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naptu2:
Actually, if you read my 2022 post (it's the last post on the first page of this thread), it ended up costing them more.

The manufacturer had almost finished the train by the time the new governor said that he didn't want it. The manufacturer sued the government and won compensation in court. The old government had previously made part payment for the trains.

Yet Milwaukee still didn't get the trains. The manufacturer sold them to Lagos (the reason Lagos went for it is because it was cheaper because the manufacturer had already made a lot of money from it).

Well, I see why the train contract was cancelled the former governor and the current one are from different political platforms. But IMO, that was a daft move, knowing the manufacturer won't just look away, in fact, the current Governor cost the state more money than he was trying to prevent. Well, their lose, Lagosians' gain.

Lithiumite:
Rail transportation isn't a profit generating enterprise anywhere in the world......the new govt at the time could believe they could still make use of the hold ones they had and not taken on extra debt acquiring new ones or maybe some malfeasance had been detected in the purchase and could refuse to go ahead with the deal.

You are right to a very large extent. But IMO, public transportation is quite profitable to a govt that harnesses the opportunities it present. For example, almost 90% of the German population uses the public transportation system. Now, while I know for a fact that the German govt generates a lot of money from it, one needs to look past just that and consider the direct or indirect contributions it makes to a city or country's economy...smooth and timely movement of goods and people (which boosts productivity, tourism, etc).

While I love this initiative, my question is, how do we secure it from vandals and terrorists?

Some people are just natural kleptomaniacs, with the success he's achieving, bro still had the urge to steal. It's village people indeed.

naptu2:
Fake news.

The trains are not used. A city ordered for the trains, but there was an election before they finished building the trains and the new government decided that it didn't want the trains. The Lagos State Government then bought it from the manufacturer. I created the thread back then.

The Red Line was started and completed by Governor Sanwo-Olu.

So this madness happens in saner climes too, whereby a govt will initiate a project that is beneficial to the people, then his successor comes in and cancels. Well, I rarely see abandoned projects through successive administrations though.

Freshtruth:
una done start again coach never even come .una no wan allow am breathe na una make a good coach like piesero run for him.dear life

One of the criteria responsible people use in employing a coach is track records, something our FA never cares about... teams he has coached, his success with them and how long he stayed on the jobs and how and why he left. If those records aren't smooth, there is no way he would perform. Take Pesseiro for example, he hardly stayed on a job more than a year before getting sacked throughout his career, the rest is history.

Kobicove:
I can tell you for free that no westerner will come to sub-Saharan Africa to seek refuge if war breaks out

Some would, sub-Sahara won't be their first choice for obvious reasons...infrastructure and security

Las Las, he will still make that move, albeit, far below valuation and camp's expectations. But going forward, he will need to work harder wherever he finds himself, to convince people that the Osimhen of 2022/2023 season was no fluke. He needs to humble himself as if he's just breaking out. Enough said, I hope he learns

What happened to Aston Villa yesterday is a replica of what happened to Arsenal at the Emirates against Villa last season, Arsenal wasted a lot of early chances, only for Villa to steal the match in the last minutes. The only difference, Arsenal controlled possession, and did the damage early enough.

These ones don go use small hand collect big one...this is the practical example of stirring the hornet's nest. 😅

kedeojo:
Go and feel for your state cos people are also suffering even worser conditions over there. Audio billionaires. Be bold to tell us your state so that we can judge.

Although my State is not living up to its potential, but by a mile, and from all indexes we are not mates. So to answer your questiion, I am from Ogun State.

If wishes were horses. 🤣

There is no way you will mistakenly pick that bag at the airport, because it would have been flagged and seized before it gets to you.

So you can now wake up from your imagination or slumber, and go strategise how to make that with your own hands. 😉

Kogi people with their choices and what they cordone, I often feel for them, but then, you can't pity people who forget about their misery for the past years on election days.

In Nigeria, when the political class tells you to go to court if you are not satisfied...just know sey, OTILO!!!

Hmm...but who gives out an 8-year old as maid? To do what exactly? Even some of the slaves of old weren't battered like this. They should be jailed and the child sent to a Foster home, her parents don't deserve her.

She might be right about the percentage. I know for a fact that most of them like it raw, they prefer abortion to preventive measures, very careless lots.

ewedunamala:
It's obvious is the answer. Which side is shouting EBI NPA WAAAAOOOO with placards?.

You think we don't know what is going on in the South East? People selling their children to eat, I pray they don't start eating their children.

We hold our own leaders accountable when they are being a disappointment, we are not like the Northerners who look away or the South Easterns to look away from the ineptitude of their own leaders, instead looking miles away for scapegoats to blame for their misfortunes. We support our own to the latter and we voice out when he's not performing.

madridguy:
I am very sure Osimhen heard about Emmanuel Eboue story.

Seems you don't know that Osimhen's girlfriend and baby mama is white, he's in it already.

But the smart thing these players do now is that, they avoid tying the knots like plague, just remain a baby mama and girlfriend, shikena. Look at Mikel and CR, smart guys. 😁

ewedunamala:
People's gazette will receive attack by npawarians with maggots infested brains for exposing the truth. See the way the first comment tried to hypocritically embrace blame mechanism to change narrative.

Imagine if it's any other state that did this?. I said it time without number that you can't give what you don't have. Leadership with developmental acumen lies in the gene 🧬. If your lineage don't have, you don't have it.

Learn business they refused, learn handwork they refused, get brain from school they refused.

How has all the mental features you mentioned worked out for your people in politics, governance and leadership? You only see the worse in others while turning a blind eye to the numerous deadbeat Governors that have come out of your region.

adedayoa2:
Arsenal scored almost 90 goals last season, more than any other team except Mancity, which striker them want again?

The Man City that won the league, right? While Arsenal had the best defence last season, the lack of a killer striker cost them most of the matches in which they dropped points last season. They created chances but failed to score away to Man City, Villa and Newscastle away...in the same vein, they failed to score goals despite all the chance created until they were put to the sword late on by Villa at the Emirates. At the very least, the team needs a striker with aerial prowess, or someone who can singlehandedly create and score goals when things are tight around the 18.

Basicend:
Why didnt you guys purchase Osimhen? Una never serious. .

That one that scores 1 of every 5 chances? Make hin dey go Chelsea 😅

TheChameleon:
Been dreaming of owning a Peugeot 504.

Will gladly sell my Honda '18 for it.

Saw a clean blue one in Abuja but not for sale.

You fit follow people wey base for France talk (people wey dey load containers), I am sure they can help you ship one. Seeing a clean 504 in Nigeria to buy is very difficult.

Imagine a world class striker in front of Odegaard in this Arsenal team.

Kobicove:
No bank would knowingly give a fake currency note to its customer!

Well, the staff will agree otherwise....they are the main culprits

PlayMaker14:
Oni Gbesé, go and pay your debts and retrieve your aircraft, stop barking from the Villa.


Shebi wen Eyes blind, mirror go rest.

Which debt?

It is an issue of a contract that wasn't honoured for whatever reason(s). Until the reason for the cancellation is made public, no kangaroo judgement can be made on the matter. No surprise at all that the case was thrown out in the UK and US.

thesicilian:
Politics is a job, a career for most people. And just like any other job, the topmost thing on anyone's mind is financial and career fulfilment. If you're no longer satisfied with one place, you move to the next. It's as simple as that. It's even easier to move from one party to the next in a country like Nigeria where there are no tangible ideological lines between parties.

Before nko? Go and ask Biden.

ogbonti:
what are you waiting to have her spell put that she has not done in the last 3 and half years ?

As if she's the incumbent President, while she's on a joint ticket with Biden, whatever happens in this administration is mainly attached to Biden. He is the Commander-in-Chief, and he has his close aides who make sure his orders are followed to the latter. As a vice, you can bring ideas, it could be taken in and then discarded. How many people remembers Pence? Just like in our polity, deputies and vices are spare tyres all over the world. Every fvck up in Trump's administration is his and his only, it is his cross, and garbage.

joemag:
It was like this the last time Trump won the election. All the media paparazzi were on Hilary Clinton. I am less worried about all these media brouhaha

And have you forgotten Clinton actually won the popular votes by almost 2m votes, it was the US electoral system that got Trump in the last time, that's what Harris is working on. Plus while the Democrats are united to get Harris elected, Republicans are fractured. Although, they are yet to debate, and Harris hasn't really spelt out her policies, so fingers crossed.

MadamVanessa:


You don't support Kamala more than me, but the truth is , the time is not just ripe yet for a woman to lead the world most powerful nation.

Wait and see the atrocities of Islamic terrorists around the world if Kamala finally wins. They will even price USA because Kamala as a woman will bring so much emotions into politics and decision making. No woman has the steel balls men have.

Really? She is a tough as nail, no-nonsense woman, that one. Go check her records.

Israel's intelligence gathering is outta this world. But what still baffles me is how they allowed Hamas attack them on October 10 despite intelligence to that effect. Perhaps they did so as to have the moral ground to go all out against Hamas. Though I doubt they knew how big it was going to be.

In the full glare of the whole world, if this one cheat, hin go cast ASAP .

Him don steal hin share of the national cake directly or indirectly, next please.