₦airaland Forum

Bus doors are usually on the opposite side of the driver so I guess the bus will be moving towards the left of the screenshot....in Nigeria, the States....in which the yellow school bus is popular....

Ioannes:
I think in a way it is OK to pardon your ignorance, what I don't get is the arrogance from someone who is unintelligent.

Aregbesola can not prostrate before him because he himself occupies another "throne", which democracy in Nigeria has deemed larger in political terms than that of the Ooni.

If VP Osinbajo comes to Ile-Ife, he may just bow, but will not prostrate cos he occupies a seat as the head of the nation.

once Osinbajo leaves the seat, then DUTY behooves him to prostrate before the throne.

you wouldn't know what proper cultural ethics are even if they smacked you in the face repeatedly.

China has held on to their culture so also India, yet they are progressing scientifically and technologically.

so your attempt to pin lack of development on culture is lame.

but then I can't say the same for your culture that requires a widow to scrape her hair, sleep with the corpse of her husband and drink water used to wash his body just to prove she didn't kill him.

Pally, take it from me. So called culture in sync with tribalism is one of the biggest impediments to the progress of this country. Even a three year old begins to realise that when his play group begins to segregate at the behest of 'caring' parents. God cursed the world by dividing tongues. Who are you to ignore it.

TeOwl:
what was the cause of the crash?

Engine failure. The details are yet determined. It is only engine failure that can make a chopper land safely. Most other things that can go wrong do not end well.

Hmmm......how many times are we going to hear about 'Nigeria's First Female Helicopter Pilot' If I'm not mistaken I've been hearing sorts since the 90's.

Most people defending Buhari on this say the youth know nothing about the facts of SAP and the devaluation. This is true but is also a lie. Some of us witnessed these events, summed it up to date and come to the conclusion that if Nigeria does not restructure, there is nothing that can make this nation develop. It will be one long recession forever.

There was nothing fundamentally wrong with Babangida's move. It is natural and right thing to do for A NORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL ECONOMIC ENTITY whether an individual, corporation or country. Devaluation (in this case, floating your currency by not distorting market forces of supply and demand by subsidy) means letting your currency fall to the levels representing the balance between your income and expenditure in regards to exports and imports in this case. It makes your imports expensive and your exports cheap. Buhari is right. Nigeria produces only oil whose prices are internationally set and the currency of exchange is the same dollar you want cheap. The model only works for PRODUCERS. The degree of success of devaluation thus is proportional to the WILLINGNESS AND CAPABILITY OF THE COUNTRY TO PRODUCE THINGS. That it is why it worked in Mexico, worked in Russia, worked in Brazil, worked less in Argentina and isn't working in Greece. The IMF, thinks this is a country of working, productive people. Nigeria is not.

We are a country of consumers, get rich quick, lazy, ignorant, selfish, short-cutting, rent seeking people. Our structure does not naturally support enterprise, independence and development. Why I blame Babangida is that they know this, pretended that this country is viable and they could maintain the system and succeed. Why I have reservations about this government and know that they cannot do it is because they are using the same flawed system. They came to power because the system that they represent was coming under threat. The reason I hail the last government is that they brought us closest to the point of 'REALISATION' that the existing system was unworkable.

Folks, the only way this government can truly change Nigeria is to damage her economy to such a level that ordinary people rise up and demand a restructuring of this country. If the price of oil rises and our books begin to rebalance we are doomed. Just kicking the can down the road to a worse future. The enemies of change are those who love palliatives, ease, instead of the hurt and sharp pain but long term results of surgery. Buhari by this act wants us to remain ties to the fortunes of big oil forever. He is an establishment figure and represents the flawed structure which is the Nigerian state.

I said it was not corruption because it CANNOT be stopped. I said the real problems of Nigeria will emerge and they are. God has given him and us the greatest opportunity to change this country. Most reasonable folks come to the point of realisation when the hurt is most and change like the 'prodigal son' did. He blamed himself, took courage and made a turn back. He didn't reason to ease his pain and consider the food of pigs manageable.

SAP/austerity as by the IMF rule book simply means cutting down spending (subsidies, wastages and non essentials which no Nigerian government wants to do) and it means borrowing for CRITICAL investments. Simply put. If I was broke I would cut down on gifts I give friends, cut down my meals, travels, clothes, and non essentials. If I was wise I could borrow to build business and increase income. The latter will work only if I were hardworking and sincere. If not I will simply borrow and throw more parties. This is Nigeria, her people and leaders since independence, a legacy of the colonialists that make our development simply unworkable.

Folks, it is not the medicine that is the problem. It is the patient that refuses to accept them diligently.

The NLC should go and sit down jare. Unproductive set of corruptive elements. They supported subsidy that cost trillions now they want GENCOS, Transysco and DISCOS to go out of business so that they can be re-nationalised and quota seeking, round tripping, rent seeking, gate keepers will be back to broke the treasury. They had their chance for decades to provide power. If they were not monumental failures NEPA will not have been liquidated. No civil servant has a right to criticise private enterprise. Nonsense people.

Akaujaa:
I pity those who think that Tompolo is a god, untouchable and cannot be caught by the FG. The truth is that the FG has not beamed its searchlight on him, the reason he seems to be having a field day. No single person can be greater than a country. The day Tompolo will be apprehended, he will least expect it and he will look like a drenched rooster.

The government had better pretend he doesn't exist. The guy's anti-establishment stand was clearly on the wane before this government begun roaming about old grave sites and opening frozen sepulchres. Why they are astonished ghouls now roam around befuddles me. Just let sleeping dogs lie.

BTW, the PDP governors had better dine with a very long spoon with this fellow. Its not clear how this dice will fall.

onatisi:
We are all for the progress of Nigeria irrespective of our political affiliations or ideology,but it is the Nigerian masses that will determine whether changes are taking place or not and if they say no change is taking place then so be it

I know that and have nothing against opposing government. It was and will ever be necessary. Not everyone will see things the same. I am not a fan of big government. I personally believe people develop best when allowed to express their liberties. So I won't support one or the other.

ehispapa:
170,000,000 population and generating 5000mw of electricity and Nigerians celebrate....now i see there is no hope for that country. its even a shame for the government to announce that. it shows the level of backwardness in that place. it should be the country generating the lowest mw in the world. FYI i am not politicizing any thing here, just stating the fact.

It is not the government that announced it.

onatisi:
Nigerians are giving their verdict. Another apc lie just got busted

No man, electricity has improved across board and it has nothing to do with politics but policy. Power is a private thing now. The best any government can do and claim credit for is to leave them alone. The worst they can do is to interfere. Just make rules and laws, monitor them and that's all. There is no political gaming here.

zudozz:
And I dont have light in my area.

It is local.

Good to know. Bit by bit we will get there. We can see that the worst private business is better than the best government enterprise. You can only imagine if NEPA had been privatised in the 80's. So what are we still doing with the NNPC. Sell the damn thing now. Its unimaginable what one would have been if NITEL remained your friendly phone company. SIM Card: 100k. Minimum Recharge card: 10k. Phone lines: 3 million. (1 line for you and your lineage), Call drop: 80%. Internet: subject to the approval of the presidency. Nairaland: banned. Scandals: Nitelgate 300 billion, SIMgate 700 billion, registrationgate 1 trillion, submarine cablegate 2 trillion, gateway gate 1 gazillion. Think its a joke. Look at the petroleum sector.

Why are we so slow in Nigeria

Excuzeme:
Thanks for your great words.
I feel ashamed, reading that statement where you made allusion to "being from the zone that fought the civil war"!
That is the worst thing that can happen to a Cadet or serving officer. That war was over 50yrs ago and it should have been a forgotten episode by now..... not t mention inputting it into the military command.
The Military is for camaraderie and its one family because the soldier who dodges/takes a bullet for you, could have come from any zone of the country.
My own junior brother is a full Colonel in the NA and he has stories of how gallant officers sacrifice their life, for fellow soldiers without thinking about where they come from!

One thing he always say is that[b] "The strength of the Military is in its DISCIPLINE, GENTLENESS TOWARDS and TRUST it enjoys from UNARMED CIVILIANS.[/b].

Those cadets are a betrayal to military values and l want to believe that the heirachy will "do something to recover 'confidence and trust' of the populace.

Brutalising civilians, especially without reason, is never part of military doctrine.

Hmmm....I wonder what the Army Chief Buratai makes of all these....in view of his own actions a while ago. Clearly the military is reforming. And will continue to stagger through such challenges but it must ensure that no excuses are made to truncate these advances. Believe me we saw worse, did worse. Its just not excusable anymore.

Simple and common sense.

pcguru1:
On the bright side a rapist is dead, they should reduce it to manslaughter, since it's not pre-meditated

It is pre-meditated. The cousin left to later return. He had time to consider his options and chose a wrong one. What was wrong in reporting to the police that fateful night. Rape is a serious crime, murder is worse.

Folks, always make a police report first. You will skew judgements even if you do stupid things later.

Under water?. That bird is done....and I thought choppers that operated over water were mandated to have floatation packs.

What they cannot get from the centre they have to get from the states. In the long held Nigerian subculture they often tell you that if you do not pay good wages you are motivating your hired hands to steal. Some knowing and even expecting their helps to steal deliberately keep wages low so as not to 'pay twice'. Could it be at play here.

Could it be that PMB has deliberately refused to 'fund the party' to 'motivate' them to 'capture' resource rich states.

As Hitler told General Paulus fighting on the Eastern front, '...there shall be no surrender and there will be no supplies. If you want bread get if off the Russians...' Haba, what the hell is that. General Paulus surrendered instead. Hitler promptly sacked him and he was tried and sentenced in absentia. Considering the situation he regarded himself more fortunate to be captured by Stalin instead.

Mixed feelings. The only real point in my view is the increasing assertiveness of the courts particularly the supreme court. To rule against the 'ruling' party time and again is no cake walk in a budding democracy. Just as I praised Jonathan I also praise Buhari for continuing the trend of non-interferance. It is the best legacy he can leave, the building and strengthening of institutions. The PDP should not rejoice just yet. The power curve states that those governors will have a torrid time trying to hang unto their mandates and any that does not perform will definitely lose it to the opposition come 2019.

grandstar:
That is Nigeria's largest white elephant!

The plant is a very unproductive plant compared to the super modern ones today.

Also there is a massive glut of steel inn the world market from China.

China has an excess capacity of over 250m tons. These has led to the dumping of steel and the EU and America have been forced to impose anti-dumping duties on chinese steel.

Its far cheaper to import than to make steel locally. Making steel here will put local users at a competitive disadvantage due to very steep prices.

Govt should do the needful. They should dynamite the place and ring it for miles with mines and lease the place out to ISIS

Hmmm....better sell it to NASA or to Elon Musk to launch space rockets from there. That place is the global Disneyland of government squandermania. The only zoo in the world with a white elephant on show.

Not just the word but the whole text, poorly constructed, reeks mediocrity. If there is one virtue such a high mark affords it should be a clear desire for excellence in every product of thought. I remember the only first class student in my faculty back then. Boy he looked, talked and walked a potential genius. Meticulous to a fault. Well these days with colleges offering all sorts of courses you can excuse an honours candidate in mortal combat or religious jingoism.....

Still practicing primitive feudal politics and dying willy nilly. No condolences whatsoever. If a good peoples oft get fair leaders, what lies the fate of ignorance.

Kx:
Just 8 months into the new govt and you are protesting perceived anti ND policies already?

All through the 5 years presidency of your son without any benefit to the region, you did nt protest.

Right from my first trip from Warri to PH in 1994 to date, that access road connecting both cities has been under construction, your son could not accomplish same, yet you did not protest.
PH and Warri produces the crude that feeds the Nation, yet fuel is costliest in Port Harcourt and East, yet you did not protest.

Its best you redefine the purpose of the protest because clearly it lacks focus.

And all the eight years OBJ was in power was he able to complete the Lagos-Abeokuta link. Was it not Yaradua that opened the Idiroko road flyover. Even his Ota farm was only accessible by SUV's till the protesting and opposing APC/Amosun government came to power. It is like that and it will always be like that. Have you heard anything whatsoever from Masari the governor of Katsina state. It clearly shows you that power, particularly at the centre is over-rated. And that building institutions is a better legacy than chasing fake, false, two-timing politicians. Just like the west, just like the south-south, I expect the north to suffer worse decay under PMB and I also expect the fiercest criticism and the meanest critics to emerge from there.

TOPCRUISE:
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NOBODY DIED. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT AN HELICOPTER CRASHED.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE HELECOPTER CAN BE REPAIRED.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT IS BRISTOW HELECOPTER AGAIN

Aircraft especially choppers are not that resilient. That thing is dead. Repairing it to meet airworthiness is akin to replacing it completely and the risks are just out of this world. Remember the plane that killed Agagu the second time and the Dana fleet. Anything beyond engine overhaul is a death sentence in Nigeria.

Only in Nigeria. They lost a bird a few months ago. Does anyone know why it crashed. Bad enough. Another goes down. When will it be REASONABLE to ground the fleet until we know, 'what the hell is going on' (sorry Mr. Trump). If memory serves me well I can't recollect more than a couple of conclusive reports on the dozen or so air mishaps over the last twenty odd years when all of them occured on dry land. Are we really this cavaliar with life.

Why not put the NNPC on ebay if Alibaba won't work and Olx will do naira only.

henrydadon:
I warn u all not to vote for buhari. .but they did not listen ..this is the change u ask for....i doubt if he is in Nigeria now..he is busy touring the world...let him sit his asss down and fix this country..

One man cannot fix this country. Stop the delusion and take personal responsibility for your social space.

Demmocrats:
Gas cooker is far cheaper than kerosene

Gas is also much cleaner than dirty kero.

Sambisa again. That place is becoming our Vietnam....or Laos.

erico2k2:
Do you need proof too for his monorail project?

Ouch!!! Forgot that. The way that thing is hanging like a billboard. You'd think G.E. was setting up a train assembly plant on the site. Ouch!!!

Good and may it remain so for ever. And now since there is no more money to be sharing can you kindly liquidate the NNPC. Can't see their use. In the States ordinary folks drill oil like we drill water boreholes here and give the change to government. The US produces 10 million barrels per day, the government earns more oil revenue than ours and yet has no national petroleum company, has no refineries, has no oil and gas pipelines, has no depots, has no state owned mega stations and has no fuel queues.

In war you don't concentrate all your stores in one location. You scatter to defend and keep moving. Why is a country perpetually in recession putting all its horses in the NNPC and staying put on that flawed, colonial, feudalistic policy. If the colonials feared empowering its subjects and their feudal overlords wanted to control the minds via the purse strings, surely not in a democratic era.

In the 21st century nations put their wealth in the hands of the people not the government because poultries are built for chickens as nations are for people and it is the chickens that lay the eggs not the farmer. It is the chickens that make the farmer.

Shut down the NNPC abeg.

sweetgala:
Many companies have the licence to assemble alpha jets. Please stop spewing nonsense, The United states government do not manufacture a single aircraft but rather place a request for an aircraft design to satisfy a need with requirements. Companies are then allowed to put in a tender which is then selected on merit, political interests, economic advantages, bureaucracy etc

Licences to manufacture is another element of aircraft manufacture, an example would be India who assemble a high number of their SU27 and MIG 29 in India , or the JF17 which the Pakistani and Chinese both assemble separately. Thou same design, have their own independent weapons suites. The Chinese have their latest radar and wepains systems while the Pakistani have gone with the western systems

Alpha jets are not made or assembled in the US under any guise at any period in time. They were Franco- German machines and we bought the original set of 24 from Germany. Some are in the US in private hands but these are stripped of all lethal weaponry. I doubt if the US will even grant an export permit since we are still off limits for US weapons exports.

Build institutions and end this vicious cycle. Stop escalating violence. This will not stop robbery but make the robbers more desperate and more violent since their end is a sure death.