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Richhard:
Someone you know or it's you?

You know there's a correlation between your NL username and your friend's name.


This is you below when you were posted to Bayelsa, Seun come see something o.

God bless you. Exactly. This doesn’t help credibility. I don’t understand why he has to pretend. It’s not as if he’s doing something bad?
Anyways it’s always a good thing giving back to the grassroots. I wish him well

I was just going through the iRev this morning and I saw the below.

Shame on politicians and their goons and all others that disenfranchised Nigerians from voting.

They know themselves. I thought they have solid structure, but seems violence and manipulation is that structure.

The LGA is Gwagwalada in Nigeria,
Ward: Gwagwalada centre
PU: DAGIRI III BY VENUS ROAD OPEN SPACE

Source: https://www.inecelectionresults.ng/elections/63f8f25b594e164f8146a213/pu/63f8f610594e164f8148a8f4/document

Watching Senegal play today, I thought about an African 11 that could win the World Cup. I was actually shocked when I came up with the eleven. They could actually win the World Cup. The bench is strong as well.

What do you think?

Starting eleven:
GK: Benjamin Mendy
RB: Hakimi
CB: Koulibaly
CB: Matip
LB: Aurier
MD: Partey
MD: Kessie
MD: Mahrez
FWD: Salah
FWD: Mane
ST: Osimhen

Substitutes:
1. Aubameyang
2. Zaha
3. Ndidi
4. Ziyech
5. Gueye
6. Pepe
7. Onana

Feel free to add yours. What do you think about this squad?

Those standing: Abeg wetin dey smell? Abi na him pampers don full?

Tinubu: ‘laughs sacarstically after perceiving his own incontinent shit and says’ …‘ APC, Power’

French striker Alexandre Lacazette will leave Arsenal when his contract runs out on 30 June, the club have confirmed.

The 31-year-old joined the Gunners from Lyon in July 2017 and has been linked with a return to his former club on a free transfer.

Lacazette scored 71 goals in 206 appearances for Arsenal and won the FA Cup with them in 2020.

"Laca has been a fantastic player for us," said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

"He's been a real leader on and off the pitch and has been a very important influence to our younger players.

"His commitment with us has been exceptional and we wish him and his family success and happiness."

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61683334

Cc Lalasticlala

Nicely said. Oil dey your head Sir

silvoclaira:
@Op I feel for you and the family. Things are really expensive out here and money nor reach.

https://www.nairaland.com/6853192/inflation-women-please-pity-husbands

Please just take it easy on your wife. The pressure on you is the same kind of pressure on her too.

Things are really hard this times in Nigeria, so we only have to be patient and try absorbing all the shocks okay.

I believe you are a good man, your wife is a good woman.

If She is into business which is a daily thing so she should know how tough things are today so you both can work it out better, you both should have a honest discussion of what os on ground today.

Lastly try and be in your best mind and shape, eat food. Take care of yourself and be healthy.

Johnholmes:
Bros u are just destroying d normal Flora in ur gastrointestinal tract .
That's why ure still having diarrhoea despite taking a cocktail of antibiotics.
U may be having pseudomembranous colitis due to abuse of antibiotics.
Now the treatment is :
-1 go to a big well established pharmacy

-2.Buy vancomycin and take 1 tab 4 times daily for 10 days to kill d bacteria ( clostridium difficult has most likely taken over ur gut.

-3.ask for a good gut probiotic and take it as prescribed on the leaflet to grow back ur normal bacterial flora.

I hope this helps...

Nice one. Well said

Wiseandtrue:
OP, you should be more concern with the killings going on in your backyard!

Those who are not even citizens of this country but are becoming more powerful than the "Nigerian Army" and it president!

I’m more than concerned about it and for the record, I do not think MNK can ever lose his British citizenship. I support Biafra and think everyone has a right to self determination. If you go through all my previous posts, you will know my views and I stand with my Igbo brothers in the east

This article was meant to be an unbiased look at how and when citizenship can be revoked, especially with what Kemi oluloyo posted on Facebook.

It has been one week since the re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is being prosecuted for alleged terrorism and treasonable felony.


A lot has happened since then: the UK started engaging Nigeria over the arrest of Kanu, who is also a British national; IPOB said its secessionist quest for Biafra continues; while the federal government claimed Kanu orchestrated the killing of 60 people in the country while he was abroad.

There have also been talks about the possibility of the separatist leader losing his British citizenship, with IPOB declared a terrorist organisation in Nigeria.

But can that happen?


WHEN CAN BRITISH CITIZENSHIP BE TAKEN AWAY?

The British nationality act empowers the UK to strip its nationals of their citizenship under certain circumstances.

Section 40(2) provides that the UK secretary of state can “deprive a person of a citizenship status if the Secretary of State is satisfied that deprivation is conducive to the public good”.


What then constitutes public good? A UK government document explains conduciveness to the public good to mean “depriving in the public interest on the grounds of involvement in terrorism, espionage, serious organised crime, war crimes or unacceptable behaviours”.

If such a person became a UK citizen by naturalisation, the conditions for stripping them of their nationality expand further to include: “If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the registration or naturalisation was obtained by means of—(a) fraud, (b) false representation, or (c) concealment of a material fact.”

NATURE OF KANU’S CITIZENSHIP MAKES HIS CASE WORSE

The nationality act law allows for consideration where someone could become stateless — that is, without a nationality — if their citizenship is revoked.


In cases where the “public good” is involved, it states that the UK secretary of state “may not make an order” revoking the citizenship “if he is satisfied that the order would make a person stateless”.

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Born British to parents of Bangladeshi heritage, Begum has been stripped of British citizenship because of her alleged support for terrorism

But there are exceptions provided, including if the person is not born in the UK.

Subsection 4(A) states such order can still be made if: “(a)the citizenship status results from the person’s naturalisation, (b)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the deprivation is conducive to the public good because the person, while having that citizenship status, has conducted him or herself in a manner which is seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom, any of the Islands, or any British overseas territory, and…

“(c)the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is able, under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, to become a national of such a country or territory.”



TheCable could not immediately verify the type of UK citizenship the IPOB leader has, but it is most likely that he became a national of the country by naturalisation.

The BBC reported that the IPOB leader, who claims he is a Jew, moved to the UK before he could complete his undergraduate studies at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).

That would mean that he is covered under the conditions for citizenship by naturalisation and dual nationality as provided under subsection 4(A).

WHO’S HAD THEIR UK CITIZENSHIP REVOKED IN THE PAST?



The British newspaper Independent reported in 2019 that at least 150 people have been stripped of their UK citizenship after being subjected to the measure for the “public good” since 2010.

It gets more interesting: nearly 70 percent of those revocations were in 2017, a sudden spike from what used to be a few deprivations.

A lot more persons have also been stripped of their British nationality and banned from returning to the UK, according to the UK Guardian, most of them suspected terrorists.

A particularly notable case was that of Shamima Begum, who left the UK in 2015 to join the Islamic State group in Syria as a 15-year-old.

In February 2021, the supreme court upheld the decision of Sajid Javid, then home secretary, to revoke Begum’s citizenship later in 2019.

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Born British to British parents, Mark Thatcher, son of former UK prime minister, retains his citizenship despite his conviction for treason in Equatorial Guinea


Her citizen deprivation was thought to have been considered because of her dual nationality — she was born in the UK to parents of Bangladeshi heritage.

There is room for appeal for those who lost their citizenship. But Begum did so and lost.

In February this year, the supreme court upheld Javid’s decision and said, among other things, that: “There was no evidence before the Court as to whether the national security concerns about Ms Begum could be addressed and managed by her being arrested and charged upon her arrival in the UK, or by her being made the subject of a Terrorist Prevention and Investigation Measure.”

TERRORISM TOPS THE LIST OF REASONS

Available data show that, like Begum, most of the others whose British citizenship has been revoked have also been linked to terror-related activities.

IPOB, which Kanu set up in 2014, is only recognised as a terrorist organisation in Nigeria, where it was proscribed by the defence headquarters and the court in 2017.

The Buhari administration has been heavily criticised for the action while the UK has not said anything publicly about it. However, the British government is known to not take terror-related activities lightly when considering “public good”.

Most of those who have lost their British citizenship was as a result of links to terrorism, although some were not charged to court before the action was taken. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey, who were both accused of belonging to an ISIS group involved in kidnappings in Iraq and Syria; Mohamed Sakr, who was suspected of being involved with al-Shabaab; and Hilal al Jedda, who was alleged to have recruited terrorists in Iraq are a few of those whose UK citizenship was taken away.

There have also been other cases not related to terrorism, including twelve of the 20 citizen revocations carried out in 2013 on grounds of fraud.

This does not mean that the UK is always fast to revoke citizenship where a serious crime is involved.

In 2005, Mark Thatcher, son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was convicted in South Africa for funding the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt, but he remains a UK citizen.

Will Kanu end up like Thatcher or Begum?

Source: https://www.thecable.ng/matters-arising-can-nnamdi-kanu-lose-his-uk-citizenship

Emperormartin:
I can see most Yorubas are equally pained by the injustice system in Nigeria. But I don't understand the Yorubas in nairaland

Because some of them are fools or just Fulani’s pretending to be Yorubas.

Biafravd:
truly we want nigeria to end but unity with Igbo is a no no for we sensible yoruba, i am a proud yoruba man and i can never deny my tribe
God bless yoruba nation
Fvck southern unity

We are talking about uniting against a common enemy the North! Whether you like it or not, politics is a game of numbers. As long as there exist rancour in the south, North will always benefit. It’s straight from the ‘Acts of War’ -‘Divide and conquer’.

Biafravd:
unity beggar don dey plenty for this forum, just to let you know, yoruba people will never unite with Igbo, never.
Fvck southern unity

You actually sound immature.

Tell me, are you happy with the way the north especially the Hausas and Fulanis have conducted themselves? Are you happy with the way Buhari has ruled? Isn’t it time to take back your destiny from the North?

Look inward and stop your childishness.

You certainly don’t represent the Yoruba people. I won’t even be surprised if you are a Fulani bigot posing as a southerner.

Well, a lot of yorubas I’ve spoken to have actually want Nigeria to end. Northern tyranny must end!!!

I am NOT a pessimist, but it is not possible for Nigeria to ever become good except something very drastic happens like a bloody revolution or a breakup into many entities.

Wow! I’m so ashamed. No wonder the whites don’t take us serious.

Wow! Innoson is really trying. I’m super proud. I just wish the Nigerian Government can invest in our indigenous manufacturing companies.

Maadoo:
You are obviously not educated. If you are, you would know that IGR doesn’t reflect economic development.
It’s just a tax generated from workers and businesses within the state.

A state can choose to tax less of it citizens to allow for them to have more disposable income, as well as businesses having more money to reinvest, employ more labour and expand their business. It keeps the state citizens economically and socially healthy. It only means that the government will generate less in IGR. This favours Eastern states more because, they are business owners ( mostly small and medium scale enterprise). It will help keep their businesses alive for them to survive and also employ more.

On the other hand, some other states may decide to tax both its citizens and businesses within to death, while it declares high IGR. It only means that, the state would have more IGR generated but the citizens will be poorer and It will make the state less business friendly. This is common in the west and north because, most businesses are owned by outsiders. While you think you are taxing them to death, you forget that the ordinary man on the street will bear the burden, because the business owner will transfer it to the end user through price increase.

That is why in the east, you see people looking fresh, well dressed and fed, as well as looking healthy. Because despite the harsh economic situation, people are still surviving on their businesses. They are still able to afford their basic needs, (food, clothing and shelter),

But in the west, people are always looking frustrated, hungry, malnourished, haggard unhappy and looking like they are suffering from stunted growth. You will even see old women begging in Ibadan for example. The people are not only poor financially, they are also poor in mind. They have no sense of survival or entrepreneurship.

Apart from government civil service in most southwest states, the middle class is almost no existent, unlike in the east where apart for government civil servants, there is a larger class of business men and women, who are not only doing well, they make the middle class very vibrate.

So IGR my foot. The joke is on you.

Lool. See epistle. Clap for yourself Mr. Educated

OnyeOfenmanu:
Local man, we are talking of domestic flights and not international. Talking about international flights, remove Hajj, then Kano and Kaduna airports become irrelevant. Everybody knows lagos and abuja are the gateways....Enugu and portharcourt airports are not given enough license/approval to operate major route.

let federal government take off its control of airports then we can have a clearer picture to see who and who can command more international traffic.

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You are quoting NBC now and it’s sweeting you. Later if NBC releases the IGR of each state, you and ur kins will start shouting ‘Yoruba dominated media’ up and down.

Juliusmalema:
Do you know the history of Lagos-ibadan express newspaper?

No Sire. Pray tell

I keep noticing a recurrent trend on Nairaland and on the social media space on how Yorubas ‘dominate’ the media. People keep using the phrase ‘Yoruba dominated media’.

Now my question is that which media exactly is dominated by Yorubas? I sincerely don’t understand.

I had to make a personal research and I did not notice any ethnic group dominating the media.

Even Omokri erroneously said the Yorubas dominate the media. https://www.nairaland.com/5915553/igbos-dominates-nigerias-commercial-sector

From my research using Wikipedia, here are the owners of the most popular media groups in Nigeria.

1. NTA: Nigerian Government
2. Channels TV: owner from Edo State
3. TVC: owned by Yoruba man
4. AIT: owner from Edo State
5. Silverbird: owner from Bayelsa State
6. Daily Trust: owned by northerners from sokoto State
7. Nigeria Tribune: Owned by a Yoruba group
8. The Punch: Owned by Yoruba man
9. This Day: Owned by an Igbo woman
10. The Sun: Owned by an Igbo group
11. Vanguard: Owner was from Delta State
12. Guardian: Owner from Delta State

Above media organisations, are no doubt the most popular and widely used in Nigeria. I don’t see any domination from any ethnic group, but this is just my view and I may be wrong. I need someone to explain to me these assertions that Yorubas dominate the media

This is nice. A state as big as Enugu deserves a world class airport

Here is a list of Coup plotters:

Kaduna Nzeogwu
Timothy Onwuatuegwu
Emmanuel Ifeajuna
Adewale Ademoyega
Chris Anuforo
Humphrey Chukwuka
Don Okafor


Here is a list of Casualties from the coup:

Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Premier Ahmadu Bello(Northern premier)
Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola(Western premier)
Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh
Ahmed Ben Musa (Senior Assistant Secretary for Security)
Hafsatu Bello
Mrs Latifat Ademulegun
Zarumi Sardauna
Ahmed Pategi, (Government driver)
Military and police Officers
Brig. Samuel Ademulegun
Brig. Zakariya Maimalari
Col. Ralph Shodeinde
Col. Kur Mohammed
Lt. Col. Abogo Largema
Lt. Col. James Pam
Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe
Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke (assisted Nzeogwu in the attack on the Sardauna's lodge and according to the Police report was murdered by Nzeogwu)
PC Yohana Garkawa
Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo
PC Akpan Anduka
PC Hagai Lai
Philip Lewande

Here is a list of people in Govt that miraculously Survived:

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi(Head of the Army)
Nnamdi Azikwe(Nigerian President)
Michael Okpara(Eastern premier)

Location where Coup was carried out:

Lagos
Ibadan
Kaduna

Please Never twist History

Davash222:
Osun ahead of Anambra in low poverty rate

How are they calculating this thing?

First of all, the thread is not about Osun or Anambra.

Secondly, the problem I have with some Igbo people(a few of them) is that they just believe they are better than others. In their mind, they believe they are above others, and that myopic view always blinds them. Later they will say the statistics are fake and concocted by ‘Yoruba media’. They should keep living in denial. No doubt the average Igbo man is hardworking and industrious. That doesn’t mean others aren’t too

bukatyne:
You realize that the error is all yours for not choosing well.

For that, you are half way there.

You mentioned that you married in the Church: brother you know that except adultery and I will say abuse, you can't divorce your wife.

You have tried counseling, reporting her to family etc. etc. and it has not worked.

Now, I want you to try changing your reaction to her attitude. You have been married long enough to 'predict' her actions/inactions.

She forgot your birthday, fine. Celebrate yourself. Go out with the kids, go out with your friends etc.

She tries to keep malice, apologize and move on.

I know it is hard, it is abnormal even however you need to build a shield in your heart so that her attitude doesn't get to you anymore.

Don't beg or cajole her to 'change' or 'be better' or whatever: you are telling her that she has power over you.

Thank God finances are not a thing: treat your self, go on vacations, do the certifications or courses you wanted to. Channel your emotions into the things you have always wanted to do, pick up new hobbies, go to gym and workout youf frustrations etc.

And prayers work: if not for her to change, for you to be whole mentally and emotionally.

It is well.

Very well said

We are fucke_d

Indeed

Passing through the popular Jabi - Airport junction road this morning was shocking to say the least. The road was completely deserted, devoid of any commuters. This use to be a busy road on a weekday, as popular destinations in Abuja are along this road. Destinations like NCC, Citec Estate, Kings court, FMC Abuja, EFCC office and National Judiciary center.

NB; more pictures will be added later on in the day

My problem with the SE is the people that are coming out or showing interest. I can never vote for people like Orji Uzor Kalu or Rochas Okorocha. If Peter Obi comes out today, I’ll gladly vote for him. As a matter of fact, I feel the Southeast should produce the president.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has used Nigeria as a case study on how best to handle the spread of coronavirus across hard hit zones. Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan made this known while addressing pressmen at a coronavirus response conference in Geneva, Switzerland. He pointed out that after Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus case, precautionary measures were taken to ensure that the spread was curtailed. Ryan lauded Nigeria for establishing a 100-bed isolation unit within 48 hours of the first reported case.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AfricaFactsZone

Recall that the first case was an Italian man who was isolated at a Yaba health facility and later revealed to be almost fit for discharge by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. Also, the second case which is a Nigerian, today was confirmed to have tested negative – meaning that Nigeria officially has no known coronavirus case or death.

FrLukas:
But Igbo Muslim can do such.

You must be Sick for saying this. Ned and Regina were two adults when they got married. This is an 80yr old fool plus 12year old innocent dragged against her will. Probably brainwashed and cajoled

Hadampson:
What do you have to say about Regina Daniels who married her grandfather?

How can u compare Regina Daniels to this? Was Regina Daniels a child when she married Ned?

How do u even reason sef?