₦airaland Forum

Bliss4Lyfe:
@ Onlytruth, U forgot Okorocha Apga in your equation. The truth is Ndiigbo will not vote ACN wen APGA is fielding a popular candidate such as Okorocha with the same North central vice from Kwara and a muslim. Add dat to your equation and it is clear David Mark is the winner 2015 becos he will gain votes in both east, west, north, south and overwhelmingly central.

Dis Guy:
Mmiko is using his position very well. eating from both sides

The PDP can use Ondo as their launch pad for the SW so they have to be sweet with him

and

He can also use his location in the SW to fend of the ACN so they wont see him as a threat/competition

macayub:
Written by Hassan Ibrahim
Monday, 08 August 2011


Disturbed by the continued incarceration of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer (CSO)to the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, youth groups in the North that met under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum(AYF), at the weekend, appealed to former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, to clarify the issues raised by Al-Mustapha.

The national president of the AYF, Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, said it was only General Abubakar that could put an end to the controversy surrounding Major Al-Mustapha’s allegations and save the nation from further suspense, as the latter’s comments and videos had [b]heated up the polity.[/b]The Arewa youths, he said, had continued to monitor the court proceedings and were not happy with Abubakar for keeping mum in spite of the fact that the embattled former chief security officer had mentioned him many times during the trial.

He said Abubakar should emulate former President Ibrahim Babangida who had been calling for the release of Al-Mustapha in radio interviews, pointing out that posterity and history would not forgive those who make others suffer unjustly.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/26301-arewa-youths-query-abubakar-over-al-mustapha

djustice:
To the poster who asked if Fashola and Tinubu are bastards for appointing an Igbo Commissioner in Lagos State: Yes. They are ignorant baboons and bastards of the worst kind.

I know Fashola had no hand in it. He was appointed because he had been washing money for "Tinubu" while working at a bank. The truth is, Ojuyobo appointed him to spite indigenous Lagosians, since his Iragbiji origin has been discovered, despite his valiant attempts to hide it. We now know that the name he bears belongs to a WOMAN who attended Chicago State University. That's why you have never heard the full version of the "Bola" in his name. Is it Bolanle, or Olubola, or Adebola, or Boladale, or Abimbola? Which important Yoruba person bears the short form of their name OFFICIALLY

djustice:
To the poster who asked if Fashola and Tinubu are bastards for appointing an Igbo Commissioner in Lagos State: Yes. They are ignorant baboons and bastards of the worst kind.

I know Fashola had no hand in it. He was appointed because he had been washing money for "Tinubu" while working at a bank. The truth is, Ojuyobo appointed him to spite indigenous Lagosians, since his Iragbiji origin has been discovered, despite his valiant attempts to hide it. We now know that the name he bears belongs to a WOMAN who attended Chicago State University. That's why you have never heard the full version of the "Bola" in his name. Is it Bolanle, or Olubola, or Adebola, or Boladale, or Abimbola? Which important Yoruba person bears the short form of their name OFFICIALLY

Bliss4Lyfe:
^^ 'Born to rule' Ideology the Northerners hold over Nigeria. The North needs to take a break from the presidency so other regions and ethnic group can have a chance to institute development for the country.

Northern leadership so far has been marred by corruption, violence and tribalism. We need leadership dat can unite Nigerians. The North needs to take the back sit for 20 years or more.

Kobojunkie:
Again, that is YOU, but NOT EVERYONE. There are tenants out there who see it as an advantage. Why should THEIR advantage be taken away from them because of YOU? A business owner who wants to lock down a good lease rate for years, for his business location, will be hit by this BAN.

Government is not there to cater to just what ails YOU but what AILS everyone and that is why in the western word, the word BAN is rarely used. Rather you get Governments working on encouraging landlords to provide more FLEXIBLE lease plans and rates -- which I am sure you have heard you(where you currently live). Why do you think those options exist in the way they do?

I gave you an example in the UK where govt stepped in to check the excesses of landlords, but you seem to totally ignore that & you keep going on about 'encouraging landlords' this & that. The govts in Lagos did that for several years only now resorting to legislation when all else failed. You tell us to look at western world, & we give you a cogent example, yet you ignore

No one is asking for BAD GOVERNMENT, we are asking for IMPROVED GOVERNMENT -- Not Government that outrightly BANS people's rights to do what they want to instead of finding BETTER solutions to issues.

ekt_bear:
Roflmao. This made the front page. Look at how Seun titled it:

"Self-styled Property Owner Wants To Pay More Tax"

@edo.girl: It appears that your caustic tongue has made you a foe

Seun:
You're inviting thieves to come and steal from you, just because it's done abroad.
You can just calculate what the property tax should be and donate it to the FIRS.

olas2u:
what about the land use charge that was planned.Politicans have real estate assets and they cannot start what will affect them,since the more you have the more taxes you will pay.

buzugee:
very noble request. i represent the lagos state govt. i will send my bank details to your inbox so you can pay your taxes.

Jenifa_:
My guess is that we don't have a proper administrative infrastructure/system to successfully impose such a tax.
I may be wrong though.

Kobojunkie:
You are mixing things up here. I believe what the other @poster had is not far what is obtained elsewhere. Property owners should have a right to ask for whatever they want for their property.

It is incorrect to say that govts in other countries dont get involved in regulating the relationship btw landlords and tenants. In the UK for example, a landlord usually requires that a tenant pays a refundable deposit, in addition to the rent. The idea being that the deposit is refunded at the end of the tenancy subject to deductions for damage to property, rent arrears etc.  When it became clear a few years ago that many landlords were abusing the practise by coming up with unjustifiable excuses for not refunding tenants' deposits, the UK govt stepped in by introducing a scheme which mandated that deposits were kept with independent organisations away from the control of landlords.  The idea that that a govt should not intervene to control the excesses of certain members of society is not one I will lend support.

See thishttp://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/Privaterenting/Tenancies/DG_189120

On the issue of a loud screamer --- what people do is complain, and eventually move or cause the noisemaker to move. The police can only show up at the door to suggest the offender keep the noise down for peace's sake. . . it is not really ILLEGAL to be loud when having intercource in most places -- I have to come across such a law. ROFL


That's not correct. You can be done for nuisance, even in Nigeria

Read this - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8352729.stm


Yes, the Government SHOULD BUTT out in this . . . it should instead work on ENCOURAGING landlords to opt for shorter lease by, maybe informing them of the pros of this as against long term leases and upfront payment that has become the norm, not come down and out-rightly ban people's ability to opt for long-upfront pay-agreements. That is just wrong, even in Nigeria. Some tenants actually view it as a way of locking in a low price for a long period. There are people today who live in high rent areas who were able to lock in lower rates by signing long leases that required them to pay up-front, years back.