₦airaland Forum

Irony1:
Una don start again

The person I asked has already answered me.

AndroBlaze:
The way you people just tell lies with so much bravery.

Very few countries in the World limit citizenship by number, it's either they allow dual (actually multiple citizenship), or not.

It is not illegal in Nigeria to have more than 2 passports or citizenships, many of your into wealth political leaders already do.

There was no intention to lie.

Next time, just state I'm inaccurate.

I'm Generation X. There was a time Nigerians could not have dual citizenship.

I decided to research and I found out that naturalised Nigerians are not more than 2 citizenship: the Nigerian and other. A third is banned. Perhaps that what might have misled me.So, it's only dual citizenship for naturalised Nigerians.

Ukpaka:
APC Issues Strong Warning to Nyesom Wike
https://247ureports.com/2025/12/apc-issues-strong-warning-to-nyesom-wike/
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According to the APC, Wike should either concentrate fully on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he officially belongs, or formally join the APC if he wishes to participate in its affairs—making it clear that the party operates by strict rules and discipline.

The party also called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the leader of the APC and the nation, to call Wike to order and caution him against actions capable of creating internal tension within the party.

I am sure the warning came from Tinubu himself or was sanctioned by him. i think he is trying to clip Wike wings now before the coming 2027 elections. The APC may frustrate Wike's bid to replace Fubara in 2027.

PDP is dying and Wike's going to his "former" party may see him going down with a sinking ship.

tiswell:
That guy is from Onitsha not Delta state


He is endeared to his mum's side more.


Very sad

Are you from Onitsha? I learnt Onitsha people have Benin ancestry like Delta Igbos.

He has the citizenship of 3 countries if he is certified national of all of them.

That is actually illegal in Nigeria. Nigerian limits it to dual nationality. That is, Nigeria and another country.

SixSeven:
If you were not a religious person, do you think you'll have done it?

That's a tough one.

I would most likely be in a nuthouse

I'm really serious.

Uwaiwe:
Every true and honest Rivers man knows that Wike is a rigging machine and depends on elections violence to thrive. He didn't win 2023 elections for Tinubu, he only falsified the election results in connivance with INEC. Fubara has the people behind him and he will win the ballot convincingly in the state. Only INEC falsification of results can stop Fubara. Wike on his own cannot stop Fubara from winning second term.

Fubara can also outspend Wike since he controls the government purse while Wike will most likely spend out of pocket or pinch some from Abuja's coffers.

I suspect Tinubu will likely dump Wike during his second term. He has paid off the political debt he owed him. Tinubu's history in Lagos shows he is man who likes working with technocrats. Wike's appoinment was purely political.

Vinnie2000:
As a core Obidient, I still have give Wike credit despite detesting him based on his Antecedents.

He is a VIOLENCE Wotowoto Grandmaster Politician.

Fubara thinks he is Smart but Wike could CRUSH him in 2027 and send him to Oblivion.

Wike will sponsor and Back an Opposition candidate (like Tonye PrinceWill) in the Rivers Election
And with media Propaganda and Character assassination of Fubara, Rivers Pple could vote for that Candidate and Fubara loses out totally.

Wike becomes once again the GODFATHER in the state.

Plz Fubara Fans should enlighten us on how he can defeat Wike in 2027?

Whoever Wike nominates as governor will most likely break the agreement when he assumes office. Obviously, Wike's demands are too onerous.

The outcome I suspect will depend on both Fubara and Tinubu. The State of Emergency saved Fubara's butt. That was Tinubu coming to his rescue through cunning. Wike wanted an outright sack through the judiciary.

Fubara also has state money. He might be able to outspend Wike. Wike may buy the support of politicians, but at the end of the day, the grassroots will most likely determine the day.

SixSeven:
Someone was thinking I was heartless to be hard on this person, that I don't know the battles, I don't know the things this person is going through, I don't know this and that and I said part of being a man is surviving trials of this world. I told the person to give me an alternative to willingly participating in your own death and the person could not. And then I said, finding solution is a much better part to taking your life. No matter what. I stand by my words. Life is tough. It will break you but sometimes I think Nigeria's law or punishment for attempting suicide is more of a logical one than the punishment itself. Nigeria's law is telling you, if you want to do it, just do it and go, make sure you do it.

You don't know the pain you cause those living when you selfishly consider yourself only. You're not living for yourself alone if you don't know. Especially when you have influence. I prefer you take more steps to help live than take the easy step to press the end button when you know we will all leave this world unalive!

Then like those boys who shoot in US, you now write a manifesto letter on your death. For what? Just go silently and don't disturb the world if you wanted us to not worry about you. It would have been easier for the loved ones to lie to us and tell us he died in his sleep. I am so disappointed and I have no nice words to say. This is where we have raised this generation to mental health everything. Spiritually ungrounded, digitally prosperous. Perhaps one day, we will realise our true reason for living. A person is a person because of another person (Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu”: a person is a person because of other people). We will remember our purpose on earth, stay grounded and keep serving others because service to humanity is the price you pay for earth. Fall seven times, rise up 8th.

It is best to leave a note. Loved ones will get closure.

If there should be a candidate for suicide, I should be no.1

I suffer from crippling social anxiety. I also suffer from trauma and depression. Many things stop me from taking my life iand one is the unbearable pain to your loved ones. It is also contagious. When another family member goes through difficult times, the next thing na sniper.

The prime reason why I stay alive is that the Bible assures us: "But God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out so that you may be able to endure it." (1 Corinthians 10:13)

Since God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, that means no suffering or temptation that I am presently facing is beyond what I can bear. So, why commit suicide? Taking one's life is equivalent of either calling Him a liar, or I lack faith.

He also assures us he will make a way out! That's the one I need to apply more.

For help with suicides, this article will help:https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/g201404/go-on-living-change/

I won't be surprised if he spent 200k to kill the case.

Sirchiboy:
Little background on how I got addicted! !!
Not all men deserve to marry or be fathers.
I blame the one called father that destroy and exposed me to gambling at a very young age. ..
When I was very young 14 or 15.
He will always Send me to pool office to play game for him.
And he even started gambling even before he got married yet no single achievement from his entire life of betting .
Now I am following his deadly path.
When I calculated omo na close to 1.5m I don invest for sporty bet without any return.

You have to fight that scourge. Gambling addiction is worse than cocaine.

Better search online on how to stop.

There was this guy who was an addicted gambler. It really messed up his life for years.

He soon started to study the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses. What he was learning from the Bible made him stop gambling.. The first thing he bought for himself after stopping gambling was a fridge. He wanted to see what his money has gotten him. That was in 1998. He has never looked back.

You can also request a visit. It is without charge. https://hub.jw.org/request-visit/en/request

You can also attend our meeting. There is no collection of money at our meetings: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/meetings/

eepeepook:
At the end of the story they got married and lived happily ever after. Don’t come here looking for someone to finalize your story.

Will you have peace of mind if you married such? You'll even check the DNA of the baby to make sure it is yours.

Omowale2023:
The problematic question is this; what have they done with the previous taxes of over 2 years. what is the benefits? as it helped Nigerians? What are or is the Impact(s)?

You asked me for 10 million I gave it you, you didn't account for it, you didn't show me the benefits and impact of the 10 million, and you believe that when you come to me again to give you 20 million I will give you?. It's not possible. Tinubu thinks more money will solve Nigeria's problems, it won't. Fiscal & Financial management not asking for more money is what will solve the myriad of Nigeria's problems

The country needs more revenue. 10% tax to revenue is a recipe for disaster.

Anyway, it is already improving. I search Google: government revenue to Nigeria gdp

Nigeria's government revenue as a percentage of GDP has seen recent increases, rising to around 13.5% in 2024/2025, up from lower figures (around 8-9%) in prior years, thanks to reforms like fuel subsidy removal and automated tax collection, though the goal is to reach 18% by 2030. Historically, this ratio fluctuates, with highs near 29% (2000) and lows around 5.5% (2016), reflecting economic shifts and oil price volatility.

Recent Trends (2023-2025)

2023: Around 8.49% (IMF data).

2024/2025: Reached approximately 13.5%, driven by reforms.

Target: Aiming for 18% by 2030.

Hedonisco:
This your argument and the ridiculous permutations are annoying and counterintuitive. I've always maintained that Nigeria's quasi-intellectual class, to which you obviously belong, is our biggest problem. Too much hypocrisy and sophistry, too little morality, pragmatism and objectivity.

You cannot talk about the insufficiency of crude oil revenues and the imperative of enforced tax payments without FIRST addressing accountability and fiscal prudence in the management of public funds. There is no meh meh meh long talk. This is simple and short, and no other fake intellectual argument to the contrary will be entertained.

Your immensely extravagant political class, especially the irritatingly corrupt bat and his gang, and government functionaries at all levels, cannot be spending the "insufficient" crude oil revenues on nonsense, while telling us that what Nigeria needs is more money, from loans, from tax, and from extracting the blood of long-suffering citizens. This will NEVER be tolerated. First things first.

USA, the UK, France, Japan have very levels of corruption.

Despite that, all of them have massive budget deficits. That means their revenues does not cover their expenditures. Zero corruption will not fill hole in the purse.

Nigeria's tax to GDP is very low at 11%. Even if you reduce corruption, revenues need to go up.

But the highlighted is really the issue to you so I understand I am wasting my time.

The irony is that the long suffering poor will only grow poorer if revenues do not increase. I have already used a simple analogy which is evidenced based. You yourself can't deny it.

Oyinbogyal:
I’m mixed and living abroad. My mother is European and my father is Nigerian. My parents separated over 10 years ago, but they never officially divorced — they were legally separated.

The separation happened because my father did something very serious to my mother. In Europe, you cannot be removed from the family home simply because of marital problems. A married person is only forced out by the courts if something very severe happens. That is all I can say for privacy reasons, but it’s important context.

About a year after they separated, my father started begging my mother to take him back. This wasn’t occasional — it went on for years. At the same time, he was involved with a Nigerian woman from his own tribe. Behind that Nigerian woman’s back, he was still pressuring my mother to reconcile. My mum refused, but he never stopped trying.

Fast-forward to December 2025. Even this year, my father again went to my mother and asked her to get back together with him.

Then on Christmas Day, he finally admitted — not to me, not to my mother, not to all of us directly — but to my youngest sister, that he has a 9-year-old son he has been hiding from everyone. He then made my sister pass the message on to the rest of us. He could not say it to our faces himself.

What shocked me most is that this child was born about a two years after my parents separated — meaning that all the years my father was begging my mother to reconcile, he already knew he had a child elsewhere. He deliberately never told her… bear in mind this child lives in the same country as us in Europe but he is just been hidden.

When I called him to confront him, he confirmed everything. He also said something that disturbed me deeply: that he feels no real affection for the child and that the boy will never replace his “real family,” meaning us. Hearing a man speak that way about his own biological child was horrifying.

This is a fully Nigerian boy, same tribe as my father. Knowing my father’s own childhood — where he suffered badly under a cruel stepmother — I would have thought he might see himself in that child. But instead, he has completely compartmentalised him.

Meanwhile, the child’s mother still wants to marry my father. From what I can see, he continues to keep her hopeful without fully committing, while still fantasising about getting back with his legal “European wife” who doesn’t want him. He seems to keep multiple realities open at once.

What made everything click for my mother — and for me — is this:
If my mother had agreed to reconcile, my father could have moved back into the house legally as her husband. Because he would not repeat physical violence, she would have had no immediate way to remove him again via legal system/court. Only after securing his place back in the home could he then reveal that he had a child all along — effectively trapping her in a marriage built on deception.

That realisation is terrifying.

I also feel deep cultural dissonance. I told my father plainly: my mother is European. This kind of secrecy is not culturally acceptable where we live. It’s not “family affairs” or something to be normalised. Trust matters differently. Consent matters differently. So he cannot assume my mother will want him after hearing the news, she is not like the Nigerian ex you had a child with - in Nigeria it is normal for a woman to beg or wait for a man to marry you, in Europe it is shameful so he needs to stop thinking my mom will accept this.

This entire situation has destroyed my respect for him. I don’t feel anger as much as disgust and shame. I’m embarrassed to even explain this to my European friends. I feel like I’ve lost faith not just in him, but in my ability to trust what I thought were shared values.

I’m now engaged to marry a loving European man, and if I’m honest, this experience has made me afraid. Afraid of repeating cycles if I marry a Nigerian man. Afraid of normalising things I don’t believe in. I don’t reject my Nigerian heritage — I love the food, the music, the culture — but when it comes to marriage, honesty, and responsibility, I feel completely disconnected from what I’ve seen modeled.

Right now, I don’t even want to be around my father. I feel like something fundamental has collapsed, and I don’t know how to rebuild respect where trust no longer exists.

I’m sharing this here because I genuinely don’t know how to process it alone, and I want perspectives — especially from people who understand Nigerian family dynamics — without judgement.

Nigeria is still a mysogynist society, the way Europe and the US was long ago.

Though woman are allowed to vote, and to own businesses, it is on displsy during marriage.

Most married men cheat. They see nothing wrong in it. The only thing the long suffering wife can do is to put with it. Even society would urge to. The cheating can be excessive and even entitled.

If she cheats on the man, or even hold hands with a man, the husband will loose his mind. It is unpardonable crime. She would be labeled a LovePeddler by her husband and society and all kinds of nasty sheet.

It is one reason why many Nigerian couples who come to the UK to work start having problems. The wife might decide to teach her husband a lesson for many of his many indiscretions back home. The man is rendered powerless as her rights her protected in the UK.

Your dad seems to have that Nigerian mentality. He feels your mum has no choice. Half bread is better than none. Good thing your mum said no.

It has helped you when choosing a future partner. You won't settle for less.

I hope he does not have a family in China.

nairalanda1:
Nigeria cannot have a growing GDP unless we transition from an economy based on sharing money to an economy based on manufactured goods and services.

Also, Nigeria is broke because APC Has not transitioned from an economy based on resource dependency, which is why we have problems.



Apparently saying the above means I am defending APC. Nigerians self.

APC did not ruin theeconomy. It was Buhari. Tinubu is fixing it.

Rome wasn't built in a day. The floating of the Naira has led to boom in non-oil exports.

In additon, the new tax laws will lead to a boost in non-oil revenues, reducing the dependence on crude oil

The country is gradually moving in the right direction.

Once there is electricity 24hrs, this will boost the manufacturing sector.

mascot87:
I knew a clown will definitely find a way of insulting the country. Most of the developed world you worship and have become a slave to aren't on the list but you ignored it and insult the country as usual and typical of you people. One thing I am sure of is that no matter the insult and demarketing you people give to this nation, the people that will prosper and excel in it will definitely do so.
I am sure even if Nigeria is on that list, you would have also complain and nag about the position it would be. And even if Nigeria were to be on number 2 position,you would have insulted the country on how S.Suden is leading Nigeria. And if Nigeria were to be on the number one position, you would have called the list FAKE. So in all, you people are just terrible and I no really rate una.

And Mr. Man, you can move to S.Sudan. You aren't obliged to remain in Nigeria since the past, present and future condition of the country is making you unsuccessful in your endeavours.

Actually it is very difficult to find a developed vountry growing by up to 4% a year. The problem is that theu already have very high per capita income. An economy growing by 2.5-3% is considered quite good. 4% growth can lead to overheating.

You are right that these critics can never be pleased.

"Damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

The present finance minister, Wale Edun, had promised the president that th economy would begin to boom after 2 years of painful rweforms but it has not materialised.

This might have angered the president. There are rumors he wants to appoint someone new to replace him.

The tax laws going into effect in 2026 may not help matters. A 25% corporate tax and a 10% withholding tax on dividends is a bit high for a country desperate for foreign investment.That is an effective tax rate of 32.5% The average tax rate in the OECD is 23.5%.

It should be nothing more than 19% and the withholding tax on dividends be either scrapped or drastically reduced.

The economic growth rates in many African would have been far more impressive only if they did more to slow down their fast growng populations.

There's no reason why Uganda has 4.5 births per woman. It shouldn't be more than 2.5 births.

Less kids born, the more the prosperity can spread. And children are expensive.

They have to go to school. This is costly. It is also a drain on the family purse. It is big cause of poverty for low wage families.

Where quantity is king, quality suffers. Money spent encouraging family planning would yield abundant returns.

Omowale2023:
I totally disagree with you, you can't be tasking beyond what your economy can produce, accountability is the sole of business, till now, we don't know who we pay subsidies to, Till now, MDA's haven't given account of the money be allocated to them. The truth is most Nigerians don't run businesses, they are entrepreneurs not business owners, because there's no business owner in this world or heaven that will continue to give money to a department in its organization without giving account on how it spent the money and showing results of the money being spent. Nigeria is not a country.

You made a point. Perhaps, no tax,no representation they. If, however, people are made to pay their taxes, then they deserve accountability.

Nevertheless, non-oil taxes need to increase. No matter how prudent, 100k a month salary can not feed a family of 7 kids no matter how prudent one is.

Likewise, the economy can no longer survive on crude oil revenues.

Let us say the government produces 2mbpd and earns $20bn and the GDP is $100bn : that means tax to Gdp is 20%

5 years later $20bn $150bn: This is 15% to the GDP

5 years later $20bn $200bn: that is 10%

5 years later $20bn $250bn 7.5%

Through computation above, by the time it is 10%, the economy will reset. The economy can not grow beyond the crude oil revenues.

If you think I am lying, let's do some maths

In 2014, $1 = N170. The minimum wage was 18,000. That is $106
In 2024, $1= N1,600. The minimum wage is 70,000/ That is $44

Today, the minimum wage is less than half of what it was in 2014.

A lot of it is due to the country's over reliance on crude oil for revenue and for dollar inflows.

If non-oil tax revenues do not rise, the country will keep suffering from thise curse.

babydioku:
Anthony Joshua’s accident was like 20 mins after I drove past the same road and there is a misconception and propaganda going on that it was bad road that caused the mischap,

That is untrue

Lagos/ibadan express way is one of the smoothest roads in Nigeria as a whole.m
You will not step into a Bump from Beger to Iwo Road.




https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16xabxujwx/

Thank you bros.

It was simply down to reckless drowing.

What was worse was that this is a man who has lives in England. He should have warned the person driving to be more cautious.

I am not saying the British are angels when no one is watching but he should have been more cautious speeding.

The answer is simple: prosecute those who refuse to pay. (Read Ecclesiastes 8:11)

Vision101:
I suspect so. People make noise about tax. Tax is tax. Just always consider tax implications in your investment decision.

What most critics of the new tax laws don't understand is they and the country suffers with low tax revenues.

Tax revenues are barely 10% of GDP. Overdependence on oil revenues has led to this problems.

It's because tax collection is low affects the exchange rate of the Naira. Huge borrowing affects the value of the currency.

In addition, low tax revenues is one reason why many are poorly paid. If tax revenues were like 20% of GDP, doctors would be better paid

There's just so much you can squeeze out from crude oil revenues. The economy can not grow greater than it's crude oil revenues.

There's was a time I was in over 200 WhatsApp groups. Now, I was using a 16GB phone. Obviously, it couldn't cope.

The phone kept crashing and deleted lots of ,WhatsApp messages to get back to the 16GB. It was always resetting.

It is the same with Nigerias crude. The economy can't grow bigger than the crude oil revenues. It would continue to reset anytime it passes the crude oil capacity.

There needs to be change.

Lithiumite:
Exactly my thoughts.......it's reckless driving and nothing more.....we all agree that road is very dangerous especially the Lagos to ogere end but the way this protocol guys drive recklessly endangering themselves and other road users......they always think they are invisible to death......ogun state govt needs to do something about indiscriminate parking and wilfull obstruction on that road,so much road indiscipline in that axis encouraged by the very govt officials who should be ensuring proper traffic rules......this is one of the results of dapo's maladministration

I doubt Dapo has any jurisfiction over that road as it is a federal road.

It should be the duty of the FRSC to put things in order.

Wotowotoman:
Guy, abeg shut up if you don’t know about a subject. This one say na core north. Ogbeni, they are there kidnapping people on that road. Hiss!!!

This is the problem with some of you.

They don't have to be bandits before they kidnap. You mentioned bandits.

I suspect he ensured the sale was done this year to escape the 30% capital gains tax he would have to pay next year.

I think it is presently 10%.

That 30% is simply too high.

That's some nice pocket money.

He can store it in his little wooden box under his bed

ResidentSnitch:
Are you saying that the Nigerian government fed the wrong intelligence to US that made them bomb the wrong place? Who do you hold responsible for that?

There was no wrong Intel.

They bombed terrorists linked to ISIS. The US does not like terrorists.

It isn't compulsory that they must have killed Christians.

LagosOrigin:
You should be ashamed of yourself as a Nigerian that and accident victim was placed in a police van instead of emergency ambulance. An accident that happened due to bad road which the government of the day has refused to fix.

It was caused by bad roads.

It was reckless speeding and taking a dangerous turn.

This is the Lagos Ibadan expressway we are talking about, and not the one leading to Ikere-Ekiti

esnbrutality:
Man wey get compassion.

But ...

His fellow YORUBA brother that is President is preparing to runaway to France, after leaving deathtraps called roads everywhere..

So sorry Joshua. NIGERIA happened to you and your friends.

Very sophisticated region.

The accident was caused by reckless driving. The roads didn't kill him

Blame the driving.