₦airaland Forum

Ucheosefoh:
Women are going places especially state like Anambra always first in women empowerment, first female deputy governor, first female governor and currently two female senators.

Can you cease distorting history.As far back as 1989/1990 in Lagos State during the military era,there was a female deputy governor in the person of Alhaja Lateefat Okunu.In 1999,at the onset of the 4th republic,Mrs Kofoworola Akerele Bucknor "womanned" the deputy governor's office in Lagos State.

This should be of interest of Nigerians. The UK is currently preparing for its general election. A UKIP(UK Independence Party) parliamentary candidate, Kim Rose, was accused of trying to bribe voters in his Southampton Itchen constituency by giving them — wait for this — sausage rolls! The matter was reported to the police. In the UK, "treating" is forbidden. Electoral Commission rules state that food and entertainment cannot be provided by candidates to "corruptly influence" votes. This is interesting. Can you imagine any politician not giving "stomach infrastructure" to voters in Nigeria today? Who will attend the next rally of that "stingy" politician? Amusing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3033462/Ukip-election-candidate-grilled-police-claims-tried-corruptly-influence-voters-sausage-rolls.html

JIMINWA AGBAJEZE

simplibaba:
“Most Igbos says they are the people that developed Lagos and made Lagos what it is today. They say without Igbos, Lagos is finished. And i keep wondering, how has Igbos helped in shaping and developing Lagos?

“Lets get the fact right, Igbos didn't develop Lagos rather, it was Lagos that shaped and made the Igbos what they are today. Without igbos in Lagos, Lagos will remain Lagos and without Lagos, most Igbos may likely be nothing.

“Reason for my assertion is that most giant and top companies that attracts millions of people across the country to Lagos are not owned by the Igbos so, how has Igbos shaped and developed Lagos?

“This are the achievements and economic advancement Igbos gave Lagos and Lagosians; tokunbo and fake spare parts at Ladepo Market, China Electronics and pirated CDs at Alaba market, bend-down select cloths at Idumota and yaba and kotangowa market, Chinese and tokunbo computers accessories and phones at Computer village Ikeja are Igbos economical achievement and contribution to Lagos. In fact, most Igbos are causing nuisance in Lagos. A visit to this markets will tell you the amount of nuisance that Most Igbos has caused in Lagos. The environments this Igbos traders are mostly populated are always polluted with waste of all sorts, they are dirty, stinking, rough, Attention of illegal shops on road, on pipeline and railway lines are encouraged in this market places that causes traffic gridlock and other dangerous acts and when Lagos state government dismantle this illegal shops, they get angry, if Lagos state government close their shops for environmental violation, they pick offence. How then has the Igbos developed Lagos?

“As long as am concerned, PZ, COCA-COLA, 7UP, CADBURY, MTN, ZAIN, GLO, ETISALAT, DANGOTE, SHOP-RITES, GOLDEN PENNY, FLOUR MILL, INDOMIE, UNILEVER, P&G, CHI LIMITED, GUINNESS, NIGERIA BREWERIES, OANDO, CONOIL, TOTAL, MOBIL, CHEVRON, SHELL, AQUADANA, KFC, EKO HOTEL, INTER CONTINENTAL HOTEL, PROTEA HOTEL, JULIUS BERGER, RCC CONSTRUCTION, NESTLE, KPMG, GSK, FRISLAND FOOD, WAMCO, BRITISH AMERICA TOBACCO, FLOUR MILL, SCHLUBEGER, AIT, SILVERBIRD TV, CHANNELS TV, LARFARGE, etc are not own by the Igbos. This companies are what attracted millions of people to Lagos.

“Igbos shouldn't lay claim that they develop a place by becoming nuisance. Most of the top churches in Lagos are not also owned by Igbos. House on the Rock, Redeem, Christ Embassy, Deeper life, living faith, MFM, etc are not owned by Igbos, the only church that's reasonable that's owned by an Igbo man is TREM, while another Igbos church Lord Chosen church encourage nuisance in Lagos and it also double as the most dirtiest church in Lagos.

“Records shows that 75% of robbery cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 85% of ritual cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 60% of drug cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 70% of fraud cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 90% of pirated CDs in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 60% of fake and Adulterated drugs in Lagos that has kill thousands of Lagosians are carried out by Igbos, in fact, most of the crimes in Lagos are related to the Igbos so how has Igbos developed Lagos when they can't get their hands off crimes?

“There's no Igbo man among the top three richest people in Nigeria, so how are they successful?

“The truth is that Igbos should be grateful that the Yorubas accommodated them in Lagos peacefully, they shouldn't take the Meekness and kindness of the Yorubas for granted.

“Igbos didn't make Lagos but its actually Lagos that made Igbos.”

Quoting from a single source and not acknowledging the author is PLAGIARISM but quoting from many sources and not acknowledging is RESEARCH!

On a more serious note you plagiarized my comment which I posted on Friday-10th April(https://www.nairaland.com/2247364/lagoon-bus-strictly-ibo-passenger/1#32551993).Duly credit me as the author.Integrity is key in any endeavour.

So INEC officially declares APC candidate Ambode the winner of the recently concluded Lagos State Gubernatorial election. Jimi Agbaje promptly calls his old adversary to congratulate him.
Mayo has in the same vein sent a petition to Sweden to petition the Nobel laureate committee...We have yet another worthy countryman here o. And NO Mayo is not JUST KIDDING. ‪#‎YeyeDeyOooooooze‬ ‪#‎Lolzzzzz‬

“A woman’s breasts are naturally designed to jiggle, bounce, and sway as she moves. Bras inhibit the natural movement of the breasts, which interferes with the way Mother Nature designed breasts for optimal health.”

The bra is a recent invention that burst onto the fashion scene in the late 1800’s, replacing the tight corset, which was known to damage the internal organs, spines, and overall health of women.

“By the 1930’s, large-scale commercial production began that made the brassiere widely available to women. The bra industry is now a multi-billion dollar market dominated by large, multinational corporations.”

Bra wearing has becoming such a common part of Western women’s lifestyle, that many women feel obligated to wear them for work or any time they are out in public.

Some women even wear them 24 hours a day!

Bras Don’t Prevent Sagging
Many women wear bras because of fear that their breasts will sag if they don’t, but a recent 15-year French study indicates that women who go without a bra actually have perkier breasts – even after they have breastfed a child!

“The CEO of the bra manufacturer Playtex, John Dixey, was quoted as saying, “We have no medical evidence that wearing a bra could prevent sagging, because the breast itself is not muscle, so keeping it toned up is an impossibility.”

When a woman is not wearing a bra, her movements allow the breasts to move naturally – from side to side, up and down, to shake and bounce.

“This natural movement supports the circulation of the lymph and blood, and promotes the vitality of the connective tissue and skin, enhancing the perkiness of the breasts.”

Note: Larger breasts will naturally sag over time, something that cannot be avoided, whether a woman wears a bra – or not .

Ambode is the Governor-elect, mark my words

L- Let
A- Ambode
G- Govern
O- Our
S- State

S- So
T- That
A- Alignment
T- Takes
E- Effect

Let's set a new record together.
Vote APC on Saturday.

Wow.I still have a copy of this edition in my archives.

pmc01:
FACTS ABOUT AFRICA



33. The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa followed by Swaziland.



cc: Lalasticlala

Gambia is not the smallest country in Africa.The smallest is the island nation of Seychelles.Nonetheless quite informative.They should have added the proviso "smallest in mainland Africa".

Politics and rechristening.
I heard Jimi Agbaje is now to be addressed as "JIMINWA AGBAJEZE".
All other documents valid.

Most Igbos says they are the people that developed Lagos and made Lagos what it is today. They say without Igbos, Lagos is finished. And i keep wondering, how has Igbos helped in shaping and developing Lagos?

Lets get the fact right, Igbos didn't develop Lagos rather, it was Lagos that shaped and made the Igbos what they are today. Without igbos in Lagos, Lagos will remain Lagos and without Lagos, most Igbos may likely be nothing.

Reason for my assertion is that most giant and top companies that attracts millions of people across the country to Lagos are not owned by the Igbos so, how has Igbos shaped and developed Lagos?

This are the achievements and economic advancement Igbos gave Lagos and Lagosians; tokunbo and fake spare parts at Ladepo Market, China Electronics and pirated CDs at Alaba market, bend-down select cloths at Idumota and yaba and kotangowa market, Chinese and tokunbo computers accessories and phones at Computer village Ikeja are Igbos economical achievement and contribution to Lagos. In fact, most Igbos are causing nuisance in Lagos. A visit to this markets will tell you the amount of nuisance that Most Igbos has caused in Lagos. The environments this Igbos traders are mostly populated are always polluted with waste of all sorts, they are dirty, stinking, rough, erection of illegal shops on road, on pipeline and railway lines are encouraged in this market places that causes traffic gridlock and other dangerous acts and when Lagos state government dismantle this illegal shops, they get angry, if Lagos state government close their shops for environmental violation, they pick offence. How then has the Igbos developed Lagos?

As long as am concerned, PZ, COCA-COLA, 7UP, CADBURY, MTN, ZAIN, GLO, ETISALAT, DANGOTE, SHOP-RITES, GOLDEN PENNY, FLOUR MILL, INDOMIE, UNILEVER, P&G, CHI LIMITED, GUINNESS, NIGERIA BREWERIES, OANDO, CONOIL, TOTAL, MOBIL, CHEVRON, SHELL, AQUADANA, KFC, EKO HOTEL, INTER CONTINENTAL HOTEL, PROTEA HOTEL, JULIUS BERGER, RCC CONSTRUCTION, NESTLE, KPMG, GSK, FRISLAND FOOD, WAMCO, BRITISH AMERICA TOBACCO, FLOUR MILL, SCHLUBEGER, AIT, SILVERBIRD TV, CHANNELS TV, LARFARGE, etc are not own by the Igbos. This companies are what attracted millions of people to Lagos.

Igbos shouldn't lay claim that they develop a place by becoming nuisance. Most of the top churches in Lagos are not also owned by Igbos. House on the Rock, Redeem, Christ Embassy, Deeper life, living faith, MFM, etc are not owned by Igbos, the only church that's reasonable that's owned by an Igbo man is TREM, while another Igbos church Lord Chosen church encourage nuisance in Lagos and it also double as the most dirtiest church in Lagos.

Records shows that 75% of robbery cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 85% of ritual cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 60% of drug cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 70% of fraud cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 90% of pirated CDs in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 60% of fake and Adulterated drugs in Lagos that has kill thousands of Lagosians are carried out by Igbos, in fact, most of the crimes in Lagos are related to the Igbos so how has Igbos developed Lagos when they can't get their hands off crimes?

There's no Igbo man among the top three richest people in Nigeria, so how are they successful?

The truth is that Igbos should be grateful that the Yorubas accommodated them in Lagos peacefully, they shouldn't take the Meekness and kindness of the Yorubas for granted.

Igbos didn't make Lagos but its actually Lagos that made Igbos.

Moheat:
Could this be true? please educate me the more. well, Iron Lady could be irrational at times.

You can confirm from those that were of age in the 1980's.

airsaylongcon:
Abeg stop that lie. My dad travelled to the UK in 84 and he said he needed a visa. I'm sure we all know who was leader then

I stand by the year I quoted.Do not bring politics into this.

For posterity,it was Margaret Thatcher who in September 1986 introduced a visa policy for Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom.Prior to then,all that was needed was transport fare.

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I BOUGHT a BMW car from Coscharis on July 31, 2012, costing N16 million for my private use. The car was delivered on August 1, 2012. On taking delivery of it, I pointed out to the sales manager at the Victoria Island branch of the company that the DVD system was not functioning to which he said, it would be fixed, it was a matter of replacing it. He explained that due to settings, it can so happen that a car doesn’t work on arrival from Germany.

I agreed to it being replaced more so that I was also convinced by the sales consultants that it was not a big deal. Of course, they didn’t want to lose out on a sale, although deep within me I didn’t feel it was quite right since the car was brand new.

The DVD was ordered and received in April 2013. (It took Coscharis six months to receive a replacement). The order was dated 2nd of April, 2013. To my surprise the newly ordered DVD system arrived, and was fixed to the car but only for me to get notified that it did not work. The company concluded that the new one ordered was also faulty.

At this point I started realising that the car had issues but didn’t realise to what extent – issues I was not anticipating at all since it was brand new bought directly from Coscharis who are supposed to be the face of BMW in Nigeria.

Another DVD system was ordered dated 27th June, 2013. At this point the car was barely eight months old. Just while I began to enjoy it six months later, as I was driving out of the Chevron toll gate at 100km/hr all of a sudden the car stopped on the highway. There was no prior warning. It locked by itself and shut down. I was terrified, scared at the momentary thought that the oncoming cars would just run into me. I called the BMW maintenance office in Lekki –Epe to send me help. They arrived a couple of hours later.

The car was towed to their workshop and the technical people diagnosed it as an entire transmission failure, what they called Mechatronic gear box failure. This was ridiculous. How can a car barely one year and three months have a total transmission failure? I was dumb founded. They couldn’t give me any reasonable explanation.

The transmission was boxed and sent to Germany or so they claimed. A new one was, as usual, ordered since the German technicians decided that was what needed to be done. My car was in their workshop waiting for the transmission to arrive. It was there for six weeks before a courtesy gear box was put into the car in the last two weeks to the arrival of the transmission so I could use it in the meantime. For no just cause. It is worth stating that during the six weeks I was not offered any courtesy car which should be standard practice since the incident was no fault of mine.

In Germany this can never happen. So, why would you have different standards for Nigerians when we even spend higher amount of money to buy these luxury cars— considering the freight costs, high duty and the clearing cost?

I was so disgusted, and being a German myself I know the standards overseas, and have myself owned a BMW there.
The service and attention given to me by Coscharis during this period was nothing short of irresponsible. The order date for this incident and replacement of the transmission was November 8, 2013. I had barely collected the car back from COSCHARIS when within the next four months the reverse camera (Ultrasonic system) started malfunctioning. I took the car in and a new one was ordered.

Again, the report was not clear why the reverse camera gave problem. A new one with Ref number 66209142211 arrived on June 12, 2014. Again, within the next five months, my car had been in and out of the workshop several times and it was beginning to look like that was its permanent home.

Come November 2014, I was driving home about 8 p.m. with my kids with me when, hold it, suddenly the car switched off by itself. It gave no notice whatsoever on the screen! It shut itself down and would not start. This was between ‘the Chevron Roundabout and the second toll gate towards VGC. I was terrified; my kids were crying. I could not understand why Coscharis and BMW could be so greedy and inconsiderable as it dawned on me that I had fallen victim to buying a defective car, a car that had factory defects from the onset. If it were in Germany this car would have been recalled since the transmission change experience. I figured it that BMW/Coscharis believe we Nigerians are naïve and don’t know our rights. It was so sad for me. I was even more heartbroken to think that they knew the car was defective all the while and they kept ignoring the safety of the owner or driver, thus putting me and my entire family at great risk. This is so degrading and disgraceful for a company of that repute.

Well, I had to call my home that night for my driver to bring a rope and my other car to tow us home. The car was sent in yet again to what has become its “main home,” the workshop. The diagnosis revealed that this time it was the pump system which failed. It was ordered as usual and no report given as to why it failed. The part was replaced, order date was December 12, 2014.

Two weeks after receiving the car back and this was the final straw for me: I was driving from the Law School, Victoria Island, towards the Civic Centre. As the traffic lights came on for vehicles to pass, I started off at top speed and to my shock, right in the middle of the road, traffic rushing behind me to pass the lights, my car once again gave in, totally blacked out; no notice. I was livid. It just stopped. I cried my eyes out and this on such a dangerous junction, again with my children in the car! I called people to help me put up the caution signs, and called BMW expressing my disgust and that this was it for me.

This is a car just two years and four months. I had been fooled too many times, but because I really liked my car I kept wanting to believe Coscharis and I kept falling victim all the time. The towing van was called at 5.30 p.m. and it arrived about 9 p.m. This was crazy. The car was towed again into the workshop and this was December 2014.

I remembered it was the same time the previous year and it was in the same workshop where it spent eight weeks. Anyway, I got notified of the most horrible malfunction so far: “The brain box had gone dead.”

My goodness, two and a half years old and almost one year of workshop experience and BMW/Coscharis still feel that this car is road worthy? What a huge shame, to say the least, in this day and age. I was to be reliably informed in the organisation that due to all the issues with my car, the BMW head offices were having to send out circulars to other branches and countries to find out if similar incidents were happening since they now thought it was rather serious.

Obviously, they kept pushing my car back to the road to be used as a piece of experiment, disregarding my life and safety and that of my family. Just because it’s Nigeria and/or Africa where we supposedly don’t know the standards. How sad!

I was forced to go online to see and research if other people had had the same sort of problems I have had. To my surprise, there were too many, both in Africa and Asian countries. Which brings me to my question: “Is it that BMW brings in defective or substandard cars into Africa in the belief that they can get away with it?

This is sheer misconduct and total lack of customer care in any form or matter by the so-called “management of Coscharis/BMW” both in Nigeria and Germany.

Nigerians are entitled to the same standards and care and respect given to BMW clients overseas. Do you know that the BMW at its head offices in Munich has no department that handles the affairs/complaints of its African i.e. Nigerians clients.

A member of staff just gives you an email address to which to write and it never gets answered. Why? Because we are not worth the trouble as Africans or in this case, Nigerians.

I am so upset particularly because I am of German and Nigerian origin and I know that this can never happen in Germany while dealing with the European clientele. So why with Nigerians?

The car has remained at the Coscharis workshop uptill now, I have refused to take it back. I obviously no longer have any confidence in the car or BMW as a whole. I have come to the conclusion that the safety and care of their customers do not seem to count for much. They have not been honest with me ‘from the beginning.

They decided to offer me a “Trade in Deal” on a car that is not a “Trade in item.” It is a defective car but they do not want to admit it with all I have been through over this car. I want Nigerians to learn to insist and demand their rights especially with foreign companies or their partners.

I was given a courtesy car about a month ago after I had to “fight for one.” I was given an X5 which, in the last month, lost all its air bags and its rear suspension at the same time. Yes, I was given this to drive my family! I returned the car to them. It was more like a “hazard” to me. I have now got my lawyers involved and have decided to let the public know, to let Nigerians know that enough is enough.

Enough of the deceit and substandard cars being brought into Nigeria for us to buy. We spend a lot of money and pay ‘cash for these cars. It is unbelievable that an organisation such as BMW/Coscharis would fail to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because it is perceived that we Nigerians are not on the same standard as the European customers. We must demand the same standard obtainable everywhere else regardless of country, race or ethnic origin.

I am demanding an apology from BMW/Coscharis and a replacement of my vehicle (the same year 2012, same Model 35I), nothing less and that they treat all customers fairly regardless of what country they may be.

Mrs. Omorodion lives in Lagos State.
Editor’s Note: All efforts by The Guardian to get COSCHARIS to state its own side of the account by Mrs. Marie Omorodion were unsuccessful.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/my-experience-with-a-defective-car/

abujamal:
We are in the 7th republic not 4th republic.

Only a truncation changes the number of a republic.There has been no interruption since 1999.

ILIDEFI:
4th month of the year? I can see your new year starts from December, because election was held on the 28th of March.

GMB was declared winner by Jega in the hours of 1st April

Wait a minute, lets joke
If Buhari, through strategic Economic policies make 1 naira equal to a Dollar.
Yahoo boys go suffer ooooo
If your Maga sends you 500 dollars, after exchanging it, you will collect just 500 naira.
hahahaha, cant stop laughing.

Wait a minute, lets joke
If Buhari, through strategic Economic policies make 1 naira equal to a Dollar.
Yahoo boys go suffer ooooo
If your Maga sends you 500 dollars, after exchanging it, you will collect just 500 naira.
hahahaha, cant stop laughing.

DEVELOPING STORY

Doyin Okupe calls Buhari, submits CV to aide. Says, I am available in case you need an 'attack Lion'

APC, APC, Africa's latest biggest party...you no believe? ok, you go soon see politicians ashewoism. as gravy train don comot from PDP doormot (till today, di self-acclaimed "Africa's biggest party" go APC crib, you go soon see dem. dem go: cross carpet, cross mat, cross table, cross chair, cross leg, cross fingers, cross fork, cross shit, cross craze, cross ballot, cross rug, cross thief, cross rogue, cross burglar, cross authority stealing cross crucifixio, even cross dem mama, cross dem papa, sotay everything go crossbreed. sorry, wetin I dey talk sef; Amaechi, Kwankwanso, etc, etc, dem no be 40 Ronins abi na di 40 wey follow Ali Baba sef, already. eyes open: "di more tinz change" some say and not exactly incorrectly "di more dey remain di same". but....dis questionable step forward will throw up not delay their collective day of judgment. BIG FOR NOTHING, ALL TOGETHER!!!

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one of my very wicked friends dey whisper for my ear say, e be like say....TVC go soon take over from AIT as leading private television network. uhmmm....when dem dey yab Ogbeni General anyhow dey tink say no tomorrow, dem dey bank on one part of history wey dem write "incumbency" put for. but me sha....I hear say chief super Ray Dokpsy don dey take style play media remix of Fayosesque kind lyrics. hehehehehehe! dis one wey dt jaguda (my apologies, e be like say na jagana....abi?) lion from dat street wey Imoudu ye ye the bearer of di name teeth don enter matter, I think say e don pass martha o. uhm...TVC! Televising Visibly for Change (wey don win). Dokpe, Dokpe ma ro nu mo o....omo n' bo....omo n' bo.

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Next, Dangote. One by one, the realignment will start. I bet you Otedola and Dangote are already dodging President Jonathan's phone calls. Life is a bitch!

Now now..Otedola don realign.

Now now..Otedola don realign.

Asari Dokubo trying to escape to Cotonou. Caught by a hunter with Sakabula...

Asari Dokubo trying to escape to Cotonou. Caught by a hunter with Sakabula...

Asari Dokubo trying to escape to Cotonou. Caught by a hunter with Sakabula...

When APC was campaigning, PDP was busy looking for Buhari's WAEC certificate. Now you can see the result.....

I am glad to see the PDP dislodged after 16 long years of incompetence. This was made possible by the relentless efforts of people who believed.
Congratulations to them. Today belongs to them.
If Nigerians can do this, it means they can do it again and again. In future, any leader that takes the goodwill people invest in him or her for granted should expect to be kicked out. That is a positive development that should not be discounted.
Ladies and Gentlemen, while I urge you to celebrate and revel in your victory, let me also urge that we should keep things as short as possible and resume at our duty post where we keep the feet of our leaders close to the fire as much as possible. We must remain eternally vigilant and not allow our leaders to forget their promises. GEJ lost in part because he got too high on power. He forgot that when leaders sleepwalk through office, people suffer. People die. As much as possible, this should not happen anymore. Nigeria needs to move forward and we can only make this possible if we do not allow them to lose themselves in the triumphalism that will inevitably follow such a historic winning.
In spite of all the hoopla about change, I still believe the man is clueless about making an economy work. Unless he assembles a formidable economic team, and permanently stays out of their way, we will return to the same sorry place as this in 2019. That is the reason we should not stop paddling the Nigerian boat yet.
To all Buharists out there, let me say some of us are not going to be buying excuses. If, in the next four years, Buhari does not significantly add to the megawatts we have, or does nothing about our lingering security issue, or begins to produce fictitious figures of jobs, he shall be measured with the same yardstick as Goodluck Jonathan. We shall not be accepting excuses of "we met an empty treasury' because they cannot claim to be ignorant about the state of the economy before they started campaigning and promising 20,000 jobs per state.
Things are already bad and people elected you to make it better, not to tell stories. It is best to get to work as early as possible.
Once again, congratulations to the victors of today.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

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