God1000:
Stupid man, he defended Buhari and his ineptitude for good eight years, they talk and pretend to be on the side of masses when they are no longer in government

Is he saying the truth now? Or he is still telling lies as he did for eight years with Buhari

RepoMan007:
Basic or expanded allowance?

You dey mind the chronic liar who is always trying to sound intelligent but turns out to be super stupid.

March 9, 2015
Power supply: All homes in Lagos will be lit in six months if… —Fashola

The governor, while commissioning the fifth IPP, said: “Let the EKO DISCOs sign a contract with me, giving part of their concessioning to the state government. In about six to eight months, there will be power in all homes in Lagos State.

“So, let no one say that he has no money to deliver power for the entire country. This is the limit to which the law allows us to do, but we have done this to make a statement that power can be generated.

‘’So, when they come with lies that power is impossible, you can tell them that we have power here; we make it possible.”

He opined that the project showed that the money to improve the Nigerian economy is here, “since we don’t need the World Bank to come and do this for us.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/power-supply-all-homes-in-lagos-will-be-lit-in-six-months-if-fashola/amp/

Islie:
https://dailytrust.com/desperate-nigerian-seeking-asylum-begged-to-be-declared-wanted-police/

If he is in the abroad already, then how can he be sitting across from the Oga olopa

Who is fooling who with anyhow stories?

Babangidapikin:
We don't even have enough electricity for production , you na dey roll out electric cab ... make you na reach the level of china first na ....

Abi o.
Ordinary pipe borne water and toilet facilities are missing in many Lagos homes.
No wonder the metropolis is known as a glorified ghetto among global cities.

Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranking as one of the worst places to live in the world for the nine straight years, a BusinessDay analysis shows.

Data from the 2019 Global Liveability Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the world’s leader in global business intelligence, shows the city has been within the range of 137th-139th position out of a total of 140 cities in the world from year 2011-2019.

https://businessday.ng/uncategorized/article/lagos-ranks-amongst-worst-cities-to-live-in-for-nine-straight-years/

FreeStuffsNG:
This comprehensive approach highlights the council’s overarching goal of prioritizing the welfare of the community members.

Comprehensive approach that falls to include recruiting teachers for free primary schools to all children is misguided and misplaced priorities of olofos in government.

PureFace1:
yen yen look at you wailing as if there are not also accounts that create topics only for Igbo, all what your generation is good at is playing the victims

For those of you that says Yoruba is successful in this country because of government,
Yoruba is the most successful in UK and USA too, UK and USA government must be helping Yoruba to marginalize Igbo

Please what is the point in two impotent men bragging and arguing over the length of their fishing rods

David Hundeyin
May 4, 2022

I want to sell a script to a Hollywood studio. The story is about a guy who owns a farm that constantly runs at a loss but never quite shuts down.

The farm is massive and underutilised, and the protagonist has all the opportunities in the world to improve its output and get a bumper harvest.

He has access to credit, machinery, free irrigation and gifts from neighbouring farmers, but all he ever does with these things is drink and smoke them away while his family suffers.

Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world

Apart from drinking, smoking and generally being utterly useless, his other pastime is to pump out children at an industrial rate. Needless to say, he takes no care of his children whatsoever, and many of them fail to survive childhood.

Those who do survive have to leave the farm and hire themselves out as hired labour to the neighbouring farmers, having picked up some survival skills from home.

With time, a number of them rise through the ranks and become senior managers, directors and even shareholders in these other farms while their father continues mismanaging his farm.

When good news about some of these successful children gets home, their father is filled with pride and joy, but when they end up on the wrong side of life, he acts as if he never knew them.

The successful ones make efforts to revamp their childhood home by sending back money and volunteering their skills and time, but all this guy ever wants to do is be a 62-year-old underachieving idiot carried through life by charity and luck.

Famzing” diaspora success is dishonest
I’m sure before the end of the second paragraph, you figured out whose story I was telling. The 62-year story of post-independence Nigeria — which the Hollywood studio would surely reject for being too sad with no redemption — is that of our fictional antihero.

Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world.

Remember how everyone from corporate brands to Abike Dabiri made a big song and dance about supporting Anthony Joshua the “Nigerian,” whose only chance to become someone in life came when his parents emigrated from Nigeria?

Remember how things turned when he somehow lost against that chubby Mexican dude whose name I can’t remember? Remember when the Super Falcons won the female AFCON title and received a congratulatory tweet from the president, only for them to have to stage a protest before being paid their camp allowances?

That’s what we do in Nigeria. We try to live vicariously through the achievements of people who have achieved great things under their own steam, simply because said people happen to be called ‘Ifeoma,’ ‘Efe’ and ‘Ayotunde.’

Even when Nigeria had absolutely nothing to do with said success, or in fact happened in spite of Nigeria, as with Divine Oduduru, we bask in the reflected glory of their personal achievements.

Sometimes when those people wear a Nigerian flag or post something about Wizkid or Jollof Rice on Instagram, we go crazy with the Nigerian flag emojis because oh my god, they identify with us!

This is not about being a Killjoy
Somehow, the complete failure of Nigeria and our complicity in its failure is more bearable when we point at Nigerian immigrants doing great things in life and say “I knew Femi before he started calling himself Anthony.

His father and I were classmates in Aiyetoro.” It is unclear how exactly this helps our situation but hey, it’s also unclear how chugging the amount of alcohol we do helps either.

Escapism is a key part of our culture, and anyone who dissents must be a non-Jollof-eating, vegetarian heretic, and possibly also an atheist.

Now while all this is painfully cringey to my eyes, some will also point out that Nigeria is not the only country that has a weird obsession with its diaspora population.

Even ‘first-world’ countries like Ireland continue to have deep emotional and economic connections to their diaspora, and in any case Nigerians proudly supporting Anthony Joshua or the NBA’s Giannis Ante…African-sounding-name is basically harmless fun. They’re not hurting anyone. Why be such a killjoy, David?

The reason this matters can be found in a quote that has been dubiously attributed to Russian President Vladmir Putin, where he describes Africa as the place where its diaspora does not invest in, but returns to only to die and be buried with their ancestors.

While there is no concrete evidence that Mr. Putin ever actually made that comment, the truth in it is painfully poignant.

For diaspora success to be meaningful to Nigeria, it must correlate to on-ground results in Nigeria. The example of Somalia shows that having a well-educated, globally successful diaspora while being an absolute basket case are both possible at the same time.

I’d imagine we do not aspire to be Somalia.

SmartyPants:

Awotona has been eclipsed by Adebayo Ogunlesi.

https://www.thecable.ng/bayo-ogunlesis-net-worth-hits-2-3bn-after-blackrock-agreed-to-buy-gip#:~:text=Following%20the%20agreement%2C%20Ogunlesi%2C%20who,joining%20the%20Bloomberg%20Billionaire%20Index.

Is Ogunlesi a Nigerian American or is he a Nigerian Briton

PureFace1:
No but he is as rich as Jay Z his net worth is 1.2 billion $ while his company is worth 3 billion $

Please is Jay Z also a Nigerian in America like this Tope Awotona or like Ogunlesi

Bobloco:
https://punchng.com/over-87-fct-residents-killed-176-kidnapped-under-tinubu/

Propaganda can’t replace performance.
Ko possible. Ko le work.

Ekpenuwa:
UZOHO THE BASKET
IVORIAN THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONE AT GOALPOST YESTERDAY THAT'S WHY THEY WHERE TRYING TO SHOOT FROM A LONG RANGE...

It’s official- you are not a nice person

CandidAdmin:
Seriously, do you realky think if we gave NPFL players chance, they'll succeed?

Cause I follow NPFL and their matches are.... Let me stop there.

You actually watch NPFL matches live? Impressive.
Which one is your home team

stacyadams:

Lol

Ribadu without seeking help from foreign countries knows the problems and solutions but they keep acting like they live on the moon and be wasting tax payers money and Time.

Ehn now, shebi they know that we will clap for them anyway.

Merchant247:

All the military men you made NSA, what did they do?
Ribadu as an expolice officer has an integrity than all those millatary men

That integrity is really showing in the improvement of security since May last year.
Impressive results, innit

BondRiv:
There is an air of unseriousness in tackling insecurity in this country.

All the balablu propaganda to replace clueless, weak, bloody civilian Jonathan with Tinubu’s strongman, war tested army General has been shown for what it is- a scam, pure and simple!

Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

Babzrockman:
Well done Ribadu

What exactly has he done for the praise? Have you seen the impact

greypencils:
Try to get a LinkedIn account. You would find yourself totally wrong. Nigerians are using their skills learnt in and outside school to create global impact. You just have to think outside Nigeria and regard yourself a global citizen.

I guess you didn’t understand the sarcasm.

Cassandraloius:
Wow! Congratulations to both of them. The lady fine wella.

Do you know what her vital statistics are

itsIYKE:
Obosi

I wonder what will happen to the country home when he dies? How prosperous is Obosi, and access to the place?

successmatters:
League of extraordinary gentlemen.

We love you Peter Obi.

Emeka Anyaoku was really exceptional.

Happy birthday Onye Mpa

What is extraordinary about a hypocrite

“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.

“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.

“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true. What I said about Asiwaju, I gave examples of his vision, knowledge and courage. There is none about Obi. You can’t point to any enduring legacy of Obi in his eight years as governor of Anambra”.

https://independent.ng/peter-obi-deceiving-everybody-i-wont-retract-my-statement-about-him-dele-alake/

nairalanda1:
The same pdp that also kepr subsides on petrol and is responsible for subsidy on power, both of which apc is continuing?

No offence, but subsides are why we have issues.

At leasr pdp allowed the GSM sector to be free. Would to God they had done the same for petrol. Not the partial removals that the army and later apc do.

Jonathan’s PDP tried to remove subsidy but APC played politics with plenty propaganda to make the masses oppose it.

Ozommadu:
Keep it up boy...Education is the key

Yoruba Amaka

Education is NOT key anymore.

If in doubt, please ask MC Oluomo, Auxiliary and other thugs who we allow to enrich themselves at our expense and select our public servants, who then make every policy that applies to us all.

vacanci:
The media is saying exactly what is happening. There is no packaging there.

For example, if the media report that ASI has passed 90,000 and that Eternal oil is among the official sales distributors for dangote refinery or that Dangote cement plc had made about 50% profit this year. what's the packaging there.

If you go to NGX Corporate disclosure and find official documents signed and uploaded by the companies and then journalist rewrite the story, how is that packaging abeg.

Tell us the packaging because me i go like know so that i know which online media to avoid.

The media is always there giving out information in BULL and BEAR

I didn’t use the expression. I was just pointing out the lack of sustainability.

megawealth01:


Tinubu sabi media positive packaging... Let his team keep selling it to the world so that soonest many stocks will be selling at ×3.5 of their current market value

nairalanda1:
Sort of. I also believe that allowing the profit motive to work, would lead to profitabilty and riches, which can then be taxed for the benefit of the nation.

Is that not what PDP is about, especially with Atiku/Obasanjo and Jonathan- privatisation and liberal economic policies

wolesmile:
Back then, when Atiku was doing "boy" under OBJ so he could steal the amount that will be enough to take care of 400 million people for 400 years.

And he did....

Did you arrest him and prosecuted him for due conviction? Or what is your balablu noise about

megawealth01:

Tinubu sabi media positive packaging... Let his team keep selling it to the world so that soonest many stocks will be selling at ×3.5 of their current market value

How sustainable is media packaging for stock market and even the economy in general

emmaodet:

My worry with the brewery is the losses.
I checked NB financial report for Q3 compared to 2022 andi am not impressed with the net loss.
The fundamentals are not supporting entering them now until the management corrects the financial issue of the company
My observation though

Investors may be banking on more people drinking alcohol to soak up their Ẹnikanlomọ shege stress.

nairalanda1:

Always the smaller parties. Never the big ones.

Nigeria needs to make some radical changes. APC nor PDP are not it. Obi and Kwankwaso are not it.

We need to totally remove subsides on power, petrol, fight corruption , and so forth. None of the parties, including yours, has done that.

We also need a program that would get us to manufacturing exported goods within 20 years. We cannot rely on oil alone.

Finally we need to increase our tax to gdp ratio.10% is not enough.

None of the parties want to face that thing, because it means no votes. It means unpopularity.

See APC...one minute subsidy goes, next minute it comes back...because they need votes. So, the economy gets sacrificed over and over again.

Right.

So you are a capitalist who doesn’t want government to own, control and operate businesses

emmanuelewumi:

They should double their tithes and offerings

………,being the smart solution for them, as brainwashed lazy in spirit people who they are

nairalanda1:
That's why in 2027, you should vote them out. Don't vote for PDP, APC, LP, NNPP. Vote them out.

What political party are you investing your time, money and talents into, that we should vote for?

What is the socioeconomic philosophy of this your party, and how is it different from the ideology of the four parties that you listed

Prigidypogodo:
Naira is almost 1360 in p2p market and everywhere including the media is silent.

no wahala.
we'll keep increasing our goods price till the poor masses do the needful.

What needful can poor masses do when they are tribesmen who have their own personal persons stealing on their behalf from the commonwealth and private companies, to share crumbs with them in exchange for their loyalty

PowerOfLove:
Not at all. Forget it, lack and hunger make people do what they are not supposed to. You won't understand if you haven't been there.

Is this why crime has become worse since 2015- due to increasing unemployment, greater poverty and higher inflation

PowerOfLove:
There's no two ways that unemployment is responsible for most of the crimes committed by young ones. I was there and I know it.

I used to do pilfering/petty theft to help myself. Even on this forum, I used to beg or try to swindle people to get any little financial favour just to survive because I didn't have a job.

Could you believe since I got a job (to God be the glory), none of such thought ever crossed my mind again?

With this, I wante to say every bad person out there deserve another chance with a job.

I have changed.

The bold part is confusing about what you mean, whether unemployment encourages crime or not.