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The mass transit is inadequate. If they had a light rail that took them all over the state the traffic will reduce.

Femi Fani-Kayode the rumor monger.

The federal government is not serious about this case. Up till now the have publicly announced the ir extradition request. The court case has been stalled long enough.

FrLukas:
That was how basket mouth FFK kept on shouting that the FG was holding him on a naval vessel offshore. Meanwhile he was in Ghana was shawarma.

Aren't you guys tired of this particular lie that doesn't make sense?

IPOB is skilled in black propaganda. They also claimed both Kanu's parents were missing or died during the raid. The misinformation is intentional. Lol who knows is Kanu's dog jack is even dead.

What is Black Propaganda?

Black propaganda is any kind of material that is not obiously propaganda and whose origin is completely concealed. The item is accepted for something other than what it really is.

How Does it work?

Black propaganda is similar deception (like "The Man Who Never Was" hoax) in that it is sneaky and subversive in nature but differs in being aimed at soldiers, sailors, and civilians in the enemy territory. Deceptions are aimed at the leadership and attempt to deceive them into a seriously wrong view of what you are actually doing. Subversive black materials cause problems for the enemy inside his own structure while deception tries to get him to do something that will be self-damaging.

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My two solutions are to loosen the gun laws so citezens can protect themselves and decentralize police. The criminals fear armed people who will shoot back. The NW bandits requested the civilian militia be disarmed. Every tire of government should be allowed to establish their own police force and prisons.

Nigeria sift in crime attitude is disgusting. The worst sort of peoole either get amnesty or sweet heard deal. Boko haran get rehab, bandits get amnesty and murdering cultist get amnesty. 60% of the prisoners haven't even been sentenced. They're just not allowed bail.

sarrki:
Boko haram went to strategize while FG was busy messing up

This soft target doesn't do much strategically. The cut off Maiduguri from all the major roads except 1. If that goes the city is isolated from the rest of the country. The also attacked transmission lines leaving city in darkness. The FG failed to cut off domestic revenue sources prolonging the war.

urahara:
How reliable is Sahara reporters ?

On a scale of 1 to 100.

I don't know much about them.

60

I discount them like vanguard. I feel like they rush out stories. Unless they have investigative piece or videos I'm not interested.

urahara:
The news is most likely fake.

See how they said reliable source.

Apparently Sahara reporter's is also claiming such but they dont have pictures either. They get some news wrong. Boko haram might make a statement if asked who knows.

GamalNasser:
Pictures of her marriage or baby,? Well its been long Boko provided any proof of life for Leah.

The baby obviously. These foolish bloggers better not be spinning tales like they did with Buhari's second marriage. That story was only believable for the mentally challenged. This one is believable since they have a history of doing such.

Where are the pictures? We need proof. Boko haram gives video of executions this shouldn't be hard to obtain..

I like the work Gambia doing to protect its waters from unregulated fishing. I wish Nigeria would do the same. There's lots piracy and illegal fishing activity. There's millions or dollars and lots protein being taken.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgSoUdDTNGE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3oXb7um1Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jjqH-jonEg

ISWAP militants had earlier raided a Boko Haram camp in the Diffa region of neighbouring Niger where they kidnapped 13 women.

“They have been killing each other, with each side declaring the other infidels”, said the first source.

This would be hilarious. The fools are fighting over woman and going in purity spirals.

GARRIYELLOW:
"Nigerian Seeks $1 Billion Loan To Boost Mechanised Farming"

OP your subject is misleading. It should be "Nigeria..." and not "Nigerian...".

I was misled into opening this thread.

My mistake I didn't catch it. I didn't correct the mistake the author made.

midnighter:
Thank you. And that is also a major reason for our general lack of progress.

Technological advancement in agriculture is what moves a nation into the big leagues. When I said this to somebody the person started writing paragraphs smh

Some people like being primative. I had the same type of people arguing with me in annother thread I dedicated to this topic. There's other core issues like irrigation, bad roads, storage and land use act which hinders farmers access to credit.

Mr Nanono said only seven tractors are available per 100 square metres in Nigeria, unlike in Kenya that has 700 tractors per 100 square metres.

Did the Kenyan government have to borrow billions to get ahead?

Mechanization is a major reason Nigerian farmers aren't productive. If you look at rice yeild outputs you'll notice Nigerians lag behind lots countries. I believed Nigeria should copy India's policy on farm mechanization by renting out farm equipment. I'd also like to know if these service centers are government run or private sector.

In India, custom hiring was a key initiative 
that accelerated the adoption of mechanisation among small-holders farmers. This approach facilitated the rental of appropriate machines for a specified period of time, usually accompanied with an operator. It enabled farmers access required machinery without purchasing it.

Anyway I dont like the borrowing. The government has shown it doesn't take these debts seriously. The best example is the rail with subsidized ticket cost. I would like an alternative method for increasing Mechanization.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says the federal government will obtain $1 billion from foreign banks to purchase farming equipment for local farmers in the country.

Mr Nanono disclosed this at the inauguration of the committee on the Green Imperative Programme on Friday in Abuja.

The banks are Deutsche Bank(DB), Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and Islamic Development Bank. He said the loans will be given at the rate of three per cent interest and will be repaid over a period of 15 years.

The Green Imperative Programme was launched by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo in January 2019. The programme emanated from the More Food International Programme which was initiated by Brazil to aid agricultural development around the world.

The programme aims at strengthening the productive capacity of smallholders farmers in African countries. In Nigeria, it seeks to enhance agricultural mechanisation, specialised extension services and agro-processing in the 774 local government areas of the country.

“With this funds, the country is expected to purchase 10,000 units of tractors, 50,000 units of assorted implements and equipment for assembly in Nigeria,” he said.

He listed other expenditure for the loans as “Training beneficiaries for over a period of 10 years, establishment of 780 service centres to aid smallholder farmers.”.

Mr Nanono said only seven tractors are available per 100 square metres in Nigeria, unlike in Kenya that has 700 tractors per 100 square metres.

The minister said Nigeria should have not less than 60,000 tractors, adding that mechanisation is the top priority for Nigerians.

He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will receive the fund from DB and make it available to local banks at concessional rates to cover the working capital needs of the service centres for the first two years.

“It is particularly crucial for the sustainability of the project, it will also ensure the repayment of the loan to the two financing institutions,” he said.

The new proposed loan will add to Nigeria’s foreign debt which critics includinga former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, have said is becoming unsustainable.

Speaking on Nigeria’s debt portfolio, late last year, Mr Obasanjo said Nigeria is already borrowing to service existing loans.

“As at 2015, total external debt was about $10.32billion. In four years, our external debt grew to N24,947 trillion or $81.274 billion. To service this current level of indebtedness, we must commit at least 50 per cent of our foreign earnings, such a situation tells about an impending bankruptcy because no entity can survive while devoting 50 per cent of its revenue to debt servicing.”

“In 2018, total debt servicing cost took over 60 per cent of government revenue. As if this is not bad enough, we are currently seeking to add another $29.6 billion loan to our already overburdened debt portfolio. ”

“Our current budget, out of which we are spending 25 per cent to service debt is not our total earnings, a lot of it is also borrowing. We are borrowing to service what we have borrowed and yet we are borrowing more,” Mr Obasanjo said, warning that Nigeria risks bankruptcy.

Insurance cover for agric loan

According to the agric minister, the Islamic Cooperation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit, (ICIEC) of the Islamic Development Bank and the Brazilian Guarantee and Fund Management Agency (ABGF) will provide insurance for the non-honouring of sovereign financial obligation.

The insurance will cover the total amount provided by the BNDES and other financial institutions. The ProEx Brazil programme credit line could provide interest rate equalisation for total financing that comes from BNDES.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/374241-nigerian-seeks-1-billion-loan-to-boost-mechanised-farming-minister.html

You should of just let this thot go. Now you're going end up in jail because you could control your emotions. Just eat a blew chew or buy some viagra if you want drugs. Tell your woman the eat suck you up for next round. Eat the box but dont stab the thot.

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bilms:
Don't understand this

If they aren't guilty they're able to get bail. Most of the inmates are still on trial. Loosening the bail requirements keep numbers from swelling futher.

If the plead guilty they should get time served. Credit them with the time the sat in prison so it either reduces time in prison or allows them to leave immediately.

Life cant stop because of bandits. The central bank increasing gold reserves is interesting. As long they paying spot price it's worth it for the miners.

By Zandi Shabalala

LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria will lift a ban on mining in Zamfara state by the end of March after the government deployed a surveillance team to stifle illegal activity in the northwestern region, the minister of mines and steel development said.

The government suspended operations in April on concerns that illegal mining was connected to a surge in banditry in the state that was the worst hit by a wave of violence that killed dozens of people and displaced thousands.

"The ban is about to be lifted because a lot of genuine investors who want to come (to invest) into Zamfara state," minister Olamilekan Adegbite told Reuters during a visit to London, adding this would happen "within the first quarter".

"When the ban came into effect there were a lot of investors who were already putting in money had to stop ... they are anxious to realise their investments."

Adegbite said the government had deployed a "surveillance team" to quell unrest and "discourage illegal activity".

But the United Nation's refugee agency said in September that worsening violence caused by organised armed groups had displaced about 40,000 people since the beginning of 2019.

In June, an armed group killed at least 34 people in attacks on villages.

Nigeria has largely untapped deposits of minerals including gold, nickel, tin and zinc. Some 80 percent of mining in Nigeria is carried out on an artisanal basis and gold in Zamfara is routinely smuggled out of the country illegally to neighbouring Niger and Togo.

About 500 kg of gold per month is illegally smuggled out of Nigeria, Adegbite said. At current prices, this is worth about $25 million and implies millions in lost tax revenue and unpaid royalties.

A Reuters analysis published in April found that billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates, a gateway to other markets.

The government has granted refining licences to local firms Kian Smith Trade & Co and Dukia Gold, which will have a combined capacity of 37 tonnes per year, said Adegbite.

Nigeria's central bank would purchase some of the gold.

(Reporting by Zandi Shabalala; editing by David Evans)

Source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/nigeria-to-resume-mining-in-zamfara-state-in-q1-minister-2020-01-22

Front page: Lalasticlala mynd44

over 72% of people in prison cells or correctional facilities across Nigeria are unsentenced prisoners, some of whom had spent over 10 years in prison, for a crime that if convicted, they would probably spend less years in jail.

There's 2 ways to go about releasing people.

1. Grant some bail and losen bail requirements
2. Time served for anyone who pleads guilty

Garba Shehu, said the measures boosted rice production to 9.2 million tonnes last year from 7.2 million in 2015, making Nigeria more or less self-sufficient

Agricultural data specialist Gro Intelligence, however, put Nigeria’s rice output at 4.9 million tonnes in 2019, up 60% from 2013 but well below local consumption of 7 million tonnes.

Garba Shehu needs to learn how to moderate hos lies. If Nigeria produced that much rice the country would be an exporter.

post-harvest losses are as high as 40 per cent for some commodities. It also frequently experiences gluts in the market for different commodities, leading to price instability, and in cases when prices crash, there is very little income for farmers.

How can post harvest loses be so high. That would be so painful. The other stuff like gluts can either be handled by storing crops or reporting for the cheap. The main benefit will come when the exchange starts trading furures contracts. I read it took Ethiopia awhile to get that.

Why does Nigeria want to revive it's failed Commodity exchanges when AFEX is working?

More broadly, experts warned that extreme measures, such as border closures, taken in the name of food security were hurting Nigerians, stunting the development of other industries and holding back foreign investment.

FDI has been declining long before the border closure. Im interested why it took such a sharp decline after 2012. The last 5 years are more obvious since they're talked about often.

The Government felt that land could not be easily acquired, for instance by investors to say engage in large scale agriculture, as they would have to buy land from various families and communities.

Obasanjo essentially sold out Nigerians to futher state and corprate interest. Corporations can simply go to state and have them confiscate land. They no longer have to bother with negotiating prices. This scenario is playing out in Jigawa to benefit chinese investors.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doIAUtHf8XQ

Mr Lee and his companies may have secured over 12,000 hectares of farmlands belonging to eight different communities in Jagawa; and in Makole in Kano through alleged coercion and connivance with local chiefs and state authorities.

Source

Lol up the stakes and arrest the care takers.

They can own, transfer and/or sell the land they live on, put up that land as collateral, bring the land into the formal marketplace and make property transactions easier to finance via financial institutions.

Eliminating the land use act will help in reducing the housing deficit. Developers can focus on apartments for renters. When ever the economy gets better more people can start buying homes. The role of local and state government should be to regulate real estate development with zoning laws, building codes and keeping title history.

The biggest impediment would be state governments. Anyone who disagrees would need to be voted out. Nigerians ought go be land owners not occupiers.

According to the FAO, less than 1% of Nigeria’s farmland is irrigated, compared with a global average of more than 20%.

Wow that's an amazing. Im surprised virtually everyone is dependent on the rain. Im sure the farmers could invest more if they could access capital to improve. Other than that state water boards have to do better at providing water to residents of the state.

One good start would be repealing the land use act. Their land would be collateral for loans.

Experts say there is little hope of improvement without significant investment in irrigation, mechanization, roads and storage. More than 12% of rice is also wasted due to poor roads and inefficient harvesting, milling and storage, consultants KPMG said in a review of the Nigeria’s rice industry.

Dont farmers store their crops in grain silos? A functional commodity exchange would help in that area. The government has to fix the roads.