₦airaland Forum

1TrippleCee:
I dont support Ekpa's cause. I am also not an igbo. But thus is clearly targetted at igbos. Its so clear that the blind sees it.

mokwechineme:
The jealousy, the hate, the injustice meted on Igbos especially since the emergence of APC government at the federal and state level mostly, Lagos state. There has been increasing bigotry ochestrated by APC style of politics that see the south easterners as leftists against the conservative interests of the Nigerian leadership system.

South westerners are the most gullible population and its very easy to set them against the progressive nature of the south easterners whose presence influence massive development of their host communities.

Obi in 2022 became the 'awaited messiah' and in order to curtail his excessive popularity, Tinubu's team had to pitch a major population of Nigeria against the other and the readily-available population to be employed is in the southwest.

The elections have come and gone but the 'xenophobia' created have continued to grow and it is getting worse. The federal and Lagos state governments are ever ready to punish the south easterners for choices they made and are now punishing Igbos at every turn, destroying their properties, businesses etc.

Now is the time for the EXODUS. Its not news that Igbos have made their host communities economically viable. There has been growing calls on South easterners since the inception of the APC's administration to start repatriating their businesses and relocate back home.
Southeast is a virgin land economically. Some percentage of Igbo population have relocated and continued to relocate and things are extremely going better for them more than ever before...

LifestyleTonite:
He shared on X, “It’s with complete despondency and unhappiness that I have followed the ongoing demolitions of properties across the country, especially knowing the extra hardship such acts have been heaping on hapless citizens who are already battling with multi-dimensional Poverty.

“What a responsive government should be doing under the current harsh economic conditions in the country is to come up with measures aimed at alleviating the people’s hardships and to carry out measures that will take more people out of poverty.

“Even if there are some violations as the governments are claiming, this critical time is not auspicious for such an exercise knowing the hardship in the land and the consequences it will have on the poor who are struggling to make ends meet with their little resources.

“The poor in our midst who are putting their meager resources are going through very severe financial stress that should not be multiplied further. In some cases, the properties being demolished are the life time savings and retirement abodes of the aged and incapacitated.

“My appeal therefore is for the respective governments involved in this act to consider the hardship in the country and try and put a human face to their actions. While we should enforce sensible regulations, all actions of government must show compassion. -PO.”

https://x.com/PeterObi/status/1730112682873733424?s=20[/quote]Obi is a retard. This same Obi destroyed illegal buildings in Anambra state and didn't pay compensation.

When it rains heavily and some part of Lagos state get flooded, idiots from his geopolitical region will mock Lagos state.

Any house without approval should be destroyed, no matter who the owner is.

Nothing can be built on illegality.

Phantom233:
Na Olosho she be na, forget dis Papa money superstory. Olosho na Olosho, no matter where she comes from.

Floky215:
Nobody is tarnishing any image..!!

Richest man in Africa my foot.!!
The guy made his wealth flying on Nigeria money...!!
Without government support and the country's treasury keys handed over to him Dangote would be selling diesel by the road side...!!

SojWORLDWIDE:
When Nigeria commissioned Dangote Refinery in May 2023 many jumped for joy amid hopes of transforming the country into a net exporter of petroleum products, but today such joy has been shortlived by revelations of underhand schemes by the billionaire businessman to rip off the poor and down-trodden Nigerians.

From afar, Aliko Dangote cuts a perfect figure of a successful business man, a pride to Nigeria and the African continent at large. But close scrutiny have since revealed the dark and ugly side of the Chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group.


From an humble beginning in 1991, the Kano-born businessman had risen to become African weathiest man with a net worth of $1.2bn garnered from lucrative ventures into foodstuffs, including pasta, sugar, salt, and wheat; cement; haulage; and other concerns.

However, the most ambitious projects that Dangote was involved in was the construction of a massive oil refinery in Lagos State. He spearheaded the project in 2013 in an effort to solve the fuel crisis in Nigeria, which, despite being a leading oil-producing country, had to import most of the refined petroleum products it needed.


But like the proverbial shylock, Dangote took advantage of the high level of corruption riding the petroleum industry to perfect a grand scheme to build the oil refinery using funds provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).


In a tripod-like plot, Dangote, according to findings had sought the cooperation of former President, Muhammadu Buhari to complete the refinery and thereafter grant him a crude oil operation license, a request which the former President expressly granted without due consultation with stakeholders in the oil industry. Buhari surreptitiously agreed to commission the refinery even when it was not fully completed with Presidents of five African countries in attendance.

He reportedly shared the details of his meeting with former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele and equally sought his support just as he allegedly convinced him that the successful completion of the refinery was of utmost priority to the former President.

Thereafter, Emefiele literally handed over the country's treasury to Dangote by providing the needed fund. This much Emefiele alluded to during the official opening ceremony of the refinery in May when he informed that in ensuring the successful completion of the project, CBN provided over N125bn to cover the domestic currency requirements of the venture, while also ensuring the availability of foreign exchange to pay for the importation of some of the machinery.
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He had projected that the Dangote Refinery could earn Nigeria foreign exchange savings of between $25bn and $30bn yearly, stressing that the impact of the savings would be directly reflected in Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves by reducing the pressure on the country’s balance of payments.




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Gerhards:
Dude get a life and be useful to yourself and your family

Wutinky:
Can you be a man enough to enter Opobo and make this statement if you will not get launched like a common criminal... stop looking for Land matters all over Nairaland and other sites

Wutinky:
This man again, it seems you were coursed with Land matters. are you into Omonile business?

christistruth01:
That is their problem they will say that the British Colonial Masters created Nigeria illegally but the same Eastern Region they the same British created by lumping all Ethnic Groups in the East together they see as legal

It that not terrible hypocrisy

AlexBells:
Opobo and Bonny was part of Eastern region possibly before you were born

AlexBells:
Statehood is not about where you are from, Putin is not from Crimea

Donarozzi:
You cannot be an Igbo person and at the same time be of this position. Bonny people claim an Igbo descent right from the beginning. Any little Ijaw in that island is of recent, non-indigenous settlement. You cannot separate Bonny from Opobo. They are of the same Igbo stock. Put together, Bonny and Opobo are the Ubani tribe of Igboland having been derived from the Ngwa and Ndoki sections of the Igbo nation.

ijawcitizen:
My Ijaw brothers, una try o.
Me I no even get time for lunatics like this.
Person wey him head no correct no dey hard to know. Him Neva grow leave him small pikin sense.

Blackteeth:
Am justing asking this question to know what the answer will be.
What if Nigeria reaches the peak of her madness in 2014 which leads to an eventual breakup into 3 countries, and this happened to be during the world cup tournament. Fortunately for the super eagles, they went all the way to win the prestigious world cup trophy. Who will claim the much awaited golden trophy among the 3 break away countries of the then defunct Nigeria? Will it be Arewa republic or Oduduwa federation or Biafra? Where will the players touch down for a heros welcome?

Thonyboy:
The Spiritual Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State to be prepared following his face-off with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, because he will be given the treatment meted out to the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwummi Ambode.

He issued the warning while assuring Fubara that he will survive impeachment attempts against him.

He urged the governor to seek God’s face because only he can fight his battle.

In a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele explained that only God can change Wike’s decision to ensure Fubara is impeached.

According to Ayodele, “Only God can change Wike’s mind towards Governor Sim Fubara. He should get his mind prepared that his second-term ambition will be tough. It’s going to be like the issue of former governor Akinwummi Ambode in Lagos.

“He will still face impeachment, but I see him surviving it. The house will continue to be troubled. They will make him uncomfortable and make his first term miserable, but he will survive it if he turns to God for help.”

The clergyman cautioned the governor to be careful of moles in his camp as there wouldn’t be any rest to ensure he gets removed from office.

“There is no amount of what he does; it is only God that can fight for him. There will be so many moles in his camp. It’s unfortunate that this is happening at a time when Fubara is willing to work.

“They won’t appreciate his efforts and they will want to mess him up. Those who are against his governorship will also add to it. The governor must be careful, put his security together and be very prayerful,” he added.

Wike and Fubara fell apart less than six months after the succession.

Wike’s loyalists in the Rivers House of Assembly had moved to impeach Fubara, but the governor vowed to resist such a move.

Speaking about their rift last week, Wike accused the governor of burning down the state House of Assembly.

The minister also described the governor as an ingrate.

https://.ng/2023/11/29/rivers-fubara-to-get-ambode-treatment-wike-determined-to-remove-him-primate-ayodele/

Hollicom:
Last year, Nigeria's most successful businessman and richest person alive in the country, Aliko Dangote, had a meeting with his selected strategists.

The purpose of the meeting was simple.

To decide among the three presidential candidates, Aliko Danogte would support

The three candidates were

Peter Obi

Atiku Abubakar

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

The candidate's profile, merit, and demerit were analysed by the gentlemen seated in that room.

At the end of the meeting, the consensus was that Atiku Abubakar was a better option to back, and the reasons were not far-fetched.

Aside from the special chummy relationship between the businessman and Atiku, Atiku, who ironically clocked 77 today, is pro-business, is the right person for corporate business, and has the right skill set to reposition and revive the dead economy.

Also, the fact that the cabal around Tinubu was openly supporting Atiku made Dangote's decision very easy.

The calculation was that Atiku would win, and based on that, Dangote chose to pitch his tent with Atiku Abubakar by supporting his aspiration to become our president, which did not materialise on February 25.

It was said that Dangote donated money as well to Tinubu's camapign, which was his normal traditional custom to do, but his body language showed he preferred Atiku, whom he believed would have been a better president for businesses and the economy in Nigeria than Tinubu.

His arch rival and brother, Abdul Samad Rabiu of BUA Cement, chose to pitch his tent with Bola Ahmed Tinubu and did not donate money to Atiku Abubakar.

His first choice was Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

His second choice was Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Rabiu’s support was so personal that he donated his private jets for temporary use by TInubu’s people during the campaign.

Tinubu’s wife, Remi, and his aides were flying Rabiu’s private jets during the campaign.

The same is true of Tony Elumelu. It was said that Tony's UBA provided the much-needed cash for Tinubu's camp during the ill-fated cash crunch and scarcity before the election.

No wonder Tony was the first person Tinubu visited in Lagos as a president-elect.

Since Lagos is a very small place, news started flying around in a twinkle of an eye.

News got into the ears of Asiwaju that Nigeria's gift to the world, Dangote, is not supporting his aspiration; rather, he has pitched his tent with Atiku.

He was disappointed with the betrayal by Dangote.

Dangote built his wealth in Lagos, the Lagos he owns, and he has been supportive of Dangote's aspirations before now.

Dangote fully backing him would have been a way of paying back his generosity to him; not doing so is a big stab in the back.

That Dangote did not support him, but rather Atiku, was one of the reasons why Asiwaju stayed away when Dangote refinery was later commissioned by Buhari in the Lagos he owns.

The election is over.

Asiwaju is the president, and the chicken has come home to roost.

For the first time since the return of democracy in 1999, Dangote is not the favourite of a sitting government.

Abdul Samad Rabiu and Tony Elumelu have taken his position because they fully backed Asiwaju during the campaign.

“This is the first time the elected government is not particularly aligned with Aliko,” said one senior banker who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Financial Times. “So it has opened a window of opportunity for people to peddle their own influence.”

“Dangote is not as influential as he used to be,” said Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, an Oxford professor of the politics of Africa, who described the billionaire as a Nigerian oligarch. At a time when he had bet his fortune on the success of the refinery, that was not a comfortable position to be in, several close observers of Nigeria said.

Matthew Page, a former CIA expert on Nigeria, told the Financial Times that Rabiu donated heavily to the Tinubu election campaign and had been emboldened by his close relationship with the new president. The cement market was smaller after eight years of economic stagnation, he said. “The tide pool has shrunk, and the two biggest lobsters in the tank are snapping at each other.”

The biggest casualty from the politics of Dangote is his 650,000 per day Dangote refinery, which has been starved of crude oil by NNPC.

Before Asiwaju came in, Dangote had a binding agreement with NNPC.

The agreement was this:

That NNPC would invest $2 billion in Dangote refinery, or if they cannot invest in cash,they will provide crude oil worth that amount for Dangote refinery to process.

This investment will give NNPC a 20% stake in the Dangote refinery, while Dangote will keep the remaining 80%.

NNPC is too broke to drop $2 billion, so they choose to provide $2 billion worth of crude oil in lieu of the cash they were expected to drop so as to own a 20% stake in Dangote refinery.

But there is a problem.

Buhari, who was the president when the deal was sealed, is no longer in power.

The new Whiz kid is not a fan of Dangote any more, so the guys at NNPC saw the body language, which is the fact that Aliko has not visited Aso Rock since Tinubu relocated to Aso Rock, and they were influenced by that to start playing politics by fuffiling their own side of the bargain.

NNPC, which was at the mercy of Dangote when Buhari was in charge, turned to hard nuts to crack under Tinubu.

As of today, the reason why Dangote refinery has yet to refine any drop of crude oil is because NNPC has not supplied the facility with crude oil as they promised to do under the last government.

Frustrated by what NNPC is doing and the politics they are playing, Dangote's Indian manager was forced to say that the refinery would start importing crude oil from trading oil companies abroad since NNPC is not forthcoming.

The outburst was forced to move the hands of NNPC, and it worked as NNPC invited Dangote's guys to the negotiating table.

In a recent interview, Dangote admitted that the issue with NNPC has been solved and refined crude oil will flow soon from his refinery. He also remidned the sharks, circling and baying for his blood, saying that Dangote Refinry is bigger than him, in case they had forgotten.

Rabiu of BUA Cement has visited Aso Rock more than four times since Tinubu relocated to Aso Rock Villa.

The same is true of Tony Elemelu.

Dangote, the poster boy and darling of the previous Nigerian government, has not been invited once to come, and this speaks to how low he has fallen on the ladder.

He only went to inform Mr. President that Bill Gates was coming to town the next day for polio eradication.


Stories allegedly floated by BUA Group have accused Dangote of profiting from illegal foreign exchange trades worth billions of dollars.

This government is investigating forex allocations made to Aliko Dangote when Godwin Emefiele, the former central bank governor, was in charge of distributing dollars at the official rate to chosen industries at far below market prices, the Financial Times reported.

Dangote bet on the wrong horse during the last national election, and now the sharks are circling and are baying for his blood and his multibillion-dollar business empire as well.

djon78:
You are an infant in politics

Without new PDP that broke away
Jonathan would have been president

djon78:
You are an infant in politics

Without new PDP that broke away
Jonathan would have been president

How much vote did SW give Buhari?

Jonathan was snitched at from within the PDP thereby losing the 2015 Presidential Election

Even with all the snitches
Jonathan still had 12 million votes while Buhari had 15 million votes with the bulk coming from the North