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collagiatepaper:
You want US to mind their business so that Russia can invade any country at will, same as China? One day China or NK will invade Nigeria, lemme see what you will say then.

America is the world's police and the most powerful country in the world both economically and militarily. Their roll around the globe is very much needed if not rogue countries like NK, Russia, Iraq, etc, would cause pains across the globe

For even daring to admit the bolded statement with so much confidence and without shame, this one has obviously been brainwashed severely by the western propaganda.

What/Who gives any country the right to invade another sovereign country militarily? Who/what gives a country the right to be "world police" like you put it? There's no absolutely no difference between what the US has done in countless number of sovereign nations and what Russia or China are doing today.

Lol... will taking away a black belt make him less of a black belter?

This one na story story! From the view of things, if ApC picks a SWesterner (especially Tinubu), a large number of Igbos would vote Atiku. Heck! Even if PDP fields Yusuf Buhari, a lot of Igbos would still vote PDP.

LordErrk:
Chai. See as person just foolish. So na compass go tell you the names of streets and where to find landmarks in an area abi?

Dont you think its actually a foolish thing to call someone else 'foolish' for simply airing their opinion?

Meanwhile in your 'wisdom and intelligence', you think Google Maps is the only GIS software that has street names? You really think a sophisticated military like the Russians' would be reliant on Google Maps (a US trackable app) for its navigation? These same Russians that have satellites in space but you think their military would be stupid enough to attempt using Google maps?.... Is this the wisdom you profess that makes you think the other fellow (@AroleOduduwa2) is 'foolish'? Wow!

Cc: goodheart01

This sounds like more punishment for innocent locals. The Russian military would definitely have other sophisticated means of navigation which isnt Google.

Kingxb:
Honestly you funny ,,have u been to the east or south south how many federal roads is connecting other state that is completed or don ,but in the north ,,kaduna to kano,to bauchi,abuja to nasarawa ,jigawa to bauchi all are dualize ....u talk of a bridge as if the igbos or south south are not part of Nigeria ...a bridge started by good luck ,name any fresh project our president started

How many of those roads you mentioned in the north have been completed?... mention just 1.

davessales039:
It's actually a nice one....... But
You can't be too sure.

2023 is near.. Could this be a campaign strategy??!!

Well, let's remain positive nonetheless.

iezeiyida:
Stop playing the stupid games just because 2023 elections are getting closer. The Federal and State executives, judiciary and legislature, should first start using IVM if you people are serious to patronise our local products

The buses, trucks and other vehicles they've been buying since 2015, have they all been 2023 campaign strategy too?

PNomsule:
We spend too much money in buying goods that are not gainful to the larger population. It has its ripple effects in the not too distant future.

FG have no business buying any bus for shuttle, let IVM propose to run the service and charge commuters at a regulated fee.

danngnews:
Easy man, airpeace will add it to your ticket and give innoson his share depending on how many ticket they sold , no one will ask you for bus fare in the airport, there are smart ways of doing these stuff.

I believe its the duty of FAAN to get travellers in and out of those planes between terminals; so FAAN owns those buses. Are you guys saying FAAN, instead of owning shuttle buses, should rather give the contract to private companies?

00FFT00:
I don't need to show you. This is a PPP project and it is clearly stated in the contract memorandum signed by parties. The federal government is only providing 30 percent funding while southeast and south southerners pay the remainder of what is clearly an over-bloated project cost.

I challenge you to show any other federal bridge with a similar financial model.

The bridge is no longer a PPP. It was originally intended to be when it was first started under GEJ, but no investors came forward up until 2018. The FG then turned around and financed it 100%.

amuwo1980:
You sound more like the greedy unhappy person is scared of losing his criminally obtained advantages

You care to explain your point? Cos it makes no sense to me.

Greedy, unhappy, a person scared of losing what?.... what's the link between these and what I said?

Rugaria:
Your tiny bridge that looks like a pathway for bicycles and motorcycles. No spark No fire, just another village crossing by a vindictive government... They will toll the bridge while other bridge elsewhere are free. They have already finished the toll gates. No attempt to have a rail link across the bridge. You can call it Muhammadu Buhari bridge, we will call "The mumu bridge"...

This comment comes from a state of deep pain, anger, hatred and frustration. These 4 emotions put together easily can make a person go insane. Oga purge yourself of these nonsense; politics is just a game and this one did not favour you. Dont let a simple game make you run mad. Just acknowledge that the current govt won on this one and move on.

bodyloveghetto:
I’m sure your only source to news is NairaLand, oh you want 3rd world war right? Probably you should have idea that’s what the west are trying to avoid

This one too has fallen for the hullabaloo propaganda of the west. The west isnt trying to stop any 3rd world war; this is just a power play between the US and Russia, and all the west is trying to achieve here is to be the only ones above the law.

chymeze:
Exactly. The US did same thing to Cuba when Soviet union began to form alliance with Cuba and form military bases in Havana. They saw the Soviet alliance with their neighbour Cuba as a threat to them and began to attack Cuba. Today the same US is attacking Russia for rejecting the formation of US/NATO base inside nearby Ukraine. Talk about hypocrisy at it's best!

The hypocrisy is nauseating; and the way they've succeded in controlling the narrative using the media, a naive onlooker will see them as saints and other as villains. I only pity the poor people of Ukraine in all of these; when 2 elephants fight, the grass suffers.

SerikiFulani:
Before Vladimir Putin,There Was Adolf Hitler.

Putin and Russia arent in any way different from the US and her presidents.

Omicronvaccine:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaecvOvrxIS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

This is a very stoopid story by whoever posted it online. That man must have been an armed robber caught in the act or a drunkard, that's why he was booted out.

Firstly, the Anglican church doesnt even insist on tithe payment as one of its articles; even bug pentecostal churches that insist on tithes dont have a register of those paying and those who dont. Meanwhile, St Andrews is the anglican cathedral in Warri, with easily over 5000 active members; strangers walk in and out of the church every sunday. So how on earth was this fellow singled out and chased "because he did not pay tithe"? He isnt even badly dressed so the claim of being thrown out "because of his dressing" is stoopid too.

This is bizarre!

For someone who claims to represent the monarch to shamelessly make these threats publicly, it reveals the extent to which lawlessness has been enshrined in our systems across rhe country.

loswhite:
Nigerian Citizens are the greatest problem of this country. Anything Subsidize is an Avenue for corruption in this country.
Please remove subsidy for the trains. Let the trains work and repay the loans...

When they first launched the Abuja to Kaduna trains in 2016 and Amaechi arbitrarily fixed the tickets at N900, that was the day I knew the railways for which billions of dollars were borrowed to build had become just another doomed to fail govt liability.

Those trains should have been concessioned to private operators from day 1 so the trails and tracks can be maintained properly. At the current ticket prices, the NRC cant even generate enough to cover mere diesel cost for the trains. After borrowing billion$ to build railways and buy trains, the FG still has to budget funds every year (of course from oil money) to pay train drivers, maintain the trains and tracks, buy diesel to run the trains and still pay back the loans from oil money? It's already obvious the railway system is doomed for failure.

Omooba77:
Most of them know the truth, but use lies to deceive unsuspecting populace.....

What exactly is your version of the truth?

You rightly said in you previous post that you pay £52 from Edinburgh to London by train (only when you book well in advance) right?.... For that same journey using a bus (megabus or national express), say the truth to yourself and to the rest of Nigerians reading this, did it cost up to £10?

flokii:
Yet Lagos to Ibadan by road is far cheaper than train this govt. took Chinese loans to build.. I doubt if these people go outside to see things for themselves other than just churning out rubbish to the press.

Trains are far more expensive than roads all over the world.

Omooba77:
APC, wickedness and poverty inducing systems are triplets.
Ibadan to Lagos is 2600, how many can afford it...... When bus is like N1000......

What the man said is the simple truth. You cannot fight the truth; that N2600 which you say people cannot afford is an actually an extremely subsidised amount. TRUE or FALSE?

EyezofGod120:
Chai!! God of donald trump where art thou russian no fit try this bvllsh!t when trump still dey na ,,dem for don collect by now,,even if ukraine na NATO or not,, trump go don shit missile on dem

Even a madman knows when to calm down; no matter the craze inside Trumps head, he wouldn't be stupid enough to send even a knockout to Russia. Even the strongest warriors know some fights aren't worth it.

obedience4:
Belarus is a big fish?? Lol, one of the smallest country in Europe..you don't know anything please.. The capital of Poland Warsaw is bigger than Belarus..
Nigeria economy is bigger than Belarus
You don't know anything bro, they are mushroom state but I thought people like you said Putin wanted the Soviet Union back.. You see those small mushroom state.. The United's states and France and the UK will go to war over them..
Educated yourselves on article 5 on the NATO charter....

Lol.. the tragedy of being too educated or rather, thinking you're too educated, is that you tend to overcomplicate and overanalyse even little things, and end up just embarrassing yourself. Firstly, Belarus has the closest border to Moscow and Moscow would be really worried if Belarus and/or Ukraine falls to its enemies. This makes them important states of concern to Moscow (i.e. big fishes).

And by the way, you aren't really as brilliant as you think you are; in terms of landmass, Belarus isnt "one of the smallest countries in Europe" as you claim, that's just laughable. Also regarding your comparison with Nigeria, next time when you want to compare apples and oranges, learn to use a comparable index (e.g. GDP per capita and not just GDP).

gambojimeta:
Lithuania and Latvia are richer than Ukraine. And the three can launch fast and quick attack from the US based in those countries. Not sure what you mean by mushroom states.

For Russia, that water has already gone under the bridge. There's nothing much they can do about those states again. I believe with Ukraine they're simply trying to prevent their mistakes of the past (i.e. letting Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia join NATO).

gambojimeta:
NATO is already at the border since early 2000. An attack on Moscow can also be launched from any of those 3 countries.

obedience4:
You see in the picture below, if Putin wants to know if NATO is ready.. He should attack one if those small NATO States.. Are they not like Ukraine formal Soviet Union.. Why is Putin attacking the only country on it's border that is not yet in NATO..
Bro reason you see the map, hope you see how surrounded NATO is.. And how fast it will be easy to lunch a attack on Russia..

What's the point attacking mushroom states?

Putin's simply trying to prevent his mistakes of the past, i.e. letting those small states on it's borders to join NATO. Ukraine and Belarus are the big fishes here.

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Still doesn't change the fact that Russia won't succeed in it's evil motive..no matter how they try..I don't care how the issue is resolved all I know is it won't be in favor of Russia..

Russia has already succeeded in this one.

Russia simply doesn't want Ukraine to join NATO because it doesnt want NATO warheads stationed in Ukraine, i.e. so close to Moscow.

“I asked them – are you with us?” Zelensky said. “They answered that they are with us, but they don’t want to take us into the alliance. I’ve asked 27 leaders of Europe, if Ukraine will be in NATO, I’ve asked them directly – all are afraid and did not respond.”

With this statement above, do you still think Russia hasnt succeeded?

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“I asked them – are you with us?” Zelensky said. “They answered that they are with us, but they don’t want to take us into the alliance. I’ve asked 27 leaders of Europe, if Ukraine will be in NATO, I’ve asked them directly – all are afraid and did not respond.”

...

Chaiii.... Ukraine is now in a state of OYO, a.k.a OYO state.

The world's indeed a jungle...

Ammishaddai:
[s][/s] More stupidity for the Ijebu idiòt of Nairaland.com

Lol... loud empty barrels feel they look smart by insulting people.

Ammishaddai:
[s][/s] You're being more stupid than necessary but I expected that from a low-balling idiòt that claims to live in the UK when in reality he's just actually living in a face-me-i -face you house in Ijebu Òde .

But let me explain my last post since you're having comprehension issues .

Fact number one : Nigerians don't pay taxes(argue that with the FIRS and the minster of finance). And even if they did, it can't be the same with what you'd pay in the UK or US . It is on record that people in the UK and western nations have one of the toughest tax systems in the world. And this is because their societies are built on PAYE system of taxation.

Fact number two: whatever amount you'd pay on health, water , phone bills, electricity etc cannot (and I repeat , cannot ) be compared to the cost when compared to the Nigerian equivalent. Meaning that , whatever amount you pay in the UK (or whatever European shithole out there ) will always be greater than what you pay over here in terms of cost.

For example , the average cost of dental checkup in the UK is roughly £45 (31,500 naira) . Now compare that to Nigeria where just to see a dentist can't be up to 20k naira ....in fact, there's isn't a hospital in Nigeria that will charge you even 15k just to see a dentist for consultation/check up...quote me anywhere.

Lastly, I asked you questions regarding the standard of living on 4k pounds a month in Nigeria compared to 4k pounds a month in the UK , but you failed to answer ... why ? Why have you brought up matters that have no logical bearing to the questions being asked? But anyway, it's quite unfortunate that Nairaland allowed degenerates like you access . If not why would a retàrd imply that 1.5 million is worthless in Nigeria

Trash No 1: You dont have to keep explaining and re-explaining the rubbish you wrote earlier. No one argued with you that Nigerians dont pay taxes to the govt. So for you to keep regurgitating the pointless statement, that already speaks volumes on your IQ level. Learn to read before you jump to respond.

Trash No 2: You keep talking about taxes in the UK but how dumb does one have to be to not still realise that the £4k the OP talked about was AFTER TAX? Of what value is your much touted education if you just cant read a damn short paragraph of text?

Again, who is comparing £4k in UK with £4k in Nigeria? Are you so blind or are you inebriated so early in the evening or are you just playing too silly to see that the comparison is between £4k after tax in the UK vs. N1.5m in Nigeria?.... How many times do you have to read different comments on this thread before you realise that?

N1.5m might be a valuable figure in Nigeria, every idiot on the street knows that; but to even remotely insinuate that it bears more value than £4k (after tax) in the UK? No sane human that has truly ever set foot in the UK would attempt such tomfoolery. No one who's lived and worked in Nigeria and the UK would spew such nonsense.

Golan007:
Much has you stay in UK, 4k a month really isn't that great.

At the end of the month, you'll do well to save 1k if you aren't spendthrift.

It's not as much as footballers earn, but at 4k after tax, OP would earn higher than 90% of UK salary earners.

GoodFaith:
70% to 80% of Nigerian in the UK don't make that income
In the US 60% of Nigerian don't make that income

£4k monthly after tax equates to about £70k annually. At that level, the OP would be earning more than 90% of the entire UK salary earners (not just Nigerians living in the UK). Anyone who remotely suggests that that isn't good pay in the UK must really be high on mkpurummiri.

Ammishaddai:
[s][/s] [s]Stop deceiving yourself oga: you're living in Ijebu Òde ,not the UK or any European country for that matter .

And secondly, your ignorance is appalling. Which fvcking taxes are they paying in Nigeria ...is it health, road , or community tax , council tax...which one oga ? Who is collecting them , and where are they collected to? Who is there to hold who accountable if you don't pay taxes...abi is it your fraudulent FIRS with their outdated records system ?

Let us even assume that taxes are paid in Nigeria, now tell me , will be as harsh as the British system of taxation that levies and imposes tax on more than 30% of your earnings ? Is it possible to be comfortable there with 4k pounds , or here with 4k pounds? If your answer is yes, then you're a dumbfvck who can't reason .

And for your information, it seems you don't know Europeans laugh at us when we come to their countries to live and work. I've had the privilege of meeting some of them , and they even wonder why we leave our countries that are almost virtually tax-free to come and grind in their societies that have bottlenecked-tax systems that don't even allow you make a fortune with the much you put into working like a horse .

Just to validate this point, my former boss currently lives and works in Nigeria, and he earns well over a £100k pounds a year in that shithole Nigeria . But guess what ? The old fart enjoys the country and do you know why...? It's because of little or no tax we pay over here!

Even he himself told me plainly that we don't pay taxes in Nigeria, unlike other European and western nations who pay satanic taxes to their government.

This weakness in the Nigerian system alone has made him have savings like crazy ....and he can boast of half million pounds in his account that's he'll use as part of his retirement.


Lastly , a salary of 1.5 million a month can allow you run diesel without your account shaking ...and if you're wise ,there are solar companies that offer their services for less .


So if you like dey do mumu for "jappa". You go still live in rented apartment till you turn 80. Nonsense

A real tragedy of life is when a person can actually read and write, but is just too dull to take his time and read before rushing to regurgitate trash. Go back and read what I wrote, but this time do it slowly. I obviously didnt say anywhere that Nigerians pay taxes; the very fact that you read otherwise already exposes who the dumbfvck truly is.

All I said was that although Nigerians don't pay as much taxes, Nigerian who want to live comfortably end up paying heavily from their pockets for those same amenities which taxes in the UK provides for you. Nigerians who want to live comfortably pay heavily from their pockets for private security, for healthcare, for education (some private schools in parts of Nigeria cost a killing), pay to fix roads etc... You obviously are so used to 'I pass my neighbour' generators, reason why you dont have a clue how much it cost to run a large diesel generator which at least can power several AC's around a house. You also ignorantly talk of solar systems but have no clue how prohibitive it costs to install and operate an offgrid system that can power a full home (with AC's) over a long period.

I would stress it again, you must be a serious ignoramus to even attempt comparing the standard of living you get in the UK with a £4k/month salary AFTER TAX to what you get in Nigeria with a N1.5million monthly salary. A £4k monthly salary after tax equates to about £70k annually, which would place the OP in a better position than over 90% of salary earners in the UK; this is what you carelessly compare to N1.5m in Nigeria?

And lastly, you talk of renting till 80 years old; hopefully you aren't a junkie to be thinking like this cos its only a junkie in the UK who would earn £4k after tax monthly and still be unable to buy a decent property.

Ammishaddai:
[s][/s] You fuckers don't pay taxes that's why nothing works in your Nigeria . Secondly , the guy made no valid point other than display ignorance under the guise of "greener pastures " and "jappa" which to me , is the lowest form of reasoning you can give to support someone to relocate from Nigeria under a salary of 1.5m a month

Shut your stinking mouth! I live in the UK and I pay all the so called taxes you talk about. But I've also got friends and family all around Nigeria and I visit Nigeria ever so often, so I'm not as chronically ignorant as yourself. Nigerians may not pay taxes to the government, but to survive comfortably in Nigeria, you end up still spending on basic amenities just about the same figures people in the UK spend on taxes and bills.

In the UK my taxes cover my healthcare, security, roads, access to steady water and electricity, etc. In Nigeria, you have to pay physically for these things and you end up not still getting them efficiently. Do you have a clue how much it cost to run a diesel generator for 12 hours daily in Nigeria? DO you even have a clue how much a unit of electricity cost in Nigeria today?

Meanwhile a £4k salary monthly in the UK after tax is equivalent to about £70,000 annually; a person who earns that literally earns more than over 90% of salaried earners in the UK. For you to say that's not a good salary or for you to even attempt to make a comparison between that and N1.5m, I dont even have words to describe your ignorance.