₦airaland Forum

What is the big deal?

Which notable country in the world recognize Taiwan?

Even Candidate Trump that supported two-China policy backed out when he became the president and was properly briefed.

chngebeginwthme:
Well at least we would have been some steps forward..

Steps like what?

Sue the press??

How are people reasoning like this?

You all read there that it was the police that gave the wrong image of the suspect for publication when they declared him wanted.

You expected the press to first go and confirm if the picture was correct? From who exactly?

Why didn't the man whose picture was wrongly published protest all this while?

If police arrest you based on mistaken identity, the only thing they owe you is to release you. Nothing more.

chngebeginwthme:
LOL when Charles Soludo proposes to the strengthen our Naira what did those useless leaders do? Soludo want to make the highest denomination to be 50 naira of 100 naira but those useless billion go against it.. That was what Ghana did that give their money value..

Redenomination cannot strengthen your currency neither does it make currency more valuable.

If Nigeria redenominates its currency today to make N1,000 to be just 10 kobo by dividing by 10,000 like Ghana did in 2007, N1 will exchange for like $28! Does that make naira more valuable than dollars? You would have to work the same to earn the new redenominated 10 kobo as you would have worked for the N1,000 before the redenomination. Minimum wage will now be N1.80 per month instead of N18,000.

By parity, since the current exchange rate of one cedi is $4.4 compared to the notional $28 to N1 that naira would be exchanging for today if Nigeria had also followed Ghana footsteps in 2007 by redenominating, it shows naira is still today 7 times stronger than the cedi just as it was ten years ago despite the recession.

In essence, redenomination has only psychological effect rather than economic.

paranorman:
$500 million wort of bonds oversubscribed by 240%?! They underestimated their brand, considering the no of branches operational across the world. I was expecting at least a billion worth of bonds.

And do what with it? Do you just raise loan or equity capital just because the market will take it up?

It was oversubscribed because of the 8% yield.

With that borrowing coupon rate, that means that the capital cannot be deployed in Europe or US because it is higher than the average lending rate, so that leaves Nigeria as their major market to deploy it to.

In that case, there is high exchange and borrowers default risk should Naira nosedive again

MaziOmenuko:
Lol

I stopped reading the article here.

You know nothing my dear.

Though I tried more than you by finishing reading the infantile article but I concluded on the level of exposure of the writer at your point also.

The writer should come to Zone 4 Abuja. They will exchange even $5m for him from the booth of a car and they won't even ask him to step out of his own car.

And by the way, since when do you pay ransom through financial institutions. Even the whole government of Qatar had to take $1 billion, yes billion in physical cash to Iraq to pay the ransom to the kidnappers of 27 members of its royal family. That is one of the accusations leveled against it by Saudi, UAE and in justifying the ongoing diplomatic sanctions

Hopeful20100:
Jonathan was a purposeful and visionary leader. He did a lot in 5 yrs that no Nigerian leader has ever done. Yet he was chased out from power by North and SW. I'll never forgiver SW for how they rubbish this man...go back and look at Nairaland in 2015 before the election. Today you have your Buhari, going to 3 yrs now, what has he done? Everything is upside down, there is hunger in the country, chaos, division, hate, all forms of agitations mainly on how he polarized the country, he has not visited SE since he was elected nor Niger Delta; only Cross River on the highway, yet he has visited over 50 countries. What kind of president is that? Name me one major project in federal, state or local government level we could say will be his legacy or remembered for? NONE. I can name you over 20 projects by GEJ...I'm talking about hefty, landmark projects!

You hardly hear this: the massive, contemporary Terminal 2 at Muritala Mohammed airport Lagos approved and funded by Jonathan. When I saw this structure I was shocked and asked the cab who is a yorubaa man, who funded this project? He said Jonathan approved it because I couldn't believe Jonathan will build such modern structure in SW but he did because Tribalism is not in his blood. See pics..

Are you ok? Where were you when they were teaching your colleagues comprehension and current affairs in school?

For comprehension part, you clearly read that it was a cross river state government project, yet you comprehended that to mean it was Jonathan's achievement.

On current affairs, for you and your fictitious cab driver, note that MMA2 is owned and built by Wale Babalakin's Bi-Courtney company. It was commissioned in May 2007 when your hero was still a governor in balyesa.

In fact, Stella Oduah as aviation minister under Jonathan did everything to frustrate MMA2 which is why the hotel part of the terminal remained uncompleted till today. If not that Oduah's misdeed pushed her out and brought in Chidoka (who was sympathetic to babalakin's cause), MMA2 would have been forcefully taken over by the FG under Jonathan just as he frustrated him out of the lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Furthermore, note that the 3D plan you posted as first picture is not the same as the completed buildings in the 2nd and 3rd pics. The 3D plan is for the expansion of the international terminal by GEJ which was never built and is far from the completed building which is the MMA2 domestic terminal in your 2nd and 3rd pictures.

hope2wise:
19? I am hearing u

You don't need to doubt it. Those people keep verifiable records. Not like Nigeria.

Do we have so many kids on NL now or they are deliberately claiming ignorance?

June 12 has been public holiday since year 2000 in south west when the federal government under Obj declared May 29 as democracy day against the SW wish to have June 12 declared as democracy day.

For those equating a public holiday for sit-at-home protest, well may God grant you the wisdom to know the difference.

Please what is total clearing cost of

Mazda CX-7 grand touring 2010 model
Mazda CX-7 grand touring 2011 model

Shipping line yet to be determined but by roro and will like to know if shipping line or terminal matters in terms of clearing cost

Thanks

Suko110:
Oga charity begins at home

poseidon12:
And you are ok with Nigeria keeping quiet when the terrorist act happens in Nigeria? How many times has your government condemned attacks by Fulani herdsmen?

Many of you like to impose personal untested logic on established principles and practice

The foreign affairs minister has done the right thing required by diplomatic conventions and protocols. To do otherwise will be deemed an hostile act.

In mid-April 2014, chibok girls were abducted and there was no immediate reaction from the FG for many days afterward even though international community was commiserating with Nigerian government. Some weeks later in June 2014, some Israeli teens were kidnapped. President Jonathan immediately wrote the Israeli government in the following words

"....I assure you that we are in solidarity with you, as we believe that any act of terrorism against any nation or group is an act against our common humanity. We unequivocally condemn this dastardly act, and demand that the children are released unconditionally by their abductors."

The kidnapped teens were later found murdered. Are you saying GEJ should have kept quiet on the Israeli abduction then since he himself had a hot case of unresolved (recent as at then) bigger abduction?

FFK must be suffering from inferiority complex

So Nethyanhu didn't consider any of the west African nations worth his while to pay a state visit to individually, but must assembled 17 heads of state together to meet them collectively in Liberia.

Israel and Nigeria have diplomatic relations and I know GEJ and Obj have paid state visits to Israel in the last 18 years yet no Israeli prime minister has reciprocated this diplomatic gesture.

Even South Africa that doesn't give a damn about Israel is not treated so shabbily.

MetaPhysical:
I do not agree with the AP publishing list of his staff in response to an unknown, unidentified accuser. This is a bad precedent.

But the false information went viral which means many people actually bought into the lies.

I thought P&G had something like this in Ibadan

Is this an addition or they relocated the factory to Agbara?

So FFK expected Nigeria to keep quiet and not condole with UK in the wake of the attack?

He needs a crash course in Diplomacy

endeedike:
No 6 got me rolling on the floor with laughter

Which of the 6s?

Double posting

Banter1:
A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to death by stoning for being raped by her cousin at gunpoint. The woman said she was sleeping at her family home in Rajanpur, in the country's central Punjab province, when her cousin attacked her.
She reported the crime to the local tribal court called panchayat but she was told she intentionally seduced her cousin.
The panchayat, which included the alleged rapist's father, then found her guilty of adultery and declared her an adulteress. She was sentenced to death by stoning or to be sold off, according to the Hindustan Times. The council at the tribal court also decided that the alleged rapist was to walk free.
The convicted woman and her father went to the police the day following the trial and the police have now launched an official investigation and issued an arrest warrant for the members of the tribal council. Another warrant has also been issued for the alleged rapist. The convicted woman has been taken to a refuge away from the village for her safety. What a Religion

It is local custom/culture not religious issue.

They are Hindu by the way.

Irrelevant action not known to law.

They should have explained that it was mere transmission of the bills to the House of Representatives to enable it either concur with the senate version or pass its own version. If the house pass its own version, then the two bills go to harmonization conference.

It is the harmonized bill that is authenticated and transmitted by the Clerk of the National Assembly (not the clerk of the senate) to the President (not president of senate) for assent.

As can be seen in the first picture, the senate version of the bill is signed by the president of the senate and the clerk of the senate (a subordinate position to the clerk of the National Assembly). Both signatories are not recognized by law in the process of assenting to bills.

sunnysunny69:
He's a pastor working for Lagos state government under ministry of home affairs headed by a Muslim named lookman seriki. He won't get a fair deal. If Ambode's wife ask him to remove an imam, can he remove him with a 24 hour altimatum to vacate the mosque like that in Lagos state ?

You just had to rope in the Muslims into your church matter. Lookman Seriki that clearly signed the press release as a Public Affairs Officer of the ministry had to be disingenuously catapulted to the headship of a whole ministry by you.

Arrogance in ignorance.

nachW:
A very wonderful place indeed with beautiful mountains and valleys which you'll pass through before getting to the waterfall. I've been there like 6 times.....so sad people are no longer allowed to visit there

Who stopped people from visiting there?

Is this place a tourist centre or a spiritual centre/shrine?

It appears everyone that claimed here to have been there went for something spiritual

creepsyme:
So wat happens to d oil in niger delta?

The only forward looking question so far.

Many are concerned with immediate non-practicality of electric vehicles in Nigeria but we forget that we are oil-reliant economy and once there is no demand for it in the immediate future, we are done for.

Gimporters:
Thanks for connecting with us once again. the Mercedes Benz GLK 350 2010 model will cost you #9.2m, while the Toyota Venza
2010 and 2011 will cost you #6.5m and #7.2m respectively. Thanks.

Wao. Are these prices competitive with those already on ground in Nigeria?

I will call you tomorrow

The Craigslist link you provided only took me to a Ghana Craig website

I am interested in either very clean Mercedes Benz GLK 350 (2010 model) or Toyota Venza v6 (2010 or 2011 model).

What is the cost to doorstep and can it still meet the June 7th deadline you mentioned?

AreaFada2:
Good one.

Though most likely the list was probably already on the table before Buhari left. But baba has been slow to work through the whole pile.

Acting Presido doesn't just make long term appointments like that. Not in our power-obsessed polity. Emergency decisions he can do out of necessity. But his vibrancy & swiftness is good enough & encouraging.

Actually, Abdulrahaman Dikko was appointed by Buhari as DG national pension commission just last month but awaiting confirmation by the senate. Funso Doherty was to be the non-executive chairman. It was because of that appointment that Dikko stepped down from his position at Premium Pension Limited and DSS raided pension commission office to force out the former DG - Chinelo Ahiazu.

Now he has been moved to bank of industry as non-executive chairman without ever taking over as the DG of the pension commission.

Kayode pitan that has just been appointed as the MD of the bank of industry was the former ED (Corporate and investment banking) of Unity Bank before he left to become (full-time) pastor in Redeemed Church - tabernacle of David

But the shopping complex is too near the road now. How will vehicles be passing if it had become operational because I cannot see parking space for shoppers? Even one can see from the second to the last picture that it was already obstructing traffic while under construction.

What were the town planning officials thinking when they granted the approval? If they didn't give approval, they should have acted earlier to minimize the loss.

stanley59:
The CDS is superior by rank (since he's a four star general) but he doesn't and cannot exercise command over the remaining service chiefs( 3 star generals) namely the Chief of Airstaff CAS, the Chief of naval staff CNS , and the Chief of army staff...
Put in mind according to the constitution the CDS is both a member of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL and NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL, the other service chiefs(CAS,CNS,COAS) are only full members of the national defence council.
The CDS acts as a co ordinator of the other service chiefs even though they don't report to him or the Minister of Defence. The service chiefs act independently and report only to the President(5 star general,GCFR and commander-in-chief),they can't even report to an Acting president who is only a GCON (not a GCFR),each arm of service can therefore maintain autonomy and act independently,whilst still checked by the DHQ (defence headquaters).....
if the CDS exercised command over the service chiefs it would make him the president (commander-in-chief and GCFR).
Bringing in the NSA is inconsequential in this discussion since he's only responsible for intelligence and security related matters not defence,that's why he is only a member of the national security and council and is responsible to the minister of interior not minister of defence.
NB Service chiefs are also GCON in some sense

What is this about GCFR and GCON when discussing military matters? You actually believed they are ranks

Well for knowledge improvement sake, those are national civil honours.

There are two Orders namely Federal Republic (FR) and Niger (N). Note that it is Niger not Nigeria.
Each of the Orders have four classes: Member (MON or MFR), Officer (OON or OFR), Commander (CON or CFR) and Grand Commander (GCON or GCFR)

These are civilian national honours that the president can confer on anybody both Nigerians and foreigners, military or civilian based on advice of the national honours committee.

Shagari conferred the GCFR honour on Awolowo in 1982 when neither president shagari nor Vice President ekwueme had any national honours. Did that make awolowo higher than shagari or ekwueme then?

Jonathan conferred GCFR on Dangote. Was Dangote higher than the sitting VP that had GCON then?

Until this 4th republic when national honours became bastardized, it was successors that conferred honours on the past office holders unlike now that honours are conferrred on the first day in office.

Emerituz:
then who was the CDS that time?

Domkat Bali was the CDS when Buhari was the head of state. Idiagbon was the chief of staff (supreme headquarters), Bali was no 3 as CDS, Babangida was chief of Army staff, Aikhomu was chief of naval staff, Ibrahim Alfa was Air chief.

However, when Babangida overthrew Buhari to become the president from chief of army position, Abacha was moved from GOC 2nd division to become Army chief, Ebitu Ukiwe was appointed chief of staff [general headquarters] (not supreme headquarters which was scrapped) while all other service chiefs including Bali retained their positions.

About a year down the line, Ukiwe committed a gaffe during a press interview when he admitted that OIC membership was not discussed by the ruling council before Nigeria became a member. At the meeting of the ruling council the following week, he was simply walked out and Aikhomu (the chief of naval staff) took over his position while Nyako became navy chief.

In January 1987, babangida fell sick and was hospitalized abroad for medical treatment that lasted many weeks. The service chiefs jointly ruled the country without identifiable or identified leader among them. When babangida made a broadcast on his return, he thanked them jointly for holding the administration without specifying who actually led the country in his absence.

It should be noted that in Buhari regime, there was no south-west and south-east representation among the chiefs of staff (idiagbon was from north-central), while aikhomu from south-south was the only southerner.
Under Babangida, the brief period that Ukiwe served gave south-east a representation. When he was removed after only a year and Aikhomu moved over to his position from naval chief. Aikhomu's replacement as the naval chief was a northerner, thus the situation reverted to Buhari era scenario of no representation from south west and east.

OkoNDOoBo:
you re just dancing round the question ,cds is superior to coas shikenna .the likes of abacha,abdusalami were once CDs before they become head of state, I don't know any of coas becoming head of state

Babangida was COAS

Dandsome:
Okay.... So it was called eastern Nigeria before they brought up issues of South South and South East just to divide us.


E no go work.

Was there Nigeria in 1900? How could there have been 'eastern' of what didn't exist at that time.

Suddenly people realized the difference between the resources of the two states but if it is between Akpabio/Udom of Akwa Ibom and Rochas of Imo or Wike of Rivers and Ortom of Benue, the differential in monthly allocation would not be factored in.

For those talking of IGR. The massive increase in the igr of lagos is due to the visionary leadership in the state since 1999. During military regime, lagos was poor. Simple.

In 2001, the obj govt increased minimum wage to N6,000 for states and N7,500 for oil producing states but included Lagos as part of states to pay the N7,500 on account of cost of living in lagos. Lagos state couldn't pay and NLC threatened strike. Tinubu opened the state account to the labour and they found that truly the state wouldn't be able to pay as the igr was extremely low.

Tinubu devised the strategy of shoring up the igr which his successors built on. Even when obj later seized the local govt allocation for lagos to cripple tinubu, lagos govt ensured the effect was not materially felt.

The simple fact is that many state governors are incapable of thinking outside the box. They have programmed themselves to receive only allocations from federation account to spend and no more.

If militants cripple oil supply today, Fayose and many other that are posing with 'stomach infrastructure' will run out of town to avoid being stoned. Aregbesola was all in all in osun when oil money was flowing and was boasting of 'financial engineering' in running the state. Today, how many times does he appear on television.