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hopefulLandlord:
I think this should trigger us into thinking about so many "Criminals" who were reported to have been caught in the act and Nigerians were quick to believe they're guilty. if there were no CCTV evidence then the thread hitting front-page would've been that of a doctor who killed someone and Nairalanders would be quick to believe they're guilty. worst is the fact that witnesses at the scene would be unwilling to testify in favour of the accused for fear of being "roped" into the crime

Abegi, let’s not OVER-REACT and start forming like there are no criminals in Nigeria...
Suspects in Nigeria have NEVER been imprisoned because of what Nairalanders believe but after trial and conviction in a court of law.
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Perhaps a bit high-handed...
BUT THE POLICE DID THE RIGHT THING!

While I feel sorry for the doctor, especially since he apparently did not know the dude had been dead for a while...
But the police are absolutely right about preserving evidence and/or not tampering with corpses regardless of who you are.

Also, while referring to them as “suspects” may also have been inappropriate (even drastic)...
They definitely had to be taken to the station for statements (and/or questioning). That’s just standard procedure anywhere!
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letitrainnow:
Just make sure you spend your money wisely.

Exactly!

shogsman:
How old is the boy,did he have cancer or something because I’m sure financially e never know anything.

What has age to do with it? How old are those Almajiri out there? Do they have cancer?
I do not know the lad’s story, but unless you know him personally do not arrogate it to yourself to invalidate his own story.
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shogsman:
This is a slap on the face of people that suffered for real

Do you know him personally? How do you know he did not “suffer for real”?
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Many Nigerians truly resent the success of others (however relative). What a country...
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Jayslicky:
what does the young lad know about suffering he should ask from women and men who stand in the sun for several hours just to sell something that the profit is not more than 500naira in a day, he should ask from people who push wheelbarrow full of yams or cements for several kilometers just to attract buyers, he should ask from people who after working in the factory for a whole month and paid less than 20k naira.

Most of these celebs are always trying to paint a picture of grass to grace story, why can't they just stay true to who they truly are.

Suffering is not just physical bro...
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DisGuy:
Such as...?

Tinubu...

naturalwaves:
I used to take you a bit serious till you wrote this nonsense here. I wonder how much you paid or who is backing you such that all your threads are always moved to the front page. Everyone cannot be a mediocrity like you who is now sounding like a paid agent. If you like, write gibberish from now till tomorrow. We know the truth.
Sorry to burst your bubble, Ambode is the worst performing governor of Lagos state in the books of a lot of Lagosians.
He scored F9 in environment
F9 in education
F9 in health
During Fashola's time, Muiz Banire (the commissioner for environment) was well known because he performed. How many people know Ambode's commissioner for environment and commissioner for works? Femi Hamzat who was Fashola's commissioner for works was so excellent. A bulk of Ambode's contracts were awarded to incompetent idiotas. Ambode lacks planning and organisation such that for 6 months plus, only about 3 people would be found on the stretch of road from iyana-Ipaja to Oshodi eating gala with their helmet on while the road is in a terrible state. Yet, people were suffering so much. Because of his gross negligence and lack of organisation, I had to stay permanently on the Island for the meantime.
It is an insult to even attempt to compare Ambode to Fashola. Fashola's achievements dwarfs Ambode's by a wide margin. I cannot forget how my very long road(street) was tarred in just 3 days. Under Fashola, nothing less than 200 streets were tarred as the LG chairmen were well followed up. Most of the streets around Iyana Ipaja axis, Alimosho etc were tarred with drainage within a very short period of time. Give same to Ambode and it will never be completed in 1 year.
Ambde tried the best he could as he cannot perform beyond his capacity. However, he does not come close to the achievements of the previous government. You may want to exhume some old threads about his predecessor here to compare and contrast.

And in only 1 term of 4 years under Ambode, more than 450 roads were reconstructed/rehabilitated (not just “tarred”) across all 57 LCDAs including 114 in the first year and 181 in the second year, each with covered drainage/sidewalks and street lights. Furthermore, since you brought up Alimosho, let’s not forget that the Ambode administration constructed/reconstructed 21 roads in Alimosho with 2 bridges.
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Gbemishile1:
Fashola wanted to start up the rail line transport,but it was abandoned by the present administration.
The man never improved on the existing template but wanted to create his own.
I haven't seen any development in Lagos State that hasn't involved money being siphoned into their coffers.

Education-no free books to the students,no project work that improves the welfare if students
Health-no insurance shemes for the poor
Envuronment-u brought back dirt into the streets,the lawlessness of the ikada riders is second to none,the oshodi traders are gradually getting back into the streets

This man hasn't done anything apart from capital intensive infrastructural development

Incorrect. Ambode’s administration started a state health insurance scheme (which was the second in Nigeria after Bayelsa’s).

The Ambode government was NOT perfect (and of course neither was Fashola’s and let’s not even bring up Asiwaju’s), but like I always say on this Nairaland forum, perfection should never be the enemy of the good or of simply doing better!.

The Ambode administration did NOT abandon the light rail project. Just take a drive along the Marina and see the Lagoon Bridge (a complex engineering component of the project) coming along steadily. Furthermore, the Ambode government signed an agreement with Alstom (the French rail infrastructure giant) just last year to electrify the rail tracks and source/finance modern rolling stock. Nonetheless, let’s not forget that it took the federal government’s NNPC 3 years to remove/relocate its pipelines on the light rail’s right-of-way (let’s not even talk about the military obduracy regarding the demolish of the parts of the Ojo Cantonment that abuts the Blue Line’s right-of-way), or that the foreign exchange rates have skyrocketed from N118/$1 when Fashola started the project to N363/$1 (even rising up to N520/$1 sometime ago) turning a $1.2 billion project (which btw I think is terribly expensive) from costing the state about N141 billion to roughly N435 billion.

Regarding education, Ambode continued (yes, we all need to understand that government is a continuum and thus sometimes performance in office includes continuing/completing projects started by others) the rehabilitation and renovation of public schools, built new Model Schools and completed the expansion and upgrade of Ayinke House, while building a Critical Care Unit (with a helicopter ambulance) at LASUTH.

Finally, please look at how Visionscape has performed in several other countries to understand the Ambode administration’s Cleaner Lagos Initiative was a world-class initiative to holistically address the mounting environmental pressures of a megapolis like Lagos. The notion that we can adequately clean up Lagos with wheelbarrows and PSP operators with a few dodgy second-half compactors and no treatment landfill is obtuse and bite us in the collective behind soon enough. Obviously, the CLI was SABOTAGED as most of the PSPs were APC party apparatchiks, which ultimately led to Ambode’s political downfall (with the bemusing irony of state legislators who unanimously voted for the new Environmental Act that brought in Visionscape, voting unanimously to abort the Visionscape contract and reinstate the PSPs).

iammo:
i hope you understand that Direct listing is different from Initial public offer. MTN IPO is till june this year

Whether they publicly-list by introduction (which is what they just did) or do an IPO (which will be done after they settle their tax disputes), they still have to publish their quarterly and yearly accounts.

iammo:
I would buy, when there's an Initial Public Offering from MTN, and not when its an already acquired stocks been traded and changing hands on the stock markets. or when they publish their gain per share of this last financial quater so we can see how profitable they are

As a publicly-listed company, MTN Nigeria will now have to publish its accounts going forward...
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FortifiedCity:


South Africa ti take over

A local listing is a good thing because it will enable more Nigerian ownership and participation in profits and even management...
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Opinedecandid:
I'm the last person to buy shares from this south African firm

Good for you...
More for the rest of us!
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Gbemishile1:
Flyovers ain't legacies

Actually, they are...

While I am personally bemused about the apparent obsession of Nigerian politicians with "flyovers" (sometimes seemingly when they do not appear necessary), physical infrastructure is crucial to the development of any nation. The Good Lord knows what would have happened to Lagos if the then military authorities did not build (and/or persist) with the building of Eko Bridge or the Third Mainland Bridge, among all of the other physical infrastructure built in the 1970s and 1980s that basically sustain Lagos (and therefore a large dose of the Nigerian economy) 30-40 years later. Conversely, if Gen Buhari hadn't cancelled the Lagos metroline project, it would have been an inestimable legacy of mass transit.
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Maxymilliano:
And the one at Pen Cinema, Agege has been suspended ...

Asiwaju's and MC Oluomo's lads at the House of Assembly have crippled that one. New contract loading...

BabaO2:
Somebody opened up iyana ipaja / ayobo, igboelerin, tinubu, broad street, apongbon, lekki-ajah, kollington, opebi link, lasu, igando etc, if you dont know anything, stop feeding us with mediocrity performance of of a person that spent 4 years on self agarandizement, somebody that disconnected badagry from lagos state, somebody that is leaving more pot holes than what he met

And somebody did the 21 roads in Alimosho and "opened up" the bordering roads and areas with Ogun State, did the Epe road, the just commissioned Illaje Road, built the waterfront jetty from reclaimed land in Bariga, did almost 450 inner roads in all 57 LCDAs, did shoreline protection in Badagry, Epe and Lekki, built parks and gardens throughout, generated/supported scores of MSMEs through the LSETF, renovated scores of public schools, trained and re-trained teachers, raise teacher salaries and provided some headmasters and principals with housing and/or car loans, started the Code Lagos program as well as the Ready-Set-Work internship program, expanded BRT operations, etc.

#BourdillonBullionBanking
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seunoj:
A Governor that lacks project management skills. Too many projects at the same time to frustrate citizens/residents of Lagos.
His strategy of choking us and have no option than to vote him for continuity failed.

The ONLY "project management skills" that matters in Lagos (and which Ambo obviously lacks) is managing Project Tinubu...

#BourdillonBullionBanking
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Fisher400:
did anyone went to school to study to become an okada rider? the answer is NO
then why do we have more okada rider in nigeria than the labour force employed by both the federal and state government put together in nigeria? the answer is NO JOB

Please we should disabuse ourselves of the absurd notion that it's either okada or nothing else...

First, nobody is born with an okada between his legs, and thus the same resources in financial and human capital expended to buy, rent, hire-purchase or otherwise acquire an okada bike, as well as the time necessary to learn to operate same (albeit the way many of these okada operators drive it would be a reasonably safe bet that many of them have not bothered with the driver's education part of the business), could just as easily be expended upon scores of other small-scale and artisanal businesses (such as barbing, vulcanizer, welding, carpentry, etc.), or in learning a trade. Ironically, okadas may well be one reason why there are "no jobs" since investors tend to avoid lawless/dangerous societies.
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AutoReportNG:
While we await a statement from the Lagos State Government, we are hopeful that the seized bikes will be released to the others soon as this is their source of income except the state government want these folks to resort to crime.

Why do many Nigerians often make this obtuse leap of logic that the only options in life is being allowed to break the law or criminality?!

Breaking the law is already a "resort to crime" albeit not violent crime - except of course for those who are often to break their bones, lose a limb or their lives due to the wanton recklessness and seeming disregard for lives often displayed by many Okada operators. So why don't we start with the basic inquiry of WHY NOT OBEY BASIC LAWS AND SIMPLE RULES? Contrary to what many might be led to think upon reading some of the comments herein, Okada is not banned and outlawed in Lagos. It is merely restricted to certain routes and areas. So, if you insist that you want to come to Lagos and engage in the Okada business, why not obey the basic laws and simple rules that govern the Okada business in Lagos and stick to the designated areas? Otherwise, what you have is substantively akin to a domestic airline loading up passengers and flying off to Europe instead of sticking to the domestic routes for which it was permitted to operate.

No nation can make real or sustainable progress in an atmosphere or culture of LAWLESSNESS (and we are not even going to delve into the penchant of many of these Okada operators to drive against traffic, ignore road signs, carrying more than one passenger, fail to wear crash helmets and/or insist that their passengers do so, nor wear reflective jackets at night, among other wanton disregard for the law and public safety), and we cannot simply point to the lawlessness of others while excusing our own nor should we only condemn the lawlessness and impunity of the rich and powerful while seeking to justify the same culture of impunity and law and lawlessness among the rest of the society, because the underlying culture is the SAME and the only difference is one of degree, and would only further reaffirm the truism that our rulers and politicians are merely a reflection of ourselves and accordingly EVERY SOCIETY DESERVES THE LEADERSHIP IT ENDS UP WITH!
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BabaO2:
Yeye governor, he wasted whooping 4 years on self angrandizement, disconnected badagry from Lagos state, left more pot holes than what he met. He should just go immediately with his radara and his omo oko wife.

He even failed to respect Bourdillon Bullion Banking. Useless Gov!
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The politicization of the judiciary and judicialization of Nigerian politics... SMH
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AutoReportNG:
Sometimes we really can't appreciate the beauty of a landscape until when we view it from the outer space. Edo state has been in the news lately and this is due to the road construction and beautification the state governor embarked on recently.

This is Oliha Market axis of Siluko Road... Ehaekpen/TV road is first dualized road project by Governor Godwin Obaseki's administration. These are some of the drone images of some major roads at Siluko, Edo State.

Hate to be that person, but "outer space"?
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MEDIOCRITY being elevated in Nigeria...

Have standards and expectations fallen so low?
Heck, even the roads that Thief Godswill Akpabio did years ago were much better.
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kapelvej:
The 'black' man is completely silly

Nigerian politicians do NOT represent 'black' men...

babyfaceafrica:
no.matter how they see themselves.. they are not Nigerians

What exactly does it take to be considered a Nigerian? The Chagoury brothers were born in Nigeria in the 1940s (before many of our grandparents and parents were born or Nigeria even became a country) and lived here most of their lives, but many Nigerians remain stuck in the primordial “settler-indigene” mentality that causes lots of fratricidal slaughtering across this country every year. Meanwhile, they have created more jobs and practically/financially displayed much more faith in this country than many of NL’s blabbering xenophobes. SMH
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bendike:
How is it a game changer? Of what benefit? Is stealing money from Nigerians ie taking their money, refusing them visas and not refunding a benefit? Because I assume the funds used to procure the land is from stolen visa fees.

nini007:
And still deny Nigerians visa.

Visa is not your right...
Sit your behind in your country and make it as good as theirs.
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Craziestgirl:
Could they change the name Walter Carrington Crescent back to the former name: Eleke Crescent?
(Mr. Eleke was a respected, humble Teacher)
They can name their new abode any name they please.

Who’s “they”? The US mission didn’t change the name of the street, the LASG did...
But since you are bothered with foreign street names, perhaps you should petition for the change of MKO Abiola corner in New York.
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Ayo79:
what you fools should be asking yourself is does Roland Chaugury sound like a naija name? Foreigners have taken over Nigeria. Go and look at who owns eko atlantic or eko hotel. No other country will you find any Nigerian owning all the major companies but we allow that stupidity in Nigeria without asking any questions.. more interested in fighting one another while the foreigner steals all our money.... kmt

Wish some Nigerians would quit being such crude and crass xenophobes!

Does Bayo Ogunlesi sound like an American or British name? Does Kase Lawal sound like an American name? Do the Nigerians people were bragging about being Mayors in the UK right here on Nairaland sound like British names? BTW, does JK Randle sound like a “Nigerian” name? The stark IRONY here is that there are literally millions of Nigerians earning their livelihoods abroad and even helping to sustain Nigeria by remitting billions of dollars yearly, but many Nigerians still get the panties in a twist at the idea of foreigners making money in Nigeria.

What exactly does it take to be considered a Nigerian? The Chagoury brothers were born in Nigeria in the 1940s (before many of our grandparents and parents were born or Nigeria even became a country) and lived here most of their lives, but many Nigerians remain stuck in the primordial “settler-indigene” mentality that causes lots of fratricidal slaughtering across this country every year. Meanwhile, they have created more jobs and practically/financially displayed much more faith in this country than many of these blabbering xenophobes. SMH
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oduademonest:
Two foreigners signing agreements about Nigeria, and no Nigerian involved.

We have all FAILED

They are signing agreements about land that wouldn’t exist today if not for those ‘foreigners’ (of course Chagoury is legally Nigerian)...
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oduademonest:
Nigerians are dumb

Which one concern Agbero with overload...
You should be addressing those Nigerians dying for US visa.

Neoviper147:
The money they have been raking from Visa applicants without giving them visa, they are putting it to use in our own land. Nigerian money actually paid for that place.

Did they ask you to apply for visa? SMH
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