The headline says baby factory. The actual story says underage prostitution. The police trying to make omelette with bad eggs.

It is no longer in doubt that Nigeria is cash strapped. The economy is severely challenged and the government itself is battling to survive. This puts the common man in a very precarious situation. The once regulated local government revenue drive undertaken by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) seems to have evaporated under the current desperate measures by the federal and state governments to sustain the usual opulent lifestyles of officials and godfathers. On the federal highways from Onitsha to Lagos,ninth mile to Abuja,Jos etc,the same story abound. Local governments officials and touts line up especially at very bad portions of the roads to forcefully request for various emblems and stickers from trucks and buses. You can never have all the certificates they request from you because they come out with coinages that do not exist anywhere else. Today 23/10/2019, local government officials and thugs operating all around Ikotun,Abaranje,Egbe,Idimu,Ejigbo have been arresting trucks for not having ON and OFF permit and Garage permit. The intimidated drivers and companies are being taken to local council offices and made to cough out about #12,000. The touts claim that the permits are obtained for #5,000 and #4,500 respectively. The extra is the penalty for not knowing about the new certificates. One really wonders if these are the ingredients of the fuel required for the take off of the next level jet. A reminder is necessary here for those who don't understand the transient nature of power that the mandate,security protection and all other freebies they enjoy today as government functionaries will not last forever. Alex Baddeh should be on peoples minds.

Stage getting set for Lagos bandits against a man that attempted to size up their terrified leader.

Border closure results: Time will soon tell the winners and the losers. No need for any hurry.

A little in the right direction. But none of the above deserve to fly business class.

Business is normally driven by the primary principles of competitive advantages. A digression means inefficient allocation of resources. The results may not be fully appreciated from the start. Therefore,Time is an essential element for a better analysis of the present scenario.

We are wailing and it is good for our souls. Soon and soonest,the #30,000 bloggers will find out that membership of this club will be permanently denied them. We hope they can find another club other than that of suicide.

Nigeria is actually a poor country. The administration that understood and managed the resources properly was the Obj government. Lean resource management and savings was the hallmark.

One of Tinubu boys harassing and extorting truck drivers in the night. You only need to witness where and how these urchins deal with stranded drivers when their trucks break down at night. They even collude with LASTMA and more especially in Ogun state with TRACE officers to extort drivers. This one is lucky today. Might not be so tomorrow.

Mr Ali can do well to know that the amount they have collected will go back abroad via higher prices for next importations. How has that made Nigeria better? Secondly,how long can Nigeria afford to keep the borders closed? What about the costs of keeping the borders closed?

surgical:
Bandits are VIP in this government,it is the ordinary law abiding citizens that are at the receiving end

Na you talk am.

Ha!! Nigeria Army.

Sowore versus Bandits.

Backwardness forever.

For lying so foolishly and stupidly this director will reap his rewards both here on earth and hereafter. This is a train project that started well over 10 years ago.

She may still be traumatized possibly because she had the same baggage.

SIMPLE ECONOMICS: If the incompetent Buhari administration had paid the slightly higher than $800m,the nation wouldn't have been going through this unnecessary and unfortunate situation. The travel expenditures of some of these hooligans to U.K.,the monies currently wasted on legal experts local and abroad,monies wasted on laundering an already horrible image with foreign media,the cost of distraction from very important current matters. Nigeria is being run by people close to baboons.

It's good to be positive and confident. But this one? Nigeria is in. Meanwhile the Lai refused to inform that the hurried court conviction of P&ID in Abuja was thrown into the garbage by the British court. Soon we will find out.

Leopantro:
Nigeria still has to pay P&ID $250m
Total to pay $450m within 2 months

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the the real account of what transpired. After all this is the fraud republic of Nigeria.

Somebody should recheck those Cambridge and waec results or certificates. What did you see? Ehn. Ehn. Abracadabra!!!

So game 1 hypocrisy of the attorney general and the cows colony starts.

Saint Buhari must hear this. Whoever gave this lawmaker the information must be a terrorist. Guess who?...

Power!! The language of the terrorists called leaders in Nigeria. It runs through all of them not minding the party or position. Funnily,the same idiots will resort to wheelchair, stretcher or even fainting when nemesis plays the catchup game.

The present government and economic foolishness are one and the same thing. Let the writer start his Midas touch business and report to us in 2023.

Does this sound like the biblical Israelites in Egypt?

Has there ever been a country? What exists is a fraud for the interest of the Hausa Fulani.

Congratulations to Governor Masari,president Buhari,North west Nigeria and the monsters they set up that are haunting them today. Two years in detention and you are forming bandits and giving conditions. In the south,thirteen years in detention without trial and you will go for thanksgiving that you were released by one NGO or chief judge. Heavens wail at the fraud called Nigeria.

Law can be very interesting. The parties agreed to adjudicate a breach in the UK courts and there is also a law in the UK barring confiscation of state property via the judicial system without confirmation from the sovereign party in the dispute. Quite interesting.

Can this be their brand of aluta? Chai! Gone are the days of serious mental combustion aimed at idealistic struggles. Chai!!

Who is afraid of a disintegrated Nigeria? Marriage cannot be by force. All this dogo truency tells every sane mind that this will never work. Therefore,the earlier the better.

itsme01:


at least think na, isnt it the shipper that sets prices for cargo its carrying according to each routes, why are you people always bitter like this... custom duties of a country are the same accross all ports both land and sea so is the hadling fees collected by INTELS

atleast some greedy people and their party completely marginalised that port

If you do your findings right,you will observe that handling charges are different across various ports. Onne is quite different from tincan and apapa. However the improvement should be acknowledged.

Can somebody remind me how many Igbos played for Nigeria's national male and female football teams in the last world cup? How many Igbos are among the current champions in the just concluded Africa basket ball competition? May evil pride and jealousy elude the lord's children.