₦airaland Forum

EbukaFran:
Tonychristopher You can't deny yourself so don't try pls


U carry Yoruba matter for head like cap

I dont know what your talking about ...I have many Yoruba friend and my babe is one also ..but what I carry for head is anti violence




Why are africans this way? Why do we love using brute instead of force

Remember life is more important than war



That Tony Christopher must have been a really funny dude to you

searchiing4love:
If you like call Saraki a Chinese or igala name it doesn't change the fact that the dilector will spend Xmas in jail. He will be tried and sentenced to death by hanging for committing treason against the Nigerian state. All u can do is rant and wail on social media as any attempts by you IPO-Bastards to cause mayhem on the streets will be repelled by our trigger happy security forces. Be warned

Thank lord we have agreed on sariki issue and as of Biafra ....why use the term bastarrds ..are you this abusive


If they want to leave ,they should make their case global which they are doing ..but why you call them bastarrds

A sign of good perantage is to respect peoples opinion and aspirations not call them names or insult them

I am Igbo I am not a pro Biafra or anti Biafra ..but I think it is good to respect peoples wishes and aspirations

So why call them names ...where are you from anyway


Sir can we duscuss naturedly and maturely here ?

Seun rule 9 is sacrosanct ...why allow this thread..Biafra can be likened to a banned music video

The more you ban it the more popular it becomes due to human curiosity.

Let's open up the debate


Let those that are pro or anti Biafra speak up in a decent manner

This is the only civilised way. Sweeping things under the carpet isn't the solution

I am an Igbo man but I am not pro or anti Biafra ..just indifferent


Merry Xmas ..if you kill goat invite me

Jesumed:
I can't believe you typed this without any facts. You'd observe that I produced facts in my write-up but you...? Na wa o.

How did you come to the ridiculous conclusion that the duo of Psquare is the richest? Have you checked their bank account and those of other artistes? Do you know how much Kwam 1 or Sunny Ade, who was just awarded 500 million naira by a court have? Or is it because they don't flaunt unnecessarily? People like you would conclude that Buhari is poor! Besides, wetin concern me with artistes' money when Psquare and yet to achieve the feat I mentioned there. For your info, I deliberately mentioned their name cos of people like you. Who even told you Psqaure is richer than D'banj or Davido who already inherited a lot of money from his father. Go and check their bank account and produce facts before I start an argument with you.

I never disputed your fact in the area of soccer.

Hehe, WASSCE? Produce facts abeg. Tell me the states that have been winning the Cow-bell Maths Competition most. It's Ogun State. Iganmode secondary won it three times back to back. Google is there for you. Second is Ota Total Academy. Followed by Loyola Jesuit College.

In 2011, Tolu Falokun had best WASSCE result. In 2012, Fiyinfoluwa had best wassce, Kemi Olalude came second while Chinelo Ibekwe from Louisville Girls High School OGUN STATE came third. In 2013, Toba Ogunfolaji had best WASSCE result and second best NECO result. Go confirm all this. Back up your points with facts not assumptions.

Just take a second look at the crowd on Nairaland and compare with LIB. Ask yourself and your friends the number of times you visit LIB compared with the number of times you visit Nairaland.

As for religion, I never wanted to add that as I typed there. But I had to add it because the role of religion in Nigeria cannot be overstressed. I never said religion was business, I only told you why you have to respect Yorubas. What church do you attend? It is founded by who and where is it located? At least, respect Yorubas because God chose to use them more or because God chose the southwest for his ministry. If you don't believe so, then respect them because they thrive in religious business.

You shouldn't even say anything when it comes to politics, because you'd have no point. Don't tell me you guys haven't contested and failed several times. Respect Yorubas.

I will not argue with you Oga

Maybe to you cowbell is more recognised than national examination bodies like WAEC JAMB & NECO


have a good day


The way people reasons sometimes baffles me

EbukaFran:
Tonychristopher, is your moniker on ban?

We are going into 2016 and still you dream and talk about Yorubas 247. Is it Yorubas that made you leave Anambra ? Are Yorubas responsible for your lack of progress?


By the way, how is your wife?

Who is Tony Christopher if I might ask Oga ..we are talking something very touchy and intellectual.. You are calling Tony


Is Monica a means of joining dasukigate ..tell me if it is ....I can create billions of Monica ..but if it is not


Let's focus on the topic at hand and stop chasing shadows


Merry Xmas party

joseph1832:
His post, so one moniker is what you're using to tag the whole yoruba tribe and you want me to tell you how you're generalizing.

Once again, show me your proof that most people who are afraid of biafra are mostly yoruba?

You want me to show you proof of what I see everyday ...are you my handbag


Why don't you just do a basic research ..evennon this thread

I am done

TedBaker:
seems u re talkin abt anoda saraki, as i ve seem frm ur spellin "sariki" u re nw d attache by force, even d sariki is nt a neida a fulani word nor hausa. If u mean sarki yes its a hausa word word nt fulani, or will u nw say that he is hausa. If u can remb sen demola seriki frm lagos, shey hin own seriki mks him a fulani. Ok lets leave d seriki saraki n sariki issue aside Bukola Nko? Sowie Bukola na Biafra(ud) name i rememba. Olodo

Oga stop cursing ....I mean the senate president

Seriki or saraki is not a Yoruba name

Stop been dunce and attaching by force here

joseph1832:
You said yorubas are afraid bla bla bla. Just how do you know a certain moniker is yoruba? Please do share that info?

Check his post history ..its as simple as that. Apart from that most people on this forum that are afraid of anything Biafra are mostly Yoruba the north don't care the south south has aligned or some confused even seun is a Yoruba and rule 9 comes up.

We should open up an intellectual debate not hidding under one ban or the other . it shows lack of mental capacity


We should debate ..we can't be buhari that avoided debate ..Spain is about going into elections and Catalonia wants to leave our of Spain with Barcelona as capital..they are in debate and you see what happened in uk

But the black MA. Will not be intellectual but physical and brute


Why can't we open up a debate here in nairaland and let us talk why we don't want Biafra or why we want Biafra


Above all ...why is it that most people from the west of Nigeria get heart attack by mere mention of Biafra

What are they scared of? Even here in Lagos most of my Yoruba friends go against Biafra ...the reason I do.t know

Mind you I am not a pro or anti Biafra

All I want is intellectual discourse

Can you or seun give me that ?

joseph1832:
Learn not to generalize as you post please.

How ? Tell me

Every day you keep seeing people scared of some things and what I just don't get is why people are so scared to stand on their own without attaching others to it . it is unmanly but what I have to say is this

Que Sera Sera

What will be will be

If Biafra will be no amount of wailing and banning will stop it and if it won't be it won't be

.yorubas stop been scared pls
Igbos you are on your right path
Nigeria don't shoot yourself in the foot ,allow people to choose their path
Seun , apart from treason and sedition don't ban people anyhow ..it doesn't do your business good
To my country men ...HAPPY CHRISTMAS

TedBaker:
Indeed Olusola is fulani.
I can see anoda Mr Ibu in u. Shey hin frm biafra? Nnamdi Kanu is a fowl.

The sariki has said that they are Fulani ...what is wrong with you people ...is sariki a Yoruba name

Bearing olusola isn't important but the surname
Maybe tomorrow you will say that Rotimi amaechi is Yoruba
Maybe tomorrow you will say Mr Christopher is English


What is wrong with you guys and attaché by force

No sense of entitlement ..I dey shame

searchiing4love:
Mynd44

Is that all you have to say... Funny lot..you are scared of intellectual discussion.. You are calling a mod as if my life depends on it.


Stop hiding facts ..show us ..after insulting Igbo you are calling mod

I just feel like.....


You are helping to kill this forum

When dullards are in power expect to see fine buffoonery ...why are yorubas scared here? Can't they stand on their own

Look at their posts

I dey shame

OPCNAIRALAND:
Kanu was not charged with any offense, he was held in detention....which is different than being imprisoned or jailed. You cannot hold any person in detentiin longer than 60days without charge. This was the position of the courts, that he should either be charged or released. So in his appearance there was no charge and so was ordered to be released.

DSS continued to hold him on grounds that he is a material risk to national security. Now that he has beencharged they will hold him indefinitely and carry out investigation to unveil evidence and ties to prove him guilty beyond reasonable doubt and compel the court to throw the judicial books at him.

I must repeat my admonition here once again. Ibos are self destructive and politically and diplomatically immature. Where others use common sense to sidestep unecessary confrontation Ibos will choose to use brute force.to dare its enemy and label it bravery.

Right now as we speak there are many Northerners who have fled and gone on self exile to dodge Buhari's dragnet. In fact if DSS had been a day late Dasuki would already be out of the country and stay gone. Their dispatch and siege on his house was ordered the morning it was revealed that he was planning exit. This is why they lay sieged on his father's house as well cause his true whereabouts was not immediately confirmdd. Umaru Dikko stayed the fvk out of Buhari's reach in 1984. No sensible Nigerian who has common sense and maturity, especially when you are a wanted man, would walk in and dare authorities. What is a common sense in others is stewpidity in yanmiri.

During NADECO years, many Yorubas who were determined to make life hell for Abacha packed their shyyte up and vamoosed...and harassed him from distance. I guess these were cowards. Well, they are the ones ruling Nigeria now.

What the fck made this Kanu walk in here to dare Buhari? Buhari own brothers are running away and escaping through open borders to avoid his scrutiny. I guess these Hausas and Fulanis that are on EFCC wanted list are cowards.

Kanu and his Ibo brothers are the only people in Nigeria that are brave, everyone else is coward!

Im not sure Kanu will survive this treason charge...but I could be wrong, his brave Ibo brothers will plot a jailbreak and snatch him out of DSS prison one of these days.

Which yorubas are ruling pls tell me.abiola died like a chicken ..left by his people ...wife died like a kitten

Who is leading in Yoruba now..can u tell us...definitely not commissioner VP and don't call sariki he is a Fulani ..so who is ruling

Tell us biko

How did tinubu picket and pocket yorubas even the kings like oooni is what I can't say .

I respect this man.....he fooled many except ekiti dude

LordAdam:
And you are celebrating an slowpoke that spent billions to construct a flying mono rail. And did not know that trains operated in Nigeria until after he had been made minister of transport.

Shift go one side. I can see you have contracted PMB's body odor. Smelly sepulchre!

-Lord

My dear when that ikwerre man said that ....I gave up on Nigeria

We have been ruled by bunch of daft fellows

feedthenation:
The fuel subsidy scam probably broke the ceiling in a room crammed with some of the worst corporate perfidy. Nothing could more sabotage the economic interest of a nation, many Nigerians thought.

But then came the rice import quota scheme, an unholy romance between politicians and businessmen, at the moment stretching corporate bad practices in Nigeria to an incredulous length.

About N117 Billion is there for the pick. A total of 26 companies are involved; two of which are owned by a former Attorney General of the Federation and a former civilian governor of Kebbi State respectively. Predictably, in the all-too-familiar Nigerian fashion, not all of the 26 companies selected for the scheme made the list on merit.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2014 disclosed that Nigeria spent an average of N800 Billion annually on the importation of rice. Unofficial import receipts through the Cotonou corridor was not captured in the CBN figure.

But the business of importing rice, a staple in Africa’s most popular nation, is so huge and attractive that four neighbouring countries of Benin, Togo, Cameroon and even landlocked Niger Republic have technically factored transhipment or smuggling of rice and allied commodities into Nigeria in their national economic plan.

A recent figure from the CBN indicated that Benin Republic imports almost as much rice as China and nearly as much frozen chicken as the UK. Most of the commodities are smuggled into Nigeria.

Disturbed by the nation’s huge import bill, the President Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2014 came up with a new rice policy to fast-track national self-sufficiency in rice production.

The policy specified that owners of existing rice mills and new investors with verifiable backward integration in the rice value chain will be allowed to import rice at10 per cent duty and 20 per cent levy (30 per cent); while merchants who have nothing to contribute to local production in the form of rice farms or mills will be charged 10 per cent duty and 60 per cent levy (70 per cent). Technically, it was a subsidy aimed at building local capacity in rice production.

Subsequently, an inter-ministerial committee was set up to work out the national rice supply gap and allocate import licenses with appropriate quotas in order to bridge this gap, same time advancing the objectives of the national rice policy.

On paper, this committee was to determine beneficiaries and allocate quotas based on four key criteria that assess investment of individual companies into local rice production.

The criteria included a Domestic Rice Production Plan (DRPP) that demonstrate evidence of current or planned investment in domestic rice production over a three-year period. The DRPP was also expected to show the size of investment, proof of land acquisition and establishment of rice fields and paddy production.

The second criterion was called paddy purchase outlook from Paddy Aggregation Centres (PAC). This should demonstrate a clear plan of purchase of paddy from PACs, location of the PACs and volumes of paddy to be purchased.

The third criterion was paddy purchase outlook from outgrower farmers and farmer cooperatives. This should include location of farms, volumes of paddy to be purchased, etc.

The last criterion was proof of ownership of integrated rice milling facility with par boilers and dehuskers. This should include size of planned installed capacity and evidence of acquisition of integrated rice milling equipment.

Sources within the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment told this reporter that the then Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, by-passed the inter-ministerial committee in the selection of beneficiaries and commensurate import quota. Mr. Akinwunmi, now President of the African Development Bank (ADB), was Chairman of the inter-ministerial committee and took key decisions as the arrowhead of President Jonathan’s much-vaunted Agriculture Transformation Agenda.

Mr. Akinwunmi was easily outwitted by merchants and politicians who did not want a change in status quo, and were known to have resisted such in the past, industry insiders said.

Although the turf is different, the strategy is the same. The same way Nigeria’s oil refineries were put in comatose to pave way for massive and lucrative import of refined petroleum products, the same way entrenched interests known in the industry as Rice Mafia, are sabotaging local rice production to sustain the rice import business.

In the final analysis, the rice policy was scuttled to serve everything but national interest. Companies who have no investment in the rice value chain were granted quota. These companies in turn sold the quota to other importers who already had vessels on the sea.

The sellers of quota made huge profits without any investments in Nigeria’s local rice production and indeed did so without taking risk or lifting a finger.

The same sellers have been working hard to get more quotas in the bid to get more money from the scheme without any investments, thus holding the domestic rice policy to ransom.

Investigations by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that the 26 companies that benefitted from the rice import quota scheme included Milan, Bua, AA Ibrahim, Stine Rice Mills, JMK Foods, Labana Rice Mill, Elephant Group, Honeywell, Kerksuk Farms, Wacot, Mikap Rice, Golden Penny, Stallion, Umza International Farms Limited, Dangote and Olam. Others were Tara Agro, Ebony Agro, Atari Rice Industry, Ashi Foods, JAI, Arewa Rice Mill, Onyx Rice Mill, Bansara Rice, Danmodi and Klysat.

Investigations revealed that Mikap Rice is owned by a former Attorney General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, while Ebony Agro is owned by Charles Ugwu, a former minister of commerce and industry.

Ashi Foods is owned by the immediate past governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam. Milan Group is a business interest that also owns Intercontinental Hotels while Bua is owned by billionaire Ishaku Rabiu. Honeywell is owned by Oba Otudeko while Elephant Group is owned by Tunji Owoye. Labana Rice is owned by former Kebi State governor Adamu Aliero while Keresuk is owned by one Rotimi Williams.

Investigations revealed that for instance, Umza Internationa Farms Limited has a rice mill in Kano with a capacity of 30,000 MT. Beyond this mill, Umza has no other investment in local rice production. However, the company was given import allocations in two categories: 36,000 MT under existing miller allocation and also got 49,207 MT under investor allocation.

Dangote and Golden Penny have no existing mills but got 115.204 MT and 91,887 MT respectively. Stallion got a total allocation of 89,989 MT; that was 59,989 MT under investor allocation and 30,000 MT under existing miller allocation. It has two mills – one in Kano and another in Markurdi.

Investigations further revealed that Mikap Rice, owned by Michael Aondoakaa, has a very small scale mill of between 15,000 to 20,000 MT. The mill itself is government-funded. Mr. Aondoakaa got 82,897 MT of import quota.

Wacot is in seeds business only while Labana has two mills in Kebbi State. Many of the beneficiaries were found to have no investment in the rice value chain. They include Wacot, Honeywell, Elephant Group, AA Ibrahim, Milan, among others. Kersuk Farms has no mill. Stine Rice has a mill but it is not in working condition. Bua has only brown rice mill. It does not have parboiling capacity; the mill is defunct. However Bua received a total import allocation of 109,448 MT.

Ebony Agro owned by Charles Ugwu made wrong investment decision. It built rice mill in a place where there is no paddy. The same wrong investment decision of building a mill where there is no paddy was also made by Tara Agro. Many of the quota beneficiaries sold their allocations to importers. Mikap sold its quota to Elephant Group. Stine Rice sold its quota to a company called PJS. Elephant Group in May 2015 also received through the Jama’tul Nasril Islam (JNI) waiver to import 100,000 MT of rice. The religious organisation had applied for and was granted waiver by President Goodluck Jonathan to import the said metric tonnes of rice and 25,000 metric tonnes of cooking oil described in a letter from the Budget Office of the Federation as ‘donated foodstuff’.

One smoking gun on sale of import quota is found with Umza International Farm Ltd. Shipping documents obtained by this newspaper showed that shortly after the release of quota allocations and Umza was named one of the beneficiaries, a letter dated December 20, 2014 instructed Marietta Bolten (owners of a ship MV Marietta) to divert a cargo of rice originally meant for delivery at Cotonou Port to Lagos Port. The cargo in question was a 15,500 MT Thai Parboiled Rice 100PCT Sortexed of Thailand Origin. The letter reads in part: “The above cargo was shipped on the above vessel … for delivery at the port of Cotonou – Benin but we, Navision Shipping A/S, hereby request you to order the vessel to proceed to and deliver the said cargo at Port Lagos – Nigeria to Pearl Universal Impex Ltd, 7A Asa Afariogun Street, Off Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos, Nigeria.

The same Navision Shipping on the same day gave two more instructions to Marietta ordering it to divert another cargo of 3900.650 MT Thai Parboiled rice to Port Harcourt for Pearl Universal Impex. This second cargo, originally meant for Cotonou Port was originally consigned to STE Premiere Sarl, Niamey, Niger Republic. The third cargo, 18,500MT Thai Parboiled rice, originally destined for Cotonou Port was diverted on instruction to Port Harcourt.

A visit to Pearl Universal Impex in Ajao Estate, Lagos, showed that the company is no more at No, 7A Asa Afariogun Street, the land address used for the shipping transaction. There was no forwarding address. Pearl Universal Impex is a major rice importer owned by a group of foreign businessmen that include the Chairman Pulkit Jain, Nimit Jain, Pranshu Goel and Ramanathan Srinivasan. Pulkit Jain was quoted in a recent media report that his company “has been a major importer of rice in the country with imports of 350,000 metric tonnes of rice annually in the past”

Given that Nigeria is the only country that consumes parboiled rice, any cargo of parboiled rice going to Cotonou is in the first place is meant to come into Nigeria through land borders.

All the cargoes diverted belonged to Umza International Farm Ltd, one of the companies that benefitted from government subsidy.

Shipping documents show that diverted rice cargoes with the following bill of lading: MRT1409-01(10,000 MT), MRT1409-03(1,000 MT), MRT1409-04(1,000 MT), MRT1409-05(1,000 MT), MRT1409-09(1494.650 MT) and MRT1409-20(806.000MT) were consigned to Umza International Farm.

Yet another document showed that Umza International Farm Ltd has been importing rice from Thailand purportedly to be transhipped to Niger Republic. In October 2014 Umza, using the same ship MV Marietta imported 1,000 MT of Golden Standard brand of parboiled rice to Cotonou for ‘transit to Niger’. The Umza cargo has bill of lading MRT1409-03.

The same 1000 MT of same bill of lading MRT1409-03 is named in the instruction letter to the ship owners Marietta Bolten on 20th December 2014 to be diverted to Port Harcourt shortly after Umza was named as a beneficiary of Federal Government rice import quota. So also was another cargo of bill of lading MRT1409-04 with Niger Republic as its original destination.

Industry stakeholders are confused as to how consignments of parboiled rice are transhipped to a country that does not consume parboiled rice. Maritime experts say this is another red flag of irregularities and sabotage of the rice value chain adding that parboiled rice is not the only item ‘officially smuggled into Nigeria’ in the guise the goods were meant for Niger Republic.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/195509-investigation-inside-the-massive-fraud-in-nigerias-n117billion-rice-import-quota-scheme.html

I just read this and half way I couldn't continue ..its so disgusting and disgraceful .

This country can never develop. This country is damned by idiots and I hate this Nigeria thing called corruption


How can people be this wicked and their people suffer especially these north people

Can we go our separate ways pls

I am sick
This is nauseating


This is nice journalism

ReignSilva:
If the Name NIGERIA is the problem, I think we should change the Name NIGERIA to BIAFRA, lets see where the IGBOs will divide to.
Lol

The way you guys reason sometimes can be disturbing

rileydaddy:
if the igbo pple wants to go leave them to go alone with out the niger deltal pple and other country .l Bleep biafara pple...

Which naija delta again ..is that a tribe

Let us see how long u will last

Nwanne

Chest beating is allowed

The richest musician are p sqaure
The richest footballers are Igbo Mikel obi and okocha

All are in entertainment ...I don't want to go to movies

Leading in politics ...I just don't know what to say ..is it the calling the VP commissioner or is it the sanusi lamido statement



My dear let's leave the economic state of Lagos ...it is built by all Nigerians ...if not. Why dont you make ibadan to look like at least Onitsha and nnewi



Bragging is what I hate in life

In terms of education ..WAEC,NUC,NECO,JAMB has settled that


Now you see that ...in religion you call it business ...it is a shame . so you decieve people and fleece their money instead of working hard. How can you lie and use the name of God as business. It is shameful



Happy Christmas


Social media ...the biggest blog is owned by Igbo

They are richest also they are Bella naija and Linda ikeji


Why do people just sit down and write witouth research ..even sun newspaper r biggest selling papers


Pls eat the humble pie

Easy

The owner killed NAIRALAND... I don't know how to deactivate my account ..I would have done that

crownprince102:
lol....... I know Adolf Hitler and Charles Taylor to be christians.

Does that mean Christianity teaches brutality?

Illiteracy

Hitler was atheist

crownprince102:
just hear urself.......... Does the sayings of a person actually tells what's in his inner mind?


I've seen pastors who raped church members and said it was an order from Jesus christ. Was it?


Name someone who fought to islamize other countries and provide a verse in the holy quran and hadith the support his conquest.


Thanks as u reply in advance.

Why do you Muslim lie....Muhammed was fighting jihad
Saladin was fighting wars


Or do u want us to believe that Muhammed never waged a war



Sir educated us

Islam is the most stupid and insecure religion ...if ibhad been a Muslim I would have been so shameful or have converted

EternalTruths:
Fact

Yesterday the slaves shouted leave our land only for them to turn around to oppose us now that we seek to go

Seriously

Nigeria is filled with sick and confused people

Sometime the stupidity amazed me...they seems not to know what they want ...very imbecilic

BlakkBoi:
Source: http://thewhistler.ng/story/is-it-because-it-is-buhari-opinion-by-mustafa-yahaya



lalasticlala come see opinion.

They will say he is an Igbo man ..mark them

dustmalik:
It's your right to claim to be whatever you wish to be. But one thing that you will never have is a territory to be called whatever you want.

By the mere mention of bia.....fra every of them catches hbp....is it true ?

Hmmmm OK

Obinoscopy:
http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/21/nigeria-says-isis-figures-recent-boko-haram-attacks-killings-hoax

Akuko ifo

Story story storiiiiiieeee


Oga lie

Bevista:
Strictly speaking, you are right. But there is also an economic model for regulating monopolies to ensure efficiency and fair pricing. Some sectors like Power, Rail, etc usually require huge initial investment and a reasonable time horizon to recover investment before throwing it open, else most investors will not commit such huge funds and then worry about cut-throat price competition.

Your correct but whatever way we look at it ..monopoly isn't good and nigerians been what they are ..we are greedy

The only thing that can salvage this malady is simply to allow like 15 players to play in the power sector per state ...the. You will see efficiency

One thing is that competition brings in efficiency and best

But Nigeria hate competition