₦airaland Forum

TheMan3:
Nigeria how did you get to this point?

I still remember warning the whole of nairaland then, the same way I'm warning about Tinubu and Atiku now, the same way I warned about MMM


but in all, it's like Nigerians just choose to be willfully stooopid.


How was Buhari, a coup plotter that should have been shot, ever supposed to be a solution to democracy?

If you go try execute a coup today, won't they kill you? Okay, we let Buhari slide the first time, and Nigeria even paid him pension (shaking my head), for executing a coup...

...but then Nigerians now went and brought back a coup plotter.

Shaking my head, shaking my fvcccking head

IamPlato:
Will You Be Quiet? Una Use Protest fool Around first then You Failed To Give A Political Party And Presidental Candidate and You Coming To Tell People Who Not To Vote.


Provide Something Better And Stop Critsizing

See you, already laying down your life so early in the morning to die for evil.

Typical black man that whites used to call monkeys back in the day.

Keep fighting to protect evil, so you can tell you children how you encouraged killings and corruption in Nigeria


So if I because I didn't mention who to vote for means, you will continue voting for devils ba

meeeeeen

and that judgement would be extremely warranted

but I also pray that God forgives you, because who can stand Gods judgement.


So you want your country to keep suffering, to keep decaying, all because you want to continue playing useless tribal politics.

Like a suicide bomber, you are ready to sacrifice yourself and your family, just so the other tribe doesn't "win"


Now I here Tinubu this and that, and I still see massive support. Only in a black nation


Aren't the youths of this country ready to join the rest of the world in development? Must we continue to remain the laughing stock of the rest of the world?


I told my brother that Nigerians would forget the Toll Gate shooting, and look at it, they are already forgetting and ready to lay down their lives for political criminals that killed their brothers, shouting Jagaban up and down.

How low have you sunk, that you hail your killer and tormenter?

PerfectlyPerfect:
Do you really believe Tinubu will turn this country around for the better, or are you just supporting him because he's from your tribe?

Bro, that is what is always happening in Nigeria

see dem, already supporting a demon that gunned down their brothers at the toll gate

they've already forgotten or they don\t care, as long as it's one tribe against another


men, it seems to me that the IQ of the average Nigerian is just too low, and we need to focus on education. but first we need good leaders, but how do the good leaders get chosen by the low-IQ masses?


Because of tribe, all these dudes are willing to keep "suffering and smiling", putting the lives of their family and unborn generation as risk. It's so pitiful

Just to be able to say "Ntoor" to Yoruba or Igbo or hausa, they will vote for the worst of the worst to spite the others


men black people are just, sigh


ANIMALS

Martinola:
[b][/b] It's like you have to acquire a lot of wealth and power and in the process become stinkingly corrupt before you can become a successful politician in this country

I guess so.

Maybe wealth, or maybe I'll get picked by someone, but I won't choose corruption.

I want Nigeria to become a tourist destination, beautiful rivers, educated, educated and educated masses, great infrastructure, zoos, zoos and more zoos (big lions), paved roads, road markings, fresh African air (No generator pollution)...

I know the country may still separate, or should really, but in the meantime, I just want to build a black nation that blacks around the world can be proud of. Not that they have to force themselves to love Nigeria just because it's a black nation, but they'd love it because it's the motherland and DEVELOPED, like a watered down WAKANDA.

Something as simple as building sidewalks, and closing open gutters in major cities across the country would BOOST tourism immensely in my opinion, but it seems all things in Nigeria, both big and small get overlooked so often, or the leaders may mostly just be wicked souls.

GavelSlam:
When he talks no be to curse am una dey do?

Why cant he ever have journalists interview him?

WHY?

Is it just to take picture and read script?

We deserve much, much, much better from a president and what type of precedence does this set for the next president, that he/she can just stay cocooned and hardly ever interact with the press or masses.

Martinola:
Uhg
The real pain is, no matter who eventually emerges as president in 2023, he will carry little or no hope judging my the messy way things are heading.
None of this people really cares about the state of affairs and future of Nigeria.
I still can't believe we are here after all the promises 2015 held.
It's hard to believe there's a person who can bring sanity back to Nigeria.
Everything is just messed up.

I can bring sanity back to Nigeria, or whatever portion the people would entrust to me.

...but I am somewhat "nameless", unlike the Babagindas, Abachas, Buharis, Obasanjos, Atikus, Tinubus of our childhood

I will make sure every kobo is well utilized to the benefit of Nigerians as God is my witness.

From big things like rail, to the supposedly "unimportant" things like, sidewalks and closing ALL OPEN GUTTERS, I will give it my best shot

but who will vote for me?

Raydos:
The famous Shibuya Interception in Tokyo alone has about 3,000 people crossing it Every 5minutes

And still there has never been traffic grid-lock there, Imagine if it was Lagos??

If it were lagos, danfos would be driving on all those sidewalks

People would be hawking right on the road

Lawless!

To me, Nigerians behave like lower level animals.

I mean what's the difference between like a squirrel and a typical Nigerian? Besides the bigger brain? Just all around chaotic

When last did you see Buhari?

When last was he interviewed?

What a shame

and then people like that rossikk guy here on nairaland will be like Nigeria is a poor country, whites are evil and bla bla bla

Do you know what a God fearing Government can do with that 6 billion? Especially in a so called poor country.

yungmill:
My bro its alarming the idiocy and selective bias i see both here and in person on the daily, in Nigeria the norm is if its not directly affecting me the rest can burn for all i care, when they see people stand up to uplift they hate and try to pull the person down because they lack the strength to pull themselves up and it always has to be about them and their fragile ego!.

Beyond Alarming...

I wonder about the future of our country with youths willing to support the continued suffering of our people.

I remember one thread on here were an army officer beat up a woman, and sure enough, the front page here was filled with support for the officer tand not the victim. Thank God that officer was eventually arrested.

All in all, we must continue to pray and educate ourselves.

goodheart02:
Another dumb skull spotted, quoting someone who never referred to u, seeking undue attention and sounding like an upcoming tout. "If na your papa born u.. bla bla bla" that's the only sensible analogy your crew can keep spewing here. Yuck!! You guys disgust me

Don't let all these devil advocates get you down bro.

I'm sure the dude you are quoting doesn't even live on that axis and doesn't pay toll.

Hence, since this particular suffering is not affecting him directly, his evil nature is free to roam unchecked.

yungmill:
Stupidity has been normalized in most peoples lives in this country, people celebrating mediocrity and wishing death to people willing to give it all so everyone's life can be better, well its all about the cheap idiotic fame to them.

As in bro!

Something seems to be wrong with black people cause I can't understand how we tend to support every negative thing.

They keep electing the worst people and spitting on those trying to liberate the society.

Yesterday, I was complaining about traffic lights not working and of course some people on here were in support of the traffic lights not working, telling me to go to my village.

Nigerians are a special breed of human, and not in a good way.

udemzyudex:
I gave you an option, since Lagos state government is not making money from toll gate, or since lagos panel judiciary reject LCC request to take back lekki toll they decide to leave everything and since the situation is like that what stop you from coming down from your car to control the traffic, those doing it on the mainland don't have two heads.
Lagos judiciary panel is still on the lekki toll gate issue, it's either you endure or you assist.
Traffic light in other part of the state are working, we are talking about lekki toll here and I believe you understand why.

First off, that road should never have been tolled. There was little to no justification for tolling the road, so yes, LCC should not be allowed to re-start toll collection at the lekki-epe toll gate. They can collect at the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge, cause that does serve a purpose.

Secondly, see how free traffic has become at the toll gate. I mean, it's like night and day, good vs evil. Before now, all they ever cared about was collecting that toll. Even if it meant only one stall was open, and there were a million cars lined up from the toll gate all the way to 1004 estate, you MUST, MUST pay. They could not even streamline the process, like it's done abroad, because of course, "we are in Nigeria, so bla bla bla, it won't work, the whites are gods, and so on and so forth". In some developed countries, you would not even have to stop at the toll, so that traffic doesn't build, the system just reads your tags, but I digress...

Third, why should toll gate income be tied to functioning traffic lights? I strongly believe this is the real reason the lights have been turned off across the stretch of that road. The corruption has really eaten deep into us and our society. I just knew that they would have the mentality that since we don't want to pay toll, we don't even deserve the basic amenities, as though toll is the only way to pay for such amenities. Is Lekki the only part of Lagos that has traffic lights? Why then must the argument be made that ONLY LEKKI TRAFFIC LIGHTS MUST BE MAINTAINED WITH TOLL MONEY? This is not a very strong argument to be made in any shape or form.

Lastly, a government that had the fear of God in them, or maybe just human decency would see the new chaos that has arisen at junctions across that highway due to non-functioning traffic lights. It really does pain me that even on here, some people still support the lights not working, claiming this is what we get for #endsars. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. May God help us all!

Or is it just on nairaland? cause I know this is the most hate-filled social media site compared to others

The fact that some can still support these corrupt bastards on here.

Same APC, Same PDP

Same politicians that can barely speak english, the ones that go as far as to hoard Indomie while locking people down.

The ones that will allow your roads to spoil to the point that it is unmotorable.

The one that can't even get simple law and order down.


I mean, if not for Hollywood, will Nigerians know what it means to get pulled over by a squad car?

When you hear sirens in Nigeria, do you pull over? Do you even slow down to let them pass?


God, I will keep fighting for the country were I was born, but what gives? Why are these people all around me happy with the status quo?

Why are they happy with open gutters, no light, no law and order, no lanes on roads.

Why? God why?

Why does a Nigerian have to be wired so differently?

innovative, yet following the likes of Bubu, Tinubu, Wiked Wike and other thuggish ruggish rubbish politicians.

they will still line up like sheep led to the slaughter to vote for leaders that continue to kill every part of the country

and as long as you can activate their tribal hate, their mental state is further clouded

innovative, yeah, 21st century and you have no traffic lights active on the same street that the likes of Mobil, Foreign Hotels and a host of other GLOBAL business, pay TAX

abeg don't get me started, Mr. Vice President

what about the government? I guess you guys are the OPPOSITE of innovative, abi?

Common traffic lights from Bonny Camp all the way down to Chevron on Lekki-Epe have been turned off

Ordinary Traffic Lights

yeah, sooo innovative

Everything seems to be a joke to nairalanders.

Even if, some policies or leaders will negatively affect their future, they will still just laugh

and as always, for Nigerians, elections are not the time to elect the best leaders, but a time to dance, do owambe, and collect garri and vegetable oil.

loopman:
Simple! When next you people are planning to protest, avoid destroying govt properties so they won’t have any alibi to stop providing the service they ought to provide

Nigeria!

loopman:
I pointed out the reason why the street lights may not be working but you are insisting that the govt is using it to punish you, which obviously is not the case.

If you think govt will use street light that all Lagosians use just to punish some insignificant but destructive few, then you are also free to punish the state by taking away your valuable skill or investment to any of the other 35 states regardless of whether you are a Lagosian or not

Well maybe it's cause I'm an engineer and don't see the big deal in replacing whatever control mechanism you are referring to, so please, stop making excuses for a lax government.

I am sure if they haven't fixed this a year from now, you'd still be blaming endsars.

sigh, abeg, you, me, we... we all deserve better so don't sell yourself short abeg.

people are liking all these posts that are pro No-Traffic lights.

sigh!

cutting off your own nose to spite your face

loopman:
You think the erected poles are just all that is about the tragic lights? Do you know if the switching and synchronization system has been tampered with ?

Yeah, I speculated that at the top of this thread.

But somehow, I don't believe that's true!

and Even if that were true, how long should it take them to fix this? A year? 10 years maybe?

A government neglects the traffic lights on an axis in which it generates sooo much revenue from company taxes.


Even today, Sunday, you have to be careful approaching any junction on Ozumba/Lekki-Epe. Pathetic!

and we were already praising these guys for doing roads, but their blackness just had to show one way or the other

Evil rulers that hoard indomie

loopman:
We have 36 states in Nigeria, if Lagos is no longer functioning, you are very free to move out to any of the remaining 35 states, I’m sure no one will even know you left lagos

Typical Black man tribal response


if, if, if, move out

I am a Lagosian, were am I moving to?

and why can't I assist in making Lagos better by pointing out things like this?

loopman:
So protesters should destroy traffic lights during protests ?

Bro, I am going to take pictures of all the lights at each junction, they you'd be the judge whether the lights were destroyed or simply switched off

I mean did they destroy lights from Ozumba all the way down to Chevron?

Even if the lights were "Destroyed", what will it take Lagos to put them back?

We move like snail in this country and sometimes, we don't even move at all, while other times, we move backwards.

udemzyudex:
You no see better thing complain you dey complain about traffic light turning red.

Here in the mainland, someone will just volunteer himself, wear the yellow or red jacket and control traffic at night when the lasma/police is gone.

If you can not do that, oga say something else.

Why must we as black men always be satisfied with chaos?

Doesn't it hurt to imagine that a whole Lagos, the busiest city in the most populous BLACK Nation, can't even maintain traffic lights?

we are not talking of Electric Cars, Space programs, Vaccine Development....

We are talking about TRAFFIC LIGHT, na wa

I am going out today to take pictures of all the lights, to show that they are still mounted, just not functioning

na wa for Nigeria. So common traffic light is being used as punishment

loopman:
Enjoy it

It’s the consequences of actions of some people, they destroyed govt properties thinking they were doing Tinubu, Sanwoolu and APC

So because a protest happens, the citizens don't deserve traffic lights?

loopman:
Endsars hoodlums destroyed streets and traffic lights in Lagos

That could also be a possibility, but the physical lights are still there, or do you believe they destroyed the power/control points for all the lights?

If that is the case, I wonder just how long it would take for them to get them up and running again.


The chaos is real yo! Take Lekki Phase 1 junction for instance, you have people on each side that could go left, right, straight... and with no lights, it's just crazy.

Beblessedbaba:
i almost asked same questions weeks back as its seems some one is sabotaging the sector not necessarily the government.
I understand the stretch of ikeja and other areas same thing is applicable.

It's so strange. All lights are down.

If you drive in the afternoon, then lasma may be there to control traffic, but from evening, it becomes a mad house.

I wonder what is happening. I am observing sha

Kwamecron:
Is it not from the toll gate fee, all this are maintained

Traffic lights shouldn't need to be maintained with toll gate money

and besides, the axis is soo free now, as opposed to spending hours everyday trying to pay that toll

If you drive the lekki epe route, you may be treated to chaos at the junctions where traffic used to be controlled by traffic lights.

Now, for whatever reason, most of the traffic lights on that axis are off, meaning road users have to fight for right of way.

Is this the punishment for Lagosians protesting?

Or does it mean if we don't pay toll, we can't get working traffic lights?

I refuse to believe the government is being intentionally wicked, but then again, this is Nigeria