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I sold $1 for N177 on Friday (4/17/09) @ the local airport.

I sold $1 for N177 on Friday .

I exchanged $1 for N171 today@ local airport Ikeja.
Thank God it is going up again.

Nigeria cannot continue to shore up the value of the naira with the little we have in our foreign reserve. Only the rich that want to move money out will benefit from the so called CBN intervention. The well connected brought $ back home to exchange at N189 and now they need to move the money out again. Only they will be able to buy at the official rate. A common man will never get to buy $ at the official rate. It is only a matter of time before the rate goes up again. There are so many things that can be done to help the naira. STOP this deception and let the naira find its level.

Yes, if they are not corrupt and really want to serve the people unlike the the corrupt bunch that we have now. The pretend to be born again christians and steal and give 10% of the money stolen as tithe which is eventually used to buy private jets and leave the people poor and miserable and the list goes on and on ------------------------------------

Take a good look at the picture and pay particular attention to his left hand. What do you see?

Mamajama:
Those figures are all misleading


http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=USDNGN=X&t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

Yahoo finance only shows the official exchange rate.
N200 is the black market rate.

KnowAll:
@Blacksta- price +/- 10 if there is scarcity, but I beleive you can get your dollars at this rate.


Tue. 17th March, 2009

Location Currency Sell Buy
CBN Dollar 145.60 146.60

pound 204.20 205.80

Euro 188.06 189.35


Lagos Dollar 174.00 176.00 - by lagos lagos island or Eko hotel VI
pound 243.00 245.00
Euro 220.00 224.00


Ikeja Dollar 174.50 176.50 - by Ikeja Internatinal and local airport
pound 243.50 245.50
Euro 220.50 224.50

Your #s are from Tribune. Those rates are wrong.
You need to call Lagos to know the actual rate.
It is N200 to $1 Confirmed.

Finally. It is N200 to$1
Check out this link below.
http://odili.net/news/source/2009/mar/16/616.html

kings84:
a dollar is 180 today

Thank God. Please update daily.

Found this interesting post on Mimikoforgovernor.com, and I think I should share it on this forum.
The writer is Omotaylor.


Martin Luther King, Jr. Sends The New Ondo State A Message from Beyond

“Let’s Share My Dream”

On the occasion of the victorious and final Declaration of Dr Olusegun Mimiko as Governor of Ondo State - 23rd February, 2009

I am indeed happy to join with you all today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for democracy and freedom in the history of Ondo State. I unite with you in soul as I send this congratulatory message of hope, reason, and wisdom today.
Your elected and ratified Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a great Statesman, over two years ago, made a Declaration of intent which was synonymous to an emancipation proclamation. This momentous Declaration came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Ondo State indigenes who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice, poverty and alienation. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But almost two years later, the truth remained elusive. Two years later, the fight for the just verdict of who held the people’s mandate raged on. But in the meantime, the lives of the people were still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of corruption. Two years later, the people of Ondo State very unjustifiably continued to live on a lonely highway of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity kept away for some. They were still languishing in the corners of the village squares and find themselves exiles in their own lands.
It is unfortunate and sad that for so long the people of Ondo State have been given instead, a bad check, a check which had come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refused to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refused to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this State. And so, we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice in Ondo State. And so we’ve come here today to rightfully claim the people’s mandate as bestowed on Dr Olusegun Mimiko. This Mandate in a sense is a promise that the people of Ondo State would be guaranteed the “unalienable Rights” of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
As we collect this hallowed Mandate; we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind all the people of Ondo State about the fierce urgency of NOW. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. NOW is the time to make real the promises of democracy. NOW is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of looting and corruption to the sunlit path of integrity governance. NOW is the time to lift Ondo State from the quicksands of class division to the solid rock of brotherhood. NOW is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.
It would be fatal for the new Ondo State to overlook the urgency of the moment. 23rd February 2009 is not an end, but a beginning. And those who had hoped that the accredited party in Ondo State (Labour Party) needed to blow off steam will have a rude awakening as Ondo State returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in this State until the undertrodden and lowly are granted their rights of worthiness. The whirlwinds of change will continue to shake the foundations of our State until the bright day of justice and emancipation emerges.
But there is something that we must say to the people, as they stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our governance on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force even as we are put to the test. Let us all come to a realization that our destiny is tied up with one another’s destiny’ and our freedom are inextricably bound together.
We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the poor man is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of brutal governance. We can never be satisfied as long as our children cannot gain admission into the schools of their choice. We cannot be satisfied as long as the farmers have no crops to sow. We can never be satisfied as long as our hospitals are ill equipped and become death houses. We cannot be satisfied as long as the votes of the ordinary people are not allowed to count. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
We are not unmindful that many have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some have come fresh from hiding. And some of you have come from areas where your quest — quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of political brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Now you can go back home knowing that somehow this situation can and has changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, as we gather today friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, we still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the New Ondo State dream.
We have a dream that one day Ondo State will rise up and live out the true meaning of its name “Sunshine State”.
We have a dream that one day on the brown hills of Idanre, tourists and visitors will mingle with the local people in economic bliss.
We have a dream that one day every town in Ondo State, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
We have a dream that one day all our children will wander freely without fear of kidnappers and cultists.
We have a dream today!
We have a dream that very soon right inside Alagbaka would commence an all including governance of integrity, openness and fairness.
We have a dream today!
We have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.”
This is our hope, and this is the faith that follows, guides and leads our latest governor from the South West, Dr Olusegun Mimiko.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair left by the past usurping governor, a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of Ondo State into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, and to fight together, to continue to stand up for freedom together, knowing that Ondo State would be truly and fully emancipated one day.
Today is D-day, when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning:
Kile le se Olorun Awa, kile le se?
Kile le se Olorun Awa, kile le se?
Eyin ti e da aiye atorun Kile le se?
Kile le se Olorun Awa, kile le se?

And if Ondo State is to be a great State, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of Idanre.
Let freedom ring from the mighty Oyemekun Rocks of Akure.
Let freedom ring from the Oke Maria Oka Hills of Akoko South West.
Let freedom ring from the monumental palace of the Deji of Akure,
Let freedom ring from the Ebomi Lake of Ikpesi Akoko.
But not only that:
Let freedom ring from the Alagbaka Cenotaph of Akure
Let freedom ring from the Caves of Ashes of Isharun.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Ile-Oluji
From every mountain side, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every home, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, regardless of creed, religion and age; will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the Yoruba Spiritual Song:
Osuba re re o, Osuba re re o
Oba ta o ri, ta nri se owo re, Osuba re re o.

Compiled by Omotaylor on the Occasion of the Victorious and Final Pronouncement of Dr Olusegun Mimiko as the Duly Elected Governor of Ondo State on 23rd February 2009.
Source: Martin Luther King Jn. – I HAVE A DREAM.

Just got a call from Nigeria that Mimiko won. This is not confirmed yet

Can anybody help me out with the prices of generators in Lagos?
This is meant to power a 4 bedroom flat.

The Chairman of Ondo State Local Service Commission, Mr. Joseph Olabisi has been arrested and is currently under interrogation by operatives of ICPC for allegedly using his position to institute a fraudulent syndicate in all the Local Government Councils in the State.

Mr. Olabisi who has been occupying the position since 2003 is alleged to be using his own council (Ondo West) as a focal point in the perpetuation of the fraudulent act.

He is also accused of planting collaborators and stooges in all the Councils Treasury Department across the state using them to effect the inclusion of ghost workers in the pay roll of the Councils with their salaries and entitlements diverted into private accounts of the Chairman and his collaborators.

Similarly, the embattled Chairman is alleged to have amassed property worth over two hundred and three million (N203 m) naira including landed property, vehicles and a school from the proceeds of his fraudulent activities.

Presently, Mr. Olabisi is still under the custody of the Commission.




This guy when I met him in 2000 had nothing. He now owns property everywhere in Ondo probably even overseas.
He should be investigated thoroughly and made to face the music. This might serve as a lesson to other aspiring thieves

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This guy should just keep quite and enjoy his retirement.
I believe Akinyele and his likes have done enough damage to Nigeria.

Thank God. Something good finally coming out of Nigeria.

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Where is the VIN?
A car with 580 miles is not totally new as it had been driven.

This is inspired hiding behind a new name.
Buyer beware

Can anyone in the house tell me how much is futa's tuition fees?

You be the judge.

This is a right hand drive car. Nigeria switched to left hand drive in 1973.

This can only happen in Nigeria. What a pity.

Stop bringing this type of cars to Nigeria.
Nigeria switched in 1973.

teetalks:
asking price is =N=700,000
just brought it in from Uk

You are not supposed to bring in a right hand drive car to Nigeria. You are breaking the law.

This can only happen in Nigeria. What a pity.