₦airaland Forum

DrWise:
Akingbola would fight this fight till the last drop of his blood. A very rare gentleman he is. You knew how to run an organization and reward your staff accordingly. I remember all the CSR and the various donations to colleges and Universities.

You started IMBL from zero and grew it to become Intercontinental Bank, the then largest Bank in Nigeria by assets. IBPLC was the beautiful bride in banking that every young man wanted to court.

As a young graduate, you afforded me a platform to begin my career in Banking in 2008, your training school was second to none as I made my first N248,000 in 10 weeks as allowance coupled with top-notch consulting firms that delivered superb lectures to us.

After resumption, the working environment was very ideal. What about the allowance? Jetta, upfront, variable, anniversary, lunch, hazard, leave and passages. You were light years ahead of your peers.

You practically told us that whoever worked with you and has not achieved anything remarkable in 3 years ought to be fired. You shared profit to drivers, cleaners and artisans and told us that they contributed to the making of this profit. Posterity would never forget you.
I know one day, you would be vindicated.

Despite him being a great leader, he betrayed people's trust and he should be made to face the music.

A great leader should take the glory (as you have given him in your comment) and also take the blame/punishment when things go wrong.

Almajiri1:
Full resource control seems the fastest.Just an ordinary announcement away!

Despite me wanting exactly what you want, the President alone cannot change the structure without the National Assembly. It's not as easy as that. Let's keep clamoring for that and soon we shall all have what we want.

kolnel:
We are waiting
I still don't believe the militants can be stronger than the federal government

Truly they can't be. Also, no one fights the government and wins but this is a very peculiar matter. When a fly perches on your scrotum, i'm sure you will never try to hit the fly hard. You need tact to overcome the issue on hand. That Is what the Govt is doing now.

chinchum:
I knew Balogtech since the year 2000. I bought a cd rom nd mouse of my first desktop computer in that store. So it was owned by Teebiilz dad?

Patronized them too in the early 2000's. Suprised to learn he's Tee billz dad. The man had made a name like a decade before we even knew his son.

Kudos to the man jare. For those that never knew Balogtech, it was equivalent to the Slot Phone company of today when desktop computers were the existing computer devices.

I think I will like the kind of burantashi this guy uses. The guy is so active. I won't mind some. lol...

RichDad1:
Lairs.
This is just as a result of the coming holidays. Almost all the banks across the country experienced such crowd today.

Exactly. I was at the Gtbank today to Use the atm and the queue was longer than usual. While also waiting by the atm, the crowd that trooped in was uncountable.

I must confess, either who took the pics is a dullard or is just a blogger looking for cheap traffic to his/her site.

Ofemmanu1:
Avensis with a corolla engine?! Wtf!

Shocked to hear that too.

Osakah24:
Ngilari stole from adamawa, a state like rivers and Lagos.

True.

Well, like I said earlier, I wish they are probed one day too.

Sunnycliff:
Amaechi, Tinubu and Fashola.

In as much as I agree with you for these guys to be probed but the list of people mentioned in this piece of news has to do with those that stole Nigeria's money and not Rivers nor Lagos states monies.

Quakertellicus1:
Northern governors should be consulting South East governors past and present about how to handle the kidnapping scourge.

I like former gov Peter Obi's solution....demolish the kidnapper's property. That would teach them.

Funny you....

Like demolishing kidnappers property has totally eradicated the south east like you mentioned of kidnapping. For those that don't have properties and those that are totally unknown, how will you get them?

Nowhere is safe (north, east, West, south) and will be safe in Nigeria until you reduce poverty, create jobs, improve policing in Nigeria, have an effective surveillance system in Nigeria etc.

Sexytemi:
He's not in the position to say what he said, you call it explanation, I call it stupidity, why would he say he would have gone to jail if he didn't give ogah the certificate of return, how many people on nairaland do u know who would read that story and not just the headlines?, so the speech wasn't needed....unless he felt he did something wrong and his conscience is pricking him.

I beg to disagree with your position.

If you're not aware, the punishment for contempt of court orders is imprisonment so the official was right when he said he didn't want to go to jail. Or you think disobedience of court orders carry no penalty just because enforcement of it isn't strict in a jungle like Nigeria? You may be used to the system of Buhari, our politicians and even commoners disobeying court orders but i am not used to it.

Sexytemi:
Please the judge already gave him the go ahead to give the man his certificate, so I see no reasons y he should explain when you, I, and the whole world knows he was just following the judge's order.....

If he was explaining his reasons when the judge had not given order, then I would understand.

In a country where we have many confusionists, illiterates on legal matters, dullards, sentimentalists who don't know what is wrong from what is right then you owe them a favour of schooling them.

Sexytemi:
Okay, you did the right thing, but y the fuss?, y u sounding like someone who's guilty of someone?, you don't need to explain anything if u know what you did is right(wish I believe is).

This is not his private nor family matter where he can choose not to explain to anybody if he so wishes.

This is an issue that is of great importance to the nation. Moreover the matter is a subject of litigation. He's also a public officer therefore he's expected to explain himself.

Furthermore, you saying he doesn't have to explain himself is like standing in front of a judge (which in this case are the citizens of Nigeria) and telling him you don't have to explain the reasons for your actions. I can bet you that the judge will have no choice than to send you to jail.

basingstoke:
That road you see is aduwawa, it is called benin-abuja road. that is the road that take you to ekpoma-auchi-lokoja-abaji-gwagwalada-fct in that order.

There exists nothing like Benin - Abuja Expressway.

You described it like the whole route is a straight path which is not.

Next time, just say Benin - Auchi express.

We are estimating repairs on cars and some people that don't own cars and have no business with mechanics are disagreeing with people that frequently visit the mechanic.

Firefire:
54.78% of Lagosians fall within this poverty line and has been supporting themselves by trading, either in the streets of in traffic.

Ahn Ahn....... 54.78% of Lagosians which is 13,742,691 people out of 25,087,059. (according to Wikipedia) either hawks or sells something on the street?

It seems you just closed your eyes and picked the Stats that just appeared in your brain.

Almajiri1:
139 million for repair works on 49 vehicles? Who negotiated this deal?

139,000,000 on 49 buses will amount to 2,836,735 on each bus.

Looking at the pics of the damaged buses, the major damage on them were shattered windscreens & windows, then followed by broken side mirrors, punctured tires which may lead to damaged rims when towing them, broken doors (don't forget the doors are electronic).

The bus maker is Yutong, i'm sure that's a Chinese company. Don't forget Nigeria does not make all the damaged parts mentioned above. Also the parts are not from your regular car makers (Toyota etc.). That means an order may need to be placed on these products from China. Factor in custom duties, shipping costs and probably travel costs (tickets, hotel accommodation etc.) of the engineer(s) that will travel to China to place the orders.

After considering the costs mentioned above, do you see that the amount quoted by the Governor may be true?

I can see that the representative of the AGF truly knows his onions.

mineANDurs:


In a sane country, this man is an outstanding asset!

Only in Nigeria that we let such talents become waste

Abeg quit this talk.... Which country do you see their government support this except the sport is done worldwide i.e Olympics

If he wants the government to support him, he should engage in a sport that is widely recognized or enrolled in the world's strongest man competition.

MrALIVE:
FG should increase that figure to 200 thousand to reduce unemployment rate..i don't know why it is difficult for govt to tackle unemployment when they can use this simple method

Already, The government (FG, states and LG) is the highest employer of labour in Nigeria. There is nowhere in the world that Government is the highest employer of labour in the world like in Nigeria. Also our recurrent expenditure is way more than our capital expenditure.

Now in the face of dwindling government revenue and governments cant pay their workers, you still suggest that government should employer more shows you don't have an idea of the challenge Nigeria is having.

What you should suggest to the government is to create an enabling environment (give low interest loans, reduce taxes, provide constant electricity, tackle insecurity/kidnapping/militancy, fix roads etc.) for businesses to thrive like in developed countries

Mrjo:
Having read hw some individuals got their selives into troble for nt paying tax, i'm move to ask these questions: 1. At what age is right age to pay tax.
2. What biz should one do before he/she pay tax.
3. Hw much that one will earn befor he/she pay tax.
4. Hw much is tax in Nigeria.
Pls. Any body with answer to these should help. Including the mods

Question 1: There is no right nor wrong age to pay tax. A two year old baby whose parent bought a property in is name and now went ahead to rent/lease out the house, if the profit (rent) received on that house goes into the account of the child, that profit (since it's owned by the kid) will be subjected to tax.
Likewise if a 99 year old man has a property he rented out and receives rent income on the property, he too will be subjected to tax based on the profit realized on the building.

Bottomline is, so far you make money/income/profit you should pay tax notwithstanding your age be it under 18 or over 60/70/80/90.

Question 2: So far you make money (profit) from any legitimate business whatsoever, you are required to pay tax.

Question 3: There is something called minimum tax. Anybody that makes less than N300,000 in a year will be subjected to 1% minimum tax. And if you earn above that, the maximum they can charge is 24%.

Question 4: We have different types of taxes e.g Personal income tax, Company income tax (30%), Capital Gains tax (10%), Value added tax, Education tax (2%), Petroleum Profits tax (85%).

Tax calculation is a seriously complicated exercise, I bet you can't do it yourself. You will need to secure the services of a tax practitioner or consultant who will guide you and explain how the Nigerian tax system works.

Additional info: So far you make money (profit/income on a legitimate business venture), you must pay tax. Income is classified into two (A.) Earned income e.g profit from business, or salary and wages you receive in the course of you being employed, pension (B.) Unearned income - this is income you made not as a result of the work you physically put in e.g rent income (from renting out your building), dividend ( from the shares of a company you bought), royalty, interest (money you kept in the bank and you were paid for saving it there), director's fee e.t.c

I repeat, tax calculation is a complicated matter which requires expertise advice by a professional.

Of course that is illegal mining going on in your area. I can bet it with you that they have no license to carryout operation on those fields. If they are caught, the government may seize your lands.

But op wait, hope it's not in my village in Osun state. I and my cousin are going into the business (legally or illegally) next month when I visit home.

Tolexander:
what is lovely in the picture of a lady whose belly is trying to outshine the b00bs?

dude, left to me i wouldn't mind this package as it is therefore she need not change a thing. The belly and boobs is just perfect for me.

TopsyKrete:
I was on the website of N-Power when I noticed that the BVN was requested.

Is this not a scam?

Answering the question asked in the topic - Of course it's lawful for the government to ask for your BVN. The BVN is just like the SSN used by citizens of developed countries. It contains data about you. The government can use it to track it's citizens with the info contained on it which is lawful.

Answering if its not a scam - That I don't know. What scammers usually ask for is your account number, atm card number and pin but not BVN. Because someone has your BVN doesn't mean they can access your account unlike having your account number and the above listed info.

safareegurl:
Hahahaha....hasn't he heard the saying "White men can't jump?"

I'm sure USA's Swim team will have only white men. Each sport has a race that specializes in it.

Black men do basketball, Marathons and Boxing

White men do Swimming, Golf and Rugby.

Indians do Cricket

Chinese do Gymnastics

Everybody is happy

And who told you white men can't jump?

In football, na them dey jump pass. Checkout Oliver Bierhoff, Oliver Giroud, Andy Caroll, Miroslav Klose..... Those guys can nod anything shaped like a ball into the net.

I remember that video vividly. Obesere gave her the chance to limelight and she has clung to it since then.

Obesere a.k.a Obaadan, Alasakasa, Papa tosibe.

I wonder how he came about those names. lol....

No where in Nigeria is safe....

And we expect Foreigners to come sightsee all in the name of tourism or Foreigners should come invest in South-South where militancy and cultists reigns or South-West & South-East where kidnapping & armed robbery thrives or the North-Central where fulani herdsmen is decimating them daily or the core North where some crazy dudes can just wake up in the morning, start chanting Allah akbar and go ahead to kill innocent people all in the name of religion.

Nigeria is one hell of a place..

Puresolutions:
it's just a picture around a small patch bro,even if they use helicopter to travel 45000hectares even for an helicopter to travel 45000hectares or 45km is quite a stretch dnt get it twisted bro...

And you really think they have to snap the picture of the whole farmland from an helicopter just to entertain you?

Don't just sit by your chair to ask for pics on the Internet. Nothing should stop you from visiting the farm in Nassarawa to confirm its existence.

cckris:
Does the background look anything like 45,000 hectares? That's 45 kilometers.

Perhaps more pictures can help.

45k hectares is not the size of a football pitch o..

Which camera will capture a stretch of 45,000 hectares all at once

usmanktg2:

This is a blunder bro. Pls correct it.

That comment was way back in 2012.... 4 years ago!! After buying a car laptop charger in 2015 (3 years after the comment) that I could adjust the voltage from 16v all the way to 20 something, I am now better informed. Thanks..

Although I still stand by my earlier comment that the black boxed charger advertised below the blue one on this thread couldn't be adjusted past 19 nor below 19 as at that time. I used the charger for my personal laptop back then in 2011. The charger was the INEC charger used for Voters Registration during that period and it was specifically designed for those INEC laptops which were all rated 19v.

NB: I know 18.5v rated chargers do work with 19v rated devices as experienced with my car laptop charger.

I hope I didn't contradict myself? Lol.....

Halleydavid:
Was it really necessary? Freeze behaves like an overgrown baby a times though.

I don't think you understand what it means for people to doubt you and your credibility.

You are not Jesus nor a spiritual being, so why shouldn't you prove your doubters wrong?

futurenix:
Is Dangote sugar and flour also having this acclaimed price increase? If yes thats totally unacceptable considering he has been securing forex from CBN at official rate while others don't.

In fact the prices of these items for dangote's product should be reduced instead.

I and my employees have been out of business since February so dangote can access forex and just when the CBN announced devaluation he has increased price.

Someone should please tell me dangote's sugar and flour are not part of this increment. Is that even a possibility cause he seems to have monopoly over these items at present.

Just to enlighten you.

It is Dangote refinery that is only allowed to secure forex at CBN and not Dangote Sugar and Flour. Note the difference.

All the same, that the said forex collected by his refinery can be diverted to other areas is highly possible. That is a matter for another day.

I believe the importance of Dangote's refinery to the economy will be greater than yours that's why Government/CBN favours it above other companies (They don't have a choice. Dangote is a smart and shrewd businessman).