₦airaland Forum

Ready2speak:
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Do you know why I laughed?
It's becos suppositions are not facts.
I don't know how old you are but so many of the books you guys read about Ojukwu are actually not exactly as you people were led to believe.

First, show me a rich family in Nigeria, pre colonialism & post colonialism that did not have anything to do with the Rothschilds East, West, North & South. They traded in slaves, commodities, gin, gun powder, etc. The Dantatas, Odumegwu's, the Awolowo's, the Iburus, etc. The Rothschilds own UAC with its conglomerate, Standard Bank, LBG,,,which includes insurance, shipping, etc, before talking about the Rothschilds banks. They sent Cecil Rhodes to south Africa and the rest is history. They own the diamond trade, oil and gas, just name it. The Rockefellers are an extension of that octopus. They own standard Oil group and a host of others worldwide. So bringing that angle into the discuss is out of it.

We all knew the role the British played with the active participation of the crown which crown is a puppet of the Rothschilds. As the meeting was going on at Aburi, agents of the British government was giving them the details of the negotiations . The British embassy in Ghana was privy to the agreement and a cable was sent to their home government who instructed their embassy in Lagos through the high commissioner to reach Gowon to renege. They used Philip Asiodu and Paul Unongo to play the ethnic minority card. All these happened through the British embassy in Lagos.
Permit me to ask you, how will Ojukwu fund a war when the hastily declared Biafra lacks recognition from the countries that matter? Do you think that arms supply from the black market is enough to fight a war? See my dear, leave propaganda alone. The odds were against Biafra from the onset but the young men were more idealistic than realistic.

Awolowo did not implement a policy that made Biafra lose the war as his policy targeted civilians. In fact that policy attracted more sympathy to Biafra as the images of children suffering from kwashiorkor and looking like sticks made headlines allover the western press. In fact the government of Harold Wilson lost election as a result. Leave the western Nigeria press that exalted Awolowo to the status of a god. They lie like Satan.

Something hilarious in your comment is the purported annexation of the Midwest. This comment alone, shows you lack basic understanding of the Midwest itself. The key actors in the coup, where we're they from? Igbo land where did it start & where did it end? We are talking about Biafra territory which includes other ethnic nationalities & not just Igbo. So to bring that into the discuss is really not very smart.
I don't want to go into the other things you touched as they are irrelevant to the talking point.

Gowon has written his book, hope we will read Ojukwu's memoirs very soon though he has gone, I strongly believe he has put some things down being a man that studied history to master's level. Above all my dear, after over 50 years, we are still stuck at the same point without making progress. In fact we have greatly retrograssed. How do we move forward in the world development indicators?

That should be the concern.
Thank you.

I appreciate your insight to my comment. However we seem to be speaking from the same place when it comes to Ojukwu himself as it appears. I hinted that it is quite possible he has a deal with the Rothschilds giving the Rothschild influence as at then, and also giving the level of affluent the Ojukwu family has then. Being one of the richest families in the country allows and will always get you an introduction, invitation, entry or sometimes even seat at the table of some higher level society, government, family or organization. But I suppose you didn't read that right. As for why they Biafra was more idealistic than being realistic that is for their general to own up to. But it was apparently believed they had the man power, and the resources to declare themselves a sovereign nation and fought bravely for that ethos for solid 3 years. That is not just about being naive or being idealistic, it was a reasonable campaign but they lost to an unforseen circumstances.

Moving forward, my comment was my own personal interpretation based on the information I am privy to regarding the war, the Awolowo's participations and the motivation of the Yorubas for choosing to align with the Nigerian Government instead of agreeing with the already in place development to break up the country then as proposed by Ojukwu. Your information may be of or from public forums, public archives or bulletins but mine are based on letters that still exist in a major traditional ruling house archives which I happened to be privy to. These correspondence includes, not just issues about General Ojukwu, the roles and responsibilities of the Yorubas and extensively also the foreign bodies as well and their interest.

It was clear the English, wanted Nigeria to remain a country, it was clear France wanted to weaken the English influence in the western Africa. And to even point it out clearly, they were not majorly participants in particular but mere advisory body and support for their interest. The decision still rest on the Nigerian government. They weren't forcing their opinions on Gowon and it's government, but majorly offered suggestions and gave the benefits of those suggestions. It's as simple as that.

In conclusion like I said, my comment is my own interpretation based on the account that I am privy to and not public information. As far as many people can tell, it wasn't about Oyibo people ruling Nigeria that motivated the Yorubas, it was simply the fear of Ibo dominance. All those international policy's doesn't really count. The Yorubas have been at war for long, from the days of the Dahomey, to the time of Alimi, with major turmoils with the traditional ruling houses before peace came to Lagos, through all these period it was made clear the Yorubas had to in some ways secede land or power and that should not be allowed to happen or something like that repeating itself and least of all to Ibos. The documents in the archives goes way back to those time, and I am saying that was what prompted the actions of Awolowo.
If Awolowo had openly declared then the Oduduwa Tribe/Western Region is also abandoning the Nigerian project, do you think all those English puppeteers and their puppets would have mattered? Not one bit my dear brethren. As always, they would accessed their pros and cons and go along with whichever has the major benefit and lesser risk.

As you did correctly point out, the pictures from the effect of those Hunger and Starvation made the international body sympathetic to the Biafran people, but you are forgetting that is not objective, the objective was to weaken Biafra, and that is through any means necessary. The international community sympathy and someone else loosing election was just a consequence of that decision..the effect and not the cause itself.

While we may have different opinion regarding the mid west, I am of the impression they were better placed Nationally then than they were now.. Splitting Bendel was not just a minor blow, it was a decisive one.

In conclusion though, I do agree the country has in many ways regressed, and the way forward seems a little bleak at the moment, but like the forefathers who have gone before us, and the present generation combined with the level of international exposure and inclusiveness we have on the world stage now, however bleak it may seem, Nigeria has a bright future even though it may still be hard to see at the moment.

Thank you for your contribution.
I appreciate you taking the time.

Ready2speak:
Convenient excuse to hide from reality staring before our very eyes.
Is Ojukwu around to defend himself of the purported agreement with the French branch of the Rothschild banking family?

For those that knows the truth, it's obvious Gowon is lying. If his position where to be true, why did Biafra lose the war since same Rothschild also control of the British & American political/business establishment?

The French approached and wanted the oil wealth of Biafra before they could officially help. They demanded total control and a contract that will last for many years. The young patriotic officers refused such second slavery to another foreign power.

France finally helped in sabotaging Biafra.

Since Gowon wants to play the ostrich while the middle belt burns with Plateau in particular bearing the brunt of the attack, let him go ahead.
Afterall we all are witnesses to what is going on in Nigeria after Nigeria celebrated the defeat of Biafra. Hope Nigeria is now an el-dorado.
Folks, you be the judge.

No one is a saint when it comes to war affairs..As they says victors writes history and not truths. But there maybe an iota of truth as to what Gowon was claiming and I will point out why.
From the onset General Ojukwu was not particularly an illiterate who wasn't aware of how world politics works and having come from money and belonging to one of the most affluent family in the country then, his close ties to a powerful family like the Rothschild can not be too far-fetched. Not only for their banking connection but also for their influence over war and how much power they control in the world then.. a deal might have been made and it is safe to belief they were only going to support with money and not majorly weapons or ammunitions.

While the narratives from his side might have been that he couldn't make a deal beforehand as they wanted the Biafran resources, in hindsight it does seems and sounds sketchy because the fact supports it that those were the only cards he had on the table to make any viable deals then. And he knows that, terms may not have been met but most definitely a deal was structuring with the french. Because it wasn't because of their benevolence or they like freedom fighting in particular that they will want to agree to any deal. There terms was 1, to retain their control in Africa, 2, diminish the anglo African states and 3, control the resources.. they wouldn't even lift a finger if they didn't see any of these being a possibility in the first place. While they may mitigate their risk and exposures, they are quite certain at least 2 of these terms will be met before they started offering aids. So it is quite possible there was a deal of some kind that was in place.

While I do belief Nigeria as a country is trying to move past these part of our history it hasn't been thoroughly addressed from all sides., but I will just point out that there are two major key factors that records shows why the war was lost. As to why it was fought, the question still remains. Why after Aburi when there could have been peace, but for sake of better argument let's just say it was the resources even though it wasn't at first, but later became a factor..

Now contrary to belief it wasnt for lack of man power or lack of international support that Biafran lost that war. General Ojukwu lost the Biafran War to one man tactical involvement, and that was to Awolowo's tactics and not mainly to Gowon as a military head of state so to speak.

Records shows when General Ojukwu after realizing the stand Biafra could make and were already making, it was clear initially victory will be imminent in securing the Biafran sovereign state. Their cause was justifiable and they had the resources and man power to back up their claims. But after Aburi, things took a wild 180 degree turn in the wrong direction. The question still remains what happened. The simple answer was territories and dominance, not just about resources. Ojukwu wanted the whole Southern part of Nigeria, and cut out the North entirely out, these Gowon will not be made aware before but only after the Aburi meeting. That was why he was so furious and was ready to launch the full scale police action if Ojukwu should declare Biafra.

Before the War. Awolowo has been arrested and has lost most of the Mid Western Territories to the Ibos. Particularly one place, Bendel, which later became Delta and Benin. These territories while separate from the Western Region was in some way an extension of the Western Region. Bendel is rich in fertile land, good agro both land and rivers, very exotic and deeply rooted in the livelihood of the Western states, economically, and in terms of wealth distribution among the two territories.

With Awolowo imprisoned the Ibos have already moved in on Bendel state, politically annexing the Mid Western states to their territories.. Now with Biafra amassing forces, Ojukwu knew he could take on the Nigerian army, he was a very high level commander already in the Nigerian army so he knew their strength. But he needed an ace in the hole, the project to take Biafra out will only work if the other major region also agrees to secede and leave the Nigeria state, and isolating the North entirely. At these point Awolowo's whose freedom is also part of the deal from both sides, that is the Nigerian state and the Biafran people has a decision to make, and when message got to him that they do not belief General Ojukwu intentions was to stop at Bendel alone, but has already has forces in Ekenne, and will likely push through some other Western Territories, it was clear that the Biafra end goal wasn't just Ibos territories alone, but it will only be a matter of time they will match on Ogun, through Benin and Ondo and eventually match on Lagos.

With the firm grip the Eastern Region already has on the Mid Western Regions, Awolowo immediately saw no need to back Biafra anymore but immediately withdrew from the original deal citing that he believed the Biafra forces will not just stop their but will likely annex more territories as they were already in Ekenne, a stonethrow away from Awolowo's very own Paternal home, as at then it was not just enough buying Awo compliancy with his freedom anymore by the Biafran, but he saw it that it will be viable to agree with the Nigerian government.

These development and belief then was widely circulated among the Yoruba Monarchs, the major Yoruba families, and Major Baales and traditional rulers who became the mouth piece of the news that Ibos wants to take over Yorubas lands... These narratives, while very private was communicated through every major traditional ruling houses across the Western Territories, eventually it led to the shift which immediately shut the Biafrans out from the Western Region where in some ways they were already gaining popular acceptance. Even until today, these issues still looms. Some say Awo betrayed Ibos, Yorubas claims was Ojukwu was greedy.

Awo never accepted the deal with Biafra. So when he came out, he decided to take back the whole pie from Biafra hence his reason for choosing to work with the Military government of Nigeria then under the alliance of a continued indivisible sovereign state of Nigeria. Being part of the people that fought for the independence, Ojukwu was not only a distablizing factor to the established order but also to the unity they so much fought to secure in the first place, and majorly seen as a major threat to the dominance of the Ibos over Yorubas. These fear and impression that Ojukwu does not intend to stop with Bendel alone, was a major concern among the Yoruba leaders as they have so little present in the military then.. which leads to the second factor that determined the outcome of the war.

Upon his freedom, when Gowon asked Awo's advice after having offered him freedom as to what can be done to totally weaken the Biafra forces, Awo gave the deadliest KILLER ADVICE , since the Nigerian army then wasn't particularly making any real progress during the second year of the war or so and it was clear the Nigerian army in the field with the Biafran were both present, Awolowo's proposal was to fight them the Biafrans with Hunger and Starvation. Block all major access to Food supply and if possible bomb certain bridges, block the airspace and connect with the international community that this was a conflict within the Nigerian system and they should limit their involvement. These was accomplished exceptionally that within Months not only were the soldiers starving, but general population of the Biafrans were so badly hit with malnutrition that it was clear that their body or their spirit one is going to break and it's only a matter of eventuality. Their persistence in the war, lead to the popular belief that the Biafran were so much hit with starvation that they eventually engaged in cannibalistic behaviors while it was never proven, but it is a stigma that still plagues some parts of the Ibo communities until this day. And thus the war was concluded, Effiong surrendered and the civil war was over.

Awolowo's own personal vandeta came out when Gowon said Ibos should be made whole to their full reimbursement of what they had before the war and the rebuilding of their major cities, he crippled them and set them back 20plus years by actually given each person 20pounds, one pound for each year.. while some people claim Awolowo was misappropriately informed towards General Ojukwu"s plans and the aftermath of the 20years set back plan as it was generally alluded too was unnecessary and unjust, his archives thus shows he was acting on the best interest of the Western States, but be that as it may we can see for a fact both North and South West are totally against the idea of Eastern domination. To them it is too much of a big risk.. and that same narratives still plays out in our national participations today.

omoredia:
Scammer. Use our fx for his refinery now he is exporting refined product to make money for himself and corrupt govt officials

Better shut up about things you know nothing about

WizardOfNG:
Yes I understand your point. I have always insisted politicians and diplomats on both sides (Nigeria and South Africa) must act decisively.

It is not acceptable our fellow Nigerians lost their lives to xenophobic attacks.

I can therefore understand emotions are running high but I don't believe making South African businesses in Nigeria the scapegoats of our anger solves anything.

Big man while I do understand your own point I have to disagree with you. Please reason with me on this, what was Roman Abramovic's transgressions when the UK government forced him to sell Chelsea F.C as a punishment for associating with Putin, as far as any one can tell, Abramovic spent years and heavy resources developing Chelsea FC to the point of global recognition and he was forced to sell it even when I am 100% sure they knew he didn't start the whole Ukraine War. Even as far as anyone could attest then, he was not particularly okay with it. And he is not the only Russian whose business was affected, same goes with other notable Russian investments in the UK and across Europe.
The context may not be the same but you get the idea. .

See, the problem is not MTN, the problem is their country and government reluctancy in not shunning those xenophobic attacks enough or even if at all at that on the national level. It's always being regionalized while the mindset is a nationally shared mindset. Not just some group of people, it has happened in almost every major cities in south Africa. A sensitive and collaborative government would have through policies addressed it or even setting rudimentary laws against it and found a means to curb it. So when they have not, in that regards one can only assume they themselves are supportive of it. Did you watch the video where some group of people went to a hospital, hospital for that matter asking sick people and pregnant women to vacate the premises simply because they are not South Africans? And not even talking about the killings.. Truth is in some ways majority of their governmental body relishes in that whole Xenophobic exercises. If not, they would have condemned it a very long time ago.

As a Nigerian, I don't see any problem in threatening their biggest companies in Nigeria as well. The money MTN packs from Nigeria alone is far more than the remittances coming in from Nigerian's in South Africa. This has nothing to do with emotion. It's very logical. The impunity in which they feel they can hurt other Africans in South Africa is way too much. A nation the whole continent and entirety of the Black Race be it African or not rallied behind when they were in chains just about 37 years ago. Na so their memory circuit take short reach.. shouting they are taken hawa jabs.. what jabs? Says Nigerians are the one criminalizing their country. Another big fact lie which is not only preposterous but a damn undercut of truth. South Africa crime rate is way over the roof, and their own citizens, especially the blacks contribute majorly to that nonsense. I responded to a thread here on these platform that says Nigerians ought to boycott MTN, even in that thread I was in some ways advocating towards MTN business, but I did mention the boycotting option won't work, the lasting solution is for Nigeria to buy them out and show them the exit door. And when other and more African countries follow suit, they will realize the importance of how it them who relies on African Market, not African Market relying on them.

Hussein035:
Ifa has been updated just like the Bible

If you still don't believe Islam is the only way then I wish you good luck in Jahanam

Omo Osan Ni ko Pounpo ba Iya e..afi suru fun Eyin Amuni Buni Eran Ibiye won'yi N'gbami.

Lithiumite:
My family is on a stock up budget of 50k monthly about 20k weekly out of pocket expenses for food,soups,snacks,take outs etc that brings us to a total of about 110k or roughly 120k roughly $90 a month......if you divide that by 30days,you have 4k per day for a family of 5.

A 1/4 bag of rice will take us a whole month,beans,garri,semo,amala,yam when its surplus,pasta,noodles,sweet potatoes which us quite cheap,plantain when surplus,pepper of 10k would last 2 weeks......Ile epo market is quite close to me and I often drive through mile 12 several times in a month where pepper,onions,potatoes and yam are quite cheap.

Provisions golden morn/corn flakes,oats,custard,eggs,sugar,milk

Snacks like biscuits,shawama,meat pie,bole,puff puff or donuts.

Proteins....majorly fish,pork,eggs.....we have really reduced our beef consumption due to its high cost which I always find annoying byvthe way......goat meat and turkey on few occasions.

Minimum wage in america is about $7.95 per hour while in Nigeria its about 70k a month but based on my observation the lowest income family should be bringing home at least 200k monthly in Nigeria as dual income......I see this and I have studied this.

.

Your analysis is very on point and in the right track. However in my own simple view 200k is still not in anyway near a decent affordability ratio for a medium family to live in these present Nigeria economy.

Besides your normal food expenses, big man a minimum hospital visit will cost you nothing less than 25k and that's just consulting fee in some not so high end hospitals. For a typical medium family, a monthly stipend of 50k for emergency purposes, health needs and sometimes your unannounced impromptu expenses like children extra curricular activities fees should never be a headache. And mind you, that 50k is just a bare minimum.
Giving that in this country, you are only one hour away from any impromptu expenses be it medical which insurance is not even anything to write home about, most of the time it is something even as close as a parental expenses. As we most certainly didn't drop heaven, some have parental expenses they take care of, some their siblings, some their inlaw family and so forth. All these are unavoidable expenses that you can't simply thrift your way out as a man leading a family.

While I also share your point of view that it is not unavailability of affordable food stuffs, However it's the gap in median household income in ratio to the median household living expenses.. that whole minimum wage mathematics is not only off but does not even reflect the entirety of minimum expenses for a small unit family of 3 people.

Even if you are a very frugal person, and extremely thrifty, a minimum of at least 15-20k is still needed to feed in a week in the present Nigeria economy. The minimum wage in all entirety should be a bit more than 275k, and that cut your coat according to your size could possibly be able to work with such.. While steadily allowing the means of building other avenues for financial security. There discussions for 250k but they know these they just won't cut the cost where it's bleeding the country and that's through the ridiculous amount of allowances and cash incentives those politicians pocket and not to talk about their illegal consulting contract payout. Issue for another time.

Although just as Noire said, the country still needs a lot of work. But for the sake of sanity, he should retract that statement, that 10k will only last you 2days max no matter how much frugal of a person you are. Even if at that, the inconsistency of it's availability or access is another issue entirely on its own.

I don't know the bases of these argument but if it's on feeding alone at least 120k is needed for basic staple essentials per month for an average family.

While we may try to say inflation's big contributing factor, but the reality is, majority of Nigerians are trying with how much little funds they have available and how far they can be able to stretch those funds most of the time. Sometimes I wonder how those men on 70k salary do it. Because to me you must not only be an economist genius but also a mathematical genius to be able to live on 70k salary per month as a family man.

SeeWahala:
Peter Obi is not paying you shishi to vote for him either during primaries or the elections proper

Al these tilumbu's crumbs chewers will have heart attack because of PO and KW before 2027 in Jesus name 😏

It's not about money or giving shishi or bribe alone. It's showing up as a leader, taking decisive actions as leaders do. Standing tall, making major moves not hiding behind tribal sentiments as the OP said.

I have said these repeatedly, SE presidency is a welcome idea, however it's hard to convince people now Obi is the right candidate not just for SE alone but for Nigeria as a whole.

Certainly other men who are already leading in the East are even more bankable than him. Maybe as a VP OR Occupying the Highest office. Nigerians can attest to what those men are doing in that region presently even if it is not nationally televised.. Strong men who knows what it is to lead against any odds and without question Obi is not cut from their cloth. Nigeria is not a simple country to handle. It's too complicated for a man of his aptitude. The most populated black nation in the entire planet, a country of over 200 million people, which majority are already pissed with the system it's runs on and not to say the least but probably one of the most lawless country in the world and you want to handle the key to a man of visible weaknesses?. Collectively, we should aspire to do better than that. As much as I do not follow Tinubu, however I still regard his political career. And I'd rather have a man like him in Aso Rock over Obi who runs from challenges everytime, even at the slightest sign of any discomfort, his habits of throwing in the towel is unbecoming.

While I respect his personal achievement as a man, however as a president he will be a lightweight, he has never been more than a glorified manager in his career, and most definitely not a man who is born to rule.

People who rule, rule.. it's just that simple. All the nonsense of he no deh give shishi is just weak excuses. There are men whose life principles are based on integrity and strong moral codes that will run and still be considered a man of seriousness, and will be respectfully treated not only by peers but also opponents... Obi should either step up or step out, and stop trying to emotionally blackmail the nation.

eliwa47:
Diplomatic action against South Africans is very important because the government never take any actions against their citizens who normally k*ll Nigerian on a yearly basis. Kilode

Belief it or not.. south African government is probably the only government in Africa that fears it's citizens. They are so afraid of the whites taking over the country again that they let the blacks do as they wish and want. Retrospectively it is encouraging but it is counterproductive as the blacks citizens don't even know what to do with those privileges. Ego which is always busy either regretting past mistakes or creating future bruhhaha rides them like train and they unleash that privilege in the lowest form trying to police what the white built for them. A system they didn't create but inherited.
I do not care how advanced southy think they are, Naija no be their mate. We get yawa surely, but us.. big man leave Naija mata

Pigstormentor:
IGBO people and success

GTB and Polaris, want to use propaganda to claim success.

GTCO got their privileges checked when they start trying to dictate to CBN. They are still a strong house though. But Zenith is soaring man. The success is the whole team behind that machine. Not just Igbo thing. Bureau d change money full that bank like pure water

Gotocourt:
It's our work oOoOO, soft work

You are a criminal
Which work?

WizardOfNG:
God bless you. Nigeria has a major problem today with how majority of her people have terrorist mentality

Not banditry, secessionist and jihadists only. We have a severe problem with how many now believe they must achieve political objectives with radical, fundamentalist and terrorist hijacking of the narrative.

If APC, a Party that is superior today as the best example of political purpose and harmony in even Africa, is "about to be destroyed" what do we say about ADC we just saw implode?

My brother that is why it is critical for sane Nigerians to combat those radical ideas in which ever way it comes in.
I am not an American not from Europe or Asia, my family are Nigerians, even if dual citizenship is an interesting association, the reality remains home is home. And all these nonsense is just getting out of hand. It is so dull and like I said extremely nausating. They operate with no principle whatsoever in regarding to human conduct with their fake news.. no depth, no significant information or even expressive agitation let alone solutions. They are beast in the world of men. Nigeria has a problem which well meaning majority are trying to solve, and these people like some sort of dark energy keeps saturating the public with unnecessary distractions

AlabiKILLER2023:
If I do all this things
Na zero profit I go get

That's not the right business mind to see it from big man. If you see it as investment that will yield it's profits in time, you will execute it with that spirit or even better than my suggestion. However, if you see it as a loss from the beginning, it doesn't necessarily matter how much you throw at it, it will bounce back as a loss. That is how arbitration goes.
Like I said, it can be a blessing that you have a filling station in front of you or be otherwise

Do you guys realize the absurdity in this strategies of yours. Chunning out unnecessary news for what purpose exactly?. People who are already committed to vote APC has already numbered 5million PLUS.. The rest of the 3 million votes is wrestling with ATIKU.
Stop these nonsense, sit down think of a better way to counter APC instead of all these nonsense. It's not only nauseating, it is extremely repulsive.

You can't compete against a monstrosity like that without sound strategic postionings. In simple terms you have to adjust your walk in or customer's request by anticipating what they will likely need which the filling station does not sell..

For example, motor parts that spoils easily in a bike, stock those first at a 2-3% profit margin. Psychology will kick in as majority of people will rather want to save a penny even when they can buy that same thing else where. The idea is if they are buying some parts from you, they will not see the need to buy oil when they can do the same thing in one place instead of different locations.

This will be your starting point. Then make them a customers, just as people have suggested discount as incentives. Sell discount stickers. If they have the sticker they get original price. Do it for while and measure the difference. EXTEND it further by offering discount days. Maybe on Thursdays, that one you can get a small sign post like those POS or even small board and right the price there.. you should notice a change.

Although as someone said earlier in the comment, you saw the filling station development, you should have put countermeasures in place.

A filling is station is behemoth. But with proper adjustments it can be a blessing for you. Presence, incentives, customer services will be a good way to start with.

Last but not least, stock and stock.. money deh oil. And one thing you can be sure about that sector in Nigeria is the prices will be going up.

Just press one and get over it.

The say there are 4 types of people who join the service.

1. Some because of family tradition. A continuation of family legacy

2. Patriots who are eager to serve

3. Ones who join as a means of employment and a way to provide for themselves or family.

And 4. The ones who join for the sole purpose of finding a legal means for killing other people.

That officer wasn't serving the law nor was he genuinely being patriotic in upholding the rule of law. No matter how tense the situation of any nation is. The law is the law. If the highest office is being lenient with amnesty towards an organized terrorist sect, that is the executive arms problem not in their jurisdiction.

Without no single shred of doubt, that officer in question belongs to that number 4 sect of people. You can tell they enjoyed the shooting if you watched that video. And again like I said in an earlier comment. They are probably covering up for their colleagues who are involved in the same operation of gun running.
An Officer's Officer will under any circumstance still uphold the oath of his station, respect that and not take law into his own hands. That action is not justifiable. And goes again, there is no way if properly investigated that gun wouldn't have being traced back to an officer or a group of officers in the Nigeria police. His action reeks of cover up. The guy was not on any wanted list, he was pleading to take them to who sent the package. Why shoot him. He is practically confessing, that alone stands the reason to even make the case public if they have nothing to hide. Shooting him because they are angry that is just absurd. Will that help in apprehending the rest.
A crime is a crime. And that officer committed a cold blooded murder in broad daylight.

SaintLucia:
Obi, Amaechi, Mankide, these three are fighting for the slot of vice president. Atiku is in a dilemma on who to chose now.

Picking Obi will be a huge compromise for ATIKU and will likely affect is Northern support. But will do well in the South.

With Ameachi, it will be neutral but that also means sacrificing victory. Ameachi is not Obi

Makinde is of no consequence. The SW bloc votes belongs to Tinubu.

Few things stands out in the video

1 The officer in question has done this before that's why he's colleagues were cheering him up, mentioning his name ogbegbegbe right after the shooting. That's not restrained accolades, they were cheering for victory.

2. That unit is an infested cultist unit. "Clear Road" is a very popular term used in major cults lingo in Nigeria. You can hear that right after the shooting and the guy's body was in the vehicle to be driven away

3. The guy knows someone there because while he was pleading, he was shouting officer, pleading for his life, he then looked at someone and said BROS. He clearly knows that person. That officer whomever he is clearly knows that guy and probably points to the reason why they were anxious to silent him

4. Gun running is big among police officers in Nigeria. They sell ammunition everyday day, I know this for a fact. Retired and dead officers weapons get sold in the underground gun running scheme by the Nigerian police force all the time. Some bought by criminals, some by private citizen who doesn't want to go through the legal means and some by cultist. Even some right from their evidence collection rooms gets sold. It's a very high risk operation but they do engage in it very well. And it's mostly hush hush type of dealings. The lowest goes for around 400k-450k. That unit in one way was probably protecting their colleagues in the Sapele area where the waybill allegedly came from. There's no way that gun won't trace back to an officer or group of officers in the Nigerian police force.

5. And i might be wrong here, the guy probably didn't know what was in that package. Or if he does know, it might be his first time in the act, and he is receiving it from a friend who bought it from a police officer and wants it delivered to that location for pick up. Because if I am someone who receives guns for people, I most definitely will know how to move to avoid being stopped by police under any circumstances. Bikes, taxi, any sort of public transport is off limit. You can simply hawk past any check point to avoid detection or being searched when you know what you are going to pick up. It could something as dismissive as pure water hawking.

Whatever it is, that case will likely die off if not followed through thoroughly. Because as for justice, that's far off after two weeks. Many SARS officers who have killed innocent Nigerians are very much walking freely today. The same officer was said to be SARS before so no surprise to his action.
While the general presumption the NPF will stand on is the guy is a criminal and aiding criminal act, the judiciary should be allowed to exercise the power of their office and judge that police officer in the full length of his offense. A restrained offender who posed no threat should be made to stand in court and get whatever punishment the court of law deem fit for his or her crime. Taking the law into their hand is not the job, theirs is to make arrest and present offenders to the court.

Nduka172:
In as much as I try to understand some valid points you tried to emphasise on
Mtn used be a telecomm giant not anymore there was a time they meant well for Nigerians I've been following this telcom company for years now
Even during the days of Mtn Lumo if you can recall they tried being innovative
Fast forward to recently they've seized improvising and have done little or less to show they have the interest of Nigerians at heart
Their recent modus operandi is parasitic and doesn't equate in value considering how the demands of Nigerians should be met strategically
Mind you I'm not encouraging mob action or occupying their premises Nigerians are too peaceful to succumb to such harsh measures
Boycotting all their product and services in Nigeria is a useful measure to prove that we deserve better and should be treated with dignity
You said something about loss of jobs but it seems you don't know much about mtn in Nigeria or you haven't been paying attention most of their premises are on rent while majority of their employees are sim hawkers that get paid considering the amount of sims they register
Mtn needs total overhauling and Nigerians don't have that kind of time
If there's a bench mark that a telecom provider has set for others to emulate its GLO Nigeria Educational bundle for students and staffs across all the textiary institutions in Nigeria
Before you say 6 out of 10 telcom subscribers use mtn remember that 3 out 5 inactive sims belongs to Mtn also
Nigerian don't deserve to stay behind we are growing massively

Before I respond to some of the intels you also laid forth, I'd like to express that I also do not see MTN as being a supportive company or corporation in the broader sense towards the Nigerian growth in anyway close GLO's initiative in the Nigerian growth. Especially in the education sector.

However with restraint, I also I am of the understanding they MTN as a corporation are playing on the field of quarterly reports, earnings and dividends for their shareholders and their capital growth. For any shareholder MTN EBITDA is a strong module. It's not just in Nigeria they are operating that way, it extends across all their territories. Be it West, East, and the Southern African nations. Any assessment to them shows MTN's first priority is profit.

Now in the wake of understanding this as a private citizen, analyst or a consulting firm, to get in a rather preferable party, there are a lot of hurdles along the way to work through.
Prime example, MTN took over banking in GHANA with their Mobile Money platform. Ghana government is still wrestling with how to divert the funds locked in MTN coffers back into their banking sector. Unsurprisingly, up until now it has been an insurmountable feat. While majority of Ghanaians have at least 2,000 GHC in their MTN Momo wallet, most have less than 100 GHC balance in their bank account. A major problem for the Ghanaian government as it stalls growth. MTN remains a big hurdle for Ghanaian banks which ought to be loaning those funds out to SMEs and other sectors like their housing sectors which will foster economic growth, build houses, infrastructures, and improve medium household income across major spectrum. However that balance is locked within the MTN system, even if they bank with the Central Bank of Ghana, one way those funds are locked in their balance sheet and which they don't necessarily see the need to release back to the country to expand growth but rather use said balances to expand their market capitalization and earn dividends for their major shareholders.

Now I do not dispute your analysis having following the company for sometimes and seen their modus operandi, mine assessment of it is Nigeria as country is very reliant on MTN keeping their lights on and services available because they are so much of a backbone to the telecom sector in Nigeria. The government in one way or other adherence to MTN is simply on the basis that as discomforting as it is, they are also very much needed in keeping a part of the nation's engine active and that is communication. This is the basis of my own opinion that boycotting them will be inconsequential. Unlike GLO, MTN has stopped embedding themselves as a part of the Nigeria project for a long time, and even right from the get go they have been much focusing on marketing to corner the market. But even as how glaring these are, their profit margin still rises year in year out. This basis are not just a byproduct of luck but a continuous unrelenting campaign to be the biggest telecom company in Africa, and extensively in Nigeria as one of the biggest economy in Africa and the biggest in any black nation on planet earth.
Realizing all these and wanting a change to their stand in Nigeria, the most effective mitigation is for the Nigeria government itself starts the operation on pruning MTN. Certainly one way is reminding MTN and making them understand the Nigeria market is a major contributor not only to their market capitalization but also their profit margin and that is if not the largest.

Now again in terms of boycotting, my assessment of it's implementation is it won't have a decisive impact on MTN. In active records, at least 10-15 MIllions Nigerians if not more have an MTN sim card they have been using for years. And these users have their business contacts, family and other important aspect of reaching them tied to that SIM card. I do not see those people boycotting MTN. And then there's the ones that uses it for internet accesses, and not just individuals but offices, small firms and all that. Keep in mind people have been complaining about MTN tariffs for a very long time, while other networks reduced their tariffs MTN still kept their original tariffs, or sometimes as they do reduce it a little bit or reroute the tariffs, the other networks that reduced and cut their tariffs still do not outsell MTN. Those incentives from those other networks is enough to boycott MTN totally but the reality is MTN is sailing high. Infrastructure is the reason for these.

With all these, a major conclusive way to prune MTN has to start from the grassroot, not just about pricing. But their major infrastructure like those masses. The less masses they have installed or mounted the slower their services become and then having our own domestic network stepping in to replace those services. Either by buying them out bit by bit or constitutionally reducing their access to national data, any other means to prune MTN in Nigeria won't go far.

Privatisation of the Nation's Telecom sector without overhead coverage is the result of what MTN is enjoying today. The same mistake would have happened with the Fintechs, but in some way that was avoided, even though that sector too now is becoming a menace bit by bit.

I thought it was the dollar bills that he said he wants his signature to be on. Trump and trips lol

mecuries:
"This is a company that comes from south Africa a country destabilized and infiltrated by drug trade"... Now, let's pretend like it isn't Nigerians involved in this

Nigerians do not produce the drugs there. Like any means of economy they are merely engaging.

Not justifying drug peddling or advocating it's moral grounds. But I am sure the Nigerians dealing drugs there are mostly distributing an already available product and avenue of drugs infiltration in that country.

Just the same way guns are like pure water there readily available within the Zimba community and there own Zulu boys.

Our own participations in the illicit trade is the part we do not agree with. All in all. Those men are still disgracing the entirety of the Nigerian identity. Which is our industrious might, our own cultural and traditional belief of finding ways where there seems to be none. Unbent we are.. No matter the narratives, the Nigerian spirit still stands tall.

helinues:
But he once offered Obi VP position, unfortunately, Peter Obi couldn't account for the campaign funds even though he was stingy to spend his own personal funds for the election

It really was a bad move not putting his money where his mouth was as a man of collective ideology. How does he expect others to follow through when he himself already declared openly he is not going to fund the means of his own election with his own capital. Besides politics, that is just bad investment for anyone to stand behind.

Contrary to popular belief, Obi actually got the SE votes locked down based on immense sentimental value that General Ojukwu placed on him while he was still with APGA. It was not of his own volitions. He managed the state saved money but he left without no visible monumental impact on developing the state, improving standard of living or any infrastructure to point to. It is like that precious proverb in the bible where the master travelled and gave his attendants some talents.

While still operating from the basis of the Igbos being shut off from national participations, he Obi then again rode on the SE sentiments of having a leading voice at the national level. Well received then as he was, he rode that train until he chose to betray or in simple term spat on the status quo faces and launched his own personal ambition which irrevocably has led to his present predicament. Atiku wanted him to stay within the PDP vehicle and bring them back to power, and hand over to him before these whole APC dominance, yet again he refused and wanted to ride on his own.

The reality is people see him now. And they see him as a lightweight merely riding on the emotional rollercoaster of the SE. And serious people are trying to make it clear they are not opposing a South Easterner being in the national participations and contributing their quota in the highest office but it doesn't necessarily have to be this man. Even the present VP, a core Northerner said this openly..

Opposing him Obi is politically justifiable because he has always rode on other people's wing and not the volitions of his own making. The ones that got the message from the SE are already making plans, after 31, it's an automatic VP slot for SE, that's if Atiku didn't win this election which seems a long shot. But even at that, eventuality will roll it's dice and comes the SE presidency, and if things continues this way it won't be him.

He is not a team player. The devastating condition he left LP with didn't only say much but really showed his character and political experience. LP was suppose to be the bridge for the new voice from SE/SS/Middle Belt and a portion of the SW even after they have looked past his betrayal to APGA. With the LP vehicle, a very serious man and a dedicated contender would have seen that and consolidated that enormous vehicle.
Obi is in one way or the other subliminally telling Nigerians he is a political fluke. And that has never been pronounced more in anyway than the decline of the Obedient movement who by the way now are just filled with emotional tantrum throwers screaming everyday Obi or nothing.

dahnimoh:
What of Seun. No form for him

Not yet.

Dogalmighty17:
Deji Adeyanju is a fool and that was an incredibly stupid statement for him to have made.
Manufacturing is the bedrock of economic growth and development. For every hour that there is no electricity, money gets spent on diesel for generators to keep production running. For most businesses, this can be several tens of thousands monthly, Hundred of thousands monthly or millions monthly. This is money that otherwise could have been used to employ more staff or increase the salaries of those already employed.

Constant electricity leads to greater productivity and greater earning potentials for workers. This enables them afford better quality lifestyles, have greater disposable income and ofcourse pay more in taxes. Steadily available electricity makes costs of production lower and produced goods more competitive when compared to imports. The reason why foreign rice will always be cheaper than local rice is because foreign rice mills don't have to deal with the added cost of generating their own electricity unlike what our mills here have to deal with.

But ofcourse as a lawyer, I don't expect Deji to know that. Since all lawyers by nature are pre-qualified idiots. They are a huge reason why Nigeria is the mess it currently is.

Big man.. you hit the nail on its head. That enormous capital that can and should redirected to other aspect of growing a business goes into buying unnecessary fuel expenses. I don't understand his point of saying they just want to meet light from morning and then night to sleep. Does he even know how many manufacturers will like to keep their doors open for night shifts and how many willing and able bodied unemployed people will gladly take a night shift working in those factories.

You are forgetting or not mentioning a major aspect which is finance. What is the cost of setting up in Dubai, what is the base working capital required, what is the expenses like and most of all operational cost of any firm, business, company or agency. Labor cost, utilities, flagship registration cost and property rental cost. Also what are other financial incentives besides Tax, low tax or no tax means they must be generating revenue in some other ways. Hidden cost, Loan variables and all that.. All these needs a bullet point, and not just the rosy side of setting up there.
That will be helpful and informative for any interested party. You start business or company for profit first.

Saworoide by Tunde Kelani

There are only few limited ways to take any consequential actions towards MTN in Nigeria as a corporation. Part is, one being the size of their gigantic firm grip on the sector and also their network across Nigeria as a whole. Even with what you pointed out, while they may have many unused simcards registered to customers, MTN still holds the largest market share in the Nigeria Telecom sector, there is no denying that 6 out 10 Nigerians is an MTN subscriber. However the case may be, your proposition and notice seems is a reaction towards the treatment their home country (South Africa )has been treating other African Nationals and most extensively Nigerians.

If that be one your reasons and not just their services, the important thing to note like I said earlier is, there are only few ways to go about it that will actually be of effectively consequential than boycotting and probably affect the company's balanced root in Nigeria, but in many ways boycotting isn't one of them. MTN is too big too boycott in Nigeria and there's no better alternative remotely close to the services they provide even with how appalling you think their services are.

The first and probably the hardest one is for our domestic telecom like GLO with the help of the Federal government to pressure MTN to turn over 51% of their stake and control to the Nigerian government on the basis of National Security or under it's pretext that a foreign company will not be allowed that much access to the National Data, they can own the rest of the 49%, with the option to buy them out if they deem it necessary to do so.. if they don't like it, the should get ready to leave Nigeria.. It'd be like the ECG deal with Ghana electric company, a foreign investment company can own it, operate it and collect the bills but 51% of it belongs to the government and they can take control anytime they want...But in Nigeria, MTN being a foreign investment and a major player in the telecom sector a lot of restructuring will have to take place and more importantly to avoid any foreign and international backlash for future investments that rule will also have to spread across all other sectors as been unbiased which is why it the most difficult one. It is achievable as long as the other sectors or big players may be overlooked until they have stepped over the line and the states decides to use that part of their autonomy to punish any big corp.

The second one is outrightly or one way or the other relinquishing them of their property rights to majority of their sites where their Masses are mounted and most of their medium and small regional outlets. 4-5 closure in a month, within a year or two they will start feeling the effect. You cut them off from the grassroot, the domestic players steps in to fill those vacuums bit by bit until it becomes a National operation.

The third and probably the unethical one is just pure unadulterated vandalism to their facilities, but that will not fly if the government is not in support just as much as their government is in support of their citizens xenophobic attacks and just one way or the other have their arms fold.

But even with all these, there will also be job losses, and other ways it will affect Nigerians as well.. All in all, as disheartening as whatever the situation in South Africa has been over the past few years, we have to collectively understand those acts are merely acts of some people in the country and may not or does not reflect the entirety of the whole south African spectrum. We can not just simply come to the conclusion that the whole South African general populace is for the idea of xenophobic attacks towards other African Nationals.

And more than anything, if we are pushing for more growth within the African continent, MTN is really there in terms of telecom progress and we have to see it as an African thing and not just a south African thing. There will ways to offset what they have done, even by proxy one way or other if we want to, Instead of boycotting and trying to tear down a thriving African telecom giant.

Perhaps the AU could step in, apply more pressure on their government. However more importantly for us in the Western hemisphere of the continent, we also have to step up on our developmental game.. ECOWAS can find a proper solution to make the Western hemisphere gear towards more and more development, just as the some of the Northern part and the a few Southern Part of the continent is doing, even Kenya is rising up..

Tearing down or boycotting MTN won't fix the real the problem which invariably is change, growth, and development. Not just infrastructure alone but across all spectrum of livelihood and exercises. The only way forward will be through Africans and the only way backwards also will be through Africans. Stay with the side that moves forward. It may be slow, but forward motion is always constant. And that's just simple physics.

esnbrutality:
Alot of people wont engage if you write storyline. Just make it crisp and simple

Perhaps my comment is geared towards people who like being thorough and not just the ones scraping headlines and engaging for the sake of engagement. Crisp and simple when necessary, as whatever it is worth doing, is worth doing right, even with something as basic as opinion.

esnbrutality:
All this lamentations, just for a simple thread? You can get your point across in 5 sentences.

Don't really have the time for unnecessary arguments that's why I try to make my points as expressive as I can brother.

I do not know where some people get their information or the inspiration to join join whatever makes sense in their mind and spew it out as public announcement. Where in God's name do you even see a man like Asiwaju stepping down for anyone.. it is not only ludicrous but totally against the whole premise and principle the man built his life and political career on. Tinubu has never made or being the type of man that makes a major move from a position of weakness in his public life so far as history has it. Every move is from a position of strength.

As for the so called Osinbajo name dropping, he will be laughed out of any Northern conference, which accounts for a major vote stats in Nigeria.

More than anything the North responds to Power first, before policies or even religion. There's a reason the whole Rankadede system up North still standing strong even while the rest of the country has in one way or other bent to the political will of centralizing power in the government.

Osibanjo lacks that number one attribute to attract any major backers and not just the Northern bloc. Politics is public game by ideology, but in practice and principles the public merely participate and speculate. As a matter fact they only account for a small faction of it, which is voice, noise and distraction. At the end it is about how much influence, control and political strength any candidate has that propels them into whatever office they are aspiring to.

Osibanjo no get that hmph, or demdem echo that vibrates power.. this one is clear and very visible. The same subjective reason why they will never vote Obi is the same reason they will never take Osinbajo serious. They are both men of visible weaknesses. Integrity alone can not hold power. It is not business. The objective reason against Obi remains the same, but the subjective one is that fact. Osinbajo and Obi falls in the same category. While they may be admired by a huge number of the public, that criteria alone is not enough to rule a nation, and especially not as the one as twisted as Nigeria.

Osinbajo won't even be able to make a point before major stakeholders round up the conference and head home. He enjoyed his public respect because he was a good deputy, but we know he is not a tough man that will withstand a major scrutiny. Same way with GEJ, good deputy, good policies but lacks the will and fortitude to stamp his foot on the ground. Osinbajo lol.. una funny like akpororo.

The fact that you are very open about this really shows what a man of integrity you are. People like you are rare..

if I am to be the friend who accidentally passed away hypothetically, I will very much appreciate 60% goes to my kids through their mother, and the 40% goes to my sibling. These I belief my sibling will take care of my mother needs from his or her side. I say this because as a Yoruba man and also because of our own tradition from my side of the Yoruba tribe, it is wrong for mothers to spend from their late son's money. She wouldn't even accept it. But that's just us,
some other ethnicity or sects may have different attitude towards that.

But all in all, with proper explanation both party will understand. Because if you didn't come forward, they will move on with their life's respectively without the knowledge of the funds. 60% to the kids and through their mother, 40% to the the sibling for the mothers upkeep

The best and simplest way to override any involuntary action is encouraging that action itself with a reward system. It's like getting someone to stop smoking cigarette, taking alcohol or any addictive substance. You can not Will yourself into it or replace it with another addiction. Your brain, body, the chemicals in the said product will fight you till you give in.

The best possible solution is to attach a positive sentimental and personal reward system to it. The feeling of success dominates all other urges in the human psyche.

The guy that said you should set a 90 day period is on the right track, however he didn't particularly offer a practical solution. With a 90 days period set to override an already involuntary action, trust me with that much overload, your brain will reject it after 90 minutes.

The best practical solution is you will deal with in stages and phases.
First will be the daily challenge. "I am only drinking it at evening/night". The brain can easily manage a day challenge. And since you are only up for let's say 12 hours challenge, you can easily divide that into 3 hours routine, with your alarm system. Your attention should be on the alarm, the first 3 hours gets through, then commit to resetting the alarm, until you get to the final 3rd. Don't just set alarm for night. Condition it, and each time your alarm dings, mentally reward yourself.

Second phase is "I am only drinking it 3 days in a week". Keep in mind do not say I am only drinking one bottle, just say I am only drinking it. The subconscious mind is a hell of a mighty force you can't negotiate with it easily. Agree with it. Relatively you can choose the days like Sundays after church service. Monday night after work, Wednesday meditation session. Programming the subconscious is not something you will brute force it won't agree.

Then the third phase "I am only drinking it once a week". When you are able to attach a reward system to it to yourself like completing a task, you will be able to negotiate with your subconscious in controlling the habit, and it will starts agreeing with the reward you are bringing by the task (success) of completing the exercise.

By the time you get down to the level of once a week. You can decide when to have or when not to have it. The new habit of finding a reason to drink it will override the old system. Sefini.
It will take time, but it is something you can achieve within 6-7months.