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Melezenawii:
I never see this kind of traffic before for my life, traffic affecting pedestrians… this is Balogun market in Lagos 😭💔


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No its not possible, the Igbos have gone home for christmas, there is no one left in Lagos.

obonujoker:
Please can anyone specify what the monies collected by Agberos from public transporters are being used for?

Almost every bus stop or keke stop, you'd always see these young boys running after keke or bus, sometimes they collect 1k or 5H from buses, and 2H from Keke.

Is the government collecting the monies from these boys? Because almost all bus stops in Lagos are packed with refuse, something that was not possible during Fashola and Ambode tenures... The roads are also bad. These Agberos cannot wear good clothes.

So what is the money used for?

Why not ask the Agberos in Onitisha and Nnewi?

obonujoker:
Dumbsky....

Teachers pay tax, those with low salaries even pay tax, same as other artisans, by paying tax to government and agbero money

Now your government wants to increase it.

How dumb are you really? Or you are just pretending to be dumb for the sake of propaganda.

Teachers will definitely pay less tax going forward than what they pay now.

Wirh the existing law you pay a flat tax rate, weather ur income from the formal sector is 50 naira or 50 million.

In the new tax law, you only pat taxes for income above 800k a year, and the rate is progresive between 15 to 25%.

You also have tax relieve for rent etc.

Yet you are here, openening your lazy wide mouth spreading things that are not true.

I pronounce a curse on your lying lips, unles you are soeaking out of ignorance, if you are here deliberately spreading confussion, it shall not be well with you

obonujoker:
Which expensive tax were dey paying before?? Have you asked teachers whether they were paying tax before?

So you dont know teachers pay Tax. It is obvious you have never paid one kobo of tax in your life.

Parasite citizen

Kaliningrad:

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These are ordinary soldiers, not special forces.

Our special forces are in rags too. Cut and join kits.

Bros who is stoping you from migrating to Burkina faso.

Them hold your hand?

Omo ale

seunoyeleyep:
Terrorists are getting killed but nairaland Muslims are unhappy. When you say they are potential terrorists, they become angry.

Can you show us someone that is unhappy? Just because your girlfriend borrowed you data that she got from sleeping with her Sugar daddy, does that mean you must use the data to make meaningless comments?

press9jatv:
PHOTO: EFCC uncovers properties worth N212 bn linked to ex-AGF, Abubakar Malami across Nigeria

That man is a SAN, unless there is evidence he obtained any of those properties when he was minister, it is not too much for a SAN depending on the types of cases he handled

AMINDA:
Even in the spiritual realm, every seer so far has prophesied that Tinubu is OTP. It aligns with what the raw data on ground is saying. There simply is no pathway to re-election.

Yah , just like they did in the last election.

gidgiddy:
This is to show you that the insecurity your country suffers today was largely created by your federal government, through injustice. When people rise in peaceful agitation, your government will send the security forces to gun them down, and bring violence into a situation that had no violence. It is not until it becomes the security forces at the receiving end that you people remember that injustice is bad.

Former President of the USA, JFK, once said:

Those who make peaceful agitation impossible, will make violent agitation inevitable

Not following this advice is largely why Nigeria is today 8th most insecure country on earth, and getting worse

Actualy we used to be the 3rd most insecure country , so being 8th now is an improvement.

I wonder though, why you are involved in this discussion, since it is not your country

gidgiddy:
And before all this, your Nigerian government was busy shooting and killing peaceful unarmed Biafran protesters?

Fake narrative, fake image.

Not surprising, cimming from the studio of someone who believed Buhari died and was replaced by Jubrin.

gidgiddy:
And before all this, your Nigerian government was busy shooting and killing peaceful unarmed Biafran protesters?

Peaceful when, do you mean after death?

SlavaUkraini:
https://www.thecable.ng/obi-reps-protected-a-broken-system-by-not-criminalising-vote-buying-during-party-primaries/

Says the man who received the presidential nomination of a party on a plater of gold.

He did not work for it, he was imposed on Labour party and all dissenting voice silenced.

Labour party is ok with it, as no member of the party challenged his position, that automaticaly makes it ok.

That is party autonomy, they have the right to choose their candidates anyway it seems fit to them, only a member of the party can challenge that process.

That is the spirit of the law passed by the house

gidgiddy:
The shooting and killing of unarmed Igbo youths, peaceful Biafran protesters, was happening long before Simon Ekpa. It was your Nigerian government that brought violence into peaceful agitation, same way it spread violence all over the country and made Nigeria the 8th most terrorised country on earth


Those who make peaceful agitation impossible, will make violent agitation inevitable ~ JFK

Yes it was Nigerian govt that ask People to kill 'police' and 'none Ibos or ibos that disobey the sit at home order,

Nigerian Govt killed 'Mr Akunyili' ask people to 'Burn down properties and business in Lagos' etc.

When you are blind and don't you are blind, you are a man to be pittied.

ariesbull:
Population of China is over a billion does it make Chinese crime rate higher than Nigeria that is 200 million


Make una dey use sense naaaa

You obviously dont understand him..you only understand AI when it favours your naration.

But AI is a neutral tool and will only give you the right answers when you ask the right question.

You cannot discuss crime, without considering the population, as this will help you to understand the frequency of occurency of such crime and give you a picture of how safe the place is.

Below is from the same AI(copilot) when you ask the right question.

Ranking by Crime Rate per Million

North Central – 37.5 (highest per capita risk)

North East – 30.3

North West – 24.6

South East – 21.5

South South – 18.4

South West – 16.0 (lowest per capita risk)

Now let me point out that different AI are trained on sometimes different Data, and there may be slight variations in the result, but the trend generaly will be the same

Melagros:
COMRADES, it will be hard for the incumbent governor to loss in the forthcoming election in Osun State because based on the current assessment, Adeleke is loved or far popular ahead of the remaining contestants

Can you please expand on this statement?

At the moment it appears vague and empty

What specific thing did Adeleke do, that the other 2 you mentioned failed to do?

Do you mean Dancing?

seunlayi:
Sincerely speaking....I am sure 80% of genuine parents won't recover fully despite the return of these children.... It's not easy. I pray God will help them all

You are correct, I wonder though how many percent of the parents that would have ended up in depresion if none of the children were recovered.

Sannisege:
This is true because once victims see the faces of their kidnappers, they will definitely be killed because the kidnappers don’t want to face death penalty. The law should be that kidnapping attract 25 years imprisonment but if the victim dies in your custody, then the kidnapper gets the death penalty.

If the kidnaped die in your custody the charge is murder in addition to kidnapping

Racoon:
Whao! Whao!! Whao!!! Is the insecurity in Nigeria not already @ its elastic limit? This should prove to any sane person that the FG is behind the insecurity plaguing this nation

So what should be the punishment since the perpetrators are not deterred and the judiciary have been pocketed by the FG? Nigeria is really doomed with these band of leadership.

If you have any brain, you should have read the reason behind the government's objection and bring a counter arguement.

Nigeria does not exist in a vaccum, and our laws must align with global practice for effective management.

LagosOrigin:
Your Father was busy chasing Nnamdi kanu while his political appointees looted the country dry

Buhari was a very useless president . He doesn't deserve a virgin in hell .

He may be useless to you, but he did this country a great favour by capturing your uncle Kanu and ensuring that he will spend the rest of his life in Jail.

Akinpedia:
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I believe there may be a misinterpretation of my position, so let me clarify.

At no point did I suggest that all youths share a single ideology, support one candidate, or speak with one voice. Nigerian youths are undeniably diverse in background, geography, religion, and political preference. That diversity is not in dispute.

However, acknowledging diversity does not negate the fact that a significant segment of youths—across regions and beyond social media—felt politically disengaged, unheard, or disillusioned with the system. Low trust in institutions, voter suppression concerns, economic hardship, and security challenges affected youth participation and perception, regardless of who they voted for.

Social media is indeed not a perfect mirror of society, but it is also not meaningless. It reflects patterns, sentiments, and mobilization efforts, even if it does not represent absolute majorities. Dismissing it entirely would be just as inaccurate as assuming it represents everyone.

Regarding Northern youths, their political participation is valid and legitimate, just as that of youths in other regions. Voting quietly does not make their voices less important—but it also does not invalidate the frustration expressed by others who feel the system consistently fails them.

On your final point: yes, the perpetrators of the Deborah incident were youths. But being young does not automatically make one morally representative of “the youth voice.” Criminal acts, extremism, or mob violence should never be conflated with civic participation or political expression. Doing so risks shifting the discussion from governance and inclusion to blame and moral equivalence.

In summary, the issue is not that youths did not vote or that they voted “wrong.” The issue is that many youths—across political lines—still feel excluded from decision-making, economic opportunity, and accountable governance. That sentiment deserves discussion, not dismissal.

Thanks for your clarification.

I do agree with you that there is a strong need for increased political involvement and visibility of the youths in our society.

I just don't want us to forget the youths that are not active on social media, I can even go as far as saying this are in the majority.

This is even more important as we are discussing this online. The way many of our youths talk online gives the impression that they are the only 'Youths' that mater, they don't acknowledge the importance and relevance of the silent Majority.

While we are at it, we must also look at the impact of women, both young and old. In my little experience 'women' are the real voters, they are the ones who determine the outcome of elections.

Our youths needs to also know that election is a competion, every time you win or loose the reverse is happening to your opponents, It is wrong to only accept election results when it aligns with your aspirations.

Akinpedia:
We have the ability to keep a hashtag trending continuously for a full 72 hours without interruption. We can engage in intense "vawulence" on X (formerly known as Twitter) relentlessly until the opposition is forced to delete their account entirely. However, when it comes to the real game—the crucial and decisive battle at the ballot box—we find ourselves merely playing the role of "substitute," while the grandpas, the seasoned veterans, are the ones scoring all the important goals.

The 2023 elections revealed to us the most profoundly ugly irony ever witnessed in the entire history of Nigeria.

The Stats of Shame:

INEC records show we had 93.47 million registered voters. Youth (18-34) made up nearly 40% of that list. We were the "majority" on paper. But when the dust settled, total voter turnout was a miserable 26.7%.

The Math: If 4 out of 10 registered voters are youth, but only 2 out of 10 people showed up to vote, who stayed at home? It wasn't the "agbaya" (elders) in the village. It was the "Soro Soke" generation.

"Grammar" vs. "Grassroots" (The Echo Chamber)

On platforms like Nairaland and X, we often find ourselves deeply engaged in heated debates about various national issues such as government policies, the reliability of BVAS machines, and the integrity of the IReV system. However, it is important to remember that the real battleground where elections are ultimately won or lost is at the Ward level, where grassroots connections and direct voter engagement matter far more than discussions about advanced technologies like 5G data.

- While we were busy "dragging" candidates online, the professional politicians were on the ground distributing 1kg of rice and N2,000 "stomach infrastructure."
- The Reality: One "Area Mama" in a rural ward who mobilizes 50 neighbors to the polling unit has more political power than a tech bro with 500,000 followers.

Logistical "L"s and the Japa Factor

We have to be completely honest with you—the system definitely fought back every step of the way.

- The PVC Bottleneck: Many of us spent days at local government offices and still didn't get our cards.
- The "Japa" Effect: Thousands of our most politically active youth left the country between registration and election day. They were loud online from London and Canada, but they had no voting rights in Lagos or Abuja.
- The Waiting Game: Late arrival of materials frustrated the "Instant Gratification" generation. If the queue is too long, we leave. But the elders? They will sit on a plastic chair from 7 AM till 4 PM just to thumbprint.

The "Keyboard Warrior" Syndrome

Digital activism gives us a fake sense of achievement. When a post gets 1,000 likes, we feel like we've won the election. Newsflash: INEC does not count "Likes." They count thumbprints on paper. Social media is a playground; the Polling Unit is the battlefield. If you are loud on one and absent on the other, you are just a "noise maker."

If this trend continues in the same direction, the outcome for 2027 is already all but decided well in advance. The members of the so-called "Old Guard" are fully aware that the younger generation will express their frustrations and opinions loudly online, through social media and digital platforms, but when it comes time to vote at the polls, they simply won’t follow through with the same level of engagement. They do not fear the barrage of tweets or online commentary; what truly concerns them is when young people show up physically in large numbers at the local ward meetings and polling stations, making their presence felt in person.

Questions for the House

- Is it that we are genuinely suppressed, or are we just too lazy to endure the physical stress of Nigerian voting?
- Why does a 70-year-old grandmother in a village value her vote more than a 25-year-old graduate in the city?
- Should INEC allow online voting, or would that just be the "end of democracy" via hacking?

Let's engage in a thoughtful discussion. Please avoid any insults or personal attacks; focus solely on clear, objective analysis and constructive dialogue.

What gives you the impression that the voice of the 'Youth' was not heared?

Limiting your definition of youth to only those active online is a clear weakness in your arguement.

Another weakness is the implied assumption that the youths speaks with one voice and perhaps even supports 'one candidate', that is a major fallacy. Every 'Candidate' have youths that are supporting them, not just the candidates with the 'vocal' and 'abusive' youths online.

There are more youths in Nothern Nigeria for instance than in other parts of Nigeria combined, and a substantial number of those youths voted for their candidate of choice and their votes counted. That they are not on twiter abusing people with contrary opinion to them, does not mean they don't exist.

Our youth population is as diverse in view as the adult population, while social media can give you a view of the mind set of the people, that view is only partial and many cases not a true reflection of the feelings of majority of people.

The youths deffinitely voted and made their voices heard in the last election, they just didn't vote the way you expected based on the views you formed from the few vocal aggressors on social media.

On a bleak note, the people that killed 'Deborah' are also youths..are they not?

LagosOrigin:
Are we even sure that the man that paraded himself as "President Buhari" was actually the real buhari because I don't understand how it seems his family were caged inside Aso rock .

Nnamdi kanu may be right about buhari questionable behaviour and personality.

How can a president be alive and his family are been treated this way hmm

No he is not 'Buhari', he is your uncle 'Jibrin from Sudan'.

Dullard

Nnamdipapa:
WHY OJUKWU MOVED THE BIAFRAN TROOPS INTO WESTERN REGION TOWARD LAGOS

This was Ojukwu's first mitary move - the thrust toward Lagos. If it had worked, the war would have been over in one month. His goal was to force Gowon out of Lagos and that would have led to the west breaking off too. Without the west, the north would not continue the war.

Nigeria had just declared war against Biafra. The head of Nigerian army was in Lagos commanding the war from there. Ojukwu had a very clear military objective to attack the Nigerian Supreme commander at his base, which was Lagos. The goal was to force Gowon to abandoned Lagos and move to Kaduna which would end the war. Biafra was not attacking the Yorubas. Ojukwu wanted to attack Gowon. Gowon was sending bombers to attack Ojukwu in Enugu. What is wrong about Ojukwu trying to attack Gowon wherever he found him? I hope you appreciate this answer. From a military point of view, that was a very brilliant move.

However, the western thrust failed because of confusion among the commanders. Colonel Victor Banjo who led the western thrust decided to pause at Ore to try to reach a different kind of deal with Yoruba elders. It was a terrible mistake militarily. He needed time to conclude such deals. So, he paused his advance at Ore for three weeks. That was all the time Gowon needed to organize a counter offensive led by Colonel Murtala Mohammed. The counter offensive succeeded in driving the Biafran forces back all the way across the River Niger.

The failure of the Western trust was the main reason Ojukwu suspected Banjo and ultimately executed him for treason 4 months later.

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What a stupid view, Ojukwu troops will just match through yoruba land without any casuality and attack Lagos(a city with the largest population in Nigeria) with Zero casuality, Gowon will just raise his hands and run to Kaduna.

All this 'Alaba babies' that are trying to rewrite history instead of accepting the fact that their Grandfather started a war that they are not equiped to win, and lost the war gallantly.

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miracle002:
Look at them. Envious and jealous people. Demons in human body talking out of hate I know you people already know me but are pretending.

No be me create myself. If my mata dey pain you, go hug transformer.

No be me create myself.

But very soon, you will realise who you are insulting.

Your hatred and bitterness against me cannot stop me because I know where I am going and I am almost there

Yah I know where yoy are going too, I see you being chained down in a white garment church undergoing deliverance by starvation and flogging.

DMerciful:
Peter Obi has the people and thats why he won the 2023 election after 9 months but was rigged out by the now rewarded INEC chairman that shutdown IREV when they saw Obi winning

Mad person identified

bigpriik:
Keep supporting rubbish,your country has zero air defence and you want your country to invade a Russia backed Nation,you think Missiles are expensive for any Nation to afford, Lagos is the closest city to Burkina faso am glad there is little in the east and south, the should bomb you megacity into oblivion since you are the big brother of Africa
You want to to fight a regional war and you can't produce a single hi-tech weapon, if Iran that is technologically advanced is still struggling to defend her skies it's is Nigeria that is not even ready that Imports 120% of her weapons.make we dey watch as things unfold.

Only fools like you will believe Nigeria will invade Burkinafaso.

Every reasonable person knows that the current impass between the two countries will be resolved diplomatically.

Nwaikpe:
God just dey bless that man every day.

His relationship with Israel is bringing him these blessings.

Bless Israel, so that you may be blessed!

Trash

Chuksgeo:
There is still way too many part of the project to be completed, I doubt if this project will be completed and worse still is that why are they doing this project such that they could invest this funds in other transport and logistics sectors like a brand new eastern railway line and fixing and upgrading all trunk A roads to accommodate railway alongside

Just write it down in your Journals, when you become President you can do all that.

But let me warn yoy ahead, when you do, there will be thousands of people on Nairaland questioning your choice , they will be asking, why is it that you didnt do any new project.