₦airaland Forum

chrisooblog:
Wait till you hear Nwakali is about to be sold to a club in Malta or mistakenly say Iheanacho is world class trust me him go appear sharp sharp

to come in peace na problem for you abi

tishbite43:
Go and read the newspapers
Abba Yusuf vehemently rejected the bill
https://punchng.com/tinubus-tax-reform-will-destroy-nigerias-unity-kano-gov/

really? people who will benefit much more from the reforms, not sure they read the bill then

tishbite43:
Kano kept quiet?! How?!

did you hear anything from the kano state govt?

EBEk101:
Lagos generates substantial revenue because many multi-billion taxpayers, despite operating in other states, pay taxes to the Lagos State Government due to their head offices being located in Lagos. If the proposed tax bill is passed, it could compel these companies to pay taxes to the states where their operations are based, rather than to Lagos. This could significantly impact Lagos' revenue and shift the financial dynamics among the states.

States like, delta, rivers, Akwa Ibom, Kano, kaduna etc

that's why northern states like Kano and Kaduna govts, unlike others, kept quiet on the tax reform bill, they knew it was swinging in their favour

Treadway:
On this one, Andy Ogles dey maddd.

Trump is not the ONLY one competent enough to reverse the decay of the Biden administration. That is just bollocks.

Really? when tenure never start

Gerrard59:
The US is the biggest contributor and it is largely geopolitical. Nigeria has great control and influence of the AFDB because it is a major contributor, ditto ECOWAS. The Asian Development Bank has been dominated by the Japanese since its inception. Are Japanese the only Asians? Everything is not race. Money controls the world. Anyone who wants to control the state of affairs should have money.

The real world isn't lovey-dovey. I am glad people are realising it, and the earlier they do, the better for them.

and how many times has a Nigerian become president of afdb. The same trump almost truncated the second term of adeshina citing a silly excuse of being close to China. Phew

Project 2025 on full swing

Awon werey 😂

eepeepook:
1. No point if the revelations won’t resurrect them.

2. The records would contain so many redacted events that going through them won’t make sense.

You gerit 😂 all na for the glam

Gerrard59:
She was not an American citizen, if I am not mistaken. And what do you believe by "is better qualified"? The metrics are at the behest of the employer. The employee or supposed employee should do his/her best to impress the employer.

https://www.thecable.ng/wto-top-job-okonjo-iweala-takes-american-citizenship/

She was not an American citizen at that time and the US holds the right to have its candidate become the president because of the earlier unwritten agreement in addition to it being the biggest donor. He who pays the piper dictates the tune. The present president, although ethnically Indian, is a naturalised American.

You have just justified why removing DEI is bad as there is no legal reason why the President of the World Bank must be an American citizen cos it's not written anywhere and you just confirmed it.

And what metrics are you talking about when the person given doesn't even have a robust financial background like Iweala except if metrics mean another thing.

Gerrard59:
Adebayo wey go Oxford went far with DEI?

You see, this is my issue with the policy itself - you have literally made it look like every black person who excels in the abroad did so on the basis of DEI not sheer hard work. You have told the world that we cannot succeed without reduced requirements. How come Chinese who don't have a good command of English score so high in standardised tests?

There are no reduced requirements, let's not misunderstand ourselves, was Okonjo Iweala not more qualified than the candidate who beat her to the World Bank President position?

membranus:
Stop answering him. He will fade away.

I no get that time jare

Omoawoke:
I tell you for certain Trump and the white supremacits know exactly what they are doing

They only brainwash the people with low IQ and trust me, they know it would work.

The trick is simple, and it is wrapping the main agenda which is to toxic to say in public with one that would be much easier to accept by the gullible public…
They have the data and they know the number of LGBTQ people and gender people are less than 1%, but the most affected would be black people…
Now they end DEI, saying they are fighting LGBTQ when most affected is you a fvking black man… but the black man is blinded and can’t even see he’s the target

in addition, they think it's also all about immigrants (illegal or legal) and chasing them back to Africa, they don't have an idea that these folks don't care about the passport you carry. That's what happened last year in the UK during the far-right riots, those who thought they were exempted because they had passports, ilr and work permits suddenly realised their legal documentation couldn't save them from being lynched. like we say in naija dem collect no be small as it was a brain reset for many of our people.

Omoawoke:

That’s when people say Trump means merit base, they obviously don’t have sense and so dumb..

Who told them they care about merit…
First it’s the color of your skin, then they talk of merit…

it's the gender thing that Trump has used to deceive them, all that Trump does is against LGBT according to how their brain function

Omoawoke:
lol, you don’t get it to be honest. It’s not just about living in america alone, it’s about the long history of dehumanization of black people and Africans…
Who told you the world is fair? Who told you everyone has equal opportunities?
Even Elon musk came from a family whose father made wealth from using slave labor in Zambia to mine African resources….
You should do more of history and read about your world so you have knowledge on how black man and Africa don suffer…
Even same trump did not want Okonjo Iweala to become WTO DG because according to him “she’s a black African woman” and he feels a white male should do the job better

You definitely don’t know your history and the pain your skin color suffers in the world you live

the same Okonjo iweala was not appointed as World Bank president. Still, instead, the position was given to a doctor with little or no financial background despite how qualified Iweala was. No wonder WTO had to quickly confirm Iweala for second term before Trump resumed officially.

cococandy:
Employing based on merit means the employer will hire you for your qualifications rather than because you’re white. That’s not the case. That has never been the case in racist America that was built on slavery.

The employers will hire for whiteness instead of qualifications. A unqualified white person will be given the job over a qualified black person. The law prevented them from doing that. Now that he’s done away with that protection, racist white mongrels will go back to disqualifying people based on their race and gender rather than them being actually unqualified.

Some of you are so freaking daft it’s insane.

please don't be mad at them, some of them don't understand that Caucasians hate competition and can't stand being picked over others. The same removal of DEI will still hunt everyone including those who think they will benefit cos by the time Indian companies start employing only Indians like wise Chinese and other races, the same people who think DEI will favour them will be first to start crying out especially if the people they think should be beneath them are earning more and getting more perks. The world is indeed global now with billionaires cutting across all races and creeds and shareholders will then start deciding what they want or invest in climes they think will best accommodate their interests. There are no winners but losers in all of this.

lexy2014:
this is off point

I asked you

these are your words


we are talking about DEI.

how are trump and musk products of DEI?

since it's an exam question you set then provide me the answer na as my examiner

lexy2014:
that is not what I asked you.



these are your words


we are talking about DEI.

how are trump and musk products of DEI?

I answered you

lexy2014:
these are your words


we are talking about DEI.

how are trump and musk products of DEI?

DEI is what can give any black or brown person leverage Trump or Musk who doesn't need DEI has. Do you understand now?

michaelwestern:
And a black employer can also do the same. People should not be forced to hire minorities. It's like saying every business in Nigeria must have a quota of Yorubas, Hausas and Igbos. It doesn't make any sense.

We should support Tinubu then appointing people from the southwest alone and not complain

lexy2014:
I didnt ask you what DEI does not does not do.

you claimed that "Joseph Ladapo is the surgeon general of Florida, Adebayo Ogunlesi is the chairman of GIP and many nigerians living in the US only achieved what they achieved because of DEI.

how do you know that all they achieved is a product of DEI?

cos no man is an island all by himself, someone somewhere has to give you a chance. Self-made is an illusion. Even Trump, Elon Musk took a chance on him.

michaelwestern:
That's exactly what he did. There's no longer a quota of minority that you must employ. It's now a level playing field. Employers can now employ the most qualified without considering race, gender or sexuality.

there is no level playing field anywhere in the world, let's not deceive ourselves

lexy2014:
how did you arrive at that conclusion?

DEI is what opens the door no matter how qualified you are. Remove DEI and the door is closed as it becomes all man for himself and at the mercy of the stronger and who makes the rules.

Aaronsrod:
In America Nigerians work hard. We obey the law of the land. We will take our place in that country.

We will rise on our merits where African Americans and other blacks failed.

God bless you Donald Trump.

You have no place to take and there are no merit-based opportunities anywhere, whatever you're enjoying is the struggle and sacrifice of some courageous people many years ago which is what someone is trying to destroy before our very eyes. Be careful what you wish for cos when the backlash starts, you will be too ashamed to talk or speak out which is the goal of whatever is going on now.

BigdaddyPR:
DEI policies were ridiculous. It's basic common sense that any industrialized society must prioritize merit, excellence, and intelligence. For some very odd reasons, proponents of DEI cannot comprehend that merit is not race-based. In fact, it's even racist to think that without DEI, black excellence is not a thing.

If justice can be blind, it's important that opportunities be color-blind and based solely on merit.

Joseph Ladapo is the surgeon general of Florida, Adebayo Ogunlesi is the chairman of GIP...Blacks do not need props; we'll compete with the best. If you think we cannot, then you are the one who is being racist.

Any reasonable person will support this.

they all got that far with DEI, don't be deceived

I hope she learns a lesson when she gets to a new country and starts seeing unpleasant things there too like Lagos she doesn't go on social media to say her mind.

Namaster:
America is the NEW Russia.

Everybody should start adjusting to that.

A citizen of a country where the President is a rapist, pedophile and 34X convicted FELON is talking about the Rule of LAW.



She should take her pardon and embrace the rule of a DICTATOR.

You may just be right, it's gradually becoming a country full of hardliners

Zahra29:
Nearly every page on this thread contains questions, helpful responses and useful information relating to life in the UK. Some pages are full of nothing else.

However you're never around to offer your expert UK advice and insight, you only seem to pop up to chastise people for discussing global topical issues. We might live in the UK but Trump's appointment has wide reaching impact which we're not immune to. In between these posts, people are still asking questions and receiving support. Live and let live.

Very true, we all need to practice what we preach!

Mervingreat:
I just dey laugh Trump did he think he fight everybody or have issues with everybody and survive it?

Trump still is trance thinking of US past glory same way Boris Johnson on trance with UK past glory not known to him things no longer 1420,18500 era and he lied to his citizen with UK first ideology and pulled out of EU today UK is a total shadow of herself.

Trump wake up this is not 1420 or 1650 the game has changed long ago you can't think too high of yourself and make any headway with your old age arrogancy and your sour face like someone who swallowed Lime.

This is what those supporting Trump don't understand, the world has become too competitive to just bully anyone, ordinary tiktok the US is going back and forth after all the noise

God1000:
Nigerians are indeed hypocrites, see them hailing the boy but the reaction will be different if it's about Nigerian president and his family

Whatever trump does is good, whatever his family does is righteous to them

Self-hatred is the cause of such hypocrisy

Please what's the job of efcc again no be to catch thief?

Chukwuka16:
The UK: a rudderless island finally tipping into oblivion

Donald Trump only took oath of office Monday (Jan 20th) and has just today (Jan 21st) announced an investment deal worth $500 billion into AI infrastructure. The deal involves an initial $100 billion with additional $400 billion coming in over 4 years.

I have said it and will say it – you get results ONLY when people that have defined metrics for results are in charge. If there is anything I have noticed from my years of observation of civil servants, it is that lawyers and doctors within their ranks are the worst administrators – they lack the mental capacity to manage complex systems. You only get a difference if they have run private practices.

No noise, no drama, no media blitz and $500 billion is pouring into the US over 4 years. Compare and contrast that with the contested £63 billion the UK claims to have raised in their so-called investment summit. Lord! Lord! Lord!

Think of all the startups that will be funded across the US (hello Silicon Valley). Think of how this and more will uplift living standards across the US. Already, Mississippi, the poorest state in the US by GDP/capita has a higher value than the UK. Very soon, it will be competing with London!

Rachel from accounting is somewhere in Davos trying to sell the UK as an investment hub based on a survey by pWC while men wey mount dey announce multibillion dollars investment into the US economy. Who survey help? $500 billion and no noise. $500 billion and no survey? $500 billion 1 day into a 4-year tenure? SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Oracle’s Larry Ellison and OpenAI’s Sam Altman were there at the WH to join DJT in making this announcement.

Quoting directly from FT - SoftBank has ultimate financial responsibility for the new company, with OpenAI taking operational responsibility. Son will chair the joint venture. Abu Dhabi state AI fund MGX and Oracle are also providing funding for the project, while SoftBank-owned Arm, Microsoft and Nvidia are technology partners. Stargate aims to boost capacity to train and run new AI models. It will initially build a data centre project in Abilene, Texas — construction of which is already under way, according to the companies — before expanding into other states.

I will reiterate again, any Nigerian youth that is unable to find themselves in the top 20 cities across the US, China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE in the next 24 months might struggle to offer significant benefits to humanity. My rephrasing means even the UK (London) and Europe are irrelevant.

We are in very strange times with happenings that will shock and awe watchers. The UK and Europe will see themselves ease into irrelevance without DJT stressing himself. We can shout, condemn and talk high and low – at the end of the day what matters to residents across the US is improvement in their standard of living and DJT is gunning for that.

Now think of what DJT’s threats of tariff will do in terms of inward investments in manufacturing. Think of production sites that will open. Think of quality jobs that will be created. Think of the massive growth that will be witnessed across the US. Folks, this is the news that drives the tailwind boost you see in the US stock market. Think of all the unnecessary bureaucracy that will be removed from crypto to finance to insurance to healthcare to self-driving cars to AI etc. This is the ecosystem that supports entrepreneurship and risk. Risk is back baby. Risk is back. Now watch as US begins again to crowd out everyone from VC funds. Think of IPOs that will soon start birthing to enable VCs exit.

Me, my business is how to cash out. How to cash out from the wealth that Trump’s presidency brings is my cup of tea. I’m not going to argue about his policies because compared to Biden, his is working and bringing in the greens from day 1.

Strange times indeed. May it favour us all. Ise!

Am a very critical person of the uk system but don’t get it twisted the Uk economy will surely pick up this year and it’s projected to grow by 1.5% though it needs over 2% growth for gradual recovery. I know folks are over excited about Trump but dude by his nature will surely make mistakes which happened before and that’s where a starmer abuse him for all you care will take advantage so it’s not all gloomy for the uk as people as postulating.

seunayantokun:
What has he done wrong? You want to be in US illegally and claim citizenship for children born by you in the process so that you can stay indefinitely? UK has that policy. What do you say to that? He mull sell off his own country so you can overrun them and perpetuate evils in the world?

The executive order also affects children born to Students and those with work visas so are those illegal too?