Lagos is an unplanned slum mixed with poorly-arranged skyscrapers.

He's probably trying to get money to the judge before he finally shows up. Or maybe he has tried and it failed and they've told him the judge may not grant him a bail, seeing how he's playing hide-and-seek with the EFCC.

Queengee:
I earn 250k monthly, and I must tell you with a wife and one child, it had not been easy to save.

A person bearing queengee talking about "wife". When did Nigeria legalize same sex marriage??

MrBrownJay1:

China never compared themselves to the US or Europe.. thats why they made laws to have fewer children for their citizens (for decades) or focussed all their ressources on bettering the life of its citizen. thats what COMMUNISM has done for China. in china, every cent that enters the country's coffer is used towards the country while in Nigeria.... oh well!

You mean you don't understand what I mean by "compare"? Like saying "If this country can do it, we too can". China intentionally sponsored and still sponsors their citizens to the US and Europe to study technology , so that they can localize and even do it better than the original inventors/innovators.

MrBrownJay1:


you see the above is your mistake... trying to compare Nigeria with China, or better yet with any oil producing countries with 3m citizen, 9m citizen and/or 30m citizen, is the reason why you will always fail on this issue.

there are a lot of problems with Nigeria/Africa YES, but that doesnt change the fact that the west is robbing Nigeria blind.

you cant possibly advance when you have puppets gov (being controlled by the west), signing unfair contracts that only benefits the west and that monkey (and his family) who signed that contract

OK, population size is also the reason Bayelsa the least populated state in Nigeria and receiver of humongous monthly oil proceeds has nothing to show for or?? Why shouldn't I compare ourself with China? If China hadn't compared them self with US or Europe, they would have still been stuck with poverty and console themselves that their extremely large population size is to blame. A 1 million people irresponsible African country making as much money like Nigeria is making would still be poor for any reasons or excuses they can come with.

Reflect7:


Very naïve question.

It starts by France using its leverage to ensure that a particular compromised leader gets to power, in Niger’s case, that Arab ex-president.

You don’t even know how these things operate, yet you are full of opinion.

Rossiki, I'm very versed in international history, diplomacy and politics, so learn how to address people.

MrBrownJay1:
YES o, that is exactly what is happening.... they use the Franc CFA and blackmail to have these countries sign yeye contracts (at penny for the dollar) for their natural ressources.,, and when they cant do that, they just use various terrorist group (that they create) to destabilize the country, so that they can enter through the back door and get the natural ressources they desire for free (under some yeye "we helped you get rid of the terrorist, now you help us get cheaper natural ressources" type deal)"



i fully disagree. many countries out there dont manufacture anything and yet are doing pretty well. we cant compare countries but let me help you understand something very simple (about how the west function).
you see, they first work in the back ground to destabilize a gov that is not favorable to them (by arming guerillas and terrorists) then they will use fraud to get their puppet of choice elected, then they will now use that same puppets to make laws and sign decade long contracts that are only favorable to the west (and thereafter throw a thank you banana at that monkey you guys call presido)
case in point: President Tinubu settled a decade long lawsuit that the Nigerian gov had against SHELL/ENI (about oil prospecting licenses)... and mysteriously, after Tinubu put his children in charge of a company called Oando Plc, that company now own all the onshore assets of Eni (Eni, the exact same company and assets that the Nigerian company had a lawsuit against). if this isnt the biggest corrupt move, then what is CORRUPTION really?!

so yes, the African governments are to blame for allowing these western nations to rob Africa blind of its natural ressources, but then again, thats what they have been doing for the last +60yrs.

All these excuses are not tenable. This same West never wanted China to rise, but China rose nonetheless - through hard work and resilience. Is the West also responsible for our inability to use the trillions of dollars we've made from oil to make our country look like Saudi,Qatar, UAE have done??

MrBrownJay1:


educate yourself on France paying only 10% of the value of the Niger Uranium that they are forced to import to France (why do you think France was so adamant in staying in Niger/Mali etc and/or destabilize the region?)... and although these commercial agreements would still be in place decades after France has been thrown out of the country (through that last coup), these are commercial structures that are in place since the last century and will be there for decades to come...

or better yet, educate yourself on why companies such as Mars, Mondelēz, Nestlé, Ferrero, Hershey's and Lindt & Sprüngl can get such a low price for cocoa that they thereafter sell for so much? or you think African Framers in Ivory coast want to get peanuts for their cocoa beans, abi?

or better yet, educate yourself on how the French Giant group BOLLORE was able to get his hands on the control of various African port...

or better yet, do you think there is any Congolese companies defrauding the country of its mineral ressources (such as cobalt)?! or dont you understand that foreign companies are fuelling the local conflict in order to continue getting their hands on the Congolese natural ressources of all kind.... companies such Bangkok-based THAISARCO (a subsidiary of British metals group AMC), UK-based Afrimex, and Belgium-based Trademet.

You mean France put gun on the head of Niger and said this is the price they must sell their uranium to them, that's if your claim is even true in the first place??

What you don't seem to acknowledge is that Africa's underdevelopment is largely self-inflicted. Even the simplest of agriculture, we can't feed ourselves - we pack billions of dollars every year to import food from Europe, Asia and the Americas. Ordinary TV we can't manufacture. Until Africa copies from China and begin an industrializelation revolution, we'll continue to blame the Europeans. Let's break away from that excuse, like countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Malaysia, did, building prosperity for their citizens.

MrBrownJay1:
you mean they want Africans to go back home to Africa, after they have robbed Africa blind of their natural ressources?! BWAAAAAAH!
it will never happen. Africans are going to the west by fire or by force.
BTW whites never left Africa, to begin with!

When are you people going to let go of this so-called "White stole Africa's natural resources" propaganda?? Mention 1 African nation whose natural resources were stolen and there's nothing left. Africa's problem has only been that they don't know how to process their mineral resources to finished products and use it to create prosperity for themselves. What have we done with the 100s of billions of barrels of crude oil we've taken from the ground? Nothing. The untapped gold, uranium, tin, columbite, etc, we have in Nigeria - what have we done with them? Nothing. We're waiting for foreign investors to come and help us mine them and pay us peanut change.

It's very refreshing how God has turned this man's wisdom and much-touted fearlessness to foølishness and fear.

yarimo:
Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede is the worst and incompetent EFCC chairman in the history of the commission

You're right. Instead of him to keep on chasing yahoo boys and girls like your fellow northerner past EFCC chairmen, he has decided to take on the big polithiefcians.

Very good. Yahaya Bello that I learnt never collected salary for 8 years let alone steal ₦1, and also saved more than $200b for Kogi State is who EFCC is charging to court.

iwaeda:

No, but I have properties in Lakowe and Amen Estate.

I'm very sorry, but I have never seen a sensible comment from you. I'm sorry if I have to tell you to grow up and stop ending all your posts with laughter emojis and making zero sense in the process.

Tallesty1:
Why are they not affecting other nations' currency? Why naira?

How do you know it's not?? Did you know that the reason cryptocurrency is so heavily monitored by govts all over the world is the fact that it can cripple the traditional money and by extension the economy in a very short period of time??

Nigeria, grow up and stop celebrating mediocrity and mundane things! GWR that comes with $0 is what you people are falling over yourselves for as if the guy has won $100b for Nigeria?? This is the kind of weak society we want to bequeath to the upcoming generation??

It's a lie. It's still paying. I just GHed now and I received my alert of ₦500m.

seunmsg:
Americans are just jealous and scared of CZ’s success. His only crime is his Chinese ancestry and nothing else. If he’s an American, they would be celebrating him today. The mistakes of the initial days of Binance has been rectified and he has paid billions in fine already after cooperating with regulatory authorities over the years. Why ask for double the normal prison term for him?
The court should reject the request and place him on probation. He’s no threat to the society in anyway and he’s even stepped down as CEO of Binance. Enough of the witch hunt.

Very true. Just the same way they celebrated Sam Bankman-fried by sentencing him to 25 years in jail.

MrBrownJay1:
yeye people back home who believe that money grows on trees in the west, thus will look down on anything you send them.

i once gave a beggar in the US some coins and that yeye olodo looked at me as if to say that this was not enough... then he said something like:" the minimum to give is a 1dollar note bla bla bla". i said:"no worries, give me back the coins so i will give more"... and when he gave me back the coins, i just walked away.

You ended up contradicting yourself because after blasting "yeye people" in Nigeria, you now told us same thing happened to you in the US.

Just imagine New York that's supposed to be a city of luxury and wealth handing out bread and akara to its residents . Nigeria, grow up.

Emu4life:

During Yar'adua's regime Reserves was $64bn

Your own figure might be accurate or closer, because I just checked now and saw that we were at $53.1B in 2008.

The correct figure is $32b. During Yar'Adua'a tenure, I remember hearing in the news that Nigeria's forex reserve was around $40b+. It's 17 years later and instead of us to be around $80b+, we're now down to $32b+.

Jorussia:
it was almost $70b when obj left office.As at when GEJ left it was $28b or so.

Lie. Though it's true that Obasanjo grew it exponentially from $5b, but it was $43b he left it at, not $70b. Jonathan massively depleted it with nothing to show for it.

The same US who invited them is not interested in any country being in peace. Or how would their arms manufacturing industry fair if there's peace??

Onewazobia:
Yet they continue sending palliative to you, year in year out, gives your students scholarship, support you with a lot of technology aids, vaccine for your children etc.

I wonder why they didn't consider Iran, Saudi, Qatar or even Palestin since we are talking about security. You better came down b4 hate kill YOU

Unintelligent balderdash.

So this guy who claims to be living in America where racial bigotry is heavily frowned at, could descend this low stoking tribalism in another person's marriage?? What a shame.

Must we contract everything to the Chinese, Americans and the European?? Do these people have two heads?? The Chinese learnt technology and innovation from America and today they do most of these things better than the Americans themselves.

nairalanda1:
Nigeria never get strong currency. Until we become an exporter of Industrial goods , manufactured goods.

Many of you can't decipher that this thread is a satire?? Some of you write so very intelligently, but when it comes to deciphering satire and sarcasm, you fail woefully.

mrvitalis:

Do hok know what average means?
Can't you guys google? Is it not free where you live?

How does 22 being average come close to 13-15 you earlier said?? The ones who finish at the ranges you quoted are probably 3 in 10,000,000.

mrvitalis:
I'm china , USA and other developed countries people are finishing university at 13,14 , 15,
Some even get PhD at 19 , 20 21
Yet we want to Hold our own back till they are 18
Honestly federal government should allow states handle their education system abeg
You guys can keep making minimum age 30 even If you can pass weac and jamb at the age of 10 I see no reason you should be denied admission honestly Highest it should be restricted to school close to guiden

. Not true. My online sources say the average age for university degree acquisition in the US is 22.

ibechris:


God in his infinite mercy would not allow me to live in such a place...

Let me send u my village house and u can use ur tongue to count ur teeth.

That is my village house and i am a typical igbo man.

How old are you people sef, that most of you commenting on this thread are unable to detect the sarcasm and laughter this thread was meant for??

garfield1:
Cc fergie001,we saw this coming.she will likely get to the apex court before tinubu tenure elapses in 2031 and with age on her time might just be a future CJN

And after that, she'll become the president. Claaaaaaap for yourself please! Shameless analysis.

ganisucks:

The buses are locally assembled. Read the article.

Kathmandu, you've resumed your propaganda and conspiracy theories. Very soon, you'll tell us how the buses have been programmed by Bill Gates to distribute coronavirus to Nigerians.

Procashtips:

I should help you defend your own assertion?

Just own up already that you lost this conversation. I already checked and my assertions were confirmed. Do the same and be convinced. We learn everyday; no one is an island of knowledge.