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Politics › Re: How 8 Years Of Chronic Looting,Greed Sank Buhari’s Pledge To Tackle Corruption by savcy(m): 7:01am On May 28, 2023

The level of corruption in this administration is mind-boggling. I wouldn't say it's less or worse than previous administrations, but, imagine one man stealing N89b. And that's just what the records show. I cringe in fright when I think about the amount of money all the ministers and heads of MDAs must have embezzled. Could run into trillions upon trillions. Capital that would have been used to develop this country. Ah! Nigeria!!!

Travel › Re: Nigeria Air Has Finally Arrived In Abuja (Photos, Video) by savcy(m): 1:14pm On May 26, 2023

How many planes are expected?

Politics › Re: Double Nomination: Supreme Court Decision, A Setback For Democracy - Atiku by savcy(m): 1:12pm On May 26, 2023

Atiku was legit the worst of the trio in the last election. I hope he supports another candidate in 2027, because it's clear he exhausted his Aso Rock bundle in 2007.

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Politics › Re: Supreme Court Judgement:Daniel Bwala Recites National Pledge by savcy(m): 1:03pm On May 26, 2023

I don't support Tinubu, until he proves to be a worthy President with performance, but the Supreme was right on this one. It is an internal matter.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 12:21pm On May 26, 2023

magabounce:
Rightly so!! Since the fall of Bahkmut!! It’s even emboldened the Russians as they march towards Adeevka… it’s now a fight to the finish!! The report also stated that 🇺🇦 lost about 50,000 soldiers, including NATO forces and other mercenaries!! Drones and the Kinzhal aided especially in talking out the Patriot!!! Heard also that share holders who bought heavily into the Patriot system are pulling out their funds!!
It’s going to be an interesting couple of weeks!! This war is costing the ordinary tax payer an awful lot!!!
Black water share holders are just smiling to the bank!!! The rich never ever suffer consequences!! It’s just so unfortunate..

Very well said.

Politics › Re: Was Obi Really A Pawn In Tinubu’s Chess Game? by savcy(m): 8:14am On May 26, 2023

Penguin2:
I share your position too.

I always ask myself, so if scholars are writing about the voting pattern of 2023 presidential election for academic purposes, they will write that Bola Tinubu won Rivers State?

We all know that would be a flawed research because Rivers people never voted Tinubu and it’s only INEC that would explain where they manufactured figures for him.

So, nobody can use the result of 2023 election for anything after it was viciously rigged to alter the wishes of the people. Same way Tinubu should not gloat of securing victory through the balkanization of PDP because we all know if votes counted he would be sitting in third position.

Simple.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 8:00am On May 26, 2023*

magabounce:
My TikTok algorithm gives me alternate and updated info about the war!!
You’re absolutely spot on about Germany‘s f00lhardiness and complacency, especially after Markel’s confession!!
It might also interest you to know that Russia still pays royalty to Ukraine for her Pipelines passage through the country!! Vladimir clearly doesn’t want to obliterate Ukraine, evidently, since most of the fighting is done via the Wagner group or by the Khinzal missiles

You are right. Both Russia and the West overestimated their chances in this conflict, but Russia is picking up at a quicker pace. Militarily, Russia was war rusty going into the war, evidenced by the tactical and logistical challenges they had at the onset. They have surmounted those now, and there's no holding them back. Ordinary Wagner Group defeated a NATO-backed Ukraine military with multi-billion dollars worth of hardware in their hands. HIMARS? Gone. Patriot system? Gone. If Russia wanted to destroy Ukraine, honestly they don't need to send one boot one Ukraine's soil. They have the equipment to finish the job.

Economically, Russia is establishing new supply routes. There is just no way Russia will go under. No way. They're just that powerful. IMF projected their economy to even exceed some western countries by 2025. People are buying Russian oil with the Ruble. Maybe we think that's a small thing, but it's not. In anticipation of the war, the West did their calculations on the consequences and how to mitigate them. But the fall out of the war is having worse impact than earlier projected. If Germany is suffering this much impact, how about her neighbours? The West no longer control major share of the world's economy which exposes them to more volatility (hello, China). See Biden begging for the debt-ceiling to be raised, otherwise, the world's ;largest economy will default in its debt. You think this war is a joke? Lol.

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Politics › Re: Niger Delta: A Time For Sober Reflection by savcy(m): 1:17am On May 26, 2023

Your article is very well balanced. As a citizen of Rivers State, I like that you pinned most of the blame on the citizens of the ND themselves. I would have been livid if otherwise was the case. There's no one holding the Niger Delta back other than her people. The central government has done a lot to pacify and reward the region, even though much can still be done. We have a ministry saddled with the sole task of developing the region, and what we did with it was to turn it into an agency for wanton pillaging. We have 13% derivation, but we use it to buy guns and build useless infrastructure with it. No region is anti-HCD as the ND. They would choose a month of peppersoup and women in hotels over educating their children 10x.

Okrika people, in collaboration with the RS govt. chased Dangote Refinery away with foolish demands. You'd think the prospect of thousands of jobs is enough to convince a region to accept a refinery, but not Niger Deltans. And I'm certain they've chased 1000 more companies away since then with their parochial ways of engagement. I have a deep resentment for this region, because of the flagrant display of foolishness I see every other day on the streets and in communities. I don't how companies still come here to plant their businesses, honestly. We are a very asinine population with the worst citizenry and leaders across all sectors of our social life.

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Politics › Re: Was Obi Really A Pawn In Tinubu’s Chess Game? by savcy(m): 12:15am On May 26, 2023

This is a well-spinned conspiracy theory, but a conspiracy theory nonetheless. Nothing is further from the truth. Obi left the PDP when it became obvious that money was going to play a significant role in who emerges as flag-bearer, and Atiku, his "senior brother", was pretty clear about his choice of Okowa (whom he chose solely on the basis of his 'war chest' from day one) as V. P. He had nothing of an arrangement with anyone. This cheap attempt to tarnish his image is laughable.

Tinubu only profited from the simple math of subtraction that was the consequence of Obi's candidature. And if we're being fair, an election so flawed cannot even be a legitimate factor in discussing the outcomes of the last election cycle. So, I wouldn't be so bold as to even say Tinubu profited, because he may as well have come third, but we may never know. I mean, there had to be an infraction of process for him to emerge. He may be President, but we can't really use anything from that election to critically discuss anything tangible, because we're not even certain he won.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 12:15pm On May 25, 2023

Antiochus:
No it's the price of foolishness for being a US vassal. Had they prepared for this it would not have hit them. They wanted to bring Hungary into their foolish suicidal mission but the Hungary President used his head and refused to be a vassal.

The only country that prepared for this is Russia. Others didn't. Look at the moves Russia has been making in the last one year. I won't call them fantastic, but, damn! Making in-roads in Africa and Asia... Their economy will feel the impact of the respective sanctions, but even that is yet to be seen. The whole world instead is in a strait due to the war. If there wasn't a Ministry of Information controlling MSM, we'd have known the true picture of the economic crisis that's engulfed the world due to this war.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 12:02pm On May 25, 2023

9jatriot:
While I agree that Europe was beginning to want to reduce their dependency on the US especially during the time of Trump, I do not think they would want to integrate Russia directly into mainstream. Maybe they would have found a way to live with Russia more as a strategic partner than direct integration.

Something tells me that they all think Zenlensky is being foolish but telling him so will mean Russia has won. They just expect him to use his common sense to assess if joining NATO is worth all the death and devastation. I want to believe that they are wondering like what sensible leader watches his infrastructure and people being killed and is still eager to continue the carnage

Leaders that do not mind senseless killings going on are usually found in Africa and Middle East

"Strategic partnership" is the right description. Thank you for that. But Russia was a part of the plan. Can't plan for Europe's prosperity and dismiss Russian influence entirely. The situation with Zelensky you described isn't out of place at all. There was a bit of reluctance from the EU front with providing weapons to Ukraine at the initial stages, and that tells a lot. Even till date, only the US is planning on send F-series jets there, because they have other interests in the war beyond EU's prospects, and the EU knows this.

No one is asking why France has been quiet. Most EU countries right now are speaking through Hungary, and asking for negotiations to commence. They don't want the war to continue. They know Russia will pound Ukraine to smithereens regardless of ammunition provided. There's a reason they all fear Russia till tomorrow. The Hungarian PM said it earlier in the week that a victory over Russia in Ukraine is a mirage. Won't happen. Zelensky is doing what he's doing because he knows Russia won't escalate the war unless their border is breached, and they know the US has their backs. I'm neither pro-Russ or ~~Pro-Us~~ Pro-Ukraine, but I think the sensible thing right now is to negotiate. If sanctions couldn't hold North Korea from building ICBMs and Nukes, you think it would stop Russia? Like the US and UK, Russia is a force of nature. They'll forever be here, until Christ comes.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 11:18am On May 25, 2023

God1000:
You are funny man, my first time of reading something like this.

Really? You don't know Russia almost joined NATO at one point?

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 10:53am On May 25, 2023

OloyeVIII:
All these inflation, deflation, oppression, depression bvllshit. I don't understand sh!t, who the fvck invented the economy?

You call what you don't understand BS. Wow!

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 10:49am On May 25, 2023

God1000:
Lol, how do you integrate Russia into EU affairs?

Europe isn't strong enough to protect itself, they need US protection.

A potential Russian integration was indeed tricky, but it was achievable. Russia in collaboration with the rest of the EU can protect the EU.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 10:39am On May 25, 2023

God1000:
Yeah I remember the visit of German chancellor to Moscow days before Putin invaded Ukraine.

He extended an olive branch to Mr Putin but it didn't work out, several European leaders also traveled to Russia then.

They are just trying to avoid the repeat of world war II, Putin's Imperial ambition must be stopped in Ukraine

What many do not know is that the Ukraine war actually halted a huge plan the EU had to get itself off US influence, and that plan involved integrating Russia into EU affairs. NATO would probably have been disbanded in 10 years time, because EU powers were already getting weary of it and questioning it's continued existence. This war granted legitimacy to NATO, a development which saddens Germany, Hungary, France and Belgium, because they had a plan to create a military organisation that would protect EU interests solely. EU isn't really happy about how the war is progressing. They all want an end to it, either militarily or by negotiations. But they want it to happen now. They're weary of it and just want it to end. The EU still and will always see Russia as a brother.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 10:34am On May 25, 2023

OloyeVIII:
Just print more money! FFS

They would just slip into a depression. Because the cost of goods would skyrocket to high heavens.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Germany Slips Into Recession As Inflation, Higher Interest Bite by savcy(m): 10:18am On May 25, 2023*

The early optimistic forecasts show that the Germans do not have total control of proceedings as things unfold in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict. Europe's largest economy slipping into a recession is huge problem for the bloc. By the time they crawl out of this recession to compete again, China would have more than filled their vacuum. I mean, obviously the problem is more dire than is in the news.

Energy problems are very fundamental, and since Russian cheap energy is history, they might as well accept their new reality. Because, unless oil prices ease up, no seller would decrease the price of energy to them on benevolent grounds for them. Other countries in the EU would soon declare their economic health, and the world would understand how this war in Ukraine has potential changed world order. Funny thing is, the US probably wins it all. They're the only country in the world who can solve their problems by printing currency notes.

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Politics › Re: Nigerian Navy Presidential Fleet Review 2023 by savcy(m): 9:40am On May 18, 2023

Sonnobax15:

Navy wey ordinary militants dey use shine upandan for creek

Which creek? Because I am in Rivers State, and from Tai LGA. Bunkering activities have practically shut down for three years now due to Naval bombardment. Any bunkering activities currently ongoing in any parts of the Delta has government backing. Or else, you see this Buhari administration, the sort of military hardware they acquired has given the military the upper hand in combat. Let Boko Haram carry out heir usual forest bike rides again na. The only problems we have now are radar tech, more hardware and intelligence. I hope the next President gives these utmost priority.

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Politics › Re: Nigeria Leadership: The Millenials Can No Longer Wait by savcy(m): 4:48am On May 18, 2023

When you contrast between the involvement of millennials in other sectors of the country like housing, tech, agriculture, finance, etc. and their involvement in the Nigerian political space, you realise that, statistically speaking, there's a complete absence of this demographic in the latter. People showing up for rallies isn't actual political participation. How many party delegates, national and state EXCOS, NWCs, NECs are millennials? How many millennials are in the various transition committees across the country? The main parties couldn't care less, because they have an array of means to hold on to political power illegitimate or otherwise. So, they couldn't care less if millennials are involved or not.

Also, Nigeria's politics is dark, really dark. I don't know of any human social component ever created that's darker in make up and functions like the Nigerian political system. You can look at the British, Australian, American, South African, Moroccan political systems, for example, and you can actually explain how it they work, and how to build a successful career there in. Who can explain ours? The amount of violence, bribery, oppression, dark magic etc. associated with our politics are not exactly alluring to attract these young people. It's just sad that we seem to have the worst of everything.

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Politics › Re: I Made A Cgpa Of 3.2 In 100l,can I Still Graduate With A Second Class Upper by savcy(m): 3:47am On May 18, 2023

I was on 3.28 CGPA in 300L first semester and still made 2:1. Just pray and study harder. You're well on your way.

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Politics › Re: USA Release Nuclear Data To Russia Begs Russia To Do The Same by savcy(m): 2:40pm On May 17, 2023

Gbogbowa:
Nato is just helping the Ukraine to defend their teritory, what i expecg the Russia to do if they really want to fight America, let them bomb American embasy in Russia or Ukraine then the fight start

You really don't get what's going on do you? Let me cite a few examples of what has happened so far and why requesting Russia to bomb the US embassy is ridiculous. 1) When Biden visited Kyiv, the Pentagon literally put a call across to Kremlin informing them of the Airforce 1's impending arrival in Ukraine's airspace. Why do you think they did that? 2) Two nights ago Russia sent a blitz of missiles aiming for the patriot system stationed in the heart of Kyiv. Why didn't they just send them to Bakhmut and blast it to cinder? 3) When it was reported that Ukraine had sent drones to kill Putin in the Kremlin, the US made it clear they had advised Ukraine against any combat activity that goes trans-border into Russia. Why? They know the outcome.

Do you think the US or Russia cannot launch an offensive against each other this moment? Forget what's happening, Russian Generals are very upset at the pace Putin is executing the war. They want to send a nationwide blitz and end Ukraine now. The issue is no one wants a nuclear holocaust, and everyone is avoiding anything that would provoke it. That's the reason they are all playing "nicely". Because, none of these guys can win an all out war void of nuclear arms. The US got beat in Vietnam. They needed nukes to defeat the Japs. The most assuredly won't win Russia. Both countries would nuke each other out. Europe, US, Canada, Russia, Mexico would seize to exist. Are those stakes not high enough to avoid a confrontation that would lead to such an outcome?

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Politics › Re: Why Hasn't US President Joe Biden Congratulated Tinubu? by savcy(m): 1:40pm On May 17, 2023

President Xi didn't congratulate Biden until the SCOTUS gave a judgement concerning Trump's suit. This is exactly what is playing out with Tinubu. After the case is settled, many more congrats will arrive.

Politics › Re: USA Release Nuclear Data To Russia Begs Russia To Do The Same by savcy(m): 1:35pm On May 17, 2023

9jahotblog:
Russia Doesn’t have the half weapons US have.

Why then is all of Europe assisting in weapon aid to Ukraine? The US alone supplying arms would have dealt a huge blow to their stockpile. I want the war to end today, but you have to give it to the Russians for fighting the enitre West and still holding on for more than a year now. If this was a USA-Iraq situation, Ukraine would have been defeated long before now. I underestimated Russia the whole time. Total weapons from the West they've destroyed so far is in excess of $100b. That's huge. I don't know how they plan to sustain this, but they have exceeded my projections.

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Politics › Re: Governor Presents N71B Supplementary Budget Less Than 14 Days To End Of Tenure. by savcy(m): 1:21pm On May 17, 2023

See VP wey wan rescue Nigeria.

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Politics › Re: RENEWABLES: $1.3bn Zungeru Hydroelectric Station Ready For Commissioning by savcy(m): 1:10pm On May 16, 2023*

This is commendable. All these projects and we're stuck at 3000MW yet. I don't understand!

Autos › Re: Honda CR-V 1999 Vs KIA Cerato 2011, Which Should He Buy? (pics) by savcy(m): 1:08pm On May 16, 2023

I'm here to learn.

Politics › Re: States Paying Outgoing Govs Jumbo Pensions Owe N3tn Debt by savcy(m): 12:02am On May 16, 2023

I don't see the rationale behind serving for 8 years in complete luxury, and then being entitled to a lifetime of ridiculously humongous retirement benefits. A nation touted as the poverty capital of the world? I'll keep saying it, Nigeria isn't ready to function and operate as a country. We're a seriously joking contraption disguised as a nation, where political offices are nothing but legal platforms for wanton pillaging, whoever gets the chance. When you speak about other countries and how advanced in thought and action they've gone, you hear people say we need 150years more to mature to their current status. When we haven't even been able to think like they did 500 years ago. Jokers!

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Politics › Re: Will PDP Ever Bounce Back To Reckoning? - TonyeBarcanista by savcy(m): 6:37pm On May 13, 2023

TonyeBarcanista:
Honestly, this is a very honest and sincere analysis of the situation. But one thing I have realised is that APC is not unbeatable - and they too realised this after seeing the results of Osun State Governorship election (2022) and even the Presidential election where they could only win in 1/3 of the 36 states - losing 2/3 to the opposition. I expect them to use incumbency, advantage to strengthen their party, but I see opportunities for the opposition ahead of 2027. All the opposition needs is proper leadership, equity, fairness and justice to challenge the ruling APC.

I align with your thoughts, sir. Actually the only reason the APC is still holding sway is because the opposition(s) are naive. The APC is a fundamentally fractured party. They were literally formed by four different tectonic formations. The fault lines exist and can be exploited any day, any time. If the APC were to be in the position of the PDP in the last election, they would have won easily. How? Concession and compromise. In 2015 they had one goal, and all interested parties made compromises and the party won.

In the build up to the primaries in 2022, if Buhari were an Atiku, he would have used power of incumbency to endorse a candidate other than Tinubu. The saviour of the APC is Buhari actually. That singular decision to allow the primaries go ahead, when men like Adamu would have preferred otherwise, was the saving grace for the APC. That's the power of concession and compromise. Holding on to political power for a very lengthy period of time is contingent on one's ability to know when to distribute it. This is something PDP leaders have to learn, from Wike, to Atiku, to Ayu, etc. They are too self-centered for anything that would facilitate advancement to work. Funny thing is, even if the entire structure of the PDP is given to men like Wike, he would mess things up. If he didn't massively rig the last election, he knows he was on his way out without a predecessor. And he literally owns the entire Rivers PDP. That says a lot about the caliber of leaders in that party .

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Politics › Re: Will PDP Ever Bounce Back To Reckoning? - TonyeBarcanista by savcy(m): 1:31pm On May 13, 2023

Reading the comments thus far would just open your eyes as to why the PDP is doomed to fizzle out. In the party currently personal interests seems to still take precedence over party objectives. As much as this phenomenon is typical of anything Nigeria, the PDP probably needs more losses to realise that it doesn't have the luxury to toe this path.

Defeating the APC was very, very easy in 2023, which with a more sensible leadership the PDP would have easily won. However, this won't be the case in 2027. Because, Tinubu as party leader would be far better than anything PDP would come up with in the race to 2027. Atiku sticking around and trying to mend relationships in the party yet is a joke. He is nothing more than a relic of the disaster that 2023 was for the PDP. No serious PDP politician would take him seriously.

Forget about the brouhaha that's occasioned the choice of Senate President in the APC. If choice of national chairman didn't split that party last year, it would take a very cynical leadership style by Tinubu to shake the party. And the man is a sound negotiator. So what are the odds? They're bound to keep building. And Buhari's tenure has taught them a bitter lesson about policies and how it affects public support. They'd do a lot to change that. The PDP is the party that's not showing any signs of growth, and that should worry any one affiliated to them.

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Politics › Re: Will PDP Ever Bounce Back To Reckoning? - TonyeBarcanista by savcy(m): 3:28am On May 13, 2023*

The PDP may never rise again, because:

1) The biggest problem with the PDP at the moment is the sheer lack of leaders who are good negotiators. When you're leading powerful individuals having the right negotiation and conflict resolution skills cannot be overemphasised. That's how the APC started out, and are still together today, because, somehow, they just know how to pacify the people who matter. Atiku should have negotiated better and sought for ways to pacify Obi and the G5 immediately after the primaries. Ayu was a liability that overstayed his welcome due to Atiku's pride. Ayu was completely redundant to anything of electoral worth that happened in the last election.

2) The PDP is still living on the grand delusion that it is still the party to beat. This mentality is one of the reasons they are yet to play actual opposition politics at the scale the APC did it. I can't believe that the PDP allowed Buhari a peaceful 8years in power in spite of the monumental failings of the administration. Pre-2015, the APC leveraged the media to demonise every single GEJ policies, while pushing their narrative of how they would have done it better. The PDP is yet to paint the picture of the APC in a way that sways public opinion of the party. If GEJ's tenure witnessed a rise in inflation from 12% to 22% in a matter of 4 years, GEJ would probably have been impeached due to the massive public outcry the APC would have whipped. The political strategy employed by the PDP does not in any way reflect opposition.

3) Most PDP leaders do not care for the party any more. The last election more than showed that most politicians in the PDP just weren't interested in pouring money into the party in a way that matches pre-2015. Most just want to secure their tickets and their zones, and that's it.

4) The level of demarketing the APC did to the PDP pre-2015, is almost indelible. In fact, it would take a very, very sustained period of combined good governance and leadership by PDP elected officials to overturn the impression people have for the party. In 2014, while the PDP were using the media to perpetuate the idea the the APC was a party for extremists, the APC completely won the war of labelling by demonising them. The name PDP was so so unattractive at some point that a name change was even considered by party leaders. .

5) The PDP must do away with Atiku once and for all. He's not very popular in the North for starters. People only rally around him in votes worth due to the ineptitude experienced in the last 8 years. If Tinubu leads better (which some expect) Atiku would fizzle out of relevance. Also, he's a bad strategist. After multiple failed Presidential contests, he has quite possibly depleted his dispensable cash. At the moment, he is of no political value to the party. He has lost his chance for people to trust him.

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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: River State Civil Service 2023 {rivjobs} by savcy(m): 2:07pm On May 10, 2023

Lifeofease:
Today's the exam

Good luck writing. If today's SUBEB incident is an indicator of things to come, then we only have hope left in the state. Clannish recruitment is here to stay.

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