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Lol

When even the Landmark that had everything approval wasn't spared from the unfeeling claws and jaws of the bulldozers when it was time.

So what's the point getting an approval? Meanwhile they make the process such an herculean uphill task!

May 5, 2024
According to multiple sources, the Lance Corporal was dismissed during the week at 231 Battalion in Biu, Borno State.

The Nigerian Army has dismissed a soldier, Abdullahi Ismail after he was found guilty of having sex with his colleague’s wife, SaharaReporters has gathered.

According to multiple sources, the Lance Corporal was dismissed during the week at 231 Battalion in Biu, Borno State.

“The soldier was fired from the Nigerian Army for sleeping with his colleague’s housewife. We’re happy as this will serve as an example to others involved in this act now common in our barracks,” one of the sources said.

Another source added, “Our colleague, Abdullahi has been dismissed at 231 BN Biu. He slept with his regular's wife. So sad.”

The source added that the dismissed soldier had a notorious history of sexual indiscipline before he was reported to the army authorities.

His offence - indecent professional misconduct and having sex with a fellow soldier’s wife - contravenes Sections 79 and 93 of the Armed Forces Act CAP A20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The law prescribes jail term and dismissal from service with dishonour.

This comes a few days after the Nigerian Army authorities dismissed two soldiers for stealing armoured cables from the Dangote Refinery, Lagos.

SaharaReporters exclusively reported that the soldiers were caught at Dangote Refinery with 897 armoured cables already cut to size and detained in Lagos on April 14.

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Ijeoma660:
So by the special grace of almighty I don upgrade o.

18/02/24 I am finally retiring my dry cells
From 21/04/21 to 18/02/24. They have really paid their dues.

Yesterday I went to get these

3KVA All in one unit with a 24v, 5kwh LFPB.

In addition I got a deal for about 10 x 355wp panels yet to be delivered though.

Cost outlay

Inverter 423k
LFPB 1.350m
PV array 480k.

I am so excited about it's features and flexibility.

I have option to make any of these priority PV, battery or utility. It can be programmed to choose any first then another.

Anyway I am still observing the system.

My darling freezer can now enjoy what other gardgets have been enjoying...

27/04/2024

So as at today my set up is

- 3kva high voltage hybrid inverter
- 5kWh Lipo battery
- 9S2P 18nos 320Wp solar pv panels
- Wifi datalogger
- Contactor 2NC 2NO acting as automatic change over for freezer. This is regulated by the inverter dry contact.

Ijeoma660:
So by the special grace of almighty I don upgrade o.

18/02/24 I am finally retiring my dry cells
From 21/04/21 to 18/02/24. They have really paid their dues.

Yesterday I went to get these

3KVA All in one unit with a 24v, 5kwh LFPB.

In addition I got a deal for about 10 x 355wp panels yet to be delivered though.

Cost outlay

Inverter 423k
LFPB 1.350m
PV array 480k.

I am so excited about it's features and flexibility.

I have option to make any of these priority PV, battery or utility. It can be programmed to choose any first then another.

Anyway I am still observing the system.

My darling freezer can now enjoy what other gardgets have been enjoying...

So I have taken delivery of my pv panels. 16nos x 320vp. I already have a couple of old ones which includes 2nos x 325wp.

Arch Bishop actually

They don't want him to faint....

If your hands are clean and your conscience clear, why are you running?

Good move.

Nigerians always reacting like reagents.

Lets just applaud this one first whilst we expect more.

By the way it's just for six months which coincides with planting season.

Subsequently they'll certainly have better monitoring and implementation.

Corruption doesn't know the color of the skin...

A Home Office case worker has been arrested on suspicion of trying to sell the United Kingdom (UK) residency to an asylum seeker living in Northern Ireland, BBC reports.

BBC News Northern Ireland can reveal the official allegedly contacted a vulnerable man and asked for £2,000 in return for approving his refugee application.

It is understood sensitive Home Office records were used as part of the attempted scam.

The Home Office said the member of staff has been suspended.

It said it expected “the highest standards” from its staff, but it would be “inappropriate” to comment further due to the live police investigation.

Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock said they were “deeply concerning allegations” and the Conservative government had “lost control” of the asylum system.

BBC News Northern Ireland has spoken to the intended victim, who we are calling Renas to protect his identity.

He said he was contacted by a worker employed as an asylum “decision maker” in the north of England.

Renas said he received a call in early March 2024 where it was claimed “95% of people like you” have their applications refused.

The decision maker then allegedly suggested a direct payment would guarantee success.

“He said I could be sure he would refuse my application,” Renas said.

“But if I could help him, he could help me and he asked for some money. He asked for £2,000.

“He basically offered me a positive decision.”

Renas, a former journalist, said at first he thought it was “a total scam”, but it became clear to him the man on the phone did work for the Home Office.

“He had all my information. He gave me very specific details from my application.”

Renas recorded a subsequent video call he received from the decision maker, which he passed to police and which has also been seen by the BBC.

The footage appears to show an individual using a laptop which has official Home Office software containing case files.

“He targeted the most vulnerable people in society,” Renas said.

“There will be other asylum seekers who are going through the same process, or maybe there are some people who have already been scammed like this. I feel this is my responsibility to inform them.

“I was persecuted in my home country by the authorities. I was already afraid of the Home Office and other institutions here.”

Renas raised concerns with his solicitor who alerted the authorities.

In a statement Lancashire Police told BBC News Northern Ireland, “We can confirm we have arrested a man on suspicion of misconduct in public office, suspicion of money laundering, bribery, and computer misuse offences.

“Officers from Lancashire Constabulary alongside partners from the Home Office arrested the man, in his 30s, in the Ramsgreave area of Blackburn.

“An investigation remains in its early stages and enquiries are ongoing.”

It is not clear how many other individuals could have been targeted in this way, if any of those individuals handed over money, or if any cases were approved on the basis of a payment.

Renas has since been assured his refugee status is secure, and the decision to grant him UK residency was not affected by the alleged actions of the decision maker.

It was a “very confusing time” for Renas, his lawyer Sinead Marmion said

Immigration solicitor Sinead Marmion said the actions of the decision maker were “egregious”.

“My first thought was this cannot be real,” she said.

“This is an exceptionally unusual situation.”

She praised her client’s “integrity”, adding: “For him to be able to raise an issue like this took a lot of guts.

“He was initially quite frightened about what was going on, and it was difficult for us to give him any comfort because it was a very confusing time.”

Asylum claims – a legal request for sanctuary, or refugee status, in another country – can be made by anyone who comes to the UK under an international convention agreed in 1951.

In 2022 BBC Newsnight reported claims from Home Office insiders who said the system for dealing with asylum claims was blighted by “inexperienced and low-paid” staff being hired to handle applications.

‘Shocking’
“Given backlogs, and promises to clear backlogs, there has been a recruitment very quickly of people who perhaps are not vetted enough and aren’t qualified enough to actually deal with matters of such magnitude” Sinead Marmion said.

She describes Renas’ experience as “shocking but perhaps not surprising”.

Last year a senior Home Office official revealed to a committee of MPs the proportion of asylum decision makers who leave their jobs each year stood at 28%.

A spokesperson for the Home Office said: “We expect the highest standards from our staff to ensure asylum claims are properly considered, decisions are sound and that protection is granted to those who genuinely need it.

“The member of staff was arrested and suspended. It would be inappropriate to comment further as the matter is subject to a live police investigation.”

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock said: “These are deeply concerning allegations and it is right that the police are looking into this matter.

“The Conservatives have lost control of our asylum system across the board and should be working round the clock to restore integrity and public trust.”

Renas said he is “relieved” his refugee status has been confirmed by the Home Office and he can now move on with building a new life in Northern Ireland.

“I have hopes to build a career here. I have some real hopes that I can do that,” he said.

Source: BBC

Hehehe

18th April 2024

The Federal Government on Thursday initiated sporadic enforcement raids at multiple supermarkets and markets within the Federal Capital Territory to ensure adherence to price display and quantity regulations, aiming to reduce the cost of food commodities nationwide.

It also said it would continue unannounced inspections at super and open markets in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Ibadan in the coming weeks to probe the abnormal price surges and take firm measures against any companies caught engaging in unfair market practices like price manipulation, excessive pricing, or cartel formation.

The Executive Secretary of The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, said this when he conducted an enforcement exercise to eliminate grocery store price gouging and illegal pricing schemes.

During the exercise that lasted several hours, the FCCPC sealed 4U Supermarket and evacuated 33 bags of fake stallion and caprice rice filled with weevils from one of the branches of the same supermarket located at 58 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II.

Earlier on Wednesday, the commission had ordered its operatives to intensify monitoring of both formal and informal markets to identify businesses engaged in unnecessary inflation of prices for required enforcement action.

This move is a direct response to concerns raised by consumers about the rising costs of goods, which go against the recent strengthening of the naira.

Food inflation has been a recurring issue influencing the steady increase of Nigeria’s headline inflation of 33.2 per cent, recording an unprecedented food inflation rate of 40 per cent in March 2024.

It was exacerbated by the extensive fall of the naira against the dollar in January and February leading to the soaring prices of essential goods and services, raising the costs of living costs to an all-time high.

Although the presidency had vowed to continue its campaign against racketeers, urging Nigerians to expect a stronger naira, a significant drop in the prices of essential commodities was elusive.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, told The PUNCH that the president had directed consumer protection agencies to ensure that the local prices reflect the rising value of the naira.

“But there is still much work to be done and this is not a time for celebration. It is a time for doubling down and working harder to ensure that inflation is sustainably brought down in short order.

“Consumer protecting regulatory agencies must step up enforcement to ensure that our people are not short-changed by enterprises that fail to reflect the prevailing exchange rates on the pricing of goods and services across the board.

“As our private and publicly-owned refineries resume operations between now and the first quarter of 2025, the nation’s cash position will dramatically improve to the extent that Nigerians can rightly expect a stronger Naira and a fair reflection of its strength in the prices of commodities in the market place,” said Ngelale.

The Presidency also assured Nigerians of the better days ahead saying the benefits of the reforms will be “more evident” as the administration progresses.

“Once you join the rising spending power of Africa’s largest population with the historic availability of trillions of naira for consumer credit that will bolster the real sector, you will see why Nigerians will be most pleased that they elected a financial engineer and businessman as president by the end of his first term in office, even as the signs are increasingly more evident today,” the Presidential spokesman stated.

Responding to the charge, the FCCPC boss in an interview with PUNCH Online stated that the commission was deeply concerned and that the practices of the supermarket were injurious to the consumers despite a stronger naira and reduced cost of production.

He said it was specifically uncovered that a supermarket, 4U, was selling rice from Stallion and Caprice, although these companies ceased rice production in August 2022.

It was also discovered that the prices of some products on the shelf were different from the prices at the selling point, while some products had no price tag at all.

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Abdullahi further explained that necessary sanctions would be meted out to culpable persons after investigations.

On February 16, FCCPC sealed Sahad Stores, a supermarket located in the Garki area of Abuja for engaging in “misleading pricing and lack of transparency in pricing.”

He said, “This exercise is in continuation of our efforts to ensure that prices in the market reflect what is displayed. Nowadays we have found out that there is a lot of pretence in what’s happening especially for markets around the major cities in the country.

“You have seen what we have done earlier with other supermarkets and sealing them but despite these efforts, some supermarkets still engage in this practice. You go to a shelf, and the product displayed is different from what appears when you come to pay at the counter.

“That is not acceptable because you have frisking consumers, and some of the items don’t have price tags attached to them at all. So, you are at the mercy of whoever is operating the counter. You can input whatever price you want there, and that’s not acceptable.

“In addition, we found out another thing that baffles us. Nobody knows that stallion group which has been comatose for a very long time is still in the market. What’s happening is that some people bag their local rice in the pretence that it is the same stallion or kappa that people are used to that people are buying, which is wrong. You are still frisking consumers, you’re collecting from them what is not due because what you pretend to be selling is not what you’re selling and that is bad.

“Essentially, we are evacuating all the rice and they would come to explain to us how they got that rice and we would get to the root of it, we would take necessary sanctions as appropriate with the Act establishing FCCPC.”

A cursory look at the 2018 Act (section 69) of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection stated that any person or company found culpable will pay a fine of N50m or 10 per cent of its annual turnover.

Section 69 read, “A person who violates any of the provisions of this part commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N50m. A Body corporate that violates any of the provisions of this part commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding 10 per cent of the turnover of the Body corporate in the business year preceding the date of the commission of the offence.”

Continuing, the FCCPC boss announced plans to introduce a price tracker to put an end to the extortion of Nigerian consumers by major supermarkets in the country.

According to him, the Commission has also concluded arrangements to raid some open major markets in the country beginning from the FCT this Friday to checkmate the arbitrary increase in prices of consumables by some traders through their Market Unions and Associations.

“We can’t go to the all supermarkets at the same time due to our staff strength. We will be going to other general markets from tomorrow (Friday) and you will see us in the open market what we want to do is find out what associations are doing about it.

“Cartels are not allowed in our law and we will make sure that food and commodity prices come down in this country this is part of the effort to ensure both formal and formal markets comply with the rules of engagement. The dollar has come down and prices of goods must also come down.

“Yes, this is happening in Abuja in the meantime but the last time we carried out the operation in Port-Harcourt and Lagos. This time around, Kano is on our radar. We would go to Kano, Port-Harcourt again, Lagos, Ibadan, and Kaduna and these are places that we have to check out first and other states would follow.

“There is going to be what we call a price tracker and it will be domiciled with the Bank of Industry and it will take off at the beginning of next week. In that way, we can track the prices of commodities across the country and whenever there is any hike in products we would find out why and if it is not worth it, we would know that there is hanky panky and we can stop it fast,” Abdullahi added.

In an interview with newsmen after the raid, the General Manager of the Supermarket, Yunusa Yusuf, who took responsibility for the fake foreign rice promised to expose the suppliers.

Yusuf, however, pledged to henceforth abide by FCCPC regulations on consumer rights to avoid future occurrences.

Source: https://punchng.com/fg-begins-price-enforcement-in-abuja-targets-lagos-others/

Sand filling commences on portions of

Landmark Beach Resort


Sand filling is currently ongoing at some portions of Landmark Beach Resort, one of the businesses in Oniru issued a demolition notice due to encroachment on the right of way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.

Nairametrics obtained information about the sand filling at the popular beach resort through a video posted on Landmark Africa’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday.

The video shows earthmoving equipment filling parts of the beach. According to the video tweet posted around 9:30 am on Wednesday, the beachfront and the Hard Rock Café section of the resort have almost been completely sand-filled.

“Landmark Beach sand filling happening live this morning 17/04/2024. Beach front, Hard Rock Cafe/Breeze almost gone!,” the post on Landmark Africa X account read.

What you should know

Landmark Beach Resort is one of several business establishments in Oniru that received a demolition notice from the Lagos State Government because parts of the resort encroached on the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.

In an effort to protect its business operations, the resort’s management initiated negotiations with both the federal and Lagos State governments to adjust the highway’s route, proposing that it be redirected along the undeveloped median of Water Corporation Road to avoid disrupting the resort’s business.

However, the Minister of Works, in an interview last Thursday on Channels Television, explained that the redesign of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway’s original route, which initially included Water Corporation Road but now incorporates the coastal path affecting establishments like Landmark Beach Resort, is necessary to avoid demolishing extensive infrastructure that is along the initially designed right of ways from many years ago.

Umahi stated that the property owners asked to relocate due to the reclamation of the right of way for the coastal highway project were informed about the alignment of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal road as far back as seven months ago.

The Works Minister also revealed that work on the coastal road had commenced and special accommodation was made for the area surrounding Landmark Beach Resort, giving these establishments additional time to vacate the premises.

Source: https://nairametrics.com/2024/04/17/sand-filling-commences-on-portions-of-landmark-beach-resort/

Ceeman2o:
Online commenters. Do you know this axis and start point of this road well?. A road they've started sand filling and heavy construction even before election was conducted. Na why the contract wasn't bid or given other contractors any chance. My office is just facing this road and I watch it all every day

Kindly share pictures if possible

Puvo:
Where did you buy battery from please

Please send me a pm

abbeymighty:
Please where do you get your lithium bat3?

Please send a PM.

Ijeoma660:
So by the special grace of almighty I don upgrade o.

18/02/24 I am finally retiring my dry cells
From 21/04/21 to 18/02/24. They have really paid their dues.

Yesterday I went to get these

3KVA All in one unit with a 24v, 5kwh LFPB.

In addition I got a deal for about 10 x 355wp panels yet to be delivered though.

Cost outlay

Inverter 423k
LFPB 1.350m
PV array 480k.

I am so excited about it's features and flexibility.

I have option to make any of these priority PV, battery or utility. It can be programmed to choose any first then another.

Anyway I am still observing the system.

My darling freezer can now enjoy what other gardgets have been enjoying...

The Inverter is high PV can munch upto 500v!

Ijeoma660:
21/04/21 I have finally retired these soldiers with full benefits and 21 gun salutes. The batteries were sold off as scrap for 23k each.

21/04/21 New recruits in the block!

So by the special grace of almighty I don upgrade o.

18/02/24 I am finally retiring my dry cells
From 21/04/21 to 18/02/24. They have really paid their dues.

Yesterday I went to get these

3KVA All in one unit with a 24v, 5kwh LFPB.

In addition I got a deal for about 10 x 355wp panels yet to be delivered though.

Cost outlay

Inverter 423k
LFPB 1.350m
PV array 480k.

I am so excited about it's features and flexibility.

I have option to make any of these priority PV, battery or utility. It can be programmed to choose any first then another.

Anyway I am still observing the system.

My darling freezer can now enjoy what other gardgets have been enjoying...

I swear this people say they love me...

CBN just made a budget copy of the naira notes with a masterstroke to withdraw the old and curb hoarding.

E-naira here we come!

Fake

Re-explain the explanation

Oh my goodness

Little wonder

Hmmm

Seun:
The case of hard times and difficult situations in marriage is not a question of 'if', but a question of 'when' because marriages are not immune to such, but it is the will of God that our unions overcome marital storms and shakings when they come.

The marital journey has different seasons, one of which could be a tough season indeed. This shouldn't lead to doubts about our marital choices, rather, we should be open to learn how to go through such season, amicably and successfully.

The rain, the floods and the winds will doubtless come but the united force of marriage rooted in shared understanding from couples is potent enough to surmount them all.

Join Mr. & Mrs. Osewa in a ZOOM Marriage Meeting as they share on what to do WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH.

See details of the event below:

� Host: Mr. & Mrs. S.Y Osewa
� Venue: ZOOM (link: SUREHOME27)
� Date: Sunday 30th, October 2022
� Time: 6:30pm (Nigerian Time)

Kindly help share with Friends & Families.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81270036246?pwd=UHVCSUo0NUFRVzBHek0rTHVTazBKdz09#success

@Seun are you married now? If yes then you have served national breakfast to so many babes o...