₦airaland Forum

Profwriter:
Do you know about alpine?

There's a way to reduce the image size

Up until this time, no. But I've just looked it up. May use it when setting up subsequent images. Thanks for recommending.

UrennaNkoli:
Can't blame the teacher. Some Corp members can be very arrogant and rude. This one in the picture looks like she lacks basic home training.

That's an excuse. On no account should you lay your fingers on another human. That's assault and would get you in trouble!

adebowales:
underground bunker had always been used by hospitals to store drugs and other chemicals which could be harmful to the public if exposed

Then why would they need a 700 foot long tunnel connected to it?

We’ve observed the public’s anger over the bill and the strong reactions from our religious leaders, which is why we decided to suspend the debate

Nigeria is no more a secular state?

Even with a free visa, ain't no one going to spend time in a country with these douchebags. Southies overrate themselves.

adebowales:
funny how you keep digesting isreal propaganda without thinking twice, the widely spread information that hamas was using alshifa hospital as a command center had been debunked to be lies and fake news, there is no concrete evidence to prove isreal claim, an Ak47 which was rumored to be planted by idf themselves had been busted by observers after carefully studied the video.

So who owned the underground bunker and what was it being used for?

adebowales:
if truly isreal is sincere about rescuing the hostages, it would have sent spies to locate where hamas kept the hostages and then face there with all they use to rescue them, recklessly bombing residents in assumption that hamas kept the hostages among civilians would only attract more hate towards isreal. Now see for almost 2yrs, they couldn’t rescue their hostages, they only killed 45k people that even their own soldiers are refusing to continue the fight due to the aimless bombing of houses

In your opinion after invading Israel, murdering 1200 citizens in cold blood and adopting dozens of others, the best way for Israel to show commitment to her citizens welfare is sending out spies to search for those adopted?

Is that not a display of cowardice?

There is evidence of Israel locating abductees held by Hamas under civilian coverings. Why do you call it a mere assumption then? Was the location of Hamas' operational center beneath the biggest hospital in Gaza an assumption too?

TonyeBarcanista:
To ensure transparency and public accountability, the government should postpone the tax reform bill for six months. This will allow Nigerians to independently analyze the proposed changes and form informed opinions, free from government propaganda.

The masses have never been known to hold independent thoughts, so in what way do you think this is achievable?

adebowales:
let no one fool you anymore, they idf aren’t bothered about rescuing the hostages, they just want the land and also keel as many as Palestinians they can, there could have been a better way to rescue the hostages if they truly want them alive, isreal is using collective punishment on the Palestinians

Can you suggest a better way it could have been handled?

CSTRR:
Arab Americans gave their votes to trump.

They wanted to spite the democrats and they voted for someone far worse.

I don't think that was the reason they gave their votes. Trump has always been clear about his preference from Israel. Perhaps they wanted more than ever, the annihilation of terrorists hiding under the covers of their religion to perpetrate violence.

Something is fundamental wrong with the bl.ack man.

The north should not get unnecessarily jittery over the tax reforms. When you think about it, Nigeria's GDP to tax ratio is about 10% which should roughly translate to $50 billion. There is still the other 90% which could be spread across different sectors of the economy. So why fight over a paltry 10% when you could get a share from 90% when you deliberately contribute to the economy?

P.S: Nigeria's tax to GDP ratio is low in comparison to the continent's average—15%. I guess this reform aims to close that gap. But how do you prevent these monies from finding their ways into private pockets? Are we putting the cart before the horse?

This is another area of the economy that needs to be divested. Ships should be berthed at ports closest to the region that holds the goods they convey. Doing this will decongest Lagos and stimulate growth in other states. The federal government have a huge role to play on this issue.

How can you schedule upgrades just as soon as the refinery began operations?

No, the north has not rejected the bill. What happened is that a few persons in the north have fed the marauding youth with a script to regurgitate. They are barely lettered and have no idea what the bill is about.

sulaak:
Nonsense.

Corruption is in the hands of the president.

Tinubu can start with reforms in government institutions by reducing the number of ministries and MDA, scrapping NNPCL, and supporting laws that will prosecute any Nigerians who cannot provide evidence of the source of their wealth.

Tinubu is the corrupt to the very core, travelling to see his Lebanese paymaster in France while the country burns.

I wouldn't be outrightly dismissive if I were you. Corruption does start and end at the echelon of government. It stems from our ideals as a people, our attitude towards money. Nigeria is largely controlled by the mammon god and Tinubu as the case may be is just one product amongst a host of others.

WakeUpNigerians:
When you have a certificate forger and drug man as your president. He is still testing the mic.


By 2027, you will see full manifestation of state capture.

Corruption in Nigeria is beyond Tinubu or any politician. It is a national epidemic where the vast majority of people are suspect.

Zooposki:
Crying more than the bereaved?

Nope! I'm from the south-south myself.

nedu666:
Isreal created hamas to undermine plo,few years later they called them terrorist

America supported saddam to fight Iran, few years later they called him terrorist.

America supported Osama and the taliban to fight Russia, few years later they called them terrorist

Today America is backing the same isis that invaded Iraq and Syria, few years later they will call them terrorist, stage one terrorist attack on America soil and use it as pretense to invade Syria and Iraq again

What's the lesson to learn from all that?

Never back an Islamist with a weapon. They could easily spiral off from a just cause into outright terrorism.

You can spot the sarcasm in OBJ's reply.

Objectivist04:
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. don't you know that some part of the ocean belong to countries ? So the ones Lagos is sand filling and developing does not belong to them right ?
So Ghana can come to lekki beach , sand fill and start developing it because ocean is not owned ?

Lol. Those are economic zones limited to about 200 nautical miles. Economic zone is neither north nor south. And no, Ghana cannot develop Lekki beach because it is not within their borders.

Objectivist04:
Even with the two biggest rivers in the country technically situated in the north ?

That's a localized body of water, don't you get it?

Objectivist04:
South will have more if Atlantic ocean is included .

This statement here is laughable. Is the Atlantic Ocean owned by any single country? How are you attributing it to the south? Guy!

Objectivist04:
South will have more if Atlantic ocean is included .

Oga 80% of River Niger and the entire River Benue which are the two major rivers in Nigeria lies in the north with their tributaries.

South is more compact and that is why it appears as if it has more water body .

I just gave you an example of Enugu state that doesn't have a single water body .

Dude, your statement is not backed by fact. There are more water bodies in the south, more rivers, wetlands and lakes. The north has no comparison in this. So it's either you don't have all the information or you're being deliberately mischievous.

From your education, you could do some simple internet search. You're welcome!

skywalker240:
The south south representatives are the ones you see always sleeping at the hall when important matters are been discussed

Very docile set of people that care more about drinking ogogoro.

Objectivist04:
Come Enugu and see how well dries just few days after rain stops.

North have body of water like rivers streams lakes etc, and that is every part of north . . again it is easy to sink boreholes and get water in the north than some parts of the south.
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What North doesn't have is ocean and I don't think animals drink ocean water.

No one is saying there is no water in the north. The south has more and that is fact!

RecessionistPMB:
It's south-south people that has been too docile that i blame.
Tinubu want to enrich lagos more through this policy, forgetting that same Lagos was built from the collective resources from all geopolitical zones, as a former capital territory.

If Tinubu is trying to restructure the tax system, why is he not using the same template for the resources generated from other regions? South south, you guys has slept for far too long. The entire federating unit will share the oil money, while lagos will take bulk of tax generated within their state.

Yeah, this is one grey area I noticed in the bill. The biggest beneficiary would be Lagos because they generate the most tax.

The oil-producing state of the south-south need to diversify their economies. You would be surprised the amount of money that would be realized if they plugged all leakages and appropriate funds to their rightful channels.

The 13% derivation they get presently is grossly underutilized, most finding their ways into private pockets.

Also, the reps from the south-south region are sitting ducks. They don't speak up for their regions. I remember a time when oil corporations were mandated to site their headquarters in the region they generate their revenues. This was never followed through. So you see, Lagos is benefitting from what could have been accrued to the south.

The bill is a wakeup call. All hands must be on deck.

Objectivist04:
More grass yes , more water no
North has abundant water

Where I stayed when I was in the north, some wells dry up during the dry season. It's rare to find that down south.

I don't have all the details of the tax reform bill, but from the little I've read, if this scales, it would be the best legacy the Tinubu-led government will be leaving. There are too many docile states in Nigeria leaching off of others. At least this will get them to sit up, prioritize governance and improve their economies.

Important clarification: The exemption is for those earning below 1 million yearly, not monthly.

What this means is that only those earning below 83,000 per monthly will be exempted from paying tax. With minimum wage at 70k, the lowest grade worker in the civil service should earn close to 100k, so they are definitely getting taxed as well.

In essence, the bill seeks to shield those living in extremely poor conditions. The irony is that most folks are poor. 150k of a few years back is the equivalent of 500k today.

Social media isn't fueling insecurity in western nations where it originated, but it is here? Interesting!

MMempire:
Dem go use the card just dey remove unnecessary tax from cardholders account.

Ideally, you should be able to file a tax dispute if you feel you were unfairly taxed. But the potential bureaucracy in the process considering that this is Nigeria leaves some skepticism.

On the other hand, there are lots of folks earning handsomely who barely pay tax. This system should provide a check to that.