₦airaland Forum

Obiwannn:
was there ever a ban?

does this thread cover saudi arabia also?

there has been a ban since that Ebola scare.

just wise, has the ban on Qatar visa to Nigerians been lifted?

LONDON (Reuters) - Nigeria's
national security adviser said on
Thursday he had advised the
country's electoral commission to
consider delaying elections
planned for next month so that it
has time to distribute voters'
cards to all those entitled to them.
Sambo Dasuki said during a talk
at a London think-tank that the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) had 30 million
cards left to distribute and had
only managed to distribute 30
million in the past year.
"What sense does it make to vote
three months early when there are
30 million cards still with INEC?
That's my position," Dasuki said.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0KV11G20150122

ritababe:
how big that thing be

no wonder her name is Rita. they are all the same

A caller called in to Nigeria info to inform then of two container load of arms intercepted by the army at the dei dei check point few kilometers into city centre. can anyone confirm this?

Mayour11:
Yes, it's true but they are saying that they want him to present it. You know this is a whole nation where we have people in distinct sectors and who will see things in a different way, law may look at it in that perspective while philosophy may have a different viewpoint, that is why it is always necessary to fulfill all righteousness, by providing the results.

we are both saying the same thing. He should present the result even though it's parallel f. shey na result result dem wan see. make him give dem

In as much as I await buhari to clear this mess, I disagree with the op. in law, it's a known principle that you cannot put something on nothing. without the basic, you cannot attain the desired. without school cert, you can't go ahead to obtain an msc

yesterday's men

If this is true....I am sending mine please

I am waiting for Reuben Abati to release his statement.

Today the Pope heads to Turkey the backyard of the Islamic state. Pray for him. To be fore warned is to be fore armed.

this epistolary piece,Tee Jay Dan takes a swipe
against political hypocrisy. Tee is a filmmaker and a
proud Gbagyi son. Please READ. And SHARE.
OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR PHILIP ADUDA;
SENATOR REPRESENTING THE FEDERAL CAPITAL
TERRITORY, ABUJA.
Dear Uncle,
I am not happy to write you this letter at this time,
especially
through this media. But Uncle, I have tried to reach
you in the
past two weeks with no joy: the phone number I got
is always
switched off or ‘out of reach,’ and it appears you do
not have
the time to read or reply an email from your little
nephew. You
are a very busy man, I understand, and, by the way, it
is no
easy feat to be a senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria;
the greatest country in the world, especially when
you
represent the Gbagyi people of the Federal Capital
Territory,
Abuja. It is herculean task second to none, I
understand. So I
am not going to complain, because I know that you
did not
simply ignore me – I mean, why would you ignore
your own?
– you have been busy creating ‘enabling laws for the
good
governance of the FCT. As committee member,
National
Identity and National Population Committee, and
Chairman of
the Senate Committee on Power, you cannot afford to
not be
the busiest person alive. I understand why you are so
inaccessible both by phone and email. This is why I
am not
sulking, dear Uncle. But I am very busy too and I
expect you
to understand why I have decided use this medium
to seek understanding of
the following matters from you.
One, I don’t understand why you, sir, and other
Gbagyi
politicians believe so much that we, your loving
subjects, do
not read the newspapers. I say this because the
other day I
read with utter dismay one of your numerous
interviews
where you bragged about developing the indigenes
of Abuja
“by making sure that they enjoy the dividends of
democracy.”
Unless you sincerely believe that we do not read the
national
dailies I believe that you won’t have the effrontery to
lie like
that, Uncle. We forgive this shameful shortcoming
from a
distinguished Senator like you. But please next time
you feel
the urge to brag about a lie simply do so in whispers,
not on
national papers. Thank you.
Two, I don’t understand how, or why, you
conveniently go
about saying that “Gbagyi people are educationally
backward.” I don’t understand how you get away
with
promising to “appropriately empower qualified”
Gbagyi
youths if they go to school. I mean we have
professors,
doctors of philosophy, and Gbagyi youths in their
mid-twenties who already have Masters, none of
whom you have
‘empowered.’ May be you are too busy to notice that
the
people you actually represent are rather ‘moving,
educationally forward,’ but anyway tell me how you
do it. I
mean, when the FG thought to requiet the good
people of
Abuja with the opportunity to produce a substantive
federal
director, you did not waste time in fixing your
younger
brother. That same brother who failed to pass the
compulsory
promotional examination as a level 15 senior officer
under the
employ of EFCC, even though he was given a second
chance.
But soon as the President said, “aiyo, bring me a
qualified
Gbagyi man,” you peddled your brother one time.
Now Gideon
is a top director in the ministry of finance in lieu of
more
qualified Gbagyi youths. You keep asking the youths
to go to school even after acquiring first degrees and
masters degrees whereas you, my beloved Uncle,
only have a Higher Diploma. I don’t understand how
you do it.
Three, please what is your definition of
EMPOWERMENT? Last
week, you teamed up with Peter Yohanna, Chairman
of Bwari
Area Council to amuse me. The two of you passed
microphones to
one another – like upcoming rappers engaged in a
freestyle
battle – to rap about how human empowerment is
your forte.
What I don’t understand is, by sharing Okada,
generator sets,
and clippers to the youths, are you empowering them
or
insulting them? Again, Uncle Sir, what does
empowerment
mean? Is it the attachment of hundreds of youths,
the same people you keep lampooning for ‘not going
to school,’ to several VIO posts where they receive a
paltry of five thousand naira (N5,000) monthly, or is
it the recruitment of these youths’ mothers to sweep
highways for eight thousand (N8,000) a month? I
swear, Peter Yohanna and yourself are geniuses!
Anyway, those aren’t the main questions that I need
you to
answer. Let me repeat here the questions that you
have been
too busy to answer (I have sacrificed all other artistic
considerations just to write a very plain letter, Sir
Uncle):
1 – How much do you receive from the Federal
government as
allocation for the development of your Senatorial
Jurisdiction
or district?
2 – How do you disburse, expend, utilize these
allocations?
Please do not mention the motorcycles and cars you
gave a
few persons in the bid to return to the senate. And,
sukusuku,
do not offer some vague answer like “the government
of
President Goodluck Jonathan has really developed
the
original inhabitants of Abuja through my good
office.”
3 – From your time in the House of Assembly up
until now that
you’ve graduated to the upper chambers, how many
bills have
you sponsored or supported? What are these bills;
how many
are party-sponsored or party-related? – how many
for national
growth? – how many for the betterment of the
general
wellbeing of the Gbagyiza?
4 – What have you done – are you doing – to douse
the rising
tension among the Gbagyi people about the
perceived neglect
and continuous exploitation of our lands by the
Federal
Government? Have you bothered to enlighten them
about the
pros and cons of the FG proposed Land Swap policy?
Have
you used your good office to cause them to see that
the
Federal Government is not their enemy, that some
very few
corrupt politicians are directly responsible for, and
benefitting
from, the status quo?
5 – Are you aware that Kubwa community has been
jumping
from one legal tussle to another, and have been
losing
communal lands to some phony land allocation
recently? -
you know we are farmers, yeah? Are you aware that
Dan Tata
is build a very large estate on the last communal
farm land in
Kubwa, and our parents now have to climb that
Kubwa
mountain to till for food while you are getting paid in
multiple
of billions on their behalf? Oh oh, I remember, you
fooled them during the public hearing that they
should worry not, because your very good and
almighty office will solve the problem. How come we
haven’t heard anything since then?
6 – Can you feel my disappointment in you?
Ehen Uncle, you have plenty detractors o. Enemies of
your
political hustle have been going about saying that
you are an
hypocrite, never to be trusted, do you know? They
say that
your beloved President Goodluck wanted to make
you the
minister of state but that you refused the gesture and
hinted
that you’d rather wait until Senator Bala Mohammed
vacates
his position for you. But I didn’t believe them. I just
laughed
and told them to go away with their cheap blackmail.
Actually
I told them that unless you are stupid and selfish
you’d never
do such thing. Before they say anything else I
quickly added
that you are not stupid and selfish, not my Uncle,
haba mana.
Your detractors, dear sir, told me to wait and see
some
political realignment that would take place as 2015
draws
nigh. Uncle, I am afraid to say that some of the
events those
prophets of doom prophesied are beginning to
materialize.
They said, as at then, that: soon you were going to
start
following the President about as if you were the new
ADC – as
though the emancipation of the Gbagyi people
depends on your politics of follow-follow; Senator
Bala Mohammed will
jettison his plan to contest for governorship of his
state, and;
the bill for the creation of the office of the Mayor of
Abuja
will miraculously resurface and get hastily passed
into law,
then Mohammed will run to be elected Mayor while
you get
your much dreamed-of Minister of FCT. Uncle, were
these
mad men right about you? Did you truly reject the
opportunity
to become the Minister of state for FCT yet continued
to
discreetly ginger our people to loudly condemn the
Federal
Government for not giving us any ministerial slot or
ambassadorial posting? I ask because, well, you have
practically become the unofficial ADC to the
president;
Senator Bala is likely not going to contest for
governorship
again, and; the bill for the creation of the office of
the Mayor of
Abuja has miraculously resurfaced after it was
summarily kicked out
before the first reading when it was initially
sponsored on the
floor of the national assembly. Did you, for personal
ambition,
refuse an opportunity that we have been crying for?
It is amazing how you came out of the gutters to
become a
multimillionaire, using our shoulders as ladder. If
these
allegations are false then, dearest Uncle, good for
you. But if
you are indeed guilty then, oga sir, you are going to
pay some
day soon. Before you unleash the police on me for
threatening your life – or career, ha ha – let me
explain what
I mean by you shall pay some day soon.
I do not speak or write for OIDA or any of the many
bitch-organizations that you guys buy over with
money and job
offers. I write and speak for an increasing number of
genuinely fed up Gbagyi youths who have our tribe at
heart.
And we have decided to become actively involved in
the
business of governance and representation of our
people at
all levels of government. The dynamics are changing
and you
shall feel us.
Finally sir. Let me tell you a story. As a teenager I
was
always in and out of police cells for confronting
‘authority.’
So I am conversant with the drill. And, my friend, we
are
familiar with your tactics of using the police to
harass and assault Gbagyi people who dare to think
for themselves and
ask questions, so don’t bother. I know that some of
my
‘friends on Facebook’ are your stooges, and I am
certain that
some other Gbagyi people will share this and one
way or
another you will get to read it. Then you will say they
should
not mind me, or flare up in anger and decide to teach
me How
to Respect a Senator of the yadayadayada. But
please, I beg
you in the name of Jesus and Mohammed and
Ashna, save us
both the energy of having to fight each other, simply
answer
my questions – convince me that you mean us well
– and I
swear by the aforementioned names to support you
through
out my life until darkness overtakes me.
Ha, ho, erm, hu, wphew, mtscheeeew.
I am returning to my hibernation jare. You have my
email in
case you finally decide to reply. No, it’d actually be
nice to
read a public response to this. And, if you fail to
convince me
about your usefulness in the national assembly then,
my guy,
you cannot: 1) have my respect either as a Gbagyi
elder or as
a Senator of yadayadayada; 2) have my vote in the
forthcoming elections for which you are not too busy
to
campaign, and; 3) get away with short changing
millions of
people in the F.C.T. You sef check am na, Oga, e no
go maik
sense say you use us hustle then carry our cake go
just like
that.
Yours most respectful,
Tukura John Atnadu Daniel.

word

I love this quote by dangote
"People not investing will raise their hands and say
'he's got a monopoly in rice'," he says. "Everyone
has an opportunity. If other people don't invest,
why is that my fault?" - Dangote

LAGOS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria enjoys a perfect
rice-growing climate over a vast area yet it is the
world's second biggest importer of the staple, often
from countries in its warm, wet tropical latitude like
top exporter Thailand.
It's one of those baffling Nigerian paradoxes, like
the fact that it is Africa's top oil producer yet
suffers frequent fuel shortages; or that it is sitting
on the world's eighth largest gas reserves but can
only produce a few hours of power a day.
As with the other bottlenecks holding back Africa's
biggest economy, decades of bad governance and
corruption lie at the root of Nigeria's agricultural
dysfunction.
But unlike oil, where reform remains deadlocked by
vested interests, the government is making serious
efforts to clean up the farming sector and attract
investment.
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote thinks he can
resolve the rice conundrum. He plans to do this by
investing in farmland and mechanising farming
practices in a country where many farmers still
depend on pre-industrial tilling techniques.
Given his track record in other areas, this is a
project to watch.
GET LAND, ADD WATER AND SOW
"Everything you need for rice is here, but
unfortunately for a long time no one was
interested," he told Reuters in a telephone
interview. Not having enough land was the first
obstacle that faced him after he thought of the idea.
He was surprised at how easily that got solved, as
the governments of Jigawa, Niger, Kebbi, Edo and
Kwara states between them offered 50,000 hectares
to Dangote Industries.
"I think this is enough for us to grow and process
up to a million tonnes of rice in the next four
years," he says. "I believe this is just the
beginning."
To back up his optimism, he points to his past
success in producing cement.
Dangote grew his company over a decade from a
relatively small cement import business to a
behemoth that manufactures nearly 30 million
tonnes of the stuff a year, makes up a third of
Nigeria's stock exchange and now has factories in
various stages of completion across the continent.
For decades Nigeria was one of the world's biggest
cement importers. "We (Nigeria) were producing
less than 2 million tonnes of cement," in 2004, the
tycoon says.
Ten years later and Nigeria as a whole now
produces some 40 million tonnes a year, said
Dangote, whose cement empire worth an estimated
$20 billion has earned him the label "richest black
person on the planet" from Forbes magazine.
This month, Dangote Cement even had to cut prices
to make up for falling sales amid oversupply.
Like cement, demand for rice among Nigeria's 170
million population is huge, so he won't need to
think about export. Dangote estimates the current
rice deficit at 2 1/2 million tonnes a year.
Nigerians eat rice in outsized portions and no party
is complete without mountains of bright orange
"jollof" rice -- a West African style of cooking the
grains in tomato paste, onions and fiery peppers.
Parboiled, not white rice, is favoured.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
President Goodluck Jonathan made local
production of rice a signature promise before he
was elected in 2011. His government has an
ambitious target to import zero rice by the end of
2015, using incentives for farmers like free fertiliser
and tax breaks for investors. Jonathan will seek
another term in February.
Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina has cleaned
up corruption in government handouts of imported
fertiliser, which have been hampered by fraud and
an inefficient supply chain stretching from the port
to the remote villages where it ends up. That was a
major obstacle to development of the sector.
Dangote says his own factories will soon be
producing more fertiliser than Nigeria could ever
need -- 2.8 million tonnes a year -- which would
cut out the need for imports altogether.
His plans for a 400,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery
and petrochemical plant remain on track, he added.
Rice smugglers from neighbouring Benin, Niger and
Cameroon are the biggest threat to his business
model, Dangote complains, but it still stands to be
highly profitable.
But with a reputation as a ruthless monopolist, with
interests in everything from food milling to
petrochemicals and a personal fortune equal to 4
percent of Nigeria's GDP, is Dangote not getting too
big? He expects some will say that.
"People not investing will raise their hands and say
'he's got a monopoly in rice'," he says. "Everyone
has an opportunity. If other people don't invest,
why is that my fault?" (Editing by Ed Stoddard and
Tom Heneghan)

source:
http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFL6N0SV5T420141106?sp=true

The first west African revolution.... sorry THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION. Those in Abuja will be watching closely.
I wonder How d.u.mb some country citizens are to allow one man rule them for so long... Cameron, Uganda,Zimbabwe, Gabon haba. Trust Nigerians....Na coup tey tey.
Well, for freedom, comes a cost. These people are willing to pay it

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0IJ1IS20141030?sp=true

A drop in oil prices spells doom for a one commodity economy like ours. First, the government will go into deficit spending I.e spending more than it earns, taxes will increase, a ban on importation of goods in order to stabilize forex, layoffs in government jobs, a crash in the all ready weak stock market, consumer spending will drop and loo and behold, pump price of petrol and kerosene will be increased, the masses can't take it!!! The head to the streets and boom!!! We have a popular REVOLUTION!!!

7 ministers in all.

@nonso_pool @bishopmarn more than ever
it's clear that Keshi takes bribe on who to
feature because these ain't the best we've got.
Keshi Out
copied from twitter
@nonso_pool @bishopmarn more than ever
it's clear that Keshi takes bribe on who to
feature because these ain't the best we've got.
Keshi Out
copied from twitter
@nonso_pool @bishopmarn more than ever
it's clear that Keshi takes bribe on who to
feature because these ain't the best we've got.
Keshi Out
copied from twitter...
maybe keshi and mikel are gay partners.... just saying

Are there up to 2000 houses in mak town? haba op!!! Why not say makurdi as a whole is submerged?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2781460/North-Korean-officials-dispel-rumours-leader-Kim-Jong0Un-ill-say-s-wrong-health.html
according to this report, the man came for the closing ceremony of the Asian games...

okay oo brb

In Ibo land, you don't cut a tree with fruits on it. leads to barrenness. You cut a tree after the fruiting season is over.

felifeli:
Picking your teeth after drinking water is taboo in my town Maiduguri

what's the consequence if this action?

in phynos voice... o ge me ha voom n'anya. ndi ala

persius555: US interest in nigeria is something only the US can explain, but certainly it is now obvious that the obama govt does not mean well for our dear country. It predicted the disintegration of the country recently, i believe they are seriously working towards the actualisation. One thing they quickly forget is that we are nigerians, we mighthave challenges with widespread corruption, widespread poverty and all but we can create oaisis from deserts At least, now we know we really need to look deeply inwards as there are really no international friends out there, just friends with interest. Years of overdepence on every thing foreign has finally brought us down on our knees.

we have defense industry corporation of Nigeria lying idle in ladies.What are they doing about it? The biggest economy in Africa cannot defend herself. smh

wished he was bombed to shreds. He should be buried with pigs or given a sea burial like bin laden

What is DICON Defense industry corporation of Nigeria doing in kaduna? How would the biggest economy in Africa depend on others for arms? We have capable hands in Jos, Aba, Onisha, and other location were arms are made. These folks need to be formalized and recognized by the government to start something.
During the war of Biafra, Ojukwu waited for arms he ordered to be supplied which never came until the federal troops matched into the east without any defense. Nigeria should have her arms manufacture in Nigeria by Nigerians

no mind the op. use this site
http://flights.idealo.com/route/Abuja-ABV/Dubai-DXB/

Itodo2014: Gudafternoon, I am interested in doing HSE course but we have this joint professional training and support international (jpts) body running HSE program here in Katsina. plz is this a good place to do my HSE training?They do HSE 1N2 @10K N 3 @ 11K.I really do need answers.thanks for ur corporation.

go to ISPON. IT'S 25k not 10k. Google ISPON. it is the recognized body by law for safety. Going for level 3 soon.

Itodo2014: Gudafternoon, I am interested in doing HSE course but we have this joint professional training and support international (jpts) body running HSE program here in Katsina. plz is this a good place to do my HSE training?They do HSE 1N2 @10K N 3 @ 11K.I really do need answers.thanks for ur corporation.

go to ISPON. IT'S 25k not 10k. Google ISPON. it is the recognized body by law for safety. Going for level 3 soon.

Itodo2014: Gudafternoon, I am interested in doing HSE course but we have this joint professional training and support international (jpts) body running HSE program here in Katsina. plz is this a good place to do my HSE training?They do HSE 1N2 @10K N 3 @ 11K.I really do need answers.thanks for ur corporation.

go to ISPON. IT'S 25k not 10k. Google ISPON. it is the recognized body by law for safety. Going for level 3 soon.