₦airaland Forum

RuudVanNisteroy:
As a Yoruba boy who lived in the Niger Delta for 14 years, one thing that will strike you is the abject poverty across the six states. It is hard to believe since 1956 when oil was first found in Oloibiri,Bayelsa close to a thrillion dollars has been pumped from the ground with nothing to show for it. There is no discounting that massive corruption by former military administrators, local government chairmen,Governors,NDDC and Ministry of Niger Delta also had a major role to play in the poverty in the region.

However, when you go to Abuja and Lagos you see how some of the Niger Delta wealth used to breast feed the nation is been spent. The brewing of unrest in the Niger Delta during the OBJ and Yaradua regime can be traced to the One Million March organized to extend Abacha rule, that had men and women brought in from across the six states in the Niger Delta to Abuja and they saw how the money from their backyard was being spent extravagantly by people that had never seen oil or faced the consequences environmental degradation.

The Niger Delta has long been cheated,even the current Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) is from the northern part of the country. And to exerbate things further the recent PIB bill they had little input into is looking to shortchange them further and institutionalize this injustice through provision of between 2%-5% for oil producing communities and 30% fund for explorations of northern basins.

What the 30% provision for exploration of oil in the northern basins in the current Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) means is that billions of dollars of Niger Delta funds will be spent and used to empower the North through overheads such as : royalties,catering for staff,northern contractors and their sub contractors,local and state taxes. Given the opaque nature in which the NNPC is operated there will also be billions of dollars of Niger Delta funds lost through corruption and diverted to buy properties locally and internationally as well as buy luxury vehicles.

After reading the "NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORING VOYAGE UP THE RIVERS KWO'RA AND BI'NUE" then I realized Lord lugard no try at all. Although hausa as was like the trade language then, but everybody controlled their own territory and respected boundaries.

Tomygins:
U forgot to add thats its converted. You p on nairaland can lie sha. Look at the gear. Where is the gear facing left or right

you get eye

A good car for bolt...after Atleast 100k body work.

The bouncing benz

No worry Na money be fine bobo

See crowd....where obaseki dey?

fozapi:
Most times I don't understand where the Ijaw envy hate for igbos comes from because it is us igbos that are supposed to be angry but we are not we have moved on from the past and this is why God have blessed us and ijaws always make mouth that they sold igbos to the white men and I ask who is supposed to be angry? But we have moved on and we are better today and a descendant of one of those igbos you sold is now the head of a usa navy ship.

We have moved on and we don't care about that anymore we just can't stay with the fulanis anymore we want freedom and it is just sad that you people still want to stay with fulanis after everything they have done to you, they killed Ken saro wiwa and they killed boro, do you think ironsi would not have killed boro in prison he could not becauase he saw him as a brother and that was why he sent a Ijaw man to capture him out of respect.


Do you know Ironsi made your son an Ijaw man the first Nigerian chief of Air staff his name was George kurubo, if we hated you so much why would an igbo man give an Ijaw man sure a high ranking position, chief of Air staff, that's real power


Boro won an election at UNN beating 2 igbo students, igbos don't hate you we actually want the best for you and remember we have oil and gas in igbo land so we don't need yours, I hope you people would one day do the right thing so you can stay on the good sides of history this time around

https://www.biafranboys.org/biafra-ironsi-made-ijaw-man-first

Na because of the recent Imo oil well news

citywal:
are you sure?

sure of what?

Ronaldinho don high dey on tins and tins

Or11:
Will you shut up, every human has a right to love who they want. Talking about western culture, is Christianity and Islam the African culture?

you mean is right for an aged man to sleep with maybe a 3yrs girl or boy, or even sleep with an animal. Since every human has a right to love who they want

But snoop Dogg still alive and kicking

No be one southern senator get certificate with different names what do you expect. I am sure they didn't even attend any of the PIB sittings

If possible president should be Igbo Christian and VP Middle belt Muslim. Maybe a kogi man or benue....

Kennyking1234:
It undoubtedly a pop culture in Nigeria today, most of them claim they are trying to "get back the stolen wealth from the imperialist" and use other means to justify their income.

One common theme about yahoo boys is that they lack financial wisdom, they only think of spending; it could be women, phones, hotels, Benz and other extravagance. The average yahoo boy isn't thinking about how to convert his stolen wealth to cash-generating assets.

My prediction is that when "Yahoo Yahoo" becomes more difficult with time and the young boys of today become older, it would be common to find men(former yahoo boys) regretting their extravagance and foolish spending on liabilities such as Benz, iPhone, women etc.


Moral: Think long term and always try to covert your liquid cash to assets that appreciates with time. Invest your money in knowledge, stocks, bonds etc

right now most of them invest in assets. 80% of the domestic gas stations in south south especially delta state is owned by Yahoo boys.

I think WhatsApp status and Instagram played a role in the increasing rate of yahoo boys in Nigeria...back then in 2006-2010 to be a yahoo boy wasn't easy and it was only a small circle of guys that were into it. Hardship for Nigeria follow oh, but com'on when you see ur guy for whatsapp status posting steady balling pics next thing Na "guy how e dey be, what's the level?"....If not for internet fraud Na only politicians and top richmen children go fit afford stuffs like latest iPhone, luxury hotels, designer wears, Uber/bolt dey survive mainly on Yahoo boys. If not for yahoo crime rate in Nigeria would be alarming just like south America countries.

Hmm.... Reuben Abati sounds versatile

chiedu7:
The sooner when the South leaves the North the better

no be house of reps man from Edo dey sponsor am?? Wetin concern north

Wrong not south, next president must come from igbo

Where Dem get this info from....Dem even their govt for nigeria

Beehshorp:
You guys should bring out an Igbo man for president, within 5 years Nigeria will become dubai.

I totally support igbo man for president, but tell me one state for east wey be like Dubai?

This men know say no be buhari dey run things

See block

Myself I look wey younger than my age...my current girlfriend people thinks she is older than me, I senior her with 2yrs.

Most police escort for Nigeria especially south south their duty Na to clear road during heavy traffic for their principal. So sad

Dem no go go Kenya now oh...

Do d do

Keep ur circle small

You no even talk road safety or police ....NNPC?? Even casual staff or Internship hard then you talking about full time staff..

Lol money we Lai go carry give him pikin to use ball

E dey funny Sha...because him be British citizen and so?? No be for Libya wey u s ambassador die.

You self u cannot write well ...Most of my class mates back then at the University couldn't write simple sentences and correct spellings... Nobody perfect sha

Talk true Na because for DC, females are allowed to wear trouser to church and RCCG does not allow such. ( personally I don't see anything wrong with a girl wearing trousers to church). I think DC is this modern type of church like house on the rock , salvation ministry , COZA, etc