₦airaland Forum

Charmingrascal:
If Osinbanjo was the President things would have been better than this but unfortunately even as the VP he is caged by the cabals.

Exactly! The few weeks he was acting president, things moved ahead...
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MrIcredible:
My ex... that year...

THIS GIRL CAN SUCK FOR AFRICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another CRUDE AND DISGUSTING MISOGYNIST....smh
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Miracle1991:
Sahara reporters the media house of ipob miscreants.
Check their news, you see " a source says" .
Who is the source? All their fake news always end up with "a source says".

Have no idea if this story is true or not...
But sadly I’ve come to be skeptical of SR stories.
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toplinetrtrend:
Beating in school by teachers can be correction, not necessarily an abuse

It’s downright ABUSE, no excuses...
Why are teachers not flogged to “correct” their own mistakes?
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Farki:
Deuteronomy 21:18-21

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Religion has been used to justify violence since time immemorial...
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gnobuuma81:
But this is Africa, we have our cultural values

That’s what they say while they are queuing at embassies for visas...smh
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luminouz:
Criminals are bred because they were beaten? Are you high bro?

Old school correction from school and home was what saved most of us from being criminals today.

One Alli guy of 21 years just shot dead 10 people in the US,where they don't beat kids. So what's your point?

While “bandits” and “herdsmen” kill more than 10 people practically everyday in Nigeria, where they beat kids...

Dude, the reason for gun violence in the US is the prevalence of guns, not the lack of corporal punishment...
In fact, if you beat some kids in the US, they are more (not less) likely to return with their guns and snuff you out.

Japan prohibits corporal punishment in schools....
And the Japanese are among the world’s best-behaved persons, and Japan a PEACEFUL nation, with relatively little crime.

Corporal punishment, most especially against kids, is simply BARBARIC!
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Aketi2:
A typical catholic priest is the devils incarnate. Forget about their appearance as pious men, its all fake. I have read many testimony of Catholics especially in Europe. The one that shook me most was the 12 year old girl that was sent to convent to become a Nun.

Not catholic myself...
But wondering what your CRUDE RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY has to do with anything. SMH
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heendrix:
Nigga felt nothing na or he complain take give you??

I can’t tell if you’re being funny or stupid...
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PHijo:
A very simple example of the part of the bargain the Nigerian state failed to keep is infrastructure, modular refinery licenses for communities and increased participation for host communities in the upstream sector.

The reason why they are hiding the list of beneficiaries is that they know people will be unhappy.

Chief Government Ekpempulo and King Ateke Tom have done MORE as private citizens than the Nigerian state has done. None of them gets over $20 billion from the region every year, it is Buhari that gets that. You should asking him what he did with more than $120 billion in the last 6 years.

Tompolo and Ateke Tom (you can also add Dukubo Asari) all have gotten FILTHY RICH even as the ordinary Niger Deltan has gotten poorer...
Undoubtedly, they’ve given a few handouts and crumbs off their tables to the “masses” but they are substantively no different from other thieves.

If Nigeria is sincere about the Niger Delta, cut out the middlemen and rent-seekers and spend money DIRECTLY on/in the affected oil-producing communities (not in Asaba or even Port Harcourt). The poor people whose lives are most impacted upon and impoverished by oil exploration (either by seizing or damaging the environment and their farmlands, destroying their fishing livelihood by polluting the waters, damaging their health through poisonous emissions, etc.) are not overly bothered with (nor frankly have the capacity to benefit) from modular refineries or in fact marginal field licenses (albeit a percentage of the latter can be reserved for the affected communities). The NDDC (a veritable slush fund for Niger Delta politicians) spent N16 billion building its headquarters in a region severely lacking in clean water, schools and health clinics. SMH
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sonnie10:
Go and check, if you find one Niger Delta name there, I will deactivate my NL account. There is a word known as 'precedence' in English Language.

If they don’t apply and show capacity to successfully operate such fields, why should their names automatically be there?
Not saying they didn’t, but operating licenses are not like the ‘bribery’ security contracts that made the likes of Tompolo and others filthy rich!
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Nemere2020:
Nigerian Government Awards 57 Oilfields to 161 Bidders, Hides Identities Of Companies

http://saharareporters.com/2021/03/24/nigerian-government-awards-57-oilfields-161-bidders-hides-identities-companies

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING...

Nothing substantive in the body of the news story justifies the deliberately INFLAMMATORY headline that the government is “hiding” the identities of the winning bidders, which indicates affirmative action instead of what appears simply a passive case of the Minister not reeling out the names of the winners. Pretty sure that after all of the letters go out and signature bonuses paid, the list of winners will become public.
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Carlyboi:
Who is seeking negatives?do you even know the level of corruption that goes on in this NGO,Foundation and charities?was it not yesterday Charles soludo was blasted for seeking public donations to build a health care facility in the tune of 2b Naira in honor of his late mom,bout 5yrs ago and nothing of such has been built in his community till date..Dey there Make pant they wear you!

RUBBISH!

So because one person’s unstructured philanthropy in his (mother’s) village failed to bear fruition, all foundations are “audio”?
Meanwhile, the Otedola, Dangote, Ovia, Balogun, and many other foundations build schools, hospitals, give scholarships, help widows, etc.

Frankly, Mr. Rabiu shouldn’t do more than simply endow money for the foundation...
If Nigerians/African are inherently incapable of running a relatively simple foundation, how does that diminish him or his gesture?
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NovusHomo:
Ghetto in the making.

NetValueFX:
My only problem in this country is lack of maintenance culture. After 3 years this place will look like police barrack

These buildings will ultimately be owned by the occupants...
Thus if it ends up being a ghetto, that’ll be ENTIRELY on their own heads.

Nigerians should quit acting like spoon fed little babies...
If they can’t form a tenants association to take care of the estate, too bad!

#TakeResponsibility
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lexy2014:
I don't get u. "There were not..." What were there not?

These ones being commissioned...
Which are part of phase two (specifically IIB).
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plaindealer:
Sanwo Olu is methodically and competently completing and delivering all abandoned projects all over the state.

He's already commissioned more projects than Ambodes 4 years.

Again, commissioning (aka cutting tape) is NOT the most difficult part of governance...
Quit with these juvenile partisanship, even Sanwo-Olu sees Ambode’s projects as good enough to see through. SMH
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ikorodureporta:
which pace pick up??

THE pace...
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lexy2014:
I don't think so. Those buildings were built by fashola. Commissioning is one thing. Putting them to use& giving them out in a transparent manner is another thing

No, there were not...
Only Igbogbo phase one was completed by Fashola.

majamajic:
Ambode dragged Lagos back

Sanwo Olu is the main man that should have come Immediately after Fashola

I remember the igando housing scheme Fashola started it till 90% ambode left it till sanwo Olu completed it again , these are projects Ambode could have finished , I don't know his main reasons of abandoning them

We have discussed Igando a few weeks ago here on Nairaland - Igando was NEVER “abandoned” by Ambode
In fact, the Ambode administration had essentially completed Igando (except for water fixtures) when the Assembly refused to pass his budget.
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Tywo2018:
Anytime they are commissioning anything check the road that leads to the projects. Tgats whats government needs to tackle that Ikorodu is a manace a swear..

ikorodureporta:
Oga fix the roads & save ikorodu people from dyeing before their time due to stress.
Living in ikorodu is equivalent to wasting 50% of yr lifetime due to traffic..
offin road, baiyeku road, agunfoye road, stadium road, ebute road - all major roads are in shambles..
getting to mile 12, the daily traffic from ikorodu garage , takes about 4hrs... a stretch of road from ikorodu to yaba that shouldnt exceed 40mins takes about 8hrs..
I still dont understand why its taking so long to fix ojota area...

If its for you to relocate all the markets around ikorodu road to free us from traffic, pls do that

& you expect people around here to be successful

There’s a lot of road construction currently going on in Ikorodu - and in fact the pace has picked up considerably...
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Tap0lane:
If I tell you all this project we're completed under Fashola you won't believe it but that is the truth I am from Ikorodu n I stay in Ajah. Completed housing such as this is still in Ajah n another. Lose to Igbo Efon just before Lekki that is yet to be commissioned they were all completed during Fashola era. That Ambode was a curse on Lagos n see Igbos support Ambode n foolish Yoruba also join them I just shake my head at the foolishness of such person.

I pray another visionary like Fashola will take over Lagos this Sanwo no get sense. Ambode I repeat was a curse every Lagosian should pray never to happen again.

No need for CRUDE ETHNIC BIGOTRY...
We Lagosians should be bigger than that.

Igbogbo phase one was completed under Fashola, but not phase two.
Meanwhile, Ambode completed phase 1 of the road and launched phase 2.
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AFONJACOW:
Stop showing me this shit because I am ashamed of Nigeria, years of independent nothing has changed... Below is one of the underated housing estate in Dubai of yesterday , no fanfare for it ooo this place is considered one of the poorest and cheapest because that's where some folks can afford

Are you not Nigerian?
Why don’t you go and build yours?

Meanwhile, do you think Nigeria is an ABSOLUTE MONARCHY like Dubai...
Go and try to take people’s communal land (like in Bur Dubai and fir the canal) and see what happens!
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clothingonline:
I need money ooooo so I buy this property too

It’s rent to own...
You don’t need to buy it.

hefelove:
All this houses full lagos and I've always been asking myself how dem take dey rent this houses? Where we go apply?

Check the Lagos HOMS website.
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plaindealer:
The last time Lagos state was commissioning projects every week was under Fashola.

Lagos State is finally back on track.

Sanwo Olu is on track to wear Fashola's shoes.

Misterdhee1:
Okay, beyond that was ambode any effective as Fashola? Even sanwo has achieved more than ambode did in four years, despite the pandemic and end Sars shit

While I’m beginning to like BSO, what exactly has he “achieved”?
Or do you think that cutting ribbons is the most difficult part of governance?

I just wish some of you petty partisan apparatchiks will quit this childishness of trying to denigrate Ambode...
Governance should ideally be a continuum and Lagos has been more fortunate with GOOD governors, including Ambode.

EKO ONI BAJE!
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Mathyluba:
https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/03/24/your-predecessor-buratai-was-grossly-partisan-wike-tells-coas-attahiru/

“In those days when you see a soldier you run....” Gov Wike

Dude, that’s NOT respect, but rather fear...
Shame that Nigerian leaders (and teachers ) don’t understand the difference.
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Carlyboi:
Audio Funds...like it’s gonna be accessible or put to use for its main purpose...most of these big charities and foundations in Africa hardly make any reasonable changes or direct impact in the socio-economic lives of the people it was created for.

Wouldn’t be Nairaland (or Nigeria) if there wasn’t some folks desperately seeking NEGATIVES from anything remotely positive...smh
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EXCELLENT development!

Between this initiative, the $1.25 billion Dangote Foundation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s $100 million entrepreneurship program, the Otedola Foundation, etc., great to see Nigerians INSTITUTIONALIZING their philanthropy. We (Nigerians/Africans in general) have long been philanthropic people, but finally it is being formalized and institutionalized in a manner that it can OUTLIVE the principals.
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Didn’t know him, but RIP...
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COMPAQ:
Tax charge on the P&L statement may not necessarily indicate how much Tax he is/will pay, due to tax deferrals as a result of capital allowances, tax holidays and the road in place of tax scheme.

To get specifics of what he has paid in the past year, use the Tax Paid line of the Cash flow Statement.

That’s inapplicable to Dangote Cement’s tax liability...
The party to the scheme is Dangote Industries (the holding company), not Dangote Cement (nor any of the other operating subsidiaries).

Furthermore, I do not believe that Dangote Cement still enjoys Pioneer Status Incentives...
Accordingly, it is highly unlikely that it still benefits from any tax holidays (as that is a derivative of the PSI).
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Peterobi90:
Who do we believe now?...

www.nairaland.com/attachments/13302522_20210324053102_jpegc79284c1b6c4389efa5bccbac12c837a

Dangote Cement and Dangote Industries are two SEPARATE corporate entities...
Although the latter is the majority shareholder in the former, Dangote Cement is a listed company.

Accordingly, both news stories are NOT contradictory...
Dangote Cement will pay its N97 billion tax bill, while DIL will claim tax credit on its dividends’ tax liabilities.

Meanwhile, the Punch headline is INCORRECT (or misleading)...
Executive Order #7 provides for tax credit for a 3-year period (NOT a 10-year period) within 10 years of 2019.

Executive Order #7 is NOT exclusive to Dangote Industries....
Lafarge, Nigeria LNG, Flour Mills, Unilever, etc., are other companies using it to execute 19 road projects in 11 states.
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Here’s looking forward to the Dangote Refinery achieving the same things Dangote Cement did for Nigeria:

1) Help transform Nigeria from one of the world’s leading importers to an exporter of products;
2) Save Nigeria billions in dollars in imports (currently about 35% of all forex imports is for fuel);
3) Earn some badly-needed forex for Nigeria from any exported products;
4) Upgrade product quality (will be producing Euro V standard fuel, instead of the “dirty” fuels currently imported); and
3) Create THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN NIGERIA FOR NIGERIANS, generating wealth and tax revenues for schools, hospitals, etc.
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