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ochejoseph:
BIAFRA VS AREWA FACE OFF: THE FIVE MAJOR ISSUE
WE MUST NOT FAIL TO US


Growing up as a child in Rigiyar Dorowa area ...

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Which country in the world will allow foreigners to control 80 % of the commerce within its territory? It will be against National security to do so, except the capital of Biafra will be Abuja.



Oche Joseph Otorkpa is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public health UK
And Author of the Unseen Terrorist

To answer the question:
1. Phillipines controlled by the Chinese
2. Jamaica controlled by the Chinese and the Indians.

There are many more examples. But I believe these two are enough for now.

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Nigerians should be lucky that they don't have to deal with tax issues.

Tax problems in developed nations have driven some people to suicide.
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Exchange rate: N380/$

Tell a senior bank official that you have $1m to sell to a third party @ N340/$. Bank official quotes @ N360/$. All these during the US$ scarcity. It would only take a few phone calls before BDC operators mop up the liquidity.

Evans gets N340m, bank official gets N20m. What bank official will raise an alarm at such a sweet deal?

The bank official will keep begging and disturbing Evans for more deals.

There you have it.

dre11:
There are many questions to be answered concerning the arrest of Evans.





http://opera.pulse.ng/gist/kidnap-kingpin-there-are-many-things-wrong-with-evans-story-id6828633.html

The only problem I see is that the author of the article does not think like a criminal.

Why has money laundry been in existence since 1900?

If you want $5m moved under the radar in Nigeria, so shall it be. Where do drug barons buy cocaine in Nigeria?

Only the people in this line of business know how they deal.

icemann:
Yield of 7.875%. what? There is no where in EU or US you can get a yield of 3% from any financial institution . They want us to work and they will collect interest for doing nothing. Modern day slavery

Discretionary investment. Right?

Hate it or cherish it, black people are subservient to white people.

Country: Named by oyibo
Independence: given by oyibo
Natural resources (oil): Drilled and refined by oyibo.
Aso Rock: built by oyibo
Road network: built by oyibo (Julius Berger, Setraco, RCC)
Election postponement: explained to British Parliament
Sick president: under oyibo treatment.
Ammuntion: bought from oyibo
Best companies to work for: Shell, Chevron, etc all oyibo companies.
Financial aids: oyibo

The reason Buhari and his boys have not killed infidels? Fear of oyibo.

Can someone explain to me how Nigeria has the control of her destiny?

segun400:
A few weeks ago, twitter user @samuel_face2 toook to his timeline to appeal to Nigerians to help him raise money to pay for his school fees. Sympathetic Nigerians reached out to him, asked for his account number and then sent him some money.


However after receiving the money, he would block his donors and refuse to correspond with them further. He would also slide into peoples DM to ask them for money. He then blocks whoevers turns him down as well as those who obliged him by sending some money.


Apparently he came online recently with a different handle to still ask for donations for his school fees.


This time around, he was caught by twitter user @duchesskk who has had an encounter with him.

@duchesskk called him out and shared some proof that he indeed is a fraudster. First bank which he was using to collect the money has flagged the account as they are investigating it. They have also refunded the money to his donors.


The alleged thief has come out to apologize for defrauding Nigerians.


See the comments:

Source: http://www.flexygist.com.ng/2017/06/13/nigerian-man-who-poses-as-a-student-to-defraud-people-on-twitter-apologizes-after-he-was-exposed/


Cc: Lalasticlala

Help! But verify.

There are too many of them on NL.

freakthingz:
O bago



Chukwu Okike Abiama has spoken

Sango, Osun,Mohammed we don dey go

Lol.

E remain River Benue.

AutoJoshNG:
Are you a car race freak? You are in the right place if your answer is yes…

The recently concluded Sagamu Auto Rally was fun as several racing enthusiasts displayed their driving prowess. See more photos of the event and stay tuned to AutoJosh for more on cars in Nigeria.

https://autojosh.com/sagamu-rally-car-race/

Kindly explain how this is a car race. It is not even off road activites.

Next time, they should take the offroad activities to Apapa Road. There are enough gutters and potholes to test their suspensions.

Some good spots:



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If OBJ had died before 1999 election, we would have said that he is the messiah Nigeria never had.

The same goes for Buhari.

Abiola was a thief who dined with the devil and got consumed by the devil.

No be me talk am. Listen to his brother Fela Anikulapo Kuti explain Abiola's escapade in ITT (coined International Thief Thief).

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feranmi400:
According to the South African Twitter user who shared the story, a married man threw a lavish birthday party for his side chick, and the girl’s boyfriend proposed to her in the party!


According to her, people were hailing the boyfriend thinking he was the one who sponsored the party.


see below…

Source: http://www.flexygist.com.ng/2017/06/12/man-propose-to-girlfriend-during-her-birthday-party-sponsored-by-her-sugar-daddy-twitter-user/

Who should you feel sorry for? The boyfriend!

He bought the cow while the sugardaddy will still be getting milk at a cheaper rate.

What a marriage! The bf forget say nothing like a free meal.

EgunMogaji:
Good news!

These are some of the incorrigible elements and social misfits that have us sullying our properties with high fence, barbed wires, electrified fences, burglar proofs, etc

I'm elated.

https://www.nairaland.com/3854625/check-out-police-press-briefing#57420165

"7. EVANS KIDNAPPING EXPLOITS IN LAGOS INCLUDES;
a. Mbarikatta William Uboma, 35, kidnapped June 16th, 2012 at about 11.am on his arrival from Hungary while he was close to his house. He was in his Toyota Car 2010 model in company of his brother to drop him at his house when a Passat car emerged from nowhere and blocked his car. They blindfolded him and forcefully abducted him to an unknown destination. They later demanded a ransom of N10M. However, N2M was later paid while they collected other personal accessories. He was finally dropped at Okota on the third day."

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I don't understand how someone would be living like this. Imagine extorting $1million dollars as ransom in Nigeria. Dude deserves public execution.

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The funny thing are the folks who think that if and when war starts in Nigeria, they will be in their zones chilling and watching it in HD televisions.
Misery needs company. A rogue zone will find a way to bomb a peaceful zone to draw everyone into the melee.

And like little children,
they got distracted by little noise
from the big issue at hand.

CarlosTheJackal:
Tell us the lobby group and tell us when Rex Tillerson visited Emirs and Imam.


Your education is a Big Fail.

Sure.

Check out the 3-weeks travel schedule of Ooni of Ife in US last year.

Check out the trips (with purpose) of Emir Sanusi in Washington DC.

John Kerry arrived in Nigeria on a 2-day visit in 2016. Where did he go? The palace of Sultan of Sokoto. Diplomatic overtures happen for a reason.

Donald Trump's team are still struggling to find their niche. So the issue of Rex Tillerson's visit in irrelevant. When he visits Nigeria, he knows where to go. As long as US and Britain are concerned, a handshake across the Atlantic with Nigeria is with the North. International organizations are lining up with donations for the IDP camps in the North? Is that the only humanitarian crisis in Nigeria?

Name any eze of Igbo extraction, or WIC or Ohaneze leadership that come close to that.

You may choose the dishonorable path of insolence but the facts stare you in the face. Wallowing in ignorance is your prerogative. Knock yourself out.

Militude:
Oboy the pimples no be here oh

I have been suffering from this skin disease from the past 5 years now I have tried all kinds of skin Care product but seems not to work.

I even tried using bleaching cream but oboy skin no gree turn yellow ohhh.

So please if you have any good skin Care product you can comment below.

I have sleepless nights because of this. It itches me so badly. Note I don't pluck it.

Please help me

1. You need antibiotics for infections.

2. Dissolve noncoated aspirin tablets in water. Use it to wash/scrub (use hand not sponge) your face every night. Let it sit for about 20-30 mins, then rinse off.

You will look amazing in about a week.

EgunMogaji:
I've seen it with some of the guys on here but it's not common.

I'll share some works with you of another builder on here.

His userid is RichYoungRuler

https://www.nairaland.com/richyoungruler

I've seen him not shy away from technology and may be a good resource on some of your endeavor.

I just checked out some of Richyoungruler's works. The guy is serious -- my kind of dude. No holds barred.

Egun: You are like NL construction personnel wikipedia.

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xcolanto:
@ bolded that's quite a vauge and shallow statement to make. How did you come to this conclusion? Are you based in that states? Do you work in congress or your a US politician? Are you a lobbyist yourself?? If no to any of these questions then I think your quite little minded.

I talk with certain level of confidence and certainty.

Go figure!

Feel free to quote me anywhere. I stand by my statement.

Ever heard of any igwe, WIC or Ohaneze leadership having meeting with any caucus of the US senate? Don't even get me started on IWA or CISA charade.

The Northern youth coalition issued a quit notice to people of SE in the North. Did you hear anything from World Igbo Congress? No. Because the two factions are busy fighting each other for authenticity while Igbo houses are about to be ignited. I have attended enough meetings and communicated with the so-called leaders to understand the limits of their influences.
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EgunMogaji:
For shizzles.

I think the thread was derailed.

I haven't seen this before in Nigeria. I think it adds to the structural integrity of the house especially since California is prone to earthquake. They insert rods about 4ft apart in hollow blocks while building side walls.

Check this out:

xcolanto:
Senators I have no idea how you guys missed the killing of over 150 pro Biafran peaceful protesters in various cities around Nigeria for demanding their right to self determination and the ability to control and govern their God given people and resources as provided in the U.N and African charter on human rights.

They didn't miss it.

Igbo people have no lobbying group in Washington DC to push their agenda. They have multiple organizations and associations just for jamborees and massaging their own egos.

Only Hausa and Yoruba people have lobbyists in Washington which is why a US Secretary of State would fly to Nigeria to have meetings with emirs and Imams.

lofty900:
Northerners are very peaceful I keep saying it. I served in the north. My students are also traders in the market and whenever they see me a southerner coming to the market, they'll surround me asking me to come and buy from them and I got the best deals ever. #500 cow meat will full my pot I'll even get tired of eating meat. I watch free matches at the viewing center. I walk freely with my phone in the night and no cultists or agbero harassed me. Why are my saying all these? It's only a few bad egg is making the north look bad, if you have never been to the north, you'll never know. Igbos have the biggest houses and pharmacies in the north and they're happy. Leave them alone.

You lived in the North but the North didn't live through you.

The North has always caught people unawares.

They go from 0 to 100 very quickly especially after friday prayers in the mosque. The ones you call your friends will point you out and lead the massacre.

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kopell:
Men I like your style, you're well equipped with information. There are many loophole in the tax code here, very few take advantage of. What he did is no different from with what TRUMP did. One need to be knowledgeable with advice of professionals in those line to take full advantage on the system legal. I don't know much about Nigeria tax code anymore. I hope some of these are in our tax code too, all these make business strive to create opportunity for our wasteful young brans roaming around doing noting.With asset depreciations credited annually to companies here, is what create huge market of commercial industrial used machinery. Many companies take advantaged of this code to keep there business are float. All these are in line with good business practice by law. I beg make I rest small with all this long grammar self. Most of these elite knows better, the are just unpatriotic people calling them self leaders.

Sometimes it is not everything that one has to explain. Some people will never get it. So why bother?
A businessman in Nigeria loses $21k equivalent in the stock market. He bites the dust. If I lose the same amount, I will deduct $3k every year for the next 7 years when I file for taxes. Try explaining that to some people who live on hearsay. It is a different system because it seems that only civil servants pay standardized fair amount of taxes in Nigeria.
Every donation, offering, tithe or most gifts given will yield tax credit at the end of the year. The companies funding different projects in Africa are making killings in tax credits.
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Evidently the officer has no combat training.

He should have engaged the AK47 in a rapid fire mode while running (suppression fire) instead of backing away from a gun-wielding assailant. They mowed him down.

Take a look at the lackadaisical attitude of the security man. He does not seem to be security conscious at all for someone working in a dangerous place like a bank.

DrGoodmanFather:
I misconstrued your statement. I am not arguing with you but stating what I think you were not aware of (Which is about tax only). I do not have anything to do with Chekitaut conversation.

It is ok.

We have been audited many times by IRS before. So we followed the advice of the attorney that handled the cases.

That's all.

DrGoodmanFather:
You can get Tax written off by IRS for oversea activities. Most of my workers are in Nigeria and they support both Nigeria and American products and services.

Read the comment one more time.
The subsidiary companies in Nigeria do get tax write-offs and rate of asset depreciations will be credited annually. This is the third one
we are starting in Nigeria. The other two are transportation and medical equipment/logistics. We never had any issues. So I don't get where your comment is coming from. We got the machines directly from the company without paying the mark-ups of middlemen. There are many ways of doing things. We chose the best way for "us" following the advice of an attorney. If at any time anyone wants to venture into any business, they can get their machines or equipment from wherever is most convenient for them. Chekitaut sounded off as if I said that we are the only ones with such machines in Nigeria. Checkitaut can buy his Mack dump trucks in Lagos or import them from Texas--it is his prerogative. I shouldn't be in the position to question his business decisions or to point out that there are Mack trucks in Nigeria for sale.

The ones I take serious are the ones reaching out to see what logistic support they can provide. Can you supply sand, cement, steel, stone dust? Sitting here talking about machines already procured is a colossal waste of time. Call up your architects. Get your designs ready. They can supply all the blocks/concrete electric poles/interlocking stones/veneer/mosaic stones you will need when production starts in October.

Take care.

Chekitaut:
This machine is available in Nigeria chai bros...

I don't get your point. Did I say that it is not? But I don't know where. Why buy from a middleman when I can get them from the source? See! Now you are thinking. How does the company get tax write-offs by sending the money to Nigeria? Will IRS believe it? Just say that you don't know.

Moreover, I don't have the convenience of moving around easily in Nigeria to know what is where. A city like Ibadan has a lot of stuff. I have never been there and there is no way in hell I am going there to buy anything. And no way in double hell am sending money to anyone to buy for me in this Buhari's economy. Once bitten, twice shy. Only a few will understand. Here is one stop shopping. I pick what I want, pay and expect same to be delivered. Before I even get to the place, I know the price and tax included. Affordability becomes a yes or no. I hate haggling.

I am sure that a lot of my machines are available in Nigeria. If I cannot find it online, I save myself the headache. Just like vehicles, there are many for sale in Nigeria but the convenience of buying and shipping from here is awesome and the company gets write-offs from verifiable purchase of assets. A tax attorney advised the company and it followed the advice per asset purchase. Just assume that there are some details of the business that you have no business knowing.

There you have it.
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kopell:
My brother I fill your pain, I didn't say am making them now. I used to, that was 25 years plus ago before I left Naija. Am here since then in the same field in different level, about to retired after many years of service. I am just imagining why those little things are probably not making them in Naija anymore. Mind you not every Naija product that are not in good quality, it's just unfortunate our SON government agency went sleeping for many decades that why. I really appreciate your patriotism for trying to make difference in your own capacity by doing the right thing not for the money, many people of nowadays in that country didn't care about anything except money. They don't even want to work for it, but get rich overnight. I wish many of us start thinking in your direction to turn things around for the betterment of our people.

The machines we use in Nigeria are usually imported. If I can get something of similar quality in Nigeria, I would. The same company makes flat pallets too. But I met a guy here on NL who made samples that meet the standard we need. We gave him the contract to mass produce the pallets. For the trailers, we procured the parts and will have them assembled in Nigeria with fingers crossed. I bought a forklift here because it is easier but not necessarily cheaper for me. Support Nigeria is good, but the producers and manufacturers need to up their game. I have always argued that it takes the same amount of material and logistics to produce good and bad products. Sometimes it is lack of patience, ideas or combination of both. Do we have the answers? No. But we shall strive to be the best we can be.

kopell:
Why importing this machine, is it cheaper to import them now. This machines can be easily constructed in Naija which I believe may not cost half of the price of imported one. When I was in Nigeria 25 years ago I used to make complicated Indusral machines then just ordinary block making machine, even with little less technology then. Today with superior CNC multiple Axis machines one can make better ones in less then a week. What is going on out there now?

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I am not in Nigeria.
I do not have the luxury to be running around to look for stuff and when I did delegate, the long stories no be here.
I like gadgets. I love equipment. I don't like the crude way Nigerians produce stuff.
My hues and cries are always about people not getting the value of what they pay for in Nigeria because we love shortcuts.
There are certain things that could be sourced locally like steel for trailers and iron works for the site. But there are certain
things I will not leave to Nigerian workers.

This project is not primarily profit-driven. It has to be shown that we can operate with standard. That's all. Enough of the criticism.

NB: You mentioned that with Superior CNC multiple Axis machines one can make better ones in less than a week. Did you leave any contact
numbers? No! You expect potential customers to pry it out of you . Everyone does not have luxury of that time. I have purchased a lot of things
through contacts on NL. Some people advertise without details. I saw a very informative video about some steel work productions in Aba. Guess what? When the 15 minutes video was over, there was no mention of address or contact information. Go figure!
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bixton:
. When clients make such request it's quite obvious they are ready to make the financial implication. You can also make blocks using fine aggregate 3/8"(coarse)+ sharp sand+cement+ water (curing). Mix ratio and water for effective curing is very important no matter the type of aggregate used. There is also a special kind of sharp sand used in block making (i've seen and used it only in PHC).
As regarding grasses growing on interlocking stones, you can continue to apply herbicides on the affected area ( you can ask for herbicides for narrow leaves in the market).

We are starting production in Enugu and Abuja this October once the rainy season subsidizes. The machines have successfully landed in Nigeria, cleared and being installed.

Our team is still working on how to make blocks similar to what is obtainable in Home Depot but close to the current price in Nigeria (all logistics factored in).

I will keep the forum informed.

Listen to eze Igbo Kano at your own peril.

Nigerians will vote in Buhari in 2019 and use the next 4 years to moan. It will only take N1000 and 2 cups of rice each.
It is best to leave Nigerians to their device.

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Did Boko Haram form a political party to push their agenda?

Did OPC, Egbesu boys, NDPVF, MEND, Gamji or Arewa Youth Forum form political parties to push their respective agenda?

So why should MASSOB or IPOB form a political party to push their agenda?

These APC goons are ret.arded indeed.
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