₦airaland Forum

Though Mehta has yet to test drive her supply chain, she has a ready market for her paste. Ram Mahadevan, head of packaged foods for Olam, seller of Tasty Tom and De Rica, two of the most popular brands in Nigeria, says he is ready “to buy every kilogramme of tomato paste” Tomato Jos can produce. Olam wants to support domestic supply and has suggested to the Buhari administration that it conduct a feasibility study into how to create and scale a proce to create and scale a processing industry.

The same Indian company, Olam who used to grow cotton in Nigeria under the Afcott banner, but soon closed down all their farms and resorted to whole scale importation of De Rica tin tomatoes, now wants to buy every drop of paste from this upstart by another Indian Mehta who has zero experience running business in Nigeria.

Meanwhile Eric Umeoffia of Erisco Foods that is already producing tons of tomato puree, Olams is silent on buying from them to stop their wasteful importation. Who is deceiving who?

Olam see cartons of Ric-Giko tomatoes here made in Nigeria. Stop this hypocrisy.

The Havard graduate is working or researching to produce, while Eric Odinaka Umeoffia of Erisco Foods Processing Limited, is already producing canned tomato puree.

Chief Umeoffia has donated truckloads to Nigerian Army formations in North East fighting Boko Haram, Internally Displaced Persons camp, buying up full pages of newspapers, and shouting himself hoarse that Nigeria should stop importation of tomato paste. But is anyone listening?

http://www.daylight.ng/erisco-foods-boss-eric-umeofias-large-heart/

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-tomato-king/217121/

http://leadership.ng/business/467892/cbn-policy-on-forex-revived-tomato-paste-industry-umeofia

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Burantai visitd the army formation where the troops ran away, cautioning the soldiers in that battalion that such an event of them running away should not repeat itself. In same breath, he turned the whole story upside down reeling out long list of weapons captured, boko haram members killed an those who ran away with bullet wounds.

Haba, this snake charmer chief of army staff is sounding like typical Nigerian police, who always cook up stories of their exploits against armed robbers, even though the police always arrive after the robbers are long gone.

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram destroyed a Nigerian military base as soldiers fled and only self-defense fighters prevented the insurgents from retaking a northeastern town, residents said Monday.

The civilian fighters held Gulak town after soldiers ran away Sunday night until the military sent reinforcements who fought off the extremists, former council chairman James Ularamu told The Associated Press.

The military base was burned down, said Ularamu.

Sunday night's attack came as a military intelligence officer confirmed that 107 soldiers remain missing nearly two weeks after a Nov. 19 battle. The attackers drove off with an army T-72 tank and dozens of new camouflage uniforms, according to the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the issue.

Nigeria's military has denied dozens of soldiers are missing.

Premium Times newspaper first reported the soldiers from the 157 Battalion, including their commanding officer, were missing in action along with the tank, three artillery guns and eight trucks including one carrying 60,000 rounds of ammunition.

The military has reported that it destroyed dozens of Boko Haram camps and freed more than 1,000 kidnap victims in recent weeks. But Boko Haram has stepped up the tempo and range of its attacks, with raids and suicide bombings in the past week in Niger, Cameroon and northern Nigeria.

Early Sunday the extremists kidnapped dozens of girls and set ablaze hundreds of buildings in Bam in Borno state, said resident Mallam Ali.

The setbacks come as Nigeria's government admitted it cannot crush by December the 6-year uprising that has killed some 20,000 people.

Burantai's version about a week afetr the incident....
https://www.nairaland.com/2776143/stop-running-boko-haram-buratai

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai yesterday visited Gajigana, Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, which was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday.

He was received and conducted round troops’ deployment by the Commander 5 Brigade and the Commanding Officer of 243 Battalion.

The Chief of Army Staff while fielding questions from journalists that accompanied him, stated that he was there to see things for himself, asses the situation and give necessary directives.


Speaking further with the Commanders, he expressed dissatisfaction with the troops conduct and warned that such incident should not repeat itself.

The troops were reported to have fled their base after Boko Haram members nearly overpowered them in Gulak.

Buratai also called on the public, especially those residing in the affected area to support and cooperate with the troops by exposing suspected Boko Haram terrorists that live among them.

He stated that the recent wave of attacks by terrorists in Gulak and Gajigana should be seen as isolated, assuring that adequate measures were being taken to deal decisively with any such occurrences.


The COAS also assured that the military and the security agencies would continue to improve their performances.

He was accompanied by the Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Acting Director Military Intelligence and the Acting Provost Marshal (Army).
Also on the entourage were representatives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Police attached to the Military Command and Control Centre.

The troops, during the Gulak attack, killed 3 Boko Haram terrorists, while a number escaped with gun shot wounds. One soldier lost his life.

They recovered a Toyota Hilux, 1 PKM gun, 1 General Purpose Machine Gun, 3 AK-47 rifles, 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade tube and 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade bomb.

Other recoveries include, 1 Charger, 7 Boxes of 7.62mm Link, 1 GP 340 Hand Held Radio, 4 Boxes of 7.62mm X 54mm Ammunitions, 3 Anti Riot Hand Held Grenade, as well as 30 Cleaning Kits, 2 Packets of Artillery Primers and 97 pieces of Zela fuse.

The location have also been reinforced and the troops are now poised for any eventuality.

Army said the troops were further pursuing the escaping terrorists and also exploiting to further block such kind of incursion.

Lai Mohammed cannot relate with the pain of mass unemployment of graduates and millions of jobless youths. Afterall his son Folajimi MOhammed has been fixed up as Lagos State House of Assembly member representing Ikeja -2 constitency.

hucienda:
This is now becoming a joke.

It is more than a joke. We should be weeping. The man does not care. He is enjoying himself wella

Did he even come back from Malta to pick up fresh clothes, or they will send clean singlets and boxers from Aso Rock to him in South Africa?

*In Sunny Ade's voice*

Ajala travel all of the world (2x),
Ajala travel (2x)
Ajala travel all of the world

Baba Bubu Onitsha is burning ooooo! Abeg come back and run this country you cried and begged us to give you chance

It is just a matter of time.

Emefiele appointed by ex-president Jonathan, and occupying such sensitive position but who is not a die-hard Buhari follower ready to implement all his instructions and dance to his tune, with no questions asked was never going to last long.

Forwetinnah:
Booooohari shipped in a dangerous principality to win elections with the help of Tinubu..Unfortunately the principality never told them that there will be consequences for unchecked effrontery. Doing and saying all sorts to win an election is one thing..leading is another thing.
Imbalance appointments, 5% analogy, unchecked and provocative utterances, personal vendettas, blatant abuse of the constitution, careless spending, irredeemable lies, unfounded accusations and stories...just name it. The list is endless when in comes to negative things in Booooohari's administration in just 6months, i guess that's what the Principality never warned him about. We are all seeing the results now and it will only get worse..even the Sultan is concerned

Please educate us. Who is this "Principality"?
We have not heard of this one before

Omololu007:
are you in onithsa over head bridge?

The guy is sitting in lagos or somewhere cool. Forget him. Just post the pictures in large format. The previous ones are too tiny.

Meeeeen this looks serious ooooooo

Thought this thing was a joke. Seems to be catching on.

tolustx:
What's even d fuss abt dis #5000 sef? What can 5k do for me for one month. These people shud just stop dis show of shame.

You are right. Really shameful that they are arguing over this peanut, if you ask me.

Blackfire:
... I hate to d this, but in 2 years from now, u are going to be so hurt by that church,with what is going to happen (minus 2months and 2days).

Ok so back to the matter. Pastors need tithe money to survive.

What makes you think every salary earner is a Christian. Many are muslims, atheists and traditional religion adherents. Even the Christians among them, what percentage actually pay tithes?

My guy relax your brain. Don't try to twist the genuine message from the Man of God (one of the best and most respected in the Nigeria of today, with so many fake men of God).

In the "fullness of time", they will get the change Mr Lai(r) Mohammed.

But in the mean time, the only change they will get is lies and dissembling of facts from you like the claim that APC only promised to pay N5,000 allowance to "vulnerable" Nigerians, not unemployed graduates

The troops, during the Gulak attack, killed 3 Boko Haram terrorists, while a number escaped with gun shot wounds. One soldier lost his life.

They recovered a Toyota Hilux, 1 PKM gun, 1 General Purpose Machine Gun, 3 AK-47 rifles, 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade tube and 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade bomb.

Other recoveries include, 1 Charger, 7 Boxes of 7.62mm Link, 1 GP 340 Hand Held Radio, 4 Boxes of 7.62mm X 54mm Ammunitions, 3 Anti Riot Hand Held Grenade, as well as 30 Cleaning Kits, 2 Packets of Artillery Primers and 97 pieces of Zela fuse.

The location have also been reinforced and the troops are now poised for any eventuality.

Army said the troops were further pursuing the escaping terrorists and also exploiting to further block such kind of incursion.

This reporting is classic police report of "killing some boko haram, some escaped with bullet wounds, and assorted weapons were recovered"
If the army turned tail and ran away enmasse as the Army Chief has just confirmed himself, then is it ghost soldiers from another planet that was pursuing the escaping terrorists and also captured all those weapons? Something does not jive about the story. Somebody is lying.

The Nigerian army is lying to Nigerians on a grand scale and hiding the extent of the drubbing the poorly equipped army received at Gulak.
They are also hiding the bodies of the fallen soldiers and burying them quietly. Till date the commander of the sacked unit, some officers and many soldiers are yet to be accounted for

Alhaji Lai(r) Mohammed don come again ooooo!!! This man will never stop lying. Changing the goal post in the middle of the game is just plain wrong.

Are unemployed graduates (COE, Polytechnic, University, and School cert holders) not vulnerable Nigerians?

See the conditionalities he is putting forward: "demonstration of their children’s enrolment in school and evidence of immunisation". So if you are unmarried, or married but no kids, you are not vulnerable. Where do they manufacture our leaders from who seem to think with their anus

Lalasticlala come and hear something oooooo!!

Lai Mohammed: The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, said the All Progressives Congress (APC), led-Federal Government will not pay N5, 000 to unemployed graduates, rather vulnerable Nigerians.

Mohammed at an interactive session with members of the country's Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), at the National Press centre in Abuja, said, "We did not promise 5,000 Naira to unemployed graduates but to vulnerable Nigerians."


The N5, 000 to the unemployed and poor Nigerians was part of 81 campaign promises the APC promised during the campaigns in the 2015 general elections.

It specifically states as follows: “Creation of a Social Welfare Programme, SWP, of at least five thousand naira (N5,000) that will cater for the 25 million poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians upon demonstration of their children’s enrolment in school and evidence of immunisation to help promote family stability”.

glossy6:
I once took a distant cousin in but found a way of sending him out of my home after I discovered he was looking at my 12 & 14 years daughters lustfully. My girls kuku carry for back They look matured. We can't be too careful

Good one. That is how to play it.

Keep an eagle eye on your kids. Some women are so careless with their kids, they should be flogged by Shekau

kilode100:
I started fvcking at 11

Was it willingly or forced?
I doubt you would start experimenting on your own at that age

Momcherry:
I've advised myself never to trust any guy with my girls. If u like be uncle, brother, husband's brother etc, I don't care. Never again!


@ kilode100

Wise decision. I wish more mothers will be as cautious with their girl children.
Imagine one so called company executive where I stay leaving her 6 year old with security men to look after when the bus drops her from school, before she returns from work. She is a single mother.

I had to go and sit her down to warn her that she is playing with fire. They will use her little daughter as a play thing. And the small girl is so smart and wise. Always very inquisitive and very social.

Our President has itchy buttocks. He can't still to the job he wept for.......

360ng:

Say sumtin na

Blackfire:
Besides, I don't know the man of God to be someone who can "vex" because of tithe. Those are your own words



*trying not to laugh... Suddenly burst into laughter*.

My brother read that sentence slowly for 3 times, u will join me in laughing....buhahahaha

Please enjoy your laughter.
In any case, what do you mean by "uwa mmebi +opin aye"? Please interpret for everyone

Zoharariel:
@OP - Unfortunately, The problem has little or nothing to do with the FG.

If you are not daft & stupid [No offense meant], you wanted to start-up an Automobile Assembly Plant and instead of you to approach the world's best Auto Engineering Firms in Germany, Russia, or even the American bastards; you chose instead to approach China. China? My friend, forget about mediocrity & the people saying chinese products are affordable - consumers value quality over price.

Now, you want me to patronize you in purchasing an automobile machine that would kill me within 3months? If you have ever driven a Bmw, Audi or Merc before, you would know & understand the reason Y police officers are now going after German machines like the BMWs.

The indigenous people of the eastern jews should lead by example by discarding their Toyotas, Muranos & Mercs and start patronizing Innoson Motors, then the rest of us in Nigeria will follow suit.

Lastly, you cannot be heaping loads of insult on the government and making disparaging remarks against other ethic groups in Nigeria on Radio Biafra and expect your business to flourish, commooooon, ancient wisdom teaches us that action begets reaction, cause begets effect, sequence begets consequence - There's no innocence under the Law of Karma.



Pic 1 - Chinese GAC G5.


Pic 2 - Innoson G5 [ A carbon copy of the Chinese GAC G5 as replicated by Innoson Motors].

I really have no time to exchange insults with you. Your inchoate an incoherent post already defines your level of intellect, state of mind, and hatred.

A few .....

1. Who told you the "world's best Auto Engineering Firms" are in Russia? Which alien spaceship just dropped you on planet earth?

2. Did it occur to you that the Chinese copy the Japanese model designs shamelessly? Did it occur to you that the G5 bears uncanny resemblance to RAV4, and that all the earlier models of Hyundai and Daewoo were clones of such Japanese models like Corolla, Camry, RAV4 and Hiace?

3. Look around your home, chances are that your light fittings, electrical appliances, mobile phones, and thousands of components in computers and electronics in "bastard" American brands that you love so much but hate the country of make were manufactured in China. How many of those devices has "killed" you so far?

4. Where did you get the reference to Radio Biafra or disparaging remark against any ethnic group in my original post? Is that another product of your confused mind?

Guy you need to see a psychiatrist fast before it is too late. Yaba left is still accepting inmates.

Blackfire:
we are saying the same thing, it is still uwa mmebi +opin aye.

@blackfire we are definitely not saying the same thing.

You are saying "pastor don vex because tithe don reduce" I never said any such thing. And clearly, Pastor Adeboye's 2016 devotional published in 2015 had no benefit of hindsight.

Besides, I don't know the man of God to be someone who can "vex" because of tithe. Those are your own words

Blackfire:
Govt cant pay workers, companies are also unable to pay their staff all this is now affecting church account... Now pastor don vex, it can only mean one thing.

.
.

.

.
Opin aye + uwa mmebi

M4gunner: Hehehe i guess members has reduce their offering. Noboby is paying tithes again. by M4gunner

Re: Pastor Adeboye (RCCG) Slams Companies And Government Who Delay Salaries by 9jacrip(m): 9:20am
It has started affecting the offerings, tithes and pledges.

Re: Pastor Adeboye (RCCG) Slams Companies And Government Who Delay Salaries by Blackfire: 9:39am
Govt cant pay workers, companies are also unable to pay their staff all this is now affecting church account... Now pastor don vex, it can only mean one thing.

I take God beg una oooooo.

The original post is a quotation from today's devotional that was prepared last year (2014) before current salary crunch by state govts.
Usually, the devotional is prepared the year before so it is available from 1st Jan of the new year.

For example, the Open Heaven devotional for 2016 is already out in November 2015. So there is really no way Pastor Adeboye would have dealt with an issue that has not yet happened except he is guided by God to address those issues. The devotionals are not published daily, so he has no benefit of using current events in the country as a guide to write.

In Pastor Adeboye's "Open Heaven" daily devotional for today, 24th Nov 2015, he has some strong words for companies, and especially, government who delay, withhold, or refuse to pay workers salaries. He even advocates that if salaries are delayed, and later paid, they should add inconvenience allowance since the workers would have gone through a a lot of suffering and hardship.

He also has some strong words for governments that refuse to pay pension of retirees. I hope the various state governments, federal governments and parastatals are listening. The Vice President, Pastor (Prof) Osibanjo should heed this warning at the federal level. Read on ........

Moreover, restitution equally affects employer-employee relationships.

In Leviticus 19:13, God warns against extorting your workers:

"Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning."

Do you know it is wrong to withhold your worker's salary or wages a day beyond the agreed date of payment?

There are employers who sit on their staff salaries for weeks and months and expose them to untold hardship, and yet they expect their staff to be faithful in their work. That is wickedness! Such employers must make restitution by releasing the salaries and paying an inconvenience allowance.

However, if the employer genuinely does not have the funds to pay the staff and he explains the situation to them before hand, he is exonerated. Some people trade with the salaries and benefits of their staff for months before releasing their pay. They do this to derive gain for themselves. This also is wickedness.

Why is it that retired people who contributed all their working years to a fund cannot access their money or receive their pension after retirement? God hates fraud, whether it is perpetrated by an individual, organisation or government.


Key Point: When you occupy a public office, you are accountable to God and to the people you are serving in that office.

vanunu:
That is why nigeria is called a zoo, we have a very useless govt. A govt that create fuel scarcity just because it does not like the faces of some of* the people that are importing fuel. Why on earth will buhari reduce the number of companies that are importing fuel. Useless govt.

He screened out companies owned by Easterners and South-South businessmen.

He included MRS (Dantata) family and Oando owned by Wale Tinubu (Bola Tinubu's blood relative)

Lifting of crude oil, same thing

[quote author=lagmostkuit post=40217592][/quote]Ouch. That one is below the belt.

crixtex:
Wow... beautiful. .. by why is it dat our government never patronize ds guys... hmm... for d love of mechanical engineering. .

Ask them ooooo.

Stupidity is our surname

1. ANAMCO Mercedes truck and bus assembly plant in Enugu survived the many years of rudderless military and civilian governments. It kept producing luxurious buses and trucks which many transport companies patronised occasionally. VON in Lagos managed then by the economic theorist Prof Pat Utomi collapsed. See first picture.

2. PAN in Kaduna also chugged on producing mostly producing salon cars like 206 and 406. Occasionally the police and army bought 406 for their senior officers. But now police officers have developed thirst for bullet proof BMWs.

3. Steyr in Bauchi struggled to survive. It was set up by British Leyland, and they made solid and good quality trucks. I think they eventually closed shop. It was probably privatized. Someone who knows better can update us. They made strong trucks and the military (army and police) occasionally patronised them. But mostly, corrupt Army Chief of Staff and IG of police preferred to import low quality Tata trucks from India so they can chop egunje

4. Goodluck Jonathan's government came up with the laudable National Automative Policy encouraging large vehicle manufacturing companies to set up shop in Nigeria, and also encouraging local entrepreneurs to venture into vehicle manufacturing. Nissan answered the clarion call, and refurbished the old VON factory in Lagos, re-tooled the plant, installed machines, trained skilled labour and started production.
Jonathan commissioned the new plant and test drove the first Nissan SUV in 2014.

5 A Nigerian businessman, Innocent Chukwuma set up Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing company at Nnewi and started assembling Innoson buses, trucks and SUVs.

Nigerian state and Federal governments, ministries, banks, oil companies never patronised them. They keep importing from Europe, Japan, Korea and shamefully, even from India.

What is really wrong with us as a people. We keep importing what we have in abundance (petrol, diesel, kerosine), whilst exporting what we don't (gas to Ghana, electricity to Chad and Niger; medical doctor, engineers to Europe, America and Saudi Arabia).

How can Nigeria ever hope to become industrialise if we keep doing all the wrong things

https://www.nairaland.com/2158268/nissan-rolls-out-first-made-in-nigeria

http://www.dna-nigeria.com/made-nigeria-cars-export-soon-jonathan/

http://www.automotiveworld.com/megatrends-articles/nissan-takes-early-advantage-nigerias-new-auto-policy/

http://thebusinessdispatch.com/21-automakers-to-set-up-assembly-plants-in-nigeria/