₦airaland Forum

Usmanovic95:
What do you feel could bring succor to an average Nigerian if it's not reduction in price in price of petrol,that's what a cross section of Nigerian population benefit from. The refinery can't recruiting 2% out of the unemployed youth out there. Stakeholders under him have constantly maintain fuel would be sold at international market price which will still expensive for a person on minimum wage.
I love surprises tho,and I will love to see a positive turn around but till then I will still lower my expectation.

Lower prices is not the only way to help the population unless you are looking for short-term solutions to a long term problem. I do not share the high level of optimism that the op has but I believe the refinery would move us forward and not backwards

ShoeGetSize:
The sheer stupidity of this post is a prime example of how shallow and empty the brain of an average Nigerian is.

The strength of a Nation's currency is dependent on its trade balance (i.e whether it is a net exporter or a net importer)

If a country has a trade imbalance with other countries whose economies are based on strong industrialisation and large priductions of goods and services which dominate exports to other countries, then that country will have a very weak currency and that is exactly what Nigeria's problem is.

For a country with a population of 200 million, Nigeria is grossly under-industrialised. How many of the major car companies in the world have assembly plants in Nigeria? The answer is zero. At best they will have one or two show rooms in places like Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt or Kano (which is the case with Toyota and Honda in Nigeria), but that is as far as they are willing to go with investment in Nigeria.

Most global brands, with the exception of oil companies (for obvious reasons) tend to avoid Nigeria.

The only foreign companies that invest in Nigeria tend to be either new companies that are trying to make a name for themselves, or Chinese, Indian and Paki companies who don't care about things like Nigeria's corruption because they are used to it in their home countries.

Dangote's refinery won't change anything. Venezuela is one of the biggest oil producing countries in the world, and it has the biggest oil reserves in the world. Their reserves are bigger than those of Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States, Iran etc. The price of a litre of petrol in Venezuela is about N17 per litre, but their economy is in tatters and on the verge of collapse.

Cheap petroleum has never been a substitute for sound economic policies. Yes, it makes the cost of transportation more affordable for the populace, but the overall net impact is not going to be as miraculous as you think. What makes a country develop rapidly and have a strong currency is industrialisation. That's how Japan did it, despite not having a drop of oil in their country, that's how the Chinese have done it, that's how the Indians are doing it etc.

If Nigeria doesn’t start industrialisation on a massive scale, nothing is going to stop it from becoming even more wretched than it already is.

Nigeria is already the next Venezuela in the making.

Everything you said is valid except for the example you made with Venezuela. The country is in tatters mostly because of America's bullying and the undue sanctions placed on its economy.

Usmanovic95:
Dangote is the largest producer of cement in Africa but the cement is still expensive here. Why do you believe all of a sudden that his refinery will be the game changer?

Why must it be cheap? The refinery is more about creating job opportunities, slightly reducing fuel price, and most importantly, reducing our dollar demand.

motayoayinde:
This is why people are protesting in Tel Aviv !

Why "clear some names for publication" and leave out the names of the other slaughtered thugs?
Are they all not thugs?
Are all Israeli IDF thugs not equal?

They carefully choose the younger and more handsome thugs with nice pictures for "clearing and publication" to stir the sentiment of fools.

Please I'm appealing to Satanyahu to "clear" the names of all slaughtered thugs.
A thug is a thug!
All thugs are equal.

There is no need to complain bro. Last last, e go burst.

WriteerNig:
⚡Iran's Defence Ministry spokesman has said that the MASAF-2 rifle has passed all tests and will be the Iranian Army's new standard-issue rifle.

It replaces the H&K G3, and is chambered in 7.62x51

I don't totally agree with how this country is run but I admire them a lot. I'd always thought they used AK47

Kushites:
Mumu. No brain.

Tell us what the British did in their 70 year rule.

Name the industries they built. Name the roads, expressways and infrastructure they built.

Are you aware they did not build ONE single power plant in Nigeria? Or even a national power grid?

KAINJI dam was our first power plant commissioned in 1964 by the Balewa administration.

Are you aware they did not build a single university in Nigeria, compared to the 250+ universities we have today?

They was no public education. Literacy rate was 5% at independence, compared to 75% today.

The only reason you stupid pea brain can type and read and write is that blacks came to power and built THOUSANDS of public schools across Nigeria, which educated you.

If the British were still in charge, you would today be a village illiterate palmwine tapper like your grandpa was under colonial rule, so STFU you self hating asswipe.

Thank you!!!

Kushites:
You are very stupid and ignorant.

The British were maximum looters who came here to loot, which is the ONLY reason for colonialism.

Instead of being a stupid slave happy to be colonised, you should be asking why your country was an undeveloped bush in 1960 after they had ruled for 70 years uninterrupted and exporting your resources.

Mumu people.

Africans in general are cursed. You needed to see how one guy was showering the white race with so many deserved and undeserved praises. The truth is that although our country has failed, we have done more for ourselves than the colonial thieves ever did.

Vl3ly:
this is what I saw

Please I dey beg, stop discouraging him. Let him drop his 2024 prophecies so that we can laugh

Segun2222:
the dude wanted to lie Americans were sending nato soldies na god say make you catch the weyrey same person said hamas has destoryed 50 isreali millitary bases

I don't know about this soldier but it's true that many Jews with dual citizenship left the West to go and fight in Gaza.

erniok:
He said he was an american that went to take part in the war. That was misinformation and what I wanted to correct. His being dead or alive was never in contention or did my post in any way made it look he lied on that part? How you folks rally quickly around half truths that suit you narratives is really wowing me.

My bad. I thought your only problem was with the soldier's rank.

erniok:
As long as he is dead, misinformation should thrive, truth should take the back seat. Wow! You guys are amazing.

Was he an IDF soldier?
Is he dead?

If the answer to the questions above are 'yes,' then I'm okay. A terrorist is simply a terrorist.

nigeriansamurai:
please IGNORE that boy, let him say anythin he wants... He doesnt even understand what hes talkin about, he just wants to talk... ALLTHELIGHTs in his brain have off.

He is by far the most ignorant person among those Israel worshippers. What makes his case horrible is that he says stupid things in such a condescending way that one would think he's a professor talking to a 100 level student.

erniok:
A little digging would have shown you he was an israeli soldier of master sergeant rank.

As long as he is dead, we are okay.

Floky215:
The real psychos are all those who have not until today condemn hamas for what they did on Oct 7th...!!

If you can't do the time don't do the crime...!!

I don't waste time on psychos. Sorry

WriteerNig:
⚡The war has cost Israel $33.2 billion so far.

The figure doesn’t include direct damage to Israeli economy.

Money is not their problem. More dollars will come from Uncle Sam

motayoayinde:
You've responded like the daft that you've always been.

Take a look at the US:
US vs Vietnam
US vs Cuba
US vs Venezuela
US vs North Korea
US vs Afghanistan
US vs Iraq
US vs Iran
US/Israel vs Palestine
US vs Yemen
US vs Russia
US vs China
US/Israel involved in Syria

These ☝️ are places where the US has been directly involved in conflicts and destruction.
There are several other places where the United Snakes is indirectly involved in distabilization and outright stealing!
Did you call them terrorists?
Did you say they're Christians?
Have you called for their annihilation?

More importantly, why attribute the conflict in Palestine to Islam?
Did anyone attribute the South African liberation struggles to religion?
Palestinian Christians and Muslims are fighting a war or liberation together.

The reason people like you ascribe everything to religion is because you're a filthy Islamophobe.

Don't mind that psycho please.

Vl3ly:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You also prophecis war in West Africa, wake me up anytime this prophecy is fulfilled

You guys give that joker too much credit.

lanre316:
It makes no sense for Australia to join US in the Middle East mess.

Normally, it doesnt but many US allies don't apply sense when trying to please USA. There was a time they were deceived into messing with China and theysuffered heavy economic blows for it.

WriteerNig:
⚡Australia rejects to join American-led Operation Prosperity Guardian.

Australia rejected US request for a warship to help protect international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, with Defense Minister Marles saying the nation’s strategic focus had to remain on the Indo-Pacific.

They don't want to risk their soldiers for the Chosenites' economy

seunmsg:
Did I read the part in bold correctly or my eyes are paining me? As in $9 billion or N9billion?

How did she get as much as $9 billion? How did we move from this level of mind boggling corruption under Diezani to the current revelations about Emefiele? Why do we keep throwing up extremely greedy characters like these as leaders?

If she’s willing to cooperate for the recovery of the $9 billion, I think President Tinubu should allow her come back. That kind of money can help us stabilize the exchange rate immediately.

I can only support this solution of yours if after recovering the looted funds, she is secretly rearrested and placed in solitary confinement for the rest of her miserable life.

Allthelight:
Pity to palestinians tho... Israel has access to weapons ukraine can only dream of.

Imagine 20 F16s bombing gaza, where will you run to..

Hamas killed the palestinians.

And Russia has enough weapons to flatten Ukraine one million times over, but Ukrainians still have the luxury of eating, sleeping, and partying.

Allthelight:
But hamas said israel is weak... Maybe now they know Israel is deadly.

It's simple logic that even a ten year old can explain to you. Hamas' ultimate goal is to defend Gaza (or let me say themselves only). That's all that it has to gain in this conflict while Israel is trying to murder as many people as possible while seizing new territories. Even if Hamas kills all the IDF terrorists in Gaza, they'll gain nothing except bragging rights while Israel's victory means more deterrence, more security deals, and more territories. It's mostly a lose-lose situation for Hamas.

I used to be a heavy tribalist and I've been making progressive changes, but I have no choice but to admit that Reno is right. Many of them love falsely claiming to be rich for reasons I can never know. Here in the north, guys tend to hide their financial status unless they are extremely rich but in the South (esp East), the reverse is always the case.

WriterNiiig:
⚡British newspaper The Times:

The US is spending huge sums of money to shoot down drones flown by the Houthis in the Red Sea.

A drone launched by the Houthis costs between one thousand and two thousand dollars, while anti-ballistic missiles launched by the US Navy to shoot down drones cost more than $11 million per missile.

Money miss road

WriterNiiig:
⚡In India, five military personnel of the country were killed and several others injured during an attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir. The terrorists targeted a military convoy on the road in the Poonch district.

The 'People's Antifascist Front' group claimed responsibility for the attack, whose militants had previously carried out a similar terrorist act.

Jammu and Kashmir is basically another Palestine. When will these criminals understand that they'll always face "terrorism" when they deny people their basic rights?

AyoII:
when we say russia is increasingly becoming Beijing's vassal, they say no, its a strategic and mutually beneficial cooperation. from the news item above. to selling its hydrocarbon with massive discount to china. its just a matter of time they become so reliant and beijing start extracting the right concessions

Why is that that all form of economic relations with China is demonized even when they don't have a history of dominating countries? Russia found itself in this situation because it was dependent on countries who blindly obey everything USA tells them so in a way, they used to depend on USA.

OChimex:
Okay....

I tell you this, most wealthy men and women, celebrities, politicians, have there families here, and all have houses here, come for shopping here, health check ups here and holidays here. Spent most times here than in nigeria...they .see Nigeria as a dumb place to come make money and leave..and come here come enjoy am. They
Want their kids born here so as to secure citizenship.
One comedian once said "na poor man dey tell him pikin say ice cream 🍦 dey cause pneumonia. "

They dont hate you, na una wey hate unaselves there thats why una remain backward. Until this age, una still dey find it difficult to give unaselves electricity despite all the oil money...
And I tell you this dude, all you guys shouting "racism and Whiteman hates you"
Believe me honestly, Nigerians and blacks hate themselves more than the whiteman..

Again, you sound immature. People from all corners of the world go to "enjoy" other places but so long as they do not try to live there forever, you cannot say anything wrong about it. Every year, THE RICHEST OF THE RICH whites travel to different parts of the world for tourism and vacation, and it's not uncommon to see poor and middle class whites wishing they could travel to other places. And again, the fact that people literally make billions and still live with their families in Nigeria destroys your belief that traveling to white man's land is the ultimate achievement.

And now he's making another silly assumptions 😂 for your info, I've never said I hate white people or that they are responsible for our present challenges. it's going to take either a dumb or a dishonest person to say that they didn't get rich off conquest, slave labor, mass murder, and theft even if their technology and scientific prowess played a role. Your post also reeks of shamelessness. While far-right whites are calling you low-IQ moneys bent ruining their countries just as you'd ruined yours, you are here pissing on a country that produces more billionaires than all other African countries (according to a recent report).

By the same way, you have still not answered my question on your legality. Are you a sailor or not?

Caseless:
They're always claiming the victims. We have freedom of speech, the only time freedom of speech is a crime is when it's about the atrocities in Gaza and LGBTQ people.

You gag and people and uses force to buy love and silence - it's absurd.

They'll soon learn the hard way

Iziquiel:
I don't support ethnic or tribal banters but you can't complain about anti-Igbo threads on NL when you don't condemn the anti-Yoruba or Hausa/Fulani threads on NL, that's hypocrisy.

You don't give insults and expect to be applauded by those being insulted. The scolding should be across board.

Well said. In fact, only Hausas have the right to complain about insults here since we don't have many of them to retaliate. Those guys just love acting like victims just like their Zionist masters