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At the point when Rufai shouted “I’m not an animal” I felt pity for him. Lere Olayinka will be Rufai’s downfall. He really did him dirty and I’m glad the way he was humbled.

GardenOfGod:
Akwa Ibom State has been captured finally. Let's see if Lagos go relinquish one Seaport to Akwa Ibom.

If Umo Eno no fit attract Ibom deep Seaport to Akwa Ibom, then he was being fooled to APC.

Jonathan was president for 6 years, why did he not relinquish one seaport to Akwa Ibom?

Good riddance. Someone better will take his place.

Welcome home your excellency.

Edo, Cross River, Delta and Akwa Ibom already in the bag for APC. Rivers is technically in. Bayelsa will surely before the end of next year. APC wins South south by moon slide in 2027.

Agbegbaorogboye:
That's true
His house is on bourdillon
What they give these zombies to smoke I still don't know
Useless thread

This dude is so pained I can feel the veins on his forehead contracting as he is typing this comment

blackgold2018:
thats the problem we have in Nigeria.

Do you think im ing any of the two? Most Nigerians what anything that wouldn't make Tinubu return there

You can only speak for yourself and not most Nigerians.

FreeStuffsNG:

He is not an idiot. He's going to be US President some day. He used Trump and still using him by drawing him into a duel. It's now Trump vs Musk. That's a huge political badge.

Trump should have ignored him but he is going into a duel at a time his rating and poll numbers have tanked and on a day that economic data release confirm dropping jobs, imports and losing USD. If I were him, I would have borrowed the wisdom of Biblical Nehemiah when asked to come down and fight.

Musk has found out that Trump is now part of the dumb Republican groupie Trump once called dumb. Musk has equally seen that most Americans dislike both Republicans and Democrats. So if he defeats Trump who defeated the Democrats, he becomes the true Apex. He can choose to be an independent and lure most guys out of both parties.

Lol. Trump has nothing to lose again. He’s a second term President and can’t go fit third term. He has absolutely nothing to lose again. Trump will finish him before the next election.

Even though Elon is rich, he’s a compound idiot. Trump used the fool and dumped him when he’s no longer useful to him. He should lick his wound and go away quietly. Trump will be president till 2029 and no one can remove him except death.

Akin deserves all the insult he’s getting and more. We told him his eyes would peel and it’s happening. When you sell your family member cheap, outsiders will never trust you again.

As for the rabid obidients, no surprises at their behavior. Valentine Ozigbo, Obazee Oseloka, the other failed actor and lawyer who were the closet people to Peter Obi have all abandoned the Obidient movement and not a single person called them a mole. But Akin is the mole simply because he’s Yoruba. That tells you all you need to know the movement.

SmartPolician:
Discipline and consistency are useless if they don't produce positive results. Yes, I said so! Escobar represents everything wrong with the Nigerian state.

Nigeria’s problems won’t disappear after two years. Anyone telling you they can solve decades of rot within 2 years is just a scammer. Tinubu is not a magician, but every sensible person can see that he’s making all the right decisions and we are finally on the right track. Consistency to policy implementation is what produces result in the long term and not quick fixes that fixes nothing in reality.

mrvitalis:
Why would I ire a good politician that is bad in governance?

Please make it make sense

Other president have had such powers but decided it was morally wrong or the optics was very bad

If OBJ wanted he would have removed tinubu by state of emergency or 5 house

Jonathan would have offered APC guys what ever they wanted

But people had integrity and know what optics meant

Obasanjo suspended both Dariye and Fayose through state of emergency. He then removed Alamaseigha, Fayose and Ladoja permanently through impeachment that the court later ruled to be illegal.

Jonathan also illegally removed Murtala Nyako from office as governor of Adamawa state simply for publicly criticizing his handling of the security situation in the country. Again, the court declared the removal illegal and restored Nyako back to office.

Jonathan did everything dirty and possible to win reelection. He looted CBN to buy anybody buyable and even forced INEC to postpone the election when it was obvious he would lose. So, what nonsense are you saying?

How can someone be expelled from an online movement that has no central leadership? Don’t you guys have any iota of sense and shame again? Who the heck is Nefertiti to expel Akin from anywhere?

Anyway, I blame Akin for all these. He and other Yoruba buts brought the insult upon themselves by putting up with a toxic movement just to get the validation of a people that can never like them.

Obidient movement is an Ibo power grab and Yoruba hate movement. There is absolutely no reason why a sensible Yoruba or non-Ibo person should be part of the movement. I’m glad some of them are finally realizing the truth and moving out of the toxic movement.

I have said it severally, El-Rufai’s ambition will be the major factor that will scatter the coalition. He’s the one flying the Amaechi/El-Rufai ticket since Peter Obi seems unsure of being a part of the coalition.

The new MD is 38 years. I pray and hope he’s able to bring in youthful energy to reinvigorate NAIC and not see the appointment as an opportunity to chop with his friends at the good governance forum or whatever they call themselves.

OFR is too small considering what that man has done for Nigeria. GCON won’t be a bad honor for him at all.

Deji Adeleke
Demola Adeleke
David Adeleke.

The entire Adeleke family went to Aso Rock to plead with Mr. President to allow them decamp to APC 🤣🤣🤣

Defection loading. Fubara has finally realized ipob can’t be of any help to him. Tears for enemies of Mr. President 🤣🤣🤣

Jashub:
I expect Russia to respond with 2x very soon

Putin embarrassed Trump and the outcome is the renewed shege Ukraine is dumping on Russia. Trump has finally gotten the memo that Putin is not a reasonable guy that can be reasoned with. He will push more ammunition to Ukraine than Biden ever did.

Below was the situation of things when Tinubu took over in 2023. We thank God and Mr. President for how far we have gone. This is part of the money Amaechi said had gone into private pockets.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria has been removed from the list of countries with unrepatriated airlines’ revenue — otherwise known as blocked or trapped funds.

Kamil Al-Awadhi, IATA’s regional vice-president for Africa, Middle East, and Europe (AME), spoke at a news conference during the association’s recent annual general meeting (AGM).

He said while blocked funds remain a challenge in the region, there have been “significant” improvements in countries like Nigeria, Egypt and Ethiopia.

“Significant improvements have been made in Nigeria, Egypt and Ethiopia over the last year, with Nigeria no longer on the list of blocked funds countries,” the vice-president said.

“However, countries in AME continue to top the blocked funds list. Mozambique is currently withholding the largest amount of blocked funds globally, followed by the XAF Zone (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon) and Algeria and Lebanon.”

Al-Awadhi said as of April, a total of $1.28 billion is withheld globally, increasing from $1.7 billion in October 2024.

He said 29 AME countries are currently withholding international airlines’ revenues, with a total of $1.1 billion – representing 85 percent — being blocked in Africa and the Middle East.

“… out of that, $919 million is tied up in African countries,” the vice-president added.

According to a breakdown provided by the IATA official, countries with the highest amount of blocked funds in the AME as of April, include Mozambique ($205 million) XAF Zone ($191 million) Algeria ($178 million) Lebanon ($142 million) and Angola ($84 million).

‘GOVERNMENTS SHOULD PRIORITISE AVIATION IN ACCESS TO FX’

Al-Awadhi bemoaned the impact of unrepatriated revenues, and stressed the importance of cash flow to airlines’ business sustainability.

He said when airlines are unable to repatriate their funds, it severely impedes their operations and limits the number of markets they can serve.

“Reduced air connectivity hampers countries’ competitiveness, diminishes investor confidence and labels countries as a high-risk place to do business,” he added.

“Strong connectivity is an economic enabler and generates considerable economic and social benefits.

“We call on governments to prioritise aviation in the access to foreign exchange on the basis that air connectivity is a vital key economic catalyst for the country.”

For years, blocked funds have been a subject of dispute between Nigeria and international carriers.

As of 2023, Nigeria was said to be withholding the highest amount of airlines’ revenue in the world, due to a chronic foreign exchange (FX) shortfall that plagued industries.

In response, aviation companies suspended operations in Nigeria and removed local travel agents from issuing tickets.

As tensions flared, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under Godwin Emefiele, its erstwhile governor, released $265 million to airlines to halt the crisis in the aviation sector in 2022.

The disbursements continued under the current istration, with an additional $61.64 million as Nigeria renewed its commitment to clear its outstanding FX backlog — estimated at about $7 billion.

In March 2024, the CBN announced that it successfully cleared the FX backlog, with the IATA later confirming that Nigeria had cleared 98 percent of blocked airlines’ funds.

The last reported blocked funds in Nigeria were about $850 million.

https://www.thecable.ng/iata-removes-nigeria-from-list-of-countries-blocking-airlines-funds/

I can bet this is El-Rufai’s handwork. That over ambitious midget will be the one to scatter the coalition.

Coalition never start them don dey fight

blackgold2018:
same way Nigerians will decide Tinubu's fate too after seeing how corrupt, greedy, over ambitious, wicked and imcompetent he is too. Mugu

He is already president, a position Atiku and Peter Obi will never attain in life.

Riskymarvelous:
what is tinubu doing in aso rock

Working his ass off for you and your kids.

There is nothing in the picture that suggest a lesbian relationship. Bitter ipobs are just trying to create an issue where none exists.

Atiku the serial contestant and loser will lose again in 2027. Nigerians already decided his fate a long time ago after seeing how corrupt, greedy, over ambitious, wicked, disloyal and incompetent he was when he served as Vice President from 1999-2007.

And the good thing about Amaechi is that he’s a very greedy bastard who only think of himself. He will be the one to scatter the coalition with his ambition and ego. He has exactly the same character as Atiku.

Peter Obi will be Atiku’s spare tyre running mate in 2027. Agreement has been signed already. Know this and know peace.

Nigerians have very short memories and that’s why idiots like Amaechi and El-Rufai can be attempting to take the people for a ride.

ivandragon:
And why must the masses bear the brunt of the reforms?

While does the political class continue to bask in excesses?

The political class is less than 1% of the total population of the country. The masses are the majority and any reforms that will have everlasting effects will affect the masses. However, the political class should lead by example.

gare:


Did you check his position before reacting? He’s the Publicity Secretary of the group, which means he’s officially mandated to speak on their behalf. It’s important to go beyond the headline and understand the full context before responding.

If you don’t feel let down by this government, maybe it’s because you’re benefiting from it, but that doesn’t mean others aren’t facing real challenges.

This is a fake group. There is no Afenifere headed by Oladipo Olaotan with one Faloye as publicity Secretary. Afenifere is headed by Baba Fasoranti and assisted by Olu Falae