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ejibaba:
Story...economic saboteurs

i tired of this,is man is an America with a Nigerian name oh,He is an American citizen,stop trying to make Nigeria look bad around the world.

dre11:
A 28-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in the US for shooting a female judge who was handling his theft case.




http://pulse.ng/gist/anywhere-we-go-nigerian-man-arrested-for-shooting-female-judge-handling-his-case-in-the-us-id4348280.html

because you got an apology,you think you are something.my friend shut up and answer the question.what is your Google failing you all of a sudden.

og2711:
Please stop talking. You are embarrassing yourself...

men no be me go tell you the time, go ask your parent, let them give you the dates, as for Niger, i maintain it is only people who haven't traveled that talk rubbish about Nigeria not been developed .

Bollinger:
Please give us a period in time when the Naira value was greater than the dollar or better for that matter. Also, Which countries are you talking about? i hope you are not comparing Nigeria to Niger Republic. If so then of course Nigeria is better.

Thanks for reminding me. going by per capital earning what number those u.s.a, china and Russia fall, please tell the world and for your info per capital earning, is in terms of standard of living on not wealth of the country.

og2711:
Ignorance, is a terrible, terrible disease. This is the sort of guy that just talks out of his anus with no research, information or facts. "Most countries with large population have low GDP". Firstly I'm sure he meant to say 'per capita'. Just to educate you, per capita is GDP divided by population, so if you have a low one, you simply up your GDP. That is the real yardstick for measuring wealth, not all the rubbish you wrote. Eg. If a country has $2,000,000 GDP BUT only 2 citizens, that makes it the richest in the world.

The United States does not have a low per capita. Neither does China, Russia.

says who? china has a poor per capital earning but is arguably the richest country in the world, so you don't know what you are talking about, Nigeria has a purchasing power of over 1trillion dollars, read the figure well, which makes Nigeria the 23 richest country in the world. if you don't know economics please don't speak about it.

Sweetguy25:
Oga. I'm only stating facts

1. Nigeria was never a great country. That we had free education or a currency that was equivalent to the dollar in the 60s and 70s does not make the country great.
2. Nigeria is one of the poorest countries in the world and its human development and prosperity are amongst the lowest in Africa.

you are the dumb head, don't go into economics with me, or your brains would go on fire, please educate us what is the yard stick for measuring wealth because technically America is not wealthy, just simply managing to defraud the world by forcing the world to trade in the dollar?

sammhi:
you must be dumb head.so naira being greater than dollar makes your economy or country great. at independence in 1960..go check if you had roads in this country..Nigeria was bush.. we had to send our army to India, Britain and the US to train..
we had only one airport more like a an airfield.. had only one university U.I established by the white man .., how many homes have a tv set?...we can go and on...
the truth is at independence in 1960 and given our population then , we had a chance to be great..but we were never there... due to misfits in governance and our naroow minded and shallow mindset leading to socio political quagmire and chains
the truth is dollar is even under valued ..if dollar is rightly valued ,... most countries will cease to exist or will be in serious trouble ..so deliberately, the US govt keeps the dollar at a rate conducive for all.....
two weeks ago, the dollar went up world wide and the whole world almost collapse...
please try and know indices for assessing a great nation....there is nothing great about us except for population wise..

my friend shut up, you have never been to either of those countries you read one report then assume expert status

IlekeHD:
Who didn't know that Ivory Coast is more developed than Nigeria?

Nigerians are overly arrogant. Even Kenyan is more developed than Nigeria.

We're just overpopulated. Keep boinking like bunnies.

but if it was a white man you would hail,Africans and slave mentality.

Brandnew2:
Sometimes I'm left to wonder if we're indeed practising democracy or the Nigerian version which has been adapted to "PHOTOCRACY".

Government of photography by the photographed for the photoshop fans.




Meanwhile NCC Justifies the $5 Billion MTN fine. www.gidilink..co.ke/2015/11/why-mtn-got-slammed-with-5-billion-fine.html?m=1

pained? abeg something dey worry you,to give you attention is waste of my time

Estharfabian:
Aweee! You poor thing!!

You sound so pained...""

which point is legit? you don't want to be a Nigerian, yet you are on a Nigerian site, abeg if you don't want to be a Nigeria, head to the closest embassy, hand in your passport and renounce your citizenship. if you are in Nigeria, please head to the closest immigration office or the ministry of interior and do the same don't worry in Nigeria you would be treated as persons without a country, I hope I have been of great help to you.rubbish

Estharfabian:
Uh...Ex-squeeeeeexe me? Y'all should really stop quoting me...I stated A Legit Point...I don't wanna be A Nigerian Anymore...Ahan! issit by force?

hear yourself, between New York and Nigeria, which one has more crazy people? Am quite sure you never travel before or you want us to know say you get holiday visa

Estharfabian:
it's Official!!

I'm DISOWNING Nigeria... I'm officially from NewYork...

Way too many Mental Patients in Nigeria... God!

Adultery yes polygamy No, if you say other wise please quote the part of the bible that says so

Adiwana:
You see i dont argue when it comes to the bible.My text was plain enough for you to understand..The Bible is against Adultery and polgamy.simple!

why are you speaking ignorantly, stop confusing westernization with bible, the bible never said a man can not marry more than one wife, rather it said if you marry more than one wife, you cant hold post in church.

Adiwana:
I rebuke you!taaaaa..you just opened this thread to incite hateful comments against the church or wetin?
So you no sabi Adultery and polygamy is condemned by God..what a load of crap.Pastor indeed

you no shape, church is business and anybody who says other wise either doesn't know the internal working or out rightly is naïve .when you bought the land you should have leased it to the church, and it would have been accumulating debt in the event something like this happen. if the church knew they stand to loss that branch if they fire you, trust me them no go try am.

Freegift75:
This is a true life story

My immediate siblings are twin brothers, same mother and father. November 5, they will mark their 39yrs of age. Taiwo and Kehinde happily married and lived comfortably.

Taiwo married a banker while Kehinde married University non-academic staff. They are both devoted christians and they both live in same town.

About a year ago, we lost Taiwo in a fatal accident and left a surviving wife as widow and three kids. Six months later, as their senior brother and the breadwinner of the whole family, I summoned Kehinde to re-marry Taiwo's wife to continue playing the role of husband.

Kehinde and Taiwo's wife agreed to marry each other but Kehinde's wife kicked against the union. Kehinde only has one child and since 8yrs now nothing more.

Kehinde's wife got provoked, lashed me with demeaning words and thereby reported me to our Church senior pastor at the headquarters and I was demoted for involving in sacrilegious belief.

It's a shock today again to have received a letter from the headquarters that I'm no more needed as pastor in their ministry due to this same issue.

This is a ministry that I had spent a lot towards its growth. The land our branch was built on was bought by me alone.

Now, what is my offence?

why because he is not wearing suit, my friend wake up you are a mental slave, as a President of the Largest Africa nation you must always represent Africa that includes dress code

judiciarypalava:
This PMB should wake up his sense of dressing. For crying out loud, his dressings are not just befitting of a president at all.

cool down hand never touch them yet, sha you see say south Africa done dey behave themselves, find PMB speech for India listen to am, you go know say hand go soon touch them

Deepfreezer:
One can not help to over look the shabby treatment given to Nigeria's President Buhari as he arrived India and the diplomatic respected that was given to kenyan. take a look at how both presidents where received.

BLOOMBEG IS MAD,can any company violate american law.let the go and die,first bank has paid there fine so must MTN and is they refuse please shut them down.after all nitel would soon be back

SenseiX:
A DECISION by Nigerian authorities to impose a fine on MTN Group Ltd. of more than 20 percent of its market value risks foreign investment in an economy struggling to cope with sliding oil prices, currency restrictions and no finance minister.

“The brazenness of Nigerian authorities to levy such a penalty is attracting attention,” Gareth Brickman, an Africa analyst at ETM Analytics NA LLC in Stamford, Connecticut, said in an e-mailed note to clients on Wednesday.

“Investor perceptions of Nigeria have been strained to say the least by policy makers’ management of the naira and the new administrations’ lack of progress on economic reform.”

Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator this week fined Johannesburg-based MTN, Africa’s biggest mobile-phone operator, $5.2 billion for failing to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards and having incomplete data, causing the shares to post their biggest three-day plunge in Johannesburg since 2008.

 Nigeria is MTN’s biggest market, where it had 62 million customers by September.

Investors are losing faith in President Muhammadu Buhari, who has yet to name his cabinet five months after taking office. He has backed foreign-currency controls imposed by the central bank that’s led to an overvalued naira, restricted imports and curbed economic growth in Africa’s biggest oil producer.

The economy grew at 2.4% in the second quarter from a year ago, its slowest pace this decade.

“Are investors not supposed to respect the laws of the land where they are operating?” Tony Ojobo, spokesman for the Nigerian Communications Commission, said by phone from Abuja. “It is in accordance with our regulations and guidelines that if service providers don’t comply they’ll face a penalty.”

Security concerns

The fine has reinforced investors’ cautious mood, Brickman said. “These kinds of incidents will only add to the checklist of reasons for investors to stay away for the foreseeable future,” he said.

MTN said on Oct. 26 that the penalty relates to the timing of the disconnection of 5.1 million MTN Nigeria subscribers in August and September and is based on a fine of 200,000 naira ($1,005) for each unregistered subscriber.

Yinka David-West, a senior fellow in Information Systems at Lagos Business School, said the stricter rules on registration were aimed at improving security in a country where kidnapping for ransom is rife and the government is struggling to end an insurgency by Boko Haram militants in the northeast.

“This registration exercise started because of a security issue,” she said by phone on Wednesday. “It’s not just about having a database of names and numbers. It’s a tool that is supposed to help fight terrorism, kidnapping, money laundering and all sorts of issues.”

-Bloomberg
http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2015-10-28-nigeria-risks-hurting-investment-with-brazen-52-billion-mtn-fine-in-a-struggling-economy
Cc lalasticlala

GBAM, you hit the nail on the head

nairalandist:
It was very stupid and disrespectful of him to have worn a crown to meet a Yoruba king. Was he trying to compare himself to a monarch? Eze Ndigbo title is just for representation of the Igbos in diaspora, but some of the so called Ezes have taken it too far. Trying to wear a crown in another man's region means asking for trouble when you know you're not a monarch. Only the likes of Obi of Onitsha etc may wear a crown to visit a fellow king as those are true monarchs.

If the Yorubas won't have Oba in Onitsha, I see no reason why the Igbos should have an Eze Ndigbo in any state outside their region. That's just disrespectful . . . to add insult to injury, he wore a crown to meet the DEJI OF AKURE! Chai. . . Igbo people can fall my hand with lack of respect. Igbos will always try to do what they can't tolerate in their own region.

well said

pegolala:
Were ancient egyptians white? Hell no i dnt bliv dey were. do you knw why the whites are making you believe they were? those who know the math,wonders and architecture of the pyramids would know what i am talking about. they were so scientificaly calculated that even modern day scientists with their sophisticated equipments cant still quite perfectly replicate it. do you know that some scientist believe that the pyramids could have been built by aliens? why? because its just too calculated to have been built by "petty africans". the arabs couldnt have built it cause modern day arabs in egypt are migrants and traders from the middle east. so i say it was built by blacks. so now if our ancestors could have been this scientific while those whites were still fighting conquering themselves. what has happend to modern day blacks? the white have stereotyped us as the race with the lowest I.Q. and so we have now accepted it. making our reasoning limited to what dey have fed us. you here a white man say "if u want to hide somethinh from a blackman,put it in a book". havnt this statement followed us today? many will even complain that this my piece is to long. wether we like it or not education/technology/science is the way foward in this world today. why is america the way it is today? its cos of scince, their high tech military,facebook,twiter,google,vehicles,airplanes(boeing),space research,HD movies heck even the internet originated there. and all thanks to science. of which one of its bedrock/ origin started/was pioneered in africa(MATHEMATICS). not everyone can be an artiste,actor,etc. you see big men in nigeria today spending millions in a one day event. but many researches/ideas from our universities die of lack of investors/funding,because they dont even believe in our scientists. All am trying to say is its high time we start seeing alot of nobel prize winners in physics,chemistry,computer science and enterprenuers in tech firms. and less of all this entertainment awards. Thank you


PEGOLALA.

cc lalasticlala

we all know this is a lie, I personally like Alameiseigha because the guy was a brave guy although ,just like most brave people he wasn't too smart but as for him having only one house that na big lie, he has one very big mansion in Yenagoa

blackpanda:
https://www.thecable.ng/alamieyeseigha-just-one-house-never-corrupt-says-ibori

you are ignorant, who is telling you, you are civil, before you comment make sure you know what you are talking about.as for been a black worshiper, I am black, the spirit protecting me are black, my God is black and my ancestor's are black, so I am indeed proud to be a black worshiper.


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from your write up you sound like one of those who worship coloured skin,so to make yourself important you have to fill that you are a master in english which by the way is not your fathers language.like i said read,there was a ban on bringing in rice by road though the border and that was because rather than land at nigerian sea port, importers were landing at benin republic which has cheaper duty,so to save revenue they put a ban on border import of rice,not a ban on importation of rice,you have always been free to import rice as long as it lands in Nigeria port,and to make it a wewe issue GEJ introduce 30% duty for those with quoter from the government and 70% duty for those without quoter and even in some cases gave his party supporter duty free on there rice import or out right waver

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byrron:
1. Pls educate me on policies abeg
2. If there was never a ban on rice then why this?: The National Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, NRMAN, said on Thursday in Abuja that the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, erred in its decision to lift the ban on importation of rice through the land borders.

I need serious education and solid responses from you and not phases and gist.

Thanks

please educate yourself on policies,there have never been a ban on import of rice.first and second news flash all countries are corrupt,infact the bigger countries have bigger corruption in more complex dimension.

byrron:
No country has completely eradicated corruption but most countries have reduced corruption to the minimum in their societies by tackling it head-on and by completely enforcing their laws and strengthening their various criminal justice systems.

They were able to achieve this by not monetizing corruption like the idiotic reason giving by the custom service for lifting the ban on rice importation in Nigeria.

Are they gonna lift the ban on all formerly banned items in Nigeria simply because they can not man the Nigerian borders therefore, let the goods come in then they will pay whatever import duty we charge them?

Isn't that an economic suicide on the country as well as showcasing of gross incompetence and dereliction of duty?

If the Nigerian custom can not carry out their statutory responsibilities then it should be scrapped and the borders should be thrown open for in-flocks of all manner of goods.

Secondly, are they statutorily empowered to ban and lift bans on goods coming into Nigeria?

lol,who told you that,ban on import of rice since when was that?please educate yourself on polices.there is and have never been a ban on import of rice

TonyeBarcanista:
How does this justify the action of Buhari? Are you not aware that Nigeria had placed ban on Rice import?

let me understand you,was the product not been imported,or was there a ban on importing ?this move would not affect the rice sector which by the way there has been no gain aside bringing in G.M.O seeds to effect the whole country with cancer,as you know G.M.O has been ban in more than half of europe now.

TonyeBarcanista:
And this will not discourage local production? Bros, how can you tackle smuggling by allowing imported product to rival local production?

Lemme be fair to you, this move will not only reverse the gains made in the Agric sector but will open doors for more smuggling and lead to job loss!

there is a difference between reading a line and the whole statement,please read the hole statement

Thank You

ps:please mention one country in the hole world that has zero corruption ?

byrron:


Since the FGN have failed to stop BH, will it be logical for FGN to ask BH to register with the CAC so as to legitimize their actions after all they will now start paying their taxes to the FGN since they just can't be stopped?

Since Nigeria has failed to stop corruption for 55yrs now, will it be logical to legitimize corruption since the country just can't stop it?

That is how your assertion as well as the explanation from the custom service sounds to me and it is repugnant.

The custom service has just told the world that Nigeria can not protect its bothers QED.

Why do people like talking out of ignorance,the custom boss has done the right thing.the custom has not been able to stop smuggling through the border,so why not allow them in through legal means,if you understood the directive you would know that it doesn't affect local content or production in anyway,it says that after they have paid duty to which ever country they land their goods,they would still come back and pay the same duty they would have paid if they landed in Nigeria port,by extension it is better to come though Nigeria port than the border

erunz:
The National Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, NRMAN, said on Thursday in Abuja that the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, erred in its decision to lift the ban on importation of rice through the land borders.
The Chairman of the association, Mohammed Abubakar, said the NCS overreached its statutory mandate as an enforcement agency in taking such a policy decision.
Besides, Mr. Abubakar said, if the customs succeeded in its decision, it would destroy Nigeria’s rice value chain attained by the previous administration.
Mr. Abubakar, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Umza Rice, said the decision was an attempt by the customs to legitimise the smuggling of rice.
“First of all, the customs does not have the power to do that, it is a matter of national policy and customs does not make national policy, it is an implementation agency.
“This will completely kill the rice value chain and everything concerning rice production will stop; customs does not have the right to make such decision.
“This ban was placed six years ago and everybody knows that, so it does not have any reason to say rice should be brought in through the land borders.
“Anyone who gives such directive has smuggling intentions,” he said.
Mr. Abubakar said the association would do everything possible to make customs to see patriotic reason and rescind the decision.
He urged government to be focused and have the political will to make sure Nigeria becomes self sufficient in rice production.
(NAN)

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/agriculture/191221-nigeria-rice-millers-criticise-customs-decision-to-allow-rice-importation.html

how much

You hear me big rubbish,we all know that when you get to a place you try to live in harmony with the owners of the land,but the arrogance and abusive way in which the igbos have conducted themself in lagos,even going as far as openly insulting the Oba and telling people that Lagos is no man's land,when they clearly know who owns lagos([b][/b]AN ACTION WHICH THEY WOULD NEVER ALLOW IN ANY OF THE IGBO CONTROLLED STATES) all draws the kind of reaction they get from there host,the first rule of life is that you must not do unto other what you dont want done to you and this rule is in all regions all over the world.so my igbo brothers/sisters go and learn respect and you would enjoy lagos like you have always done until your arrogance stated

Sincere9gerian:
I have personally and officially followed closely, the case of Ladipo market, Mushin LGA Lagos. I assert that the closing down of Ladipo market by the Lagos State Government and the arrest, detention and dehumanizing of Igbo traders in that market is a clear case of oppression and injustice by powerful, primordial forces intent on dislodging the traders, dispossessing them of their assets and taking over a market they built with their own sweat and resources.

This is the culmination of a long-drawn scheme and ceaseless attempts by these self-serving and base individuals and forces to forcefully and illegally throw out the traders and take over their market, in utter violation of subsisting agreements that the traders will run the market for a specified period of time having spent their money constructing structures in the market.

The claims of 'environmental degradation','obstruction of traffic and drainage' etc are fraudulent pretext and sheer subterfuge for what is apparently a case of ethnic persecution fuelled by hatred and the individual avarice of some people who have over the years nursed the ambition to take over the market- and have on several occasions- and up to December 2012, used both the police and thugs to harass, intimidate, hound and even made attempts on the lives of the leadership and members of the traders association. A section of the media has also been employed to propagate falsehood in furtherance of the dubious agenda of the masterminds of this wicked act. Those innocent traders branded 'bakasi boys' and currently detained by the police must be released. The issues leading to, and surrounding, the closure of the market should be transparently investigated and truth and justice must prevail!

Okechukwu Nwanguma
Advocacy Coordinator
Network on Police Reform in Nigeria

http://saharareporters.com/article/enough-oppression-and-injustice-against-igbo-traders-lagos-state