₦airaland Forum

ModCaller:
Misplaced priorities, as usual.

This is why Nigeria has remained this way for decades. It's not like government is not doing something. They are not just doing what they should be doing at a given moment.

Second airport? Really? In a tiny state? Because you saw 3500 hectares of available land? In an overpopulated state?

What a dumbass!

Where is 3500 hectares of land along the Lekki - Epe axis? Epe proper yes, but the Lekki- Epe corridor? Definitely not.

crestedaguiyi:
Nice one but that resources could have been applied to fixing a reasonable km of internal roads. This would further cushion the effect of the ban on okada because mini buses and taxi would be able to cover more routes and move people closer to their homes.

Getting to bus stops is not easy for a lot of lagosians and not UpTo 20% of them fly by air.

I am entitled to My opinion

No amount of internal roads would solve lagos traffic problems. What lagos needs is an internal railway system connecting all the local government. A rail like from Ikorodu to Epe to Lagos Island through the Lekki corridor to mainland to Berger.

Lekki corridor is a strip of swamp separating the lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean. I don't see how that corridor will accommodate an airport, a sea port and a refinery. It will be chaos.

emirofkabul:
Folks are misinterpreting my point of view, I am not siding with the EFCC or any law enforcement agency arresting suspect base on a hunch, what am saying is that his story is not really adding up - can't really make sense of it.

If it was the FBI and he is clean no one will bother him, heck if he is shaddy and there is no evidence to prove that, he walks.

But I feel there is more to the information he is putting out there.

Nlfmod, Seun please let more folks see this.

Are you insinuating that the FBI would arrest a person, incarcerate him indefinitely and seize his money and properties all without charging the person to court?

emirofkabul:
Man, I am not siding with the efcc, infact on the contrary but let deal with fact.

Facts are stubborn thing, the guy makes videos on politics, human right and corruption in Nigeria (a developing country) where most millennials are only interested in entertainment, c'mon this dude ain't Hasan picker talking about US foreign policy, energy security and whatnot.

Now I know a Nigerian lady that makes videos about event in the US stuffs like Reaction on the rescue of Jessica Buchanan, Star Spangled banner (The Story), Why no one mess with America and from the comment section you could deduce that the folks watching are Westerners mostly Americans, now if the lady is pulling in such amount of Money I'd say it ok.

Lets be realistic here.

You seem to be supporting "guilty until proven guilty" doctrine of EFCC and Nigerian security agencies. You are simply speculating without even any criminal accusation not to talk of conviction. The EFCC never charge the guy with any accusation. He was interrogated for by EFCC officials for dozens of hours, he was asked to bring documents supporting his claims of earning his income mainly from YouTube. His laptop and phones were searched,his house was searched. All his friends and associates were arrested and interrogated.
To confirm if his claims are true is very easy and elementary. You can check on socialblade for his YouTube earnings.
All his transactions are on record in his various accounts. They can easily get in touch with people and organizations that credited his accounts.
Don't you think if EFCC found something they would have charged him to court?

Please stop being negative and learn to embrace positivism. This young man should be a role model for many youth, who endured great sacrifice to defend his fundamental human rights.

saladinnoir:
I've also had this thought but if i had posted on the initial thread I'd probably be e-lynched. On the picture of his adsense reciept it said he earned 30k dollars per month, the average American makes about 40 to 50k per year. Yes, there's something suspicious here.

There is something suspicious that EFCC could not bring any charge?

There is something suspicious and he won EFCC both at the high Court and at the appeal court?

It's you guys that encourage the brazenness by which EFCC and other security agencies trample on the fundamental rights of Nigerians.

You think if he was actually a yahoo boy, will he not find it easier paying EFCC off with a few tens of dollars instead of wasting tens of millions in court case?

Just pray, that it will not be your turn soon, because what goes around comes around.

The EFCC does not have the right to detain him beyond 48 hours.

The EFCC does not have the rights to block his account and seize his properties without a court injunction

The EFCC does not have have the rights to search his house without a court warrant.

Jman06:
No woman is ready to suffer in marriage" but are the ones that enjoy the benefits of marriage most!

Don't mind her, I doubt she can ever keep a husband with that attitude. If a woman is not "ready to suffer in marriage", she better not marry and forever become baby mama, or even continue to do olosho until she is past her menopause.

Johnnyjohnnyman:
Yes that's true she came back because she wanted a father figure for her child and she knew I am a great father to our three hence why she came because if I was a dead beat or irresponsable why would she come back to me she would have find someone better to raise all four kids .

Yes she came back to impose another a man's child on you because she knows you are a great father. Continue caring for your 3 children and help them pass through the psychological trauma they will get passing through due to your wife's indiscretion. Make sure they are around family.

She is only regretting her action for not protecting herself because if she did she wouldn't have ended up with the pregnancy.
I can never be responsible for the dirty lifestyle she choose to do to Cater for the children, she was the sole breadwinner but selling her body was not her only option.
We had an option to moved him with my mother and she refused.
If we had moved in with my mother it would have reduce the burden of house rent.
She is an adult with sense she made the decision to sell her body and she choose not to use protection and how is that my fault ? It is her own fault for allowing herself to be use and getting pregnant. The girl is a victim of her mother mistakes not mine.

Ask yourself, would she have come back if the lover accepted the pregnancy and asked her to marry him. She would have return your bride price without notice. She would even have abandoned the kids for her fairy tale life. The story that she ducked the guy because of the children is bullshit. A woman taking care of 3 kids alone will not have time for a full romance. Who was taking care of the kids when she was doing "wifey" duties for the guy. Abi, she took the 3 children to the guys house?

By the way she didn't impregnate herself the child father is alive she can take him to court for child maintenance. If he won't take care or her she can go ahead and sleep with all men in the world to cater for her since that's the easiest option for her to do.
I know you are trying to guilt trip me but it won't work at all. I have already made up my mind about the divorce and that's the final decisio. You can still blame me over and over again no amount of the blame will change my decision.

Don't let these wayward feminists who can't keep a husband guilt trip you. No part of her cheating was your fault. As I said every marriage has its challenges - financially, psychological or healthwise. That's why the marriage vows contain "for better for worse". Cheating is certainly not the solution to any marriage problem.

MadeInTokyo:
Shettimma automatically becomes Presidential candidate

Did Shettima pick up a form not to talk of contesting for primaries? How can someone who did not participate in a primary become the presidential candidate?
What happened to northern APC Governor's doctrine of conceding power to the south? Was it a trick to field a sick Tinubu so that power can remain in the North as they knew Tinubu was not fit?

Section 29 in subsection (1) says ‘every political party shall, not later than 180 days before the date appointed for a general election under this Act, submit to the Commission, in the prescribed Forms, the list of candidates the party proposes to sponsor at the elections, who must have emerged from valid primaries conducted by the political party.'

Now the question we should all be ready to confront is, is the new revised electoral act constitutional? Can someone who did not participate in the primaries become the presidential flag bearer of a party?

I know Rotimi Amaechi and Kashima Shetima will slug it out all the way to the Supreme Court if anything happens to Tinubu.

Meanwhile Rotimi Ameachi/ Kashima Shetima are waiting patiently like vultures following a thirsty dying animal in a desert

BigIyanga:
Na lie. Naija does not make powertrain- engines and transmission. Naija never made drivetrains as well. We imported those and assembled.
Per intl standards, those cars cannot be classified as made in Naija.. It’s actually against intellectual property rights to do that.

You still don't get it? How many car companies in the world make their own engines, transmission, tyres, fabrics, electronics, etc. No company or country has that capacity. Modern economic model emphasizes specialization. For example in the making of phones, components are sourced from every continent. As I said the processors and chips comes from Taiwan or South Korea, the Screens comes from China, the glass might come from France or Japan. The company would source its materials from various sources and print "Made in Nigeria". This will build a vibrant economy and reduce forex demands as opposed to importing finished items 100%.

BigIyanga:
Fallacy. Nigeria has never made cars. We imported peugeot parts and assembled. Did we import with Naira?
Machines used to make Kano textiles were imported with FX. Una version of Naija is quite different from reality

The cars were Made in Nigeria . No country in the world makes a product with 100% locally sourced materials. They import some raw and finished materials, they have some local inputs and the also import some machinery and machine tools. Same with energy component of manufacturing, some are locally sourced and some are imported. All these tell on the demand for foreign exchange.
Made in China foes not mean everything was manufactured in China. Most chips come from Taiwan and the rest from South Korea.

What then is your reason for the continuous fall of the Naira?

Beverlyjean:
Keep on releasing old pictures... we see u were prepared for this... is London now where the electorate will vote ?? Person done miss for 2 weeks now and missed crucial engagements... we no b fools ooo

With Tinubu as president, the capital of Nigeria will move to London. If you need to see Tinubu or conduct official business you will have to travel to London.

Kasssandra:
Context

1. Our forex needs were not that great because smaller population

2. It was the height of the oil boom.

3. The UK was weak economically

4. We exported far more than oil, but the danger signs were coming. 1982 was the last year of the groundnut pyramids

5. The shagari regime was not saving so forex was flying around, buffering the naira

6. It was going to eventually depreciate because we were not an and still not a active exporter of manufactured goods and services

7. If obi wins, the pound won't go back to that level.

Also add that our forex needs were not that great because we were consuming mainly local products. We were driving made in Nigeria cars - Peugeot, Volkwagon, etc., we were wearing mare in Nigeria cloths and shoes - Kano textiles, Bata shoes, etc., we were eating made in Nigeria foods - no noodles, bread, we only eat rice once a year, and won't of all no imported fuels. So what did people need dollars and pounds for?

bassdow:
Mind you, Russia is bigger than 3 Continents combined hence could attack more countries than others could.

False. Which 3 continents is Russia bigger than? Maybe Australia and Antarctica. Because North America alone is bigger than Russia. Even South America is bigger than Russia. Africa is way bigger than Russia.

Abi your Google don carry virus?

bassdow:
Russia isn't USA. Don't you think there's been reason(s) why the WEST (including the USA) have always been afraid of Russia.

Russia also lost in Afghanistan after 20 years of war.

Even in this Ukraine war, the WEST have remained very very careful of their level of involvement.

Yes the West have to be very careful, because the West is weary of getting directly in foreign wars. But at the same time they are afraid of Putin doing a Hitler by invading other countries in Europe.

Moreover the issue in Ukraine is different from what happened in Afghanistan.

How is it different. The people refuse to be invaded and are ready to fight to the last man.

Zombiedients:
Mumu

USA went to Afghanistan to wrestle power from Taliban

20 years later USA handed power back to Taliban after spending over $2Trilkijn

Who is the failure now, Russia or USA?

This only goes to show that it is impossible to invade a country who doesn't want to be invaded.

ken6488:
because you guys are not realistic at all, how can even imagine Russia get destroyed by NATO?

In a nuclear conflagration with NATO, Russia will become a nuclear waste land for centuries. Yes the remaining NATO countries will also suffer devastating consequences, it due to its shear size and spread, many more cities and people on the NATO side will survive. Its the effect on the whole planet of nuclear winter we are not sure of yet.

CoronaVirusRelo:
Putin is glaringly losing the war!

His last option is to use nukes!

It’s certain the Ukrainian offensive will reclaim all those lost territories at this present pace.

His fear is Crimea. The other 4 regions which he knows he will lose is just a buffer. Putin cannot afford to lose Crimea. I think he will resort to nuclear if Crimea is threatened.

Neoteny7:
First of all it was world war 2, not 11.

Second, the US nuked Japan not because it couldn't defeat the japs, but because nukes would cause far fewer casualties than using conventional weapons as was done in Dresden, also because the shock and awe factor would force Japan to an early surrender and thus shorten the war and its casualties, which indeed was what happened. Remember at this point the US almost singlehandedly won the war in the East and West by arming the Soviets and the Allies.

Thank for education them. Most Nigerians don't read, but make wild assumptions.

adeprof18:
Putin said he knows he can't win against NATO but he promised they won't win either meaning they will both suffer casualties. Thats what he said before the military operation in February

For that that he is ready to sacrifice over 90% of the Russian population?

tishbite41:
Russia has more warheads

So Russia will win a nuclear war according to you?

ogbolu0147:
Not true, have you watch the movie ' pearl harbour' the diplomatic relation with America and Japan was becoming hostile.. although non has declared war.. not until Japan did a surprise attack on American soil.. which caught them off guard and succeeding in destroying a percentage of its military capability.. that was what instigated the use of nuclear warhead.

Wrong. That was not what instigated the use of nuclear war head on Japan. By August 1945, the US was already in Japan. Japan was already defeated. The problem was that the Japanese were ready to fight to the last man. Which would have resulted in huge casualties on the US side, and catastrophic casualties on the Japanese side. The US just wanted to bring the war to an end with few casualties on its side. Besides, the US wanted to Test the bomb in real combat situation.

GODPUNISHALABI:
shut up ur mouth empire of Japan was a world power at that time ,,what is ukaraine compared to Russia?

Japan was not a world power at that time but a regional power. It was the dominant power in the Asia Pacific region.

Firstcitizen:
Lets look at the only war the US fought without begging for NATO support. We all thought Vietnam will be a 20 day affair. If my recollection is not hazy the Vietcong killed half of US troops and sent survivors home with PTSD

This scenario is similar to the Vietnam war. China was supplying Vietnam with ammunition, men and intelligence.

Princedapace:
Make una dey decieve una selves. Russia is fighting NATO here bro. The USA and her allies provide weapons and intelligence to Ukrain. In war, Intelligence plays the greater part. Russia stood her ground with all NATO intelligence gathering and heavy sanctions.

When America went to war in Afginistan, she went with her allies o. She didnt go there alone and there were no sanctions againt America, yet, America lost the war.
Here, Russia is fighting without an allies, does her intelligence gathering alone, fighting against another country that gets intelligence gathering from NATO and USA, weapons plus heavy sanctions. Russia has tried. No country can sustain that.
That is why none of NATO countries can fight Russia alone. They have to and must be a team to fight Russia.

And you think Russia can win NATO in a nuclear war?

LienwaltAbel:
I didn't say that they are fables. I simply said that they are the views of a small region.

Believes me they are fables. No actual evidence of a Moses who lead them out of slavery from Egypt outside the bible. No acheological evidence that hundreds of thousands of Jewish people roamed the Canaan area for 40 years.

LienwaltAbel:
Come on man, this stuff isn't true . You don't expect me to base facts on Bible stories. They're the views of one people in one small region, not the views of the world.

No mind dem. Dem dey carry Jewish folklore for head like gala, even pass the Jewish people themselves.

nostradamoss:
You and those that support your stupid comment are the biggest idiots of the year

Ask yourself ,since you where born in this country.Have you experienced one month of steady light?

Just imagine — In just over two decades, Dubai has transformed from a desert backwater port to a thriving metropolis with the third-most skyscrapers in the world. What is Nigeria's excuse? and we have the same crude oil as Dubai if not even more?

Nigeria has never been good ,fact are there from you to see

Nigeria need to get it's independence from these criminals that call themselves politicians

I hate so much negativity being radiated by you guys. Its bring about dark and negative energy and stifles personal and societal development. Learn to "count your blessings and name them one by one "

How can you compare Nigeria to Dubai. What's the historical and political background of dubai and what's that of Nigeria? What's the population of Dubai and what's that of Nigeria? What's the religious and ethnic composition of Dubai and that of Nigeria. You are comparing grapes with grapefruit.

Jollos:
Was there ever a blessing to count. Shm. U just highlighted some good oldies. And after then what has happened. Nigeria have been on reverse gear. Nothing good has ever come out of this country. Nothing.

False. Which Nigeria has been on reverse gear? Why not state which economic, social or physical indices that has been on reverse gear, so we can compare. Let's compare decade by decade since independence.

I I agree that our leaders could have done better, but even at that, we are still the best performing in Africa, save a few countries like South Africa and Egypt and maybe Morocco. Check how many villages have turned to towns and how many towns have turned to cities. Nigeria has the largest number of urban cities in the whole of Africa. How many urban cities does Ghana, Kenya or Rwanda have? They just hype their capital cities and maybe a few other cities and boom, they are better than Nigeria.

because some Nigerians have access to small good life or are lucky to be born to a prosperous family make them think that is how it is for everyone.

In this same Nigeria, some people are just dieing without seen electricity ever in their life, some don't know what express road look like. Not to talk of watching cinema.

Nigeria lost it at a point.

Yesterday I have to wash my car and remove the battery due to bad road. Na till dry season again before I will be able to drive my car o.

Have bought a bike. Pls is that achievement.

I have to buy solar, because we are just contributing money to buy pole in my neighborhood, not gotten to stage of wire or transformer yet.

Shm on Nigeria abeg

Agreed, we should be doing better in terms of public electricity. That is due to the over centralization of electricity generation, transmission and distribution that was put in place by the military. It did not allow states and individuals to generate and distribute their own electricity. Even with the so call privatisation of the power sector, states and individuals still can't general and distribute their own power. If we were still operating the 1959 regional systems where completion was encouraged, I am certain most regions would have been self sufficient in power.

nlreserve:
All the so called achievement you think should be a reason to hail our past leaders, who should we blame for all the debts Nigeria has incured, considering the fact that Nigeria used to be a country that lends money to Japan and other country's in the 70's?

That was because we had excess petro-dollers from the 1972 middle east crisis and our leaders did not know what to do with the excess money. Remember our problem then was not money but how to spend it. Meanwhile, we had no functional international airport, railway system, roads, etc, at that time.

Today, Japan is more developed than Nigeria; Who should we blame for it? Our past leaders or not? Should we blame the Nigerians (followers)? Well, I think the followers such as you should be blamed because you keep enjoying the low standard your leaders have put you. Compare your life with that of other countries' citizens and see that they are better off than you.

Not just today, Japan had always been more developed than Nigeria. In the 70s Japan was already an industrialised nation. Japan had achieved almost 100% literacy level by yhe beginning of the 20th century, when our own literacy level was almost zero.

Today, Nigerian graduates are moving to other countries for better life, even though they are paid less than foreigners (counterparts) from other countries simply because Nigeria is of low standard. If you don't know, you are a product of your country and if you don't aim high for your country, others won't rate you high.

That's because Nigerians want to enjoy a ready made society built on the sweat and sacrifices of others, instead of sweating and sacrificing to build out own society. We like to enjoy ready made.

Guy, I won't blame you because even a fool is wise to himself but try to humble your stupidity. Fella sang it in one of his songs about people like you.

Fela never ran away, he choose to come back and fight for a better society for Nigeria and back Africa. If we can get just 10 Felas in the whole of Nigeria. Nigeria will start to become a better country.

ArcFresky:

U no go still believe, even if e win gold medal

Forget gold medal, just show tinubu threading a needle and it will clear all doubts concerning his health