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Floky215:
Why drinking panadol for another man's headache..?
Did america complain...? You islamist would never cease to amaze me...

The US military top brass advised Trump not to start this war. He wouldnt listen. Are they Islamist for advising against the war?

. Now, the entire world is affected by this mess.

There would be a bloodbath. Many of those boys will come home in bodybags.

dermmy:
Iranians aren't begging to be pitied or feel sorry for. It is not a crime if a nation wants to have its destiny in its hand and refused to be a puppet to the West and Israel. If you don't know the history of Iran go and read how US CIA and British MI6 removed Iran's first democratically elected leader and replaced him with a dictator that turned Iran into a client state of America, looted the country and repressed Iranians, sent many critics into exile.

America can only continue to dream about Iran's oil reserve which is the 3rd largest in the world but it won't own it. Iranians know why they are under sanctions they are well educated unlike Nigerians.

Other governments that kept quiet when American misiles hit children in their hostels in Iran are the ones you are saying feel sorry for average Iranians.

Iran is a fascist state. It is ruled with an ironfist. It is a country that executes protesters and political prisoners.

The judiciary hands out capital punishment to protesters and political prisoners, some of them quite young.

Because it stands up to the US and Israel does not in anyway make it a beacon of good governance.

Their economy has been in shambles for years due to economic mismanagement and not sanctions. Russia probably has more sanctions than Iran and its econony has fared pretty well because they have qualified economist in charge. Being a Mullah does not make you a brilliant economist, the same with a pastor.

If the Mullahs are truly popular, why not conduct elections and retire to their mosques? Na their papa house? This is the 47th year for crying out loud!

It is also very corrupt.

Ebawaters:
I Have been dating this girl for 5 months now, before i met her she was using an itel tourch light phone. I promise to get her a smart phone which we could use on Whatsapp because buying of airtime to communicate is too costly.

I felt maybe getting her a phone would kill boredom. After closing from work and on weekends she has something that will keep her busy.

Before buying the phone i thought she is that calm and responsible girl and giving me the girlfriend vibe though we have not slept with each other.

I bought her a brand new redmi phone on 2nd of April. But since i got her the phone she has changed drastically.

What she's posting on her WhatsApp status want to give me heart attack. I just new this girl didn't like me at all. I decided to test her. I called her a day before yesterday that am low on airtime, that she should help send me 200 airtime to buy data to open my bank app to do some transactions.

This girl said she didn't have 200 naira. She's looking for money to buy data for herself. In the next 2 hours i saw her online this the same girl that told me she didn't have at all. Omo i have spent for this girl. I love her. I think it is time to move on and count my loss. You see women matter count me out. She doesn't care i have been dating myself all along.

She is a young girl. Let her go.

Freshandfitpod:
Only the brave survive, iran must go down, most European leaders are liberals who always align with terrorists

Trump starts a war without seeking the opinion of other NATO members.

Even his own military warned him not to start a war with Iran but he wouldn't listen, after Netanyahu praised him to the high heavens.

Now that he has been outmatched, he is now running to them to help clear the mess he started all by himself.

OGOLMEKZ95:
And what will happen to those innocent children, women violated by this blood sucking Islamic Republic of Iran. You’re a perceived COWARD with your fellow terror fighters and now you are expecting others to be as cowardly as you.

There is this rote prayer:

God give me the the courage to change the things i can change, the serenity to accept the things i can not change, and the wisdom to know the difference.

You think other governments dont feel sorry for average Iranians? Do you think they like its supports of militant groups?

Tomorrow you'll be the same ones saying how Obama ruined Libya.

Fujiyama:
^^^
The going rate for economists is two for ten kobo. Probably less.

Sixty plus years after independence - and as a collective they have zero influence...compared to finance industry professionals.

If Nigerian economists were any good they should have led a campaign (decades ago) that LG chairmen, governors and presidents must have at least a bachelors in economics - or the equivalent...followed by some real world training. But they haven't.

Nobody should be surprised we are where we are today. And 'economists' are a big part of the reason why.

..

I actually have a good understanding of economics.

When Tinubu became president, he inherited a bankrupt economy. How bad were things?

In 2022, the FG spent more than 100% of government revenue on debt serviicing alone. For 2023, it was estimated to be 97%. Buhari had ruined the economy with his twin policies of foreign exchange and petrol subsidies.

It is the correction of these 2 policies that has brought this much pain but also its recovery.

Today, less than 50% of government revenue is spent on debt servicing. Still high, but much better than before.

Net foreign reserves were $3.99bn when Tinubu assumed office. Net foreign reserves refer to the actual foreign exchange the CBN actually has access to and not the gross figure. This could not cover one months worth of imports.

Foreign exchange scarcity were so severe during Buhari administration that it led to the exit of some multinationals out of the country, such ss Shoprite and GSK.

Today, the net foreign reserves are $34.8bn, enough to cover 8 months of imports. It is buoyant.

Economists do not dictate economic policies. This is a myth.

Think of a can of sardine. The oil is where economists are allowed to navigate. The fish are the government and pressure groups. They have a much greater say over economic policies.

For instance, economists have for decades supported the end of fuel subsidies, but the most powerful pressure group, the masses, usually led by the NLC put paid to that.

During Buharis presidency, he was dictating exchange rate policy to the CBN. Emefiele lacked the backbone to tell the president off.

Governments and pressure groups have greater say over the direction of economic policies globally.

96ACE:
Good analysis but as far as the horrible people of the nation are concerned, you are day dreaming. Even if the import duty becomes zero prices will never come down. The government is not the major problem but the greed of the average Nigerian.

The price will definitely come down due to competition.

Borrow2222:
Most of the time, Customs and the NPA don’t follow any directives from the FG.

They will still continue with the old tariff because they know nothing will happen.

If you don’t believe me, go and price that car around August you will see that the price will even increase.

I dont know when implementation would start.

2027 is an election year and a drop in import duty on cars would be a vote winner for car buyers and car dealers.

Chummynoni:
Watch the badtists come here to defend an obvious failure ... I gave up on some people when tinubu said he would continue from where buhari stopped , yet they voted for him . Buhari tenure that was like someone that did an exam that scored Negative when we know the worse would have been 0 .....

Didnt Okonji-Iweala, Charles Soludo and Lamido Sanusi not praise the economic reforms?

These are economists and they provided well informed kudos.

What Tinubu supporters say is irrelevant. Instead focus on what these economists say.

Betterthanwalki:
So the rate of our economy has been bastardized this much? In 2016 this car Mazda 626 use to be 700k toks and 2022 It's 1.7m even negotiable, the post is here on nairaland.

Country is gone [/quote

And now I'm about to buy this car and it's now 6.8m toks. Is the country this bad? How can a normal legit person raise reasonable amount to purchase a year 2000 car.

Country is gone

The exchange rate in 2017 was $1- N360

It is now around N1,400.

It being 4 times the price now makes sense.

Bit of good news. The government plans to reduce import duty on cars fron 70% to 40%.

This should reduce car prices by around 20%.

Lets do the maths.

Car cost 4m. Import duty at 70%. That is 2.8m.
When you add 2.8m to 4m, you get 6.8m.

Vs

Car cost 4m. Import duty now at 40%. That is 1.6m. When you add 1.6m to 4m, that is 5.6m.

5.6 divided by 6.8m with give us 80%.

That means that the car price is now 80% of the former price.

Mattswaggz:
These European countries that have grown weak are always trying to gum body as if they have a say in everything......they're getting less influential as the days go by and it's either they restore their global might or they'll be overshadowed by emerging powers(it's already happening self).

What are you saying!

The US military top brass advised Trump not to start this war with Iran that it wont end well.

He ignored their advice and chose to please Israel. He didnt seek the advice of other NATO menbers. Now, he has plunged the world into this mess, and he now he remembers Europe to clear up his mess.

Even the Gulf States did not want this war. They refused to allow their countries to be used as take off points for attacks on Iran. This could have all veen avoided if the brat in the US listened to his military advisors.

donleo92:
It was the same terrorist nation that aided you guys during world war 2

Else Europe would have been speaking German

Trump said he would do it, and he did it

He will go down, as one of the Greatest presidents of America, people would sing praises of him name, even when he is gonna

A man of steel balls

Trumps is the problem and not the US. They owe Trump nothing.

Secondly, the Soviets would have successfully defeated the Germans by themselves. The US and UK did not want that as they would all hace been speaking Russian today.

God1000:
What did Donald trump promise some people in Nigeria that make them not to see the evil in him



Senator sani is so right here

Those who blindly support Trump are usually Pentecostals and Born again Christians who believe that because he fights for Israel, make him beyond reproach and untouchable in Gods eye.

This is simply a good example of Jesus words of "the blind being led by a blind guide. Both would eventually fall into a pit."

By the way, didnt the Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah? How then can they be Gods chosen people? Duh (Read Matthew 23:37-39)

He has the rights to his own beliefs.

Whether his belief will give him an afterlife is another thing.

She said the truth. Nobody send here.

The only country Nigeria has beef with in Africa is Ghana. When i say beef, i meant between citizens.

Even South African citizens have zero problem here. Its only online.

CodeTemplar:
same pattern since the days of GEJ. Always talking like a charge n bail lawyer on cheap cocaine.

Tinubu should have started with these shorter and more important roads. After grinding to a halt on the wasteful Lagos-calabar highway, suddenly benin-shagamu is getting priority. Lol. I wont applaud clueless leadership. Reactionary policies and projects. Never.

Tinubu is constructing the Lagos Calabar Highway for two reasons:

1. To show Nigerians what he is capable of.

2. To open up a new corridor to development

The number one reason will win him lots of votes. This is already happening

The number 2 reason is already happening as well. I am an estate agent and you see lots of land being marketes as facing the Coastal highway. It is already a game-changer.

From his antics in Lagos, Tinubu wants the number reason for people voting for him be based on performance.

Political manouvering comes second.

Scorpio99:
Let the fireworks 🎆 🎆 begin then. Let's see who crumbles first

This is not about who is stronger. It was never about that. The fact that Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as a joker means a lot.

What would be the fallout when Iran starts hitting Gulf ports?

What would happen if Iran starts pounding oil assets in the Gulf that accounts for at least 20% of the worlds crude oil?

Why did the Gulf States not want the US using their terrotories to launch attacks on Iran?

Why has NATO countries shunned Donald Trump? Why are they angry with Trump for starting this war?

Scorpio99:
Cry me a river. Nothing will happen to gulf ports. They should try it and see that the civilians they used to stop Trump from bombing their power plants will not spared this time

You guys just make me laugh.

Yes, nothing would happen to Gulf ports, the same way nothing happened to US bases in the Gulf in the recent war.

What if the US bombs Iranian bridges and power plants and the regime doesnt crumble, or crumble immediately? The consequences would be very grim for the entire world

If Iran could bomb US Gulf bases and Isreali cities, what then are Gulf ports? It may or even go after oil installations in the Gulf States.

Trump and his ego has given him a Messiahanic complex, like he came to save the world.

I am certain Righteousness2 supports this hubris.

Trump has come to side with Isreal, so called "God's chosen people" who killed the Christ and till date reject Christianity.

Are there similar ongoing restorative projects in the Southeast and Southsouth?

Leepeak:
Chief Donald
Who don see 99 nor dey fear 100
All die na die
The straight remain close till further notice
And u can only bully other smaller countries not to pass
And get fuel
But the china I know, u can't stop them from buying from Iran and Russia will give Cuba crude nothing go happened
Even North Korea self go pass but
Nothing ona go do
All hell should rain
Iran don already dey hell fire
So entering lake of fire 🔥 isn't new to them
U will understand while Barrack Obama avoided the Persian, Clinton avoided them, even bush self avoided them
He get why
Invade and let war start

Though i dont believe in Hellfire, you made a very good point.

Where Trump madness ends is where those of the Mullahs begin.

Just less than 2 weeks ago, Trump waa desperate for a ceasefire.

All the Gulf States are petrified of Iran. They are the proverbial bull in a China shop.

MiamiLord:
Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. There is no way.


Yes, they will never have it.

Dead to all terrorists.

Wipe them out from this planet

You are still talking of nuclear weapons. The matter now is opening the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump never learns.

Iran will still teach him a lesson.

He was desperate for a ceasefire less than 2 weeks ago.

A resumption of the war would simply lead to soaring oil prices which would devastate the global economy and alienate NATO members further.

Trump ia between a rock and hard place

Willie2015:
Let Iran destroyed it now...
US dont have to blink...
Everyone can play dirty.... Its war....Bros
We survived Covid19. that took app 7million lives..
.we will survive this too...
It takes madness to cure madness...
Why u dey fear now...

Covid19 was different.

This war was a big mistake caused by Trump. NATO has refused to assist him clear the mess.

Trump is already being blamed for higher fuel prices in the US. A restart of the war world be a bunker busting disaater.

Wizardslayer:
Trump is currently working on clearing the mines the terrorists islamic regime of Iran has planted in the strait of hormuz.

Only Donald trump and Benjamin netanyahu knows how to handle Iran and radical extremists.

You guys never learn.Even the US top military brass warned Trump not to start any war with Iran but he would not listen. He chose to go a-bombing with Netanyahu and noe the entire world is suffering.

Iran was bombing US bases in the Middle East and they were forced to lodge their soldiers in hotels! Israel too was bombed.

Karlman:
Iran will never be the same again!
That country will be returned to the original owners, including the flag and national anthem.

Those evil mullahs must be wiped out. They are a curse to Iran and the entire middle east.

Iran will fight dirty. They did so in the latest war and would do so again.

The Straits aren't the issue. It is when Iran starts firing at oil assets in other Middle East country is when the US will have a rethink.

Iran can sustain a war for at least 2 months which would wreck the entire world economy.

Trump was warned by top US military brass not to start this war but he would not listen. Now the global economy is suffering.

God1000:
How many goals do they have now? nuclear, regime change or blockade?

So it went from regime change to nuclear, opening the strait, now jointly blockading the strait.

I'm not sure if Trump ears are connected to his brain

Regime change is completely off the table.

Iran has from 28th of Febriary has shown thats a no go area.

Irans blockading of the Strait of Hormuz and charging a toll is actually an act of extortion if we decide not to live in denial.

The toll may have more to do with a projection of power, rather than for any financial benefit, more like a leverage tool.

Its thw landlords responsibility.

The landlord should do the needful.

budaatum:
To be honest, my body is adapting too as I have to pee like every 2 hours or so. Thankfully, the loo ain't too far from the bed, so I stumble back afterwards and continue. And short bursts.

As for spending money, I better or I give it away, but it's spent if invested.

Are you diabetic?