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Rubbish..pure rubbish

cyberbro:
Some people are companring Nigeria to SA because of these concerns but I dont think the comparison makes sense cos Chinese people aren't Africans, they are Asians, with a far bigger advantage when it comes to manufacturing and distribution since most things are produced in China.

In Nigeria, there are Nigeriens, Chadians, Malians, Cameroonians, Ghanaians doing the same business as Nigerians, nobody complained about them and the only time Nigeria chased Ghanaians out of our country (1983), was only because they chased Nigerians away first in 1969. Chinese are totally different and Nigerians are also restricted from doing certain jobs in China, that's just it.

So never compare Nigeria to South Africa! We have always loved our fellow Africans! There is no country in Africa that's more Pan-African than Naija! We're the pride of the continent and the reason they respect Africans abroad!

Tinubu raised Lagos's IGR from N600 million per month to N8 billion per month using his own consulting firm, Alpha Beta.
a simple google search will prove.. if your bases of argument is that Tinubu doesn't know how to make money. Then you are wrong..

the same man that ended subsidy at day one in office. Which allows him to buy all the state governors by more than doubling their allocations?? you think governors were switching parties for free??

rose forex reserves from $37bn in 2023 to $51bn today by ending arbitrage in forex market??

you think Wike just magically had access to money to do projects in FCT if not for Tinubu?

zegxy:
Continue ass.licking, Is Tinubu not also part of the 60yrs plus leadership issue you are quoting ? Wasn't he a serving senator and a two time Gov of Lagos ?

What noticeable change did he bring to Lagos apart from the propaganda of him taking the ocean while floods continue to happen during the rainy season and him single handedly building Lagos ?

mikepal:
Young man, the money politicians loot from this country daily is more than any kind of tax citizens can pay in a year, stop the looting and you will see that this country can stand firm without taxing it's citizens. Nigeria is richer than you can ever imagine but the wealth is being stolen by the minority. Curb looting before talking about taxing

Yes, money is stolen daily. Even if you get into office, you will likely join and steal. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t develop your country. Development is only possible if there are sufficient financial resources to do so.

Wike is a thief, yet that man still performs.

All Lagos State governors loot, yet that state is progressing more than the average state in the North.

Akpabio is regarded as a criminal, but he highly developed his state.
Akwa Ibom built a power plant, its own airport, airline, world-class international terminal, stadium, and hotel. That state has the best roads after Abuja, all sponsored by its governors.

Even to curb corruption, you need to spend money and pay people the worth of their job, money Nigeria doesn’t have. CBN staff can be as corrupt and shameless as Nigerian police officers if they are not well paid.

Nigeria is a poor country by every measure except resources, which are yet to be developed. But tapping these resources also requires billions.

Let’s stop being delusional.

donborg:
Nigeria sells 1.7 million barrels of oil every day making 110 million dollars yet this nincompoop says Nigeria has a low revenue problem?


Very stupid talk

1.7 milion barrels for 230 million people?.
How is that enough ..

Saudi Arabia produces 10 million barrels every day and they are only 35 million in that country..

So you magically expect the same quality of life?

The world bank is right..


There is a difference between Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Lagos and states like Ekiti, taraba and Gombe..

The difference is in the massive economic activities and how well their government spends money..

You think looting will ever end?..what with the excessive looting the first 3 States I mentioned are far better than the last 3 because they have more money to spend.

Wike is a corrupt politician..but you can not write of his performance in projects.... it's not because he is a visionary or prudent.. it's because there is enough money to perform..

Nigerian government collectively is poor as there is not enough money to run a country housing 230 million plus..

Even if you get into government...I trust that you will still loot..your ability to perform is largely tied to what financial resources you have access to.

South Africa of 65 million plus spends over 50 billion USD As budget..

Nigeria with 230 million can not even fund a 40 billion USD budget and you are saying something else..or you think they don't loot in Lagos, rivers and Akwa Ibom?

spacechuks:
The former attorney General stole almost a trillion naira and you are telling me Nigeria revenue is low.

What then happens to Nigeria when the oil and gas dries off or when Niger delta cedes away from Nigeria. That means death sentence.

The problem with Nigeria is corruption, bad leadership, nepotism and tribalism. Nothing more.

World bank should go a sit down somewhere

The APC government is the only one with the ball to drastically address revenue problems..

Removing Subsidies, raising VAT and introducing taxes on other activities like bank transfers have significantly taken revenues up..

You don't naively expect the government to embark on an extreme policy of address the revenue crises once and for all by excessively increasing taxes? This is why it's addressed gradually.

The entire state governments are with Tinubu largely because they have a boost in their allocations.


Do you think, sweet and Gentle Obi would have been the one to remove subsidy if he was in charge? Or Atiku who is only interested in selling Nigeria's asset to his friends.

Your write up list traction when you said Tinubu removing subsidies and perhaps removing arbitrage from exchange rates isn't hard choice...same hard choice that GEJ explored and ended his political career?

..and you have been on nairaland screaming about how subsidies are unsustainable before it was removed..

nairalanda1:
The problem with that assertion is that you are in essence arguing for the tinubu government to keep taking loans.

This our tax to gdp is less than the African average, most of the rich do not pay taxes, most people working in the informal sector do not pay taxes, and our country is reliant on oil, and other resources, whose prices we cannot control or set, therefore if we wanted to raise our oil prcies to bring in more revenue for the country...as Ghana did for its cocoa one time...buyers will go to cheaper alternatives...as Ghana found out.

At the end of the day, nations grow by their leadership making hard choices (before you start, tinubu is not making hard choices, regardless of what his propaganda kompanie would have you think). We need revenue urgently for a host of things...including funding our budget, funding stuff like railways, and infrastructure. Yet we do not collect enough revenuye, waste the litte we collect on corruption and stealing...which by the way the people you want us to vote for were also involved in, and are likely to continue when they displace tinubu in 2027, and we do not have a working industrial sector because somehow you guys beilieve that a company where 80% of the customers are paying below production price can somehow miraculously perfrom at top level.

One thing I don't like about you Nigerians is that y'all are not serious. You and helinues now, when tinubu leaves, Helinues will be saying what you are saying, and you will be telling us now that government has to charge high taxes and make tough choices. Right.

Anyway, the World bank is right. Revenue is shit. VAT cannot fund our budget nor can all the tiny taxes collected every day that people come and tell me about. I've done the math, it cannot do much for the budget. Even if we cut leakages, it won't do much of anything. Cut government costs, nothing go happen. We need a flat income tax for everyone, regardless of status, rich paying more, and we need to end useless subsides on electricity so that at least we can effing have a proper industrial sector that produces goods for export.

But the way you guys chant quasi marxist jokes on this site, I doubt we go see change.

You people do not want taxes, eh? All right , make we dey borrow, and make people dey look as the leaders continue to steal (yes tax payment tends to make people more incentivised to question their government, as seen in saner climes). Don't complain about the debt then.


And yes, I am voting tinubu out, he has failed. But that does not effing stop me from seeing reality.

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Of course, I know the entire kit can’t be completely useless. I’m curious — has anyone else been in this situation, and what did you do with yours? I was advised to sell the parts like the router, cables, and charger.

Omalicious1:
And no arrest was made? None of the bandits was killed in a shoot out? Its either na government kidnap these church members or government is seriously negotiating with the bandits. Nothing wey anybody go tell me.

obviously government paid..

this is a very delegate issue..

military going out to fight them put the victims lives at seriously risk..

very unfortunate situation

bazoodo:
how many people who went to good schools and are in good professions get this? A medical doctor who is a consultant would he get this after 35 years of service?? Or a typical civil servant??

You cannot compare both cases.

Service chiefs reached the very peak of their career before retiring..
.A medical consultant in perhaps a good work environment will receive what is attached to the level/office he stopped before retiring

Olatundex22:
I’m very sure you have no experience in government or military affairs. Let me give you small brain, everything he/she used as official stuff belongs to government he/she will leave it behind in government. That’s why you see some news of new government trying to recover government property from Ex government. Did you understand or you’re losses in delusional minds

The person you quoted didn't say the Service chiefs official ride were theirs when they were in service.


You guys should give it a break.. this is the normal entitlement attached to that office. It's nothing about Tinubu..

If you think the rank is easy to reach and not worth it.. try joining the military and scale through.

These guys led their men against insecurity..they are one of the reasons why some terrorist go find it completely easy with their activities and you expect them to retrieve and go back to as mere mortals without any protection .. making them vulnerable to the very entities they caused trouble to.

If you hear tomorrow that an ex CDS for example Christopher Musa was attacked and killed .. how will it sound to you?

96ACE:
One man and his goons becoming excessively wealthy at the expense of his people. The system needs to create a level playing ground for every business to thrive if we actually want to emancipate blacks from poverty.

.there is no such thing as equal level playing field..

No body tied your hands down.

Elon musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates..are they rich at the expense of chickens?

Jayhome24:
And they removed those failed army chiefs and someone is asking for explanation. Let them go and ask Google for explanation.

Welcome home young woman.

Is it today.. security chiefs are being changed?

Dogalmighty17:
Lies lies and so much damn lies. None of those weapons are top of the range in anyway. Nigeria and the author of this article is a joke if he thinks any of what he listed above makes Nigeria's armed forces deadly in any way.

The Mi-35m which is a russian built combat helicopter was formerly regarded as a capable platform until mere 500 dollar drones that Ukraine cobbled together, made mincemeat of it. The Mi-35m costs within the range of 8 million-12 million dollars.

The T-72 is a joke of immense proportions with its terrible design that basically turns it into a cookbox that cooks off when hit due to how its shells are stored. They've not fared too well in Ukraine and Russia has all but abandoned them.

The J-17 thunder is a semi decent Chinese made fighter jet that as recently as a couple of months back saw action when Pakistan and India went at it. Pakistan did say that it used the J-17 to score direct air to air kills against a couple of Western made fighter jets operated by India. India and the West didn't refute that so it stands to say that the J-17 is an attack platform that will get the enemy to sit up.

Computer simulations conducted by the US puts the J-17 a step or two ahead of A and B block F-16s. Though there is no realistic data on how both platforms will operate when faced against each other in the real world.

If Nigeria had any where near decent leadership, we could be needling the US for a couple of Apaches and export variants of the M1 Abrams tanks. Those are game changing weapon platforms that the US has provided to Egypt and South Africa.

We call ourselves the giant of Africa but all we have is a catapult compared to what South Africa and Egypt have. Na mouth we get. Workings we no fit show.

You are telling a bigger lie with the bolded.

South Africa doesn't operate the Abrams tanks nor the Apaches. they are not planning to either.

the SA military has been redundant over the years. Nigeria has more than 30 aircrafts in order list and once delivered. these equipment will outmatch that of SA's specifically in Air power. however, none of our equipment are designed or purchased to go head to head with another country but mostly for attacks on insurgents.

Insurgency is also a difficult war to fight.

ARISHEM:
No drone. No wonder they are finishing us in the field

wingloong II was listed.

CorperKola:
Those things cost money too
Dollars gor that matter

The funniest part to me is when they said they have 6 attack helicopters
A whole country !!!
6 attack hellis
Just Pathetic !!!

You got it wrong
it was stated that Nigeria has 6 T129 attack helicopters not 6 attack helicopters in total.


6 more T129 are being planned for order.
NAF has over 30 attack helicopters made up of Mi 35M, Mi 24, AW109E, Super Puma and Mi 17 and T129

oyinpr:
You forgot to add Bayraktar TB-2 armed UAS operated by the Army

It is very capable however it cannot be compared with the rest of the equipment listed especially in firepower.

even in its own class (drones) The wingloong II performs better

The Real Odogwu. Many Nigerian will always think of Cement Price once they hear anything about Dangote.
Monopoly, Ibeto cement, Government helped etcetera. you guys should watch this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50VS7IxUsRc?si=Z8DD96uJfzu1e8Td

chudez0147:
You should’ve included pictures. Don’t forget next time . Thank you for your attention

you have enough contents in the video but here you go

qtx:
lol. chai Nigerians una de make me laff. All this expired and outdated stuff wei de west cant even keep? You guys had better wake up. All these things mentioned here can only be used when we engage in war within Africa alone. Get that clear.

every piece of equipment aside the Mi-35M and tanks were produced within the last 1 decade. they are pretty much modern. the tanks and Mi-35M are still in production till date

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A95DLt_H5EI

Nigeria is West Africa’s biggest economy, and one of its most capable militaries. From fighter jets to heavy armor, these are the systems that protect borders, disrupt insurgents, and keep the Gulf of Guinea secure. This is a quick taste, the full breakdown is in the video.

T129 ATAK attack helicopter
Precision strike from low level. CIRIT laser guided rockets for clean hits. UMTAS anti tank missiles for hard targets. Helmet slaved 20 mm gun for fast bursts. 70 mm rockets for area fire. Short range air to air missiles for threats in the sky. EO, IR and laser sensor ball guides every shot. About 280 km per hour top speed.

T 72M1 main battle tank
Proven heavy armor. 125 mm smoothbore gun. About 60 km per hour on roads. Composite armor with anti HEAT features. Thermal sights and stabilized fire for accurate shots on the move.

JF 17 Thunder multirole fighter
Reach and precision in one frame. Guided bombs FT 5, LS 6, YC 200 for one target, one clean hit. Heat seekers up close, radar guided missiles at distance. Targeting pod with day, thermal and laser. About Mach 1.6 top speed, about 1,100 km combat radius.

A 29 Super Tucano light attack
Built for counterinsurgency. Twin 12.7 mm wing guns. 70 mm rockets and laser guided rockets. Precision bombs in the 250 and 500 pound class, laser or GPS guided. Sensor turret and head up display keep the pilot ahead. About 500 miles combat radius.

Wing Loong II UAV
Watch and hit platform. GB 2 guided bombs and precision missiles. About 4,000 km range. Up to 20 hours in the air. Sensors find heat, track movement and mark targets. Strikes from safe altitude reduce risk to friendly forces.

OPV 76 offshore patrol vessel
New patrol ship for the Gulf of Guinea. Steel hull, Sealium superstructure, about 76.8 m long, about 1,100 tons. About 28 knots top speed, about 3,000 nautical miles range. 40 mm main gun, 30 mm remote gun, two 12.7 mm mounts. Flight deck for a medium helicopter. Tasks include surveillance, anti surface warfare, search and rescue and coastal protection.

VT 4 main battle tank
Modern armor with punch. 125 mm smoothbore firing APFSDS. About 70 km per hour on road, about 40 off road. Composite armor with ERA, stabilized fire control, shoot and move with confidence.

Ezugwu MRAP
Designed and built in Nigeria. V shaped, blast resistant hull deflects mines and IEDs. Carries up to 12 troops, heavy weapon mounts. About 100 km per hour top speed. High ground clearance and run flat tires keep it rolling after a hit.

NNS Centenary offshore patrol vessel
95 m OPV on frontline patrols since 2015. 76 mm main gun, two 30 mm and two 20 mm guns. TR47 fire control radar, SR2410C 3D radar. About 20 days endurance, about 3,000 nautical miles at 14 knots. Flight deck and hangar for a helicopter, RHIBs for boarding.

Mi 35M attack helicopter
Heavy and rugged. 30 mm cannon, guided rockets, air to ground missiles. About 310 km per hour top speed. About three hours endurance. Armor protects crew and systems. Can carry up to eight troops in addition to the flight crew.

hmm..Next should be the World Bank.

123yes:
Make unah see how this one dee think.

Na question he ask.

There so many universities with landed properties that are not in use.
Inshort their infrastructure is less than 5% of the total land area. With Nigerian government mentality of choosing the build new universities everywhere.

What exactly are the old ones doing with land that are not even utilized up to 10 %

KillahPriest:
there are some things that should naturally be off limits without explanation but common sense but you people are another breed of species entirely

Why should a university that has barely developed 500 hectares be off limits if they violated a land use act.

So many universities have developed less than 5% of their total land allocation and even a million years they will still not deve up to 10 %. Why should they retain such lands.. especially with Nigerian government that genuinely don't aim at managing existing schools but building new ones unnecessarily.

Anyways we should hear the reason why the land was revoked from them

people will cry monopoly but I wonder what they were doing all these years that there was a market for cement in Ivory coast and chose not to invest. if you care to know how Dangote genuinely succeeded and became a cement King watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50VS7IxUsRc?si=J-VvVTDQrY0u4YWv

Forumobserver12:
Very careless statement, but then it goes to show you the caliber of leaders we have as a nation.. Any nation that it's economic survival depends on one individual is doom.

Unfortunately our lazy and blind leaders lacks critical thinking, all they are good at is looting public funds...

but did anyone stop you from being the second person or the third??

BondRiv:
Imagine the statement from the Vice President of Nigeria referring to an individual as an institution. What a reckless remark. Dangote is not an institution, and if he is the pillar of Nigeria's economic development, then I feel very sorry for this country.

lol..feel sorry for what.

Samsung is the pillar of south korea's economy. TSMC is the pillar of Taiwan.
don't say what you don't know

Besides Dangote as an industry is a group with multiple ventures. its ownership is not under Aliko Dangote alone. reason why it is listed. NNPC owns a small percentage of his refinery. if you wake up one day with $20 you can inject that into his refinery once listed and own majority stake.

I got the starlink Gen 2 from Konga today..I activated it and added my card. I was billed.. after a while it showed that I need to activate starlink now to continue to use it.

I am trying to activate it and it keeps telling me device already assigned.
also on the app, it says Router unreachable.

My network speed is also very low
27Mbps download and 30Mbps upload

can anyone render any help?

ASUU is the Trade Union of University Academic Staff in Nigeria, but they don't disturb Covenant University, Baze University, JABU, Crescent University, Babcock and all other private Unis to allow their lecturers join the Union.

NURTW is the Trade Union of Road Transport Workers in Nigeria, but you don't see them go after GOD IS GOOD, GUO, EKESON and the likes, even if they are in the Transportation business, their drivers don't also join any Union.

NUT is the Trade Union of Teachers in Primary and Secondary School, but you don't see them go after Chrisland College, Grange School, Charterhouse Lagos, British International College and tell the teachers to join them.

But you think it is ok for Dangote to build a Refinery solving all our collective petroleum imports problems, and then, allow PENGASSAN to dictate to him and shut down his Refinery whenever they feel like.

I think any Refinery worker that is not happy at Dangote Refinery and needs the Union to help him, should seek employment somewhere else, or take Dangote to court.

ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE PLZ!

Wallade:
You can wail and lament forever but it will not change the fact that unionism is legal and lawful in the labor within Nigeria and abroad.

No union forces staff of any organization to join them, however the Union will not allow any organization within their space to prevent, expressly oppose or victimize their staff that join unions. The unions will take up the challenge with such organizations.

Is the Union the government or the owner of the refinery that you want them to stand up? The federal government and management of the legacy NNPC refineries ran the refineries aground and killed it. They will only have legitimate issues with government or the acquirers of the legacy refineries if the welfare, benefits, payoff and gratuities of their member staff are not paid.

The unions are not the Nigerian security forces who should ensure crude oil isn't stolen. The unions are not PPPRA or Ministry of finance who should verify and confirm due subsidy payments. The unions are not the standard organizations that verify the quality of petroleum products imported into Nigeria. Take such issues up with the appropriate organizations, not the PENGASSON or NUPENG.

flokii:
I think Nigerians should rise up in protest against Dangote and his anti-Nigerian business practices.. if he feels Nigerians are not good enough to work in his refinery but Indians, then he should take his business to India and be serving only indians.
I don't expect PBAT to fold hands and allow Dangote sack only Nigerian workers (over 800) on Nigerian soil whereas no foreigner was sacked, instead he allegedly employed fresh 2000 Indians to work in his refinery.
That is bad now, Nigeria belongs to Nigerians not Indians.. will India Government watch such economic crime happen on their soil and not axe the useless businessman?

Omo Nigeria ewo l'ewo?.. na so we go fold hands allow one deranged businessman continue to toy with our future?

What proof do you have that Indians were employed immediately to replace them..

Secondly if you are using the foreign expatriate as a yard stick.. can your Fellow Nigerians do the work they do without compromise?..

Some foreigners are intentionally placed in high positions to prevent nonsense like unions controlling them..

Union should come and control a private business?.

Let the union build their own refinery and control it..

When have there been serious complaints from Dangote staffs that they are not paid for their work..if it is easy..let the staff resign and be jobless..

osuofia2:
Business you said? Enter a business and see your 20m vanishes, bad government policies, pilfery from workers, insecurity etc

Dangote put $20bn ... Nigerians are chanting for his downfall .. na 20m wan make a difference toh

Lol..

Them U.S. never get our time..
If the U.S. face Nigeria heads on to push deportees to us..who Tinubu not cooperate.

These African countries have seen that it is better for them to align .

Either ways I am not in support of their actions or in Nigeria submitting itself..but when you don't develop yourself or your land..what do you expect? The developed ones who bully you

OracleJay411:
Africa is Cursed. 1st they took our forefathers as slaves to build their countries. Now we cant go there and when u go there, U are bundled out with shame? And African President is accepting this devlish deal. On top how much?
This is why i love Tinubu, he rejected the idea from Trump.

Eraddray:
If u understand this game we'll..u will never support either dangote or nupeng or pegessan or what ever..and not even federal government....while will dangote note allow his staff to join union...is it because he want to oppress them and deprive them of their right?...

I have seen a lot of ppl supporting dangote in the comment section...

And I shake my head... Let dangote monopolize the oil and gas section...soon or later it will clear for ur eye that PMS will be sold for 1500 to 2000 by little...

Ppl will learn by force

As the refinery is shut..let see weather it is Dangote that will drive the price to N2000 Or the Union..

Maybe you were blind when Dangote went into price tussles with NNPC..Dangote refinery with quality products are cheaper than that if NNPC Imported from Malta ..yet common sense can not let you see who wants the price to go up.

NUPENG wants to force N75 Increase or force Dangote to pay it for every litre of Fuel taken from the plant. Dangote instead bought 4000 trucks and decided to supply filling stations free of charge..

Nigerians are too daft ...na we dey destroy ourselves..

This why no sensible organisation in Nigeria including the ones owned by Nigerians employ Nigerians into top roles.. they will run down the business..