₦airaland Forum

Proserpina:
I think moderators should start taking down this anti women / female threads. It's only on Nairaland I see people boldly preaching against having female children.

Seun
Mynd44
RoyalRoy please look into this.

Beyond anti-women or Female narratives being peddled by the post, the Op’s conclusion is too data bereaved and lacks depth.

As a male factor, I have seen females run their father’s businesses even before the man passes on. Where I come from, inheritances are shared equally amongst the children, even if the first child is a female, she can still preside over the administration of the assets of the deceased and it’s been working very well.

Moreover, as an employee and employer, I have seen females do better at what they do than many of their male counterparts.

In view of the above, I will say that the premise upon which the Op based his argument was an outlier, a one-in-several situations, so his assumption is faulty and conclusion a nullity in my view.

BeautyAura:
2027: Aisha Yesufu Loses NDC Senatorial Primary in FCT

Popular activist Aisha Yesufu has lost the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) senatorial primary for the Federal Capital Territory.

She was defeated by party chieftain Amanda Pam in the keenly contested primary.

Aisha, who recently declared her intention to run for the FCT Senate seat to give residents a stronger voice, is now facing heavy ridicule on social media, with many mocking her strong online presence versus local political structure.

This is a major setback.

After building significant visibility through activism and support for Peter Obi, her loss raises questions about the power of social media influence versus grassroots political machinery.

The big question for Abuja residents:

Does this prove that politics remains local and structure-driven, or can activist voices like Aisha still break through in future contests?

Abuja people and Nigerians, what’s your take?

Nigerians are interesting group of people, because they say one thing and then do another. One would have expected that this woman would be voted massively, but NO. I believe that the primary reason for this could be that she did not give out money or that she was regarded as being too outspoken for her gender , hence unfit based on religion.

The same people who will complain about bad leadership, support you when you speak against constituted powers etc, but will also condemn you when they eventually vote against where their “mouth” has been after collecting something. However, I don’t blame them anymore, after all, I won’t give to them , neither would most of those who are asking them to vote otherwise. In reality, a working Nigeria may still exclude many of the people that are actually voting in Nigeria. Many of the people who want improvement in governance are already in the upper or lower middle-class.

A complex society where white may not always be white and right may not always be taken over wrong!

Kanwulia:
Because na only Fulani and Yoruba get Nigeria abi?

Nonsense!

Though I find this whole direction funny, it amplifies the deeply seated ethnicity behind the call for PO. Seyi Makinde is way ahead of Obi in governance, business, academic excellence, recency of experience and youthfulness.

Now many are coming out to say the actual reason behind their choice of Obi - it’s always been about “our turn”. I don’t see Obi doing as much as he did in 2023 the way things are panning out.

I dare say that this is revealing a lot. Many wouldn’t have accepted PBAT anyways, even if he constructed roads to their rooms and made electricity free - he took their “turn”.

We are not ready for a new Nigeria then.. I think it’s better for the country to split up amicably. The average NW and some NE people see and feel closer to the people of Niger than the Igbo or Yoruba man; to many of these same group, everything must have a religious undertone and so on. The only group that would have made a solid country (SW/SE) are always at war with one another.

LagosOrigin:
Tinubu should start writing his hand over note.

He's a goner!

It's over for him and Wike.


Massive defections into the ADC especially from the north in the coming days.

Congratulations to sane Nigerians, We Move

Let’s learn to manage our emotions. They are going back to trials. How long would that last and how much time does ADC have to provide its candidates?

Today, we praise SC for this judgment, if tomorrow, things don’t go the way we want it, we should be ready to equally accept it.

I hope we choose well in the coming elections.

elder1002:
LIES


My brother, some of the things on your list are real like NELFUND, the new minimum wage, tax reform, and clearing the forex backlog. Nobody is denying that government launched plenty programmes.
But make we talk the real thing wey dey happen for ground.

Since Tinubu came in 2023, poverty don jump from 56% to 63% according to World Bank report this April 2026. That means over 140 million Nigerians dey poor now millions more than before. Many people wey dey manage before are now struggling badly.

Petrol wey be around ₦185–250 for May 2023 don jump to over ₦1,200–1,400 now. How many people fit carry that one? Transport cost triple for most people. Market women, okada riders, teachers, everybody dey feel am.

Food prices still dey pain. Even though food inflation don come down small from the 40% peak, rice, beans, garri, yam, everything still cost 2-3 times what they were in 2023. Plenty families don reduce to one meal per day. Some no dey eat meat or fish again. Hunger don enter many houses.

Naira don lose serious value from around ₦460 to one dollar to over ₦1,370 now. Anything wey dem import (food, drugs, spare parts) don become very expensive. That one fuel the inflation.

The government refineries (Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna). them still never really work well. Billions spent on rehabilitation but most time them dey shut down. The only big refinery working well na Dangote own (private). So that "refineries activation" claim na just talk.

Minimum wage increased to ₦70,000 yes. But with this kind inflation, the money no get power again. Wetin ₦30,000 fit do in 2022, ₦70,000 no fit do am today. Salary don increase but purchasing power don drop badly.

Stock market dey boom and government revenue don increase that one na true. But the ordinary man for street no dey feel am. The pain of subsidy removal and naira float hit everybody hard, but the cushion (safety nets) no strong enough.

Abeg, listing all the programmes and initiatives no mean say people life don better. When your wife dey cry because she no fit buy food reach, when your children dey miss school because transport too costly, when rent don double all those acronyms no go comfort anybody.

If Tinubu supporters wan show say him don do well, make dem show us clear evidence say the average family dey better today than May 2023. Not press release. Not "we launched this".

The suffering dey real for most Nigerians right now. Poverty don increase, hunger don increase. Na the truth.

I agree that the impact of these reforms on the lower middle class and those at the bottom rung of the ladder has been terrible. The question is WHY?

Personally, I do not think Tinubu should be voted out because most of the people vying for the position today either also have life time ambitions to fulfill or they are opportunists trying to leverage on the emotions of the average Nigerian to rise to power.

Having said the above, if we actually want the “poor man on the street” to feel the impacts of reforms like this, we need to re-introduce socialism, it could be for the next few years. Price control and setting of salary benchmarks will resolve most of the challenges we have today. A minimum wage of N200k and a maximum wage of N500k will significantly crash house rent and others plus the reorientation of our people to understand that money is not everything - a notion most people don’t agree with again today.

But it won’t happen because you and I would rather maximize profit at the expense of anything; show off wealth than see most things affordable for most people and so on.

Personally I feel that the poverty of the “common man” has more to do with the common man and his greedy Neighbour, you and I, than it is with the president.

Most Nigerians are evil o… people have been complaining about Wale Edun but as soon as he was removed and replaced by Oyedele, he became a great choice. In deed, if you are hated, there is nothing you do that would be good.

GEJ was also criticized for almost every step he took at the time, today we wish for his days as president to return, but it is too late.

We must grow up as a people if we ever want to really make progress. Greatness takes time, but if we continue on this path, we will always loose our gains. The politicians are lurking around to achieve their “lifetime ambitions” by leveraging on our impatience and indecisiveness.

Think about it, if we were patient with GEJ, we wouldn’t have had the calamitous 8years that ended in 2023 or the current one. Disgruntled politicians always take advantage of us, today those guys are gathered in another party to do the exact same thing - in my view.

cr7lomo:
Do these guys know that oshimen can't shoot outside the box or beat one player ... he is just an aggressive post player ... they should rather go for Isak or halaand ... they have more to offer ...besides , oshimen will cause trouble in the dressing room and the pitch... e go start to de attack and insult same yamal for pitch , if yamal go de dribble and no pass ball give am

This is honest! Thank you.

Who do you support Obi or BAT?

They should be executed on national television. That will send strong chills to those who are either still practicing banditry and terrorism or planning to start it.

Kenobsky:
Rented or not rented Tinubu is a goner.
Naira land is missing people like:
Slaworrmir.
NwaAmaikpe.
Mejiloyon.
This are the men who make this forum become more interesting.
Seun has spoiled this forum for unnecessary ban.

Here is the problem! If he actually rented the crowd, then the action should be condemned because he is not different from those he is seeking to replace.

Personally, any Nigerian who is sincere about change should look the way of Sowore more. He has been more consistent than the others. He has refused to join those plundering Nigerians for a while now, we have read instances where they attempted to bribe him but he refused. I think another person that would have been like that would have been Tunde Bakare, but it appears he seems to be indifferent these days.

In view of the above, anyone who actually desires to see positive change, NOT because of ethnicity or hatred for the current administration, shouldn’t even be looking the way of Obi in my opinion. His actions seem to betray sincerity, pure desire to lead and make a difference. When you begin to romance with those who have plundered Nigeria, there is no way you can run the country without them.

But seriously, we need to stop these. Your leader and some of his family members were taken out in the first 50 minutes of a war; in less than 48 hours your entire airspace is taken over by the your enemy unhindered, they assassinate whoever they like and bomb whatever they wanted; you tried to get new leader, the enemy came and bombed the gathering; you appointed a new military leader after the first one was killed less than 24 hours into the war, the new military leader was killed; you started having meetings in schools and stay more in hospitals because you know your enemies won’t want to attack such places, staying there you appointed the son of the dead leader, and that one again was injured less than 96 hours after his appointment and now in coma. Then you succeed in attacking some of your enemy bases as well as launch missiles to the other one and a few people died while some got injured; then you claim victory Is that how it’s done?

Well, we will see how it all ends.

treesun:

“Between now and 2027, a sitting president will påss away.”

— Primate Ayodele prophecy pic.twitter.com/QOUW8YUsc9

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) February 26, 2026

Source

Let’s set the record straight, prophecies about individual’s death are always to the individual and not the public - search the scriptures. Secondly, when an individual receives such prophecies, his or her reaction could affect the outcome of the prophecy - Hezekiah comes to mind.

Having said the above, please let’s know that the greatest manifestation of the power and mercy of God is not in the healings or money He makes available to you, because the devil can also give these things, sometimes even human determination can bring about financial success. The greatest demonstration of the power and mercies of God to man, is SALVATION and deliverance from the power of sin! This is worth far more than all the treasures in all the earth and dimensions we can only see but not access. You were not purchased with the mundane but with the precious blood of Christ.

In view of the above, PLEASE, if you have been saved, don’t joke with your salvation, because it is God’s most precious gift and the summit of His mercies towards humanity. However, if you are yet to come into the fold, Rev. 3:20 is still in force, but not forever. If all of these mean nothing or even foolishness to you, just scroll away, perhaps the god of this world may have blinded your eyes from seeing properly - though the grace that brings salvation already appeared to you, may His mercy draw you in.

… Hallelujah to the King eternal, the reigning Lord, the father of spirits and grand commander of all hosts … PEACE!

matify83:
I can see most landlords frowning at this law as it has empowered tenants and checkmated the excesses of landlords.

With the provision of accelerated hearing of cases in court, this is a nice development.

If both parties play their part well, I doubt if there would be issues. I was a tenant for several years across different states in Nigeria. I never owed rent for one day, even during the COVID 19 induced lockdown, I sold some of my shares at a loss in order not to miss the rent payment date. But, today, I have a tenant whom I gave 1 month free rent before his rent started counting, his rent expired since the end of September, 2025 - he has been giving one excuse or the other.

To the new law, it’s okay, but not many people will invest in building for rent again. I mean, the same property that has not given me a dime since September ending could have paid me more than X3 from FGN Bond without having to write to anybody.

Nigerians! Which one is Tinubu turned against the Fulanis? The government is doing its job, you guys are introducing tribalism, the unfortunate agent of disunity and backwardness that has kept us this way for far too long.
Well, as a northerner myself with Fulani relations, anyone who has done evil against the country should be dealt with PLEASE. You don’t kill another human being and expect to continue living; you shouldn’t also embezzle the commonwealth with impunity and think all will remain well.

May God help you, Gen. Chris! Somehow I just feel at ease with him, and also feel he is born for such a time as this. You SHALL succeed where others failed; even your mistakes will become a method many will learn from and those who want to stand against you will be fought squarely by life itself.

nairavsdollars:
That's too small when compared to what lawmakers are earning

Many of those lecturers are in the same league with the politicians you refer to. If the lecturers were doing well, our industries will do better and they, the lecturers, will do better. Many of those lecturers are devils in schools, a true reflection of the evil we see in our society today. How many innovative businesses are emerging from our higher institutions today? Almost NOTHING!
The same professors that people are clamoring for now rigged some of these politicians in.

My solution, let all universities establish research clusters around the areas of strength of the state or locale they belong to, meet with the available industries there, source for external funding, where not available locally and solve real issues. Businesses will come, jobs will come, more money will come to the lecturers as well and the nation will do great.

In my view, all these perennial industrial actions won’t take ASUU, the FG or the nation anywhere! Let’s all get to work as a people and stop all these shenanigans.

kestolove95:
You can’t cancel odogwu. M

But what about if he cancels himself? It appears he may self-destruct.

OgaTheTop2:
Obi is all we want. In a fair level political game Obi will win the election..

Why do you want Obi? I am asking this question genuinely. Please just think it through and respond to it with facts.

Let’s see more pictures of the property.

Sometimes I wonder how many people think. The US has been policing the world for decades now, yet crime rate is so high there. Akon once said that the number of people who die due to crime per year in Chicago alone is more than the total number of people killed by Boko Haram and its criminal gang in Nigeria, but it is underreported by the media.

KaLuCh:
Uhm? So the government should never subsidise commodities for its citizens? You do understand that's part of the government's reasonable duties?

To be cntd

Governments should subsidise commodities definitely but where it has turned to a cartel and a few goons are milking the country dry from it such that the country couldn't afford to finance it again, it had to be looked into.

What I think should be heavily subsidised now is food but not as usual. The Federal, states, local governments and wards should establish centres for purchase of food crops and sale at subsidised rate. But before then, a law should be promulgated to make corruption in that area a felony.

immortalcrown:
I think say dem must burry dead Muslim person within 24 hours.

Which day this man die?

He died on the 28th of June, 2025. In the grand scheme of things, religion is for the poor.

Embrace the WAY and be at peace!

I know that many Nigerians are going through "tough" times now, but most people going through tough times should ask themselves if the present administration put them inside it? Many of us have no in-demand skills, in a time when the world is a global village, there is hardly any better time to prosper in Nigeria than the present, not just because it's Tinubu presidency. It is a global thing!

We must understand that no president can satisfy an insatiable group of people who blame everybody else but themselves. We blamed GEJ, PMB and now BAT, trust me we will blame a PO or AAA. Yet, many have been making steady progress all through these administrations, not because of any connection, but because they have continued to build capacity.

If Nigerians vote out BAT and vote in somebody who reverses the gains made so far, may be because of media -enhanced and probably funded insecurity whose financiers would normally be retired in the next 4 years, I believe we will regret it. The current administration may not be your favourite but maturity demands that we look at the indices and the data available.

Many people supporting this Iranian regime probably don't understand. It's like the Fulani Militias killing people all over Nigeria now taking over leadership and then forcing us into hard labour and to live the way they do.

Morethan 40 years ago, these group of people ousted the legitimate leadership of Iran and has subjugated the people ever since, including exiling the Crown prince. So,if you are supporting them, remember that it may be your own turn tomorrow.

Nigeria should just try and position well by ramping up production at this time because of the Strait is destroyed by Iran most of the major oil producers in the Middle-East will not be able to transport their products.

Sacrity:
See people who have not eaten for days insulting a man that is defending their right. Tufiakwa.

Peter Obi was either deliberately manipulating facts or outrightly unintelligent, with due respect.

If Nigeria's GDP was $364B but now $188B, it should be pointed out that the $364B was based on a defended currency. FX was about 460.72/$ at the time. Meaning our real GDP was about a third of that at the time. Another way to look at is in Naira ($364B * 460.72) against ($188B * 1,551).

I want to advise Nigerians to please be smart and not allow these crooks to play them again. Obi did not mention monies that ave been paid, when they want to mention what we owe, they will quote in Naira, when they want to talk about GDP, they quote in USD.

Obi is not a saint o, the guy was swimming in money when others were fighting for Democracy under Abacha. Sole importer of some products that can be easily manufactured in Nigeria, but who would rather put his money in banks and also import goods for sale here. If he tells you that he wants to move Nigeria from consumption to production, ask him how many factories he has. If Orji Uzo Kalu, Cosmas Maduka and the likes say things like that, you should agree because they have been doing that.

Also, Nigerians should be wary of power grabbers who are running around to form a coalition. The agenda is to get back power and return the country to themselves as "a company".

Personally I believe that if Nigeria votes out the present administration, it will regret it just like many regretted voting out GEJ, even though he became too weak and unassertive.

StormpyBee:
Let Reno go and seat down! The expenditure of the road is capable of railing that South to West corridor and also South to North.

You have a point, but that has nothing to do with the issue at hand now. The issue debated was whether or not the portion of the project that was commissioned was upto 30km.

However, you can now raise the concern about the project cost, why 30km was commissioned, not even upto 47km (Phase 1)? So, commend him and his team for this fact, and then ask for more so that you don't come across as a "wailer" when you may in fact, be more patriotic than many.

I want to encourage my brothers and sisters to embrace humanity! Oneness is the key! Tribalism is a CURSE, Say NO to it! Marry from anywhere; live anywhere; liberate yourselves!

America, China, Russia and the EU are spending TRILLIONS of Dollars annually on weapons, yet many are homeless, going down with diseases around the world and so on. See the advancements in military, yet some diseases have been with us for centuries without cure. If we view the world as a nation and its peoples as a large family with diverse capabilities, ife expectancy would probably be at least 200 years! Free yourself from Tribalism and small mindedness it is a CURSE!

WiszyFraud:
Yeahh.

But the common man still finds it difficult to afford basic needs.... The president needs to do better. .

Why is the common man still finding it difficult to afford basic needs? I asked the question to help us reason things out...

I feel that we take the easy way out when we just blame whoever is at the helms of affairs. The way we are going, we may never get any leader that we will celebrate as successful until after they leave office. Think about it, most of the challenges bedeviling us in Nigeria present opportunities to any creative mind; from food to security etc.

It just seems to be that we probably need to be more responsible.

hisexcellency34:
Desperado Tinubu doesn't like opposition at all. The best way to get something from him is to criticise and abuse him

Just continue, he may settle you soon too

These days I tell Muslims around me to choose their path carefully. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE are Islamic countries, but so also are Afghanistan, Yemen and Lebanon. Unfortunately many of the poorly educated northern Muslims where I come from are choosing the path of the latter group instead of the Former's.

jmoore:
https://m.lindaikejisblog.com/2025/5/briton-wins-english-proficiency-face-off-against-nigerian-challenger-2.html

Why were they tested only on 2 modules? I reason that they were tested only on the Speaking and Listening modules. What happened to the other 2? It has to be complete; Writing and Reading are equally important modules.

Although I do not agree with the SP stating the facts that he made there on his seat as the No.3 person in the country, what he did may not be the priority, but they are still needed. We must understand that our needs are different. There are people whose life aspiration is to go on pilgrimage. To them, even if you build schools everywhere, it doesn't mean much. But they are also Nigerians/citizens who are equally important stakeholders.

The Stadium is of economic value... We have countries that spend huge fortune to use other nation's stadium to host matches. The livelihoods of those who worked and still maintain the stadium are also tied to it. Moreover, the hotels and other centres of commerce around the stadium would be a hive of huge economic activities when there are matches.

Additionally the residences for the governor and his deputy were equally important as many pay rent today.

And as for PO, I don't believe he can do much for Nigeria.