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Ebubu:
Borno get airport people dey vex say Ebonyi dey build airport

Una deh ment

Do you know the DISTANCE from Maiduguri to anywhere? What's the distance from Abakaliki to Enugu? People are not criticising Ebonyi airport because they hate Ebonyi; what they're concerned about is VIABILITY. You guys are going to end up with an "international airport" that is kept running with tax payers funds because it can't generate enough funds because it doesn't have enough traffic.

Sapiosexuality:
Like Saddam and Gaddafi, it takes a lot for progress built under a single dictatorship to stand. If it were complex like the sort practiced in China it would have been a different story. The death and survival of Rwanda is inevitably tied to the life of Kagame.

Spot on. When people praise the progress made by one-man-show dictatorships, they fail to understand what makes truly functional dictatorships like China and the UAE different.

hkidola00:
u mean another round of genocide?...God forbid

It's possible actually because (1) Past injustices have not been addressed. (2) There's a lot of ongoing injustice. (2) Kagame has not developed the political space - it the Republic of Kagame.

God1000:
Rwanda's president Paul kagame has transformed Rwanda so much despite the fact that he's been there since 2000.

He's a benevolent and visionary dictator.

I'm planning to do my master's degree in either Rwanda or Botswana, they have great schools as well.

Kagame benevolent? Well, you're in great company with this particular ignorance.

Sentences 2 and 3 are correct. 2 is generally preferred in US English while 3 is generally preferred in UK English. But consistency throughout a document is what matters most.

backtalkG:
Hhmmm this is getting out of hand

As in ehn!? A whole Chief of General Staff.

Stevyne:
When I traveled to calabar from Lagos the other time na Thursday morning by 7 we comot Lagos na Friday 4pm we enter calabar, ita igbon park.

Wow!

Benbellamor:
If you move early by 6:30 you will enter abuja by 5 to 6 pm but if you wait till 9:00 am before you leave Lagos. Traffic will hold you till 12 to 1 pm before you leave Lagos and another 4 hours before you leave Ibadan it will be around 4 pm, before you reach lokoja it's 9-10pm but if you leave by 6am by 9am you have already pass Ibadan and will be in osun state, by 2pm you will be in lokoja and at times 3:30pm you're in Gwagwalada 4:30 to 5:00pm you must have been in Abuja early
Lesson is, leave very early... If not Lagos traffic will rubbish your plan
Buses you can book with my experience are God is Good....or G.U.O.....they keep to time but others delays.... My opinion though
Good morning

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

Topzee109:
It's God that saved you but if the evil happened to you, it's Satan that caused it

He said, "I believe it was God protecting His own." I guess those who have died on that road weren't God's own.

jesusjnr2020:
We started the journey quite late on that day, at about 10am so by the time we got to Abuja, it was already early hours of the next day.

Lagos to Abuja now takes close to 24 hours?

Sorry about your ordeal.

Good. But hopefully, we'll start making helicopters in Nigeria soon.

MrBrownJay1:
it follows the same old tired line that:"since women gladly become 2nd wives and/or agree to be in such union, anyone and everyone involved in it must be happy and jumping for joy bla bla bla!"

the problem with people like you is that you cant bring valid points to a discussion and would rather hide behind archaic century old mindset...

Everyone jumping for joy ke. No, that ^ is not a tired line - it's a strawman you made up right here. Just now.

There are valid points against your tired line of "if women..." - just not today.

And trust me, there is a case to be made against polygamy (which isn't such a great idea) but this tired line you people throw around just doesn't make the cut. But go on throwing it for now - I'm sure you people really feel smart saying it - "If women can be second wives, why can't men..."

MrBrownJay1:
stop showing your hipocrisy, due to your misplaced ego... if there is nothing wrong/shameful with being a 2nd wife, there should also be nothing wrong/shameful with being a 2nd husband.

Still the same tired line. One day, someone will have the time to address this dumb question of "if women can be second wives..."

MrBrownJay1:
we have to be objective here and stop being hypocrites... if being a 2nd wife is perfectly fine then why NO MAN IN NIGERIA/AFRICA want to be a 2nd husband?! as much as many woman have been brainwashed to became a 2nd wife, there is nothing to be proud about being part of such ideology (unless you are a man)

Those tired lines in bold show you don't get it. Can't get it even if anyone tries to explain.

MrBrownJay1:
some cheap ladies are gladly dating married men as mistresses, others are gladly marrying married men to become 2nd wife.... while others would never belittle themselves to either A) date a married/taken man or B) be a 2nd wife...dont be confused on the issue!

And what makes ladies that go into polygynous relationships or marriages cheap necessarily? Do you people ever consider that that might be what all the parties involved want?

EXOUSIAng:
The Tub youths know the real truth behind most of those killings.
Some thing the governor has refused to tell the rest of the world.
It's only outsiders that don't know that most of the killings are actually revenge.
Have you heard any traditional rulers come out to speak about it?
Bro these guys go into the bushes, rape fulani girls and wives beat up the man, kill his cows and share the meat.
The fulani man doesn't have a smart phone to take pictures for social media, few months or weeks after another set of youths or even same set come back again. You expect that man not to take revenge?
Have ever heard that they stole anything during these attacks?
Why do you think they rape women?
Bro leave what you dont understand abeg
This has continued for years.
The fulani issue didn't start now I still remember during the time of Abacha we had this issues, Obasanjo also we did.
It's just cos of social media making news go round that we all feel its too much. It's been happening for years?
Why did you think the military killed that guy that was going to surrender.
He is the key leader of cattle rustlers in Benue.
That won't be the first time he was collecting money from Ortom for amnesty.
Bro leave deep matters.
You cant go about rapping a man's wife and daughters, killing his cattle and sharing the meat with impunity and not expect revenge at some point.
He will gather his brothers and strike.
Out of 23 local government in Benune why is this happening in only 3 local governments?
We know the truth bro.
Na una wer no dey Benue dey celebrate Ortom.

Ha! This is serious. Never heard this.

cochtrane:
And this guy wanted to be Nigeria's president?

People with two wives can't be president? Really??

richie240:
From the response of that gentleman to this post of urs I'm quoting, can u see dt putting mouth in se matter can be one of d most futile efforts ever? That was why I asked u "wetin consyn u" d other time!

Despite all u've said in having d FG intervene, all he could surmise is that u hate the igbos and dt u are seeking the extermination of igbos.

If the FG venture intervene, d same victims being helped will still shout "buhalli is kirring our blodas", " what of bandits in d north", "innocent citizens", "what about shekau" etc.

They aren't really ready for resolution of d matter; once they are ready, they will form vigilante/joint task force to combat d criminals (in whatever guise: ESN, ipob, unknown known gunmen) they had hitherto been supporting!

S/E matter complex pass calculus!
Na to siddon look with folded hands be their case!

It's strange.

ScamHunter:
If bullets and bombs couldn't stop the agitation for Igbo exit from Nigeria 50 years ago, what makes you think that even a nuclear bomb can stop it now? What you people failed to understand is that even if someone like Kanu is eliminated, that your hatred for Igbo people has galvanized a trend that ensures that thousands like him will rise up to continue to agitate for Biafra. I never believed in Biafra 20 years ago, but now, there are millions like me that have realized that Ndigbo are better off in a country where we have our destinies in our hands.

Oga, I don't know why you think I hate Igbo people - you pulled that one out of your behind.

Good luck with your realisation. In fact, I wish you all you wish yourself. I don't care whether Biafra stays or goes. I don't care about Kanu or any other street corner troublemaker per se. But do I care about the security of our people, and if I were the president I'd do a better job of it than Buhari is doing and I'd certainly go after an idiot in Finland murdering people for trying to go about their business.

richie240:
So dt una go still turn around and shout "buhalli has kirred our bloda?"
No thanks, when e tire una, una go put d bullet for hin skull by unasef.
But for now let him be doing d lord's work in Finland!

I'm a southeastern or Biafran now? Are you okay?

StrongandMighty:
This Guy is seriously mad..Thank God Nobody is obeying his useless orders!!
He's so irrelevant in the scheme of things...

Actually, everyone obeys him. Not willingly, of course, but because he has an army to enforce his will. If I were the president, I'd have long dispatched an NIA agent to find him and put a bullet in his forehead.

I'm considering moving there. What are the pros and cons, considering

1. Power supply
2. Flooding
3. Kidnapping/security
4. Quality of water

okeysoninv:
do you why they called it black market. Reason is because it's underworld market. Black markets cabals are holding the nation for Ransom . The amount of corruption going on in currency market is mind blowing if you must know. Tell me in history of nigeria where we have price differences from 420-600, and still growing . Who determines this rate. What parameters are they using so many questions begging for ans.

You're the same guy I was chatting with yesterday repeating the same thing forever. I actually thought the last post was written by someone else. Sorry.

okeysoninv:
You are not getting right, how come black market determines the actual rate of naira. these has been on debate since. it's only in Nigeria we have exchange of 420-600. it's only in Nigeria is where you can find oil prices going up but it won't reflect in the currency instead the currency is going down. where do we go from here

Because the "official market" does not have enough.

Imagine if Buhari wakes up tomorrow and announces that a bag of rice is now N12,000 (official rate). You're a rice farmer. Will you sell? No. Because that price will see your kids out of school given how much it cost you to cultivate the rice: Buhari's price does not reflect the market. So you and your fellow farmers will simply leave your rice in the warehouses. After a few days, people will start pressuring you sell, coming to your house at night and offering N28,000 (black market). Why? Because there isn't enough rice to buy at the main market where it's sold for N12000 under the watchful eyes of the police. Soon, only rice produced in government-owned farms is sold at main market but that rice isn't enough to satisfy 5% of demand. So several night markets emerge where rice is sold for N28-30,000 and that's where most people buy. When you look at it, N28-N30,000 is the actual price of rice, not N12,000 because rice isn't really available at that price except to a few people who have connections at the ministry of agriculture. They too buy at N12,000 and sell at N28-30,000 at the night market and then make returns to their friends at the ministry of agric. See?

It's not only in Nigeria you have the dual market. Any country where someone tries to fix an "official rate" experiences the dual market.

Oil prices impact exchange rates in Nigeria. At least, in the past. The reason it's not doing so now is because we're not selling enough oil - there's a crisis in the oil sector.

WithX:
I appreciate your technical input sir but i will like you to educate me more.

How can the market determine the price of a commodity it has no control over? Remember we don't have control over the Dollars.

If CBN stop fixing official rate, Will i have reasons to complain when my bank charge me a rate of ₦1000 per dollar for a purchase i made using my Naira debit card (remember no official rate and they have the right to claim that is the price they got it )

What happened if all the BDC operators (of which most of them are CBN big wigs anyway) buy off the money CBN plough into the market at a lower price then hoard it and decide to sell for over ₦1,000 (buyers will have no other place to run to)


Remember sir that we already are not generating enough foreign exchange as we are a import dependent country and we aren't making any practical effort to change the narratives.

Does the market control things or things control the market? That depends on your point of view. Actually, it's not an important question/argument.

The question you should ask yourself is this: why hasn't the black market gone up to $1=N2000 since it's not regulated by the CBN or any "official"? Since "official rate" isn't available to most SME traders and multinational companies, why aren't BDCs hoarding dollars now and selling them at N2000? Look, it's simple really: The "official rate" is useless to most people - it certainly is to me and to most SME businesspeople.

The dollars in the black market come from two sources: those generated from remittances and by the market organically and those round-triped from CBN "interventions". If you abolish "official rate", any dollars released by the CBN to try to "stabilize" the market will come into the single market (which is neither black nor official, just market). The rate will be forced down to N490-N520 instead of going up to N2000 like you people are predicting.

No, the banks can't lie to you that they bought a dollar for N1000 for the same reason Camry 2008 sellers aren't lying to you that they buy them for N15m. You just need to understand the market.

And, no, the naira has never been floated in recent years. Jacking up the "official rate" slightly isn't floating.

Repeated post.

okeysoninv:
you have failed to mention any country operating black market currency regime . if you can't mention any country where black market determines the rate then stop spilling gibberish. fulanis and their cabal will cont. their round tripping until naira becomes worthless. from 2015 to 2022 naira has jumped from 190 to 600 something that has never occurred before.

You're actually right. Just BAN the black market and we're good to go. Ban crime too and plough the money used to maintain police into infrastructure. Brilliant!

okeysoninv:
tell me any country in which black market determine its value of currency. tell me any country that operates black market. until Nigeria weed out black market in our system the country will never progress. few cabals are holding the country at Ransom but most of you can't see it.

You're arguing blindly. Chai.

Let me try again. The black market is abnormal. The reason we have it is because the CBN tries to fix a price that is below the market value ($1=N415). Holdlers of dollars will not sell at that price because it's below market value, hence you have the black market. If the CBN wakes up and says "Here, we're not fixing price anymore, let the market determine," all the money CBN ploughs into its "official market", a lof of which end up being round-triped by Alhajis and emirs and chiefs, will come into the single market. This will force the current "black market" price (N570) (at which most real sector players buy) to come down because more dollars will be available to the single market. Since there is no CBN artificial rate (which traders rarely have access to anyway), you no longer have a "black market" and the market forces rule the single market. This is better for the economy because dollar will come down. But it's not good for the few connected people (your "few cabals" ) and other crooks who are engaged in round tripping which is enabled by the dual market.

#Okbye

okeysoninv:
abolish CBN rate and abduct black market . while not the others the other way round.

Abolish black market? You kill the black market by abolishing CBN rate. You're sure you understand this issue?

Dailyparrot:
The central bank governor is saying that the country cannot afford to let naira float freely in the open market without some form of intervention.

IMF and World Bank wants the central bank to stop all forms of intervention, example, supplying dollar into the market to reduce the dollar scarcity that would have otherwise caused a decrease in the value of naira.

But CBN governor is saying that Nigeria cannot afford to do that because it will have serious consequences in the economy.

Naira could exchange for 2000 naira per dollar if CBN should allow it to float with the market forces (the forces of demand and supply).

It won't. And nobody can actually stop Emefiele from "supplying dollars" all he wants. The floating he needs to do is abolish the "CBN rate". That will close the difference between the "black market" and the official rate (570:415 to, say, 520). This will end round-tripping and every dollar "supplied" by the CBN will actually help stabilize the market. Under the current system, a few fat cats benefit while SMEs and the common man suffer.

But he won't let go of the current system, which is how they "eat". That's why some people want to make him president.

bibianna:
As if he knows what he's doing!

As in ehn!? People will actually take his "grammar" for brilliance and surefootedness.

foryourmindlol:
Ngige should mention the roads that have washed off. Open mouth waa like fool.

I expect the same fools mocking Ngige for ASUU strike will undoubtedly believe this beer palour talk because their arch nemesis Peter Obi's name is being mentioned.

Back to the topic: Peter Obi did a lot of things including federal roads (eg Onitsha to Nkpor stretch of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, etc, those are still standing), he built so many rural roads that Anambra till today is said to have the highest road network (you will not enter any community as remote as it is without at least one or two major roads linking it to the next one).

If I don't know any other thing, I know that the three flyovers in Awka constructed by Peter Obi are standing gidigba today.

Note: the state was battling with very lean resources then. It was indebted in tune of billions. But when Peter Obi left there was not a single loan. He left the 75bn in state coffers instead.

Mr Ngige's words are on point. But what you've done here is counter facts with facts - way to go. I hope those who're familiar with the place will help us verify. We the non-partisan, undecided voters are watching and reading.