₦airaland Forum

Globad:
As a sitting Senator in 2019, he reportedly declared his TOTAL ANNUAL INCOME as N1,258,334 (N1.2m) and allegedly paid N85,000 as Personal Income Tax.

What do you have to say about this?

It has long been known that Nigerian senators earn the equivalent of $250K USD annually, as base pay to which must be added vehicle allowance, housing allowance, travel allowance, overfeeding allowance, yanga allowance, television watching allowance, poon rental allowance, speech delivery and pontificating allowance, overseas junketing allowance, and so forth, thereby ensuring that each of those dozens of senators earns far more than the President of the USA, in US dollar terms.

When I get out of jail for aggravated bank robbery, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, arson, reckless driving, misuse of explosives, and grand theft golf-cart, among other rites of passage too illustrious to mention, I nurse a dream of becoming a Nigerian senator with all rights and treasury privileges implied.

Pierocash:
When we teach people to always learn to be on the low when you hit money, they won't listen.

Nigeria is a wicked society, the government wants to strip you of your earnings using tax law, criminals are looking for means to rip you apart, village people are on the loose against you, witches , and wizard looking for opportunities to destroy you.

So if you don't know how to be low in your high time, you may be destroyed

I will have you know, good sir, that some of my most highly esteemed colleagues and consultants are witches and wizards always on the lookout for opportunities.

While I huddle with my team of legal luminaries to chart the way forward in terms of litigation, I have preemptively rejected your humble apology in advance, so that the law can take its course and deliver a massive punitive cash settlement to me purely as a deterrent to onlookers who may draw inspiration from your blasphemous utterances about the covens of Nairaland, Nigeria and the diaspora at large.

chopnaira:
Everything is now calm. Both the stabbers and the stabee unfortunately lost their lives.

Neither Stabbing nor stabee status will EVER be your portion in Jeesus name, amen

You will never cross paths with a stabber or a stabee, in Jeesus name

Your loved ones will never even HEAR about a stabber or a stabee in Jeeeesus Almighty name

I cast out all stabbers and stabees from my life and from YOUR life in jeeesus name. I REBUKE them in Jeeesus name, Amen.

Let me hear y'all shout a raucous Aaaaaaamennnn and a riotous Haaaaaaaleluuuuuuujaaaaaaah !

Shout it about and wave your arms in the air like you just don't care.

Whooooo Lord I can feel the spirit in this room today.

PaNnamdi:
So u are very happy that the organs of a man like you is been harvested against his will without any major crime indicting
Him?

Clap for your sef

Mr. Dai is a wanted criminal in China who fled to Nigeria thinking that he would evade justice. But now, Mr. Dai is about to dai for his crimes, and will soon honor his appointment with the organ harvesting government of China. At least he will be thankful that his organs gave an ailing medical patient a new lease of life, while the fugitive got the opportunity to pay his debt to society.

yarimo:
Instead of him to go and pay, he will soon claim persecution because he belongs to ADC party

This is pure comedy, hearing about an unemployed treasury looter who happens to own a stable of Ferrari, Porsche, and Mercedes luxury vehicles. The man must really be suffering now that he is between jobs and with no access to any government funds. My heart bleeds with sorrow to hear about this well-deserved twist of fate

Oh well, the Internal Revenue Service can start by impounding and auctioning all of Oga Dinos flashy new cars to offset that overdue tax liability, thereby offering our man Dino an opportunity to get some much-needed exercise walking to and from the unemployment office to collect his 30 naira per month stipend.

Dino "Ferrari" Melaye loves his social media bragging rights so much that he forgot the tax man is watching all that boasting.

Anyway a man who has looted so much money will have no problem at all coming up with $120K USD to settle this small irritant tax bill.

We look forward to the next social media song that Dino Ferrari will drop once he has paid off this minor bill to the tax man.

PaNnamdi:
U that is analysing rubbish what offense did the man commit to actually make him a condemned criminal

Stop celebrating what you know nothing about

His internal organs have been declared wanted by the Chinese government. Nigerian authorities are only responding to an extradition request from China.

Please, allow this man to go and donate his internal organs and thereby repay his debt to Chinese AND Nigerian society.

GloriousGbola:
but like oga - you are part of the problem as you obsess over stick figures with balloons and condemn everything else

E get as e be. Some man like athletic and busty woman when get flat tummy. Some like big popotamus witi 5 yansh. Chance dey for we all.

If you no gree, then meet me for where dem dey sell Sapele Wata, make we fight after we don drink belle-full

Sicklebear28:
Oboy. China fit executive that guy oooo. Nigeria is too quick to give up people. UK or USA won't do that until they are rest assured that nobody go kpai the suspect

There is no reason to be concerned about the cost entailed in the execution of this Chinese criminal by Chinese authorities because his family will receive a bill covering the price of the single 7.62x39mm bullet that will be administered to the back of his neck alongside other condemned organ donors whose vital organs will be swiftly extracted while still warm, by surgical teams who are generally present at the site of the exercise.

Worldwide, the black woman has been brainwashed into accepting that her frizzy hair is a feature to be hidden from view in shame, and that mindset has enabled the manufacture and sale of wigs to become one of the most lucrative business endeavors in current existence.

For as long as black women feel that sense of shame over the texture of the hair that is encoded in their genetic makeup, the wig industry will thrive, just as will the chemical industry that produces those highly toxic skin-bleaching concoctions marketed to black women who seek to ape the fair skin tone of white women by waging chemical warfare on their natural complexion.

There is wild exultant jubilation all over the land in Nigeria on this glorious day, as this exciting news breaks. Many of us wealth-worshippers had spent sleepless nights wondering whether this billionaire gentleman would upgrade his fleet of private jets by adding another magnificent third bird to the fleet.

Now, at long last, the good news that we had all been awaiting with baited breath has been released, meaning that our worries about there being only two jets in the fleet, can finally be put to rest.

The public can rest assured that no cost has been spared in the purchase of this magnificent flying status symbol, and that only the finest gold plate has been selected by skilled craftsmen to beautify all fixtures aboard this technological wonder, from the flight controls and door handles, right down to the finest details of the cabin décor, including the galley and bathroom sinks, for good measure.

In this day and age, no self-respecting billionaire should settle for traveling first class on any commercial airliner, because such a departure from protocol would mean that a man of great wealth could find himself being photographed lining up for boarding along with lowly peasants who make up the rabble of society. By acquiring a third jet, of which an additional four luxury airplanes MUST be added as soon as possible, observers can rest assured that the natural order of things has been preserved, with the optimistic expectation that eventually, a separate jet will be on standby for travel every single say of the week, Sunday included.

God bless Antarctica.

DeepSight:
May I know why you say this please.

It is actually printed in the Nigerian gun permit that it is ONLY for hunting, which they call "gaming" in the wording that appears on each permit.

In other words, if a Nigerian home owner shoots and kills armed robbers in his home, he would be making a serious mistake in calling the police. His best bet would be to load the bodies in a vehicle, and drop them far away before daybreak.

Mathain19:
[you staged and wrote the script. quote author=muyico post=136561502]This man dey use juju, Sey those kidnappers no carry weapons nih or wot happened?? Abi it was stage??

The police escort accompanying VDM were shooting into the air, and that is why the kidnappers left, but when they left, they took all their victims along. The fate of those travelers is now unknown.

No juju was involved. The kidnappers left because they had completed their mission and they also suspected that police were on the attack, approaching in a convoy of vehicles.

Omoawoke:
If Nigerians are allowed to carry guns, I swear kidnapping work go hard for them

Those kidnappers actually fled into the bush, they blocked road and everyone was running from them...but VDM team did not retreat and the shock made them fled into the bush, imagine they had guns....imagine nigerians carry guns, make some people stand block road, they know dem go collect .... it will make the job riskier and harder

With a gun permit, Nigerians can already own firearms BUT the law does NOT permit shooting in self-defense for Nigerian civilians.

I own several guns BUT when in Nigeria I NEVER carry a gun in my car, unless I am in my rural village area where I am sure that I will not encounter any police checkpoints on my way to go hunting.

Naturally, those same guns are available to me if anyone overcomes their fear of my numerous attack dogs and decides to test me at home.

Ironfaceman:
My dear juju don't work where there's gun. All that odieshi story is pure story.

You are right, my brethren, Juju is all theory and no real-life application beyond story telling.

Only poor marksmanship can save anyone who gets shot at. Once those bullets hit flesh and bone, it is game over.

I cannot count the number of photos of dead criminals I have seen in which the corpses of the outlaws were overloaded with failed juju talismans.

Ishilove:
Hehehe. Jakumo, I know what I am saying. Trust me when I say VDM is well cooked. I've seen some things

Unless of course, you are deploying the American slang in which "baked" means righteously high on good weed. In that case I would agree that VDM most likely enjoys partaking of the wild wood weed, as I do on occasion.

Ishilove:
With the way this guy runs headlong into danger, it is very obvious he has been 'cooked' from top to bottom. Run with him at your own risk

Mr. VDM is not protected by juju, but is simply naïve about how things can go lethal when gunmen open up without warning. That said, his face and that of his fellow travelers showed fear bordering on mild panic, even as he urged his police escort to lay down covering fire that would see them past the abduction scene.

VDM is a body builder, and over time he has allowed himself to believe that his muscular appearance will be adequate to prevail in any type of violent encounter. He doesn't realize that a skinny gunman will most likely shoot the muscle-man FIRST, as an example to others during a kidnapping.

Ebuka78:
There should be backup coming from the opposite direction that would block the road with at least four police cars. Then the kidnappers would be trapped and have no other option than to leave the car and run inside bush. There, the police can give them a chase and hunt in the bush.

Funali kidnappers NEVER travel along tarred roads with their victims. The go into the bush right away, and can cover 20 miles in a single night without setting foot on any tarred road.

Berankis:
What VDM did (has done in the last 2weeks) has earned him even a lot more respect, glory and recognition. With the way he is going, he will become a very formidable force and opposition to bad people in the country. I appreciate his passion for Nigeria and his compassion for life. He is indeed an exceptional and courageous person. A lot of youth with his strength, courage and determination would rather use them wrongly in cultism, kidnapping, fraud or armed gangs but he is doing the opposite.
What was more hopeless in the video was when Soldiers and Policemen arrived the scene of the incident but refused to enter into the bush to rescue the kidnapped victims (a full bus and some private vehicles). If that guy had a gun yesterday, he would go after those people. The few guys with him were also very spirited. They all tried and another life was narrowly saved. So much bloodshed now going on in this country, for what exactly?
Why are the our armed Police and Soldiers always afraid to go after "armed people" who really pose a threat to life and peace of the country, but would be very eager to jump on unarmed people with all their strength?
It is time for us the youth of the country to protect and support people like VDM, there are a few of them, some unknown but with the same spirit to continue to fight for the survival and wellbeing of our nation. Our enemies are within us. They are the ones making money from the misfortunes of this country. So much killings, lawlessness, chaos, destruction... VDM has become visible and he needs all the support he can get. He can't do it alone and he must be protected, for the more fame he gets, the more danger he is in....

The danger inherent in "going after" armed men without a drone overhead working to inform the pursuers, is that the armed men may leave behind some of their sharp-shooters to lay ambush for the pursuers, for the purpose of killing them to collect their weapons. Soldiers are very much aware of ambush dangers, and thus, without adequate backup or aerial support, will be reluctant to pursue any armed gang.

This is an interesting arrest because, in addition to the shotgun cartridges, a crude DIY shotgun shell reloading machine was also seized. With that machine, the old man was able to gather empty shotgun shells expended by hunters and vigilante men, and then use his machine to create "locally made" shotgun shells that use percussion caps and cheap black gunpowder instead of modern ammunition propellent, before reselling his shells to hunters.

The potential danger of such home made shotgun shells is that if an excess of gunpowder is used in any given shell, the gun could EXPLODE in the hands of the shooter, causing injury or worse.

To anyone who uses a shotgun and buys their cartridges from questionable sources, the key characteristic to watch for is that a huge volume of SMOKE is emitted with each shot, as opposed to there being NO SMOKE when factory-made shells are fired. If you have bought such "smoky" shells, it is best to bury them and avoid using them because they may have been fabricated with a reckless disregard for quality control.

Brendaniel:
The truth remains the truth...

Amen to that, good sir, and may we long enjoy freedom of speech.

Brendaniel:
I'm only telling you the truth...

While I am equally acknowledging your perception of an alternate truth with gratitude for all contributions to this topic.

Brendaniel:
You supported and still support Tinubu, that's my point so enjoy your support...

Your fascinating presumption is noted for all it is worth, Brendaniel. Have a wonderful day!

Brendaniel:
One thing you all have in common is the fact that you all supported the government in power that brought this law, so you guys should all enjoy what you supported, you think we who were against this government didn't know why we were seriously against this government coming into power, maybe you thought it was tribal, very far from that...

I told you all one thing during and after the election "time will reveal the truth" and I'm here saying it again "time will still reveal more", and I also kept on telling you guys "you guys don't know who you are dealing with" but time will still reveal it to you people....

As a firm believer in the existentialist presumption that the outcome of elections is to a large extent "pre-ordained" in most Third World nations, I have never in my life participated in any voting process anywhere in the world. As such I would need to conduct a Google search to remind myself which political party is currently in power in Nigeria.

That said, I do presume that electoral democracy respects the right of commentators to air their views on current events without fear of arrest or persecution, PROVIDED THAT violence and ethnic or religious unrest are not being advocated in the course of exercising the right to free speech.

DeepSight:
It is unconstitutional and must be contested before the courts.

It is reassuring to hear from a lawyer that this new law will still be subject to close scrutiny and possible amendment before its final version enters the lawbooks.

DaddyJapan:
How does this letter address the concerns @Jakumo raised?

If his interpretation of the law he quoted is correct - note that I have not read it myself - surely, we all need to be alarmed by its blatant overreach as well as the excessive penalties it prescribes.

We model our nation's imperfect democracy on the United States' and United Kingdom's. Yet in both these countries, people do not go to jail simply for arguing a case for secession or republicanism. Why is it that neither you nor @helinues appear to be remotely pertubed by what appears to be a draconian law, even though you know damn well that it infringes on our civil liberties. Are you so blinded by party loyalty that your critical thinking skills have been completely eroded?

This is the point that several of the previous respondents to this topic failed to grasp. The law, if not contested or modified to exclude ambiguous wording, has the potential to become a catch-all pretext to round up and jail for LIFE anyone whose online opinions ruffle feathers in high places, even if NO fraud or incitement to violence could reasonably be implied from such written opinions posted online.

ottersberger:
I would advise you to carefully consider what you are supporting. The man currently presiding in Abuja protested precisely against the kind of Draconian and asinine edict being discussed here. It is clear that those who throw stones now inhabit a glass house and abhor these same stones.

We are free citizens of our country, not slaves. Legislation designed to gag citizens and muzzle dissent when your leadership has failed should be considered treason. Sadly, even the Supreme Court has been bought at the political bazaar.

The point you've made here is precisely the aspect of this new law that I am seeking to highlight. There are categories of true cyber crime online offences such as hacking for financial gain, online scams for financial gain, and online impersonation in furtherance of accruing illicit financial gain for mischievous or malicious purposes, for which this law rightly prescribes jail sentences of between 5 and 15 years.

The easily overlooked point, however, is that deeper in the text of the same law's itemized list of offenses, are NON cyber crime infractions such as online mockery or the expression of debatable opinions about public figures, that are ALSO lumped together with far more grievous financial crimes perpetrated by means deception online, and that is what could lead to a lot of outspoken but law-abiding citizens of Nigeria finding themselves faced with the prospect of LIFE sentences in jail because they wrote an opinion that offended someone who is aligned with the powers that be.

helinues:
Of course, those behind the law would take some advantages in prosecuting their perceived enemies even when their comments don't warrant prosecution

This is the hidden point that I seek to highlight. This law is a blunt instrument that will hit both legitimate targets and innocent parties with equal force and consequences.

helinues:
There is freedom of speech, but reckless speech is not part of the freedom

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Oh yes I agree with this statement. Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa both abused freedom of speech,. and are now languishing behind bars where they belong for life, as a result.

However, If you read the fine print of the new law, you will see that even those who merely say things deemed subjectively to be "offensive", "inappropriate", "annoying", and so on, could in theory lead to prosecution and LIFE behind bars.

The issuance of death threats to a president or any other person is clearly a criminal offence, as has been the case even before the internet became the primary means of communication. Nnamdi Kanu, who armed and instigated illegal militias to attack his own Igbo people and prevent them from leaving their homes, is where he belongs to be, which is behind bars, just as is Simon Ekpa, who called for bloodshed from Finland, where he wrongly assumed that he was beyond the reach of the law.


That said, the fine print of this new press law goes far beyond the recommendation that death threats and genocide instigation merit criminal prosecution. Now, with this new law, any opinion written online that is merely uncomfortable to hear or offensive to powerful people, can theoretically become the basis not just for a libel or defamation lawsuit aimed at the writer, but could become a criminal count that could send ANY person to jail FOR LIFE.

This erosion of freedom of speech may be gradual at first, to the point of being initially imperceptible to many, BUT once doors start being kicked down over mere opinions written online that defame but do not incite, it may be too late for a repeal of the aspects of this law that lend themselves to abuse by rogue elements within the administration of government at any level.

Softmirror:
You can see how insincere you are. There is absolutely nothing wrong with expressing one's opinion, criticism on social media in a clear cut constructive way.

Ok, now I understand your point. We are in agreement that free speech is the cornerstone of electoral democracy's immutable rights.