₦airaland Forum

zuchyblink:
as usual always afraid and ashamed of saying the truth, the hallmark of Nigerians.

Truth you say?... You mean your continous proliferation of mental slavery? A theory that everyone else in Nigeria is ganging up day and night like witches to ensure Igbos dont succeed? A theory that every one else (or perhaps just Yorubas and Hausas) are responsible for every problem faced by am Igbo man?

I asked a question, which tribe in Nigeria is enjoying economic Utopia? Which person in Nigeria, big or small, doesnt have challenges? An answer is needed to these question since the narrative since thy kingdom come has always been that everyone else is enjoying and happy while only Igbos are being held down and oppressed by our failed system.

One day millions of people who reason like you will come to a realisation of the picture below.

SalamRushdie:
The same Embrear Commercial Jet where he ordered the ERJ 195 is owned by Boeing so this holds no water

To the best of my knowledge and public known facts, regardless of any commercial partnerships, Boeing and Embraer are different companies owned and headquartered in different countries.

hammerD:
BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WAT IT IS.


IGBO CANNOT SEEM TO GET A BREAK IN THIS NIGERIA HELL HOLE AND DAT IS Y MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR AN EXIT, SO ALL THIS OTHER TRIBES CAN GO THEIR WAY.

And who exactly is getting a break in Nigeria? Which tribe or ethnic group in Nigeria is having a smooth sail?

Why does the narrative always have to be Igbo Igbo Igbo Igbo Igbo as if to say every other tribe in Nigeria is enjoying economic Utopia and Igbos alone are being pulled down by everyone else?... What kind of perpetual and ridiculous blame game is this? Everyone else is responsible for Igbo challenges!

The sooner the peddlers of this nonsensical "it is only Igbos that are facing challenges in Nigeria" narrative realise how silly it sounds, and how this mental entanglement is the true culprit pulling Igbos down, the better.

zuchyblink:
Air Peace: This Entire Stuff Smells of Nigerian/
International Conspiracy
Like I always say, no matter how strong your allegiance for Nigeria is, provided you came from Igboland, Nigerians and Nigerian government will still come after you to frustrate you in business.
Don't be surprised that those who outnumbered other ethnic groups that were rescued from South Africa by this man are involved in this setup, in collaboration with foreign airline operators.
Till when will these Igbo business moguls understand that they can't flourish in one Nigeria that they always try to belong to, till when will they understand that no matter how hard they try to identify with one Nigeria, that the Fulanis and the Yorubas will never love them?
They did this to:
- Engr. Ezekiel Izuogu
who was the first automobile producer in black Africa, who produced a prototype he called Z300 automobile, he was frustrated and silenced till today.
- Ibeto
Who owned a chemical plant in the USA, and also produced a large scale of cement and planned to flood the Nigerian market with it in a very low price of $1 per bag, he was frustrated and was forced out of production of cement while those cements were still on the high seas upon till this day, he also pays dumorage for them till this moment.
- Innoson
Who started automobile production of cars and other vehicles and planned to give brand new vehicles to Nigerians at loan basis to help the common man in Nigeria to own a car, he is also being frustrated by harsh government policies using Yoruba Bank and other means to frustrate him despite he is producing long lasting jet batteries and helicopter breaking system for the Nigerian army, yet the government keep frustrating him because they feel he comes from the wrong region.
- What about Engr. Prof. Bath Nnaji
The former minister of power who really wanted to bring Nigerians out of darkness by creating over 10 000 KVA of electricity to prove he can comfortably end the lack of electricity supply to the homes of Nigerians, who also was the owner of Geometrics power plant,
but he was also frustrated as well and that dream died a natural death while Nigerians remained in darkness till this day.
Yet they keep on believing in a system that abhores and hates them with passion for being extra ordinary and for excelling in everything they put their hands to do.
Till when will enough be enough?
Till when will they come together and join these young generation to demand for their freedom knowing that they will flourish and propser more in their own country where their government will even help their dreams and innovations to manifest into fruition?
Till when will this spell fall off from their eyes?
Till when?
By Princewill Akubumma

Enough of all these nonsense paranoia, victim mentality and mental slavery. Businessmen of every tribe and race face challenges every now and then. Ibeto or Innoson or Onyeama arent the only Nigerian businessmen to face challenges. This endless "it is because he is Igbos" nonsensical persecution mentality is sickening and just has to stop.

plaindealer:
Unfortunately for you people peddling laughable conspiracy theories and victim mentality excuses, they don't respond kindly to such rubbish in American courts.

Nowhere in my post did I mention that any law enforcement responds to anything.

Every big man out there, Nigerian or foreigner, is involved in one form of sharp practice or the other. But you only get to the limelight if you offend the powers that be in any way.

In this case, Onyema cancelling a $1.1 billion Boeing order from the US and apparently taking same funds to Brazil (Embraer) could have just angered the 'gods'

NGRsenate:
I skimmed through the so called report released and i saw DEA.

Is he a drug dealer? What does laundering have to do with DEA?

Regardless, I feel this is a witch-hunt. I will break down that report carefully in the coming days.


Because say na America no mean say dem no fit just like to dey implicate black man.

Most money laundering cases in the US involve drug kingpins and organisations. Reason why the DEA handles/investigates a lot of money laundering cases.

All out attack...

statusquoante:
Okay any other punishment should do. But she must be punished!

The consequences of her act are already enough punishment for her for life.

statusquoante:
She should be first be flogged/disciplined appropriately before the steps outlined above are taken.

Thank you.

That girl looks clearly over 20. You think flogginhlg an already grown adult can ever work as a corrective measure?.... She don big pass to correct with cane.

ccnation:
While I think you made a good point, I also think you failed to see things from the angle of the parent. Who do you think will be most traumatized by this public shaming? ...the girl or her parents? Most people will condemn the parents that their daughter was poorly raised, and these include colleagues at work, neighbours, extended family members, church members etc. No one would even try to think that the girl might have been a rebel to her parents' guidance.

What you wrote up there may be the appropriate thing to do, but it's easier said than done.

So because she brought sgame to her family, they should let her go kill herself? That's where most people get it wrong.

densiks:
Pikin where Dey chop doggy inside rehab na pikin where no Dey hear word from way back.

Far too many things went wrong with her mind before she went to the extent of knowingly recording herself with a psycho just for knacks.
so she needs all the love she can get now that’s she’s on everyone’s lips for an act she was probably addicted to including swallowing semen like a pro.

Young folks should try to be moderate in their actions to avoid this kind of ‘ant on the scrotum’ or ‘catch 22’ situations.

From my heart, I love her and I will like to hug her and tell her some comforting words.

So now that she's a stubborn child and has caused herself and family such pain, what will you do if you were her parent?... Disown her? Let her fall into depression without support and probably take her life?

Wiseandtrue:
Was landing cost not there when it was sold for N87

Shuooooooo

Why didn't Buhari talk about this landing cost during GEJ regime because he was strongly opposing it due to the untold hardship it will bring to the citizens then

So what has changed What manner of hypocrisy is this

You talked about arguing with facts, I'm not arguing with you; I'm just giving you very simple information.

Nigeria imports almost every drop of petrol it consumes from abroad. At the time when the fixed pump price was N87, the total cost of getting the petrol to your stations was about N145 so the govt covered the additional cost of about N58 (i.e. subsidy) for you to be able to buy it for N87. When govt said they removed subsidy and fuel price jumped to N145, the govt simply stopped paying the additional N58 (a.k.a subsidy was stopped). But with the government still fixing the pump price at N145, things are bound to change if import cost increases.

Now due to increase in oil price, the total cost to get the petrol to your stations is now about N164. For you to be able to still pay N145, it means the govt is currently covering the additional ~N19 (a.k.a subsidy). I think this explanation is fairly easy to understand.

Victory2222:
I taught we were to subsidy has being removed. When fuel increase from 97 to 145 naira

Wiseandtrue:
The official removal of fuel subsidy which led to the increment of fuel pump price from N87 to N145

Then the continuity in paying the SAME SUBSIDY is a testament that Buhari is fantastically corrupt!!!

Argue with facts!!!

Subsidy was removed when landing cost was N145. But now the landing cost is N145+N19.37 (due to marginal increase in oil price) but you still pay the same N145 per litre; how?

Meanwhile the only enormous scam here is how Nigeria can be said to be consuming 55 million litres of petrol pre day.

The Babcock institution of course reserves the right to dissociate itself from any form of bad publicity. But the girl also reserves the right to be compensated by Babcock for being dismissed unlawfully. Unfortunately, this is Nigeria, in insane society where anything goes.

Kingspin:
Nigeria the giant of shitholes.

Only PDP will agree.
APC will agree when they lose power.

Lol... Apc concurred before 2015.

Na wa for this thread. It's obvious that anger makes people lose their sense of judgement. Abeg wetin Dickson do una? What's wrong with a man relaxing on his couch in his own house? See insults raining all over!

Hedonini:
You're a bloody idiot. People would dance on your grave, just as you're doing to the victims of the APC and Yahaya Bello.

How are you so sure the victim fell from the hatchet of apc thugs?... That's the simple point the person you quoted and insult was trying to raise; but obviously, in the usual nonchalant Nigerian spirit of politicising everything including innocent lives, you and several others on this thread feigning concern couldn't resist the urge to quickly politicise this unfortunate incident.

This same Reno Omokri who opened his foul mouth to insult and ridicule a personality like Madam Oby Ezekwesili for advocating for Chibok girls; Reno verbally attacked the woman while she protested under GEJ and also mocked her while she protested under PMB. Fastforward and we get the same person carrying the advocacy of Leah Sharibu on his head. The man thinks Nigerians are all fools like the people hailing him on his twitter page?

No doubt, Nigerians are not worth fighting for because those you fight for will be the ones to even crucify you; anyone in doubt should go ask people like Sowore. But Reno should just shut his hypocritical traps, quit insulting our sensibilities and retire to his oblivion in peace.

Not a fan of Bello one bit but this story sounds incredible. If it happened before or during election, fine. But after election results have already been announced? Naaaa!

Celebrating supporters killing opponents as part of their victory celebration? This sounds like a shit load of propaganda.

No matter how sincere and upright a person is, the subject of having unprotected sex, pregnancy and abortion is a very delicate one. For the lady to actually have the courage and honesty to disclose this to you even before marriage, heck! She's one of the top 0.001% of honest women I ever heard of and I wonder how much more sincerity you want.

99.99% of ladies would NEVER disclose that except you catch them pants down. This is the problem with the truth, people always want to know the truth but can you handle it? I would never have the courage to ask my woman how many guys she's been with cos I doubt I would be able to stomach some kind of information.

shugaboy6102:
What a shame if APC wins bayelsa. With all these rubbish going on in this govt and people still go out and vote APC, Nigerians love suffering. I have made up my mind never to pray for the Nigerian nation because we are the cause of all our problems. Shame to bayelsa if apc wins

I guess PDP turned Nigeria to paradise in 16 years, no wonder Nigeria was a first world developed country prior to 2015... Bayelsa state with its microscopic population, limited land and massive oil income, yet the state has remained a pitiful poto-poto swamp where teachers are owed salaries, thanks to PDP's 16 years of 'excellent' leadership. Yet you think the people of the state do not reserve the right to chart a different course for once?

The contestants in the Bayelsan elections are all Bayelsans, and the people of the state are smart enough to know that PDP and APC are different sides of the same coin. They simply voted the more charismatic individual who they believed would probably be a better leader for their state; they aren't blinded by the inconsequentiality of party titles.

mrvitalis:
Power is not permanent ooh

If Jonathan acted like this ...buhari would not have smelled aso rock ooh

Amazing how some Nigerians choose to ridicule themselves with selective amnesia. There's nothing happening in the elections these days which didnt happen under OBJ and Jonathan.

Hmmm.. Looks like a case of "bushmeat catching the hunter?"

I.T gbuo gi there!

DontBeStupid:
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Nothing changes, yemi still remains a powerless audio vp. you are pained that the loyal errand boy is being humiliated this way, your painment never even start.

some bastards have been threatening fire and brimstone should yemi's ordeal continue.
FOOLS, nothing will happen if the cabal thrash osunbade. Keyboard warriors can't even organise a simple protest to show their support - COWARDS!!!

osunbade must carry his cross, the christendom he betrayed doesn't care... Even odumakin and other key yoruba voices dont care about osunbade.

osunbade would now know that dining with the devil has consequences. The awolowo treatment is real...

Stay tuned for more updates, I will notify you...

#AwolowoTreatment

Oh, so this is even a comment from one of the Nairaland tribal clowns?.... Okay sorry bro!... Yes Osunbade is a powerless audio VP and he's suffering and he and his tribesmen are being taught a sweet lesson. Yaaay!!

DontBeStupid:
Yemi has always been an audio VP, he never commanded the powers of a real VP. The cabal always ordered him around.

Whether he resigns or not, the fact is that yemi is powerless - he has no say. He would continue to serve the interests of the cabal.

Thats how he got the names - mere commissioner, errand boy etc.

He cant even defend his faith, so most christians wont give him the support he desperately needs now. Even his brothers (odumakin & co) dont care about him.

He was warned, yet he signed up for it.
He must face the consequences.

Oga keep your advice to yourself; Yemi doesnt need it. You desperately want to see him fight his boss, so you can roll out your drums and dance in jubilation over his downfall when shit hit the fan, you simply want to see his downfall, the downfall of 'your enemy'. But he's smarter than that, YES he's smarter than you and will not do anything stupid which you want him to.

Meanwhile he has achieved far more than you can ever achieve in your life no matter how hard you try to belittle him. Every discerning adult knows that the powers of VPs are very very limited, not just in Nigeria, but also in places like the US where we copied our presidential system of government. Everybody knows VPs are more like ceremonial appendages of the presidency whose authority is purely dependent on whatever the president chooses to assign to him. Yet you want him to challenge the president and to what purpose?

Yes he's a weak man, he's a mere commissioner, he's a sissy boy, call him whatever you like. That notwithstanding, Yemi remains one of the most active VPs Nigeria has ever produced; that explains why he's always on the news and why his name is always on the lips of his pained God forsaken haters. If you doubt it, honestly tell me whether you ever heard the name of GEJ or Sambo when they were VPs....

And by the way, true Christians still have regard for him and pray for him daily; it's only jealous demonic bile filled haters who hated and never supported him from day 1 that still dont regard him till date (no need to act like the disregard started today; that faćade is too clear). If it pains anyone so bad that Yemi wouldn't yield to your evil plans to go fight his boss (of which your true aim is to see his downfall), biko go hug a transformer.

I wish I could like this comment below more than once.

festacman:
Surprising that Bloomberg fell for this mischievous narratives inspired by the opposition. In US, does the Economic Advisory Council advise Pres. Trump or VP Pence? The answer says it all.

It is important to emphasize that the influence, which VP Yemi Osinbajo enjoyed and exerted during first 4 years in office was largely due to Pres. Buhari's ill-health and loyalty. It is this influence that people are mistaking today as convention rather than conscious concession. Let's face it. How influential was VP Jonathan under Pres. Yar'adua or VP Sambo under Pres. Jonathan. Pres. Obasanjo who conceeded too much to VP Atiku regretted it. I am sure while sincere supporters moan on his behalf and mischievous haters display their mockery, VP Osinbajo will remain grateful to Pres. Buhari for that rare 'freehand' opportunity, which endeared him to Nigerians and catapulted his political worth.

The fact remains that in Presidential System of Government, the VP is an appendage of the President. The President is the executive Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief. This is captured in the constitution. I am sure that as someone who taught and practised law, VP Osinbajo knows his place. It is so in United States from where we borrowed the system.

Now, take a look at what some former United States VPs said about the post they once occupied:

“I am not in a leadership position. I am supporting the president. He can exert the leadership and I can support him.” — Nelson Rockefeller, the 41st vice president

The vice presidency is “not worth a bucket of warm piss” and “the worst damn fool mistake I ever made.” — John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president

“The vice presidency is the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” — John Adams, the 1st vice president

“Look at all the vice presidents in history. Where are they? They were about as useful as a cow’s fifth teat.” — Harry Truman, the 34th vice president

“I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.” — Theodore Roosevelt, the 25th vice president

"You shut the door, you tell the boss exactly what you think. But when the door opens, the job of the vice president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided. And I'm prepared to do that. - Mike Pence currently serving as the 48th vice president of the United States

“I do not propose to be buried until I am really dead.” — New Hampshire Sen. Daniel Webster, on rejecting an offer to be future President William Henry Harrison’s running mate in 1839

CanadaOrBust:
I have searched the internet, I can’t find any other time it has been done, not even in history (I mean carrying a bill to a foreign country to give a prez to sign). If u can find an instance let us know.
If it is no big deal why was the constitution amended so that after 21 days the NA must mandate the VP to take over the govt?

Muhammadu Buhari is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, not Osinbajo. It is the president's prerogative to decide if he wants to sign a document himself, or if he wants his deputy to sign it for him; it is also his prerogative to choose if he wants to sign it in his office, or in a hotel or in Abuja or Sokoto or London; enough of this noise making over nothingness. By signing a sheet of paper whilst in Nigeria House London, as opposed to Abuja, the president has broken no existing Nigerian laws (True or False). The 21 days Law was instituted to forestall a nasty situation like the Yaradua saga where there was a vacuum in leadership. If Buhari is sound enough to sign a document even on camera, how is that a vacuum of leadership?

Under our presidential system of government (even under the American system which we claim to copy), VPs have very limited powers; they are more like mere ceremonial assistants to the president. The VP Osinbajo is a seasoned lawyer who knows his job and who knows the limits of his powers and authority; so he's not complaining. Quit drinking panadol for him! The VP is also an extremely calm and collected man of wisdom who can read from several miles, the evil manipulations of his detractors (claiming to be friends) who are hell bent on forcing him to pick a fight with his boss.

Whether you like it or not, Osinbajo still takes the honour as one of the most influential VPs Nigeria has ever produced despite the typical lack of authority of VPs. That partly explains why his name is always on the news and on the lips of his haters and 'bad-wishers'). When GEJ or Sambo were VPs, did you ever hear of their names or even know of their existence?

omenka:
I guess the bible verse was useless when Jonathan was the president. Why didnt he resign then, or why didn't you people advice him to resign?

Hypocrites.

Apparently they want him to resign because of some flimsy tussle with the cabal so they can unleash their drums and dance to the downfall of one of their sworn enemies.

But then again, after the dust settles and the cabal picks say El Rufai as new VP, they will widen their mouths in resumption of the wailing carnival; gnashing their teeth that PMB dropped a Pastor and picked an Imam. These fellows are irredeemably lost.

hisexcellency34:
Why is Osinbajo so desperately holding on to power? I thought the Bible said all is vanity?

You want him to resign because some people in the presidency are trying to sideline him?... And then what next? You and several detractors lurking around would rejoice and rejoice at the supposed 'downfall' of one of your supposed enemies?

And probably again, after he resigns and the cabal appoints say, Elrufai as VP, you and your ilk again would increase the volume of the wailing festival saying PMB dropped a Pastor and picked an Imam as deputy?

Very funny set of humans.

sassysure:
Thank u Mr lawyer.
I had expected our so called constitutional lawyers to shed more light into this but it seems like we don't have such lawyers in Nigeria anymore or is it Buhari effect?

So the 21 days brouhaha was taken out of context?

Hmm.

I hate politicians but I'm beginning to pity the vice president. That man will soon develop high bp. He will be regretting seriously.
He made money working with tinubu, has a successful career, what again does he want if not greed?
Even as he went to aso rock, greed no gree am see road.

Those that put you there has more political powers than u.
U for quietly do what u signed for and go your way.
At least, we will still blame it to the redundant office of the vp as usual. U can never make Nigeria better.
Very impossible. As long as Nigeria is structured this way with the useless 1999 constitution backing it, no president will make naija work. U try, forces around u will spoil show for u. Ask Jonathan and late yaradua.

Did the VP ever complain to you or abybody, or did he tell you he needed anybody's pity? What exactly is there to be regretted? Did Atiku or GEJ or Sambo regret being Nigerian VP? So why should Osinbajo regret being VP?

Who in Nigeria doesnt know the VP's power are very limited? What's even all these noise about the president travelling for few weeks and not handing over the mantle to VP? Is this the first time this is happening in Nigeria since 1999 or could this noise just be due to a lack of other meaningful topics to discuss?

This new found obsession of PDP supporters with Osinbajo is really interesting. Apparently all other political strategies have failed back to back, the latest move is now to attack Osinbajo since PMB has painfully ignored them.