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Goal Semenyo

This is for the retired military personnel and civilians with a serving policeman, the main culprits who are serving military personnel are facing courtMarshall at the moment.

Chinjo2:
Is it only 6 persons that will plan coup in Nigeria? Meanwhile out of the 6 of them 3 are civilians. Well we keep our fingers crossed as the trial progresses.

Lagos is a Coastal state, not so ideal for a capital...plus its population.

ebukal67x:
Lagos is the only viable option for capital and the earlier we accept that, the better for us all.

Practically impossible, Tinubu knows himself that it will be resisted fiercely.

Good2go1:
During Tinubu swear in ceremony i was doing german floor to my building the same day,
One of the Baale's boys came to the site after entertaining him he started gisting me.
In the process he said Thank God Tinubu has been swore in and I asked what would be the benefit to him? He said that one of the benefits is that he is going to bring back federal capital to Lagos. I looked at him like someone who does"t know what he was doing but now i am begining to believe him

I see some Northerners trying to wip up sentiments with emotional topics like this, trying to get their people against the Government...I expect more of this from next year.

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 6:20:17 WAT
By Mohammed Bello Doka




Nigeria is a federation in name, but under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it is beginning to look like a country governed from one city, for one city, and in the image of one city. What is unfolding before our eyes is not announced, not debated, and not legislated—but it is real. By policy choices, budget priorities, and institutional drift, Lagos is being rebuilt as Nigeria’s de facto administrative–economic capital, while vast swathes of the country are left to decay.

FAAN, CBN (key departments), BOI, NPA and NIMASA.

These are not minor agencies. They are the command centres of aviation, finance, industry, ports, and maritime regulation. When such institutions either move their headquarters to Lagos or concentrate their real power there, the question practically asks itself: if power, money, and decision-making all live in Lagos, what exactly is Abuja for—and what is left for the rest of Nigeria?


Let us begin with the facts.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has formally relocated its headquarters from Abuja to Lagos. The justification offered was “operational efficiency” because Lagos handles the bulk of air traffic. Yet Abuja remains the constitutional seat of government. No constitutional amendment was sought. No national debate was held. A major federal institution simply packed up and moved.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, officially headquartered in Abuja, has quietly transferred some of its most powerful departments—Banking Supervision, Payments System Management, Consumer Protection, Financial Policy and Regulation—to Lagos. Anyone who understands how banking regulation works knows the truth: where supervision sits, power sits. Abuja may keep the signage, but Lagos now holds the nerve centre.


The Bank of Industry has received Federal Executive Council approval for a new headquarters in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, effectively relocating its functional command base from Abuja. A development finance institution, meant to catalyse industrial growth across Nigeria, is now planting its flag in one of the most exclusive real-estate enclaves in Africa.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and NIMASA, though nominally federal, have long operated as Lagos-centric agencies. Under Tinubu, this imbalance has not been corrected—it has been reinforced.

Piece by piece, institution by institution, Lagos is being reassembled as Nigeria’s true capital—without Nigerians ever being asked.

If the institutional drift raises suspicion, the budgetary figures remove all doubt.

Consider the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, a flagship federal project championed by the Tinubu administration. The road, stretching roughly 700 kilometres, has been reported in multiple credible sources as costing between N14 trillion and N15 trillion when completed. Even the first tranche alone approved by the Federal Executive Council—N1.334 trillion for about 130 kilometres—is staggering.


Now place that figure beside the reality of northern Nigeria.

According to compiled 2025 approved state budgets:

Yobe State: N320.8 billion

Gombe State: under N500 billion

Taraba State: under N500 billion

Nasarawa State: under N500 billion

Adamawa State: under N500 billion

Seven of the ten states with the smallest budgets in Nigeria are in the North. The combined budgets of the ten lowest-spending states nationwide amount to about N4.2 trillion.

Let that sink in.

A single federal road corridor, anchored in Lagos and running along the coast, is projected to cost over three times the combined annual budgets of ten Nigerian states, most of them northern. Even the N1.334 trillion first phase alone is larger than the entire annual budget of multiple northern states.

This is not development. This is concentration.

While trillions flow southward into concrete, glass, and coastal highways, the North is bleeding.


Insurgency and banditry continue to cripple the North-East and North-West.

According to displacement tracking data, millions of Nigerians remain internally displaced, with the highest concentration in northern states.

Poverty indices consistently show the highest multidimensional poverty rates in the North.

Literacy figures reveal a scandalous educational divide, with some northern states recording single-digit literacy rates, while parts of the South approach near-universal literacy.


These are not abstract statistics. They translate into: children out of school, communities cut off by insecurity, markets unable to function, states trapped in survival mode.

And yet, when the Tinubu administration reaches for its biggest chequebook, it reaches—not northward—but towards Lagos.

Let this be clear: Lagos is not the enemy. Lagos is industrious, vibrant, and economically vital. But no federation survives when one city becomes the gravitational centre of everything—capital, institutions, infrastructure, and influence—while others are treated as afterthoughts.


Abuja was created to prevent exactly this outcome. It was meant to neutralise regional dominance, balance power, and symbolise national ownership. What Tinubu’s Lagos-centric governance does is quietly undo the philosophy of the Nigerian federation, not by law, but by practice.

A federation does not collapse only through coups or constitutions. Sometimes it collapses through budget lines, headquarters relocations, and silent administrative decisions.

To the North, the message is clear: endure insecurity and poverty while watching national wealth pass you by.

To the South East, already starved of federal presence, the message is familiar: you are not a priority.

To the South South, the resource zone of the federation, the message is bitterly ironic: your oil may fund the centre, but the centre lives elsewhere.

And to Lagos, the message is unmistakable: you are the centre of the republic.

President Tinubu owes Nigerians an answer—not rhetoric, not slogans, but an answer grounded in policy logic:

Is Nigeria still a federation, or is it being reorganised around Lagos by stealth?


Because when: federal agencies move,
regulatory power relocates, development banks follow and trillions in infrastructure spending cluster in one axis, then what is happening is not accidental.

And that choice, left unchecked, risks turning Nigeria into a country where citizenship depends on geography, and national unity becomes a slogan rather than a lived reality.

History has shown—again and again—that nations do not fracture only from rebellion. Sometimes, they fracture from neglect dressed up as efficiency.

Nigeria should be careful.



Bello Doka can be reached via bellodoka82@gmail.com

Abuja Network News

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This is crazy men, real Simps out there don't know what to do with their money, anyways it is their money.. it seems the industry will only get bigger and bigger

Cherki with a thunderbolt strike

This is old news now, this is not recent..same story line of how he had to travel by road instead of flight cannot happen twice. This was months ago.

Very Brilliant anaysis.

epainos:
The beat shot Atiku had was against Buhari in 2015 during APC primary, and he failed because he had left Tinubu. This man should even think inwardly that people around him are just sucking him. He is good at buying people, and he was a potential winner if he had played it right. But one factor has killed his ambition. He doesn't have any support from the SW again. If you have ONLY most northerners in your pocket, and you get the Yorubas, you have won the election from my observation.

Buhari himself tried it many times and failed, but won when he got the Yorubas' support which was the hardest thing for him. He had a very bad reputation with the Yorubas. But when he was able to align with Tinubu, he won. Atiku had the Yoruba ticket, but blew it all away cos he was not patient. That time, OBJ had a fraction of the Yoruba, and Tinubu had the other. Atiku had fallen out with OBJ, and he had aligned with Tinubu, but he left because he lost the first election. Not knowing that Tinubu kept building his domain and took over all the SW, and eventually retired OBJ.

Buhari aligned with Yoruba and won. Ribadu aligned with Yoruba also via Tinubu and presently, he is the CSO waiting to take over from Tinubu. This is the plan. This is why he also did not waste time dislodging El-Rufai cos he knows that he will be the stumbling block for him. Let's look at OBJ's case. Yaradua and Jonathan too aligned with the SW and had the northern backing, and they won.

What I have noticed is this: You easily get about 50% - 80% SS support when you have the SW support without working too hard. Your SW channel will do the job. So, I believe a northern candidate shouldn't even bother about having SS support.

SE is the rebellious zone that every aspiring candidate should ignore. They victimise anyone they don't like, and just pray you have the luck they support you. If you don't get it, just move on.

Atiku is very likely not to ever the president of Nigeria because he has blown away his opportunity. The next president is already selling himself to the US and NATO. And he is Mallam Ribadu. He led the delegation to tell the US that Nigeria will operate with them under his leadership. Atiku is gone. This is my take. He is just wasting his time.

If I was him. I would first make sure OBJ supports my candidate wholeheartedly, but the OBJ I know will just dribble him. Honestly, Atiku is gone.

I may not like it myself, but I do not see anyone unsettling Tinubu because he is a master rigger. And Ribadu is taking over. Reno Omokri did his home work very and and he will be well positioned as a foreign minister in Ribadu's government. It's why he accepted the ambassadorial appointment and didn't stay in the presidential office. He could have gotten a position as the president's senior adviser, but he waited for the ambasadorial position so he can become Ribadu's foreign affairs minister.

This is the roadmap of Nigeria. Mind you...the same Ribadu contested to become the president of Nigeria in 2010 or so, and lost. Tinubu did not mind bowing for him, and it's why he worked with him. It comes the turn of Tinubu, and Ribadu does not mind bowing for him too. Now, compare them with Atiku. Also, compare them with Obi. Both Obi and Atiku share the same characteristics and it's why both won't become the president. Obi cannot.. I repeat....cannot have the norther support. Mark my words. Even Amaechi might likely win if he contests against Obi (assuming the two were the only candidates).

Hmmm...what could this mean?

AliEzeOlu:
Earlier on Monday, November 3, 2025, Members of the Management Team of North Central Development Commission, NCDC, paid a courtesy call on the Accountant- General of the Federation, Mr Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi.

Media Department
North Central Development Commission
November 3, 2025

I will ask and get back to you

elaino:
When was your friend sent an invite for the interview? Is it physical interview or virtual?

Most likely, my friend told me earlier last month that he has an interview with BOI by ending August, so I believe so. In kogi State.

elaino:
BOI prospectives, I heard there was an interview in August, last month. Can anyone confirm this?

That's my go to plan, unfortunatelynow I don't have that option again[, stick with 1k for 1.5 weekly quote author=Albert0011 post=136433196]Just dial *121# for mtn users and go for better offers.
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After, that is agriculture minister

Omoboricash:
He was minister before Adesina. Pls check very well.

New NDIC DG has officially taking over.

Thanks, I was usingthat promotionone

Mohisah:
use the normal website.
Don't use promotion.Fedcivil

.

Is it only me or the website for FCSC has not been going through since yesterday, to check those that are shortlisted

Who knows when north central development commission will start recruiting or operating?

Me I always work Monday to Saturday,public holiday or not 🙃

Looking out more for other people than myself, time to put myself first

Crazy things are happening...now she will be full of regrets

Air passengers and stakeholders are worried that domestic air fares have surpassed tickets to some West African countries. This is causing



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Domestic Airfares Trump Regional Tickets

Air passengers and stakeholders are worried that domestic air fares have surpassed tickets to some West African countries. This is causing disquiet in the industry…

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ByAbdullateef Aliyu, Lagos

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 8:13:44 WAT

Air passengers and stakeholders are worried that domestic air fares have surpassed tickets to some West African countries.

This is causing disquiet in the industry even as ticketing staff of airlines are said to be in cahoots with touts at airports, making it difficult for passengers to travel with ease.

It is now becoming increasingly difficult for passengers to seamlessly book for their flights, as checks on the portals of various airlines show that they are almost constantly fully booked, especially on the Lagos-Abuja route.

Findings revealed that ticketing officers of the airlines work closely with online touts to mop up the tickets, especially on the day of the journey.

This has worsened the woes of passengers as a return ticket from Lagos to Abuja periodically costs up to N500, 000.

Air fares have recently skyrocketed and got worse during the Eid-El-Kabir holiday for those who did not plan their journey ahead, with a one-way ticket from Lagos to Abuja selling as much as N280,000.

Apart from Lagos-Abuja, passengers occasionally pay up to N200, 000 for routes that are relatively underserved but with an appreciable number of passengers.

This is evident when one tries to book online, but only to find out that the seats are fully booked; but by the time one gets to the airport, the ‘middlemen’ will quickly present themselves.

They would quote the price and if one complies, the touts will get to the counter and quickly return with a boarding pass.

For instance, a Kano-Abuja flight was recently sold for N230, 000 on Max Air despite being a 40-minute flight, while Kano to Lagos was sold for almost N200,000.

Another very expensive route is Lagos-Port Harcourt with the ticket going for N190, 800 on Ibom Air, while Air Peace charges N171,600. Ibom Air yesterday quoted N238, 000 for a one-way flight from Lagos to Abuja on a Premium Economy seat.

Arik Air quoted N237,835 and N190,217 for Monday and Tuesday flights to Port Harcourt from Lagos respectively, while it is N171,761 on Value Jet.

Lagos-Abuja flight now more expensive than Lagos-Accra flight

Our correspondent reports that some passengers now pay more on Lagos-Abuja return tickets than Lagos-Accra, which is an international route.

International air routes are considered generally more expensive considering the taxes and charges, especially the passenger service charge (PSC) alone,  which costs $100 (N156,300 at the official rate as at July 12, 2024).

Checks on Africa World Airlines (AWA) yesterday indicated that a one-way flight from Lagos to Accra costs about N233,000 for a Thursday flight, but about N300,000 for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

An Ibom Air flight to Accra costs N266,400 for a one-way ticket, while Air Peace’s ticket to Accra costs N229,000. Also, Air Peace’s Cotonou flight costs N286,000.

A concerned passenger, who gave his name simply as Simon, said: “I have always believed that air fares are high in Africa because of taxes and charges but last week I paid more from Lagos to Benin than I paid from Lagos to Accra, Ghana

“I also paid more from Anambra to Lagos than from Lagos to Accra, Ghana. In the same week, it cost me more from Abuja to Lagos than from Lagos to Accra.

“So, all along, people have been lying to us about taxes and charges because I do not understand paying N230,000 for a 45-minute flight within Nigeria. In one week I paid over N200,000 each time for domestic tickets”, he said.

 

It’s traumatic traveling these days – Passengers

An air traveller, Emmanuel Andrew John, said it was tough for him when he wanted to travel from Abuja to Lagos for an event on Friday.

“When I checked the websites of three airlines – Air Peace, United Nigeria and Max Air, they were fully booked. There was no available ticket.

“It was then I realised that I was naive not to have booked five days earlier when I checked and discovered that a one way ticket was around ₦130,000.

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“But considering that I really wanted to travel, I went to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. At the counter of the airlines, they said they don’t have any tickets left.

“However, when I was about to leave, a well-dressed tout approached me and said that he has a ticket if I can pay N190,000 for a one way trip.

“I was a bit hesitant but he assured me that he has the ticket. I gave it a try and lo and behold, in less than 10 minutes, he brought me the boarding pass of one of the airlines,” he said.


Abdullahi Ismail, who returned to Abuja from Lagos, said he bought his ticket for N250,000.

“I asked my secretary to book the flight for me online. Sadly, she checked almost all the available airlines – Air Peace, ValueJet, Max Air, Rano, Ibom Air, and others, but they were all filled up,” he said.

Abdullahi said it was his friend who advised him to go to the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja and assured him that he will get a ticket on arrival.

“Even though I wasn’t sure, I gave it a try…I went to the counters of most of the airlines at the airport, but they said they don’t have a vacant seat.

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“I was about to leave the last counter when a lady beckoned on me. She pointed at a young man and said I should contact him. She said he will get me a ticket.

“When I approached him, he said he has a ticket but it will cost me N250,000 for a one way flight to Abuja. I was disturbed, but then, I agreed. I paid him the money and he left for about 15 minutes, only for him to return with my boarding pass. I was later told that the actual value of the ticket was around N160,000,” he said.

He said there was no way this could happen without the hands and active connivance of ticketing officials of the airlines and touts.

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“I strongly feel that this is a sophisticated racket! Come to think of it, how can it be possible that when you check the online booking portal of the airlines, you will be told that all the tickets have been sold out, but if you go to the airport, some people will sell the same ticket to you but it will be very expensive?

“It appears that some people are deliberately working on our weak enforcement systems to cause untold hardship.

“I believe some people block the tickets from the back end of the booking portals, or in the alternative, they buy off the tickets, hoard them, then resell them at very expensive rates to people who are desperate to travel. The government must do something to crack the cartel because what is happening is not good for the image of Nigeria,” he said.

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Why air fares are expensive – Operators

Airline operators have blamed the current hike in prices of tickets on the factor of demand and supply amidst the dwindling fleets, with most of their aircraft grounded.

Daily Trust findings indicated that over 50 per cent of aircraft belonging to the domestic airlines are either on ground or stranded in maintenance facilities across the globe. This has reduced the capacity of the airlines to meet existing passengers’ demand.

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It was also gathered that most airlines have reduced their frequencies to align with their current capacity threshold.

For instance, a check by Daily Trust indicated that Air Peace has reduced its flights to Ilorin from daily to three times a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

“This is temporary. We will resume daily flights when all our aircraft arrive from maintenance,” a source within the airline said.

Azman Air, it was gathered, has limited its operations to only Abuja and a few Northern states without any flight originating or heading to Lagos. 

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A frequent flier with one of the domestic carriers, Muazu Shehu, in a chat with our correspondent, said he paid over N300,000 for a return ticket to Lagos from Kano.

“It appears we are yet to see the worst of the current situation because we can’t even predict where the ticket is going?”, he said.

 

Operators blame increase on demand and supply

Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Capt. Ado Sanusi stated that it is natural that the available seats would be priced higher in line with the demand and supply principle. He said: “This is basic economics; it’s demand and supply. We don’t have seats to cater for the demand of the passengers. The passengers are many,  and so airlines would naturally gravitate to higher prices. It is just natural: demand and supply.

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“Usually, when the demand is high, airlines would gravitate to higher prices and when the demand comes down, it is natural for the airlines to reduce their prices.

“If you look at it, the main problem is the seat. The available seats are filled; the number of passengers willing to travel are many. For the airlines, they would just be selling their seats to the highest bidders”, he said. 

 

‘How to stop racketeering’

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Sanusi further said, to eradicate touting of tickets, the operators, working with the regulatory authorities, must urgently review the processes of checking in passengers.  

“For touting of tickets, the only way it can be tackled is that we must have a way, and as quickly as possible, of linking passengers with their BVN. If a passenger buys a flight ticket, we must do it in such a way that we link his BVN to his ticket. 

“This is because we do not have any form of identification number that we can hold on to apart from the BVN. The reason why I said so is, now that touts would go to the airline system and buy tickets with bogus names and resell to passengers that are extremely desperate for the tickets and when they sell, they go and make ID cards in those names, and when the airport security asks for that ID card, they present that ID card. 

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“So, the whole system must change. We must insist that you produce a government ID card, which must be linked to your BVN so that we know you are the one holding that ticket”, he said. 

An executive of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Mr. Roland Iyayi, in a chat with Daily Trust, confirmed the present hike in air fares inching towards half a million naira for a return ticket.

According to him, while the present hike is not sustainable for passengers, the airlines had no option in order to remain in business.

He said: “There is no foreign exchange. No access to foreign exchange. They have aircraft at maintenance facilities worldwide; they don’t have forex to recover. What you have right now is a shortfall in capacity. With the reduced capacity of airlines, seats are at a premium. So, the effect of demand and supply has kicked in.

“If they have more aircraft in the country, then you would have more seats and with demand, you can still manage. But right now, it is difficult to manage your demand”, he said. 

To address the current situation, the federal government “must make necessary arrangements for airlines to have access to foreign exchange in the first instance, reducing the unnecessary taxes and charges applied to the industry, and then of course, ensuring that we have policies that can sustain the growth of the industry.”

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High fares will scare away passengers – Analysts

Aviation analyst, Capt. Ibrahim Yinusa said the current fares are too exorbitant and would scare away passengers. He urged the airlines to cut down the fares to be able to attract more passengers.

“Passenger load will surely drop. Airlines must cut it (fare) down to affordable prices otherwise they will be flying with very poor load, at losses,” he said.

Another industry player who spoke on the condition of anonymity said among the airlines’ operational variables, there has been a drastic reduction in price of aviation fuel known as Jet A1

https://dailytrust.com/domestic-airfares-trump-regional-tickets/

You Re VERY VERY STUPID1 AND FOOLISH

seanery:
I no knw sey schools dey north ooo; i think na only begging dem sabi.

Rip to d dead.

Sad, May they Rest in Peace with God

Did you get email or text?

Sul007:
Good day everyone. Please asides from online training, please what are the other benefits of this NITDA 3MTT program? As in in terms of Incentives or gadgets. Note: Messages for 2nd batch has been sent!

Jos is cool at night, midnight till the morning

Great...his family is behind him fully, which makes him more prepared and focused to deliver the Job

Ekooooonggg