₦airaland Forum

Whatever makes a sick people with kidney failure go to the church instead of the hospital is the main reason why we are backwards.

voltron14:
Did Onyeama and his cohorts fake documents and signature?

Is that considered fraud or should he get a by because he's Igbo, Nigerian or black?

Nobody is saying he should get by because he is Igbo, however, unlike your zoo, people actually have to be proven guilty despite the charges against them.

Don't celebrate too soon my friend, IRS law suits is a rite of passage for many businesses people in America, its not a big deal, that's why they call it white collar crime!

OruExpress:
1. He's not white.
2. You don't even know his race, so you can't explain what he's saying? You can't explain how he looks, how can you explain what he's thinking?
3. I'm telling you exactly what he's thinking. I live in the US.
4. I agree that tribalistic people are going to take advantage, but Onyema is competing at a global level and likely doesn't read Nairaland and Twitter.

Just like how you say, " I live in US"
Did you just come yesterday?

jayfolarin:
Nigerians always ready to suck the white man's dick and discard their own without much thought.

Whatever air peace chairman has done is nothing compared to what billionaires do to game the US financial system on the daily. How many Wall Street bankers went to jail despite putting the whole world through recession in 2008?

You have a CEO of an indigenous airline that could become a huge competition to foreign airlines that have been making bulk off our skies and suddenly he becomes the target of some money laundering investigation?? USE YOUR BRAINS

I will make an educated guess and say the next target of investigation is Nigeria's first auto maker, Innosun

You said it all.
Unfortunately for those rejoicing, they fail to understand the import.
Regular and reasonable airfare to Lagos on a competitive field doesn't benefit the Igbos alone!

OruExpress:
He is mocking the company for footing a 1 billion dollar order? Air France, KLM and co make well over 1 billion dollars from Nigerians every year...why wouldn't an airline in that same Nigeria be able to foot a 1 billion dollar bill?

And you are 100% wrong on the 'preliminary class' statement, Nigerians are the most well educated minority in the US and every 'advanced class' is full of Nigerians, Kenyans, Ghanians, Ethiopians and Cameroonians. Everyone knows this. I think you just want to give the man credit because you think he's white (even though he's not, and that's how I know you have never left Nigeria) and you automatically feel inferior because of your strange choice to have low value and self esteem in life.. The race this man belongs too, has the lowest rates of literacy, education and graduation in the country.


Data show Nigerians the most educated in the U.S.
BACHELOR'S AND BEYOND


https://www.chron.com/news/article/Data-show-Nigerians-the-most-educated-in-the-U-S-1600808.php

A lot of confusion and sad misunderstanding!
I am not supporting the silly white man and his comments. I was trying to explain from a broader perspective, where he might be coming from.

And, I pointed out that his comments might be a vent for some tribalistic people to take advantage of the situation.

I thought you were out to take a cheap advantage of an ignorant white man comment to attack fellow Nigerians.

That's why the federal government needs to see stand up for their citizens for once

hammerD:
This paper is Tinubu war head.

This and TVC.

The paper is also INEC official press publication.

They know who won election before Inec.

The whole silly oil orchestration now makes sense!

That's why Tinubu stooge, Mr. Igbokwe said Air Peace refused to board him last week!!

OruExpress:
I think you understand, but in case you don't, his sarcasm says 'how can an african I don't know buy 1 billion dollars worth of planes'.

It sounds very benign, or even a joke, but if you have been in an advanced class in the US, and a white man asked you how come you are in that class, because he doesn't know any African who have ever passed the preliminary class, you probably won't consider it funny after all!

While he may be genuinely shocked that an African airline has $1B order, because of his ignorance, he may also be mocking the company at the same time.

However, for short sighted and tribalistic Nigerians, the white man comments will be the opening they seek to put another tribe down, and eventually their own country.

SalamRushdie:
Boeing owns 80% of Embrear commercial jets not 20 please get your facts right .. and I never said the US owned Embrear military but the whole design and patent of the Tucano belongs to the US and Embrear is only building them under some arrangement the same way the Americans allow Agusta Westland to build export version of the AH 64 Apache Helicopter..

Don't lose focus of the topic under discussion.
80 % of Embraer commercial jet division is not the same as 80% of Embraer, because Embraer has so many other divisions.

The focus is that Air Peace is buying more of a Brazilian plane ( even if it's partly owned by Boeing), not a 100% USA plane like Boeing. If you agree on that, then we can understand how some people might suspect that the whole incident may be directly or indirectly related to the court case.

SalamRushdie:
80% and most of the tech Embrear deploys is American , don't be surprised the entire revenue is paid into the US economy .. remember when Buhari paid for 12 Embrear super Tucanos he signed and paid for them at the white house ..

Boeing paid for about 20% of Embraer, because deal with Canada didn't go through. Note Embrear has other divisions like fighters and helicopters.

White House approval of Tucano sale to Nigeria was because of exclusivity contract between Brazil and USA, not because it was oil owned by USA.

Sales revenue went to Brazil, probably into Embrear account, even if it is partially owned by Boeing.

OruExpress:
because 'a white man' has never heard of a Nigerian airline, the OP thinks this observation is worthy of a thread.

Nigerians and slavery.

Do you have difficulty understanding the sarcastic tone of the white man?

SalamRushdie:
The same Embrear Commercial Jet where he ordered the ERJ 195 is owned by Boeing so this holds no water

How much of Embrear does Boeing own?
Where will the direct foreign revenue to after buying Embrear, Brazil or US?

Nigerian government doesn't see any economic interest in Air Peace, probably for religious or tribal reasons, otherwise why the silence on a company that employs more than 40k Nigerians.

They don't understand what it means to provide a fertile business environment, and I don't mean a corrupt environment.

Any company growing and pushing for international market share like Air Peace need the backing of the federal government 100%.

Eteka1:
So its the FBI and the DoJ that is now envious of Air Peace? Na wa for you o!

Even when Air Peace eventually buys more planes to grow its fleet to 50 it still won't be the largest airline in Africa. Ethiopian Airlines has 117 planes, Egypt Air has almost 60.

He said one of the largest in Africa, and the largest in West Africa.
Read it again.

Coal is history.
Why should it be what Buhari cares about in Enugu.
International airport please!

Is there any historical dispute about where Awolowo was held? Calabar, and Abakaliki prisons

Is there any dispute about where Calabar and Abakaliki belonged during the war

Is there any dispute about who controlled the police, army and prison services in Calabar and Abakaliki at the time Awolowo was released?

Calabar and Abakaliki did not fall to the Nigerian army at the time Awolowo was released.

Why is there even a question about who released Awolowo when we knew where he was being held?

When did NY times become gospel truth?

It doesn't concern me!
It doesn't concern me, because I am not Dasuki
It doesn't concern me, because I am not El Zaky
It doesn't concern me, because I'm not Nnamdi Kalu.
It doesn't concern me, because I'm not Sowore
It doesn't concern me today, because I'm know that it will not happen to me tomorrow.
It doesn't concern me, because my people are not involved
It doesn't concern you, because you are not able to look at the mirror. When you do , you will see that it concerns you in every aspect.

What does he want?

Good interim idea.

jarawa:
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Services, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) has said that Nigerians are eating expired foreign rice. Col. Ali, who spoke on Wednesday at the Custom Service, Area 2 Onne, Rivers State, said those who brought such rice into the country re-bag it and sell to unsuspecting consumers. He said smuggled goods being brought into the country are aimed at bringing the Service to its knees, but that it will surely overcome the challenges. “We are consuming expired rice. When it causes cancer we begin to find who to blame. All those things they are bringing into the country are aimed at bringing us to our knees, but we will surely overcome them.

‘‘We must reach out to Nigerians through the Press to make them know the deadly effect of what they consume. “Let me reiterate our concern and determination to do all it takes to protect the wellbeing and safety of all citizens and residents by preventing the importation of smuggled items’’. Col. Hameed Ali had earlier inspected 98 containers containing tomatoes, rice, vegetable oil, roofing tiles, machetes, baby wipes, metal and other items valued at over N1bn at both Port Harcourt and Onne Ports.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerians-eating-expired-rice-customs.html

Stupid and uselessly corrupt customs officer. The owner of the containers probably refused to pay bride. Did he send the rice to the lab to be tested? I think he did not, because he is Almighty.

If you didn't see this coming from sharia law, Hisbah police, and other victimization of Christians in Nigeria from so many years ago, because those victims were not from your tribe or religion then you're truly blind!
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Did someone do DNA to link these children to the parents?
Strange behaviour

Have they stopped Fulanis from Mali and Niger republic from coming in?

Where would you close schools, because the students are just so dumb, or close hospitals, because the patients are so sick? Well in Nigeria where many of the parastatatal like the Customs service are known to be lucrative(not because of their salary), poor understanding of the functions and roles of a modern custom service is the real reason for closing our boarders on the southern part, while leaving the northern parts wide open. Some people also see the boarder closure as an indirect stronger policing of the southerners vs the northerners. Well, we all know who staff the rank and file of this lucrative Nigerian customs authority. Their mission has since changed from legitimate customs duties to illegal extortion in all levels, and all fields. Southerners remain the victims, while northerners filling the rank and file of this authority are the rogues walking around in customs uniforms.

https://qz.com/africa/1736603/nigerias-border-closure-with-benin-wont-stop-customs-corruption/

About two months ago, the Nigerian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to all goods. According to the country’s Comptroller-General of the Customs Service, Hameed Ali, this was done to stem the influx of smuggled goods, especially rice and tomatoes, into the country.

The border closure is an economic aberration as most countries don’t usually close their borders for trade-related reasons. They do so, as in the cases of Sudan, Rwanda, Eritrea and Kenya, when their security is jeopardized. They also sometimes do so during disease epidemics, such as Ebola, that have the potential to spread across borders.

If the border closure persists and causes sustained increases in food prices, Nigeria could see more people driven into poverty
So, what does Nigeria stand to gain from this unprecedented measure? Ali pointed out that the border closure has significantly increased revenue from import duties. This increase in revenue is a welcome fillip for a country struggling to close the 2019 budget deficit of a whopping 2.18 trillion Naira. This represents about 2% of the country’s 2018 nominal GDP of 127.8 trillion Naira (about $397 billion). In touting the gains from the border closure, however, its latent costs should not be ignored. There are reports that the closure has set the country’s inflation rate on an upward trajectory. The inflation rate, which has been declining since April 2019, rose to 11.24% in September, driven mainly by sharp increases in food prices, the highest since June. If the closure persists and causes sustained increases in food prices, Nigeria could see more people driven into poverty. This would result in an increase in the country’s poverty rate of about 50%. The potential to disrupt the economic lifelines of many traders who depend on legitimate cross-border trade is real.

For these and other reasons, Nigeria has no choice but to address the real problems of cross-border smuggling rather than its symptoms. At the heart of the problem is a network of wealthy smuggling cartels facilitated by corrupt border officials.

Poor paying the price
Thousands of Nigerians, especially women, engage in buying and selling of consumer goods around the border areas. They buy at low prices in one country and sell at higher prices in another. Black market foreign exchange dealers thrive at border posts.

For a country with limited employment opportunities in the formal sector, the informal activities along the borders are instrumental for the survival of many poor Nigerians.

The inability of the formal sector to absorb a growing labour force, coupled with a freeze in public-sector employment under recent economic reforms, has resulted in a bloated informal sector. This is estimated to be about 65% of the country’s GDP – the largest informal sector in sub-saharan Africa.

Informal trade along the borders is carried out by hawkers of assorted goods such as textiles, footwear, alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages. There is also trade in food, fuel, transport services and foreign currencies.

The poor in Nigeria don’t engage in large-scale smuggling.
The poor in Nigeria typically don’t engage in large-scale smuggling. They lack the means of acquiring, transporting and warehousing large volumes of smuggled goods. Some poor unemployed Nigerians may engage in petty and innocuous smuggling, as a means of survival. But they are paying the price for the border closure, while those responsible for the worst cases of smuggling live comfortably. Apart from its domestic implications, the border closure is also inconsistent with the spirit of regional economic integration. Nigeria spearheaded the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 44 years ago with the major goal of a “free trade area” among member countries.

Nigeria’s unilateral decision reinforces the general notion that the regional bloc has not been successful at freeing up the movement of goods, services and even people within the sub-region. If that were the case, Nigeria would have coordinated its efforts at curbing smuggling with other member states.

Inept customs and immigration machinery
The border closure is an implicit admission of the ineptitude and incompetence of Nigeria’s customs and immigration officers. To thwart smuggling, the country should strengthen the capacity of customs and immigration officers to administer the country’s trade policies and laws.

Without addressing the inept customs machinery, as well as porous Nigerian borders, we would only be treating the symptoms of a disease.
To combat smuggling, for instance, Hong Kong’s strategy includes profiling all goods vehicles and private cars crossing the border. Detailed inspections are only carried out on high-risk vehicles. X-ray scanners are used to detect concealed compartments of vehicles. But all this technology is of little help without a professional and incorruptible cadre of customs officials, which Nigeria lacks. Anyone who has travelled through Nigerian land borders would be perplexed by how unprofessional the Nigerian officials are. When I travelled in a bus from Accra to Lagos a few years ago, we were stopped at Seme on the border between Nigeria and Benin Republic. After a brief inspection of the bus, customs officials accused the driver of transporting contraband goods.

The same bus had been inspected a few hours earlier by Ghanaian, Togolese and Beninoise customs officers on our way from Accra, who found no contraband. Instead of impounding the contraband, the officers instead asked the driver to “settle” the matter. Apparently, the “settlement” offered by the driver was not sufficient, and the bus was not allowed to proceed to Lagos.

While waiting for alternative transport, I saw many goods-laden lorries pass through the border un-inspected by the customs officials. I was informed by a resident of the border town that the lorry owners had “settled” the customs officials in advance.

Apart from this, the country’s land borders are very porous. There are many illegal paths through which smuggled goods can be transported. No travel documents are required on these routes and there are no checks.

Without addressing the problems of an inept customs and immigration machinery, as well as the porosity of Nigerian borders, one would only be treating the symptoms of the disease. Solutions might include the recruitment of a new cadre of customs officers, who would be trained to combat smuggling and abhor corruption.

Otherwise, when the borders are eventually reopened, the government would be handing them back to the same officials who have profited for years from smuggling.

FFK for president!

Finally found your missing Hausa small boys!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-free-nearly-150-school-153243569.html

Police said on Saturday they'd freed nearly 150 students from a purported school in northern Nigeria.

It claimed it was teaching the Koran but had instead subjected them to abuse.

One of the rescued captives, Ibrahim Musa

(SOUNDBITE) (English) RESCUED CAPTIVE, IBRAHIM MUSA, SAYING:

"They chain you up, with your legs and your hands and they beat you for a while and leave you in one corner for a while, so it is extreme punishment for talking about the conditions here."

The raid was the fourth such operation in a month.

It brings the total released from religious schools in northern Nigeria to more than 1,000.

It will put more pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to take action on loosely regulated Islamic schools.

Experts say such institutions teach millions of children across the mainly Muslim north of the country.

World Bank! Don't do it!.
It's going to be a big mistake, Nigerians do not honor agreements, especially after they get the money!

Everything is a struggle in Nigeria. Why should a university not have admission invite for parents of the graduates, at least

PHIPEX:
Is MURIC aware of these "kidnap"? Should we call it turture for Islam?

Criminals should be treated as same without religious or ethnic colouration ?

MURIC is helping them look for kidnapped small Hausa boys taken to the east, given good food, and baptized as Christians!!!!

Where was the fire service?