₦airaland Forum

Botragelad:
In a world where eloquence often masks cluelessness, he stands as a prime example. His words, abundant yet devoid of substance, cascade like a river that flows vigorously yet reaches no sea. He indulges in discourse with the zest of an infant at its mother's embrace, blissfully unaware of the depths he has yet to explore.

Consider the duality of his stance, a pendulum swinging with the winds of convenience. In the face of terror within Nigeria's borders, he calls for the shield of governance, denouncing the violence with fervor. Yet, when the script is flipped and Israel's hand is forced against Hamas, he cries out, painting a narrative of genocide. The same scenes, yet his lens shifts, colored by his disdain for one and sympathy for the other, a chameleon basking in the sun of public opinion.

He is the architect of his own facade, constructing realities that suit the moment, never planting his feet firmly on any ground. They are the dancers in the masquerade of truth, swaying to the tunes that resonate with the crowd, much like Jackson Hinkle, unbothered by the absence of logic in their symphony of words.

Be calming down

DeepSight:
Words on marble.

Although I was actually referring to the liberty of night life and its associated well, ahem, things,

Ah that soldiers love night life and the associated things more than civilians sef. And again military regimes always like to keep the people happy in some way by making them feel free while their most important freedons are taken away.

DeepSight:
To be honest Nigerian military rule, horrible in some respects, was not all bad in every respect. They were surprisingly liberal in many respects and frankly if one minded ones business it was a very very free country still.

In other words, one was very free as long as they stayed within their cage.

EreluRoz:
Who has the nude scenes? 😆
But seriously I can't marry an actor ooo because they'll be rubbing each other's genitals in the name of acting

Oya take:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnSK2g0VGNs?si=cKWhQ0qB62wd2KWi

rentAcock:
My life is not more valuable than a new born's life, Sorry. How can you hear a baby crying at your gate and not even check it out? At the very least call the police station or ambulance and have them check the baby if you are afraid of getting robbed. But to just ignore a crying baby is heartless and inhumane.

Common sense ought to tell you that a new born baby cannot magically find its way to your gate in the middle of the night. now who in their right mind would leave a baby at someone's gate int he middle of the night? So when presented with extraordinary situations, wisdom is highly profitable to direct.

hurryup123:
Niki why now.
I thought 🤔🤔🤔🤔 it was only cigarettes according to your song gyptian.
Why marijuana?
You're in deep sh!t, figure eight

Marijuana possession is not a big deal in the Netherlands.

DownSouth2024:
A woman was brutalized but people are more interested in tribalism ☹️ I hope she gets justice.

But the only reason you posted this was to attack Nigerians so how are you different?? All these hypocrites everywhere.

tommy589:
How?
Considering dollar to Naira rate,are we locally manufacturing any component use in electricity generation

You don't have to agree with the man but asking how after he explained clearly is bottom tier behaviour.

“But gradually, as we scale up in generation, transmission and distribution, these prices will also decrease. It’s a temporary hardship leading to a permanent gain,” Adelabu said.

In case you still don't understand, he is telling you that scarcity is the reason for the price hike.

MEEVEET:
Sowore is a Tinubu boy na.. Any smart persons knows that

That is one of the unfortunate tropes the Obidients use to attempt to discredit him simply because he does not recognize Obi. I think we all know what we're doing here.

MEEVEET:
What's stopping you Tinubu supporters from telling your president to start restructuring

We obidients know we can and we would get obi to restructure Nigeria

As I've told you, I'm not a Tinubu supporter. I'm a Sowore supporter, unfortunately, Sowore is not relevant at this level, so to me the remaining three/four are more or less on an equal footing. However, the only one who had any intention of even countenancing restructuring was Atiku. If you think you could influence Obi to pursue restructuring that is just naivety. Obi has never expressed any interest in such and he wouldn't even dare because the northerners would come for him mercilessly.

MEEVEET:
You can't make obviously stupid mistake that would affect me and expect me to be cool with u

This is why I love India... Every region with their own system

Would have been fun to watch Tinubu western nigeria vs obi eastern Nigeria let's see

Good! Regional government is exactly what we need and that's the movement I expect Nigerians to support not rallying behind one man and calling themselves Obidients. Obidient to what??

MEEVEET:
No one attacked her the only expressed disappointment in her to support such a man no one insulted her

Which of Osibanjo supporters was ever insulted?

Kwankwaso supporters?

You can't claim to be upright person of integrity and support Tinubu... We won't allow it slide never

Hope you Tinubu supporters re proud of his government... This is what you expected abi?

Everyone has a choice. Why should you attack me for mine?

I know there is terrible hardship but at least understand that Rome was not built in a day, and the first few steps in building anything will always be painful.

In the long term, some of these policies will bear fruit. I'm sure of that. Have there been mistakes? Yes.

In all does that mean you should abuse me just for my choice? Never voted Tinubu either but I will defend everyone's right to vote him or anyone they like.

Its unfortunate that you may suffer for another person's choice but that is the nature of democracy everywhere.

MEEVEET:
If you are elder support your corrupt leader in peace.... But any attempt to gaslight young people who wants to make a difference would be reisisted

Same Soyinka kidnapped radio presenters forced them to announced his preferred candidate winner

There is no body obidients have attacked first .. No body.. No reno not Soyinka, no one

You online get insulted when you try to gaslight them

Thats a terrible, ridiculous lie. Even innocent Joke Silva was attacked mere for supporting APC not because of any gaslighting rubbish.

WakeUpNigerians:
......i thought the project has commenced on nairaland according to miscreants.

Which part of what you read correlates with this thing you typed here?

tnerro1:
Another back and forth policy, no carefull planning. Is this how you encourage investors.

Someone will say it take courage to go back on ur decisions, but when it becomes a reoccurring issue, it shows how incompetent you are.

Good point but is your premise really correct?? What are the major decisions investors are concerned about?

1. Subsidies. Has there been any going back and forth on this?

2. Interest rates. Has there been any going back and forth on this?

3. Liberalisation of fx regimes. Has there been any going back and forth on this?

The government had been veey direct and resolute on the issues that affect investors so your criticism here lacks a basis. I'm sure you know that no investor gives a hoot about your universities governing boards.

smileyoo:
If this is real and not the usual APC government propaganda, it's a thumbs up to the interior minister, this is the first and best good news so far from this emilokan government, because national border security is very key to the stability of any nation and her national development.
but hope some people in uniform will not sabotage the efforts of the minister by their useless loyalty to their presumed brothers across the border line, due to tribal and religious affiliations.

They obviously will.

TrackerSK:
Why are Nigerians this wicked?This is another man's loss here .The person that have this beer will be groaning in loses.And these idiots are just here drinking the rest

Can't you read this short paragraph to see that the company permitted people to take the drinks??

MEEVEET:
Share with who? This figures are something one can extrapolate online

Find a known city metro of similar size find out cost of running it... Say wage is 60% so you take 50% of that since wage is cheaper here that would give you an estimated cost of running Abuja metro

Then you can divide that but 100,000 or 20,000 which ever number you like

Just for fun, I decided to run the numbers with AI. Let me know if you disagree at any point:

Cost of Building and Operation a Kilometre of Rail Line

Infrastructure Costs:

Construction of new rail lines: ₦28.8 billion - ₦86.4 billion per km
Station construction: ₦72 billion - ₦288 billion per station

Operating Costs (per km per year):

Track maintenance: ₦144 million - ₦432 million
Rolling stock maintenance: ₦144 million - ₦576 million
Staff/operational costs: ₦288 million - ₦720 million

Overall Operating Cost Estimate (per km per year):

₦720 million - ₦2.16 billion

And the annual operating costs to maintain and run an urban rail line in a city like Abuja could conservatively range from ₦720 million to as high as over ₦2 billion per kilometer per year.

How many users ride the trains monthly?


To estimate the likely number of Abuja residents that would use a metro rail line on a monthly basis, we need to consider several factors:

Total population of Abuja: Around 3.6 million as of 2022.
Percentage of population that constitutes potential public transit users: This typically includes working population, students, and others who need to commute regularly. A reasonable estimate could be 30-40% of the total population.
Mode share of rail transit: This depends on factors like convenience, accessibility, cost, and availability of other transportation modes. For a well-planned and affordable metro system, the mode share could range from 10-25% of potential transit users.

Let's assume:

35% of Abuja's population (1.26 million) are potential transit users
15% mode share for the metro rail system

Calculation:
Potential metro rail users = 1.26 million x 15% = 189,000
So based on these assumptions, a rough estimate of the number of Abuja residents likely to use a metro rail line on a monthly basis could be around 189,000.

Estimate a break-even ticket price point

Assumptions:

Length of urban rail line: 45 km
Annual operating cost range: ₦32.4 billion - ₦97.2 billion
Number of passenger trips per month: 189,000
Number of passenger trips per year: 189,000 x 12 = 2,268,000
Average trip distance: 10 km

Step 1: Calculate the revenue required to break even (using the operating cost range)
Minimum revenue = ₦32.4 billion
Maximum revenue = ₦97.2 billion
Step 2: Calculate the break-even ticket cost range
Minimum break-even ticket cost = Minimum revenue / Total passenger trips per year
= ₦32,400,000,000 / 2,268,000
= ₦14,292 per passenger trip
Maximum break-even ticket cost = Maximum revenue / Total passenger trips per year
= ₦97,200,000,000 / 2,268,000
= ₦42,876 per passenger trip
Assuming an average trip of 10 km, the break-even ticket cost range would be:
₦1,429 - ₦4,288 per passenger per 10 km trip

How long would it take to break even at the lowest possible pricing?

Assumptions:

Length of urban rail line: 45 km
Minimum annual operating cost: ₦32.4 billion
Minimum break-even ticket price: ₦1,429 per passenger for 10 km trip
Average trip distance: 10 km
Number of passenger trips per year: 2,268,000 (based on 189,000 passengers per month)

Step 1: Calculate the annual revenue at the minimum break-even ticket price
Annual revenue = Number of passenger trips per year x Minimum break-even ticket price
Annual revenue = 2,268,000 x ₦1,429 = ₦32.4 billion
Step 2: Calculate the annual operating surplus/deficit
Annual operating surplus/deficit = Annual revenue - Minimum annual operating cost
Annual operating surplus/deficit = ₦32.4 billion - ₦32.4 billion = ₦0
At the minimum break-even ticket price of ₦1,429 per passenger for a 10 km trip, the annual revenue from 2,268,000 passenger trips would be exactly equal to the minimum annual operating cost of ₦32.4 billion. This means there would be no surplus or deficit.
In this scenario, it would take an indefinite amount of time to fully break even and recover any initial capital investment costs for constructing the metro rail line. The operations would essentially be running at a break-even level perpetually.

MEEVEET:
Share with who? This figures are something one can extrapolate online

Find a known city metro of similar size find out cost of running it... Say wage is 60% so you take 50% of that since wage is cheaper here that would give you an estimated cost of running Abuja metro

Then you can divide that but 100,000 or 20,000 which ever number you like

Okay instead of me going to get a figure online, which you may later reject, since you clearly have already done the calculations so why not just share it with us: Which city did you use as your model and what is the cost of running the metro for that particular city? That would be a great starting point.

MEEVEET:
Another revenue sinking business that would never breakeven

Is it that APC is wicked or they really don't understand how a government is ran

Your revenue is far less than debt servicing and recurrent expenditure... Yet you are building infrastructures that would increase recurrent expenditure with borrowed funds... Someone make it make sense

For this train to be profitable a days ride should be a minimum of 10,000 and you need at least 100,000 people using it. .. Abuja currently doesn't have that population ( yes number of people that needs the train that can afford it)

So it means the would charge ₦500 to ₦1500 per day and government would have to cough up the balance to keep it running

Honestly eeh naira might go to 15,000 to a dollar if we keep going like this

Why can't APC at least recruit consultants on developmental economics to tell them what to do ... Won't cost more than 10 million dollars p

Buhari built legacy infrastructure none is capable of breaking even, yet Tinubu have doubled down same route [/b]

Why not share with us how you came about these numbers.

SpecialAdviser:
Na you know. Anything outside Obi count me out.

We cannot replace Tinubu with another Tinubulation. Birds of a feather, flock together

If I call you daft you will be angry. But you can't see that Atiku and Obi are the ones flocking together, so you are ironically making a case against your preferred candidate.


Lol. Wonders.

The Super Eagles honestly should win every Afcon this decade. The talent in the team is just too much.

I blame the landlord. How can you rent a one bed to a family of 5?

egoldman:
So in Tinubu you have gotten the best Nigeria or Yoruba has to offer?

So which part of my statement says that??

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Yankee101:
Bail after drug conviction?

Which conviction? You people just throw these terms around. He is still on trial.

Bit by bit we are unravelling the truth behind the Obident movement. It was never about good governance, and look i get it. Everyone wants to feel like they are respected and thqt they belong, and all that. But covering it with a cloak of wanting good governance, then repackaging an average guy as the best Nigeria has to offer, and then assaulting everyone who disagreed was a terrible move.

Nigeria's greatest resource is our intelligent and industrious people. We are great in every way but unfortunately lacking in good character.

immortalcrown:
Not early enough, KOK don cash out.

Meanwhile, the tail does not wag the dog. You ban Tobacco on screen but do not ban it in real life. Are you not fooling yourself?

Banning it on screen does not stop it in real life. It was not invented by the screen characters. The screen display is just an imitation of the reality. Nobody takes the screen own serious.

People have the right to smoke. But the government can encourage them not to. That's the point.

And you are wrong that nobody takes the screen version seriously. That is how most youngsters get into it. Over time the association of smoking with things like sex scenes has been proven to drive the adoption of smoking

2aces:
Na who no get money dey complain about bride price o.
Young man forget marriage for now and hustle like your life depends on it (which it does), so you won't be taking advice from a man who can't afford a pair of shoes.

Women are of different class, and from different backgrounds, find the one that matches yours and in your financial capacity and live in peace, love is overrated.

The more you work hard and acquire money, the more you will abhor any unreasonable dissipation of your money. You don't know what you're talking about.

Paystack:
I support you for this one

Every morning I wake I realize how depressing it is to be a Nigerian.

It's miracle how suicide rate in Nigeria isn't above the roof

Like the most basic things seems like rocket science for this Cows that call themselves leaders.


I swear on God there's no single sector or thing in Nigeria working at average capacity.

Like 50/100 apart from corruption


I sincerely with all my heart hate this country

Channel your hate into something productive. Work hard, save, carry your bags and enter Benin republic or Togo, or if you can't manage the francophones, you can try Ghana. All your worries are solved. Good luck.

Or maybe come to realize that the larger proportion of your quality of life lies in your own locus of control.

Among other issues, I noticed her chest was exposed and her picture was taken in that state, though its been blurred. Why do we dishonour the dead so terribly in this country?

Such a sad story. A young Nigerian lady obviously courageous enough to work on a building site, just snuffed out like that. Merely for refusing the advances of a randy chinese hegoat.

The blood boils.