₦airaland Forum

Jazzman01:
Any method that gives you 3pts consistently can as well give you the league. Wining the league is all about consistency, doesn't matter which method you adopt. Other teams will just have to find a way of stopping Arsenal from set pieces.

Yes you are right my friend. The same way Delap’s throwing won Stoke the EPL
Nobody wins a serious league with ugly football. This life na one kain funny place, we complain about silly and anti-footballing plays only when it doesn’t favor us That year, Arsene Wenger was everywhere crying and asking that the ojoro throwing be banned and reviewed after conceding two goals from it in a single match but today, una don give am a fine name “the dark art”
Let’s see how far you go with it

cjudy:

Can your officers arrest the president or governor who’s using tinted or the law is just for the ordinary masses

Una head dey touch most of the times. Are president’s or governor’s cars used for kidnapping? Please let’s be reasonable about some pressing issues. No be everytime una must form opposition

TheChameleon:


Igbo kwenu

Here is my conversation with a guy just last week when he was fervently arguing with me over the ritual killings going on in the east. The problem with most of these kids is that 1. They are not exposed and not well-traveled and 2, they just don’t listen and not ready to learn. I still don’t know how the story just suddenly changed because ritual killing was alien to Yoruba and the north until recently when the Yorubas (Ogun esp) are now notorious for it. When we were still young, it was a common knowledge that it’s very rampant and almost a second nature thing amongst the Igbos. You would hardly see one single Igbo extended family (often very wealthy) without one or two members being a lunatic.
You will also hardly see an Igbo extended family without at least one member living abroad.
Very soon, the narrative will change and you will start hearing that kidnapping is a trade started and dominated by Northerners when in actual fact, the igbos are the pioneers. Go and write this somewhere.
These are things I saw with my korokoro eyes while in the east but one small boy on this forum thought he knew more.

Kukutente23:
Countries that have refineries along with state owned ones either have those exclusively for export like Nigeria had with PH refinery 2 or they are built to add to the country's reserve
There's no way Dangote will be able to compete in the local market if he's not getting cheap crude from Nigeria. Were you not here when he was complaining about having to get crude from abroad

At this point, i won’t be able to help you. Again, he has no right to be getting it CHEAP in the first place. Now ask yourself, what have you been benefiting from the cheap ones he’d been getting? Are we buying cheap from him? He was only lamenting because he will no longer be able to go home with humongous profits. Crude oil is not cheap anywhere and selling to him cheaply would mean Nigeria is subsidizing it. Lastly, Nigeria is not his only market and he still remains the one and only private refinery Nigeria has as at today. Many other countries have nothing less than 10 different private refiners and the national ones are not impeding their production/sales. His destiny is not tied to the Nigerian crude oil.
Point to note: while getting the Nigerian crude oil cheap, was it reflecting on the general market? Are you getting it cheap? What’s even the difference btw his and the one imported from abroad?

onatisi:
Not surprised at all. We have always told Nigerians that those refineries will never work . It is dollar ATM for politicians in power at any given time .

The same way you always told us Dangote refinery wouldn’t work
So Sahara is now a reliable news outlet

Kukutente23:
So if NNPCL gives cheap crude to its refinery while Dangote has to go buy crude in international market, how will he be able to compete

He will be forced to sell at COMPETITIVE prices and I’ve said this a million times. We the masses are the ones winning here. Dangote will still make his money, it’s only that his fat profit margin would shrink. Other countries have multiple refineries competing with the state-owned ones and none is forcing the other out of business. So we shouldn’t have our own refinery because one man had decided to build a private one for himself?

ufotunang:
.. NNPCL is now a private company..a limited liability company..the federal government does not have direct control on the operation of the NNPCL and how the NNPCL runs the company and bussinesses in the company..the federal government does not fund the NNPCL anymore because they are now a private company..so NNPCL do their own bussinesses inorder to generate money to fund and run the company and make profit and pay tax to the federal government..so the aim of NNPCL now is to make profit inorder to generate revenue to run the company and pay tax to the federal government.... google more about NNPCL and you will get more information about NNPCL

You are getting it wrong my brother. It was transformed into a limited company in order to maximize profits and to not fully turn it into a charitable organization in the form of subsidy because no country can survive on subsidizing everything for its citizens— it’s just not feasible for a country as big as Nigeria (population-wise). The NNPCL is still a state-owned corporation. The federal government of Nigeria still has the largest shares in the company. Fully selling it into private hands was what Atiku proposed but believe me, that won’t happen. It’s never going to be a fully private-owned entity

Kukutente23:
Are you aware Dangote was wailing because he was asked to buy crude from the international market?
What can give Dangote market advantage is to buy crude cheap in Nigeria and sell at the international market

Why should anyone be allowed to buy cheap in the first place?. The point I’m driving home is that his multibillion dollars investment is not being threatened out of business. He was only wailing because his excessive profit/greed would be checked. He should join the competition and keep his price competitive. He should buy cheap and sell cheap in local currency and he’s at liberty to sell high if he decides to buy high from abroad . Competition breeds peace and it’s we the final consumers that should be yearning for it.

crossbreedwears:
I don't think your brain is functioning at all! NNPCL has been one of our major problem in nigeria since Tinubu assumed office. How much was petrol sold during Buhari's tenure. How many times have NNPC fought Dangote in the past few months? How many NNPC directors have been accused of theft/corruption and you say we should praise them.

Your first paragraph shows you’re mistaking me for your father.
Your failed father should have made you pass through school to be able to read at least. Now read again then go to the nearest clinic around you to donate that vestigial lump of tissues in your head to science for research purposes. You are being ignored now.

ufotunang:
What might not reduce the price of the fuel in port Harcourt refinery is the high exchange rate of 1,750 naira to a dollar ..because it's the high exchange rate of 1750 naira to a dollar causing Dangote refinery fuel to be expensive...but since this refinery belongs to the federal government the federal government can use a lower exchange rate of 600 naira to a dollar to purchase crude oil from NNPCL ..which will reduce and bring down the price of fuel and other petroleum products from the Port Harcourt refinery

Why should the FG be purchasing what’s locally sourced with the USD and from a Nigerian, government-owned parastatal? Can you shed more light pls?

Kukutente23:
Eehen
How is he going to get crude if NNPCL will supply their refineries instead

Having a refinery doesn’t stop the sales of crude internally. Also, Dangote and all interested individuals are at liberty to enter into the competition and source for their crude from whichever country/places they want. Chevron alone, a private entity owns more than 3 refineries in the US and the US, with his multiple government-owned refineries, still imports crude oil from other countries. The market is bigger than you think

Kukutente23:
This people don carry Dangote handicap

See how Nigeria is using $20bn refinery play draught

Chai! Naija

So the court case Dangote instituted to stop importation and get local crude is dead as dodo suddenly

Najia na cruise make I nor lie

Who told you he’s going to lose? Is Nigeria the only viable market he’s selling to? Also, who told you he can’t compete profitably here in Nigeria even if there are more refineries?

crossbreedwears:
NNPC this NNPC that...We are tired of there saga every day. They should just sell petrol at 400 naira per litre

We are not tired. Let’s learn to praise people with the same energy we use when criticizing them. That’s what honorable people do. What were the fools (past leaders) that ruled us doing in the past couple of decades? Let’s know when to dump politics and praise whom praises is due. Tinubu/Nnpc have done well here and God bless everyone who’s had a hand in this

iwaeda:
All be of 'Dangote Refinery'.

Nobody is losing anything here. Nigeria is not his only market and talking about Nigeria sef, the market is so big that competition is allowed and everyone is welcome

Xscape1993:
So, this is the biggest accomplishment from the NNPC.

This is actually a big accomplishment for Nigeria as a whole and that’s provided it’s not audio. Our past leaders should bury their heads in shame and Tinubu has just written his name in gold with this milestone. It is very annoying and sad to learn that the largest black nation on earth and one of the largest producers of crude oil didn’t have one single refinery until now yet we’ve had 4 past presidents. It’s sickening to be honest and I expect everyone to celebrate this man for this. There should be no oppositional politics for now

LeeSmart:
What's is that thing humans shouldn't have invented?
For me it's Guns.
There is no logical reasons as to why they (humans) invented it.

Guns can’t be the worst invention if you’re judging from the fact that they are used for killing. People have been killing, invading others and committing heinous crimes using blades during the iron ages. There had been killings even before the inventions of irons. In fact, dying by gunshot/gun powder is still a little more humane than by sword and blades

How did you get into the same bed with him in the penthouse? The definition of rape needs to be revised. These fish brains are making it difficult to get the right justice for real rape victims. I think it’s high time men started embracing the idea of sex tapes

Be humble

Sellfish:
At a point even Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool were nothing ...teams like Nottingham forest ruled English football at some point

Just like all those other teams, at a point, Man city got funding and also got a sensible manager to employ those funds properly and thus broke into the elite.

Whatever is going on with Man city presently is fishy..and sooner or later, we will find out what it is.

So you think a team as big as this current City would risk their reputation (including those of the elite players) all because of their fair play isssue? That’s actually laughable because match-fixing is actually a bigger mess than the so called financial fairplay wahala. Go and ask teams like Marseille

kennyz247:
See a president with no religion doing great for his country..but for Nigeria, religion sentiments don nearly kill d country finish

No religion keh? Nairaland people will not kill me. You could have easily passed your message without this misyarn. You just called a hardline Hindu man a "president with no religion"? His country, India is one of the most religious societies in the world

Mbanda:
Yor mama na public toilet wey dey accept anything wey dey inside trouser.

Since you bring mother issue here I will face you squarely.

Nah bro. I'm too busy for this. I won't let you drag me into your stew pidity realm because you are going to win me with your vast experience since it was passed down to you by your father's fathers and you're surely representing the family well You are being ignored now

Mbanda:
At least I have a mother. But you have a public toilet as a mama.

You're still describing your mother

aariwa:
The guy doesn’t smoke or drink or womanize or party or wear expensive things. He likes talking about business or money if you come close to him. He never went to school but he has that native intelligence in analyzing business issues ie if you meet him on financial advice on investing in a bakery in kaduna for example the kind of advice he will give you will be what will happen in the next three years to that business . . He never did mathematics but if you ask him a question like 1.765m + 2.33m+ 3.45m - 2.56m….he will give the answer immediately without thinking. Most of them Igbo business men have that , just native intelligence and no juju can give you that

Ok, you will soon understand. I'm not even saying it's only juju but you don't know the shady things and deals (the ibos esp are eternal residents of prisons in Asia for drug-related crimes) ppl do in their closets and talking about the shrines that commenter stated, it's 100 percent true. Hardworking ppl are everywhere. Stop this holy glazing

aariwa:
not true, know a lot of them right from growing up days . Persistence, hardwork, courage , smart decision making….one Okey was my dad’s tenant in the 90s. He came from village to Onitsha in the 90s with only a water proof bag to squat with his brother married with kids. He would leave every morning to do oso afia in main market, later made money to rent his own flat and start business. He had that ambition from day one. Today that guy owns a franchise that part produces and imports an everyday product most people know in Nigeria. His warehouse in Cote d’voire is the size of a local government not to talk of a paradise he built in Ikoyi. He is today one of the biggest donors and financiers of the Anglican communion in Nigeria

You're still arguing

Mbanda:
Abeg who open cage for this this thing?

You're mistaking me for your mother

9jatriot:
Lol... sensational headline.

In the article, lamba king released the money but one of his aide colobe the money. I do not think one can blame lamba king in this case.

But why are Nigerians like this? You steal somebody's sweat for a product you are not the one that delivered... And I am also curious as to how a contractor can be impersonated? Most payment have to be made in the name of the contractor, so how did Obi;s PA in this case succeed in collecting the money?

How and why should he not be blamed? He was the head of the government and whatever happened under his watch would be 100 percent his responsibility. This is like saying that Bahuri and Jonathan shouldn't be blamed for the rampant financial corruption crimes committed by their ministers

givedemwotowoto:
Peter Obi’s government has a record of paying contractors. I read where the ministry officials were insisting they paid the money, so if something went wrong somewhere, the subsequent governments should’ve resolved it

Just take your case to court if everything is genuine and ask for N300 million due to Balablu Bulaba inflation, you don’t need to drag Peter Obi’s name into it.

People thought Nnamdi Kanu made a mistake when he called the country a zoo. Bro actually thought the whole of Nigeria was like the south east and its people. Autistic reasoning like this one is a living proof.
You somehow absolved the idiot that awarded the correct but refused to pay of wrongdoing while putting all the blames on an innocent government that came after. Really? Or are you being sarcastic? Who swear for una. Like, let's be serious, this doesn't look natural any more. Speak up, we are more than ready to help you.

Mbanda:
What has the environment got to do with the indecent dressing?
Is Lagos not a slum to compare with Kigali and Joburg?

Mumu. Point of correction : are some parts of Lagos not slums compared to some parts of Kigali and Johannesburg?
It's vice versa. Some parts of joburg and Kigali are also relatively slums when compared to many parts of Lagos but you're too Mumu and inexposed to know

CrossRhodes:
how you know?

Because we all know the people who enjoy an uninterrupted monopoly of stewpi dity. They are not that hard to spot

eagleu:
Thanks bro, please send me the healing quick, and be sure to get some for your soul.
Nobody has problems with honoring the dead, in the US, fallen police officers are honored by their colleagues, co workers, and family. How many times has an army officer die of natural causes like cancer, and the whole security system is hijacked to pretend to be mourning him?
Your brother is the 3rd, COAS to die in office since 1999, did the national government order this type eye service for them? One of them even died in a helicopter while on active duty, not of cancer in a foreign hospital. Yet, policemen, and others were not ordered to wear arm bands. Why is this special, because he is Yoruba in a Yoruba regime
The whole issue is all about eye service, not really honoring the dead. How many of you hypocritical "mourners " assisted him while he was alive and battling cancer? None. How many of you will assist the family when the cameras are off, none.
Once again, get common sense, and not tribalistic sense.

@bolded, of course, you do surely and you are yet to tell us the real reason why you are being taunted and tormented by how some persons have decided to treat their dead. Buhari not giving Attahiru a national mourning doesn’t mean another President can’t do so or has the new Tinubu broken any existing law here? Why exactly is this your headache Chinedu ?
Like I said early, the fact that you aren’t born into a honorable family and the fact that you lack noble birth doesn’t make other people honoring their dead a bad idea. Presidents can even decide to give posthumous awards, birthdays, national recognitions to the likes Stella Obasanjo, Chinua Achebe and many other dead prominent people and sane people won’t have any issue with it since it’s not against any law or constitution. Get well soon and you are being ignored now. I’m referring you to a specialist teaching hospital now. I’ve done my own bit

eagleu:
Mr. Honorary Lineage, I beg explain to us what the ordinary policemen out there has to do with army boss?
We can understand this order if the guy had died in active military duty like war front, or killed by our enemy, but the guy died of medical complications, and 99% of you guys shading crocodile tears today did NOTHING to help him when he was struggling at the hospital. Today, an over-do nation of hypocrisy is over mourning. Shame.

Honoring the dead has nothing to do with the agency he worked for prior to his death or the circumstances surrounding his death. There has been many occasions where ordinary police officers (not even a high-ranking ones) died in the US and was given a heroic last respect by almost all the security apparatuses while some where even posthumously promoted. I know you didn’t say what you said from the place of common sense but from the place of hate and bile. An army general is not just an ordinary citizen and when has paying last respect to important people become a crime and your headache? Your healing is on the way, don’t worry