₦airaland Forum

Seun:
He is handsome, eloquent, and very clever, but he doesn’t deserve your worship. How many pictures of Jesus have you posted on this forum?

Thank you so much...If we raise Jesus high like we raise the ''Men Of God" he would have drawn all men unto Himself.

Professor Adeniran's choice is a game changer...

1. it will nullify Fayose's vice presidential ambition, he is also from Ekiti just like Fayose
2. it will checkmate Wike's plan to impose his stooge
3. It will afford PDP of the opportunity to present a balanced front in 2019
4. It will whittle down the overbearing influence of the governors
5. Atiku's presidential ambition might be threatened - his backers might not back Atiku
6. Obasanjo would not be able to fight PDP so well in 2019- Professor Adeniran is Obj's man any day.
7. 2019 will surely be interesting.

seunlayi:


This is wrong.


Ephesians 6:12 KJV
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.


The devil is our enemy, he is the one setting your relatives friends, Co workers etc against you. If God kills your bro which devil is using as obstruction against you, Satan will still assign another member of your family to continue with the task. If God kills that one too.... Who will be left?

Why not simply direct your target at Satan? Pray to God to useless all seen and unseen power, plan and purpose of devil and all his agents in your life as you walk with God and "earnestly contend for the faith"

Nairalanders, if God be for you, who can be against you? Nobody... At the mention of Jesus, every kneel shall bow

Thanks to my Bible and my Pastor W. F. K

God bless you mightily, flesh and blood did not reveal this to you.

hotdealz:
Luke 19:27

Rather than read the whole chapter you just jumped to conclusions based on a verse. Jesus was telling the story of a king and that verse contained the words of the king and not that of Jesus.

Jesus Christ said clearly ''pray for your enemies'' Why do you think despite being a poor teacher Jesus still remains the man who has commanded the most followership in the history of mankind? Because he clearly said ''follow peace with all men''. He never killed a soul and instructed his followers to do likewise.

sharpsecret:
yoruba's and hausas with help from many countries dat is enjoyin our wealth fought against. ojukwu and his civilian soldiers for 3years and at some point we seem to be winnin the war..now tell me..if biafra and hausa fight against obasanjo and yoruba would u hav lasted for a month not to tallk of 3yrs

Yorubas and Hausas and every other country in the world were also responsible for the abdication of Nnamdi Kanu? Why fight a war you knew you would never win, waste 3 million souls and run away to Abidjan?

sharpsecret:
atleats we have 2bravest men in history who fought and wen the going was tought they retreated to fight another day...but my question is does the yoruba's ever have a brave man in history...even obasanjo was behavin like a baby girl at the civil war...he was scared to go to the battle ground...he was scared of ojukwu..u will call awolowo...I laff...yoruba hav no brave man

Obasanjo was behaving like a baby yet he still some how found his way into Biafra and dealt a crushing defeat to the Biafran army while receiving the instrument of surrender with a swagger.

But your brave man somehow found himself in Abidjan dressed like a woman. what an irony.

Hardwork may take long to bear fruits but when it eventually does you can be sure that the fruits will sure be sweet tasting and refreshing to the soul.

kernel505:
A man raised the motion of independence, was it through the Parliament?

Yes sir, you may use google to confirm

kernel505:
I was thinking you're well articulated, how can 15 Senators from the East ensure that, when the rest of the nation who doesn't want Biafra exit vote in there favour?

Please it has to start from where. Only one man raised the motion for independence. How would you know that the rest of the nation does not want Biafra exit if a motion has never been raised to that effect?

kernel505:
Why did Nigeria troops fight in keeping Biafra, since you're in support?

Well I am not the federal government. There are laid down rules and regulations governing a country, no government will sit and watch you subvert its authority just because you want a separate nation. You want Biafra? Simply tell all your senators and house of reps members to raise a motion for referendum and insert a clause of secession in the constitution then we will know you are serious.

kernel505:
If you think so... Why are they seeking for an independent nation, while you aren't comfortable with there exit?

Nobody is against their exit, Have you packed your loads and face the east and then somebody stopped you on the way? Of course not. Insulting other tribes while trooping to their land like ants is not the way to exit a union is it?

SouthEastFacts:
Let assume this is even true.
Total investments in Lagos is worth $136 bn
If Igbos hold 10% of those investments, it means Ndi Igbos' investment in Lagos alone worth $13.6 bn. (4.9 Trillion NGN).
This leaves Non-Igbo investments in Lagos to $122.4 bn.
When this $122.4 bn is spread among the other 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria and all the countries with investments in Lagos, it'll show that Igbos has the largest investments in Lagos.

But Igbo will be leaving with at least 6 million people that is 6 million people to worry less about, Lagos infrastructure will last longer, crime rate will go down and more investors will come in to fill the gap with less baggage and liabilities.so using a simple accounting logic of assets minus liabilities presently Ndigbo's contribution to Lagos is at a net loss.

SouthEastFacts:
Check the proportion of US debts to their GDP, the proportion of Dangote's debts to his worth. Those debts are not sustainable.

Now check the proportion of SW, NE, SS, NC and NW debts to their GDPs and compare with SE's.

Inspite of how massively Lagos had borrowed, 2/3 of their population, that is, 67% are living in slum.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/this-is-africas-new-biggest-city-lagos-nigeria-population-21-million/259611/

Lagos according to the Fiscal Responsibility Commission over borrowed in 2015 by 300%.


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Yet you people keep trooping to the same Lagos like ants on a per second basis. You should be bothered about making just one state in the east economically viable rather than talking about some phantom Lagos debt!

Leez:
lol kids evrywia lol
if oil ceases and SE leave the west tbs Lagos
that state will be like a sewer bcuz igbos run d economy of dat state

You make me laugh, South east investment does not make up to 10% of total investment in Lagos, if Igbos leave Lagos there will be less pressure on the infrastructure and more room for better investors who will bring in good money but less liabilities after all South Africa has trillions of dollars of investment in Lagos but how many south Africans do you see here putting unnecessary pressure on our infrastructure?

[quote author=SouthEastFacts post=62080000]Has Lagos in anytime in its history presented a balanced budget? That is by the way.

"If oil stops flowing today all south east States will go bankrupt with immediate effect low debt or not."
How do you mean please?[/quote

without federal allocation from oil money? what other means of revenue generation will south east depend upon? federal allocations makes roughly 30% of Lagos total revenue but almost 97% of south east revenue.

SouthEastFacts:
Check the proportion of US debts to their GDP, the proportion of Dangote's debts to his worth. Those debts are not sustainable.

Now check the proportion of SW, NE, SS, NC and NW debts to their GDPs and compare with SE's.

Inspite of how massively Lagos had borrowed, 2/3 of their population, that is, 67% are living in slum.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/this-is-africas-new-biggest-city-lagos-nigeria-population-21-million/259611/

Lagos according to the Fiscal Responsibility Commission over borrowed in 2015 by 300%.


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Lagos has what it takes to pay back its debts even if oil goes to zero kobo. If oil stops flowing today all south east States will go bankrupt with immediate effect low debt or not.

SouthEastFacts:
Lagos state government made that projection and we used it to arrive at the figure for Igbos leaving in the SW.

Let me respond to the bolden with just 3 points. Refer to our previous posts for more,
1. Enugu was named along Barcelona in the top 100 most resilient cities in the world before Lagos.
2. Onitsha is the busiest and largest market in West Africa.
3. SE is the least indebted region in the country with just 7.5%

We are planning an article on IGR and Poverty rate in SE.

Stay tuned as we send liars to hell.

#Thanks

America is the most heavily indebted country in the world and yet it is the richest
Dangote is the most heavily indebted man in Nigeria and yes he is the richest
South East is the least indebted region in Nigeria because it is the poorest, who in his right mind Will lend to the south east? How will they pay back? Where is the investment? The revenue generating activities that will be enough to pay back any loan given to the south east states? The east depends on oil money from the south south , get it's food from the North and imports all his goods from the west. It is not an economically viable region!!!

Verily Verily i say unto you, the heavens and the earth will pass away but fools will always remain. Even this small boy sef still dey see enough mugu catch, i give up.

This is so funny, wondering how he was able to know so many Yoruba songs though.

DrGoodman:
Stories, Bolton wanderers played well but Man U won the match

You know the funny thing? I am not even a fan of Akintola I only mentioned his case in the light of what was being discussed.

T9ksy:
STFU jo! Your point was that, the last afonja was murdered but being the m.o.ron that you are, you had to qualify, albeit erronously, the way and manner that Akintola met his death at the hands of vermins like your good self(?).

As a matter of fact, Akintola died gallantly unlike you know who...........that fled in the middle of the night like a thief after leading his people into a meaningless war.

Akintola actually fought gallantly, he held the military for quite a long time until he exhausted his ammunitions then he was murdered

abdelrahman:
pls who was the man that run kabakaba to ivory coast?

O sare kabakaba looolll

So with all the fake tears and pretence, this Evans guy still has the criminal tendencies in him. He has just confessed to bribing policemen to pervert the cause of justice.

He deserves what ever he gets

KevinDein:
Actually igbos are irredeemable. They basically hate for no genuine reason; they hate almost everyone in the country, so they are irredeemable. If I'm buhari I'd just say fucxkkk 'em.

You know am beginning to believe this your assertion because none of them have come to deny it in any way. instead they try to justify it. I don't know what they gain from hate.

maclatunji:
The British fired a few canons and all this explanation could not stand.

You really need to go and relearn history, you are totally wrong

LordAdam16:
You can't expect people's mindset to change when the status quo remains the same. People would pay taxes when the system works. Nigerians are living abroad in working countries and paying taxes.

You don't expect ppl to overpay for electricity, source for water themselves, pay for their security (civil defense), ply unsafe roads, survive without regular salaries, and then tell them to change their mindset. That's an insult. Change your ways and they'll change their mindset. It's simple reciprocity.

Because it is far easier for the government to change their ways. Far easier.

You were talking about paying the price of restructuring, like increasing taxes was only going to happen under restructuring. Which is scary.

And I'm saying, restructure or not, taxes will increase and compliance will become stricter. So, it's better to restructure so you can better monitor and demand accountability, than stay in a centrist, non-restructured, wasteful Nigeria where you wouldn't be able to monitor or demand accountability.

Well this is like '' the egg vs hen" debate, which needs to come first? A change in people's mentality or a change in Government thinking?

While it is might look easier for the government to change its ways rather than the people to change their mentality, pray tell me how many governments worldwide have brought change to their people without being forced by the same people.

Even this democracy we have, did the military willingly gave up power? The people are the engine of change, has it not been said that the people gets the government they deserve?

LordAdam16:
Restructuring would likely be by regions.

And the issue with taxes is that it'd only get worse, whether we restructure or not. That much is certain.

So don't blackmail people into rejecting restructuring on the false hope that it'd magically make the government stop emphasizing on increasing their tax revenue.

With the current centralist government, it's hard to hold anyone responsible for the rot. In a restructured Nigeria, it'd be much easier. If you have a grievance, it'd be far easier to mobilize people to storm your state or regional capital, than travel all the way to Abuja.

If the country is working, few people would complain about a 0.05% property tax. In the US, the average is 1.15%. That's over 20 times higher.

But as the country stands, every kobo of tax paid is a waste. Complete waste and is actually extortion.

And another issue is that they're backdating the tax. If they started sharing this year, there's no reason why they have to calculate from the start of the fifth republic. The OP's uncle should liaise with the landlord's association and take the issue to the state house of assembly or charge the government to court.

-Lord

You mean your idea of restructuring? I support restructuring based on States and yes.. I am entitled to my own opinion. I am not scaring any one, in any case restructuring has become inevitable all I am saying is : restructuring just like democracy is not a magic wand that solves all our problems, If restructuring must work then our mind set must change.
You can't be tax averse and yet scream restructuring, it does not work that way, the oil that was fueling the irresponsible. behaviour of looking to FG for everything is depleting and every Nigerian must go back to the time tested method of paying tax to government and ensure that they monitor the government to ensure that the revenue earned is judiciously expended. Nothing scary in that? or is there?

This is just a peep into what a restructured Nigeria will look like, every state will be at liberty to tax its citizen accordingly since they will be expected to depend less on the FG for survival.

Next time before joining the chorus of restructuring, think and ask yourself, is my state ready for this? what will be the revenue earning potentials of my state?

If I am staying out of my state of origin, how will this(restructuring) benefit me? As States will become more autonomous and may decide to even introduce a dichotomous tax system between indigenes and settlers.

Restructuring is the way to go, but then we must all be prepared to pay the price

May God forgive the OP, what you don't know is always bigger than you.

Originalsly:
I agree with you 100%....the girl is not to be blamed at all. Why would she be blamed when this your comment supports and encourages such dishonesty? I guess you be the type if an elderly woman drop her pension you would dive and grab it and be gone before she can stoop to pick it up.... and justify your action by telling yourself...and others that she should've secured it in the first place. And we wonder why the youths are sooo dishonest.
FYI...she should be charged for fraud....unauthorized withdrawal.

I would have agreed with you 100%, but consider this, the girl is a minor, an SS 2 student, the adult in this case have a greater responsibility to show a greater duty of care, now wait a minute, the minor could claim to have misinterpreted the instruction given to her and it would become very difficult to deny

the girl is not to blame at all, why give your PIN to a minor, She did not demonstrate a duty of care and was rightly served. I hate defending criminals but in this case you will have a hard time convincing even a court of law that the girl was not simply carrying out your instructions, except of course there was a written agreement somewhere.

I am so surprised for Our Yoruba people o, These people hates you, they call for your death, Obasanjo, Falana, FFK and now Ooni are now fighting for them, when even their own governors proscribed them. What type of complex is this exactly?