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The figure is fabricated

Kaczynski:
Nigerian government and building roads




Nigerians have taken this as achievenment , ordinary road romans and greeks were building with little to no money and most of them are still functionining today unlike coal tarred road your precious zbeba of president did.

This road is not ordinary.
It is the first road ever to cross the sea and connect Bonny Island to the mainland. Until now, Bonny Island—Nigeria’s LNG capital—had never been linked by road. That historic connection alone makes this project truly exceptional, not ordinary.

1978 – Conceptual Idea
• The idea to connect Bonny Island to the mainland by road was first conceived during the military administration in Rivers State.

2002 – Early Attempt
• An initial effort produced only limited bridge work and stalled without meaningful progress.


2014 – Formal Contract Award
• The Federal Government awarded the Bodo–Bonny Road contract to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc.

2017 – Project Revival & Construction Begins
• A tripartite funding arrangement involving the Federal Government, Nigeria LNG (NLNG), and Julius Berger was signed.
• Full construction commenced, including major bridges across creeks and swampy terrain.

2019–2021 – Delays and Cost Review
• Engineering complexity, funding gaps, inflation, and design changes caused delays.
• Project cost was reviewed upward.

2022 – Community-Related Interruptions
• Local grievances over engagement and naming issues briefly disrupted construction.

2023 – Inflation & FX Crisis
• Severe inflation and foreign exchange pressures slowed work and triggered renegotiations.

2024 – Funding Approval & Restart
• Federal Executive Council approved a significant cost increase.
• Construction resumed at full pace.

December 2025 – Temporary Opening
• The road was officially opened to light vehicles only, marking a historic breakthrough after decades of isolation.

2026 (Target) – Full Completion
• Final works and unrestricted access (including heavy trucks) expected upon completion.

matify83:
Wow!

This is picturesque !

This will open up the communities along that corridor and surely improve the value of assets while reducing commute time for people living in these areas.

Nice one!

Sure.
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu on Monday temporarily opened the 37.9-kilometre Bodo–Bonny Road in Rivers State, warning that night travel and heavy-duty vehicles remain banned until the project is fully completed in the first quarter of 2026.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUvVqN9x_pY?si=-OZpo8Ik0CYqi4ze
Speaking through the Minister of Works, David Umahi, at a ceremony on the Bodo-Bonny road, the President described the road as a flagship achievement of his Renewed Hope Agenda, saying it ends decades of reliance on difficult and sometimes risky river journeys into Bonny Island.

Tinubu stated, “The dream of the Bonny Kingdom has come true; the dream of the Bodo Kingdom has come true.

“No more risky journeys through the busy Bonny River, no more expensive helicopters, no more untold hardships to reach this blessed island.

For now, the road is open only for light vehicles from 7 am to 7 pm daily. Heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and tricycles are barred until completion, targeted for March 2026.”

Tinubu commended the contractor, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, singling out the project manager, Tim Nippert, for pushing the work to its current stage.

https://punchng.com/tinubu-opens-rivers-bodo-bonny-road-for-light-vehicles/

dollytino4real:
Effective 4 malaria n very cheap then #10 but now i heard is more than 5h

Don't know it is used as medication for malaria. That is quite interesting though

If you ever stopped at a street-side pharmacy, almost anywhere in Nigeria, and looked down the shelves you’ll find, probably between the nondescript packets of tablets for the common cold and malaria fever, the distinctive white and red sachets for a local medicine called Alabukun Powder.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglsmsHfos8?si=gVl9LradyRN8_r4p

Nigerians who use the drug are convinced it cures almost every ailment from minor headaches, fevers and pains to battling chronic rheumatism and arthritis. Medically speaking, Alabukun powder is an analgesic but it’s used in local traditional herbal medicine concoctions as commonly as it is used in modern medicine in Nigeria.

The Alabukun brand is one of the longest-running, indigenous pharmaceutical brands in Africa, gaining widespread use over the last 100 years and become part of Nigerian fabric, without significant marketing or advertising budgets in recent decades. It can also be found in stalls and pharmacies in neighboring West African countries and even in local stores of migrant-heavy neighborhoods in the United Kingdom. It’s a remarkable achievement because there are few indigenous Nigerian consumer brands of any sort that had made it this far and wide—and lasted 100 years.

Alabukun was founded by a Nigerian pharmacy apprentice and entrepreneur, Jacob Sogboyega Odulate in 1918, a period when Aspirin-caffeine (headache) powder brands were just starting to spring up in the United States. The year was also at the peak of colonial control in Nigeria (today’s country was just created in 1914). There was no modern pharmaceutical industry and only a few western drugs were imported and distributed in the country by European companies.

Though there was already Aspirin, a drug discovered in 1897, in the market, Nigerians barely had access to western drugs and most people only knew of traditional local medication based on herbs. Odulate, born in 1884 in Lagos, was armed with a basic knowledge of European pharmaceutical products and medical care acquired locally as a pharmacy apprentice in Abeokuta, introduced his own brand of Aspirin-caffeine powder to the locals and went ahead to make sure it was always available and affordable to them

Odulate who was nicknamed by locals as Alabukun (Blessed Jacob), started producing what would become Alabukun powder from local materials and imported patent drugs which he imported from the United Kingdom through a British company, called Ayrton Saunders & Co. based in Liverpool. Odulate also established a retail chain called “Alabukun Patent Medicine Supply Stores” and sold patent drugs. He also ran a clinic where he attended to minor injuries and wounds.

Today, a sachet of Alabukun powder contains 760 mg of acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) and 60 mg of caffeine. Its powder form means, when compared to tablets, it dissolves faster and therefore works faster. Most people mix it with water but its also mixed with everything from soda drinks to gin.


But the success and longevity of Alabukun powder is a really a result of the marketing and sales distribution ingenuity of Blessed Jacob. First, he ensured his product was easily accessible to the locals right from the start by placing his first drug stall close to a street market. He also localized his products by giving them his already popular Yoruba nickname, Alabukun, and added his picture on his products, taking advantage of his reputation as respected medicine man to gain the trust of customers.

Nigerians took to it quickly. They were already familiar with traditional drugs in powder form and even used the Alabukun powder alongside traditional herbal medicines. He marketed his brand far and wide using the “Alabukun Almanac” in which he identified numerous medications for diverse ailments.

It’s worth noting another of Alabukun’s marketing and distribution strengths has also been its appeal to low income Nigerians as it can often be sold quite cheaply by the sachet in local stores or even street hawkers. Typically, a single sachet sells for 80 naira (25 cents) and a pack usually holds 10 sachets. It’s a lesson global consumer product giants like Unilever and P&G learned in numerous African markets decades later. To reach low-income customers fast-moving consumer goods often have to be sold in much smaller, conveniently-priced packages than they would be in wealthier economies. Alabukun was effectively doing this right from the start in its home market.

The scale of these achievements hadn’t been duly recognized or documented until his daughter, Folake Solanke, herself a much-accomplished, veteran lawyer told part of his story in her autobiography, Reaching for the Stars (2007).The Nobel Laureate and author, Wole Soyinka remembers growing up around this enterprise, as a young boy. Soyinka wrote about Blessed Jacob, his medicine store and an Alabukun Almanac of 1938 in his memoir, Ake: The Years of Childhood.

https://qz.com/africa/1461436/alabukuns-untold-story-of-a-successful-nigerian-business

Maeve7:
Isn’t it what marriage is about? Which one is pact now?

Oyibo way of life.... May God Bless our homes

My husband and I made a pact never to divorce, even when it felt impossible. 30 years later, I'm glad we stayed


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8ug6sF7Q0?si=fb1XZ6CexCxfy5oL

TINUBUNOMICS: Nigerian stocks are experiencing their best run under any President since 1999

https://nairametrics.com/2025/07/21/tinubunomics-nigerian-stocks-are-experiencing-their-best-run-under-any-president-since-1999/

2027: South Should Complete Eight Years As President, Says PDP’s Abba Moro

https://www.channelstv.com/2025/07/20/2027-south-should-complete-eight-years-as-president-says-pdps-abba-moro

Nairaland give us figures in dollars not naira

God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

This man is always writing false stories. A US University Professor for that matter.

May God deliver us from enemy within

Apology to Aisha Buhari

By Farooq Kperogi

Although I absolutely should have foreseen it, I honestly didn’t anticipate the profoundly painful consequences that my July 16 Facebook update titled “Aisha Buhari, Divorce, and Forgiveness Claim” would have on former First Lady Mrs. Aisha Buhari and people closest to her.

It’s one of the worst and cruelest lapses of judgement I have ever committed in my life, and it has been a source of unfathomable personal anguish for me these past few days.

My source, whose integrity is unimpeachable, insists the information is accurate, but never intended for it to become public. Going public with the information was an error on my part, as not every well-sourced information is for public consumption.

On the other side, Alhaji Sani Zorro, former SSA to the First Lady on Public Affairs, whom I hold in the highest esteem, has reached out to question the accuracy of my claims.

I will not contest the particulars and veracity of the information with Alhaji Sani who conveyed the former First Lady’s position that her marriage was intact. After all, as the late MKO Abiola memorably said, no one can give you a haircut in your absence.

Clearly, Mrs. Buhari herself has the ultimate authority and right to define the status of her marriage with her late husband. Her truth should be respected as supreme, whatever other facts may exist.

Moreover, the truth of this information is now far less significant than the hurt my disclosure of it has caused. I shouldn’t have shared it publicly. Period. Doing so violated every moral and ethical principle I cherish and uphold. But it shows I am only human, an imperfect human.

I realize it might be impossible for many to believe (except those who truly know me) that I acted without malice, ulterior motives, or external influence. But I sincerely did not intend to harm Mrs. Buhari or execute any personal vendetta.

To Mrs. Aisha Buhari, I offer my heartfelt and unreserved apology for the needless and deeply regrettable hurt I have caused. I am truly sorry.

https://x.com/abdullahayofel/status/1946943112389234950

El-Rufai only has one vote, like wise Agulu Fake Messiah

Here is the event as it plays out in the Coldplay Kisscam concert in Boston


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLEUIzHHT5s?si=pBRHCqaVfW9oLPjU

They Fired Both - Coldplay Kisscam American Couple having affairs




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFBI4BFkvEQ?si=07yRAjA_wfWnDEW9

GetSenseNow:
I've provided the evidence of the reason why the doctors didn't get paid.
They asked for 100% salary increase while Obi offered them 65%.

Now, provide your evidence of where obi refused to pay salaries for no reason as you and your fellow dolts try to claim on this platform.

Even your Tinibu didn't build a chemist

Obi is a failure. Tinubu built Hospitals and Ward Clinics everywhere in Lagos State

NIGERIANS ARE VERY CORRUPT

NBA COLLECTED MONEY FROM FUBARA

NO WONDER THEY WERE SHOUTING UP AND DOWN WHEN FUBARA WAS REMOVED, BUT REFUSED TO SHOUT DURING FUBARA RASCALITY

China, in the wake of President Trump’s latest tariffs on foreign trading partners, announced Friday it will hit the U.S. with a 34 percent reciprocal tax on imports starting next week.

“The US practice is inconsistent with international trade rules, seriously undermines China’s legitimate rights and interests, and is a typical unilateral bullying practice,” China’s State Council Tariff Commission said in a policy release.

The officials added that the move “not only undermines the interests of the United States itself but also endangers global economic development and the stability of the production and supply chain.”

The retaliatory tariffs, which were expected after the nation responded to the Trump administration’s imposition of 34 percent tariffs on top of an existing 20 percent tax, will go in effect on April 10.

The Chinese government also noted that it added 11 U.S. companies to its “unreliable entity list” and placed export controls on 16 firms to prevent the export of dual-use products.

Beijing also announced that it would put in export controls on seven rare earth minerals, such as gadolinium and samarium. Additionally, a probe was kickstarted into medical X-ray tubes, originating from India and the U.S.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5231894-china-retaliation-donald-trump-tariff-agenda/

Very poor

God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless our Armed Forces
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

Sit at home people

Oyerinde987:
Scammers they are

Like Peter Agulu

Loosers

Opposition is not good... wailing for the next eight years in Edo State

FourQu:
This politics section is now boring. No more Yorubas creating threads concerning their IGR again ever since they found out that omo igbo collects over 1000% of what they contribute as federal allocation

Yorubas woke up and realised they are the monkeys working and igbos are the baboons chopping

Please you guys should post IGR statistics for November, I want to see how much the south west donated to the south east last month

Olodo...

Sit at home people

Nigerians and negative news

God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria
God punish enemies within