What's special in that? Virtually the whole world pays similar amount. Nigerians should understand that the oil in ND is iexhaustible. Stop being entitled.

Ofodirinwa:


No, it's not a noble organization. It's a french control apparatus for sh*thole countries to listen to. There's no european country that listens to or even checks what the IMF is saying. East asian countries don't. The Middle east has stopped. It's only the yeye african brain that believes there is an organization they were not a part of creating that is actively trying to help them compete with the countries that created it. Because African countries don't know what a country is, and don't bellieve the human brain is capable of competiton and strategy.

I cannot imagine an American hearing that the president listened to the IMF's advice or is checking IMF information. It's specifically for slave states. You think it's noble because you're Nigerian and Nigeria is like a goat among nations

what is their indebtedness level compared to the shîtholes third world countries?
What is their per capita GDP?
I can see you are an agent of a failed system looking to make a victim of the very people who ruined us and victimized those who tried to save us. You conveniently avoided the internal issues that makes a mockery of IMF advises and choose to attack them blindly. IMF has never ruined any nation anywhere. It is a case of political will to move forward lacking and chaotic mindset of self over collective interest.

Your imaginative power is a product of your heart so stop judging IMF with your imagination.

Ofodirinwa:
IMF only talks to countries it sees as rubbish. I have lived in the Us for most of my life and was born here. To date I have not heard IMF comment on 1 thing that happens here. If IMF is talking about you, you're being insulted.

No, IMF Is a noble organisation. They tell you what you should do. It is up to you to do it properly.
Did they force us to renovate 100 boreholes with N1.2B?
To be stoning devils with billions? To allow looting of the public funds? To cripple refineries? To turn a blind eye to terrorists? To pay unproductive workers unconditionally? To build useless project at inflated cost? Allow vandalism of state infrastructures? Theft of resources? To allow trade unions of intl buyers RIP farmers?
They only show you the way forward, the political will to tow that path is up to you and not them. The USA too is indebted.

Racoon:
3rd highest debtor with nothing to show for it. Absolutely nothing to write home about.

The zombie above you is their supporter. He prefers big useless structures at astronomically inflated cost.

Rossikk:


The coastal highway and flyovers are EXCELLENT projects.

Go away.

Enemy of progress.

Big yes, but useless. You lack power but want big picturesque edifices instead of well stocked utilities. Ride on.

All to execute useless projects at astronomical cost. Example is trending N1.2Bto repair 100 boreholes. Coastal highway. Flyovers in state Capitals.

Seun:
Children and sex are not exactly nothing.

define love first. The children n sex, are they mutual or not?

That's like a man saying he loves his family because he provides food they all share.

lexy2014:


the banking and financial sector, are they under private control or public control as is the case of army, customs, immigration that you mentioned?

what is special about the education and health sectors that you are alive?

is army, customs, immigration dead?

tinubu is from the south. how alive is nigeria at the moment?

under a largely de-regionalized CBN.

amoreobansu:


Diezani Alison-Madueke: Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, currently facing extradition from the UK for money laundering and bribery charges related to her time in office.

Ayo Fayose: Former Governor of Ekiti State, implicated in various corruption scandals, including allegations of election manipulation and misappropriation of state funds.

Musiliu Obanikoro: Former Minister of State for Defence, involved in the Ekiti Gate scandal concerning electoral fraud during the Ekiti State gubernatorial election.

Godwin Emefiele: Former Central Bank Governor, facing multiple charges of illegal procurement and corruption, including awarding contracts to a staff member.

Godswill Akpabio: Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and current Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Akpabio has faced accusations of diverting over N100 billion from state funds and involvement in fraud at the Niger Delta Development Commission.

Stella Oduah: The former Minister of Aviation is under investigation for alleged involvement in over N9.4 billion fraud related to dubious contracts for airport security equipment.

Orji Uzor Kalu: The former Governor of Abia State faced charges of money laundering amounting to N3.2 billion and has been linked to various corruption allegations throughout his political career.

David Umahi: Governor of Ebonyi State, Umahi has been accused of diverting N400 million during the 2015 presidential election through an arms deal.

These individuals exemplify the widespread corruption issues that have plagued Nigeria's political landscape, particularly among southern politicians.

Corruption transcends regions, tribes, and races. If you didn't know before, now you do.

All NNPC ex staff member.

lawrenzooo:

I guess that's why Nigeria is also working.

working for you n yours.

realmindz:
Corruption

It’s obvious the devil lives in people’s hearts. After eating and eating and eating, at least , get tired and feel the pains of others at your mercy. But unfortunately, certain people eat and eat and keep for their descendants to the 10th generation whom they will never meet while multitudes are suffering.

1000 likes.

lawrenzooo:

Are they also in charge of CBN?

that's why CBN ia working.

HydraFeeds:
When Tinubu was sworn in and it seems there's dark cloud over his presidential relationship with USA because of his "bad records" (which is shameful) ,I posited that if the US and other western countries refused to acknowledge him ,he will simply look towards Eastern alliances, especially China . It's what's happening now .

FG policy of buying Dangote fuel is a communist move !

Well ,this journey to China is super powerful.

wrong.

Another loan loading... just watch.

Naptu2 the APC media man.

Fake news vendor have resorted to cheap HTML/CSS tricks again. Tinubu ko Tuvbi ni.

TemplarLandry:

Real recognize real.

I dedicate "Hallelujah" by LadiPoe feat. Rozzz & Morrelo to these great men.

Great jam!

dedicate one to a certain Wale Tuvbi.

sleek214:
Bla bla bla. You don dey praise Tinubu because dem don give you wetin you want. Dem don also increase fuel pump price because of you....

keep shut. Do you buy pure water in dollars? Transactions within Nigeria should be done in Naira.

The ethnic group Putin is fighting a war to preserve is what he is corrupting. He should watch his back.

Very soon petrol will be used to spice up kaikai. lol

If they exports refined crude, fine. That's because inflow of dollar/forex will increase supply and relax the demand from Dangote himself. Two forces moving in two directions to create a double sided Naira strengthening effect.

Commonsensical thing to do if boycotted locally but a boycott is only possible if they getting it cheaper elsewhere and that could mean Dangote going well above intl market prices OR he refuses to leave the part of the old part of the cost component that goes to intl movement of crude/petrol in the old arrangement.

That N87 was a half a dollar and N800 is half a dollar today. The only real difference is the Naira strength.

Why should he refine below intl price when he buys crude at 2-4 usd a barrel above intl price?

Why isnt none of the four NNPCL refineries refining if it is that easy to sell at below N1000 a litre?
All these entitled creatures just corrupting the cyberspace like demented coke addicts.

Teenaira:


I think you are right in your thinking. We must start looking at adding value to natural resources and raw materials to derive real values. However, his proposal looks good too. VAT is purely a consumption tax so, the more you consume, the more you pay. Who are the big consumers ? Obviously the rich and unfortunately a lot of them may not be paying personal income tax or they may have a means of playing around with Personal Income tax. So if the recommendation is implemented, we might end up taxing the rich more which is quite good and then reduce the tax burden on the middle class and low income earners. Even corporate tax is recommended to go down. The real challenge is informal taxes on the poor and corporate bodies. How is government going to get these guys to stop their nefarious activity which has been a part of us for ages ?

VAT we have here is largely down to buying and selling. That's akin to taxing people for survival and not prosperity.

Ouchbabe:
Before now, Nigerians have lamented the lack of indigenous refineries and attributed the high cost of petrol, diesel and gas to it.


Thankfully, Dangote Refinery came to be. I read that it can only sell to NNPC. That means NNPC is the sole buyer.

And boom, NNPC is selling fuel at over #800.

What is the fate of a common man?
What is the fate of salary earners like teachers(I'm a teacher )
What is the fate of SME's?

Where do we go from here?

Despite all the legit side hustles, the bills keep pilling up.

Let God's will be done

The fate of SMEs, salary earners like teachers etc should remain the same if NNPC will be honest enough to buy from dangote6 at same price they were buying from other foreign refineries they sold crude to at intl price. You sell to Dangote at $2pb-$4pb above intl price but want Dangote to sell directly to Nigerians at half the price you buy petrol, diesel from foreign refinery. Go and sleep.

A blessing that looks a curse due to lies of politicians for decades that we are rich, a giant, and have more money than we cannot exhaust.

That refinery employes mostly Nigerian unlike the ones we current buy from. The profit from that refinery will most likely build another employment-creating industry unlike the house owners in Dubai and London who loot us. That refinery will leave some byproducts that will go into fertilizers, plastic and cosmetics production thereby creating more industries.
Only God can reward Dangote and not one useless tax waiver.

madridguy:
When we can hardly buy mere toiletries or even eat conveniently?

Is this madness or wickedness?

We??

iwaeda:

Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, says the committee is proposing a law to the National Assembly to increase valued added tax from the current 7.5% to 10%.


https://dailytrust.com/were-proposing-law-to-increase-vat-to-10-presidential-tax-cmtee/

Textbook stunts. In a nation where value addition is almost alien to the system, someone is talking about raising value added taxes. People can barely afford to add value to what they cultivate or manage to produce.

We drink our cow milk as nunu with no value added. Take cocoa as powder with little value added. Eat corn cooked with little value. Export cocoa and import value added end products. Export crude and import value heavy petrol n diesel. What more can I say?

Successtube:
I never thought I’d find myself contemplating divorce just two years into my marriage. As a bachelor, I’d look at couples splitting up and wonder how they ended up there. Didn’t they date and get to know each other first? Didn’t they see the signs? And yet, here I am, standing on the brink of making the same decision. I dated my wife for a year and three months before we got married, and I thought I knew her. But I was wrong. She lied and pretended to be someone she wasn’t. Now, I’m starting to see who she truly is, and it’s tearing me apart.

Immediately after our wedding, I noticed changes in her that hadn’t been there before. One month in, we were not having sex like any newly married couple would. Every time I tried to be intimate, she’d have some excuse—a headache, feeling tired, or being stressed from work. I tried to be patient, thinking it was just a phase. But it didn’t end. When I finally asked her what was wrong, she bluntly told me she didn’t like sex. I was shocked. How could she not like sex? We had been intimate enough times while dating for me to believe otherwise.

“How can we have children if we don’t have sex?” I asked, trying to keep my frustration in check. Her response was indifferent, almost as if it didn’t matter. From then on, she’d sometimes only have sex with me during her ovulation period, like it was a chore to check off her list. It went on like this for over eight months, and I felt more and more disconnected. I felt unwanted, unloved. Every attempt to bridge the gap between us only seemed to widen it.

But the cracks didn’t just stop there. Through a relative of mine, I managed to get her a job that paid her 300,000 Naira monthly. She seemed happy, and I was glad I could help. Then, fate dealt me a blow—I lost my job. After months of searching, I managed to find another one, but it paid only 120,000 Naira a month. I couldn’t afford to stay home, so I took it, thinking it would just be temporary until I found something better.

My 120,000 Naira salary barely covers our expenses. I take care of the rent, food, bills, and still fuel my car to get to work. The one that hit me hardest was when our rent increased to 700,000 Naira around the same time my car’s engine gave out, needing another 500,000 Naira to repair. I felt the walls closing in on me. I was struggling, juggling all these financial burdens alone. I turned to my wife, thinking she’d step up and help. After all, she was earning more than double what I was. But all she could offer was 50,000 Naira.

I was speechless. She looked at me and said it was a man's duty to cater to his family, and she could only "assist." Her words felt like a slap. Here I was, drowning under the weight of our expenses, and she was holding back. I had to sell one of the lands I’d bought back in my bachelor days to cover the bills. I never thought I’d be in a position where I had to sell my hard-earned property just to survive while my wife, who I had helped get a better-paying job, stood by and watched.

The emptiness gnawed at me until I reached out to someone who had once filled a different kind of void in my life—my ex. We had broken up years ago because of distance when she moved to London for her studies. But we never really ended things on bad terms. There was always a "what if" lingering between us. Now, in my loneliness, that "what if" turned into late-night conversations, laughter, and the kind of warmth I hadn’t felt in a long time. I sneak out every now and then to be with her. I know it’s wrong. I know cheating is not the answer, but I felt like I was drowning, and she was the only one who could save me. With her, I felt alive again, seen, and heard. Things quickly escalated, and before I knew it, I was back in her arms. It felt like a betrayal of my marriage vows, but at the same time, it felt like the only way to reclaim a part of myself that had been lost.

I never imagined I’d be contemplating divorce, but here I am. I want to marry my ex. I want a fresh start, a chance to feel loved again. I don’t know if I can continue in a marriage where I feel more like a burden than a partner. Maybe it’s time to face the harsh truth: some people change, and some people never really were who they claimed to be. Maybe it’s time for me to choose my own happiness, to take a leap and start over.

Don't make the same mistake I made. Study your partner thoroughly before to married, don't rush!

You are deeply confused.
You said you thought you understood her well enough before marriage in the opening paragraphs. Then in the closing paragraph, you said others should study their partners thoroughly. That means you are recommending what failed you to others. You sound like AI.

Eriokanmi:
Igba ti a so fun won,won pe wa l'omo yiibo. Tinubu no send anyone. We knew better why we didn't vote him in Lagos. He's only there for his family and associates. Had he increased tax for the rich, we'd have understood better and endured, hoping everything would be fine and the masses won't have to cry.

Those defending this man, una go defend taya oo, cos no solution in sight. He's exhausted all his known strategies and nothing is working, despite removing the subsidy. He's now paying subsidy even in trillions. Buhari came with same tricks which same tinubu taught him. Hope you'd be wise next time.

Students are about to resume. Hope you've paid your children school fees . Anyway, I pray God provides for you and you set yourself free from the shackles of bigotry.

we plenty for this group o. Tuvbi has exhausted all his wuruwuru strategies yet the system is only heading for a collapse. Nothing to offer.