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CelebritiesRe: Phyna Sister, Ruth Otabor Dies After Dangote Truck Accident by malali: 9:19pm On Aug 31, 2025
Kalulu44:
Good we are calling out Dangote and his trucks out. So will other trucks and especially tanker drivers and their owners be exempted from the calling out?
Dangote must step up. With billions comes immense responsibility. He earns the most revenue from trucking in Nigeria, and when action is required, he cannot hide behind managers or other owners. This is a moment to demonstrate true corporate responsibility, not deflect, excuse, or gaslight the public by pointing fingers elsewhere.
CelebritiesRe: Phyna Sister, Ruth Otabor Dies After Dangote Truck Accident by malali: 9:16pm On Aug 31, 2025
Sheuns:
The ban is necessary. That shows how crazy they drive in India.

Indian drivers and Nigerian drivers are from the same school of thought.
Some of those Dangote drivers have only driven in kano or up north where you can dive 50 miles without any reasonable traffic. Then they come to Lagos and they are not tested and they are given trucks to drive.
That huge change is a recipe for disaster.
PoliticsFGN Stop Playing With Lives: Deadly Truckers Cannot Keep Killing Citizens. by malali(op): 9:10pm On Aug 31, 2025
Nigeria has a problem that cannot be ignored, delayed, or brushed aside: reckless, deadly truck drivers, often operating fleets of corporate giants, continue to maim and kill ordinary Nigerians. Enough is enough.

The list of tragedies is long, but one stands painfully clear: Ruth Itabor, a young woman killed by a Dangote trucker, a life cut short in circumstances that scream negligence. She should not have died. Yet the system has allowed her death to be buried under excuses, as if the lives of citizens are disposable. Multiple long-bone fractures, poorly maintained vehicles, overworked drivers, this is not an accident; this is negligence on an industrial scale.

And this is not an isolated case. Across Nigeria, trucks have caused horrific accidents: multiple deaths, petrol spills, public highways turned into death traps. In 2022 alone, Lagos highways saw numerous fatalities from truck collisions, including children and commuters whose only crime was driving to work or school. Yet policymakers remain largely silent.

It is time for action. The government must:
1. Open a case of negligent homicide for Ruth Itabor and ensure her family is not left to fight alone.
2. Nationalize hearings: the House of Representatives, all relevant committees, and arms of government must convene a high-level session to tackle trucking safety across Nigeria.
3. Strict regulation and monitoring of trucks: regular roadworthiness inspections, speed governors, mandatory insurance, and heavy penalties for reckless driving.
4. Driver accountability: no driver should operate beyond safe hours; fatigue must be regulated.
5. Public reporting systems: citizens must be able to report unsafe trucks, and the government must act swiftly.
6. Petroleum and hazardous cargo oversight: strict protocols for trucks carrying refined fuel or chemicals to prevent spills and mass casualties.


The government cannot continue to hide its head in the sand, regardless of whose ox is gored. Every day that passes without action is another day citizens are put at risk. If the policymakers, legislators, and government officials do not act, one day it will happen to them,or their families, and there will be no sympathy from Nigerians.

Lives are at stake. Enough excuses. Open investigations, enforce laws, and make Nigerian roads safe.

CelebritiesRe: Phyna Sister, Ruth Otabor Dies After Dangote Truck Accident by malali: 9:00pm On Aug 31, 2025
Sheuns:
I saw the clip of the accident in this picture. The driver should be sent to death. It was a Punjabi immigrant.

He made a U turn at a point where there clearly is a No UTurn sign. The vehicle coming behind him drove straight into the truck’s trailer.

The crazy part is the guy was unmoved. Those truck drivers are heartless.

They said the guy couldn't read the road sign. But, the government quickly placed a ban on all foreign truck drivers within 48 hours. Thats a government that cares about every single citizen.
CelebritiesRe: Phyna Sister, Ruth Otabor Dies After Dangote Truck Accident by malali: 8:55pm On Aug 31, 2025
Eriokanmi:
You made sense. Chevron had one air ambulance. I once announced the opportunity here when they needed a certified air ambulance nurse. I shared same vacancy on major social media platform but I was unable to get one for chevron, for months. In a country of over 200m population(official) fa, no single air ambulance nurse could be found. I wonder which kain course our people dey study sef.

Air ambulance nurses,
Emergency Response Personnel,
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers,
Biomedical Engineers, etc are hot cakes.

Sadly, people are too blind to see them. Instead, they'd be going for anyhow courses just because they want to enter a university. Time is invaluable fa
She could have been transferred to a better hospital within Nigeria, but instead, she was left to die. No one could realistically survive multiple long‑bone fractures in that facility. She should have been moved to a tertiary hospital in Nigeria, or at least had access to teleconsultations with foreign specialists. She was given no fighting chance. She was abandoned to die.
CelebritiesRe: Phyna Sister, Ruth Otabor Dies After Dangote Truck Accident by malali: 8:52pm On Aug 31, 2025
Kalulu44:
See eh oga, I don't know Dangote. I have never work in his company or subsidiary. But let's stop this blame game of only Dangote trucks.
They're many other trailers company causing accidents on our road on a daily but majority always take it to be Dangote trucks.
And let's also leave the trucks alone, why are we always pointing fingers at the man himself when he has numerous supervisors and managers handling most of his companies.
This our always blaming the man himself is unnecessary honestly.
When I say Dangote, it’s not personal. The point is separating the individual from the corporate brand when disasters strike, yet his name alone makes the billionaire lists, this feels like dodging accountability. His fleet of trucks has a notorious record for reckless and deadly accidents, some vehicles barely roadworthy. Claiming “he’s not the only one” doesn’t excuse a crime, just because others misbehave doesn’t make it right. Even with layers of managers and supervisors, the ultimate responsibility rests with him. Think of Tinubu with all his ministers and governors; we still hold him accountable for Nigeria’s failures. The government must craft strict, decisive policies to shield citizens from this chaos. It’s only going to worsen, especially with these same trucks now carrying refined petroleum nationwide. I pray no one’s car is hit and set ablaze, but before that tragedy, we must raise our voices to demand the sanctification and strict oversight of the entire trucking sector.
CelebritiesRe: Dangote Group Mourns Ruth Otabor by malali: 8:26pm On Aug 31, 2025
That girl stood no chance, multiple long bone fracture in a small dirty hospital.

They should have transferred her to Igbobi an orthopedic or even a tertiary hospital.

When is the government going to step in and regulate this Dangote killer trucks mayhem ?
CelebritiesRe: Phyna Sister, Ruth Otabor Dies After Dangote Truck Accident by malali:
SarkinYarki:
Dangote failed to airlift the girl out
Dangote will hop on a private jet without blinking, cross continents just to show face at Otedola’s wedding, then glide into Davido’s in the same weekend. He doesnt hire an unqualified pilot and he wont get on a plane that is not well serviced.
But every single day his trucks are mowing down Nigerians, and not a single word about safer trucking.

The attitude is clear: if you die, you die.

When Dangote Group claimed they would “fly her out once certified to travel,” I knew it was empty billionaire grammar. Air ambulances lift unconscious patients every single day , so if they truly wanted, she’d have been flown. That statement was just a polite way of saying, “If she survives, we’ll make it look good.”

So really , to what end are billions and trillions if basic humanity is abandoned? Where does chasing endless zeros while bodies pile up on Nigerian highways make sense?

This should be the line in the sand, a moment to confront the carnage of Dangote’s trucking empire. Nigerians have shouted for years about his trucks spilling blood on our roads. Now with petrol haulage being added to the mix, the disaster will only multiply.

Enough of the silence. Enough of the damage.
We need strict government policies and oversight before he starts transporting petrol from his refinery and setting human beings ablaze all over the highways,like Barbecue.

Same thing happened in the USA and within 48hrs.....Trump's administration had made policy changes regarding truck drivers in the entire USA. Nigerian government will not act unless a senator or governor or their children are the ones involved in the accident.

PoliticsRe: “nobody Knows Tinubu's History"- Sule Lamido by malali: 7:14am On Aug 31, 2025
For all we know, Tinubu is a CIA/FBI asset planted in Nigeria as an mole/spy with adequate cover.

Nobody knows his biological parents
Nobody knows his biological siblings
Nobody knows his family house
Nobody knows his village
Nobody knows his classmates
Nobody knows his peers as a Young man
Nobody knows his real names

Only thing everybody agrees on is his Heroin involvement with asset forfeiture to the tune of half a million dollars in the 1970's.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 6:38pm On Aug 30, 2025
Owologbo:
NATO is controlled by USA; a strong Israeli ally.
If turkey picks a fight with Israel today, NATO will not fight for turkey
Are you speaking from a beer and pepper soup joint ?
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 10:43am On Aug 30, 2025
rummmy:
Mr promoter please know it that turkey is irrelevant to Israel..
They even need Israel in their daily life
Mr Joker, Turkey has the most connected airport in Europe and they do a trade of over 7 billion with turkey every year.
Cut off 7 billion from Israel budget and also cut off the tourism to Israel from Turkey/Istanbul airport.
Then you would be know what is irrelevant and what is not.

Not just you typing igno*rantly without knowing anything about the data.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 3:09pm On Aug 29, 2025
zikter:
Well, I expected you to throw more light. But I guess, you have gotten the drift
I had replied to the OP that said only the USA had Veto power in NATO
And i had given him some hypothetical scenarios
Telling him they all had VETO power.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 3:08pm On Aug 29, 2025
mirrael68:
Israel can never be a pariah state. One false friend gone, many more to go. A walk with God is a lonely walk. Let them go with their taqqiyya.
Watch and see.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 3:07pm On Aug 29, 2025
Heffalump:
Touch NOT my anointed and do my prophet NO harm. Just wait and see the nemesis that will befall Turkey in the coming years. God is not a man that he should lie....

He who blessed Israel is blessed and who cursed Israel is Cursed.
Perpetrating evil and using the scriptures.....LMAO
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 3:05pm On Aug 29, 2025
zikter:
On what point exactly are they voting? To stop the Gaza war? For NATO members to stop business with Israel? What's the NATO angle you are highlighting in this Turkey decision? I still don't get
That was rhetorical.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:47pm On Aug 29, 2025
zikter:
I don't get your point about NATO here. Has NATO banned Israel? I think you should be highlighting the effect this will have on Israel on individual basis for Turkey as a nation, and not NATO. You are being over excited. We all know that, the father of NATO and the strongest of NATO, which is USA has unquestionable backing to Israel.
Each NATO country has a 100% veto power.
If the USA says yes with all other countries.
Turkey can say NO and it holds.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:46pm On Aug 29, 2025
Gbadebo19:
You need the Google search more than anyone else.
Kicked out of observer status......How can you be a member when they wont even allow you to be a passive observer ?
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:43pm On Aug 29, 2025
blacksam01:
Now I understand ur level of information... U know next to nothing as it regards how a country works...

Do u know why Russia even with her high level of advancement in military science ND tech is still not at the US level..? And do u know why the US feels more threatened by china than by Russia...

NATO is the supposed military wing of the EU..

The EU is not meant for military, it's for economy...

Turkey begged to join NATO when the threat from attack by Russia was too much... NATO helped turkey get peace..

Ever since turkey has been on it's knee begging the EU it wants to join the organization , but they refused.. citing turkey's inclination to Islam... The EU said all her members must be secular minded..

Turkey continue to beg till date
You are arguing out of context, we are comparing military might and military coalition back up. EU is more of an economic thing.
Turkey is a NATO member.....Israel cannot even attack them alone talkless of attacking them despite their NATO membership.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:36pm On Aug 29, 2025
nepapole:
Nah .. its the other way round. Netanyahu actually knew Hamas would attack but needed it as an excuse for the land grab and genocide and also to continue staying in office to frustrate his corruption probe

Thank you !!
Everyone knows the truth.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:35pm On Aug 29, 2025
Obedience40:
Being an observer is not the same as been a member😅😅😅😅

Ukraine, Serbia, Turkey, Mexico, palestine, UAE, etc are all AU observers Nations

Israel have never applied for membership

Hey just do a quick google search.
They begged to join.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:33pm On Aug 29, 2025
Exousiang01:
Israel has been applying, I think they got to attend some meetings as observers recently before the war.
You can read up at your spare time

Pay them no mind.
Israel cannot join EU
Israel cannot join NATO
Israel cannot join Arab League
Israel cannot join African Union

Nobody wants troublemakers.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:31pm On Aug 29, 2025
datola:
All what I saw in the write up is 🍗 and Ankara.

Turkey 🐔 better be careful so as not to be roasted by Isreal.

Hahaha....Have you heard of NATO Article 5.
Go and do your research.
The day Israel tries and monkey business with Turkey.
That whole area on the map will be known as Palestine.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:30pm On Aug 29, 2025
Obedience40:
EU is an economic bloc!! What exactly would you want to get from such group if it is not economic benefits??

When did Israel apply for AU membership??
Why are you concerned about EU, Both countries are not EU members.....lol
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:29pm On Aug 29, 2025
Gbadebo19:
He knows what he is talking about. You are the one not getting it. As long as economy is concerned, EU membership is of greater value than NATO membership.
I see what you did...its called cognitive dissonance. EU is not even in contention here as both Israel and turkey are not EU members.

1. Israel’s construction & defense supply chains (cement/steel shortages).
2. Israel’s aviation & logistics (airspace rerouting costs).
3. Israeli exporters (chemicals, plastics) losing Turkish buyers.
4. Energy strategy: Israel’s EU gas export dreams shrink.
5. Turkey’s economy: loses trade volume, but politically gains leverage in Muslim world.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 2:20pm On Aug 29, 2025
tammie24:
I dont think Isreal gives a sh1t

We know where they stand from time
Israel's main energy pipeline runs through turkey.
This is not about giving a shIt...lol
Istanbul airport has the most connections in Europe.
This is a massive blow...dont try to downplay it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op):
blacksam01:
It doesn't matter, reason the EU refused to admit turkey into the European union...

Isreal Doesnt need turkey anyways

Do you know the difference between EU and NATO ?
You are comparing a Man O War with the worlds strongest army !!

Turkey is a NATO member....What do they need European Union for.....LMAO ?
Foreign AffairsRe: Turkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op):
First NATO country to call out Israel severing economic ties and banning Israel from their airspace.

No Israeli plane can land in Turkey.

No economic trade between Turkey and Israel.

Israel is slowly becoming a pariah state, everyone can really see them for who they really are

Foreign AffairsTurkey Cuts Economic Ties With Israel by malali(op): 1:46pm On Aug 29, 2025
Turkey has decided to completely sever its economic and trade ties with Israel and has also closed its airspace to Israeli aircraft.

Turkey announced Thursday that it has severed all economic and trade relations with Israel, in a move Ankara says is a response to the war in Gaza.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that the measures include the suspension of all commercial exchanges and the closure of Turkish airspace to Israeli aircraft.

Fidan accused Israel of what he termed “massacres” against Palestinians in Gaza and charged that Israel is deliberately making the enclave uninhabitable. He further claimed that Israel is blocking humanitarian aid and warned that its policies endanger regional stability.

The minister said the decision reflects Ankara’s broader response to what it views as ongoing crimes in Gaza. He added that Turkey will continue to work with Qatar and Egypt in efforts to address the conflict.
Source: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414085

Foreign AffairsRe: Israel ‘kills Houthi Prime Minister And Military Leaders’(photos) by malali: 12:43pm On Aug 29, 2025
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel ‘kills Houthi Prime Minister And Military Leaders’(photos) by malali: 12:40pm On Aug 29, 2025
Unconfirmed reports indicate that IDF has eliminated the terror group’s entire military and political leadership.

Are we now spreading rumors on Nairaland ?

NLFPMOD
Foreign AffairsRe: Two Muslim Immigrants Set Church On Fire In Wales United Kingdom(Photo) by malali: 12:38pm On Aug 29, 2025
Probably a false flag.

England has probably 7th generation Pakistanis

They have been in Pakistan for over a 100 years.

Why burn churches today ?

Another attack by actors (Which we all know) to generate a fresh wave of Islamophobia.

We are not all as stupid and gullible as we allow you to think we are
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