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Politics › Re: Nigeria To Expand Credit Access To Citizens by SmartyPants(m): 8:59pm On Jan 03, 2025
Ojuntana:
grin grin grin
He promised CNG na audio
He promised rice na audio
He claimed import duty waiver on food na audio
He claimed food security still audio
He claimed he'll bring the dollar down to N300, audio things
I can go on and on
He has kept none of his campaign promises. Removing subsidy was not a campaign promise. Neither was floating naira. Neither did he promise to widen the tax net. Those were not his campaign promise. Go back and read the renewed hope propaganda document before telling lies
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerias-tinubu-will-remove-fuel-subsidy-deregulate-gas-prices-if-elected-2022-10-21/


One wonders what you actually read if you are not aware of these.
Politics › Re: Nigeria To Expand Credit Access To Citizens by SmartyPants(m):
Ojuntana:
Expand access to CNG

Stop adding audio to audio in terms of promises

If we're to go by the promises and announcements of this administration, Nigeria should be dragging with US in terms of quality of life by now
That's a lie. The promises made clearly pointed to a period of hardship. He clearly said he would:

1. Remove subsidies
2. Float the dollar
3. Widen the tax net

Etc

These are all things he has acted on. Tinubu has kept most of his campaign promises actually, and no he never promised a rosy time either.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Ghanaian Presidential Bodyguard Collapses During Akufo-Addo's Speech (Video) by SmartyPants(m): 7:29pm On Jan 03, 2025
A colonel can't be a bodyguard. Mostly likely, he is the ADC.
Travel › Re: Canada Based Nigerian Man Expresses His Displeasure With IJGBs(vid) by SmartyPants(m): 11:23am On Dec 31, 2024
Beuberry:
It is well. I met a few of them and they are just after sex as if women are for pleasures alone.
IJGB people, carry ya sapa back. And any of you wey do oshofree, may you meet ya waterloo of disappointments insha Allah, amen.
Are you a prostitute?? What is this oshofree oshofree you keep going on about? Bush girl with very disgusting reasoning! Instead of ranting with useless curses that show your low level of thinking, simply close your legs if you know you are not willing to engage in sex with persons who have no money to offer you. You don't need to assault the world with your obscene thoughts though. Please.
Celebrities › Re: I’d Rather Kill Than Die For Nigerians - Burna Boy by SmartyPants(m): 5:32pm On Dec 30, 2024
EmperorCaesar:
Who cares about what you'd do or not do?

By the year 2170, No one would care about you anymore. You dont matter at all.

The biggest mistakes humans make is overestimating their worth/overrating themselves

Einstein, Tesla and Hawkings are gone, Our world moved on like its never seen them before. Bigger people and inventions came after them too

Rest abeg.
Absolutely not true. Till today Einstein is synonymous with genius everywhere. Hawking too to a lesser extent. And of course one of the world's most relevant entities is named after Tesla.

Their work is still relevant to modern science and technological development and will likely be for centuries.

And even when the world has moved beyond that level, they will still always be remembered, just as Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo, Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, and other great thinkers.
Celebrities › Re: 'Burna Boy Gave Police Bundles Of Money’ – Speed Darlington’s Lawyer Alleges by SmartyPants(m): 12:15pm On Dec 28, 2024
festacman:
Normal normal no celebrity would visit police and fail to share money.

The lesson of this Speed Darlington case is that if you don't have money in Nigeria, don't make trouble against the rich because you will suffer if the decide to spend money on your head.
"You no get money, you dey call police
Me I dey laugh you gan ni"

Burna Boy.


Common person indeed.
Travel › Re: Air Peace Chairman Accepts FG Sanctions, Pledges Compliance by SmartyPants(m): 10:09am On Dec 28, 2024
ychris:
Its past 2 years now but Arik airline is still yet to refund me for a cancelled flight that I paid for.
And you haven't sued them? That's mad money you are sleeping on.
Politics › Re: President Tinubu Didn’t Provide Answers To Most Of The Questions - Oseni Rufai by SmartyPants(m): 12:29pm On Dec 24, 2024
If you didn't expect Rufai to try to find a way to make the event about himself do you know Rufai at all?

Anyway I'm sure Reno will be along to engage him. cheesy
Politics › Re: Eight Key Takeaways From Tinubu’s First Presidential Media Chat by SmartyPants(m): 7:22am On Dec 24, 2024
Proudlyngwa:
Rubbish
You will certainly have more likes but like you said and I have to agree on this
Who cares about likes.

Instead of you to pick two points and discuss about it, you started desecrating the thread

Your aim is to make sure there is no meaningful contribution on the front page, for reasons best known to you.

Your assertions are not just outlandishly stupid, they are ridiculously provocative, you are doing more harm to this country than the Tinubu you insult, Honestly if I was allowed a no holds barred session I would have told you things that will take you into depression

You all think monopoly of madness belongs to you and your likes.

You need help in a lot of form and you need it fast.
The bolded is exactly right. Whenever they are worried that neutrals will be swayed, this is what they do: spam the front page with off topic gibberish.
Politics › Re: Real Reason I Was Sentenced To Death – Osun ‘boy’ Convicted Of Fowl Theft by SmartyPants(m): 11:44am On Dec 22, 2024
slimfit1:
[b]Where in this case did the judiciary do its job, where you don't have clear evidence and false records wrong witnesses [/b]from the police oga pray that Nigerian police don't happen to you, otherwise you will kill yourself. When people say they rather run to a thief than police they know what they are saying. The judiciary is supposed to educate the police as they are making judgement, it's like the judges can't add 2 plus 2 together or are not aware of the constitution. So many things went wrong that it's only the judiciary that you blame. I use to fancy a girl like that the day I discovered that are mum was a judge in Nigeria I ran away she thought it was something of a class it is but Nigeria judges are the reasons why Nigeria is messed up I don't want curses to follow my children.
What do you mean? Did you read that the suspect confessed to the offence? Granted he is now claiming to have been tortured. Did you also read that his lawyer never objected to the tendering of his confessional statement which is what he ought to have done had he been tortured into making the confession?

So with the combination of witnesses, including children, and a confession, you mean you, as a judge, still wouldn't have found him guilty?? Have you asked how little children just mentioned his name from nowhere? Out of all the people they know, why did they mention him?

There may be more to this case than meets the eye and the judge was not blameless in that the suspect was a minor who ought not to have been tried before his Court, but I think it is unjustifiable to claim that the Court's finding of guilt on a factual basis was erroneous.
Politics › Re: Port Harcourt Refinery Shuts Down Again After $1.5bn Rehabilitation - Punch by SmartyPants(m): 9:18am On Dec 21, 2024
DeepSight:
Oh fair enough, and to be frank I didn't even read it, unusual for me, but only because I really don't expect it to last.

Meanwhile I dropped something on the 97 per cent thing which I didn't hear back from you on.
Yeah, I saw that on a busy day. I'll look for it and reply there.
Politics › Re: Port Harcourt Refinery Shuts Down Again After $1.5bn Rehabilitation - Punch by SmartyPants(m): 8:42am On Dec 21, 2024
DeepSight:
@Smartypants

Were you the one I warned not to celebrate yet? And to watch this facility for at least six months?

National Grid genes loading.
I mean didn't I agree with you on that? There is no issue of premature celebration here.

However, I will point out that there is nothing in this story to warrant gloating at this point. The report lacks depth and itself indicates that loading is scheduled to resume on Monday.
Travel › Re: Yuletide: FG Slashes Interstate Transport Fares By 50% by SmartyPants(m): 7:09am On Dec 21, 2024
BluntCrazeMan:
December 2023 is still just a year ago..

Which of the transport companies were reimbursed for this same sham they did last year.??

(Whenever people are talking out of experience,, please guide your vituperations.)
Oh, you never pointed out that you were talking out of experience. So now that you are claiming to be talking out of experience, that's very good. Please tell us your experience. You mean the same companies that just signed up to do it again were not paid last year? Seems they don't know how to run their businesses. Please te us more from your experience.
Politics › Re: Obi Thanks Gov. Adeleke For Stopping The Death Sentence Issued To A Nigerian by SmartyPants(m): 3:53pm On Dec 20, 2024
AntiChristian:
lipsrsealed

The guy was a armed robber! He steals with cutlass!

No dey support nonsense!

He should have been killed!
Which means he was ready to kill someone for chicken and eggs.

Now I understand that ordinary Nairalanders may not have the full facts of the case.

But this attention seeking Oga called Mr Peter does. And he is the same one who ordered SARS to shoot suspected armed robbers on sight when he was governor.

Laughable.
Travel › Re: Yuletide: FG Slashes Interstate Transport Fares By 50% by SmartyPants(m): 10:01am On Dec 20, 2024
BluntCrazeMan:
Losses to the transport-vehicle operators and owners.
Which losses? Why do you people refuse to behave like normal human beings? cheesy Obviously, the FG will pay the balance. What is so difficult to understand about how this works?
Travel › Re: Yuletide: FG Slashes Interstate Transport Fares By 50% by SmartyPants(m): 9:58am On Dec 20, 2024
bestman09:
grin
Funny people. How about those of us in Ibadan, Kano, Jos, Kaduna etc? How many passengers can the Oshodi park process? How about hundreds of other bus owners apart from God is good and how will this thing work out?

Pls, anyone that has benefited from this 50% discount should tell us how it works
Who is funny here, the person giving you half a loaf of broad, or you that are still asking him to help you put the bread in your mouth?

If you are in Jos or Kadun or Kano, can you at least get yourself to Abuja and benefit from there? Doesn't that help some?? If you're in Ibadan, you can't make the short trip to Lagos? You are just determined not to have sense unfortunately so of course you won't see this.

And I know you definitely didn't read that God is Good motors is the only bus company involved. Did you?
Sports › Re: Taribo West Reveals PSG President Plan For Lookman At CAF Awards by SmartyPants(m): 9:02am On Dec 20, 2024
MadPolitician:
Hope all these don't brew some tension between a cool headed Lookman and a volatile Osihmen. That super Eagles team has a great team spirit at the moment and could do with some lobg term peace, just that the ijiots at the NFA keep blundering non stop.

Looks like Osihmen looses only to Lookman. Lookman took over from him as the African footballer of the year. Last year PSG was haunting for Osihmen only to divert to Lookman at the later stages. Stuffs like this can breed negative competitions in a team full of young heads.
If anything of that sort should have happened, it would have happened when they were both in Serie A, and Lookman openly said he was aiming to to outscore Osimhen.

https://punchng.com/serie-a-lookman-vows-to-outshine-osimhen-in-goal-race/

Osimhen is clearly not that type of person. Boniface said when Osimhen won, he (Osimhen) told him that it would be his turn next. Well, it just happened to be a different Super Eagles player, but clearly, Osimhen is not the type to take such to heart.

You can also see from the way that he plays that he is not the self centered type.
Politics › Re: Tax Reform: People Cursed Me, My Family Over Tax Reform Bills – Oyedele by SmartyPants(m): 8:56am On Dec 20, 2024
Acidosis:
Is the blue collar worker registered for personal income tax? According to the Joint Tax Board, there are only 10 million people registered for personal income tax purposes in all the states of the federation including the FCT (40% of this population are based in Lagos). So much noise about nothing. Compare that figure to about 39 million micro business owners in Nigeria.

I don't want to go into that VAT conversation because it is a complete waste of time. The VAT nonsense has little or almost no effect on what the poor typically buys from the market. If you care about them, address the cost of fuel. This is one of the real issues affecting cost of goods/services, and not the VAT nonsense.

Every gain the government want to see via VAT removal has already vanished even before the policy document was released. It only takes an angry vendor or business owner to erode that gain.

If you care to follow my argument, you'll see why many policies don't work in Nigeria. We have mastered the act of ignoring our own realities only to run after shadows.
Okay. So is it Taiwo Oyedele's job to address the cost of fuel? Please remind me why you said he is a hypocrite again.

And since the context is tax, do share the tax reforms you feel would be non hypocritical.
Politics › Re: Tax Reform: People Cursed Me, My Family Over Tax Reform Bills – Oyedele by SmartyPants(m): 8:21am On Dec 20, 2024
Acidosis:
Do you know any kiosk owner, shop owner, market woman, etc. in your neighborhood that pays "income tax"? Shake your head very well. These are the actual "poor people" and they pay more tax (indirect/multiple) than the so called "income tax." I do not understand how your tax bill affects the woman who has to pay money to at least 3 unions from local and state government, one baale (king/chief), touts, POS vendors, etc.
Any time you people want to talk nonsense you start with meaningless phrases. So there is a real poor and a fake poor?

So the blue collar worker earning 50k which is probably much lower than what the market woman earns, is not poor? And the so called market woman, does she buy basic good that have VAT?? When she buys medicine does she pay VAT on that? Can removing VAT on such make her less multi-dimensionally poor?
Politics › Re: Tax Reform: People Cursed Me, My Family Over Tax Reform Bills – Oyedele by SmartyPants(m): 7:59am On Dec 20, 2024
Acidosis:
...because you're a big hypocrite. The sensible poor also know that the bill have very little or no effect on them. Yet, you and your folks consistently use them to sell your narratives. What's the effect of the bill on market women, kiosk and small business owners with non-salary Opay and Moniepoint accounts?
You clearly don't have a clue. It is not one bill but a pack of 4 bills collectively pushing tax reforms that touch on different areas including the removal of income tax for the poor. Smh.
Politics › Re: Tax Reform: People Cursed Me, My Family Over Tax Reform Bills – Oyedele by SmartyPants(m): 7:56am On Dec 20, 2024
Nackzy:
The reforms isn't beneficial to poor Nigerians
You don't know what you are saying. I am 100% certain that you have never researched these reforms and your sole source of information is second hand info from places like Nairaland and Twitter.

These tax reforms propose to remove income tax entirely for people who earn under 1mn naira annually. That isn't beneficial to poor Nigerians??

It also proposes to remove VAT from essential items and place it on luxury items only. That doesn't benefit poor Nigerians??

You have a deep rooted type of mental laziness. So shameful.
Politics › Re: Security: Sanwo-Olu Hands Over 250 Brand New Patrol Vehicles To Police by SmartyPants(m): 5:18pm On Dec 19, 2024
Topman7:
This is all about state police coming up soon.

Other states will follow suit.

Good stuff.
They've been doing this since the 90s. Nothing to do with State policing.
Education › Re: Abuja Indigenous Students Reject Renaming Uniabuja After Gowon by SmartyPants(m): 9:00pm On Dec 18, 2024
MadPolitician:
Tinubu is heavily engrossed in anti igbo politics and someone close to him should tell him that such taunting tactics do not rattle the igbos anymore. No one worries about his tribal approach to national issues as everyone knows he can't do better. Going all out to celebrate a man who was responsible for the killing of millions of igbos at this juncture in Nigerias history is just pure petty politics. It is like Nwesom Wike renaming the PH stadium over the same Gowon at the height of his anti igbo outbursts while he was the governor of RiversState. .. You win nobody over with such moves. You only stiffen resolves elsewhere.

Wike committed a genocide at Obigbo, and suddenly he became tinubus favourite politician. Bayo Onanuga went on his infamous anti igbo rant and said some of the most unspeakable things about the igbo, Tinubu rewarded him with a top position in his government. Buhari was endlessly lambasting and lampooniing the igbos..., the more he did, the more support he got from Tinubu, Obidients had their minor roforofo with Wole Soyinka and all of a sudden, Tinubu started naming streets and highways after Wole. Reno Omokiri them...
Now this..

This is a very odious pattern from a man who formed a political party whose integral political outlook revolves around petty ethnic baits and primutive taunts.
If not for having a terribly small mind you ought to have realized that Gowon achieved a milestone of 90 years and while you may see him as an enemy of your people, in the larger context of Nigerian history, he is the president who kept this country together.

Soyinka equally achieved a major milestone in age and was celebrated all over the country. In any case, how exactly can Soyinka be said to have offended Igbos in particular by his conflict with Obidients? Are you admitting something we don't know about the nature and thrust of the Obidient movement?

As for Wike, it is obvious the role he plays as a 5th columnist within the PDP. This deserves no comment.
Politics › Re: ECOWAS Approves Niger, Burkina Faso And Mali's Exit by SmartyPants(m): 10:01am On Dec 18, 2024
lucianohase:
Bro, i don support military junta cos it is Draconian....But those countries that left are our neighbors and could aid the infiltration of jihad terrorists into this country. Especially the ones that are yet to be activated Just like lakurawa who are already activated........These countries will not like to cooperate with Nigeria on issues that concern security and they can easily give easy passage of these terrorists to their countries to hide when they are in conflict with Nigeria and from there launch attacks on the country.. So they are useful oh
First of all, only Niger is our neighbor among the departees. Secondly, that they have left ECOWAS does not then mean they are at war with Nigeria. We can continue to have normal diplomatic relations. But in the event that they do, they will only harm themselves more because the terrorists are after the seat of government in every country including Niger.
Politics › Re: ECOWAS Approves Niger, Burkina Faso And Mali's Exit by SmartyPants(m): 8:21am On Dec 18, 2024
Jokerman:
Who come remain for ECOWAS?
Dey play. These countries that left are all of little to no value to ECOWAS. They are of little to no value to themselves either.
Politics › Re: CDS Give Reasons For The Numerous Military Checkpoints In South-east by SmartyPants(m): 8:18am On Dec 18, 2024
Sapiosexuality:
Have you been to the east? For example, what do you think is responsible for having checkpoints pole-to-pole not kilometres? What logic could that be?
Yes, I lived in the east for a year and in that time I travelled by road to nearby states frequently. There are no checkpoints from pole to pole. At least, I can confidently say, not in Enugu. Not in Abia. On certain major highways, there are indeed numerous checkpoints, especially around the areas where two State borders meet, but the only thing that happened was that civilians had to get down and walk a short distance and then continue.

What you people conveniently ignore is the fact that States like Benue and Kogi have just as many checkpoints.
Politics › Re: CDS Give Reasons For The Numerous Military Checkpoints In South-east by SmartyPants(m): 8:06am On Dec 18, 2024
BluntCrazeMan:
This is just not a FAIR EXCUSE..
It's even a very big lie.



There are terrains we really need them to have up to 100 checkpoints..
But you won't see them there.
NOT EVEN ONE CHECKPOINT..

..

THEY WOULD CLUSTER THEMSELVES ON THE EXPRESSWAYS CLOSE TO CITIES AND TOWNS WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES.
So you presume you know which terrain needs 100 checkpoints better than the CDS? It's almost as if you lack basic comprehension too. He literally said open terrain - such as on the highways, does not require as many checkpoints. The obvious logic is simple. Villains who operate in vehicles can only disappear into urban or semi urban environments where there are roads for their vehicles. Thus, more checkpoints are needed around such areas.
Travel › Re: Onitsha At Day And Night: Pictures by SmartyPants(m): 7:23am On Dec 18, 2024
Emeskhalifa:
Whenever I tell them that their Lagos is overrated, they'd start screaming this Igbo boy, come Onitcha come chi chomting

Imagine if we have the full presence and attention of Federal Government in Onitcha like they do give Lagos every now and then
Like what?
Politics › Re: Sanwo-Olu Signs Off On Odonla-Odogunya Estate Of 704 Housing Units by SmartyPants(m): 7:15am On Dec 18, 2024
Amuluonyenaego:
All those buildings they built in the past I never hear say they allocated them to vulnerable people. Wasting money for the rich that will buy and rent out to the poor.
Even if you dash them to the poor they will do the same thing. That is why free gifts dont make for sound economics.
Politics › Re: Beyond The Island: Beautiful Pictures Of Lagos Mainland by SmartyPants(m): 7:13am On Dec 18, 2024
Meti99:
But normal normal those places aren't serene in reality...
Go there and see how littered, dirty, unkept they are
Lies. All the areas pictured are decent except maybe Oshodi.
Travel › Re: ‘Free WiFi, Refreshments’ — Oyo Launches Ibadan-Lagos Bus Service For N3,200 by SmartyPants(m): 5:07pm On Dec 16, 2024
abc115:
#3,200 is too costly . From Ojodu Berger, it is #1,500.

God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless former President M. Buhari
God Bless APC who gave us brand new Lagos Ibadan Expressway and Lagos Ibadan Railway


God Punish PDP.

Why not copy Lagos to introduce light rail for Oyo People commuting from Ogun to Ibadan City. May we not experience visionless PDP in our lives
From ojodu it is 1500 with AC and wifi?? Why can't you just appreciate decent things? From the same ojodu it is 7k for a sedan and 6k for a sienna. This bus is more comfortable (based on the description) then all of these options.
Travel › Re: ‘Free WiFi, Refreshments’ — Oyo Launches Ibadan-Lagos Bus Service For N3,200 by SmartyPants(m): 5:05pm On Dec 16, 2024
chatinent:
Six per seat should not be allowed! Anything above three by seat is evil! I cannot bear inhaling and stomaching differing smell, absorbing heat, and squeezed like Aba-made sardines.

If I am sardined in a row, there's no comfort for me to even pull out my smartphone for the WiFi from the already strangled laps.

So, rather than give free WiFi and plan to recover the sums by carry more than three per seats, kindly take back the WiFi and give comfort. Everyone can afford to surf the internet.

This is my humble suggestion, Mr Speaker.
Where is 6 per seat in the write up?

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