₦airaland Forum

Maxymilliano: Sir, how do you think the north will resolve its economic problem if the onshore/offshore doesn’t work out?

Even if the onshore/offshore works out, it is not going to be enough to solve the economic crisis of the north. Before this oil came into existence, the north had been successfully taking care of the economic activities of this country with farming. Farming has been in Nigeria before independence and 15 years later. If we had continued with that trade in the north, I believe we would not have cared if there was petroleum or not; it wouldn’t have bothered us one bit.

http://www.naijapundit.com/news/north-sustained-nigeria-economically-before-oil-was-discovered-ango-abdullahi

The Oyo State Government has approved arrangements for the procurement of 100 mass transit buses to ease transportation problem in the state at the cost of N1,744,800,000.

naptu2: A broadcast from my friend at the FIRS.

"If you have proof that any church is sharing its profit amongst its trustees or engaged in a side business for the purpose of profit. Sec 37 (1)F.I.R.S provides for rewards to members of the public that give info that assists in recovering tax."

NovusHomo: "Champagne Moet"[/i] at Comrade's inauguration. That is at least $30 a bottle. Not even to talk about the bottles of wine. Do the math, people.[i]

calabaman: What does it entail to start of a drycleaning business cause am interested? Do u need a license? ie for us in lagos here. A minimum of how many washing machines do u need frm the get go? Thanks for ur response

donniemc: Communisim was responsible for the fall of The mighty USSR...........No democratic Country the size of Nigeria with her vast resources can ever fail...............why do you think the Usa and China are courting us?..and BTW he is not an old man

Gombs: bt if u were a pastor n a member bought u a car,u wud say "thr r poor pple in the church,sell d car n giv d monies τ̅☺ em?'...

hisson3: well said but remember he has been in the ministry for 40 years! If he was just a 10 year pastor I may raise eye brows, but u can imagine the kind of members he will have after 40 years of ministry, u can't compare, they are big boys in that church and trust me, I know what am talking about.

Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's and (then, only thereafter) give unto God what is God's!

In an interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND in Washington, DC, United States, on Thursday night, Jega said: "To be honest, there were some imperfections and irregularities during the just-concluded governorship poll in Ondo State. The irregularities were very few [size=15pt]compared to[/size] all the other elections we have conducted since April 2011. (i.e. there is an improvement in the electoral process)

"For example, in Ilaje area, we had a situation where some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members disappeared on the election day and we had to cancel results in about 25 wards; the number of wards cancelled did not affect the final result but it is an unfortunate thing that there were such irregularities because these are people who have signed up for election duty and they disappeared when they were needed."

The INEC chairman stated further that there are always irregularities in any election but noted that the most important thing is that such irregularities should not constitute factors that can affect the success of elections.

Speaking on the allegations of the opposition parties that the election was rigged in favour of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Jega said: "You know politicians can say anything they like and you cannot stop people from making accusations or allegations, but if they have any evidence, let them go and prove it in the court.

femmy2010: Oil and Oil support services all the way.
Good that the subsidy been paid is making a "selected few people" multi Millionaires.

lollydyss: During an interview with E24 magazine, pregnant actress Bisi Ibidapo Obe revealed that her colleague, Lola Alao introduced her to the man she claims is responsible for her pregnancy, ex Reps member, Dino Melaye, and she also alleged that Lola, after having introduced her to Dino, started dating the lawmaker.

Lola Alao has come out to deny Bisi's claim. What she told City People below...
Bisi should leave me out of her pregnancy mess. How can an adult like her not know who impregnated her? Is Bisi a small girl, that I Lola, will now carry and give Hon Dino to date? It is sad that she has dragged him into this mess. Is she the first actor or actress that Dino will help? Why is she making a deal out of meeting Dino? Dino has been my friend for years and was even at my movie premiere several month back where [size=14pt]he donated N10million.[/size] I wish to state categorically that I have never dated Dino, I am not dating him and can never date him because he's like a brother from another mother. It is quite unfortunate that Bisi is scandalizing Dino this way. Everything smacks of blackmail to me. Maybe she thinks since [size=14pt]Dino donated N10million[/size] at my launch , she can scandalize him and make some money off him. I leave her to her conscience.

http://lindaikeji..com/2012/10/lola-alao-replies-bisi-ibidapo-obe-over.html?m=1

onatisi: well lets just put it like this ,if i pay n artiste 2million nira to perform at an event for me and he arrives just an hour to the end of the programme ,i might be tempted to take some actions similar to the celebrant action in this case

fayawo: When someone pays you for your services and you sign a written agreement you will be there at a certain time, it is a binding contract as far as the law is concerned here in US, you dare not mess around with the customer because you can be sued and you will have to pay through your nose.

Lastly, this attitude of Nigerian vendors/musician collecting money and sending one useless idiot for your event or showing up late is absolutely ridiculous..It is madness at its peak..

Ayubas case is not the first,musicians will always blame it on traffic! Learn to put yourself in the shoes of the person that has planned and prayed for a memorable event all his life.

Lets get realistic here mehn..

(Do not support beating though but I guess its because we do not have a court system)

onatisi: guys come to think of it ,why should you turn up late for a show ,that you have been paid almost a million for?nd we have to understand something about these fuji musicians some of them arrive so late for shows that they will only be able to play for just 2 hrs .meanwhile most of ur guest would have left the party by the time the artiste starts performing.this is common to almost all fuji music stars with the exception of obesere .

betabeta: This story is a blatant lie. I attended the said party in Ibadan. The party was meant to start 12noon and end 6pm, Ayuba's boys were on ground early enough but Ayuba came in around 5PM when the major dignitaries were leaving the party venue. Though Ayuba's boys were harassed around 3PM, Ayuba himself was not touched as the security personnel shaded him when he came in. He apologized for coming late said it was due to the heavy traffic along lagos-ibadan express-way.

ayee001: I continuously educate people in my community about government actions and inactions.

The two chambers of National Assembly deep in a rift with President Goodluck Jonathan over the 2013 budget framework, got the support of some governors on Friday, as the state chief executives spurned the $75 per barrel oil bench mark in the Federal Government’s budget proposal

Jonathan had on October 10, presented N4.9trn budget which the lawmakers faulted on many fronts.

While the House of Representatives insisted on satisfactory execution of the 2012 budget before deliberating on that of 2013, it also said it would adopt $80 oil bench mark, while the Senate voted for $78.

Both chambers said the $75 oil benchmark was unrealistic, given infrastructural challenges the country faced, and the need for states to have money.

In separate interviews, Governors Kayode Fayemi, Abimbola Ajimobi and Abdulfatah Ahmed, of Ekiti, Oyo and Kwara states, respectively, said it was wrong to accumulate excess crude revenue, when the states were yearning for funds for development.

Ajimobi said, “[size=14pt]In federalism, there is autonomy[/size] and the states will need more money to run their affairs. There is no need to accumulate funds when there is development or infrastructural challenges in the states.

“The Sovereign Wealth Fund is indeed at the detriment of development in the states.

“Oyo State is not in support of a situation where the states would go cap in hand to Abuja and look up to the Federal Government for money.

“Presently Oyo is being short-changed because we have more civil servants and more bills to pay, and we were being given lesser than most states that are smaller.

“There should be a redistribution of resources to address the present irregularity. Oil as it is, is a commonwealth, and as such, the money should be evenly distributed apart from the preference given to the oil producing states.”

The governor spoke through his commissioner for Information, Mr. Bosun Oladele.

Similarly, Fayemi, through his Commissioner of Information, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, said, the state preferred the $ 80 benchmark proposed by the House of Representatives.

He argued that the states needed more funds than what the Federal Government was making available to them, stressing that developmental issues were located in the states rather than at the centre.

He said, “In the first instance, the whole idea of Excess Crude Oil Account and the so-called Sovereign Wealth Fund is still mired in controversy.

“The proper thing is for all revenue receipts to be paid into the federation account and shared using appropriate revenue sharing formula.

“But because we are operating ‘feeding bottle federalism,’ the Federal Government has arrogated to itself the duty of keeping funds, albeit unconstitutionally, on behalf of the states when indeed the developmental issues that require the funds are located in the states.

“Therefore, before the finally resolution of inequity against the states, the benchmark of $80 by House of Representatives is preferred.

Ahmed also said he supported the position of the House.

“We are in support of the $80 per barrel benchmark for the 2013 budget. This makes more economic sense and will make more money available for spending for the needs of the country.”

Ahmed who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr, Muyideen Akorede, however, advocated amicable resolution of the face-off between the Executive and National Assembly on the matter.


Punch

Gbawe: PDP. "Nest of killers". Surprise, suprise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Zanna

BABSIN: Okitipupa Constituency1 ILUTUN WARD2 ILADO1 014: LP 43, PDP33, ACN 20

Ese Odo Local Govt Ward: Apoi Unit: open space at Katunri Result: LP - 48 ACN - 06, PDP - 12

Okitipupa LGA IDITALA1, ILUTUNTUN WARD 2 LP33 PDP12 ACN5

Erekiti Ward,Oriola/Surulere Unit1....[size=14pt]LP-48, PDP-34, ACN-19,we can confirm to you that Aketi lost his ward to
Mimiko[/size]

Eko Ile: Political sophistication and maturity dictates that you support and worry about your own party and not mundane talk about how other political parties collects their votes. It's a disservice to your political party because you are not channeling your efforts to help your own party.

All your silly talk is for the birds.

Eko Ile: This shows the low level mentality of the average Nigerian. Giving out goodies by political parties is pretty much standard in any society, they give out goodies with party logos from T shirts to beer mugs, umbrella and other items, but trust the low level mentality and illiterate Nigerians to cry fowl over the dumbest thing.