₦airaland Forum

olyrayy:
A confederation? That, my friend, has never worked anywhere in the world.

That's the system in place in the US.

That's what is being used in the UK, Canada , Australia , New Zealand .

Even Russia operates a semi confederate system.

Flangelo12:
If he does, it would be a tragedy for America.

Unfortunately, America can only sustain itself with wars.

If they can't win this war with conventional means, they will use nukes.

Theres also the fact that the Israeli Samson option is now the defacto stance among American neocons who will rather see the world burn than lose their power position over it

Legitiscool:
only you have spoken here

Why leave if you still had a reason to keep your troops there even throughout your first term.

Have the reason been achieved now that Iran is becoming more dominant in the region and you opening another gap for them to fill

A complete failure with his tail between his legs

The reason Trump is pulling out of Iraq and soon the entire ME is because the US military and diplomatic ties it had established with Gulf Kingdom states are no longer in effect following how Iran exposed American forces as a paper tiger and how the US priotized defending Israel over it's allies in the region that actually foot the bill for US presence and operations in the region.

Trump is ruling out any talk of ground invasion and is pulling every remaining US military asset from the region.

That only spells one thing in the offing which is, that Trump is considering unconventional means in his belligerent war with Iran and that to me signals the use of nuclear weapons.

US Pentagon was ordered a few months back to rework their nuclear strike doctrine to include a possible first strike option.

Trump is going to nuke Tehran .

chicfarmer:
People are generally still naive about how world geopolitics work.

As we speak, ALL payments for Iraqi oil exports are routed through and controlled by the American Federal Reserve Bank. How else do you conquer a people?

What america is fighting for in Iran is not necessarily wmd. They what to effect a regime change and control Iranian oil. They haven't achieved it. Yet. But better believe they won't stop 🛑 until this objective is achieved.

Hate them or love them, America is the World Power.

So you support neo colonial imperialism ?

Akwamkpuruamu:
Let it be. As long as no breathing space for Islamic terrorist. Where America fails, Israel will mop up

You will soon begin to claim that you are the original arabs .

Tueh.

By definition , Nigeria does not meet the criteria of a nation.

A nation is a group of people of similar heritage , shared culture and aspirations.

Nigeria is actually a combination of fused nation states or rather composed of federating nations united under one sovereign .

The only way to administer such a diverse landscape is through regional semi autonomous governance with a weak central govt.

This is why I will continue to refer to Zik and his Zikist minions as deranged Marxists wanting to emulate the soviet Union by promoting a centrist System above all federating units.

Akwamkpuruamu:
As long as islamic terrorists are been fought by all means, it's a win for humanity

Wake up.

You are witnessing the begining of the end of the American empire - the only empire to have come into existence without a civilization

Nbkay23:
America has lost the war since, their congress has refused to sign the allocation of over $2trillion to their defense budget, This has really caused the Trump Administration to withdraw out from its Active wars

Pentagon blew $8 Trillion in this same Iraq for 23ys searching for non existing WMDs.

Same Pentagon blew $3 Trillion to remove the Taliban in Afghanistan only to leave after 23ys handing over to the Taliban.


Those congressmen and women have every right to deny Pete Hegeseth another single dime .

Come to think of it, why has your Trump not written to Congress to declare war on Iran ?

Who carries out a Special Military Operation on a $2 Trillion budget ?

Draytygz:
See talk, Kids plenty here

Removing the Sunni minority govt of Sadam Hussein and bringing democracy to Iraq saw to the Shiite majority taking over.

When the US and Israel saw this blubder, the rolled out Sunni ISIS terrorists.

This only saw to the Shiite majority govt of Iraq to establish military ties with Iran to defeat and chase out ISIS.

Now the entire country of Iraq is filled with Iran backed forces and leadership.

US knows it can't keep it's bases in Iraq a day longer following massive attacks their bases came under during the last escalation.

Trump pulling out of Iraq is because he knows US forces based in Iraq will come under overwhelming attacks and will be run over by Iranian proxies.

But you Sabi pass everybody because you have watched all PENTAGON bankrolled Hollywood fiction on America military invisibility

Salt06:
Onsite Iranians dey suffer. Online Naija Iranian dey Happy. Lolz

US is pulling troops out of Iraq because of Iranian proxy forces and support from Iraqi Shiite govt.

$8 Trillion wasted, millions of Iraqis killed and maimed and thousands of US troops dead, wounded and scared physically, mentally and spiritually searching for a non existing weapons of mass destruction.

America needs to get rid of it's Israeli problem.

This is not true.

Peter Obi worked hard in hand with James Nwafor of the notorious Akwuzu SARS division and recommended Nwafor to his successor Willie Obiano to be appointed as CSO to the Anambra state government.

zoedew:
While your points are well received it remains the case that Gowon was a military Head of State whose word was Law. Gowon did not need a Constitutional Conference to create twelve states.

Gowon as military HoS and chairman of the Supreme Military Council had full veto powers and last discretional authority.

This is what you get in a military junta

When Ironsi rolled out decree 34 without consulting any one in his senior military cabinet which they only found out with Ironsi's radio broadcast to the world nko?

All 3 military governors in the north, western and Midwestern region all expressed shock at that promulgation by Ironsi.

Only your Ojukwu welcomed alongside every Ibo politicians including Zik .

Military dictatorship wrests full discretionary and prerogative powers at the sole hands of the HoS.

So rest .

You can't welcome Ironsi's tyrannical decree 34 which consulted no one and then be crying when Gowon made his own unilateral decision as HoS.

Gowon was too much of a Gentleman and an officer.

Aburi was only settled by the Military Junta led by Gowon to accommodate the errant Ojukwu who had refused to attend past meetings of the Supreme military council headed by the HoS and Commander-n-Chief .

Ojukwu had come to resent and reject Gowon's emergence as HoS after ironsi was rightly disposed of.

Ojukwu wanted the military to adopt hierarchy in selecting the next HoS and for Ojukwu's mind it was him.

So Ojukwu refused to attend subsequent Supreme military council meetings headed by Gowon claiming he didn't feel safe.

Gowon then agreed to hold the military conference not in Lagos but in then neutral Midwestern region but he still refused.

So Ghanaian military govt suggested Abure.

Now Abure was not a constitutional conference but rather a military meeting involving military officers who had come to power


No one elected any one that was present in Abure and whatever outcome of that Supreme Military Council had no binding effect on Nigeria and Nigerians as we already had a constitution which ironsi decided to tear up and appoint himself as supreme ruler.

Now imagine Abacha calling for a SMC and Marwa as then military governor of Lagos state saying he will not show up in Abuja and feared for his life that Abacha should move the conference to Togo so he can attend - you obviously know how that will end .

Gowon tried to get Ojukwu to reason but it was clear that Ojukwu insisted that Gowon either step down for him or grant his Eastern region full autonomy but with every right to remain in Nigeria.

When Gowon finally created states out of not just Eastern Nigeria and finally liberated the minority people that was when Ojukwu's madness began.


Abure should never be considered as a constitutional conference as we already had a working and valid constitution until Ironsi and his boys took over and no one elected Gowon or Ojukwu to debate or rework our existence.

Justiceleague1:
Btw 1 CFA = #300!!!!


A great achievement of yekini amouda!

Let's wait for FSboperator Madridguy flangelo12 mcculluum maasoap helinuss maziobinnaokija freestuffng naptu2 (can't believe I was once lobbying for this particular one to be made a mod!)

You can move to Benin republic then.

Bayero was favoured by GEJ and the Kano district chiefs over Sanusi

Kwankwasso decided to go for Sanusi instead just to spite GEJ.

It was Ganduje who sacked Sanusi and then balkanized the emirate and shared it among the five sons of the late Ado Bayero.

It was in 2024 that the current governor (who was then aligned to Kwankwasso) sacked Bayero and restored Sanusi

The person writing this rubbish article does not even know a single thing about Kano talk more of the Emirate saga.

Kwankwasso can never be aligned to the deposed Ado Bayero as it was same Kwankwasso who denied him the Emir during the GEJ era and appointed Sanusi instead just to spite GEJ.

Ganduje sacked Sanusi and appointed Bayero as the Emir if a now diminished Emirate).

Same Kwankwaso through the current governor (who was then allied to Kwankwasso) will sack Bayero and reinstate Sanusi.

When Bayero sought Tinubu's help, Kwankwasso ridiculed him by saying his Yoruba brother can not help him in Kano . Bayero's mum was Yoruba.

The author of this piece is just an ignorant being.

seppuku:
Stop licking his behind and stand up for your country.

BLO**Y TRIBALIST!

My patriotism does not extend to defending criminals .

And where was your own patriotism when you were calling on Trump to come and invade and balkanize Nigeria ?

naptu2:
Dangote's investments in East Africa might be the reason why Tanzania has just announced that they are going to make it easier for Nigerians to visit Tanzania.

The case is the reverse.

Tanzania says Nigerians must now apply for visas and the reason isn't connected to Dangote's investments but because of a segment of Nigeria's population who are about to be ejected from SA and seeking new drug markets in Africa.

Mattswaggz:
SEE FINISH.....these are the results of bad leadership that some people are defending because of meagre 30k.

This is the direct result of a certain segment of Nigeria's population who are abusing our passport and hard earned diplomatic privelages to go to these countries solely to engage in nefarious criminal activities.

Now dem go dey check names before dem give you visa.

samsononyilo:
If this disaster had happened, I'm sure you would have said it was Israel that did it.

Yes

Mossad and it's precursors in the Irgun and Stern gangs had no problem carrying out terrorism on Jewish communities across Europe and the ME.

Zionism can only persist in its ideology as long as it spreads antisemitism.

Without Antisemitism, Jews will not be Zionists.

Jews are also victims of Jewish Zionist terrorism.

Afriifa:
But Bin Laden claimed responsibility

He never did

And besides, bin Laden was a glowie himself - CIA

Rayjay45:
And that databoy, Nairalander1, will come here to tell poor people -who spend more than 70% of their earnings on food - that they have to endure and just do as Tinubu says.

All he knows na make indigent people dey pay for oil and electric subsidy wey this APC government go kolobi with the quickness.

That moniker's gaslighting pisses the shit outta me.

You want strong purchasing power, then cut reliance on imports.

Someone earning 500k is borrowing to buy an iPhone worth #1.5m.

How will they not be crying.

American Gen Z and Millineas spend more on eating out, Starbucks coffee that cost $15 (because it's hip) and ordering food on doordash that cost 2-3 times more if you went to pick it up yourself talk less of cooking it at home.

Truth is how many of our people are truly productive outside our beleagued farmers ?

That useless office job that COVID 19 lockdowns exposed are useless and with AI automation, just goes to show that most people today do not deserve the job they are currently holding.

Then we can consider that we have an overbloated civil service in all strata of the executive branch.

We should stop treating our civil service as both a govt agency and a welfare outfit and adult day care.

The civil service outside teaching and medical needs to be prunned by at least 85%.

It's a colossal waste. Pay them off or place them on welfare

wonlasewonimi:
You know you don't have to always respond. That guy's post is self explanatory enough.

I have to because he mentioned me and he is being disingenuous with the truth

Why are better paid Americans crying more than Nigerians over the cost of fuel ?


Fuel is now sold the world over on international pricing.

If Togolese are buying fuel at market rates that are far higher than what we are buying here and they still don't have a lick of crude , why are we in Nigeria having this entitlement that we deserve cheaper fuel subsidized and paid for by the future generation ?

Everyone is dependent on that crude to run states and LGAs , subsidize fuel, borrow recklessly against future earnings and to float the naira so they can buy cheap imported goods

Meanwhile, zero productivity to boost same naira and to wean off oil earnings .

wisdomkid:
This reply here is powerful. One day work is sufficient enough to fuel a car that will take you for 2-3 weeks. May God guide us all.

The reply is full of half truths.

Americans who earn far higher than Canadians and have far lower cost of living are crying over cost of gas prices.

Why are Americans crying despite earning far higher than this immigrant in Canada ?

Image123:
fPMB tried to pamper and build while Tinubu is laying lasting foundations for the Nigeria we dream of.

I am sorry to burst your bubble but poorer west African and subsaharan countries have never had fuel subsidies in their entire existence and these countries don't have a drop of crude oil

So how are they able to manage ?

Go to Benin republic and compare the cost of fuel at the pump and compare their minimum wage and high cost of food prices.

wisdomkid:
This reply here is powerful. One day work is sufficient enough to fuel a car that will take you for 2-3 weeks. May God guide us all.

I don't understand you guys at all.

Are you crying that fuel prices that are sold higher in Canada is cheaper than Nigeria that has the one of the lowest costs for any country not subsidizing fuel?

Or are you arguing that salaries are poor ?

Memphis357:
“I bought fuel yesterday in Toronto, Canada, at $1.7999 CAD per litre, and it cost about $98.95 CAD to fill up my tank. This should ideally last me about a week or more.

Now, the minimum wage in Canada is $17.95 CAD per hour, which means someone who works an average of 8 hours a day will earn $143.60 CAD before tax. A day's salary is enough to fuel his or her car for 2–3 weeks. This means that even one of the lowest earners in Canada can afford to own and drive a car daily without the cost of fuel becoming an overwhelming burden. Public education for children is also free and of high quality.

In Nigeria, fuel is about ₦1,300 per litre. It would cost about ₦88,000 to fill up a similar tank. The minimum wage in Nigeria is ₦70,000 per month. This means that an entire month's minimum wage cannot even fill the tank once.

A minimum-wage earner in Nigeria cannot realistically afford to own, fuel, and maintain a car. The same person still has to afford food, rent, children's education, healthcare, electricity, transportation, and other basic necessities. The list goes on.

In fact, even a bank manager in Nigeria earning ₦1 million monthly could still struggle to maintain a decent standard of living after covering these basic expenses.

This is one reason poverty is so widespread in Nigeria. The cost of basic living is simply too high relative to what the average person earns.

You don't just have an income problem in Nigeria. You have an affordability problem.

For millions of Nigerians, simply living a decent life has become too expensive and increasingly impossible.”

- Alex Onyia

This is something Yarimo, Helinues, Seunmsg, Richtaiwo, Omenka, Ngeneukwuenu, Legendhero, Wickedtruths, FSBoperator, Madridguy, Ttalk, Chopnaira, Slytiger, Ibrahimcoomasie and Guestmale won't be able to comprehend

Ok you bought fuel from your minimum wage job.

Now won't you pay your rent that is one of the most expensive in the world owing to housing shortages across Canada?

How about groceries?

Canada is by far the most expensive western developed country when it comes to food items

Then utilities, monthly insurance, internet and phone bills plus the repayment plan on that iPhone and payments on that your car plus road tax.

And don't forget your must have and must use credit card payments because your monthly wage can not take you to the end of the month and you need to use your credit cards.

And you are not being honest on tax.

Canada has on average higher tax rates than the highest tax states in the US.

Now how much do you have left in your bank account?

Zilch . Nada.

Highest less than CAN $100.

Enjoy your frozen hell hole.

Note also that Canada is a net exporter of crude oil .

Was he incacipotated ?

The only time the President of the United States ever handed over was when Regan underwent surgery for prostrate removal.

Even when Reagan underwent surgery following a gunshot attack, he didn't hand over because he was in a brief comma.


Only the President has the prerogative powers to handover to his VP.

JuanDeDios:
That's not even possible.

Severe cognitive dissonance.

Israel is the Mother of Terrorism.

They invented it since the days of the Greek occupation of Palestine.

arantess:
dont be ashamed na

Why should I?

I don't go about claiming what I am not or denying who I am .

If I am a Muslim , I will be proud to be identified as one just as I am very proud of having Muslims as my friends.

It's guys like you claiming what you can never be that should be ashamed of yourselves.