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I am a hip hip head.
I think those are the faces I could recognize.

Many officers from the middle belt states were executed for that February 13th 1976 coup detat.
The minister of defense Major General Bisalla protested his innocence till he was tied to the stakes and shot at the Bar Beach like a common criminal.

adebayo201:
Mr Positives!!

See you at the end of the season mate.
Hope you're still smiling then.

Danhumprey:
Lol. .

Hopefully that happens. but the way I see am, e be like say our league position at season's end done set at 6. e fit be say we're cursed to finish in that position.

or else, how can you explain the fact that the gap between us and 2nd is so thin, yet at every opportunity presented to us to move up, we tend to blow it up and end up drawing winnable games?

Be positive. Forget the positions on the tab. Consider how the points gap has reduced between United and other teams in the top six.
We are definitely finishing in the Champions League positions by the end of the season.
Chelsea dropped points today and others ahead of us will drop points too. The idea is to keep on winning and maintain this momentum.
The positives of this United team outweigh the negatives and next season we will only get better.

valacious:
waiting for uncle jimi disu to defend this again....

You sabi Jimi Disu?
That man that turns logic on its head when it concerns Buhari and APC government.

Back to topic they said Buhari was going on annual leave but now it has turned to sick leave.
We need to keep our eyes on the ball because the APC are renowned for cheap lies and propaganda.
If the President is terminally ill,Nigerians deserve to know.

3-0

Haba! Arsenal in February.....

Senators tackle Customs CG over failure to wear uniform

Senators tackle Customs CG over failure to wear uniform

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd) Thursday came under intense Senate pressure over his refusal to wear custom uniform since his appointment in 2015.

This is coming as a former Comptroller‎- Generals of Custom said that Col. Ali should have been addressed as sole administrator of NCS and not Customs CG.

The former Customs boss, Mohammed Bello who served under former President Ibrahim Babangida administration noted that since Ali was not ready to wear a uniform depicting the office and rank of Customs CG, he should have been designated sole administrator.

The Altercation with Ali occurred at an interactive session the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise had with the management Customs, Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria over an impending amendment bill aimed at restructuring the NCS.

A member of the Committee, Senator Obinna Ogba, demanded to know why Col Ali as Customs’ CG still appear and wear mufti close to two years after his appointment.



The Ebonyi Central Senator noted that the continuous appearance of Col Ali in mufti several months after his appointment appears to be “highly demoralising to officers and men of the front-line revenue generating agency.”

Ali fired back that as a former military officer, tradition does not permit him to wear any other uniform.

Ali’s response infuriated another of the Committee, Senator Dino Melaye.

The visibly enraged Melaye promptly reminded the Custom CG that a retired General of the Nigerian Army, Halidu Hananiya wore Federal Road Safety Commission’s uniform when he was appointed Corps Marshall of the Commission.

Ali countered and told the committee that Gen. Hananiya made a fundamental mistake by wearing FRSC uniform.

The insistence of Ali that he would not wear Customs uniform angered Senator Ogba who angrily walked out the session.

While walking out of the hearing room, Ogba retorted “this is how you people keep on deceiving Nigerians on wrong action and still defending it.”



The Customs boss would have none of that as he refused to give in to the pressure of the committee members.

The committee also confronted Ali over the non-composition of Customs board since 2015 when it was dissolved.

Chairman of the committee, Senator Hope Uzodinma, insisted that “it was wrong and in fact illegal for the Customs CG alone to promote and fire officers without the board in place.

Uzodinma mandated the CG to ensure the immediate constitution of the board in line with Customs Act.

Uzodinma said, “You claim that the Minister of Finance is the one delaying the composition of the board; this committee is writing letters straight away to the Minister, Secretary to the Government and Attorney General of Federation to put the board in place without any further delay.”

Although the session ended almost on a sour note, Uzodinma jokingly told the Custom CG that “We are releasing you to go and sow your uniform while we continue with official of Ministry of Finance and Central Bank.”

Bello at another session supported the committee for querying the Col. Ali over his continuous refusal to wear Custom uniform.

The former Customs boss noted that Col Ali should have been designated as Sole administrator and not CG of Customs since he was not prepared wear Customs uniform.

Other former Customs CGs including Buba Jacob now Gwon Gwon of Jos, Bernard-Shaw Nwadialo‎ , A. Mustapha, defended the Customs Service on implementation of destination inspection policy as against pre-shipment inspection policy which the committee said remained the existing Act.[color=#000000][/color]

By Samson Atekojo Usman on February 2, 2017
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For refusing to wear official custom uniforms, the Senate Committee on Customs on Thursday noted that the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. ‎Hameed Ali (Rtd) ought to have been made a sole administrator rather than being a CG.

The upper chamber explained that Customs Act was succinct on official uniforms of the management and staff of Customs and Excise duties under a paramilitary status, noting that since the CG was not ready to wear uniform since 2015 when he was appointed, he should be a sole administrator.


“The Comptroller‎-Generals of Customs the incumbent CG, supposed to have been designated as Sole Administrator and not the Comptroller-General of Customs since he is not ready to wear uniform depicting the office and rank of that position”, the Committee asserted.

The statement which was made at the interactive session with Senate Committee on Custom and Excise Duties, Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria also noted that operations of those agencies would be Amended.

A member of the Committee, Senator Obinna Ogba‎ (PDP Ebonyi Central), believed that CG’s outfit would ‎demoralise the officers and men of the agency.

“Mr. CG, this committee will like to know the reason why you are still in mufti close to two years after your appointment as the Comptroller General of Nigeria custom service”, he fired.


Responding, Col. Ali said being a former military officer tradition and statute did not permit him to wear any other uniform again.

His response infuriated another member of the Committee, Senator Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) who reminded him, the Custom CG that a retired General of the Nigerian Army in person of Halidu Hananiya wore Federal Road Safety’s Uniform when appointed as Corp Marshall of the agency.

Ali responded that Hananiya made a mistake, a situation that made Senator Ogba who angrily walked out of the session saying ” this is how you people keep deceiving Nigerians on wrong action and still defending it”.

Ali was also tackled by the committee over the non-composition of custom board since 2015 when it was dissolved.


Querrying operations of the Custom without its Management board in place, Committee Chairman, Senator Hope Uzodinma ‎(PDP Imo West) said it was illegal for the custom CG alone to be promoting and firing officers without the board in place and ordered immediate constitution of the board.

“You claimed that the Minister of Finance is the one delaying the composition of the board, this committee will write a letter straight away to the Minister, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Attorney General of Federation to put the board in place without any further delay.” he said.

“We are releasing you to go and sew your uniform while we continue with officials of Ministry of Finance and Central Bank”, Uzodinma added.


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This guy needs medical treatment.

Kleptomania.

codedguy1:
The problem is that there have been so many times we ought to have taken advantage f the slip up of our rivals and we did not.

We are running out of games. Before we know what is happening it would be 38games and we would still be in 6th position.

I sincerely hope not.

There is also a law that states that the Comptroller General of Customs MUST be appointed from among serving customs officers and that the appointee must be a graduate of a recognised university.
Alli does not tick any of these boxes so his appointment by Mr Buhari is highly illegal.

Alli refused to come to Lagos airport during the controversial hand over of the Rivers State armoured helicopters because he knew the Rivers state government would cry out later but quickly appeared during the discovery of the container of arms while relegating the officers that arrested the container to the background while hugging the limelight and grabbing all the glory for the seizure while in his mufti babariga.

This intended transfer of all the customs officers in the country is a recipe for chaos,pain injustice and corruption.
Hameed Alli from day one of his appointment has shown total disrespect and scorn for an establishment that employed and rehabilitated him. He has refused to put on the uniform of the service despite the fact he is the Comptroller General of Customs and not a sole administrator.
This is highly illegal because all officers are expected to dorn the uniform according to the Customs and Excise management act.
Alli has not been able to release the result of last year's officers interview/exams because there is no board. He is waiting fo President Buhari to come back from London so that they can approve the promotions illegally without a board.

Hameed Alli has refused to respect constituted authority but rather jumps over the minister of Finance and disrespectfully deals with President Buhari directly. He transferred over 200 deputy Comptrollers last month illegally without reference to a board and up till now has not paid them any allowances. How will such officers not be corrupt. You transfer an officer from Sokoto to Lagos without any provision for transport or accommodation? Ridiculous.
Alli is getting set to transfer all other ranks without provision for housing and transportation.

Two years on Hameed Alli has not been able to change anything in the Nigeria Customs Service.
All he has achieved is to dismiss officers claiming to be pursuing a change mantra that is leading nowhere.
He has been operating and dismissing officers without a board which is covered by a statutory law. There must be a board for Nigeria Customs headed by the minister of Finance as Chairman. The Comptroller General of customs is the deputy chairman of the board and he is under the minister of finance.

Igboid:
I'm not a United fan, but that Pogba pass to Ibrahimovic was exquisite.
Ibrahimovic has no right not burying that chance.
United need an elite striker in the prime of his career, Aubameyang ticks all the boxes for what United needs right now, get him, spend the world, if you have to.
Ibrahimovic can not take on and beat his man, what sort of striker is that? More like an upgraded version of Giroud.
United should raid Dortmund more. Get Reus and Aubameyang, get a solid DM, Carrick doesn't cut it.
I mean, these are quintessential Mourinho moves in the transfer market, is the man losing his touch or what?
Why is he comfortable with average players like Herrera, Carrick, Rashford, and the rest? Those are at best squad players, United should start acting like giants once more for crying out loud, how can a team that once had Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez spearheading her attack now degrade to old has been Ibrahimovic, unproven English hype Rashford and the Rest and still expect the same outcome?
Who bewitched United?

Nice analysis,but I personally think Jose has to make do with what he has for now and try to get into the Champions League before he is able to attract the players he needs to embark on domination of England and Europe.
So far he has done a good job with the materials he has to work with. The season is still a long way to go and although we suffered a blip yesterday against Hull,I feel our rivals will equally suffer their own blips through the rest of this season.
This is a marathon and not a 100 metre's dash. There are lots of twists and turns to come.

What of the form M and the end user certificates?
The importers of these goods and their customs collaborators must be traced and prosecuted.

This is one of those infamous area jobs in which every security agency in the ports from the top to the bottom are involved.

Did the Bill of lading identify these weapons?or were they entered/documented as personal effects?
Who were the customs officers who release these goods from the ports because no goods can exit the ports except they are examined 100%.
If they were not physically examined,what of the scanner machine officers? Where is the scanner examination print out?
Any consignment,imported into Nigeria can be traced easily.

Hmm.
Orange is the new black,huh!

joeace2020:
una too dey complain for this thread. Dem swear for una?

Like Jesus H Christ!
We just won 4-0.
4-nil for goodness sake.
I think some people just come here to look for faults in this team.
They need to get over themselves because Jose is the manager and he is doing a bloody good job.
I can understand opponent's criticizing This team because they are scared of the potential. But what about people calling themselves United fans who come here every day to attack the colours,the players and the manager?
The mind boggles. ...

benakrom:
Bro, this is not an attack helicopter... Stop this... The guy was right, they're regular bell 412s... What you see in the crates are not just the blades (they are not ammunition), but different parts of the helicopter including the tail boom, rotor head, Interior, and other fittings/accessories. Lasts the way helis are packed for transport, when they are not flown to the destination. Its mainly used for offshore work, EMS, passenger transport. The air force can do with it what they want to do with it including transport of equipment, soldiers and they might end up configuring it as a gun carrying chopper, but that's a long shot, you don't just hang stuffs on helis because you feel like it, it will totally unbalance the aircraft and make it unsafe for flight, especially when the manufacturer/Aviation administration didn't approve such.
That's why you have military versions of these helicopter... The huey.

Ok. I am not gonna argue with you.
Just be assured that I have seen these two choppers physically. I am quite sure you haven't. And while we are on it do ordinary choppers need security clearance from the national security adviser?
The reason these choppers were seized was because they became over time cargo because they could not get clearance from the NSA.

Adminisher:
It is not an attack helicopter sir. It is ordinary Bell. Your friends working on Oil rigs take them to work every two weeks. Can it be used for military duties?.. damn yeah

It is an attack helicopter.
It was imported in 2015.
The accessories such as the rotor blades and the munitions are in the wooden crates pictured beside the two choppers. They were dismantled so they could fit into the cargo plane that brought them into the country.

The two helicopters were imported through a cargo aeroplane in 2015 by a south south governor to fight militants in the creeks but because the governor was not in the good books of the then federal government,the then national security adviser refused to sanction the importation thus the two choppers became overtime cargo.
The truth is never told in this country.
Because the importer is now a powerful minister in the present administration there is a cover up.

Anthony Martial has refused to get over losing the number 9 Jersey. He is being deployed on the left flank ,he dribbles defenders with a half heart and as such loses the ball in dangerous positions and most times does not track back to defend thus putting pressure on the defence line.
I want him to succeed because he is a United player with tremendous potential to be a great player and a game changer.
He needs to do more.

Mourinho has stated that his objective at United is to win all the trophies his team is competing for. Has he failed in his objective so far ? No!
And people are here complaining.
The fact is that most of us have been spoilt by the success of the Ferguson era.
So far Jose is doing a good job. He wanted to get to the final of the League cup and we are in the final. Let us give this guy the respect he deserves.

The fact is Mourinho achieved his aim which is to get to the final . What else do we want?

The ref,Jon Moss was atrocious though.

ucsparks:
I've always known this ifyalways/TheMadame shit was personal, oga tadeus, keep up the hustle and good work bro, let them wailers keep wailing

Are you saying themadame and ifyalways are one and the same person?
Very funny post.
These are people who have for ever been in the trenches fighting fraudsters/scammers on this forum.
This is funny.

Gboliwe:
Just so the internet captures this for future use let me summarise.

Buying a car from Tadeus with phone number 08035142036, 08056807475 is buying risk.An avoidable risk. Don't bore anybody with your sob story when the risk becomes too expensive to handle. Enjoy it!

He is a bloody smuggler of the highest order and the person recommending him has a lot of questions to answer considering his role (s) on the numerous inspiredm fraudulent sagas.

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Christians should tap on this link and read it with a free and clear mind.

So people who work in industries where they receive daily in flow of cash should not take it to the bank?
Of course such people must visit a bank every day.

The other day I was at the Price market to purchase a bath and sink and in that market as big as it is I could not find a shop with a POS so I could pay with my ATM card. The traders in that market seemed to distrust electronic payment and wanted cash. How will you not visit a bank in this situation?

Nutase:
GTBANK and STANBIC IBTC are still my best banks.
They've empowered customers to run things.
I can't remember when last I entered a banking hall thanks to their 737, online banking and multiple alternative channels.

Those Complaining about banks are those who have refused to move with the times. Apart from cash deposits and withdrawals you can do virtually everything without visiting a branch.

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The Stanbic IBTC branch at Igando is an exception. The ATM queue always extends from inside the bank premises to the shops and petrol station besides the bank. I drive past that place every day and the queues are atrocious.