₦airaland Forum

Acecards:
We will end up topping the group

I think you meant to type dr instead of t, as in tdropping
Ah SuperEagles, falling hand is as normal as breathing for them. Anyways... let's see which hard core group we will be saddled into this time.

Justanodadude:
The girl is d definition of a dunce why will you release something so good for free ......

If she was in Nigeria she is done for she would have gone to write her own obituary....

Stupid child..... God no go allow me give birth to that bad market child.... Alakoba Omo......

And it wasn't the father recording the video...?
It was his workplace, and he gave her the phone to demo.

My brothers forming carvers.... notice how neat and well curved the cooler is? If na una, ordinary wooden door go dry bend

Let me come and be going... abeg, I've seen too much rubbish on Nairaland today and it's bedtime.

Dharniel:
just imagine, a senator resorting to hooliganism. These are the set of people that make Nigeria to be qualified as as a zoo.

"Resorting to" makes it sound as if they are not natural born hooligans... na dem dem na.

Andyblaze:
These guys end up selling iPhone 6 for 30k...No wonder no matter how many they steal, they never live good

And what about those who buy iPhone6 for 30k? Hm...? Are they not thieves too?

modelmike7:
Good one my President.
We Nigerians with sane minds love you so much.
We know you will always make the best decisions for us as you take us to the land flowing with milk and honey!

I'm looking at the GPS... the land flowing with milk and honey is in the opposite direction from where we're going oh... I just thought I should mention it...

OK, olosho angry about payment not received for services rendered... I see you

Not sure I understand the allusions to hunger... how much you think the asoebi cost? Isn't it much more than any amala or jollof?

Please stop the insults.

The difference between the two pictures tho...

If it's about exchanging money for threesomes, there are far cheaper and efficient ways to do so than this long story...

TheHistorian:
Shall we start questioning wasteful expenditure in this Country?

What does this King contribute to the GDP of Nigeria??

What exactly is his function other than sitting and sleeping comfortably in a well furnished palace awaiting election period to receive goodies from politicians while Edo residents wallow in the abyss of penury??

Nigeria is a peculiar state with peculiar problems so we need strong approach if indeed we crave for developments.

... and what is the function of the royals in UK?

Anyways, this Oba is one of the most important and prominent, representing an ancient, long-lasting power, filled with prosperity and rich cultural heritage. It's a pity the British Empire had better weapons than the Benin Empire, otherwise we would not be where we are today.

"The Benin Empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa, dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897."

Much respect to the Oba and the royal family.

I don't see it a "schizophrenic", or "tightening the noose". I think it's a very good thing (and I'm not Yoruba)... I think schools in each state should make it compulsory to teach the language of that area. I took 2 years of Yoruba classes growing up, and realize that we all have very rich histories, traditions, sayings, morphologies, and so many things that we don't learn about our own languages.

It's a wonderful thing, and I hope others will follow suite. It's funny to see Africans complaining about learning the language of other Africans yet don't see the irony in mastering European languages.

I don't see it a "schizophrenic", or "tightening the noose". I think it's a very good thing (and I'm not Yoruba)... I think schools in each state should make

It's funny... I was trying to understand who said who to what, then I lost track and remembered that I have no fscks to give on this matter.

Allow ordinary Nigerians to bear arms, and you'll see we won't need police to defend ourselves. If armed robber knows that a potential victim might end his life, he won't be so brazen.

bedspread:
With All due Respect,a COMPREHENSIVE CHECK should be carried out immediately in Governor Ortom Of Benue State.. I suspect Some of our leaders are on Hard Drugs..

How does a Man whose people are being Slaughtered without control daily by Fulani Herdsmen utter such

Only a Wicked and Heartless fellow will utter such words...

People are Really Wicked

Never mind that guy... he just knows which way his bread is buttered and dances to the tune

Megatrix:
The judge is just joking. How can the sureties be held responsible for his inability to appear when everybody knows how and why he disappeared? The military is responsible for his disappearance. This judgement will not stand on appeal

Well, what is a surety? You sign a paper, post up a bond, and say to the judge that you will either cause your guy to show up, or forfeit your bond. Perhaps Abaribe should have told Mr Kanu to STFU and calm down lest the python swallow him.

cristianisraeli:
remove japan from the list and usa

Japan was once a country of copy and paste, subject to ridicule in the 50s' and 60's. Look it up.

USA was once a country of copy and paste... most of the inventions of the Industrial Age were made in the UK, and Americans would visit (or import), steal ideas, and implement them. Look it up. Even the Germans and French were once accused of making substandard products

beamtopola:
If you truely at that then, we all need not to laugh at Nigeria and see it running the same way you think China will run by " copy and paste"

What I mean is: China is doing copy and paste... just like Korea, India, Taiwan, Japan, and if you go far back enough, USA (copying UK). Instead of taking progressive steps (some which end in failure, and learning from them), I see us continuing to laugh at countries that are actually taking steps. In Nigeria, we've not even solved water, sewage, power or transportation... things that were mostly solved by the 1930s in the rest of the world, yet we are still laughing... at a country that put a station into space using its own technology and industries.

[quote author=beamtopola post=61467329]Are these the people some idio ts are saying they will soon become the world power? scientists that only know on how to copy and paste but can't use their brains.[/quote

Do we laugh at a one year old taking baby steps and falling as he learns to walk? By two, that same stumbler will be running.

pyyxxaro:
Victor personally told me he broke up with her because her kpekus smells like stock fish ,

just like what Wiz'kid said about Aunty Linda Ikeji's own


He said anytime he goes close to her kpekus , its always like rat died inside


IPOB 1 - AFONJA 0.

Abeg no dey insult stock fish

LordAdam16:
Nonsense!

Show me any company in the Western world paying 1% in taxes.

And you're here talking about the benefits of tax breaks. Like I've been living under a rock or I'm an artisan. If the 1% is so okay, why is the government plugging the leak by excluding cement from the pioneer list now?

-Lord

Search for apple amazon google Facebook profits tax EU

It's actually the big noise of 2016 & 2017 because governments are annoyed that these large companies have avoided paying their fair share of taxes...

LordAdam16:
All he has to do is finance Buhari or whoever is tipped by the elites to win next year and another loophole would be made exclusively for him to continue from 2019 to 2023 and beyond.

Do you get it now?
-Lord

Sounds very similar to the way lobbying and election fund-raisers work in Washington
You want government to approve fracking or a pipeline? Lobby Washington and invite some lawmakers to golf in Hawaii. Maybe contribute a few hundred thousand dollars to a re-election campaign or pay for tv ads.

signz:
You don't even get my point.

Are the US and China big companies making enormous profit at the expense of their citizens?

For God's sake there are anti monopoly laws in developed economies that protect citizens from exploitation.

Please read the full article https://qz.com/1098137/africas-richest-man-has-a-built-in-advantage-with-nigerias-government/

His profit margins are not out of line with other companies (foreign and Nigerian) that operate within Nigeria. This is directly due to the many adversities that businesses face within this country. Don't forget that, if the operations were funded by a Nigerian bank, out of a 40% margin, 20% or more is often paid back to the bank. The terms are not much better with foreign banks unless you have a history with them.

Arguably this burden eventually falls on the people in terms of high costs of materials. Note that if a foreign company (or another Nigerian one) were to enter the market, the prices would stay largely the same. And for the most part, Dangote's profits are then funneled into building other industries across Africa, not into coffers overseas.

The solution, at this stage is for government to make it easier for businesses in Nigeria by providing infrastructure and reducing the cost of business - reducing interest rates, tackling inflation, and so many other things.

So you're hating on a guy for using resources available to him (economic, social, tax) to maximize his own success?

None of the things the company did - or does - has been illegal. If it's within the law to claim multiple pioneer status within the same industry, well, that's how the law was written.

Profit margins are high generally in Nigeria. The man is comparing global margins. Instead, he should be comparing the profit margins of other companies (Nigerian and foreign) who operate in Nigeria - their profit margins have to be high to compensate for the horrible business conditions and high risk. What are the interest rates in those other countries? What about the price of electricity and other utilities?

Furthermore, if they're so worried about his monopolies, what's stopping all those other wealthy Nigerians from starting their own cement factories or petroleum refineries? How many Nigerians has Mr Fawehinmi employed? How many industries has he enabled?

Dangote is one of the best things to happen to Africa - he is building large industries in various parts of the continent, using his massive profits to fund them, slowly displacing dependence of foreigners on basics like food, petrol, cement, etc. and heralding Africa's rennaisance in manufacturing.

Here's an example of what I talk about when I say there's money in Nigeria. Had he gone to London to hustle, maybe by now he could have graduated from washing hospital toilets, and if he was lucky, find one woman to marry for paper. He'd likely be living in council housing or somesuch.

Compare to the where he is now, commanding audiences and getting paid. For every 1 or two that go abroad and make it, there are many more within Nigeria who make it. Me too I must make it here!

kettykin:
This is the Number one hate speech and the problem of Nigeria, if Indeed Democracy is a game of Number then how come Taxation is not a game of Number.

The same people who claim they have the voting Numbers do not contribute anything meaningful to the economy.

if by 2023 there is no power shift to the East Nnamdi Kanu will be a child's play

Only in this kind of country do we have people voicing out hate policies and they go scot but when someone Like Nnamdi kanu replies them we start hearing terrorism accusation from foools .

You know, I don't necessarily support Biafra, but you're making a lot of sense. This is unjust

So. Somebody strategically puts pants on speaker to stir up controversy, and predictably people are falling for it. Smh.

Well played sir, well played. Now more people know your name

EmeeNaka:
If I no dey Lagos, OP for deceive me.
Lagos is not any beautiful. Overrated Lagos

So we should not celebrate the parts that are fine abi? I've seen enough of the dirty parts of Lagos. Afterall, do you see the nasty parts of New York? Just the sky scrapers, Wall Street, and downtown right? If oyinbo doesn't show me their homeless huddled over a trash can in their ghettos killing each other over sneakers, I see no reason to show them the slums of Surulere.

Loyalblak007:
This is so bad.. why beat him up when you can call the cops #DIRTY INDIANS

Sadly, if this was in Naija, people would have brought tire and petrol... and nobody would be crying racism. Their treatment of him was better than anything he would expect on the streets of Lagos.

Our leaders should count the number of them dying abroad... it's the first thing I look at: died in Cairo, or Spain, or Dubai, or London...