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Niceman4u:
Incurable zombie!
I am sure u failed English language multiple times in WAEC. Seems u did not understand wat the guy u quoted put up there or maybe u don't read newspapers?
Lemme summarize it here to u:
The prosecutor and the suspect are going to work together for the common good of sharing national cake.

dexmond:
I think the issue here is not about success, but about the immorality of a financial crime prosecutor working together/under the alleged criminal he was prosecuting.

seunmsg:
The law is simply in operation. If he stole funds belonging to the good people of Lagos state, every kobo should be recovered from him. There should be no sacred cow in the fight against corruption.

Some of the former governor’s loyalists accused the EFCC operatives of attempting to plant foreign currencies at his Epe home to incriminate him.

A statement signed by three lawyers said the anti-graft operatives had attempted to search Mr Ambode’s Epe home without supervision.

“We resisted as young lawyers and stated expressly that the principle of search is that the owner of the premises or his representatives must be present to observe the search,” read the statement jointly issued Fatai Adebanjo, Busari Olanrewaju, and Samson Okuneye.

“They succumbed to our superior argument and allowed us and the people who has the key to the ex-governor’s house into the apartment with them. Before they entered, we searched all the officials of the EFCC who intended to go in to effect the search.

“There was a blue bag which they were holding with them, we requested to see the content of the bag before they could take it in.

They got angry and said we cannot see the content. Having said that, we strongly resisted them to take it in since they cant allow us to see it, which they later agreed.

“We later got to know that the bag contained foreign currency which they brought to plant in the house of the ex-governor to incriminate him.

“It is important to inform the public that before the entered the house, we all submitted our phones to them as they requested, that the only person required to go in with phone is one of them who will record the whole process.”

The statement said no incriminating material was found in Mr Ambode’s home.

The EFCC said claims that its operatives attempted to incriminate Mr Ambode were untrue.

“The commission therefore frowns at the attempt to manipulate the video of the search, to create the wrong impression that officers of the agency molested residents at the Epe home of the governor.

“It is also not true that the search was an attempt to plant foreign currencies in the home of the former governor.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/347725-controversy-trails-efccs-search-of-ambodes-house.html/amp/

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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Thursday, sealed a gas plant located at Gas line road in Magboro, Ogun, for allegedly operating illegally.

Mrs Muinat Bello-Zagi, the Operations Controller, Abeokuta Field Office, DPR,who led the team also apprehended three suspects with the help of the men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Bello-Zagi vowed that the owner of the plant and others running illegal gas plants in any part of the state would be arrested and prosecuted.

“If you look behind me, you’ll see a padlock.

“We had visited this facility twice and sealed it; we padlocked it but when we got here now, we noticed that he didn’t tamper with our padlock; rather, he created another entrance that was not there previously.

“That is why we are here again and we have sealed the place and going to prosecute him.

“We have said earlier that anyone caught operating illegally will be sanctioned and prosecuted and that is what we are going to do with this plant owner.’’

Meanwhile, the officials of the DPR met with the members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) at the mosimi depot.

The DPR officials, led by Bello-Zagi, said that the meeting was aimed at affirming the relationship existing between the department and the petroleum marketers.

She urged the petroleum marketers to always adhere to the regulations guiding the sale of petroleum products in the country.

“IPMAN is one of our major stakeholders and we appreciate and respect them a lot. The purpose of the meeting today is to remind ourselves and remind them of some of our regulations.

“They have been complying but there is no perfect institution and there are some areas that need improvement and that is what we have discussed and they have promised to cooperate with us,” she said.

Responding, the Vice Chairman of IPMAN, Fatai Soewu, assured the DPR officials that the association would continue to appeal to its members to obey lay down rules and regulations.

Soewu, however, pleaded with the Federal Government to urgently address the issue of multiple- taxation which he said was affecting businesses of IPMAN members negatively..

He further urged the government to look into ways of having a unified taxation system.

Soewu also called on the the government to urgently repair the Ikorodu/Sagamu road leading the depot and ensure availability of petroleum products at the facility.

(NAN)

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https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/08/dpr-seals-gas-plant-arrests-3-suspects.html

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Deadlytruth:
You have kept on repeating this stale line of "Ironsi never conducted any coup..."
Who even told you this? A coup is any take over of power in such a manner which cricumvents the laid down constiutional provisions for that. Ironsi planned and executed a coup within a coup.
What the constiution he swore to protect and preserve in all circumstances dictated for him to do at that moment was to simply swear in Alhaji Dipcharima as Balewa's replacement, also replace the slain premiers with their deputies, proceed to punish the coup plotters according to the military courtmatial laws of which he was the chief custodian, and returned to the barracks as a professional soldier who should show no interest in politics while still in office. But his greed for power and personal aggrandizement got the better part of him as he told the parliarmentarians to give him power and threatened them into unwilling submission by claiming that he would not be held responsible for whatever befell the country if political power was not surrendered to him. That itself was a coup.
For a supposed chief security officer of the entire country to in advance deny responsibility for any security breach should he be denied power means he was up to a very dishonest game.
And each time you claim Ironsi foiled the coup, you sound rather shallow and illogical for the following reason:
Ifeajuna's coup was aimed at introducing military rule and subverting the independence constiution. Now Ironsi's action ended up producing exactly the same result. So how did that amount to foiling of the coup? An actual foiling of the coup should have resulted in preserving the democracy in place and returning power to the civilians without any alteration in the extant constiution.
It is like Thief A robs you of your money and as he was on his way escaping with it, Thief B stops him and robs him too of the money and then ran away. Then you begin to commend Theif B for foiling Theif A's attempt to rob you despite he didn't return the money to you after robbing Thief A of it. Does that make sense?

In his own words, Chief Richard Akinjide said the Ministers did not hand over to Ironsi. In 2000, he said ” under the law, that is, the interpretation Act, as acting President, Nwazor Orizu had all the powers of the President. The GOC said he wanted to see all the cabinet ministers. And so we assembled at the cabinet office. Well, I have read in many books saying that we handed over to the military.

We did not hand-over. Ironsi told us that” you either hand over as gentlemen or you hand-over by force”. Those were his words. Is that voluntary hand-over? So we did not hand over.

We wanted an Acting Prime Minister to be in place but Ironsi forced us, and I use the word advisedly, to hand over to him. He was controlling the soldiers.

The acting President, Nwafor Orizu, who did not cooperate with us, cooperated with the GOC. Dr. Orizu and the GOC prepared speeches which Nwafor Orizu broadcast handing over the government of the country to the army. I here state again categorically as a member of that cabinet, that we did not hand-over voluntarily. It was a coup”. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/hand-over-or-took-over-power-2/amp/

AfonjaConehead:
And this niw equates safety,huh?

It's a pity..

AfonjaConehead:
Baba, nobody is talking about safety here,the talk is about economic viability by the myopic Igbokwe...but it's clear that you all are having migraine cos Igbokwe,an "ipob" has been nominated for commissioner in Lagos state.
Suddenly,you all have woken up and realised he is now an Igbo man...
Buh when he was speaking against PDP and the SE,he was your darling..

Iykesmooth:
U just have bad luck. Please don't infect me with it

M gone

nonny400:
So because you didn't have a good experience, that means the rest of us should tow the same line with you?

I'm using an Infinix note 5 and it's been wonderful. I've used hot 5, note 4 pro, etc and I never had to repair them. So what's your problem exactly?

Make your opinion and move on.

OfficialAPCNig:
Ok. Hopefully by the end of 2nd week of Feb, I would take delivery of my promotion letter and this would make me one of the youngest in the history of our company. I am less than 30 and I have only been with the company for less than 10 years.

January I am going to UK for the mandatory training. I was certified to practice in Nigeria few years ago and next year, I would be fully certified to practice in UK.

I didn't get there by being stupid or getting intimidated by what people think of my process.

Iykesmooth:
Make your research before posting crap. I have an Infinix hot note pro that I have been using for 4 years now. Yet it's still functioning very well and I haven't had a reason to change it.

I plan on getting the Infinix stylus next month because of how good my experience has been

In fact that's the phone am using to type this right now

Alot of people are like u who criticize these phones but haven't used them long enough to have a credible opinion

tgmservice:
The babe was so boring, imagine replying my whatsapp chat every 30 minutes.

Oboi i find my level.

RevenGeMission:
If you think your stupid writeups and comments suprise, baffle or hurt me , then your even younger than i pictured you to be , it's a shame really

mfm04622:
Recent news claim govt acted on information from a whistle blower inside MTN. I really don't understand why Nigerians that should be happy that govt is ensuring companies pay correct taxes are advocating for MTN. Why are you more Catholic than the Pope?

withyhu:
In good shape...whatsapp: 08032631582.

omopoly007:
Ijoba orun song was a Bae

johnmattew:
God forbid......we can never be one...even anioma and ikwerres don't like associating with those deceivers let alone edos

CROWNWEALTH019:
Edo and Igbo are one

sKeetz:
While reading this long epistle, I was expecting to see where she thanked the team of doctors whose skills and expertise saved her mom but nope, instead she heaped praises on an imaginary god who does nothing but eats tithes, seeds and offerings.

Ingrate.

Teyjhiri:
Looks like your default settings is fixated on stupidity

mercyway:
you need brain transplant, we are having discussions about issues with ladies & sensible people contributed. go & check the meaning of lamentation dindinrin

RevenGeMission:
Like i said earlier, no contributions, no counter argument ...

Go to sleep my boi , tomorrow is another day

RevenGeMission:
I bet you just got out of a ban cos i haven't been seeing your stupid writeups, but i am certain you will be going back there soon because of your big mouth

Typical of every wailer i know on this forum, your contributions are usually insults and complains , nothing tangible , meaningful or rational in your posts , You can take that free tutorial and shove it up someone in your household's arse cos i do not need it and will not be needing it anytime soon

Bottom line remains MTN evaded tax , People like Messi, Ronaldo and hosts of other world players are being tried and jailed / fined for tax evasion

In a bold move MTN forcefully and secretly repatriated funds without paying Nigerian Government , that alone is an affront and MTN should be sued or shutdown

if you do not comprehend any of that , then it's time to start looking into your so called education

Akainzo:
Bros, cool down and read to actually understand business and not the telecomms equipment structures.
Even though MTN is not the OEM for the telecomms equipment, it is actually MTN that imports them into the country. Siemens does not bring its equipment to keep on stores for buyers to come, the business that need them do the imports. The same operates in all other businesses. Toyota does not bring its cars to Nigeria, all Toyotas are IMPORTED by a particular business, either by an end user or a company in car retail business.

It is very much possible to import things into Nigeria and not pay the right import duties due to CORRUPTION. Even our own Senate President imported a car and didn't want to pay duties, how much more a company that has the resources to bribe customs personnel. So long as the crime has not gone beyond the statute of limitations, it can be prosecuted and recovered.

Fraud is uncovered daily across the world. If you follow football, Messi, Ronaldo and Mourinho have been charged with underpaying taxes as well. It is only when reconciliations are done that underpayments are discovered, and the discovery of one instance could lead to further digging that would uncover a culture of such underpayments.

mfm04622:
There is tax evation and there is tax avoidance. FG did not say MTN DID NOT pay tax, FG said MTN UNDERPAID taxes. Big difference.
Sometimes, the end user is held liable for taxes on imported goods. For example, duty on vehicle. If duty is not paid on imported vehicles, govt will seize the vehicle from the present owner even when the owner was not the importer.
It has escaped govt notice before, now they have observed it. Should govt allow MTN to cheat us? Nigerians should be happy govt is pursuing tax defaulters.

alizma:
your statement present you like someone who has not been to school to have known that if there is tax waiver for a company like mtn, there would definitely be document covering that

RevenGeMission:
Will you shutup ?? BTS, ROW , LNB BUC and whatever the hell you conjure up as excuse does not absolve mtn of wrong doing , we are talking about TAXA here , yes MTN laundered money if you don't know that again , please shut up

More importantly , MTN knew the condition in the country before investing in telecom in Nigeria , try and be sensible

thank you

Neoteny:
Earliest sign of a frustrated, derelict life.

Clearly this jobless idiot is unhinged.

And unemployed.

rman:
You are the one of the reasonable fellow on this thread, if not this site.

Most Nigerians lack the capability to see the bigger picture.

What this govt is trying to do is take over that company. It is quite clear right from the first year.

It is no coincedence that they are being attacked by different govt agencies including NLC.

Is the govt saying MTN cooporate governance and ethics is worst than GLOs?

RevenGeMission:
If NCC knows that it's doing Nigerians shouldn't bear the brunt , this company has raked enough profit already and what the FG is demanding is a chicken change compared to what some stupid bankers helped MTN to launder

If NCC knows what it's doing MTN would be forced to provide quality service and no additional cost or pain to Nigerians ,

RevenGeMission:
Excuse me , Soldier go soldier come , Barracks remain , eventually another Telco will spring up and invest in Nigeria maybe even provide quality 4G service all over the nation, the fear of the future shouldn't make us slaves of the present

Positiveminds:
This is in connection with Withholding Tax.

“The Attorney General notified MTN that his office made a high-level calculation that MTN Nigeria should have paid approximately $2bn in taxes relating to the importation of foreign equipment and payments to foreign suppliers over the last 10 years,” a statement signed by the Public Relations Manager, MTN Nigeria Limited, Funso Aina, stated on Tuesday.