₦airaland Forum

ganisucks:
The FG should immediately accede to the demands of the militants. They should sack with immediate effect, Magu, Amaechi, peterside and that fat woman in NDDC. If they do this, NDA may give some relief

Do you honestly think it will be a good thing if govt bows to such demands by faceless people? Do you honestly think that would portend well for the govt and the country going forward?

Gas powered again... Havent we learnt enough lessons already? I'm sure benue has substantial volumes of coal.

jaymejate:
Wait o, LAGOS to IBADAN as how. Are they planning to Renovate the existing track or construct another one? Cos i travel by train a lot and the line is from KANO to IBADAN, the same line goes from IBADAN to ABEOKUTA to LAGOS.

Probably that would be for UP TRAIN , LAGOS - IBADAN - KANO. But serious it won't make any difference, train time would still remain.

The planned rail is a standard gauge rail line which can accommodate modern high speed trains; not the refurbished pre-1960 narrow gauge line which you are presently riding on now which can only support slow trains.

If the present government can achieve just this, then it will be a nice achievement.

2after1:
. Ezi ohia. Have you ever advocated for the yorubas to act maturely here on nairaland? You only advice igbos to behave maturely but when its ur yoruba brothers that are misbehaving, you will crawl back to ur hole. Please get out of my way joor anu mpama

I am not in the mood to exchange meaningless words with kids adults with brains that cannot reason better than toddlers. My first and subsequent comments on this thread were not directed at anybody or any tribe in particular; I simply called for southern Nigerians to try and be mature by shelving the silly tribal battles.

...And lest I forget, obu nna gi na ezi n'ulo gi nile bu ezi ohia.

Hahahahaha.... America visa wahala

While Nigerians in their usual manner were throwing insults around, I had to ask some very pertinent questions when that thread was put up in the front page this morning - Could it be that the dude was under duress?... because I couldn't fathom any single reason why anyone (irrespective of tribe, region, religion or sanity) would want to willingly do a thing like that.

2after1:
. I am ibo----Obailala (2014)

And what exactly has this (tribe) got to do with what we are discussing (especially my comment)?

Are you by any means suggesting that an Igbo person cannot advocate for people to act maturely?... Is this supposed to be some kind of insult?

how old are you?

PhockPhockMan:
Yeah, according to people on ground.
We're in terrible situation really.

With everyone having camera phones these days, how could 81 people be murdered in cold blood in broad day light on a major road and there are no pictures to support this figure?... Do you know what 81 lifeless bodies look like?... Nigeria would be on fire literally if policemen or soldiers just murder 81 souls in the east just like that.

Enugu egbuo m!

blues20:
I can never love a Nairaland Yolobar man. Chineke ekwela ivo ojo.... Nairaland Yolobas, men I don't know what to call 'em.

Lol..

Nobody is asking you to love anybody, but dont hate; just act like they don't exist and give yourself peace. You would be shocked at the progress we can make with such simple 'ignoring' gesture.

Rose2014:
Unfortunately Not with the sophisticated backstabbers we have in the south
Trust them at your own risk

EVERYONE is selfish when it comes to securing their own meal, NO ONE bothers to look out for the next person when it is time to grab certain benefits and I can assure you, EVERYONE (irrespective of tribe/ethnicity/region) is guilty of this. But then, there are some major common grounds where there needs to be no competition, and it is in these common grounds that unity in purpose can be used to accrue collective benefits.

Since we've all been hating ourselves, who the hate don hepp?... and then even young ones are happily carrying on this hate into the next generation all for some short term political benefits?.. We are supposed to be smarter than this, honestly.

Can we for once just act like we have no differences and live together as one especially in the southern axis?.... I can't imagine how great we can become if the south can for once just be united, even if it's just for a single day.

logica:
So it is confirmed that people from that side do not understand figures of speech. Everything is taken literally.

It is actually an intentional self inflicted illiteracy. 95% of the people who claim ignorance of the meaning of the phrase 'virtually empty' are actually educated folks; but on this argument, it is more favourable to their political narrative for them to feign being dull.

Can GEJ compare the 'fullness' of the treasury he received in 2010 to the 'fullness' of the treasury he bequeathed to PMB?

I suppose if Buhari grounds Nigeria's foreign reserves to say $2billion by 2019 and hands over that sum for a country of 180 million people, Buhari should also go around and brag about how he didn't leave an empty treasury. Too many intellectual toddlers abound in Nigeria who are intellectually challenged to discern the simple meaning of 'virtually empty,' else GEJ wouldn't be making such a pointless statement one year after.

Nigeria has no business not being the largest cocoa or cashew but producers. Nigeria is yet to truly show any seriousness in diversification. I am truly disappointed cos I expected that by now there would have been a very aggressive expansion in the agric sector on the state and federal levels and in the private sectors. Apparently oil money is still sweet.

trailblaiza:
I wouldn't want to beat around the bush but I think some of us don't even understand the effect the activities of these guys will have on us.

The economy is an oil dependent one. If it continues, the economy will nose dive and you know what?

JOBS WILL BE LOST IN EVERY QUARTER.

You don't have to work in the oil sector to lose your job. By the time Nigerians begin to experience the consequences, I pray we all don't become real wailers! Even if you are an entrepreneur, u will feel the effect. By the time those who used to pay for ur goods/services can't do so anymore...

The banking sector is retrenching. What makes you think that's where it'll stop? If the economy is sick, organisations won't make money. They won't be able to pay you and in the end, they ask you to go that there is no money to pay you again.

So continue! Keep typing and showing ur support for the Avengers behind your office system. *smh*

"Rubbish lies!.. We now know better... bombing of oil facilities and reducing Nigeria's oil sales to zero will only affect hausa-fulani northerners who own 90% of Nigeria's oil blocks and south-westerners who own the remaining. It cannot affect the SS or SE because the SS and SE dont even gain anything at all from oil."

81 people killed last week?

God help us

aloeman15:
You want to use 2 separate yardsticks to judge fayose and buhari abi?
The last govt was villified for things happening in the remotest parts of nigeria, but buhari shouldn't be harried the same way?
Isn't that hypocritical of you? Meanwhile, I notice that you tactfully sidestepped the other examples I gave. And the one he mentioned of soldiers killing people in their homes. Good for you.

aloeman15:
Modified-
Mr obailala, I know you have a predilection for insults. Can you focus your energies on issues and leave your insults for your favourite beer parlour?
Tnx

My first comment which you quoted was very simple and clear and that is exactly what I was referring to in my subsequent comments. I was perplexed that a sitting governor could condescend to the shameless level of making such a pointless assertion - blaming the killing of an innocent woman in Kano on Buhari. Once again I ask, what on earth does that have to do with Buhari?....

Regarding the insults, as far as I know, calling Fayose an empty head for making such a pointless assertion is not an insult but just a factual statement. And yeah, I also share the same view for people who for whatever sentimental reasons, agree with that 'particular' statement of Fayose.

Chigold101:
bros forget that one. Unrest in Niger Delta have not affected oil price for once and wont affect it cos more countries now sell oil.
The slight increase in oil prices last week was caused by fire outbreak at Alberta Oil Field in Canada. Which forced Canada to stop oil exploration & exportation

Na wa Oh!

Production disruptions in Nigeria have cut up to 1 million barrels per day, yet you think this has no effect, or cannot have an effect on global oil price?.... Are you aware the wildfires in Canada have disrupted just over a million barrels per day, a figure which is very similar to (or even possibly less than) what Nigeria is presently losing to pipeline bombings?

I just can't help but wonder if this is a weird form of inferiority complex for one to think that Canadian (Oyibo) oil disruptions can affect world oil prices, but Nigerian oil disruptions (of similar magnitude) cannot possibly affect oil production. Strange kind of reasoning we encounter daily on Nairaland.

A major unrest in the Niger Delta is single-handedly capable of shooting up the global price of crude oil up to $70. Several foreign (oil producing) countries definitely have so much to gain from an unrest in the Niger Delta. At this time however, I choose to disagree that the recent spate of pipeline bombings have any foreign links; this is purely a Nigerian internal socio-political problem.

Saharareporter guys are big clowns

These people are really serious about falling the zoo

aloeman15:
It's good that you asked.
He used it as an instance of what happens under a despot.
Simple.
I'm sure you're aware of more direct examples?
Zakzaky, libyans, ipad, former pdp members washed clean in apc. Etc.

Sorry to burst your bubble but using that Kano woman example to judge buharis leadership was just pure evidence of Fayose being a pathetic air head ranting purposelessly and directionlessly. Only people with similar crude mentalities actually think such an example is sensible in this discourse.

“Soldiers would enter the home of poor village people and gun them down in cold blood. There is too much of blood-shedding. Look at what they did to that innocent woman in Kano.

I am telling you that God allowed them to get into government so that they would be exposed; so that everyone would see their inability and hypocrisy,” he said.

Abeg what has the case of the woman in Kano got to do with Buhari's government?

stevedure:
So what is the rush to announce such funds as 'recovered' funds, if it is still in the process? So a paltry N78bn is at hand, not even upto 1/10 of the paraded figure. What if the people whom monies have been seized and announced as recovered loot win in court, the will then tell Nigerians the cash is no more N3.4tr?

The people asked for details of recovered funds and the govt just gave it to them; nothing wrong in that. But apparently, it would be impossible to explain this simple fact to a desperately prejudiced mind.

elbinmanny:
you're welcome almajiri slave

I can never be a slave, slavery has since been abolished from my generation since the days of my fore-fathers. I am a cheerful winner.

The only present day slaves we have in Nigeria today are self inflicted mental slaves who have been fighting for phantom freedom from God knows what since their candidate lost an election last year. It's funny how a person who self confesses to be searching for freedom is actually the one claiming someone else is a slave, wonderful!..

Congratulations to the bombers and their supporters!

Congratulations to the bombers and their supporters!

xquire:
Just once again, wen I tot APC is about get it right with dis anti-corruption war by givin us a concrete result, they come up once again wit a spined unrealistic figure to further decimate and stir up anger against the opposition party!..it's obvious that for APC campaign is not yet over, let's say the figure's genuine...dat means we have 3.4t returned loots, 3t TSA returns, 3t frm FIRS and 10-14 Billion a day frm crude oil(dats 5t in one yr) = 14t and we are still broke? C'mon who's fooling who is dis country? I pray for PMB to succeed (cos if he doesn't we will all bear d brunt irrespective of our tribe or political affiliation ) alas! He's yet surrounded by dsame scavengers dat put us in dis mess in the first place!..be wise n Pray for Naija becos our saviour is yet to come!

A simple question, did you bother reading the report?.... or like most others you just read the title and proceeded to comment?

amaechi1:
N78 billion niara is not 78 kobo. That is a whole lot money and big achievement. All over recovery of stolen assets is huge task.

Yeah N78bn is quite substantial, but it's a far cry from what is expected considering the diabolic pillagery which the nation was subjected to in recent years. I just hope and pray the over 3 trillion bit can be concluded and confirmed; that is when I would really roll up my sleeves and dance to a job well done.

luvinhubby:
It's either that you are deliberatly ignorant or a crafty liar like APC govt.

Why announce them as recovered loot when it is still on a process that you can loose?

The govt gave a detailed breakdown of its progress in funds recovery; N78bn is confirmed as recovered while up to 3trillion even though is in hand, is still under investigation and is work in progress. This simple explanation shouldnt be difficult for even a primary school pupil to comprehend. I'm sure you are not a kid, so I am at a loss at how to categorise your poor comprehension skills.