. There are many of such edibles you can import to PH because foodstuffs in PH is almost double of the price in Edo and certain areas in Akwa Ibom/ Cross River States.

With 1m in this business, you can be making over 150K every 2weeks when you buy whole and sell whole. U can begin with less than 500k as a beginner.

Try it and thank me later.

I have been imagining the best way the U.S. can send shockwaves down the spine of Nigerian leaders and islamist terrorists and I came to the conclusion that the best preliminary approach is for them to test the microphone by merely sending down 500 Fighter Jets to freely roam the Nigerian Airspace for just 30mins and go back. With that alone the would have send enough message to the appropriate quarter.

What do think Or what would you recommend?

Claiming that Udu LGA always vote the opposition is a fallacy. Uvwie and Ughelli North LGA that has several ongoing star project being executed by the State Govt obviously voted against the current governor too. If that's the criteria then we are supposed to see three flyovers being built simultaneously in Uvwie LGA where majority voted against the governor in 2023.

UDU LGA IN RETROSPECT: CHRONICLE OF A MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN DELTA STATE.

Episode 1: The Genesis Of Our Ordeal

"He who doesn't know where the rain began to beat him cannot also precisely recall/appreciate where it began to dry-up"...(African Proverb)

To grasp a better understanding of how the infrastructural marginalization of Udu LGA emanated, it would be necessary to recall historical antecedents in the build-up towards the 1999 Delta State guber election that saw to Chief James Onanefe Ibori becoming the elected governor of the state. That election was a fierce contest between Chief James Ibori of the PDP and Engr. Moses Kragha of the ANPP. Both men are from the Urhobo ethnic group but while the former is from Oghara in Ethiope West LGA, the latter happens to be from Okpaka Town in Udu LGA.

After the PDP candidate was declared winner in that guber election, ANPP became the opposition in the state. Udu was consequently tagged as the home of opposition by the elected governor and the PDP just because one of our Udu son and brother was on the ballot against them and emerged as the second runner-up in the race. This tag was advertently so even though, Chief Gordon Okpako, the member elected to represent Udu Constituency in the State House of Assembly of that same era was elected on the PDP platform.

It is indisputably since that 1999 incident that the Delta State Government has continued to be vindictive against the people of Udu whose only crime then centered on the fact that their brother and son contested against the PDP. As a result, the state government under Chief James Ibori between 1999 and 2007 neglected Udu LGA while at the same time hoping to win the votes of Udu people. Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who succeeded Chief James Ibori as governor also displayed this vindictiveness against Udu in his own ways. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on succeeding Uduaghan followed suit but not as worse as his two predecessors.

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, an Urhobo man, is now at the helms of affairs and we don't know whether to tagged him as the worst or closest to the worst.

As Udu people we don't know whether we should count on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori OR Should we count him among the usual stock. Only time shall tell though.

Akaba Clement wrote from Ovwian - Udu

#UduDeservesBetter
#UduNeedRoads
#NoToMarginalization

Emancipation Movement For Udu Progress

Massive protest rocks Udu LGA over government neglect

28, Jun, 2025

…’Celebrating 500 projects without one in Udu is height of marginalization’

The people of Udu Local Government Area of Delta State have staged a protest over what they described as gross marginalization of the people in the administration of Delta state, stressing that the celebration of 500 projects by the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori-led administration on his second year in office without a single project in Udu was the height of insensitivity, calling on the governor to redress the issue and attend to the demands of the Udu people.

The placard-carrying protesters, which filed out in strategic locations of Udu on Saturday, table 8 demands before Governor Oborevwori, noting that Udu had suffered for too long in the hands of successive administration and that the current governor, having performed beyond expectations, should extend his performance streaks to Udu in other to give the people a sense of belonging.
Addressing newsmen during the protest on Saturday, Comrade Goodluck Mukoro, President of the Emancipation Movement for Udu Progress, an advocacy group for Udu development founded by Udu Indigenes with membership drawn from the 32 Communities in Udu Kingdom to agitate for improved infrastructure for Udu, lamented the projects distribution by the Delta State Government which boasted of 500 projects in two years without one for Udu.

Reading from a written text on behalf of the group and the entire Udu people, duly signed by the President, Goodluck Mukoro and Secretary, Joseph Godday, the group tabled the 8 points demands of the Udu people to include reconstruction and dualization of main Udu road from express junction to ECN Junction to ease the pains of roda users who spend hours on the road daily due to its deplorable condition, Construction of Udu second bridge at Opete/Enerhen, Construction of Orhuhworun —Ohwrode—Otor-Udu road, Construction of Egiegi  community road, and Completion of the abandoned the Delta Leisure Park at Oleri since former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan tenure.

Other demands of the Udu people are Establishment of a higher institution of learning in Udu, Construction of Ugbisi–Emadadja community road and Construction of Oleri community road to Obubu.

The protesters lamented that despite being one of the local Government Areas in Delta State that is home to oil and gas reserves, Udu is the most marginalized Local Government Area in Delta State with little or no Government's presence.

‘’Udu is being intentionally neglected by the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. (Elder) Sheriff Oborevwori, by refusing to approve any project for us despite the deplorable state of infrastructures.

‘’Our roads have become death traps, our primary and secondary schools are dilapidated, our general hospital is in a state of abandonment, the leisure park at Oleri has since been abandoned after the tenure of Emmanuel Uduaghan who initiated the project, our Communities and major roads are ravaged by flood annually, Udu is completely absent from the Sherrif-led Delta State urban renewal plan, cities beautification and solar street light project on major roads, thereby leaving Udu in perpetual darkness and abandonment.

‘’The Uvwie, Warri South and Environs Development Agency created by the immediate past Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, despite delivering numerous drainage projects in Uvwie and Warri South, did not consider Udu for a single project, even though the areas captured in the bill that established the agency added parts of Udu, with it’s scope extending to Otor-Udu.



‘’Our appeals to Udu political elites have always been met with the excuse that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori did not win in Udu Local Government Area in the election that brought him to power yet, he has executed numerous projects in other Local Government Areas where he did not win in the state. The treatment being melted on Udu suggests that the Governor's MORE AGENDA is selective, bias and vindictive.

‘’We are using this medium to once again call on the Governor, His Excellency Rt Hon (Elder) Sheriff Oborevwori to approve the top priority projects of the Udu people listed earlier for execution for sake of equity, inclusiveness and fairness to all. We want to unequivocally state that if the above listed projects are not approved within three weeks from the date of this publication, we shall stage a full scale mass protest that shall hold on 22nd and 23rd July, 2025, to further press for our demands without hesitation, in line with democratic norms’’ the group declared, stressing that the coming protests shall be massive and may involve complete shutdown of Udu to press home the demand of the people.

Of what use is the celebration when fuel importation persists

NNPC is actually fighting Dangote for putting them under pressure.
Dangote is actually stronger than any of their moves. May God help Nigeria.

There's nowhere in the bible where polygamy was described as a sin.

Am actually curious and want to know your opinions.

CR7 is truly the GOAT because he's proven it in England, Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia. The guy has been consistent all these years. Leo Messi is a very great guy though but he's been unable to make his mark that impressive outside Barcelona FC.

The truth is that they just want to use grammar to confuse us. To proceed on indefinite leave of absence is the same as resignation just like 6 and half a dozen.

It's obvious that after one year of administration the man has come to the realization that his ideals/ principles as a person is in disparity with that of Tinubu's administration.

It's truly hightime he takes a bow to save his sanity and integrity. Resigning is an unusual feat in the Nigerian political arena. Kudos to him.

It's not subsidy you said. Then what is it called?
Teacher! Make una no teach us nonsense.
Yeye dey smell!

Honestly speaking, It will require more than President Tinubu's effort to get Nigeria working perfectly. The ordinary nigerian also have their own share of the blames.

With the incessant policy failures of the federal government, Nigerians have lost all iota of trust for Tinubu's administration.

Only the gullible ones will fall for their gimmicks. The truth is that subsidy payment retured few months after President Tinubu announced its removal due to the effects of the devaluation of the Naira.

That's not in Nigeria. It could be in other African country. Prove me wrong with the location if you think otherwise.

Ali Ndume is one man I respect his views/perspective in the Nigerian Senate. He neither dances to the gallery nor is he a rubber stamp Senator. As a matter of fact, we need more of his kind in the National Assembly.

I fully concur with the writer because the arrest wud have been made easy if the EFCC had obtained a counter motion in court to set aside Yahaya Bello's Court injunction.
EFCC should there do the needful instead of cutting corners.

James Ibori: A Proverbial Cat With Nine Lives.

Written by Akaba Clement E.

"Until the Lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the Hunter" ...African Proverb.

Over the last three decades, men of various capacities have risen and exited the Nigerian political terrain; some are still alive while others are dead but very few have continued to remain influential and relevant till date since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999 irrespective of the turbulent twists and turns they had to traverse. One of such men whom has continued to earn his place against all odds is the man - Chief James Ibori - who was governor of Delta State from 1999 till 2003. How he continues sustaining his influence within the Nigerian political circle even after his ordeals has been a source of marvel to keen observers most especially since the 2023 general election.

Who would have had the premonition that such a man that had gone through thirteen (13) years jail term in the U.K. as a result of political prosecution (for daring the powers that be) would later make a brilliant comeback to the political arena within a short while after his ordeal?

He was not the only ex-governor that had it rough and tough among his contemporaries. Late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State; Ex-governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State; Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and several others were men of similar clime as his. Some of his contemporaries who served as governors didn't went through any form of incarceration but somehow went into political oblivion.

A study of the life of Chief James Ibori brings to mind the biblical "man after god's own heart" who was crowned king of Israel at a young age and never ascended the throne till after many years of struggles, battles and building of mighty men. Like the biblical King David, James Ibori seems to be a man after god's own heart and as well a cat with nine lives owing to the way and manner he has managed to continue sustaining his influence/relevance after all his travails.

To make such an audacious comeback in the Nigerian political terrain requires extraordinary strategy and smartness that is somewhat out of this world.

Love him or hate him, like the proverbial cat with nine lives, he would always earn his place among the eminent.

It's been on subtly through cartoon in recent years. I first saw their antique in the cartoon movie titled Strange World. They are actually coming for our kids.

In my personal opinion, it reflects the choice of the majority to a large extent. This is because the will of the populace prevailed in the House of Assembly poll, House of Representatives poll the senate poll and the guber poll.

It wud be foolhardy to underrate Arsenal's performance this season. Nevertheless ManCity seem to be the most well-positioned for the EPL title run.

Only a Nitwit will blame Buhari for Tinubu's failure. From what we have seen, Buhari's administration is far better than this one that has no Blueprint. Tinubu is all Bullshit because he's only there to occupy space.

DESOPADEC Commissioner, Karo Goru Decries The Deplorable State Of Orowhe Public Primary School In Iwhrekan/Edjophe Town Of Ughelli South LGA.

***Promises To Ensure Full Rehabilitation Of Dilapidated Educational Facilities.

The DESOPADEC Commissioner representing Udu, Ughelli South, Uvwie and Urhobos of Warri South in the board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Hon Jonathan O. Goru, during the evening hours of yesterday Wednesday 21/2/2024, paid an inspectorial visit to the Orowhe Public Primary School located in Iwhrekan/Edjophe Town in Ughelli South LGA.

This inspection was facilitated by the Executive Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Students Affair, Comr. Ezekiel Oghenetega Okoh PhD., in a bid to draw the attention of DESOPADEC and that of Delta State government authorities to the deplorable plight of the school in term of Dilapidated classroom blocks as well as classrooms without chairs and desks for pupils thereby resorting to pupils sitting on the bare floor.

During the inspection, Hon. Karo Goru learnt that the pupils actually sit on bare floor during classes due to lack of chairs and desks even when the school was fully rehabilitated 5years ago. Many of the classrooms were also found to be without roofs as a result of substandard materials used for the work.

The DESOPADEC Commissioner also used the opportunity in having a Town-Hall meeting at the Community Town Hall with the locals where he fervently admonished them to imbibe the culture of protecting/ maintaining public facilities within their Community.

According to him, "It is your duty as a Community to keep eyes on every public facility built for you by the government since it is the same you the local people that will suffer in the Incidence of dilapidation and damage. Community leaders and the local People should also endeavor to always report every Incidence of substandard public work because this administration of Rt. Hon. Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori won't tolerate any iota of substandard job."