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Eko Ile: Please do something with this musiwa guy ASAP cos I'm getting sick of this character rubbishing my threads with his pointless posts and pictures. I'm even thinking this is stalking...whatever it is, please get this clown off my back and posts. He's free to start his own thread to post his pictures and stories, but not in my threads and topics that has nothing to do with his rubbish..





https://www.nairaland.com/1324069/fashola-commissions-paving-stone-production#16235059

Wow! Check out the picture attack! How many pictures did he post? I think his condition is getting worse.

Ishilove: Is it a palmoil and cooking gas company??

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Reno Omokri ⁠ @renoomokri

Reports by sections of the media today that President Jonathan has ordered the sacking of top police officers are untrue and most misleading

Reno Omokri ⁠ @renoomokri

The Presidency views the sensationalized reports as a deliberate attempt to cause disaffection amongst the top hierarchy of the Police Force

Reno Omokri ⁠ @renoomokri

He said “People who are promoted to Asst Comm of Police and above must merit the rank. If you don’t merit the rank, you should be retired”.

Reno Omokri ⁠ @renoomokri

Those guilty of deliberately distorting the President’s words to promote sectional agenda and discord should desist from doing so.

[size=14pt]Flags And Coat Of Arms Act

Chapter 148

Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990[/size]

An Act to regulate the display and use of the National Flag, certain other flags and the National Coat of Arms.

 

           1st October, 1960

 

Short title. 

1. This Act may be cited as the Flags and Coat of Arms Act.

 

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires “the National Flag” means the National Flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

"public place" means any highway, wharf, street, bridge and thoroughfare, and includes every place (including any foreshore or any beach or open space belonging to the State) to which the public under ordinary circumstances have the right of legal access, whether with or without payment of any entrance fee or gate money, and also includes all land and land covered with water contiguous to a public place from which an act consti­tuting an offence against this Act would ordinarily be viewable by persons in such public place.

 

3.             (1) Any person who otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, flies or exhibits in any public place any of the following flags, that is to say-       

(a) the Royal Standard or the personal standard of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth when in Nigeria;

                                (b) any flag for the time being appointed to be flown by  the President;

         (c) any flag appointed to be flown only on ships of the Nigerian Navy, or in connection with establishments of the armed forces of Nigeria or the armed forces of any member State of the Commonwealth;

(d) any flag for the time being appointed to be flown only by a Department, or any branch of a Department, of the -Government of the Federation;

         (e) any flag so closely resembling any such flag as aforesaid that it might reasonably be taken to be that flag, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

(2) Any person who, except otherwise than in conformity with terms of licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, files or exhibits in any public place- ­

                                (a) the National Flag; or

(b) the flag of any member State of the Commonwealth, if the flag so flown or exhibited bears thereon any addition or is in any way modified or defaced, shall be guilty of al offence against this Act:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed, to restrict the flying of exhibiting of the flag of any State in so far as the National Flag forms part thereof.

 

4.             (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if in any public place in Nigeria the National Flag is to be exhibited or flown for any purpose, it shall not be exhibited with or be flown on the same staff or cross bar with the flag of any State, or the flag of any Commonwealth or foreign country; and the National Flag or any other flag when exhibited or flown shall not appear in a defaced or tattered condition; but the National Flag shall not be deemed to be defaced by reason only of the fact that it is embodied in or forms part of a State flag.

(2) Where the flag of any State is flown in the State to which it relates or elsewhere than in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, it shall not be necessary for the National Flag to be flown at the same time; but if the flag of a State and the National Flag are to be flown at the same time in a public place in that State or elsewhere in Nigeria, the National Flag of at least the same size as the State flag shall fly above that of any State flag.

 

(3) The Minister charged with responsibility for internal affairs may, from time to time, by notice either generally or specially authorise the flying of the flag of any Common­wealth country or of any foreign country in any public place, either alone or at the same time as the National Flag, and upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit; but for the avoidance of doubt and to give effect to any diplomatic convention, no embassy, high commission, or consulate shall be a public place, and no means of transport when used by members of any embassy, high commission, or consulate shall, for the purposes only of this subsection, be deemed to be operating in a public place.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit the flying by any ship other than a Nigerian ship, of the flag of the country where the ship is registered, or the flying of the National Flag by any ship entering or leaving a port in Nigeria.

 

5. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to require a licence to exhibit or fly any flag within the meaning of subsection (2) of section (3) of this Act, if the person flying or exhibiting any such flag in a public place is actuated by no other motive than that of patriotism, the proof whereof shall lie upon such person.

 

6. Any person who, otherwise than in conformity with the terms of a licence granted by the Minister or under other lawful authority, uses or displays­-

(a) in connection with the carrying on of any business, trade, profession or calling; or

(b) in connection with the activities of any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, the National Flag, the National Coat of Arms or the Coat of Arms of royalty as Head of the Commonwealth, or any flag or arms so closely resembling that flag or either of those coat of arms that they might reasonably be taken to be that flag or coat of arms, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

 

7. Any person who flies or exhibits the National Flag in a defaced or bad condition shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

 

8. Any police officer may seize and remove any flag in respect of which any offence against this Act has occurred, and may cause any flag so seized and removed to be disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.

 

(1) Licences issued by the Minister under the provi­sions of this Act shall contain such terms and conditions as the Minister may deem fit and may at any time be revoked, amended or altered by the Minister.

(2) All applications for such licences shall be in writing addressed to the Director-General of the Ministry having authority in matters to which this Act relates, and shall contain such information as the Minister may, from time to time, require.


Penalty­ 

10. Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable to a fine of one hundred naira and in the case of a continuing offence to a fine of ten naira for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued after the day on which such person is first convicted.

http://www.nigeria-law.org/FlagsAndCoatOfArmsAct.htm

Next I'm going to post the flags and coat of arms law 1960 (as amended). This version was compiled in 1990. The National Assembly was in the process of amending the law last year, but I don't think they've completed the process.

I hope pyguru doesn't ban me.

Ngwakwe: The truth is that some States don't have logo.

If I were you, I will simply refer to them as stamps/seals which they are.

Every indigene of Ondo and Osun States can identify with their respective logos while I am likely to face jail term if I was to use my State's own (Abia State).

You got to see that logic.

They are actually more than just stamps/seals. It's just that they bear such a close resemblance to the national coat of arms that people hardly realise that they are there. They are often used as logos during things like trade fairs, distribution of free textbooks, they are actually on state governments' websites, sports competitions and track suits, etc. People see them and just assume that it's the national coat of arms, but if you look closely you'll see **** state.

Ngwakwe: Most of these logos and symbols resemble One Kobo.

Is there any difference, abi na colour?

That's why I excluded them at first, but I realised that it won't be fair to people from those states if I exclude them.

This isn't the first time they are doing this, however, my concern now as it was then is that journalists, government officials, etc should make sure that they do not reveal the identities of these youths. In the past boko haram has targeted northerners that helped the security services or preached against boko haram. This has created fear in some northerners.

Kudos to the brave youths, preachers, community leaders and JTF who are risking everything to ensure that there's peace in Nigeria.

babapupa: 2 issues...


1. Please release Eko and Eko ileee/Spambot attacks..


2. I complained about Musiwa destroying and derailing the thread below and his posts was deleted, but his still messing up the thread with the same pictures and posts. Is it possible to just ban him from that particular thread and if it is, please do.

Thanks..

I saw him lurking on my thread and I wondered what he was going to do. Then he posted the exact same message 3 times (basically whenever I updated the thread). Thankfully he has stopped. . .at least I hope he has stopped.

ichidodo: Yeah, when i was a kid in the early 90s there was a rumor that Amokachi owned a private aircraft.There could be some truth to that but i would sure like to have my bedroom made out of an Private Aircraft's cabin

It wasn't a private jet. It was a light plane. Larry Izamoje interviewed him and asked him about it after he sold the plane. It was a light propeller plane. He took a course in flying and hoped to fly it, but his busy schedule, the fact that trips are arranged by the clubside, etc meant that he didn't fly it and it was accumulating parking fees, so he sold it.

yuzedo: well, af bougth my own land to build anoda grate pent-house man shun wit swiming pull and heli-pad. i promiss to be d most famouse landlord in side dis estate too after af conqer banana iceland. tenk 4ur support nairaland, togeda we can do it.

Just the person I was looking for. You mean you bought land there? I heard that Gilbert gave you your own special area at Eko Atlantic free of charge. Is it true or is it just a rumour?

Stallion77: any small thing, ''Nigeria is a failed state'' if you are a Nigerian then you have also failed and when Nigeria becomes a succesful state, u will still remain a failed chap, cos u cant see beyond your nose! Nigeria is a Work in Progress!

+100

Policewoman: Please, are you that RE.TA.RD.ED??

HahahahahahahahahahaHaahaha!

[quote author=nu-well]Mr Naptu, your seeming seamless knowledge comes to the fore again. I've been trying to get a hold on you for a while now unsuccessfully of course. We need to talk please.[/quote]Thanks for your kind words. I think I might be able to do something about that this evening.

omonnakoda: In theory it sounds like a good thing.There have been ,I must admit uproven, claims about the future environmental impact and even some recent ones i.e flooding in Lagos and further up the road i.e Lekki all the way to Epe as a result of this scheme. Sadly it is impossible to prove or disprove any of these claims until after the event. I believe that they should have been investigated and there should have been a more transparent public enquiry involving ALL stakeholders.In not doing so Lagos State is not unique;that is capitalism at work for you and one feels disquiet about the fraternity between Tinubu and the Chaougury clan.
I hope those environmental claims turn out to be false.
In the longer term I think Lagos and Ogun at least and perhaps Oyo as well need to look at greater integration of their development strategies.In this regard I agree with Pat Utomi; the MegaCity vision is shortsighted in limiting it self to Lagos state.Of course there are legal and constitutional challenges to a wider "city" but the SW really needs to look at collapsing some states or at least REAL INTEGRATION in a strategic way.

I've got videos, etc that address the environmental question, but I'm pressed for time at the moment. I'll address the last bit of your post (extending the mega-city idea).

I had a debate with someone about this, but I had to abandon it due to time constraints. The project was initially known as the Lagos-Ogun Megacity Project. There's even a federal agency with headquarters on Queens Drive that's meant to oversee the project. However, a problem arose after Obasanjo and Tinubu left office. The Ogun and Lagos State governments had a boundary dispute (I think Ogun was even threatening to withold the C of O to Iju and Adiyan waterworks). After this Fashola stopped calling it the Lagos-Ogun Megacity project and instead said that it is not a project, but that it's about the way Lagos reacts to it's megacity status, which is conferred on it by virtue of the size of its population. However, with the change of government in Ogun, it seems the project is back on track. Think about the DAWN Initiative.

Besides, the red line starts from Marina and terminates in Ogun State.

Lagos State faces a huge problem of coastal erosion. The ocean has washed away several kilometres of land (the first ocean surge I heard about occurred in the 1970s).

The military governments merely came and poured sand on the beach. The next ocean surge would wash away that sand.

Tinubu's government and Obasanjo's government treated it like a political football, with arguments over who was responsible for solving the problem.

Finally Tinubu's government decided to solve it. The got Hitech (owned by the Chagoury family) and dutch experts to work on a solution. They used large rocks to protect the beach.

The Chagourys saw a business opportunity. What if we can reclaim land that has been lost over the past hundred years and use our real estate company to sell real estate? We will also build a seawall that will protect Lagos from future ocean surges and solve the problem once and for all. They got Dutch experts who have been involved in building similar seawalls (the seawall model has been undergoing testing at labs in Europe for years now), got experienced town planners from the UK and loans from banks and investment from property investors.

The government is only providing land, regulation and permits.
And thus, we have Eko Atlantic. The knowledge gained is also now being used to construct seawalls for the Lekki area and the Lekki port.

http://www.chagourygroup.com/real-estate/eko-atlantic/

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! People still think that this is a Lagos State Government or even an ACN project.

There's another crazy and funny issue here. A few months ago the contractor on the Blue Line project had a little ceremony when it started laying the track. Some people said "why are they celebrating when they've not finished the project", "it's all propaganda", "why so much noise".

Now, they are laying the tracks and quietly going about their work and it's turned to "why aren't they saying anything about it", "it's a trick, the project has been abandoned", etc.

So, do you want them to give a progress report or not?

cool4ny: ??...No tax payer in Lagos?

Do you know who owns the project and who is funding it?

Bethel Ministries! Gabriel Oduyemi! In the early 1990s I used to see him cruising down Lekki Expressway in his white cadillac limo.

@ "costing taxpayers".

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]Nigeria starts dismantling its plane 'graveyard'

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Workers have begun dismantling the abandoned airplanes left to rot at airports across Nigeria, a nation with a troubled history of crashes and mismanaged airlines.

The work has started in Lagos at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, where passengers coming into Africa's most populous nation have long seen the abandoned planes when landing there. Henry Omeogu, director of airport operations for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, said Thursday that he hopes workers will dismantle all the aircraft within the coming weeks.

Omeogu estimated there are at least 65 abandoned planes at Nigeria's airports, ranging from small jets to a massive Boeing 747 in the northern city of Kano.

The work comes as Nigeria struggles to overcome a past filled with airline disasters and corruption in the aviation sector.

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http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-starts-dismantling-plane-graveyard-151122763.html[/quote]

There was a Yahoo story about the "graveyard" this year. I think it was even on nairaland.

There are a lot of disused planes at our airports. Some have been there since the 1980s (there is a section of Murtala Muhammed Airport that's known as the "graveyard" ). As part of efforts to modernise and upgrade our airports, the government ordered that all these dead planes must be removed. I guess that's what's happening now.

Picture of one of the planes being towed yesterday night (on Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway).

That's at Dapsey Petrol Station in Igando.

They were removing disused planes from the airport. The truck that was towing this plane developed a fault. There was no "crash" or "landing".

ba7man: Rather, the Ocean claimed the land so this is a reclaimation. When i was younger, you would walk a far distance from Ahmadu Bello rd before you saw the ocean but by Tinubu's era, the ocean was already threatening to wash away the same Ahmadu Bello. This project is highly needed to prevent those surges from wiping out V.I.

Finally! Someone old enough to remember. There were palm trees at bar beach. You parked your car on the sand by Ahmadu Bello Way and walked some distance before you got to the shoreline. You had these sea shells and bits of the palm trees that pricked your soles if you went bare feet or wore slippers.

By 1993 the sea had eaten up the beach and the shoreline was right beside Ahmadu Bello Way!

A hundred years ago the shoreline was at the end of the eastern mole. What they are doing, with Eko Atlantic, is reclaiming the land and extending the shoreline back to the limits of the eastern mole, where it was a hundred years ago.

Besides, there's now a seawall to prevent coastal erosion.

Niger State

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Adamawa State
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