₦airaland Forum

Riversides2003:
I Bought my 11 years old daughter iPhone 16 pro max for being the best student in her class no big deal. I am surprised how people think iPhone is a kind of treasure or champions league

You're based in Canada. What's your point?

I am not surprised

This is Tinubu pet project

I wanted to say that Pakistan should mind it'd business.

I am pleased that Pakistan denied the nuke threat wasn't true.

India recently gave then a bloody nose. The end result would be bad.

This battle is going to be fierce.

Will it lead to regime change in Iran or even Israel?

obi4eze:
This one no get sense. By the time he is done 12 months, it might affect his criminal record and that will be a stain.

He is on the sexual offenders list. His name will be there for 10 years.

The country is owing Gencos 3 trillion naira.

How will one expect 24hr power supply when it is sold below cost?

If you want Band A power supply of 20 hours daily, pay Band A rates which are cost reflective.

There's no free lunch out there.

Kusu12:
The Iranian attack was ineffective when compared to Israel's, which took out top military figures and damaged Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Israel was surgical and strategic, while Iran just fired off missiles without a plan. Honestly, if Israel had chosen to hit back in the same careless way, Iran’s civilians and infrastructure would’ve faced devastating consequences.

Iran will fight dirty, That's the only way it can "win" against Israel. Attacking civilians is a scotched earth policy that may fuel resentment of the war by Israelis. They may even demand Netanyahu steps down.

You need to also be reminded that victory means different things to different people.

In a well planned and prosperous socity like Israel, the Iranian bombing of civilian areas will cause considerable harm to the psyche of the average Israeli. It will also disrupt its economy. In the 1970s, the cost of the Yom Kippur war badly crippled the Israeli economy. Wars are not only expensive, but they leave the economy comatose, and deprive the nation much needed revenue to finance the war.

FreeStuffsNG:
You're asking questions and you are giving yourself ignorant responses. Iran didn’t invest in expensive jets due to sanctions that will limit their access to the materials and replacement parts. The missiles and drones are advanced and made to travel long distances. You should be worried for the Isrealis who are banking on US fighter jets.

Iran most likely did not invest in fighter jets because they are very expensive, up to about $250m for one- the type that can take on Israel.

Long range missiles are much cheaper.

Iran is also fighting guerilla style. It has to make the best use of the "little" it has.

bolaayenimo:
But they defeated him in his homebase of Lagos

I am apolitical. I am just speaking based on his antecedents.

He has proven repeatedly not to be invincible but that he is a champion in his own right.

Where are all the other godfathers from 1999-2025? They are nowhere today. Only Kwankwaso and he only controls one state. Wike tried to control Fubara in Rivers State and he failed.

Am I a Tinubu fan? I am actually apolitical. I criticized the slaughter that occured during the EndSars protests.

If I was too choose, I feel Atiku's proposed economic policies would have been best for the economy. However, Tinubu has done quite well in terms of the economy and I doubt whether Obi or Atiku would have had the deft to remove the fuel subsidy, even though they promised it. I also doubt Obi's ability to float the Naira due to his recent statements.

The only real government that can change our lives for the better is God's kingdom. Do you pray for it to come? (Read Matthew 6:10, Daniel 2:44, 2 Peter 3:13). Man's rule no be am (Read Psalms 146:3-5)

FreeStuffsNG:
PM Netanyahu is not popular in Isreal too. In fact, his party couldn't get the required seats to form government until it formed coalition with strange bed fellows who almost dissolve the coalition on Wednesday.

If you know Iran's history then you will not underestimate them. Iran is a country with fully organized army unlike Hezbollah and Hamas. The same reason Isreal cannot defeat the Houthis.

Right now, some parts of Isreal are now looking like Ukraine and Gaza
As at last week, if anyone had told you that Isreal will become a rubble today, you wouldn't believe it yet Iran is just starting.

The Iranians have been shooting down the stealth F-35 US-made jets and if you know how expensive those jets are and how sophisticated and expensive to manage they are, trust me , Isreal made a costly mistake by attacking Iran.
As we type here, Iran missiles are dropping in Haifa and Tel Aviv and Iran has developed a cheaper arsenals as against Isrealis expensive munitions. Iran is equally far from Isreal so the Isreal jets are far from operational base.

Even the West is cautious about the cost of fighting Iran. Iran will use cheap yet effective military hardware to destroy Isreal's multi million dollars asset.

You made some good points.

Let's see how this pans out.

FreeStuffsNG:
Israelis on Saturday described the fear, chaos and confusion as several Iranian missiles slammed into houses and apartments in central Israel overnight, causing widespread destruction, killing three people and wounding dozens.

Col. (res.) Michael David, who leads the Home Front’s Tel Aviv command, told Ynet that his forces were trained to handle such situations and received reinforcements, but said: “This is an event of a magnitude we haven’t seen in the past.”

This is a report from a pro-Isreal platform.

Expensive multibillion dollars defence toys like Iron dome, David slingshot and US Patriot/ THAAD lule pii when Iran missiles were dropping on Isreal.

No doubt, Iran is a formidable foe and it explains why US has been avoiding direct confrontation with Iran

War is bad. All the warring sides should stop these wars.

The first thing that suffers in a war is the truth. Yes, the destruction here is huge but Israeli has always had the uncanny ability to come out tops most times.

Though Israel took a severe hit when it invaded Lebanon, it still shattered Hezbollah, severely crippling them to the point they could not assist Al Assad in Syria, which led to his ouster.

Hamas is simply fighting out of defiance, even the Palestinians know it's a pyrrhic victory. Worse, the war in Gaza is no longer news, which means the barbaric slaughter there is now seems muted.

Israel is also targeting regime change in Iran. The Mullahs aren't popular in Iran.

Let's see how this pans out.

The irony was that the biggest critics of Aba were Igbos, especially those from Anambra, while every Igbo despise those from Ebonyi.

We should value people the way God does, and not simply by outward appearance or by how much wealth one has accumulated.

30 tears ago, all these people were alive.

That's the irony of life

Tinubu na strategist.

Underestimate him at your own risk.

fixedhollies:
Was there no gradual fading out of fuel subsidy during Obasanjo/Jonathon time. Devaluation and floating the Naira is what has led us here. 2 years, economy never bounce back! 4 years it will still be same story.

The most painful part is that we no see effect of the floating. The subsidy was taken from the people to the politicians. Either fuel or naira floating. The two favor that elites alone. I am now confused if Nigeria is a communist state, capitalist or socialist.

Nigerians currently doesn’t benefit from the country! This wasn’t the founding fathers intention.

Gradual fading out of the fuel subsidy makes no sense, none at all!

This is so for two reasons.

1. The price of crude oil isn't static. Today, it can be $35 per barrel, tomorrow $80.

If at $35 per barrel petrol cost N200 litre, would it cost the same thing at $80? Nope. The price may hit N400 per litre/

So, if the if at $35, and the government was subsidizing it at N50 per litre to sell at N200, what happens when the price hits $80 per barrel? If the price of petrol increases to N400, government would have to increase the subsidy by N200 per litre to sell at N200 per litre.

2. eThe second is that the Naira is likely to depreciate in valu

In year 2000, Naira was going for $1-N100. Today, it is N1,600

Now, imagine you are the importer petrol. You bought a barrel at $35 in 2000 and at the same price this year.

A barrel in 2000 would cost $35 x 100 = N3,500 while this year it will be $35 x 1,600 = 56,000.

For you to sell at the year 2000 price today, won't you ask government to add to it? That "adding to it" is called a subsidy.

SarkinYarki:
Did Tinubus own work ?

Yes, it did.

When Tinubu entered office, there was only $3bn in net foreign foriegn reserves. That is the actual amount the CBN has at its disposal.

However, the CBN owed buyers of forex $7bn. There was severe forex scarcity and that's why Shoprite, Emirates airlines and other multinationals were leaving the country.

Today, the net foreign reserves has hit $23bn. So, the floating of the Naira has been a successful.

Obi is speaking bunkum.

How will you increase productivity with an overvalued currency, and worse, with an empty foreign reserve.

Tinubu really had nio choice.

Had he tried Obi's route, it would be a complete failure.

I wonder if this takes into account remittances from overseas into the country,

That might reflect in the current account.

ALISMILE:
Thats because the south west accommodates most of the children of the people of the South East, South South, North west, north central and the North east.
Note that I’m from the South South.

Lagos state alone accounts for 10% of Nigeria's population. It is therefore no surprise.

Lagos has more Igbos than any Igbo city. Same with many tribes. Without internal migration, I doubt Lagos population will exceed 6m.

I believe with time, he'll succeed.

My dad told me in 1981 or thereabout, he exchange N3,000 for $5,400.

This proves he was right.

Karlovych:
It's the usual suspects, Vanquisha, Shaniqua and Lakeisha. Spits!

It is a big shame.

It was the generous welfare system that made being an unemployed single mother financially rewarding that raised these monsters.

In the 1960s, the US government introduced the AFDC that gave unemployed single mothers welfare checks. The more children they had, the more money they got, but the maximum was four kids. They were also entitled to free health care.

We're they to find a job or marry, the checks stopped. This discouraged them from marrying or getting a job.

Unfortunately, long suffering black woman grabbed the program with both hands.

In early 1960, 70% of black children were raised by two parents. By the mid 1990s, 70% were raised by single mothers.

Males raised by single mothers are 7 times more likely to become criminals than those raised in 2 parent families or by a single dad. Females raised by single mothers are moat likely to become one themselves.

By the 1990s, you had a generation of black women who had never worked a day in their life. The program was tweaked and became less generous but the damage had been done.

There's no stigma being a 22 year old woman with 3 kids for 3 different men. It's abominable.

ericmor:
The children are the yahoo boys of today and mc oluomo boys

I will not be surprised.

They are shameless.

I won't be surprised if they are all single mothers.

What morals would they pass on to their children?

olaolaking:
Hello, your write up shows that you have little experience of the reality of life.

Your mum is young and her body must demand for love and touch. It is not her but the body system. Haven't you heard that "we cannot cheat nature"? Unless you prefer her to be having secret affairs.

The best I will advice you is to let her remarry, however, you can suggest or find a suitable man for her outside your village so that all those concerns of yours can be eliminated

She has every right to remarry but not to the detriment of her children. That is what she's doing based on his writeup.

Chram

There is nothing wrong if your mum decides to remarry (Read 1 Corinthians 7:36, 39-40)

What is wrong are the customs of your people (Read 1 Timothy 5:8]

Please check 1 Timothy 5:8 again.

It's a cruel tradition you've got.

It mat be wise you sell your dads house and start a business with the money. You could buy a bus or a Tuktuk. Use it to sustain yourself and your siblings.

It's just a stepping stone.

Franklin242:
The marketers import. Dangote’s price should be significantly lower

I doubt either is making any profit. If they are it will very little.

Dangote wants to run the independent marketers out of business, hence, the price war.

This Udalike sounds economic illiterate.

Does he think Dangote gets the crude oil for free?

No be Rema be that

In Europe and America, being sterile isn't a big stigma like it is here.

He could travel abroad and marry a single mother but should inform her of his fertility status.