₦airaland Forum

aribisala0:
It is called planning.They knew one day government will not pay salaries.So they collected in advance

Femi Aribisala, I see you. Una don carry una ret@rded views reach here, ko?

Some people are just plain wicked! How can you be doing the job of one and collecting the salary of twenty?

And when will the military stop interfering in our civil affairs? I thought we said we are practicing democracy

The Alake should have kept his mouth shut. We don't need this kind of distraction right now. Not when the Ooni is trying to rally everyone around.

As for the so-called Benin chief whose attempt at revisionism is comedic at best, face your work o (Uche style).

Not that I'm holding my breath or anything but I'm seriously hoping that Trump and Sanders become the eventual nominees of their respective parties. Kudos to the people of New Hampshire.

sukieboy:
How much is Gold in the commodity market and whats the size of your deposit? The largest exporter of Gold is China with 450 Metric tonnes /yr. current price is $1195 per ounce. The Oba should rather invest in the human brain oil. Annual pharmaceutical earnings from India is hundred fold higher than their neighbors earning from Gold exports.

Pharmaceuticals export contributes 7.5% of Indian GDP ($2.18 trillion - four times Nigerian's) and contributed 26% of India's merchandise exports. No country have grown of these natural resources. Japan with zero natural resources has a GDP of 4.92 trillion with a population 123m over 377,944 km² land area;
major exports;

Vehicles: US$134 billion (21.4% of total exports)
Machines, engines, pumps: $117.7 billion (18.8%)
Electronic equipment: $95.6 billion (15.3%)
Medical, technical equipment: $35.7 billion (5.7%)
Iron and steel: $27.5 billion (4.4%) (without a single deposit of Iron ore)
Plastics: $22.5 billion (3.6%) with zero rubber plantation
Organic chemicals: $17.9 billion (2.9%)
Ships, boats: $11.4 billion (1.8%)
Oil: $11.4 billion (1.8%) (refined crude Oil)
Rubber: $10.3 billion (1.6%)


Rubber export opportunities
China: -US$4.9 billion (net export deficit down -12% since 2010)
United States: -$1.8 billion (down -31.7%)
Japan: -$1.4 billion (down -41.1%)
India: -$833.7 million (up 42.3%)
South Korea: -$825.4 million (down -30.2%)
Brazil: -$490.5 million (down -35.5%)
Germany: -$474.5 million (down -50.2%)
Malaysia: -$385.2 million (down -136.2%)
Spain: -$346.6 million (down -37.9%)
Turkey: -$323.9 million (down -24.2%)
Canada: -$287.2 million (down -33.2%)
France: -$254.2 million (down -43.5%)
Poland: -$252 million (down -18.3%)
Italy: -$232.1 million (down -39.1%)
Taiwan: -$223.6 million (down -39.7%)

Lets think the future

The Ooni didn't just tak about solid minerals, he also mentioned patronising made-in-Nigeria goods. At this point, we must consider the exploitation of all of our available resources.

Northern leaders' obsession with oil no be here. And they are even not alone on that, all of our leaders are. Only that their own get crown.

Story, story, story ... get on with it!

honifome:
Alaafin is superior to ooni in terms of hierachy. Whoever dispute this must be ignorant of history

It is you who is ignorant of history.

scoreall:
Do you know d ratio of male compared to dt of female? It's more dan 1:3 so if everyone start choosing one one, wu will d 2/3 marry.nd if any of d 2/3rd z among ur sis, wah will u do?

Liar! There are more males than females in Nigeria, according to official statistics.

Of broken institutions and frustrated students.

OP, you nor try o, at all!!!

Very good! Very good!!

Musiwa419:
Ogun state Government commisions 40 Mega projects to celebrate the state's 40th anniversary . Projects which includes : Roads, Bridges, Schools, Hospitals, Housing Estates etc. .......... Not very far away, in Ekiti, Governor Ayo Fayose is busy commissioning stomach infrasstructure by drinking palm wine at a palmie joint, buying pepper and salt in the market, eating Amala at Iya Basirat canteen

Musiwa, abeg leave ponmo for Fayose.

KINGwax007:
I'm sorry, its not called a scam. It's internal recruitment. Moat banks do it. If they want to annouce to the public, it will clearly state that.

The NIS is not a bank.

Masquerades in black robes (a.k.a. Awon alhaja ninja).

Once witnessed an occasion where kids who were playing outside took to their heels on sighting one of these masquerades.

Where are the feminists when you need them?

Richard Dawkins it was who said while he respects the right of everyone to wear whatever tickles his/her fancy, he personally feels insulted as a human being whenever he sees a woman all covered up in burqa.

I must say I'm with Dawkins on this one!

This comedian called Murray-Bruce should stop making common nonsense and face his primary assignment. The 2016 Appropriation Bill has already passed second reading and here is is talking bullsh!t. It's not too late for him to raise the issues he's raised here on the floor of the house. And if he knows he can't do his job, he should step aside and allow someone else to take the position.

Lovely photos.

Besides the potential of the state, I doubt if there's anything else to celebrate about Kogi.

Why? Why?

merry02:
Mimiko of Ondo State

Huh? We are talking vertebrates here o, not...................

carinmom:
The Imams particularly those in khamsu salawatu mosques are not paid by the mosques. They lead prayers for the sake of Allah. Most of the wealthy imams and alfas do not feed from the mosque offerings in most cases, but many of them have other businesses and some are civil servants.

But pls don't get me wrong, what I'm saying is what i know is the situation in the north, i don't know for other places though.

Ok. I was going to say I know one or two full-time Alfas/Mallams/Imams who have no side-business. Thanks for the elucidation though.

carinmom:
Like i said if there is need for anything they appeal to wealthy individuals for any form of assistance.

I hear you. But then again, from where comes the pay of the Imams and Alfas?

luvinhubby:
Oversight function lies with the legislature & not any ministry.

Besides disbursing funds, bros, the Ministry of Finance also monitors. Kobakaba?

And part of Mr Falana's allegations is that Ms Iweala superintended over extra-budgetary allocations, and he gave instances. She is yet deny the allegations. Name-calling and dancing to raggae won't save her this time.

luvinhubby:
Her job is policy formulation and allocation of funds appropriately & not to determine how they spend it.

Part of allocating funds appropriately is ensuring that the funds allocated are well spent. And it is the Ministry of Finance that we're talking about here .... Don't comment like someone who is ignorant of the workings of government!

Besides, the then legislative committees on Defence must also give account.

carinmom:
mind you, mosques have nothing to do with tithes.

How are they funded then?

Let's go there.

Sunnycliff:
It is double taxation to tax church offerings because the givers have paid their taxes. But you can tax the church investments like Schools, hospitals, Event centres and any other income generating venture owed by the religious organizations.

Will the government also tax babalawos

Going by your illogic, it is also double taxation to collect personal income taxes from salary earners seeing as their employers do pay corporate tax.

All religious bodies have to pay tax, registered commercial Babalawos inclusive.

Like GEJ, like NOI. If she claims she wasn't in the know about the carnage on the country's treasury in her capacity as the Minister of Finance, she'd be affirming that she was an incompetent Finance Minister. If she confesses that she had an inkling about what was going on then, she'd be admitting to her complicity in the lootery.

The position she's in presently isn't an enviable one. Not even the awards she's been getting can absolve her.

Wesely01:
Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria

I think expediency is the major parameter used by the OP. ABU fails on that count.