₦airaland Forum

Said it after the round of 16 that most of the EPL teams will be gone.

Spurs definitely out together with Newcastle. Liverpool making hard weather of the first leg and a not too convincing home form is a bit shaky.
Chelsea should be okay considering PSG's lack of dominance this season but can the Blues keep eleven on the pitch...

If care is not taken ,City and Arsenal may just be the two EPL teams left standing.

But you must give it to Bayern. They look the real deal and looking like my favourite for the big ears.

Just make sure there is an alternative to this government, that's all.

It is up to Nigerians to decide whether it is safe to place all their eggs in one basket.

If the best democracies in the world are contests between candidates standing under multiple parties, I cannot see the successful example we are copying.

I depend on multiple banks, telecom providers, power providers, etc. Why should I depend solely on the one thing that can make or mar my experience as a citizen of this country even if it was performing exceptionally well. Is it?....

Goal to Gala....hmm...
What is happening.

jmoore:
For your generator?

Good question because the war induced oil spikes coincides with one of the worst lack of electricity supply this country has seen in decades.

You may just escape buying gasoline for your automobile but you simply cannot survive without power in this weather....

Down south it is HOT, I mean HOT and Humid. Two paces and you are drenched in sweat outdoors. Then you come in and rest in your sauna. Gasoline, diesel right now has no option.

Having a personal automobile in Abuja is more than a necessity. It is a life or death decision.

Final bus stop for Gala.
Had a good run.
But all good things must come to an end.
Pool is not a six time champion for nothing

I think it is time to wind this war down.
Just to save lives.
Remember the defenseless, civilians, who want no part in this.

I agree.
It must be.
There is no other explanation for the state of insecurity in this country.
It is either incompetence or co-operation.
Nothing else.
The government has reached its limit.
Nigerians should accept that the government they have in place working for them cannot do better than this

geoworldedu:
Stop talking like you are not observant or you don't live in the country to know the truth. Generally, standard of living in Nigeria has turned dramatically low. Everything in Nigeria is at its worst ebb as we speak.

Don't mind them.
Failed citizens always looking up or down. They cannot look sideways or far.

He saw a few houses being built and concluded on the economy as a whole.

If the world was that ignorant your President.that went around cap in hand for loans will not have been given anything haven arrived in a newly acquired presidential jet. They will equally assumed that Nigeria was well to do since their leader can afford new digs.

COMPAQ:
We should never have been borrowing to to pay salaries in the first place. If a state needs to do that, then it needs to reduce its overbloated workforce.

This is exactly what good leadership will have done as a better solution.
Help states restructure their finances. Reduce their costs while helping them invest properly so they can increase income.

But there is nothing about this 2023 -2017 government that shows leadership by example. Nothing about them shows an economy in austerity...well except the inability to execute the capital side of the budget, the side that helps the public.

ekukeku:
Na y u have d all governors on ur side
Na dem dey enjoy
just for ur political selfishness

That was the objective.
That they 'can pay salaries' is the public sideview.
The real objective was political control.

If not, the biggest determinant of a nation's prosperity remains in the hands of the Federal government through policies that affect the macro economy and in a system such as ours where the states are not true federating units, it just smacks of 'giving fishes to eat instead of fishing nets'.

For what is the essence of the ability 'to pay salaries' when federal government induced inflation renders it meaningless. Look at gasoline prices today. What can the states do...nothing. Who can mitigate the inflationary shocks...the Federal government...

LibertyRep:
Should this even be suggested to them before they think in this direction?

This is where governance and the workings of a democracy viz the ability of the people to control those they elected into power comes into play.

Are they listening to you.
Will they consider your appeals.
Can you bring pressure to bear on those you employ to work for you.

Let us see democracy in action.

But my guess is that with more power centres in governors and legislators falling over the themselves to kow-tow to the presidency the likelihood of citizen advocacy gaining any recognition and impact is remote at best.

Ordinarily 120 usd is almost double what is in the budget so this amounts to a so called 'windfall'.

Party faithfuls should remember this because they had often referenced the high crude prices during the Jonathan regime and criticized it for what it did with the so called windfall.

Now is the opportunity to show ordinary Nigerians the better way of managing windfalls. But with one strong note.

Remember, ALL PREVIOUS REGIMES PAYED SUBSIDIES ON LOCAL SUPPLY OF GASOLINE.

So this government has a much longer rope.

Great man and a trailblazer indeed.
Father to the family of indigenous soccer coaches.
Wil be missed.
RIP and comfort to his family and friends.

All within a generation.....not some thousands of years ago. Just 48 years ago. Meaning that there are many Nigerians still alive that bought both the car and now the fuel for exactly the same price.

If there is any other definition of falling off a cliff, tell me.

Just passing by.
We have said more than enough on these matters.
The government clearly has no solution, no strategy to contain these elements, no strategy to end the violence.

We are becoming a militant state, just like Pakistan where the people have come to accept violence at a moments notice 24/7.

It is regrettable that of the million or so men and women under arms in this country no one has a clue about what to do. Just a pity.

Inflation....Inflation....Inflation....oh.,..Inflation.
In the next life when you hear inflation...you run....you hide,....you fight...Inflatioooon....

What really shocks me is that Nigerians are shocked at rapid fire price increases left, right, centre.

We shouted out loud, wailed endlessly on this media space from Day 1 of 'Subsidy is Gone'. That the government had better have a solid plan to fight inflation or else it has signed the death warrant if it's legacy.

Three years after, three years.... three years... inflation remains double digit, hovering around the early 20's if you ask me. Who as an individual or what as a corporate entity can out-produce those kind of figures.

Think about it. For Dangote and the cement cartel to maintain prices at BT (before Tinubu regime) a bag of cement will have to shrink to between 15 kilograms and 20 kilograms. That is the reality.

The primary cause/solution to this problem is government spending. The public has reformed. Most individuals have cut wasteful spending. Corporate entities are more efficient that ever with their resources. The big elephant sitting on, stoking inflation and choking the economy remains government and their reckless wastage on everything but the factors that fight inflation.

You will have thought three years after subsidy is gone there will be massive investment in the energy sector to drive down prices through competition but alas we have moved form one public sector monopoly (NNPC), to a private sector monopoly in Dangote refinery, meaning that prices will never fall.

You will have thought that three years after, there will be massive investment in the transportation sector so that the high cost of transporting goods and products can be met with the low cost, high efficiency of rail transport.

You will have thought that three years after, the high cost of running industries on alternative power aka generators and the attendant throughput to high cost of goods will have been met with massive investment in power generation so that energy costs can start to come down.

Sort out refining, rail transport and power production and you will have inflation in check. We are not even talking about investment in industry which this government has not even started to contemplate.

That is the problem. Wars are contagious. Easy to start, difficult to contain and end.

HacheNoire:
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The Iran effect!

Strangle their livelihood till they fold!

Should be at $200 by the end of next week. Major oil installations have not started going up in flames.

As you guys keep on fanning the flames of conflict more of your income is going towards it. The inflationary effect of the 2023 subsidy withdrawal has still not been effectively checked, now this. Just brace for the economic impact.

I think you guys want to compare yourselves with citizens of more resilient economies. Yours in on its knees and you are clapping for more wars.

An average American, Asian or European that spends 5 percent of his income on gasoline is concerned. The average Nigeria that spends upwards of 30 percent of his income on transportation wants the war to continue to kingdom come.

kingbee90:
This keeps me wondering, how then did the APC win the just concluded FCT by-election?

Agbado government on the beat

It is disconnect Nigerians have between their politics and the resulting governance. You put your hand in fire and your brain tells you that action is damaging and you spontaneously withdraw it. That is the normal reaction.

So for a people to continue down a path it means the intellectual base of the country is faulty.
A people simply cannot rise beyond their ability to think through their actions.

Democracy will continue to work and prosper societies that play it by the basic rules.

But the claim on the other side is that the worst effects of the economic reforms are over. So who is telling the truth if ordinary citizens are taking yet one more step downwards into trials and danger.

lagonovo:
Bro, this is 2026. There are several short Youtube videos where you can learn basics of statistics (mean, median, mode) including elementary mathematics like "Average".

That is the problem with the Negro.
He has zero horizontal relationships.
He cannot relate to others to the left or to the right, in front of at his back. His world centres around himself.

He has great vertical relationships, to his God, to his boss, to his father, he can worship those and those beneath him, his family and a few crumb seekers at his gates.

But to his fellow citizen, zero.
It is not a criticism, it is our stark nature.
The 'as long as it doesn't affect me' syndrome.
The 'government property no be anybody property'
The type open defecation that helped the Soviets crush the German Army in Stalingrad.

Now, this one.
Someone said today that there is no power problem because he gets 18 to 24 hours. That was his conclusion. So the authorities are on track. It is our way of life. Unfortunately reality and statistics don't work that way.

Ninaffivadit:
stop lying which one there's no light

I have 24hrs electricity supply here I wonder why people's say Nigeria power supply is pathetic

Maybe there's issues with the injection substation supplying light to your area

Is the problem with the injection station his problem.
He doesn't have light, simple.
Is it up to him to know why.
An industry that offers services this poor is a direct result of lack of supervision, poor governance of you ask me.

This government promised to make power available 24/7 in it's manifesto. The first term is almost up and nothing has changed between May 2023 and now and here you are talking about sub-station.

I am in Rivers state right now and the power supply where I am is terrible compared to what obtains in most parts of the FCT. I could have said all was good till I moved elsewhere.

Eniolohunda:
And Nigerians are over the internet celebrating US/Israel and Iran war. They never even thought of their country, what kind of people are Nigerians self?

It is the nature of failed people.
Stoking and cheering violence instead of seeking to be peace makers so they too enjoy peace.

However at some point Islam has to reform. There just has to be a fundamental split between those that follow purely for religious reasons and those who weaponise it for political reasons and conquest.

Basic123:
If Iran leaders ate Islamic extremists then US and Isreal leaders are worse Christian and jews extremists


You people will be just be throwing the word extremist anyhow.

Before US attack,did Iran people complain to you that they are suffering?,has Iran attacked any country that didnt provoke them unlike "non extremist" chritian and jew government in USA?

But there were riots in which thousands of people died. Iranian citizens killed by government security services. Are those wasted lives not worth anything. And the reason for the riots in the first place was their sufferings. The lack of social amenities, then the sudden devaluation of the currency.

On the second point.
Iran has been active abroad. In destabilizing Syria, Lebanon and Palestine so they have no Arab friends. They have supplied weapons to Russia fighting Ukraine so they have no European friends. These are strategic mistakes on their part that has put their government in the cross-hairs of many countries and Iranian citizens under immense pressure.

ceejay80s:
U guys like wahala
It's called green screen,
That's how Americans make movies now.
Green screen

The OP did not pick out the backdrop for criticism.
I think it is the whole set up.
From the picture everything looks to tatty from the furniture to the floor.

It is not only about what is visible on tv. The working environment matters. Remember this is broadcaster is decades old, yet cannot find a culture of excellence, cannot establish decent standards.

When you expertise at government propaganda, that is exactly what you look like in the long run.

The average Nigerian does not watch them and advertisers know this so the real economy puts it's resources elsewhere.

The NTA is supposedly fashioned after the BBC. But even that struggles to compete with the private sector despite the fact they are leagues ahead in authenticity, reliability and truthful reportage.

Like most government institutions that have become political tools and supporters of the 'government of the day' instead of being servants of the people so their fortunes are tied to the government of the day.

Way out.
Nigerians should stand up and demand a charter be established to make the NTA and other government mass media corporations totally apolitical, unbiased and people centric. Only then will the eyes of the public return and with that the resources to compete.

dustmalik:
It was only a matter of time. Mosquera was always a disaster waiting to happen.

Didn't watch this match but his last outing was equally poor. The lad needs to up his game as the UCL knockout proper starts.

In those days long gone, when we managed our resources relatively better, these spikes were hay makers to pump our reserves and give ourselves a raise or two.

But we have become a country of international concern. Our begging bowls litter the streets of global finance that we have to pretend high oil prices affect us too so that we don't attract the ire of our lenders.

You know a man who has lost his job and depends on his neighbour for relief has to bear the whispers coming from behind closed doors and drawn window curtains about the kind of earrings his wife wears.

timilehin007:
Sooner or later, the SE will lie and blame Tinubu tht he didnt let their kins into the Nigeria Army. In years to come when these soldiers begin get promotions and no souther Eastern make the cut, you will all forget this day and shouting nepotism

Just as a bank that readily accepts deposits but resists withdrawals will have few customers.

Just as a soccer club that buys players but puts an unreasonably high price on their heads when they want to leave.

So are institutions that offer unfair and biased career paths where the potentials of rising to the very top are next to impossible courtesy of the corroding nature of politics and the terrible way it is played in these paths.

If you say that folks from that region cannot rule this country and leadership of all your institutions is fashioned after ethnicism and cronyism, why should anyone stake his career in that.

Reform your country, make it fair and equitable for all and see everyone gladly join in making it great.

chidi2003:
Lie! Are we still importing, or refining the crude oil right here in Nigeria?

As of the last time I checked Dangote is not getting g all his crude from Nigeria. And even if he is I don't think the Federal government will sell at a discount to him.

A government looking everywhere for money will sell it's resources to the highest bidder. Have you not seen our budget deficit.

A government seeking to take more and more from the citizens is not going to subsidize it's offerings.

geoworldedu:
Can you please explain how the war in Iran is affecting our oil in Nigeria? Do you buy oil from them?

The answer is ''yes' and 'no'.
Yes, because Dangote also buys crude from wherever he can get it (which is normal) so he is subject to international price pressures.

No, because ordinarily higher prices also means that government's revenues as a producing country are bound to increase over this period, so a sort of windfall is realizable to perhaps subsidize local production.

However in our case, we are weighed down immensely with debt, we operate a budget far, far, far beyond our means and we are poor managers of our finances so I guess we are as exposed as any country out there to price shocks.