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PoliticsRe: "The Monies That My Husband Kept For Nigeria Vanished - Maryam Sani Abacha by slimmax: 3:57pm On Jun 09, 2025
All the money 💰, power 💪, glamour na vanity, Las las na ground e go end
FashionRe: Indecent Dressing Among Men by slimmax: 3:31pm On Jun 09, 2025
🤣😂 person wear cloth cover everything one still de complain indecent dressing- reference to first pics
EducationRe: Students Locked In Passionate Kiss After WAEC Exam (Photos) by slimmax: 11:36am On Jun 06, 2025
Result go soon comot, abi a lie
FamilyRe: Love Vs Discipline: Nigerian Mum Struggling To React After Son Tattoos Her Name by slimmax: 11:33am On Jun 06, 2025
Using macrel to catch tuna, mama don bite the hook
HealthRe: Please, Help. Does Lack Of Sex Cause The Scrotum To Swell ? by slimmax: 7:00pm On Jun 04, 2025
Guy na matured frogs dey your balls no be tadpoles again. 4years!!!!
EducationRe: JAMB: Another Nmesoma Breaks UTME Record In Anambra School by slimmax: 6:57pm On Jun 04, 2025
Those years when we de get 150 score, everybody de hail us for street, this days children dey use AI read.
You gerrit?
PhonesRe: A New Chapter For Budget Smartphone Users by slimmax: 9:51pm On Jun 02, 2025
Eddyeghe:
if dem give you 90k phone you go collect?? grin
If it does what I need, why not
PoliticsRe: Importation Is Not Killing Our Economy Lack Of Export Is by slimmax: 9:42pm On Jun 01, 2025
OOOKEWALE:
Your critique presents a compelling challenge to Nigeria's prevailing sentiment that imports are inherently harmful to the economy. You argue convincingly that the real economic killer isn't importation itself, but rather Nigeria's failure to develop robust export capabilities. When a country imposes import restrictions on goods it cannot competitively produce - like wheat, steel, or turkey - it simply forces citizens to pay higher prices for inferior local alternatives, effectively lowering living standards. This misguided protectionism is particularly evident in cases like Ajaokuta Steel, where Nigeria persists with import duties despite the facility's well-documented inefficiencies, thereby handicapping downstream industries that rely on affordable steel inputs.

The hypocrisy in Nigeria's trade policies becomes especially glaring in sectors like textiles. While the government imposes import duties on finished fabrics to "protect local industry," it simultaneously restricts cotton imports, driving up costs for domestic textile manufacturers in places like Aba. This contradictory approach prevents Nigerian producers from competing globally with textile powerhouses like Turkey or Bangladesh. You rightly point out that successful export nations understand a fundamental truth: to export finished goods competitively, a country often needs to import raw materials or components. The examples of China and Germany demonstrate how being import-dependent in certain sectors can actually fuel export growth in others.

Your argument suggests Nigeria needs a complete overhaul of its economic policy approach. Rather than blanket import restrictions, the government should implement targeted reforms - eliminating duties on goods Nigeria cannot produce efficiently while strategically supporting sectors with genuine competitive potential, like rice production. The current system, which often serves the interests of rent-seeking elites rather than the broader economy, reflects poor governance more than sound economic thinking. Your frustration with these policies is entirely justified, as they prioritize political expediency over the economic welfare of the nation and its citizens. The solution lies not in demonizing imports, but in developing coherent industrial strategies that recognize Nigeria's actual comparative advantages while participating smartly in global supply chains.
You read and understood, nice. mrvitalis you need buy this guy cold beer 🍻, plenty comments here na just to show face,
PhonesRe: A New Chapter For Budget Smartphone Users by slimmax: 3:20pm On Jun 01, 2025
Any phone that's above 90k is not a budget phone. My take
CrimeRe: South African Woman Sells 6-Year-Old Daughter So Her Eyes, Skin Could Be Cut by slimmax: 9:29pm On May 29, 2025
Samantha come and see your sister o
PoliticsRe: Tax Reform Bills Ready For Presidential Assent As NASS Adopt Harmonised Bills by slimmax: 10:49pm On May 28, 2025
Owo mi da policy
CrimeRe: Police Arrest 22-Year-Old Man Over Killing Of Kano Housewife by slimmax: 5:43am On May 28, 2025
Headline is confusing, says culprit is 22years, write up says wife is 22 while suspect is 35years which one we wan folo?
We confuse like Obi
PoliticsRe: Kaduna Government Unveils Road In Southern Kaduna, Breaks 20-Year Jinx by slimmax: 11:07pm On May 27, 2025
Chairman of a Christian dominated area is abdullahi muhydeen, abi na only me read am
SportsRe: Chaos At Liverpool Victory Parade As Van Hits Crowd, Dozens Injured by slimmax: 1:04pm On May 27, 2025
Hope dem no kill my grandmama
RomanceRe: Lady Dumps BF For Marrying Pregnant Side Chick, DNA Proves He Is Not The Father by slimmax: 11:48am On May 27, 2025
advanceDNA:
Na so I hear say them dey call one guy for area cuzz..I nor know say the weréy name na kassim...
I get person wey I de call like that
RomanceRe: Lady Dumps BF For Marrying Pregnant Side Chick, DNA Proves He Is Not The Father by slimmax: 11:34am On May 27, 2025
dominique:
When did Nigerians start answering the name Billy?
Na short for Bilyaminu🤣
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Women Win Champions League Over Defending Champions Barcelona by slimmax: 8:41pm On May 24, 2025
Congrats 💐
There seems to be a pattern, least favorite are winning the trophy, meaning betis and inter milan are taking it
Christianity EtcRe: Who Is Jesus? by slimmax: 8:39pm On May 24, 2025
Typing this to check if there's an oath before I can post, but alas
RomanceRe: Nigerian Lady Shares Why She Fell In Love With A Man On Their First Date by slimmax: 8:03pm On May 24, 2025
Make we tell her? My guy is getting some action tonite, lucky smart baskat
FamilyRe: My Wife Thinks I Got Someone Else Pregnant N by slimmax: 2:20pm On May 24, 2025
All this responses de make me laff, after he told her, the origin of the picture (vaguely), aunty no still gree, Una still dey blame my guy.
CrimeRe: Kaduna Housewife Feeds Co-wife’s Baby Acid by slimmax: 1:55pm On May 24, 2025
was thinking 🤔 of getting a second in the same house , don change mind
PoliticsRe: Zamfara Christian Convert, Zainab Muhamadu To Face Trial In Sharia Court by slimmax: 10:01pm On May 20, 2025
Welcome zainab
PoliticsRe: Dangote Refinery Reduces Petrol Price By 3.5% To ₦‎835 Per Litre by slimmax: 5:50am On May 19, 2025
Cromagnon:
But it was may 9
You replied late,
Foreign AffairsRe: Mexican Navy Ship Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge In New York (Photos & Videos) by slimmax: 8:51am On May 18, 2025
DadojoReloaded:
I'm confused. Do modern ships still use sails? How much more a navy ship? That's too outdated for a country's Navy team.
Was baffled too, when I saw the picture, modern navy ship with sails?
CrimeRe: Nigeria Customs Seizes Explosives Hidden In Qurans At Benin Border by slimmax: 7:02pm On May 15, 2025
Wetin concern quran and explosives
AgricultureRe: Thousands Of Chickens Euthanized In South Africa Over Starvation by slimmax: 12:06pm On May 14, 2025
Where that samantha (Jollofina) make she come comment
Foreign AffairsRe: India Shoots Down Pakistan Air Force's AWAC: All About The Surveillance Jet A by slimmax: 3:50pm On May 10, 2025
An AWAC shot down? Na chinco awac
PoliticsRe: Dangote Refinery Reduces Petrol Price By 3.5% To ₦‎835 Per Litre by slimmax: 11:50am On May 10, 2025
Cromagnon:
which holiday is that
May 1st
AgricultureRe: Help Please I Lost My Birds To Ants by slimmax: 7:07pm On May 08, 2025
Lost 56 kit(rabbits) to same fire 🔥 ants
PoliticsRe: Man Chats Up Senator Natasha On Whatsapp (Photo) by slimmax: 7:52am On May 04, 2025
DesChyko:
Uh.. Why is this 'hilarious joke' not in the Jokes section?

Also, 'chats up' as a phrase is suggestive of a sexual connotation. Might want to refrain from using that next time.
Later if she accuse am of sexual harassment, them go say 💭 she dey lie

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