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Lovelink1991:
It is heartbreaking seeing the multitude of people who need help because they are suffering from kidney diseases both children and adults.

Pls Nigeria should be careful with what they take which may be harmful to their kidney.

All this people are just from one hospital called parklane hospital.

Watch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMpeVcTJ9VA?si=K5pc-hkd2XVbkKbM

KIdney disease is common among West Africans. Nobody knows why. But the common use of herbal remedy has been suggested as a possible factor. To say nothing of alcohol abuse and the ingestion of fake drugs.

Sheuns:
Should they have sold meat of a cattle that’s alive?

Open ChatGPT. Type "Explain this thread to me like I'm a 5 y/o."

NationalFocusNG:
https://nationalfocusng.com/2026/08/04/borno-police-arrest-five-over-alleged-sale-of-meat-from-dead-cattle/

This sort of thing happens a lot in Nigeria.

Back in the day, there was a mallam I used to buy roasted chicken from at Ojodu. One day, he didn't have any. I went back the following day, and he still didn't have. I asked him why he didn't have while some of his colleagues had. He said something about his conscience not allowing him to to do certain bad things. I later figured out that some of his colleagues were sourcing and using dead chickens.

lordm:
Yet the average Nigerian doesn't see how blessed our country is

They do. Just that those who want to farm or explore other opportunities don't have money. Those who have money are politically connected and aren't interested. Our is a society where it's difficult to raise capital because nobody can trust anybody.

God1000:
https://www.facebook.com/100059479812265/posts/pfbid02Qgh6LWBMDah3515mJHfD8CvLgiq3mFYULPnpPjz6VNwkHoPJg7hHHUZjgxbuxEsAl/

"Creative and unconventional ways". Lol. Iran don hook Mr Trump for throat. He can't swallow it or throw it away.

Namaster:
All you had to do was Google the Electoral Laws.
There is ZERO excuse for ignorance.

Electoral Laws says every Presidential candidate must have a MINIMUM of Secondary School Certificate.

It means the LEAST qualification for clearance is a Secondary School Certificate.

Clearly, a BSc satisfies the demands.
So does MSc.
And PhD.

NO Presidential candidate needs to present primary or secondary school records IF they can already meet the requirements by providing a university degree.

That means a candidate can submit ONLY a PhD degree and be in FULL COMPLIANCE with the law.

Hope that clears it up for you.

This argument is correct. At least, from a legal point of view. However, not disclosing your primary and secondary schools does raise serious questions.

dominique:
I've done small research, it would have been very nice if this kind of herb is easily accessible

It actually grows very easily. Just get it and plant.

WriterNig:
👍🏻Like for Russia-Putin, share for USA/Nazi/NATO 卍

I was thinking Mr WriterNig/Kaliningrad had quietly made a terminal departure from NL to some Evilville to mourn Russian losses in peace. Seems Mr Putin finally gave him something to cheer. Enjoy.

brain54:
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That's obviously not a military target and against the laws of armed conflict. If Russia or Iran had struck a soft target like this the world would have known no peace by now.


What is right is right and what is wrong is wrong not only when it favors anyone. I hate the hypocrisy of the world... it stinks.


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OBVIOUSLY not a military target? Because the head of a NUCLEAR agency said so? Well, everyone knows how believable Russian officials are.

Anyway, I think those you're accusing of "hypocrisy" will accuse you of it ... Because Russia. At least, this wasn't an attack on a school or apartment building or supermarket or maternity ward - all of which Russia has bombed every other day since 2022.

Glimpsetv:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0-WuYs7QM0?si=4mu5vWjiMAUoXI-H



Source: https://gtvdaily.com/billionaire-king-ochacho-gifts-peller-and-jarvis-a-%e2%82%a6400-million-mansion-at-their-wedding/

DESERVE it as in... they've cured cancer. Or solved the Middle East crisis. Or found a solution to banditry in Nigeria or world hunger.

Abeg, give wetin you wan give, but I don't think your kids will become renown philosophers.

kpankpangolo:
…but have you started?

Not yet. Still thinking about on my desk. I think I'll start with serious jogging - since I already lift weights regularly.

kpankpangolo:
Na him know. There will be another bout in two years. Let’s hope he starts training today. Someone becomes slightly proficient in boxing after one year.

Oh, interesting. So if start now, I can be proficient by August 2027.

Awodifire:
CJN Bars Lawyers From Using 'Barrister' Title




KABIR E. AKANBI, Esq. Chief Registrar

Hehehe. When Nigerians are going to school, they're already thinking of the titles that'll come with it. Barrister Wale. Surveyor Matthew. Builder Okon. Pharm Macaulay.

Don't take it away please.

nairavsdollars:
Only useless journalists will give this fellow man of the year award

The fellow has actually impressed me as DSS DG. He seems to be on the path to returning the agency to competence and respectability. It's this romance between journalists and the agency that I don't understand.

Blunt99:
If the government loves you.

Just know you are gone, and untrustworthy.

Same thing I'm thinking. This doesn't look good on the NUJ at all.

Newsgeek24:
The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, MON, has described his emergence as the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Man of the Year 2026 as a strong validation of the growing partnership between the nation's security agencies and the media.

Ok. But these "partnerships" are suspicious. NUJ members have a responsibility to hold the DSS to account and should not be handing them awards. This is suspicious.

NUJ has always been political though.

sulaak:
Why would he want to visit SA? I have never wanted to visit SA in my entire life; I don't even like SA, Black or White. The issue is we need to fix our own country and stop migrating to hostile countries.

Same here. I frankly don't understand Nigerians who go to South Africa (outside of official assignment). Those of us who grew up during apartheid were raised to love South Africans - that hasn't changed for me. But I certainly won't go where I'm not wanted. I don't know why others do.

[quote author=SixSeven post=140191145][/quote]Shapiro doesn't pull his punches. Lol.

givedemwotowoto:
If it’s African affairs, the topic should be discussed on AU

Oh, it will be discussed. They only changed the topic under which it will be discussed to a broader one.

CharlesCNG:
Your point is interesting, but it is based on a misunderstanding.

NFEM is not a second exchange-rate window—it is the market itself. It is where banks and authorised dealers buy and sell foreign exchange, and the official rate is determined from actual trades. Scrapping NFEM would be like shutting down the Stock Exchange because people also trade shares privately.

The other rate you are probably refering to to is the parallel (black) market, not another official CBN window.
Even countries with floating currencies can have parallel markets.
The real objective is not to eliminate every unofficial rate, but to narrow the gap between the official and parallel markets.

The real arbitrage happened under the old system, when government sold dollars at artificially low official rates like 350 while the black market valued them much higher-700 / 750. That encouraged people to buy cheap official dollars and resell them for huge profits.

The Cardoso system is a[b] managed float[/b]. The market largely determines the exchange rate, while the CBN occasionally intervenes to reduce excessive volatility—something many central banks around the world also do.

The answer is therefore not to scrap NFEM, but to deepen it with more liquidity and transparency until the parallel market becomes largely irrelevant.

@ red
The parallel market becomes irrelevant if there's ENOUGH dollars at NFEM and that happens only if NFEM reflects the market price. Do you believe that will happen soon? I don't. The naira is still trading lower at the parallel market. Trade goes where market price rules.

And as long as there's a difference, arbitrage will occur. We've only reduced the incentive/profit, not eliminated it. See the problem?

The fact is that once you have two markets, businesspeople will prefer the one where it's cheaper to get dollars but will actually trade in the second market - because that's where dollars are more readily available and they'd rather not QUEUE for it at NFEM. I mean, if everything every trader needs is readily available at NFEM, the parallel market will not exist right?

Managed float is an interesting concept. The fact is, you can't manage a float. It's timid to attempt to manage a float. Once you're managing it, it's not floated.

Yes, central banks everywhere will intervene if they need to. This is true. C'est vrai. Correcto. The question is, when do they need to intervene? A truly deregulated market only sees an intervention during an EMMERGENCY. A classic example is the days after the Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel. The shekel went into a spiral, and the Israeli central bank did the responsible thing - it pumped dollars into the market to stabilize its currency. It's like those who campaign for "price control". PC is economic suicide, but governments do it during emergencies (like the aftermath of an earthquake or war causing a shortage of basic commodities, you introduce rationing and price control) for a defined period of time.

But a situation where you "intervene" every Tuesday while boasting to the world that you've floated your currency is sketchy. What the CBN does right now is, they pump dollars in every other day, hoping that stability in the NFEM will help the situation in the parallel market. Let's have a single market - let whatever you're pumping go into that market (in Israel, what they pumped in went into the single market).

But yeah, we've made progress. Things are no longer what they used to be. Maybe the next CBN governor will have the courage to take it further and give us a single market.

Are there substantial numbers of Nigerians living in Iran? Anyone knows?

femi4:
Let her go n wash plates jor

Its bad debt already

Hungry girls everywhere

What is they already have someone washing their plates?

datola:
Every right thinking Nigerian knows the economy is on the right PATH

This is debatable. Mr Cardoso has done some work on our monetary policy, but there's a lot that is still wrong with how our economy is managed.

Olofofo247ng:
"CBN Governor and his selfless team deserves more accolades

The economy indeed took a dramatic turn around; I’m sure so many around the president would have wondered how he’s going to do it and yes he got it right, the economy is working."

Ngozi Okonjo Nwela (Nigerian Former Minister of Finance)



Prosperity is on the horizon 🔥📈

Mr Cardoso deserves commendation. He's better than any CBN gov since 1999.

My only problem with him is the partial floating of the naira. You can't claim to have "unified" rates when there are still two rates/trading windows. Abolish the NFEM (or suspend it) and let the naira trade freely. That way, (1) it will find its true value and (2) arbitrage will end.

Omooba77:
The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has criticized the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, for prioritizing new road constructions over the maintenance of existing ones in poor condition.

Is this not what we've been saying? Even the blind can see it. Drop this superhighway and new road obsession and fix existing federal roads!

OdogwuAnambra:
Report Ranks Ogun As Nigeria's Lowest State For Road Quality; South-west Records



source

With all the money Delta has, it has no business on this list. It's a shame.

OdogwuAnambra:
Report Ranks Ogun As Nigeria's Lowest State For Road Quality; South-west Records



source

Sounds like a fair report to me.

You see that that Agbole-Ajuwon-Akute-Lambe axis? The roads there were designed in hell - by the devil himself. During the era of Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun, most of them were fixed - but they never lasted beyond 6 months. I later heard they're called "water-soluble roads".

Ogun State = the worst roads, the worst quality of work on roads.

pavoda:
Despite all your insurance, there’s deep insecurity in every aspect of Nigeria. With the economic uncertainty in Nigeria, just 1 single problem has the capacity to send you back to zero. Insurance only works in a stable country, Bankers an Thives are just spinning insurance 💰

Kalulu44:
Omoh eh! E get sickness or problem wey fit deplete #100m wey you don save as an actor or entertainer

True. Correct. (Except that investments do work in Nigeria.)

But what has emerged, what I'm concerned about, is a PATTERN where 70-80% of Nollywood actors that fall seriously ill need help. If memory serves me right, this is the second time Madam Ngo has sought help from the public. Is that the case with the movie industries of other countries? And what about other sectors in Nigeria - do we have a similar % of civil servants or academics or traders or lawyers asking for help? There's a problem that needs to be addressed to reduce the occurrence of this in Nollywood.

fergie001:
Okey Martins Justice (JMartins)
SSA to Governor Alex Otti on Tourism & Entertainment

PREVIOUS THREAD:
https://www.nairaland.com/8718388/gov-alex-otti-approves-first

Lucky she's a celeb. Many unknown sick people, but who send them. Time someone starts teaching Nollywood people about insurance, investments and saving for the rainy day.

Parachoko:
It's so shameful

I wish they can all be rounded up and deported

They might not invite Ethiopia again, I hope their action won't affect other teams from Africa next year

In handcuffs please.

dominique:
An entire youth football team from Ethiopia has vanished in Sweden after the culmination of the Gothia Cup youth tournament in Gothenburg, sparking an international response.
The tournament ended ten days ago, but authorities say the group still remains unaccounted for and has not returned to Ethiopia.

Officers are working with the Swedish Migration Agency, border police, and authorities in other countries to locate them

According to Sweden Herald, around 20 people, mostly players aged 14-17 and also some adult supervisors, left their hotel without checking out and cannot be located.

https://m.lindaikejisblog.com/2026/7/entire-ethiopian-football-team-vanishes-in-sweden-after-youth-tournament.html

Nothing to see here. Just Africans disgracing themselves since forever. They can die to live in another person's country. That's why Southies are showing them shege.

I hope the idiots are arrested and sent back to Ethiopia in handcuffs.

There's something called "bush carrot" in Nigeria. Anywhere know where I can find them to buy? I'd like to plant them if possible.