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Children should not be kidnapped anywhere.Children should not be made to walk endurance treks through bushes at gun point wih terrorists.Thats terror.Thats evil.Children should not be a target. Everyone should not quietly tolerate this as normal.

Anyone ,everyone with any authority,influence or power should speak up on this. Teams should be out finding and recovering them .The terrorists team that tried that crap MUST be caught and dealt with appropriately

These are children how can a Nation,state,people,fail it's children like this,how? If this doesn't move the right authorities and the people then something is wrong. Even animals defend their young against predators.

All the sponsors and perpetuators must be fished out. AEveryone should be speaking up.if not the Nation ,all those that stayed silent despite the power to address this and all its leaders are a shame to humanity

The perpetrators and sponsors of this menace must be identified and held accountable.

No citizen ,No leader should be silent to the killing of 1 person not to talk of whole communities.This is wrong very wrong and must be addressed.Even kids are not left out,

If these evil doers have sponsors why has the country not fished them out And brought them to justice

If he really said this he needs to be called to order.This is very careless speech for a so called leader.

How? Ordinary NYSC cannot account for the safety of these kids you want to send them to face hardened terrorists whatbsane country does that?

Perhaps we should make it a criteria to run for Senate,Governorship or electoral office,he should tell us how that sounds to him,

Meanwhile did they throw recruitment open and people refused to join the army? How many applications did they get this year?

What happened to all the ex boys already trained in warfare and who collected salaries for years without any srrvice,they are supposed stand by and last resort for the military? But then they are all sons and daughtters of the polticians ,now you need poor corpers to clean up the mess

This man must apologize for this statement and such ideas so no one repeats it again,if not,any youth that campaigns for him is an embarrassment to Nigeria and themselves

Humans have turned themselves to gatekeepers of the kingdom, vain attempts to personally supervise and select who enters heaven or not according to their own rules and doctrines as if it is their blood that was shed.

For Christians ,The person who died said he died for all,you are there selecting for him and in the process actually turning people away,why not let God and his Son decide? Abi is it your blood that was shed.All God asked from you is to love Him and love others.

For the one who wants to wear make up and whatever, wear, for the one who doesn't want to don't wear, same goes for clothes, leave everyman to his /her God, you just walk in love as best as you can.

However your decision to be a people please is a personal life decision,an appalling weakness best addressed and can only be addressed by oneself.

The priority again is Love and fear God,love yourself,love others.

Coldshisha:



Post Covid 19 economy isn't funny

SeaPorts accross US like port of California is facing massive congestion with cargo left wasting away on highsea

UK having Nationwide logistics problem

To Pastor who learnt economics and world politics from middle eastern book written 2000 years ago everything is bad and dooms day

*He forgot that shortages in power supply means heavy demand for power supply especially in industrialised China, where energy means goods production...

*More Energy demand, more goods production, congestion in seaport, increase in crude prices, shortage in drivers to move goods all points to the fact that global economy is now operating in full capacity and it's time to make money

*Put able bodied jobless men accross Coal pits in Nigeria and smuggle it to China using black market... We would make billions

*Sign a deal to sell off gas flared to China at cheap price and we would make billions

*Minister of Transport should meet UK ambassador drafting a Trailer driver 1 year exchange programme with 6 month renewable visa... Nigeria makes 30% on each Drivers wages while Driver makes 70% every month we supply 1000 graduate trailer drivers



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Nice one.these are the kind of posts I pray to see here,you all will be surprised at how far suggestions and discussions from these pages go when it comes to decision making in and on Nigeria

Dangote actually trained a 1000 graduate trailer drivers some have PHD self

Such vitriol aimed at just one man (who is not a northerner) trying to do good for his country.

Emefiele is right on this one,and may God protect him

Did anyone notice the prices from the 3 locations are different? As opposed to a flat parrallel rate in all locations in the country, as was the former practice? the same flat everywhere and it changes morning afternoon and night,but the same in all locations.

That's the first win for emefiele on this one,I pray God gives him the strength and support he needs to hold on with this direction

PlanktonX:
Maybe we need to make compulsory for anyone to be elected to have GST in Economics both Micro and Macro.

We simply need to find a way to earn more foreign exchange and stop all these demand for foreign goods & boast our reserves... but no. All we have are lazy people in govt who are
not different from ritualist ( Just wakeup and see money mentality) living fat on scarce dollars, but always looking for who to blame.

Thank God they have stopped blaming PDP for their failures now.

Your GST is better than all the PHD s in the CBN and the internationals they consult?

Everyone, whether PDP,APC,APGN and others should support emefiele on this one,it's not an easy task for him,its possibly him against a strong cartel,every one should drop their differences and be on board this one.The future of the Nation will need this

danowena:
Many won't understand what u just said. I am tired of arguing.

Sorry ehn,just see it as your patriotic duty.

Have you heard the phrase concerning a certain place "may those that love her prosper"

so long as you sow good, wish good ,do good and speak good for the land you live on,leave the earth to do the rest"

adonainana:
as funny as it sounds for you people who don’t get the gist .

You can buy dollars now at whatever price Aboki is selling it and wait 3 months and you will sell for a big profit

We can use someone here in nairaland as escrow if you would like to place a bet on it.

So I don’t know which world some of you people are from, you swallow everything hook line and sinker
There are inadequate policies making the naira tumble against foreign currencies, instead you go and attack someone displaying rates on his website

You people are very funny. How may Aboki’s know what website is more less a website that displays rates

Let say Buhari can’t reason well for himself, what about the rest of you guys

What sort of embarrassment is this

Are you in Nigeria?

If so you will know Abokifx is the unofficial reference point for the parrallel market by abokis and bureau the change as well as the public.How come all abokis have the same rate everywhere in the country morning,afternoon and night,all of them reporting the same variation nationwide? Ask them they why they will tell you abokifx....

It has far reaching implications too because they also carry retrospective data.so they becone the unofficial source for transactions that should not even be ,audits for 5 years ago are done with abokifx, why must ending the parallel market and their first representative spokesperson be an arguement if we really want progress?

What we all should be discussing Is how to make dollar more available to the layman and if you know Nigeria well it's a little better at the banks now,banks are begging people to apply for dollars with their visas same way they started begging people to apply for loans,these were the same bankers selling visa dollar to just themselves, but theres still more that needs to be done,faster processing time for form M,direct access to the yuan ,official pay routes for china made easy,these are the conversations we should be having.

If there are 10 steps to strengthening the naira,shutting down the parallel market and making dollars available easily to all will be at least the first 5, hoarders will let go when they know no abokifx to change the value of their money in 3 weeks ,thats Nigerias own context based solution,you don't need to be an economist to see that

philip0906:
Can you please name any policy enacted by this clueless regime, that has had any positive or wanted effect on the country? Border closeure? Cycle of policy sommersaults from the CBN? Crypto ban? 5 naira for every dollar policy? Kindly name one policy

There are entire analytic reports on policies that have been enacted in the last 30 years in this country .If you are not lazy and you really care to know you will search for them and read up.

It's not my job in any way to ensure you are educated on the matters you choose to comment on.

If you must speak on public issues,get enlightened,and make it a lifetime commitment.

philip0906:
Let them be deceiving themselves. Today, the dollar sold for 595. The real black market are the guys on the streets not AbokiFx who simply curates.

We shall see if Buharinomics can beat the basic economic principle of demand/supply.

The real effect of a policy is not always short term,it's long term.eg the real effecnt of BVN was not in the first 3 months.

Plus you expect the parallel market not to fight back with its rate fixing? What is the explanation of over 30% increase above the Official rate?

Like someone mentioned above when there is no war or natural disaster then something is wrong somewhere.before you all shout demand and supply,when economists talk demand and supply in relation to forex the don't mean your middle men abokis,you all made the abokis and their spokesman the defacto CBN in Nigeria,thats very abnormal

In Nigeria its simply a middle man problem in buying and selling matters.The solution,remove the middleman and their enablers.Thats whats done everywhere in the world,thats common sense.

Premium times,and you too?

What demand and supply is controlling the naira please? Is it the sum of our imports versus exports? Or an aboki association doing price fixing for its members on What the dollar price should be through a common platform?

If premium times can tell us of 1 developed country that allows a website publish the rates indivuals agree to part with their currency separate from its validated National rate then we will agree that it may be an acceptable practice.


However if you can't name 1,then ask yourself are they stupid to not let that happen? Or can we do better? Is this not trying to do better,the final question what side are you on PT

Minjim:
The CBN put more foreign currency into the economy than these Àbokis now .

The CBN should look inward and be more creative on how they disburse the foreign currencies into the market. Some of their official are manipulating it.

You can't blame the outcome of the World Cup of Champions League on Naijabet.

Have you ever wondered how notes like #200 and below find their way into circulation when banks and atm don't issue it? Some CBN and bank officials sell them. And what has the CBN done about that?

You guys know nothing about naija parallel market, it's a cartel.a well controlled one.Some persons are rumoured to sometimes buy all the dollar available on the streets at a certain period to deliberately create scarcity.

At such times to get ordinary 2000 dollars you have to book ahead with aboki who starts looking for dollar for you in bits and pieces.

Imagine companies who need to complete transactions worth millions at a time like that,any action to cut off the parallel market is long overdue.cut of the head first,then the creative means to survive without it will evolve over time

FreeIgboho:
You people don't think. How about other entities reporting exact same thing? What if AFx decides not to have anything to do with Nigeria and only reports the rates? What accounts will they freez??

We have lots of acts to address that, sebi the owner of the site is Nigerian?

Reforms that bring development don't happen overnight.

When the finance sector stated it needed to consolidate banks with higher reserves everyone screamed blue murder,it was done and today we are no longer afraid of banks closing shop with depositors funds, (yes that used to happen in Nigeria)

Then the finance sector came out with plans to identify and record every client and transaction in a traceable database..BVN every Nigerian home and abroad must be registered to use an account.everyone screamed impossible again.today its been done

The finance sector has come again with plans to clamp down on a parallel market thats dangerous to the finance ,economy and security of he country,it's a process ,it's possible but the stone throwers association have come with their its impossible speech,we hear you.But the real question is what do you really stand for? The unpatroitic destroyers or the builders...

That said those that stand for the growth of the country and her future must all support these steps to make the future better.It starts with our voices .

To the CBN I'll say in addition make the yuan easily available in every Nigerian banks.Theres no option for dorm account with the yuan,create it.let yuan transactions be made easy with a yuan card and watch the demand for the dollar reduce significantly

There will still be speculators and hoarders, the treasonous few whose sole strategy is to make profit by creating artificial scarcity.Those few must be sought and made examples of under the treasonous felony act or any another act with stiff penalties

Every action to strengthen the naira must be promoted, supported and celebrated.better late than never

grandstar:
Information and statistics are a fundamental part and parcel of economics. The governments prickiness isn't about statistics (AbokiFX did not just surface) but statistics that paint it in bad light. It's obviously the government is stung by these stats.

Trust me, if the exchange rate was stable, the government had no beef with what abokifx published. Now, that the Naira is experiencing a free fall, abokifx is the boogeyman that takes the fall

Government must allow market forces to determine the exchange rate and this mess will be tidied up overnight.

Where in the world do you see a parallel market dictating a country's exchange rate? Some countries might see it and treat it as espionage or acts against the State.

Why is it okay in Nigeria when the CBN says it isn't? It's foreign currency thats been sold like second hand clothes on the street and the aboki man determining the value of a country's currency based on What?

ivolt:
Emefiele has been deceiving many of you.

Where is the law that banned trading in dollars or any foreign currency?
I am waiting.

Let me school you on Governance In Nigeria

There's legislative arm (upper and lower chamber) they enact laws.They use laws to achieve results working through the executive

There's the executive arm. The MDA's they have a Board,advisory/Governing council, a Minister and A perm sec at the highest level.

They work with policies (when there is no law)to get results. So Emiefele can authorize and adopt an executive policy for finance in Nigeria (which he has done) so long as it does not conflict with any existing law or the constitution.

But she had been seperated from him for 35 years...that one was not his wife now.na ex wife

She probably wasn't even there when he died,may not have seen him in years,But will be forming i suffered with him ,and wife at inheritance conversation.

Awon olojukokoro. In a sane world, If she had kids for him they should get their share and she shares from them.but then the courts will decide.

Was she blackmailed?

Abi she no get family to advice her?

grandstar:
"We sincerely hope this suspension will lead to the appreciation of the Naira from next week" - the article said.

This is the best masked sarcasm I have ever seen. Of course, the free fall of the Naira will continue until the government allows market forces to determine the exchange.

The numbing incompetence of Buhari and his puppet CBN governor has been unparalleled since 2015.

Nothing nice about it,it is rude and insulting to the country,and her people

How information around an economy is managed is very important. Money is a key element in a countrys soverignty.

They (aboki) made themselves the official voice (another way to see it is official representative) of a bussiness unit that had been deemed illegal in the country ,basically they are giving authenticity to an illegal activity against the directives of the country and that's their response," global bodies rely on us", "temporary stop to said activity"...and "hope the Naira appreciates" .I repeat the firm and their spokesperson are irresponsible,and their press release is offensive...

Hope you get now why it's not funny

Theunbothered:
Just look at the the person criticising another person's spelling and grammar.

It would be better if a sensible point on the subject matter was hidden in that mess but none could be found!

I will call out any firm that sabotages Nigeria and think it's a joke anyway.And their supporters too.Some of us plan to live here and we are not leaving .

You are with the aboki people right? Pass my message to them.bunch of economic terrorists .CBN was right on this one,the real issue remains whats the official country approved source for their information.

Irresponsible press release.

We will stop publishing rates in line with national directives.simple matter

Nooo,They had to add hope naira appreciates next week.our director this our director that...They must be a bunch of mindless people pleasing drones in the place. What i see here is unprofessionalism at its peak.Next time hire a PR or comma person to write your press release.not some drop out.

And to think a supervisor approved this too

This write up makes no sense,

The questions appear to imply house officers have funds for training but those funds were usurped by residents and consultants

The same House officers that had their salaries scrapped

But residents have been complaining of no funds for their trainings? The problem is that clinical Doctors are not online to respond to this.ARD needs a dedicated communications unit made of staff they pay...That's quite simple enough,pay them with your nationwide dues and let them bring these issues to you and tell them what to explain to the general public

Demoralizing the military should be made a crime,A real offence punishable by speedy trial and convictions in Nigeria

The military are husbands ,sons ,father's and brothers to a whole lot of people.They and their families put the lives of this men and women up for the safety and future of many,How do we allow people abuse them verbally like this? What kind of people stay quiet and allow clowns tar and feather the military?

The thing is Nigerians think everything is a joke,this must be curtailed.Any news aimed at been malicious,falsified ; or lacking evidence must be investigated.But society must also call the perpetrators to order.how do you rejoice at the decimation of these gallant men,at best ask why? Ask what do they need?

Remember the foreign lands that you quote have serious laws to protect their men and their morale.... they have strong policies against hate speech , against pretending to have served for any reason ( stolen valour act ) ,etc

This abuse must stop and it will only be so if we all speak against it.that said if the question is why? And how can they be better supported thats a different conversation to demoralizing the military

Beautiful family, fine kids,beta wife, lucky guy.

oscarlamba:
Lalong is incapacitated, because the nation’s constitution does not give him the powers to give directives to security agencies but yet he is the CSO of his state. This Nigeria constitution really needs to be reviewed or thrown away completely

That's to long a process in an emergency, a faster alternative approved by state must be found, such as special response teams just for this purpose

It is wrong, very wrong and ungodly that we leave whole villages indefensible with no plans at all for their protection, and they are been attacked repeatedly,even children are not spared and everyone is silent

How difficult is it to have an emergency response plan that works? If the problem is approval then the blood of all those people are on the heads and hands of those delaying the approvals,those that can do something but do nothing,those that can say something but say nothing

How hard is is to amend laws and seek for approval to ensure people ,lives and property are protected,is that not what Governance is?

The US can respond to any threat anywhere in the world in 6hrs,here whole villages are wiped out in operations reported to last for over 6hrs and no help from anywhere, are we so bereft of wisdom or empathy? Where is our humanity?

If it is lack of knowledge on how to go about it ask amotekun leaders, but to do nothing to safeguard people, that is a great evil,in the face of which we must speak up and not be silent

This movie will be best appreciated by lovers of culture and cultural heritage

You see the music and what you all call incantations were culturally and historically significant Yoruba oratory

The movie had the Ijala ode- that's the song Yoruba warriors of old used to ginger themselves before a battle,they basically hype themselves and their prowess,the beauty and significance can only be captured in careful interpretation, just imagine like Shakespeare's odes

It had Oriki oba-the cultural song for acknowledging ,praising and crowning a king,

It had a form of dierge the song for loss, at the loss of a king in Yoruba also has a name, that's by the way

It had proverbs utilized with depth

I liked how they delivered their lines passionately and naturally

My only reservation was the religion depiction ,

It's a great movie,

It looks like a good house, it's interesting to note and good to note that he did not die in poverty

The exiled king,I'm sure his people would have wondered what became of him

Any info on his family in the exiled country?

bukatyne:
But the father brought Police men to beat the teachers, not so?

The School should counter sue them.

No one is stopping the school,but they should first settle the girls case,the lawyer should please add public apology in every major newspaper in addition to financial compensation that can pay for Harvard in future,I would like to see that

Most Nigerians are bloody hypocrites.ask them if anyone singles their 10 year old daughter out and gives her 20 lashes of canes in public for her haircut,without having discussed the matter with them the parents, what will they do,

No sane parent will take crap like that lightly,no sane society should,


The real joke here is how that hairstyle will be defined as indecent in court,indecent hairstyle? Ekiti Kete, we see you,bush people republic and yes I have a problem with them,they have refused to grow with the times,bunch of Stone Age people,and this case ladies and gentlemen is an example of an Ekiti school and their instructors.

She has every right to sue them,we will not progress as a nation if we don't challenge these kinds of wrong appropriately to prevent them from happening again

The narcissists that were the teachers abused their powers,why cane a child 20 times for her hairstyle? Btw what's wrong with that hairstyle set,it's quite nice,but then it's ekiti

Sue them under child abuse laws,open a go fund me page for the girl and let Nigerians get her a better school

Ekiti people we see you,backward set of aggressive people ,nonsense