₦airaland Forum

Maxymilliano:
https://punchng.com/fct-poll-pdp-candidate-steps-down-for-apc-after-wikes-intervention/?fbclid=Iwb21leAQCz0djbGNrBALPRWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHrSCMJ8wbNOO8MztkGY8ybiyFyFKM2H2OlGa3BgizsNFi7MrCOVpU7JX6u2y_aem_h3T26WT44XhtZwnnYXl1TA#google_vignette

buzmanjohn:
https://punchng.com/release-nnamdi-kanu-or-return-him-to-kenya-seast-monarch-tells-tinubu/

Nnamdipapa:
Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.

I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.

abc115:
Senate retains manual transmission of results in Electoral Act Amendment Bill where electronic transmission fails due to network issues.

Clause 60 proviso kept after heated debate & division vote:

✅ 55 Senators supported
❌ 15 opposed

Senate retains manual transmission of results in Electoral Act Amendment Bill where electronic transmission fails due to network issues.

Clause 60 proviso kept after heated debate & division vote:

✅ 55 Senators supported
❌ 15 opposed pic.twitter.com/r8gxZzAZDL

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) February 17, 2026

Igbo people online: Obi Cubana and Cubana Chief Priest do not have the influence in Igboland.

Igbo people offline: pic.twitter.com/Gjd4H5vtPC

— High Chief Lawrence Igbins Okoro (@HighChiefOkoro) February 16, 2026

nairalanda1:
Source From Nairametrics.

Racoon:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2026/02/why-we-must-insist-on-real-time-transmission-of-results/amp/

Peterobiisathie:
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https://thenationonlineng.net/china-based-businessman-two-angolans-excrete-236-cocaine-wraps-at-kano-abuja-airports/amp/

Pakute:
https://punchng.com/china-to-scrap-tariffs-for-african-nations-from-may-says-xi-jinping/

Masterstroke4:
https://guardian.ng/news/new-league-of-imams-and-alfas-will-bring-boko-haram-to-southwest-grand-mufti-warns/

blamingthedevil:
We want President Tinubu for sixteen years in office — Man say

Sey wahala no con plenty like this 😂🔥👇

We want President Tinubu for sixteen years in office — Man say

Sey wahala no con plenty like this 😂🔥👇 pic.twitter.com/jhTWd0Crlq

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) February 13, 2026

Truthday:
Source: https://guardian.ng/news/militia-funding-us-bill-targets-illegal-chinese-mining-in-nigeria/

iwaeda:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/12/nigerians-experiencing-significant-drop-in-electricity-supply-nationwide/

reportnaija:
SOURCE: https://www.reportnaija.ng/2026/02/men-contribute-95-to-failed-marriages.html

InvestSmart:
Because the law of Karma doesn't hold water on Nigerian prices... Any price that goes up rarely comes down🙅‍♂️

Image123:
The Senate did not ban electronic transmission of results. They did not say elections must be rigged. They did not wake up one morning and decide to “destroy democracy.” What they did was refuse to pass a rigid, one size fits all provision that mandates real time electronic transmission from every polling unit in a country as complex as Nigeria.

And that matters.

Nigeria is not just Abuja, Lagos, or Portharcourt with strong network coverage. We have riverine communities, border villages, forests, hills, places where even making a phone call is an adventure. To pretend those realities do not exist is not progressive. It is performative.

The Senate’s position, whether people like it or not, is rooted in practical governance. They want INEC to deploy technology where it works, improve infrastructure, strengthen backups, and avoid a situation where elections are automatically invalidated because of network failure rather than the will of voters.

That is not anti democracy. That is caution.

What worries me, to be honest, is how quickly we now equate disagreement with bad faith. If you question the method, you are suddenly an enemy of the people. If you ask about logistics, security, hacking risks, or rural inclusion, you are accused of planning to rig 2027. That kind of thinking is dangerous.

Law making is not activism. It requires patience, foresight, and an understanding that laws must work for the entire country, not just the loudest voices online or at the gates of the National Assembly.

Yes, technology should be part of our elections. Absolutely. But forcing a fragile system into law without fixing the underlying problems is how you create chaos, endless litigations, and disputed outcomes.

Sometimes leadership is not about yielding to pressure. It is about taking decisions that are unpopular today but stable tomorrow.

We can demand better elections without burning down the institutions meant to deliver them.

Democracy is not weakened by debate. It is weakened when we stop thinking.

#copied

dre11:
Fuel price to drop nationwide as imported petrol price undercuts Dangote Refinery’s rate




https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/10/fuel-price-to-drop-nationwide-as-imported-petrol-price-undercuts-dangote-refinerys-rate/

Image123:
Is he supposed to take the blame? Is INEC not supposed to be independent? Is he to transfer money to INEC to get internet in all over 176000 polling units for[b] mandatory transmission?

Islie:
Tinubu’s ambassador-designates in limbo




https://punchng.com/tinubus-ambassador-designates-in-limbo/

ogododo:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/08/no-network-in-9-states-akpabio-justifies-senate-decision-on-electronic-transmission/

philme87:
Defense Minister Matawalle's 5 Daughters Got Married on the Same Day

Watch the video below;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkCulnd9YI



https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2026/2/two-presidents-scores-of-dignitaries-in-attendance-as-defence-minister-matawalles-10-children-get-married-in-one-day-photos-2.html

AhmedPeacemaker:
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has revealed that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries were operating at what he described as a “monumental loss”, forcing his management team to halt operations to stop further financial damage to the country.

Ojulari made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during a fireside chat titled “Securing Nigeria’s Energy Future” at the Nigeria International Energy Summit 2026, where he offered a rare and blunt assessment of the operational and commercial realities of the nation’s refining assets.

The NNPC boss acknowledged widespread public frustration over the refineries, noting that Nigerians had every reason to be upset considering the huge public funds invested over the years.

“On the refineries, Nigerians were angry. A lot of money has been spent, and expectations were very high. So we were under extreme pressure, extreme pressure,” he said.

Naija News reports that Nigeria’s four state-owned refineries, Port Harcourt (two plants), Warri and Kaduna, have consumed billions of dollars in rehabilitation and turnaround maintenance costs over decades, yet have largely failed to deliver sustained output.
Ojulari admitted that refining was not his area of expertise when he assumed office, having spent most of his professional career in the upstream oil sector.

“My background is upstream, so I was on a vertical learning curve. You are accountable, so you must learn very quickly. Otherwise, there is no escape,” he said.

According to him, accountability demanded a rapid and honest assessment of the refineries once his team settled in.

‘We Were Running At A Monumental Loss’
Ojulari said the true financial condition of the refineries became clear almost immediately after a detailed operational review.

“The first thing that became clear, and I want to say this very clearly, is that we were running at a monumental loss to Nigeria. We were just wasting money. I can say that confidently now,” he declared.

He explained that NNPC was feeding crude oil cargoes into the refineries monthly, yet utilisation hovered between 50 and 55 per cent, resulting in severe value erosion.

“We were spending a lot of money on operations, a lot of money on contractors. But when you look at the net, we were just leaking away value,” he said.

More worrying, Ojulari said, was the absence of any credible plan to reverse the losses.

“Sometimes you make a loss during investment, but you have a line of sight to recovery. That line of sight was not clear here,” he noted.
This lack of clarity, he said, made continued operations economically unjustifiable.
Ojulari revealed that halting refinery operations was one of the first major decisions taken by his administration.

“We decided to stop the refinery and do a quick check. We planned that if things were lined up, we would reopen and work on them,” he said.

According to him, shutting down the facilities was necessary to prevent further losses while reassessing their viability.

The NNPC chief further disclosed that part of the losses stemmed from the quality of products being produced, citing the Port Harcourt Refinery as an example.

“The crude we were taking into Port Harcourt was producing mid-grade products. When you aggregate their value compared to what you put in, it was a waste,” he said.

Ojulari acknowledged that the decision to halt operations was politically sensitive, given longstanding pressure on NNPC to keep refineries running to ensure fuel supply.

“There were political pressures to keep the refinery product, lots of pressure. But when you have been trained for over 35 years to focus on commerciality and profitability, you can’t sleep with that,” he said.

Nigeria’s refineries have for decades operated far below capacity, at times running at single-digit utilisation or shutting down entirely. This has forced Africa’s largest oil producer to rely heavily on imported refined petroleum products.

Between 2015 and 2023, successive administrations approved multiple rehabilitation contracts worth billions of dollars, yet domestic refining output remained negligible, intensifying public scrutiny of NNPC’s efficiency.

Ojulari’s remarks represent one of the most candid admissions by an NNPC chief executive that continued refinery operations, under existing conditions, were economically unsustainable. The comments underscore a broader shift within NNPC, under the Petroleum Industry Act, toward enforcing commercial discipline, even in politically sensitive areas such as domestic refining.

Kemetian:
https://guardian.ng/news/uae-pledges-sizeable-investment-in-nigerian-economy/Please

Great100000:
Cristiano Ronaldo - $300M PER YEAR

Trinity Rodman - $2M PER YEAR

🌍⚽ Women’s Football Makes History — But the Gap Still Tells a Story

Trinity Rodman has officially become the highest-paid women’s footballer in the world after re-signing with Washington Spirit!

She agreed to a record-breaking 3-year deal, earning over $2 million per year — a massive milestone for women’s football.

Trinity Rodman is not just one of the brightest young stars in the game, she’s also the daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman.

Mind-blowing comparison: Cristiano Ronaldo earns roughly the same amount in ONE DAY as the highest-paid women’s footballer earns in an entire year.

iwaeda:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/02/07/exclusive-how-vice-president-shettima-kwara-governor-sat-back-ilorin-failed-visit

Pakute:
https://leadership.ng/inec-ex-commissioner-faults-calls-for-real-time-transmission-of-election-results/

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pSH2GePXP8?si=V4xuGkq5kdAdRBcM



Nyesom Wike at the opening of the Secretariat of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Port Harcourt

Moderator101:
United States Senator, Riley Moore has cleared the air on reports alleging that the US is planning to divide Nigeria.

In a statement on Saturday, the lawmaker said though he was in Nigeria and engaged in multiple high-level meetings with government officials, the discussion of dividing the country never came up.

He stated that in all the discussions, the idea of “dividing the country has not come up in any serious way”.

Moore noted that:



Source

Bobloco:
... towards a one party state

Electronic transmission of results: Senate’s decision is self serving towards one party state – Afenifere



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/02/electronic-transmission-of-results-senates-decision-is-self-serving-towards-one-party-state-afenifere/

Moderator101:
Source: https://www.thecable.ng/why-no-nigerian-leader-can-fix-power-in-one-year/

Rhymesy:
I'm confused of what to buy for my woman this coming Val. Handbag, shoes or clothes. Please ladies I need your help