Theflint1:
I feel say BAT go back am...Sowore's base isn't so different from Peter Obi's with better backing, he just might eat into Peter Obi's votes, especially for those looking to move from PDP/APC. I struggle to see how Atiku would be relevant in 2027, except there's the merger with LP.

Aturitoroman:
Your own na to shine teeth.. Idiot

Ibime:


Nah, Sowore is not backable, he has no base. And if he did na BAT vote him go eat. You don't back a nigga from your fellow tribe to run against you, that's shooting yourself in the foot. Obidients even hate Sowore based on his opposition to GEJ. Like 80% of Obidients in SS and SE are GEJ backers.

Atiku is best placed to take power and shouldn't give up. The way Sultans and Emirs in the North are making noise now, he can easily woo them

GloriousGbola:


This is Nigeria. We should also punish people who throw Styrofoam packs on the road where they eventually block gutters. Easy in principle impossible to achieve in reality.

Does sachet alcohol contribute to drunk driving and to accidents? What do you recommend then?

Also by the same argument we should allow Bet9ja to run wild since they are 'contributing to the economy'?

GloriousGbola:


This is Nigeria. We should also punish people who throw Styrofoam packs on the road where they eventually block gutters. Easy in principle impossible to achieve in reality.

Does sachet alcohol contribute to drunk driving and to accidents? What do you recommend then?

Also by the same argument we should allow Bet9ja to run wild since they are 'contributing to the economy'?

Theflint1:
I think the question should be how to curb DUI...drivers were drinking and driving before sachet alcohol became a thing and I think it shouldn't just be targeted at commercial drivers, private car drivers should fall under whatever policy is being initiated. Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, there's more than enough private car owners driving under influence...I won't be surprised if there's more accidents from private car owners driving under influence than there are from commercial drivers driving under influence.

obainojazz:
Ban Sachete alcohol and drivers will drink from the bottle…. It doesn’t stop anything.
Arrest and charge them for DUI is the solution cos they won’t stop drinking alcohol.

GloriousGbola:


There are so many fking issues with driving in naija.

People drive with their babies in the front seat, sometimes in the drivers seat

Festac is full of drinking joints and people will go there, get hammered and enter road.

For whatever reason the road l live along is a preferred location for men to carry their side chicks and gfs and gay lovers to learn to drive. Without any L.

Gay lovers?

They were putting on Rainbow tee's?

izzou:


Gay lovers?

They were putting on Rainbow tee's?

GloriousGbola:


So one evening I was driving home and this guy who was clearly learning to drive was facing me.

I literally stopped my car. The guy still panicked drove forward and hit me. He was with another guy. They both came down. The learner driver was fair, very fair, very feminine in voice and mannerisms. Everything about him shouted gay partner who takes the d.

As an aside at one time I had some neighbors at one time who Def gave off rainbow vibes. The House was full of guys who dressed and acted very peculiar. I think if it was in obodo oyibo of before before they would call them 'roomates'

izzou:




I have this feeling you do not like gays

Segedinho:


It is difficult at times cos it takes more than just "common sense" to decipher their opinion.


It is more of an insult than opinion

Ibime:

The incoming administration is already dead. All Nigerians should open dollar account with whatever they are not using to protect themselves

Ibime:

I just looked at Nigeria's forex position and official figures says $38bln which is normal range and enough to defend the Naira at the very least from the last week of mayhem. But another unconfirmed report is saying the true picture is only $15bln which may go somewhere to explaining the inaction over the last week of freefall.

This still comes back to Nigeria's inability to prevent oil theft which has seen oil production halve since 2015, reducing our ability to earn forex. If that $15bln forex picture is correct, then this may just be the start of a monumental slide

Ibime:
As concerns our current hardship, Tinubu go inevitably suffer the anger of the people. I'm 100% certain he knew what he was walking into and the sapa that will be unleashed and I believe he is ready to take the flack. I don't share the same anger as people directly impacted by the current inflation, I'm sure I would in their situation. But I think Tinubu and Cardoso are taking steps I would expect, albeit too late for Nigeria and akin to putting a plaster over a gaping wound.

Examples are clearing FX backlog, auditing FX liabilities and rejecting fraudulent submissions, CBN oversight over NNPC remittances, and increasing our bpd production with the return of security contracts to Tompolo. Nigeria has lost 30-40% of it's production in the last decade, and more importantly so, lost a good portion of its onshore production which produces more favourable income sharing than offshore where the oil companies take more % due to the complexity and cost of deep sea drilling. I would also now expect a restructuring of all of Nigerias loans to more favourable long term loans. None of these would balance the Naira sufficiently but at least someone is doing something unlike Buhari and Emefiele who buried their head in the sand and passed the problem on.

I reckon Naira will only achieve long term stability with a return to $60bln to $80bln in FX reserves. This will also require immediate stoppage of all capital projects till we balance our books, retrenchment of some civil servants, as well as a return to excess of 2m bpd production.

I am not surprised or angry because everything we are seeing is as expected after seeing the state our reserves were in. Some things are simply inevitable. The only question is whether the social fabric of Nigeria will survive the coming sapa. Hopefully some of us were able to protect ourselves.

GloriousGbola:


the talking heads on smooth FM morning drive [chxta and co] have been warning about this inevitability for years - as far back as 2014.
Christians should be able to relate - we are officially in the seven lean years with no savings and no capital investments from the seven years of fat

here we go - batten down the hach and ask the question is how much worse it will get before it gets better

Segedinho:

The word "better" is achievable only with competent and honest politicians/leaders.


In the midst of the mess you believed,they are still sponsoring pilgrimage and dropping billions to form a committee who will look into a minimum wage review of 35k.

TrebleChamp:
I said same thing here few weeks before the election. Igbo's have always voted PDP candidates over their tribes men like Ojukwu, but when they finally decided to vote thier own son, they became tribalist.
I have also adviced people not to take Raumdeuter and Oasisx political views about Nigeria serious, they are far too detached from the realities and have not been involved in Nigeria political process for a long time.
I like Dayo's takes on sports and other topical issues even American politics, but never his views or opinions on Nigeria politics cos i see it as him trolling. Who will continue to support a useless failed APC since 2015, if not to mock his supposed frenemies/rivals here?

GloriousGbola:


No matter how bad things are a large number of Nigerians from all walks of life are unable to engage in sustained belt tightening, it is unfortunately what it is.

Ibime:


Nah, Sowore is not backable, he has no base. And if he did na BAT vote him go eat. You don't back a nigga from your fellow tribe to run against you, that's shooting yourself in the foot. Obidients even hate Sowore based on his opposition to GEJ. Like 80% of Obidients in SS and SE are GEJ backers.

Atiku is best placed to take power and shouldn't give up. The way Sultans and Emirs in the North are making noise now, he can easily woo them

Segedinho:

Belt tightening response is actually faulty to some extent if we cannot voice out or rather defend the visible.

It is pathetic to believe the phrase "get beter" when in reality there is no visible measures put in place to hold tenaciously unto.....

We are just sliding endlessly to a bottomless hole ...

Sportsweb:
Dayo is the only honest APC fanboy in this forum. Man already said he is Pan-yoruba, and as long as Yoruba brother is on the throne, he is okay..he doesn't really care about anything happening in Nigeria after all he is far way in UK or USA enjoying life and better country. Anytime he reads any bad news happening in Nigeria and sees tinubu's picture or videos as Presido, man is okay.

Ibime:
As concerns our current hardship, Tinubu go inevitably suffer the anger of the people. I'm 100% certain he knew what he was walking into and the sapa that will be unleashed and I believe he is ready to take the flack. I don't share the same anger as people directly impacted by the current inflation, I'm sure I would in their situation. But I think Tinubu and Cardoso are taking steps I would expect, albeit too late for Nigeria and akin to putting a plaster over a gaping wound.

Examples are clearing FX backlog, auditing FX liabilities and rejecting fraudulent submissions, CBN oversight over NNPC remittances, and increasing our bpd production with the return of security contracts to Tompolo. Nigeria has lost 30-40% of it's production in the last decade, and more importantly so, lost a good portion of its onshore production which produces more favourable income sharing than offshore where the oil companies take more % due to the complexity and cost of deep sea drilling. I would also now expect a restructuring of all of Nigerias loans to more favourable long term loans. None of these would balance the Naira sufficiently but at least someone is doing something unlike Buhari and Emefiele who buried their head in the sand and passed the problem on.

I reckon Naira will only achieve long term stability with a return to $60bln to $80bln in FX reserves. This will also require immediate stoppage of all capital projects till we balance our books, retrenchment of some civil servants, as well as a return to excess of 2m bpd production.

I am not surprised or angry because everything we are seeing is as expected after seeing the state our reserves were in. Some things are simply inevitable. The only question is whether the social fabric of Nigeria will survive the coming sapa. Hopefully some of us were able to protect ourselves.

GloriousGbola:


I think I'm mostly indifferent as long as na consenting adults. The other guy was acting like bf trying to shield his babe from wahala

TrebleChamp:
Dayo supported Buhari failed Govt for 8years too, unless you are saying he supported that failed Govt for 8years because of Tinubu. I doubt his support for APC has anything to do with tribe.

GloriousGbola:


if you are deliberately unable to comprehend what ibime wrote, thats on you.

Segedinho:

Ibime's view will not yield the envisaged result as per Nigeria politicians thingy.

Spending the scarce resources on frivolous things will always brings us back...

Reason why I decided to respond to your "better" dream......

Ibime:
As concerns our current hardship, Tinubu go inevitably suffer the anger of the people. I'm 100% certain he knew what he was walking into and the sapa that will be unleashed and I believe he is ready to take the flack. I don't share the same anger as people directly impacted by the current inflation, I'm sure I would in their situation. But I think Tinubu and Cardoso are taking steps I would expect, albeit too late for Nigeria and akin to putting a plaster over a gaping wound.

Examples are clearing FX backlog, auditing FX liabilities and rejecting fraudulent submissions, CBN oversight over NNPC remittances, and increasing our bpd production with the return of security contracts to Tompolo. Nigeria has lost 30-40% of it's production in the last decade, and more importantly so, lost a good portion of its onshore production which produces more favourable income sharing than offshore where the oil companies take more % due to the complexity and cost of deep sea drilling. I would also now expect a restructuring of all of Nigerias loans to more favourable long term loans. None of these would balance the Naira sufficiently but at least someone is doing something unlike Buhari and Emefiele who buried their head in the sand and passed the problem on.

I reckon Naira will only achieve long term stability with a return to $60bln to $80bln in FX reserves. This will also require immediate stoppage of all capital projects till we balance our books, retrenchment of some civil servants, as well as a return to excess of 2m bpd production.

I am not surprised or angry because everything we are seeing is as expected after seeing the state our reserves were in. Some things are simply inevitable. The only question is whether the social fabric of Nigeria will survive the coming sapa. Hopefully some of us were able to protect ourselves.