₦airaland Forum

AmericanQuarter:
Obiano is on a well defined and thought out mission that will see the Chinese take up the projects he has before them!

Well thought out and he chose airport instead of rail line. I think not.

Buhari should not allow this criminal anywhere near the three arms zone. These are the canker worms eating away at the fabric of society. If he wants audience he should say what he brings to the table to advance the country instead of what he wants to take from its lean purse.

MARKone:
Fu©k APC!!

Fu©k PDP!!!

Nigerians stand up unite and take ur destinity into your hands, enough of these ancestors recycled politicians, they have nothing no offer! Nothing!! Bigoted Buhari and his crew are just busy playing 10 10 with our destinities.

Told you folks a couple of years ago, that democracy is all about 'the people', not the leaders. Countries are built by 'people', prospered by people, and in reverse are destroyed by 'the people'. Nigeria is what it is today because of the quality and qualities of its people. I told someone a couple of days ago that anyone doing a 'pray for Nigeria' is just wasting his energy because there are spiritual laws governing territories and they relate to the inhabitants. You could pray all you wish back then for the city of Sodom but the law said it will be destroyed 'because the INHABITANTS' sinned exceedingly to the Lord'. On the other hand atheist communities that did justice were naturally endowed with prosperity.

Folks, Buhari cannpt do more than the system permits him to do. If the system is unjust, Nigeria will continue in steady decline like we have all witnessed since independence. We cannot continue sinning againdt one another and expect this country to change. Even if the sun breaks through the cloud of depressed oil prices once a while, true development and long lasting peace, prosperity and security will never be our portion under this structure.

Now we have seen the limitations of supermen leaders, I hope we will begin to build our institutions and make the sacrifices for a better Nigeria.

Shows how unintelligent these people are and how unserious we should take them as role models or public speakers when they cannot take a stand on anything but are fickle and reactionary as the mob they often amuse. BasketHead, the joke is on you.

This keeper needs to take sedatives to calm down. Whats the constant rushing out for.

Now that the commentator has mentioned it, we could be facing the hosts Brazil and Neymar in the quarters.....interesting.

Bratking:
the group has been won by Nigeria already. this match is a mere formality.

So why not just write to FIFA and the IOC to forfeit the match instead of inadvertently showing your team has certain problems and may actually not be as good as people think. Let us watch the second half to see what Siasia will do. You can only know the true strength of a team when it is chasing.

Horrific, evil and must be condenbed by all. Those involved must be arrested and prosecuted. No amnesty for these cold blooded murders.

iamsparrow:
Prior to the election, GEJ and pdp were not an option for Nigerians and I am afraid they are still not.

At least one positive from the election was breaking the jinx that the incumbent cannot be defeated. We need another opposition party to check Bubu and APC aside pdp

Started well, ended badly, lost in the quicksand of sentiments. You guys are hard learners. The PDP is a non living thing. Just change the ownership and membership and its totally renewed.

canalily:
you didnt tell us where you live lets see wether we can uproot our houses and join ur settlement there

Na lie oh, remain for ya side. No bring dat ya deep freezer wey dey give transformer cardiac arrest.

yarimo:
good to no you speak for yourself, here in MINNA 2 hours every day

With river niger for ya backyard. Ya gofment lazy I swear. Drop one better wave turbine inside the river, na 2 megawatt be dat.

otokx:
No light in Aluu since March.

That your place na Bermuda Triangle kwa. No light since OBJ and Atiku begin fight. You no go pack comot, sell ya house before e turn to bat cave.

Stelvin101:
Everyone keeps on complaining about President Buhari not doing well as expected. 2019 is fast approaching. There are two major political parties in Nigeria right now. APC and PDP. Name one prominent politician you have in mind you think is deem fit to rule this great nation and stir her towards greatness?

Let's all carry out this survey. As for me I don't even know one for now. The last presidential election I had to make a decision voted for President Buhari because I was caught inbetween Crocodile's grip (GEJ) and deep blue sea (PMB). So many Nigerians are similar victim just like me. NIGERIA IS NOT TIED TO APC AND PDP. LET'S THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR ONCE

You guys keep on returning to the same porraige pot of ignorance. It is not the man, IT IS THE SYSTEM STUPID. Change the GAME not the players. See how the change of game has made superstar Lionel Fashola move like Babatunde Giroud. Bring Obama or Angela to Nigeria and watch them turn to David Mark or Remi Tinubu. Take Baba to West Germany and watch him turn to.....I didn't say Adolph Hitler.... ace visionaire Helmut Kohl. No amount of prayer can make tomato grow in a swamp and no amount of curses can stop mosquitos from multiplying.....na joke I dey oh....before those red vest pipo come knack my door say I dey cyberyab.

royallord1:
bullets shown in the pic are for ak47 variant model 7.62mm*51 produced years after the civil war ... plus nigeria produces that variant of ak47 ... and as such can be nigerian made.. hence police know dis and want to do an investigation

Oga, a 7.62mm round is a 7.62mm round. It will fire from any such breech block. The variation in rifle rounds has nothing to do with the calibre but the mechanics of the bullet in the jacket and how it reacts when fired. Apart from custom made munitions which are very expensive, it is impossible to attach a specific bullet to a specific rifle of the same calibre. They should just carbon date it and do their archeological studies.

Is this a question. Even a child knows these are civil war relics. The question now is, are there other munition caches there especially high calibre ones which could be unstable and dangerous.

I expect all the 'town halling' (permit me) they do is not wasted (because they are, they should be very busy men and women ministers) on defending and explaining (an attempt to bridge the disconnect between government and the people) but to engage the productive muscles of the body Nigeria.

The keyword here is engage. Let me give very specific examples:

Fashola is saying work resumes on highways. Me in the crowd (and we know my type will never get a seat. I don't wear a suit, have a CFR or OON or wear a royal turban) asks:

Oga Minister. How much are you spending on that highway. How much local content do we have in that project to guard against scarce capital & fx flight through materials, men and equipment. Why can't our public works be handled by direct mass labour to create jobs and transfer technology since these multinational contractors are by and large NOT INVESTORS, but net consumers of resources. And on and on. I am not even talking about engaging those who have the potential to create wealth, the middle class, small businesses. These should be the priorities of Town Halls, of a progressive government.

Let me just drop this hint for anyone who is listening....

The key to solving this quagmire cannot be located at Shehu Yaradua Centre and does not lie with the suits, kaftans, royal garbs and all the pomp I see presented there. The key lies in the exact opposite setting with the exact opposite kinds of people in attendance.

I did say immediately after the election results were announced that, the best days of the APC were over. Now that the rubber has hit the road, the only thing I perceive is the pungent smell of deep seated frustration....so much so that when you organise a 'TOWN HALL' meet you invite only your friends, your pals, your clique, your gang.....your type. Just take a look at the cross section of the invitees. Are these the folks to ask any meaningful question, demand any meaningful advancement, acknowledge genuine change from the status quo....

It is bad when one deceives others. It is shocking, appalling when one deceives himself....Friends, I am not optimistic these folks have the ideas to take us out of this pungent pit of an economy, but I am angry those who have the keys are not represented in that 'Town Hall' in Abuja city centre....such is the paradox of Nigeria.

Quakertellicus1:
I wonder o.

I think the marketers could form an independent company, and contribute money , so that said company could at least build two new refineries.

(But they won't. Importation is sooooo much easier. ).

Yet we say we are a hardworking people. The recession is really finding us out as all hot air and no metal.

HungerBAD:
This is a conspiracy.

I smell an organized conspiracy by the Oil Marketers,against the Government of President Buhari.

What do the marketers aim to gain,with this careful leaks of doom to the press anonymously?to cause panic?and who benefits in all this?the marketers of course.

There is no conspiracy. They are just as lazy as the rest of us Nigerians, unwilling to work hard and make the necessary sacrifices for the society we desire; the architypical Nigerian mindset that our bills mvst be paid by someone else, or at somebody elses expense.

dre11:
http://punchng.com/dollar-scarcity-petrol-price-hike-looms-marketers-say/

Take steps to protect them with what. Who will make the sacrifice, to offer all its resources when every sector is depressed, underfunded. What these people fail to realise is that an economy is integrated, the subsidy of one side leads to the starvation of the other. In a developed economy every sector must be compelled to operate at optimum efficiency. The petroleum sector is not more important than health or education or youth development or security or water supply or the environment. So the industry must learn to develop on its own. No to perpetual babysitting.

ijustdey:
I guess if the executive arm were in on this padded budget...... they won't have asked for the breakdown of the budget.


the president would have just sign it when the house did returned it to them

So how is the money paid out for the 'extra fats', to the Legislature? Will the CEO of the MDA involved not sign the cheques and will he hang it over to the Dogara gang under a spell. Oga. Put on your thinking cap. Corruption can never end in this land.

I don't blame this government entirely for price rises and the fact that we are not refining, producing. If the preceding PDP governments had the vision for proper development it had the chance to ease the pains by a gradual subsidy removal of say 7% over the 16 years it was in authority. The attendant price rises will have been more tolerable and the inflationary effects benign. We have just hit a brick wall and this accident is what makes folks scream in pain. As a people I hope the lessons are clear.

1. We have to be more educated as a people, as citizens of what is good economics, what makes for proper economic development, of how nations are built into economic giants so that we in the future can identify socio-political scams and gimmicks, and press for proper reforms whenever we face economic challenges. The feeding bottle, ' I-don't care for the process just the results' kind of mentality has to stop. We are far too ignorant as a people to have quality leadership and often child like in our approach to issues that matter most. Such people often fall into wrong hands and are apt to be led down the wrong path. For example it is clear that leaders such as Obasanjo by history had done huge damage to the fabric of this country not by micro but by past macro economic policies, not today but decades ago that set the template for our inability to breakout and diversify the economy.

2. We must learn to draw the line in future between politics and governance. In all countries, there is often a debate on how to reach set goals. That is politics. But the set goals in themselves are universal, sacrosanct, beyond politics. These set goals are often attainable beyond the tenure of any one or particular government. The fact that there is no continuity in the set goals of government is a failure on the part of the people who are custodians of these goals, these ambitions. It hit us hard with the issue of fuel subsidy where we lost trillions and so much valuable time playing our ethno-religious, ethno-political games when it was clear that we needed to get real, get investment in and diversify the economy. This today is the result.

I hope we all learn and that these lessons are extended to other areas of the nation and nationalism such as the state of the union, etc.

It will come down with time. Right pricing is the only way to stimulate production. Instead of complaining we should start making stuff. And I'm sure the likes of Dangote are encouraged by this. At least he can take the risk that government will not baulk at public opinion and reverse tne reforms. Folks, we are suffering from decades of dis-investment and the chickens have come home to roost. Let us stomach it and not kick the can any further and become a Venezuela. Let us prove we are ready for investment.

MadCow1:
That sweet sweet Obiano Bitter leaf.. And those super juicy Ugu leaves..


I think the seat of Power should be moved to Anambra and all our focus on oil should be shifted to Anambra Ugu..

Yes, it is funny now...just wait.

Not surprised at the responses here. It is why are here and the reason why we are the way we are....but the great thing is that Nigeria is beginning to delaminate with each of its constituent parts on different lanes of the highway. Yes, the Lagis economy is doing better than the Federal and Anambra is better managed than the Federal, so it happens in the UK, the US and other developed countries and is an incentive for its constituents to go theor own economic ways. The era of 'big oil serving, central government determining, fortunes of the Nigerian' is......over. Those screaming 'one Nigeria' have yet another nut lost from their wagon wheel.....it is the way to go. We will not all die in this filthy hole. If they don't want to reform, they will be left behind.....that is, the establishment, the owners of Nigeria.....restructuring by default.

Could this be why Amaechi is reconciling with Wike. Could he be the lookout at the top mast of the SS Titanic long before it hit the iceberg. Abeg the APC is too young to be having structural problems. It needs to grow as strong as the PDP used to be and conquer the terrain absolutely as it has virtually no presence east of the Niger.

We can see why a vibrant opposition party is required yet the vast majority of people want the PDP extinct. They are busy doing past tense while the flames of corruption rage on in the now. If the PDP had cleansed itself of at least half its bag eggs it could have reorganised itself and seized the moral high ground as the APC is obviously fainting, haemorraging political capital like a shark bitten swimmer. This will have been its encore back from the cold. Unfortunately....missed opportunity and fading hopes 2019 will be a real contest. Now it will be Hobson's choice yet again.

AarewaMafia:
Who b Eldee

The 'All Na Wash' crooner. He should update that single with new material from Buhari and his government.

But even if the PDP is voted back in, it won't change anything because the template of the nation is faulty. Change the game, not the players.

So. That the struggle is unjust or what. Any sensible person will support the agitation. No apologies abeg. Are people not looking for alternative means of livelihood because of this. Are they not forcing Nigeria to diversify. Is that not a good thing. If anyone thi ks individuals can influence the agitation positively or negatively or that the struggle will come to an end is joking. Nigeria has changed for good. The ship of pre--1996 has long sailed.

I believe it is because there is a deep dichotomy between the quality of diasporans with high quality individuals in the minority. The first question that should be asked by a potential suitor is, why is the fellow there in the first place. The honest reasons most will profer will not make for good, lasting relationships if scrutinized properly.