₦airaland Forum

reiddecuti:
I've never seen clowns like the agbadorian!

Clown is a fair name; they are totally brainless!

ohnnA1:
If you see how Wole Soyinka was denigrated on Facebook; falsehood spread about his credibility and Nobel prize, you'll begin to wonder if he would survive such hatred and vitriol.

This is a Yoruba man that fought, and even went to prison for the Igbos Biafran cause

BUT WHEN GOD CHOOSES TO BLESS A MAN, NO HORDE FROM HELL CAN STOP IT!

Congratulations my Erudite Scholar.

Africa's FIRST, and Nigeria's ONLY Nobel laureate in Literature: Professor Wole Soyinka 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

You don leave road commissioning begin dey talk about another thing. Let's talk about it.

Nobody actually knows people's stance on fairness, justice and equity until their own people are involved. We all know Sonyinka criticised Jonathan and Buhari. He called Patience Jonathan unprintable names.

The moment it got to the turn of his friend and tribesman who has made the economy much worse than he met it, instead of calling his attention to it, he's in the media all the time talking about Peter Obi. This is the same tactics BATerians employ here on Nairaland.

Shunning tribalism or being able to tell truth to power is a choice; education and travelling around the world cannot change it.

triple996:
Nawaooo.
Am in support of the strike but shutting down of national grid was madness. I have two aunties that resently gave birth. The children were premature and placed in an incubator. I was really scared when these idiots cut off power supply nation wide.

Did osomole also cut off national grid during his tenure??

No serious organisation runs without generators in Nigeria. You people should stop this madness.

Nigeria isn't America where people take to street in protest because of power outages.

Every state should be praying for governors who love development more than politics. If you the reverse is the case, forget it. Your state has lost 8 years. GSM loves development more than politics.

Slash the wages of the useless legislooters. What special impact are they making in the country?

The minimum wage should be 100k, but workers' salaries should be increased across the board in relation with what they are currently earning and the value of worthless Naira. You will never know how worthless the naira is until you go to the market to buy foodstuff.

NLC should be realistic and reduce the minimum wage to 100k. But then, how many companies can pay a minimum wage of 100k?

At this point, I am legit scared about the way this country is going. The degree of sufferings Nigerians will experience in the coming years will be unprecedented.

PissInside:
I can't count the number of married women i've fvcked.......Some of them are even ready to leave their husband for me cos of my sexual prowess.

Crazy things are happening.

You sleep with married women (who swore to be faithful to one man before God and man) and proudly write about it in a public forum. But if a lady writes about sleeping with married men, your red-piller gang (or whatever you call yourselves) will gather to descend on her and call her unprintable names.

Just know that there's nothing special about sleeping with married women. And for you to fail to understand that you have the power to say NO means that the same punishment will be meted to you two. Believe it or not, unforgiven sins don't go unpunished. If you don't pay for it today, you will pay for it tomorrow. If you die without paying for it, your children will pay for it. I didn't write the law; nature did.

Tranquill:
Walter Smith 😂😂😂😂

Dem dey even shame to call am Oparaji Eze petroleum or one of those their jewish names.

A simple Google search would have saved your generation this embarrassment you showed here.

FYI, Waltersmith is the first oil company to have a modular refinery in Nigeria. I know you don't even know what a modular refinery. Waste of time.

Later today, Tinubu's attack dogs will start launching tribal attacks on Joe Ajaero. That's the only strategy APC has. Unfortunately, considering that Nigeria is an ethnically conscious society, it works for them. I don't mean those useless ones on Nairaland - I am referring to Bayo Onanuga, Reno Omokri, etc.

budaatum:
Will they distribute the gas in it too or is it going to run on free air?

Even if they fill the cylinders with cooking gas and it finishes, those rural women will dump the cylinders and return to their bushes to fetch firewood for cooking. This is common sense. Don't give people fish; teach them how to fish.

JohnnA1:
If you believe this VANGUARD NEWS, you are on your own.

An IGBO writer is behind that pen ✍🏾

#RestructureNigeria

Yes, Dapo Akinrefon is officially an Igbo name

spagettiluv:
I have never claimed Lagos as my state even tho that’s my mum state, no Yoruba man from another state will claim Lagos as his/hers, you gonna hear “I’m from Ibadan/osun/Akure but lives in Lagos”,we are unlike the okoro savage who are not proud of their villages

Bros, speak for yourself

Tomorrow, he will still give a hypocritical speech of how Nigeria needs to cut the cost of governance.

Without mincing words, only Peter Obi can cut the cost of governance amongst the three major candidates of the last presidential election.

Nigerians have taken almajiri lifestyle to the UK 😂😂😂

I have watched lots of British YouTuber Harry Jaggard's videos in Lagos. I noticed that many of the foreign commenters were alarmed that almost we everyone he met on the streets and interviewed wanted to leave Nigeria and never return.

The worst thing that can happen to a country is for the vast majority of its young people to want to run away from their country just to have a decent life.

If the rest of the world finds out, they will shut their doors at you. This is the story of Nigeria.

Nigerian students hit by a financial crisis make up the majority of clients at a food charity, its manager has said.

An economic crash in Nigeria left international students struggling to afford tuition fees, with some at Teesside University blocked from their studies and ordered to return home.
Manager Debbie Fixter said 75% of clients at Thornaby's Sprouts Community Food Charity (SCFC) were affected students and the situation had pushed it to "maximum capacity".

The university said it was providing support and international applicants must provide evidence of sufficient funds when applying for a visa.

SCFC organises a range of activities and offers food for free or at low cost, along with clothes and household items.

Over the course of recent months, the charity said its clientele had noticeably changed with the majority of those visiting being Nigerian masters degree students from Teesside University.

Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, with the value of the naira depreciating by more than 200% against the dollar in the past 12 months.

As a result, students at UK universities have seen their savings wiped out and budgets suddenly and significantly reduced, leaving them struggling to afford the cost of living.
Some have subsequently been ordered to leave the UK after struggling to pay their tuition fees on time, as reported by the BBC this month. But Teesside University continues to recruit students in Nigeria, according to a spokesman.

"Part of our community''
An increasing number of students who come to the UK are turning to community charities and organisations for much-needed help, according to SCFC manager Ms Fixter.
"They're really struggling, they need help and they're part of our community," she said.
Client Boluwatife Elusakin said he has had to "dive deep" to afford the cost of living and studying in the UK.

Nigeria's economic crisis means he is having to spend double what he had budgeted.
"Things are no longer the same," he said.
"I've had to cut costs because of the currency crash, it hit my savings as I'd already budgeted funds to come here.
"It makes me feel sad, but I hope I can endure just one year and all will be well."


Boluwatife Elusakin said he has been worried about his friends. Another student, who did not want to be named, said the university's change to payment plans - from seven instalments to three - had exacerbated problems.

He said students who hoped to find jobs to help plug funding gaps were limited by the amount of hours they were legally allowed to work.

"When I was applying, the exchange rate was around 600 naira per pound, but by the time I arrived, it was 1,400," he added.

"At the time we filled out forms, we had proof of funds to cater for nine months.
"But the money is not enough, you don't have a job or the means to get one, the little you have is depleting and a lot of us have difficulties.

"When you don't have funds in your pocket, frustration sets in and a lot are having mental issues. "Some wish they had never come."

"Maximum capacity''
Ms Fixter said her charity was currently at "maximum capacity" as a result of the situation and called on Teesside University to offer more support.

She said the university had so far been proactive and offered a welcome £500 donation of Sainsbury's vouchers after being informed of the situation, but called it a "drop in the ocean" in terms of what was needed to support the influx of students at the charity.
The university said it worked closely with community organisations to signpost students back to its own support services and had provided vouchers and contributions to ensure the organisations could offer support to students.

"Teesside University remains a popular destination for students from across the world who choose to study here because of its global reputation for excellence in teaching and research," a spokesman added.
"All international applicants need to provide evidence that they have sufficient funds to cover tuition fees and living costs as part of the visa application process."

The university is offering "case by case" support to those affected by the situation in Nigeria.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cljjwg5dw34o

This is how responsible people and institutions give. When you want to give, you target certain segments of society that need those aids.

You don't enter the streets like WizKid and start throwing money up and down. Rich guy wey no get common sense!

When you enter the streets and throw money around, those who picked it will use the money to drink alcohol, smoke weed, sleep with harlots and return to the streets to continuously perpetuate criminality afterwards.

God bless Davido for giving to those who need help in this harsh economy.

frog12:
i don't see anything unlawful with her criticisms. the issue is the law she is been prosecuting with. her legal team is terrible, making her suffer unnecessarily

You people don't get it. You cannot say that a product kills people when you haven't seen the people it killed. In the law court, you will asked to prove that it killed people. She was just an ignoramus who didn't know the consequences of what she was doing. In the social media space, we have many of them and we call it catching cruise.

You can say that a product has a lot of sugar and that it has a horrible taste. Then, you go ahead and write that you regretted buying it. That's destructive criticism, but saying that it kills people is going overboard.

Watianoengineer:
Silent achiever like Nyesom Wike.


God bless Seyi

If you call Wike silent, then you don't know the meaning of that adjective.

Biglittlelois:
Where exactly is it in the law or constitution that explicitly states that public criticism of a product is illegal or attracts jail time?

Can only happen in a banana Republic where freedom of speech is not guaranteed.

Saying that a product kills people is no criticism; it's outright defamation and you will brought to court to prove your case. People of this generation need to learn that.

Enugu people should give Governor Peter Mbah some time. That man has a great plan for the Coal City. I'm currently in the state and can see changes taking place in strategic locations across the state.

He wants to build world-class infrastructure - New Enugu City, Smart schools and bus terminals, to name a few. By the time he's done in 4 years, Enugu people will be begging him to continue. If you don't like Peter Mbah, would you rather try a useless Hope Uzodinma? 🤔🤔🤔

Dr Akin Fapohunda, this is a great bill!

It's only when everyone understands that people have a right to self-determination, we will sit down and negotiate the terms of our union. Nigeria isn't built on justice, equity and fairness, and no country experiences peace when it lacks those.

Allow states to control their resources and pay taxes to the centre. FG should stop building infrastructure - allow states to do that and use the taxes to maintain federal security agencies, immigration, customs, etc.

So this $100-million company that Sanwo-Olu celebrated its entry into Lagos in 2022 is already packing up in 2024?

Nigeria is going down before our very eyes, but the ruling party has hired thousands of ne'er-do-wells to tribally attack and gaslight Nigerians who complain about this disturbing turnout of events.

Look how horrible the economy has become in one year and they expect everyone to keep quiet and enjoy their Renewed Hopelessness! Na to leave this country be the best now and observe from afar.

Tinubu should prepare a bill based on regional resource control and forward to the national assembly to pass. Let's see how they won't pass the bill.

Since 2017, Buhari set up a restructuring committee headed by El-Rufai that recommended that all regions should control their resources. Up till today, APC hasn't implemented their recommendations.

The kind of news that comes out of Nigeria can make someone run mad!

Introducing a new national anthem was dumb, to say the least.

I don't know why political observers blame the leader of the party for their poor performance, forgetting that voters choose candidates and not parties.

You people still take that lunatic seriously.... continue...

mrvitalis:
Because of 20 billion dollars crude? Lmaooo

We are talking about economic growth you are talking growth

Nigeria should take all igbo gas and oil and give us Independence let's see in 20 years

When it happens, you go find another excuse.

Listen, leadership is tough, very tough. You need sincere, creative and hardworking people to drive a people to progress.

Any region that can produce such leaders will be the most successful and it hasn't nothing to do with tribe.

The upper hand that the SS has is that the resources are readily available. They just need sincere and creative people to reinvest it (diversification). This is already happening in Akwa Ibom State now.

Objectivist04:
I thought the aim of all these burahaha is to generate 24 hours electricity. If geometric now resort to band A 20 hours electricity and so on what is now the difference between them and the discos, at least I enjoy 18 to 20 hours here under EEDC

Everyone cannot pay for 24 hours power supply. You people need to understand that fact. That's why in many parts of Lagos, areas where rich people live enjoy steady power supply than those places occupied by poor people.

mrvitalis:
See eeh if we ever have regional government the gap South East would give other regions eeh... E go shock people

Oga, you people should stop boasting up and down. This is the basic thing reasonable parents teach their children.

FYI, the South South region will become the richest region in Nigeria if there's regional government and resource control. Their resources have been used to run this country for decades.

I don't understand why they ate reviewing their fees downwards. That business needs to recoup its investment ASAP so as to encourage other investors to invest in the power sector. Steady power supply is not cheap!

By the way, if Tinubu approves regional government and resource control, he has my vote in 2027.