Svoboda:


So, the christians always coalesce behind pdp candidates since 1999?

In 2023, both lp and apc had christian candidates, why didnt the christians queue behind either of them. You sound like the gen danjuma angle isnt a determining factor in whom becomes gov in Taraba.

It is. The Muslims in Taraba are industrious, hardworking and have the funds they need to run a campaign. In contrast, the Christians are majorly civil servants and rural farmers. TY's funds and guidance helps make a lot of difference.

garfield1:


How was he outvoted when Xtians divided votes between kefas and bwacha

Rereaad my comment to understand what I wrote. By election day, Bwacha's supporters simply queued behind Kefas.

Note that the Christians have a clear majority in Taraba. Their margin of lead is not negligible. They could lose a lot of votes and still beat whoever the Muslims queue behind.

Just know this - in Taraba, it's all about religion. And each group would not mind voting the most mediocre person among them if it means keeping the top position.

Their Christians distrust the Muslims a lot, and it's likely not unrelated to the happenings in neighboring Adamawa State where the Muslims dominate despite the Christians having a slight majority.

garfield1:


I don't understand you.after the woeful performance of Darius and the imposition of kefas,you think people will still vote pdp ? Was that not the same reason nentawe was purportedly rejected for Caleb! Why the doublespeak

Monsieur, politics in Taraba is mostly about religion.

In Taraba, the Muslims always band together behind one of their own. Once that happens, the Christians realign their own votes and give it to one of theirs, as they have a very clear majority in the state.

That has always been the norm. The prominent Christian candidates will always watch the polls to see how the Muslims swing. If they swing towards their own, as they always do, the Christian religious leaders would do the same, pick one Christian candidate and their followers would vote him enmasse.

So, nobody rigged out the Prof. He was outvoted.

If the security agencies want to get to the root of this insecurity, persons like the writer of this article should have been placed under 24 hour surveillance.

This is an attempt to begin blackmailing the government of Zamfara State given their no-negotiation-with-bandits stance.

Lol.

For a start, let's conclude the cases in court and ascertain the identity of the number one citizen.

BOSSkesh:
People should wait of the official autopsy report
I urge all well meaning Nigerians to stay calm and trust that the police will unravel the mystery surrounding his death
It’s is important also not to point accusing fingers
As everyone under law is innocent until proven guilty nor destroy property in the name of protest
Allow the police to carry out its investigations please


Check my signature for free stuffs!!

Your alternate moniker, where you give free rein to all your tribalistic instincts.

Guess you forgot to remove your Free Stuffs signature today.

Tribalists have seen food to eat...

What noone wants to talk about is that the Kano advert includes a proviso - applicants will pay N3000 to purchase an application form. It thus makes sense not to limit the applicants to a particular location. Probably, they need as much money as possible, even though eventually they will screen out all the applicants they do not want.

The issue that should have been on the front burner is the appropriateness or otherwise of selling forms to job seekers applying for a position with you.

complexstuffs:



Expecting to find an intelligent IIGB0 is like expecting to find snow in the desert.

The Pandora criminal contested against 3 Muslims. Did it not cross your mind that Kwankwaso would have dealt with Obi if Tinubu and Atiku were not on the ballot?

Lol, this coward is scared of insulting us with his full chest, reason he deliberately misspelled it.

Has it also crossed your mind what would have happened to the drug baron if he contested against Kwankwaso alone?

Of course, it would also be reassuring if the Supreme Court grants legal protection to the technological safeguards that INEC spent billions to acquire in order to assure voters that it would run a credible poll but whose use the tribunal said was optional and discretionary.

How many paragraphs, yet the important issue pertaining to compliance is mentioned at the last paragraph, and just a sentence.

Bias.

onuman:


The judges feigned ignorance of the fact that INEC refused to give out what it should have given freely to the litigants as evidence.
Only in Nigeria would judges feign such ignorance but ask litigants to prove their cases.
All because Islamists in charge of Nigeria have programmed the country over the years of Buhari/APC on this journey.
Will the Supreme Court judges follow the steps of the judges of the PEPT to approve a most primitive method the last presidential election was rigged by the INEC senior staff, and plunge the country into the abyss?

This post addressed the issues.

The petitioners requested the Form EC8As from INEC for their petitions. They even approached the court to compel INEC. INEC still refused.
To build your case, you have to examine your own copies against INEC's and them file your petition.
When it became clear that the "independent" umpire was not going to provide the documents, they had no choice but to improvise.
INEC posited that the copies on IREV are a true copy of the ones they used in declaring the winners.
So, when the petitioners supplied the IREV copies, the PEPT just had to tabulate it and confirm if it was in tandem with what INEC declared. And during the tabulation, INEC would have to account for the over 18k blurred copies.

Somehow, the PEPT overlooked all that and proceeded to tell the petitioners what arguments they should have used. When the petitioners made it clear that counting the votes on IREV means that APC couldn't be declared winner.
If INEC thinks otherwise, they would then have to produce the original Form EC8As.

Hopefully, the SC should order a retrial.

Peter Obi that got 2.1m votes in the north, far above Kwankwaso's 1.4m votes. He even won two states when Kwankwaso won just one.

Please take your tales by moonlight elsewhere. It's stale already.

complexstuffs:


You mistake IPOB cannibals for people around the world. I totally agree with you that IPOB cannibals are scattered in different countries soiling the good name of Nigeria

Didn't same IPOB cannibals all over the world claimed that Buhari was dead and that a clone/or Jubrin from Sudan is ruling Nigeria



Let me tell you something you Igbos hate to hear. One of the reasons northerners hated Peter Obi is because of that evil and malicious lie that Buhari was dead and that a clone and/or Jubrin from Sudan was ruling Nigeria. That lie was a wicked and evil lie that was painful to the northerners.

See who's talking.

You cheered PMB on as he borrowed, time after time to spend on white elephant projects. As he borrowed to "feed school children".

You might really need to do some introspection.

Power is transient. Time it was when they did whatever they felt like doing without a thought as to its consequences on people's lives.

Power has now shifted hands and they are on the receiving end.

Also, disregard of the judicial arm of government didn't start with Abiodun. They had their own chance to build the institutions.

All we can do for them now is ask them to GO TO COURT.

And like us, let us hope they will accept whatever the courts dish out on the altar of justice.

The earth won't stop rotating...

Biafrannuke:
I am only replying you because you said you are open to learning. However, you don't sound as though you are open to learning. If you were, you would've have attempted to confirm my research by reading about those places and approaching any native of these towns or better still, pay a visit like I did instead of your armschear assumption.

I will go out on a limb and assume you must be from somewhere around Anambra Central. And because of that, I won't take offense to your tone, because in that case, you seem sure of what you're saying.

I am open to learning as I wrote earlier. If I wasn't, you won't come to my house and beat me, so you shouldn't sweat it. I also am not travelling to Eziowelle or Abacha to confirm this, I'm a busy person, lol.

So once again, if there are any facts or evidence supporting your postulation, present them. I'm open to learning.

Going by this, Enugu-Ukwu and Enugwu-Agidi people migrated from Enugu to Anambra State ?

And Ideani in Anambra State must be brothers with Ideato in Imo State?

Most villages in Anambra Central are named after their progenitors. Where there are immigrants, they are more likely than not, subsumed into the Umunna that they live in kinship with. That's what I have seen.

I am open to learning if there are different scenarios. With facts, not insinuations.

NwaAmaikpe:



I will pick this over Ewedu soup any day.
It is better I die from eating a fashionista worm than I die from eating hydraulic soup stirred with toilet brooms.

See who's back 😊

Oh that it were possible to shine a light on everyone here on NL, as said in the video, and umask them.

Tribalists like you would not have anywhere to hide.

After supporting one with a history of drug dealing for the Presidency, you dare point accusing fingers at another for the same drug dealing.

Imagine you also talking down about a person's background while working overtime to keep BAT's background hidden.

I'd love to repeat the famous vituperation Kitikpa ga-alacha gi anya, but I'll let it pass.

Keep your free stuffs to yourself. No one wants them, anyway.

FreeStuffsNG:

So who are the impure Igbo? Smh
Someone who is speaking Igbo and identifying his fellow Igbo brother. Even the Thai police officer identified him as Igbo. That Police officer sounded exasperated and frustrated so much that he used very horrible despicable words to describe Igbo yet he is not even from Nigeria or Africa. Smh.

That police officer is not a racist at all. He was just being honest with that young man. At some point, he was addressing Stanley like his own blood Brother.



Hmmmm. Smh.
Dilligent and upright Igbo like my Patriotic Nigerian Igbo friends, brothers and sisters must not give up on being patriotic and doing the right thing whether they are home or abroad.

This video and that statement by that Thai police officer that Igbo are selfish, liars and are the curse of Africa and Nigeria is completely avoidable if these bad eggs had relented from crime since.

This is why upright Igbo must never succumb to those unpatriotic and rude Igbo who insult and blackmail other Nigerians when we denounce these bad eggs by suggesting that it's an attack against the Igbo. It's not !

Any Igbo who attack Nigerians who denounce these bad eggs among the Igbo from irresponsible parenting background who fed them with hate, lies and bigotry is part of the criminal enterprise of those who bring shame to Igbo.

He is 22 years old and he said his parents are very very poor and that's why he is in crime.smh. The fact is that he is not doing crime because his parents are poor, he is doing crime because he is from a background that has no integrity.This is exactly what Prof Soludo complained about with parents who are irresponsible.

It has become a trend now that everytime the English lose a crucial match, one highly placed official has to come off his horse?

Can a leopard change its spots?

If you want to tell the truth, start with releasing all information about BAT's background.
Talk about the election that brought you to power.

Don't come and tell us tales about how truthful you intend to be, while you work behind the scenes to stop us from telling the truth about you with your social media bills.

We refuse to be lied to.

He is at home. The Holy Land of Obidience.

Have fun, my President.

lexylaw40:


And oga the name of my president is BOLA AHMED TINUBU.....not ebola, overstand ?

Nigeriens don't think so...

And we all agree that Ebola was quickly and successfully fought off by Nigerians...

What kind of unpatriotic person made this post?

If I was a mod on NL, I will delete it, wallahi!!

SilverHorse:
Title: Exploring the Pros and Cons of Abandoning the Naira in Favor of the US Dollar: A Solution to Nigeria's Exchange Rate Woes?

Introduction

Nigeria, the economic powerhouse of Africa, has long grappled with a persistent challenge: the instability of its national currency, the Naira. The volatile exchange rate between the Naira and other major currencies has far-reaching consequences, affecting the livelihoods of everyday citizens and breeding opportunities for speculators. In the midst of this economic turbulence, a radical proposal has emerged – abandoning the Naira in favor of adopting the US dollar as the country's official currency. This article delves into the pros and cons of this idea, considering the advantages it may offer in stabilizing the economy while addressing the challenges and implications of such a monumental shift.

Background: The Exchange Rate Conundrum

Nigeria's exchange rate dilemma has cast a shadow over the country's economic growth and stability. The persistent gap between the official exchange rate and the black market rate has created a breeding ground for illicit activities and exploitation. Speculators, positioned between these two rates, have managed to amass considerable profits while exacerbating the struggles of the general population. The resulting impact on the prices of imported commodities, particularly oil, has rippled through the economy, leading to increased costs of living and deepening the divide between the wealthy and the poor.

The Idea of Abandoning the Naira: Advantages

1. **Exchange Rate Stability:** Adopting the US dollar as the official currency could potentially mitigate the exchange rate instability that has plagued the Naira. The dollar's reputation as a stable and globally accepted currency could instill confidence in investors, encouraging foreign direct investment and boosting economic growth.

2. **Inflation Control:** Tying Nigeria's economy to the US dollar could provide a degree of insulation against hyperinflation. The country would effectively outsource its monetary policy to the US Federal Reserve, which has a track record of maintaining a relatively stable inflation rate.

3. **Simplified International Trade:** Utilizing a universally recognized currency like the US dollar could streamline international trade, reducing transaction costs and removing the uncertainty associated with fluctuating exchange rates. This could facilitate smoother business operations and foster stronger international partnerships.

The Challenges and Implications

1. **Loss of Monetary Autonomy:** One of the most significant drawbacks of abandoning the Naira is the relinquishment of control over Nigeria's monetary policy. The country's central bank would no longer have the authority to set interest rates or influence money supply to address specific economic challenges.

2. **Sovereignty Concerns:** Adopting a foreign currency raises legitimate concerns about economic sovereignty. The Naira symbolizes Nigeria's national identity and autonomy, and relinquishing it might trigger debates about the erosion of national pride and control over economic destiny.

3. **Distributional Effects:** Dollarization could disproportionately affect the marginalized segments of society. Accessibility to the US dollar might be limited in areas with weak banking infrastructure, further exacerbating income inequality and financial exclusion.

4. **Transition Costs:** Transitioning to the US dollar would entail substantial logistical and administrative challenges. From updating financial systems to educating the public and recalibrating the entire monetary framework, the process would come with its own set of costs and complexities.

5. **Dependence on External Factors:** Nigeria's economic health would become more intertwined with the economic policies and conditions of the United States. Changes in US monetary policy, economic downturns, or geopolitical shifts could directly impact Nigeria's economy, potentially leading to unintended consequences.

Conclusion

The idea of abandoning the Naira in favor of adopting the US dollar is a bold and contentious proposal that demands careful consideration. While such a move may promise exchange rate stability and control over inflation, it comes with a range of challenges that extend beyond economic dimensions. The impact on sovereignty, inclusivity, and economic resilience must be weighed against the potential benefits. As Nigeria navigates its complex economic landscape, finding a balanced approach that addresses the root causes of exchange rate volatility while safeguarding national interests will be crucial in shaping the country's future.

This Isiguzoro is not the Ohanaeze Sec-Gen. The APC propagandists use him to pass their agenda, just like they use Apapa in LP.

To all patriotic Nigerians seeing this news, he is better ignored wherever he is mentioned.

favor914:
Na the message catch our attention, what concerns us Nigerians with the internal affairs of Ohanaeze Ipob?

Internal affairs, my foot. APC, their goons and their statements have nothing to do with Ohanaeze.

The mills of God they say, grinds slowly.

Goodnight Native Doctor Apapa. The comic relief you provided was fun while it lasted. But your time is past. Get behind us...

Reeling off fake statistics on SM fools no one. The hunger in the land is palpable. The suffering enormous.

If the drug baron means well for the country, it's time to hand it over to those whom the people actually chose.

In 2006, maybe. 17 years on, I doubt it

On the third Sunday after Snowball's expulsion, the animals were somewhat surprised to hear Napoleon announce that the windmill was
to be built after all. He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. The plans, however, had all been prepared, down to the last detail. A special committee of pigs had been at work upon them for the past three weeks.
The building of the windmill, with various other improvements, was expected to take two years.
That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon's papers. The windmill was,
in fact, Napoleon's own creation. Why, then, asked somebody, had he spoken so strongly against it? Here Squealer looked very sly. That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon's cunning. He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence. Now that Snowball was out of the way, the plan could go forward without his interference. This, said Squealer, was something called tactics. He repeated a number of times, "Tactics, comrades, tactics!" skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation
without further questions.

Excerpted from George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM.

If you know, you know.

FreeStuffsNG:
Ooni, speaking in Yoruba, said, “The crown presented today to Oba Sharafadeen Babalola is from the Geisi Ruling House, Ile-Ife. It is the grace I enjoy, being the king. The crown will bring peace, harmony and tranquility to Ijagbo.
Aaşe wa!

Congratulations Kabiyesi, congratulations to the kingdom of Ijagbo. This is how most Yoruba Alaiyeluwa and royalty that was started by an Ile Ife Prince like the Yoruba Oba of Benin royalty in Benin etc, got their crown from Ile Ife.

Lies. For the record, the Oba of Benin did not get his crown from Ife.

Stop revising history.

Making rules that are unenforceable. Why don't they beam their searchlight on cement, petrol and diesel?

With all the coordinated machinery on various media platforms, most of which were deployed for PMB, and later used for the 2023 elections, used to mobilize hate for SE and SS, someone now wants to blame the media for the spike in APC's unpopularity?

It is not the media, jare. People are feeling the heat from his unpopular half-baked, not-well-thought-out policies.

They are now seeing him for who he really is. A wonderful tax collector without an atom of compassion for people.

He hit the ground running with what he knows best, removing subsidy and floating the naira. Between the subsidy removal and new exchange rate, there is now a huge amount of money to share.

But this is where the men are separated from the boys. Good governance is not just about raising money. It is more about how the resources are deployed for the common good, and here, he falls flat on his face. Who would believe he even had the temerity to start taxing PMS and AGO immediately?

Lagos State for instance has the highest IGR in Nigeria, yet they also have the highest indebtedness of any state. Yet we in Lagos do for ourselves, everything the government should be doing for us. Name it - Education, primary healthcare, even down to security in our estates. It was all there for all to see.

So you guys should stop complaining. Face it, do an introspection and admit to yourselves, even if never to us - the media is not the problem. Tinubu's lack of what it takes to change people's lives for the better is the problem.

Know this and know peace.

😳😐

He was not rude, neither was he insultive.

He made a demand that normally, should be applauded.

Victimizing him on account of that is horrible.

No nation grows, that feeds on its best brains.