₦airaland Forum

Buliwyf:
Lol. You are obviously not living in reality. Russian influence was at its highest in the cold war. Since then it has been a nose dive. So what do you mean by never diminish? They were even recovering over the past 20 years due to better European relationship with them but guess what will happen now?

Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia,,it was much bigger and powerful with these countries together.

Buliwyf:
Lol. You are obviously not living in reality. Russian influence was at its highest in the cold war. Since then it has been a nose dive. So what do you mean by never diminish? They were even recovering over the past 20 years due to better European relationship with them but guess what will happen now?

Russia can survive without europe,it is europe that cant survive without thenatural resources from russia.During the cold war,it was not Russia but USSR.
America does not want europe to unite with russia ,because it will compete with it economically.

They need move the barracks from the city ,they are not meant to be living around civilians.There barracks are now prime real estate and theebgovernment should move them to new underdeveloped places.

ayindejimmy:
I post a link where Poland said by the end of this year they won't need Russian has again.

Yes i know ,they want to get from norway

ayindejimmy:
I give up on you. You don't read

That the truth ,their contract expires this year and they dont want to use russian rubles to pay for gas.The contract didnot indicate ruble payments.

Johnrake69:
Today's capitalist economies are run on the backdrop of cheap supplies. If only you understood what this means. Energy supply is a material cost in every economy. Africa can't compete with Russia for European market cost wise. Alot of deals will be going on through the back door. Even after they announce a shift.

Remember Russia supplies arms too. Russia is too big to be sidelined. The earlier they all find a diplomatic solution the better for everyone involved.

7million barrels of oil per day ,is not a joke of a country.

obedience4:
Pro Russia outlets..

It OK sha..

But the western press ,are not balancing the stories ,but you actually get facts from independent media outlets

obedience4:
Lady please tell us your source??

Asian times,indian times,TASs,Spunik.

obedience4:
This is not English class ..
When the Russians took kershon, they posted it in their ministry of defense official page on Twitter..
Even the Ukraine also confirmed it..
Show me proof that a Russia official saying they have capture mauripol...
When I said offensive I mean ground movement..
Not shooting missiles.. A rocket can be fired from Russia into Kiev..
that is what the Russians are doing shooting missiles everywhere killing civilians..
Why they can't advance on the grounds

This is false ,they already control the city and have a corridor where people are passing to safety.Russia is not killing civilans

4teenblaq:
Good morning house, who can refer me to any electronic scrap buyer or where they stay so that I can meet them?

Please

Computer village near the police housing

[quote author=obedience4 post=111378273]From BBC.. Via Poland.. Were the did president of Poland and Sweden enter into Ukraine last week..
You people think Ukraine is one village.. Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe..
Weapons are entering Ukraine as will speak
Was president biden not at a Town close to the Ukraine border just yesterday..
You Putin sons don't be sad Ukraine will March strong[/quote
Lies, Russia can see and controls the air in the war.sweden has land and waterways ,so its easy ro move around in europe.They are not targets.The weapons are a target.

Sixfiguresmart:
The reason why Russia exudes exuberance is because of its oil and gas. It has seen the dependence of the EU on its oil. That's why the EU has invested a lot in electric cars.
The sanctions will benefit Nigeria. That's why we need a young diplomat that can reach out to the EU and strike a better gas supply deal. We have no leader and no diplomat. Senseless men in agbada seizing power that they cannot use effectively.
The Chinese are cashing out on these sanctions big league.
Fact be told, no one wants to invite a pissing old man to a high table meeting. They are seeing all these piss piss pictures. A man who stools in high level gatherings cannot build up enough confidence to close a deal. Forget tribalism, see growth. Nigerians are suffering already.

BTW I have a rolex watch deep sea. Spent 15k dollars on it about 6 years ago. I wanna know how much I could sell it in naija if I should run outta cash and don't need to take a loan.

There is a place in issac john street GRA ikeja where they service and also sell and buy.Goodluck.Nigeria does not have the required infastructure to export Gas to europe and it will also not be ready soon.And also i think the europeans do not want to empower Nigeria .

PrinceOfLagos:
I will pick Obi over the bullion van ever corrupt lizard of bourdilon Tinubu

It is obi that is not corrupt?tribalist

GalaticHorde:
your logic doesn't apply to this discourse, when census is conducted, will Lagos state approve of me travelling back to delta state to get counted? Doesn't Lagos state frown on northerners who travel back to their state of origin during election period to vote as this skews voter statistics against them? If the state should want me to be counted as a resident during census, want me to vote here during election, want me to work and invest and by extension pay taxes here, then it should be my lack of indegene status that should stop me from having a say or an opinion in the state where I was born or grew up shebi? In that case, I don't oppose Tinubu contesting for presidency of Lagos since you surmised I have little stake there and also know yorubas have investments in the Niger delta, I hope you agree they shouldn't have any say in governance in that region after all they are mere investors

Lol!Dangote is on of the biggest investor in Lagos ,he is from kano and a resident of lagos and citizen of Nigeria.Vaswani brothers ,chargouri,s ,Thankashi changal, chellerams ,are all residents of lagos ,citizens of Nigeria ,india and lebanon.They have a stake in the business environment and infastruture through the manufacturer association of Nigeria.we are talking politically now,the governance of the state are not connected with the business of the state .Nigerdelta people are very okay with yorubas ,they normally dont have any problems at all in lagos.The only time we heard of the nigerdelta people was when they wanted to demolish ajegunle.

GalaticHorde:
do you think the hatred of Tinubu is from southeasterners alone? I am from the south south, i was born in Lagos, i grew up in Lagos, asides my tertiary education, schooling was entirely in Lagos, most of my working life has been in Lagos, i have real estate and business investments in lagos, i am an atypical lagosian by default, if i can't have an opinion albeit a negative opiñion of Tinubu then who can? Correct me if i am wrong but you are of the school of thought that i have to be ethnic Yoruba to qualify to have a stake in how Lagos is governed despite the fact that i vote there or in the presidential aspirations of Tinubu who is a character hated across Nigeria in retrospect in view of his unrepentant role in the fostering o buhari as president while he paid lip service without actual condemnation to the Fulani perpetrated genocide across Nigeria because he was protecting his future presidential aspirations by protecting his standing witj the fulani president while tens of thousands of Nigerians were being murdered by roving fulanis with a Fulani compromised military aiding and abetting the murderers, same was repeated by him at the #ENDSARS protests and he Tinubu sincerely believes buhari's support is all he needs to become president like the rest of us are inconsequential and you're busy accusing igbos doing what the rest of us are doing in rejecting a vile, useless, worthless vermin of an individual with high opinions of himself! Look many of us might disagree on who we support but we are almost majorly agreed on who we don't support

South south people donot have any problems with yorubas infact from the 1st republic ,we always align ,2nd and 3rd republic it was the same thing.They collect money higher than all other states ,they have 13% derivation,so what problem will they have with tinubu.

GalaticHorde:
do you think the hatred of Tinubu is from southeasterners alone? I am from the south south, i was born in Lagos, i grew up in Lagos, asides my tertiary education, schooling was entirely in Lagos, most of my working life has been in Lagos, i have real estate and business investments in lagos, i am an atypical lagosian by default, if i can't have an opinion albeit a negative opiñion of Tinubu then who can? Correct me if i am wrong but you are of the school of thought that i have to be ethnic Yoruba to qualify to have a stake in how Lagos is governed despite the fact that i vote there or in the presidential aspirations of Tinubu who is a character hated across Nigeria in retrospect in view of his unrepentant role in the fostering o buhari as president while he paid lip service without actual condemnation to the Fulani perpetrated genocide across Nigeria because he was protecting his future presidential aspirations by protecting his standing witj the fulani president while tens of thousands of Nigerians were being murdered by roving fulanis with a Fulani compromised military aiding and abetting the murderers, same was repeated by him at the #ENDSARS protests and he Tinubu sincerely believes buhari's support is all he needs to become president like the rest of us are inconsequential and you're busy accusing igbos doing what the rest of us are doing in rejecting a vile, useless, worthless vermin of an individual with high opinions of himself! Look many of us might disagree on who we support but we are almost majorly agreed on who we don't support

Igbos are like that ,infact there minds can easily be manipulated Awo ,tinubu,Buhari, you can see the trend .But no yoruba in return hate any easterner for any reason.You own a property in Lagos ,does not make you a citizen of Lagos,you are an investor and a resident of Lagos.Only few people hate tinubu and they are the real indigenes of Lagos, such as people like Bode george.Nobody expected what he did and the real citizens did not benefit expect few .He had a plan to be president,so he made citizens of other states accross Nigeria to dominate the civil service.you can vote in Lagos,but you cannot do what you like ,igbos are not the only people in lagos,we have the south south people in ajegunle,the hausa fulani people in mile 12, Agege,the ilaja,s ,all in lagos.Out of all this group,it was an igbo man that first mentioned that Lagos was a no mansland.His name is jaja nwachukwu.

GalaticHorde:
do you think the hatred of Tinubu is from southeasterners alone? I am from the south south, i was born in Lagos, i grew up in Lagos, asides my tertiary education, schooling was entirely in Lagos, most of my working life has been in Lagos, i have real estate and business investments in lagos, i am an atypical lagosian by default, if i can't have an opinion albeit a negative opiñion of Tinubu then who can? Correct me if i am wrong but you are of the school of thought that i have to be ethnic Yoruba to qualify to have a stake in how Lagos is governed despite the fact that i vote there or in the presidential aspirations of Tinubu who is a character hated across Nigeria in retrospect in view of his unrepentant role in the fostering o buhari as president while he paid lip service without actual condemnation to the Fulani perpetrated genocide across Nigeria because he was protecting his future presidential aspirations by protecting his standing witj the fulani president while tens of thousands of Nigerians were being murdered by roving fulanis with a Fulani compromised military aiding and abetting the murderers, same was repeated by him at the #ENDSARS protests and he Tinubu sincerely believes buhari's support is all he needs to become president like the rest of us are inconsequential and you're busy accusing igbos doing what the rest of us are doing in rejecting a vile, useless, worthless vermin of an individual with high opinions of himself! Look many of us might disagree on who we support but we are almost majorly agreed on who we don't support

Igbos are like that ,infact there minds can easily be manipulated Awo ,tinubu,Buhari, you can see the trend .But no yoruba in return hate any easterner for any reason.You own a property in Lagos ,does not make you a citizen of Lagos,you are an investor and a resident of Lagos.Only few people hate tinubu and they are the real indigenes of Lagos, such as people like Bode george.Nobody expected what he did and the real citizens did not benefit expect few .He had a plan to be president,so he made citizens of other states accross Nigeria dominated the civil service.you can vote in Lagos,but you cannot do what you like ,igbos are not the only people in lagos,we have the south south people in ajegunle,the hausa fulani people in mile 12, Agege,the ilaja,s ,all in lagos.Out of all this group,it was an igbo man that first mentioned that Lagos was a no mansland.His name is jaja nwachukwu.

Nbotee:
Is subsidy paid on crude exported or on Petrol imported?

Some are swap deals ,they are very corrupt and effccc normally looks the other way in this types of cases.

Golan007:
So how does Atiku make his money?

Atiku was a custom officer and also a vice president incharge of the privatization process in Nigeria ,He sold companies to his friends for cheap amount of money.As a custom officer ,he made money in Lagos.

leathalbeast:
Africa could just shut up and mind their own business and develop their individual countries, after all E.U or nato or russia only thinks about themselves.

This geo politics is important for african nations to become free.In a multi polar world ,we stand a chance to develop in a very short period.

Useless programme,they should scrap it

Quiny32323:
I was with putin until he invaded Ukraine because he wasn't smart. Staying at the border was his best bet and could have saved Russians the stress they are going through.
The truth is that EU will never accept Ukraine because they understand that nuclear war cannot be won by any nation so they have avoided accepting ukraine long b4 now. Countries like Hungary, Poland are not in anyway better than Ukraine but they are in eu.
Putin was trapped by the Americans with the help of EU and Ukraine, this is the continuation of the cold war and russia is losing their finest soldiers and grounding their economy. It happened in Afghanistan which led to the disintegration of ussr.

If there were no actions today,there will be actions in the future.He discussed for 8 years ,He spoke extensively about the actions of Nato towards the east.You got it wrong,it is the EU that was set up .EU had plans to integerate russia with europe it would have competed economically with U.S.But america knows that Eu and russian integration will compete against them .So they want to seperate them apart.Russia has resources such as Gas and many more ,that europe could get at cheap prices to power their various economies.Any alternative source of resources will be expensive .America has suceeded to sanction russia ,so has to slow the economy ,seperated russia from eu and also european countries have increased their defence budget,all the money goes to arm dealers and manufscturers in America.Nato is just a sales agent for weapons in europe

Horus:
Africa can survive without wheat and grain from Russia and Ukraine. Every years Africa produces more than 25 million tons of wheat.
African producing countries are Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The largest production
area is in Ethiopia followed by South Africa. Do we realy need Russia and Ukraine if Africa start to produce more wheat?

We can produce more wheat,but for strategic purpose you cannot ignore russia.

God1000:
tell me one good reason why I should not believe it considering what we've seen so far in this war

How many soliders are the russian army for you to believe this propaganda

Ebubeslym:
Not with all the agberos littered over the place.....and stinking gutters smelling to high heavens

How many places do you know in lagos?

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How Ukraine conflict could affect African nations
In the ongoing standoff between the West and the East, Africa will try to remain neutral
By Andrey Maslov, the Director of the Centre for African Studies at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and Vsevolod Sviridov, a researcher at Intexpertise, the Department of African Studies, St. Petersburg State University

How Ukraine conflict could affect African nations
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Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, launched in February, followed by the dramatic increase in tensions on the global scene will undoubtedly affect the economic and political landscape in Africa in the medium term, as well as the balance of external powers active on the continent and Africa’s pace of development in key areas.

Diplomatically, Africa has chosen to remain neutral on the subject of the conflict, alongside a large portion of the Global South nations. 26 out of 54 African states did not support the UN General Assembly’s resolution to condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Eritrea voted against it, while 17 other African countries (out of 35 globally) abstained from the vote. These include Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa and South Sudan. Eight more nations did not vote: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Morocco, Togo, Eswatini and Ethiopia. Egypt, despite voicing its support of the resolution, is maintaining constructive cooperation with Russia anyway. No country on the African continent has so far joined the sanctions.

Notably, both Senegal and Tanzania, continental economic leaders of the last decade, did not join its traditional trade and business partners to condemn Russia. Of no less significance is the statement that came from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa who said in parliament that “the war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from amongst its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would lead to greater, not less, instability in the region.”

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Since the launch of the special operation in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has held telephone talks with three African leaders: with President of Senegal Macky Sall (who is also the Chair of the African Union until February 2023), President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.

So far, according to the official statements, the situation has not changed any plans for the Second Russia–Africa Summit - set to be held later this year. On March 3, Presidential Special Envoy for Africa and Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov told the Russian News Agency TASS that “preparations are underway” and “the dates for the summit are yet to be announced.”

In the meantime, the military conflict, sanctions and economic measures introduced by the Russian government to stabilize the domestic market will no doubt have a significant effect on the African economies.

Between 2015 and 2020, Russia and Ukraine supplied up to 25% of the total wheat imports into Africa.

A series of consequences have hit the sector, including a potential temporary ban on wheat exports, disruption to the sowing season in Ukraine, delays with shipments via the Black Sea routes and a looming fertilizer crisis that might affect other key suppliers of wheat to Africa, such as France and Brazil. These issues pose a serious food security threat to a number of African nations, including Egypt, Algeria, Sudan and Tanzania.

At the same time, supply disruptions will affect African countries in different ways. For example, in Nigeria this problem can be solved relatively painlessly: wheat is a commodity with a flexible demand in the country, occupying a market share that’s comparable with other crops, such as corn and cassava.

In other areas, however, the situation not only threatens demand, but also challenges a number of business projects, such as large-scale investments in wheat and other crop storage infrastructure network, as some of these investment projects involve Russian businesses and funding.

Another persistent problem is caused by the shortage of logistics corridors due to sanctions and restrictions. Currently, Russia is unable to run massive grain and fertilizer supplies via the Caspian Sea and Iran.

A sector where Africa is also bound to feel the change is the energy market. On the one hand, Europe shunning Russian oil and gas leaves African nations, like Algeria, Libya and Nigeria, with an opportunity to step in and fill in the gap in the hydrocarbons exports. On the other hand, this opportunity, so far, seems to be strictly hypothetical since none of these nations have the capacity to take advantage of the opportunity within the next five years.

Nigeria, for instance, lacks the capacity for free exports, while other nations, such as Algeria, Libya and to a lesser extent Egypt, might not have too much surplus natural gas and crude oil to sell. Another problem in this area that will have to be dealt with is the rising oil prices triggering the growth of oil product prices. Oil products are mostly imported by African nations, and this crisis is going to hit the nations that rely on imported diesel and residual fuel oil the hardest, such as West Africa.

If the euro zone is engulfed by a crisis, a massive outflow of capital and a persistent economic confrontation with Russia might mean to Africa less economic and tech support from the EU and its member states.

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The future of infrastructure investment projects announced at the EU–African Union Summit in February as part of the ambitious Global Gateway Investment Package is also questionable. In the medium term, the social and economic situation in West Africa is causing the biggest concern. This region has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic harder than others, and a new crisis hitting its food and energy security might further destabilize the regional political systems.

The global crisis, once again, confirms Africa's critical dependence on events not directly related to it. The risk of such destabilization can be countered by investing in the localization of the production of the main commodity categories that are critical for the continental economy: fertilizers, oil products, and food.

In the developing stand-off between the West and the East, Africa will try to remain ‘above the battle,’ metaphorically speaking. It most probably won’t have to step up its budget spending on defense. To achieve that, it just needs to make sure the US-Russia-China confrontation steers clear of the African Continent and to try to maintain its neutral status, remaining united in the process – which is currently an issue, as the recent UN vote has shown.https://www.rt.com/news/552564-ukraine-conflict-african-nations-consequences/

IGBOSON1:
Still trying to understand the point some of you naysayers are trying to put across on this thread!

Anambra has debt.....just like every other state in Nigeria! Now a suggestion has been put forward that could help the state get the much needed funds that could help its gov't meet the huge challenges and expectations facing it, yet some of you are complaining! No one has said if the money is raised, that anyone who stole or mismanaged the states' finances shouldn't be held to account....we just don't want the state gov't incapacitated in fulfilling its obligations and promises because of lack of funds. Or would some of you rather have us all sit down and do nothing while waiting for the Nigerian judicial system to first recover any funds claimed to have been stolen or mismanaged before the Soludo admin' swings into action?

And as to your question on where the money shared to Anambra as 'federal allocation' comes from (a useless centralised and unitary system of gov't Ndigbo never instituted in the first place)? A large chunk of it comes from receipts gotten from the sale of oyel and gas found in Igboland!

Check the beginning of the conversation,he was being tribal without looking at issues .

Can you compare and and contrast tthis central banker with the cabbage you have in Nigeria,.This are super central bankers.

obedience4:
Lada. I guess you had to google that

Lada that people have beenbusingnin Nigeeia befoee american cars started comibg here..

obedience4:
Lada. I guess you had to google that

Maybe you had to google not me

ariesbull:
this one no get sense

Am sure you are in a house in southwest,ttping rubbish,you better develop your place and go back and live ,work and die there.

obedience4:
If you have Money will you buy imoson.

Russians buy Lada and Lada is durable and good for russian roads.