Maina Hyelavala

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[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

It’s simply because we are not addressing the root cause of it. Mass wedding, illiteracy, poverty and uncontrolled number of children by people who have no means to cater for them.

[PATRIOTIC SOJA ($TSIR-MUNCHAN) @Pressman2040]

You speak as if war is a math problem. It is not.

Let me educate you.

First, you cannot simply "issue an international tender for 500 helicopters." Who pays? Nigeria's defence budget is about $2 billion annually . A single attack helicopter costs $20–$50 million. 500 helicopters would cost tens of billions more than the entire Nigerian budget for years. Mercenary pilots? Even more expensive. And where do you base them? Who maintains them? Who secures the fuel supply?

Second, "close the borders with support from Chad, Niger, Cameroon, and Benin." Those countries have their own internal crises. Chad just lost soldiers fighting ISWAP. Niger is unstable. Cameroon is fighting its own insurgency. You cannot "close" a border that is thousands of kilometres long, with villagers who have crossed back and forth for generations, with no wall, no fence, and no political will to displace entire communities.

Third, "10,000 men" sounds impressive until you realise they have to be moved, fed, housed, paid, and equipped. The Nigerian military is already overstretched across multiple theatres. You cannot simply pull 10,000 soldiers from one operation and drop them into another without creating a vacuum somewhere else.

Fourth, "international satellite imagery", we already have it. The US shares intelligence. France shares data. The problem is not knowing where the t£rr0r!sts are. The problem is getting to them before they move, and holding the ground after they are gone.

Fifth, you assume that "unleashing chaos with an air mobile force" will end the insurgency. It will not. Air power cannot hold ground. It cannot win hearts and minds. It cannot stop the next generation of recruits from emerging from poverty, illiteracy, and grievance.

Your plan reads like a video game strategy, not a real-world counter-insurgency doctrine.

War is not about numbers. It is about logistics, politics, economics, and human endurance.

You have a division of ideas. You need a battalion of reality.

[Ansem Edet @ansem_edet]

If I talk, they’ll say I’m trying to deflect attention from Tinubu 😆🤣 these are people we’re supposed to build a nation with

One retard somewhere as I’m typing this is already warning up to write “is it not the federal government that will hold state governments accountable?”

[Maina Hyelavala @itz_vala]

@Abdallahkabir11 @NagosBigBoi The main issue is subsidy sef

[Maina Hyelavala @itz_vala]

@ThaBoyYom They switched to drugs

[Maina Hyelavala @itz_vala]

@oracle_76 @osambolly @tokunbo_wahab @Symply_Tacha So what should the LASG train them on please

[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

I still don’t know why people are panicking over these things.

Most of these things are in tax laws.

In my career as tax manager of a big company, I had many disputes with FIRS over tax liabilities, even took them to court (and won: search Accugas vs FIRS on Google) over $610k tax liability that they said my company owed but we proved we were not owing.

At no time did FIRS come to our premises to take my computer or my MD’s or CFO’s.

They sent plenty letters. We responded. We had many meetings. We submitted many documents as they requested. We quoted laws for each other.

These laws of coming to take your computer after searcg warrant from court is the last resort and they use it only when you ignore their letters and invitations for meetings after investigation (never saw it applied in my 15 years I did tax - 2009 to 2023). They do occasionally seal offices if you don’t engage them and ignore their invitations.

This is not me supporting FIRS. They know me that I give them trouble by counterquoting laws and sometimes even highly charged meetings. This is me explaining the process to you as someone that has done and gone through these things as a profession.

They have always had the power to search your computer before this new law. They just rarely use it.

They also need a warrant to do that - in the old law and the new law.

[Maina Hyelavala @itz_vala]

@Prymefactor @SirJarus What's draconian about this section, this section is only carried out after the NRS(FIRS) has contacted you multiple times and you have refused to respond (that is a consequence of your actions)

[Kate Barker-Mawjee @KateBMwriting]

If you have to ‘identify’ as a woman it’s because you are a man.

[Maina Hyelavala @itz_vala]

@tokunbo_wahab Mr Wahab this is wrong, those are minors, children that you're happily parading on the Internet

This isn't the way to go about solving the problem, what safety nets have the government implemented to help remove these kids from the streets or is it just by arresting them

[Maina Hyelavala @itz_vala]

@oanasir @thecableindex Unmetered doesn't mean they don't get electricity, that's one of the problems DisCos are not able to recoup most of their costs so they don't invest in better distribution and they also don't want to buy meters cos it's expensive so everyone is waiting for the govt

[The Force! @Orifunke]

Nobody, absolutely nobody, is stopping you from making a big deal in that way out of your celebrations.

You can rent a hall, invite your friends, sell aso-ebi, hire an MC, give souvenirs, make food and drinks available for your CTB ceremony.

You can literally just do things.

[T. Rânkïn' PisTola! @AfroVII]

The BellaNaijafication of weddings has y'all confused on what most weddings in a dirt poor country like ours look like.

Don't turn your disappointment into some faux moral cause. Deal with it so you're not out here looking crazy.

[Shishir @ShishirShelke1]

I don’t understand why people get so furious about someone paying for YouTube Premium.

It works everywhere on your phone, TV, laptop, and PC because it’s built into YouTube. You get background play, downloads, no ads, and YouTube Music.

Some people are okay paying for convenience. Not everyone wants to install third party apps or use alternate browsers. With student or family plans, it makes even more sense.

[Oyinlola Akindele @oyinakindele]

You people are too funny on this app. 😂

“1.5m is not enough for a wedding.”
“500k is too small for a photographer.”
“Which makeup artiste will collect 120k for wedding makeup?”

Is it that you people cannot imagine a normal wedding that’s not Instagram-inspired again? Or that there’s always a vendor that fits the standard the person can afford?

Like when you think of weddings, you think of social media…forgetting that couples living below minimum wage get married every day?

Like bruh, before you say “it’s not enough for a wedding”, just say “it’s not enough for the kind of wedding in my head” or “500k is not enough for the photographerI chose in my head.”

Whew. People get married with less.

Weddings are expensive, very expensive. But affordable weddings are very possible—and most importantly, they’re done every week.

[STUNNER @Cr7Godbrand]

Please teach your sons that they don’t have to tolerate bad attitudes from poorly raised girls in order to be seen as a good man or a real man.

[Anvi🍒 @anvixox]

insulting ur kids in front of family or friends for a few laughs leaves them struggling with self confidence for a lifetime

[Noah Cat @Cartidise]

hot take: kids should be given a desktop/laptop as their first electronic device, not a smartphone or a tablet

for calls, you could get them a feature phone

[Oku @oku_yungx]

If you have to fight for God, you need your brains checked.