₦airaland Forum

larride: Fouls committed

Nig 8 - 2 Iraq

Our boys should calm down.

If the cooach does not calm the guys down, we will get a RED

dazzling d: Whr is ghana, why are dey not in the competition?...

they are writing WAEC

shachris: This Nigerian team are not going anywhere. Technically, the coach has nothing to offer.

He technical ability is suspect. By now, we shouldn't be under this kind of pressure from the iraqis

I wonder, why politicians lament for nothing. No right thinking man will live in the North right now or for some years to come.

People are being slaughtered everyday , just because someone does not like the God you worship. This has been on unchecked for decades

Industry that chooses to open there will not get workers, so why Open there in the first place.

ifyalways: not possible.
Their salaries are remitted to their bank accounts in their home countries and currency. They only get "allowance" here which is paid in Naira anyways.

This is another thing that has to change. How would someone take up a job space within our economy and payment for his service remitted in another economy ?

I have no issue with them tranferring their funds back home, but it has to go through the legal bank transfer process. Their salary and allowance have to be FULLY taxed according to the laws of Nigeria as well

Politicians can fabricate any thing, at the same time they are capable of also signing any agreement.

They are too desperate for power or to chase people out of power.

So, why is the law of demand and supply not working.

Price per round supposed to have fallen now !

Street wiseness and Credibility !!!!

eyenCalabar: Again, the project is just for a select few places and doesn't really affect the people [except via street light]. Government should embark on projects that really affects the masses and not something like this. Even if I was a Lagosian, I wouldn't celebrate this pls.

1. If the secretariat is taken off the Grid,It frees capacity to average lagosian.
2.Also when you have an efficient secrtariat, it improved productivity of the civil servants, thereby cutting waste and improving service delivery
3. The amount of money spent ( and lost) tunning 70 generators is all gone and can be used in other part of the state economy
4. The environmental and noise pollution due to these diesel generators is wipped off
5. Street light on Awolowo way , will not only improve the night driving experience, but SMEs along that road, will enjoy increased patronage

So, a little drop in the ocean, always have ripple effect

When I see comment from Nigerians on Social Media going along tribal lines, I marvel .

In my mind, I imagine either of the following

1. That they are just joking because i don't see how people can be soo myopic
2. They are not exposed enough to see to understand the dynamics of human existence
3. They are too lazy to engage their brains and subsequently conclude that good is for tribe A and bad is for tribe B

I seriously think that Most people fall into assumption 1, so I wave all those tribal comments as "jokes"

Congrats to Lagos state, I hope all companiess, governments, estates can start developing their power plants, so as to reduce the burden off the National grid

what baffles me is that this post is still in Politics section

How political is a breathtaking Mansion in Lagos ?

Austeenx: [color=orange]My turn:

I came here with my vaseline expecting something new, only to find this same picture I fapped to, yesterday night.
This is freaking annoying, OP. [/color]

Vaseline is not as good as mixing dried pepper and baby oil

We can't be here celebrating our stolen wealth. She has no business being that rich. I don't like Oprah, but she worked for her money, this Alakija woman didn't

Hmmmm.. How do we tax these guys now?

geeez: No one from the SE?

Emeka Offor = Enugu Disco
Ernest Orji = Eko Disco ( joint ownership)

I am happy , Nigerians bought these company,though not so happy that majority of them stole our money to buy.

There are a few genuine business men on the list

Why was he not in LASUTH? Mandela is still being managed in South Africa.

That's is what we call leadership

Nice movie......

Is there anything our politicians can't play politics with ?

In the ensuing confusion, some politicians loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) advised the people around not to believe the rumour, saying it was the handiwork of the ruling Labour Party (LP) in the state to discredit the well planned burial for the late former state helmsman

donigspain: Good Samaritan Nigerian.
The environment we live in Nigeria has trained us to be uncertified detectives. The mentality of the 'next person is a suspect' has been programmed into our subconscious. Little wonder Onazi, even while eating (relaxing) still kept monitoring movements around him which enabled him to identify the mugger-boy.
God bless Detective Onazi...
PS:
Frontpage Material
*Firstus Tu Commentus*
I'll be back to count my 'LIKES'.

As a Nigerian, you're trained to read meaning to every action and the move of everyone around you.

You stop at a traffic light and you keep checking your side mirror, while you can gear, is left on 'D'.

daywatcher: are the border guards working?

No.Time to stroll in

enigmagu1: I pray they feed the lion well if not ...
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Topic : (Brazilian Family Live With 7 Tigers In Their Home)
Story: Mentions Tigers
Picture: Shows Tigers

Yet, you still think they are Lions !

Billyonaire: I will be heading to Samsung Outlet to pre-order this.

Finally, a TV I can be addicted to.

Pre Order !.... This is a lill bit old. Infact, there is another series after this already

I've got 65 inches of this TV and it's awesome ( especially watching HD on it)

bobthebuilder99: ^^^^^^^^

Oohhhh, let me grab some lotion!

*creepy face*

Blood of Jesus !!

Fantastic

Story carried by Punch Newspapers.

See link: http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/angry-passengers-block-abuja-airport-runway/

Below is a comment from another passenger on the flight

I was one of the passengers on the held up Lagos bound flight. To be honest I was more shocked about the lack of security at our Nation's Capital airport, than the idiots on the Tarmac. I don't want to be alarmist but if that's the level of security at our national airport its only a matter of time before we have a MAJOR incident. If I was a criminal or terrorist I'd be rubbing my hands together and waiting for my moment to strike (by the looks of things, they're open for criminal behaviour any given evening).



To illustrate a little, people (passengers and random onlookers on the airport grounds) were able to wonder around the airport from 8pm - 1am at night with total impunity.
One of the passengers on my flight went outside the airport TWICE, wasn't checked and just came back onto the plane. The so called airport security that arrived (1 hour into the incident), were more concerned about passengers taking pictures of them than dealing with the issue at hand. For all anyone knows this could have been an orchestrated distraction for something more sinister. 



Question: Would this be allowed to happen in any other functioning nation? Simply NO! If we benchmark this with other African countries (not even the West) this just simply wouldn't happen. We are apparently in conflict with the terrorist group Boko Haram at this point in time and we've witnessed the horrific incident in Nairobi only last week, if that doesn't heighten security then I really don't know what will.



FOR HEAVENS SAKE IF NOBODY IN THE COUNTRY HAS REVIEWED THE SECURITY AT OUR AIRPORTS (WHICH CLEARLY THEY HAVEN'T), THEN WAKE THE HEAL UP!!!



Regarding the Calabar passengers that were delayed: No matter their grievances they have no right to break both national and international civil aviation law. In any other
civilised country this would be a major security incident and they would have had the book thrown at them. Try this crap in the US, you'll be flung in jail for a long time, banned from flying or even worse. Try this in some other African countries you would have been literally kicked off the tarmac and then flung in jail or worse. And you know what? Rightfully so, even though you had a grievance with your airline and all that....



Arik: Simply irresponsible! One of the worse airlines in the world for sure. Clearly customer service is NOT in the company's handbook and not a word that their management or staff have come across. So let me help you out: 'Customer service' is the provision of service to customers BEFORE, DURING and after a PURCHASE.
According to Turban et al. (2002) "Customer service is a series of activities DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION – that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation."

Arik is an embarrassment, what the heal does 'VIP' movement on your plane have to do with disrupting a scheduled flight? If your VIPs can't make it at the scheduled time, tell them politely to charter another flight. Your passengers were left to fend for themselves, while your staff just drove off, simply inexcusable. Your staff and manager did't even bother to secure them and the tarmac before leaving. Where were they supposed to go? What consideration was given to: their personal security, transport, accommodation, feeding, disruption to their journey - simply disgusting. BUT all this conversation should have been taking place in the safety of the Arik office with a SENIOR Arik manager.

So, when I believe I have seen all the rot in the sick Nigerian system, am proven
otherwise. I could go on but most importantly fix the security. And before I get people yabbing about patriotism. Patriotism doesn't demand you to be foolish. It is about love and devotion to your country and it’s DEFENCE. So most importantly FIX the security issue at the national airport.

Definitely a bank shouldn't win this award

It's always good for our history to be told, no matter how distasteful.
We are supposed to learn from this and avoid a repeat. Over the years, I have refused to blame the young revolutionary coupist, nor the counter-coup northern soldiers nor Ojukwu for the war.

Issues were not managed well between 1960-1966, and caused the death of millions of Nigerians.

However, the sad thing is that over 4 decades later, we have not learnt our lessons

Yawns !!! Just woke up

Summary of the Situation

I was due to fly out of Abuja on Arik air billed to take off 7pm enroute Lagos. The flight was delayed by some 30 mins ( no big deal here) and we managed to fully get on board around 8.15pm.

However, on my way into the aircraft, I noticed a group of guys close to "another" ARIK aircraft packed about 30 meters away from ours. This was not an unusual scene as they loooked like guys , checking their luggage to be loaded in the belly of the aircraft before boarding( which is also normal here ).

We got on board, the doors closed, the Captain ( Very young guy, should be in his 20. I am extremely proud of being a Nigerian and flown by such a young dude) did all his drills, the cabin crew said all their safety stories and ofcourse, the next thing you expect is to taxi.

After about 10 mins, the Young Captain, switched off ( better put reduced the power of the Engine) and told us that some passangers on an earlier ARIK flight to Calabar are right in front of out aircraft, preventing him from taking off.

He said for safety and security reasons, the doors will remain closed until Airport security guys come to our aid. We waited for about another 30 mins + before 3 armed Airforce Soldiers came and appealled to the passangers. Obviously the passangers refused to buldge and the soldiers left them, watching them from a distance.

After about 2 hours, the Captain came out of his cabin, and addressed us all , that situation has not changed and airport security guys were sympathetic with thes passangers ( Calabarians ). He insisted that that for our safety, he would have preffered to keep the door shut, however due to tha agitation due to discomfort being experienced by passangers that, he was gonna call for the stairs and allow passangers that want to leave, to do so.

Ofcourse, the stairs came, doors were flung Open, and some of us ( trying out their negotiation skills) went to appeal to the Calabarians. Their responce was that, the tarmac was their Tahrir Square and nothing was gonna make them move except Arik responds to their plight.

This went on until about 1.30am, until one Mr Okon, the vice chairman of Arik came to do , what ARIK should have done 6 hours earlier. That is take these Calabar bound passangers to a resting place and fly them out to Calabar this morning. Please note that the Calabarians, also did not allow Port Harcourt bound plane to leave as well

ARIK
They are the new definition of useless. Customer care = 0 , Crisis Managemenr = 0 , Empathy for their customer = 0 , Brand Image = 0.

Aparently the Calabarians, were due to leave Abuja 12 noon. Their flight was officially delayed till 2PM. They did not leave until some minutes to 6PM. When they got the Calabar, the Airport had closed.
So the pilot brought them back to Abuja. Instead of Arik yo make solid arrangements house them, and pacify them; they decided to abandone them to their plight. This was the cause of the protest.
However,I must commend guys on our flight, because there was this "understanding" that, it could have been me. This was why our anger , not being able to fly, was directed at ARIK staff and NOT the Calabarians.



N.B

I have chosen to Ignore all references to my choice of words. As at the time the thread was created, Passengers were all locked up inside the plane and the Pilot in his wisdom called on the Airport Security to manage the Chaos. We locked in for close to 2 hours, not allowed to fly out and also not allowed to leave the plane.