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Obierika:
She's not the owner, her husband is!

Mypeople2:
She is not the owner, her husband is .

jworos:
That one Is talking as if most of the things she listed was done by her dad... Your father is your father, whether he's a good father or a bad one, you're stuck with his blood.

it's left for you to celebrate him or not if you wish.

AutoReportNG:
It was an iconic sight to behold as new buses adorned some of the recently constructed Bus Terminals in Lagos for the take-off of the Bus Reform Initiative of the State Government designed to bequeath a world-class transportation system and enhance connectivity across the State.

Apart from adding to the aesthetics of the State with the impressive blue and white colour, the new environmentally-friendly high capacity buses, which are now arriving the State in batches, were also equipped with modern facilities to bring about comfort and seamless travelling experience along the dedicated routes.

Under the Bus Reform Initiative, 5,000 new buses are expected to be added to the public transport system, while other components of the scheme such as modern bus terminals, bus depots, bus stops and segregated laybys are already springing up in strategic locations across the State. This is aside from the Intelligent Transport System mechanism of the initiative which will aid Lagosians to plan their journeys.

Also, an arrangement is also being firmed up as part of the short-term plan for the buses to be assembled in Lagos, which would, in turn, create jobs for the people, and as well serve to properly maintain the buses.

Giving rationale behind the initiative, the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said the new buses and terminals were conceived to redefine public transportation in the State with the view to make the State globally competitive.

"Like we have said, we are doing bus terminals to actually improve on the management of transportation in the city. Some people would have noticed that we are beginning to receive some of our new buses. We have actually ordered 820 buses and we believe that by end of September, the 820 buses should be in Lagos.

"The intention is not to drive away Danfo buses (Commercial Buses). Buses in Lagos right now are never enough. Government is intending to inject 5,000 but we do not intend to operate them and so whoever is going to operate the buses would recruit drivers and personnel to work on those buses.

"So, if somebody upgrades from Danfo to bus, that is more job for our people. We, as government, are not the ones to drive the buses but what we are doing is to create an avenue for people to get employed and to also create greater aesthetics for the city," Governor Ambode explained.

According to him, if Lagos must attract investors and tourists, there has to be a globally compliant mode of transportation which he said necessitated the need for reforms in the sector.

"Another point is that if we say we want to be globally competitive and we want to attract investors and tourists to Lagos, we have to be globally compliant with the way we move people around.

"So, we believe strongly that as we proceed, we will be introducing more facilities on our waterways, roads and our walkways to make life more comfortable for our people," the Governor said.

Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2018/06/brt-new-buses-are-coming-in-batches-to.html

DonPiiko:
LaudableXX

For example, in describing the rule according immunity ratione personae in the Arrest Warrant case, the ICJ stated it applies to ‘diplomatic and consular agents [and] certain holders of high-ranking office in a State, such as the Head of State, Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs’ https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/21/4/815/418198

Who will arrest Mr. Bashir? While he is in power, Sudanese forces certainly will not arrest him, and the Security Council did not authorize the use of force to execute the arrest warrant. The only remaining option is to arrest him when he is visiting foreign countries.

Mr. Bashir tried to visit South Africa in 2009 and 2010, but was informed that he would be arrested if he did. Earlier this year 2015, the South African government relented, offering him immunity so he could attend an African Union meeting in Johannesburg. However, when a South African judge ordered his arrest; Mr. Bashir managed to get away as the court proceedings were underway. http://genocidewatch.net/2015/08/24/can-al-bashir-be-arrested-in-the-u-s/

The Indian government has clarified that Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir attended the India-Africa summit in late October, despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling for his arrest. India is not party to the Rome Statute that created the ICC, which is an independent international court, and New Delhi didn't oblige it by arresting al-Bashir who is President of Sudan and even the diplomatic protections extends to Head of State. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-India-refusing-to-arrest-Sudan-president-Omar-al-Bashir-when-he-arrives-in-New-Delhi

Sudan’s president has made 74 trips across the world in the seven years he’s been wanted for war crimes | QUARTZ Africa |

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has clocked in thousands of miles flying across the world since 2009, despite being a wanted war criminal.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for al-Bashir’s arrest seven years ago today (Mar. 4) for his role in the Darfur genocide, accusing him of overseeing murder, extermination, forcible transfer, rape, and torture, as well as directing pillaging and other attacks against civilians.

The warrant has not stopped the dictator—one of the longest serving in the world—from traveling 74 times to 21 countries since then, seemingly without fear of prosecution. Few countries, including the seven he visited that are signatories to the ICC, harbor the political will to arrest him, despite the ICC urging all states to cooperate fully with the warrant for his arrest.

Bashir made his most recent trip abroad on Feb. 20, for the African Investment Forum (AIF) in Egypt, where Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia agreed to strengthen ties. It is his sixth trip since 2009 to the country, a signatory of the ICC that refuses to execute the warrant.

The African Union has protected Bashir from arrest since day one. In 2009, the AU signed a declaration expressing concern over Bashir’s indictment derailing the Darfur peace process and another in 2010 stating the AU would not enforce the warrant against Bashir.

By 2015, the AU called on the UN Security Council to suspend proceedings against the Sudanese president, urging them to withdraw the ICC referral. The AU has repeatedly accused the court of an unfair bias towards Africa since all current cases involve African countries. This argument ignores the fact that local prosecutors initiated all the cases except for Sudan and Libya.

Close alliances and foreign support from the Middle East has also eased travel restrictions. Saudi Arabia’s Sudan investments outdo all others with an estimated $11 billion in January and another $5 billion in military assistance one month later. A cash-strapped Bashir is all too happy to send troops to Yemen and possibly Syria for Saudi Arabia, expanding Sudan’s military ventures beyond the two internal conflicts.

Despite expressing concern over the conflicts in Darfur and Nuba Mountains, the European Union has provided Sudan €100 Million ($109 Million) to ostensibly curb migration and terrorism, according to a statement issued last month. These same issues have helped warm Sudan relations with the United States, Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour said. Public claims by Sudan’s spy chief Mohamed Atta to deploy militias on the border to prevent movements of Libyan-based ISIS forces is well received by the US State Department. https://qz.com/630571/sudans-president-has-made-74-trips-across-the-world-in-the-seven-years-hes-been-wanted-for-war-crimes/

DrGoodman:
Give these Igbos a country of their own, in 10 years time they will be on top of Africa.

The sleaze, mediocrity, nepotism and corruption in Nigeria has stunted the growth of the country.

bobosydney:
Laudable, you are right and you have knowledge of law.

bobosydney:
Thank you and I will check and probably the same thing happened to Charles Taylor when he got arrested in Nigeria and taken to Hague for trial.

On June 4, 2003, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) issued an arrest warrant against Charles Taylor, the incumbent President of Liberia. When the warrant was issued, Mr. Taylor was traveling to Ghana for talks with Liberian rebel groups to end a four-year civil war that has destabilized West Africa.

The indictment against Mr. Taylor had been issued on March 7, 2003, but was kept sealed until the Special Court Prosecutor saw in Mr. Taylor's trip an opportunity to apprehend him. The warrant was served on the authorities of Ghana, and transmitted to Interpol.

At the opening of the peace conference in Accra, in the presence of numerous African leaders, Mr. Taylor announced that he would step down by the end of his mandate in January 2004. Just after being applauded, he left the conference abruptly and boarded a Ghanaian plane to fly back to Liberia. Ghanaian authorities did not apprehend him.

On June 17, 2003, Liberia's Defense Minister and the rebels signed in Accra a peace agreement. The agreement provides for an immediate ceasefire, and within 30 days, the deployment of monitors to the front lines. These monitors will facilitate the subsequent deployment of peace-keepers, and a transitional government to replace Mr. Taylor's. As news of the agreement was released, Mr. Taylor warned that there will be no peace in Liberia unless the indictment against him is dropped.

Mr. Taylor's arrest warrant is the most recent step in the trend towards securing international criminal responsibility of (former) high-ranking officers in a State - such as the Head of State, Head of Government and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/8/issue/16/arrest-warrant-against-liberian-president-charles-taylor

The U.S. brought Joint Task Force Liberia's Amphibious Ready Group of three warships with 2,300 Marines into view of the coast. Taylor flew to Nigeria, where the Nigerian government provided houses for him and his entourage in Calabar.

Exile
In November 2003, the United States Congress passed a bill that included a reward offer of two million dollars for Taylor's capture. While the peace agreement had guaranteed Taylor safe exile in Nigeria, it also required that he refrain from influencing Liberian politics. His critics said he disregarded this prohibition.

On 4 December, Interpol issued a red notice regarding Taylor, suggesting that countries had a duty to arrest him. Taylor was placed on Interpol's Most Wanted list, declaring him wanted for crimes against humanity and breaches of the 1949 Geneva Convention, and noting that he should be considered dangerous. Nigeria stated it would not submit to Interpol's demands, agreeing to deliver Taylor to Liberia only in the event that the President of Liberia requested his return.

On 17 March 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the newly elected President of Liberia, submitted an official request to Nigeria for Taylor's extradition. This request was granted on 25 March, whereby Nigeria agreed to release Taylor to stand trial in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Nigeria agreed only to release Taylor and not to extradite him, as no extradition treaty existed between the two countries.

Disappearance and arrest
Three days after Nigeria announced its intent to transfer Taylor to Liberia, the leader disappeared from the seaside villa where he had been living in exile. A week before that, Nigerian authorities had taken the unusual step of allowing local press to accompany census takers into Taylor’s Calabar compound.

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was scheduled to meet with President Bush less than 48 hours after Taylor was reported missing. Speculation ensued that Bush would refuse to meet with Obasanjo if Taylor were not apprehended. Less than 12 hours prior to the scheduled meeting between the two heads of state, Taylor was reported apprehended en route to Liberia.

On 29 March, Taylor tried to cross the border into Cameroon through the border town of Gamboru in northeastern Nigeria. His Range Rover with Nigerian diplomatic plates was stopped by border guards, and Taylor's identity was eventually established. US State Department staff later reported that significant amounts of cash and heroin were found in the vehicle.

Upon his arrival at Roberts International Airport in Harbel, Liberia, Taylor was arrested and handcuffed by LNP officers, who immediately transferred responsibility for the custody of Taylor to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Irish UNMIL soldiers escorted Taylor aboard a UN helicopter to Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he was delivered to the SCSL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)#Disappearance_and_arrest

gameboyo:
Write yours let's see the number of people that will wanna read

DonPiiko:
If rules were followed, I think General Pierre Bemba of Congo also had a diplomatic passport, but he's in the ICC facing trial, Africa has no leverage so we can be treated with disdain and nothing will happen.

linearity:
You can be arrested temporarily by the directive of the State department in the US if you commit a crime of magnitude, while they negotiate with your home country to waive your immunity. Arresting and detaining someone is not the same as prosecuting them...A diplomatic passport only gives you immunity against prosecution and not against arrest.

If your home country refuses, they can kick you out of the country and ban you from entering again, even when you still hold your diplomatic passport.

The host countries still have to maintain the integrity of their laws and an orderly society and not have someone flagrantly disobey the law without recourse, even if they are holding a diplomatic passport.

DonPiiko:
LaudableXX

bobosydney:
America will still arrest you if commit crime or wanted and don't care if you have diplomatic passport. They locked up the Indian diplomat for few days in prison and New Zealand arrested Malaysia diplomat for rape.

Article 31 : | 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
1. A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State.
He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of:
(a) A real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission;
(b) An action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State;
(c) An action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside his official functions. http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf

DonPiiko:
Yes there do, but sometimes countries passport are looked down upon. Nigeria happens to fall into such a category, Atiku is a fugitive as far as the United States is concerned, once he sets foots there he will be arrested, if a serving congress man of a developed country can be jailed, what's the big deal in jailing a former vice president of a developing country, who perpetuated corrupt acts.

Sterope:
Who spent more time making sure you are fine at all times? Your mum or your dad?

This is not an argument because I can't remember any one searching for a homely husband. Can you keep me out your issues?

luvmijeje:
One of the fools that I'm talking about. So your local government chairmen, your state governor, your Senators etc are British mistake? Are they outsiders? Are they not your people? Are they not collecting money?

Built2last:
I expect you to come up with your own version of the incident with facts, dates and no imaginations than hide behind an avartar and tpe rubish.

Present a counter narration and posts here.we will take you serious

MKO Abiola was a man of very many parts, but I’ll restrict this as much as possible to his politics or anything else about him related to his politics and the politics/struggle of June 12.

Some say he’d been an NCNC member in the First Republic but I haven’t checked this yet.
If true, then that puts him as a Zik follower, at least as part of the Youth Wing -.

He was quiet only outwardly though as some say he began to fund coup plotters in the army, which eventually led to the ouster of the Shagari Govt on December 31, 1983.

Nwosu was a protege of Eme Awa as they both came from the same Political Science Dept of a University in the SE (can’t remember and don’t want to google).

Back home, nothing indicates he had any particular fondness for the Yorubas except that he himself as a Nigerian, had to come from somewhere and he came from he SW.

The belief that SDP wasn’t accepted in the SE is a conclusion of surface political analysis by lazy journalists who like to resort to ethnic archetypes to justify political failings or success.

WAVixen:
na wa o. Not here to cast aspartions oh. But some of our thought processes should be checked out.

Kundagarten:
Demola is a great writer and an astute pundit.
Lalasticlala Mynd44

Asowari:
wearing nose ring ,chain on ur leg beads on ur waist .it's a no no it's makes a lady looks irresponsible.

kumbalo:
Why has he chosen to settle with a junkie like her. Tomorrow now you go dey disturb us for advice. What manner of girl wears nose ring. Run before it's too late!

NwaliE01:
I don't see beauty at all on nose ring.
A well brought up girl will never learn nose ring from her parents. it's one of those things they learn from Zee world Tv station.
Here,we see it as a sign of bad upbringing on the girls

Viruscod3d:
.. if a girl has more dan 3 earpiercings and wears ankle chains she is an olosho .. u can ignore the earpiercing, if any girl wears ankle chain no need to toast her oo .. just ask her how much for ur market

Nasri100:
And later she will send me a message to me on whatsapp that she went for night classes & shes thinking about me. I'm that guy lol. Thanks for the advice bro

Oreofepeters:
before dumping a girl I must have used her to supor.

I don't even spend on girls they spend on me.

so I never lose

johnkey:
how about that guy who just drives to a campus, pick up a girl, drives her to her hostel, collects her number, meet her friends same night, call her the next day to meet in a nice hotel, they chill, everywhere soft, girl is getting wet, tell her lots of lies to get her wet( yeah it's okay lying to girls), they bang later that night, he drives her home next morning so she won't be late for classes, he blocks and deletes her number. I'm that guy lol. wise up and make money brother.

omohayek:
1. Did you bother to read what the manager had to say about not requesting and not getting the required documents on time? Did you bother to read what other commenters have said corroborating his statements? Didn't you hear about the passport shortage issue that has affected so many ordinary Nigerians? Are you living in some other country than Nigeria, where officials are actually known for doing their jobs efficiently and on time?
2. Even if all of the above weren't the case, since when has it been the Senate's job to enforce laws, or even to order their enforcement? Is the Senate an immigration court? Is it part of the executive?

Stop defending rubbish out of a perverted sense of nationalistic pride. Nigeria is hardly the sort of place South Koreans are desperate to want to come to, and from that manager's perspective I'm sure he'd have preferred to have been sent to nearly anywhere else in Asia, Europe or the Americas, rather than take on such a hardship posting in a sh*thole country run by thieving idiots. The odds of any gainfully employed person in a functioning country wanting to violate Nigeria's immigration regulations is probably lower than your odds of winning the US Powerball lottery.

EsotericMonk:
Boss, I think the question we should be asking ourselves is
1) is he an illegal immigrant or not?
2) did he contravene the local content act?
3) are his papers regularised or not?

The world over, backroom stuffs go on , even by govt agencies to give their preferred company an advantage, but it would be bad enough if you are competing as a foreign company yet contravening the laws of the land. If a Nigerian company or director was guilty of this in a foreign company, Nigerians would be tagged as fraudsters. My colleague defaulted on credit payment in the UK and he got redflagged by his bank. Even after paying up, his 'poor credit history' haunts him wherever he goes.
Before we go into the hypothetical discussion of if he is being victimized or not, let's look at what has been placed before us.

PS: I have tried to share the local content act , just in case anyone wants to know wosup but e no dey gree enter.

omohayek:
It’s almost as if you were reading my mind! Leaving aside for the moment the fact that enforcing laws only lies within the authority of the executive, which in Nigeria means the Presidency and its appointees, the only time when Nigerian politicians care about rigorous enforcement of any laws is when they either want to blackmail somebody into paying them off, or they want to take revenge on someone who has refused to do so.

It’s sheer nonsense that a country so badly in need of FDI should be treating the representative of one of its few foreign investors in such a manner, and seeing ignorant Nigerians cheering on this preposterous charade only makes it all worse.

wink2015:
Young Ho Jo

The South Korea MD does not have photograph

It is only here in Nigeria foreigners live and work here without valid immigration papers.

We have Indians, Lebanese, Pakistani, Indonesian, Sri Lankan etc all working here in Nigeria without government authority checking them.

IF NOT FOR THE EGINA OIL PROJECT PROBE THAT CAME UP NOBODY WOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED THE SOUTH KOREAN

deepwater:
lol. NCDMB is dragging things too far at times.

We all shout Nigerian Content, Nigerian Content forgetting that they are people that have the indigenous technology we bring into the market and they need to be part of their investment.

Take a look into the deepwater world for example, where you have Nigerian owned companies acquiring sophisticated offshore vessels running into billions of Naira from the ASIAN / European market and back here NCDMB would not allow a foreigner work on the ship! Dont be misguided by sentiment, as at today Nigerian can only boast of less than five (5) core competent electro-technical officers to man a ship in the oil and gas industry. The rest just went to Ghana Maritime Authority to pick certificates. They come to your vessel and ruin the machinery on board thereby deploying the NIgerian company as ship owners into debt. Now the company has additional cost to bring in OEM and spares into the country to repair things not covered by warranty (Insurance and warranty doesnt cover cluelessness and ignorance).

Taking about the last part

for those not aware, every project in the oil and gas industry has a percentage for local spend by law, but lets face the honest truth NCDMB should show us any company in nigeria that manufactures common solenoid valves, oil/water filters or PLC display panels. Did i hear someone say Nigerian can be trained to manufacture this items? We have a lot of trained Nigerians already (local and foreign), this issue goes beyond class room and practical training; there is no enabling environment - we are yet to address power issue which is the bedrock of manufacturing! We do not ave the indigenous technology, you can not reproduce another persons work without license/permission and yes no OEM will issue that for free knowing well enough that you wont let there staff stay in your country to work. NCDMB for kukuma build the EGINA for Naval Dockyard

bedspread:
Good One by the Senate...

All the same Am Shocked to Hear Nigeria Deports!!!

But the Reason of The Machines not Working given by the South Korean should be well checked becos it could be True.....

I Remember Clearly in 2016, When I went to the NIS Headquarters in Abuja and For More than 2weeks Passports couldn't be issued due to Scarcity of Passports booklets...
Anything is Possible in our Country!!

Pigsandidiots:
Lol, calling me Muslim does not change my Anglican communion.....

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Ziggylady:
You had better shut up!!....Why are you not screeching that Delta State is not Igbo like you ogbomoso people love to do?..-yeye.

bebe2:
I worked till till the year I had my daughter, it was the same a the boyfriend of a childminder was putting his penniss in a babies mouth to us as sucker.

No amount of money can make me leave my child to a stranger.

Stop comparing the abuse of a child with the wrong choices a young adult might make in university. Think of urself before ur 13th birthday and unwilling understand wat am trying to say.

Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires, 1908.

At the Argentine national census of 2010 the total population was 40,117,096, of whom 149,493 (0.37%) identified as Afro-Argentine.

The Afro-Argentine population resulting from the slave trade during the centuries of Spanish domination of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata had a major role in Argentine history. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries they comprised up to fifty percent of the population in some provinces, and had a deep impact on national culture.

In the 19th century the Afro-Argentine population declined sharply due to several factors, such as the Argentine War of Independence (c. 1810-1818), high infant mortality rates, low numbers of married couples in this ethnic group, the Paraguayan War, cholera epidemics in 1861 and 1864, and a yellow fever epidemic in 1871. By the late 19th century the Afro-Argentine population consisted mainly of women, who mixed with the large numbers of European immigrants.

Over 5% of Argentines state they have at least one black ancestor, and a further 20% state they do not know whether or not they have any black ancestors. Genetic studies carried out in 2005 showed that the average level of African genetic contribution in the population of Buenos Aires is 2.2%, but that this component is concentrated in 10% of the population who display notably higher levels of African ancestry.

Today there is still a notable Afro-Argentine community in the Buenos Aires districts of San Telmo and La Boca. There are also quite a few African-descended Argentines in Merlo and Ciudad Evita cities, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Since 2013, November 8th has been celebrated as the National Day of Afro-Argentines and African Culture. The date was chosen to commemorate the recorded date for the death of María Remedios del Valle, a rabona and guerrilla fighter, who served with the Army of the North in the Argentine War of Independence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Argentines

Well into the 19th century, mining and agriculture accounted for the bulk of economic activity in America. African slave labor held the advantage of having already been exposed to European diseases through geographical proximity, and African laborers readily adapted to the tropical climate of the colonies. In the case of Argentina, the influx of African slaves began in the colonies of the Rio de la Plata in 1588.

Slave traders kidnapped Africans, who were then sold and shipped from West Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean. Trafficking flourished through the port of Buenos Aires, when the city allowed English traders to import slaves through it.

To provide slaves to the East Indies, the Spanish crown granted contracts known as Asientos to various companies from other countries, mainly Portuguese, English, Dutch and French. By 1713 Britain, victorious in the War of the Spanish Succession, had the monopoly of this trade. The last Asiento was drawn up with the Royal Society of the Philippines in 1787. Until the 1784 ban, African slaves were measured and then branded.

Before the 16th century slaves had arrived in relatively small numbers from the Cape Verde Islands. Thereafter the majority of Africans brought to Argentina were from ethnic groups speaking Bantu languages, from the territories now comprising Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. Relatively few Yoruba and Ewe were taken to Argentina; larger numbers of these groups were taken to Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Argentines