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Bovis:They would fire her/or she will resign as housing minister. At the very least. |
RaySimran: ![]() She was caught red-handed. |
Softmirror:He is a lover of local news....if the news is not from Wuse Market, he is not interested. |
DeLaRue:The world is smaller than you think, the need to compare global accountability is a need that can't be underestimated. We lack a lot of accountability in Nigeria, The old vanguards have refused to let go of blatant nepotism and crony oligarch system of government. Its not post colonial mentality. Lets see if she will be removed as housing secretary. If Wike was found to be amassing Abuja land for his family, will Tinubu sack him ? |
jojothaiv:A lot of them are corrupt, thats why public scrutiny is a check and balance that should be maintained. Thats why Nigerian officials are shouting for social media to be censored. They never know what they could wake up to on social media. Gone were the days, they could influence newspaper owners not publish anything negative about them Now it happens in real time, with videos,pictures and all sorts of evidence. The world has removed the subsidy one news good or bad. |
RodgersAkpafu:She is the housing secretary, she will resign as housing secretary at the very least. |
Zackattack:We will get there....The generational awareness is increasing at a breakneck speed. Once all these old vanguards are gone. The newer generations will not tolerate half of the nonsense that's being tolerated now. |
Bauchi is still paying 30k. Bala Mohammed cannot deny it. Despite receiving the increased allocation from Federal Government. |
The irony is thick. The loudest woman during Rishi Sunak’s time in power, the one who shouted from every rooftop that everyone must pay their taxes, has now been caught dodging her own. To the tune of £40,000. Now the calls are echoing for Keir Starmer to do the obvious: sack her. Because if the tax-preacher won’t pay her dues, how can the public take the government’s moral lectures seriously? |
Everyone must pay their tax, Rayner told ToriesSource: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/angela-rayner-latest-news-stamp-duty-tax-qxfx2v2xw
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uuzba:There is no insurgent in the world without a request, except the ones that are artificially manufactured, which seems increasingly to be the case here. If their demands are for money, food, jobs, or poverty alleviation, these can be negotiated. We are not living in a jungle; continuous chaos cannot be tolerated. Step forward, make your grievances known, and we can bargain, without further destruction or disruption. |
Exousiang01:The states are ultimately after the budget. Each state receives roughly $25–30 million annually for state police funding. Yet, even with state police in place, these states still run to the federal government complaining that the funds are insufficient, citing that bandits possess advanced weapons like bazookas and AK-47s. This cycle of banditry demands a radical, homegrown solution, one tailored specifically to our African context. With state police already in place, it shouldn’t matter whether their orders come from Abuja or their respective governors; what matters is effective, locally rooted action. |
Its high time we give these bandits seats in house of representatives and senate. The bandits are wielding more influence over Nigeria than some elected officials. We are spending billions of dollars on ransoms and military budgets, yet the cycle persists. Perhaps it’s time to consider giving them representation, say, 10 seats in the House of Representatives and 5 in the Senate. (Democratic Bandits Party) So we can hear directly about their grievances and explore what it would take for lasting peace. Clearly, the strategies employed over the past 20 years have failed. And the middlemen between the government and the bandits are getting richer everyday. |
Coming from someone whose wife is a Judge in Abuja. What happened to the Teachers in Abuja What happened to the Doctors in Abuja What happened to the Engineers in Abuja What happened to the Police in Abuja. Are we now bribing the judiciary in advance of the crimes we are committing today ? |
Create it with design to prevent abuse. Who is going to fund it ? My bet is the states want access to the $30 million dollars police budget average per state. Some states can barely feed themselves ? Is better for the bandits in some of these states to run for election and come to Abuja to state their grievances. Just start with 3 pilot states. Lets try 2 years of state police. Pick the hot banditry zones. After that come back to the senate, or house of representative and review the outcome. Nigeria might even benefit from a hybrid system of state and federal police. No one is 100% sure state police will work. |
Talismann: .......He started with 1 grain of rice. |
Uptheante:Are you planning to apply for an American visa soon ? |
Privatizing 91 SOEs is a double-edged sword. To prevent looters, ensure wealth distribution, and still attract investment: 1. Pre-Qualified Bidders Only: Require proof of clean funds, audited financial history, and track record. Ban shell companies tied to politicians or corrupt networks. 2. Employee & Citizen Shares: Allocate 10–20% of each SOE to employees and local citizens via trust-managed share schemes. This creates mass ownership and grassroots wealth. 3. Staggered Sales & Auctions: Sell assets in tranches, through competitive, transparent bidding platforms, avoiding monopolization by a single elite or foreign entity. 4. Sovereign Wealth & Development Funds: Portion proceeds into a Nigerian Social Equity Fund, earmarked for infrastructure, education, and healthcare—benefiting the lower and middle class. 5. Blockchain Transparency: Record all transactions publicly on immutable ledgers, preventing backdoor deals and ensuring citizens can audit privatization. 6. Regulated Price Floors: For strategic sectors (airports, refineries, ports), set minimum concession/asset values to prevent fire-sales to insiders. 7. Independent Oversight Body: Empower a non-partisan commission of economists, civil society, and technocrats to monitor execution, disbursement, and reinvestment of proceeds. Dont allow the usual suspects to bring out money from under their beds, and buy everything. Wealth distribution is our problem....Not absolute wealth. Nigeria is a wealthy country. In the hands of 50 or less people. If we can adopt the Chinese capital punishment for looting and corruption. Then privatization will work. But under our current oligarchy and presidential crony system, it is bound to fail. |
Burob: Not really,i have nothing against any individual personally When i criticise President Tinubu....I do it as a citizen and him as the president We have to learn to stop worshipping politicians ....they are there to do a job and we must hold them accountable Accountability is what got USA,UK,Canada,China to where they are today. |
floss:It will be sad when it eventually happens. This is the time to act. A simple gesture like certifying all his drivers and monitoring how many hours they are on the road with a government agency will probably reduce these accidents by 50% |
ExudeLoveToAll:Thank you, i believe most of the comments are dangote sponsored or the government. No sane person will ignore the rampant deaths from Dangote Trucks. Its a menace to society, i don't care if he has 100 billion dollars, he has to be held accountable and made to stop sacrificing Nigerians with his trucks. |
shox:We have to keep up this pressure, more dangote trucks will kill more people, so if we start the sensitization and pressure today.....they will know we are unto them. |
Ikaeniyan0:Its not too soon to start, we dont have to wait for everyone to get killed by Dangote truck. |
timothy2396:You are right, when Dangote truck eventually gets to your turn, we will just ignore your death as well. |
The death of Ruth Itabor Phyna’s sister, struck down by a Dangote truck, has been met with a deafening silence from Nigerian authorities. That silence is not mere negligence, it is complicity. How can a state, whose first duty is to protect its citizens, look away from the blood repeatedly spilled on its highways by poorly regulated, overworked, and often recklessly managed trucks belonging to the nation’s largest conglomerate? These deaths are not accidents anymore; they are predictable outcomes of a broken system where power trumps accountability. What we are witnessing is the normalization of tragedy. The attitude from those in charge appears to be: “It is easier for Nigerians to die than for Dangote’s empire to face oversight.” This logic is not only cowardly but corrosive, it signals that there are two Nigerias: one where ordinary people can perish without consequence, and another where wealth shields institutions from scrutiny. Nigeria is not the only African country with trucks on its roads. Ghana has trucks. Kenya has trucks. South Africa has trucks. Yet our roads are graveyards, our headlines littered with body counts. Why? Because in Nigeria, systemic impunity has been allowed to metastasize. Because the state has ceded its moral authority to corporations who operate beyond the reach of law. The death of Ruth Itabor should not be reduced to just another statistic that trends for 48 hours and fades. It should be the catalyst for real reform. Mandatory safety audits. Strict licensing. Independent oversight boards. Enforcement that bites, not selective outrage followed by silence. This is not just about Dangote. It is about the value of Nigerian lives. Are we to accept that Nigerians must continue to die simply because holding powerful interests accountable is “inconvenient”? The truth is simple: when government refuses to act, it is no longer neutral, it is complicit. And complicity is betrayal. If we cannot protect our citizens from the wheels of corporate recklessness, then we are not a nation. We are simply a marketplace where the poor are expendable and the rich are untouchable. This moment, painful, raw, and tragic, should be a turning point. Let Ruth Tabor’s death not be swept away by silence. Let it be remembered as the point Nigerians demanded that their lives matter more than trucks, profits, and political cowardice. THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.
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Many of his appointees failed to openly defend his mandate, too often, they stayed silent in the face of relentless attacks on his government. Yet, he has been driving forward with bold, progressive agendas that signal a new vision for Niger. This time around, he must surround himself with truly capable and loyal allies, individuals who will not only serve him when he is watching, but who will consistently champion him and his policies everywhere they go. |
Future Lawyer.....I can see her telling the prosecutor: "I put it to you that my client is not aware of all those accusations and acted with the best intentions" May God bless her. |
This is exactly the kind of tragedy that should have forced Dangote and his empire to face corporate responsibility. A Dangote truck has snatched away a young graduate , a mother of two innocent children , now left orphaned in a country where justice is always for sale. Her children will cry themselves to sleep without their mother, while Dangote counts billions and climbs Forbes’ list. And I can bet you , not a word will come out of Dangote himself. No statement, no apology, no sense of shared humanity. Just the same cold silence that has followed decades of blood on Nigerian highways caused by his trucks. This is not an isolated accident. It is a 40-year-long slow massacre. Hundreds , maybe thousands , of Nigerians have perished under the reckless wheels of trucks bearing his name. And what do we get? A routine social media condolence, a recycled statement, and then business as usual. The cycle of money and death continues. When will the Nigerian government finally rise to the occasion and confront this rot? When will Dangote be forced to answer for the condition of his trucks, the competence of his drivers, and the sheer disregard for human life in his logistics chain? There are 200 million Nigerians who rely on these roads. This is not just a tragedy, it is a national emergency. We do not want another faceless condolence memo from some PR team. We want Dangote himself to stand before Nigerians, to explain, to be held accountable. A young life, a mother’s life, has been cut short for profit margins and corporate carelessness. Her name deserves to be remembered. Her death should not be swept under the carpet. If this country had a spine, this single tragedy would have been enough to trigger a public reckoning , an end to reckless trucking, and the beginning of a safer Nigeria. But if our leaders continue to play deaf and blind, then one day, it will be their own families crushed under the same wheels of negligence, and by then, Nigerians will have no sympathy left to give.
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@Nairaland Why are you deleting my posts on Dangote Trucks killing Nigerians ? Am i lying....Or has he paid you off ?? |
This is exactly the kind of tragedy that should have forced Dangote and his empire to face corporate responsibility. A Dangote truck has snatched away a young graduate , a mother of two innocent children ,now left orphaned in a country where justice is always for sale. Her children will cry themselves to sleep without their mother, while Dangote counts billions and climbs Forbes’ list. And I can bet you, not a word will come out of Dangote himself. No statement, no apology, no sense of shared humanity. Just the same cold silence that has followed decades of blood on Nigerian highways caused by his trucks. This is not an isolated accident. It is a 40-year-long slow massacre. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Nigerians have perished under the reckless wheels of trucks bearing his name. And what do we get? A routine social media condolence, a recycled statement, and then business as usual. The cycle of money and death continues. When will the Nigerian government finally rise to the occasion and confront this rot? When will Dangote be forced to answer for the condition of his trucks, the competence of his drivers, and the sheer disregard for human life in his logistics chain? There are 200 million Nigerians who rely on these roads. This is not just a tragedy, it is a national emergency. We do not want another faceless condolence memo from some PR team. We want Dangote himself to stand before Nigerians, to explain, to be held accountable. A young life, a mother’s life, has been cut short for profit margins and corporate carelessness. Her name deserves to be remembered. Her death should not be swept under the carpet. If this country had a spine, this single tragedy would have been enough to trigger a public reckoning, an end to reckless trucking, and the beginning of a safer Nigeria. But if our leaders continue to play deaf and blind, then one day, it will be their own families crushed under the same wheels of negligence, and by then, Nigerians will have no sympathy left to give. |
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