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| Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by asolocoaso(op): 6:13pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
While the world tiptoes toward economic mayhem, Nigeria is dancing barefoot on a landmine. The oil price is collapsing. Tariffs are rising globally. Recession? That’s the polite word. What’s coming is stagflation on steroids. Every major economy is bracing for it. Except us. We’re watching senators argue like women in a Nollywood catfight over who seduced who, while the country silently chokes. Let’s talk real. We have no economic plan. Zero. The naira is on life support, only kept alive by CBN gimmicks and hope. And guess what? That hope is running out. Oil revenue — our crutch — is falling. Dollar inflows are dry. Loans? The interest rates we’re paying look more like ransom fees. Meanwhile, our 2025 budget is a work of fiction — not backed by revenue, not backed by ideas, not backed by logic. All this while the President lounges in France. For what? To “attract investors”? What investor puts money in a country where a litre of fuel is more expensive than daily minimum wage? Where insecurity is so bad you can’t even harvest yams in peace? Our rural children are growing up feral. Out of school, underfed, unvaccinated, unaccounted for. That’s your future workforce. Illiterate, angry, disconnected — and soon to be radicalized if this powder keg keeps heating up. And where is leadership? Our Senate chamber has turned into a market brawl. No economic think tank. No strategic committee. No war room. Just Akpabio telling Natasha not to seduce him, and Natasha firing back like she’s defending a dignity that was never on trial. This is what governance looks like in Nigeria: a group of rent seekers gasping for relevance, while the ship is already sinking. The world is turning a page — AI, green energy, geopolitical realignment — and we’re stuck arguing about fuel queues, food inflation, and who stole the budget padding pen. This might be the best we’ve got. We’re out of miracles. The naira will tank. Jobs will vanish. Hunger will rise. Debt will consume the federation. How did we get here? And when will we stop pretending this isn’t the cliff’s edge? 2 Likes 5 Shares
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| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by asolocoaso(op): 6:13pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
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| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by kettykin: 6:15pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
The last time people intervened, it didn't end well 3 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by DrDoc: 6:16pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
Our young ladies are learning satanic coping measures, dating multiple men to stay afloat, the young men are becoming herbalists even displaying their demonic shrines online. Let th kinfolk of the president speak first 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by advanceDNA: 6:19pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
Lol... Tinubu has fixed everything ... Y'all just need to wait 600 more years to see the effect...... Nigerian is a crime scene.... And there are pple at the top that benefits from Nigeria remaining so 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by asolocoaso(op): 6:21pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
I think Nigeria is in a State of Emergency. The dollar we get from Oil sales will no longer fund the padded 2025 budget Are we going to borrow more money ? If we borrow more the Dollar to naira will exceed 2000naira easily Meanwhile all we here from the people we elected are President in France Vice president in Senegal Senators fighting over sexual harassment Not a single think tank committee on this impending doom and how to avert it State governors borrowing money we can never pay back in 10 generations from today. 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by DrDoc: 6:23pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
asolocoaso:Talk about the eroded purchasing power Toal erosion of middle class |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by PresidObi: 6:44pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
Tinubu built Lagos, he is building Abuja crew in the mud   2 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by asolocoaso(op): 6:57pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
DrDoc:No more middle class. You are either rich or poor. |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by Abba3point7: 7:39pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
asolocoaso:I am very poor to eat na wahala for me Pls can you help me with 2k to eat |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by WantsandMore: 9:33pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
Nihilism |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by helinues: 9:35pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
Stop creating meaningless threads. Nigeria can't be burning make you still have time to be creating threads daily. The acclaimed bullionaires who understand hardship than those who are experiencing it Save us the emotional ranting 3 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by asolocoaso(op): 9:49pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
helinues:You never told us,where your education stopped ? Did you ever finish secondary school ? 2 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by nothingspoil70: 9:55pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
Apostle of doom, you intentionally decided not to see any positive development going on in the country. Let me remind you that whatever you see is what you will get in this country; if all you see is calamity and doom,that's what you will get; If on the other hand you are positive and see a lot of opportunities, that is what you will get. As we speak, people are still making their money in this country and they are thriving as well. My advice to you is to change your midset and start being positive. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by asolocoaso(op): 10:02pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
nothingspoil70: The classic “think positive and your generator will magically turn into 24/7 electricity” response. I guess insecurity is just a “mindset,” hunger is an “attitude problem,” and the dollar crossing ₦2000 is simply a vibe. While some are “thriving,” millions are surviving on vibes and borrowed hope. So kindly save the motivational quotes for your next Ponzi seminar. Some of us prefer facts over fairy dust. 4 Likes |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by helinues: 10:17pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
asolocoaso:Stop asking me dumbo questions. Respond to the comments you are responding to logically 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by DeLaRue: 10:24pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
The so-called sane country eg, the US, UK, Germany, France etc are in deep economic trouble, yet you people believe a man who has been in office for less the 2 years should have turned Nigeria into Eldorado. Every where I look in Lagos, there are new businesses being opened. Unprecedented levels of government projects are going on in virtually every State. I call reel out several more posititive developments introduced by the current government. There are still a lot of challenges but many of these have bedevilled the country for 30 years or more. The current government is trying to battle them. Can the government do more, yes. Do Nigerians need to be so negative as though nothing good is happening? Absolutely not. As for me, I am positive that Nigeria is on the rise, even if I still get frustrated by some of the things I see around. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by DrDoc: 10:28pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
DeLaRue:Ethic bigot spotted. Go and find out the minimum wage in your fellow african countries and standard of living compared to their miminum wage compared to Nigerians Use your brain and stop being foolish. |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by DeLaRue: 10:32pm On Apr 04, 2025 |
DrDoc:Has some of you just found out about the words 'ethic bigot', cause every little thing, you shout ethic bigot. It's so weird and befuddling. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Nigeria Is Burning. And We’re All Just Watching. by sariwlau: 4:25am On Apr 05, 2025 |
Everybody is waiting for their neighbours to start the fight |
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