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porka: You mean levies not taxes, they are different.

Lagos State does not have a separate laws on Corporate Taxes different from the rest of Nigeria.

Yes, PAYE is a revenue to the state where the staff reside.

Reminds me of Ogun State vs Lagos State.

Ishilove: Akponanabofa, Aigbolosimuan, Akporobomererere, Kabikubosune.

They are unisex names

Reminds me of Alleluya Atunyota Akporobomeriere

Ishilove: Naptu2 is his twin brother

Sorry Naptu2, its for your own good. I just have to tell the world vis NL, the whole truth
Cut down the junk food!!! Six giant wraps of akpu in the morning, three giant loaves of bread and fifteen fried eggs for lunch, full chicken and seven plates of rice plus a gallon of juice for dinner. A whole cake for dessert...

Please stop it Naptu2, I deeply care for you and I don't want you to go the way your brother, Naputi One went. Pleax, pleax I beg you...

*sobs*

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And you even ate more than I did onn that day!

I thought Mimiko stood down.

yuzedo: Huh? Naputi One?? is he Naptu2's twin bro??

Tufiakwa

Oops! Sorry, it's way more than 230.

[size=14pt]670 students get MTN scholarship as 80 others make disabled list[/size]

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March 21, 2013 | 12:03 am

BY DAYO ADESULU

No fewer than 670 students over the weekend benefited from the MTN Foundation scholarship scheme. While 590 students were from Science and Technology institutions in the South-West region, 80 blind students in Nigerian tertiary institutions made the list of the phisically challenged scholars.

Speaking at the awards ceremony held at the National Arts Theatre, Lagos, the Chairman, MTN Foundation, Ambassador Hamzat Ahmadu said the organisation celebrates academic excellence in students who have worked extremely hard and who definitely deserve an opportunity to pursue their dreams of higher education. “We recognise the exemplary effort of a special group of students who have to overcome daily challenges in their quest for a brighter future,” he said.

According to him, over the last two weeks, scholarship awards have been presented to 238 successful candidates in Abuja, representing the Northern part of the country and 350 successful candidates in Owerri, representing the Eastern region.

On the whole, he noted that the foundation this year alone has awarded scholarship to 1,087 science students and 171 brilliant blind students. The gesture, he explained is about shaping Nigeria’s future through education and making an investment in the lives of tomorrow’s leaders, by providing them with an opportunity to pursue their dreams despite financial limitations.

Ahmadu who urged the recipients not to rest on their oars said the scholars’ chances of enjoying the yearly N200,000 is based on the maintenance of 3.5 GPA and 2.5 GPA for the blind.

On her part, the Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, Ms. Nonny Ugboma explained the process of obtaining the scholarship adding that applicants must be full-time undergraduates in public tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

Also, applicants from public universities and colleges of education must have a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or its equivalent 2.1. For Polythenics, she noted that applicants must have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 upper credit from the Ordinary National Diploma programme and have secured admission into the Higher National Diploma (HND) programme.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/670-students-get-mtn-scholarship-as-80-others-make-disabled-list/

Shollypopz: I do not see the point of supporting these mediocre celebs, I wish I had data to see how these endorsements increase revenue for MTN.

And if this is an act of social responsibility, why can't they issue scholarships. There are many public school students in Nigeria who have no hope of attending college. A lot of them do not see the point of doing good in high school cos there is no possibility of furthering their education. Just imagine if hope is restored in the minds of these kids. What if students can be assured that if they get a certain GPA from high school, they are definitely going to be awarded a scholarship from MTN. All these foreign companies do not really care about improving the country, Nigeria.

They already do that through the MTN Foundation (238 scholarships so far this year and more on the way).

It's just like what I told someone about Fashola. . . .when Fashola builds a cable stayed bridge, it gets maximum publicity. When skills acquisition centres are built to empower the poor, it doesn't get as much publicity because it is not as "sexy" and "amazing".

When MTN signs Iyanya, it gets maximum publicity. When they give a scholarship to an "unknown student" it doesn't get as much publicity because it is not as "sexy" and "amazing".

musiwa26: so if i endorse a product, i will get money, that nice.. i have not been thinking of that.

some month back , i notice people were following me. i was scared. i throw away my phone.. i look at my cloth may be i was not dress well.

someone came all the way from nigeria just to see how i look like. i was shock.


amusiwa@hotmail.com

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Musiwa is very influential.

Yazmin: Please how much did u say was the price of garri during the civil war...?

This woman will not kill me with laughter.

I very much doubt that the drones had any role in JTF actions in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. However, the drones are quite useful for tracking fleeing boko haram elements that are trying to cross the border into Niger.

@ Eko-Ile: have you seen what's going on at Obalende? I took some pictures of the MacGregor Canal the other day, I plan to go back and take more. It's simply AMAZING!

Mowire: My question: Was it necessary to declare SOE to achieve this?

Yes it was. People mis-interpret state of emergency to mean suspension of the governor, but that's not what it means. State of emergency means suspending some fundamental rights that are enshrined in the constitution and additional emergency funding.

What this means in practice is that the military can detain citizens for more than 48hrs without charging them to court, military commanders can declare curfews (usually the preserve of the state governors), the national assembly can divert funds meant for the affected states and use those funds to pay for the operation, etc. The government can carry out all these actions without the fear that affected people will go to court for the enforcement of their fundamental rights as enshrined in the constitution.

I saw the video report on Silverbird (Chris Olukolade led his Defence Information team on an inspection of the camps). Meanwhile, US drones based in Niger have commenced patrolling the Niger-Nigeria border to gather intelligence on Boko Haram.

olivertwist: This is a very difficult question for me as well. Let me call this 2year old boy next door to come and help us...***I'll be right back*** Emeka! Emeka!! Emeka!!!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha!

It's funny you know, I didn't see that "feeding yourself" comment. I've been using this bridge as an example on the "poverty alleviation" threads. The media will report projects like this bridge and Eko Atlantic City because they are "amazing" and "sexy". They'll craft great headlines and devote lots of column inches to them. But they will barely report the "feeding yourself" initiatives because they are not as sexy and sensational. However, that does not mean that they do not exist. I can copy all my posts from the "poverty alleviation threads" and post them here if you want.

They are seriously preparing for Wednesday (when the bridge will be commissioned). The gates have been removed and replaced by vehicle height restriction bars (I guess large trucks and buses will not be allowed to use the bridge). They brought in a street sweeper to sweep that portion of Admiralty Road and they've finished planting the garden at the new roundabout.

They are seriously preparing for Wednesday (when the bridge will be commissioned). The gates have been removed and replaced by vehicle height restriction bars (I guess large trucks and buses will not be allowed to use the bridge). They brought in a street sweeper to sweep that portion of Admiralty Road and they've finished planting the garden at the new roundabout.

They are seriously preparing for Wednesday. The gates have been removed and replaced by vehicle height restriction bars (I guess large trucks and buses will not be allowed to use the bridge). They brought in a street sweeper to sweep that portion of Admiralty Road and they've finished planting the garden at the new roundabout.

It'll all change again when Forbes assesses Chief Sweetus Oyoyo's wealth. He has got to be the richest man on the planet.

elume2020: Let me make some observations about the choice of locating this refinery in Ondo state. I have a projeect under construction in the Creeks of Ondo state, so i have been able to understudy the environment very well. From the on-going argument, Ondo state is amoung the Oil prooducing state in Nigeria, Ondo state has bitument for road construction and other uses, Ondo state has abundance of sand the type used as raw material for glass production, and lots more resources. The proximity of Ondo state to it market target is key. Ondo state shares boundary with Ogun state, an industrial hub, Edo state, connecting it to the South-southern part of the country for sales, Kwara, Through Ekiti state, Kogi State connecting it easily to the North central part of the country, Osun, Oyo are at stone throw to Ondo state and Lagos the commercial center. Delta, Ogun, Lagos, Rivers, Calabar, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa can all be connected to by water ways for discharging of content to ports. With regards to militancy, Just like in every part of the Niger delta, Ondo state is not an exception, as a matter of fact the highest cache of weapons was recovered from Ondo state creeks. But the interesting thing here is, once you go into agreement with them and don't default you won't have a problem with them. Ondo State has oil blocks, the Bonga oil field is noot actually far (nautical miles) from Ondo shore, though its ceded to another state (politics). Crude oil oil could easily be transported, refined and discharged to nearby state with heavy industrial activities that requires the fractional by-product of crude, remember its not only petrol (PMS), Diesel (AGO) and kerosene (DPK) that are products of crude oil and many of these industries are concentrated in Ogun (Agbara), Oyo (Ibadan), Lagos (Mainland and Island), Kogi (Obajana) and lots more. Also don't be surprised if Alhaji Dangote buys up the Oluwa Glass industry due to his presence in the state and become the major supplier of glass to the construction industry, Cladding of building, which is in vogue now and for the manufacturing industries in the future. In conclusion, Locating the refinery in Ondo state is not a bad decision as we know feasibility studies would have been carried out and not sentiment studies. He is a businessman and not a politician. His businesses are for profit first, sustainability then philanthropy, where proximity to raw materials and market would have been critically analysed while putting into consideration the environment, security and other socio-economic factors.

Very good analysis.

So, with Orient Refinery in Anambra, Lekki Greenfield Refinery in Lagos and Dangote Refinery in Ondo, I don't think we should be importing refined petroleum products in the future. Rather we should start thinking of exporting refined product.

Anyway, thankfully Dangote is not the government of Nigeria. It's his money and he has a right to site his businesses anywhere he believes he will get the most returns from.

(But this silly ethnic politics is hurting Nigeria badly. That's why I'm happy that we are moving away from state controlled businesses, in which "political" decisions hold sway, to private entities that sink or swim based on their investment decisions).

solomon111: The niger-delta that produces the oil has a shortage of refineries to refine the huge amount of crude extracted daily,and you are trying to justify the building of a refinery in the desert.
It beats common sense.
Depots can always be built in various parts of the north to adequately supply them,but refineries have no business there.

See, this is one of the reasons why we have lots of problems in Nigeria. Does shortage of refineries in the Niger-Delta = no refineries in northern Nigeria?

More refineries should be built in the delta, just as more refineries should be built in northern Nigeria. There is no sensible reason why we shouldn't have refineries in northern Nigeria. It is not an empty wasteland as some people think People and businesses who use petrol, diesel and kerosene are in abundance in northern Nigeria (that's why Niger built a refinery near the border to tap into that market, but I don't think we should let them. We should build more facilities to ensure that this market is adequately served).

I finally created the thread "History of Public Transportation in Lagos" since I last posted here.

https://www.nairaland.com/1218704/history-public-transportation-lagos

You'll see previous means of transport that were banned (bolekaja, etc) and also see alternatives.

However, now I want to play the devil's advocate.

People are calling for a ban on danfo, but whenever the government implements policies like these the criticism would be deafening.

1) When BRT was introduced Seun asked "why would the governor and his friends be the only ones allowed to use the BRT lane?". So, why should the governor and his friends be the only ones allowed to run transport business in Lagos (nobody will believe that it's actually a private initiative. "Tinubu and Fashola must have their shares in the companies".

2) "It is elitist": "why are you chasing away the poor danfo driver who is struggling to earn a living?" "You banned okada and keke marwa, now you want to ban danfo, so that it would only be your companies running transport business?"

3) All the government does is to "ban ban".

I've always wondered why people question the existence of Kaduna refinery.

What are the things a farmer is concerned about?

1) Raw materials: arable land, water = raw materials. In this case, crude oil.

2) How to get produce to market: proximity to the market (to reduce transport costs) or means of transport (good roads, river, rail line, etc) so that he can sell his produce.

Petrol, diesel and kerosene are used in northern Nigeria. There is a market for these products. Kaduna refinery exists to take care of this market. Indeed Niger Republic has built a refinery close to the border I order to profit from the shortage of refined petroleum products in northern Nigeria.

Where is the biggest market for refined petroleum products in Nigeria

Choosing location of refinery = proximity to source of crude oil and proximity to market for petroleum products.

Ondo state has oil wells and is close to Lagos, which is the largest market for petroleum products in Nigeria.

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

If he has a British passport then he is British. If he was winning gold for Team GB would we call him Nigerian?

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⁠IKEMEFUNA ⁠ @sirwebs

What makes him Nigerian? Is Bill Clinton Irish? Even Schwarzenegger is not Austrian? #AdebolojaisnotNigerian .@omojuwa

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

When Eniola Aluko scores for England she is British. The day she commits a crime she will become Nigerian

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

John Fashanu was British when he was scoring goals for Wimbledon, he became a Nigerian when he had match fixing charges

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

We cannot afford to let the world keep defining our identity

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Ismail Akanni ⁠ @hismyel

@omojuwa: JJ, the sad part of the whole issue is that Nigerians are usually in the forefront of this perceived negative media.

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

You cannot quantify how much Aljazeera has influenced the global conversation on Islam and the Middle East

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

@aninoritse A Brit of Nigerian descent? If he was winning gold for you guys would you guys add the Nigerian part of his origin? Wake up!

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

@dimu4ever Not about denying his Nigerian origin, this is simply asking would the Nigerian part of him be amplified in a differnt scenario?

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuw

Until you show me where the Nigerians that won medals for Team GB were called Nigerians I am done.

JJ. Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

I watched London 2012. At no time were the British athletes answering Nigerian names get called "Nigerian"

JJ.  Omojuwa ⁠ @omojuwa

Nigerians abroad should represent us well. Thing is when they do, they get other passports. Argh! Hard life

Someone at the airport in Niger where Shekau allegedly passed through, according to the Facebook "places" feature, reports seeing a delegation of military men and "white men" passing through the airport around that time.

https://www.nairaland.com/1300422/boko-haram-leader-shekau-fled

MUJAO are the extremists/terrorists in Mali. They've got links with Boko Haram, that's why we sent troops to Mali.

Niger lies between Mali and Nigeria.

(My theory, the French have chased them out of Mali, the Nigerian Army is chasing Boko Haram out of Nigeria, thus Niger is their next safe haven).