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taharqa: And you are bn SILLLY, as is USUAL. Okpeee, d Arik man VERY CLEARLY said that Airport facilities were IMPROVING significantly in 2 yrs- d KEY word: improving ie work in progress, as one wud expect since its only just 2yrs afta yrs of neglect (as d Arik man also emphasized). Nobody is unda d presumptn that we hv arrived, but we are CERTAINLY moving in d right direction, and at a much FASTER rate than in decades. The Arik man for instance said that sm Airports like those in Benin, Owerri, Yola, do not hv functional Runway Lightings YET but he didn't also mention Lagos and sm oda main Airports COS THOSE ONES ALREADY HAD THEIR RUNWAY LIGHTINGS INSTALLED RECENTLY BY THIS SAME ADMIN in d 1st phase of an ONGOING PROCESS that wud go round ALL runways in d country. B4 now, NO domestic airport had a functional runway lighting system; today, sm do and odas are in d process of bn installd- that is part of d PROGRESS the Arik man was talking about, one which is VERY EVIDENT to every Sane Airtraveller. HATERS and PROPAGANDISTS (Enermies of Progress) can do anytin bout this no mata how it much it PAINS them, and what's worst, this just a tip of d iceberg ..... By d way, d Aviation Min never said that d Remodelld Benin had a functional Lighting system already installd, but that it along with sm odas, were BEEN installd. That was also repeatd here again at d tail end of dis article

Will you stop going round in circles an answer the potent questions? So you think every year Nigeria should continue appropriating money for 'major' Airport upgrades as if there aren't other areas of the economy that also need special attention?

You see, the truth is most of you really lack true sense of where Nigeria as a nation ought to be, so whatever any leadership throws at you, you gladly accept it! That is why these leaders continue to subject the country to under development.

wesley80: Nigerians are by no means foolish but you my friend put the "d" in dumb! You've exceeded any known guage of stupidity and I'm honestly shocked at how a grown adult can make a self ridiculing post without realizing it. Your entire rant seems to read just one word; J-A-C-K-A-S-S!

About a dozen airports have been remodelled from their hitherto decripit states in the first phase of a total turn around of the airport facilities in a project hailed by all with their heads in its right place (Now you know where I think Oyb's head is) and you're here singing thrash about runway lighting? Duh, the Minister has already given a time limit for the completion of the next phase RUNWAY LIGHTING (Sounds familiar?) which would commence this year and terminate next year - Its in the piece you re-posted but foolishness blinded you from it!

I know you glory in stupidity and your only known area of excellence is MEDIOCRITY. I also know you are a local champion so you really do not have the slimmest of an idea that an Airport is a city that never sleeps, hence day and night navigation is a must for any local commercial airport.

I really have no time to engage idiots like you that have no idea what constitutes an Airport. The sad reality is when the Clowns in Power are done with, it is folks like you that would be hard pressed by the next sane government to make fund available to get these Airport to the standards they really ought to be in.

How anyone would claim to be remodeling an airport yet leave out navigational aid, Air field lighting, Security, is beyond my imagination. Perhaps you lot think Airports are like Young Shall Grow Road Side Park.

Gbawe: Yes I am. If you wasted less time on nauseating sycophancy and the worship of mediocrity then perhaps you may have time for literature that would improve your wit and make you a naturally more engaging and charismatic person.

Chei! Na Woman-being you finish like this

TO THE CLOWNS IN POWER WHO NEVER FAIL TO DISAPPOINT BY CHEERY PICKING WHAT FAVOURS THEM IN A NEWS ARTICLE AND REFUSE TO SHED LIGHT ON THE REVELATIONS .. let me help you!

By Chinedu Eze In spite of the passenger surge on domestic routes this Easter holiday, Arik Air has said that it was yet to operate to full capacity. Arik operates 120 flights daily and airlifts over 12,000 passengers daily.

The airline lamented that lack of airfield lighting at some of the nation’s airports made it inevitable that no airline can operate into such airports beyond 6:00 pm despite the fact that there were passengers travelling to such destinations. [size=14pt]Why are Nigeria Airports still without Airfield lighting in this day and age? I thought they said the airport renovation was total? [/size]

For instance, Arik said it increased its flights to Asaba airport from once a day to three times daily but its flights could not fly to Benin airport after 6:00 pm because for now it is a visual flight rule airport, which means that no aircraft can fly there in the night. Is this the same Benin Airport that the minister claim to have revamped yet Airliners cannot land in that airport beyond 6pm?


According to the airline, it is the same with the airports in Yola, Owerri, Kaduna, Enugu and Ilorin. The Acting Deputy Managing Director of Arik Air, Ado Sanusi, told THISDAY that the airline was operating at just 60 per cent of its capacity, noting that the airline was capable of doing about 240 but presently doing 120 daily flights. Sanusi said that the airline's planes are currently being underutilised because they operate average of seven hours daily instead of 11 hours. “The airline has the capacity to cope with demands of domestic air travellers. With adequate infrastructure at the nation's airports, Arik can deploy its full capacity. We have 23 functional aircraft,” Sanusi said.

Sanusi also said the industry had significantly improved in terms of infrastructural renewal at the airports after many years of neglect and expressed the hope that the remodelling programme would be extended to the airport runways, especially in the provision of airfield lighting. The acting deputy managing director noted that within two years under the present administration, many of the airports now wear new look and commended the Federal Government for the upgrade of the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, which is the main operational facility of the airline. “There are a lot of things to be done in the industry to make it better through a deliberate policy of government where the airlines can have operational environment that will enhance their provision of services because aviation is the catalyst of economic development of every nation, but this administration should be commended for what it has done so far,” Sanusi said. The Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, had recently assured that from this year till the end of 2014, all the airport runways would have airfield lighting and fully upgraded.

Perhaps you guys really need to understand that Nigerians are not as foolish as you lots think.... The fact that Arik Air can only utilize 60% of her capacity largely due to inadequate facilities at the local airports says alot about the much touted Airport remodeling. There is more to Aviation than using oil paint and tiles

Uncanny Genius: If true. Kudos to the ladies. We Igbos are the best in everything we do. We are born geniuses. If it's lie then April Fool!!!!!! But Igbos are the Best. Ndi Igbo kwenu!!!!

Like these women even know a misplaced distant like you exist. You better wake up and be useful so your children can have a role model in their family..

tonychristopher: if benin is civilised tell us how many internationally recognised educators and pros in the mould of achebe,ekwensi,emeagwali,leo stan ekeh,anabel soludo etc... pls tell me just one pls

check this out
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/news/headlines/

DONT COMPARE BENIN WITH MY VILLAGE NNEWI SOUTH IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ETC.... I MADE A MISTAKE COMPARING BENIN CITY WITH OWERRI,ENUGU ETC, THEY SHOULD BE COMPARED TO MY VILLAGE...SERIOUSLY

Stupidity of the highest order! Show us what yourso called Nigeria Jews Governor in Anambra has done with the funds allocated and generated in that state! At least we can see we our Oshiomhole is doing and physical structures are evident every where. It is only how to criticise the achievements of others you lots are good at, yet your own land is a heap of rubbish.

Does it not bother you that other states are pulling ahead and your leaders keep deceiving you with substandard projects? Can you compare the quality of the roads and school Oshiomhole has constructed to any Obi has done in all of His 7years in office?

You better wake up from your deep slumber

Eko Ile: Good pics.

Thanks for posting. This man's ability and capabilities is def unquestionable, too bad capacity to do more is always a problem for infrastructure active state like Edo.

....while some states with more funds at their disposal don't know what to do with or just waste on private jets, bullet proof vans and giveaways..

Go here and see thing for yourself! Surely We need this man in the presidency come 2015..

http://oshiomholefor2012.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101&Itemid=494

Let me answer your question bluntly:

[size=14pt]AMNESTY IN NIGERIA MEANS SHARING PART OF THE CRUDE OIL PROCEEDS TO THOSE WHO FEEL THEY SHOULD BE ENJOYING IT WITH OGA AT THE TOP [/size]

[size=14pt]I thought GEJ said He had no shoes [/size] so which sohes are you asking us to fill then

EASTSIDAZ: Welcome to Benini

Redness everywhere, because they commit alot of evil

Shey na so we go dey dey

wesley80: OMAJE4 deserves any insult he gets and more period.

Isn't obvious that ethnic bigots and sycophants like yourself would make such a statement? What has He done to deserve any insult from people like yourself? Yes, the MODs from time to time may err in their judgment on the appropriateness of a thread, comments, etc, but then that is what makes them 'HUMAN'.

OMAJ4 in particular has done alot to bring sanity to the Politics Section and ensure ethnic bigots do not have their way as they so wish and He deserve to be commended for that.

AFAM4EVA is a 'learner' and I always forgive Him for His 'sins' and sometime youthful exuberance in His discharged of His duty, but then I see no reason why anyone would want to insult the MODs.

agriboom: lived in malaysia, use to be a nice place, had tons of malay babes that's b4 the useless southerners came in with all their crimes and destroyed the place for anything nigerian, abegi, kill them all!!! in fact other countries should learn from them.

IN-SHORT PASSPORTS SHOULD START INDICATING REGION!!!

Do you really think immigration officers everywhere know so much about Nigeria to even care about which region is in your passport? We all must join hands to fight the bad eggs amongst us by making sure those amongst us that are into criminality of any kind are reported to the security agencies in the country we live. By so doing, many will have no option but to return Home.

sonya4all: His name is solomon okonkwor,from delta state,a father of one,and just got maried barely 15 months ago...Its so pathetic the way he was killed right in front of policemen.....

Are you honest enough to tell us the atrocities committed by Nigerians in Malaysia It is no news that 90% of Nigerians in Malaysia are into criminal activities, drug peddling, Money transfer frauds etc. I know many of them especially from Eastern part of Nigeria have been making effort to relocate to the UK in the last two years, unfortunately, the UK has tightened their Immigration control and things have gone worse for them.

The senseless attacks against the MODs in the politics section of recent in unwarranted! ROSSIK, the thread you are crying fowl about deserve to be deleted and you should have been banned for 30days!

For crying out loud, you are not the only one to have been banned. I have been banned recently for opening a legitimate thread which was on the subject of the Fake APC e-mail to press houses which revealed the PDP sponsors behind the fake party and the thread was deleted and my handle banned. I did not take exception to that, the MODs in their wisdom took the thread to be offensive for some reasons and I leave that to their judgement.

So get real and stop you ethnic bigotry on NL and you won't be sent to the 'bin'... need I say this, LEAVE the MODs alone... thought AFAM can be annoying at times... Happy Easter to 'em MODS.. hope Seun bought one bottle of Star for each of Una

EASTSIDAZ: Am not a fan of Uduaghan but he has performed excellently well than that monkey una get as a governor. Its an insult for me to be posting pictures of Delta in comparison with edo, when I know that Edo is a bottom state

Chei..see road

EASTSIDAZ: Am not a fan of Uduaghan but he has performed excellently well than that monkey una get as a governor. Its an insult for me to be posting pictures of Delta in comparison with edo, when I know that Edo is a bottom state

Shameless human being... go here >>> https://www.nairaland.com/732181/pictures-public-primary-school-delta

Just bury your head in shame! The fact that your people now travel to Benin to do their Shopping says alot about Delta State. Asaba is a glorified town that compare with places like Igarra or Fuga in Edo State. Even your peeps on here have concluded that you need a SAVIOUR to rescue your lots.

With budget x3 of that of Edo State, you have nothing to show for it and your roads are complete eyesore!

EASTSIDAZ: UNIZIK is the university of the moment. I cannot expect UNIBEN to be just like the entire benin town mud houses and mud brains. No wonder they have not won any prize of academic excellence since it was established. All those universities you mentioned are either dead or living in the past glory. Their graduates more especially UNIBEN cannot even stand where a ZIKITE thread. That is a fact

See what your governor is calling road construction

EASTSIDAZ: Ewu am Delta Igbo. Nothing you will say will change the fact that benin is a rural state capital. The least in the entire SE and SS. I have loads of pictures from benin and edo state at large, am just waiting for you to make good your threat then you will regret ever signing up and NL.

So you are from Delta Chei.. you are a disgrace to humanity... now lets go there... I have PIKTURE of the wonders your governor is doing oh!

EASTSIDAZ: I cant post pictures just to be compared with a town filled with red mud shitty houses in the state capital. I should be looking out for a more advanced city and not rural capital called benin.

Shame dey ctach you... I have lots of PIKTURE on ANAMBRA.... just wait

EASTSIDAZ: Am not even from Anambra talkless. But the fact remains that benin is a shitty and achival city town and does not deserve to be mentioned amongst Nigerian cities. But UNIZIK is my alma mater. Below is an award won by great UNIZIK. Show us the ones won by ancient red mud shitty uniben.



AWKA — THE Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has emerged winners of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Imperial Barrel Award competed by African universities.

The university came first, scoring 79.33 percent, while Helwan University, Egypt and the Federal University of Technology, Akure came second and third respectively.

Eight universities in Nigeria participated in the competition, including Federal University of Technology, Owerri; University of Lagos; University of Ilorin; Enugu State University of Science and Technology; Nnamdi Azikiwe University; Federal University of Technology, Akure; University of Ibadan and University of Calabar.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/unizik-wins-geo-sciences-competition-among-african-universities/

Only an idiot will be comparing UNIZIK and UNIBEN. It's like comparing day and night! UNIBEN ranks with the like of OAU, UI, UNILAG, and not your glorified college you call a University!

EASTSIDAZ: Am not even from Anambra talkless. But the fact remains that benin is a shitty and achival city town and does not deserve to be mentioned amongst Nigerian cities.

Clearly your state of origin cannot standard any comparison to Edo State nor Benin City itself, hence the reason you cannot make bold where you are from! Shameless ... abeg post PIKTURE jor... in the mood of Easter ..lets see how your governor has bettered the lives of your people with developments

is this how modern roads are constructed?

EASTSIDAZ: It is called remoderniztion. He should break the damn jungle called benin 'city' for a more healthy development. fvuck edo mentality sef svcks

As if you Peter Obi has succeeded in breaking the huge dump site called Onitsha I ask, show us what your governor is doing or has done with the money He has collected in the past 6 years as governor!

You peeps go to Edo, Lagos and you open your mouth widely and condemn those places, yet you cannot show your home town that you claim is better than these places. I ask again, POST US PIKTURESSS...Shooo.. nah so pikture come dey hard you

[quote author=EASTSIDAZ][/quote]Sorry, UNIBEN and UNIZIK AKWA are not mate per educational excellence. We have asked you several times, post us pikture of Akwa so we can see the Manhattan of the East

EASTSIDAZ:

Another revelatory statement. Where is exotik sef?

My brother please tell that dumb. Benin people are busy leaving in primitive era.

Shoprite are presently building their massive Malls in Onitsha and Warri, while the ediot is busy relishing on mud houses that filled up the entire benin 'city'. lol

http://businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/branding/51160-shoprite-enters-anambra-as-obi-lays-foundation-for-30m-mall

Lol, so shoprite is now a standard of development for your people

EASTSIDAZ: Why will somebody want to visit a dead town where only red mud houses are filled with? Get it into your dirty ears, Benin is a typical dirty village with all manner of planlessness. With a place like Benin as your choice place it will make cities as Onitsha, Enugu, Owerri, Warri look like New York City.

I dare you, post pictures of development in Anambra state and let us compare with what we are seeing in Edo State! Yeye dey worry you big time Start from Iweka road and let see the "High Rise" modern buildings you clam you have in Onitsha or Anambra as a whole.

Show us schools in Anambra and let us compare with those we see in Benin as of today. Also post your hospitals and lets compare with those we have in Benin City today.

asog: @ezotick, u hav pure benin mentality-very acient, ur too protective of ur local n acient history. Yes benin was a city in d olden days, rt nw, we r in 21st century, u need to wake up. If truly u call benin developed, den u really need to visit sm oda states. D town is tooooo old and raz 4 my lkin. Pls hlp us beg ur oshiomole to destroy all those mud houses and acient zincs dat filled d city including d so called obas palace cos its an eye-saw. He should embrace developement, gud site seeings cos dats wt attracts quality ppl into a place. Shoprite has already started their building in small warri, pls beg oshiomole to open his eyes and stop being too local. Sometimes I jst wonder what would hav become of d town if NNPC subsidiaries lik NPDC and IDSL were'nt in benin, d town wld hav jst bn filled wt touts.

The houses here in England, especially the ones in London you people wow about on tv, if you were told they were built after world war two, I guess you will vehemently deny it! Go all over the United Kingdom and see hoses built after world war two still being used so I really do not know what you are on about.

Your comments show you are poorly educated you really are! Do you know How old Windsor Castle is? Do you know how much that palace fetches the local economy each year? If not for the stupid and vision-less leadership we have at the center, that Palace alone would generate millions for Benin City in terms of revenue as people the world over want to see that Palace.

Do you know the number of Historians who have read so much about Benin Kingdom and how they would have loved to visit the place and witness things for themselves but sadly, the visionless leaders have created an environment that make such people fear for their lives if they ever venture into Nigeria.

No doubt there is still a long way to go in terms of rejuvenating Edo State and putting Her rightly where she belongs in the committee of nations, but today, a bold statement of intent has been made by the present state governor and if this pace of development is sustained in the next 20years, Edo State and indeed Benin City will be a place everyone wants to visit.

hardbody: Bros, I lay no claim to the SE being more beautiful than Edo or Benin City. However the truth remains that Edo kingdom or Benin City still has a large number of those old red mud walled buildings. T[b]hese may have historical antecedents and heritages being protected, but the fact remains that those vestiges are still there.[/b] I drive through Benin often, visit for weekends and move around town. If you are in doubt, go towards the market side where we have the bus park....Bob Izua that goes to Warri/Sapele, or go towards okhoro road and poultry, you will fear and respect antiquity.

Surely, if and when Nigeria wake up from her slumber, these houses will be tourist attractions that would earn money for the local economy No ?

Come to London and see how houses built during the early days of their civilization is now being used to rake in billions of pounds yearly in form of tourist attraction. I for one will encourage the owners of those buildings to preserve them as much as they can!

No doubt when you drive around other places in Benin, you will find houses that will keep you mouth open wide in awe!

ezotik: lol, u are foaming in the mouth i see. yes benin has mud buildings because it is not a new city. the history of the city is over a 1000 years. those mud buildings have been there while u were still swinging from tree to tree like tarzan where ever u are from. u recently just got off the three and started living in buildings and now u think a three storey building is a highrise. bushman.

btw, who ever made that post will probably be ur brother not mine.

Abeg tell Him Palm House on Sapele road, though a state building is 13floors... Is it the heaps of refuse all over onitsha He calls High Rise buildings

bestview: Do you mind mentioning your state so that we may match it with above two cities you mentioned. Awka is a hospitality city with UN masterplan that is streamling healthy development and planning with fascinating architecture and edifices same goes to Asaba. The fact is that the least town in the SE is over and above in advancement than all SW cities.

Akwa a hospitality centre? To Sidon for one corner jor . We make bold by posting pictures of development in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo,Eikit, Osun, etc. Can you also do the same by posting pictures of development of Akwa, Asaba? When it come to edifices, I will post just one house in Benin that forever will be a dreamland for any of your towns in SE! Is it onitsha where five people will own one building or is it Akwa where six people share three floors of a single building?

I dare you, make bold your statement and show us pictures of development in those dens of robbers and bastion of criminality you made mention of! WE ARETHE HEART BEAT OF NATION.... get over it..will you

Sincere 9gerian: You'r right this time. The facts in this matter, in summary, are as follows:
1 the road is owned by FG
2 the road is being re-constructed entirely by the state govt
3 the pace of work is painfully slow
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-bitter-taste-of-lagos-badagry-expressway/129396/

But I thought you said Fashola was doing nothing? The devil is liar, ....Happy Easter by the way..

You mean like giving pardon to global criminals .