₦airaland Forum

PigTormentor:
Always making excuses once one of your brothers is caught up in any criminal activity. Tell us how and who joined Apc and all of a sudden became saint. Unlike you who will look away despite all the criminal activities of Obi, a Conman who invested Anambra money into his own business.
What crime can be greater than that? But he's your saint

Very daft kindergarten level post not worthy of response.

Mumu man, instead of him to remain in Naija, join apc and be a city boy to enjoy his money he chose to stay in US where there is "aproka" law and order.

Samantha125:
I'm also in an intercultural or should I say transnational marriage of some sort, because my husband is originally from Lesotho, but grew up here in SA... My tribe and his tribe are somehow closely related, so it wasn't a big deal for me.

But I'm not gonna lie, I somehow tend to feel threatened by those ladies from Lesotho... ... I don't even care about SA Sotho ladies, it's always those ones from Lesotho that are giving me sleepless nights whenever I think about them... Those ladies are beautiful...🤦🤦🤦... We recently moved to a predominantly Basotho territory and now I can't even differentiate between who's a South African Sotho and who's from Lesotho, only they can differentiate each other...😭😭😭

Are they yellow with clean light skin, shapely too, I am asking for a brother that likes them that way. He says for the right one he will Eg if he were president, he will dash Edo state to the lady as marriage gift.

Leave story, in the Nigerian context it is Rice and Stew Very Plenty.

Slayar:
Sudden change in exchange rate can cause sudden losses . He's right on this one ,not everything is argument fellow Nigerians .

Ayaa, such a caring government so concerned they do not want businesses to suffer sudden loses.
They were not concerned of losses when naira was suddenly floated and devalued, but they have now shown remorse and now more caring when the naira is appreciating and don't want people to make loss.

rasputinn:
I don't understand Sowore's point here. What did the minister do ? The minister is a staff of the country and has security detail attached to him to deal with unexpected scenarios like this and they did what they were supposed to do. So why was Sowore trying to use the incident to chase clout ? Is he now a content creator ? He called the Minister's attention, the man humbly answered him and came back to him, an action he wasn't obligated to do considering what had just happened. And how did Sowore repay the kind gesture is to start wagging his finger in the man's face, and when the aides caution him, he had the effrontery to shout at them to not talk to him anyhow,when he himself was talking to the minister, who is his senior in ALL ramifications of life anyhow. Rubbish

Oga the earlier you realize a minister is a public servant accountable to you, to serve you the better. If the minister is senior in all ramifications, then that is his business, he is too big to serve and should go live on the moon for all I care, once you chose to be of service, then you should keep your tail between your legs.

Citi boys, money na wataa a..

The country will change for the better if that happens. The woman has oyinbo blood, the more lighter the skin it seems the more the abilities some people have argued. Trump said show me one black country that is doing well, famously he said all are hell holes! We were agree, but na lie? Trump again said show me one thing they have every built or discovered, ie they build nothing, Omo, no be true be that? Look at Morocco, Egypt, Algeria all in Africa, then look at Nigeria, Niger, etc. Those ones have lighter skin, compare their cities, their economy and country to ours where we are pure black. Ghana sef if not for rawling who had oyinbo blood where will that country be now? South Africa is it not because oyinbo people built the place and are still there? Even Benin, Togo and the rest would have been worse if not for whites living there.
Abeg natasha will change Nigeria lol.
Let me ask you guys a question, if you have two people you wish to buy a used car from, one is halfcast and the other black, who will you rather buy from assuming you have not seen the vehicles?

nedu666:
My brother prices of new cars will make you realise how worthless Nigeria currency is. You go dey hear 300m, 500m, 160m

Bros and people can have the guts to suggest naira should be 1k, can you imagine? Few years ago during buharis time at that shoprite in maryland, a Honda accord was displayed in the lobby for 11m, brand new not tokunbo, I remember complaining to madam say see how much this car that was just 6-7m is now 11m, Bros I could afford to buy that car even though I complained. Today I am not sure you can buy that same car with less than 100m! Who can afford 100m? Which worker? Today you hear 400m even 900m for a high end car. OK cheap one for us struggling people nko, BYD released one of the cheapest evs the dolphin or so, $8k in china, people around they world are enjoying it, next thing CFAO marketing staff contacted me to check their cars out, I was excited, Omo when I hear price, my blokos fall! The cheapest car na 37m! I hear it cost more now.

saintopus:
Okay let's begin.

Let's start with a common export crop cocoa.
The cost of 1 ton of cocoa export from Nigeria to the US is around $3,078.48 as of February 24, 2026. However, prices can fluctuate due to market conditions. In 2024, Nigeria exported $39.66 million worth of cocoa and cocoa preparations to the US.

*Recent Export Prices:*

- _Cocoa Beans (Whole or Broken):_ $22.08 million (2024)
- _Cocoa Paste:_ $3.99 million (2024)
- _Cocoa Butter, Fat and Oil:_ $456.83K (2024)
The above revenue was based on the average of N1400 to $1 now assuming the farmer produced 1 ton at the exchange rate of let's say N900 to $1 his revenue will plumete to a lower amount. The implication is that he earns less when the naira is strong against the dollar.
I believe you have gotten a little idea why a very strong naira will not favour production optimisation in a country.

Hmm, so you say if he produces exports 1ton costing $1000 per ton @N1400 to $1 his earns N1.4m.
If he exports the same 1ton at N900 to $1 he makes N900k.
Is this the basis on which you say naira should remain at 1k so the Eg farmer can earn more money? Oga respectfully this is one of the most messed up analogy I have ever heard! What makes you think the farmer is better off with the "extra" money when it is inflationary? Are you saying if naira appreciates so much it becomes N100 to $1 that the cocoa farmer is going to be devastated with a huge loss, abi wount the prices of other goods in Nigeria reduce drastically to reflect the appreciation and thus increase of the purchasing power of Nigerians? What is the benefit of the farmer earning more with a depreciated currency without the ability to purchase machinery and parts?
Where I know keeping your currency low to make exports cheaper is in countries who are manufacturing powerhouses Eg China that wants to keep their exports highly attractive due to low prices, not like Nigeria that exports but not in that level more like an import economy.
Abi maybe government should make naira 2k to 1 $ so that the cocoa farmer can get 2m from one ton and then other Nigerians cannot afford what their peers around the world easily can?
When the cocoa farmer earns more naira but there is inflation, how does he spend the money when everything around him is expensive?
See in one of my line of business, almost all the people that own similar machines within 1 year an electronic piece of that unit breaks down, a little item you may call the brain box, once it does that machine is abandoned because it cannot be fixed in nigeria, you either buy a new one from the manufacturer in thousands of dollars or you get a company in Portugal or UK to rebuild it, Oga you will see equipment worth millions abandoned and rotting away, why? The money they earn from that equipment seems much locally but when you convert it to dollars it is little and hence cannot maintain the equipment.
2015 each use of the equipment earned N60k or $400, today that 60k will be $42.
Today we charge 250k (people cannot afford more) and that gives $178, less than half of what we earned 10 years ago, meanwhile the machine, it's parts etc is even more expensive to get and maintain than 2015, even the import duty is higher.
As per my analogy using a corolla, at the N1k to $1 less than 1% of Nigerians legitimately working will be able to afford it, something kids within their first year of work can buy in other places, except you are a politician stealing money, a trader, or those forex traders doing abrakadabra, or a sabinus making money from social media, or a money na watarr "citiboy" aka people without verifiable sources of income, dodgy, fake certificate, credit card expert, white power dealer etc no way you can afford a $28k car at your proposed N1000 to $1 ie 60m naira Toyota corolla.

saintopus:
The trend is okay, the production sector needs to be encouraged. This is possible if the naira could be stabilised. The naira being too strong will harm local production but encouraged importation.
For a country that needs production and manufacturing, the naira standing within the range of N1000 to the dollar is fantastic.

You are talking rubbish, maybe you live abroad and wish plenty poverty in Nigerians so with the little fx you bring in you buy people's land, houses, wives, girlfriends cheaply.
The most a dollar should be is 460, atleast that was what Tinubu met it at while the pound at 560. Abi don't you know how this people have made Nigerians poor? Go outside the country with your naira, what is hard for you to spend money on is what people from the legacy poorest countries of the world, even the previously yeye African countries we use to do big brother for will blowing money on while you will be calculating it's equivalent in naira. Enter German kebab, buy their wrap with some extras, you are down £20, enter KFC, £20, na N45k alert you go get for your Eg Zenith bank card!
Oga at 1000 to $1, how will Nigerians ever ever ride a brand new car? Eg a corolla that cost $28k will automatically be N28m, by the time you ship, add duty, add dealer profit the car will be N60m, you personally can you afford 60m for a baby car that in a sane environment it is car your child that turns 16 should be driving? Haba I was with my younger brother the other day in his gleaming Mercedes, a small size one with those fancy amoled wrap around screen dashboard, guess what? He said he wanted to gift it to his 17 year old son! Benz ohh, moto they will call 100s of millions of naira for, person say him wan dash small pikin, and he said it so causally! Note that he is not rich, but the fact is that the purchasing power in that country makes him able to afford it! Where is our own purchasing power as Nigerians? All the cars you see in the roads of recent are all old, junk, scrappy car, go to south Africa, Kenya, Ghana and you see we in naija are celebrating buying cars fit for the junk yard!
To return some sort of dignity to Nigeria, Tinubu needs to return naira to atleast N300 to the dollar.

The is original
Foto, no be juju be dat?

Brodas, yes be responsible to your family, but one thing I will always say is take care of yourself too. You see all this kids, when they are older it is their mother they will likely face, they may leave the man to wallow in loneliness.
I know this Indian man we grew up knowing. It was popsi that first brought him to Nigeria in the early 80s to run a factory. All the years he stayed in Nigeria, he married, raised his Indian kids here in naija, they only returned to India for university. Anyway this man finally relocated to India when he was too old to work again, besides he had some heath challenges. Why am I writing this, about 2 months ago my bro in the US asked me to send him $1k that he will return it back, say him need to urgently send that our Indian uncle some money, howww. Apparently the son and daughter he trained to be a medical doctor and a PhD level engineer based in Canada and the US have abandoned the man, they only send money to their mother or she is mostly with them in north America, Baba de house on wheel chair, the words he used is that they have left him to die. This na man weh deprive himself for those kids and wife ohh..
The man should sustain his family alright but he should not wound himself, instead of him doing all the work, let madam put a plug on her totex and get a job, Haba in these challenging times 5 kids? Meanwhile they are still looking for papers and obviously on benefits. Imagine if they are asked to leave the UK tomorrow watin go happen to those kids already used to British system? Well I read of a proposed new rule that if you took public benefits when chasing indefinite leave to remain, instead of 5 years it will take you 10 to qualify. Madam should get work to support Oga and stop having more kids, Haba one of them is nearly walking, the man is carrying a new born? As howwww They want to turn uk to 3rd world country!

Exousiang01:
I have not read the body of this report.
But the headline alone is a nonsensical thing to say.

There is no logical excuse for such an explanation to come from the police.
The ICPC should swing into investigation and take Egbetokun and his son in for questioning.

The president ask him to resign primarily because of this.

As a member of the ruling party and a member of the City Boy Movement I personally condemn the actions of the former IG and his son.

The ICPC as a matter of fact needs to investigate the Police Service Commission.

I am glad that Egbon Tunji is now the IG, a square peg in a square hole. I remember his days in Lagos as the RRS commander, his sacrifices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If only the NPF can be half what the RRS was under the command of Egbon Tunji.
I believe in his ability to transform the NPF like he did with the RRS

What is the big deal in a whole IGs son receiving 100m chicken change? Abi is it not child's play compared to on Oga at the top that his own son bought £10m house at age 28 after turning the treasury of a state into a personal piggyback?
Abeg let the IGs son enjoy himself, it is his own time, when it reaches your turn, do as you wish(no be so una de talk?) , after all he too is a "city boy" aka shady gang, people with questionable wealth, people aspiring to have questionable wealth without enterprise, money na wataa gang, asskissers, gay people.

Orlandoo:
At the end you said nothing.

Lol

Shimmaa:
This prices are still very much okay, danfo charges times 2 or 3 of this prices.

Seriously? As in some routes are up to 2k on danfo? See me thinking danfo was like N100 from dopemu to oshodi.
How do people afford to go to work and return home on current salaries.

Adesina18111:
Everybody go feel the heat... Just wait for 2027

No oh, once I approach the bustop, I show my ID card and recite bola on your mandate we shall stand, based on that they charge 10% of the fee.

dederocs:
You bloggers are clowns, everywhere in the world police questions people. Or police won't do their job because she is white?

Police can stop you for various reasons, as long as they don't extort you, let them do their job. Una go dey shout insecurity still discouraging police from doing checks. Confused people.

Rubbish, absolute rubbish. Was this interaction professional in your view?
Was this conversation consensual or under duress? You clearly heard the man tell the police man politely, that they had to be in their way to Benin, Indirectly saying he was delaying them.
Truth of the mater is that that police man was looking for opportunity to extort them but letter considered it risky, he was not sure if he was being recorded.
See, you avoid unnecessary interactions with officials as they use it to evaluate how to extort you.
Today at MM airport, passangers were happy praising Festus keyamo, I included. Once you reach immigration you do not need to give anyone your passport to stamp or start asking you stupid questions which will then end in extortion or begging for money, you place the data page in a scanner and it let's you in to the country.
Oga nobody needs unnecessary talk past the stage of determining they have valid documents, to start asking stupid question is beyond the scope of professionalism. Imagine how many checkpoints those people will meet in the road all the way to the border? Same you guys will talk of tourism, yet you cannot drive from Lagos to Benin without some kangaroo desturbing you on the road.

I don't know what the name okpebolo means, but this man is surly an "okpebolo"
Lol
Edo people una try this time. Lol

ruggedtimi:
Fit be yahoo money wey the boy collect or even sporty bet.

Leave matter. Na Oga money the guy has been siphoning, that is how they kill people's business, it is a Nigerian thing. Why do you think drivers will say buy moto for us? Omo that bus you buy it is the driver that will enjoy the money while you the owner will be in tears.
I knew someone staying abroad years ago who had a haulage company around the tollgate area on Legos abeokuta Expressway ie he will send trailer heads, also use trucks to shop down goods he will sell in his show rooms. His manager will say one truck has broken down, say engine don kpai, he wiill send high bill for repairs, so high he will advice the MD for them to sell it off since Oga is sending down some more trucks, guess what? Na manager de buy those same trucks he condemned, lol
Last last company shut down, but manager come get him own company with plenty plenty of his MDs company trucks. Infact he bought all the trucks.
Oga got wind of what happened, flew into naija, investigated and saw over 20 of his trucks now working for a new company owned by his ex manager, lol.
He did police matter back then but nothing came out of it, after all the trucks were legitimately sold.

yesloaded:
This is too bad

Our response to emergency is not commendable at all

Is there anywhere in the story they said there was not proper response to the emergency?

samasin4:
Yes, very serious independent riders do earn upto that, we've seen even 25K, 30K days, some days 10, but on average, they make about 300K+ monthly place in somewhere like Lagos for example.

In other cities, slightly lesser.

Oga is a hard knock life business jare, my late baby sister did that business until her demise. You will hear her on the phone 24/7 shouting at riders, 24/7 high blood pressure. A couple of times her bikes will miss, It was from her I knew about trakkers, as in people you pay to recover bikes. Today local government has seized bike, tomorrow police, agbero etc. omo the wahala aren't worth it ontop kobo kobo money. Infact we had told her to ditch that business as there are easier ways to make money though with more expensive equipment, she was about to acquire one of those equipment before naija happened to her

Peterobiisathie:
I’m a lady
I don’t have Blokos but Puna

Lol

ChizzyBuna:
help wetin?
You think abroad is a bed of roses??
I was paying $300 a month for accomodations
That is 400k plus every bloody month
Not to talk of electricity bill, water bill
The only cheapest bill was internet bill.

Una need to japa make reality humble una

Omo, me and madam japa ohh 2 weeks ago for valentine, good time and to get some equipment and parts, I de japa back now now.

The money na wataa gang, money at all cost. Wealth without know history and source just as their current gang patron, what is it called again, city boys?

Peterobiisathie:
Peter Obi failed to condemn these drug traffickers again

If you don't mention his name 10 times daily seem blokos no go stand.

Kalaba:
In no particular order, it has to be one of these icons:

1. Fela
2. Kanu Nwankwo
3. Jay Jay Okocha
4. Ojukwu
5. Sani Abacha
6. I brahim Babangida
7. Wole Soyinka

Where is China achebe, arguably the most known Nigerian if all time?

Nackzy:
Tinubu is the most famous interns of criminality

And breaking the record for driving the most Nigerians into poverty.

pkasso:
I beg to disagree, chief. You are a PDP man so I'm not surprised

So who naa? Abi Jagaban, as he is apc?

Sonnobax15:

Wahala.

DNA test is a must.

Yeah, when a man marries once a child is born, do DNA test immediately, don't let love blind you, even if she is a pastors daughter, Mary madgalene etc, Sha do test.
But if you are already advanced in age, Oga don't go looking for what you may shockingly find, just take life as it is, if not, na highway to sudden death. And the person kpai, na the same woman go enjoy the properties.

annayawchee:
He wanted to invest in a business he knows nothing about ..

They simply told him it's lucrative and he wants to plunge in

Oga over time you will realize sometimes you keep your advice to yourself. Tomorrow when the guy is not doing well, his story will be that he would have been successful if one friend (out of bad belle) adviced him not to sell land and invest in one business like that, he will say all those that went ahead to invest are now rich like dangote. Lol
Omo, till tomorrow, my mama de talk say na me advice am not to use her boys quarters start school on a small scale 25 years ago, say by now she would have had a conglomerate of schools. One the other hand, when I wanted to do large scale fish farming, land in ayobo was 250k, I wanted to buy multiple plots as my friends were doing for their farming. Omo my old man adviced me not to waste money, say make I do the farm for him large compound, where he had excess unused space. Omo fish farming was a desaster, guess what, those my friends sold their land with the structures for millions of naira years later, as for me, my empty concret fish pounds was used to store pigs, later destroyed and a building built on the land. I come de regret why I take the advice, if it was a friend that advised me and not my papa, heavy blame would have been on that guy.