₦airaland Forum

publicenemy:
I will never open an account with UBA and my access bank account will remain domant. No be my money dem go use shine.

If you use any bank other than First, GT, or Zenith, your money might still end up at Access or UBA, because they’re systemic banks other lenders rely on.

SmartPolician:
When you measure their assets in naira, it looks big. But when you do that in USD, it's not really much - thanks to Tinubu and his yeye supporters

Even in USD, it’s far more than their total assets at the end of 2022. Please stop making unprovable assertions.

Goldbw122:
Everything we hear feels like a lie sometimes, like we are being fed unnecessary news. In the end, we will see the results ourselves. I just pray there won’t be issues with leadership during the next campaign season because honestly, it feels like Nigeria is already in the hands of people we don’t even know.

Loans everywhere, yet little development. As I’m typing this, I have three power banks on my table with no electricity to charge them. We keep buying fuel for generators just to survive. The cost of living keeps rising, and without money or a backup plan, life can feel extremely difficult.

It feels like every person has become their own government and president just to survive in Nigeria. Many people are afraid to move freely at night because of insecurity, while other countries live with more peace of mind. A lot of Nigerians are simply tired and frustrated with the situation.

A lot of people expected better from the country.

What’s the correlation?

QuinQ:
One-word answer:
RiGGING!
Directly and indirectly

So it all boils down to number 4, even if opposition unites tghtly, and there is no tribalism!

Rigging can’t win where you’re unpopular — it’s practically impossible.

Sonnobax15:

Power of social media.

Instead of them to come out clean and say they wanted the loan to sponsor their campaign,they lied it'd be used to generate power

But thank God for the association of angry Nigerians that stormed the world bank comment section to remind them of the motive behind the loan.

Ignorance is bliss! What’s the correlation between this $717m and $1.25bn? Are they both for same purpose?

Freshtruth:
Forget ooo Ameachi get level oooo obi get luck say he run Ameachi for disgrace am

One thing Amaechi has shown consistently: he’s not a pushover or a lily-livered politician who runs from a primary—he did the same in the APC in 2022. I like bold, courageous, and fairly consistent politicians, not those that chicken out with excuses.
God bless him.

gloryman91:
Congratulations to PBAT ahead Sir.

Please pay Federal Government Civil Servants May Salaries and Wages Allowances before Monday that is more important now Sir.

Na that one Dey pain you 😊 I pray and hope he grants your wish.

Okwyjesus:
Why do this people like wasting scare resources. Sell ticket to arrangee aspirant and waste another money in primary instead of consensus for Tinubu

Is your money missing?

Refinedbeing:
So this Stanley Osifo man is the reason for the APC presidential primary election?

Why do I have this feeling this is PBATs doing of trying to test the water for 2027 to actually know where more works needs to be put in. 🤔

You gerrit!!!

ratcock:
I wish this forum can introduce a feature which gives the op powers to exclude some characters from commenting.

Reading comments from some Tinubu miscrants is annoying.

Typical despot mentality — just like your messiah, who’s incapable of competing fairly in an open primary election. You always parrot your own preferences while refusing to allow any alternative voice to question your logic. No wonder your results are, at best, mediocre.

Politicstoday:
Good, Inec won't appeal the judgement. Amupitan is a lawyer too. He will be very careful

Why do you think they won’t ? You don’t think this will affect them in any negative way?

ExudeLoveToAll:
The way some of you type like you were born 5 years ago is alarming. Were you in Nigeria when the electoral amendment was going on? I you don't know why the president is being blamed you need to go back to school.

The analyst himself is the stupid person here because same analyst insults and denigrate Nigerian politicians for jumping parties. INEC must remain resolute; and for those that think this is for or against APC’s interests I pity you.

hegelian:
Why are you crying and ganishing teeth?? The pain will too much for your health ooo.. Pele

What many of you don’t realize is that it’s a win-win situation for the APC.

From my perspective, it’s mostly indiscipline.

christejames:
Good of him...



Funny thing is that this morning while bathing I was thinking about this guy and saying he should just come out and apologize and move on after seeing his recent posts on Twitter.



Naptu2, come and access his apology also just as you did his resignation

I hope you know why he’s apologizing?

seunmsg:
Apart from APC, which other party is even making attempt to conduct primary election in the country?

As usual, their thought process lacks depth — they don’t realize the deadline is approaching. I can even infer that no other political pary will hold a presidential primary again; they’ll all opt for consensus because of the cost, timing, and lack of ground structure, which can only be resolved through monetization.

Svoboda:
I mean that as far as there is plurality of candidates in the south, it's Tinubus headache. Gej makes it bang worse like a migraine.


Tinubu can't beat Atiku by a million votes in the NC. Neither can Tinubu amass as much as 500k votes in the southeast, how much more beating Atiku with that kind of chasm.


While you make your projections, always never fail to factor in the unpopularity of the incumbent, and the fact that he has no organic mass followership like a Buhari or an Obi.

Thank God you're following the ugly fallouts of the rancourous primaries of the APC across the country.

You keep touting this non-popularity of the BAT, which I find funny, because there’s no fact to support it. I can even opinionate that he’s more popular now because his party has won almost every election since the general election.
What I can assure you is that, in every region that BAT doesn’t win, he’ll be the runner-up. The implication of that is that he’ll coast to victory.
The opposition must merge together to stand a chance—I don’t know why this obvious fact is hard to understand. Beyond even winning the presidency is the composition of the National Assembly after losing; with splinter group parties, it will only end up creating an insignificant and toothless opposition to the APC.

Gotocourt:
For the records

Dangote products is cheaper than European import marketed at TOGO.
Importers likely have a bad product, Malta blended fuel comes to mind.

Since Dangote’s own product is cheaper, he should compete by pricing others out of the market for the benefit of the masses, not by using the courts to enforce a monopoly at the public’s expense.

Inspirer1:
Why did you say so, because he suggested jiji... I have ordered car parts for my Ford on jiji before. The thing is that majority of those at Ladipo, Owode etc are the people placing advert on jiji, this is based on personal experience.

The data has on Nigeria’s informal economy is a goldmine. I hope they eventually introduce a system that rates buyers just like sellers, because that would significantly improve trust, accountability & ease transaction costs for everyone on the platform.

Kalashnikov49:
Dreamers...

Now i understand why they say in ypur region that even if TRUTH stares you in the face directly, you rather believe the lies.

Enjoy

It’s an opinion grounded in data. If the 2015 election had been more than a two-horse race, I believe Jonathan would likely have won. That conclusion makes sense when you understand electoral mapping, vote distribution, and regional spreads.

brain54:
Maybe money politics at play here...


I see Ned as the chop alone kinda stingy guy. Okowa seems more the kinda guy to grease and wet palms. Cos I don't see anything special about okowa... not even ned.


Allegedly!

You think Ned is a poor man or he ever told you he doesn't give shishi?

Akpakomiza2:
Tinubu will win SW, share SS with Obi and Gej. Gej and obi will share SE. Tinubu will share NC with obi/ Gej, share NW with Atiku and share NE with atiku

The more horses in the race, especially southern horses, the easier it gets for BAT; for the opposition to stand a chance, they have to coalesce into one entity — and even then they’ll lose out eventually.

helinues:
Almost all the reputable global financial institutions have upgraded Nigeria's s credit score with them.

Imagine with this information, how do you think you can relay this to a gala hawker and the person would be able to comprehend . ?

How then can you convince those people about the progress made so far by this government

The good thing is, we have secured where we are expecting votes from, infact the election is over even when it's yet to be conducted as the opposition decided to be in pieces

Cheaper credit means faster growth- God bless Nigeria

Freshtruth:
Either Atiku or obi will win next year 2 prominent youraba in the race is a spoiler for tinubu

what’s more important to makinde to act as spoiler to tinubu or to install his successor ? When you get the answer then you’ll understand what’s at play

WizardOfNG:
Lol. Which nation will want to trade with us or invest in Nigeria if we do the agbero suggestion bolded in your post? Can you listen to yourself?

It won't happen and Nigeria cannot dare try such under Tinubu who is focused on presenting our nation as one that operates with integrity which ensure investors have full protection operating in Nigeria.

You are simply being emotional like Oshiomhole. I am unhappy two Nigerians died.

Justice must be down and their killers brought to book the right way and never through Nigeria acting like a lawless lynch mob nation.

You will "nationalise" MTN and DSTV how? Do you think MTN and DSTV don't have legal rights protecting their ownership structure merely because they operate in Nigeria?

Every time I read your comment, I wonder if your education is incomplete, like Rufai’s. In diplomacy, there’s no distinction between Apple, Microsoft, and Uncle Sam—which is why the South African president made multiple trips to Nigeria during the MTN sanctions under Buhari’s government. Why else would their president concern himself with MTN?
Now, in this instance, lives have been lost, yet you’re focused on investments. The very foundation of any investment—law, order, and economic returns—has been undermined. Extrajudicial killings of our people provide more than enough grounds to sanction them decisively.
There’s a reason TikTok’s U.S. operations have separate ownership. Ultimately, a nation’s primary asset isn’t its land, but its people.

lawani:
If power plants are built as public infrastructure and not something that must pay back what was invested in it within a certain period then it can be possible for other renewable sources to take care of when the sun is down and it may even be cheaper than energy storage

I think many rural communities outside the major urban centers can rely on mini-grids or standalone solar systems. Beyond the high initial cost of power generation plants, the expenses involved in transmission and distribution make centralized supply even more costly. With mini-grids, rural areas can be served independently, allowing the main grid to concentrate electricity where demand is highest. Besides, I don’t believe Osun State’s total daily electricity load is up to 300 MW.

phemmie06:
I don't want him to come back,most of these people only want to chop from him ni.

He is not a politician but mediator, politicians in Nigeria na agbo odaju..... violent gathering

The violent taketh it by force zilch mercy.

Melezenawii:
Not rumours, you think those that organize the rallies are doing it for free

No free lunch under the sun 😊

MatrixReloaded:
Rode out 1million meters across 300 million households.
Just as I was discussing with my friend in Nigeria this morning about the former minister of power, who has been in the system for 2 and a half years and has failed to deliver the mandate his oga at the top promised Nigerians. He didn't leave as soon as he knew things wouldn't align with the OGA mandate. After much budget paddling and internal embezzling, he left like a thief in the night, just as the passenger told us, allegedly.

Now this man is saying he can't promise Nigerians, but your oga explicitly told Nigerians that if he fails in the power sector, no voting for him. Why is he projecting for another election when he should just bow and leave as a man of integrity?

300M households in a country with less than 250M people. Cmon

SmartPolician:
Many of you don't even understand what's happening and I am glad you are proudly showing it here. Peter Obi stands against the principle of using money to buy delegates who will vote for you during primaries, that's why he left PDP and ADC. Delegates are bribed with USD.

That man has said that several times, but it seems you people aren't paying attention. He has said that if he uses money to buy delegates and buy votes and gets elected, he will have to steal as much as he has to recoup his money. That's exactly one of the reasons we have bad leaders.

Under the new Electoral Act, primary elections are now conducted through direct primaries, meaning party members vote instead of delegates. That makes the practice of handing out money to a small group of delegates largely ineffective, because you cannot bribe everyone.

Who is more democratic: the person who, despite all odds, still goes through party primaries, or the person who refuses primaries and simply wants the party ticket?
Or, who would you prefer as a leader: the one who walks away when challenges arise, or the one who stays the course to achieve his goal, no matter how difficult or impossible it may seem?

HesInMe:
There are only ~146 companies listed on the NGX na. They vary in size and performance, but they tend to be among the largest and best positioned companies in the country, with the most favourable access to markets, finance, and politicians.

Compare that with the about 40 million micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country -- your local vulcanizer, hairdressing salon, trader, and farmer. They employ ~85% of the population. Many have low turnover and slim margins, struggle to get working capital, and are particularly vulnerable to high energy, rent, and debt servicing costs. About 30% of them shut down due to the harsh economic conditions in recent years, according to the NESG. That's the real economy.

Which scenario represents more hope for MSMEs: when the 146 listed firms are paying dividends, or when they are unable to pay?

For example, consider the implications of MTN paying dividends as a national carrier—its improved financial strength can drive capital investments, leading to better nationwide service for numerous providers and final consumers, compared to previous years.