₦airaland Forum

Goodvibes007:
Ogbeni. You people are showing Ebonyi who you don't regard as full igbo shege.

Slytiger:
Hon James Faleke disassociate himself from the indigenous bill just as the Honourable Blessing Amadi from Rivers State had done earlier today.


Source
https://x.com/honfaleke/status/1950232777766687025

Previous publication that listed Hon Blessing Amadi and Hon James Faleke as co-sponsors.

casualobserver:
First of all certificate of residence is different from indigine status.

That said that’s why Osinbajo was never fit to be president. He is a typical western educated English speaking Nigerian who thinks he is a white man.

The bill that should be introduced is a bill that mandates people to vote in their state of origin.

The reason why we produce so many bad leaders is because the educated have fled the villages and ancestral lands. The Educated southerners live in Lagos or PH and the educated Northerners are gathered in Abuja.

As a result we are far removed from our states of origin and have no say in who becomes the senators, rep assembly members and governors. Out no of 109 senators we have influence only over 5. The senator for Abuja 3 for Lagos and PH city. Even the. It is not real influence because we only vote after they have selected.


Also voting at our states of origins will force us to periodically go home, causing everyone to develop more interest in rural areas and more importantly having more influence on the elected officials we send to represent us at the state and national levels.

You can’t sit down in Lagos and Abuja and complain that quacks become elected officials in our states. All politics is local. If the educated and enlightened are not present the vacuum will be filled by quacks!

Absence of the educated from their towns or villages or states of origin is why the vacuum is filled by charlatans.

Plus there is no point in voting in a state where the locals have shut you out of the candidate selection process.

LegendHero:
We don’t have issues with Queen Victoria or any other ethnic.

We are just showing those who claim it’s a no man’s land how it’s done.

If na truly no man’s land, Iboee people should be able to change the name back since it’s an alien turf.

Ironfaceman:
Not only pepper farm, what about. Spanish lily.

Old man I see you're lost in denial. People like you could have been emancipated mentally if only you took your history lessons seriously but instead you relied on the words of village drunks who can not read or write.

Read about the great Benin empire and know the exploits of the oba of Esigie and how his military garrison conquered yorubas even unto dahomey.

Then you'll know where I come from

Ironfaceman:
EKO is BENIN word get your facts right. Brims name lagos EKO

madridguy:
BREAKING NEWS: STREET NAME CHANGE ALERT:

ETI - OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT JOINS OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE SOME STREET NAMES IN LAGOS STATE

KEVIND:
https://thenationonlineng.net/adc-will-collapse-in-three-months-says-sheriff/

helinues:
What happened in Lagos state is very annoying because I wrote about it earlier enough

https://www.nairaland.com/7179128/non-indigenes-voters-lagos-state

Putindbutt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1KiwRu3wg
Speaking on ChannelsTV about PVC collection issues in Lagos state.

Mr. Olusegun Agbaje (INEC REC, Lagos state) said:

atoliman:
The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Joseph Oloyede, is in custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

He has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering.

Oloyede was installed as the monarch of Ipetumodu in 2019 and frequently travelled between Nigeria and the US for “royal and personal engagements”.

However, he has been missing for nearly a year and was absent at three major traditional festivals, including the annual ‘egungun festival and Edi celebration’.

The US department of transportation has now issued a statement, in which it was revealed that a grand jury indicted Oloyede and one Edward Oluwasanmi.

“The indictment alleges that Oloyede and Oluwasanmi fraudulently obtained over $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs),” the statement reads.

The documents showed that Oloyede and Oluwasanmi were arrested on April 5, 2024.

The indictment claims that from April 2020 to February 28, 2022, Oloyede and Oluwasanmi used PPP and EIDL applications which contained false information to receive monies.

They also allegedly submitted falsified tax and wage documents to support these applications.

“Oloyede received $1.7 million, and Oluwasanmi received $1.2 million in SBA funds for their businesses.

“Oloyede obtained approximately $1.3 million through those applications, totaling at least $4.2 million obtained through the fraud,” the statement added.

Relevant US authorities are working with the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, on the case.


Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/oba-joseph-oloyede-in-fbi-custody-over-4-2m-alleged-fraud/ar-AA1zfVc3

Metrix147:
https://abntv.com.ng/news/sir-chikwe-udensi-signs-multi-billion-dollar-deal-with-uks-darkscope-intelligence-to-power-global-crime-fighting-technology-photos/

saddler:
Make whatever you want of it.

Before the arrival of Oranmiyan in Benin, there was already an existing Monarchy and till date , the records of the kings that reigned in Edo are still on record. By the time Benin was created, there was nothing like Yoruba. That's the emphasis. Yoruba as we know it now was first used to refer to Oyo and then recently became an umbrella name for Southwestern Nigerians.

Talking about who birth who between ife and Benin is another topic. There are two narratives on what actually happened and you can decide to go with whatever narrative deoending on whose side you belong.


The contention between Ife

muhammaduyusufu:
Oranmiyan, the first Alaafin of Oyo, was the 5th Ooni of Ife.

He left the lower title for a more prestigious throne in Ife. The throne of Oduduwa. The Olofin, the Oghene.

Awolowo was not born when the Ooni of Ife travelled outside Ife to Lagos and all Oba in Yorubaland including the Alaafin had to stay outside their palace as sign of respect.

The book below (Native crowns) was written by a colonial master in 1903. Awolowo was born much later in 1909.

Jd1900:
I am checking with Nigerian embassies and newspapers in all countries for a full list as some cases do not have names, just listed as Nigerians, which is what Igbo criminals like!

Colombia
Joseph Chinedu Okparaejesi (aka Alen) — arrested in 2025 at Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport, accused as leader of a cocaine-trafficking organization sending drugs from Colombia to Europe

United States
Charles Uchenna Nwadavid – arrested April 7, 2025 in Dallas‑Fort Worth upon arrival from the UK, charged in Boston for a $2.5 million romance‑scam fraud scheme

Germany → 🇺🇸 United States
Chisom Umeadi – arrested in Germany and extradited to the U.S. on March 21, 2025 over alleged $158,400 fraud case

Thailand (Bangkok) - drug dealers
Ihejimba Bright Chimezie
Azubuike Chdiebere David

Cambodia (2025 - sentenced to death!
Ekwegbalu James Nzube
Arrested in August 2020 but sentenced by a People’s Court in the Tay Ninh province (southern border region) to death for trafficking drugs

India
Shedrack Onainor – arrested in Delhi in 2025 in connection with a fake lottery and gift‑scam ring

Nnanyelugo Abasili – arrested May 2025 in Goa, involved in drug trafficking

Chigozie Ezekiel – arrested May 2025 in Goa for drug trafficking

Other arrested drug dealers
Vincent, Chikezie
Innocent, Chinweubalinus,
Andrew Ugochukwu, Anthony
List:
Shedrack Onainor (also known as Sunday John alias Liberty)
Sunday John alias Liberty
Nnanyelugo Abasili
Chigozie Ezekiel
Chikezie Innocent
Chinweubalinus
Andrew Ugochukwu
Gabriel Onyeka
Okafor Kingsley Nweke
Okoye Nnamdi

These animals are simply called Nigerians and Africans

mandarin:
Ijaw does not have land to claim riverine areas in ondo and Edo states. Its like saying migrating Fulani cattle rearers are indigenous to every state they are in Nigeria. Ijaws are migrant fishermen in Ondo state but not indigenous except for those who willingly Yorubanized. No ijaw state of this nature will ever happen in Nigeria

Toruibestate:
See what our Ijaws of Akwa-Ibom are doing.
They have 8 LGAs in present Akwa-Ibom State.
Half Ukanafun and half Ikot Abasi both of Ibani Ijaws to make it the 8.


See what OBOLO Ijaws did.
Even fix Ijaw flag in their State government house.

@General Ditari.

Nayturalistic:
Direct Quotes from Sir Ahmadu Bello in the ever-popular 1960 BBC Interview.

Q: "One thing I have noticed while I have been here is that northerners seem to have the worst form of obsession about the Igbos. Could you please explain that?"

Ahmadu Bello:

> “Well, the Igbos are mainly the type of people whose desire is to dominate everybody. If they go to the village or town, they want to monopolise everything in that area.”


> “If you put them as a labourer, within a year they will try to emerge as the headman of that camp... and so on... well.”

DomPerignon:
That's Obasanjo's stupid decree that was never domesticated anywhere after he left office as a military dictator.

Ancestral lands are still recognised in the SS and SW.

Maybe in your erosion ravaged village, FG owns all lands but it's not applicable in both the SS and SW.

Great100000:
UK government borrowing came in more than forecast in June, a setback for Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves that will fan speculation over potential tax hikes to shore up the public finances.

A surge in debt-interest payments sent the budget deficit to £20.7 billion ($27.9 billion), the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday, £6.6 billion more than a year earlier and well above the £17.5 billion economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected.

Borrowing in the first three months of the fiscal year was £57.8 billion, around £7.5 billion higher than a year earlier and in line with the forecast made by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March. The deficit had been running billions below official projections in April and May.

The level of borrowing leaves Reeves with a hole to fill in her autumn budget. Her fiscal plans have been knocked by recent U-turns over billions of pounds of spending cuts. There are also fears of a downgrade to official growth projections, leading many economists to warn that higher taxes are inevitable.

The chancellor is caught between febrile bond markets worried about government debt levels across advanced economies and rebellious Labour lawmakers who recently forced the government to pull back on reforms to welfare spending. Reeves has stood firm on her fiscal rules, which include a promise to fund everyday government spending with tax receipts by the end of the decade.

Gilts fell more than their German and US peers following the release, lifting the UK 10-year yield three basis points to 4.63%.

The deficit in June was boosted by a £16.4 billion debt-interest payment, the third highest for any month on record. The £8.4 billion surge from a year earlier was driven by a jump in inflation in April increasing the cost of servicing bonds linked to the Retail Prices Index, which make up a quarter of the total debt stock. However, this effect won’t be repeated in July, as the RPI barely rose in May.

“Things will probably get worse for the chancellor,” said Alex Kerr, UK economist at Capital Economics. “We think that she will need to raise £15-25 billion at the Budget later this year, with higher taxes doing most of the heavy lifting.”

The ONS said government receipts in June continued to be bolstered by the hike in employer payroll taxes that came into effect in April. Revenue came in at £86.8 billion, £5.7 billion more than a year earlier. Compulsory social contributions, which reflect the increase in national insurance contributions, were £48 billion for the first three months of the fiscal year, £7.5 billion higher than last year.

However, it was more than offset by rising spending with government expenditure in June climbing £12.4 billion to £97.1 billion. Besides debt costs, spending was also boosted by higher outlays on welfare and public-sector wages.

Net debt stood at £2.9 trillion, or 96.3% of GDP, in June — around the highest levels since the early 1960s. A wider view of the public finances used for the chancellor’s fiscal rules, known as public sector net financial liabilities, came in at £2.5 trillion, or 83.8% of GDP.

The Bank of England’s upcoming decision on quantitative tightening will be one factor determining the fiscal outlook. The Treasury is having to stump up for losses related to the BOE’s bond operations that are running into the tens of billions of pounds. There has been speculation it will halt sales of long-dated debt after signs of fragility in that part of the market.
Sources: https://fortune.com/europe/2025/07/22/uk-borrows-billions-more-than-expected-as-debt-costs-surge-rachel-reeves/

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-borrows-more-inflation-adds-debt-bill-reeves-headache-2025-07-22/

Slytiger:
Igbos can only gaslight weak people.

WriterNig:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8AsZ9N6tIM


Fiery scenes unfolded on the tarmac at Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon as an American Airlines passenger plane caught on fire.

“Flight 3023, you got a lot of smoke,” air traffic control told the pilot, according to local NBC affiliate 9News. “You are actually on fire,” they added moments later.

All 173 passengers and six crew members onboard the plane managed to evacuate safely. One passenger was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

In a statement to the Daily Beast, a spokesperson for American Airlines said that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft experienced a mechanical incident involving the plane’s tires as it attempted to take off at around 2:45 p.m. local time. The plane was bound for Miami International Airport when the malfunction occurred.

In dramatic footage posted to Instagram, passengers can be seen departing the plane through the emergency slide at the front of the plane while flames engulf the landing gear at the rear.

“All customers and crew deplaned safely, and the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,” the American Airlines spokesperson said.

“We thank our team members for their professionalism and apologize to our customers for their experience.”

credit: Daily Beast

dominique:
There are contestants in their 40s and 50s in other countries big brother. It's here that elderly contestants are age shamed.

Sensiblerealist:
Oga noor Bleep dat name up. Na Chamber not chambers

Lanrelagboi:
Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu today launched the Produce for Lagos Programme and the ₦500billion Offtake Guarantee Fund, an initiative of the State Government aimed at boosting food security, reducing imports, and enhancing agricultural productivity across Nigeria.

The N500 billion Produce-For-Lagos Fund

Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu today launched the Produce for Lagos Programme and the ₦500billion Offtake Guarantee Fund, an initiative of the State Government aimed at boosting food security, reducing imports, and enhancing agricultural productivity across Nigeria.

This initiative will be implemented through the Lagos Food Systems Infrastructure Company (LAFSINCO) and supported by key Special Purpose Vehicles like the Lagos Bulk Trading Company, Ekolog (Eko Logistics), and the Produce for Lagos Fund.

This ₦500 Billion Offtake Guarantee Fund will provide working capital for bulk traders, finance for logistics operators, liquidity for aggregators, and credit support for food producers across Nigeria.

This fund is not a subsidy; it is an investment vehicle that will catalyse private capital, stabilise food prices, and de-risk agricultural operations across the value chain.

#ProduceForLagos
#LagosFoodSecurity
#GreaterLagosRising

https://x.com/Mr_JAGs/status/1948077615912251795?t=EySIiOmSRmZIwOyozsipyg&s=19[/quote]Okay, that's a good one.

When will the Phase 1 of the "Epe Agro Food and Logistics Hub" which will the the BIGGEST in Africa be ready?

Ms. Abisola Olusanya, the first ever female Commissioner for Agriculture of Lagos State said the Phase 1 would be ready by June 2025. This would LOWER the cost of food items by 50% by providing wet and dry storage facilities and cut off the middle men by linking up the farmers a d sellers directly.

Paentera:
While I feel your pain, let us look at this critically together

Lekki Residents
Distance from Epe to Lekki - 67.5km
Delivery time - 1hr 35 mins

Victoria Island Residents
Distance from Epe to Victoria Island - 74km
Delivery time - 1hr 52 mins

Surulere Residents
Distance from Epe to Surulere - 85.6km
Delivery time - 2hrs 10 mins

Agege Residents
Distance from Epe to Surulere - 122km
Delivery time - 2hrs 16 mins

As a business owner, will you really rely on anyone coming from areas on the mainland that are over a 75km away? Instead, the LASG is concentrating on residents within the catchment area showing up and banking that should they not show up, they will be happy to get the fish delivered at a fraction of the cost on a regular market day.

Since you'll really love to get the fish, I'll encourage you to reach out to close friends and relatives in that axis and ask that they oblige you to receive the fish on your behalf as an alternative.