₦airaland Forum

toolovely:
even when they give the prepaid meters, the next thing they will do is to increase the tariff so as to cover up.

vizkiz:
You are smart. The moment we all switch to prepaid, the prices will be inflated and we'd be back to square one.

Of course! increasing the tariff has always been a part of the plan. Before the privatisation, the DISCOs complained that at the current tariffs, they would never break even. The supposedly 'low tariffs' is the backyard reason why the DISCOs have refused to invest in upgrading the distribution infrastructure; it's also the reason they've refused to give out prepaid meters cos they claim they will be short-changed at the current rates (they prefer the estimated billing culture where they get paid for supplying no light).

Finally, the agreement before the privatisation was for the DISCOs to implement the tariff increment in batches; I understand the first batch of tariff hiking was done in 2016 and the next batch is some time this year. So Nigerians need to brace up!

And why does everyone automatically assume he killed himself only because of house rent issue? What kind of simple mindedness is this?

Kyrx:
Sorry to say this, but Okon or whatever is an idiot, when did prostitution turns to a crime in Nigeria, Is Abuja under a sharia law? This bro is supporting a raper and condemning the raped, by the time his daughter get raped he will understand the feeling.

Nonsense celebrity.

tete7000:
Stupidity at its peak. This okon stupid die...

Okon isn't the stupid one here, the stupid one is the blogger who interpreted what he said a 'defending police'.

jmoore:
Where is the defense?

Stupid bloggers!!!

Very stupid bloggers for real. I watched the video myself and struggled to see how he defended police.

Casptainspecial:
It would be better if they approve this port for importation as well. Apapa is over congested for God sake

Gozzzy:
it's sad that it's just an export port, when it can be an import, port... Nigeria imports more than she exports.... so that South Easterners and South Southerners will come back home.

But some people still do import goods from Onne; I don't think there's really any law in place stopping importers from using Onne.

hollah123:
when someone like fashola is heading power, u can't expect less. just imagine a square peg in a round hole it can't work. it's like having a medical doctor as d cjn what do u expect?

Nigeria's power proble is not technical, it is administrative.

Is there another part to this story that no one is telling us?... I know Nigeria is a crazy place but I find it hard to believe someone would just be locked up for nothing and even sent to court. On what charges exactly?

TrashDetective:
The question you should asking is why would a regulatory body like the CBN cover up a bank loss?

We are NOT all daft in this country you know...maybe some but not ALL.

I dont know what the audio is talking about; awaiting further details and counter responses from those accused before making any comments. But the bolded statement you made above just caught my attention.

Exposing even minor losses of a bank can lead to panick withdrawals and an ultimate collapse of even a sound bank. It's not unusual for the CBN to cover up the losses of a bank and even secretely bail it out to prevent total collapse.

kettykin:
I knew vultures would certainly come after this man.

Emefiele should watch his back many are not happy with his reappointment which has shown that Buhari has nothing against igbos

Like Kemi Adeosun, like Onnoghen, and now like Emefiele (impending), when the powers that be want you out, they simply begin to dig for dirt on you.

But guess what?.. No matter how much they hate or want to eliminate you, the vultures can't come close to you if you dont stink like dead meat.

Predstan:
Can you please explain that part that they talked about increasing the naira rate against dollar. The minister of finance said its already high at 354 that if not for that, they would have raised it by 2naira.

Why is Emefiele so concerned about a commercial bank that he broke down saying “I don die, where I go see Money?”

Did you also read the prospect that Nigeria will likely plunge into recession by 2020. Is that not similar to what is being discussed in this audio

Lastly, why are they preventing it from the FEC. They don’t want Buhari and other executives to hear about it.

In conclusion, they diverted some funds into a private investment or Shares so they could make profits and return the 500b back to where it came from, that’s why emefiele was repeating it that arowosegbe keep saying their investment was still worth 500b till the end of last year before they finally realized they have only 20bn left.

There are two parts of the audio. Go to Sahara Reporters facebook page and listen

Jesus!!... God help us in this country.

Why is Emefiele so concerned about a commercial bank that he broke down saying “I don die, where I go see Money?”

Hmmm... listened to the recording but not sure I understand what the duscussion was all about. CBN gov sounds extremely worried over how for what he termed 'shareholder funds' hit a deficit for the first time in history. The guys seem to be playing about with figures to see how they can make up for a deficit. Not clear what the discussion was really all about, so waiting till tomorrow to hear the full gist.

RZArecta2:
RUBBISH

Would be interesting to experiment this rubbish.

kaen1317:
This is true. Amaechi cannot move freely in his hometown or region without security. That alone tells alot about the man

How many politicians and political office holders can move freely anywhere in Nigeria?.... Can the "very well loved" Wike move around his own hometown without his personal security which comprises of policemen, a swarm of cultists and militants?

Bridget95:
supposing GEJ concentrated efforts in developing the SS/SE you guys would have cried to high heavens but records showed that he built more schools ,rail and roads in the north than his region .Look at the kind of wicked style of leadership APC is doing .Don't cry when tables turn.

Forget that teasing comment written by that clown; there is no evidence anywhere to prove that the APC government is biased in executing capital projects around the different zones of the country. There are ongoing capital projects in every zone of the country

Railway projects are capital intensive and regarding the rail modernisation project, all the different administrations since 1999 have done bits. OBJ (SW) started by constructing the Warri to Ajaokuta rail line connecting SS to NC. GEJ (SS) constructed the Abuja to Kaduna rail connecting NC to NW. Now Buhari (NW) is constructing Lagos to Ibadan connecting SW to SW. Today, only the SE and NE are yet to get any standard rails but tomorrow, a new administration would definitely do something. No need for these needless wailings and constant victimisation cries.

It seems these Jonathanians will keep wailing over this Jonathan election loss matter of over 4 years ago till thy kingdom comes!

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bounty007:
APC just confirm their boast of having the appeal court in their pockets..

The judiciary is another arm of APC ..just like EFCC..

...not arm of government..but APC..and they're trying harder to make the legislative another APC organization..

But like abacha.... They will plan ..plan ..and execute..but won't real o it..

Nigeria is a million times bigger than APC

I'm guessing you would have called the Appeal court and the judiciary 'Independent' if the judgment went in favour of PDP no be so?

Is it just me? Am I the only one here who sees no biggy in what the pastor did?

We've seen many other pastors do far worse, kissing women in church for miracles, stepping on the heads of people, forcing people to eat grass and drink fuel etc.

This guy simply prayed for a woman to have a husband and then he lay beside her on a chair right in front of the church declaring that her husband would lay beside her in similar manner in a short time. I'm not a fan of these showboy african pastors, but I see absolutely nothing bizarre or news worthy about what just happened in that video.

I bet 90% of the people commenting on this thread only read the title and then proceeded to drop comments in line with other comments on the thread.

Unbelievable...

I guess the FG has to pay SUBSIDY on power costs too before the DISCOs would be happy and before Nigerians would relax.

lilwetdick:
i guess you dont understand how journalism works, what they do is just copy and paste news from the main source,nothing new that why you see them having the same news

did you read in one of the article where they wrote the women were hanging around the clubs at night when they were arrested..i have been to night clubs before and i can say that many women hang around the clubs just standing and guess who they are prostitutes... prostitution is illegal, if they were normal women..they wont be caught..they will be at their homes sleeping.

we are in nigeria..so the video is nothing new..even in detention, police call journalists when parading suspects...the journalists can ask any question..they do that often all in front of camera not in the back

similar case happened when a guy who dances was arrested with other guys at a hotel..the police called them cultists and one the guy spoke with journalist and had to explain himself.. nothing new

now this video was done by an NGO...we all know how deceptive they are..they want to achieve something..if they were truthful..they will show the girls face

SO what exactly is your point?... DO you now agree there is a report that the girls were assaulted (because you've been dancing around in circles all day claiming that I just fabricated the story)?... Or is your point still that the assault is a lie; that the girls are lying and the 'Nigerian police' are the ones telling the truth?

By the way, I never argued with you whether the girls were prostitutes or not. I only said it's only a matter of time before the uselessly untrained Nigerian policemen start picking up every girl they see on the streets, in bars and in clubs and physically and sexually assaulting them under the guise of arresting prostitutes. No be Naija police again?! Meanwhile whilst prostitution is illegal in the Nigerian constitution, is the raiding of strip clubs, arresting and assaulting of girls (under whatever guise) also lawful?

CodeTemplar:
Decentralization of power supply doesn't connote or imply scrapping of national grid. In USA they have their national grid decentralized into 3 grids and they didn't scrap the national grid to achieve that. Everyone already knows you as an APC govt man here on NL. No need wasting precious time on that.

Oga, I explained the bottlenecks in the Nigerian power problem, I explained how decentralising/liberalising distribution and also providing prepaid meters can help improve the power situation in the country. I also pointed out that laws need to be changed/updated to achieve this and the NASS needs to sit up to effect the changes in law.

Oh yes I support APC any day over PDP, but for the love of God, what exactly has what I explained in this thread got to do with politics of APC or PDP?... Can you not survive without dragging everything into politics?... or are you suffering from some form of politics induced traumatic stress disorder? How exactly did any of my statements connote support for a political party?.. What has this got to do with politics?

shadeyinka:
But this is when the greatest principality of Nigeria the president should have stepped in.

The Nigerian president is so powerful that nothing is impossible with him. But our president seems to have other agenda. In my honest opinion, Buhari isn't part of the "financial cabal" but his lack of action is disturbing. Even Donald Trump is not as constitutionally empowered like the president of Nigeria.

The Nigerian president is programmed and empowered to succeed in almost anything he wants to do BUT Does the president want to solve our power and economic problem?

You will first of all need to ask yourself if your president understands what's going on. Then even if he does, the way and manner in which presidents are elevated in Nigeria makes it almost impossible for any democratic president to stand against the powers that be (a.k.a. the cabals); and this is largely because these so called cabals are the ones who install presidents and who also hold the key to every sector in the country. Go against them and your government would be crippled instantly. Nigeria is just a hopeless situation, a democracy probably wouldn't just work here. WHat Nigeria needs is an autocratic dictator "who chooses to do the right things".

CodeTemplar:
All these are just like subtle attempt at defending a failing govt. Let them solve prepaid metre issue. Anything short of that is a scam.
When fashola was appointed in late 2015, one of the first thing he did was to increase energy rates while he scrapped the service charge. Let him measure what the end users are consuming first via prepaid metering because any attempt at improving power supply without measurement will lead to wider error margin in the current estimated billing system.

What exactly has my explanation on the importance of decentralised/liberalised distribution got to do with defending any government biko? How exactly do some heads manage to interpret everything in life along political lines?

micflo28:
I must say some Nigerians are very useless. A raid on strip club that has led to marriages and homes being broken due to its attraction of married men who neglect their responsibilities to their family. Even married women were caught. Diseases are spread unrestrained. God detests sexual sin so much more he destroyed two beautiful nations he once blessed and preferred. Anyone standing against the raid is a lover of evil. Most of those girls are taken away from their hometowns with juicy promises and exposed to ritualists in the risky trade. They are exploited and made voiceless.

Why don't we all just practice shariah already?... WHy all these waste of time?.. WHy don't we just add shariah laws to our constitution and by so doing, we would be saving marriages and pleasing GOd?

If the girls have been trafficked, or if they are being exploited, why doesn't the police arrest the traffickers and exploiters?

lilwetdick:
you were told by whom...pls stop spreading fake news

Oga stop trying to feign blindness or deafness or ignorance over the news making the rounds that the girls were molested by the police, it's becoming ridiculous. The OP on this thread already mentioned violence against women as one of the basis of the protest. Did you not read that?

Can you swear on the life of your children (born or unborn) that you haven't heard or read of any of these reports?
https://thenationonlineng.net/how-abuja-policemen-raped-assaulted-us-by-convicted-prostitutes/
https://punchng.com/fct-command-probes-sexual-assault-allegations-against-policemen/
https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/abuja-women-narrate-how-they-were-beaten-raped-by-police-officers/wkn4475
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/how-police-raped-assaulted-us-under-guise-of-being-prostitutes.html

Even random girls going on the road to wherever were also picked up and assaulted on the same guise of prostitution. Corpers were not left out.
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/5/visiting-youth-corps-member-accused-of-prostitution-and-assaulted-by-police-officers-in-abuja-photos.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KUo_Vk86-E

I'm sure @lilwetdick will still come back and ask me source of info again, or maybe this time he will insist the women were lying and police saying the truth.

asuustrike1:
Hmmm!. I wonder what Fashola was thinking when he said anyone can generate and distribute 10mw

Yes that's true according to the current law, but the tiny prints in that same law makes it impractical.

lilwetdick:
several reports by who? eyewitness or bloggers

where is the proof..no video..so how do we conclude that they are saying the truth

If I am told that the Nigerian police assaulted a suspect, and the police (or an anonymous person I'm communicating with online) claims it's a fabricated story, knowing who the Nigerian police is and their antecedents, I'm sorry brother, I know exactly which part of the story to believe so stop trying.

asuustrike1:
Then who controls the distribution lines?

The competing DISCOs can still control the lines under a shared agreement.

lilwetdick:
what proof do you have that they were molested... have you ever been in a raid before..do you think when police or the military come to raid they shake hands with everybody in the club..they come with force and any threat to their force will be seen as an aggression and you will be put to the ground by force.. why are the male customers not carrying out..all I see is the victim mentality

There were several reports of the ladies being molested and assaulted.

uuzba:
In reality, I read all you wrote. But you are linking up multiple unrelated situations.
The type of women that are found in strip clubs and dress indecently are different from the type that are not in strip clubs and dress modestly.
The two kinds of women can never fall under the same umbrella of trouble.

Okay your point is noted, they should be arrested and even sexually assaulted because they are worthless prostitutes working in an illegal strip club; they are clearly the scum of the earth.

But hopefully you will also get my point, if not now, but some day. You're so sure today that it's just a strip club that was raided and only prostitutes arrested so therefore it doesnt matter. But are you so sure these raids and molesting will end in only strip clubs and with indecently dressed ladies?... Hopefully we wouldn't have to worry in the near future about the judgement of our law enforcement officers over what is decent and what is indecent dressing.

lilwetdick:
pls stop preaching..owning a strip club is illegal in Nigeria..first they broke the law..in any sensible society.the club and the girls will be arrested, we all know this,all over the world it happens..police have raided ordinary clubs looking for yahoo boys and this is nothing new..

what is a girl dressing sexy for the in the middle of the night near or inside a strip club? if she is not a prostitute, then i wonder what she is

most of you hate women..if you really like them you will give them a real job and protect them from selling their bodies for cash.

pls stop justifying nonsense..even in advanced countries, they raid and arrest owners and women working in illegal strip clubs

Okay your point is noted, they should be arrested and even sexually assaulted because they are worthless prostitutes working in an illegal strip club; they are clearly the scum of the earth.

But hopefully you will also get my point, if not now, but some day. You're so sure today that it's just a strip club that was raided and so therefore it doesnt matter. But are you so sure these raids and molesting will end in only strip clubs?

uuzba:
Strip club is a bad place. Promoting indecency. Women there are treated as sexual objects.
What is all this other English, you are writing?

You dont have to understand the English now. When the tide comes close to you, you will understand the message.