₦airaland Forum

Omihanifa:
Nah alcohol dey inside that flask. He's just lying that it's medication.

For a female pilot to say everything the way it is, just know that the matter don pass becareful. The pilot said k1 poured the content of the flask on the security. That was how they got to even know the content of the flask.

But k1 been a dishonest person, he can easily claim it's agbo that was prepared with alcohol

madridguy:
I am still not happy the pilot didn't target him enough. The pilot should have use the aircraft wings to hook his cloth and take him around the runway.

I am garrulous people, Kwam 1 always thinks he's above everyone. So rude and arrogant, I'm sure henceforth he won't bring his self medication inside flight again. Why not take your medication at the entrance of the airport, why must you take it inside the aircraft?

Gerrard59:
Corruption isn't Nigeria's major problem, but the ethnic structure. The political elites haven't agreed how to properly structure the country for everyone's benefits.

Corruption exists everywhere. That's not a problem unique to Nigeria.

99thEnemy:
You seemed to be vexed about the mention of Visa Fraud.

Here is my initial statement.



And to aid your understanding, I attached images showing 35 common U.S. visa types grouped by category.

There are 35 common visa types (may be more), and the restrictions apply only to the B types: B1 (Business Visitor), B2 (Tourist Visitor), and B1/B2 (Combined Business/Tourist).

You seem very pained that I said anyone using Tourist or Business Visas for JAPA purposes is committing Visa Fraud. But why not use the appropriate visa from the others?

In fact, 10 out of the 35 visa types in the images below can be used for JAPA purposes. So why insist on using Tourist and Business Visas just because they were easier to get?

Is that not Visa Fraud?

Remember that JAPA refers to permanent relocation to a foreign nation for greener pastures.

IgOga:
The final decision lies with us. We don't need to collect loans...we don't even need to collect loan from that particular source.

We can redefine our political structure. Obasanjo monetized benefits for politicians to cut cost. Instead of government buying a bullet proof car for #10 million and spending #30 million to maintain it. The government paid the politician #10 million as monetised benefit. It is up to the individual to purchase a #10 million vehicle or #2 million vehicle and they had to bear the maintenance cost themselves...they can not put that on the Federal government

99thEnemy:
You seem to speak from a biased point of view or maybe you didn't comprehend.

Enice:
The USA is now heaven that we pay money to enter!

IgOga:
We devalued our own currency ourselves. No other country can devalue your currency. They can advise you to do so but they are not responsible for the devaluation

99thEnemy:
But they are very clear. Tourist or Business Visas

If someone's intention is to JAPA the person has no business with the Visa's in this category.
Anyone who does is very guilty of Visa Fraud which is the exact thing the United States is trying to mitigate.

free2ryhme:
Trump wan choke everybody just to push his MAGA agenda 😂😂😂

Addressing what it calls “a clear national security threat,” the Trump administration will require that some foreign visitors pay bonds of up to $15,000 to help ensure they do not overstay their visas, under a State Department trial program announced on Monday.

Foreigners seeking to enter the United States on tourist or business visas from countries with high visa overstay rates will be expected to put down no less than $5,000, the department said in a public notice. Visitors who fail to leave the United States before their visa expires will forfeit their bond; those who comply with their visa requirements will get their money back.

The notice did not specify which countries would be subject to the program, saying only that they would be determined based on visa overstay data collected and published by the Department of Homeland Security.

The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration after President Trump made the issue the centerpiece of his 2024 campaign.

A notice in the Federal Register announcing the new rule called it “a key pillar of the Trump administration’s foreign policy to protect the United States from the clear national security threat posed by visa overstays and deficient screening and vetting.”

Citing Department of Homeland Security data from 2023, the notice said that more than 500,000 people admitted to the United States through air or sea ports of entry most likely remained in the country past the end of their authorized stay.

Visitors who are made to deposit bonds will be required to arrive and depart the United States from airports chosen to participate in the program, which the State Department said it would announce 15 days before the bonds were put in place.

The 12-month pilot program will also apply to foreign nationals from countries where “screening and vetting information is deemed deficient,” according to the notice, as well as people granted citizenship on the basis of promised investments or without a residency requirement.

Consular officers granting visas will determine the amount of the bond, according to the notice.

The program is meant to test the department’s past assumption that bond payments are “too cumbersome to be practical,” as the notice put it.

Consular officers already have the authority to impose bonds on visa applicants, the notice said, but noted that the State Department’s official Foreign Affairs Manual declared that “such bonds will rarely, if ever, be used.” It called practical considerations “untested.”

The State Department planned to test a similar program late in the first Trump administration but did not carry it out after foreign travel ground to a virtual halt because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The online notice is scheduled to be published in the print edition of the Federal Register on Tuesday, and will go into effect 15 days later, on Aug. 20.

Tareq1105:
Why don't you help them to supervise the disbursement since that's the only way you can believe?

chatinent:
Buhari was a failure! A very terrible entity! Tinubu is also a failure!

About the loans...

Their family members will be used to offset the loans.

Let's use the Abuja drunk for an example. I recently watched a clip of the irrelevant son of drunk being escorted heavily by armed security details. This is the same boy whose father allocated looted property too, from looted public funds.

And in the end, you want me to pay for their luxury? Whether by direct and indirect taxes, I WON'T!

givedemwotowoto:
Nigerians watched for 8 years how Tinubu and his supporters flipped from "Buhari Is The Best" To "Tinubu Is Cleaning Buhari's Mess".

That script won’t again this time. Tinubu is a one term President (OTP) and no amount of propaganda by his handlers will save him.

Botragelad:
Did Hamas and the so-called Palestinians not reject the 1947 UN Partition Plan that offered them a state alongside Israel? Instead of building their future, they teamed up with five Arab armies and tried to wipe Israel off the map in 1948, and they failed.

These same Palestinians have repeatedly refused peace deals and two-state offers for decades. So why the sudden backpedaling? Lol
What do these Islamist groups really want? It’s not peace, they’ve made that clear.

There has never been a country called Palestine, and the idea of carving one just to give terrorists a launching pad is likely never going to happen.

FreeStuffsNG:
Nice.

I don’t accept why it is only the Palestinians that should make concessions again. They must think Hamas will be naive to hand over to PA after paying with blood for the liberty of Palestinians.

The only thing that can be a deterrent to the apartheid Israel against Palestinians is if Palestinians are armed and have a potent military arm like Hamas.

Where is Southern Lebanon today despite hosting international forces? It's currently being occupied by the IDF so this draft proposal must not come with the condition that Hamas disarm if they disarm, they are gone forever! It is a war they won with arms, they will be stupid to think otherwise. Beyind the positive optics of the conference, trust the west and Saudi Arabia at your peril. The war is a proxy war between Iran and USA

I support that the hostages be released though.

NEW YORK CITY: France and Saudi Arabia issued a joint declaration at the UN on Tuesday calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, and setting out a detailed international road map for the implementation of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Released at the close of a high-level international conference in New York, which the two countries co-chaired, and seen by Arab News, the “New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine”outlined a time-bound process for establishing an independent, sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel, with security guarantees for both sides.

The declaration was endorsed by a broad group of international partners that had chaired working groups during the conference, including Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Ireland and the EU, in what organizers described as an “unprecedented global consensus” on the urgent need to resolve the long-standing conflict.

“The war in Gaza must end now,” the declaration stated. It condemned the attacks by Hamas against Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza that have resulted in large-scale civilian casualties and the destruction of infrastructure.

It warned that a continuing conflict, absent a credible path to peace, “poses grave threats to regional and international stability,” and called for the immediate implementation of a phased ceasefire agreement, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the US, to end hostilities, secure the release of hostages, and ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

The declaration additionally called for the reunification of Gaza and the West Bank under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and for Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza and surrender its weapons. A transitional administrative committee, backed by international partners, would be established under the authority of the PA, supported by a temporary, UN-led stabilization mission to protect civilians and assist with the security and governance transitions.

“Only a political solution can deliver peace or security,” the declaration stated, as it reaffirmed international backing for a two-state solution based on 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.

The declaration also pledged broad international support for the reconstruction of Gaza, endorsing an Arab-Organization of Islamic Cooperation recovery plan, and announced a forthcoming Gaza Reconstruction Conference to take place in Cairo. It committed to the creation of a dedicated international trust fund, reaffirmed the role of UN Relief and Works Agency, and backed the Palestinian Authority’s agenda for reforms.

Recent commitments made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold elections and pursue peaceful statehood, alongside plans for democratic reforms and enhanced governance, were welcomed.

The signatories also called on Israeli authorities to halt settlement activity, end settler violence, and give a clear public commitment to a two-state solution. “Unilateral measures threaten to destroy the last remaining path to peace,” the declaration warned.

It linked Palestinian statehood to broader normalization and integration efforts in the Middle East. It proposed exploration of a regional security framework, modeled on the Association of

Southeast Asian Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and floated the idea of a future “Peace Day” to mark the formal conclusion of the conflict and the launch of regional cooperation in trade, energy and infrastructure.

The co-chairs of the conference pledged to present a progress report on efforts to implement the declaration during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in September, and tasked the chairs of the working groups with establishing a follow-up mechanism under the umbrella of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.

“This is a historic opportunity,” the declaration stated. “The time for decisive, collective action is now — to end the war, realize Palestinian statehood, and secure peace and dignity for both peoples.”

Guestmale:
AGRICULTURE
1. \$158.15m Agriculture Value Chain (VCN) Programme for nine Northern states
2. Kolmani Integrated Development Project (Bauchi and Gombe States)
3. Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) — a six-year World Bank–funded programme to restore 1 million hectares of degraded land and improve climate resilience in Northern Nigeria states
4. Kano River Project (irrigation scheme) — large-scale integrated irrigation development in Kano State, commissioned in 2023 and operational under the current administration

HEALTH

5. Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna (North West)
6. Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina (North West)
7. University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central)
8. Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North West)
9. Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto (North West)
10. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi (North East)
11. Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre Complex, Ilorin, Kwara (North Central)
12. Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe (North East)
13. Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central) — additional expansion
14. Reinvigoration of about 1,000 Primary Health Centers, PHCS in the North

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

15. Kano–Kongolam Road (Section II: Kano–Kanwar–Danja–Hadejia)
16. Yakasai–Zalli Road
17. 1,068 km Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway (Northern section including Sokoto and Kebbi)
18. 258 km, 3-lane Carriageway (Section 2, Phase 2A: CH 120+000–CH 378+000) in Gulumbe, Kebbi State
19. Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Dual Carriageway
20. Biu–Kangiwa–Kamba–Gaya–Niger Republic Road (30 km segment)
21. Malando–Garin Baka–Ngaski–Wara Road (CH.0+000 – CH.79+586)
22. Koko–Besse–Zaria–Kala Road
23. Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Highway (375 km)
24. Repair of the Gamboru Bridge (Gamboru–Ngala–Kala–Balde Road in Borno State)
25. Expansion of Mararaba–Keffi Road (43.65 km)
26. Construction of Lafia Bypass Road (Nasarawa State)
27. Kano–Maiduguri Dual Carriageway
28. Adamawa–Taraba Single Carriageway
29. Adamawa–Borno Single Carriageway
30. Kaduna–Jos Road (Single Carriageway)
31. Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Sokoto Road (Dual Carriageway)
32. Zaria–Hunkuyi–Daya Road (Sections I, II & III – 152.67 km) — rehabilitation project in Kaduna and Kano States
33. Reconstruction of Dikwa–Gamboru–Ngala Road (49.55 km) — strategic corridor reconstruction in Borno State

ENERGY AND GAS

34. Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Gas Pipeline (AKK) (614 km)
35. Gwagwalada Power Plant (FCT, Abuja – connected with AKK pipeline)
36. ABIBA Solar Power Station, Kaduna (50 MW) — planned solar power plant to boost renewable energy capacity in Kaduna State

RAIL AND METRO

37. Kaduna–Kano Rail Line (203 km, part of Lagos-Kano Rail Project)
38. Kano–Maradi Rail Line (285 km, linking Kano, Jigawa, Katsina to Maradi in Niger Republic)
39. Kaduna Light Rail System — ₦100 billion budget allocation to develop light rail public transport in Kaduna
40. Abuja Metro Line Rehabilitation (Abuja Light Rail)

WATERWAYS & TRADE CORRIDORS

41. Trans-Sahara Trade Route — infrastructure development to connect trade routes from Calabar through Nasarawa and Abuja towards Northern Nigeria and beyond

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES & INSTITUTIONS

42. National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) — renewed mandate and leadership for desertification combat in Northern Nigeria
43. Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) — ongoing erosion control and watershed infrastructure development in the North.
All of these in only two years by President Tinubu @officialABAT