₦airaland Forum

EmeeNaka:
OP, which type of restructuring do you want?
What Nigeria want is restructuring, there are different ways to it.
2014 CONFAB report has to be part of the series of measures needed to bring about restructuring.
The issue of Restructuring or Constitutional changes is very important because it will afford Nigerians, for the first time,the opportunity to sit down and make their constitution and not Colonial or military imposed order

And who are those that will carry out this restructuring, is it not this same politicians that brought us to this sorry state in the first place? I shake my head. So so sorry!

chronique:
Hisses! She thinks it's every woman that doesn't have sense like her. Beyonce with all her wealth and fame was cheated on but she kept her stuff private and kept her marriage intact. Toke that only rose to fame with instagram and YouTube and has God knows how much, got cheated on, didn't allow the whole world hear word, wrote a book and left her marriage... Different strokes for different folks. l hear she's an oap; which of the radio stations does she even work with?

I was going to ask about that too.

kocvalour:
lol kanu going Anywher he goes many multitudes follow him...

since I was born, I have never seen any one in igbo land pull such crowd...

hate him or like him, u can't change Destiny

At the bold part, don't complain when is bail is revoked o. Remember one of his bail condition... don't you?

nero2face:
anything we do in life, it's either for a blessing or a lesson, it's clear that voting PMB was never a blessing to Nigerians, it's for a lesson, and now most of us have learnt our lesson. Just like Christ was given up for Barnabas, we gave up GEJ for PMB, I think the only good side of this experiment is for de future, maybe next time Nigerians will realize that a Good man from GALILEE is better than a bad man from JERUSALEM

In as much as I agree with your thoughts, that this is actually a lesson to us all, I totally disagree with you that GEJ would have been a better choice/alternative.

CastedDude:
Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/06/i-fell-i-love-lagos-city-abuja-based-lawyer-photos.html

OP, when next you visit Lagos, make OKADA your first choice means of Transportation.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has expressed deep concern over the recourse of the National Assembly’s spokespersons to name calling over his observations on the 2017 Budget.

In a Press Release signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Hakeem Bello, the minister said he was worried that the National Assembly spokespersons failed to address the fundamental points about development-hindering whimsical cuts in the allocations to several vital projects under the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing as well as other ministries.

Mr. Fashola had, in a recent interview while acknowledging that legislators could contribute to budget making, disagreed with the practice where the legislative arm of government unilaterally alters the budget after putting members of the Executive through Budget Defence Sessions and Committee Hearings to the extent that some of the projects proposed would have become materially altered.

While acknowledging the need for legislative input from the representatives of the people to bring forward their developmental aspirations before and during the budget production process, the minister had observed that it amounted to a waste of tax payers money and an unnecessary distortion of orderly planning and development for all sections of the country, for lawmakers to unilaterally insert items not under the Exclusive or Concurrent lists of the Constitution like boreholes and streetlights after putting Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAS, through the process of budget defence.

Specifically with regards to the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Fashola listed the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway, the Bodo-Bonny road, the Kano-Maiduguri road, the Second Niger Bridge and the long drawn Mambilla Hydropower Project among others as those that the National Assembly materially altered the allocations in favour of scores of boreholes and primary health care centres which were never discussed during the Ministerial Budget Defence before Parliament.

In their responses, both the spokespersons of the Senate and the House of Representatives accused the minister of spreading “Half-Truths” and making “Fallacious “ statements because he (Fashola) should have known that they only interfered with projects that had concession agreements and private sector funding components. They also accused the minister of wanting to hold on to such projects in order that he may continue to award contracts.

However, while dismissing the allegations in the course of an official trip outside the country, Mr. Fashola said it was sad that the lawmakers would resort to name calling even without understanding the facts of what they were getting into. Taking the projects which the lawmakers chose to focus on one after the other, the minister insisted that there is no subsisting concession agreement on the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway adding that what the Infrastructure Construction Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has is a financing agreement from a consortium of banks which is like a loan that still has to be paid back through budgetary provisions.

There is no fallacy or half truth in the allegation that the budgets were reduced, he said. The spokespersons admitted this much and now sought to rationalise it by a concession or financing arrangement that has failed to build the road since 2006. The biggest momentum seen on the road was in 2016, Mr. Fashola added.

In the case of the Second Niger Bridge where one of the spokespersons alleged that the provision in 2016 budget was not spent and had to be returned, Mr. Fashola said that this displays very stark and worrisome gaps in knowledge of the spokesperson about the budget process he was addressing.

According to him, a budget is not cash. It is an approval of estimates of expenditure to be financed by cash from the Ministry of Finance.

“The Ministry of Finance has not yet released any cash for the Second Niger Bridge, so no money was returned.”

“Three phases of Early Works of piling and foundation was approved and financed by the previous government in the hope that a concession will finally be issued, which has not happened because concessionaires have not been able to raise finance.

“The continuation of Early Works IV could not start in May 2016 when the budget was passed because of high water level in the River Niger in the rainy season.

“The contract was only approved by the Federal Executive Council in the first quarter of 2017 and the contractor is awaiting payment.”

Dismissing the allegation that the works mnistry under him was holding on to projects that could be funded through Public Private Partnerships (PPP) so that he could award contracts as a tissue of lies, the minister said from Day One of his assumption of office, he made it clear publicly and privately that his priority would be to finish as many of the several hundreds of projects that his ministry inherited which had not been funded for close to three years.

According to Mr. Fashola, if the spokesperson was in tune with the Public Procurement Law which the National Assembly passed, he would realise that the minister has no unilateral power to award such contracts whose values are in billions of Naira, adding that all the new projects presented to the Federal Executive Council for approval were either federal roads requested by state governments or those put in the budget by the legislators to service their constituencies.

Mr. Fashola stated that the focus on contracts by the spokesperson is probably a Freudian slip that reveals his mindset and interests; when indeed he should be focused on developmental projects that strengthen the economy, which is the focus of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan endorsed by the legislature.

Also responding to the issues that the budget for the Mambila Power Project was slashed because it contained a “whooping N17 billion” for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the minister said there was indeed a mis-description of that particular Expenditure Head which could have happened during the classification of so many thousands of budget heads in the budget estimates.

According to him, what was described as a Budget Head for EIA was actually the nation’s counterpart funding to the China- EXIM loan to fund the building of the Mambila Project, adding that this was brought to his attention only after it had been slashed and that if the intention was not to slash arbitrarily it should have been brought to his attention to explain.

“At a joint meeting convened at the instance of the Budget Minister when I complained that the budget was slashed, the issue of EIA was brought to my attention and I explained what it was meant for,” Mr. Fashola said.

On the issue of the N20 billion provision in the Ministry’s Budget which the spokesperson alleged that the minister failed to give details of, Mr. Fashola said the spokesperson is hiding behind a finger.

The minister explained that it was a very basic principle of good planning to make provision for unforeseen contingencies; adding that in the 2016 budget , a similar provision enabled the ministry to respond to the failures of the Tamburawa Bridge in Sokoto, the Ijora Bridge in Lagos and the Gada Hudu Bridge in Koto Karfe along the Abuja – Lokoja Highway. Similarly, the ministry was able to pay N1 billion to the contractor handling the Suleja to Minna road.

The recent failures caused by flooding along Tegina-Mokwa-Jebba road and Tatabu in Niger State could not have been provided because they were not foreseen and there may be more. “This is what good planning is about,” Mr. Fashola said.

Noting that the Senate spokesperson missed the point in the haste to cast aspersions on him because he was not at the meetings he was speaking about, Mr. Fashola said he would have expected a more sober approach to the matter.

“In any event, allegations of half truth is only a flawed response to the constitutional and developmental issues that have plagued Nigeria from 1999 about how to budget for the critical infrastructure in Nigeria. It shows the conflict between the Executive that wants to build big Federal Highways; Bridges ; Power Plants; Rail; and Dams on one hand and Parliament that wants to do small things like bore holes, health centres , street lights and supplying grinding machines ,” he said.

According to the minister, being an institutional and not a personal issue, it won’t be out of place to seek a resolution of the conflict at the Supreme Court in order to protect the country’s future, because it is a clear conflict about how best to serve the people.

“As long as budgets planned to deliver life changing infrastructure are cut into small pieces, Nigeria will continue to have small projects that are not life changing, and big projects that have not been completed in 17 years . If a project would cost N15 billion and the contractor gets only a fraction of that, then things won’t move. Success should be defined by how many projects an administration is able to complete or set on the path of irreversible completion and not how many poorly funded contracts are awarded,” he said.


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/treasury-looters-to-get-full-amnesty/203475.html

I would've expected the OP to post the picture of the Presidential Aircraft on each day of the 49days that it has, allegedly, spent in that anger.

Anyway, I don't really take you guys serious that much, because one, the majority of you are kids and secondly, your comments are mostly borne out of hate for whoever is being discussed, and not necessarily because it is Buhari, but just anybody who doesn't catch your fancy.

Restructuring Nigeria

I have often told those who care to listen to even define what they mean by restructuring and I can't seem to get answers. Or where we get, the answers are discordant and often tending toward federalism resource control and such.

What I understand it to mean is that we operate a truly federal system of government where every component part controls their resources, have their domestic laws, have their own police, the legal system, their own tax systems etc.

The states should be federating units donating some of their powers to the FG to hold and use in trust for them on matters of common interest such as defence, foreign affairs, citizenship, immigration, currency and economy etc
Let us adopt the USA model. USA practices federalism.

Restructuring or federalism are totally different from the call for cannibalisation of the country. Restructuring or federalism howsoever called is not the same as secession.

Suffice to say that when Lagos State Government took the federal government to the Supreme Court several times to insist on the practice of federalism from control of physical planning, local government administration that led to the withholding of Laos State revenue allocation, to issue of land abutting the waterways, control of inland waters, VAT, and many other issues , those states and zones where the call for restructuring are the loudest today sadly all opposed the position of LASG at the Supreme Court on the altar of politics. We may go back and read those judgements for confirmation.

LASG won 12 of such cases and against the FG at the Supreme Court. That was the beginning of some elements of federalism and restructuring without calls to war or secession.

I recall that I had to lead speak on behalf of LASG in the company of Dr Akeem Olajide Bello, then an adviser to the governor on Legal matters at the Senate hearing on the National Inland Waterways Authority Act and made a robust presentation for state control of Inland Waterways and total repeal of the Act on behalf of Lagos State.

A then top ranking and very outspoken and visible Senator from Enugu State was the most vociferous opponent of our position. He even said publicly at the hearing that Lagos State was being too cantankerous and asked insultingly if Lagos was the only coastal state or with waterways in the country that it was so cantankerous on the issue. This is a man whose state has rivers that could be of economic benefits to his state and people. I educated him before his colleagues and the public in a fine and polite language that he was not fit to be a Senator. I also recall telling him that if he and his state don't know the rights of his people and state, we in Lagos did and would assert same using the law. I asked him if he was proud that by the National Inland Waterways Authority Law his people in Enugu state will need to travel to Lokoja to obtain licences to own and operate fishing canoes on the rivers and streams in the state. I felt he was very disappointing and was betraying his people.

The senator, who sought to be Governor, is today one of the major voices and sponsors of secession and restructuring mixed up.

Lagos State House of Assembly subsequently repealed the National Inland Waterways Authority Act and promulgated the Lagos State Inland Waterways Authority Act and took control of the Lagos Lagoon and its intrastate waters. There were objections and protests from such bodies as Nigerian Ports Authority and NIWA. Lagos called their bluff and challenged them to go to court. Lagos used the instrumentality of the law, legislature and intellect to take its destiny in its hands and assert its rights. It was the series of litigation by LASG that has now effectively handed physically planning and land ownership back to the states.

Before then, the FG was giving planning permits for buildings in places like Banana Island and Osborne Foreshore and in many states of the country on lands that they called federal land contrary to the provisions of the Land Use Act. Before then the FG was issuing Certificates of Occupancy on land in the states. Before then the FG made a decree which vested and made it to own all lands that were within 100 metres from the shore of lagoons, rivers and ocean including the palace of the Oba of Lagos and all lands on Marina, around Bar Beach, River Niger and Benue, Oji River, River Imo, Oguta Lake, Kaduna River to mention a few. Before then, FG had absolute control over even water streams and rivers in the villages and states. Before then FG had land registries in the states. Before then, the FG acquired land in states without resort to the state governments.

I even recall that the FG was planning to develop the 2nd phase of Banana Island. It was going to sand fill some waters of the lagoon. Lagos insisted that it must get a permit and environmental impact assessment approval from it. The FG insisted that it can reclaim the water because it had control over the outer waters in Lagos State. Lagos then told the FG that once the water is reclaimed and becomes land, it will be vested in the Governor of Lagos State by virtue of the Land Use Act. The FG simply disappeared with its tail between its legs. That is using the law and the brains.

Today, if the FG acquires land in Lagos, it must obtain the governor's consent;
Today, if the FG wants to build in Lagos, it must obtain LASG approval;
Today, the FG cannot regulate adverts on federal highways or roads in Lagos, it is the LASG;
Today, the Lagos waterways are busy with boats, yachts and hovercraft registered and licensed by Lagos Inland Waterways Authority;
Lagos has had a consumption tax in place without allowing VAT stand in its way. It used the law and brains;
Lagos collects Wharf Landing fees from all sea and land ports in Lagos State;
Lagos collects advertisement income from all federal highways and roads in Lagos along with the local governments;

Lagos used the law and good thinking to acquire all lands and open spaces under bridges from the FG. They are all today beauties to behold from the days when FG allowed all sorts to happen under them when they were let out as garages and car parks.

But for the good thinking and law, Lagos may not have been able to recover Oshodi. And all these also bring in substantial revenue to the state and yet we still wonder why Lagos State has a monthly Internally Generated Revenue Income of well over 30 billion Naira. Over 6 times more than what it gets from the federal allocation that some others are crying over as their sole source of revenue . And we still wonder why it is the 2nd largest economy in West Africa, only after Nigeria and self-sustaining?

Let all states put on their thinking caps and use the law, legislature, judiciary, intellectual power to achieve the control of their destinies and resources and not by beating drums of war and secession. It shouldn't be by force or might. Let's use our brains and intellectual resources to achieve federalism.

Babatunde Ogala Esq

lofty900:
see Nigerian mentality. The other day it was reported on nairaland how a Chinese man broke his Nigerian worker's spinal cord with a kung-fu kick and nothing happened to the man till today, that man has evaded justice, I once read how another Chinese man beat a pregnant employee (Nigerian) here on nairaland and the woman lost the baby. The Chinese went away scot free till today. Also ubi Franklin also told the world how a Chinese man almost killed him with a knife, the case was swept under the carpet. I hate violence but it's time these Chinese people start knowing that they can't come here and get away with rubbish. It's no more business as usual and the police should free the guy. My opinion

derawiz: We live in a country where foreigners no longer have respect for us in our own country.
The Chinese and Indians maltreat us anyhow all because we work for them, when you complain, they still intimidate you with your own brothers in the army and police whom they must have bribed.
An Indian man enters a bank, you must stand up for him to sit, you must make way for him to evade the queue, army escort them to escape traffic jam in the big cities, if they hit your car, then you must be at fault.
I'm not saying that the guy should be exonerated of his crime but if our country was good, we won't have to work for preposterous Asians and even if we do, they would treat us with respect like they do to Americans

In as much as I understand your pains in the way these foreigners treat their workers here, it isn't enough reason to snuff life out of them.

crusufixo:
Dunno about this, but something is off about these advert

These vacancies are not on their career site

I am guessing that this is a third party, who would eventually rip off peeps by taking more that half each persons salary

Moreso, the career site for MTN is 'https://careers.mtnonline.com/Vacancy.aspx' and not 'http://www.mtnonline.com/e-recruiter' as the provided link indicates

I advise you all to be careful

You are very correct. The so-called link they provided is not opening, while the one you gave as the authentic didn't waste time to open.

One thing I also discovered in the link in this: yours carries 'https:/, which mean that the site is secured, while the others did not.
Thanks

I can bet that Nnamdi Kanu never said those words.

Restructuring Nigeria

I have often told those who care to listen to even define what they mean by restructuring and I can't seem to get answers. Or where we get, the answers are discordant and often tending toward federalism resource control and such.

What I understand it to mean is that we operate a truly federal system of government where every component part controls their resources, have their domestic laws, have their own police, the legal system, their own tax systems etc.

The states should be federating units donating some of their powers to the FG to hold and use in trust for them on matters of common interest such as defence, foreign affairs, citizenship, immigration, currency and economy etc
Let us adopt the USA model. USA practices federalism.

Restructuring or federalism are totally different from the call for cannibalisation of the country. Restructuring or federalism howsoever called is not the same as secession.

Suffice to say that when Lagos State Government took the federal government to the Supreme Court several times to insist on the practice of federalism from control of physical planning, local government administration that led to the withholding of Laos State revenue allocation, to issue of land abutting the waterways, control of inland waters, VAT, and many other issues , those states and zones where the call for restructuring are the loudest today sadly all opposed the position of LASG at the Supreme Court on the altar of politics. We may go back and read those judgements for confirmation.

LASG won 12 of such cases and against the FG at the Supreme Court. That was the beginning of some elements of federalism and restructuring without calls to war or secession.

I recall that I had to lead speak on behalf of LASG in the company of Dr Akeem Olajide Bello , then an adviser to the governor on Legal matters at the Senate hearing on the National Inland Waterways Authority Act and made a robust presentation for state control of Inland Waterways and total repeal of the Act on behalf of Lagos State .

A then top ranking and very outspoken and visible Senator from Enugu State was the most vociferous opponent of our position. He even said publicly at the hearing that Lagos State was being too cantankerous and asked insultingly if Lagos was the only coastal state or with waterways in the country that it was so cantankerous on the issue. This is a man whose state has rivers that could be of economic benefits to his state and people. I educated him before his colleagues and the public in a fine and polite language that he was not fit to be a Senator. I also recall telling him that if he and his state don't know the rights of his people and state, we in Lagos did and would assert same using the law. I asked him if he was proud that by the National Inland Waterways Authority Law his people in Enugu state will need to travel to Lokoja to obtain licences to own and operate fishing canoes on the rivers and streams in the state. I felt he was very disappointing and was betraying his people.

The senator, who sought to be Governor, is today one of the major voices and sponsors of secession and restructuring mixed up.

Lagos State House of Assembly subsequently repealed the National Inland Waterways Authority Act and promulgated the Lagos State Inland Waterways Authority Act and took control of the Lagos Lagoon and its intrastate waters. There were objections and protests from such bodies as Nigerian Ports Authority and NIWA. Lagos called their bluff and challenged them to go to court. Lagos used the instrumentality of the law, legislature and intellect to take its destiny in its hands and assert it's rights. It was the series of litigation by LASG that has now effectively handed physically planning and land ownership back to the states.

Before then, the FG was giving planning permits for buildings in places like Banana Island and Osborne Foreshore and in many states of the country on lands that they called federal land contrary to the provisions of the Land Use Act. Before then the FG was issuing Certificates of Occupancy on land in the states. Before then the FG made a decree which vested and made it to own all lands that were within 100 metres from the shore of lagoons, rivers and ocean including the palace of the Oba of Lagos and all lands on Marina, around Bar Beach, River Niger and Benue , Oji River, River Imo, Oguta Lake , Kaduna River to mention a few. Before then, FG had absolute control over even water streams and rivers in the villages and states. Before then FG had land registries in the states. Before then, the FG acquired land in states without resort to the state governments.

I even recall that the FG was planning to develop the 2nd phase of Banana Island. It was going to sand fill some waters of the lagoon. Lagos insisted that it must get a permit and environmental impact assessment approval from it. The FG insisted that it can reclaim the water because it had control over the outer waters in Lagos State. Lagos then told the FG that once the water is reclaimed and becomes land, it will be vested in the Governor of Lagos State by virtue of the Land Use Act. The FG simply disappeared with its tail between its legs. That is using the law and the brains.
Today, if the FG acquires land in Lagos, it must obtain the governor's consent;
Today, if the FG wants to build in Lagos, it must obtain LASG approval;
Today, the FG cannot regulate adverts on federal highways or roads in Lagos, it is the LASG;
Today, the Lagos waterways are busy with boats, yachts and hovercraft registered and licensed by Lagos Inland Waterways Authority;
Lagos has had a consumption tax in place without allowing VAT stand in its way. It used the law and brains;
Lagos collects Wharf Landing fees from all sea and land ports in Lagos State;
Lagos collects advertisement income from all federal highways and roads in Lagos along with the local governments;
Lagos used the law and good thinking to acquire all lands and open spaces under bridges from the FG. They are all today beauties to behold from the days when FG allowed all sorts to happen under them when they were let out as garages and car parks.

But for the good thinking and law, Lagos may not have been able to recover Oshodi. And all these also bring in substantial revenue to the state and yet we still wonder why Lagos State has a monthly Internally Generated Revenue Income of well over 30 billion Naira. Over 6 times more than what it gets from the federal allocation that some others are crying over as their sole source of revenue. And we still wonder why it is the 2nd largest economy in West Africa, only after Nigeria and self-sustaining?

Let all states put on their thinking caps and use the law, legislature, judiciary, intellectual power to achieve the control of their destinies and resources and not by beating drums of war and secession. It shouldn't be by force or might. Let's use our brains and intellectual resources to achieve federalism.

Babatunde Ogala Esq

bounty007:
i schooled in the west.. am a witness. no story.

Talking about the West hating Igbos? You lie very big lie. Mind you, I'm not 40 years old o, so I know what I'm telling you, kid.

bounty007:
my friend the hatred is real.. especially from ndi ofe and ndi mbamiri..
no jones go dia..

even nairaland mods and owner the display that daily.. na you wan come dey please em.. for wetin na?


hate those who hate you more and love them that love you..

whichever way is a way..

aside igbo's hate no one.. that explain why we're everywhere.. we multiply.

Who actually hates the Igbos, I don't know?

Talking about hating the Igbos, I think that happens in the wild imagination of some deluded youths like you, who have been brainwashed.

sunsewa16:
where they have two dominant religion but one religion is always domineering and thereby trickishly imposing symbols and cultures on the entire nation including the neighbouring religion is one of the causes of our backwardness as a country.

You kids just have a way of twisting information. To say the least, most of you all are actually bereaved of information literacy, that is, the ability to ask the appropriate questions and seek a corresponding answers, finding information, forming opinions, evaluating sources and making decisions that foster successful learning, effective contributors, confident individuals and responsible citizens.

This also includes “knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.”

If you have the above qualities, that is if you have information literacy, you shouldn't be spewing this nonsense you call a comment, with your deluge of deluded co-travellers giving you 'likes' here and there.

What the OP said about green and some Muslim countries choosing green as their National Travel Passport colour has nothing to do with Nigeria's passport being green. The problem is that your already biased and deluded mind about Muslims and anything Islam would not make you see where the OP mentioned the other reasons, which is

"a symbol of nature and life"

.

My advice to you and your likes is that you should all purge yourself of the bags of prejudices the media has made you carry for a long time.

agaba77:
Op most of your arguements are based on economics. What many non-igbo nigerians do not understand is that ndi-igbo's #1 priority in life is not about making money, rather it is the freedom to pursue their God given destiny without artificial hinderance as curently obtains in Nigeria. The second issue is lack of fairness, equity and justice. Igbo culture and mindest is very strong on these issues.

These two issues is what is driving the agitation. Igbo businesses lost billions of naira by oberserving the sit at home, if its all about money they would have ignored the order.

Keep in mind that Hitler confisticated billions of dollars in jewish properties and busineses. The Jews lost everything they had worked hard to accumulate all over europe. Today some of the richest people in europe and the entire world are jewish, from Zuckerberg of facebook to Sergei Brin of google. Ndi Igbo will start from scrath if need be and still prosper greatly because its the culture and in their dna.

The solution is more autonomy to the regions so they can chart their own course and control their destiny.

You lied at the bold part. That's a big big lie!!!

Cooly100:
This is not the issue...the Igbos and other tribes who are contagious to the SE want out...We want to be able to develop at our own pace. We want to be able to get foreign loans and develop our cities without going to Abuja to beg..We want be able to build our roads without asking Abuja, we want to be able to compete without quota system. We want to have our embassies without travelling to Abuja or Lagos. We want all foreign airlines to come to the East...we have suffered having to travel to Lagos and Abuja first...We want to go to space by serious investment in R&Development..We want out people to be employed as they are recruited into Biafra army, police,Immigration, Customs, National Guard, Biafra elite commandos, Biafra Secret Service...We want to build international Stadia in our region,etc, etc...

It will be a win win situation for the rest of Nigeria and Biafra...as development would be enhanced. We hope to create mutual relationship and respect for each other.

Did any of the person who gave you the more than 200likes told you that all of these can be achieved while still being in Nigeria? The problem is that if only you people can expend half the energy you are expending on this Biafra thing on your leaders to do the right thing with what they get from Abuja and from the little they make internally, all these rants wouldn't have been necessary.

For me, all I see is one man taking advantage of the gullibility of some sets of people to get cheap popularity, laying the foundations for his own relevance in the political calculations of the SE in time to come. Mark my words!

OrestesDante:
What is crap you are saying now?
Can't you see the link below the post?

Yes, I did, and I ain't referring to you. I was referring to the link

OrestesDante:
The Alfa said he was also a herbalist.

Which one do we hold on to now, Alfa or Herbalist? Remember, they are two different things. Or should I say this is a matter of "if you Dabo me, I will Taka you"? Becuase it was reported yesterday that a Pastor was caught with his friend's son's severed head, buried underneath the church's altar. Is this the reason why you garnished this one with Alfa? Mind you, I ain't trying to justify the dastardly act, neither am I saying some of these called Alfa, I mean the real Alfa, don't also do things like this. I'm just wondering aloud, you know- my analytical mind seems to be playing a fast one on me.

ragiluhivo:
Bullshit. I was born and raised in the North. Kaduna to be precise. There is nothing peaceful about the north.

An average northerner is far from peaceful and will kill you without any sympathy. Remain in the north at your peril.

At the bold part, now ask yourself if that nature of being "far from peaceful" isn't a nature akine to them as alluded to by your statement. But whenever they start their madness, people are quick to attach that to their predominant religion, Islam; forgetting that it is not all of them that are Muslims.

Do you know, that None-Muslim women in Maiduguri wear the Hijab? That's how it.

See what I saw on tweeter. Very hilarious

https://twitter.com/Gidi_Traffic/status/873126291683266560

delivryboy:
Work makes Ramadan easier for me, I enjoy being active while fasting. The only challenge is making out time to pray and perform other aspects of the holy month. Secondly, you would be in a circular environment which might expose you to temptations and distractions.

At the bold part, like working on the campus of the Univ. of Lagos. May Allah accept our Ibaadat

mervinmails:
I really don't understand what this topic is all about...

The topic is talking about how the Muslim faithfuls tries to balance work and their acts of worship, ibaadat during this month of Ramadan.

calaway:
I think you are not focusing or speaking the truth to your self.....
look at the words of good hearted Muslim below:



.....you are speaking from both side of your mouth as you attempt to stand for the indefensible on this same thread you said MUSLIMS WILL NOT ALLOW CHRISTIANS WORSHIP ACTIVITIES IN THEIR MOSQUE, HALL OR HOMES.....now using epistles u are trying to pass a camel through the eye of a needle.... magician.

Ok, what you want to hear, simple and straight, is that Muslims will not allow it, abi? Ok. agreed. Chi ke nah.

calaway:
the word for the scenario u just described is called "tolerant"

again I ask ...what is your argument?

Your initial post was aimed at painting the Muslims as being intolerant. So, my argument is that the fact that the church allowed Muslims to use their Hall for prayer, and the Muslims, I know, won't allow such to happen in their worship house, in the mosque to be precise, does not make them intolerant.

In order words, please note that the tenets and practice of the Muslims do not give room for them to allow any other religious activities other than that of the Muslims to take place in the mosque. Note, we aren't talking about Hall and Mosque

But if the Muslims have a Hall, I think they can as well give it to the church for use, and I have good instances:

Go to the Lekki Central Mosque in Lagos, they have a Hall, and I think a programme, not entirely Christian like though, has taken place in that Hall. In addition, the University of Lagos also has a Hall, but I wouldn't know if they would rent it out for a Christian programme. But I'm sure if it were to be a wedding, be it Christian or otherwise, they would allow.

In conclusion, the point here is that kudos to the church for allowing the Muslims use their Hall for prayer. Note, it is their Hall, not the church. And the Muslims, who wouldn't allow other religious activities to take place in their Mosque, does not mean they are intolerant.

calaway:
so there you see the difference's ..... so what is your argument?

one is liberal and tolerant and the other intolerant

You are wrong, it's not a matter of being intolerant, it's just that their faith and practice does not allow it. That's the angle I want you to see it from. The fact that your friend accepts a practice does not mean you should, or...?

calaway:
can a church service be held in a mosque hall or even a Moslems house

No, not at all. But if the Christians allow it, thanks to them.

LieDetector:
I've browsed through nairaland searching for information that would give me a hint as per the things I can do to be financially independent and control my life. I'll be finishing school this year from the faculty of education albeit still young. I would love to get myself a degree in a professional course like pharmacy. I don't intend to be sponsored by my parents but myself this time. I'm just clueless as to what I can do to achieve that feat. If I should decide to work with my degree in education, the options would be limited to teaching which isn't what I want at this time.

Your kind contributions would be greatly appreciated.

To the pharmacy students and licenced pharmacists out there, I understand how time is of immense importance to having a good pharmacy degree, however, I'd be needing your opinion as it relates to time management in my case. Do you think it's a feat I can pull? Thanks


Mods, you may be helping some other person out there get an education.

I studied Maths/Statistics at Yaba Tech before gaining admission into Unilag to still study Maths/Statistics. So, I was doing research analysis for fellow students and being paid for it. That was how I survived through school and also sending money home every week.

calaway:
of course Christianity is easy going... but Islam will never allow for any other religion to desecrate its place of worship with its religious activities..in fact the culprits will be mobbed at the least

Go back and read the post, it says: "the church hall".

sotall:
Somehow somehow..... this agitation is gathering momentum. Only time will tell when the owners of Nigeria will turn a listening ear

Instead of granting interviews to newspapers on the issue, they should bring it up in the house. that's when I will know that they are serious about it. this is what they should have done in the first place and from the beginning, rather than allow one small boy shot into limelight suddenly.

riczy:
u forgot barca won them last season with 2 nil!

We are talking of this season.