₦airaland Forum

rusher14:
You do realise these guys were caught at the airport.

U mean the dealers were caught at the airport?

Okudiover:
That the traders mentioned where they made the transaction is a different matter. The best you can charge the operators is for operating a bureau de change outside existing monetary regulations. This does not absolve the traders of culpability in money laundering as ignorance of the law is no excuse.

The culpability of the traders was not the point that caught my attention, but going to the market to arrest the dealers. Except you will feign ignorance, majority of operators of bureau de change outside existing monetary regulations are northerners. why pick on onitsha? couldn't it have been enough to confiscate the money and prosecute the traders than go to harrass the dealers? i have been directed several times by bankers in the bank to this black market dealers; it's no secret. If efcc want to do a sincere job, why not go to these known black market spots, from the north to the south?

HungerBAD:
Universally, anything up to $10.000, even if the post erroneously said it's $5000, not reported to the Customs at the Airport is an offense.

This is not a tribal thing.

Those Trying To Make this a witch hunt thing, are full of mischief.

All the traders needed to do was declare their MONEY.

Trying to sneak a large amount of money out of the country, knowingly or not, is an offense.

They broke the law, and there are consequences for that. And remember, ignorance is not an excuse before the law, incase they claim they did not know they were breaking the law.

Did u also read this:
"The source said that upon interrogation,
the traders were said to have mentioned
where they purchased the foreign
currency in the market, hence the visit of
the EFCC operatives to the Main Market
to arrest the dealers."

Don't worry the chief of army staff, after taking selfie and showing us " depot of fuel and amunitions" captured by NA, will charm the bokos. We are winning the war through pictures.

Thousands of people have died in
recent years in stampedes, many of
them at religious festivals. Here are
some of the most deadly:

24 September 2015, Mina, Saudi
Arabia
More than 700 people taking part in the
annual Hajj pilgrimage die in a stampede
near Mecca. Two million people had
converged on Mina to throw stones at
pillars representing the devil in the Hajj's
last major rite. Some 450 people were
injured.

14 October 2013, Madhya Pradesh,
India
At least 115 people die in a stampede
near the Ratangarh temple after panic
broke out on a bridge. Hundreds of
thousands had gathered for the Hindu
festival of Navatri.

14 January 2011, Kerala, India
More than 102 pilgrims are crushed to
death while returning from the Hindu
shrine of Sabarimala. The shrine is in a
remote, mountainous, area of dense
forests.

22 November 2010, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
More than 375 people die in a stampede
on a bridge on the Tonle Sap river during
celebrations of the annual Water
Festival. Prime Minister Hun Sen
described the stampede as the "biggest
tragedy" to hit Cambodia since the
Khmer Rouge.

30 September 2008, Rajasthan, India
More than 220 people die in a
stampede at the Chamunda Devi Hindu
temple inside Jodhpur's famous
Mehrangarh Fort.

3 August 2008, Himachal Pradesh,
India
At least 140 people die in a stampede
at a hilltop Hindu temple in northern
India. A rain shelter on a mountain path
to the Nainadevi temple collapsed in bad
weather, causing panic. Dozens more
pilgrims were hurt.

12 January 2006, Mina, Saudi Arabia
At least 364 die in a crush during the
annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Officials
say the stampede happened after pieces
of luggage spilled from moving buses in
front of one of the entrances to the
bridge of Jamarat, causing pilgrims to
trip.

31 August 2005, Baghdad, Iraq
Up to 1,000 Shia pilgrims are trampled
to death or drown in the Tigris River
after rumours of a suicide bombing
sparked panic. Many of the dead are
women and children.

25 January 2005, Maharashtra, India
Up to 300 Hindu pilgrims die in a
stampede during a Hindu pilgrimage to
the remote Mandhar Devi temple. Many
pilgrims are crushed and burned to death
as fires in roadside stalls force crowds
into a narrow stairway leading to the
hilltop temple.

1 February 2004, Mina, Saudi Arabia
Some 251 pilgrims are trampled to
death in a 27-minute stampede during
the Hajj. Officials say many of the victims
were not authorised to participate in the
Stoning of Satan ritual, after new
procedures were introduced following
previous stampedes.


9 May 2001, Accra, Ghana
Some 126 die at the Accra Sports
Stadium after a match between rival
teams Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante
Kotoko. The Ghanaian police are blamed
by many survivors for causing the
stampede by firing tear gas in the packed
and locked stadium, after angry
demonstrations by fans of the losing
side.


9 April 1998, Mina, Saudi Arabia
At least 118 pilgrims die and more
than 180 are hurt during the Stoning of
Satan ritual. The pilgrims, mostly from
Indonesia and Malaysia, are trampled to
death after panic erupts when several
people fall off an overpass.


2 July 1990, Saudi Arabia
Some 1,426 pilgrims, mostly Malaysians
and Indonesians, die in a huge crush in a
tunnel leading to Mecca's holy sites. The
authorities say most died of asphyxiation
after the tunnel's ventilation system
broke down.

Thousands of people have died in
recent years in stampedes, many of
them at religious festivals. Here are
some of the most deadly:

24 September 2015, Mina, Saudi
Arabia
More than 700 people taking part in the
annual Hajj pilgrimage die in a stampede
near Mecca. Two million people had
converged on Mina to throw stones at
pillars representing the devil in the Hajj's
last major rite. Some 450 people were
injured.

14 October 2013, Madhya Pradesh,
India
At least 115 people die in a stampede
near the Ratangarh temple after panic
broke out on a bridge. Hundreds of
thousands had gathered for the Hindu
festival of Navatri.

14 January 2011, Kerala, India
More than 102 pilgrims are crushed to
death while returning from the Hindu
shrine of Sabarimala. The shrine is in a
remote, mountainous, area of dense
forests.

22 November 2010, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
More than 375 people die in a stampede
on a bridge on the Tonle Sap river during
celebrations of the annual Water
Festival. Prime Minister Hun Sen
described the stampede as the "biggest
tragedy" to hit Cambodia since the
Khmer Rouge.

30 September 2008, Rajasthan, India
More than 220 people die in a
stampede at the Chamunda Devi Hindu
temple inside Jodhpur's famous
Mehrangarh Fort.

3 August 2008, Himachal Pradesh,
India
At least 140 people die in a stampede
at a hilltop Hindu temple in northern
India. A rain shelter on a mountain path
to the Nainadevi temple collapsed in bad
weather, causing panic. Dozens more
pilgrims were hurt.

12 January 2006, Mina, Saudi Arabia
At least 364 die in a crush during the
annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Officials
say the stampede happened after pieces
of luggage spilled from moving buses in
front of one of the entrances to the
bridge of Jamarat, causing pilgrims to
trip.

31 August 2005, Baghdad, Iraq
Up to 1,000 Shia pilgrims are trampled
to death or drown in the Tigris River
after rumours of a suicide bombing
sparked panic. Many of the dead are
women and children.

25 January 2005, Maharashtra, India
Up to 300 Hindu pilgrims die in a
stampede during a Hindu pilgrimage to
the remote Mandhar Devi temple. Many
pilgrims are crushed and burned to death
as fires in roadside stalls force crowds
into a narrow stairway leading to the
hilltop temple.

1 February 2004, Mina, Saudi Arabia
Some 251 pilgrims are trampled to
death in a 27-minute stampede during
the Hajj. Officials say many of the victims
were not authorised to participate in the
Stoning of Satan ritual, after new
procedures were introduced following
previous stampedes.

9 May 2001, Accra, Ghana
Some 126 die at the Accra Sports
Stadium after a match between rival
teams Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante
Kotoko. The Ghanaian police are blamed
by many survivors for causing the
stampede by firing tear gas in the packed
and locked stadium, after angry
demonstrations by fans of the losing
side.

9 April 1998, Mina, Saudi Arabia
At least 118 pilgrims die and more
than 180 are hurt during the Stoning of
Satan ritual. The pilgrims, mostly from
Indonesia and Malaysia, are trampled to
death after panic erupts when several
people fall off an overpass.

2 July 1990, Saudi Arabia
Some 1,426 pilgrims, mostly Malaysians
and Indonesians, die in a huge crush in a
tunnel leading to Mecca's holy sites. The
authorities say most died of asphyxiation
after the tunnel's ventilation system
broke down.

Owoloku1:
Hehe...why don't you wait and see

who owns pgm? I'm just curious.

Owoloku1:
He also said the EIA is now being done by PGM that was recommended by the ministry of environment after which the ceremony will be held and the road will be constructed.

There's no where it says Buhari won't attend it after the adequate EIA is done

yea! in the fullness of time, it will be constructed.

Owoloku1:
Some people won't read before they comment

Anyway I belive adequate EIA should be done because as much as we need the roads, we also need to protect our wide life.

I just want to believe that after the EIA is done, the road will be well routed and constructed

But Ita stated that the proposed road
would not traverse the Cross River
National Park, as the superhighway would
be several kilometres away from the
national park.
“Based on the input of the Cross River
National Park, the road has since been re-
routed with the alignment now several
kilometers away from the Park.

5% region detected: visit deactivated. next!

A’Ibom govs’ driver not an impersonator –Govt The Akwa Ibom State Government has refuted reports that Governor Udom Emmanuel’s official driver is not a real policeman but an impostor. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, gave the clarification in a statement on Tuesday. Umanah said the driver, Bassey Edet, is a bonafide policeman and absolved the officer of allegations of defrauding banks. The statement read, “Contrary to a false report that the official driver of Governor Emmanuel is not a policeman, Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah says Mr. Bassey Edet is a bonafide officer of the Force. “Speaking in his office on the story in The Punch Newspaper of Monday, September 14, 2015 purporting that the driver is involved in police impersonation saga, Mr. Umanah said that Edet is a certified, trained spy policeman and therefore, cannot be said to be an impersonator. “The Information boss said that Mr. Edet’s Police Force Identification Number is 1522, having attended Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos State, and wondered how he could be accused of breaching any rules by wearing his uniform.” The commissioner dismissed as false, the allegation that the governor’s driver was defrauding financial institutions by taking multiple salaries, noting “that I have in good authority that the bank referred to in that false publication, like other international organisations, does not hire drivers, therefore, could not have had his name on its payroll.” Copyright PUNCH.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

A’Ibom govs’ driver not an
impersonator –Govt



The Akwa Ibom State Government has
refuted reports that Governor Udom
Emmanuel’s official driver is not a real
policeman but an impostor.
The state Commissioner for Information,
Mr. Aniekan Umanah, gave the
clarification in a statement on Tuesday.
Umanah said the driver, Bassey Edet, is a
bonafide policeman and absolved the
officer of allegations of defrauding banks.
The statement read, “Contrary to a false
report that the official driver of Governor
Emmanuel is not a policeman, Akwa Ibom
State Commissioner for information and
Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah
says Mr. Bassey Edet is a bonafide officer
of the Force.
“Speaking in his office on the story in The
Punch Newspaper of Monday, September
14, 2015 purporting that the driver is
involved in police impersonation saga, Mr.
Umanah said that Edet is a certified,
trained spy policeman and therefore,
cannot be said to be an impersonator.
“The Information boss said that Mr. Edet’s
Police Force Identification Number is
1522, having attended Police Training
School, Ikeja, Lagos State, and wondered
how he could be accused of breaching any
rules by wearing his uniform.”
The commissioner dismissed as false, the
allegation that the governor’s driver was
defrauding financial institutions by taking
multiple salaries, noting “that I have in
good authority that the bank referred to
in that false publication, like other
international organisations, does not hire
drivers, therefore, could not have had his
name on its payroll.”
Copyright PUNCH.All rights reserved. This
material, and other digital content on this
website, may not be reproduced,
published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed in whole or in part without
prior express written permission from
PUNCH.

otr1:
I don't have time to be going round the circle.
I just told, secret recruitment into public service is not a NORM.
That they've been doing it doesn't make it right.
I'm very familiar with the DSS to know that they don't advertise any vacancy, but only replace them with their own people with some slots given to some politicians- especially in the NASS.
So stop making it sound as if the secrecy is embedded in the law governing the DSS. It's not and it's corruption.
I just hope I won't get to read it here again from people like you if Daura decides to recruit only northerners in december, just because the recruitment exercise should not be "advertised"

talking about the law; was it lawful to have daura head the dss?
Also, if u suggest the recruitment excercise was not done in accordance to the law, why didn't he sack all the cadets employed by the process? don't try to defend what is not tenable.

otr1:
Yes, it was...In 2013.
Now show me where it is written that it shouldn't be advertised?

i challenge u to post the link/news paper that advertised the vacancy.
The truth is that it has never been advertised. U don't need to justify the sack by faulting the process of recruitment, when the authority did not state any.

sameer1212:
Congratulations? For using state funds his Vagabond father stole Are you okay?

You are so livid with hate, so much that u refused to see that nothing connects that boy with the said porsche car.
Also, the interior of the alleged car is different from the mercedis wagon in the other pix. You have already concluded on the boy matter and that's sad. could the feeling be different if it were el rufai's son that is said to buy the car?

sameer1212:
Hahahahaha! Fayose children are riding luxury cars and nairaland WAILERS are ready to die for him even when 99% percent of them are dying of hunger and abject poverty. Hmmmm nawa ooo.

If u were not brainwashed to believe every propaganda to smear the image of this young man, you may have noticed that nothing link the car to the boy's picture. Also the interior of the car shown is different from the exterior of the benz car. it is a pity.

otr1:
I called you a liar because you make it sound as if recruitment into the SSS should be a top secret. Friend secret recruitment into the DSS is not a norm, it's corruption.
That this has been going on for years doesn't make it right.
If later this year, Mr Daura recruites only Northerners- since it's supposed to be a secret and outsiders are not supposed to know about it- it's people like you that will complain of northernization and nepotism.

You still did not show that recruitment into the dss has ever been advertised.

otr1:
You're a liar

Not just enough to shout " u are a lier", i challenge u to post any publication that advertised dss recruitment.

RichDad1:
Nepotism.
Na family affair.

But if buhari brings some one from his village to head the dss, simply because the next most senior officer who could have become the head is not from the north; that is change?

ibkgab001:
Until I know the reason

No reason was given because there was none in the first place. what people don't know is that most of the trainee left in the academy are from the north.

IbnSultaan:
good one selection process was unethical

Why didn't they sack all the trainees that were recruited?

kkkp:
Hmm 65 trainee officers.. No advert , nothing they just employ their relatives.. Carry go baba

Dss does not advertise for positions.

...Just to spice your weekend#
I called MTN's customer care number, a
lady picked and we had this conversation.

LADY: Hello, good evening, thanks for
calling MTN customer care service, my
name is Joy, what's your name and where
are you calling from?

ME: Hello, good evening, my name is
James Elumelu and I'm calling from Lagos
state.

LADY: How may I help you, Mr. Elumelu?
ME: I'm looking for a wife to marry.

LADY: Is that why you called the
customer care service?

ME: Yes and I think I'm already in love
with you... You know you have a very
nice voice.

LADY: Hellooo! Please, we only attend to
issues about your MTN line, okay?

ME: Yes o... This is an issue about my
MTN line too, because I spend much
credit calling so many girls asking them
about marriage.

LADY: Please! I would have to put an end
to this call!

ME: Baby, don't talk like that now... I
promise to make you happy. You would
be happy with me. Can I have your
number please?

LADY: (hissing) Hey Mr. man, I think
something is wrong with you!...

ME: (cutting in) Hey, hold it there... I
hope you can now feel how frustrating it
is to receive a call and hear rubbish?!
From today henceforth, tell every other
staff there including yourself that nobody
should call me with a funny number only
for it to be an advert or send me those
nonsense messages you guys disturb my
phone with daily!
(Some guys may want to try this... Be
ready to re-reguster your SIM again and
again if you do)

Buhari's administration reminds me of a scene in Idi Amin.

Pierocash:
Integrity supersedes all d above criteria.they may not be more educated and brilliant than d southerners, bt their level of integrity and transparency outstands d southerners.

What integrity are you talking about? That a man promised to publicly declare his assets and refuse to keep the promise?

Opeyemi Agbaje asked: When people justify lop-sided Northern appointments on the basis of competence, is it a suggestion that more intelligent and competent people are more abundant in the North? How come that is not reflected in the private sector- in banking, telecommunications, law, medicine, engineering, accounting, all the professions? How come it is not reflected in JAMB admissions, WAEC results, UNITY Schools admission cut-off points? How come it is not reflected in university graduation scores? What is this inferiority complex and sickening sycophancy that many people have developed?

Sweetlemon:
Since it's in vogue to check demographics of appointees rather than their track records, very well then we shall do so. While most of us are shouting "Northern Agenda" Let's take a closer look at this expression called "North". Let's be sincere, when we hear North, the first thing that comes to mind is Hausa/Fulani/Muslim. But we have all forgotten or simply refused to learn that North is divided into
Geographically:
1. North East
2. North West
3. North Central

Demographically:
1. Core Muslim
2. Almost 200 Minority tribes
3. A fair chunk of Christian population
4. Hausa/Fulani plus Kanuri Majority Tribes

Simply put, the North is 5 times more complex than the South.
Now let's examine possible reasons why we just assume North to be Hausa/Fulani/Muslim. The answer is not rocket science. It's simply because Hausas and Fulanis have been dominating the Northern scene since forever. Now let's take a closer look at Buhari's Northern appointments so far;
Did we miss the fact that a fair number of the ones in sensitive posts are from minority tribes and in fact Christians??
Now help me ask yourselves, when last did Northern Christians get recognition? When last did we hear of tribes like Kilba, Angas, Tula, Waja? Is it not indeed some sort of change from the usual Hausa/Fulani/SS/Yoruba/Igbo/Muslim we keep hearing all over the place? Ok nau. Are we aware of the SGF is a Pastor of proven integrity? Don't you think that empowering and recognizing the Christians and minority tribes will go a long way in checking insurgencies and attacks on these vulnerable people by Fulani herdsmen, etc? Are you now trying to say that these minorities in the North who have never been given recognition but have been patiently waiting are lower and inferior Nigerians? Don't they deserve spots just like the conventional Yorubas which make up SW, Igbos which make up SE and then the different SS tribes?

I'm not done yet. Have we noticed that these appointees are not your usual politicians? Does that not mean that it won't be the "awon goons mi" business as usual? They were almost regular people until Buhari made them popular, meaning they don't have a never-ending list of goons they need to reward. I know most disappointed APC fans had placed their bets on Onu, Fashola, and Ameachi. They have erroneously seen Nigeria politics as a sport betting game or a fantasy football league where you conjure up your own "dream team". Smh.

If we still insist on this marginalization talk can we ask ourselves these questions?;

1. Is there more stable electricity in North than in the south?
2. The clean up in sectors so far, does it in the long run affect only Northerners? If the EFCC, Customs, pensions, NNPC etc are functioning properly does it not mean better for us as a whole? When last did you queue for fuel?
3. Buhari just ordered clean up of ogoni areas, (let's not forget we just had an ND son there for the past five years!) Are Northerners the ones to benefit from this exercise?

Can we please just relax our muscles a bit while we watch how things eventually play out?
I don't know why the average Nigerian does not think outside the box. These points here are things I pray each and every person reading this will ponder on with at least half an open mind. This is the first time I will be begging the mods to move my thread to FP. My message must touch as many hearts as possible.
Call me a hopeless Nigeria-lover. Yeah I know I am because I'm the type that loves with all my heart, I may get angry but I still love.

Good bless The Federal Rebublic of Nigeria!
Sai Buhari!

Cheers!


Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Obinoscopy.

SGF Babachir Lawal-Until his
appointment Babachir was the APC
Vice Chair North East and a career
politician who is a major ally of
corrupt ex governor Murtala Nyako.

Col Hamid Ali Customs CG- Notorious
bigot who served under Abacha's
dictatorship and was on the kangaroo
tribunal that sentenced Ken Saro Wiwa
to death. He is supposedly
"incorruptible " yet he was a major
player in Abacha's junta and a hawkish
secretary of the Arewa Consultative
Forum.

A son took his old mother to a Restaurant for an evening dinner. Mother being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on her clothes. Other dinners watched her in disgust while her son was calm. After she finished eating,her son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took her to the wash room, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed her hair and fitted her spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and started walking out with his mother. At that time, an old man amongst the dinners called out to the son and asked him, “Don’t you think you have left something behind?”. The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t”. The old man retorted, “Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every child and hope for every mother” The restaurant went silent. A wish of every mum. My mum had to bear the shame of me embarrassing her when I was little, i see no reason why i can't do the same for her. The love of parents to their children as well as their labor to them will never be in vain. Oh God! bless our mothers and grant them sound health, pour Your unlimited mercy and favor to them in this present world and Hereafter. Amen

Now i can confirm that these guys really think nigerians are fools! What's the difference bw 12 and a dozen?

it's a progressive killing, not bad.