₦airaland Forum

Kingbuhari:
why not partner with air peace and make it national airline

Has Air Peace finished managing its own fleet efficiently?... with all their bad customer service?

Kingbuhari:
because its 50% Ethiopia airline... they for tell us they don auction our airport to Ethiopia, pocket money , japa

The airline owners are silly then... How well have they managed their own airlines and what kind of services are NIger4ians getting? It should have even been 90% Ethiopian. We just desperately need a functional airline in Nigeria.

Nigeria Air is definitely a good development... The enttire report didnt mention why the airlines aren't happy with Nigeria Air.

Nice... Hope the airline grows...

Nice... Hope the airline grows...

richmond500:
Obi is a failure

So that's why you're obsessed with him?

How old are you?

nairalanda1:
Yes, which is why.as i have said we should have voted out apc and pdp and lp and nmpp and voted in all the new parties so that we can.have a fresh.start.

But the thing is, Nigerians prefer pdp and apc. Even obi got known nationwide via pdp. And yes it angers and upsets me, but what can one do? Wishes are not horses.

So the next best thing was to get rid of apc. We failed because the offical opposition was divided and because nobody wanted to step.down for nobody. Meanwhile apc all stood behind tinubu, including the members who hated him well well.

Yes it was good we did not vote for apc. But no matter what you say( and yes atiku is just as bad as tinubu) it is tinubu that will be getting sworn in next week. And if he loses at court it is still atiku that gets to take over.

Yes we need a better candidate. But the sad thing is that we do not hold the cards in our hands at all. Tinubu outwitted us. Here we are. We need a clean candidate. But at the end, there was no way we were going to get one. The next best thing would have been a united front .


I effing wish it was not so.

Again permit me to loud it here, the next best thing wasnt getting rid of APC; if that same APC had put up a candidate like Osinbajo, I probably would have supported APC. The real next best thing was to get rid of characters like Atiku, Tinubu and their likes. So it was a no brainer supporting OBI regardless of the odds.

Supporting OBI was a battle against people like Atiku and Tinubu. And no! we werent going to compromise in the battle field by embracing one of the Pharoahs we were trying to get rid of.

richmond500:
I was happy Tinubu won

So what's your beef with OBI then?

You wanted TINUBU to win, he won! But you're still here all over this thread yapping about how foolish OBI is for contesting in the election and causing ATIKU to fail?.... You see how your obsession for OBI is gradually eroding your reasoning right?

AdesegunSanni89:
lol. Obi did exactly the job Tinubu programmed him to do. i.e. Take away Christian, Igbo and SS votes from Atiku.

richmond500:
Oya, u can celebrate ur 3rd position

Nonsense! OBI exercised his right to contest and he put up a very good performance out of nothing. All of you pained that ATIKU didnt win should go prepare for another failure in 2027.

nairalanda1:
In politics one never gets what one wants. God knows I have never gotten a candidate in the major parties that I liked. God knows I would never vote for Atiku, Tinubu, Obi or any one from PDP or APC or former member of parties.

But in 2023, we had one job and one job alone...to get rid of the APC. In my honest and earnest opinion, Nigerians should have not voted for PDP, LP (Obi is part of the same old PDP) or APC and voted in a coalition of the smaller parties...so that we could start afresh. But the thing about politics is that wishes are never horses.

If Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso votes had gone to one candidate....be it Atiku, Obi, whoever, APC would have been voted out, and once again our political class would have learned a lesson...mess with Nigerians, and we will deal with you. But the oppositon got divided....and see where we are.

Yes Obi almost won. Nice to hear that. Yakubu Aiyegbeni almost scored a goal against Korea Republic in 2010. That was nice. But we did not get into the second round of the World cup as a result....and the oppositon lost their chance against APC, and we now have four more years of APC, because Nigerians in the opposition could not calm down their egos.....and unite to at least get APC out.

Anyway, we lost. Let's get ready for 2027. Hopefully we would be wiser next time.

Again and Again and Again, APC is not the problem of Nigeria, our entire political class is. So saying the target of 2023 was just to get rid of APC doesn't sit well with me; in my opinion I even think it's myopic because anyone who understands Nigerian politics knows there's no difference between PDP and APC and after seeing what APC got away with in the last 8 years, the PDP could even bring a worse hell to Nigeria if they're let back to power..

In summary, I don't care about parties, I care about the individual contestant. And hey! I dont see how ATIKU is better than Tinubu one bit!

profmallor:
It could have been a strategy, why not. At least being number 2 is just one step away from the number one position. In such a journey you need alignments, most especially across your own region, he didnt build enough of that.

Why should he be number 2? How does that benefit Nigeria? Is it not this same Nigeria where the office of the Number 2 is as useless as a local govt councilor?... Then you expect him to be Number 2 for the next 8 years? Besides, OBI almost won the election (that's if he didnt even win); with northern votes shared between APC and PDP, this was like the best chance for OBI and he almost swept it (if not for the obvious state sponsored malpractices).

The focus of my argument is the comment about OBI being "stupid for contesting in the election because it made ATIKU not to win". There's nothing stupid about OBI exercising his right to contest in an election where he clearly had a chance. Who cares if it affects ATIKU? Who cares if ATIKU lost? How could ATIKU winning have favoured OBI or Nigeria? In a nutshell, saying OBI was stupid for contesting an election (which he had a good chance of winning) was a stupid assertion!

Moh247:
Put the right figure out 90m registered voters, 24m voted, 4 major contenders and Tinubu won Obi first to 3rd with 2.7 million votes

Tinubu scored 8.8 million votes, OBI scored 6.1 million votes; by all historical electoral standards, that was an outstanding performance from OBI. But somehow, you guys think OBI was stupid for contesting in an election where he almost won? ... Like I said above, this is a very useless assertion. Assuming OBI had won the election, this is just like saying "OBI used ATIKU/TINUBU to split ATIKU/TINUBU votes in the north".

So let's even assume for a second that OBI didnt contest and then ATIKU won? How exactly does that benefit OBI or how does that benefit Nigeria? How is that a better situation from what we have currently? What's the difference between ATIKU and TINUBU?

profmallor:
All Atiku needed was half of Obi's votes to have won the elections. It was clear to some of us that Obi was clearly disrupting PDP votes, but the emotions for Obidients was too much. Nevertheless, Obi is now known, and just lurking to jump on board if APC messes up.

So OBI should have just sat back and dashed ATIKU the presidency for whose benefit exactly?

richmond500:
So how does it benefit Obi that Tinubu wins?

SO because there's a possibility of Tinubu winning an election, so therefore it is stupid for OBI to exercise his right to contest? So if OBI hadn't contested and ATIKU won the election, how does that benefit OBI or Nigeria? What't the difference between TINUBU and ATIKU?

OBI contested the election as the cleanest and best candidate and he put up an outstanding performance; it's not like he scored less than a million votes. He put up a very good performance and almost even won the election (that's if he didn't even win but was just cheated by the corrupt system). How can a person with such prospects be termed as "being stupid" for contesting? This has to be one of the most silly assertions I've come across since this election season.

richmond500:
Tinubu was never a master strategist in 2023.
Obi was just too stupid to see that he was used, how can such a senseless idiot want to run the affairs of a complex country like Nigeria.

Used to do what exactly? What's up with this widespread nonsensical logic about OBI being used? How does it benefit OBI or Nigeria if Atiku wins?

Besides, in a country of over 90 million registered voters, the gap between OBI and TINUBU was just about 2.7 million; in other words, OBI almost even won the elections (that's if he didn't even win it and was just schemed out). A man with such electoral feat, a man who almost won the election, is that the person you're referring to as "being stupid" for daring to contest?

If true, then Tinubu's own strategy almost swallowed him. After underrating OBI, I'm sure he must have been peeing on his pants seeing the level of unexpected momentum OBI gathered just before the election. Anyway, the Tribunal is still ongoing so it's too early to conclude; Tinubu might indeed have shot himself on the foot with his OBI gamble.

favor914:
Naive man Vinnie2000, stop yapping nonsense.

Huh? Are you talking to me?

Vinnie2000:
No way they could have controlled someone like Obasanjo
BUT don't forget the first thing OBJ did in 1999 was to Forcefully Retire Hausa/Fulani Generals in the Nigerian Army.

As for ur 2nd claim, Dat's Inconsequential.

Dangote is simply Favoured above those Northern BusinessMen you mentioned. 😕

On the second claim, all I tried to do was to deflate the widespread allusion that his tribe is the reason he keeps getting favoured. I feel that's a lazy conclusion especially when you consider that he gets these favours from everyone in power (regardless of tribe, ethnicity or religion). The truth which many have refused to accept is that there's something Dangote does bettter than his peers.

Vinnie2000:
A Powerful Northern Cabal made of IBB, Gen. Abdul-Salam, Sultan of Sokoto,etc controls Nigeria.

They Determine who is President or Not, in this Country.😒

Dat's why Jonathan Always Tried to Please the North.
Dat's why Obasanjo Tried to Beg them to Support Peter Obi.😕

These Guys have Clearly given Dangote their Hausa Brother, an UPPER HAND above other Competitors!

IBB, Gen. Abdul-Salam, Sultan of Sokoto,etc controls Nigeria indeed! So they also controlled Obasanjo (their Oga) during Obasanjo's tenure?

By the way, is Dangote the only Hausa businessman in Nigeria? How come all other Hausa businessmen aren't getting the same favours (since you claim it's because of his tribe)? How come Hausa businessmen like Abdul Rabiu (BUA Group) are also in line complaining about Dangote?

Berrityga:
God will forever punish you Reno. With all the oil sillage in the south south, the unemployment, lack of good schools, hospitals and roads. Your here bragging of trash, how many barrels of oil can Lagos produce a day?? Rubbish.

This is a perfect example of the questionable reasoning pattern which Reno talked about and which made Dangote flee from the Niger Delta.

Dangote isn't government; he isn't responsible for the oil spillage in the south and neither is he responsible for the unemployment, lack of roads hospitals, good schools etc which you complained about. Dangote is simply a businessman who needed a favourable environment to install one of the biggest single investments in Africa which would definitely uplift the economy of wherever it was sited. But unfortunately, people with your misplaced entitlement mentality chased him (and thousands of other investors) away.

Vinnie2000:
OP, totally, Agree! 👍

Let's be Honest,
As a Northerner or an Hausa Man, Dangote is highly Favoured Above his Competitors.

I wonder if an Urhobo, Ijaw, Efik, Idoma, Edo, Igala, Tiv Man,etc can get such Privileges from the FG. 🤔😕

All the same, He is an Astute BusinessMan who should be Respected!

If it's a north vs south thing, why are other northern businessmen not getting the same priviledges from government?

If its a nepotism thing, how come Dangote was favoured by northern, southern, eastern, western, Christian and Muslim leaders?

Fact is, like you said, he's an astute businessman, a very shrewd one who knows how to curry favour from anyone. He's also very good at engaging in strategic investments; the kind of investments that'd make any govt in power lick his feet.

Every businessman bribes, lobbies, schemes and kills to get favours from govt; how come this same man is always the one who wins, regardless of who's in power?.... We need to give it up for the man abeg and quit trying to rubbish his acumen with the "nepotism" or "he is favoured" narrative; he's clear ahead of his peers.

VTJN:
Respect is earn, not demanded for. I'm glad your brother respected himself and stay on his lane which made you guys to respect him. It is natural to disrespect a liability at that age who wouldn't respect himself

You think it's easy for someone to be crying over his elder brother? Even the mother dey cry with his old age. Op is going through a lot in that family. Op is not responsible for the family problem but look at how he carried the family problem on his head, when himself never find him bearing. Will you respect such an elder brother who doesn't respect himself? Ofcourse if he respect himself, Op should respect him. But if otherwise, you know the rest

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

You need to understand that the elder brother's problem is psychological; he might look all sane and sound, but the truth is, he doesn't know what he's doing. Even if he knows he isn't acting right, for some inexplicable reason, he's just powerless to change the situation.

Such situations should be treated delicately. The Op seems to have exhausted his options on what he or the mum can do, but if he really loves his elder brother, the least he can do is to try and still accord him that respect, no matter how difficult it may be, cos disrespecting him would worsen his already terrible psychological state.

IDnoble1:
As the fact sheet on the newly constructed Dangote refinery has it that the refinery which has the capacity to process 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day,that is the refinery is more than able to meet all of "Nigeria’s domestic fuel consumption", which is about 450,000 barrels per day; whilst the excess production will be available for export.

And with this, it means we will be refining our crude oil locally and no need of subsidising the landing cost again.

So why was the FG recently hell-bent on removing the fuel subsidies when the end was already in sight.

Or can we say they unduly wanted to hike the fuel price to favour.......

Landing cost only makes up a tiny fraction of the cost of petroleum products. Even if Dangote decided to sell at ZERO PROFIT (which we all know is impossible), the cost of petrol wouldn't still go below N300/litre. The only way the price can go lower is if the FG dashes Dangote free crude, or if it sells crude to Dangote at a SUBSIDISED rate (whic effectively is still subsidy).

Must the bridge have a name? How many important bridges in Nigeria have a name?... The kind of senseless psycophancy we see amongst african politicians is disgusting.

Lol.. Space stone has fallen into Ekiti...

kingthreat:
Was just wondering what happens to the wealth of Aliko Dangote when he dies.
Would it be inherited by his children, which is most unlikely because his only biological children are his daughters.
Will it be inherited by his extended family?
Or will the Nigerian government take it over as his companies get special treatment from the FG?

What's the meaning of the bolded?.... Are his daughters tadpoles? People who reason like this sometime I wonder what planet or century you guys are from.

001Lagos:
How many times will they commission this bridge ?

Buhari and commissioning of uncompleted projects

Useless president

When was 2NB commissioned?

What's Peter Obi's connection with Dangote refinery and why should Dangote not mentioning his name be an issue? Too many clowns in this country.

CodeTemplar:
sadly the govt is trying to leave the masses to suffer for a weakened Naira by removing subsidy and continuing the wasteful governance instead of taking it as a challenge and trying to strengthen the Naira.

Only consolation is that a major stumbling block sitting against the recovery of the Naira is retiring on the 29th; I'm quite confident the Naira will recover a bit after handover, and especially with the launching of this refinery. May be a gradual process but regardless of whoever takes over the helm, I predict the Naira recovering to around the N360-N400/$ level within a year.

Tflex01:
Sometimes I wonder whether you guys really know how daft you all sound to ever imagine 25% in Abuja should decide who govern Nigeria.

It's like saying Adeleke should not be declared Osun state governor because he didn't get 25% in Oshogbo LG or makinde in Ibadan LG.

It's actually written in black and white in the Nigerian constitution, so the daft people cannot possibly be the ones who are just quoting the constitution as it is. On the contrary, the real daft ones are either the people who wrote the constitution and knowingly or inadvertently allocated special status to Abuja residents, or the ones who try to cleverly disregard or twist the interpretation of what's clearly
written in plain English.