Be like NNPP na their card

Naira20:
Kikikiki...they think they can sway youths in less than 11 days to the elections.

Abdul, Nigerians don wise up

Election or no election, is it a good initiative?

No be everything be complain

Pharmsavi:
So tell me what was the first meal you ate in the new year?
Mine was spaghetti and chicken with some eva wine to step it down

Holy communion

ccffwx:
I still remember that I sowed all as my first fruit to God.

Nice

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Omor, I like this jam oh.


This would soon be an anthem., trust Nigerians

Lol.

Paying tithe shouldn't stop anyone from helping the needy, helping the needy shouldn't stop anyone from paying tithe.


As for me, I dey pay my tithe., and I am very very happy about it.

Like play like play.... things dey oh

E be things oh

Hmmmm, things dey happen oh.

SadiqBabaSani:
White Lion Bello, most useless Governor Kogi ever had. Kogi needs special prayers from Nigerians,

Late Abubakar Audu was bad, but better than all the Governors after him

Ibrahim Idris was just figure head,

Then Idris Wada, Then Yahaya Bello White Lion

What are you even saying?

Are you from Kogi? Let us match their achievements one on one and you will See Yahaya Bello is better than them all.
Quote me if you are ready

gabicon:


Were is the evidence of the agreement? If they had it they would go straight to court and not resolve by the court of public opinion. Kogi State should get their own house in order by doing some serious investigation within.

Ordinary invitations and summons he never honoured. Compete with Dangote in Court, Court that belongs to the government., it will be a total waste of resources

GeneralDae:

Lagos would not incite youths or send vigilantes to go close down the factory without trying to resolve it in court first.

Try and follow the story from the beginning and stop jumping into ridiculous conclusions

mastermaestro:


Oga, was Kogi government meeting the financial commitments contractually required to lay lawful claim to the said 10 percent stake?

You go fear investment expert na,

GeneralDae:

I nor know when our people go get sense. This is where Lagos somehow shines and seem to be a more comfortable environment for investors.

So investors in Lagos illegally acquire assets and don't do CSR? So Lagos is open to fraudulent investors?

Tell me which state will take such bullshit

gabicon:


The Kogi State governor has failed to show proof that it owns 10% stake in Dangote cement. Obajana cement sold to Dangote was only in paper. Some questions on the true existence of obajana cement needs to be answered:
Where is the plant location of Obajana cement?
Who are it's former staff?
The ten years prior to Dangote coming on the picture what products were produced?

The company had no product, no equipment, no operations no factory. Why would a person who develops all these give Kogi State 10%?

If the problem in question is a CSR problem, let it be handled as such but let's not spin it to an ownership tussle.

It's barely 8 months to the end of the tenure of the sitting government, much can only be imagined about their motives.

Smh
Just imagine your assertion, so the initial agreement that specifically contained Kogi state's 10% is what? Dangote in connivance with Some persons in power then amended the agreement transferring the 10% shares to Dangote, without the approval of the Kogi State House of Assembly!!!

I hope this helps, next time please do your research before quoting me, no be cruise

Dangote can't win this battle no matter what, Obajana Cement wa sold to Dangote, 90% and the remainder 10% for Kogi state but Dangote fraudulently in connection with past Governor(s) claimed 100%....

What Bello is asking is the 10% stake that belongs to Kogi aside poor CSR and the mining of coal from Kogi state for his other factories all over Nigeria.

Kogi state is largely responsible for Dangote's wealth but just normal statutory CSR and Kogi State's stake e no wan pay, what a greedy monopolistic capitalist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW0dJ2LKp7I
This Abuja-based Professional Escort has accused all Nigerian girls of having a call-girl (olosho) mentality in this revealing interview.

Do you agree with her?

ecolime:

My home governor is Sanwo Olu while my current state governor is Wike.

You wanna compare the achievements of either of these guys to Bello? Not in this lifetime

I have friends that live/work in Kogi and this is a first hand information. Which state government goes about closing businesses and giving them arbitrary fines? It's wrong bro.

Like I said earlier, I am not taking side with Dangote. My comment was borne out of current wrongs of the state against businesses.

Hahahahaha...
Wonderful Governors I must admit. Now, Compare Rivers/Lagos resources and Match with the achievements of the state and do same with Kogi.

ecolime:
I don't know this Dangote story but trust me, Yeye Bello's administration is the worst any state has seen.

No development, quality of life-zero, etc.

Ever since the fool shamelessly crashed out of APC Presidential candidate race, all he does is close up Shops, Banks, Pharmacies, Companies, etc. for Phantom tax evasion.

He's aggressively looking for ways to mop up money to compensate for his financial losses at the primaries. He knows he is dead Politically after 2023, so he needs to find sendforth money by all means.

His state is almost completely submerged under water yet he and his wife are gallivanting Abuja.

Accidental governor

I bet you just feed off the negative PR on Bello, I also bet your Governor can't stand Bello's achievements. Please open your mind, don't be enslaved by bitter hatred and propaganda.

Mind you, Bello is in Lokoja.

Atarakpa:
Bello would have be the worst thing to happen to Nigeria if he accidentally win presidential election. When he was busy wasting the state money in the name of youth mobilization across the country. I called a good friend of and complain. Which investor is willing or ready to invest in that again. Imagine Nigeria having state police oh my God.......

My friend think very well before you put out your opinion..... so investors will come to your state and acquire your assets illegally, won't pay bills and won't honor invitations and summons? Na investor be dat abi a thief.

You might not like Bello, and I won't join issues with you on that, but please show me a state that is more accommodating to recalcitrant investors than Kogi.

kerry57:
There is more to this whole thing than we the spectators know.
Yahaya Bello, why is it now that ur tenure is ending that u suddenly realized that the company was acquired illegally?
I am more than 95 percent sure that u can't finish this fight and at the same time u can't win it.
Out of all the problems in ur state, Dangote cement is ur no one problem? Do u know how many families that u want to take off their table during this ur temporary madness.
Lastly, can kogi state govt effectively manage the factory?
Collect ur tax in peace, I support that and forget about collecting Dangote factory. Na elephant dream be that.

Are you from Kogi? How well do you know the story apart from the jargon you put here? Yahaya Bello have been fighting this course since day 1., since Dangote remained adamant he has to go this way. I advise you do thorough research before making comments on issues please

The fight is not even about taxes or levies or the atrocious lack of CSR as all of you are supposing - even though all join.

It is a fight for justice, and a claim for rights long and unlawfully denied. It is about ownership, about stolen shares or fraudulently withheld securities belonging to the Great People of Kogi State.

You see, the entity today known as Dangote Cement Plc via change of name at the Corporate Affairs Commission was formerly Obajana Cement Ltd - a company wholly founded and 100% owned by the Kogi State Government long before Dangote Cement Plc came into the State.

Even after the Federal Government of Obasanjo concessioned the mining rights to the conglomerate as core investor, Kogi State was recognized in the shareholding structure, having several commissioners on the Board in their official capacities, all representing the interests of the People.

Then one day, in and around the time of the change of name to Dangote Cement Plc, Kogi State disappeared from the new shareholding overnight. Even if you call it a merger or acquisition or even a chimera born of both, shouldn't the state's shares be adjusted, reflected in the new company's shareholdings and kept for her?

Abeg, those of you in legal practice and financial services, does a change of name at CAC, without more, extinguish shareholdings?

So, where are the shares? How does a State which started out as the founder and owner of a business enterprise, one sited in her domain to boot and whose operational footprints impact so heavily on her people and public resources, end up having nothing at all - without any due process of law?

I have personally visited CAC, SEC and NGX - no registration or filing of the statutory instruments for the sale, transfer or transmission of such shares.

With over 15 years of private legal practice under my belt at the time, and much of it in and around the CAC HQs at Abuja, I have personally pored through the several files of Obajana Cement Ltd cum Dangote Cement Plc (where they exist) at the CAC and those other entities named above - no sign that any form of extinction level corporate event known to our laws occurred to extinguish Kogi State's shareholdings and vest same in the Dangote conglomerate, by whatever way known.

I have conducted search at the Kogi State House of Assembly and scrutinized back resolutions dating way before 2016 when Yahaya Bello firdt became Governor of the Kogi State. Again, no sign that any form of extinction level legislative event by The House (which must, by law, approve such a deal) that is known to our laws occurred to extinguish Kogi State's shareholdings and vest same in the Dangote conglomerate, by whatever way known.

I cannot deny or affirm the suggestion that one or two high-ranking officials of the Kogi State Government in the soulless past might have purportedly dealt with those shares in manners ultra vires their executive offices. Whether they did or did not, anyone relying on those actions, especially a mighty international conglomerate with an army of sharp and eagle-eyed lawyers and accountants, must have been dense to think they can get away with such unlawful wheeling and dealing.

Put simply, a house-boy cannot validly sell his master's shares or lands or similar assets without lawful authorisation, even if he is put in physical custody of the original documents - simply because the law is fixed on how title in those classes of assets can be properly alienated. And never be deceived, despite all the bravado and larger-than-life posturings, State Governors and their appointees are houseboys and housegirls to the people and the state where they hold sway.

In conclusion, Dangote Cement Plc is one of the most profitable companies in Africa, declaring hundreds of billions of naira annually as net profit. 'Net profit' means profit after payment of taxes and other outgoings to the national governments, state governments/other entitlees.

There is also no dispute that the cement factory at Obajana in Kogi State is her flagship and largest cash cow. Where then is the nearly 2 decades of combined dividends, rights issues and other earnings belonging to Kogi State?

For nearly 5 years now since these matters started coming to light under this Administration which is not interested in kickbacks, inducements or personal deals, Governor Yahaya Bello has gone about this dispute the gentleman's way.

He has met with all significant other top-notchers of the company - negotiating, demanding, courting and otherwise trying to recover what belongs to his people - all rebuffed.

Sometimes, when the noise threatens to become too public or some powers above intervene, the company donates something to some effort in the state that is NOTHING compared to what belongs to the state by right which is has been taken away from them.

What Kogi State has now said to Dangote Cement Plc is that nobody wants your charity, we just want our assets. Everything that has been stolen must be returned - good measure, pressed down and shaken together. Full stop.

Reportedly, Dangote has since brought in an army from above to reopen her factory, but that is expected when impunity is a known capitalist. But there is a saying from the South East of Nigeria:

'When the person holding aloft what belongs to a crying child becomes tired, he will be forced to bring down his arms and the child will take back his property.'

Let's watch and see.

Moses Okezie-Okafor

Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0DzgmGP6gjwLHWVdyro8GEf72rdHJbQeEmhLQyg2GxsEjFJfW2zyUzFtiKVwVHbAFl&id=648669700

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Video currently trending on Twitter showing the moment a young Nigerian, Mike Achimugu set ablaze hundreds of books he authored with H. E Atiku's permission.
The book titled "The Lion of Jada" was published in 2019 and according to the author, Atiku has refused to launch the book and refused to pay him for the expenses incurred on the project despite starting the project with his approval.

You will recall that Atiku launched 3 different books written about Jim just last week, 28th September 2023 but to the surprise of many, The Lion of Jada wasn't part of the books launched by Atiku.,

Source: https://twitter.com/lionofjada/status/1577214456181841921?t=7sJp9FkFawuy3jZyIIpPGQ&s=19

drololaaof:
Yeye governance in Nigeria the impact of these calamity ought to have been mitigated IF the authorities- State govt, NEMA ,NIMET gave pre advanced warnings for those affected areas to evacuate in the flood prone areas . Year in year out we hear and see wailing after flooding yet no pro active measures the authorities in Florida were queried for not acting proactively to tell people to evacuate before "IAN" Storm strike. People crying for their loss, asking for relief and grants that cannot assuage their loss. The people themselves,ought to know that there area are flood prone especially Lokoja and lower bank of the confluence state.

Do your findings, there warnings are always there

alvan06:
Not like they really care for the people affected only for the gram”they’ll still cash out. Obi Datti the only goal.

You see this una attitude, its why most people won't support your candidates.

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Reno is supposed to be Obidient.





They have same xter.

OneCandleAway:


Rest in peace to you my dear.

Lol, I say rest, you dey wish me death. Grow up oh.