₦airaland Forum

Exousiang01:
Commendable.
But the traditional process should not be altered.
It is important to keep politics out of it

You should know that you are asking impossibility . The most well connected to the government of the day among the princes will emerge as the new Oba. Even if he's not wealthy like some other candidates, the governments will support him with money where necessary. Everything is politics

saphiere:
For those who would say that the former scenario collected money and refused to go visit him, also note that the latter collected sxxx and refused to marry her.

It is Nigerian ladies and women that believe that it is only Nigerian men that benefit from sexual intercourse but they themselves don't benefit from it. May be it has to do with the fact that majority of them are circumcised, that already denied them the enjoyment of having sex

malali:
Nigerians are watching as Dangote is openly trying to turn petrol supply into a cartel

Business vs. Cartel

A business is built by competing. It creates value by offering better products, prices, or services, and it survives only as long as customers freely choose it. Regulation is accepted as part of the social contract, and failure is always possible.

A cartel is built by eliminating competition. It seeks profit through control, collusion, intimidation, regulatory capture, or barriers that prevent others from entering the market. Regulation is treated as an enemy, not a safeguard.

If Dangote is the corruption Czar he claims to be, Where was this energy when he was getting subsidized dollars from Emefiele. Who is the most corrupt Nigerian in modern times. Building a 750-Unit estate with stolen funds. Dangote did not report him to ICPC. They did business together amicably.

Oga, go and rest. 20 billion dollars investment is Nigeria's legacy. We knew how Nigerians wanted local refineries so bad back in the days. Now that we have one, nothing must be allowed to sabotage its continuous operation. We want more local refineries but oil importation has to be stopped by all means

adetoya234:
It appears this Farouk may have done Dangote dirty for him to be going all out to nail him.

He wants to use excessive PMS imports to wreck 20 billion dollars investment because of mega kickback

HOSTCOM:
Sorry to say this, maybe na karma follow the woman like this o. Cos, how can one employ guard less than 30 days and he just killed the employer like that. Isn't that concerning?

You people should fear God or your last day on earth and stop passing judgement from the position of ignorance.
What theory do you have regarding the kids that had been kidnapped and murdered by ritualists if that's your judgemental theory regarding this retired judge?

AfroBeatDiary:
I wonder o, infact I found it hard that a judge would employ a random person from a random security company, it boarders me how a supposed learned people thinks but we can't outrun destiny shaar

So, for the fact that she didn't employ a random person as security but you still had to refer to the company that helped her secure a security man as a random company, just for you to make sense and in an attempt to blame the victim. Na too much sense go kill some Nairalanders

saintkel:
Humanity is lost .....so u kill someone for mere accessories like phones?.....

Not just that, someone who employed him for her safety and security

Omoawoke:
I won’t say anything no more…

I realized that the people oppressed are the ones that defend their oppressors most.

Same with church members, pastors go dey use members head, and when you tell the church members to wise up, they will hate you and call you devil agent.

Who is oppressing you? Dangote is oppressing Nigerians, I guess

I don’t live in Nigeria, i have worked in top organizations in the world and still do … I won’t mention the names but check other billionaires in the world and their organizations like

Bill gate - Microsoft
Meta
Amazon
Apple
Google
Tesla

And many others…

Congratulations!

A slave born into slavery will never know what is freedom and the idea of freedom will sound like madness

Try to work for any of the organizations listed and you will cry for all the so called employment opportunities tha your billionaire dangote is providing in Nigeria.

I will say no more, enjoy your dangote

Lol, a poor man defending a billionaire for underemployment, hiring graduates as truck drivers / managers … lmao!
Baba talk say he dey send them go training school for zaira. Chai , poverty and slavery, please stay far away from me… far far away!!

You are such an arrogant ignorant, you deserve nothing harsh but our pity

Okpetruth:
Thanks for the analysis and for deep understanding of the foregoing. What dangote is really after is the monopoly of the oil industry by him. Nigeria should by all withstand all his shenanigans. we must say no to greedy capitalist and avaricious industrialists like dangote - Aliko Dangote. We forgot in a hurry how cement is now out of the reach of the common man? This is how he hoodwinked the then government to finally stop importation of cement now look at where we found ourselves today. I pray that the evil machinations of Aliko dangote will not and never will materialize in Jesus name!!!!

Go and establish refineries and compete with Dangote potential monopoly. BUA refinery is coming up gradually, Nigerians will give it the same support we're giving DR.
Importation can never be allowed to serve as competition to a project that promotes and projects Nigeria's image globally. We knew what importation of fuels did to Nigerians over many years, time to do away it, it is not reliable and a drain to our forex and trade balance, this is not about Dangote alone

emkz:
Aliko:

1. Is it true that our refinery cannot meet daily demand in Nigeria?

2. If that is the case, why do you want to monopolize the market?

3. If your refinery cannot meet daily demand, is it not fair for import licenses to be granted to those who can support your own output?

4. You hold press conferences every month as if you are briefing Nigerians on the state of your refinery. In your latest press conference, you published the names of NMDPRA's children and the schools they attended and the fees they paid. You failed to link those fees to corruption. We expected you to submit evidence of him receiving money illegally or engaging in corruption. How will you feel if the details of your children and their schools and addresses are published?

5. You are at loggergeads because he granted import licenses. Why don't you lobby legislators to amend the PIA to ensure NMDPRA cannot grant such licenses?

6. You attempted to penetrate the noodles market and left it as quickly as you came in because Dufil Prima already dominated the market. Are you afraid of competition?

7. Scale up production, plug loopholes and sell at prices Nigerians can afford. That way, you'd take a significant chunk of market share. Engaging in monthly smear campaign and attacking someone's children is not how to run a business. That is introducing political smear campaign in the corporate world. Until the refinery attains full capacity, import licenses are to continue.

We appreciate Aliko for building a refinery to meet Nigeria's energy needs. I suggest he buys out the marketers and take over their assets.

You asked negative questions and concluded negatively without answers to your negative questions. Going through your submissions, you have taken side against Dangote.

Emeskhalifa:
So if the allegations are true, the man should not be exposed abi? Coz we don't want to scare foreign investors? So they should come and their money should be stolen abi?

That's not even the problem, I mean the fact that they expressed fear of foreign investment in Nigeria. My displeasure with their contribution is the fact that they declared vote of confidence in NMDPRA without waiting for the outcome. What a joke?

Omoawoke:
Is that how his mates run business ?
That’s underemployment and nothing good about it…
What happened to investing in his logistics, compliance and safety?
But this is Nigeria, lawless country… undercut, underemployment and underpay at the detriment of innocent people’s life and safety.
Well, the people being oppressed will still be same people that will defend him and worship him for his money

You are just going in circles. It is up to the drivers to comply with road safety regulations. If Dangote could go as far as intentionally hiring graduates for driving job, I think he's done the right thing. His drivers are being sent to training school in zaria, I bet you didn't know that.
BTW: how his mates running their businesses?

Omoawoke:
He is also skilled in hiring incompetent truck drivers to kpai innocent people and end dreams

Lol. The last time he hired Graduate Truck Drivers, Nigerians almost lynched him. Guess what? All those successful candidates later obtained internal forms for conversion to truck managers

Salewa97:
The House of Representatives have summoned both parties and asked them to stop public comments.

The matter is already in the court of law, hence the need for both parties to stop making public comments about the issue.

The summary of the issue is that there is a misunderstanding between Dangote and the NMDPRA boss.

Misunderstanding? Is that the new word you just learnt?
Someone is accused of issue tickets/licenses for importation of 7.5 billion litres of PMS for the first three months of 2026 and you called that misunderstanding!

FreeStuffsNG:
He was reckless and his recklessness has serious consequences.

He didn’t know that Americans across party divide will grief the family's loss. Now he's receiving back lash.

Members of his party are now trying to disobey him and counter him because he is now a political liability that will cost them seats in the midterm elections early next year which will switch the legislature in favor of Democrats.

He has reached his own political end but there are many in his party just starting out politically and don't want him as baggage.

Trump is a clown. He knows no boundary, doesn't have regard for anyone or anything.

malali:
America makes Ford and Chevrolet
It still imports Japanese cars like toyota
It imports British cars like rolls royce
It imports Swedish cars like volvo

Thats whats called a free market, when all these people compete, the price is lower for the consumer. Thats what we need to happen in our petrol sector.

Well, no one is stopping them. As Dangote said, one side will quit with time.

SpaceX:
a hospital without a bed, no emergency room or helipad and helicopters

You smoked igbo or something stronger?

Auxtan:
Such a sweet job. That is one job that I love so much.

God will grant you your desire

ppogba:
"It is either they give up or we give up"............. Dangote.

Una don make Alhaji vex. Uma must suffer am.

The petroleum importers should go and ask the former sugar importers.

Let us fact the truth. It can only be Dangote.
If any other enterprenuer dabbles into that murky water, na sell hin go sell the refinery last.

Not easy my brother. I'm surprised that many Nairalanders still see those importers as competitors and still sympathising with them

malali:
PRICE WAR IS HEALTHY FOR NIGERIANS.

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALLOW ANYONE WHO CAN IMPORT PETROL AT CHEAPER PRICES.

OR

ANYONE WHO CAN REFINE AT CHEAPER PRICES.


LET NIGERIANS BUY FROM THE CHEAPER SELLERS. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD JUST REGULATE THE QUALITY TO PREVENT BAD QUALITY PETROL.

THE FREE MARKET DOESN'T HURT THE CONSUMERS.

They're free to continue their importation as long as they don't prevent DR from reducing the price.

Mainmanpadi:
This is the most sensible comment. If Dangote succeeded in phasing out other market that's when Nigerians will know his true colors

How will local economy grow when you allow your citizens to use imports to hurt home made? 20 billion dollars investment na joke to you? Well, Dangote or govt is not stopping them, they can't prevent him from reducing his own price. 🤣🤣

I love the quote below

“For the marketers, I pray, and I wish they would even lose more because I’m not printing money. I’m also losing money; it’s not that I’m making money,” Dangote said.

He added, “They want imports to continue. I don’t think it is right. They want to continue to dump imported petrol, so I must have a strategy of how to survive because N20bn of investment is too big to fail. We are in a situation where we will continue to play cat and mouse, and at the end of the day, somebody will give up. It is either we give up, or they will give up, and I don’t think I will give up

ebukal67x:
This price war is a necessary evil. Over time, we will get to a point where everyone will be forced to sell at the same price as Dangote.

No. A point where importers of PMS and AGO will quit importing fuel, that's what Dangote was is saying. For now, selling at the same rate is already happening but that's not the end

That's because you stopped being supportive the moment he refused to continue with Office of the First Lady of the federation. You turned yourself into his critic

Wisfem:
See plenty deceitful statement Above..

A man with integrity? Under my foot a man who prioritize fairness and justice: Exactly opposite of who Mr Dubious preposterous Rogue Tanko is.....

Clear deodorizing posthumous extolments of him, In the face of glaring Cancerous and dubious court injunctions..... All of this are here in the internet for reference purposes, the death of this Useless man should sound as warning to every other highly corrupt judges and layers who are being used daily by Executives to destroy, kill and deprive justice to poor masses of this country, His legacies are clear Shambles and no sane person will ever like to associate with his name, All his kill and divide money bag Rulings will remain till eternity....

Rants

This country would have never experienced destruction of such magnitude, if not that this man was used to Install and keep Senseless Buhari, After removing law abiding justice Water onuoghe...

🤣🤣 Walter Onnoghe! The CJN with 2 billion dollars in his different accounts who claimed that he made the money from importing rice

BlackSpanner:
We expect the current Imo government to name a project after him.

Under his watch as chief justice, an unprecedented electoral miracle took place in Nigeria.

What would you have done differently if you were the cjn?

Who ever thought that they could succeed? Not me sha. All those clowns supposed to rebuild PDP and make it a formidable party again. It would have been easier for them, instead of trying to build a new party. The reason they couldn't rebuild PDP is also the reason they will fail building ADC

So, this business enterprise is gradually spreading to my beloved SW? I trust our amotekun and the other local security outfits to rise to the occasion and nip it in the bud

Auxtan:
You're a FFS staff?

Yes of course

SlavaUkraini:
20 children cannot play together for 20 years

The wave of life must disperse them to different destination where they germinate and bear different fruits...

I have some childhood friends that I haven't seen for the past 30 years and we may never see each other for the rest of our lives despite hailing from the same town

Pojomojo:
We all started in the same place.
Same classrooms. Same uniforms.
Same hopes about who we’d grow up to be.

But life took each of us somewhere different.
Some people found direction, others got lost.
Some built stability, others battled storms no one saw.
Some grew into themselves, others are still trying to figure out who they are.

The truth is, none of us became exactly who we thought we’d be.

If anything, it’s a reminder to be gentle with people. We’re all living lives our younger selves could never have understood.

My younger self would have never imagined adult me as a transport manager and fire fighter, life and fate 😀😀. But I like it better, living a zero stress life

Capernum:
The more you look, the less you see. There has been internal cracks in pdp before Tinubu used Wike to widen and destroy the party.... Tinubu knows what he's up to.

Everything in Nigeria politics is now about Tinubu the legend, we don hear o

OvertheTop:
To train , na money o

school, transport, feeding, medicals, including your own at old age too
its not an easy task financially

Yes. Both marrying additional wife and having kids again or adopting kid(s) is for people who have adequate resources my brother

always247:
make una learn oo. dont come and regret later like im regretting now.
i didnt learn any skill now me and sapa r dating

Go and learn now, never too late. I have some brothers in my hood, after their HND programs, they leant tailoring. When they couldn't make enough money regularly from it, one later leant plumbing. The other one also decided to learn the same plumbing from the first one. Both of them are now big time plumbers making steady money from plumbing work and getting big projects