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What do you now call what happened on October 7th, 2023? Tea party?

IfnobeGod20:
No one doesn't want to pay tax but everyone want to see what they are using their money for.
You cannot be squeezing people to pay tax but you the collector is living larger than life. Preaching one thing and doing another thing. It makes no sense and that is why people are sceptical of paying tax because they are not seeing the benefits. When they are seeing the benefits, citizens will joyfully embrace paying of tax without compulsion, as done in advanced societies.

You can only demand accountability when you've done your part.

Watch how hausa Moslems start another riot because of this even though they're not indigenous to the FCT.

aswani:
I am not talking about cross town masquerades, the poster talked about masquerades from other towns is why I brought up Tapa/Ẹgba Igunnuko.

I am also not comparing Igunnuko to anything, just explaining Tapa are a proud people that are originally from a different place and have now become what they are in Yorubaland. The beauty of peaceful integration.

I knew people ages ago who could identify Tapa people just by their mannerisms, I doubt that this generation and the immediate previous one can.

I am almost certain I have seen Ndigbo masquerades in Lagos before, this was a long time ago though and well before Obidients started stirring the pot.

Whilst the decision to not bring the masquerade over at this point in time is a sensible one, it is my hope that things change in the future.

I doubt anything will change if what we've seen daily is anything to go by, not when Igbo people continue to feed their children with anti-Yoruba sentiments.

aswani:
Not strictly true for your first paragraph, every other thing is spot on though.

Igunnuko's are a Tàpá/Egba thing. Wherever their followers settle en-masse in other Yoruba places, they have Igunnuko shrines and they carry out their parade (or whatever they are called) within that locality.

I also believe that in the event of a potential clash with local masquerade parade days, the hosts get precedence.

Folks, let's call this situation what it is, Ndi Yoruba are flexing their muscles as a fallout from a lot of (needless) Ndigbo goading since the last elections.

That's OK too,

Oga, what the guy said is entirely true. In my hometown, one part celebrate Oro, while the other part use masquerade during their annual festival. The Masquerade doesn't cross to the other side of Town and normal activities goes on, on the other side while the Oro do their thing.
And you are comparing Igunu to this Ajofia? Seriously? I mean, we've had centuries of relationship with the Nupe people and there have been cultural exchanges between the two tribes. Same thing can't be said about the igbos

Smilgler:
City go deliver this night , i trust and believe in them . 3 point secured already ✌️✌️✌️

The best City is getting tonight is a draw.

Why am I reading the date as April 12?

You'll never walk alone.

olawonder:
Most Christians around the world are hypocrites! If this Muslim guy was to oppose any other Western stupidity most of you would attack him with insults and curses… but now that his opposition goes with your personal principle, you’re supporting him! I hope you guys now see why Muslims are always weary of anything western?

Oga, the Bible condemns sodomy and God wiped out two big cities because of this, so this is not anything to do with Islam. The last time I checked, the only requirement to be a Christian is follow the commandments of God and faith of Jesus. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian. They're two different things.
Besides, sodomy is very in Islamic world, it's not just openly. For instance, long before the craze about this LGBT madness, the Muslim dominant northern Nigeria is very notorious for this act, so tone down your hypocrisy.

NOETHNICITY:
I hate to speak from a position of ignorance, that is the reason I have not commented on this issue all this while

How can I lay my hands on the proposal

Here: https://fiscalreforms.ng/index.php/2024/10/04/nigerian-tax-reforms-bills/

pillager:
People taking back their land are scourges?.

Why don't you guys give Fulani herdsman spaces to graze in SE, dumb ass nigga

Which land? You mean the Arabs are now the owner of everywhere in Europe where they're constituting nuisance? Are you OK?
Most of the so-called Palestinians are Arabs originally from Jordan, that's why it's easier for them to shout from river to the sea. The fact that you occupy a piece of land while the original owner was exiled doesn't make it yours, except you're telling me the Arab imposters are the original Jews.

Believeintruth:
See definitely the need to look inward, but the ROI takes time and we know this. The thing is there is no one size fits all approach in a multi ethnic and multi cultural society, there has to be some deliberation on the bill first.

I think this bill is a good step in the right direction. It's a wake up call for the so-called Governors to sit up. It's not in their job description to just sit idle while the FG spoon feed them at the end of the month and always point their citizens to the FG when things are not going well. Niger State for instance has the potential to generate $2 billion annual on agriculture alone. Let them harness that. Nasarawa is literally sitting on a bed of various solid minerals and we're here mentioning the State and poverty in the same sentence. Anything that'll divert our attention away from oil revenue and force us to tap our unutilized potentials is a welcome development.
No need for more time or any delay, because given enough time, nothing is achieved.

seguntijan:
LET'S SET RECORDS STRAIGHT

Out of the total of 360 House of Reps members, the entire South has 169, while the North has 191.
Here is the breakdown:

South East
Imo 10 Reps
Abia 8 Reps
Ebonyi 6 Reps
Anambra 11 Reps
Enugu 8 Reps Total= 43.

South South
Akwa Ibom 10 Reps
Bayelsa 5 Reps
Cross River 8 Reps
Delta 10 Reps
Edo 9 Reps
Rivers 13 Reps Total= 55 Reps.

SOUTHEAST & SOUTHSOUTH GRAND TOTAL =98 only.

South West
Ekiti 6 Reps
Lagos 24 Reps
Ogun 9 Reps
Ondo 9 Reps
Oyo 14 Reps
Osun 9 Reps Total = 71 Reps.

North West
Kano 24 Reps
Kaduna 16 Reps
Jigawa 11 Reps
Katsina 15 reps
Kebbi 8 Reps
Sokoto 11 Reps
Zamfara 7 Reps Total = 92 Reps.

North East
Adamawa 8 Reps
Bauchi 12 Reps
Borno 10 reps
Gombe 6 Reps
Taraba 6 Reps
Yobe 6 Reps Total = 48 Reps.

North Central
Benue 11 Reps
Kogi 9 Reps
Kwara 6 Reps
Nassarawa 5 Reps
Plateau 8 Reps
Niger 10 Reps Total = 49 Reps.

FCT 2 Reps.

GRAND TOTAL OF THE NORTH =191
The question is, how dare you upstage this people in a vote?
Even if Southeast, South-south and Southwest joined together cannot upstage the North.

More facts coming...

INJUSTICE OF OIL ALLOCATION IN NIGERIA (1)

North Central receives 20%;
CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.
North East receives 16%;
CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.
North West receives 21%;
CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.
Every month, the 19 Northern states receive a minimum of 57% of 100% of oil revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%.

South West receives 16%;
CONTRIBUTES 3.97%.

South East receives 11.00%;
CONTRIBUTES 25.07%.

South South receives 15.00%;
CONTRIBUTES 70.64%.

More facts...
LGAs in NIGERIA:
Nigeria has 774 LGAs.
The North has 19 states, and the 19 states have 419 LGAs.

The South has 17 states, and the 17 states have 357 LGAs.

Working with the data from the office of the Accountant General as published by the Ministry of Finance (2013 April), the 357 LGAs of the 17 southern states receive 45.1% of what they contribute is 100%.

The 419 LGAs of the 19 Northern states receive 54.9% of what they contribute is 0.00%.
So those hoping for a hopeless hope for restructuring should wake up. The north will Never allow restructuring because they know that they can't survive in a level playing ground.
Let me stop here for now .....alot on my mind.

Now you see that the north is seriously draining and stifling the development of the south?

One Nigeria is the biggest fraud ever.

What the people of Nigeria need is a referendum to end this evil contraption.

We CAN NOT be silent about it. He that is silent in the days of the adversity of the oppressed, is more guilty and has taken the side of the oppressor.

Did you see the part where Kogi and Benue already supports the bill? I know states like Kwara will also support it, same as Plateau, so you might need to reassess your definition of North

Believeintruth:
You cannot even afford 100k talk more of 300k stop deceiving yourself. The truth is that BAT aspect should have been thought out carefully. You want to charge VAT in areas where it is generated, very good but you removed VAT on agricultural commodities. So if food is taken from the north to be used as feedstock in Agro allied industries in the south. The North gets no VAT, but the south earns VAT on the finished goods. There really is no equity in that.

Why is the North not processing their produce into feedstock or adding values in a way that'll enable generations of VAT? This is the time look inward.

smokinloud:
1. The Jews didn't have power to met capital punishment on offenders. Their colonial masters have the right. The Sanhedrin( Jewish religious court at the time of Jesus) only had the right to condemn criminals. They don't have the right to judge him.
2. The Romans killed Jesus not the Jews. Jesus first disciples and founders of the church were all Jews and they were bent in converting the world for a Jewish man, Jesus.
3. Jesus Christ the Lord of Muhammad and allah, forgave them even before he was crucified, so who are you to condemn them?!. Luke 23:34
[34]Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

You have time to be explaining to Mohammedans. In his mind, he's playing emotional games and we should also hate just as their koran asked them to.

malali:
Illiteracy is a disease....lol
the beef is between arabs and jews
You are here turning it into muslim and christians by force
The Jews killed jesus....go and read your bible.
The muslims didnt kill Jesus.

We know the Jews killed Jesus Christ. It's been prophesied a thousand or more years before that. It's a fulfillment of a prophecy and we as Christians don't have any issues with Jews.
Now can you tell us why Muslims are always a scourge anywhere they find themselves?

Miramonica:
I hope visa requirements for USB won't be too stringent...I plan to apply for visa.

Please does anyone know USB embassy in Nigeria or Ghana?

Oraimo has embassies now? 😂

Kukutente23:
You are quick to insult without an ounce of understanding. VAT is paid for the "value" you consume not produce. If you produce 100 crates of coke in Lagos and no one buys it from you hence it is lying in your store, you do not pay a kobo as VAT on it. But when you have a distributor in Zamfara who calls you and asks for 50 crates of the coke, at the end of the month, you calculate 7.5% of the cost of the 50 crates of coke and pay it to Zamfara through the FG. Do you get it now you uncouth, mannerless dingbat?

Stop explaining what you don't understand. VAT is paid on a processed goods, yes or no?

Kukutente23:
A lot of people are mixing things up by taking production for consumption. VAT is a consumption tax not production. The question of parasites as y'all put it does not arise. VAT is actually a tax for the parasites
Ordinarily if the computation is done correctly, states with higher population should have more consumption. So that's why I still don't understand why the north is against that aspect of the bill giving their large population at least on paper except they mean their population is audio.
But be that as it may, we need to hear all sides and FIRS or NBS should release the present consumption statistics for VATable goods so we can have a better view of the issues and how to go about them.

Value Added Tax and you in your "weedsdom" thinks production is not involved? I mean, how do you even add value without a form of production? You are a bum!

Kano assembly rejects the bill? I can't remember anyone asking for their input. This is not constitutional amendment.

Eriokanmi:
and what if he had been killed, what would you have said? If you sight kidnappers, just try and make a u-turn and see if they'd not open fire. But if you cooperate with them, they'd not hurt you as a driver.

The driver cooperated and they just let him off?

Stop exporting raw materials and start adding values. That's the secret of enduring prosperity.

I hope I'm wrong, but I think the driver escaping is suspicious. I mean, these kidnappers usually try to neutralize drivers. How he managed to be the only one who escaped is nothing short of miracle.

Horus:
Source https://www.forbesafrica.com/current-affairs/2024/11/27/nigerian-tycoon-in-angola-to-formalize-investment-in-the-lobito-refinery/

Let's see if this werey will dictate how their industry regulator runs their thing.

This lamentation is music to my ear.

OldBeer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX2vmnDy1LA?si=34z0NJXqG_3Vd8kQ




https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/757787-governor-receives-repentant-bandits-re-opens-market.html

This is the only kinda News that comes out of the core North. It's a shame really.

TheRealestGuy:
From the excerpts of the bill I've seen, only Lagos, FCT, Rivers and Ogun state will benefit from it due to Lagos being former capital and having the only fully functional seaport in Nigeria; Ogun state due to its proximity to Lagos, FCT being the current capital and Rivers due to the Onne port and oil companies presence.

Saying states will get 50% of the VAT they accrue will only throw most of the other states into bankruptcy in a few years.

It will be rather interesting to see how this bill drama unfolds.

Every state in Nigeria is blessed enough to be the new Lagos. Let their Governors get to work. Being a governor of a state is not tea party.

EeyanMayweather:
It’s nothing new .
But before you do that, ask the eldest clown in your family about your similar misadventures in the 1st republic and how it ended for your forebears 😂😂.
This is big 2024 Emeka.
Tinubu is a grand chess master . Next is to increase the meager 13 percent derivation for the NigerDelta.

We would isolate the parasites for the world to see !

Increasing the 13% derivation will be the game changer after the tax bill. This is the Nigeria I'd wanted to see where people are rewarded for how much they contribute to the nation, not how large their population is.

OgaRico:
Like I said earlier, no one has ever won the league around this time and it won't happen now.
Take for instance, arsenal topped the league for more than half a year but still lost it.

I never said anyone can win the league in December, but being on loosing spree and expecting to win the league won't work.
As it is, two more consecutive loss for City will seal their fate for this season

OBIDIENTNAIJA:
Ladies and gentlemen... It's yet another win.
9 point clear and still lonely at the top.
FT. LIVERPOOL 2:0 MANCHESTER CITY
Anytime Liverpool wants to win the league, this is how it start. Weldon boys.
Congratulations to us.
Sweeeeeeet Victory.... Clean sheet 😋😋😋😋



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I'm the only Liverpool fan in my neighborhood for more than 5 years straight at the club's lowest times in the 21st century and my name is not here?

OChimex:
I told you statistically, chelsea possessed them more at Anfield, you said it's misleading. But went ahead to state your own stats and want me to thinks it's not misleading?
Liverpool 2 goals came from mistakes from Chelsea players, one was a penalty and the other was Sanchez.
Chelsea pushed them back so much at Anfield they resorted to packing the bus.

Two goals came from mistakes? I mean, how do you want players to score goals if their opponents don't make mistakes? This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard this year.

OgaRico:
LOL.
You sound like an Arsenal fan in case you're not one.
City lost three goals advantage and lost the game too, right?
No team has ever won the EPL in November and after losing three EPL games in a row, City is still sitting in the second position.
Let whichever team you support or even the Liverpool that is topping the League loss three games in a row and let see if they will still be maintaining their current position.
City is head and shoulder above whichever team you support in England.

Continue to underperform you here? Shey today is December 1st and you gone from second position to 5th just within 48 hours. Like I said, na your body go tell you.