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afrodoc2:
When such practices become a way of life impunity and callousness will set in. The tragedy is that this is what happens all over the country. The common man is phucked.

Muller don caption the message Sanwoolu and Tinubu dey pass to the common man with their spendings

CrystalTiger:
Sanwo Olu Patek Phillipe collection is able to start up at least 100 SME.. Man's wristwatch collection is mad..

I think only Hope Uzodinma dey try rival am small..

They can always argue he bought the watch with his personal funds; and of a truth u can't tell a man what he should spend or not spend "his money " on.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I am yet to see any governor use State funds to pay for his legal battles.

Only one person[/color]

Honestly there might be others. If someone tells me Wike used State funds to pay his legal fees while he was governor I won't be surprised at all. But they won't release the financials to the public, shebi na wetin u see u go analyze

raumdeuter:
Shebi MTN get infrastructure and staff even in core BokoHaram and ESN areas. You go structure am say na locals go dey interface with those ones probably get some local security like Tompolo or Nigeria army as security if you need to go there

There is insecurity factor in running a business too. There are some foreign companies going into Sudan Somalia and Afghanistan to do business as we speak. If you have govt guarantees of profit you can chuck it up to business risk

If govt is in your camp they will work out something despite how crazy Sudan Niger and some African countries are where they are practically in a civil war, Russia, China still dey invest and open companies there.

Which government ? The same government that can't prevent a governor's convoy from being attacked by Boko Haram ? Nigerian government cannot even guarantee the security of it's own officials, shey na that one any serious investor go come listen to their soothing and reassuring word of mouth ?

How many US companies do u have situated in places like Borno, Zamfara, Yobe, Katsina, etc ?

Did u miss the part where the editorial spoke about foreign countries like UK, US etc issuing security alert to their nationals to avoid some states in Nigeria ?

Realmrsean:
hehehehe..

That's to say, Dem no even rate us

Because they know even if matter cast their supporters will put up defence on their behalf everywhere online and offline.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]You didn't see the part where they said one perfume costs $1,000?

Tomorrow, they will present Sanwo-Olu as the best governor after Lincoln, forgetting that these guys did little, and siphoned most, with the much they had.

Shebi Master strategist don dey Abuja, and the defence now is "What will Obi have done?"....."Did Obi not say he will do the same"?

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If Sanwoolu floats a bank, oil company and airline after 8 years as Lagos state governor I won't be surprised at all. That guy just dey use cool face dey siphon as much public funds as he can lay his hands on.

Perfume wey dey cost $1,000...smh

izzou:
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When I was trying to register as a contractor in Lagos state sometime this year, one of their requirements is that a Business name can only get 500k max.

This is aside the usual verification of office, years of existence, blah blah blah

Well, Lati pulled a 10 million Naira contract with a Business name

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Lati get back-up

This reminds of that Akpobolokemi during his time at NIMASA when he transferred over N500m to a tailor

afrodoc2:
Person call himself weirdo you come dey act surprised at what he is yarning.

In any sane country the governor would lose his position and might even face charges if those claims are found to be true

These guys are treating their fellow Nigerians almost as bad as how slaves were treated.

Omo! I shock.

I believe it's the normal impunity they've always gotten away with that made LASG release the financials without even trying to doctor it or make it look more believable. Probably they never thought anybody will sit and analyze the report critically

iamoyindamola:
They will remind us to go to our state or check abia own

That one no go work on this one. Make dem face Funso Doherty ; except they want to tell him to go back to the Americas where his ancestors returned from after the end of slave trade.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]How are you sure that is not the real "Lati" that collected the contract?[/color]

Make Devil punish him and Lati join.

Dem say make we hold our leaders accountable, we are doing that and he's still telling us issues like transfer of public funds to a mechanic is off limits.

iamoyindamola:
I am still confused reading it
E no suppose better for APC party

And the annoying part is they always have some citizens like me and u who have sold their conscience who would even gaslight u for asking questions .

Look at the irresponsible fellow below telling us to talk about other things instead of asking for holding the government responsible for this fraudulent misappropriation of public funds .

This country ehn

raumdeuter:
If you have govt backup you can make significantly more in a 3rd world country than in a semi organized society.
You can tell a foreign investor he doesn't need to pay tax, the investor also knows he can treat workers like shit, probably doesn't have to go through the standard requirements e.g environmental care, he can flare gas or fumes anyhow, direct waste product anywhere

All these increase his profit significantly and give the local country some benefits

See why some companies like MTN JB etc no gree go. Nigeria is their biggest cash cow and they make a higher margin in Nigeria than they would have made in their home country

Security nko ?

MTN is more of a service provider than producer of physical goods na. Let's look at the manufacturing sector; dem Dunlop, Michellin & co left naija due to unstable power supply which shot up their production cost in Nigeria. Insecurity and the power sector challenge is enough to dissuade any investor from putting clean money into the Nigerian economy

EXPOSED: The Man Lagos Gov’t ‘Paid N2.3m to Supply DPO Pamphlets’ Is a Mechanic — And He Supplied Nothing

On Friday evening, Funso Doherty, the 2023 Lagos governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), published records of Lagos State’s expenditures in Q2 and Q3 of 2023.

Among the records published was a June 16, 2023 payment by Tayo Ayinde, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s chief of staff, to Adebiyi Lateef Adebowale, a 33-year-old Lagos resident, for the replacement of liquid fragrance in Sanwo-Olu’s office.

Ayinde paid Adebowale’s ARC44 Global Enterprises a sum of N7,475,000. He also paid the business the sum of N2,300,000 for “production of telephone directory pamphlet of divisional police officers (DPOs) and emergency response agencies in Lagos State” , according to records released by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.

Both payments were made on June 16 to the same business, and both amount to N9,775,000.

On Monday, FIJ visited ARC44 Global Enterprises’ registered address to see what this business was into and find out how Adebowale secured the contract to deliver fragrances and pamphlets.

When FIJ visited the Bariga area of the state, we searched for businesses matching the name the state government paid to, but this effort bore no fruits.

After making our way to 10 Ayoola Lawal Street, we met an aged woman who operated a kiosk in front of the building, but this woman knew no one bearing Adebowale. She also did not know any business called ARC44 Global Enterprises.

We circled round 10A and 10B but got no result. When we returned to the woman in front of her kiosk, she requested a description of the man, and we gave his full name, business name and the contracts the state government paid him for.

“Lati? Na mechanic he be o!” she exclaimed in Pidgin English. “We know am here as Adebiyi Lati. Na very quiet boy. He no de print or sell anything. Na mechanic. Printing press no de here.”

Lati was not home at the time of our visit, as another resident would confirm to us. No one would give us their names or numbers, but they took ours.

In the evening, Lati called us to find out why we were looking for him. In the guise of wanting to order flyers and pamphlets, we asked him if he could produce 1,000 wedding flyers, and if he had supplied pamphlets to police DPOs as claimed on the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (LASPPA) website.

“I will produce it for you; no problem,” Lati told us when we asked if he could produce for us. When we asked if he produced pamphlets for the police, he said, “Pamphlets for DPOs? No o!”

https://www.nairaland.com/7920210/lagos-government-paid-2.3m-mechanic

Devil supposed punish Sanwoolu specially. He called all of these mistake .

See picture of the "office premises" of who dem wire N9.7m tax payers' money to

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Fair point.

But the price is not really a serious measure. It's the space.

These areas do not have the space. Na the major headache be that.

The little space they have is outrageous with the sum attached[/color]

That's why I recommended other areas closer to Ikeja like Ogudu, Ojota and Ogba. U will most likely not see any large space unoccupied in that Ikeja axis. Like SPAR don collect the ground floor of Adebola house .Most of the vacant space u will see in Ikeja will be standard office/shop size for premium price.

popizaino:
Daniel Regha did a thread on x (twitter) asking us to tag bad roads in our various states,and to my dismay it turned worst than i imagine. The picture of the terrible roads in Oyo state that i once posted here are all good roads compared to the ones i saw from other parts of the country. Now, just like you asked, how is our government able to convince foreign investors to invest in this country is something that can't seem to understand.

At times some of those their foreign trip is just to fulfill all righteousness; I know in their heart of hearts they won't be expecting much positive feedbacks.

Most investors will rather take their money to Asian countries with basic amenities in place; they will leverage on their large population for cheap labour and get their capital turnaround in quick time. Even as a Nigerian, I no fit go hustle dollars abroad and then plough into Nigeria where my investment is not safe due to the many factors listed above.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The target locations are high-brow areas with heavy traffic?

Ikeja
Surulere
The Island
Amuwo and Ago palace

Ojota would make sense, but not much traffic on Oregun road. Same for Ogudu.

Ogba get traffic, but dem go fit buy the furniture?[/color]

Infant have it all .

From what u've said thus far u are looking at 3 different criteria ; highbrow area , heavy traffic , and not too expensive . Having those 3 all at once is almost impossible . U will have to make do with the 2 most important criteria to u

iamoyindamola:
I am interested in the harmattan i have never anticipate for something like this before
Heat wan kill me

The harmattan will surely come late this year. Me I no dey commot inside sun, wetin I dey find ?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]We want to use it for a furniture showroom.

Upstairs will be very difficult to carry it and bring it down.

That is why furniture sellers always settle for Ground floors[/color]

Do u want only Ikeja? Why not try out locations like Ogudu, Ojota, Ogba & co ?

Tinubu should rather rebuild the fundamentals. When his house is on fire, he should mandate the Vice-President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs or other senior official to undertake these foreign assignments while he directs his full attention to fixing Nigeria’s myriad challenges.

The bitter truth is that while its potential remains huge, Nigeria is currently not attractive to foreign investors. Africa’s largest economy is plagued on many fronts, starting with insecurity. From Islamic terrorism to banditry, kidnapping to separatist agitation, and militancy to Fulani herdsmen rapine, robbery, and cultism, and neither its citizens nor investments are safe.


On the eve of his Germany trip, terrorists attacked the motorcade of the Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni, between Maiduguri, Borno State, and Damaturu in which two security agents died. On Wednesday, soldiers invaded the Adamawa State Police Command HQs in Yola, killing an inspector.

Repeatedly, Western governments issue travel alerts to their citizens to refrain from travelling to parts of the country. This is a major impediment to FDI and tourism.

Besides, the economy is struggling with inflation, shabby infrastructure, forex illiquidity, huge debt, shallow electricity output, poor enforcement of the rule of law, and poor ease of doing business[/b].

https://www.nairaland.com/7919885/tinubu-should-rethink-frequent-trips

For a long time I've always wondered what our presidents (both the current one and previous ones) do tell potential investors when they go on their globe-trotting looking for foreign investors.

Like how do u intend to convince an investor (who is looking for where to grow his capital) to come invest in ur country when the country is a mess ? No stable electricity, there's serious security challenge and u expect me to put my money in such country? The rule of law is even a mirage and regulators dey collect bribe up and down.

iamoyindamola:
November
Rain still they fall
Harmattan refused to come
Na everything they do anyhow for this country i won't be surprise when day will refuse to make way for night to resume duty

A single water no drop like this for Island. The sun is very hot sef for here.

[quote author=Amigoss post=127123352]Now I See why agbonlahor no rate am,tell me vvd go play like this despite vidic being in a better team.... He has no pace,can't pass,very reckless,...he would be found out in this modern day style of football

Easy question for Agbonlahor he used to bully Vidic https://t.co/Rwm6tTw8sH pic.twitter.com/QkoUKPqgUG

— GDon (@gdonlfc) November 23, 2023

u know how many unknown players have done worse to Van Djik ?

Lmao. U carry one video clip to rubbish Vidic's entire career. When u say he would be found out in modern day football, u talk as if Vidic played in the EPL in the early 90's

Amigoss:
Ahhhh,if I show you vidic failed comp,you go changed your mind now now

All players have failed comp; even Messi the GOAT has failed comp .

I'm an arsenal fan who watched Terry, Van Djik and Vidic play in the EPL and I know I will always pick Vidic ahead of the other 2 when I'm asked to choose the best CB amongst the trio

[quote author=Amigoss post=127122917]Of course Nostalgia merchants will not agree with Gabby Agbonlahor who also played against vidic

“Vidic wasn’t all that!” 😱🇷🇸

“Van Dijk & Kompany over Vidic. JT & Rio are the best. Kyle Walker & Mo Salah walk in.”

❌ Gabby Agbonlahor isn’t having Nemanja Vidic anywhere near an all-time #PL XI. pic.twitter.com/HIUpADfCDC

— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) November 23, 2023

speaks in CAPonese . He no know ball; no be today .

Vidic shiits on Terry, Van Djik and Kompany. It's even laughable he mentioned Komoany and Van Djik to start with .

GloriousGbola:
i think most of these issues always had an actual sexual encounter



chicks enjoying the benefits of knacking celebrities then changing the story years later

any randy naija CEOs and ogas at the top should keep their shit outside the office. there will soon be a reckoning in corporate nigeria and we will hear different stories from women who took full advantage of ogas wandering prick

there was one chick who had an affair with our ceo and got a performance bonus of 5m where the rest of us got one month basic bonus. tomoorw the babe can come out and accuse the guy as well - esp if he starts rolling with oyibo venture capitalists

In naija dem go silence such women.

When I say naija is a jungle it's based on some things I've experienced/ some information I'm privy to.

I know someone whose arrest was initiated by a police AIG. Why was he arrested? Simply because he was a middleman in a Yahoo Yahoo scheme that involve a couple of Hundred thousand dollars. U know when u hear Yahoo boys looking for who will help them launder thousands of dollars and u happen to know somebody that know somebody that can get the job done. So, the guy did middleman and somehow the money got stuck midway.

The original Yahoo boys who own the transaction are not even based in Nigeria; they put a call through to an AIG and he initiated the arrest of everybody in the long chain with the sole aim of retrieving the money and having it get to the Yahoo boys. Imagine an AIG making himself available to Yahoo Boys for such clandestine operation.

Now imagine make one big CEO puts a call trough to such AIG to help him shake down a woman who is trying to exploit their past sexual relationship. The AIG will gladly do anything (both legal and illegal) to have the woman silenced forever.

GloriousGbola:
this was my post on the thread. anything said by the senate on this is pure and undaulterated BS and grandstanding.

the bulk of TAM was during PDP years and it was clearly a money for the boys cash grab. if they are actually sincere about this it is the nnpc ceos and oil ministers from 2007 to 2015 they will call

Why 2010- 2015 ? What happens to 2015- 2020 ?

The truth is both the NNPC and the previous senate committee are culpable in the scam that has been run in this Turnaround Maintenance scheme.

Why do they keep signing-on for more funds being pumped into the turnaround without getting progress reports and documents that confirm same ?

The way they run this country ehn, it defies logic

GloriousGbola:
that is why i keep saying that if the whole affair between monica and bill clinton had not been exposed there is every possibility that today she would also be suing him. republicans like to claim bill clinton is some sort of rapist because of the stories of paula jones and co.

but the monica story, where a bill clinton at the height of his powers engaged in acts of consensual adultery with a subordinate say he was just a randy man not a sexually aggressive one.

If the Bill Clinton issue happened now; he would've been cancelled totally and he will pay serious compensations

Roland17:
https://www.nairaland.com/7919641/senate-threatens-jail-nnpcl-ceo

Anybody remember my debates on this thread with a handle I can’t remember about the NNPCL, it’s ownership, control and refineries?

I think u had it with the resident I & E expert or some other pro-APC analyst

afrodoc2:
It is a blatant money grab. It is actually a smart scheme.

Accuse any rich man that you have ever had contact with of assaulting you. It is either he is liable and you get paid loads of money or he is not and you don’t get paid loads of cash. Most likely your deal with your lawyers is that they get paid if you get paid.

If the rich man is not found liable, you don’t get punished by the courts and you don’t owe anyone money. You can now channel your new found fame into a social media influencer career.

Win win situation.

You are not wrong. She may even write a best seller book from the experience and milk the social media fame as much as she can.

Na woke world we dey now.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I remember when i was in JSS1. Plantashun boiz came to perform in my school

I can remember 2face holding my hand as i led him to sign an autograph on my exercise book.

After reading this Foxx story, I am just thinking of ways to milk some millions off 2baba.

Is it possible to say he groped me and seductively carressed my hand?

I need to cash out this season bro. December don reach.[/color]

No try am for Nigeria o; 2baba go just send two of him boys make dem mend u small..... Na u go withdraw the case , wave white flag and do free promotion for the 2baba brand.

U no see as Abu Abel break DjChicken hand and still send am N1million to take care of himself? Na film wey dem go play u be that

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/7919870/jamie-foxx-accused-groping-woman

Another one in a dirty mess, when the prophet say lower your gaze and don't touch e get reasons


Unless there is a camera or witnesses groping 8 years ago is like you against me
Almost dead on arrival

The accuser is suing Mr Foxx for damages, alleging "sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery".

Mr Foxx's representatives did not respond to a BBC request for comment.

The lawsuit alleges the assault occurred at around 01:00 in the morning on 26 August 2015 at Catch NYC after the woman was seated at a table next to Mr Foxx.

The actor appeared intoxicated and agreed to a photo, saying, "sure, baby, anything for you", the lawsuit says.

It adds that he told the woman she had a "supermodel body" and smelled "so good".

He led her to a secluded part of the restaurant and touched her breasts and put his hands in her underwear without her consent, the lawsuit says, adding that the incident ended when her friend came looking for her.

This abroad people no go kill person.

So a woman approaches a clearly drunk celebrity, asks him for a photo which he agrees to, he told her she has a banging body, he took her to one corner where he grabbed her breast and also grabbed her by the pvsssy (credit: Donald Trump), and it all ended when her friend came looking for her.

The news article never talked about her protesting being handled by a drunk Mr. Foxx, the news didn't talk about Mr. Foxx being in the right frame of mind; yet the woman comes back 8 years after claiming damages.

Omo!

If I were to be in Mr. Foxx's shoes, I can pay my lawyers millions to ensure she doesn't get a dime from the lawsuit. I will then sue her for taking advantage of me in my drunken state.

TrebleChamp:
So you have retired from agbere? 😁😁

No dey ask senior man all these kind implicating kweshions na

liveLongNprospa:
Person wey go vote tinubu again😁

That's the beauty of democracy.Vote rubbish, complain when the consequences materializes, vote rubbish during the next electoral cycle, complain again, rinse and repeat.

We must learn a lesson!