₦airaland Forum

kodded:
When will this fools called hunters will realize that all this animal are gradually going into extinction

While the white are busy looking for were to preserve this endangered species we black enjoy killing them for money and merry

I wonder what will happen when the hunters kill all of them.........I guess they will start hunting fellow humans

#BabaNowThatYouAreThere please preserve our wild animals from all this blood sucking demons called hunters

ItsTutsi:
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, November 22, inaugurated the Kolmani Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) located between Bauchi and Gombe states.

The Kolmani OPL is the first oil drilling field in Northern Nigeria.

This was an event that will never be forgotten in the northern part of our dear country.

This development didn’t come as a surprise to many, who are always updated with numerous projects taking place in the country, especially in the north.

In governance, there is a limit to everything, you can’t satisfy all the yearnings and calls of everybody.

This is why against all odds, I had to embrace myself and see reasons why I should keep aligning myself with the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Despite the shortcomings of President Buhari (which is akin to all living being), I had to open up my mind and compare Nigeria, between where it was before 2015 and where it is now.

Instead of dwelling solely on the living cost and economic hardships in Nigeria (which most countries in the world are battling with), I try to focus on the foundations which are being laid, year-in, year-out by the administration of President Buhari, which by God’s grace will take Nigeria to the promised land in the nearest future.

The massive inflow of investments that has happened to Nigeria from 2015 till now is second to none.

For those who don’t want anything good to be written or said about this current administration, I am sorry I broke your heart. The truth must be told at all cost.

For the doubting Thomases, you can go and verify the aforementioned projects, if that is what it will take to believe in the cause I stood by since I started delving into politics.

For the media houses in the north, here is a factual report on the projects which has took place (both completed and ongoing) in the Northern zone.

May Nigeria succeed against all odds

http:///36a5e2b2221125en_ng?link=1&client=news

omonnakoda:
It is not just engineering alone

It is reality and geopolitics

We do not have that kind of money considering our dire debt and financial position

Judging from the cost of similar BUT SMALLER projects from Libya e.g. GMMR and the Middle East this would be the MOST EXPENSIVE project in Nigerian History running in tens of billions of dollars to be spent in the North and generated from the South. It sounds like a stupid joke
If we have that kind of money we don't have things to do with it in Southern Nigeria?

Who is going to pay for it?. The geopolitics are that having completed it we will not OWN the Lake it will belong to 4 countries

Also the Niger River is not our property. It does not even start in Nigeria and it could be diverted upstream in the future by Guinea, Mali etc

triple996:
9ice


Must u guys chest beat
U forgot to tell ur people dat buhari also patronised innoson alot

Golan007:
Go back to Anambra State since it is so prosperous.

omonnakoda:
Did I say it is not old technology?
IT can be done we know
It can be also be done to recharge the whole of the Sahara desert

The question is whether it should be done?

Is it realistic?

How much will it cost and who will pay for it?

omonnakoda:
You cannot just start pimping water without a strategy


Ultimately WHY DO IT ? and how much will it cost?

It is theoretically possible not just to recharge the Lake Chad but the whole Sahara desert

Why has that not been done? Reality

omonnakoda:
What is your point? And how does this relate to what you quoted
I know that Lakes can be man made so why are you stating the obvious? Is anyone arguing that with you?

Did anyone say it is new technology? I have already said it can be done

That it can be done does not mean it should be done
That is what we need to debate WHY AND HOW?
Lake chad and Lake Volta are TOTALLY DIFFERENT Scenarios

First in terms of size/scale
Second Lake Chad is not anywhere nesar the River Niger
Creating a Lake from River Niger would be economically more viable iN Sokoto or Kebbi than in Borno a thousand kilometres away.
I am not sure what point you are trying to make honestly

omonnakoda:
Vague and Vacuous without facts and figures we are going round in Circles
To talk meaningfully there must be figures. How much water is needed. We know that the Lake is now 10% of what it was in 1963 so what is the target ? Total recovery? 50%? How much water would that involve?
The lake is drying up for SEVERAL REASONS and pumping water without identifying and addressing to reasons is unwise

Global warming and overuse by humans. The area around the lake used to have expansive forests and greenery which have been grazed into extinction in an unsustainable way so even if the Lake is recharged grazing must be stopped or controlled . The impact of grazing on desertification is across the entire North not just the Lake and that is why the clamour for the water resources bill

Pumping water alone won't fix the problem there would be a need to replant forests and get agreements with Chad and Niger and Cameroun. This does not seem realistic. The moment you start pumping water thousand of cows will arrive with the violence that travels with cows

omonnakoda:
Vague and Vacuous without facts and figures we are going round in Circles
To talk meaningfully there must be figures. How much water is needed. We know that the Lake is now 10% of what it was in 1963 so what is the target ? Total recovery? 50%? How much water would that involve?
The lake is drying up for SEVERAL REASONS and pumping water without identifying and addressing to reasons is unwise

Global warming and overuse by humans. The area around the lake used to have expansive forests and greenery which have been grazed into extinction in an unsustainable way so even if the Lake is recharged grazing must be stopped or controlled . The impact of grazing on desertification is across the entire North not just the Lake and that is why the clamour for the water resources bill

Pumping water alone won't fix the problem there would be a need to replant forests and get agreements with Chad and Niger and Cameroun. This does not seem realistic. The moment you start pumping water thousand of cows will arrive with the violence that travels with cows

omonnakoda:
Vague and Vacuous without facts and figures we are going round in Circles
To talk meaningfully there must be figures. How much water is needed. We know that the Lake is now 10% of what it was in 1963 so what is the target ? Total recovery? 50%? How much water would that involve?
The lake is drying up for SEVERAL REASONS and pumping water without identifying and addressing to reasons is unwise

Global warming and overuse by humans. The area around the lake used to have expansive forests and greenery which have been grazed into extinction in an unsustainable way so even if the Lake is recharged grazing must be stopped or controlled . The impact of grazing on desertification is across the entire North not just the Lake and that is why the clamour for the water resources bill

Pumping water alone won't fix the problem there would be a need to replant forests and get agreements with Chad and Niger and Cameroun. This does not seem realistic. The moment you start pumping water thousand of cows will arrive with the violence that travels with cows

tsdarkside:
sorry....
am not allowed to say much....

heaven wants this world to fail....

sorry....

tsdarkside:
ehen.you wan empty river niger fresh water to fill up lake chad....

what....

omonnakoda:
Facts and figures

How many millions or billions of litres of water are we talking about

How many Megawatts of power does it take to pump a billion litres of water

COST?

Who pill pay?

Who will benefit

Remember the Lake does not belong to Nigeria alone

Also why is the Lake Shrinking ? Is that cause/reason no longer there?

What impact would this have downstream in the Niger Delta

Golan007:
Are you aware the increase in banditry tallies with the inability of people to cultivate or breed livestock due to the shrinking of Lake Chad?

Millions of people have fled the Lake Chad region for pastures anew leading to restiveness between farmers and herders?

Are you aware having more beef and fish reduces the cost of similar and alternate food types?

If Obi had said this about Lake Chad, you would have been here asking he be awarded the Nobel Peace prize.

GoooodHardDick:
Ignore what the drug dealer said. What is our business with lake Chad? How would that improve the economy and reduce the price of things in the market? Tinubu didn't know what he was saying when he used the phrase recharge. The man is too daft hence he reason he usually says incoherent things always.

kingreign:
It’s gonna be a very expensive venture trying to recharge the Lake Chad. First, pipes will be laid from Atlantic to Lake Chad with powerful pumps to push the water up north into the basin. Desalination machines and tools will need to be put in place also to rid the inbound water of sea salt as Lake chad is a freshwater lake. These are no small feat, they do not come cheap and are not something that can be done in less than a year. Such project takes time and are usually divided into phases.

BanyXchi:
He didn't show all the stats, check the full details, there's more poverty in SE than the SW.

BanyXchi:
this is funny and ironic coming from a Osu like you, I've been to Osu land and it reeks of nothing but poverty and backwardness, there's more brown roofs in Enugwu than anywhere else even though the whole of Enugwu is smaller than Ibadan metropolitan city. Anyways get ready for Bola Ahmed Tinubu as your next president.

INDOMIE9090:
but SE is not benefiting from ibos?

tesppidd:
Farooq is one of those Nigerians who over estimates his own level of intelligence.

He would chook his mouth everywhere like he knows everything.

As usual he has chosen to read and interprete the motive of King Charles all by himself..

SmartyPants:
By now it is no news to any Nigerian sports fan, that Augustin Eguavoen and his entire team have been relieved of their duties at the helm of affairs of the Nigerian National team.

Most Nigerians are happy with this development, with some claiming that his immediate predecessor, Gernot Rohr would have delivered better results. However, a simple analysis of events will clearly demonstrate that Eguavoen did a fine enough job given the circumstances.

I will attempt to undertake this analysis by demonstrating, first that Eguavoen has a better record than one might realize, and secondly by comparing the performance of his Super Eagles with that of Afcon winners, Senegal, and runners-up Egypt.

When Gernot Rohr was sacked a few weeks to the Afcon, knowledgeable sportspersons decried the move, citing the difficulty any new coach would face in setting up the team to play to his own patterns. In analyzing Eguavoen, therefore, it must first be understood that the new boss was operating under extreme pressure, with little to no time to work with the players, play friendly games, and so forth. He was thrust immediately into the challenge of the Afcon and the subsequent challenge of world cup qualifying.

In this sense, Eguavoen eventually became a victim of his own success.

Few Nigerians, or football fans anywhere, would have expected Nigeria to defeat Egypt, talkless of the ease with which it was done. Egypt would go on to be the eventual tournament runners up, slaving out draw after draw. Interestingly, Senegal, the eventual winners, adopted a similar approach in getting to the final, barely managing 9 goals in open play in the entire tournament. For some perspective, vincent Aboubakar of Cameroun scored 8 goals on his own. This fact will be shown to be relevant subsequently.

For now, the point is that, after entering the tournament with very low expectations, coach Eguavoen immediately delighted and raised the expectations of Nigerians by leading the team to three successive wins, while playing some exciting football.

And then came the shock round-of-16 exit at the hands of Tunisia. The Tunisians had studied the Nigerian game plan which was rather simple: pass it to the wingers and let them dribble. The Tunisians set up defensively and effectively contained the threat of the most dangerous nigerian winger, Moses Simon, relying, themselves, on a largely ineffective strategy of counter-attacking.

On the whole, the game appeared set for extra time - barring the intervention of the sublime, or the ridiculous. As it turned out, it was a ridiculous error from fine-boy Maduka Okoye whose poor attempt at saving a speculative long-range drive led to the only goal of the game. This goal was also the first and only goal Nigeria conceded in open play at the Afcon.

I suspect most people would agree with me that there is not much a coach can do about a goal-keeping error. Except, perhaps, play another keeper. So Nigerians began to clamor for the changing of Maduka Okoye. Apparently, Francis Uzoho of some unmemorable club side in Cyprus, or Enyimba's second-choice goalkeeper, John Noble, would be much better options than the pretty boy who is on loan to Sparta Rotterdam from Watford. I admit I was one of those.

So began the qualifying playoff games. Nigerians were prepared to forget the Afcon failure since the prospect of the world cup loomed and Ghana surely would be dispatched easily. Pretty boy Maduka claimed to be ill, though, there are many of us who believe his malaise was/is merely one of discontentment at the abuse he suffered at the hands of irate Nigerians.

The not quite-as-pretty Francis Uzoho, then, to the satisfaction of most Nigerians, was left to reclaim the spot that was once his. It is important to point out that Francis Uzoho was once a highly rated goalkeeper plying his trade in the Spanish top flight.

Eguavoen's team went to Ghana, ostensibly, set up to play for a draw so as to leverage the home advantage in the return leg in Abuja. The game, an ugly 0 - 0 draw played out accordingly. Nigerians, who always expect to win, were disappointed and left grumbling. The coach should have used Ademola Lookman some said. Etebo should have started becasue Bonke was useless others chimed. Moses Simon should be dropped, yet another group chorused.

At the press conference before the game in Abuja, one sports journalist asked Moses Simon whether the coach should yeild to calls to play Ademola Lookman since he (Moses Simon) had been caged for since the Tunisia game. Eguavoen, appears, now, to have listened to all of these voices. In the second leg in Abuja, he dropped Moses Simon for the first time, starting new boy Ademola Lookman in his place, along with Ogenekaro Etebo in place of Innocent Bonke, and Dennis Emmanuel on the right flank. The court of public opinion had their way, and the results? Predictable.

Ademola Lookman looked unable to cope with the physicality of the opponents, and was ineffective. Etebo lacked match fitness and kept giving the ball away. He was also nowhere to be found when Thomas Partey of Ghana fired off a speculative shot from 5 yards out of the
Nigerian box. That Partey shot was eerily similar to the one Youssef Msakni scored just a few months earlier, to end Nigeria's world cup hopes.

The lanky Francis Uzoho couldn't get down early enough to save the tame shot that sqeezed it's way under his huge frame and into the corner of the net. Apparently, the problem wasn't Maduka's fine face after all. This time, though, unlike in Garoua two months ago, there was an immediate response. Ademola Lookman was brought down in the box and a penalty was awarded after a VAR review.

All the Super Eagles needed to do was score, and we expected that they would. After all the Ghanaians came to joke around right? Wrong! While Nigeria had the upper hand in terms of possession, there was simply no penetrative edge to it all. And so, the sorrow of Garoua became the agony of Abuja.

All of this is now water under the bridge.

Eguavoen and his team have all been sacked by Amaju Pinnick, the NFF don. Interestingly, Pinnick, who hired both Eguavoen and his predecessor Rohr, has now sacked both while he himself remains securely ensconced within the NFF seat of power. Logically, if all the people you hired failed to do a job well then at the very least, it is clear that you are not fit for the role of hiring people for that job. Amaju Pinnick, if he were honorable, should have resigned by now, for overseeing, arguably, the worst Nigerian footballing disaster of the past 20 years!

But that is now beside the point. The real question is, did Augustine Eguavoen really fail to deliver? Let's examine his record.

Of 6 competitive games, Eguvoen's eagles won 3, lost 1, and drew 2. That is a decent record at any level.

And it wasn't as though this team was playing slouches either. The one defeat came to Tunisia, who are going to the world cup after convincingly dispatching West African heavyweights, Mali. The two draws came in fiercely contested ties with arch-rivals Ghana.

This is a decent record for any coach. Much more so for one who has had as little time as Eguavoen has had while being under as much pressure as he has been, from the media and higher-ups in the NFF who have always tried to dictate tactics to him.

Now, to buttress the point, consider the good fortunes of Senegal. Like Nigeria, Senegal played out their world cup qualifying games with an overall draw, conceding once in Cairo, and scoring once in Dakar. Both times by way of an own goal. Their good fortune was winning the resultant penalty shootout. Senegal are also the current Afcon winners, but their displays were boring and intrepid throughout the tournament, relying on the same defense-first strategy Eguavoen employed in the world cup qualifying games.

Their performances were certainly not better than anything Nigeria played. And what of Afcon runners up Egypt? They played through extra-time 4 times, going to penalties 3 of those 4 occasions, and repeating that trend by going to penalties with Senegal in the world cup play offs.

Of the top African teams, objectively analyzed, it is clear that Nigeria under Eguavoen has not performed unexpectedly poorly. Gone are the days of struggling to draw or defeat relative minnows like Cape Verde, or conceding 4 goals in 2 minutes against the likes of Sierra Leone. Eguavoen was on the right path with the Eagles, and given the little time he has had, should have been allowed another year or two at the helm of affairs.

Today, unfortunately, thanks to the grandstanding of Amaju Pinnick and the ever so forgetful Nigerian media, his competent run at the helm of affairs will be wrongly remembered as a calamitous reign of sorrow.

iwaeda:
Trump is not going to win election in USA again.

amaka4obiiiie:
I**diot billionaire. Paid $44b just to reinstate Donald Trump

wirinet:
I[b] put crime in parentheses, meaning crime as stipulated by Twitter's rules[/b].
First, Twitter had no rule about election denial.
That's why Atiku was not ban for saying he was rigged. Clinton was not ban for her comments over 2016 election. Twitter invented new rules and Elon is only bringing sanity to the company.

[url]I just want to point out that the 2% that voted yes does not necessarily represent the majority of twitter users. There is more incentive for Trump's supporters to vote than Trump's antagonists. [/url]
Elections are not about everyone's view. If you refuse to vote in an election then your view really does not matter.


[url]Then Elon Musk should have stated the new terms and conditions on it's policy page before changing it to accomodate Trump. [/url]
As I said earlier, Twitter created new rules for Trump. Elon only did the right thing.





[url]Twitter did not punish Trump for disagreeing with election results, they banned him for using their platform for planing and executing a coup against the US Congress and the incoming administration.[/url]
Even the FBI has not been able to prove that Trump planned and executed a coup. Maybe Twitter knows what the FBI does not know. But then they should share the information with Law enforcement. If Trump attempted a coup, he would be in jail. It's as simple as that.

saintrow1:
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool chicken, bloody coward. My facts are like onions in your hateful and jealous eyes, that is why you can't read. BLOODY liar
When you rats cant address facts, you will start shouting tribalism and throw out insults. Hateful bastard. Olodo, you are a disgrace to your useless IBO tribe. POOR FOOL
Yoruba na your mate, werey
When tinubu comes in next year. For you IBO's your body go tell you when tinubu scrap that useless constitution and return Nigeria to a regional government or full federalism. You will be deported back to your useless unfortunate Iboland that will be washed away by erosion in the near future.

As e dey pain you, e go dey sweet us

wirinet:
Punishment for a crime should not be a democratic process. That would be setting a very bad precedence. Besides less than 5% of Twitter subscribers were interested in the poll and 52% of that answered yes.

Twitter has its terms and conditions of its use and anyone who violates those terms and conditions should be punished accordingly. With this Trump's reinstatement process, Elon Musk is telling us that he has changed the terms and conditions of Twitter usage. It means punishments for breaking Twitter rules will be by votes.

I would have preferred he just reinstated Trump with a warning to decease from breaking Twitter rules again or face permanent ban, instead of democratising "crime".

saintrow1:
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
You cant read because you eyes is paining you or you cant bare the facts.
Look, nairaland is a forum for people from different background to interract. Whether you are rich or poor, wise or ignorant , educated or less educated. Nairaland created that common ground. Just because we are chatting here doesnt make us mates. Traveling around nigeria looking for a greener pastures doesnt mean you are exposed or enlightened. Na hustle just Dey Drive you around. When you travel across the world going from one european country to another, asia, america, etc that is what you call explosure and enlightment not journey within nigeria. If you have a passport that is rank top 5 in the world then come and talk to me. Look if you see me in real life, fear will grip you. You will think that youve just seen dangote but this is nairaland where poor man have the previlege to talk to people that are blesssed.
Your mentally is driven by hate, envy and jealousy. I have nailed you with facts back to back and all you keep doing is lying and talking trash jumping from one topic to another. Now let me expose your new lie. You said "If you have, you would know that Anambra and Imo have bigger GDPs than any SW state outside Lagos" based on data, top 5 biggest GDP are
1 Lagos (yoruba)
2 River
3 Delta
4 Oyo (Yoruba)
5 Imo

6-10
9 Ogun (yoruba)
Only 1 ibo state in Top 10, while we have 3 yoruba state.

11-20
12 Abia
13 ondo
14 osun
16 Anambra

Can you now see that you are a liar. That is why peter lienus obi is dropping lies everytime. Can you see that lying is part of ibo culture. Look i dont even have to engage with you in this at all but we yorubas need to show you guys that you are nothing to us. We are not mates. We are bigger and better than you anyday anytime. If not for we yorubas, you ibos would have perished. But you ingrates will meet your waterloo soon.
Check the link below and see the data yourself. We dont talk without facts.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.simblogshare.com/amp/top-20-richest-states-in-nigeria
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP
https:///richest-states-in-nigeria/

Patosky4U:
I still the wonder that this guy once drag world stage with Messi. This life no balance truly

CoronaVirusRelo:
Over 15 million is still a low!

The statistics are available to you.

CoronaVirusRelo:
That is still a negative considering Twitter users