₦airaland Forum

Kuginzi:
https://dailytrust.com/hardship-nigeria-almost-on-the-road-to-venezuela-pdp-governors/

Our governors are the biggest problem we have, they do close to nothing. Building roads and bridges is not work, a 100level student given the finances can award contracts to build infrastructure, our governors don't control security apparatus, they don't lobby for investment into their states, they don't protect businesses in their environs, they don't control mineral resources. WHAT PRODUCTIVE THING EXACTLY DO OUR GOVERNORS DO?
Since Tinubu became president, their allocation have increased, what are they doing with these resources. A citizen is more likely to build prosperity under a working governor than a working president. It is agreed that our constitution ties cuts off one of the arms of a governor, but what about the other arm?

Why is the auditor generals office just speaking up? When these things were fresh they said nothing, no body even deemed it fit to whistle blow.

buharibanjo:
The 2023 CAF African Cup of Nations ended on Sunday night on a disappointing note for Nigeria’s Super Eagles as they lost the trophy to the host nation, Ivory Coast.

The Ivorians won 2-1 against Nigeria, courtesy of goals from Franck Kessie and Sebastien Haller who helped The Elephants clinch their third AFCON trophy.

Below is the full list of awards given at the AFCON:

Ecobank Best Goalkeeper
Ronwen Williams – South Africa

Air Côte d’Ivoire Fair Play Team award
South Africa

Puma Golden Boot winner
Emilio Nsue – Equatorial Guinea (5 goals)

Puma Silver Boot winner
Gelson Dala – Angola (4 goals)

Puma Bronze boot winner
Mostafa Mohamed – Egypt (4 goals)

TotalEnergies Man of the competition
William Troost-Ekong – Nigeria

Best Young Player award
Simon Adingra – Ivory Coast

Best Coach award
Emerse Faé – Ivory Coast

Source: https://punchng.com/full-list-afcon-2023-awards/?amp

Congratulations to all the award winners.

I thinks we need to get rid of the Nigerian coach B4 the world cup. We need to get a proper NO 10 and a defensive midfielder or hope that Ndidi will be fit by then. We have the most prolific No9 in the world but no adequate midfield to feed him. Iwobi can't play 10, those shoes are too big for him to fill, we couldn't hold the ball and drive in, we had to resort to short passes that we eventually lost the ball.
If I were the coach I would have gotten wingers to run on the flangs and cross thereby reducing pressure on the middle.

Lisalil:
https://punchng.com/nigerian-students-abroad-groan-over-naira-free-fall/?amp

The dollar scarcity issue is a reflection of our productivity as a nation. Chinese people do not look to their government for Forex, they make what the world needs and earn Forex. Swiss sells chocolates and luxury goods to earn Forex. Nigerians don't want to sell anything to the world or even buy local produce but expect their president to some how make Forex available. Out of 10 ships that berth in our ports only one goes back with goods. To satisfy our consumption appetite we need to earn commensurate Forex.

ebubeson:
As a married person, share you escape routes to overcoming cheating and how you cope with the temptation to commit adultery.

Practice the DISCIPLINE of self control. You are not to start practicing it in marriage, it should be practiced outside it first.

Queengee:
sir please I need a job , I have bsc upper class in economics

We are not recruiting at the moment. Best wishes.

We all know the problem, how do we solve it in a non textbook manner. I run a manufacturing business, we have 3 phase equipments and voltage sensitive single phase equipments. For months now we don't get complete 3 phases and even the single phase is not 220v. So to run efficiently, we have to do so on diesel, that alone has taken the competitive edge. Manufacturing is not about being indigenous, it's about how competitive you can be, the main reason multinational manufacturing plants are closing down is because they can't effectively compete in global space.

ijustdey:
https://leadership.ng/crowdfunding-ransom-will-worsen-kidnapping-defence-minister-warns-nigerians/

Attach the death penalty to kidnapping, we have treated this thing too long with kid gloves. These new guys are purposely kidnapping multiple individuals and killing one of their victims to create urgency, it's a purposeful change of kinetics, they know what they are doing. This is the new one they want to use to keep president Tinubu busy, they better give them fire for fire else it would go out of hand.

Valoromega:
We are currently expecting our first child , she should give birth within a this month.

She has requested money for baby things and I have given her over 400k but she hasn’t both the basic things she needs. She usually go with her mom to the market to get the things but they haven’t even both the things the baby will need in the hospital.
They went and bought baby wardrobe even though we already had baby wardrobe that was given to us on our wedding , she also both baby duvet without buying bed , the clothes she bought was for a month old baby , she didn’t even buy the first wear the baby would use , so far I haven’t even seen anything tangible she has bought with 400k plus I’ve given her, she hasn’t even bought the things she needs after delivery .

I don’t know if it’s her mom that’s telling her to buy those things, the mom doesn’t even care where the money comes from , she just demands that we buy this and that .

I was thinking the money I gave her would be enough to buy the most basic things she and the baby needs , now she’s demanding more

This thing no need cause issues. I should have asked for a list of the basic things the baby will need and after which give money for them. Unbudgeted money equals unwarranted spending.

DamnnNiggarr:
Peter Obi

Controling a state and a country are two different ball games, the vested interests are very different. We seem to under estimate the amount of people benefiting from the inefficiency of our government. The minute you touch their money, they keep you busy with insecurity, increase in crime rate, and general unrest, cutting down government cost by 60% is great, but it has to be done gradually, any bullish approach will force these elements to unite against a common enemy. This is how politics is played, you can't run politics based on idealistically, you run it realistically. President Obasanjo tried the idealistic approach he saw pepper he switched to real approach, that's the only way your plans of doing good for the nation can survive.

iwaeda:
https://punchng.com/15-multinationals-exit-nigeria-in-three-years-neca/

At the moment business all over the world is hard and slow, many of them are restructuring others are shutting down. All the wars and proxy wars are bringing out the worst in businesses. A business is a coward, the very least treat will cause it to shut down.

janejjjjj5000:
I hired a househelp in October. She is 34 years old. She tells me she wants to get married and that she is not getting any younger.

My mum is around now on a visit and when she heard her saying it, my mum told me to send her away so she will not snatch my husband.

My mum said that people like that when they get too desperate can come up with all kinds of ideas.

I trust my husband but my mum's words have been playing in my head.

I would appreciate your advice.

Thank you.

If you fire her because of your mum's statement, you will be making a decision based on fear. That decision will be a seed to your decision making process.

ECASH120:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to56JiU4RKk?si=TO51RkvsUqjUg2o-

Yet another top ranking soldier slams Governor of Lagos state Sanwo-Olu for arresting a fellow soldier plying one-way along Lagos-Badagry expressway



https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/one-way-soldiers-rant-fault-arrest-of-errant-colleague/%3famp

We have a big problem in our hands in Nigeria, we changed from military to civilian government but our military personnel's were not reoriented on the effect of this change, they still assume they ought to be seen and heard. I'm afraid we might still have a seed of coup in our nation with this type of thinking.
Military is a service not a forced act, if you don't want to serve take a walk, because you are serving doesn't mean you have the right to behave anyhow you please. The military should be the highest echelon of discipline and order, if it's a crime to break military rules, it's a bigger crime to break general rules. In any first world nation if a military personnel breaks the law of the land they are arrested after which the military can come get their boy, but in Nigeria a military man can't be arrested by a governor for commuting a crime, so who can now arrest him if a governor can't?

inicyril:
Hello family!
My future is posing so much threat to my mental well-being and calls for serious help.
I've always been of the school of thought that decisions burdening on one's future should be the product of the person's deep thinking and not advice on social media platforms. Alas I was wrong!

THIS IS MY SITUATION
I would be 34 by February next year. I am a graduate of Biochemistry and I have been working as a teacher in a state government owned secondary School for the past 3 years.
Growing up, I've been passionate about studying medicine but couldn't due to financial constraints.
When I got my present job in 2021, the passion started coming back gradually but I ignored it and opted for a side hustle in software engineering. Late last year I got enrolled into alx software engineering program. I'll be done by the 22nd of this month. I've learnt a lot and acquired a lot of skills as well.
Despite this, the passion still keeps staring at me.
The issue here is, at my age is:
1. Is it a great idea going back to school to study medicine?
2. Should I go for computer science so as to boost my chances in the field of software engineering?
3. Or should I settle for PGD in education, then masters, to encourage my career growth in my present job?

I NEED SERIOUS ADVICE PLEASE.

First of all Passion doesn't doesn't put food on the table nor is it a bankable currency. A career or business is like selling something in the market, if the market wants rice you better sell it to them, if it is beans your best bet is to sell beans. Find a career that it's services are in demand and plug yourself in it.

sukkot:
So guys we need to understand that women are drawn to protectors and alpha and strong men. It is how they are wired.

Something happens to a Nigerian man when he gets abroad and the women notice it. The man gets emasculated by society.

He goes from being a strong figure of authority in Africa to an unwanted disrespected black man in the west.

Even a 17 year old white boy on the job can almost slap that 40 year old naija man on the job and he will be shaking and calling the 17 year old boy, Sir.

The man is emasculated by society. Goes from being an alpha dog in naija to a puppy in the west.

Our women sense these things and to a woman if you are not an alpha dog you are just useless.

You start emptying the trash and making breakfast and washing dishes now as the man. Jobs that you used to hire maids to do for you in naija.

Not only can a 17 year old white boy disrespect you on the job but you are now a dishwasher at home. You have no value in society.

Anywhere you turn up you are not celebrated but tolerated.

After a while the woman starts to see that this guy is truly worthless to me, why do I need to coexist with this emasculated societal reject ?

I am better off by myself and I can get a better job than him here as a nurse.

He has become a burden to me.

This is why most women chase their husbands away from home after they both relocate abroad

People marry for the wrong reasons, a society is a system of normalised average, the normalised average in different geographical locations differ. The problem is many people change geographical location but don't change normalised average. Many marriages are not strong enough for relocation. In Nigeria a woman who leaves her husband or commits adultery is shamed, in other climes it doesn't work like that, so the woman in Nigeria might be faithful for the reason of avoiding shame, but the minute you take away the shame she is at liberty to do as she pleases.

Relocation has to be properly planned, it's not just Nigeria don tire me, many people are going to loose their children which is a bigger epidemic.

vazsily:
Them say who dey ask questions no dey miss road. Although with the Internet crazy people are bound so I am circumspect.

I have been married over 15 years and in that time I have always complained about the way my wife over cooks and then start looking for who to share the food with in the name of giving alms. You would think having managed kitchen and home for that long, food measurement should come naturally.

I have not taking much interest until with the recent inflation and high cost of goods in the market. And why I struggle with the Grace of God to earn a living, madam on the other hand thinks going to the market regularly and living above my salary na achievement without any adjustment. The matter don tire me, I want to simply pick my bags and run but for the kids.

Responsibility is a choice but I think she's abusing it. Giving to the poor comes naturally for me but you must be wise about it. How do i resolve this?

It might be a ritual in her family that has been passed to her. I will suggest you have a family finance system put in place, a budget for every thing money is spent on has to be itemized in the home. If the food budget is 100k, if she exceeds it, it should be Clear that there are no bail out. The problem is you are giving money for food upon request, money should be shared by budget, I will suggest you start with weekly food budget, to give her a latitude to make mistakes, fixing a weeks mistake is easier than month mistake, when she has learnt, you can then make it a monthly thing. She will come with many excuses, just make sure you don't crack.

Obavoh:
I have been trying to obtain a loan of ₦600,000 from my wealthy uncle for the past 2 years.

This man has the habit turning me up and down. Come today, come tomorrow is all I hear.

Yesterday morning, I heard he was in the village and my friend and I tracked him down around 6a.m.

We were told he was still in bed. His wife welcomed us in and served us breakfast

Don't let anyone tell you they don't want to help you twice.

ogododo:
https://punchng.com/dont-leave-nigeria-tinubu-urges-multinationals/

The fact is that worldwide things are a bit tough for businesses a lot of adjustments are being made to ensure survival. Adding the Nigerian factor to that fact is another thing entirely. Businesses are not run by emotions or cheap talk, it would be folly to assume that the decision to exit Nigeria by these companies were made less than a years or two ago, businesses don't make quick decisions on long-term effects. Tinubu is just at the recieving end of these decisions, but that's what leadership is about taking responsibility for problems you didn't create.

Jokerman:
https://nairametrics.com/2023/12/06/pg-to-dissolve-ground-operations-in-nigeria-revert-to-an-import-only-business-model/

Many of these companies came to Nigeria with the assumption that it was a 200 million People market, after running for a while they realised that it was just a 20 million people market, not far fetched from their home ground. We need to build our indigenous brands that have no were to run, FDI is a stopgap to economic growth.

Poverty is a big problem in Nigeria, we have assumed that it is a problem that should be fixed by government for over half a century but I beg to differ, Entrepreneurs are the solution to our problems because they brave up irrespective of how difficult things get.

ademola2017:
In 2017, i expressed my deep concerns on nairaland about my now ex wife double dating game before we got married, her attitude towards me and how the relationship was one sided.

I got several advices to let her go but decided to give the marriage another chance but it eventually crashed in March 2022. We did all we could to save the marriage but to no success. We were done patching. No child was involved and absolutely nothing to show for the marriage after 8years of being together. I still feel the pain but it gets better everyday.
I credit myself for not cheating on her till our last days together and even months after our separation.

After several months of being celibate, I had sex with a young 25year old lady. I met her through a family friend 2 months before she got pregnant

Just one intercourse, she became pregnant. At first, i doubted it because I laboured very hard to father a child for 8yrs and with just one sexual intercourse, someone is carry my baby?? with me being very knowledgable about calculating ovulation dates and timely intercourse, it conformed so I had to accept the pregnancy as a sign from God.

Deep down, my new partner and I do not love each other but the respect for each other is on point. We have ZERO expectations from each other. We communicate well and have started living together in peace. No arguements, no drama and no issues at all.

I changed my mindset by taking her as my younger sister and she does same by taking me as an older brother.

It feels strange to be at so much peace with someone that I dont love at all. Our baby is coming and I am scared things may change when the true reality sets in.

What do you guys think?

You are going down a slippery slope, this arrangement is going to get either or both of you hurt. Once you start to provide for a woman,especially one you have been intimate with, your provision gradually begins to metamorphose into love. You might not love her but she will gradually start loving you. The problem starts when you refuse to reciprocate that love. It's best each party move on with their individual lives and coparent the unborn child.

SportFm:
https://punchng.com/lecturers-shortage-hits-varsities-ASUU-blames-japa-ippis/?amp

ASUU needs to evolve, better pay and better learning environment is not cheap, someone has to pay for it, and that someone is not the government. The schools lecturers are Japaing to are not fully government funded they are tution, Alumni and research funded. ASUU should start the process for full university autonomy and start charging what their skills are worth, the student loan bill already helps their matter. Universities like Ibadan, Lagos, OAU, UNN, ABU should be ivy league schools and expensive. Our education structure is too weak, alumni funding student lecture relations are poor, lecturer discipline is poor, systemic injustice is prevalent. Our schools should great distant learning programs online programs that foreigners can patronise.

Hamachi:
From DM

There is a difference between sales and what you make, you sell clothes worth 150k a month, what is your profit margin? That will better educate you on if the business is making more than your 9 to 5 job.

Another thing you need to consider b4 quilting your job is consistence, can you confidently say that the business will have an average sales of 150k for the next six months? If it doesn't how will you survive. Different business nitch usually have a dry spell season and boom seasons do you know your business seasons. What I'm trying to emphasise is you need to know more than great sales of your business b4 you consider quitting your job.

It is increasingly annoying that an individual who wanted to occupy the number 2 citizen seat in our country can be this negative of the likelihood of progress of the country. It shows his character.

Why should we expect more from a man that brought only one value to Obi/Datti ticket which is he is a northerner, if you disagree, name one northerner state he was able to win for the ticket? Even in his Zaria home constituency he could only deliver 3% of the total votes, coming a distant 4th. Peter obi did the hard work, Datti just comes to sound intellectual. Other VP candidates from the 2 top political parties delivered their geopolitical zones, what did oga deliver?

[quote author=politicoNG post=126822974][/quote]But your lawyers couldn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that the there was massive rigging as yo claimed. Instead they were banking on 25% FCT and the disqualification of Tinubu for forgery. Facts win in court not propaganda. The same court you hailed for restoring you gubernatorial mandate has suddenly become incoherent, what a world.

missimelda01:
So I get this awkward reaction when a man asks for my position in my family and I say I'm the first child. I really want to know what the issue is...is it just the bride price??

It's mostly a poverty issue, a number of our people are poor and they deep themselves into extreme poverty by having more children than their income can carry. The behaviour of getting ones spouse to take responsibily for the extended family is a programming from when children are little. The irony is if you loose the breadwinning spouse that famil automatically becomes like the extended family broke as crazy.

Taking care for an extended family is not the best way to start a marriage, but poverty, irresponsibility and life makes it other wise.

Zeezenho:
oga no gas pipeline in those zones.its natural gas is every were in south east.

If it's natural gas deposit, the whole area should be a detonated mine field by now. I'm saying so because some years back in Kwara state, 2011 to be precise, it was claimed that crude oil had been discovered because it was gushing out of a dug pit, further investigations showed it was a ruptured pipe.

Nemere2020:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02DcWs6fhoFcVJKpFu8NLGLT9pgpWovcqQcmAztYUUYjNTaFucV1E27e7hFViYXtGzl&id=100044152610571&mibextid=Nif5oz

I see some folks getting fooled by these flattery words. Every politician that looses an election suddenly has all the answers to all our challenges, but when they win they can execute any of them. A politician is trained to appeal to your emotions using flattery words.

The supreme court has rules, one of such rules is that you can't present new evidence for a case that has been decided by a lower court, which you seek redress for at the supreme court. Atiku was defrauded by his lawyers.

[quote author=Nonny95 post=126689964][/quote]This looks to me like a ruptured gas pipe than gas deposit. It should be properly investigated before we make conclusions.

Estello:
IREV Portal Is not a tool for collation- Supreme court

If INEC portal stops, it does not stop the collation

The non-function of IREV might reduce voter confidence

Justice Okoro Also said INEC has the right to choose the form in which they want to transmit results

Clark (San) iterated this thing long before all the election petitions, the assumptions by our law is that inec will always do the right thing, until that assumption is changed, no elected president will be removed by a court.

[quote author=AnonPoet post=126580317][/quote]I think David has an over blotted sense of importance. I don't even consider him an investigative journalist, he is more of a researcher. All his purported investigations have holes in them, investigative journalists score home runs not public divisions. The public already have their biase, any article that swings to a biase will definitely gain traction.
If the Nigerian government wants David, only a phone between both presidents of the countries who happen to be friends will produce him. Of course the western nations he applied to saw through him, a menace in ones home country will definitely be a menace in his asylum country.

chokekachy:
https://independent.ng/obi-not-tinubu-won-2023-presidential-election-says-ex-sgf-babachir-lawal/?utm_source=&utm_medium=

Mr Lawal and Dogara, frantically fought for the vice president ticket to be handed to them because they were northern Christians, but smart Tinubu understood that they had zero electoral value in the north. The man is very funny, in his native Adamawa, how many people voted for Peter Obi? Or better still in his polling unit? Supposed public personalities need to stop making comments that can't be substantiated with evidence.

Islie:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/minimum-wage-how-we-arrived-at-n200000-nlc-president/

These ones are playing with hyper inflation, 200k minimum wage for a country that produces nothing is outright ridiculous.