₦airaland Forum

Ameboperoo:
There are two types, one is darker even the belly is black and it's very
ferocious (forest cobra). It will spits and can attack you unprovoked.
But I think this one is the lighter one. It will only raise its head and flatten it's hood but doesn't spit like the darker one. Both are venomous.
Even the spit can blind you if not treated.
I have encountered them severally

The Forest Cobra (the largest true Cobra in the world) does not spit.

It is the Spitting Cobra that spits. If this was a Spitting Cobra, it would have spat at you almost immediately (in order to deter what it would have assumed was a large predator).

There is a 3rd candidate, the Tree Cobra, which like the Rinkhal and King Cobra, is not a true Cobra. It however looks like a Forest Cobra and grows really large too.

This snake here is either a Forest Cobra or a Tree Cobra (an elapid that can flatten its hood like a Cobra).

You are a lucky man. A bite from either of them is an emergency.

casualobserver:
He doesn’t, the matter presented before him was human rights. On that basis he granted ex parte injunction. Ofcourse ex-parte means the other party was not present. Ex parte injunction either expires or other party appears and states his case. At which point the case is thrown out because federal court has no jurisdiction over kingship matters and there is no rights violation.

The order will likely not be set aside on June 3. 2024 which is the next adjourned date. The stakes are just too high for the court to do that

But I expect the Respondents to file Preliminary Objections before then.

And I doubt if they will be able to serve the Respondents with the order of injunction before Sanusi's coronation. I am sure the principal officers of those organisations and government bodies will be unavoidably absent until Monday.

casualobserver:
Federal courts have no jurisdiction over traditional/customary matters. They are not recognized under Federal law. You can only preside over something that is under your purview.

If you knew what you were talking about, I was expecting you to say the injunction was made based on violation of human rights which is a federal matter. But that was just legal skulduggery to obtain an injunction which will not hold water.

If you knew the law you would have mentioned the above.

The Federal High Court is limited in its jurisdiction to the items enumerated under Section 251 of the 1999 Constitution.

I fail to see where Justice Liman derives jurisdiction (in a matter regarding the Kano State House of Assembly) from.

Even if the matter was brought under the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules (which means it can be filed in Federal or State High Courts), jurisdiction is no longer exercised 'piece meal'. A court cannot have jurisdiction in some parts of a case and lack jurisdiction in other areas.

ivandragon:
This piece is entirely my own personal opinion. I welcome constructive criticism.

There is no gain saying that the Nigerian economy is in a mess at the moment. Whether you support the APC or not, the glaring truth is that the present trajectory of the economy is worrisome.

The main issue on the front burner at the moment is the minimum wage.

While labour has proposed 615k which is not realistic, the government has offered 48k which is ridiculous.

Though labour's position can be reasoned with, the truth is that the economy at this time cannot sustain such wage structure across board (government and private levels). The 48k is however too little to make a significant impact on the present level of hardship.

For any minimum wage to be impactful, it must be accompanied with either stability of current prices or more preferably, an immediate reduction in prices (let's leave all the inflation jargons for now).

Given this conundrum, I am of the opinion that Nigeria finds an innovative minimum wage structure to lean on for now. It does not have to copy any other country's pattern, but something unique to our present situation.

It would be a 4 pronged approach.

1. Devolution of the wage structure;
2. Reduction in government expenses;
3. Fixing of customs duties and
4. Addressing corruption through taxation.

1. Devolution of the Wage Structure

There needs to be a partial devolution of minimum wage that would depend on productivity, business structure & revenue. At least for now given our dire situation.

For instance, nano & micro businesses with annual turnover of less than N10m can have a minimum wage of 60k.

Small businesses with annual turnover of over N10m but less than N250m can have a minimum wage of N100k

Medium businesses with turnover of over N250m but less than N1bn can have a minimum wage of N130k.

Big businesses with turnover of over N1bn but less than N10bn can do N160k

Very big businesses can do N180k.

Governments should take a middle stance and do N126k.

Doing this should ease pressure a bit.

2. Reduction in Government Expenses

Cut cost of governance at all levels. To start, all elected officials and political appointees should be placed on the government minimum wage immediately. They should also make sacrifices.

Also, stop all purchase of foreign vehicles by government officials even if such vehicles have already been imported. Buy only locally assembled vehicles. Exceptions would of course be given to specialised vehicles (tractors, trailers, excavators etc) that can't be assembled in Nigeria.

3. Fix Customs Duties

Peg the customs exchange rate at N500 to a dollar. A key reason why goods increase is due to high duties & instability. Government needs to sacrifice a bit by pegging customs duties at N500 for at least 1 year. By this, businesses can plan in the medium to long term.

Of course, the government has to ensure a drastic reduction in prices of goods and services by implementing policies to push down inflation within 6-10 months. So it would have to look at other areas too where levies can be reduced.

4. Address Corruption through Taxation

Rather than tax Nigerians to death, tie everyone's income to assets to taxes. Your assets must reflect your income and your income must reflect in your taxes. That's the only way to reduce corruption and also increase government revenue.

Today, we see people buying multiple cars worth hundreds of millions of naira. Buying houses worth billions every other month. Living extremely lavish lives... yet, their source of income is shrouded in secrecy and taxes are not reflective of thier assets and incomes.

It is ridiculous that a person has assets worth over N1bn but has an annual income of N8m and tax payment of less than N800k... these are the areas government loses money. For those who use fronts and companies, its even easier, check the revenue of the company and than its taxes.

Conclusion

Of course, there are other areas government needs to work on such as security, repairing infrastructure, reducing the overbloated workforce at government level and others, but within the present context of the minimum wage issues, the 4 measures might help.

Thanks for reading...

A very lucid and realistic analysis of this mess in which we have found ourselves.

Your proposals are top notch and are a sharp reminder of why Nigerians are hailed for their brain power all over the world.

It bothers me that some people are just interested in 'tanking' the economy so that they can say 'we told you so'. I am looking at my Secretary right now and I can barely afford to pay her curent salary which is less than 100k per month. How do I pay 200k per month (whether I make money or not)? I will not even consider the possibility of paying 250k, or worse, 500k to the least paid worker in an establishment. The ripple effect on the economy will be catastrophic.

The current minimum wage did not get us here, years of mismanagement of our various sectors (especially 8 years of Buhari's economic missteps) did.

If this currrent government has abandoned subsidy (it had no choice really as the outgoing government made no provisions for further payments beyond June 2023), it is ostensibly to channel the funds, some of which allegedly went into some peoples' pockets for doing nothing, into areas where they would be more useful.

I would assume that was the reason for floating the Naira as well. Previous governments before now, had spent a lot of money defending the naira and keeping the dollar at bay. Unfortunately, the last administration (Emefiele, in particular, will go down as the worst CBN governor we have had in a long time) did us no favours as it continued to defend the naira even when it was clear that this was unsustainable amidst low crude oil production, a comatose manufacturing industry and its terrible policies. I won't even go into the irresponsible loans that the CBN, through NIRSAL MFB, granted to Nigerians. Now that Nigerians are paying back through their noses, can we not all agree that such policies only made them poorer in the long run?

The naira will eventually find its level and the traders among us who sell imported goods can also help to bring down inflation by applying the new tax rates only to newly imported goods and not to those that they have had in their shops since last year.

The government (especially customs) should also reduce the tax rates and levies on imports (at least until the fog clears a bit) as the traders will only redirect the taxes and levies to the consumers who are essentially overpaying for old and (in some cases) substandard goods.

I firmly believe that the inflation we are currently experiencing in Nigeria at the moment is highly artificial and solely depends on we Nigerians. We already know that when the refineries start working and we reduce importation of fuel, while exporting refined products (hopefully with the Naira as the primary transactional currency), our local currency will grow stronger and imports will no longer cost as much. What we do not know (or appear to ignore) is that the traders will be reluctant to reduce prices. Prices in Nigeria hardly come down once they have gone up and this has more to do with the greed of the average Nigerian seller than anything else. They believe they will be selling at a loss and will therefore sustain those high prices until their old stock is cleared. This is one of the major killers of our economy. When a foreign used 2010 Toyota Camry which is 14 years old, costs upwards of 9 million naira, you know there is a massive problem. It will develop problems after a year and you will be back in the market for parts which will cost an arm and a leg, along with the other unrealistic fees that mechanics charge these days. When the inflation eventually comes down and the Camry is back to its regular N3,500,000.00, the unfortunate fellow who bought it at nearly 3 times the normal price is left to rue his loss. These are personal demons that we must, on our part, strive to exorcise before blaming the government. If we peg our minimum wage at 500k at this critical time, I can assure you that the current inflation will sound like a tea party compared to what will come next. It is therefore a bit worrisome when you realise that those calling for such an astronomical increase in the minimum wage know this too and it only leads me to inevitably conclude that this is just another power play towards 2027. If the economy is in tatters and we have become another Zimbabwe (my profound apologies to Zimbabweans here present), how will the current administration even dream of coming back?

More importantly, will such an unrealistic minimum wage, if implemented, not drive more workers to seek employment with public and government owned institutions while leaving those who remain in the private sector to fleece their employers to death? Eventually, both the public and private sectors will groan from the excessive financial load and ultimately crash; another cautionary tale for the greedy and hasty.

jmoore:
Monthly tenant = 7 days notice to quit.

One month, not 7 days.

Questionnaires:
Hmmmm.... Does this mean that once bitten, no amount of first aid can keep a victim alive ?

First aid may work (elevating the affected area or tying a tourniquet over the bite since the venom is primarily neurotoxic and not cytotoxic) but only anti-venom can truly prevent the onset of paralysis and total collapse of the respiratory and circulatory systems within 30 minutes.

LordIsaac:
Hunter why? When you study these Whites at times, you get convinced that they live everyday wishing to die!

It is because of people like him that we have anti-venom for various snakes. In the past, before the advent of anti-venom, over 80% of snake bites (with envenomation) were 100% fatal. People like him have evened the odds and we must commend rather than condemn.

AuthorMan:
In the History of Super Eagles?
Or what did you say?

Say since you've been watching Eagles play.
Since you started watching Eagles.

Osimhen is good but giving him the best header so far is a complete Error.

Go and ask who bears The Headmaster in the Eagles and those who know go tell you.

Mutiu Adepoju (Headmaster, Agbon) and Victor Agali (very aggressive header of the ball) were better than Osimhen in their prime in the air.

However, Osimhen may eventually eclipse them both in the heading department.

Ghana 1 Egypt 0.

Salah goes off injured.

ravensckar:
As much as I would have loved to continue having this discussion with you, my current work wouldn't permit. However, it's important that I point out a few things.

Firstly, the Mikel of U-20 was different from the Mikel that ended up at Chelsea & the Super Eagles. Even a village idiot can agree with that. As a result, he wouldn't even make the cut or rather remain on the bench at best. Why? He wouldn't bring in anything exceptional to the team.

JAY JAY (Creative midfielder, can dribble, long passer, good at set pieces, coordinates the midfield).
ORUMA (creative midfielder, attacking midfielder, good passer)

OLISEH (Good at marking, long passes, and can shoot).

ADEPOJU (defensive midfielder, can mark & good with the head).

Tell me, who will Mikel bench among the midfielders above?

Now coming back to Guardiola. You still didn't want to admit that he malt treated Yahya Toure? Seriously? That they didn't have any confrontation doesn't excuse what he did to the young man. Twice for that matter especially for no apparent reason. Again, history was kind to him because he won trophies and was successful.

To Mourinho, I completely agree with your take on him. No further comment.

In conclusion, most of these coaches you see have their different 'man management style'. Some are friendly to their players (which can be perceived to be weakness). Others are high-handed (which can be perceived to be stubborness). It's different stroke for different folks. However, history will only remember those that achieved success. I stand by my earlier view; Oliseh was a good coach, yes, he was a bit high-handed but I believe he would have turned the team around if given the necessary time and support. But you see this Pesseiro or whatever he calls himself, he's the Portuguese version of COACH FRANK LAMPARD.

Well said.

It's the younger fans who don't remember Mutiu Adepoju. I watched Senegal 92 as a 10 year old and Mutiu was arguably our best player, slightly ahead of Stephen Keshi and Yekini.

As he grew older, and with the coming of Okocha, he settled for the defensive midfield position, although he still enjoyed his favoured attacking midfield role whenever he dusted his pants from the bench at Tunisia 94 and USA 94.

You are absolutely correct that Mikel wouldn't have been able to bench any of Okocha, Oruma and Adepoju if he had played when they were active.

While I do not intend to belittle his achievements, I believe his playing style was 'neutered' at Chelsea and that Nigeria suffered as a result. We never again saw the Mikel of Australia 2003 and Netherlands 2005 and that makes me reluctant to rate him above these players in midfield.

kestolove95:
I done check net tire wetin diz oliseh play wey dem make am super eagle coach... D only tin I found was a shoot outside 18box in France 1998...oliseh is mad na him put us into diz uzoho wahala

Oliseh had a hand in 5 of the 9 goals that we scored at the Tunisia 94 Nations Cup. He was an integral part of a dreaded Nigerian team that performed well at the USA 94 World Cup, placed 4th at the King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia, won the 1995 Afro-Asian Cup, won the Atlanta 96 Olympic Football Gold Medal and qualified effortlessly for the France 98 World Cup.

He was a bit of a hot head but that should take nothing away from his achievements. Mikel, Osaze and Enyeama will rank below Oliseh when Nigeria's greatest players of all time are mentioned.

Not all great players turn out to be good coaches, even if they have all the requisite qualifications so there is nothing strange about Oliseh's perceived failings in that area.

Scarrr:
Ode ni boy lipopotamus yen😂

Tori Olohun.

Ewo tu ni Lipopotamus bayi?

Ezmans:
is 17 years old a kid?

Yes.

Until she turns 18, anyone who has carnal knowledge of her is a statutory rapist.

ednut1:
I make money from content creation. Lies, its yahoo, drugs and prostitution that gives them money. make sure you dont drop the soap in Peru prison bro

There is no way he won't drop the soap in a Peruvian prison.

Even if he does not drop the soap, the soap must drop by itself and then the inevitable 'flop flop flop' ensues.

Chinjo2:
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-fire-outbreak-at-supreme-court/


There was pandemonium at the Supreme Court this morning owing to a mysterious fire that forced a 7-man panel of Justices headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, to scamper for safety.

The apex court was on the verge of concluding hearing on a suit involving First Bank of Nigeria, when a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Amechi Nwaiwu, SAN, spotted the uncanny fire that was gradually engulfing the left wing of the court.

The development occasioned palpable panic in the court room which was full to capacity with over fifteen SANs in attendance due to some political matters slated for hearing today.

On sensing that the fire was becoming menacing, the CJN ordered a stand down of the case, as the seven justices hurriedly retired to their chambers, with SANs and other court users scampering for safety through the double exit points in the court.

It took the effort of lawyers and court officials to curtail the situation, though its remote cause has remained a mystery.

Blaming it on the electrical wiring system in the court, a clerk who spoke to Vanguard decried that occasional spark of flames during proceeding has been a recurring decimals at the apex court since last year.

The court abruptly rose around 11:55 am due to the ugly incident and reconvened around 12:20 pm.

Those in court included Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, the national President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief J.B Daudu, SAN, Dr Alex Iziyon, SAN, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, Yusuf Ali, SAN, among others.

Source: Nigeria Vanguard

Very old news and rather irresponsible.

This incident occurred more than 10 years ago.

BoldBrainz:
As of this moment, Kano State has no "active" governor until INEC executes the directives of the court and issues a certificate of return to Gawuna. So the peace and security of the State can be enforced by the Commissioner of Police at the behest of the Assembly Speaker...I think.

Kano State still has a Governor who has his right of Appeal within a limited time frame (from the date of the judgment). In electoral matters, a Notice of Appeal operates as an automatic stay of execution (of the trubunal's judgment) until the appeal itself is heard and determined.

Where the Court of Appeal is in agreement with the Tribunal, the Governor still has the option of repeating the above mentioned process at the Supreme Court and can remain Governor of his state until the apex court gives its decision. It is only where the decision of the Supreme Court is in agreement with those of the Tribunal and Court of Appeal (and quite frankly, at this stage, there will be concurrent findings of both lower courts which the Supreme Court hardly tampers with) that he is then mandated to leave (since there is no further right of appeal).

It's still a long journey ahead, unless he is persuaded not to appeal against the decision of the Tribunal.

9jabox:
Doesn’t the language of the judges at the PEPC show something?

They use such strong languages to dismiss petitions so much so that some of us now think they are actually defending the respondents instead.

From all I’ve seen so far, there’s an agenda that’s being pushed by these judges and soon it shall be clear.

The Justices of the Court of Appeal are already overworked.

Do you know how many appeals emanate daily from the High Courts (State and Federal) and the National Industrial Court?

Proceedings in Nigeria are recorded in longhand and Lawyers typically employ delay tactics to make these appeals last longer than they should.

On top of that, they also have to attend to Presidential Election Petitions (as the court of first instance), Governorship Election Petitions (as the first appellate court) and National and State Legislative Election Petitions (as the court of final instance).

The least Petitioners can do is ensure there is a bit more clarity to their Petitions.

A lot of our judges and justices suffer from ailments associated with their jobs and we don't help them when we bombard them with vague and nebulous processes.

If you know you don't have a case, kindly plan towards the next election.

It's a good thing costs were not awarded against the Petitioners for wasting the court's time.

They might not be so lucky at the Supreme Court.

Judgment is not part of proceedings.

Proceedings commence from the day the case is first mentioned and end on the day final written addresses (or originating processes in case of originating summons and originating motions) are adopted.

Judgment is then delivered upon conclusion of proceedings.

The Tribunal has therefore not reversed its earlier decision not to broadcast proceedings live. It is the judgment (which is delivered after proceedings have long ceased) that will be broadcast live.

The Tribunal was absolutely correct to overrule the application to have proceedings broadcast live to Nigerians. Knowing Nigerians and our penchant for the theatrical and the absurd, we would have made a mockery of the very solemn process.

Moray Eel

This reminds me of 1993, when Abacha took over from Shonekan's lame duck Interim National Government in a palace coup and many Nigerians welcomed the Military back into their lives again; after 3 months of separation.

Supporters of the late great Bashorun M.K.O Abiola called on Abacha's junta to declare Abiola winner of the annulled June 12 elections and Abacha gave them the run around, only to later bare his fangs.

I suspect the opposition leaders in Gabon will be treated to something similar.

And for those goading President Tinubu into interfering in the Gabon matter, Gabon is not a West African country and is therefore not part of ECOWAS. Nigeria can only interfere as part of the African Union or the U.N..

Islie:
….insists he was not convicted of crime




https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/alleged-drug-case-why-tinubu-forfeited-460000-in-us-apc-tells-court/

Checkmate. No way back for Obi and LP's Petition after this.

Raskimonojendor:
This one is an Obidient.

Soyinka also condemned the Lagos election in the interview in AriseTV.

But Obidients in their hateful and intolerant manner left that part out and ran along with the Datti's comment condemnation.

I have observed that some 'Obidients' have a very short attention span. They find basic reading and understanding quite tiresome and would rather latch on to the 'cliff notes' of a story and run with it. By the time they come to grips with the possibility that there just might be more to what they think they know, they are already far too gone to be reined in.

They are passionate rather than introspective and this accounts for their rash conclusions. While passion is good fuel for the much needed change, it is also destructive if deployed too quickly and in large quantities. By the time the real issues come up, they are usually burnt out, having exhausted all their energy and resources on preliminary matters.

I suspect that in the end, their penchant for jumping from one flavour of the month to another, and their inability to play the long game, will ultimately buy Prof. Soyinka some much needed respite.

Prof just needs to sit tight and say nothing. The herd will eventually move on to another perceived enemy.

Nonny95:
APC think they can white wash this armed robbery of an election by deploying Soyinka.😆😆😆.

The international media war has started dudes.

Noble Laurette vs Noble Laurette.

When did Chimamanda become a Nobel Laureate?

And how did she arrive at the conclusion that 70% of those who voted in the Presidential Elections were less than 30years?

Did she go to all the Polling Units in Nigeria? I doubt if she was even able to go beyond those in Anambra (Ukpo most especially).

I enjoy her books, but politics is not the natural habitat of the revered Chimamanda. Reeling out unverified statistics is unhealthy for the very delicate political atmosphere that we currently inhabit and people like Chimamanda with their international reach should be far more circumspect in their writings and utterances than the average Joe.

Petitions have been filed and defences will follow. After that, let all those who have no expertise in such areas leave it to the experts (the learned Justices of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and the hardworking lawyers) to decide.

I am curious though. What if Obi had won, in the face of these alleged malpractices that she has so copiously mentioned? Would she still have gone ahead to write to President Biden on behalf of say, Atiku or Tinubu? I am sure we know the answer to that.

I am also surprised that she has not referred even remotely, to the alleged rigging and intimidation that occured in the East (where Obi won so comprehensively).

In the end, the aspersions on the credibility of the process appear to have manifested only because Obi, her preferred candidate, did not win; nothing more.

virginboy2018:
why will he wait till tribunal Judgement.... Bode george is liking his wound... now that Tinubu has been given certificate by the INEC as president-elect... if he really mean his word... he could have relocated to somalia and refuse to sit under under Tinubu government elect certificate.

Bode George is an ex-convict.. so he should be taken serious... he doesnt have any crediblity has an ex-convict. no well meaning Nigerian should take such person serious .... he has been jailed and slept in the prison for crime committed when he was the NPA chairman. ....

His conviction was later set aside.

I appeared on his behalf (and on behalf of the other respondents) against Festus Keyamo (then Esq, not SAN) at the Supreme Court in 2010 at one of the hearings. It was in respect of an appeal that Keyamo filed on behalf of the FG. I remember we sat next to each other (Keyamo) and despite the fact that we were on opposing sides, he was very nice and taught me how to make better presentations in court.

That said, I am sure no one really expects Chief Bode George to leave Nigeria, regardless of the final outcome. Ko le to yen

Our laws were made for us and not us for them.

It is not in all cases that the provision of a statute will be accorded its literal interpretation.

The Golden and Mischief rules of statutory interpretation will come in handy here.

The Golden rule is used when strict adherence to the literal rule will occasion injustice (as is the case here) while the Mischief rule requires that we visit the reason for the provision in the first place.

Are we suggesting that the framers of that section intended for Abuja votes to be worth more than other votes across Nigeria?

Surely, their intention was for Abuja to be treated like any other state (hence the addition of section 299).

The Court of Appeal and Supreme Court will definitely have no difficulty in resolving this issue.

AmazingELixir:


These Obedients are big nuisance...a collection of very bitter people.

The LP guy don cast sef.

Old tweets are beginning to resurface. Appears he is a Biafra supporter and has referred to Yorubas as Afonja on the odd occasion... Twitter is on fire over his old tweets at the moment. I won't say sope o ti lo o but let's just say his aspirations have taken a big hit.

Irrespective of that however, Sanwolu's team will be buoyed by BAT's presidential win and will campaign with renewed vigour, especially now that they know just how careless they have been in Lagos.

I also feel the LP has lost the momentum with which it contested the Presidential elections. That momentum was so extraordinary that people voted LP without even knowing who the candidates were. Things will be different on March 11, 2023.

Another factor to consider is that Sanwolu has actually performed well as Governor of Lagos State. That may count in his favour.

Mufasa27:
I used to tell me friends back then that dino and haruna had something in common , for those people who have been to the zoological garden Ibadan you would know who haruna was😂😂😂

RIP Haruna 😂

Yes o.

I first visited UI Zoo in 1989.

Haruna and Imade.

I hear Imade is gone too.😢

Lady Bianca Ojukwu really enjoyed Tony Nwoye's victory in Anambra over Mrs Obiano.

Obaaderemi2:
I like the fact that some of us understand what's in the big picture. Yorubas, especially the youths, understand little.

Very little...

kezienaira:
Plateau my people, my love for una don x1000

Impressive if it turns out to be the actual result.

However, this will only harm Atiku if Obi fails to secure the required geographical spread and also fails to win the popular vote.