₦airaland Forum

Jayhome24:
Ok so during obj a car cost N1,800 or doing Gej a car cost N1,800?

Pls blame Nigeria Citizen they are the worst citizen of any country in the world. Even a pepper farmer will hike pepper price I mean pepper he or she planted on his/her backyard and if you ask why, he or she will tell you don't you hear petrol is cost in Iran?

Why won’t the pepper farmer hike the price of his product?

Will he use pepper for all his transactions?

Won’t he go out? If he has his own vehicle, won’t he buy fuel? If he doesn’t have a vehicle, won’t he pay public transportation?

The public transport he’ll enter will definitely hike its fare because of the sharp hike in petroleum price.

The pepper seller will buy garri, beans, pay his child’s fees and transport fare.

All he has to earn from is his pepper farm. He has no option than to hike the cost he sells his pepper for.

You all need to stop blaming the citizens for problems created by the useless people we have as leaders.

callthefred:
It did. Google is your friend. Abi make we bet??

Bring your facts. Crude oil never sold for $145 at any time during Obj’s tenure as both president and head of state.

success1smyn:
Crude oil is a global commodity and its price is determined globally. A country can decide to refine it and sell it at any price to its citizens, and when it is sold below the actual cost, it means it is subsidized.
Subsidy in itself is not a bad thing, but there are several factors to consider, such as the population, how much oil the country produces, and the country's dependence on oil.
The reason fuel subsidy does not make much sense in Nigeria is that we are too dependent on oil and our population is very high compared to what we produce. This means we would end up using a large portion of our oil revenue to maintain the subsidy, leaving us with less money to do many other important things.

Reserving some part of what you have in your backyard for your family consumption and selling the excess is not subsidizing.

Seems Wike doesn’t know the history of Ibadan politics.

success1smyn:
The price of petrol is heavily subsidized in Iran. It's just about N40 per litre. Now do you want us to go back to the subsidy era? Do you think we can go back to subsidy era?

Why do you think it’s subsidized in Iran? That they chose to sell at such low price to their people doesn’t make it subsidized.

Fuel is basically cheaper than water in many Middle Eastern countries.

integrity16:
you really haven't gotten it. Nigeria belong OPEC, and as a member of OPEC, they cannot sell crude below OPEC price, even the crude being sold to dangote, is sold in Naira equivalent of the international price. Another problem responsible to the fuel increase is that the naira for crude policy is inconsistent, that is the government have not been consistent in delievering that crude cargo to dangote forcing him to import crude from other sources, and he would definately buy them in current price approaching $100 dollar per barrel. so price increase in inevitable and then the solution to this is for government to have its own refinery even if its modular, maybe 1 modular refinery in each region of Nigera or better still return fuel subsidy.

OPEC doesn’t set crude oil prices.

OPEC doesn’t tell any country how much it should sell oil to its local market.

A country can decide to leave OPEC and sell at prices it wishes.

Russia, USA and European oil producers are not members of OPEC.

African oil producing countries, Venezuela and Arabs are those in OPEC. OPEC is filled with just 12 countries

lawani:
That is just an unnecessary complication. It is better to sell at market rate and also pay your workers competitive wages. It does not make sense to sell at two rates

Is 70,000 naira per month a competitive wage if you sell petrol to your people at international prices?

callthefred:
First, of all the 1.5m bbl we produce daily, govt only owns 60% of it. The companies who invested in oil exploration take 40%. Of the 60% like 30% had been sold by Buhari and those before him. So we basically have like 30% available for govt at all levels to share. Dangote is a private business so govt can't sell to him cheap especially when you consider bunkered Nigerians oil go as far as central African republic.

Unfortunately, this only means more cash for elections and decamping and less for governance. We've had these kind of opportunities in the past and we never made any meaning from it..OBJ sold oil at $145 for months yet we couldn't fix power our manufacturing sector. GEJ sold over $80 for months. Only Buhari with his badluck sold less than $60 for years. This is an opportunity to invest more in production but we won't, every arm of government will insist on sharing the money to steal it.

Oil prices never got to $145 under Obj. Stop the lies.

lawani:
If you are in business, do you sell lower to your friends and family members? Then a large portion of Nigerian crude is already pledged to pay debts. Also, if you sell lower to Dangote, that is going back to subsidy again and I personally don't support that. I believe and hope hostilities in the middle east will soon end because I read American analysts on Quora saying if Iran actually closes the straight of Hormuz then it can't be reopened in less than three to seven years and pms price will at least double

The purpose of government is to provide good governance to the people it govern and not make profit.

The federal government if they had a functional refinery are supposed to set aside a certain amount of crude that will cater for local consumption and has to be lower than what they sell to international markets.

That’s what Russia, Saudi Arabia and some other oil producers do.

SarcasticWords:
Nigerians dont get it.

Bwala is not stupid. He knows he has absolutely nothing positive to say about tinubu and his administration. He is fully aware of his past comments about tinubu and he knows mehdi hasan will grill him to death based on those comments.

So why did he do the interview?

He did it because sometimes to seek favor or prove your loyalty to an elite group, you need to undergo a Humiliation Ritual. If you know, you know.

So mock him all you want but one thing is certain, while you will be busy struggling with insecurity, darkness and high cost of living, Bwala and his family will be experiencing heaven here on earth.

Naa. His family won’t experience heaven in earth.

No one experiences heaven in earth because no one has been to heaven and back on earth to tell us how life in heaven is.

happney65:
The Great Awo himself. Not the fake ones and the one at Aso rock calling themselves Awoists when they dont have anything in common with the late Sage.

Awo's colloquim was held days back at Ikenne with Govornor Seyi Makinde as the lead speaker. None of the so called Awoists parading the SW were there. The ones that put their people in poverty and misery while using the name of the late Sage

Awon oniyeye

They all just rode on the back of Awo’s name to achieve their political ambitions.

What’s super about a 4 lane highway?

My key concern is how men with zero integrity will teach their children about integrity.

Daniel Bwala utterly disgraced himself and his family during that interview.

He will look back at that day and have regrets.

His children may not be able to defend their father on his integrity in the future.

Just take the next available flight to Iran and offer your support on the battlefield.

Don’t waste your strength screaming under hot sun here.

SadiqBabaSani:
Oga calm down, a large Percentage of Nigerians speak Arab, I don't think that inscription should matter at all

That’s not true. A large percentage of Nigerians do not speak Arabic. The ability to memorize the Quran or some Surahs doesn’t equate you being able to speak Arabic.

Wotowotoman:
Ogbeni, he said 1.2 billion dollars. Learn to listen carefully before better konk drop on ya bald head

If you cannot differentiate the sounds difference between “tourists” and “dollars”. You need to get a refund from wherever you schooled. I’m almost certain you failed to watch the video cos of the limited data you have.

After Kilimanjaro, pls go to Everest.

Did this guy just say 1.2 billion tourists came to Lagos for Detty December in 2025?

1.2 billion represents 14.5% of the world’s population.

Omokri’s mouth is shaking.

Image123:
More than half the not aware statements were about things they claimed that he said. And the interview was so funny to everyone, from every side. Everyone took a funny jab including UK, US and even the Mehdi himself.

Statements they claimed he made or statements that he indeed made.

His performance was abysmal and the audience laughing as well as the anchor were laughing at Bwala’s two faced personality.

His face tells that of a disgraced man and a man filled with regrets on why he took that job.

Dem Dey ask you say your country Dey get worse and people are getting killed. Your response; How many people were killed in the United States last year?

What sort of useless people are these?

There are a lot of things Nigerians don’t understand. We look at things through the eyes of religion too much.

Image123:
An opposition that only knows how to complain is like a nagging wife. Anyone can nag, you don't need to be smart or genius. Provide us a better reason and alternative. Many of you were at the helm for over a decade. Stop playing disgruntled.
You're claiming no budget was implemented. Is recurrent expenditure not the unfortunate hugest part of the budgets? Is the government owing salaries of three years or even three months? Or that doesn't count? You that implemented budget for 16 years, where's the results? Current government is still paying your outstandings.

No one will provide you an alternative. Your messiah claims he knows how to solve Nigeria's problems.

He condemned every PDP president since 1999

thesicilian:
One major reason the South East is still very angry till date is because they were beaten hands down in the game of rigging. Imagine getting a whopping 89% in their region and then fading into oblivion in all other regions. Political neophytes

Naa. It’s just their voting pattern. Since 1999 they vote overwhelmingly for one candidate. Not necessarily rigging.

Cyberterror:
But even the Koran teaches muslims to respect their political leaders as they derive their power from God, so what this cleric did was wrong. He allowed his political leaning to influence his speech. His suspension is right and he must publicly apologize to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the Ulamas can allow him to preach again.

Islam detests hypocrisy.
Islam doesn't condemn criticism. Instead it encourages holding people accountable. If a leader promises to do something and fails to do what he promised, Muslims are allowed to hold that person accountable.

Christistruth00:
In Kano?


Just Negotiate peace and alert the security agents You cannot even guarantee the safe evacuation of your people there

It is not by chestbeating


The Emirs Palace is a good place to start

Send a peace delegation there

No human has monopoly of violence. You can’t threaten people with death and you expect them to come begging you or appealing to you.

What did they do wrong to warrant the threats?

Jimbadly:
Have they even buried the Ayatollah according to Islamic law, which is within 24 hours? What did they bury cos I'm sure his body was blown into smithereens by the missiles.


Whoever told the man he would die at the start of Ramadan 2026, he would have said God forbid, back to sender. 🤣😂😁

Do you know that to the deceased Ayatollah Khamenei and his followers and some staunch Muslims, his death is what most wish for?

It’s seen as martyrdom. That’s why it’s always easy for new people to fill their leader’s shoes when they’re assassinated.

The man who introduced Hushpuppi to his tailor.

According to his statement.

Such huge debt

1. Terrible public transport service
2. Lack of pipe borne water from the govt
3. Unstable electricity
4. Terrible environmental conditions
5. Bad drainage systems.

Since 1999 that they claim to have been following a master plan, till this day not one problem has been solved by any of them. Master plan of agberos.

It’s logic if you consider that 90% of the total cinemas in Nigeria are situated in Lagos.

duro4chang:
Where I live in Lagos we do enjoy 24 hour electricity supply daily. We are under Ikeja Electric and that's Band A. But with high tariff

Just mention the area of Lagos. My mums area in Surulere has the best electricity supply I’ve seen in Lagos and they don’t enjoy 24hrs daily.

LegendHero:
The guy will definitely be the next minster of finance.

Wale Edun will need to leave. We see the reform in the central bank and applaud it.

We haven’t seen much reform within the fiscal side so let’s see if Taiwo can bring some sanity.

Na so una Dey quickly discard una people?

nothingspoil70:
Atiku/ Makinde on one ticket, Obi/Kwakanso on another. Jagaban cruising to victoy before 12pm on election day, can't wait.

Why do you guys fear Atiku/Obi ticket? Cos that’s what will finish your lord Tinubu.

A one year old you knew Atiku Abubakar ran against Abiola in 1992?