₦airaland Forum

Shedding light on the extent they will go in collecting the tax, Madu said; “The collection of 2013 Biafran income tax will commence on February 16, throughout Biafra and Nigeria, where Biafrans reside, it is a mandatory tax, it is a mark of respect and honour to Biafra, a mandatory obligation for all Biafrans.”

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/massob-introduces-biafran-income-tax/[/quote]For me, @[b]bolded[/b]is the most interesting part. So a bunch of nut-case Igbo thugs, parading themselves as tax collectors/freedom fighters, will board a bus from Abakaliki, to someone else's territory (Lagos for example)to start collecting tax? You want to prosecute your fight for independence in another man's territory?. Are we back to 1966 again?

Though we are not comparing like for like, it's in some ways similar to Nigeria going to Ghana to tax the Nigerians there. We (Yorubas and Igbos) are different peoples. We don't really know much about you people, and I suspect you people know little about us. But the least we can do is respect each other's space.

The issue of tax has a lot to do with sovereignty. Yorubas fought wars amongst themselves in the past about which Yoruba King was entitled to collect Tax. More than 200 years later, we now have a bunch of bloody foreigners wanting to collect tax on our territory!

They should make their claim for Independence (which I support), and if they feel the need to have a parallel tax regime, please restrict it to your territory.

Imagine Fasola's tax men collecting Tax in one spare parts shop and Nwazuruke will be in the next shop, asking where is my own tax money? This will amount to an affront on our sovereignty (which, though currently subsumed in the Federal pot nevertheless remains tangible) and can easily lead to violence on the streets.

You chose to 'confess' which is kinda good. But girl also has a right to decide whether she wants to be with a 'former' cultist.

Personally, I couldn't be with a lady who was a cultist, whatever the 'love.' Same as - if a lady told me she was previously an armed robber, I would quietly ease my way out of that relationship, unless I was already married to her.

I could possibly handle a girlfriend being a former love peddler, but cultist, armed robber, nah. That would be too much to handle in my head.

Can't see anything wrong in it. Not something I have felt the need or desire to do myself, but hey we are all different.

In my former workplace, a colleague's desk was like a shrine to her children and husband. Must be about 25 pictures or so in a small desk area! I often 'stole' a look when I passed by her desk though Nice to see a happy family in a country where divorce was and still is rampant.

Supersonic? Nigeria?? Supersonic Molue may be

Yeye people

Absolutely. Why not!

I've been married only 4 yrs, so some might say it's too early for me to say. However, dear wife and I are absolutely happy with things. It's been 4yrs honeymoon. We have hit this sweet spot in our relationship, thanks in no small measure to my wonderful wife.


Great friend, sister & wife; fantastic mother; selfless; cheerful; great lover of God; and lest I forget, a wonderful 'Animashaun' in the bedroom too

What more can I ask for---shall I break into Azonto

wetin be dafuq?

Dont mean to derail - but I fancy the idea of being with a pretty, yet dominant woman. Better still if she has unpredictable temperament about her.

A night (not a lifetime pls!) with someone like Naomi Campbell is tantalisingly attractive. If for example, she wants a 3rd, 4th, or 5th round, and I don't, the fact she might wake up in the middle of the night, punch or bite my di.ck in 'revenge', while I'm fast asleep, is kinda cool, dangerously cool

That kind of aggressive unpredictability is really sexy. For one night only tho! and hopefully, one survives the experience, cause I think someone like Naomi might just cut the thing off cos you didnt satisfy her

Are Ijaw women as volatile as their men & are they beautiful? Hmmm...

It's my cousin's wedding this Saturday somewhere in the East - Nnewi or somewhere like that.

But I will be making a call within the next few minutes, to apologise that I can't make it.

I just can't.


Virtually, every other member of the family have made one excuse or the other, but when you ask them privately, it all boils down to the fear of kidnapping. Whether that fear is justified or not, that is the perception. And news of one individual ordering the 'kidnap' of others can only reinforce those fears.

It's a shame really, as he's such a close cousin. Luckily, the girl's parents live in Ibadan, so there will be a white wedding in Ibadan in two weeks. By God's grace, we will all troop down for that.

Yeye Ibo man.

Where did he say anything about your headline. So, everyone must be part of the same party (NCNC) in a multi party state? And what is wrong with Awolowo agitating for government to be brought closer to minorities?

If Awolowo agitates for the rights of the minority, you people say he's promoting ethnicity
If he canvases the interest of a majority group, you accuse him of having an ulterior motive to exterminate someone else.

Market for your fake spare parts shop is slow this morning abi?

Cities with the biggest GDP in Nigeria are:Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, in that order. Fact!

But dont tell that to an Igbo man o. He will beat his chest and tell you how Onitcha has the largest market in the world, and is the only city to rival Lagos commercially. No doubt, he will remind you that Aba is a manufacturing hot bed that is unrivalled in West Africa Lol! Fact is, there is more manufacturing going on in Ikeja than Aba and Onitsha combined, and good old Ibadan has a bigger economy than either of these Eastern cities.


They tell you they dominate the economy. You ask, how. They mention how they import building materials and electronics, and how many provisions store they manage. So that's the nation's 'economy?'lol!

Igbos are good petty traders. Nothing more

This can never be igboland...

It's Yoruba conspirators using pictures from Ogbomosho to denigrate the great! Igbo nation.

Villages in Igboland are far more developed than any city in the S/W, except Lagos, which was and continues to be developed by the Igbos.

I swear, the only reason Igbos have not matched and surpassed the Japanese and Germans technologically is the lazy Yoruba who'll do anything to undermine us.

We are the greatest, and the world knows it!.

Dont mind them.

These people dont know that Ibos have single handedly built their region (without any Federal assistance), and have taken on the burden of also developing other regions too, particularly Lagos, Abuja, Portiskum, Igbokoda, Ogbomosho, Jalingo, Abuja, Sokoto, Auchi etc.

Yorubas in particular should be thankful.

Mighty Ibos!

ofcourse. ever heard of an Ibo man go to China and India to knowingly import sub-standard, and even fatal drugs (medication). Never!

If you cant trust an Ibo man, who else can you trust! The whole world knows this, except the Yorubas who keep spreading false information about Ibos. With the help of Israel (from whence Ibos descend), Ibos will overcome!!

Ibos are the greateeeeeeeeest in the whole wide world!

Lest I forget, they are also INDUSTRIOUS, HARD-WORKING, and VERY HONEST people.

Up Ibos!!

Ikengawo: Outside of Abuja, and Lagos, i can't think of a state with a better standard of living than eastern states.
People aren't fabulously rich, or abject poor. Most people, which is natural to the igbo way, are towards the middle, but many are towards the bottom of the middle. You wont find Dangotes and giant buildings, but you won't find beggars, homeless, or destitution.

Otherwise you can't look at Enugu, Imo, Calabar, and Rivers and say you're looking at a 'poorer' region of nigeria. We have our Aba and Onitcha which look atrocious, but their still more productive than any city in nigeria their size by far and large. We Igbos want our states to be better, but we're not going to pretend as if we're living in Ekiti, Kogi, Oyo and the rest because these places still house villages of people that can't speak english and live in thatch and mud dwellings. Though the east doesn't have a Lagos, it has, as a whole, surpassed this level of primitive development which no other region in nigeria as a whole can say it has done.

Slizbeat: And why did you believe them? The truth is that there is no tribe without stain. The only thing about it is how they use the money they got from fraud. So far i know, the igbos are better in investing whether fraud cash or not.

Well, its now all about who invests their loot better? My point is the minority whose greedy actions are stifling this economy cut across tribes in no particular proportion. It is fruitless for people to arrogantly say their tribes people are better in this regard. The value system across board has collapsed. Full stop.

Oops...but people have been saying on nairaland that Yoruba, Hausa, Edo, Igbirra etc Billionaires are all crooks and their Igbo counterparts are all genuine, and industrious (yes o, that famous Igbo word!), with superhuman business brains etc

yeye people.

I always knew this man was an A GRADE crook. I saw him on TV few weeks ago walking with a Minister - honest, you would think he owned Nigeria the way he pumped his chest out, swaggering his arms all over the place. Ah, Igbos and misplaced arrogance!

Hi folks!

Girlfriend is starting a fashion house, but not sure where she could have her clothes label made in Lagos - I mean the label round the neck area of shirts, blouses etc

Anyone got ideas?

Great, thanks

People, please what's Yoruba name for spinach. And, is the Nigerian spinach the same as the one in Europe - basically, can I eat it raw?


Thanks

Please, where can I buy coloured cement in Lagos?

I know white cement is common, but I need CREAM-coloured.

Thanks

By the way, in Akure, I bought at the following prices last week:

1. Dangote cement - N1,700

2. Virony 40 x 40 tile - N950 per sq. metre

3. P V C ceiling - N10, 500 per pack. I think there are 15 pieces per pack

4. Full (double) load of plastering sand - N12,000

5. 6" blocks - 120 naira. A poster above said he bought for 100 naira in Jos. Shocking difference!

I understand where you're coming from but most people will not buy the Boko Haram excuse. Locking down vast expanse of a city's central area for 5hrs is surely excessive.

Also, past Presidents and their wives have behaved in similar manner long before anyone heard of Boko Haram. So, it's in their nature, nothing to do with the terrorists.

What is unfortunate for Team GEJ is that this time around ACN sense a widespread disenchantment with the Presidency, and they are riding on the back of that disenchantment (as any credible opposition should do) to hit Jonathan again.

My point is, Abati, and his team, should have worked closely with Mrs Jonathan's office to ensure that this visit to the heartland of the country's main opposition did not offend the 'natives' (lagosians) in any way. It should have been an exercise in positive PR rather than handling the visit as business as usual. Now, rather than reporting Mrs Jonathan's visit for what it is, all the newspapers are only interesting in reporting the traffic issue and Mr Fashola's response.

Another victory for ACN. Team GEJ could have been avoided this in my view.

Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola, released a press statement yesterday - see link below - which left no one in doubt that he was not impressed with Mrs Jonathan forcefully shutting down traffic during her visit to Lagos.

He claimes:

- Mrs Jonathan's action was unreasonable
- He was not given reasonable notice of the visit
- Mrs Jonathan was an unelected 'freeloader' - word in parenthesis is mine
- All VIP Security should be conducted in a way that shows concern for local residents.

The overwhelming majority of commentators and Lagosians seem to side with the Governor.

My questions are:

- Who the hell is handling Public Relations at the Presidency - the person/s need to be fired in the face of ACN's constant PR successes against the Presidency.
- Why does the Presidency keep falling into ACN's clever PR traps
- How long can Jonathan's 'credibility' take the constant heavyweight jabs/uppercut that ACN seem to land so easily these days
- Is ACN now the most effective opposition party since Awolowo's UPN of 1979 - 83
- Whose fault is it that the Presidency is rarely in control of public debate - it always seem to be on the defensive, reacting rather than leading

GEJ must be very frustrated at the relentless drubbing he gets from ACN. What does he need to do to 'fight back' in this PR war.

The big question is - why are some nigeria men obsessed with virginity.

I actually find it a complete turn off as I can't stand blood.

More importantly, what has virginity got to do with whether she'll a be loving wife & a great mother to ur kids? O ga o

Also, how cld anyone discuss his moments with his wife with anyone, let alone a 'friend?' What planet are u & ur friend from.

I think the ACN is doing a great job in jabbing away relentlessly at the president. Hadly a month goes by now without the presidency responding furiously to one Acn allegation or the other.

The presidency rarely sets the tone or pace of debates these days. More oFten, they seem caught unawares by these Acn jabs. They get very irritated, and lash out n anger lol. For instance, last month or late Feb, they got really angry (lol) simply because Acn asked JEG to watch himself in the mirror!

http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-hide-church-gift-under-religion-ethnicity-acn

ACN:

- Restates Call for National Assembly to investigate Jonathan
- Maintains he acted illegally over 'church gift'
- Calls him the most divisive Nigerian President ever
- Dismisses South South Ethnic Jingoists to stop running around defending Jonathan over all and every issue
- Berates certain Christian religious leaders for hiding under religion to turn a blind eye to a serious public issue.

This is hot stuff. Pulling no punches in hitting christian religious leaders raises the stakes in this matter. ACN feeling super confident and fearless?

I think the longer this issue rumbles, the more damaging it would be for Jonathan's little credibility in diplomatic/international circles. No one in a serious democracy that has read about this news over the past few days will fail to ascribe corruption to the President's action, though it's fair to say majority of the domestic audience in Nigeria seem to think because a church is involved, it should be overlooked.

Only mistake ACN made was to immediately call for impeachment. That distracted from the real issue. But from what I gather from the latest press release see, they are now cleverly and slowly substituting calls for National Assembly 'investigation' for 'impeachment.' That's better, even though we all know such investigation will not happen...not with the corrupt majority there.

I want to purchase a Camry LE - my question is, all things considered (particularly price) would I be better off buying in Lagos or should I order from US.

My requirements -

- LE trim
- Leather
- Less than 60k kilometres (circa 45k miles) on the speedometre.

My budget - 2.6m max.

i was looking into this business a couple of months ago, but was quoted 120k for a 5,000 litre tank! by a tank builder in akure. surely that's too expensive? proteux, can you share your experience about the cost of your tank in ondo. also stagger, i know you're based in ph/abuja, but generally speaking should a 5k litre tank cost up to 120k. seems excessive. pls comment.

whether or not oil is central to the future of the s.west is not the issue. fact is yorubas have prob been the greatest beneficiaries of the oil business. they have achieved this status by being clever, keeping a low profile & without firing a single ak47: while it's understandable that ijaws would feel aggrieved, and their latter-day petty trading hangers-on would be bitter, this is no time for yorubas to change their tactics. they should stick to the oil until the last wells are dry or the ijaws successfully secede - whichever comes first. yorubas have no business calling for war or break up of nigeria. leave that to the ijaws.

others i can't stand include nigerian newspapers always writing - 'premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol or 'a.g.o, otherwise known as diesel.' why not simply petrol or diesel. you will not see this dense nonsense in any other newspaper in the world. what planet are nigerian journalists from?

i stopped listening to radio or watch any nigerian tv channel 'cause of my fear of hearing one more time -'overheating the polity.' hearing it makes me want to haul whatever equipment is nearest to me at my tv or radio. honest. the moment nigerian politicians hear a new word or phrase, they try to fit those words into virtually every statement whether relevant or appropriate!

femmy, how much will it cost to clear a 2011 model - registered 2010 - hyundai sonata. also, does grimaldi ship from the usa? thanks