₦airaland Forum

Lanre4uonly:
Nigerians should also be aware there's no polling booth online.

Yes, we know, but is it not Nigerians online that will go to pooling booth offline to vote? Is it expected that the overwhelming opinion of Nigerians online will be significantly different from their opinion offline. As of 2025, according to NCC, Nigeria has over 120 million active broadband subscribers. That's about half of Nigeria's total population being online at a particular time, and you guys says online opinions don't count? It's only in Nigerian politics that a person can be very unpopular online, but hugely popular in elections.

simpleseyi:
Graduate of Animal Husbandry who is supposed to be running a big farm of cattle’s and chickens and making plenty money while making meet available, the dullard is on television calling himself journalist without going to school of Journalism and he is now surprised that cow meat is expensive

And President Tinubu is a graduate of Political Science?

Sheuns:
Any sensible person who looks back at Nigeria’s past and compare it to our present will definitely shake his head and weep for the vast amount of damage politicians and military governments have done to this country.

It’s better this country is dissolved and everyone go find his bearing.

It keeps getting worse.

There was a clip I watched on YouTube some days back. This clip showed countries and the number of people in poverty from the 50s till date. It had China, Nigeria, India and some other countries. China and India had the most people in poverty than Nigeria in the 50s, those two countries continually had reduction in the number of those in poverty year on year, Nigeria on the other hand kept having increase. It simply shows that Nigerians were better off in the 50s than today.

That's because in Nigeria poverty is a weapon. it has become a powerful tool for those who benefit from instituting and maintaining it.

For politicians, poverty is a weapon used to acquire and maintain political power. A cup of rice, a bag of garri, or a small amount of cash can be enough to influence votes. As a result, election campaigns often become opportunities to distribute food and money instead of presenting clear visions, policies, and ideas for national development.

Poverty is also a tool for keeping the population subdued. People who are struggling daily to feed themselves and their families have little time or energy to organize, demand accountability, or hold public officials responsible for their actions. Instead, they are often left competing with one another for the crumbs handed out by the very politicians who benefit from their hardship.

Beyond politics, poverty can also serve the interests of some religious elites. By offering promises of miracles, prosperity, and divine intervention, they are able to attract and enrich themselves through those who feel trapped by hopelessness. When people see no practical path out of poverty, many turn to churches, mosques, and shrines in search of the salvation they cannot find elsewhere.

In this way, poverty becomes more than a condition—it becomes a system of control, benefiting those who wield political and religious influence while keeping millions dependent, divided, and struggling to break free.

Mrexcell:
The father says he doesn't want any autopsy on his dead daughter so why then is umahi still seizing her corpse what is he scared of?

Its no longer the father's decision, the child died under mysterious circumstances, so the police takes over the custody of the body until investigation is concluded. The father might even be a suspect.

Guestmale:
I would have hundred percent consented to this your submission but did government pay for the well being of our children, food, health care, clothing and school fees, the answer is no.

So because you pay the well being of our children, food, health care, clothing and school fees, they become our properties, to do with as we please? Therefore, we can sell them, enslave them, grape them, or even murder them. What about our wives, that we pay bride price on, do they become our properties that we do with as we please?

voortrekker966:
Now I am beginning to believe this man is a con man. I've hitherto believed the COS had a hand in the scandal. I hereby tender my apology to Femi Gbajabiamila. His hands are clean. This man has gone far in fraud and 419. How can he say he has never met the COS and claimed he paid 400 million naira to him? The idiot even said he paid the bribe because of his passion for the country. He should be arrested and castrated.

Nigerians always stepping on those on the ground, but elevate those who are already up, without caring about justice. Now, what not ask how a budget was prepared, defended at the National assembly, approved and probably dispersed, without the presence of the DG, and while he was incarcerated? How come the police did not investigate and prosecute him during his 3 weeks incarceration, and was allowed to go back and resume office?

If Argentina no score by 85 minutes, referee must manufacture penalty for Argentina.

heartofcity12:
But it’s a foul

Which yeye foul? Two players going for the same ball in the defence line, do you expect their bodies not to touch?

Phraences:
Thank you for the history lesson. I just don’t see why some are referring to their racist history because they are playing today when this same Australian and USA you mentioned have people scrambling for their visas. When other countries are playing matches are their racist history brought up? If Argentina opens its borders today Africans will rush there.

What happened to the millions of black slaves shipped to the present Argentina. How come all surrounding countries including Brazil have huge black populations, but you will hardly find any significant black population in Argentina?

yommen:
The referee is letting too many Argentina fouls go unpunished. Argentina ought to have be given at least 2 yellow cards by now!

Give Argentina a yellow card for rough tackle against an African team? That will be the day. Even to give ordinary foul sef dey fear referee.

Phraences:
What’s happening here? How is Argentina racist?

Ever wonder how Argentina became almost an all white country, with very few blacks and indigenous peoples? Ever wonder why Argentina became the favourite destination for the Nazis during WWII?

Patriotic9ja:
Fifa referee showing bias towards Egypt already

Exactly! FIFA magic don start. If Argentina does not score by middle of second half, FIFA go turn to INEC.

Putinofrussia:
It is not a law or something that govt had done.He was just talking about what they envisaged.
Those were mere examples and a lot of people understand except hypocrites.
He mentioned Adire and Ankara,does it mean NYSC will be using 2 fabrics?
Most of those Khakis are imported. It is high time govt revive our textile industry.

You still failed to answer the question, can't khaki fabrics be manufactured in Nigeria?
Now, answer this, what material is uses to make khaki and what material is used to make adire? Is it not the same cotton? Do we make cotton fabric in Nigeria? How can Adire revive our textile industry, but khaki can't?

Putinofrussia:
Zombiesmbad.
Govt is trying to take steps to revive the textile industry but Zombies bigotry has overwhelmed them not to see road properly.
So your dark minds think govt will impose only Adire and Ankara as the NYSC uniform?
He was giving examples of Nigerian fabrics.He could have mentioned some other Nigerian fabrics too but those ones are easier to remember.
Concentrated tribalism runs in their veins.
Tueh!

Ehen, the govt is trying to take steps to revive the textile industry, and only adire is the textile that can revive the textile industry? Hausa luru or Igbo Akwete fabrics cannot be used to revive the textile industry. Khaki fabrics itself cannot be used to revive the textile industry?

flokii:
I was shocked at the reactions from some Yoruba haters over simple "adire" matter,. they turned the whole thing to tribalism.
Yet these are the people picking up forms in Lagos to contest elections in another region they didn't originate from, that one is not wicked tribalism to them o.

Walahi Yorubas dey fall hand too much.

So, because some people pick up forms in Lagos, we should all be yorubanised? Nigerian national culture, traditions and probably language should be replaced with that of Yoruba? Maybe we should also change the name from Nigeria (which is an English name that does not represent our culture to Oduduwa Republic, because many people picking up forms in Lagos to contest elections, while coming from another regions.

Igbo Akwete NYSC uniform

Hausa Luru NYSC uniform

Under a Yoruba President and Minister of Youth Development, NYSC uniform is to be Adire Fabrics. So, therefore, under an Hausa President and Minister, NYSC would be changed to traditional Hausa fabrics Luru, and under an Igbo President and Minister, it must be igbo Akwete fabrics.

But then Nigeria is not only Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. There are over 250 other tribes in Nigeria, each with its traditional fabrics and dressing. We Niger Deltans insist wrapper must be incorporated into NYSC uniform also to avoid marginalisation.

What of the cap. Cap is a Western heritage. Caps do not represent cultural pride. The NYSC cap should be changed to Fìlà, or the Igbo tradition, Red-cap (Okpu Mmee). Why wear Adire without fìlà?
What then is the rational in changing NYSC uniform from Khaki to Adire? Is Adire more durable than Khaki? Is the uniform the problem with the NYSC scheme?

nairalanda1:
Well, if we had removed subsidy in 1993, or even 2012, by now there would have been refineries galore competing with Dangote. If we had removed subsidy in 1993, NNPC would have still had working refineries.

Because Nigeria kept subsidy for way too long, no one, except you had the collateral of A dangote, or were really hardy minded...wanted to build a refinery here in Nigeria. And NNPC ran their refineries to the ground in the name of keeping costs low (not to mention the corruption opportunities in TAM costs , even when it was clear that the refineries were beyond resusication).

It takes time to build new refineries. Even if we started work on JUne 1 2023, it would take several years for the refineries to be finished, especially since costs may rise. SO, we are left with the competition from imports.

(Altho, dangote can meet domestic needs, as he says, but government wants to be voted back in, so, imports to compete.).

As I have reiterated for the umpteenth time, the problem was and is not subsidy itself but corruption. Those in government were just using subsidy as an avenue to steal billions of dollars from our common treasury. Today, they steal far more directly, without using subsidy as excuse. OPEC allowed Nigeria to reserve 300,000 barrels per day for local consumption. The government decided to ship the crude to overseas refineries to refine for us, in a crude for petrol swap. We did not pay for the refining. So there could not have been any subsidy when we imported the petrol back into the country. Instead, the government sold the crude, unaccounted for the money, then turn around to import from third parties, and at the same time claim to pay subsidies.

A country like Nigeria with huge crude and gas reserves, a huge energy deficiency, and a minimum wage of N70,000 ($54) per month have no business buying petrol at $1 per litre.

nairalanda1:
Inclusive. But other costs come in before the fuel reaches the retailer.

Inclusive ke? OK crude is currently about $79/barrel, a barrel is about 180litres. So 1 litre is $79/180 = $0.4388. This in naira is about N570. Now, this is exclusive of shipping and insurance fees, and taxes.

Edit : my apologies. I just check Google, a barrel of crude is actually about 160 litres. So revising my calculations, 79/160 = $0.4937, which is around N642.
So before shipping, insurance, taxes, cost of refinery, depreciation, labour, maintenance, storage, etc. The cost of crude alone is N642.

nairalanda1:
Selling fuel at N300 Is not possible.

OK, refining the raw crude into petrol costs N145 to N245 naira. The problem is...taxes, maintenance costs, etc have to be added on, and then there is transport costs, which push the gantry price to over N1000 or more.

Also, refining fuel generates some waste...and that waste has to be covered in the costs, since it can't be used for anything.

Also, Dangote and other refineries here pay wages, pensions, etc,...and they are paid at close to global standard. Because if dangote is not paying well enough, most of the oil workers can japa and get a similar job with foreign companies (and yes...it has been happening, and it happens.).

As for subsidy, government bringing back subsidy is going to cost the budget 23-30 trillion naira, budget is 55 trillion naira. We already have a deficit in the budget of 23 trillion naira that miust be funded by loans. Taking such money out of the budget to fund subsidy...that would put fuel at N200 per liter ....would cost as I said 23-30 trillion naira.

That money must be replaced, and it will be with LOANS...tax revenue is too low to fund the budget on its own, and oil prices are dropping, and even when they were high, we already had a debt of N150 trillion naira to pay off (rumor has it that the former minister of finance was removed because he was using more of our recent oil windfall to sort out the debt, meaning no money for five star prokects, lol).

And that means more debt . A lot more debt.

Inclusive or exclusive of the cost of crude?

And how did you arrive at this cost? Did it include cost of equipments, depreciation, staff and labour, interest on capital, insurance, etc.

nairalanda1:
Ha. the power of competition. This might make Dangote be forced to reduce prices.

Though as more refineries come up, we will eventually stop relying on imported fuel

In a way, we are suffering the consequences of bad decisions. Back in the 1980's and 90's, most of the nairalanders here would have said no to government remvoing subsidy. If we had done that back then, we would have had more domestic refining, and the NNPC refineries would be working very well too.

Competition from imported products? Have you seen anywhere in the world where government encourages completion between local products and imported ones? Governments protect local industries with bans, tariffs and grants.

If government encourages imports of Petroleum products, then investors would prefer to import and waste time and risk their capital building refineries.

It's is Dangote that is forcing others to invest in refineries. Monopolies don't exist for long. If imports are banned and refineries becomes too profitable, many investors including foreign companies would rush in to compete with Dangote.

AWONEYAN:
When they want to increase the fuel price. They increase in hundreds of naira.
To reduce they're doing it in Kobo.
How should imported fuel be lower than the non imported one from Dangote

Because Dangote buys crude from abroad in dollars.

Marriage is relatively easy. At its core, it is a formal recognition by families, the community, and society that a man and a woman have entered into a committed relationship with shared rights and responsibilities.

Divorce, on the other hand, is far more complex. By the time a marriage ends, children may be involved, assets may have been acquired jointly, and both spouses may have made significant financial and non-financial contributions to each other's success. Untangling all of this is rarely straightforward, especially in long-term marriages.

For example, one spouse may have used their income or savings to establish a business for the other. Years later, that business may have grown into a highly successful enterprise. In the event of a divorce, should the contributing spouse have no claim to that success? At the very least, should they not recover the money they invested? These are not questions that can be answered quickly or superficially.

Then there is the equally difficult issue of children. Decisions must be made regarding custody, financial support, education, healthcare, and the overall welfare of the children. These responsibilities continue long after the marriage itself has ended.

For couples who have been married for more than a decade, divorce often involves years of intertwined finances, shared achievements, and family obligations. Determining each person's contributions, entitlements, and ongoing responsibilities is a complicated process that cannot realistically be resolved in just a few months.

AMINDA:
I don't understand you. Are you saying that renaming buildings in the North after Shehu Yar'adua is not a massive achievement that the North should be grateful for? There has been wild jubilation across the North ever since the announcement.

And what is the connection of the renaming of Petroleum Institute on June and jubilation across the North have to do with June 12?

Manny21:
Because of 2027 election to woo the North?

Exactly. Tinubu is only obsessed with the 2027 elections. His democracy day speech was not about democracy, but to placate the north. He is aware that Yaradua is still loved in the North. What is Yaradua's contribution to the June 12 struggle?

Love800:
How did you open opay pls?

Very easy. Download the app from playstore and follow instructions. Just have your NIN at hand, and a phone with good camera to capture your face. The whole process is less than 10 minutes.

lawani:
But Dangote made money from cement starting from President Obasanjo's era. He was the pioneer but today he is not the only one in cement though he is the leader. He has no cement company in Lagos and he sells more cement in the North than in the south

What he has in Lagos is the refinery and it was not the refinery that made him the richest person in Africa.

It is more accurate to say Nigeria made Dangote particularly the Obasanjo regime that mandated him to produce cement in the country and be selling it at any price

Dangote started from Sugar, not cement. Dangote was the sole importer of sugar throughout the 80s, he later ventured into foods (pasta, rice, even fruit juice). It was later during OBJ's regime that he ventured into cement. He had been trying to acquire a refinery since the days of OBJ. He bought PortHarcourt refinery during the last days of OBJ, but the sale was reversed by Yaradua Immediately he resumed office.

RISQUE:
Stop sounding like you know it all while you know nothing. There are humans working in that band who are saddled with responsibilities of a daily basis, if you know how the banking system operates you won't come here with this ignorance trying to justify something which should have been handled with wisdom. There is nothing like the crooked mindset of Nigeria. Stop displaying your ignorance all in the name of painting a particular bank in a bad light. Own up to your faults and handle issues reasonably. You raised the issue of what if he travelled. Well, I know how many Nigerian bank related issues I have handled despite being in the UK and operating a Nigerian bank account I can list out to you even the more difficult ones, sometimes I had to send siblings to the bank to speak with customer services because of some of these transactions and not something as petty as reporting a failed bank transaction that ought to be reported almost immediately and from anywhere and then you come online to blame a bank without taking the burk of the blame? Common, you guys should stop being mean and work on your ideologies. Dragging Nigeria banking system into it is a total turn off work on yourself bro and stop being bitter.

Listen to yourself. You mean customers should take the bulk of the blame for failed bank transactions? How? Why? Many a times, you are not even aware that the transaction failed, until the other party complained. My children were almost sent put of school because of failed transaction on the part of GTB. I even sent the fees twice. The first one said the transaction failed, so I sent it again. I later discovered that the money was deducted twice. While i went to GTB to report double transaction, the school called me a week later that they did not receive any money. It took 3 weeks of up and down before the 2 transactions were reversed.
You mean to tell me that the banks servers are not configured to recognise failed transactions, despite spending billions of naira on softwares?

correctguy101:
Come on, it could simply be plain ignorance....

You're right though... No matter the time of reporting, wasn't the bank supposed to have and keep transaction records?

what's all the commotion about?

SMH

Because of all their shenanigans, I transferred all my money out of Access Bank, and stopped using the account 4 years ago. I bought N20k NEPA credits on their mobile platform, they deducted the money but did not send credits. I visited the bank everyday for 1 week, no show. It was until I shouted at the gate, that the security officer gave me a special email address at the head office to lodge my complaint. It was after I complained through that channel thar the money was eventually returned to my account.
Now, I mainly use Palmpay, Kuda, Opay, to transact day to day business.

RISQUE:
You complained 3 months after? Did you listen to yourself? And you are blaming the dead man. Who goes to the bank to complain about a failed transaction 3 months after? Even 1 week is dangerous. Have you read the policy of the bank with regards to failed transactions? You people shouldn't blame banks all the time. Do the best you can too.

Nigerians would justify judas iscariots if there is something to gain from supporting him. What does it matter if he complained 3 days or 3 years after a failed transaction, is it not his hard earned money? What if he travelled, had an accident or became unavailable after the transaction? So the bank should chop his money because he did not report immediately.

With this crooked mindset of Nigerian, the country can never progress, not even in a thousand years.