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eBanking should be encouraged in Nigeria, and reduce the old traditional ways of carrying cash around.The banks should finance the Interswatch to enhanced their IT infrastructure to modern day level.
Encourage the use of ATM/Debit cards and internet for transaction.The world is going cash less and all money matter are encrypt in a chip card secured with a password/PIN.

Are there no Bankers in the house to give their intelligential views on this topic ?
Are Nigeria banks only exit as conduct pipe for laundry government into foreign countries ?

LondonCool:
Note: Students are exempted from paying the TV licence.

Students are not exempted dude

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/students.jsp

u no get photo for ur moto ?

They want you to reapply and pay the fees.

benincitys:
i was going to OK my ticket tomorrow now i don't no what to do, i have nightmare after reading that story.

Ok your ticket i am sure you will be fine.
Just be yourself,normal life and it shall be well.

[quote author=kaaz link=topic=175826.msg2865211#msg2865211 date=1222610948

thax for your comment it really nice
[quote][/quote]Kaaz,

You don;t need an advice at the moment(he that wear the shoes knows, ).You have to act fast.You are only protecting your marriage and not your wife.These are two distinct entities,think about it and make your choice otherwise you will lose both.

benincitys:
brownbonno @
that story was too sad to be true.

This shows the kind of animals in human flesh we have in Nigeria.They are ready to do anything for MONEY.
When you look at the wealth of the nation,poverty,the religious nature,the wickedness,greed and corruption.It is difficult to balance the equation because of the divergent nature of the variables.

The Nigeria Passport is a representation of the nation Nigeria.If the passport is bad,then is bad(no cosmetic word here)
If you want to accept garbage in garbage out all in the name of patrotism,then we have to redefine the meaning of patrotism.
We should learn to call spade a spade and not a garden spoon.Criticism allow you see your weaknesses.

If you plan a rotten seed yam,then wait for the result during harvest.

Yes,it is a pathetic story of the way and manner in which the name of the nation Nigeria have been brought so low all in the name of money.
It is a BIG shame,we need a rethink for Nigeria to move forward.

[b]
do you think that will be right thing to do i don't want to be too harsh on her
[quote][/quote]@poster:Oh boy another dude is taking/having your wife and you think your actions maybe too harsh?
FYI,you are only protecting your marriage and not your wife.These are two distinct entities,think about it and make your choice.

bilms:
HI GUYS,

A BROS THAT HAS STAYED IN NETHERLAND FOR OVER 2OYEARS CAME TO NIGERIA AND STARTED CRYING. U NO Y?

this bros announce to his old freind here in Nigeria that he his coming back. so everybody is wating to see him arrive. on his arrival, he came with two car to catch fun on his stay and if he wants to leave, he can sell one to buy plane ticket and give his brother the other. but what he meets made him cry and we started begging him.some of his frined are commisioners, some are business men who have investment he could nevre think of. why don't u think of investing ur money instead of catching fun abroad. think before is too late.

A typical Nigerian mentality,success are usually equated to financial wealth.Its painful that at this age of time people are still engrossed with money seeking life style undermining the dangers and the bad name(in some cases).
So,his friends and family where expecting him with money bags.Well if he was rich by any means see what would have happened to him
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-68077.0.html.

Property market is driven by price and the associated facilities.
Please include price and the mortgage facility details.

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Civil war within the Met police

By Barnie Choudhury
BBC News



There have been internal conflicts with the Metropolitan Police

Senior members of the Met Black Police Association are taking counter surveillance measures because of fears of being spied on by fellow officers, the BBC has learned.

This latest twist in the row between the Metropolitan Police and some ethnic minority officers sounds like something from the pages of a spy novel.

The difference is: it happens to be real.

Officers in the same police organisation are meeting at undisclosed times and at secret locations to avoid surveillance. They are buying pay-as-you go phones to prevent conversations being tapped, and they are having their offices swept daily for electronic bugs.

All this is according to three separate sources at the Met Black Police Association.

So are they being paranoid? No, they say.

Instead, they point to the two-year investigation into Commander Ali Dizaei. It was codenamed Operation Helios. Dr Dizaei has been the victim of what we believe to be the culmination of a sustained witch-hunt

Alfred John
Met BPA chairman

During the inquiry the Met unlawfully tapped more than 3,000 of his phone calls.

They also put him under hundreds of hours of surveillance.

It cost the tax payer between £4m and £7m. In 2003 Dr Dizaei was eventually cleared and brought back to the Met.

Police tactics

Those to whom I have spoken describe what is going on in the Met as "Operation Helios 2". But this time, say sources, they are ready.

"There is a constant battle", said one officer who did not wish to be named "and it's the systematic failure within the organisation.

"It's an attempt to crush any challenge, any dissent, by black and Asian officers."

Some members of the Met BPA are going further.

Whenever there is a critical incident, such as a hostage situation, the police set up a command structure - the so-called Gold, Silver and Bronze command.

Another source said a similar system had been set up by BPA members "so we can react to any on going situation.

"That means we were ready for Ali to be suspended and we reacted accordingly."

In other words, they are using their police training to take on their own organisation.

'Witch-hunt'

So what did the BPA do when Commander Dizaei was suspended? They severed links with senior managers and refused to take part in all meetings.

Using their media contacts they got out their key message - they had no confidence in the leadership at Scotland Yard.

Unnecessary comment is not helpful and we have taken the view that less said in public is better



Metropolitan Police



Earlier this week ,the Met BPA chairman, Alfred John, said he and other members would only attend meetings concerning the reinstatement of Dr Dizaei.

He said: "Dr Dizaei has been the victim of what we believe to be the culmination of a sustained witch-hunt.

"Dr Dizaei had not received a single complaint for over four years and yet, within the last three weeks, three complaints have materialised."

The Met responded by issuing this statement: "We have seen a number of comments over recent weeks from Mr John and we do not recognise his description of what is happening in the Metropolitan Police Service and Metropolitan Police Authority.

"We are committed to trying to resolve matters with the BPA, if possible. Unnecessary comment is not helpful and we have taken the view that less said in public is better."

Tribunal

And this message was repeated on Sunday. This latest news will put the focus back on the Met leadership.

Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur - one of the officers who is third in command - is alleging racial and religious discrimination by his boss, Sir Ian Blair.

Mr Ghaffur is now on gardening leave and further revelations could end up being aired publicly at an employment tribunal.

Many Londoners will be reading the almost daily reports with more than raised eyebrows. They will also be wondering just when the apparent civil war inside the Met will end.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7628028.stm

Detention and strip-searching of Nigerian priest [b][/b]


Envoy intervenes to secure release of Nigerian priest

Fr John Achebe: strip-searched and placed in prison cellRONAN McGREEVYA NIGERIAN Catholic priest who was arrested at Dublin airport and put in jail on suspicion of trying to enter the country illegally was only released following the intervention of the Nigerian ambassador.

Fr John Achebe (33), a parish priest in the central Nigerian city of Onitsha, was stopped by officers from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) after arriving on a flight from Istanbul on Tuesday. He was wearing his clerical garb at the time.

He was taken to Cloverhill Prison, strip-searched and placed in a cell for the night with four other inmates. He was released the following day when the Nigerian ambassador, Mandu Ekong-Omaghomi, intervened with immigration officials and gave guarantees on his behalf.

Nigerian embassy spokesman John Ishaye said immigration officials should have checked with the embassy before sending him to jail. “We could have told them he was a reverend father and a man of certain standing,” he said.

Fr Achebe arrived in Ireland on a tourist visa. He was due to visit his relative, Dr Chinwednu Udegbe, who is a psychiatrist at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

It is understood that immigration officials became suspicious when Fr Achebe said initially that he was a brother and then a cousin of Dr Udegbe, the terms having a wider meaning in Nigerian culture than they would have here. The pair are distant cousins.

He was refused permission to land on the grounds that the reasons he gave for entering the State were false.

Fr Achebe was told on Wednesday that he would be taken to Dublin airport for deportation, but when he arrived at the airport he was, instead, told to report to the immigration bureau on September 30th, the day he was due to leave in any case. Gardaí also kept his passport.

Nobody from the GNIB was available for comment yesterday evening, but in a letter to Fr Achebe’s solicitor Gerry Cullen, the bureau said Fr Achebe was “lawfully and appropriately refused permission” and his release was “an entirely exceptional circumstance done as a gesture of goodwill to the ambassador” and to Fr Achebe.

Fr Achebe declined to comment yesterday, but Dr Udegbe said it had been a humiliating experience for him.

“The pain that he has is that he was made to take away all his clothes before the other four inmates of his room and the other warders around. He said that nobody had seen his unclothedness since he became an adult. This man does not like violence in any form. This is a huge embarrassment to him.”

Fr Gerry Kane, who has been given pastoral care of foreign nationals by the Archdiocese of Dublin, said the arrest and detention of visitors like Fr Achebe is a regular occurrence. “The system needs to be both robust and just, but, what this case illustrates, is that this has not been achieved.

“Can you imagine what it would be like to turn up to visit relatives in America or Australia with all your papers in order and you are put in prison? It is a frightening experience,” he said.

Mr Cullen said flaws in the 2004 Immigration Act allowed the State to detain visitors from certain countries at will. “To my mind, it is a denial of fundamental rights, it is a denial of constitutional justice,” he said. “The law states that the immigration officer may refuse to give permission to land if the officer is satisfied on certain grounds, but the question is how is this officer satisfied?”


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0913/1221235786238.html

Busy_body:
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that I can only drive the car whose driver has an named/unnamed driver's clause on their policy?

Yes

Busy_body:
BrownB
Why do some people say they are not insured to drive other people's cars, yet they have insurance? If it is on the insurance policy, It is not fair to lock one's insurance to one car only. Please, is there a way round this? not that I care though

No rounds baby.You cannot driver other cars except there is named and unnamed drivers clause on the policy.Third party insurance is allowed for comprehensive policy holder,but a recent soaring claims by young drivers have made major insurance companies to change their stance on this.

Busy_body:
why fix something if it aint broke

Cost of fixing might be too expensive !
Driving a vehicle without a valid licence automatically invalidate the insurance(double wahala)

A schengen visa issued by any member state can allow you entry to the Netherlands.

Busy_body:
Oh-oh, so I need to be in possesion of Nigerian driving licence as well as an international driving licence before I can drive in UK Holy cow , I never knew this, I have been driving around UK with a Nigerian driving licence only, for the past six years, and I have never been asked to produce my licence before. I need to start driving more carefully from now on.

The Nigeria Drivers licence is only valid for 12 months from the day you took residence in the UK.International licence is not necessary.Within the 12 months you are expected to get the UK provisional licence,pass your theory and practical test and get a valid UK drivers licence.After the 12 months your foreign licence is deemed invalid and the provisional licence rules applies.

Commissioner for Transportation, Prof. Bamidele Badejo should know better,that,protecting consumers and depriving private individuals from disposing off their personal property(ies) is contradicting.
Protection of consumers can only be achieved if there is proper car registration/ownership/transfer of ownership process is in place.
With the “mad house” in Nigeria with duplication of functions in all government agencies(FRSC & Vehicle licensing office),The Lagos governor should look into transparent enforcement of enabling laws/bye laws and specification of functions of government agencies for effective monitoring.
Prof. Bamidele Badejo,why do want to create a problem for Fashola.If you want to control vehicle and their ownership,you can create a Data base where change of ownership can be effected,ownership can be changed to a name/person with a valid drivers license.
Gov Fashola is a lawyer,a SAN for that matter and he knows the responsibilities place on buyers/sellers under the Consumer protection Acts and Sales of Good s Acts.
This is a free society and you cannot prevent a private individual from displaying his/her old car in front of his house for sale.

Maybe Prof don collect egunje from the Car dealers to create this law.

http://thepmnews.com/2008/09/17/lagos-to-ban-illegal-car-dealers

Commissioner for Transportation, Prof. Bamidele Badejo should know better,that,protecting consumers and depriving private individuals from disposing off their personal property(ies) is contradicting.
Protection of consumers can only be achieved if there is proper car registration/ownership/transfer of ownership  process is in place.
With the "mad house" in Nigeria with duplication of function in all government agencies(FRSC & Vehicle licensing office),The Lagos governor should look into transparent enforcement of enabling laws/bye laws.

idupaul:
don't buy ooo, those laptop are really low end and are only good for secondary school student, the can't do the rugged thing people like me need a sytem 4

What is the criteria for your conclusions on this machine ?Bear in mind that most brand names do not manufacture the chips that make up their products.

Can we understand the rational behind foreign embassies requesting tax clearance in visa applications.Morealso UK embassy have in recent times refused Visa/EC on ground of false/forged WAEC certificates.
I can't just get around if they are helping the Federal government of Nigeria to uncover tax defaulters or representing schools in the UK on educational certificate verification when admission is already offered.
NLer what is your take on this ?

The difference is clear!

@Lawyer,

Tell me why God will not show you road after all this elaborate explanation?
Oh boy you don't need fasting and prayers to succeed.The Bible said,Give and it shall given unto you , (give what you have).

@Poster,

We have lawyer and  lawyers,the choice is yours.

Saharo:
Quit notice was given to him since June.

Good,you can now file a suit for repossession of property for breach of non payment of rents and recovery of unpaid rents.
You will be fine.

You can start the proceedings at the expiration of the 3 months quit notice.

rockhaven:
A WELL MOTIVATED LAWYER who knows his job could effect his removal with or without court processes within 4months.
what fees the lawyer will charge depends on the rent the property commands in the market.

Rockhaven,

You are very economical with your advice here,as a lawyer given an elaborate explanation gives your client a better position to make a right decision.

@poster,

The first step in Landlord Tenant eviction process is what you have just done by giving a quit notice,it usually be for 3 months except in situation if the lease is expired and immediate eviction is needed.
There 3  basic reasons for eviction and one of it is the breach of payment of rent,at the expiration of the 3 months quit notice,you can then go to court to seek repossession of your property.
You tenant have a right to file a defence,if he loss the case he can as well appeal.
The 4 months bench mark is very doubtful here because the court if very soft to the tenant when such an eviction will lead to homelessness.
Do not result to self help it will certainly backfire.
The lawyer fees is open to discussion and is dependent on what you can afford.
Personally,i will suggest you contact another lawyer here in property thread with a user ID Lawyer he is very vibrant in dishing out information.

Firefire:
All Nairaland please your advise.
I have just been refused Netherlands Visa:
Reason: "The purpose of your planned visit to the Netherlands is unclear. It is therefore uncertain whether you would return promptly to your country of origin or travel on to a third country"

The question here is to find out if you explicitly state the reason(s) for your travel and do you have anything of personal interest(family,work,asset etc)that will make you return back to Nigeria.