tollyboy5:

It's south south that owns the oil

Does it always have to be outsiders that have to enlighten you on the resources you have in your country?
Nigeria has by far more gas than Oil, in fact Nigeria is more of a Gas producing nation than an oil producing one. A very great percentage of Nigeria's vast gas resources (mostly untapped) are domiciled in its core south-east region. In this season of Energy Transition, Gas is more useful to Nigeria and the world at large than Oil
1. Nigeria's Power Sector is almost 80% powered by gas
2. Nigeria's Manufacturing sector needs gas more than anything else.
3. The petrochemical sector also needs gas
4. The Food processing and packaging industry needs gas
5. About 30 Million out of 200 million Nigerians utilise LPG for domestic use.
6. Your Agricultural sector needs Gas for the production of fertilisers
7. Europe and the world needs Gas, you get huge forex benefits from exporting gas as well.
Gas is the new Gold!!

banku:
Nobody should be harassed, humiliated or intimidated because he wants to vote anywhere in Nigeria.

It is unfortunate that people were maimed and kill all over Nigeria during the Election and Lagos was more peaceful compared to other places especially the East.

Though I detest violence, you did not show anyone killed in Lagos.

Except at Ago Palace where a Yoruba man labelled thug was shot to death by Igbo thugs or just activists!

Who is the loudest crier?

You just validated what i said about a lot of yorubas being gaslighters and catalysts in aggression. When their victims rise up in defense, they twist the narrative to become the victims of aggression, while blaming the victim for trying to defend themselves.
Here's the video of the event you stated.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nYhwxdO1Z4?feature=shared
Now tell me, Thugs came into a neighborhood wielding weapons, attacking and injuring voters, snatching and destroying election materials of voters in broad day light and within the presence of the police.

And after sometime the brutalised regrouped courageously and defended themselves with sticks and planks from the assault and then you term it "a Yoruba man labelled thug was shot to death by Igbo thugs or just activists". The aggressor claiming to be the victim, the thug branding his victims as thugs, the gun wielder branding the assaulted as gun men when all they had was courage and sticks.

Can you show me anywhere the voters were found with guns in that video? Yet you said that "a yoruba man branded a thug was shot" changing the narrative from the criminality of the thug to be a victim won't distort the reality of events.

Hello Mr. Banku
Did you just say elections were more peaceful in lagos than any other part of the country?
Well that would be a very big ironical statement. I was an observer right from the election campaigns down to the elections themselves and everyone would agree with me that campaigns of oppositions that went smoothly in all other parts of the country went awry and violent in the south west especially in Lagos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sfJn3a6qSc?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHRtTtCZic?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFvDzZYjQJ8?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hYPEOylls?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XejvobD9MTQ?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MDQgVz2eaE?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB0OB_Q7Cbs?feature=shared

Now lets come down to the elections, Lagos had one of the Worst set of killings and election violence in the entire country apart from some hotspots in the north where some senatorial candidates were wielding guns in broad day light and another burnt some opposition alive.

It's quite notable that in all these the APC party bore 79% of all aggression recorded nation wide, however election thuggery, violence and crime had a much wider spread in the SW region of the country, to be precise lagos and Ogun had a lion share of this. In abule ado area of lagos state alone 3 were reported dead while there were multiple that escaped with bullet wounds from sponsored thugs.

Multiple cases of ballot snatching, destruction of election materials, tribal attacks, destruction of goods and properties, threats to life etc were witnessed live in the presidential and gubernatorial elections more in lagos than in any other part of the country.

Zico5:

See where u are digressing to. Your so called people voted enmasse for Peter Obi here in Lagos whereas reverse is the case in Anambra and other south east states. We saw online how an igbo man that voted Tinubu was beaten and disgraced openly. Google is ur friend if u want to find out. Then who is more tribal bigot here. Did they write that those police in uniform are Yoruba. Lagos police is from different ethnic groups and there is no way that u can differentiate who is who. You guys are just pathetic

It's interesting how effortlessly individuals twist narratives to suit their campaign of calumny. Mr. Ziko, please can you provide the video of the man who was beaten for voting Tinubu.

To the best of my knowledge, earlier this year during the elections i saw a video of a man in one of the south eastern states of Nigeria (Anambra to be precise) leaving the voting ground amidst jeers from a handful of people. Nobody laid hands on him or came close to him.

He was allowed to leave the voting venue on his own peacefully without any harm whatsoever although with jeers from a handful of people. That's the highest level of incident that happened in the entire SE against an opposition.

Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_CVh6csijg?feature=shared

Now compare this with the outright threats, killings, maiming, injuries inflicted by touts, tyranny, insubordination, burning down and looting of businesses and even outright disenfranchisement metted out by Yorubas to anyone who looked like an Igbo person irrespective of the candidate one wished to vote out of the three major contenders (Atiku, Tinubu or Obi). The hardcore hatred was in full glare for all to see.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BG92Ax__t0?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rx4iMblOVg?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzT5bSIGL9g?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bKXchM1Rxo?feature=shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnS97AQlvMU?feature=shared
And you stand here complaining about a handful of people jeering at one who was allowed to vote peacefully and go home without harm. You should be ashamed of yourself, you are EVIL !!! Even after elections the Yorubas of Nigeria are the only ones who go about demolishing the real estate of their opponents, yet they cry to be the victims. You lots love to tell lies and twist narratives to suit your agenda and gaslight others into mob actions.

Overtime, i have learnt a lot from Nairaland about the recurring individual attitudes of the three major Nigerian tribes and i must say from what i have seen, a lot of Yorubas are not wonderful in terms of overall character.

Whatever a yoruba man accuses another of, look closely he is committing a far much 100x more grevious offence than that.

Akuruoulo:

Painful lamentation of someone from hunger ravaged region

Laughs*

If you know, you know. I'm surprised Nigerians haven't discovered by now.

Ekpa is actually an undercover agent of the Nigerian Government. He spearheaded an operation whose major aim was to infiltrate and cause division, confusion and havoc within Ipob and ESN.

IPOB realised this late, that's after Kanu had already been incarcerated. They dissociated themselves from him but it was too late, he had already gained a cult followership by then. He's still actively working against Kanu's release.

Though in words he may say he's a disciple of Kanu and a freedom fighter for the Igbos, but if you observe, all his actions contradicts this. He has singlehandedly sabotaged the economy of the south east, and countlessly shed the blood of his own people in gruesome ways one can't imagine (something Kanu was totally against). The death toll and mayhem caused by him and his breakout group are far much more than that inflicted by the Nigerian government on the Igbos.

While he engages in these nefarious activities, he's mostly cheered on by many who dislike the igbos, even here on Nairaland as well, (some hide under newly created monikers while others show themselves for who they are) you can observe this for yourself.

To me, it doesn't make any sense at all, the Igbos ought to have started asking themselves, whose side is this guy on? He has inflicted more pain on Igbos than their openly perceived enemies and actively opposes anything his 'acclaimed' leader says, actively working against the the original goal of Ipob and ESN while pretending to be a freedom fighter and purveyor of the Biafran cause.

Ask yourself this question, why is the Nigerian government reluctant to extradite him from finland irrespective of all the hard evidence of brutal murder and criminal activities they have. Kanu was not known to commit any crime nor was he found guilty of any crime in the Nigeria Courts and elsewhere however he was hunted and constantly persecuted and kidnapped illegally by the Nigerian government, but Ekpa is the direct opposite but the Nigerian govt hasn't dared to cough talk less of starting an extradition procedure.

A well known Nigerian senator was so eager to call him 'the president of Igbo land', same senator that loathed and hated his 'acclaimed' principal, Nnamdi Kanu to the core. What changed?

There are lots of questions i can bring up, but I'll leave you Nigerians to think for yourselves.

Christistruth00:


The Edos will land on you so fast

Your head will Spin

Ask your Grandparents the Calamity that befell
the Biafran Army after it invaded Benin and Warri

Look at the profile of the person you're replying to, he's a well known troll and that spreads misinformation on this platform, utilizing reverse psychology as a weapon of confusion and infighting amongst people.

Modified.
I just checked your profile as well. Never knew you both were comrades. I just lost 5 precious minutes i will never get back.

Austineva:
We Biafran People strongly stand with Isreal 🇮🇱

In this matter it's best you stay neutral because there's more to the eyes than you can see.

planetx:
Bloody fake Ashkenazi so called Jews, continue your genocide while this dumb Africans are clapping for you. The Bible said once the real Jews returns from the 4 corners of the earth from which they were scattered there will be total peace in the promised land, how come since you fakers got there in 1948 it's been endless wars.

Finally!!! Someone gets the gist, those guys occupying Israel are fake Jews. The Hebrews and Jews you read about in the holy books live closer to you than you imagine.

LeoDeKing AKA Omenka always spent his time bashing, bullying and denigrating people here on Nairaland. He is Very popular for vilifying Peter Obi and his supporters, calling them all sorts of despicable names and spreading evil propaganda. Who would have thought that he had huge skeletons in his cupboard. I'm not surprised though.

Thislifesef:
it is True tribes in the majority are not happy with the minority being president, this has been ongoing before the coup, tribalism is rife in Africa and the same thing is currently happening in Togo.

That the people are happy with military takeover is inconsequential in ecowas intervention, because if you can justify Russia"s invasion of Ukraine just because they don't want an enemy"s foothold in their neighboring countries why do you think ecowas countries shouldn't also bother about the juntas in their neighborhood.

I am against military intervention by ecowas, though it is not wrong but I feel we have too much problems in our hands than sponsoring wars. But if we were stable enough economically I would have supported military intervention.

And lastly, if you believe the Niger people are happy with the juntas and should be left alone, don't you think they should be also be happy enough to sustain themselves?
This is your neighbors saying, "we are not comfortable with your choice of military rule but since you want to have military rule over you and you are happy about it, no problem, I can no longer trade freely with you, I can no longer bear the risk of an open border with you.
There is nothing wrong here.

Watch out for Togo, if ecowas doesn't handle these incessant military takeovers in West Africa I see Togo going the same way soon,i mean very soon.

Well said!

I like how well you articulated your points.

I still choose to differ on some points, however one major positive i got from this conversation is that I have finally seen someone with a different stance that I'd engage on this platform that doesn't resort to insults when a different opinion arises.

Please more of this!

badoh:

Meanwhile, if the coup was sponsored by a military personnel from the minority tribe in Niger, would the people in the majority tribe be comfortable and accepted it?
It is a lesson for Bazoum and other African leaders still practicing democracy that once you take over power, you need to rejig and reshuffle the security apparatus especially the head. I learnt the guy that plotted the coup worked with the former president for several years and Bazoum did not deem it fit to retire and replace him with someone who can be loyal to him.

Una don carry tribalism mentality enter this charade.
As a man thinketh, so is he in his heart.
Most people like to project their thoughts onto others because they believe everyone thinks like them.
So when i see someone projecting tribal sentiments when it's uncalled for, in most cases i see that person as the guilty party.

Back to the topic, I haven't commented on this Niger Coup brouhaha because i didn't deem it necessary.
We should all let sleeping dogs lie (live and let live).
The people of Niger decided to do what they think is best for them, they are also happy with the short term outcome.

If a military govt. Is going to hurt them in the long run, na them sabi, it's none of our business.
If a military govt. Is going to bring them prosperity in the long run, congrats to them, na them sabi, it's none of our business as well.

There is no need to struggle with anybody concerning any issues. This world is big enough to contain everybody. It's greed, unchecked ambitions, envy, hatred and all evil vices that come from within that make leaders to wage wars. Wars are first fought in the head before it metamorphoses into a physical conflict.

Live and let live.

tunwumi:
The more you explain the more ignorance is proclaimed.

OK

tunwumi:
I now understand your problem that is selective comprehension. When the case contract was entered in 2013 Buhari was the president.

Let me break it down for your granular understanding.

The Contract was entered voluntarily by 235 local governments (hereafter referred to as the consortium) AGAINST the FG in june 11 2013 to recover money owed by the FG. Meaning the consortium of LGs was a client of the instigator, they (the consortium of LG's) won the case on December 13, 2013 and furthermore were awarded the payment to the tune of 3.18 billion dollars by the Federal High Court.

It is noteworthy that there had been no issues or problem whatsoever and he had been paid the agreed legal fees until July 4th, 2015 when the instigator filed against the LG's to recover what he termed "contingency fee"

On October 30th 2015 , the dodgy and very interesting judgement was enacted which provided that the instigator was "entitled to be paid 10% of any recovery made and or of proceeds from any source whatsoever of the [2013] Judgment.” as the "contingency fee"

Everything was going on well until the Mafia of the last admin came in, Looks to me like someone wants a slice of the cake.

Unsurprisingly, there are other similar dubious cases that sprang up this way since the advent of the Buhari Administration. Which begs the question "Why didn't Edwards nor other lawyers in other similar cases like this seek redress for humongous bonuses during the GEJ admin".

He had to wait for 2 years (after GEJ had left office) to perpetuate such evil. To me, he's just a frontliner, there's someone pulling the strings behind and this/these person(s) have also done same in other cases since the advent of the last admin, thereby becoming overnight billionaires to the benefit of their private pockets and the detriment of Nigeria as a nation.

tunwumi:



Commenting without knowledge make you look like a teenage fool

https://lettersblogatory.com/2019/01/07/case-of-the-day-edwards-v-nigeria/

You mustn't resort to insults all the time.
A simple glance at the material you posted would have given you the information you needed.
Here's a snippet from YOUR source.
The unwise and dodgy judgement that has now plunged the nation into another round of debt was enacted in October 2015 please who was in power at the time?
Please read before typing

tunwumi:
This dated back to the time of GEJ when bazaar contract reigns

Didn't you see October 2015
GEJ was president until February 2015
Why do people love to shift the goal post and blame others all the time

LegendHero:


The actual wrong-doing is accusing a full blooded Yoruba man that he can’t rule his own because he is an American citizen? Do you guys think before talking?

By the way, the fullish man Peter Obi could not provide 247 power supply nor security in Anambla. If he had done that, he won’t be looking for stolen mandate everywhere, ya’ll would have just relocated to the paradise he built.

First, Hamza is not from lagos state, He's from Ogun. So he's actually an impostor and not 'ruling his state'.

Secondly, do you know the meaning of Naturalization and renouncing one's original country of birth?
It simply means he swore by oath that he's no longer a Nigerian and he has renounced all his allegiance to Nigeria as a citizen by birth, or by marriage or by any means whatsoever. He is now a full American Citizen.

Can you have a Ghanian or Russian running for Governor or Deputy governor in your state?

SalamRushdie:
This is a test for Tinubu

More like a pre-empted action to seek public validation. Let's see how things eventually pan out.

JaceBlaze:


South Africa has had tremors like this one many times before.What caused those? Our "defiance to Western ordinance"?🤔🤔

Truth is, this might just be a conspiracy theory, or maybe not.

Samantha124:
I was just watching the news now and it's kinda scary... Growing up we didn't know earthquakes could ever happen in this country... But now they're starting to happen more frequently.

Just a case of biological weaponry. I knew this was going to come sooner or later after SA took a different stance from the western powers. Look, same happened to Turkey, to Iran, to North Korea, to China. Any country that openly defies their ordinance gets hit by their biological weapon just shortly afterwards.

jidxin:
only? 50 percent only?

Don't mind the ignoramus, 50% is already a controlling interest in any generic business.

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Exc2000:





Weyrey came late, and he was going to sleep half of the proceeding , read Guidian Newspaper the other half yet expect the Omole guy that came early to stand for him


Typical IPOB mentality

I- I
B- before
O- others

IBO



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Funny enough i think your people are guilty of what you accuse other Nigerians of. In Psychology we call this the mental projection. Which means one is more likely to accuse others of what one is guilty of because he/she assumes that everyone thinks/acts the way he/she does.

As from experience, once you start building without necessary permits in lagos, sooner than expected be sure to see a giant "X" marked with red paint on your fence as a stop work notification from the lagos state authorities, telling you that you can only proceed to build when they're satisfied that all necessary documents are available.

Please i need to be convinced on how it wasn't the case here and why some selected houses were destroyed and not all the houses lined up on the area they dubbed as "construction along pipeline and in close proximity to the Murtala International Airport, Lagos". Does it mean that the other houses situated in the same illegally occupied area on the same stretch of land which were not destroyed were built on air? I'm actually not understanding.

Please convince me on how this isn't a case of revenge or witch-hunt.

1) There are 36 states and 1 territory, so there were a total of 36 + 1 = 37 areas where people applied from.

If there are 100 people in each state, then there were a total of 100 x 36 = 3,600 people who applied from the states.

Adding the 120 people from the territory, there were a total of 3,720 people who applied.

To recruit at least 25% of people from 2/3 of the states and the territory, the firm needs to choose from at least (2/3 x 37) = 24 areas.

25% of 100 people in a state is equivalent to 0.25 x 100 = 25 people.

25% of 120 people from the territory is equivalent to 0.25 x 120 = 30 people.

Therefore, the firm needs to recruit at least 25 x 24 states + 30 from the territory = 630 people.

So the minimum number of people the firm should at least employ is 630.

oodua1stson:
lol they were there under obi



Stop whitewashing that liar for us here

Close your mouth if you don't have anything to say. I was privileged to be in Anambra during Mbadinuju's tenure, Ngige's tenure and Obi's tenure.

During the tenure of the former two, touts, criminal warlords, kidnappers, Godfathers and all sorts of criminal elements ruled the state. It even got to a point that a state of emergency was to be declared in Anambra. When it was time for Obi to rule, the very first thing Peter Obi did during his tenure was to sweep the state of clean of all these elements before building the healthcare system, educational system, infrastructure and commercial aspects of the state's economy.

Upper iweka that used to be the headquarters of daredevil criminal elements was sanitized to the extent that one could walk safely through upper iweka by 8:00 pm and fear nothing, something that had never happened before , not even policemen had the temerity to do so.

Isobug:
Him try. Why in the night?

Bats move only at night

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I never thought I'd witness a day where an APC supporter will accuse another party or politician of telling lies.
What an irony indeed😂

GeneralPula:

Nothing emotional..
It’s the same reason Obi people hates Tinubu..

I think you're seeing things through your mindset. A number of Obi's people don't actually hate Tinubu. They're just fed up with the current state of Nigeria and want something different from the normal status quo. That's what their principal Obi represents to them while Tinubu represents the nominal Nigerian status quo or even worse.

Brendaniel:
Why do Tinubu supporters like Igbo politicians that hate Igbos?

You've answered the question yourself. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" A number of Tinubu's supporters see Igbos as a threat hence, vilifying them as enemies. These lot don't see anything good in the Igbos and would support anything or anyone that is against the success of the Igbos.

Darasinmi1:
He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. These allegations against Mahmood Mohammad and INEC are getting too much.


This is so heartbreaking, Nigerians are truly suffering in this hard times.. may God touch the heart of a good samaritan to help you dear

Hello everyone, please disregard this poster. He/she is working hand in hand with the scammer. What they do is to go from thread to thread the quoted scammer solicits for help using different monikers under the guise of someone in dire need and this poster then poses as an anonymous sympathetic nairalander who supports his cause.

Do not be fooled! They are working together to scam you of your money. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.