As much as the poll by ANAP is correct, there has been a shift since the presidential election. Sanwo-Lou would have had an easy ride but you see people’s anger? It will surface in both Lagos and Rivers.

Statements would be made. They will be loud. These statements would be all over Nigeria… especially Southern Nigeria.

Very biased topic. Put it side by side with purchasing power and minimum wage. Don't just quote figures to justify what you want.

Reno...unstable as the wind. Pick a spot please. You cannot be cold or hot

Is a Nigerian not also dating Trump's daughter? How will dating help African and Nigerians? Is this how low we can get? I just don't get it

Reno Omokri has taken to his Facebook page to reply Garba Shehu about the Boko Haram activities during the Goodluck Jonathan Era.

The Truth Shall Set Garba Shehu Free

When Garba Shehu says that the Goodluck Jonathan administration increased the activities of terrorists, he betrays a very shallow grasp of history which I will now prove with the benefit of some historical facts.

When the Jonathan administration imposed a state of emergency in certain local governments in the Northeast of Nigeria to contain terrorists, it was precisely Muhammadu Buhari that said on Monday the 3rd of June 2013 that 'the military offensive against Boko Haram is anti North'.

Again, after the Jonathan administration banned Boko Haram in 2013, it was precisely Lai Mohammed, President Buhari's current minister for information, who on Monday the 10th of June, 2013 said that banning Boko Haram was unconstitutional and that "the proscription stifles the press and tampers with the fundamental human rights of Nigerians."

So it is therefore rich for the Buhari administration to start making these claims against the Jonathan government.

It may be that Garba Shehu is not aware that this administration has lost any credibility it has especially as regards the anti terror war.

On Thursday the 24th of December, 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari told the world that Boko Haram was 'technically defeated' and gave himself a pat on the back after claiming that the terror group had lost its capacity to conduct "conventional attacks".

Since that time, Boko Haram has attacked military barracks and military formations multiple times as reported in the media.

Since that time, there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks with more than 30 attacks reported in the media. In the last week alone there have been three such suicide attacks with almost 20 deaths, according to media reports.

There has also been attacks on military and police convoys with Boko Haram terrorists releasing a video this week of several women it says it kidnapped from a police convoy.

Nigerians may want to note that it was under the Buhari administration that the World Economic Forum on Tuesday June 20, 2017 listed Nigeria as the fifth most dangerous country in the world because instances of Fulani Herdsmen terrorism are so rampant and continue with impunity.

Fulani herdsmen operating in Nigeria were also named the fourth most deadly terrorists group in the world by the Global Terrorism Index on Wednesday November 18, 2014. This is not surprising in a situation where a governor, who happens to be a close confidante of President Muhammadu Buhari, confessed to giving Fulani Herdsmen money.

It may also be recalled that on February 2, 2017 the US Congress cited Nigeria "as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world and that impunity for those responsible for the killing of Christians in the country seems to be widespread.”

All these are proof positive that not only has Boko Haram not been defeated, they have metastasized under Buhari and indeed other terrorist groups have become emboldened to expand their activity nationwide.

Nigerians will remember that the Jonathan administration was able to crush Boko Haram in the first quarter of 2015 which was why the 2015 elections were able to hold throughout the entire Northeast of Nigeria.

The question that Nigerians may want to ask is if elections can hold in all areas of Borno state today. The answer to that question will show Who between President Buhari and former President Jonathan really defeated Boko Haram.

Reno Omokri
Author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years: Chibok, 2015.

anonymoux:


Good job brother, quite informative. But if I may ask, do you have the phone number of This ENTERPRISE AGENCY you just talked about? I want to register a company name myself, so if you can give me their number I will be very grateful

Will send it when I lay hands on it. But be reminded that you need to go there yourself and make your own findings. That's if you are in Abuja.

https://www.nairaland.com/3782062/what-cost-registering-trademarks-nigeria/2#56298445

Maybe this link will help.

dayorx:


It is for reasons like this that professionals are not allowed to advertise, please refrain from cheap publicity, u may lose your license and bring the profession to disrepute.
If a person makes an enquiry contact them privately.
Please be properly guided.

Exactly. But it's still a shame that the country don't have a workable system. How will an entrepreneur be encouraged when the bottle necks are there to drown you? The government need to look at ease of doing business and should do it fast.

geraldo077:
Baba you just dealt him a soft blow, I guess you are a lawyer? please can you pm me your email as I have some questions to ask as pertaining the fees payable.

I am not a lawyer neither am I a pro in this field. I just happen to have some information that are factual. I have a product that I needed to get registered and so since I live in Abuja, I visited the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Investment and got these info.

I was told that
1. Name search is N1, 500 per search.
2. Processing fees is N50, 000.
3. Process can last 3 months.
4. That the receipt will reflect just N15, 000

So I figured that if I have 4 products to trademark, it means I will spend a whooping N200, 000. It is so much as I would still face NAFDAC and their issues.

So if N15, 000 will reflect in the receipt it means it's N15, 000 that is the fees. I'm still figuring how to cut down the price. Someone on this forum said she works there and can do it for N25, 000 which is a fair deal but I haven't contacted her though. When I see the link I'll paste it here.

My pain is that my product should have been out long ago but the system like this one frustrates you.

For those who want to register companies alone (not NGOs) and you are in Abuja please visit ABUJA ENTERPRISE AGENCY at Jahi. It's quite easy.

1. Business name registration will cost you N20, 000.
2. Limited Liability Company cost N55, 000.

We are here to enlighten ourselves, ain't we?

solarj05:
The amount we charge for our trademark is N80,000. meanwhile we charge N5,000 per search done.

I thought you are here to help not scam. How can search be N5, 000 and registration N80, 000 just for a product? Fear God na. In their Abuja office where the registration can only be done in Nigeria, they charge N1, 500 for search and N50, 000 for processing and registration. Still it's too much as the cost is only N15, 000 for registration. Please, do not scam people.

hasiya01:
I am a Registrar at the Tm registry. send your contacts and d ill advise you on how to go about it. as i stated earlier, the price is 15 k and we have 2 methods of Filling online and IPas. the search fee is I k. avoid being scammed.
Thanks

If this is it then I'd like to know how. I went to the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Investment in Abuja only to be told that...

1. N1, 500 for name search
2. N50, 000 for trademark
The man I met said N15, 000 is official fees and I asked about the remaining N35, 000, he said it's processing fees. And the good part, it won't reflect in the receipt save the N15, 000.

Please help a brother.

How many times will this so called market be commissioned? How many times will shops there be sold? Abdullahi Adamu built and commissioned it, people bought it. Doma did his own commissioning, and sold shops again, the market refused to function. Now, AL Makura wants to do same?? I am lost.

Who? EmperorKross? The Only emperor of romance sextion


Hahaahahahah... He's hot but he has sooo many gf sha.. I don't want cat fights.. Sorry then, I can't help you. Who? EmperorKross? The Only emperor of romance sextion


Hahaahahahah... He's hot but he has sooo many gf sha.. I don't want cat fights.. Hahaha. Sorry then, I can't help you.

QueenSuccubus:




Chaaai.. Now ur stingy

lol. I know, right? Someone above me has offered his services. Texted him yet? [quote author=QueenSuccubus post=51717096]

QueenSuccubus:


Now u bring it here on NL yet u doodle it... How can we text that GIGOLO boi if u covered his numba.. Abeg undo it.

I beg I can't help the f*** up advertise his trade,sorry.

I have seen this a number of times but today I decided to bring it home. Is this even legal?

The silly post above shows the shallow mind of the obviously ignorant op. As a 2016 beneficiary, I would like to join my colleagues to school you. First, I have a feeling you are not a beneficiary and second you are bitter that you were not picked. Or maybe you are a hungry blogger who lost his job due to recession.

I'll give it to you that payments have not been made because of issues that you can't see and are obviously ignorant of but we have been carried along by the foundation. Mails are being sent outlining what we need to do as we progress. So for you to come to this public forum to water the good deeds of a good philanthropist is not only sad, it is criminal, derogatory, it is malicious and it is low. Watch it, you won't go far in life.

ceejayluv:
Wanna watch...

You don't want to do that. It's horrific and barbaric to say the least.

Obama and Trump: The difference between an orator and a sales man. I won't want to be in Obama's shoes now. He pushed the guy, now he has to pay.

A friend of mine just graduated from DELSU and when she came back I asked her how they cope with the militants. Her response was that they only read it online and see it in the news. I think its the same with Shehu and the APC folks. They read it online and in the news but around them, there is plenty so they don't understand.


The change he claims has started... from Aso Rock where there is no hunger or job loss.

vedaxcool:
is it just me or doesn't it appear that the title of the thread and it's content dey quarrel?

Lol. I am still reading it to understand the context or the similarities if you like.

tafabaloo:
I envisaged this this morning on my way to work. Thank God I left early for my abode.

Those of us plying this route understand and appreciate it better. Bala of 'old' promised us a bypass and the story was that there was no money till he left.

I didn't criticise without proffering a solution. A pedestrian bridge is better than the bump. That is a long term solution. Save life and allow flow of traffic. Is that too much to ask?

Whoever introduced the concept of speed bump on the highway must be high on Lassa fever. How can a normal thinking being decide that the best way to help pedestrians living at Kugbo is to introduce a speed bump on highway that is always traffic prone?

The other day, FERMA thought that the best way to help reduce the hold up; is that they need to on a week day as opposed to the weekend, fix a road that on a normal day attracts traffic. That day, I got home at 10pm after leaving the office at 6. You can imagine the number of cars that overheated as a result of some people's wrong choices.

Whoever thought that speed bump is more preferable to pedestrian bridge should come to their senses and fix this mess. Remove the bump already!

gbolly707:
Disclaimer ; This was copied from a profile on facebook, I DID NOT WRITE THIS Please read...

So the argument over Nigerians reception and acceptance (or lack thereof) of Innoson Motors has become a very heated and a lowkey polarizing one.

I honestly can find little to no merit in the arguments of those trying to literally force these cars down our throats. Okay. Let's just look at the issue

If we're being honest, the last government did pretty much everything a government can or should do for for any car maker.
They essentially GAVE the market to IVM by more than doubling the cost of importing cars. Making the Nigerian people HAVE to look within their borders. That same government bought a very very decent amount of the IVM vehicles. How many are actually in use now is anyone's guess and isn't germane to this discussion.

At this point I have to ask if IVM is a charity run organization. If no, then somebody please tell me what else they could legitimately ask for.

I mean, you’ve got the government to help aggressively push your biggest competition out, you got them to take a very large number off your hands. Surely you can’t expect them to sell them for you as well…or to create yet another policy?

Maybe one that now forces every Nigerian to buy one?

I say this because to hear the IVM army tell it, the main problem is that we (Nigerians) aren’t buying them. Okay. I’ll bite. We aren’t buying the cars.

Why?

For a company that has made such a huge investment and commitment, their push to sell their products seems lukewarm at best. I heard someone ask where they were sold and how they were being marketed. The reply that came was: “Research”.

I’m sorry, what?

I have to research to get information on how to acquire an indigenously manufactured car Is it made of heroin?

And even finding the ADVERTISING will require research? What a wow.

So yeah, their marketing is pretty crap.
So next up, Pricing. What do these babies cost? I hear (and I stand to be corrected) that they start at 2.5 Million Nigerian Nairas. That’s okay. You can price your product anyhow you like. But if you’re making a car you want a lot of Nigerians to buy wouldn’t it make sense to give it a price tag many Nigerians can afford? I mean I can get a pretty cool, brand new (if I’m not fussy about driving a 2010-2013 model…and I’m not)KIA or Hyundai for less. Add that math to the fact that these are pretty much world class brands and its bye bye IVM.
The economy is shot to hell. Times are hard and everybody wants value for their buck. “Buy Nigerian” just won’t cut it on its own.

Now, how “good” are these cars? I’m going to speak on this solely from my own experience.
They’re frighteningly bad.
Look. I’ve driven some pretty run-down heaps in my time but never (until now) have I been faced with an engine that would not be turned off. No message on the dash, no voice prompts, no security issue. It simply was not in the mood.
The other one we got to “test” was a free spirit that saw the good in all men and didn’t believe in locked doors. We of course eventually agreed with it. The screen display was sad. Damned thing looked just like those “China Nokias” that were everywhere once upon a time.
The drive is honestly not that bad. As a matter of fact I’d say average, if your point of reference is a Honda “Academy”. This, however only applies as long as you do not go past 85-100 Kmph. The instant you go past that mark, your car becomes a mobile, vehicular earthquake. Vibrations. Everywhere. This might be fun if you’ve got the right amount of kink in you though. lol
Then everything squeaks. You know those noises from the dashboard and doors and drivers seats you expect to hear in hand me down cars? Yeah, those ones. Except now, IVM don’t want you having any surprises later so they installed the squeaks early. You’re welcome.
Back to sales, these cars are priced on the same level as the Kias and the Hyundais and other “Eastern” brands.
It goes without saying that most people go for a Benz or a BMW if given a choice. Those who can, do. The rest buy Audis and VWs etc, those who can’t do that, Hondas or Toyota or maybe even Peugeots those who can’t do that buy Kias and Hyundais and the like. There are still rungs farther down on this ladder. Somewhere down there… is IVM.
In recent times, this “ladder” has become less real and this because no one is making bad cars anymore. The tech is moving so fast a KIA is a perfectly good car and can look it “elders” in the eyes. Even at that, most people would still go for a tokunbo Honda or Toyota (that costs way more) than go for a brand new Kia!
How then, do you expect anyone buy an IVM when they still don’t fully trust the Korean brands that are world class yet?
IVM has poor marketing, no major exhibitions have happened, no crash test data has been seen, no nothing. Why would anyone buy one?
I feel they just want the government to be their biggest customer and buy a new set every year because the ones from last year have pretty much broken down completely. Then the same people screaming “Buy Nigerian” can now scream and curse the government for including the same expenditures in every budget.
They probably also think that just being “made in Nigeria” would be enough to make us all want to buy one. You know, because of our deep sense of national pride.
Its really just a lazy way to do business and they need to fix up.
And if any rhesus monkey comes here talking out of his or her ass with ANY tribalistic sentiment ehn? Cos ive noticed that some bigoted idiots cannot help but make no sense while bleating loudly.
If Arabs or Martians owned IVM and ran it as it is being run, the issues would be the same.

Why do I feel this writer is a paid agent? I will understand if he is just a critic but this is taking it too far. If you know so much about branding and marketing why not write a proposal and you'll land yourself a job. Quoting Siena, but what do I know?

Happy Birthday boss. The man that made me love the 4rings!

Longest? Only 2 months and the gongoni went back to... Anyways, planning a complete overhaul of the Audi A3. At the moment, it's still down as I don't have its time.

#grateful

Thanks Bruv.

People come here to share testimonies, mine won't be any different.

I have always had the mind of an entrepreneur since my teenage years. It made me not to start job hunt early enough until a friend adviced me otherwise (I sat at home hoping business would automatically pop open with no skill involved).

I applied for YOUWIN!, didn't get. maybe I wasn't prepared. But this is the breakthrough. I MADE THE LIST OF 1000 AFRICANS SELECTED FROM 54 AFRICAN COUNTRIES OUT OF 45,000+ APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED. isn't God wonderful?

Everything I wrote on was research based. Pretty soon, I will announce that my product is ready for purchase.

Until then, Thank you TEEP. Thank you Tony Elumelu. Thank you nairaland family. #patronise when it's time. *smiles*

They should 'kukuma' collect all my salary. Won't it be better that way?