₦airaland Forum

smellingmenses:
IF YOU ARE A SARS OFFICER AND YOU CATCH MYND44 IN A RAID WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Mofe72:
Don't you get?
The payments being transferred to the government does not occur at QIT.
Finance is in the Administrative HQ.
The revenue generated from crude oil sales are remitted to the FG by the oil companies.
Meaning, the oil companies do in fact get the funds first from exports.

We have heard countless times about NNPC battling with oil companies that refuse to remit oil royalties to the government.

valentineuwakwe:
nonsense report from this CNN.....what about reporting record high gun shooting in American schools?

KingGBsky:
I wonder why this government is not taking anything that has to do with the lives of Nigerians into cognisance.
Thank God nigeria did not experience Ebola under this government. They would have sit and watched it wiped almost half of nigeria population.
Failed government!

gbosaa:
They don’t need any doctor on board. The crew should be first aid trained. There should also be a Resus box or trolley with the necessary medications and aids to intervene in emergencies.

I expected the lady to have had her medications or inhaler with her.

Umarlulu:
lema jibril is a billonaire for decades he's friend is the one who mentored el-rufai to become who he is today I mean the father of current boss (hadiza bala usman) they all from my state katsina.

omoelerin1:
Who is more confused and hopeless between you and I?
Someone who believes pursuing a Master's degree is wasting of money, time and energy. Aren't you aware you 're the most frustrated and hopeless being?

Please, if you are not privileged to go beyond your first degree or you have been destined that should be how far you can go in your academic life, leave others who are moving forward alone and do not discourage those who wish to go further.

They aren't responsible for your plights.

deenee:
I meant overall 1 billion naira. Error is due to auto correct. If only you are not biased then you will know this. Original post corrected and this is my last post on this thread. I wish you people the best of luck!

kettykings:
When they came up with the yoruba Language Law , i simply laughed at them . if that law ever goes into Operation , the reult will reflect in Jamb and Waec .how on earth will a state earning Taxes from the oil drilled in other states pass a law enforcing non indigenes to speak their intelligible language . It is going to backfire big time , at the end of the day Lagos will be for yorubas even foreigners will leave for sane states.

UDIOK:
Bros we are talking about having their office at the operational area which they explore ok.......sink it to your head.....LNG did that in PH, Total did that in PH, and will equally do same in Akwa ibom because bulk of their operations is in akwa ibom apart from OML58 which is at Obagi.......OML99 Amenam-kpono, OML100 Edikan, OML102 Ofon, Odudu, even IKIKE that is upcoming are all within akwa ibom .......you cannot explore, exploit, degrade, bastardize the area and expect to abandon it without physical presence.....go to Texas , Alberta, Norway, Russia and other developed society running oil business their operational areas is within the production zone

Mofe72:
i've worked in QIT, everyone knows that the big wigs are based in the Lagos office.
Most of them shuttle with helicopters to and fro. It's just banter for PR.
The revenue is created at the operations location but transferred to HQ/Admin.

Cromcruach91:
1.I am not defending anyone. I merely corrected your insinuation that Bubu took his son abroad for treatment...which would have been impossible given the state of his injuries.

2.And yes, I think Govt needs to do more for health care. However, we need to stop being a one-horse economy to have the amounts needed to improve health care, and we may need to pay higher taxes and higher hospital bills to get good health services.

Germany has good rehab facilities. Yet...the Germans pay taxes at 50% of their yearly income for the privilege.

3.And yes....I am not a fan of this current govt, or the past ones, because they are not making the hard choices we need for a better economic development. Like ending subsidies, forcing us off oil, fighting corruption, etc.

kenny714433:
This is Ikot Ekpene my brother, not Uyo. Akpabio was the man. Not this dullardino called Udom Emmanuel. He wants to compete with Buhari in terms of dullness

Konquest:
^^^^^^
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@LaudableXX

Hope you're doing great?

I read your post twice to properly digest your thoughts...and they are in order.

Now the VAIDS program is actually like an amnesty or grace period given to those wealthy Nigerians and/or foreigners who have a lot of property abroad and are NOT paying taxes on them. KEMI ADEOSUN did emphasise that the Western countries are sharing...the details of Nigerians with property abroad but who haven't been paying tax for years!

So you can see that it is the RICH who have been making tax underpayments or dodging tax completely. This is already changing as a lot of them are coming forward to take advantage of the VAIDS program so that they do not get penalized... and there will be NO extension after 31st of March, 2018!

Some lower/medium/high income earners are the ones who have been bearing the tax burden for the REST of Nigerians... who also haven't been paying taxes over the years!

I must comment Gov. Akin Ambode of Lagos for bringing a new financial management culture into Lagos and the results of the taxes are showing in leaps!

If the government is able to fix power and rails for instance, it would boost the GDP of Nigeria.

Last but not least... China makes a whopping $3 Trillion yearly from the petrochemical industries!

China has no oil and gas so they have to import CLPG from countries around the world that are gas producers.

The same thing too applies to India that makes more money than Nigeria makes from exporting only crude oil annually which amounts to about $20 billion annually and this shows that the oil industry is smaller than that of China and India which makes about $300 billion annually from petrochemicals and we are NOT yet talking of taxes collected from citizens of their countries!

Eleme Petrochemicals Plant in Rivers is very old and needs a major turnaround maintenance to work efficiently. So we need new ones that are owned by the private sector in the major oil and gas states... just like in China, India, and the U.S.

I hope this helps...

jneutron4000:
This is not a bad idea, trying to bring back the HQ to it operating base

manny4life:
Whether Houston is the Energy Capital or not is certainly not the question. Please say what you know and what you can defend. Exxon pays all their taxes to different jurisdiction where their operations are. For instance, local property taxes for which they file annual rendition forms is paid to the Country Appraisal District where the property located. Their oil wells in West Texas say the Midlands would be paid to the CAD over there NOT Houston. Same applies to gasoline taxes as well Payroll taxes. Yes Houston gets a huge portion of the franchise/sales tax, but all jurisdictions get all their taxes.

deomelllo:
1. You are a comedian because Akwa Ibom is vastly richer than Lagos state.

2. For so many years under Akpabio, Akwa Ibom with just 5 million people passed larger budgets than Lagos state with 20 million people and sometimes even over N100 billion larger.

3. For several years under Akpabio, Akwa Ibom budgeted billions for the construction of Ibaka deep seaport, but he did not clear even ordinary bush or build an ordinary fence.

4. By the time Akpabio left office, he completed and commissioned only 1 football stadium, 1 cinema, 1 library, 1 uncompleted hospital, some roads and 1 flyover.

...but Fashola was commissioning major and grand projects left and right.

It's all about leadership qualities, not just money

manny4life:
It's the most appropriate thing to do... Almost all Oil Drilling Companies are located in TX or Louisiana, not Washington DC or NY. You cannot drill resources from State A and then pay taxes in State B. It's just not right.

diana158:
Akwa Ibom state Government have began the construction of a 21 storey building for offices.

Speaking on efforts so far to ensure relocation of offices of International Oil Companies to the state, Commissioner of information Udoh said the ongoing 21-storey building embarked upon by Governor Udom Emmanuel would have state-of –the art facilities for offices.

"We know how much ExxonMobil is paying as tax to Lagos State government. Now we are constructing a 21 storey building with the intention to gradually increase it to about 30. This is a smart building with standard facilities for a modern office. So ExxonMobil would no longer have any excuse for not relocating to the state”. he said
cc mynd44

http://ibomtoday.com/akwa-ibom-begins-construction-of-21-storey-for-mobil/

DeLaRue:
'...so ExxonMobil would no longer have an excuse for not relocating to the State.'

This is not the sort of language to use.

International companies are not easily bullied.

Pavore9:
Will they drag Mobil into the building after completion?

Konquest:
^^^^^
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This is a brilliant move since Nigeria has one of the lowest tax compliance rates in the world of 6%!

You can't try to evade annual tax payments in the U.S., UK, or Canada for instance!

Nigeria under this government is performing well in this area... but they need to do more by diversifying the oil and gas industry by building more petrochemical plants so that gas which is the primary material for the petrochemicals can further boost the Nigerian economy... and make life easy for the citizens especially the low-income earners! Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Ondo, and Lagos States should have at least 2 petrochemical plants for instance.

Nice post!

ihatesycophant:
It seems you don't know what you're saying. A man retired after spending 35 years in a certain job will now go hunting for another. Do you know what that man's age will be? A man of over 50 years averagely will go fishing for another job when he'll be thinking on how to carter for children and not be other the apron spring of one employer. It means such man doesn't plan well for his retirement. Every sane employee will prefer to be an employer of labour than be employee after 35 years active service.
If this is the mentality you've been carrying to retire and still scouting for job after 35, then you need to redirect your prayer line. Every retiree always prefer contract job than having permanent job after retirement.

Ayodejioak:
Another step in the right direction.

Yes, A new Nigeria is possible

Big things start small

deenee:
I made a big mistake joining issues with you. So if an existing rule does not work they should not change it. So because boi is trying to ring fence the transaction to reduce the risk they are now incompetent. Ask your self what happened to the cbn msme fund. Anchor borrowers for farmers commercial agric guarantee scheme. Nigerians are very bad borrowers and this is the reason why most intervention funds dont work. We have only heard one side of the story why not hear from boi before trying to drag them down?

Same boi that disbursed over 1 billion other corpers at single digit interest rate and all was not pad back. Nigerians that love to borrow with the intention not to pay back?

Una sabi lie, o!

TheKingdom:
Yeah I am a member and I’m pimping your entire cheap family. Very soon I will even initiate you at Okija shrine. Dont’ worry ahh...

One more phrase for you...”Phuck Redeemed and their agenda to colonize brains from the shi.thole nation”

TheKingdom:
Sorry, but Adeboye and many religious people are all part of secret societies and are criminals and con artists.

Oh and by the way, this is perhaps Africa’s ugliest building

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Dr. Stella Ameyo Shade Adadevoh.

PERSONAL LIFE

Dr. Adadevoh’s family lineage reinforces her role as a patriot, leader, and heroine. Her paternal great grandfather, Herbert Samuel Macaulay, was a prominent politician and is considered to be the founding father of Nigerian nationalism. He established the first political party and his portrait is on Nigeria’s one naira coin. Her maternal grandfather was the first cousin of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria, a respected modern nationalist, and one of the most revered politicians in Nigerian history. Her father, Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh, was a renowned physician, distinguished scientist, lecturer, author, and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. He served as a consultant and advisor to numerous international organizations such as the World Health Organization and several United Nations agencies and commissions.

HEROINE

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In 2012, H1N1 (swine flu) spread to Lagos, Nigeria and Dr. Adadevoh was the first doctor to diagnose and alert the Ministry of Health. Less than two years later, she was again the first doctor to identify another contagious virus – this one much deadlier than the first.

On July 20th 2014, Patrick Sawyer – Nigeria’s first Ebola patient – left quarantine in Liberia and flew to Lagos, Nigeria to attend a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He collapsed at the airport in Lagos and was taken to First Consultants Medical Centre (FCMC), the private hospital where Dr. Adadevoh worked. Under normal circumstances as an ECOWAS official, he might have been taken to a government hospital, but the doctors at all government facilities were on an indefinite strike.

The first doctor at FCMC who saw Mr. Sawyer diagnosed him with malaria. When Dr. Adadevoh saw him during her ward round the following day, she suspected Ebola despite the initial malaria diagnosis, and the fact that she, and no other doctor in Nigeria, had ever seen Ebola before. Dr. Adadevoh questioned Mr. Sawyer about having contact with anyone with Ebola, which he denied. Being the thorough clinician she was, she immediately contacted the Lagos State and Federal Ministries of Health and got him tested.

While waiting for the test results, the patient and other Liberian government officials began insisting that Dr. Adadevoh discharge him so he could attend the ECOWAS conference. She refused. They threatened to sue her for kidnapping and a violation of human rights (holding him against his will because she did not have a confirmed diagnosis) but she continued to resist their relentless pressure.

Lagos State – and Nigeria as a whole – was not ready for Mr. Sawyer. Dr. Adadevoh and her team did what they could with the limited resources they had in the hospital to treat Mr. Sawyer. His Ebola diagnosis was later confirmed, and he died at FCMC.

Dr. Adadevoh’s accurate and swift diagnosis of Mr. Sawyer resulted in the Nigerian government mobilizing the necessary resources to deal with an Ebola outbreak. Her actions allowed for a much more strategic containment of the virus across the country, and the Nigerian government was able to successfully trace all possible contacts from the index patient Patrick Sawyer. There were 20 Ebola cases total. 11 were healthcare workers. Of those healthcare workers, 6 survived and 5 died, including Dr. Adadevoh.

DRASA: Her sacrifice prevented a national catastrophe in a country of more than 190 million people. https://www.drasatrust.org/biography/

Reelectbuhari:
Exactly a year today, I came to do my shift at Ebola Treatment Center, Yaba Lagos and noted gloomy faces on my colleagues handing over to my team. On enquiry they broke the news that Dr. Ameyor Adedebor had just passed on. Shortly after, her anxious son and husband rushed in to check on her as has become their routine. None of us could look them in the face, talk less of break the sad news. All the boldness I had acquired over the years of medical practice, that empathic but detached attitude to breaking sad news eluded me.
One of the most miserable instances of my practice.
Ameyor was the consultant at the First Consultant hospital Obalende who made the diagnosis of Ebola on American - Liberian diplomat, Mr Sawyer. Identifying and diagnosing ebola at that time in Nigeria was a medical feat, most of us never saw it, didn't know the presentation. I would never have guessed, most of my colleagues too, but Abeyor did, and by that she saved Nigeria. She didn't end it there, when Sawyer insisted on being let off, when he made some high profile calls that threatened Abeyor to let him go, this lady didn't bulge. She insisted that he be quarantined till status verified. She placed her own calls to the high and mighty in the lagos state govt and ministry of health. It was alleged that she even had to call the minister of health to be able to hold Sawyer down. The usual Nigerian "do you know who I am?" nearly ruined a nation. But Abeyor was also high and mighty. And she was tough. Her courage however caused her her life. She died slowly, and painfully. She was in coma for weeks. Brain dead for weeks. Suffered sever intense diarrhoea and bleeding from everywhere. Abeyor had sores all over her body with sever hypertension that resulted in several strokes even while she was in coma. She was the worst case of ebola I ever saw. She died for all of us. For those of us who defend looters that steal on our behalf, those whose greed has devastated our country and mortgaged our national destiny, whose gluttony has kept the health infrastructure down making Nigeria the highest exporter of medical brains, spare a moment of thought for this brave woman and her family, and other health personnel like justina ejelonu that died for us, if it touches your heart please also wish the rest who toil day and night to keep us safe from disease well . Adiu my chief, Adieu my heroine.

Rest in peace

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pinnket:
They keep saying they are supporting SME's with loans but the terms and conditions of these loans are out of this world. All thanks to the Nigerian government coupled with the banks to scam the citizens of this country..

I won't be surprised if they ask for my great grandfather's signature before I can access the loan.!

wink2015:
Many of the rural towns are not motorable as there are no bridge to link up this town.

Go to ELEMEBIRI, ASAMABIRI, ETC and see how bad and underdevelop this towns are.

Governor Dickson is investing in the LAND AREA OF BAYELSA STATE while abandoning the riverine towns in Bayelsa state.

Why not develop STANDARD BOAT TRANSPORT SYSTEM to the rural riverine towns in Bayelsa state.

Many Bayelsan now travel on rickety boat to their villages.

macaphan007:
if I start to talk or swear for people I won't stop till next year,I focused on Lagos cos I felt for any investment opportunity Lagos is always the first call for any investor, the first meeting we had was on the 30th is September 2015 with the then Perm sec of the ministry of oversees investment And foreign affairs, the building just directly opposite the Lagos House within the same premises,Mrs Arinola the perm sec wasted our time for more than 5 months before she was forcefully resigned by Gov Ambode in Feb 2016,even without signing a non disclosure agreement with us and our partners a lot of documents were made available even when it wasn't suppose to be so,its a long story.

This country is a mess I tell you.

Opoki:
Lol... I guess you know the meaning of my smile. BTW, I'm from Ife and Tutu' first son, her third child is 76yrs old.

Tutu is believed to be alive and living in Lagos, the Guardian can reveal after speaking to a cousin of the princess, who is scouring the Nigerian megacity for the woman who has become a national legend.

“We don’t know where she is, but she is still alive,” says Ronke Ademiluyi, speaking over the phone from Lagos. “We’ve been searching for her everywhere.”

Enwonwu painted three portraits of the Ife royal Adetutu Ademiluyi, whom he first saw in Ile-Ife, a town in south-west Nigeria. Struck by her long neck and graceful beauty, Enwonwu spent six months tracking Tutu down, and then had to persuade her family to let her sit for him – something seen as highly irregular for a woman of high birth.

“To have even just found the painting was incredibly exciting, in the very modest surroundings in which we discovered it,” says Peppiatt. “But then to find out that the sitter, Tutu, is still alive and living in Lagos – it’s the icing on the cake.”
Finding her, however, will not be an easy task. With a population of 21 million, it would be difficult to know where to begin searching in Lagos.

Ademiluyi’s late father and Tutu were both grandchildren of the Ife king at the time, making them first cousins. That will narrow the search, but not as much as one may think. The former king had 37 wives, and hundreds of children and grandchildren. Princesses, of whom Ademiluyi is one, abound.

“The Ademiluyi family is like a clan – there are thousands of us,” she says. “There’s no way we can all know each other.”

Ademiluyi knew nothing of her cousin until she learned about the missing painting. A 98-year-old great-uncle told her Tutu was still alive and in her late sixties, which would fit with her apparent age in the painting.

Oliver Enwonwu says he has heard conflicting accounts of Tutu, one that she was alive and the other that she was dead. He was born while the series was being painted, so he never knew his father’s sitter, but he has long wanted to talk to her. “It will be very exciting if she is still living – it will give context to the painting,” he adds. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/24/tutu-ben-enwonwu-painting-nigeria-is-tutu-still-alive

deenee:
And I say yet again they don't charge 14 percent fees upfront if you know any body that has a boi Lona and has been charge fees of 14 percent upfront inbox me I will personally take it up with. Boi. Even banks don't charge upfront fees of 14 percent!

People just push false information up and down without verifying