DesChyko: As a reminder, it took 10 lives and over 100 vehicles burnt beyond recognition for this administration to take a break from the phantom coastal road and devote funds to this road.
This is despite this administration being made aware of the bad condition of this existing road that currently services the role of the coastal road.
I hope the departed will be rewarded for their sacrifices to have a road properly done.
There’s been no pause at all on the LAG-CAL road—if you visit, you might think it’s a private project given the speed and quality of the work. Truly impressive! By the way, people are already cashing in on real estate along that corridor. Don’t sleep on this—the future is happening now!
The core issue lies in a communication gap, largely fueled by the negative public perception of NNPC. For example, when the Dangote Refinery was shut down earlier this year for scheduled maintenance, there was hardly any media uproar. This contrast highlights the urgent need for NNPC to enhance its communication strategies and work towards reshaping public opinion.
redcliff: Its difficult to actually explain logic to APC people. But its okay, its expected behavior. You’re making a false equivalence here. Managing a political party under systemic sabotage from state actors isn't the same as handling personal issues. The influence of the ruling government on opposition parties in Nigeria is a well-known fact ignoring that reality oversimplifies the situation. Genuine leadership isn't about pretending external threats don’t exist; it’s about recognizing them and responding strategically. Accountability doesn't mean silence in the face of sabotage. Let’s be honest about the playing field.
What’s the false equivalence here? Would you promote someone who’s currently underperforming in their job to a higher position? By the way, I’m not against you or your interests—I want the opposition to improve, take responsibility, and hold the government accountable. But how can that happen if they can’t even get their own house in order?
psalmsjob: Please help me ask both Bitter Obi and his hoebidents whether leasing the country will not face challenges? This man will bolt or cave at the first sign of opposition or resistance to any policy he put out God forbid he becomes president, he is such a loser and emotionally immature.
Where will he find the effrontery to remove subsidy & unify fx rates?
redcliff: Its difficult to actually explain logic to APC people. But its okay, its expected behavior. You’re making a false equivalence here. Managing a political party under systemic sabotage from state actors isn't the same as handling personal issues. The influence of the ruling government on opposition parties in Nigeria is a well-known fact ignoring that reality oversimplifies the situation. Genuine leadership isn't about pretending external threats don’t exist; it’s about recognizing them and responding strategically. Accountability doesn't mean silence in the face of sabotage. Let’s be honest about the playing field.
Prior to 2015, the main opposition didn’t dwell on the ruling party’s influence or sabotage; instead, they concentrated on their objectives, organized effectively, strategized, and performed well at the polls.
You betrayed Tinubu and APC because of Muslim-Muslim ticket as you claimed, and worked for Atiku. After Atiku lost, you betrayed Atiku and PDP and returned to APC to work for the Muslim-Muslim victory you had betrayed. If Tinubu loses, you'd betray him again.
Moses never betrayed.
Betrayal? I doubt it. It seems more likely he was planted in the PDP to limit any potential threat to the president’s candidacy.
franchasng: Who sponsored Apapa the wannabe hungry man claiming to be LP Chairman shortly after the election? It's also genuine leadership that sponsored him
Tinubu is scared of Obi and opposition, so he is squandering your meager nation's treasury buying politicians and political actors.
Listen, knowing how to play Nigeria's dirty politics of bribery, thuggery, voodooism and whatnot does not make you a good leader.
Tinubu being ruthless in using state resources and institutions to be buying politicians and political actors to join his side and to destabilize opposition does not make him a good leader, it only makes him a good Kingpin.
Nigeria doesn't need a ruthless Kingpin, what we need is a humane leader that cares about others, ready to make sacrifices to reposition Nigeria for greatness, not a corrupt kingpin ready to go any length to capture the entire state and destroy every opposing voices.
Peter Obi is the man to deliver Nigeria and haters of Nigeria like you know this but wickedness, tribalism and pettiness wont let you people have sense and support what is right.
Fairy tales! What’s stopping LP from doing the same within APC? Honestly, you’ve got no one to blame but yourself—stop complaining and take responsibility.
parags: God bless you. I have always said Obi is an incompetent leader. How many seats did LP win because of Obi? Especially in the HoA. He can't even consolidate on the small win to show people his leadership style. Now LP and PDP is in shambles less than 2 years to elections . PDP has never recovered or gain strength from the loss in 2015. LP was and is a mushroom party that lacks structure and can NEVER win the presidency without collaboration. The structure is just not there.
This coming from him just shows his incompetence.
I genuinely hope he gets better—we really need a stronger, more dynamic opposition.
redcliff: So in order to answer genuine leadership, make him no talk the influence of external force on the success of him party? Everybody knows that the FG led by Tinubu has a hand in what is going on in opposition parties in Nigeria
o you handle your personal problems the same way—by just blaming your enemies?
Genuine leadership requires owning your challenges instead of shifting blame, because pointing fingers never leads to solutions. You must face your problems directly and tirelessly work toward resolving them. Additionally, switching political parties at the first sign of trouble shows a lack of integrity and courage. By the way, that’s a very insightful question—if you can’t effectively manage issues within the Labour Party, how can anyone trust you with the responsibility of leading a nation as complex as Nigeria?
Now Obi is doing the same thing as opposition. If he won the Presidency and changed mouth, we will remind him of what he said before he got there.
His party knew that what PDP was doing was on the right path but for politics, they were ready to go against the government because it would have affected their chances of winning an election
Now to answer your question directly. Nigeria has refineries but it refused to use them and they keep doing TAM, all the Ministers of Petroleum under Buhari promised to get the refinery working, they gave us different dates, it never worked. Ibe Kachikwu first promised to resign if local refineries don't work
And then they kept promising when it was going to work. NNPC promised us that the local refineries will work before 2023 and then we discovered that Dangote, a private company will be rescuing Nigeria. So Buhari made sure he commissioned it before he left because Dangote did not want a repeat of what happened under Yar DUA in 2007.
The government did not hold anyone responsible for its failure, no one was punished and corruption kept running. The state refineries aren't working.
Now let's go back to subsidy. Let's agree that Nigeria cannot meet its local demand due to corruption. Then the government granted some marketers license to import the product then it found out that these people were inflating prices, they were not importing what they said they would do, they cut corners and some of the importers are just on the list to collect government money, what do you do as a government? Say we will close this program because we cannot punish those who are taking advantage of the system?
Sir, the government can tackle both if they want to. The corruption they allow makes it look like the problem is bigger than it is. Some analysts said Obi would not have the balls to deal with the cabal like Asiwaju has, please tell me, is he afraid to call their bluff? Are the refineries still working? Is he scared of them? Isn't he the same person who can remove a democratically elected governor but all of a sudden, will be scared of a so called cabal? They should tell that to the marines. Government is complicit in the issue. People can now see that subsidy itself was not entirely bad because it was a social contract. What was wrong was to cancel subsidy without appropriate replacement. We don't have local refineries producing and we still prefer to import. We didn't punish those who take our oil outside Nigeria to sell, we didn't punish those selling our unrefined crude and security personnel that could be complicit, it's ordinary Nigerians we said must be punished for the sin of a few. Nigeria we hail thee.
None of this jumble of responses provides any real answers. Once again: What exactly caused the subsidy in the first place? And how can corruption within the subsidy system be eliminated before the subsidy itself is removed?
Given that Labour Party members are part of the legislature, is he suggesting that members of his own party are corrupt? If so, what action is he taking to address corruption within his ranks?
SonOfWords: ADC comes before APC on the ballot papers .
The illiterates that the APC has empowered and emboldened in this country will finally contribute to their downfall. Them plenty wey go thumbprint for the "ADC" space thinking say na their demonic party😂.
Between handshake and Broom as logos which one do you think is more popular with the masses/electorates?
papyjaypaul: He is correct. Removing subsidy without removing what caused the subsidy is punishing Nigerians for a crime a few committed. The government is not willing to hurt people but some people think the government had balls. The person who had half a ball was Buhari who didn't put it in subsidy in the budget, which meant he had already removed it but his half ball delayed the announcement which Tinubu saw as a trap and announced it. This is Tinubu's first budget.
What caused subsidy? How exactly can one remove corruption in subsidy prior to removing subsidy? Pls be logical
2tpick: There were thousands of attendees who were there as ordinary Catholics, visitors, tourists or in a personal capacity just like PO. If the rev fathers can afford to attend, why not? Abi u think say na free flight to Rome for Rev fathers?
You mean the Governor of Benue can’t afford to attend? Like seriously ?
phemray: Obi should know that a lot of Nigerians are far more intelligent than him, we have a lot of Nigerians papa knight that didn't visit for the burial and heaven did not fall. President told you and Fayemi that he is the head of Nigerians delegate and you agreed you are part of Nigeria delegation. Now u are showing us tickets? Who cares.
Why all these explanations, Obi is on a long political brouhaha hope he knows
All of this seems like mere damage control, which is understandable. However, the real issue isn’t the surrounding drama but the allegations concerning Fidelity Bank’s debt. That is what truly needs to be addressed, rather than getting distracted by unnecessary theatrics.
Beremx: the people of Burkina Faso are happy about the ban. Why crying on their behalf? Pornography hasn't been banned in Nigeria. Why Burkina Faso own dey pepper you?
Valthegreat: Can we accept this Access Bank hope as a strategy this time? I want to jump in since AIG has said the mgt has agreed to slow down on their initial plan to acquire world bank.
Beremx: it was worst under Tinubu when he was governor. Fashola came and sanitized everywhere. Ambode's impact on sanitation wasn't felt because he took Fashola's glory. Sanwolu's administration is lagging behind on sanitation after starting well. One of the major causes of dirtiness in Lagos is open defecation. If you think I'm lying, take a trip to PPL bus stop along Lagos-Badagry expressway way just before Okokomaiko. The obnoxious open defecation going on in that area calls for emergency. The defecation is right on the open area between the two roads. The day I crossed the express road, I nearly died of suffocation.
Zionmdde: Why are you busy contradicting yourself. First he is not welcomed, then he has no relevance, then again you are asking why he got 70% hia!!!!
Obi is contesting for presidency, and his relevance is only in that angle. He has no business with anambra governorship and that's how things should be. Governors Should should pass and pass out. Not meddling and playing god father as if the state is their property.
This nonsense persists because there are no significant consequences for bad behaviour in the police force and in Nigeria at large. Ideally, in any instance where this is reported, the officer involved should not only be punished, but their supervisors—including the DPO, area commanders, all the way up to the state commissioner—should also be held accountable and transferred to less active positions as a deterrent.
otokx: One cannot afford to be emotional in any matter that has reached the Supreme Court, they should have done their utmost best to settle before it got to this stage.
It reflects poorly on the bank. Even if they lost at the Supreme Court, they should have anticipated the media fallout and implemented a proactive strategy to mitigate the damage, rather than relying on reactive press releases after the fact.
AMINDA: Is this also one of the master strategist's achievements? Nigeria's image and foreign relations is at an all time low under Tinubu and he scrambles at anything that will give him an iota of legitimacy. The low self esteem is palpable.
Image at ATL yet credit ratings are improving-- don't take my word for it ask Moody & fitch!
Politics › Re: Nigeria Has Never Been This Bad — Dalung, Buhari’s Ex-minister by lionshare: 10:38am On May 26, 2025
