₦airaland Forum

omohayek:
I'm sorry, but this is pure, unalduterated nonsense. Stop confusing what you want with what is true, which is that you cannot lower the price of any good or service beyond what it costs to generate: nobody goes into business to sell at a loss. In fact, it is even worse than that: you cannot draw investment for any business which will have a return on investment less than parking the same money in US Treasury Bonds, and this is costing more and more as US interest rates continue their rise.

Because Buhari is an economic illiterate, and Emefiele is a cowardly time-server who would rather obey the nonsensical demands of Buhari than exercise the independence he is guaranteed under Nigerian law. Why else do you think Nigeria has suffered its first recession in 25 years if not for this idiotic currency policy? Claiming there's anything good about it only shows you lack understanding of basic macroeconomics.

No, the answer is because of economic illiteracy mixed with political cowardice. Have you so completely forgotten what happened when Buhari initially refused to allow any adjustment in petrol prices whatsoever? There were Venezuela-style shortages and queues everywhere, just as standard economic theory would predict.

Again, this is you simply allowing your desires to interfere with your understanding of basic business facts. What good does it do any GENCO or DISCO to provide power below cost? How exactly do you expect them to make up the difference? Do you think they are charity organizations or something? Unless you know of some wonderful new laws of business I've never heard of, the dilemma facing these companies remains the same: either they are allowed to recover their costs or they go broke, and the latter is what is currently happening.

Frankly, your line of argumentation makes no sense at all, as you would realize if you made it for any other argument. How much sense do you think it would make if I said, for example, that BMW and Mercedes should charge no more for their cars than the average Nigerian can afford? There is no such thing as a "right" to unsustainably cheap power, and this misguided entitlement mentality you share with most other Nigerians is precisely the reason why Nigeria's power sector is so dysfunctional.

My desires are not interfering with anything. I am merely speaking about what I know, and what I have seen in action. You chaps feel that no matter the price increase placed on a commodity by a monopoly, the masses would not have a choice but to pay. Okay, go ahead then and convince the govt to increase the cost per kilowatt to match the exchange rate of the naira to the dollar. And let us see the result.

The truth is that the dollar will always continue to rise against the naira. So how often are you going to continue increasing the electricity rates to match these fluctuations? Why was subsidy policy formulated to cushion the effect of price increases in the cost of petrol?

The BMW and Mercedes analogy does not even fit into any part of this scenario. You speak as if electricity is a luxury item like a BMW car, which has a lot of other cheaper alternatives that people can choose from. You talk like an investment banker or a DISCO staff. Yes, I do not understand macroeconomics or whatever term you call it. But I live, work and run a business in Nigeria and I understand what it means when prices fluctuate. So please, I hope you convince the govt to increase the tariff. You and I would be here to witness the aftermath of such increases.

ankpaa:
To all Igbo/Biafrans causing trouble and tension all over Nigeria,chest beating ,calling Nigerians zoo, talking down on others and attempting to carve other regions into your map here is a piece for you.Just to bring to your awareness that you people were colonized twice.

This is just an extract.

The mythical Omeppa, Inenyi Ogugu set up garrison at Opi and several Igala warlords played their part in the build up of the Igala colonial take over of these northern Igbo states. But no other individual played a greater role in shaping Igala-Igbo colonisation during the 18th century than Onoja Oboni, the legendary Igala warrior and slave trader. Onoja Oboni’s personality and heritage has been shrouded in mythical imagery over time. Ranging from being the Son of Eri, the grandson of Aganapoje to being a descendant of one of the Idah royal families; the priestly sub-clan of Obajeadaka in Okete-ochai-attah. The key areas of consensus are; he was a master strategist, slave raider and trader, conqueror, coloniser and imperialist. Added to these were his diplomacy, expansionist traits and the acculturation of conquered territories. He built himself a walled city in Ogurugu and recent archaeological findings of the remnant of the ruins of his fort on the grounds of the University of Nsukka confirm this. The Igala soldiers built forts and fortifications that stretched from Ete down to Opi and then to Anambra. Oboni’s rise to power affected the history of the North-western Nsukka and the Igbo communities on the Anambra River and the Lower Niger during the Igala commercial and socio-cultural ascendancy and domination. This was the reinforcing of the golden age of Igala imperial expansion. In this way, Igala mega state took control and allegiance were paid.

Until the decline of Igala power, the Ezes of Enugu Ezike, Akpugo, Nkpologu, Ibagwa Ani and Opi continued to receive their titles from Idah; investiture, installation and confirmation of their office was only by the royal blessing of Attah Igala in Idah. The Eze were only validated when they returned home with Igala choral beads ‘aka’, staff of office believed to be imbued with protective charms to ensure longevity and security of the Eze as well as prestige animal (horse) to bolster up their ego. There were also periodic royal visits to the Attah Igala to pay tributes and as well intended to strengthen diplomatic ties and inter-group relations, renew allegiance, and assured insurance from slave raids. In terms of indigenous technologies, the Igala soldiers built factories (forges) for manufacturing Dane-guns, ironworks, carving, introduced arrowheads with tip-poison from sting ray; cloth knitting, terracing of Nsukka hillsides and brought in a well developed political and social hierarchies. At this time Igala empire had become a cultural exchange hub for other emerging states; the influence was felt as far north as the Nok civilisation and down east to Igbo-Ukwu civilisation. Till date many of the Igala-Nsukka borderland remain bilingual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igala_Kingdom

Thank you for bringing this historical truth to the forefront, my brother. God bless you! You can see some revisionists already attempting to rewrite this aspect of history, to suit their own warped perspective, when empirical evidence abounds of Igala colonisation of northern Igbo communities.

BALLOSKI:
are you igala?

Why do you want to know?

omohayek:
Actually, even with the price increases, the cost of electricity in Nigeria has not increased sufficiently to meet the cost of generating and distributing it.

To begin with, the capital expenditure costs of the GENCOs and DISCOs are in US Dollars, not in Naira, as they have to import all the fancy electrical equipment they use, so any price increases that fail to fully keep up with the depreciation of the Naira will be insufficient for them to recover their costs.

The next thing to take into account is that these price increases you mention were from what was already an artificially low price cap, imposed by the GEJ administration to avoid setting off protests like the ones accompanying GEJ's aborted attempt to remove the fuel subsidy. Even with zero Naira depreciation, those prices would still have led to the GENCOs and DISCOs eventually going broke, and the GEJ administration simply attempted to kick the problem down the road for someone else to deal with (as is now the case).

While we're at it, let me add that while there is room to criticize the DISCOs for not issuing meters more aggressively, the bulk of the blame should really lie with a government which placed such duties in the hands of the DISCOs in the first place. Nothing stopped the GEJ privatization program from saying "customers should be able to buy meters from any certified distributors", but whether out of malice or ignorance, they chose not to impose such a requirement. This is something the current administration is now trying to change, with Osinbajo announcing today a new policy along the lines I just discussed.

Finally, you can say that the current infrastructure is "wasteful" or what have you, but that still doesn't change the economic arguments I've made. Just because you personally think the GENCOs and DISCOs can magically cut "waste" and attain profitability doesn't mean things will be seen in the same light by the bond buyers, common stock purchasers and international banks these companies must raise funds from. What these funding sources will care about is how Nigeria's power companies charge in artificially "strong" Naira but must pay their debts in US Dollars, how the prices they charge customers are extremely low by international standards even at the sham "official" Naira/USD rate, and how so many Nigerians (like you yourself) feel entitled to not pay more realistic rates until power companies which are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy are able to magically raise billions of USD to fund 24/7 reliable infrastructure. Do you see the likes of the NYSE, the LIBOR market or Chase Manhattan buying that sort of investment story?

TLDR: I understand why you hate how things are, but there is simply no chance of you ever enjoying reliable year-round power until companies are free to charge enough to draw huge amounts of private investment into the sector. Wanting things to work the other way round won't budge foreign investors one bit, no matter how much you might wish otherwise.

You cannot increase the price of a commodity beyond the purchasing power of those who would actually buy, use or consume it. When the naira went into a freefall several months ago, because some economists advised that it should be left to market forces to determine its' so-called 'realistic' value, what happened to the Nigerian economy? Why did govt have to intervene?

Why hasn't the price of fuel been left to fluctuate according to the US dollar value? Why does govt always have to intervene either through subsidy implementation or some other means? Because there would be chaos.

Ok, let us assume the govt agrees to your suggestion and electricity tariff is raised in tandem with the exchange rate, where do you think consumers would get the money to pay such exorbitant rates? I do hope the govt and private sector would automatically increase wages by the same proportion and pay the workers such rates, promptly too. And will electricity supply automatically become 100% better once such tariffs are allowed to rise to match the value of the dollar?

ankpaa:
Nobody Grabbed your land, remember you people came from "Israel" and settled on our land and later conflict started between us just like what you are doing with this IPOD thing creating tension unnecessary. Can you tell the world which ethnic group in Nigeria is not marginalized/suffering currently?You came up with this IPOD situation because election result didnt favour your region. Even Ijaws where Goodluck is from have put that behind them and thinking the way forward.

Abeg, I no fit laugh again...!!

ankpaa:
Not only horses you people were also taught the art of weaving and knitting cloths as well as a developed political and social structure.

Very true!! Igala people taught the Igbo many things....

oglalasioux:
That prestige animal part (horse) gives credibility to this history. Till this day horses are the highest level of royalty in my part of Igbo land. Judging from the fact that horses are not common to the Igbo, it is logical to say they were obtained from the northern parts of Nigeria.

God bless you for this submission.

Blue3k:
This woman is a good saleswoman. Her policy proposals are logical as well. What's the big takeaway for me is fact 69% of power is lost and we still need to integrate 20% of population to grid. A lot of these policies are bring implemented little by little though. Some on state level others on federal.

She works for Siemens btw.

Why is it so difficult to upgrade, rehabilitate and improve the electricity distribution system or grid? The problem is not insurmountable. Until the grid is overhauled and the 69% which is being lost is captured and distributed, we would still be left with the same problem of poor electricity supply. It is said that electricity generation has been decentralised or liberalised. We need more investors to partner both the GENCOs and DISCOs. A lot of the DISCOs who bought over the old PHCN assets, did not realise the magnitude of the problem on ground, and many did not have the requisite knowledge and funding, to fix it from the onset. That is why the problems have remained, instead of diminishing.

omohayek:
Very nice analysis, but there's just one problem: who will invest their money into a "smart" grid in a country where the official currency rate is artificially capped at an extremely unrealistic value, and in which power-sector participants aren't allowed to charge realistic prices because politicians fear the backlash that might ensue?

Despite all the mockery Fashola receives for allegedly saying power generation wasn't rocket science, this is indeed the case. Nigeria's problems with power come down to a political refusal to face basic economic realities, not any technological problems which are hard to rectify, and until Nigerians accept that reliable power will have to cost a lot more than what they currently pay (assuming they even pay at all, which many parastatals, LGAs and state governments don't), they will have to make do with the status quo, as no investors will be foolish enough to plow billions of dollars into a sector with no prospects of sufficient profits to make it all worthwhile.

Do you realise that electricity rates have gone up a couple of times since the DISCOs took over power distribution? Check the MYTO scale of rates. And yet, power supply has not improved in many parts of the nation? Forget Lagos, Abuja and Port-harcourt.... many communities in Nigeria cannot even afford to pay the current electricity rates, especially in areas where power supply is hardly ever stable. In many states, workers are being owed salaries and a huge backlog of allowances. Job losses are becoming more common by the day, and DISCOs are using the non-availability of pre-paid meters, to fleece existing consumers by issuing them with estimated bills of stratospheric proportions.

I have seen 2-bedroom flats occupied by a single person with limited electronic gadgets being billed 30,000 naira monthly for electricity, based on estimated bills. There was even a whole month when the guy was out of town, yet the bill still came as usual with the same amount written on it. Now what do we call that?

Within the electricity generating and distribution cycle, there is too much waste, internal corruption and very little will to solve the electricity distribution problem. Raising electricity rates is not a solution.

Father Lord, please let all these proposals listed in this article, become a reality sharp-sharp, in Jesus name. We have had enough of poor power supply. Anyone who tries to sabotage any attempts to improve the supply of electricity, or the project to generate additional megawatts and insert it into the national grid, may thunder fall on him by fire, by force! And all the people said.....!

skillz1982:
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What a lovely ride!!

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Rotimi O. Sekoni, is the founder and CEO of OWPPiN Limited, a wood , paper and pulp platform focused on producing high quality wood derived products in Nigeria, for local and global consumption. He also owns Baton Nigeria, an SME firm that manufactures beautifully finished toothpicks for the local and international market.

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The company produces the well-packaged Baton Toothpicks, which are sold nationwide in supermarkets, hypermarts, retail outlets, etc. The company also supplies hotels, restaurants, hospitality outlets and catering outfits with their products. It is also fast becoming popular among suya sellers and barbecue joints.

When the Central Bank Nigeria, CBN, blocked official dollar access to importers of 41 low-skilled items, Baton Nigeria, an Ogun state-based company, was preparing to start a factory producing tooth picks – one of the items on CBN’s list. By August 2016 when the company’s production lines had kicked off, the policy had been in place for a year.

Now, with 43 staff per shift, Baton produces about 60 million sticks of toothpick per month. It aims at producing 4 billion each per year, by end of 2018.

“Our product is about 25 per cent cheaper than that of the Chinese, our main competition, although we consider our quality top of the range,” said Rotimi Sokeni, chairman of Baton.

The company’s smallest dispensers costs less than N100, while a pack of 250 sticks go for less than N200. With about N300, one can take the mega size of 700 sticks.

“We set out with the idea to ultimately get to a point where Nigeria could stop importation of wood, paper and pulp products by employing locally available ‘wood’ as raw materials to produce a basket of high quality, cost effective products for import substitution and export,” Mr. Sekoni said. _{http://jimidisu.com/premiumtimes-special-report-how-nigerian-companies-raked-billions-after-cbn-switched-off-dollar-tap-on-41-items/}

The CEO says he was motivated to go into the business for various reasons.

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"The ability to create jobs in manufacturing in Nigeria. I love the process of making things, so we thought there was an opportunity to make beautiful, cost-effective products in Nigeria....with Nigerian hard work and ingenuity.

What has been the challenges so far?
Nothing material actually or unique to us. A lot of people want to hear horror stories about doing business in Nigeria, it's just business, which is rough and tumble anywhere in the world...sorry to disappoint.

What is the best thing a client ever said to you?
That every time she sees our products she can't help but smile." https://web.facebook.com/nigerianshowcase/posts/110785556264420:0?_rdc=1&_rdr

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mavinc4u:
Behold an educated illiterate. You can't even differentiate between a man and a woman. Please don't let me expose you more because your type irritates me. I have told you to look for your type but you won't hear.

Oh good, thanks for letting us know that 'educated illiterate,' is your new name. It suits you rather well. And you also confessed that you cannot differentiate between a man and a woman. I didn't realise that your problems had such deep roots. Ok, continue reciting your ailments, one by one. What else are you suffering from? Or are you still looking for your own type, who would help you articulate your problems?

Bede2u:
so why has nigeria not prospered? Even by 3rd world standards, we are backward. Only country in the world where polio still exists. Abidjan in ivory coast looks like new york when compared to Lagos. Cattle rearers still move around with cattle even in downtown Abuja where many foreigners live and work. Electricity is as bad as the worst in Africa.. to the sad extent that cameroon gets more electricity than us, yet we are the largest producer of oil and gas in Africa. NNPC is basically an oil-importing firm. We sell crude and import refined produce cos we have no refineries. Where has Nigeria excelled? And who is the cause? Certainly not Igbos... there has neva been an igbo president. Our governors are busy building state infrastructure that were neglected by non-igbo millitary sole admins that ruled SE during millitary era... why cant fg build federal infrastructure neglected during same era?
As for voting GEJ, igbos believed that their interests were more protected in Gej than buhari. Its not an unreasonable believe as we can now clearly see by buhari's actions against us. Igbos believed that a 2nd geh term would see SE get many fg projects. Dnt blame dem for voting gej cos u voted buhari.. their fears were relevant

Stop talking like a child. What do you mean by "Where has Nigeria excelled? And who is the cause? Certainly not Igbos... there has neva been an igbo president." You think there are no looters or corrupt people who have impoverished Nigeria from your ethnic group? Look, the good, bad and the ugly exist in every ethnic group, including your own and my own. There are no saints anywhere!

GavelSlam:
For the record, I'm itshekiri.

I have been to Abidjan and I insist it is not even comparable with Molete in Ibadan.

You even have the nerve to suggest Lagos.

Maybe you have only woken up in Makoko.

Una no go take laugh kill person for dis place!!

GavelSlam:
The heck?

What brings the thought of SS going with SE in this discourse?

Are we related by culture?

What is the common bond?

Even now every group in the SS has poopooed and renounced the Biafra dream yet your opening suggests a possible collaboration.

Nna, take us time o!

Wetin bring that kind of rough play?

You dey mind dem? Anytime, they start flinging the word 'South-South' around carelessly, as if it is part of their conquered territory, I just laugh. This was the same myopic way they were carving part of the North-Central area like Igala land etc., into their proposed Biafra map, the other time. Instead of them to restrict their territorial expansionist tendencies to the Igbo-speaking communities within the South-South, they just open their mouths yakata to make a sweeping generalisation that the entire South-South would go with them, as if there was ever a time that other non-Igbo communities within that area, ever agreed to follow them on a mezzanine journey into their enclave.

Abeg, just siddon dey look. They don't realise that the non-Igbo South-South minorities will NEVER accompany them to the next street, talk less of moving with them into their proposed republic. If they try to force such an idea down their throats, na dat day water go pass garri!

CaptainG00D:
Go and read me over again.. i neva mentioned IGBO... i said EAST..
What i was trying to say is..
East was not only about igbos before the war.

There was "OLD EASTERN REGION".. and it was made up of the 5igbo states and delta, rivers some other states..

Thats why today u see core igbos in delta, rivers and other states
They were all east, before goverment with their bad intentions decided to split them just to distabilize igbos..

Just use ur google and search for old easter region, thats what i was trying to tell all the dumb bleeps here.
And they are talking trash.

Oga, go back into the archives. Areas like Asaba, Sapele, Warri, Ughelli, Agbor, Benin, Ogharefe and several Ika towns in the present Delta State, used to be part of the old Midwestern region, in the early '60s. And the old Midwestern region was actually part of the old Western region, until 1963, when a referendum was conducted and the Midwest was carved out of the old Western region. So until 1963, the western Igbo towns and communities, like Asaba etc., were actually part of the old Western region, before the Midwest was created. In 1976, the former Midwest state (which was previously known as the old Midwestern region), was then renamed Bendel State. In 1991, old Bendel State was split into two states: namely Edo State and Delta State. So, if you trace the historical origins of Delta State, you would see that it actually came from the old Midwestern region, which was formerly part of the old Western region. Delta State was NEVER a part of the old Eastern region. Kindly do your research.

The Mid-Western Region..... was formed in June 1963 from Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region, and its capital was Benin City. It was renamed a province in 1966, and in 1967 when the other provinces were split up into several states, it remained territorially intact, becoming a state.

Prior to this, in 1963, the citizens of the territory had voted to separate from what was then the Western region, and the Mid-West region was created. This became Mid-Western state following the federal reorganization in 1967; from a second reorganization in 1976 ..... https://www.britannica.com/place/Edo-state-Nigeria#ref250250

honourhim:
Oga stop disgracing yourself. Fashola did not send igbos out . HE LACKED THE POWER TO DO IT. No governor can do it.
Arewa boys tried it and failed woefully so stop making useless opinion.

Any governor that is serious should go to the media and give Igbo quit notice. They know they can never do it so stop disgracing yourself. Why didnt Fashola chase the igbos in Alaba and other parts of Lagos out? Answer is - HE LACKED THE POWER TO DO IT.

He did not deport some Igbos from Lagos? So who were those people his men dropped off at Niger bridge in Onitsha? And how come the Igbos made so much noise over the deportation at that time? Oh, I guess Fashola must have deported Chinese men and dropped them off at Niger bridge, not so?

frankdoz23:
afonja, land grabber! We deltans are biafra.

You are too clueless for words. So everyone is an Afonja to you, right? Anuofia. Tell us the day Sapele became part of Biafra. And list out all the tribes in the Niger Delta. How many of them are part of Biafra? Onye nzuzu!

mavinc4u:
please ask someone more intellectual to interpret my statement for me because i don't have time to give you some education on that. we are not on the same level. please check else where.

Is that all? Or is there something more? See, every word that drips from your keyboard oozes ignorance. It is sad that you are unable to see that. Anyway since you have chosen to pretend that you know something, even when it is so glaring that you know nothing, why should I discourage you from showcasing the emptiness of your mind? Bros, carry on, o! You can have the floor. Don't let me stop you from making a fool of yourself. Do have fun while you are at it.

Cinkq:
Most people in this country are educated today because of awolowo's legacy.
some people even believe he ended the Nigeria and Biafra war without firing a shot.

so if you ask me i will tell you PA Awolowo deserve more than this. Baba remains the most visionary leader Nigeria has ever had .His legacy lives on.

Even the Igbo speaking areas of the old Midwest got free education as a result of Awolowo ''s policy, before their region was separated from the old Western region.

MasterChen:
A road was named after an Afonja in Biafraland?

Sapele is in the Niger Delta, not in Biafra land, o! It used to be in the old Midwest region, but it is now in Delta state.

Aufbauh:
"Not only we will have to repent for the sins of bad people, but we also will have to repent for the appailing silence of good people"- Martin Luther King Jr.

Without more ado, i will want to draw our attention to the proscription of IPOB as a Terror group by the court of competent jurisdiction (The federal high court holden at Abuja). The honourable justice relying on the Terrosim Prevention Acts 2013 as amended, through the submission of the Honourable Attorney General affirmed and declared the IPOB as a Terror group.

It is therefore no longer an issue of legality or constitutionality anymore as this honourable court has put paid to such groose that IPOB is a Terrorist Organization.
The contextual and implications of this declaration are contained in section 1 & 2 of the Terrorism Prevention acts 2013 as amended.

In the light of the above, [b]it will be a disservice to ourselves and country if we continue to allow, promote or support the activities of the IPOB as a Terror group on this forum henceforth.[/b ]. Illegality does not begat legality.

It is my considered opinion that IPOB threads and its proponent be put in it proper place as seen from the eyes of the law. This is the matter of the law, and not necessarily of the facts. Terrorism is terrorism, hence Nnamdi Kanu is no different from Shekau.

However, in the coming days i expect the opposition party particularly the PDP to stand up to the ruling party APC by constituting a formidable and virile frontier. They have wasted enough of our time chasing shadow through mischievous secession agitations.

Now that the IPOB is technically and tactically defeated, we the patriotic Nigerians extend our hands of fellowship to our disgruntled brothers to join us in building a better Nigeria for Nigerians.

Thank you all!
Long live Mr. President!
God bless Nigeria!


Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala, Mynd44,
Passingshot, Omenka, TonyeBarcanista, Seunmsg, Sarrki, Abagworo, Laudate, fulanimafia, Okoroawusa,Madridguy et al.

Good write up. But tell your disgruntled brothers to tender an unreserved apology to all those they have offended first.

Lord, give them ears to hear these wise words. And give them eyes to see the truth and hearts to understand it.

Odimson69:
It shall not be well with you people for the blood you spit on our places.the pythons will devour all of you people and your commanders

After the python has devoured Kanu who brought all the confusion into Aba and its environs.

mavinc4u:
Is either you are drunk or something is wrong with your brain or probably need memolex to reset your memory. You attended all the class lectures and gathered all the comprehension yet just 2 sentences of mine is very complicated for your brain. Always make use of your brain when quoting me, don't be in a hurry to quote rather read with full understanding next time.

See this one! Wetin dey bite you for body? Were you not the one who said he couldn't understand a word of what the Op wrote? Wasn't that why I advised you to go back to school? Instead of you to take the advice, you came back in here frothing at the mouth, and throwing childish tantrums. It is okay. We know your type. When you lack the ability to think constructively, you take refuge in insults. Continue to showcase the emptiness in your brain.

Here, have the floor and throw another tantrum, Mr. Full understanding....

mavinc4u:
I don't know if I am the only one but I don't understand a thing from this write up.

Go back to school. It means you flunked comprehension exercises during your English lessons.... tell me the name of your teacher so I can go and flog him for doing a poor job. But wait o, are you sure you were not just a mischievous student who refused to pay attention in class?

Austindark:
Now the military says it has defeated IPOB. This simply means that IPOB has been the target of the shameful operation.
But initially the spokesman said the operation was only street patrols to boost internal security even when it was obvious that kanu was their target.
The lies are not healthy for peace, tranquillity and togetherness.
NB: I am not part of any group, just against military show of force on civilians.
And for those applauding military attack on civilians due to ethnic bigotry ... well I still lack the words to describe you.

God bless the Nigerian Army for restoring law and order!

Ah don't believe it! Somebody just told me now about how Twist of Fate ended. Are these Zee World scriptwriters sick, or are they just twisted? What was the sense in making Pragya go through all that sacrifice, pain, heartache and stress only to now discover that Abhi has lost his memory after the accident, while Aaliyah along with Tanu are given the sadistic pleasure of kicking her out??! Are these scriptwriters allergic to happy endings? Why didn't they just end the series at the part where Abhi and Pragya declared their undying love for each other? Chai!

deedeedee1:
I am not talking about Lagos sef. There are many of una in other Yoruba states.
What is chasing you from your land?

Very good question! I am still waiting for one of them to give me a good answer. They are not only in your Yoruba states, they are everywhere else in Nigeria, even in the most remote places you can think of.

honourhim:
Epic reply.

They claim they own their land yet they cant chase people they dont like away from it because they lack the power to do that. Is that how to own a land? Nigeria is na wa o.

What is epic about his reply? When Fashola deported some of your people the other time, you all started shouting and screaming blue murder, as if Lagos was owing you money. Is there something about your land that chases your people away into other lands? Why can't you folks give the rest of us a coherent answer to this question?

TonyeBarcanista:
Hatred according to IPOB is when people allow your sinister move.

Bros, Ijaw Day (Isaac Adaka Boro Day) is celebrated in Ijaw land, Yoruba day in Yoruba land, Urhobo Day in Urhobo land, why can't Igbo confine themselves to Igboland to celebrate their day? Perhaps, you should take it to Ibadan, Ekiti or Kano.

If you call that bigotry then you need your head examined.

No mind am, jare! Na so dem dey take style find trouble!

tobiasbeecher:
I think you deserve Your head to be seriously examined! Can't you see you're talking from a position of hate and intolerance? If not tell me what it will cost you and your fellow hate-filled tribal bigots if the celebration is held in Portharcout? Are you no longer a one nigeria proponent? Do you just shout one nigeria when it suits your narrative? If a mere Igbo day celebration can illicit such hatred from you people, then I'm now more convinced by the IPOB agitation for a separate country.

Look at this pot calling the kettle, black! Abeg, wey my mat? Let me siddon here dey enjoy the drama. This chap is a good actor. He knows how to play the victim card to the fullest. See as he is calling another person a bigot, and ranting about Port-harcourt like say na im ancestral home.... hehehe!

tobiasbeecher:
You're not even ashamed of yourself that at this 21st century you're still being pegged down by ethnic bigotry! You bigots hate Igbos with passion but will immediately start foaming in the mouth any time they talk about leaving your hate-filled country to form their own country. People like you represent everything that's wrong with Nigeria

My friend, keep kwayiet dia! Did you not see your people trying to provoke other ethnic groups, with their peculiar brand of propaganda by laying claim to Rivers State? Your IPOB crew are the progenitors of hate! And yet you still have the guts to accuse others of the same sins you are guilty of? mtcheew....