₦airaland Forum

fyneguy:
Lol I don't want to think you are struggling to comprehend "not vaccine" in that headline. You can as well read the piece for more details.

I read every word in that piece you posted the last time (since october), it's a shame you still can't comprehend what you posted (probably because you struggle to read beyond titles as you rightly pointed out above).

Nowhere in that report did Pastor Adeboye posit that the vaccines don't work; rather he said if you develop a vaccine today, tomorrow another variant of the disease springs up (of which the old vaccine may not be effective for), and then you will need to develop a new vaccine. Therefore only God would really be able to eradicate covid19. So how on earth did you interpret that to mean "Adeboye said vaccines don't work"?

Not only is what he said absolutely correct, it's also very much in line with scientific principles. Oga you should learn to keep your emotions and prejudices aside when reading, else your comprehension would be severely impaired.

These sick idiots would end up putting Igbos all over Nigeria in trouble.

billante:
This is the outcome of the usage of Mkpuru Mili on a youth recently.

Watch the video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMowa2MqZ-8

In which south eastern town do they speak Yoruba in the streets?

Dumb bloggers just tag anything they feel like on any video they see. Besides, crystal meth doesn't have thjs kind of violent destructive effect on its subjects. This seems more like the effects of colorado.

1nigeriamyfoot:
But there's possibility we would have a better man in 2019 compared to this disaster called Buhari should you guys turned back against Buhari

Enjoy your Changi

I didnt support BUhari in 2019, and I wasn't also going to support the rogue brought forward by your PDP. I washed my hands off the 2019 election.

All these and she still looks like a log of wood? THis one be like na money miss road!

Abdoolbuster:
Sometimes I wonder where you guys get your delusions from, no apologies I mean what I typed.
The rich are the importers of petrol, they collect subsidies on imported products yet many of them don't even sell it here in the country however according to you that should continue. Why are there no subsidy on cooking gas? Why is there no subsidy on diesel? So you mean that those who uses these products are less Nigerians? Tell me what is lame again. Users of cooking gas has been paying for it, users of diesel has been paying for it so why should the users of PMS not pay completely for it?

Petrol price has the greatest influence on inflation, that's why it's a special case. And no, the rich arent the greatest beneficiaries of petrol subsidy. NNpC today is the sole importer of petrol, but even if that wasnt the case, the fact that one or 2 rich men make billions from petrol subsidy is not enough statistics to conclude that the rich are the biggest beneficiaries. That's just a flawed argument.

The food and transportation hyperinflation that comes with petrol price increase affects the poor far more than the rich, and you'd agree with me that well over 90% of Nigeria's population falls within this poor affected bracket.

backbencher:
1.There would be more refineries built which would provide more jobs for the poor and middle class.

2. More Forex saved, which means improvement in value of naira.( Not to level of one naira to dollar tho)

3. More money free in the budget

4 All those rich benefiting from subsidy scams and smuggling would no longe benefit.

5. Nigeria could become an exporter of refined product

6. Competition brings prices down ( as seen in the GSM sector)

All these are beautiful empty promises of paradise which can never materialise in the Nigerian stage because we're dealing with governments made up of degenerates, idiots and kleptomaniacs. Even if subsidy was removed 10 years ago, the government still would not have built or fixed any refinery.

Since 2012 when they attempted to first totally remove subsidy till date, the amount of money the different administrations have borrowed is unbelievable. Under GEJ, Nigeria borrowed up to $30bn and under Buhari, Nigeria's borrowing should be hitting over $70bn if I'm right. Dangote's 'largest refinery in the world' is costing merely about $10bn. So if they (govt) truly had any intention to build or fix the refineries, these things could have easily been done a long time ago (the lame excuse of subsidy cant fly anymore)

ogododo:
Yes bro. Check my posts

Okay, noted!

ogododo:
Never. I was 100% against the palongo dance at Ojota!

So with this, you are swearing on your life that you were 100% in support of the govt increasing pump prices by 118% (N65 - N142) on the 1st of January 2012?

Abdoolbuster:
How advantageous is fuel subsidy that is only paid on petrol? A lot of people are kicking against the planned removal because their fleet of cars will be consuming more of their stolen funds. Shior, manufacturers have been paying for diesel, almost everyone is paying for gas and or kerosene without subsidies but petrol must not be paid for without subsidies. I ask again what is the advantage of the subsidy of petrol to the poor man beside your house

Apoligies but this is a very very lame argument in favour of subsidy removal; i.e. claiming it is the rich that enjoy subsidies the most because they have many cars. That's a very flawed argument and I wonder why anyone still puts it up as a worhty point.

The rich who have fleets of cars will still comfortably pay for fuel even if it's sold for N2000. The people who truly suffer from subsidy removal are the poor and lower mid-class who make up possibly over 80% of the population; these are the ones affected by the massive inflation in price of transportation, food, etc...

ogododo:
GEJ TOLD dem, butdem go Ojota dey dance palongo.

I always laugh when I see these comments. Subsidy removal has now been politicised along party lines; all PDP supporters on this forum now claim they supported subsidy removal in 2012 and claim it was APC supporters who opposed. So apparently, all those Nigerians that cursed out the govt whenever fuel price was increased, right from the days of OBJ, were all APC members?

@Ogododo, can you swear on your life that on January 1st 2012, that you were in total support of the govt of the day increasing pump price of petrol from N65 to N142?

Jokers everywhere!

ogododo:
Next level never start ooo. No be all of una dey cry like person wey dem commot bread, dey cry subsidy na scam.

I said what I said!

1nigeriamyfoot:
Buhari till eternity

We warned Nigerians back then that Buhari is a disaster but many of you guys insult people like me & called us all sort of name

Oh yes, Jonathan is not the best option but I personally prefer Jonathan won 2015 election because by 2019 Buhari will never contest because he would have been extremely tired & fragile with little support and we could have be under capable hands ruling this country from any party

2023 is around the corner, we know how they used treader moni to buy votes in 2019 & they are trying to introduce same in preparation for 2023

This country is completely damaged under Saint Buhari & I'm afraid incoming president in 2023 might have big problem except he setup reasonable & solid anti corruption agency to recover all our money looted under Buhari administration

We are not supposed to be paying up to 100naira per litre of fuel in this country at all

Jonathan should please go sit in the gutter; he was a very useless president. The fact that buhari has proven to be a worse slowpoke doesn't still make me miss Jonathan. No failure deserves a second chance!

backbencher:
I am suspicious of the N5000 thing, and consider it political

However, money transfers to the poorest of the poor are considered a 'good thing' by economists in the wake of a subsidy removal

From a 2014 paper



Also from 2007



So, the government is timing subsidy removal with

1.A proposed fund transfer to poor Nigerians

2.The completion of the Dangote refinery, and the five or so other refinereis coming up (and there are 20 more active licences waiting in the wings).

5000 is not enough, though, and I would have expected that they do some form of cash transfer for car owners for one year...but oil revenues aren't high enough for more to be done. (That's why APC was wrong to have opposed subsidy removal in 2011...back then we had enough oil revenue to pay for all of this, and more.)

The Economist is not Nigerian, and whatever they say is mostly irrelevant to the Nigerian economic terrain. Any decision to give handouts of N5000 to a large number of people in an economy like Nigeria where we dont even have a database is largely silly and ill thought; it can NEVER have any positive effect! Anyway, let's not act like we don't know the true intention is just to steal money and also bribe for elections.

nonxo007:
I sometimes sit and wonder who comes up with such very silly ideas ? To think Nigeria as a nation has some of the brightest minds the world has ever seen, look at the very silly policies been churned out everyday.
This is just a plan to loot our public fund and collective wealth. Just palliative that was asked to be shared couldn't go anywhere, so how do they hope to identify the "poorest of the poor" ?
Moreover dishing out money just like that would definitely lead to inflation. 2023 is around the corner and them politicians are seeking means to stake money for campaigns and all.

I had initially thought the proposed N5000 fuel price palliative was the most idiotic policy conceived by foolish leaders, but then it occurred to me that whilst it is indeed a most idiotic policy, the leaders who conceived it aren't exactly foolish; they're just shameless desperate thieves.

You're right about something; the N5000 to the so called poor will be a 'legalised' vote buying corrupt scheme for the 2023 elections.

omoharry:
So did you get the average few from the 200 million Nigerians to come to your conclusion? Just your house and views from your small inner circle made u come to the conclusion?? . Na wa oo!

It's impossible to get the views of 200 million people. Hence why conclusion can be drawn from a reasonable sample of individuals from different works of life.

omoharry:
Oga, where did you get your statistics from? what informed your conclusion that 4 out of 5 Nigerians have rejected the Vaccine?

Conclusion was from personal experience interacting with people from different works of life. Even within my immediate family of 8, only myself and 1 sibling agreed to take the vaccine.

How exactly do you even blame the west for not vaccinating people who have sworn never to be vaccinated? Last time I checked, 4 out of 5 Nigerians I've spoken to have sworn never to take the covid vaccines, saying it is useless and a ploy to kill them. How exactly do you force vaccination on people who have rejected it?

shortgun:
In construction there are many consideration when it comes to finishings and aesthetics; most times these finishings or aesthetic appeals is not the decision of the engineers to make.

Seeing vertical gaps or a different material in the middle of a seemingly single round columns will not appeal to majority of users of such structures with little or no knowledge why they should be there in the first place.
Probably, a decision was taken to conceal the gaps in other not to create panic in the minds of users or to create a sense of uniformity with other columns; this decision will in no way affect the structural integrity, functionality of the columns or the structure and most engineers will allow it.

haha... unfortunately that decision has just turned out to be a nightmare. The users would definitely have been more confident if the say an evenly split column than what the see now which looks like a cracked pillar.

McBenedict:
i may be forced to believe, but nay.
this is not an expansion joint.
an expansion joint is meant ot have a slight opening in between or a thin strip of metal/wood can be inserted inside it depending on the kind of structure.
but in this case, it is just like a casted column with o expansion.
i Know vividly that over there in the western regions, you can have an expansion joint and it will not be noticeable depending on the design but this is definitely not an expansion joint.
pls don't be deceived and tread with caution if you always go towards that axis.

Look at the floor, you will see the position of the gap as it passes inbetween the pillars. What I dont understand though is why they tried to plaster seal the gap on the pillars and also paint them.

Given the clearly visible gap on the floor, I believe this is definitely an expansion joint, but what I dont understand is why they should plaster up and paint the pillars all round. Why not use an elastic substance or even just leave the gap open?

With a little expansion over time, the partition on the pillars now clearly look like cracks and you cant blame anyone for being worried.

@Civil Engineers, are expansion joints meant to be plastered and painted?

He was in handcuffs and that means one thing; he was probably caught/arrested alive, and then later extrajudicially shot dead by the police.

dasparrow:
I hope Buhari is listening because Buhari has also borrowed a lot of money from China and continues to borrow. I always knew that China giving African countries all this loans was to take over African countries and colonize it again. I don't know why the African man has no brain. What a shame.

Nigeria currently owes China less than $5bn, an amount ehich even Lagos state can pay if things get rough. Why should anyone even go take a loan with intention not to pay back?

Crystalom3:


But It's so sad to see many people clinging to the old ways of doing things even if it's killing them financially

Well, a lot of people (even on this thread) believe mobile calls are clearer; if only they knew that their problem was their network. All mobile networks in Nigeria now have 4G data services but many people still have the older 2g sim cards (and some even use 2g phones).

airsaylongcome:
Naaah. NCC won't move against VoIP calls. It's operating across loads of businesses in Nigeria (plus na him I dey take chop so make dem no ban am abeg)

Lol... whoever believed they could ban twitter in NigeriA? Now it's even a forgotten issue; many people have even dumped VPNs and just abandoned twitter altogether. UAE banned whatsapp calls some years ago, you cant make whatsapp calls in dubai. I no trust Nigerian govt,; all it would take is for telcos to bribe people in govt and boom! We would have to start using VPNs to make whatsapp calls

Etuagievin:
WhatsApp call is not as efficient and smooth like signal call. When you call with signal it's like the receiver is physically with you , talking right into Ur ears. The response/ feedback is swift.

As long as you have a good internet network, Whatsapp calls are actually far far clearer than mobile calls. To enjoy the best network though, you may need to have a 4g phone, a 4g sim card (most people still use their older 2g simcards which means they cant enjoy the faster 3g or 4g network speeds provided by their network providers).

Crystalom3:
I think it'll be more cost efficient for everyone to switch to internet calls.

They are less expensive and for the most part more stable than regular phone calls.

Internet calls of 30 minutes cost less than N50 while video calls of the same length cost less than N100.

Regular phone calls cost twice as much. For N100 you might not think much about it but instead of spending N1k you are spending N2k and instead of N10k recharge, you are spending N20k on the average.

Internet calls not only is cheaper but will solve the problem of double recharge. Nowadays we spend more to buy data. After that, we still recharge for regular airtime to use for phone calls.

Internet calls cuts that cost by almost 90%.

I think it's better if we can adopt this as a trend and use regular phone calls for emergencies.

Please keep your voice down; these are the kind of posts that will make Buhari ban whatsapp calls very soon. The Telcos might even bribe NCC to ban VoIP calls if Buhari fails to do so. Please allow us to quietly enjoy our much clearer and cheaper whatsapp calls in peace.

etokhana:
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-fg-will-replace-fuel-subsidy-with-n5000-transport-grant-for-poorest-nigerians

I wanted to say this would be the most foolishly conceived scheme by any government, but then I remembered the people ruling us aren't exactly fools; they know exactly what they're doing.

MiaBeer:
The petition was not removed Here’s the link:
https://www.change.org/p/international-criminal-court-petition-for-president-buhari-to-be-charged-before-the-icc-for-crimes-against-humanity

My point wasn't really whether the petition was removed, I was just saying the wordings of the petition created by Reno sounded too partisan, and that watered down it's value. By the way, the link you posted is different from the one created by Reno, this one reads much more mature and objective. The one by Reno has actually been removed (either by CHange.org or by Reno himself).

BeardedMeat:
You are trying too hard to dissociate yourself from the BMC tag. Resist the urge to shalaye

...but you aren't even trying at all to dissociate yourself from the mumu tag; you probably embraced it cos you know your case is irredeemable... Sorry oo!

BeardedMeat:


Eat shii, a million flies can't be wrong!

This fella is already high from too much excreta..

BeardedMeat:
Idiots like you will always exist in Nigeria and they are bane of the zoo. Keep riding, you will soon land in a ditch of no return.
Little monkeys everywhere!

Your foolishness has already landed you in that filthy ditch. You will only keep wishing that others fall in the stinking laterine you find your sorry self. Go and receive sense, go and learn manners!