₦airaland Forum

SixSeven:
Tinubu for me is not as strong as his lackeys portray him. He uses teamship and minions to speak on his behalf. Of course, those ones will praise him to HIGH heavens. A president who cannot talk to his people directly and only wants his own townhall will give you maximum bala blue. Bwala or Hassan aren't my problems here. Heck, Bwala is just an appointee, Tinubu was already president for months before he brought him on board just as he can sack him anytime. The man whose mandate he said we stand on should be able to stand on his mandate, be a man, talk to your people, answer questions from your people, stop going through the corners, don't use appointees, SPEAK FOR YOURSELF MAN. No townhall, no special privileges, just face them 1-1🤡
By the way, Obasanjo had balls to be on BBC Hard Talk himself.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sits down with Stephen Sackur of HardTalk with BBC defending his administration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8hjQkyI3K0

Obasanjo called out Sackur himself and asked him if this was how we would speak to Tony Blair, their PM at that time. These guys think that Nigerians are dumb and lack institutional memory. Tinubu's team found a soft landing using BBC Africa and those wey go wet ground for them. They ain't got any balls. Give it to Baba men. I don't think people remember that CNN came hard for Obasanjo and Frank Nweke Junior and his team replied them professionally. The current team will shout and scream that it is opposition. They are so weak. I laugh when I remember Bayo Onanuga. The joke is not on them, it is on Nigeria 😢

And the win remains on them, keep laughing.

Seun so Nairaland is 20years old today ba, and you no even do small giveaway?

Congrats though, i've enjoyed my time here.

BluntCrazeMan:
Okkk..

I think I get it now.

Thank you.

iwaeda:
Happy 69th birthday to Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The best President APC could have given Nigeria.
Your joy will still come sir.

A mere commissioner, lolz. You talk ignorantly. Politics is more than flowered speeches and good intentions.
A leader in Nigeria needs respect to be listened to. Osibande would be played like ping pong by the Senate and probably flogged by the military. Governors would spit on his face and knock his head. And his spiritual leaders will probably get him kneeling around. He'll end up getting nothing done except grey hair.
He can't win his local government elections if his life depended on it. You can't imagine the hell they'll make for him up North. Except if he behaves and listens to people like the current president who can pull strings on his behalf. How long should Tinubu babysit him when he knows he's not half as good as he is?

No go warm eba chop. Be entertaining us here.
When someone is confused that the State Collation Officer would announce what party won election in his state, you'd know this is a neophyte who voted for the 1st time in 2023 or yet to vote. Was it an angel that announced that Obi won in Lagos or Anambra in 2023? What sort of plague are we dealing with?

He also vowed to sue people's Gazette for yes daddy and this other comic activist guy that used to be in pdp. He vowed to prove he won 2023 elections only to come entertain us all. He vowed never to leave APGA. Who rates this third man?

Kukutente23:

Huge taxes?
Australia's PIT rate is far lower than Nigeria's
Zombies sef
The first $18k is tax free and you pay less than 20% for the next bracket up to $45k
While your Nigeria has 0% for a paltry N800k and 15% for N3m
N3m is a paltry $3k in Australia
See you see suffering and smiling

Keep changing goal posts and dancing around. i pledge to continue schooling you. Now, go and ask your old man how much he currently pays as tax compared to what he'd have to pay in Australia with hard labour.

Mrexcell:
It's really very strange to me how tinibu choosed to be giving his harshest critics political appointments is it due to low self esteem or lack of qualified people to choose from amongst his stunch loyalists?

Strange here also but the results don't lie. It's worked well for him. Like we say, do what works for you if it's not a crime.

Kukutente23:
Clown
Whether annual or monthly, have you seen $20k before?
You simply don't know that asylum is a pathway to citizenship
You don't know anything

SMH. It's not about me, but about your old man using his commonsense knowing he'll have to work hard and pay huge taxes.

Kukutente23:
You don't know anything
How is he not eligible
I asked if you've seen $20,000 before for you to think someone will go from Nigeria to Australia and start making $43k just like that
Stop trying to form sabi
You goofed
If Dachomo were to get asylum today in Australia, he will be classified as a senior citizen and thus exempt from tax

Your old man is not eligible. Know this and know peace. He is not eligible because the provision is for citizens. Stop advertising your ignorance dear, the figures you're repeating are annual not monthly. Who dash monkey banana? SMH

Se Dubai no come get any defense or what?

The cost of peace is very expensive. Jesus Christ is not Prince of peace for show. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him.

UrVillageChief:
Well, in actual fact, he was acused of many misappropriations of funds but you just intentionally always turn deaf and dumb each time such allegations are raised.
His immediate successor claimed he demanded billions from him for being his godfather, what did y'all say to Willie?
One of his aides was caught smuggling over 400 million, did you not turn a blind eye on it?
His name graced the Pandora paper for stashing monies abroad, what did you say about it?
For over 7 years, man sat on the monies he was supposed to share among the various LGAs in the state but as the wise and the smooth teeff that he is, he refused to conduct the elections.
If all these don't count as corruption and stealing to you then I don't know what to call you or what exactly you are taking us for🤣
Above all, bro invested funds belonging to his State in a company where he held a significant share and to worsen the whole situation, he didn't even deny the allegations as he would even use it as a bragging right and campaign point and since all that didnt count as corruption and stealing to his supporters since he's not one Adeyemi or Mohammed from SW/North🤣

Unfortunately, you're talking to bigotree personified.

Obi 74, kererenke, 75 third place, 76.
i sincerely wished that Obi be given a consensus ticket, so that the Tinubu victory would be so easy. But it appears his bosses, Atiku and Amaechi are having none of that.

sisisioge:
He was representing the government and talking about the government, yeah? If the government was good, he wouldn't need to get himself in a rabbit hole trying to embellish its achievements and doings. He had a terrible product to sell....simple!

The so called rabbit hole was all about himself and what he might have said previously, yes or yes? Oh, i forgot, you didn't watch the interview.

sisisioge:
A good product is easy to sell....a bad one will embarrass you like this guy was embarrassed

If any embarrassment, it was about himself, not the government. Be objective.

phemmyflexxy:
The interview was more about his personality.... Opposition doesn't mean recklessness in speech... I believe in jagaban and his policies... I'm a big fan of Mehdi too... But bwala He got served...

Exactly, the bulk of Mehdi's punches were more about his personality, not about the government's renewed hope or hopelessness. That's why i said Bwala did well on his core objective. He came prepared to defend the government, not himself. For himself, he gave a good point about why he decamped, but Mehdi kept going on him.

epainos:
The interview was a total knockout. Bwala was knocked out. Lol.

The phrase "context matters" ....mehn....even the audience laughed at him.

And they also laughed hard at Mehdi, like when Bwala showed he couldn't speak against Trump.

Memphitz357:
Watching Daniel Bwala deny his own words while the video exists felt like a live performance of Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me.”...... 🤣🤣

Imagine accusing Deloitte of working for the opposition.
At this rate, tomorrow APC might say Excel spreadsheets are also opposition tools. 😅

That was Doherty BTW, Bwala clearly said Deloitte didn't make that claim.

demstone:
A MAN WHO REMOVES SUBSIDY, FLOATS D CURRENCY, LAUCHES TAX LAW A YEAR TO ELECTION, EVEN START'S CONTROVERSIAL STATE POLICE A FEW MONTHS TO ELECTIONS.. CLAEARLY KNOWS DIS SET OF OPPOSITION ARE NOT A THREAT TO HIM..B4 2023 ELECTION JAGABAN SAID " WE WLD WIN COS WE'RE SMARTER DAN DEM"

"Take it from me, the master is on the game. They are working with the master and the master knows the game."

mastermaestro:
Bwala repeatedly saying 'I am not aware' was disgusting. He should have presented his own counter facts, even if they were not necessarily true. Dude looked like an idiot before the entire world. I hope Tinubu doesn't make the mistake of letting him speak on the government's behalf before any foreign media organization again.

The outing was an eyesore. He made a fool of himself, a joke of the government, and an embarrassment of the nation. A serious government would either fire or redeploy him upon his return. He has brought shame to the nation. An abysmal representation.

Lolz, he defended the government pretty well. Most of what he claimed lack of awareness were things Mehdi claimed Bwala said or did as a PDP guy. No biggie with that.

crazygod:
You just spewed rubbish. I am sure even you don't understand a single thing you posted.

You go understand by June. You go understand better by January 2027, you go come understand best after Supreme Court.

Talkisneeded:
Defending this administration is hard, even the writer of this piece will struggle not to sound foolish if he decides to

The only thing hard for Bwala in the interview was defending himself. He handled every other aspect well. Even his self defense was good, but Mehdi kept going back to it the whole interview, which was actually interesting and funny.

There was no humiliation here but opposition can stay happy on this thin joy.
His goal was clear, renewed hope. Mehdi was as custom stuck on Bwala's PDP past. Otherwise, Bwala represented well. If e pain you well, go court or wait for una usual election loss.

phemmyflexxy:
Mehdi is no Joker.... Bwala was well humiliated... He practically denied his own existence..

He achieved his mission. Telling them there's hope. He didn't come to defend his past which you're all magically expecting.

Sheuns:
Statements they claimed he made or statements that he indeed made.

His performance was abysmal and the audience laughing as well as the anchor were laughing at Bwala’s two faced personality.

His face tells that of a disgraced man and a man filled with regrets on why he took that job.

He said they were claims and talked a lot about context. Overall, he did a very good job. His job there was not to whitewash the government or his past, or magically lie that there's no insecurity. He came to talk about hope and progress. Kudos

Kukutente23:
Is it that you don't know how to read English?
Have you ever made $20,000 in your life? The threshold for taxation for senior citizens is $43k and you're still typing nonsense.
Do you know what $43k is? Are you saying someone making $43k will have a problem with paying 15% of it as tax?
You claimed Dachomo does not want to go to Australia because he'll pay tax. I showed you that if he were to move to Australia today he won't and you're still typing opata? Rest it out abeg

The usual hapless shaming attempt. Your old man would be heavily taxed doing a carer job in Australia. He can't afford such stress. Seniors and Pensioners Tax Offset can lower—or sometimes eliminate—the income tax owed by eligible retirees or older Australians. Your old man is not eligible. Know this and know peace.

Doyou2019:
Things they claimed he said or things he actually said when he was in the opposition?

Video evidence dey o and if na how you wan dey live your life, denying the.truth when it stares you in the face, na you sabi.

Well i don't follow his life or know what he said. i commented from the interview and he said they are claims or untrue, things he's unaware of. Whatever the case, he gave good explanation to why he went to and left opposition.

When the court passes judgement, they will blame Tinubu and say the court is in his pocket. SMH

Exactly the picture Bwala painted in the interview. Different countries have different laws and sovereignty. Western leaders have convictions and are leaders. No problem.
But it's a case that a person/leader has NO convictions in Nigeria. Yet the country is corrupt for appointing him.
Our own laws convict people, they are granted asylum and citizenship in the West.
i have no problem with the actions of the West, it's different laws and sovereignty. The problem is with our citizens who belittle us to the world and see other humans as superior humans.

Sheuns:
After Kilimanjaro, pls go to Everest.

Did this guy just say 1.2 billion tourists came to Lagos for Detty December in 2025?

1.2 billion represents 14.5% of the world’s population.

Omokri’s mouth is shaking.

He said million, stop majoring on minors.

Kukutente23:
BE reducing your lies abeg
How much of Australia do you know to know thru don't listen to political pastors ? You're simply being ignorant

We're making progress. You've moved from "Elders are exempted from taxation in Australia" to elders may pay tax. Good progress.