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We keep mocking Sowore, calling him SUG president, joker, clown etc. Go and read up on the political journey of Nelson Mandela, and you might understand Sowore's mindset. Mandela was a lawyer, activist, politician etc who was imprisoned so many times. He remained focused on his objective to end apartheid. It took him a long time ( from the 1950's to 1994), but he succeeded in his quest. Apartheid ended, and he became President. He never gave up, despite the opposition.

Mandela was a member, later deputy president and president of the African National Congress (ANC), and he used the party platform to fight apartheid. He was an activist and also a politician. Very much similar to what Sowore is doing. People usually mock what they don't understand. Sowore is playing the long game, one day Nigerians will understand him and join forces with him to take Nigeria back from the establishment and the forces that has held the country down.

N.B. All the presidents that have ruled South Africa since 1994 where active members of the apartheid struggle with Mandela. Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe, Zuma and Ramaphosa. Their persistence and dedication paid off. Though some of them turned out to be horrible presidents.

HelipsTech:
Well said, but tell yourself the truth. You have to join them, to cause a change. For instance, Daniel, Esther, could not have caused a change if they avoided the corridor of powers. Same with Joseph. You have to be among them to cause a change.

Your point is very valid, but the danger of joining them when you are not in a position of strength or when you go in solo, is you either end up becoming like them or you lose your voice, because they are in the majority and they are hell bent on maintaining the status quo. Change can be made internally or externally. What the ruling class wants us to believe is that it can only happen internally, so you either join them or lose out. The truth is that power belongs to the people, and the day we Nigerians decide we want that change it will happen regardless.

HelipsTech:
Sowore, i like the the activist spirit in you, but politically, you will not go far. Change your minset, mingle with political powers to chsnge the narrative

Mingle? So they can sideline him and make him one of their own. Who are the political powers? Isn't it we the citizens? We are the ones that vote. Let's stop ascribing powers and titles to our fellow human beings, and take back our country. If Nigerians resisted the shenanigans that happened in 2023, we wouldn't be here talking about opposition or no opposition. The people are the opposition, the leaders know this and that is why they are doing everything to divide us via religion and ethnicity.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
He lost the audacity to make such a statement. Do you know that Sowere is a frequent contestant in most presidential elections and has been roundly rejected by all and sundry?.

He has been a politician since Adams and has no integrity or good name to run on than aluta continue and other unserious childish slogans, this publication included.

Are you referring to Sowore or someone else? He has only contested twice and joined politics in 2018. How was he rejected by 'all and sundry'? Kindly enlighten me about his lack of integrity and good name.

Ironfaceman:
“We will mobilize Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the @OfficialAPCNg and their opportunistic counterparts in ADC, PDP, Labour Party, and elsewhere.”

With 14000 votes that's not enough for a Councillor. Sowere please stop ego tripping and start to consider options.

What he said is it true or false? If true, why do people keep labeling him as arrogant stubborn, and jealous. He got 14K votes, how else can he increase the numbers? Isn't it by appealing to Nigerians, and showing that he is different from the others? Since 1999, it can be seen that Nigerians vote the individual and not the party, so people that keep telling him to join a popular party or form a coalition, are not sincere. If you believe what he is saying and you think he has the capabilities do them, throw your support behind him, and ask other people to join. When he becomes a movement, the other parties, will join him and not the other way around. For instance Peter Obi has a massive movement, he joined the ADC, and he has to play by their rules and the way it is going they are trying to drown him out and sideline him.

Image123:
This is a good move actually.
The people wey this tax concern no go complain reach poor man wey no get even toy car oh. Imagine?
It's on IMPORT by the way. It's part of import duty. Clarifying this for those that think it's a yearly tax. Buy your size, guys. If you're not buying car or already have car, even 5,000cc, e no consign you. Stop hyperventilating, save your BP.

It concerns the 'poor man' because the government keeps placing the cart before the horse. Has the government tackled the revenue leakages and revenue mismanagement at Customs? We are creating more avenues for revenue collection that will end up in the wrong accounts/pockets. Has our domestic car production increased? Has public transit improved? Nigerians depend on imported cars not because we want to, but becasue we have little to no other options. Making the cost exorbitant will have a trickle down effect on the economy.
Shey, they reduced import duty from 70% to 40%, now they are indirectly increasing it to 45% for a majority of vehicles. All these policies that they announce today, and tomorrow they cancel and introduce another one is not good for investor confidence and business planning.

Goldforever:
Do you Nigerians have d
Common sense at all? What do you need those big cars for? Why do you people like waste? You don't need to waste your money on big expensive cars, most of you don't have steady income but you want a big car. Well you are free to buy but you will pay heavily this time around. Cars are not investment but pure waste of money on something that has no value

This tax is not on 'big cars' only. Most of the regular cars we drive in Nigeria are 2L (2000cc) and above. Why wouldn't we buy cars? Do we have any reliable public transit? The government has failed to provide the basic necessities for the citizens, when we try to fend for ourselves they come after the little income we make. What an insensitive government.

This is very insensitive and should not be implemented at all. There is already a 5% fossil fuel tax on every liter of fuel we buy (Not sure if they have started collecting it). Now this 2% green tax on a 2 liter (2000cc) engine, which sadly most sedan and SUVs fall under. So on top of the import duty you pay for the vehicle, you have to add 2% - 4%.

If the government wants to raise revenue, let them first plug all the leakages, eliminate waste, and encourage production. What happened to enforcing the penalties on gas flaring? Why wouldn't they make it a priority, if they so much care about our environment.

Pearl1910:
Valid point
But like we manage UK used Phones and it's dope for us, that's how u will still enjoy the EV since u don't know how its full efficiency feels.

EV batteries lasts up to 20 yrs. Even though by 8yrs the efficiency will not be 100% again, it will still be okay for our use for another 8yrs.

Afterall na we dey flex with tokunbo cars wey oyinbo don reject. Sotey people are calling it sexy and pimped.
So what are we taking about?

Agreed, but we know how to repair and upgrade 2nd hand phones and cars. We also have the parts, so we can easily replace any worn out/damaged parts. This is not the case yet for EVs. I am not discouraging anyone from buying used EVs for ehailing, I am just stating my personal reservations based on the little I know.

From the little I know, it is not a good idea to buy a used EV, especially if the battery is more than 3 years old. For ehailing, I would be skeptical buying an EV from North America that is below $10K. At that price, you are probably buying an EV that is on its last legs. You will most likely spend more time charging the battery and less time driving. Additionally, in about 2 years you might need to spend the same amount you used in buying the EV, in buying a replacement battery.

Arsenal go and buy a #9, you need a proper striker for games like these.

HacheNoire:
Anyone can compose a novel about how His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) won’t be re-elected.

What’s most important is accepting the reality when it hits.

Like, have you not heard or seen the works and political formation of the APC. Have you not learnt from history about the political prowess of His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)

Naysayers should be humble and stare at the reality. Online epistles alters nothing! I can do a better a job at that and still won’t change the reality as of date.

The opposition should be planning towards 2039. The next 12 years is sealed already!

The reality is that the North already dislikes Tinubu and he hasn't done much to woo them. This is already a huge minus to his reelection. Another reality is that just like a tyre that was over-inflated, the party called APC will explode in the coming months, because too many politicians came into the APC just to secure their 2027 tickets, and most of them would be disappointed during the primaries. The ruckus this will generate will impede Tinubu's reelection campaign.

If we Nigerians don't want Tinubu, we need to throw our support behind any of the other candidates and make sure we 'hijack' their campaign and align their plans/programs to what we want.

Pearl1910:
The president is d highest civil servant and his salary is not up to that. No civil servant, even Perm Sec earns 30m a year officially .

30 million per annum is 2.5 million a month. If you consider top management at CBN, NPA, NNPC, NCC, NIMASA etc as civil servants, I will believe they earn that much. The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) once mentioned that the salary of the leadership of these agencies was higher than that of the president. They claim it was so, because it prevents them from stealing since they are revenue generating agencies.

For a country that does not have natural gas, definitely wind energy might be cheaper. But for Nigeria with the vast natural gas reserves,
gas will always be cheaper than wind or solar especially for large scale power supply (national or regional grid). We even flare it to show you how cheap it is.
With the kind of cloud cover we get during the rainy season in Nigeria, solar energy is not reliable. How many areas in Nigeria except in the north, experience the kind of wind speeds required for wind energy?

I agree with you on the need for Nigeria to have a mix of gas, solar, hydro and wind, but gas should have the higher percentage because it is reliable and we have it in abundance.

lawani:
Even when wind costs ten percent of what gas costs?

None of the european countries that rely more on wind energy such as Denmark and Germany, have anything close to the amount of natural gas Nigeria does. Their reliance on wind, is deliberate because they don't want to depend on countries like Russia for their energy source. Also, they want to transition to renewable sources of energy. Their use of wind energy has even made electricity more expensive for them because of the huge upfront cost and need for back up and storage in periods of low wind flow or sunshine.

lawani:
Can gas do what wind did in some European countries? Impossible. No matter how cheap you still have to buy gas and you have to evacuate it by pipeline or by truck

In terms of energy source, gas is one of the most efficient to produce. From the little I know, gas is the most viable energy source for Nigeria. We have so much gas reserves that using it as an energy source makes the most sense. There is no state in the South-South, and South East that doesn't have gas reserves, Lagos and Ondo as well. We flare so much gas, that it is ridiculous. What is missing is the pipeline network to evacuate the gas to end users, and the political will to ensure that this is achieved.

lawani:
Gas is not viable as power source. Power costs has become mediocre for over a decade even in some European countries mainly via wind initially. Ethiopia and DR Congo are now said to be fully on renewable. Nigeria need to go solar and support it with hydro, wind and just a little gas

Vela01:
Guys something sensitive happened. I don't know if na me dey overthink am o, but let me know your view on this.

I picked a guy around Igbo Efron to ado road. Very close to destination, I picked another trip and the rider was already calling, so I was in a hurry. When we got to destination, I ended the ride and the charge was 8k. The guy asked for details, I called my opay account, and as usual, the payment sounded from opay. I didn't even check the amount, I zoomed off to the other pick up, while waiting for the rider, I checked the transaction, I found out the guy sent 80k instead of 8. I quickly called him back because I had called his direct line when I arrived. I was surprised he didn't pick my call on direct line, but he immediately called me back on WhatsApp. I told him he made a mistake and he should send his details for refund, he said I shouldn't worry that we will use it to run another ride whenever he wanted to go out. I was shocked but insisted, because I no dey do offline with guys I don't really know..My rider came and I left. I chatted him on WhatsApp, he keep reading without a word, of I call his direct line, he won't pick because me I want to either chat him or call so I can record for evidence. But he only call on Whatsapp. Na so I Borne.

So today, he called and said I should come take him to mainland, I immediately told him I am fixed, and again, I told him to send his account for refund, he insisted although softly that I shouldn't worry. I never see this kind person before o, Andi am so reluctant to have anything to do with him. What do you think guys?

Dude might be up to something funny.....From online search this is what I found about returning an erroneous transfer. I haven't tried it before, so not sure how accurate the information is.

brain54:
They taught me these things in primary school...


Some of you only regard information or anything coming from outside. I don't know if it is inferiority or slave mindset.


Just imagine someone saying Nigeria disgraced them just because of this. Even if Nigeria teaches you won't listen or regard the knowledge!

Thank you very much!! I couldn't have said it any better.

Freshandfitpod:
Information is key, we only learn from the white but dragged head as if we are better than them

Please, I beg you change your mindset. Inferiority complex is dangerous.
This information about how to handle snake venom and also scorpion bite is common knowledge in rural areas. They didn't learn it from any 'white man'. This is something that has been passed on from generation to generation, sad thing is most of the younger generation are disconnected from their roots, so they cannot know about some of these helpful common knowledge topics.

Djdamian:
Which platform is this?

Kindly share

The platform is GetEquity. Please refer to my response to XGhost, for a screenshot of their logo.

The platform is GetEquity (see screenshot below). I am not vouching for them oo. Just sharing information. Do your own due diligence before subscribing to any of the commercial papers, equity funding or debt notes. I will advise to only subscribe to well known companies such as Dangote, and Emzor.
Other platforms that are good for fixed deposit, mutal funds and treasury bills are Bamboo and Cowrywise.

XGhost:
Abeg which platform is this.
However, I understand Pearl's point though. These things are low risk low interest gigs and will only yield significant returns if your investment is long term and compounding. Besides that, na low risk low reward. Or your principal is really huge, like 1 billion.

Gentlelife50:
Story story

Lol, no be story story oo. Rates are good currently, if you are liquid, do your due diligence and you will find relatively safe instruments to invest in with decent returns. Treasury bills and mutal funds are a good example.

Very true. You need upwards of 40% pa to get that figure. Which is very rare in the money market.
However, I have seen some commercial papers that pay 40% pa.
This one in the screenshot was for 33% pa for 180 days (6months), it matures next month. Very savvy investors usually negotiate and bargin for higher rates and better terms especially if they are very liquid, and have good credit rating.

Pearl1910:
Even at 25% u can't get 400m on 1billion investment.

For a while now, rates have been in the double digits:
Treasury bill rate for 91 days is 15.8% pa
Mutual funds up to 20% pa
Fixed deposits and savings, I have seen 16% for 90 days
Commercial paper up to 30%

With 1 billion naira you will get higher rates for fixed deposits, savings and mutual funds.

With the current rates, if I buy treasury bill at 15.8% pa for 91 days, I will get about 35.5 million naira upfront (after 10% withholding tax). Come April 2026, I will have my 1 billion naira back to reinvest. If I do this every 91 days, at similar interest rates, I would make about 142.5 million naira as ROI in 12 months.

Pearl1910:
A billion Naira can't give u 400m returns in money market o. Ha!!! Money market that is 4% - 6% per annum

The next president of Nigeria come 2027, should please revert us back to the former national anthem.

Kumuyiii:
'if you 1 million naira a month, you'll enjoy Nigeria'
'if you have money, Nigeria is a cool place'
'if I'm a billionaire, why will i move to Switzerland'
'Nigeria has world class healthcare'
' if I have a successful business why will relocate out'

Yen yen yen, for ur life, you don hear this kind news b4? Imagine say na you get this building or ur shop dey inside with millions of goods inside.... Una for no dey follow me talk all this yeye talk for here.. Like i said, pray make something wey go make you understand my statement ('I'll rather live paycheck to paycheck in Switzerland than live permanently in Nigeria as a billionaire.)do you for Nigeria. Country wey no value human life, no single value to human life, 3 days after the incident, governor was busy doing other things, 10days later na him remember say something happen. Meanwhile dubai, something like this happen, within 5 mins, ambulance and fire service dey ur doormot, rich or poor, ur life get value.

I agree with you that if anyone has a legit opportunity to relocate they should do so. Standard of living and the quality of life is way better. But please do not pray to live pay check to pay check abroad, you are just courting depression and high blood pressure. Please oo, if you want to relocate, calculate well oo, research the country, state, and city you are planning to move to. It is not funny trying to figure out your life in a foreign country especially when you are 40 years and above.

E no easy, but don't give up please. A lot of people are going through the same situation of hardship and sorrow not only in Nigeria, but all around the world. Try motivate yourself, it is not easy. Stay strong.

Those things you listed such as traveling abroad are all good experiences to have, but they wouldn't magically make all your problems disappear. Problems still dey that abroad. Continue with your life diligently, and one day you will look back and see how much you have achieved with the little you have now.

All the best.

DeclanR:
I've never seen an airport before
Never traveled by air.
Never traveled out of Nigeria.

No excitement about life.

Hardship.
Pains and sorrows. No family

We all learned about the water cycle in primary school, interlocking pavements that don't have a means for water infiltration would definitely cause long term problems.

For those saying that New York and Europe is covered with pavement, they forget that the annual precipitation in these areas are lower than the annual precipitation in Nigeria (especially in the south). Some of that precipitation is in the form of snow, which melts gradually and will not have the same impact as rainfall.

In New York and Europe you will see catch basins everywhere. Even parking lots have them. These collect water and moves it into an outfall that empties into a wetland/creek/lake etc. Also it is usually mandatory that for every paved area there should be a percentage of green space to help with water infiltration.

As some other people have commented, Nigeria needs as a matter of urgency to develop their own social media platforms. This is something the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy should be pushing for. They should focus on building data centers, investing in nationwide installation of fiber optics (to enable internet penetration and reliability). With these in place, any Nigerian based social media platform will definitely succeed.

sulaak:
Black men lack a basic maintenance culture. Everything is about the government solving problems.

Another fallacy. We don't lack basic maintenance culture. The discussion about this might derail this thread.
On your other statement, the fact is government's number one priority is to solve problems. If the government can provide quality education all these nonsense about the black man not being capable will disappear. The systematic rot in education is a huge part of the problem.

People might not agree with your comment. I wish they can do some basic research and understand what you have said.

This is not making an excuse for the blackman but just stating what happened and how the West got to where they are now. The Japa trend is exactly what it is, taking the best out of other countries to sustain the development in the West. They need that tax base and population to keep capitalism thriving.

Kushites:
YOU PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT.

"MINIMAL BUDGETS" INDEED.

THE USA's annual budget is 9 TRILLION DOLLARS.

UK, 2 TRILLION.

FRANCE 2 TRILLION.

NOT NAIRA. DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHY ALL THEIR STREETS LOOK NICE.

NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE "WHITE PEOPLE".

NIGERIA'S ANNUAL BUDGET IS $40 BILLION.

A PITTANCE.

THAT IS NOT ENOUGH REVENUE TO HAVE ALL OUR STREETS LOOKING LIKE THAT, EVEN WITH ZERO CORRUPTION.

SO WHY ARE THE WEST SO RICH?

BECAUSE THEY INVADED WITH FIREARMS AND LOOTED THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, ESPECIALLY AFRICA OF ITS HUMAN AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR 500 YEARS, AND ACCORDING TO THE SAME AI CALCULATIONS, OWE AFRICA $5,000 TRILLION FOR ITS PLUNDER.

SO THOSE NICE PAVED STREETS OF THE WEST IS ALL YOUR MONEY.

KNOW THIS AND HAVE SENSE!

REPARATIONS ARE OVERDUE!

ernieboy:
the reality is that those rundown hoods you mentioned are mostly black dominated neighborhoods.

Not true, that is far from reality. Forget the American stereotype. Rundown neighborhoods are not peculiar to black dominated areas.

Please refuse to believe this nonsense about blacks being backwards, inferior, and unable to achieve anything without external help. This mentality is why the average Nigerian will buy foreign goods instead of quality local goods. Local manufacturing will disappear because of low patronage and misguided government policies. We have foreigners without an engineering degree or experience building our infrastructure while qualified and well trained Nigerian engineers are unemployed and forced to be selling and installing solar inverters.