₦airaland Forum

The gulf countries are useless. They spent money on everything but defence. Now they'll let themselves be used as pawns.

AMINDA:
Continue to bury your head in the sand but don't expect the rest of us to do the same. A two-factor authentication of his username on twitter shows that not only is it linked to his other emails including his official email in UniJos, it is also linked to his phone numbers displayed on his CV.

Detective welldone

Idaytesj29:
Read! Read!! Read!!!
people perish cos of lack of knowledge. Read the article

Read the back of the phone you mean chief

Even as a farce, Tinubu going another four years is a deadly proposition for Nigeria. It's better to die for a cause than be kidnapped and slaughtered like rams by idiots looking to get 72 virgins - idiots with zero morals. It's a foregone conclusion that's what Tinubu and his minions see when they see Nigerians - rams and goats.

DeepSight:
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Have you ever read Animal Farm?

Do you know about the Russian Revolution and a man called Stalin?

Do you know about the French Revolution and a man called Robespierre.

History is replete with the same story. Freedom fighters becoming dictators.

Tinubu was never a freedom fighter. NADECO was a toothless organization. They all ran at the smallest sign of trouble. If you're talking freedom fighter, talk about Sowore.

AntiChristian:
Epic failure!

Na so some stats said BAT and Shetima won't win back then yet they won!

Atiku vs Obi would still fail!

The former will exaust his money while the later will start to dey give shishi!

That's why none of the oppositions really challenged the results of the last elections!

They were only after forfeiture and other pre-electoral maters! No prove they won! No Polling boot agent spread!

Now PDP is about a quarter APC as they have Wike the PDAPC chairman!

Sowore is also there to eat his own small chunk of votes!

SDP and all other smaller parties will eat their own bits!

APC has over 30 state Governors out of the 36 states! FCT is PDAPC!

APC has a better grassroot coverage that any other party!

APGA is even supporting APC at the federal level!

Delulu

chiefolododo:
Which year ?

Tinubu will win
SS

SW

NC

PART OF SE

PART OF NE

Delulu

Putinofrussia:
I even detest politics because of its negativities but I support President Tinubu because he is daring,innovative and a goal getter.
Removing subsidy has done a lot if you think deep,sir.
lol
Most of you do not even talk about the more than $10 billion Tinubu has paid out of Nigeria's debt and that he had brought down the percentage of servicing our debt.
You only like to see the negative side of life every moment.
Opposition in Nigeria seems to be very toxic.

Delulu

VOsimhen144:
Carry on sir
Nothing do you sir
Our presidoo!

Me and over 199 million Nigerians are happy with your government sir.

Please borrow more money sir, there’s no need to give accountability becus we trust ur government sir.

3 gbosa for Tinubu
Gbosa!
Gbosa!
Gbosa!

Delulu

Are these not the same Yemenis that are always asking for donations online?

Many of those idiots are on 30k-70k salaries. It's slave trading all over again.

Obama destabilised this country.

dhope:
Nawa o. If Nigeria is attacked by these super power, how do we intercept missile? My people will just turn it to prayer and fasting.
Nations of the world have really advanced and left us behind here but here we are, we're still looking for Muslim Muslim or Christian Christian identity in who rules us while they also mount campaign podiums to be promising us potable water, electricity and road as dividend of democracy in year 2026.

Africa as a whole, excluding Egypt, has been left behind. It's a shame

HacheNoire:
You don’t need to reply!

Lockheed is a money laundering pipeline!

Overpriced junk’s they churn out!

"Overpriced junks". Ignoramus. See what Iran is contending with. This is just one defense contractor.

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products.html

HacheNoire:
Hello! Iran has already proved to the world that the most popular is not the most efficient, cost saving and reliable!

Lockheed might be seeking junks to other countries, but everyone now knows it’s all fakes that can stand the test of time at budgeted cost!

All those scraps were marketed with Hollywood war films and defenseless nations.

"I got $2T from Saudi, Qatar and UAE. They all are with the US in this fight but Iran hit all of them. We were shocked"

-Donald Trump

Watch the real video and see how you dolts keep pushing Iran to their doom through rubbish propaganda. Again, I won't reply you as regards Lockheed Martin. It's pointless.

BREAKING : Donald Trump finally admitted that Iran has done a massive damage to the US

"I got $2T from Saudi, Qatar and UAE. They all are with the US in this fight but Iran hit all of them. We were shocked" 🔥🤯

So he took money from GCC countries but couldn't protect US bases… pic.twitter.com/E3XC5omD86

— Amock_ (@Amockx2022) March 26, 2026

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Saudi, Qatar, and UAE are already buying billions of dollars in weapons from the U.S. If those three retaliate against Iran with it's already weakened defence, you lot will be the first to start crying foul. You'// now start seeing those scammy "donate to Iran children" ads.

HacheNoire:
Lockheed that produces the overpriced scrap metals is what you think the world does not know.

How many interceptors or tomahawks do they produce in a year compared to Iranian drones, and factoring cost?

Using $4 million to intercept $40K? Is that economical for any sane nation? Does it even make sense in engineering terms?

Lockheed Martin my foot! Money laundering pipelines called defense company.

"Overpriced scrap metals" lol. I rest my case. Mention one relevant Iranian airforce contractor and answer this: where is Mojtaba Khameni. You probably think the US is Nigeria lol.

HacheNoire:
Are they ordering the missiles from space?

They are running out of stock and can’t even keep up with the barrage of Iranian drone ready to wreck havoc!

Using $4 million yo intercept $30K

Now, they over $39 trillion in debt and remitting $2 billion per day! All for war!

That country better learn from China on what they did with half of that. $40 trillion in debt and the entire country cannot even boast of a speed train, free or even subsidized healthcare, or affordable tertiary education.

All they did with $40 trillion was war and still got humiliated by Iran!

Ordering hyper inflated junks marketed by Hollywood to be superior, efficient, reliable and cost saving. Now the world knows the case is the opposite.

Expensive metal scraps put together with the IQ of a Nigerian roadside welder, and marketed with Hollywood war films.

This one is an ignoramus. Go and research who Lockheed Martin is, and there are many other defence bigwigs that the US hasn't even activated. Some of you dolts compare US defence in 2002 to 2026. In 2002, were there missile interceptors? Go and research how missile interceptor work before you start foaming from the mouth. The US hasn't even shown half its hand. Dey play.

georgeakins:
Just last week one Eze was kidnapped and slaughtered by Nnamdi Kanu's boys.
Your land is still the unsafest in Nigeria

This one is a 🤡... Which land is the safest? Yorubaland used to be safe til APC dolts came into power

Tinubu is a failure.

Dangote is making insane money right now

ChizzyBuna:
DEMOCRACY IS DEAD AND BURIED

Democracy originated in Greece

Anything you introduced to Nigeria
They will always abuse it
Just like Christianity
It reach Nigeria and they twist to prosperity scam

Now they have abused democracy.

Democracy is the greatest scam ever.

zinaunreal:
Iran has 150000 missiles and counting
Infact Iran has an underground city of missiles and drones.

I once saw the documentary. If Trump had seen that documentary, he wouldn't have declared this war.

Now imagine if iran is not under sanctions
Currently, one single usa base is not standing in the Iranian neighbouring countries. All are powder

AI videos don finish dis one 🧠

nairalanda1:
No, cost reflective tarrifs, means tarrifs that enable the power sector make enough of a profit, or tarrifs that are higher in money cost than the cost of production

In other words, everyone, regardless of hours of supply/band, pays a price of above N250 or above per unit of power consumed. So that the sector makes a profit.

Most pay below the cost of production, which is why the sector loses money and is in a constant liquidity crisis...hence the lack of power.

And generation can only be fixed by investment, which won't happen without a cost reflective tarrif in place.

Sorry, but your definition is wrong. Infact, it is this idea of pay as you use that contributes to the liquidity problems we have in the power sector.

Read the edited post. This is like saying the solution to the electricity problem is "tax the poor the same as the rich while the rich enjoys all the benefits". Even taxes don't work that way. You probably should read more about cost-reflective tariffs.

nairalanda1:
Cost reflective tarrifs are only charged for band A people, who form 20% of total consumers. Everyone else pays below cost reflective tarrifs.

Nigeria is implementing this at around 70% - 80% with subsidies covering the rest. Cost reflective meaning "you get what you pay for" and the cost of power generation and distribution falls on the customer, which is the reason for Band A to Band E. Everyone else pays less because they get less than Band A. You wouldn't expect people in villages who experience light maybe once a week to pay Band A prices. The problem lies in the extremely low generation capacity relative to population. That can't be fixed overnight. But you can incentivize alternatives.

nairalanda1:
Cost reflective tarrifs, cost reflective tarrifs, cost reflective tarrifs...


(Sits back to hear the usual arguments)

1.You are excusing government
No, I'm stating that if a government allows companies to charge cost reflective tarrifs, it would enable the companies to attract investment, and grow their income to a point where they would be able to pay for improvements. Like doing that in the power sector means more electricity, etc.
Seriously, we have had every government subsidse power since 1978. If it was working, then we would be generating 200000 mw by now. Time to let the free market do its thing...

2.But this country does that
Yes, and you know that they probably have incurred a lot of debt doing so...which is why countries like Egypt are abandoning subsides, and Bangladesh is planning to do so, to use two examples.

3. But they are overcharging us!
Yes, with the level of power theft (now reducing thankfully), overcharging happens to cover for losses from that, as well as government not paying subsides at all, and people underpaying even at subsidised rates
And it is not right, but think about it. The band system means that power companies make a profit from one fifth of their consumers...and lose money on the rest. Thus the result...overcharging or business goes under.
As the black markets of many communist countries teach us, when you prevent someone from making money legally, the only way is illegal.

4.But the sector made a profit of N1 trillion last year.
Yes and they owe the gas companies six trillion in debt, which is projected to rise to eight trillion. Plus improvements to the power sector would cost about N15 trillion naira yearly for at least 5 years. That's the equivalent of government doing a new Lagos.Calabar road every year

Can one trillion naira pay debt of six trillion. If you think it can, I have a bridge to sell you in Tashkent.

5. But deregulation does not work
Ivory coast and Ghana deregulated their power sector. And it has worked (The former had national grid collapse last in 1984!). And yes, they aren't as rich as we are (Ghanaians for example disconnect from the mains supply, usually at night, to save power).

6. But BAND A
Band A can't, even on a good day, subsidize power for the other bands. If it was, government won't be owing subsides. At best Band A provides one fifth of a trillion naira of profits made, and that's not even up to paying for the trillions owed in subsidy payments. (said to be around 4 trillion naira.)
And yes, I know, corruption...but for a sector to work, it has to be let to make a profit. You don't buy antenna and wires for your GSM provider because they are allowed to charge a cost reflective tarrif.

7: You are working for the DISCOS and GENCOS

Nope, never did work for them or do anything for them. Don;t work for APC or PDP...especially since I have held this view since 2013...confirmed as more information came in.



(I still expect to be called a government slave, so, lol)

The NERC currently charges cost reflective tariffs. Obviously, it's not working. It's not always 1+2 = 3. If the power sector is entirely deregulated and anyone can buy a license to generate power, with some government tax incentives, and a body like the NERC just offering regulatory oversight, that might be different. But in Nigeria, you'll always probably still end up with a monopoly, as we can see with oil, which is now back to status quo and might keep going higher. This country loves monopolies because they make corruption easier and in fact legal. But when we're ready as a country, we'// probably do what needs to be done.

At this point, Oyo state is fair game. Anybody can contest and win in Oyo state because APC has no candidate: Penkelemesi and Teslim. Both of them can't even win their polling units.

Iran should focus on it's own problems

Burob:
Very sorry for gullible minded people waiting for 1 man to give a federation of states electricity.

Those clueless lot don’t deserve any pity, they definitely deserve to remain in darkness.

It's called the national grid for a reason. Educate yourself