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They're not ready to learn or listen, Reno. It is deliberate misinformation.
In fact, the latest update since they saw APC convention and preparation for the next election is chaos. Their major influencers know and are clearly asking for revolution now. They don't even want a protest again, they want the country to burn. You'd think that woman that wanted the baby killed during Solomon's time was wicked.

DeepSight:
Up to Richtaiwo, Seunmsg, WizardofNG, Image123 and other BATists to defend.

Phewww, at last you can mention me without having to be banned for vile remarks.
i am not a BATist anyway. i support and respect the president, and will defend him against useless opposition like the ones presented so far. By 2031, God sparing our lives, i'll again support, respect and defend the next most credible candidate by assessment. That's how free democracy works. i understand most of you haven't had such experience before.
As for your article, yes, as at 2025, Nigeria had turned the corner and was out of the brinks/bottom. That's right to say and data supported it. Nobody says we've arrived. BTW, the discussion and context is largely economic. No one knew the US and Iran would be at war. Projections and budgetting were not made by any country or body with that in mind. All the folks forecasting percentages of growth didn't factor in the Strait of Hormuz. It's an all-things-being-equal statement.
As situation is, there must still be some level of optimism coming from any leadership. No one feels happier or more confident for instance, hearing a minister say things are beyond control or apologising without hope or solution. A good leader must inspire hope and confidence. It's unfortunate if that gets past you. Though understandable since your leader and mentor Obi only glories in scavenging for bad news and misery.

Hangulsaram:
His family is in perfect shape, you can't compare with urs, Anambara still remain one of the best states in Nigeria so, You are the one delusional here if u can tell yourself the truth and stop hating. It's fine to have a different political view and not support him but don't make personal as if u can to challenge him in any sphere of life. Learn the respect people older, bigger and more better than you.m

You lie. His children don't believe, trust or identify with him. He's ashamed of their life choices and has failed by his own standards in parenting. That is by no means perfect shape. Apart from being financially richer, there's nothing to envy or pray for in the life of your messiah. He failed at governance in Anambra. These are confessions of the two governors after him, not just mine. Telling the truth about a politician is not disrespect. Anyone that takes up the title of a politician knows and accepts for his life to be scrutinised. Are Tinubu, Atiku and Buhari older, bigger and more better than you? Do you respect them?

Kobicove:
Even if Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa I do not think having just $2,800 should be enough to generate so much dust.

In most countries the maximum amount you can carry on your person as cash when coming in is $10,000 therefore I don't understand why they arrested the guy because he had $2,800 on him

i was replying to the fellow saying 2800 is not the kind of money you should be raising an eyebrow for. It's their own rule, we should learn to respect people's rules and behave as proper guests. Ignorance is not an excuse. Authorities say he's violating foreign currency regulations. Your emotions don't suffice. He was asked to declare what he was carrying, he denied having foreign currency. He did not produce supporting documents and claimed the money had been given to him by a friend without formal paperwork. He also seems to have said he comes from Village Amanator, Traditional Authority Ebonyi, District Lagos, Nigeria.
His offence is possessing foreign currency without permits and attempting to externalize foreign currency, contrary to the Exchange Control Act. In Malawi, you cannot bring in more than $5000 without declaring it. You cannot take out more than $2000 without declaring it. Those are their rules, a simple google search helps.

Dogalmighty17:
That's why they call it oil futures, term contracts, fixed-volume contracts, or take-or-pay agreements. If Dangote has entered contract to supply fuel to external parties, he MUST keep to the terms of that agreement.

That's how the oil industry works. You are a crude seller or a refiner. I enter contract with you to supply me crude at a price you and I think is fair but the crude should be delivered at an agreed future date. Normally, we'd calculate what we believe crude will cost at that future date based on current happenings or trends. Irrespective of how the market turns out, you will supply me crude or refined product at the price we agreed on.

You might be surprised that they're not interested in understanding.

Very possible and logical. Though you be cunning man. We sabi you bros.

Welcome to Nigeria, Mr Prime Minister.

Flangelo12:
They should free the bros.

2800 is not the kind of money you should be raising an eyebrow for.

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa. Please stop defending wrong.

He comes from Village Amanator, Traditional Authority Ebonyi, District Lagos, Nigeria.

This is worrisome. Many foreigners especially Africans identify as Nigerian when caught in crime. This fellow probably said he's from Lagos Nigeria, though his registered records say a full picture. Nigeria better wake up, and in this case Lagos also. i read of people adding yoruba names to write WASSCE for a fee, i thought it sounded funny. Now, i see one of the whys.

Hangulsaram:
Desperate to make Nigeria work not to be a lazy youth who sat and watch his future and that of his unborn generation being wasted while he on the internet insulting a man who is old enough to be his father whose shoes his father and current generation can not stand.

Delusion. desperate to make Nigeria work. Where's the desperation to make his family work? Where's the desperation to make Anambra work for 8 years as governor?

Kukutente23:
What about APC
When will they acknowledge the ruin they've brought upon Nigeria

Mr President has said it several times that he inherited the liabilities and assets of the past government. Did you find that better candidate yet?

Obi go collect and save the owner number, we all know why? Desperado.

Start this already. What are we waiting for? They're expecting Tinubu to wear diapers for them. This has been out in the open for months and we've had near total silence from governors and opposition. When it's all finished, they'd come out and wail about how Tinubu has finished them and put everything in his pocket.

It'll be immoral for PDP not to see how much they wrecked our country. Present a better candidate and quit the rhetorics. Jagaban is the candidate to beat.

MichaelSokoto:
Efcc should just be scrapped!

i tell you. Mostly losing cases, spending scarce tax payers money. Imagine paying the lawyer for the past 6 years.

yorke1:
Something he cannot do in Nigeria. Even in his secured Ikoyi streets

Same way their celebrities over there can't move freely on the road. It's global.

ibedun:
PRESIDENT forever if possible but we must pass it to the North!

Lolz, no one cares about the region or mentioned forever. To be sure, i clearly stated 2031.

givedemwotowoto:
At last he pulled off the scales. When readers come across the conversations, they'll learn. Lol

Lolz, amateur gaslighting. There were no scales, we have consistently asked you for the so called alternatives. Meaning the incubent Jagaban is supported. You are too ashamed to present your alternative to be voted for, because you know they are unworthy. You kept shouting Tinubu supporter, so what scales exactly. i have never been ashamed to show my support.

givedemwotowoto:
lol. Tinubu supporter, rest! Like I said earlier.

My friend, we will continue to make sure people are patriotic enough in this country. We'd not stand idle and watch actors and paid agents entertain us. Live with it, Jagaban is president till 2031. We are here to run it.

givedemwotowoto:
You already made my point. Go on election day and vote for Tinubu. Don't try to discourage others from voting so that Tinubu will win because of low turnout.

Lolz. i don't even need to go out and vote on election day, we both know the winner already. The majority of voters know what's up and wouldn't waste their votes or vote incompetence.

BetterScottish:
Abeg dey tag them, dem nobi ghost they're also the mods on nairaland; Richtaiwo, Image123, Hachenoire, Richboy, Helinues, lanretoye, kobicove, jayhome24 and the rest databoys/ Ray Charles team of supporters..they will skip this thread & na ogun go kii mods wey go ban me, una go ban taya

Everything is wrong when innocent Nigerians are killed. There has always been crime section on the platform, most of you don't contribute or discuss there. Coming to rant about crime or forcing people to make it political and blame Tinubu is simply unproductive talk and i don't need to waste time on such. All your aim is for all the people you mentioned to talk against the government, nothing else.

Guestmale:
I thought we are in democracy, where right of expression is guaranteed even as in minority.

You know them na, we dodged a bomb with these guys. You could have been jailed for questioning their preferred candidate if he was in power. Do you see how they attack and rain curses anyone that questions Otti?

Errmmm, because you have no answer to the question. How can any sane person see Tinubu and vote for Obi or Atiku? You know that's most unreasonable.

givedemwotowoto:
Tinubu supporter, rest, please. There's no sincere conversation that can be had with a Tinubu supporter. Their only goal is to discourage people from voting so that Tinubu can win. Stop trying to insert yourself into a crowd where you don't belong. It's a disingenuous behavior.

JuanDeDios:
How many indigenous refiners/suppliers of PMS do you know currently? Name them. Since we're asking primary 5 questions now.

Lolz, na questions for questions.

JuanDeDios:
Did you write the bolded part?

No, my ghost did. SMH.

givedemwotowoto:
Tinubu supporter rest. This message is not for you

Tinubu don win be that. You have to woo his support base to stand a chance. Opposition wey no wan voters of winner. Deluluism

givedemwotowoto:
Anybody of voting age in Nigeria who doesn’t register to vote, and doesn’t vote in the 2027 election, is a disgrace! Na me talk am.

The big question is vote who? Should we go into hell fire on earth?

Interviewer : What will you do to improve the ease of doing business if you get elected.

Peter obi : rtijdxrhngwdthvdgikbfhikdhze

We truly dodged a missile by not voting this dullard

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— Abbeyhunts (@ctpnetwo) March 25, 2026

JuanDeDios:
No, I don't think you're speaking for the government at all. Even if you were, it's easy to tell someone who actually know what he's talking about apart from a random government praise singer.

And no, I've never been counted among the supporter of any politician. I was ambivalent about subsidies because I knew the job losses and poverty its removal would bring while recognising the waste it was and the fact we can't progress with it in place, but I argued for its managed removal.

To your points, I think you've painted the worst scenario. I strongly believe we need some subsidies in situations like the current one, but only as emergency measures to save the economy from tanking. No, I don't think they should subsidise it to N600 - that will amount to the government taking the entire burden. What they can do is to cap it and introduce a weekly pricing system - such that anytime it rises above, say, N1,170, subsidy kicks in and a fixed price is announced for the week. At the end of that week (or month, as they do in South Africa), subsidy is gone, unless a new price is announced - and that would only be done if prices are still above the cap and subsidies are still necessary. If this sounds complicated, all I'm saying is, they can set a price beyond which it can't rise for now. Paid for with some of the excess funds they're making from higher prices.

Yeah, it's fraught with problems too - but you have to weigh and balance things. They said the problem with subsidy was the corruption. That should be easier to deal with now, since they'll be dealing only with Dangote and not importers. If we were an organized country, a perfect scenario is one in which they give him crude at a fixed price - and not have to use borrowed funds. Surely, they can give Dangote crude at the budget benchmark of $68 (or whatever the price was the day the war started or they can even mark it up a bit to, as I said, share the burden) for this purpose - this way, they take nothing from the budget to fund the temporary subsidy.

How much is this excess funds? Is it only Dangote that is selling fuel? On what basis should he be subsidized and others not subsidized? Do you think fuel price is solely dependent on crude price?

JuanDeDios:
A war is as sudden as it gets. But that's not the point. The point is high oil prices beyond which the economy can't cope - that's emergency I'm referring to. The war in Ukraine only raised prices for a bit before things mostly returned to normal. Again, if that doesn't happen this time and the war continues, billions will continue to roll into the excess crude account. No such billions exist? Well, oil prices have risen far beyond what's in the budget, so there's deffinitely excess funds. How much is it? That's why you should join the call for TRANSPARENCY.

About figures, I explained with them in this post - https://www.nairaland.com/8641669/what-fg-bring-down-petrol/2#138891197

This is a huge distortion of facts and oversimplification to say that the Russia / Ukraine war only raised prices for a bit before things mostly returned to normal.Current price of crude is between $90 to $105 per barrel. Before the Russia / Ukraine war, it was $70 - 75. The war triggered one of the biggest global commodity shocks in decades. Energy prices (oil, gas) and food (especially wheat) surged sharply. This significantly drove global inflation, especially in 2022–2023. With time, the supply chain adjusted, as Europe reduced reliance on Russian gas. This was of course months/years later, it's a new equilibrium as it were. Prices have stabilized, meaning they’re no longer rising wildly. But many are still higher than before the war. Energy prices in Europe remain above pre-2022 levels. The cost of living in some countries may not fully normalize for years. Something jumped from 70 to 130 in weeks and you claim only raised price for a bit? What is a bit to you? Probably because you didn't feel it well here in Nigeria due to subsidy, that's why you are saying this.
You refused to tell us how mch subsidy you are expecting and for how long. i'll still go to your link and answer you. In the meantime, tell us 1. how much is the excess funds you're talking about? 2. If a person owes 100k, and makes 15k on average in business. How much is the excess if he made 18k this month?

Kukutente23:
It is rather you who is forcing your own narrative on the Bible. The Bible never said nor implied Ahithophel's advice was 100% correct and divine. What is written in the Bible was a metaphor for how relevant Ahithophel's advice was specifically for David and Absalom. No one doubts am instruction from the oracle of God. That's why the only time his advice was rejected, his ego felt so bruised that he committed suicide. If you're a Christian or Bible student as you claim, you'll know that it's clearly written in the commandments given to God by Moses in Leviticus that no man should go unto his father's wife. More importantly, in Genesis, Ruben was cursed by Jacob for doing that exact same thing. That's the advice you claim is 100% correct and divine. It's also amusing that you believe after giving wrong advice the first time, Absalom should listen to him again.
It is not the correctness or not of your advice that I'm speaking of but your framing of it as if Nigerians are the problem. If you say we can't afford it maybe it could sound reasonable but to say Nigerians don't deserve subsidy because we're wicked just shows how darkened your heart is towards your fellow countrymen. What could have brought you to this level? You don't have to deride and hate your fellow countrymen to show political support for your god.

You brought in a non-existent scenario where the government rejects my advice and i go on to commit suicide, to compare me to Ahithophel, remember? As a chronic liar, i don't expect you to. The Bible says "as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom."
All the counsel of Ahithophel means 100%. i used the word like, the Bible used the word/phrase "as if". You ignored it to arrive at your self delusion as usual. A so-called Christian or student of the Bible saying, "No one doubts am instruction from the oracle of God." Would have been laughable if it weren't pathetically ignorant. Billions today doubt God's instruction and word. To be more specific, find out from Gideon or Zechariah. Absalom lost the war because he didn't follow the advice of Ahithophel but that of David's friend, who wanted to buy David more time and inform him ahead. i didn't say Ahithophel's advice were righteous or God's commands as you're trying hard to force. i said that they were 100% correct and treated LIKE divine (as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God).
Again, Nigerians are a very big part of the problem. It's only an hypocrite that doesn't see this bitter truth, we are indeed a fantastically corrupt people. You probably need to associate with people of other nationalities a bit to see how terrible our people can be. i have clearly stated that we cannot afford subsidies, i don't know the further nonsense you're trying to say upthere. It is a general known fact that even the years of subsidy wasted, Nigerians duped and cheated the system. All the CNG whatever provided, did it reduce cost of anything privately? Even people with absolutely no business with energy tripled and more the prices of goods and services and refused to bring it down. We were on this same street when government subsidized agriculture and refused to allow importation. We saw folks like you, who are into farming, telling each other to hoard produce do that they can eat bigger. Stop this poor and embarrassing attempt at self-righteousness, you are hiding behind a finger.

JuanDeDios:
It's an emergency – since we didn't plan for it. We can afford it. Take a little out of the extra billions you're making from the rise in crude oil prices. That's what a proactive government would do. If the war lasts long, we'd continue to rake more money into the excess crude account, right?

Anyway, read the tweets on this thread. Should help you people put things into perspective and see that Nigerians deserve constant subsidies - https://www.nairaland.com/8642104/uk-man-surprised-nigeria-average

As an emergency, i'm looking at something that is sudden and that demands quick intervention. Except you know when the crises ends, it's not in that sense of an emergency. Same way the Russia/Ukraine thing started and it's still on after many years. No one knows how long and how far crude oil prices will go or fluctuate. There is no such extra billions that you refer to. The country is living in billions/trillions of deficit/debt. Kindly be more practicable to state how much that little you are asking for really is. You can start with realistic per day or week or month figures that you're expecting to be spent. Thanks.

Kukutente23:
2Sa17:23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to his house, to his city. Then he [b]put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

I'm sure you're hungry for the above ending. See his first advice too. I'm sure it is "good" advice in your eyes

2Sa16:21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.” 22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

It's not even like you hate corruption. You only hate it when the people doing it are not your political gods.
No crying here. You're among the Nigerians who don't deserve subsidy so if you're not exempted why should I cry? Let's enjoy it together darling

Not sure if you identify as a Christian or a student of the Bible but this is what is called forcing the Bible to say what you want (eisegesis).
i gave advice to the FG on subsidy which you tried to compare me to Ahithophel. Ahithophel's advice were like divine, according to the Bible. That's a huge compliment. If Absalom had followed his advice, his father would have been in big trouble. Twisting it to assume the FG would bring subsidy instead of taking good advice, and then going the suicide route is a lorryload of delusion best ignored.
Nigeria can't subsidize fuel. It's a terrible advice. Why? We have over 200million people to subsidize, aside the corruption of diverting to subsidize other African countries and presenting false and inflated claims to the government. We don't produce enough to get the revenue. That's some crazy way to spend money when we have bigger problems like electricity, healthcare, education and infrastructure deficits. i really don't expect you to see this dear, you'd be jobless if you did.