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Politics › Re: Northern Politicians Afraid Of Tinubu's Second Term Restructuring. by WizardOfNG(op): 10:24pm On May 12
potent5:
Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies. Oluwole lying machine detected.
Lol. What lies did the commentator tell?
Politics › Northern Politicians Afraid Of Tinubu's Second Term Restructuring. by WizardOfNG(op): 10:19pm On May 12
Interesting video and points. Guys, read the comments to note how majority of Nigerians agree with the content.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoaRpbItvuY?si=fdhc3J7ArDb_Pgln
Politics › Re: Rufai Oseni & Adams Oshiomhole Clash Over South African Investments In Nigeria by WizardOfNG: 9:30pm On May 12
Bluna:
I hope you watch the video to the part where Oshiomole alleged that current south African president is the biggest shareholder of MTN. As a president, he has not taken any serious action to stop the xenophobic attack or to prosecute the attackers. But just recently when he heard the threat to nationalize MTN, he quickly released a statement to condemn the attack.
Yes I understand your point. I have always insisted politicians and diplomats on both sides (Nigeria and South Africa) must act decisively.

It is not acceptable our fellow Nigerians lost their lives to xenophobic attacks.

I can therefore understand emotions are running high but I don't believe making South African businesses in Nigeria the scapegoats of our anger solves anything.
Politics › Re: Obi On Channels Politics Today... by WizardOfNG: 8:05pm On May 12
huptin:
How sure is he that the North is interested in becoming educated? Or that they want to be the new oil?

What happened to GEJ's almajiri schools?
Don't mind Obi. Capping as usual thinking his audience are dullards.
Politics › Re: Atiku Humiliated! Rufai & Abati Tear Apart His Opposition To Zoning With Hard Fa by WizardOfNG: 7:48pm On May 12
Rufai Oseni gets this one right. Atiku is showing open disdain and lack of respect for the South.

The mistake selfish and myopic leaders have made over decades is what has gotten Nigeria where she is today.
Politics › Re: Rufai Oseni & Adams Oshiomhole Clash Over South African Investments In Nigeria by WizardOfNG: 7:35pm On May 12
Misterone:
Oseni is too dumb! If the South Africans can play dirty, why can't we? We don't have South Africans we can repatriate but they have companies here. They make money from Nigeria. Nigerians go to South Africa and make money too. If they can kill Nigerians, we can kill their companies.
MTN and DSTV are businesses. They cannot be held responsible for what ordinary South Africans do. If you build a great business in Ghana, do you want it destroyed when some Nigerians over there attack and kill some Ghanaians?

Your business must be destroyed or taken away from you simply because you share nation of origin with wrongdoers you don't know and do not even approve of their action? This is too ignorant from Oshiomhole abeg.
Politics › Re: Which Nations Are Closest To The Free Market Communist model? by WizardOfNG: 2:28pm On May 12
lawani:
The aim of communism is to make the society classless. You can arrive at that destination via the free market but people have been trying to arrive there through socialism alone. What is wrong with arriving at it through the free market? Was the Soviet society more classless than the Norwegian society today or the Chinese society today who are communists with free market?
A "classless" society is not good for Nigeria that has over 300 ethbic groups and many religions,cultures etal.

When that is a reality of a geographic space, competition and reward system, based on individual developing their talent optimally to stand out, is best.

Socio-capitalism is better for Nigeria in my opinion. Please look into it.

Don't forget it is a warped and hidden version of communism ( via damaging Government subsidies in every sector that made Nigerians indolent, uninspired, non aspirational and incapable of delivering solutions for themselves) that has destroyed Nigeria to leave what we have today.

Are you happy at subsidised and "classless" education that produces Nigerian civil Engineers who cannot even handle Lekki expressway , talk less of a major project like fourth mainland Bridgend, and we have to see Lebanese and German engineers everywhere?
Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 2:13pm On May 12
nwakaibe:
This report is thrash. Even officials of Lagos State Govt admitted the facts during a meeting with Business Editors at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja. I was present.
Na you sabi bro. No be fight.
Politics › Re: Will Peter Obi Be Competent Enough To Handle Insecurity In Nigeria by WizardOfNG: 2:12pm On May 12
Jakpon:
Nigeria is not ibo nation.
During the administration of pit obi insecurity in Anambra was at a frightening level. K!dnapping, drug trafficking, cultism, ritual k!lling, rape etc, was the order of the day.

The security architecture of Anambra was surrendered to non state actors like the Bakassi Boys. Derico Nwamama and his gangs held Anambra on a choke hold. Political violence was so rife that the Anambra state House of Assembly was burnt down by thugs loyal to obi
Well-said. I don't know what some of these guys are seeking with their blatant lies whitewashing the image of Obi.

Was Obi not Governor when loads of dead bodies of young men appeared in Ezu river only for Obi to be publishing public adverts offering reward for 'information?


https://gazettengr.com/peter-obi-deceiving-nigerians-he-couldnt-fix-insecurity-in-anambra-oshiomhole/

Politics › Re: Which Nations Are Closest To The Free Market Communist model? by WizardOfNG: 1:50pm On May 12
@OP.

Communism is essentially dead today because it's essence runs contrary to how humans are naturally wired.

Man needs to be aspirational and have things to chase the majority of his life. We like individuality also and do not wish to be predictably robotic as communism creates.

Take those natural instincts of man away and that is an artifical construct seeking to modify his nature and normal impulses.

Communism diminished for that reason and isn't a consideration today. China you mention isn't even communist in a purist way. Perhaps you aren't aware of that.

Vietnam, Laos, North Korea and Cuba are the closest vestiges of communist nation today. 4 out of 195 countries of the world. Dont you think that indicates a democratic pattern based on what the majority have chosen?

Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG:
nwakaibe:
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Visit Ethiopia first. Construction of Lagos -Badagry Road project now, Lagos -Okoko road/rail project started ahead of Addis Ababa own.
Ethiopia finished their own which is integrated heavy rail and road. Lagos is still struggling. The cost of the Lagos own is something else
Bro, the bolded is a fact or a product of your imagination? would it kill you to do research before you run your Country down?

Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 1:00pm On May 12
Menclothing1:
As someone who have travel 15 countries in Africa am proud of this blue line anytime I board mile 2 to marina no country in west Africa has the standard of lagos electric blue line even Nigeria own lagos to Ibadan line can’t be compare with lagos own
If you are Nigerian, then you are 24 carat Gold. Nigeria cannot rise with the negativity engulfing our nation currently where so many only want to highlight negatives.

The lagos Metro rail system is class-leading as the only one of it's kind in West Africa and the envy of nations like Ghana, Cameroon, CIV etal.

Yet, guess those who attack and demarket it most? Nigerians !!!

Thanks for this post .
Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 1:00pm On May 12
Esthered:
He's right. What you posted is the project plan. There are no rail tracks after Mile 2.
I don't get you guys. Lol.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHuPEjSl2A?si=qEbInTnYNzWMQogb

Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 12:40pm On May 12
Menclothing1:
As someone who have travel 15 countries in Africa am proud of this blue line anytime I board mile 2 to marina no country in west Africa has the standard of lagos electric blue line even Nigeria own lagos to Ibadan line can’t be compare with lagos own
If you are Nigerian, then you are 24 carat Gold. Nigeria cannot rise with the negativity engulfing our nation currently where so many only want to highlight negatives.

The lagos Metro rail system is class-leading as the only one of it's kind in West Africa and the envy of nations like Ghana, Cameroon, CIV etal.

Yet, guess those who attack and demarket it most? Nigerians !!!

Thanks for this post .
Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 12:32pm On May 12
Reference:
That is what we have been saying. Rail lines are a way more effective and cost efficient transportation system from point to point and for long term, stable efficiency much faster than road and even air transport.

That is why it is a wonder why the Federal government does not see it as an imperative to invest in a nationwide rail network linking all the city state capitals but insists on building more new roads.

You cannot travel interstate and not be menaced by heavy duty and long haul trucking which cost more than just lives regularly but degrade the road infrastructure badly and consume horrendous amounts of fossil fuels.

Nigeria needs better vision for better prospects if we hope to industrialize, develop and prosper.
Top post. On point on so many levels. Most developed nation of the world, as you identify, prioritise internal rail travel because it convey people and cargo.

Interconnected rail travel should be one of the cornerstone of rebuilding a great and industrialised Nigeria.

I read a report yesterday ( see below) that depressed me.

Your talk I have highlighted in bold just reminded me of it. Personally depressing for me that most Nigerians don't understand how far behind we have fallen and the extraordinary effort each and everyone of us must put in to make Nigeria great and industrialised.

Mauritius is even above us in large-scale industrialisation quotient 😭😭😭


https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/the-4-african-countries-best-positioned-to-dominate-africas-industrial-future/jwtyg35

Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 11:53am On May 12
Sheuns:
That project has been on hold for as long as I remember. They’ve not even laid a single rail track after the Mile 2 station.
In the haste to be negative always, you have tripped on your untied shoelaces. The Blue line terminates at Marina and you are claiming "not even laid a single rail track after the Mile 2 station".

Na Mars or Togo you dey live to have written the bolded?

Bruv, friendly advice. You harm yourself alone with the negativity you seem to be allowing to consume you.

When you are always about negatives, never even once about celebrating positives, don't you understand that is the precursor of a sad and failed life?

Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 11:43am On May 12
Ever8090:
Seriously, when I see people criticizing him online I ask myself if they even no what they are doing?
This is why we must always respect key stakeholders. I.e Benue folks like yourself. Yet Nigerians are the most over-sabi people in the world with serious boundary issues.

Dem sabi chook mouth in what they know nothing about and what should not concern them.
Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 11:37am On May 12
tollyboy5:
The development coming to Epe has really improved businesses between Epe and ijebu ode.
I think the green line contract has already been awarded from Lekki Epe axis to marina.
The problem with Ogun state is infrastructure. The people currently living there are suffering from bad roads and you want more to join.
Let them fix the roads then people will move towards those axis more naturally.
Rail is a good addition to the transport infrastructure solution of Ogun State. Don't forget that. Everything does not have to begin and end with roads.

Lagos needs decongesting to thrive optimally. That is a fact. Her optimal population shoukd be 10 to 15 million max.

Ogun State can be a privileged and advantaged feeder State to Lagos as many suburbs of great cities like London, New York etal have become because of commuting ease.

Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 11:23am On May 12
Ever8090:
Lagos dey try shaa...but honestly with the wealth of this country Nigeria don suppose pass this stage but what can we say!..make we dey celebrate the little our leaders provide for us out of pity from the looting goin on.... in my state Benue state, the current leadership has proven to me that Nigeria can develop beyond the reach of other countries if we have the right leadership. Despite the insecurity and high level of sabotage the governor is trying his best to put one or two on ground. In my village, my people has never experienced government presence before but as I speak the road which almost became unusable during raining season even by foot is almost in it's 70 percent completion stage..... Hallelujah..we give God praise and than gov Alia...
Glad to hear this. Alia is a bonafide good guy. I believe Benue got it right with him.
Travel › Re: Ongoing Construction Of Phase 2 of The Lagos Blue Line Rail Project by WizardOfNG: 11:19am On May 12
Melezenawii:
Great project. I believe this extension reaches the Epe Corridor .

Yayi is destined to be next Ogun State Governor. He should work proactively with Lagos to extend the blue line to major hubs of Ogun State like Ijebu Ode, Abeokuta etc .

Ogun can be a decongesting residential suburb for Lagos while gaining the socio-economic benefit of a working class population that will be working in Lagos yet living in Ogun State, because of reliable rail link to Lagos, and spending their earnings there.
Politics › Re: Ex-obidient Leader Kennedy Iyere Reveals Why Obi Is Weaker Today Than In 2023 by WizardOfNG: 10:18am On May 12
Charito1:
. Mr man, Anambra people don't know you talk more of your so called information age.

Your argument here is baseless. Anambra people knows who is their best Governors are,not you who used propaganda to judge.
Okay na. No wahala. Pray for your messiah Obi.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Reject France, Deepen Strategic Alliance With US, Timi Frank To African Leaders by WizardOfNG: 9:40am On May 12
Flangelo12:
Rubbish.

Neither is good.

Trade more with China and Canada.
Indeed. International trade and relations is about self-interest. Nigeria simply needs to be pragmatically cynical. We do not need to tie our fortunes to any nation.

It should simply be about who has the best deal for us at any point in time and considering global dynamics/realities which are always changing.
Politics › Re: Isolo Residents To Enjoy 24/7 Power As Isolo Power Gen Secures Licence by WizardOfNG(op): 8:51am On May 12
Tenses:
The key word is 'TO'.

24/7 electricity supply is not possible as long as tinubu still has his filthy hands on lagos coffer.
24/7 electricity for Lagos is nothing to do with Tinubu. The power sector in Nigeria is now fully deregulated.

The real issue is that subsidy, supposedly put in place to make power affordable for Nigerians, has damaged the power sector same way subsidies in other areas (education, PMS etc) has damaged Nigeria cumulatively.

As things stand today, the salvation for the Nigerian power sector is foreign investors cash and expertise.

Of course foreign investors will require ROI guarantees. That is the challenge.

Can Nigerians, addicted to subsidies like drug addict hooked on crack, gain the mentality to understand they must now pay cost-reflective tariffs which is the true cost of generating, transmitting and distributing power?
Politics › Re: Ex-obidient Leader Kennedy Iyere Reveals Why Obi Is Weaker Today Than In 2023 by WizardOfNG: 5:38am On May 12
Charito1:
ogbeni shut up, you are not from Anambra state.
Anambra people knows who is their best Governors. Stop ranting what you don't know online.
Lol dey whine yourself. We are living in an information age bruv. I need to live in Anambra to understand the socio-economic reality of the State and how that was managed under different Governments?

Look, my everyday life and work means I know how to find and deliver solutions. You can continue fooling yourself praising a failed and below average administrator because you're desperate for "Igbo Presidency".

Politics › Re: Isolo Residents To Enjoy 24/7 Power As Isolo Power Gen Secures Licence by WizardOfNG(op): 5:30am On May 12
orikoku:
Very good, it will soon go round the country.
Correct. It cannot be any other way. The key Statement in the article is shown below.


The pipeline highlights growing investor interest in decentralised power solutions,
particularly for industrial clusters across Lagos.
Due to what we have left undone for decades, and what we have mismanaged, it is now only private sector investment that can rescue the Nigerian power sector and provide the 24/7 electricity Nigerians desire. However, investors need good ROI. Return on investment.

Nigeria's electricity sector will broadly shape out in a definitive pattern that will reflect capacity of States, and even districts within States, to pay cost-reflective tariffs that means investors can get involved once they are assured profitable ROI.

MTN, for example, operated in Nigeria because it is a profitable market.

Lagos , in my opinion and in around 5 to 10 years, will achieve 24/7 power coverage. This will be because privatisation of the power sector allows the pragmatic and forward-looking leadership of Lagos to pursue the only model that can secure 24/7 power.

I.e consumers paying cost-reflective tariffs that will attract private sector cash and operators. The States that will be best and most productive to live in will be expensive for most Nigerians in the near future because lazy and corrupt previous Nigerian leaders have used subsidies to turn Nigerians into communists who do not wish to pay for anything.

Lagos, below, is saying a definite no to that laggard culture and ,in essence, mirroring the commonsense stance of Adelabu, former power minister, that Nigeria must transition towards full removal of subsidy in the power sector and begin paying cost-reflective tariffs so that investor cash can finally deliver the 24/7 power to transform our nation.

Of course having to pay substantially more for power will be unpleasant for many but Nigerians need to blame past Governments who have turned them into beggars subsidizing so many sectors and processes instead of following incentivised private-sector led development of our nation.

Private sector brings efficiency, wealth and prosperity. Government subsidies embed inefficiency, deprivation, culture of indolence and generational poverty.

The bolded above is essentially and cumulatively what Tinubu's reforms are about. Punitive short term but absolutely vital because 240 million people, essentially being sustained by subsidies from income derived in a mono-economy, must get used to doing things the right way or simply continue in abject poverty, deprivation and failure.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/lagos-rules-out-subsidy-for-electricity-consumers/%3famp

Politics › Isolo Residents To Enjoy 24/7 Power As Isolo Power Gen Secures Licence by WizardOfNG(op): 4:24am On May 12
https://nairametrics.com/2026/05/11/isolo-residents-to-enjoy-24-7-power-as-isolo-power-gen-secures-licence/


Isolo residents to enjoy 24/7 power as Isolo Power Gen secures licence

Isolo Power Gen Limited has secured approval to develop a 9MW embedded power generation project in Lagos State under the latest licensing round issued by the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC).

The company is one of 14 licensees recently approved by LASERC, but the only operator cleared under the embedded generation category for a 9MW project in this round.

The facility will serve Isolo and the surrounding areas, supporting Lagos State’s ongoing push to decentralise electricity supply and improve power reliability across industrial and residential corridors.

If completed, residents in the surrounding areas could enjoy 24/7 power.

What they are saying
Isolo Power Gen will develop the 9MW embedded generation facility along 110/114 Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Isolo, Lagos.


The project is structured under an embedded generation model, allowing electricity to be generated and supplied directly within a local distribution network to improve reliability for host communities.

The project will operate at 9MW capacity under an embedded generation framework.
It is designed to supply Isolo and adjoining areas through a localized distribution system.
Ownership includes Westfield Assets Limited (British Virgin Islands), Camara Exim Limited (British Virgin Islands), Chellarams Plc, and Suresh Chellaram.

More insights
A Nairametrics review of LASERC documents shows about 40 additional applications are still undergoing approval processes across embedded generation, captive power, and mini-grid categories.

Notable pending embedded generation projects include:

Alaro Power Free Zone Enterprise – 10MW (Epe)
Takwa Bay Green Power Free Zone Enterprise – 24MW (Apapa)
Geogrid Lightech Ltd – 30MW (Agidingbi)
Irele Energy LFZ Enterprise – 50MW (Ibeju-Lekki)

The pipeline highlights growing investor interest in decentralised power solutions, particularly for industrial clusters across Lagos.

What you should know
The Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) was established following the Lagos Electricity Bill 2024, which replaced the 2018 power sector reform law and created an independent state electricity market.

In March 2026, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated the LASERC board, formally activating regulatory oversight of generation, distribution, and tariffs in the state.

The framework follows the 2023 constitutional electricity reform that granted states authority to regulate and operate their own electricity markets.
Supporting institutions created under the reform include the Lagos State Electrification Agency, Lagos Electrification Fund, Independent System Operator, and a Power Enforcement Unit.

Separately, Lagos recently signed Power Purchase Agreements with multiple private developers to scale generation capacity from below 60MW to between 200MW and 400MW, while shifting toward metered delivery models and dual power systems for critical infrastructure.

Politics › Re: Ex-obidient Leader Kennedy Iyere Reveals Why Obi Is Weaker Today Than In 2023 by WizardOfNG: 8:53pm On May 11
Beautifulday:
Every Nigerian is the same. The larger than life status you give these your self style demi gods is a personal imagination
What "larger than life status"? Do many, many Governors we have had, since 1999, not parade real, transformational and legacy achievement Obi cannot boast of?

Bruv, Obi's compatriots don't respect him at all. They know he is a failure and con artist.

It is for you guys to keep telling us he has only watch and carries 2face Idibia's bag in hope that will distract Nigerians from how Obi was the worst Governor Anambra has had since 1999.
Politics › Re: Ex-obidient Leader Kennedy Iyere Reveals Why Obi Is Weaker Today Than In 2023 by WizardOfNG: 8:37pm On May 11
Beautifulday:
How many are the so called leaders compared to the people you call ordinary Nigerians?

Who is ordinary in his own country?
Ordinary Nigerians is not a derogatory term. I use it to mean average Nigerians. Whether you like it or not, the reality is that ordinary/average Nigerians are very different to leaders.

Nigerian leaders, like his fellow Governors ( Akpabio, Fashola , Umahi, Tinubu, Donald Duke etal) have no respect for Obi at all.

He is not intelligent, did not achieve much as Governor and innovated zilch other Governors can say they were inspired by.

Leaders are not like ordinary Nigerians. Obi is their compatriot. They cannot be brainwashed by propagandist noise seeking to reinvent Obi, their failed colleague, as some leadership Messiah.


Akpabio who built the Stadium giving Nigeria glory today will view Obi how exactly simply because ordinary Nigerians are online daily proclaiming him messiah?

So many Governors elevated the fortunes of their States, from 1999 to date, to the extent they are simply laughing today when the glorified failure Obi is being haled a messiah currently by the crew below .

Politics › Re: Won't They Ask For 8 Years Too? Abati, Rufai Back South-east Presidency Debate by WizardOfNG: 8:18pm On May 11
helinues:
Who did Obi even consult in SE before talking about 4 years?
No one is fooled by his four years pledge. One thing with Obi is that he will blink first because he is weak, cowardly and not a natural leader.

Who else has pledged four years when the constitution allows 8 for a newly sworn in President? This is why virtually no Nigeria leader, with gravitas, respects or supports Obi.

Of course many leaders know him from when he was trying to hide from OBJ's plan to take him down, via impeachment while he was Governor of Anambra, to note Obi has a distinct history of always begging, compromising, prostrating and fleeing.
Politics › Re: Won't They Ask For 8 Years Too? Abati, Rufai Back South-east Presidency Debate by WizardOfNG: 8:11pm On May 11
The ability to work with reality, to then think critically and logically, is the problem of Nigerians. This is why we are not creating human resources that can produce home-grown solutions for our major problems.

Anyone not seeing the need for Nigerians to prepare for the Presidential system getting weaker, with more devolution of power to regions, is ignorant.

Yorubas saw this ages ago. This is why, as far back as 2013, they created an expansive regional agenda road map document for the development of the SW under regional integration.

I have said it several times and will say it again. If Tinubu restructures Nigeria adequately before he leaves, delivers State/regional policing and a good degree of Regional autonomy, then I am cool with the SE and North rotating the Presidency between them forever because both region don't understand the concept of national/regional progressivism.


The essence of life is to be happy and fulfilled. Yorubas understand they can create an environment to foster that for their people if they can get to define the SW in their own image.

How some Nigerians don't see that the Nigerian Presidency, in even 10 years, will be a redundant institution is incredible. It cannot be any other way.

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