₦airaland Forum

binghammer:
You couldn't have said it any better. Tens of billions of dollars lie fallow in domiciliary accounts because that seems the safest bet for any salary earning Nigerian.

InvertedHammer:
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This is a very tough question and a big dilemma.

The answer is not as easy as some people may think.

The only thing I can think of now is 50:50. Push some fund into a dom account in Nigeria and keep upgrading yourself with the rest. Nothing to invest(?) in Nigeria for now since you are not there.

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cosef:
How many times have they fed him.

Jamilu Collins the left back is capitulating under Mahrez pressure.

Chidozie Awaziem show be drafted to the left. He's more of a match to Mahrez than Jamilu.

SmithHumble50:
But no be Rashidi Beautiful daughters that were in Lagos office of NFF?

Dos girls look polished and I heard dey are in Skols in the UK..

So why is their grand ma in dis state?


Why must people snap pictures when u offer goodwill stuffs?

What is my own sef...

PASCHAL28:
The Man is no longer a practicing Lawyer in the USA. Check your facts very well. This is the lat incident in court that happened.
Last Friday, Nigeria achieved a significant milestone in its war against corruption and looting of public funds.

But the war and the victory were on foreign soil in faraway Washington DC, where United States District Court Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein announced a default judgement against Emeka Ugwuonye in a case that has lasted over five years.

The judge found Mr. Ugwuonye liable on all claims made by the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington DC, and awarded the Embassy monetary damages in excess of $2 million.

Mr. Ugwuonye’s troubles in the United States with the Embassy, his former client, concern diversion of $1.55 million proceeds of tax refunds in a real estate transaction in Washington DC he undertook for the Embassy.

Mr. Ugwuonye, who practiced law in the State of Maryland, has proved to be a bad lawyer, but perhaps an even worse gambler or mathematician who chose the risk of a $1.55 million check in exchange for monetary damages that could rise to $6.2million. He also stands to lose his professional licence and even personal liberty.

In the five years in which Mr. Ugwuonye has been defendant rather than counsel in a State of Maryland courtroom, he has suffered loss after loss, including even the very companies he used in the real estate transaction on behalf of the embassy, for failure to pay property taxes.

He has forfeited, at least twice, ECU Associates PC, the firm he used in some of the real estate transactions. Originally incorporated in July 1999, the firm was forfeited in October 2006, following which Mr. Ugwuonye incorporated ECU Law PC with the State of Maryland between January and March 2007.
Between April and June 2007, Mr. Ugwuonye somehow revived ECU Associates PC to receive money from the Nigerian Embassy for shady real estate deals, but he would eventually forfeit the company to the State of Maryland, like ECU Law PC.

In October 2009, Mr. Ugwonye sued various Nigerian citizens and reporters who questioned his sale of the properties and handling of the tax refunds. He lost all those cases.

He has also remained suspended from practicing law in Washington DC and New York jurisdictions after the state of Maryland suspended him for mishandling cases involving some of his clients.

Filing a motion for default judgement on May 23, the Embassy asked the judge to compel Mr. Ugwuonye and his firm to pay $6.2 million in restitution and additional costs, as follows:

· $1.55 million in base compensatory damages;

· Prejudgment interest on the tax refund in the amount of 6% per annum commencing on November 20, 2007;

· Punitive damages in an amount equal to two times the total compensatory damages, inclusive of prejudgment interest;

· Post-judgment interest in accordance with 28U.S.C. § 1961; and

· Such other relief as the court may deem just and proper.

Evidence presented to demonstrate the scope and severity of Mr. Ugwuonye’s fraud in the matter and his contempt of the Court’s procedures and orders included documents showing that he recovered the tax refund on the Embassy’s behalf, lied to the Embassy concerning the whereabouts of the funds, and proceeded to use the funds for his personal benefit.

But as had been the pattern, Mr. Ugwuonye was absent at the hearing, having filed a 3:00 a.m. motion requesting an indefinite continuance of the case
“He did this clearly fearing vigorous questioning and simply failed to appear, in the process further exasperating the court,” said a lawyer for the Embassy who noted that Mr. Ugwuonye’s absence was particularly glaring in light of the court’s scheduling order which cautioned him not only to be present, but also prepared to respond to [the] Plaintiff’s allegations.”

The lawyer recalled Mr. Ugwuonye’s flouting of discovery deadlines; court deadlines to file motions and oppositions to motions; failure to produce documents and information in discovery; violating a court order compelling discovery, and failing to appear at his duly noticed deposition, all of them held as evidence of obvious disrespect for the U.S. justice system.

In her judgement, Judge Rothstein announced her intention to award the Embassy $1.55 million in compensatory damages, pre-judgment interest at a rate of 6% per annum, post-judgment interest, and certain categories of attorneys’ fees and costs, bringing compensatory damages and pre-judgment interest alone, as of that day—July 12, 2013—to $2,075,131.30.

The judge will issue a written order over the next few weeks summarizing her findings and specifying the full scope of damages she is awarding. She has already indicated that she will seriously consider the Embassy’s request for punitive damages.

A lawyer familiar with the case said, “An award of punitive damages in the context of default judgment is highly unusual in the U.S. legal system when the parties have not directly litigated the merits of the case.

“Nonetheless, Judge Rothstein agreed to consider a punitive damages award due to the extraordinary nature of the matter. Specifically, she expressed concern that the Embassy’s views of the U.S. legal profession had been tarnished by Mr. Ugwuonye’s outrageous misconduct.”

Beyond all that, it is noteworthy that Judge Rothstein urged the parties to pursue the bar complaint the Embassy has filed against Mr. Ugwuonye in the State of Maryland, another highly unusual step on the part of the judge, but reflecting the severity of Mr. Ugwuonye’s professional fall.

The irony however, is that while Mr. Ugwuonye is being made to pay back what he stole from Nigeria in far away America, he has tactically relocated to Nigeria where he is rebranding himself as an “anti-corruption crusader”.

In Nigeria where Mr. Ugwuonye is facing several other criminal charges, he continues to thumb his nose at the justice system, with perhaps a solid understanding that the justice system is weak and slow.
In the Senate, the committee investigating how the Embassy of Nigeria came to sell off many properties in the Maryland area in the first place and the propriety of the sale of those real estate holdings has treated Mr. Ugwuonye like a star, even allowing him get away with a petition in which he sought to turn his accusers and victims into criminals

nwadiuko1:
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Maximeo:
@ KoloOyinbo,
You're bold to state that you bribed a Nigerian Police, what a shame! Both giver and taker of anything bribe are criminals, as you certainly.
British Police may not take bribe because they're well paid, however if circumstances are reversed I believe they'd be worst. Despite the wealth and government welfare available to UK citizens, they still commit financial and other crimes, even MPs. Corruption also abound in Britain as well all know; please stop pretending about it, but state a balanced view here. I've read in the News about so many jailed British Police men/women for supplying prohibited drugs, perverting the course of justices, lying, collecting bribes, etc.
If you don't like illegal immigrants, you should first of all condemn British Government who were the first and foremost ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN AFRICA & OTHERS thereby 'setting the pace' by invading several soverign countries uninvited without visa or any sort of permission. Britain committed the worst crime of slavery amongst others.
Please tell me the right of Nigerians in UK as Commonwealth Citizen? Or is Commonwealth a mere deception??

KoloOyinbo:
They solicited and harassed for a bribe. You well know it is regular practice among them.
I know about the minority of Police in the UK who are corrupt and they get caught and jailed. This gets wide publicity and rightly so. As I did point out earlier to refute this infantile argument in advance that also gives people who do not think well the opportunity to say they are all the same the world over - not so!
I don't like ANY illegal immigrants from ANY country. Come legally and be welcome as I frequently do to Naija. No one has the right to sneak into any foreign country just to live off the benefit system paid for by others.
I condemn all forms of Colonialism but this does not excuse illegal immigration or any fanciful ideas that these people are very badly treated.
As an Irishman I despise Slavery of any form. I am aware Africa suffered from it terribly with first Arabs and then Europeans raiding and stealing slave and more usually simply buying them from other Africans. It is one of the few things I find good about the British that they were the prime force in stopping such an abominable practice and outlawing the slave trade.
I have no love for the so called commonwealth and am glad the Republic of Ireland is not a member! As such I care little about it and it seems irrelevant to this topic.
Lets face it An illegal can come here and stay for quite a while the appeals continue and he is paid for and looked after at taxpayers expense - both him and his family. Should I try the same in Naija I wonder what would happen? If an illegal immigrant is ill here they are treated at Government/taxpayer expense even if it cost millions of Naira. There is no such provision in Naija for legal or illegal immigrant or even your own citizens. I am not denigrating Nigeria, a country I love and consider my second home, but please don't try and pretend these poor illegal immigrants are somehow victims. The come (as do all illegal immigrants) to the UK knowing they should not and take, take, take for as long as they can and when the process finally runs out they sob and cry upon deportation as if they have been wronged!
I realise they are simply looking for a better life but the resources here are not infinite and cannot keep the world!
Nigeria should be a rich country if it could get rid of the endemic corruption. Then there would be no need for these economic refugees!

KoloOyinbo:
Well I have never had to bribe an American or UK cop. Nor do I believe the vast majority of them would accept it if they were offered. I have however had to bribe Nigerian police (on one occasion 1000n for two of them - Clearly I paid more than they were worth!).
So I think I see a few differences.
Also when I world in Naija and assess companies Health & Safety I examine their Journey Risk Assessments. ONLY in Naija have I ever seen 'Police Harassment' listed as an official risk!
I am (of course) not talking of isolated incidents which occur in EVERY country in the world (at least in many countries these instances get worldwide publicity which exposes the perpetrators and allows them to be brought to justice - although foreigners with little understanding them say 'look your police are bad' because of that instance) I am talking about endemic corruption.
Which police force is referred to as 'Kill and Go'?

Maximeo:
Well written

mikeokiro:
I don't live in Nigeria but my dad, 82 years old, told me truth about Ikwerre being Igbo, you're very correct my brother.

However, as one of the Ogundu's children from Mgbo oyo, Azu mini Village, ISI OKPO, ours is very clear because we speak igbo. Meka!!!



you are very correct, I am ikwere guy, I was told we were not igbo until I grew up and travelled out of my town, visited other parts of igbo land and other parts of Nigeria, then I realised the falsehood, then I ask myself how can my town ISI OKPO which is 100% igbo word and is the headquarter of Ikwerre LGA,

That is less than 10 minutes drive from port harcourt airport and our villages ADA NTA, NKARA AHIA, ALI MINI, AZU MINI and others together with our market days EKE, ORIE, AHUO, NKWO , exactly the same as in other igbo towns

And our markets such as AHIA EKE, NKWO NTA all in my town and our surnames such as AZUBUIKE, AMAECHI, WIKE , WOBODO, and others and some people are still living in that falsehood that we are not igbos,

My ikwere language is even more clearer and far more understandable by any igbo speaking person than those of them from anioma in delta state or from nsukka or abakeliki in ebonyi state yet they see themselves as igbos,

The Biafran war has come and gone , the oil we thought we have is day by day becoming less precious, please , lets us educate ourselves please and stop the years long falsehood by our parents and grandparents because of their selfish interest.

Chaleeee: Both cars will sell fast if the prices are cheap enough. But on the market average price, ship the BMW.

r231: Sorry I have to laugh at his reply

Now on a serious note, you have the address so you can't still send police to that house except if you don't know people in Nigeria

r231: Sorry I have to laugh at his reply

Now on a serious note, you have the address so you can't still send police to that house except if you don't know people in Nigeria

pantheon: It's really disheartning that you experienced a scam from another Nigerian in Lagos, as we're the ones here taking all the rap for their actions. With future transactions - whether locally or internationally, always make sure you actually log in to your paypal account after you receive a payment confirmation. I always transfer the payment into my bank account before sending any goods or at least log in and see that there is indeed a payment. Even if you were not scammed, you could have been paid with an e-cheque which is quite frustrating as it takes 5-7 working days to clear before you can even transfer it to your own bank account. If someone cancels an e-cheque midway through the transaction you can equally find yourself at a loss, which is why you should transfer funds to your own account before posting. Another thing, @Booty4me it doesn't matter what email address you think the notification came from, people can easily clone a 'from' email address and appear to be sending an email from service@paypal.com when they're not.

Freiburger: ^^ I cant understand why Max is doing this, all he need do is contact someone in Lagos who can help him out since the phone is yet to be delivered.