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Enjoyment1:
I just hope it is not one sugar daddy that is helping her out in this case.

I wonder why all these celebrities do not last in their marital homes. How long does she thing she can last unmarried? When the money was not there, she and her husband where living happily at Ajangbadi, but since the advent of GLO Ambassador, she has now grown wings. I know the husband too has blame, but of what use is her new found status (maritally).

She forgets one thing, so long both of them liveth, they are still married in the sight of GOD. There is no divorce in GOD'S lexicon.

Arkison:
because he is like them. Isn't he using the same state apparatus to exort money out of Lagosians in the name of taxes and Land title?

The guy needs these agbero's to survive. They can never be sanctioned, so long they get their N14 billion monthly tax. As for the Police men, they are now certified uniform gratification collectors.

Jaybee2412:
This Government has become a joke. Every minister is out of control. This is a comedy of errors.

How can they be under control when the driver of this nation is far away in Saudi Arabia, and the second driver is an extreme loyalist?. He pretends he can not drive.

babapupa:
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=162579

Winners Emerge in LIRS Essay Contest
By Funmi Ogundare, 12.22.2009

Winners have emerged in the second edition of the essay competition, organised by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), as part of activities to mark the third Lagos State Taxation Stakeholders' Conference recently.   
Announcing the winners at the event held at the Expo Centre, Ocean View, Lagos, Executive Chairman of LIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler said the six winners in the junior and senior secondary categories emerged from the 2,000 entries received from 300 public and private secondary schools in the state. 

Onengiye Amachree of Aguda Senior Grammar School, Surulere emerged winner in the senior secondary category.  The second and third positions went to Prowess Mayro Richard Chukwu of Top Grade Secondary School, Surulere and Damilo Johnson of Western College, Yaba, respectively.

They all received the same prizes as winners in the junior category.
The topics for this year's essay competition for the junior secondary category was, 'Well equipped schools, good recreational centres, good hospitals, good roads, efficient transportation etc, tax payments make them possible' or 'All taxable adults should pay their taxes to ensure that Lagos State remains the centre of excellence as it becomes a mega city'. While the topic for the senior secondary category was 'Tax payments fund infrastructural development', or 'Good things don't come cheap. Prompt and accurate tax payment is vital to emerging Lagos'.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola admonished Nigerians to continue to pay their taxes so that they would continue to enjoy the social amenities such as that provided in the education sector by his administration. “Apart from the major road, rail and water infrastructural projects, education remains free, with free text books to make it work, classrooms are being built and school furniture provided on a large scale across the state.”

Master Amachree who emerged winner in the senior category thanked the state government for organising such forum, saying that it would enable students to know more about the essence of tax payment. He said he had to do a lot of research to be able to write on the topic and that his parents and teachers were also of immense help to him.

What has these got to do with topic of the thread? I guess you are one of the beneficiary of the tax system in Lagos. Remember, we are not against taxation, but the barbaric means of collection, the double taxation experienced, and the extreme high taxes, are what we are against. If you say, he is using the money for free education in Lagos, ask for Fashola, how much did he pay as school fees in Nigeria during his time? That is the answer!.

Enjoyment1:
I am tired of this situation in Anambra. I wish that state a credible election, and less electoral noise. It is well.

Abeg, Soludo don win!. Shekinah. INEC has announced Omisore as winner in Osun. That is how they will do for Soludo.

What kind of re-branding noise are you making in the Nigerian Police. It will be very easy for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the Nigerian Police to be re-branded. The Police Station is the Bank. DPO is the manager, while those men out there are their marketing/sales agents, but in these case, they have a particular uniform and attitude.

This is another ploy to curb media intrusion into what is happening in government.

Prof. Dora Akunyili

DAAR Communications sues FG over plans to cancel network licence
By Tobi Soniyi, Abuja, Published: Monday, 21 Dec 2009



Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili,


DAAR Communications Plc (owners of Ray Power 100.5 FM radio station and AIT) has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Federal Government from actualising its plans to withdraw its network licence.

The network licence of DAAR Communications allows it to maintain multiple terrestial stations in the country to transmit its radio and television programmes on network basis in the country.

The Federal Government granted the plaintiff the licence more than 14 years ago.

But in an originating summons filed at the court by DAAR Communications’ lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, the media outfit is asking the court to issue a separate order setting aside a purported bid for a fresh network licence held by the National Broadcasting Commission between September 6 and December 12, 2009 on the grounds that it was flawed, overreaching, wrongful, oppressive, unconscionable, null and void.

The plaintiff also asked the court to order the NBC to issue it with a fresh network licence for radio and television broadcast upon payment of the appropriate fees if the court held that it did not possess a valid network service.

The plaintiff further said the court must move in its favour before the government carried out its threat to shut down over 22 of its stations across Nigeria, which would force thousands of its workers back into the labour market.

It also argued that the failure of the court to act fast would deprive Nigerians of their constitutional rights to receive and impact ideas through its media while the investing public that had shares in it would be deprived of their means of livelihood.

The plaintiff joined NBC, Ministry of Information and Communications and the Attorney-General of the Federation as co-defendants to the suit.

DAAR Communications had also formulated five questions for the court to determine and sought five declaratory and three injunctive reliefs.

The case has not been assigned to any judge.

The prayers include a declaration that having regard to the totality of the facts and the entire circumstances of the case, the plaintiff was entitled to be granted a fresh network licence for radio and television broadcast upon payment of the appropriate fees.

The fact of the case was that between 1995 till date, the Federal Government had allowed the DAAR Communications to enjoy the services of network broadcasting on both radio and television across Nigeria.

That was after a lot of exchanges of correspondences between the plaintiff and the defendants on the request for and the grant of network licence by both parties.

But sometimes in September this year, the NBC issued a directive for fresh bid for broadcast networks in the country.

The commission directed that only one network each would be allowed for radio and television in addition to those of Nigerian Television Authority and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.

The said release containing the directive was, however, silent on the existing network already being enjoyed by DAAR Communications through its radio and television arms.

The plaintiff though protested the directive of the NBC to the Ministry of Information and Communications, the ministry, however, advised it to obtain the application form first before forwarding a formal complaint to it.

Based on the advice, DAAR Communications purchased the forms for N2m for radio and television network service and filed its complaints to the communication ministry.

The plaintiff, in its affidavit accompanying the writ said it went through a technical evaluation with other bidders and emerged successful alongside Silverbird Communications and Megaletrics.

It said that it bidded N720m for radio and N1.5bn for television on the first day of the financial bid opening to beat Silverbirds’ N250m and Megaletric’s N200m for radio and Silverbird‘s N300m for television.

The plaintiff said that the NBC, however, rejected the bids on the grounds that none of the parties met the reserved price set by the commission.

The plaintiff added that it believed that there was manipulation of the reserve price by NBC as evident from the progression of the price bided by Silverbird Communications of N1.5bn for radio and N3.5bn for television as against its N725m for radio and N1.510bn for television.


http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20091221253328

MrCrackles:
The church is where the money "is at" nowadays. . . .

Does that make anyone to think Church-crime?

citizenY:
@ otobroto

Yes I agree but if you read the play and you are watching the film, you know what will happen next, abi.

When you see a posting by some people , you already know what to expect. This is what removes the excitement.

Anyway, you make sense.

What will be said about pick-pocketing in Isreal? Na wah!.

Nigerian Pilgrims Lose $1,700 To Pickpockets
December 21, 2009 14:00


Two Nigerian pilgrims from the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday in Jerusalem, lost $1,700 to pickpockets, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

It was gathered that the two pilgrims discovered that their money disappeared after buying some items from hawkers at Mountain Olive and Mountain Zion.

One of the victims, Mr. Yusuf Katukak, told NAN that he lost his money in the process of buying some pictures at Mountain Olive.

“I had $80 in $20 bills. I removed one and paid and asked the seller of the item I purchased to give me my balance.

“In the process, one of the guys put his hands in my pocket and removed my 60 dollars,” he said, describing the incident as painful.

Dr. Nandul Durfa, who also lost his money to pickpockets, told NAN that he was negotiating to buy a cap at Mountain Zion when two guys removed the one he was wearing and replaced it with a Jewish cap.

“In a splitsecond, one of them unzipped my bag and took my wallet without me knowing until I went back to the bus.

“Unfortunately, they also took $1,100 from a wallet I had given to our team leader for safe keeping,” he said.

The group leader, Bishop Edwin Jarumai, who confirmed the incidents, described the loss of money by the Nigerians as unfortunate.



http://thepmnews.com/2009/12/21/nigerian-pilgrims-lose-1700-to-pickpockets

Robbers Devise New Tricks To Rob Churches
December 21, 2009 14:03 (4 hours ago), 247 views
By Damola Ogundimu


A robbery suspect, Mohammed Saheed, 40, who resides at 46, Oriola Street, Ketu, has been arrested by the police at Owutu Division, Ikorodu, for stealing in a church, The Home of Grace Bible Church, Agbede, Ikorodu.

P.M.NEWS gathered that the suspect had met with the pastor of the church, Michael Ojo and told him he had problems and needed prayers and assistance from the church.

During the conversation, he collected the pastor’s phone number and later excused himself that he needed to ease himself.

A police source, who spoke with P.M.NEWS, narrated that the suspect had not gone to ease himself, but had used the opportunity to call an accomplice, who he gave the pastor’s number. The accomplice called the pastor that his wife had a serious accident somewhere in Odogunyan, Ikorodu and begged him to come quickly to their rescue.

Without giving it a second thought, the pastor told Saheed to wait for him and dashed out of the church premises with his car.

As soon as the pastor left, the suspect was said to have stolen some valuable items in the church and not having enough, he also carried the new big generator in the church and was attempting to wheel it away when he was accosted by the neighbours, who challenged him. He told them the pastor had called him on phone to come and repair it, but when one of the neighbours called the pastor for confirmation, he instructed them to call the police.

Meanwhile, the suspect is still being detained at the station and the police said he would soon be charged to court.



http://thepmnews.com/2009/12/21/robbers-devise-new-tricks-to-rob-churches

citizenY:
@maxsiollun

The debate is uninteresting as there is an inherent disrespect in the approach of many contributors There
is nothing new in what is presented, the same old story before it turns into the usual fare.

It is just like reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and watching the film of the same play-- in the next scene Brutus will stab Caesar
and lo it happens.

Issues here are what happens in reality, and Nigeria is a country you can not predict. Shakespeare's stories are fictions!, and that of Nigeria is real. Please wake up!.

WilyWily:
Yes, we have to face the reality and stop people from glorifying Fraud.

Crime in Nigeria is now embedded in us. Acknowledge it, accept it, live it, celebrate it, talk about it, but please, don't partake in it.

Enjoyment1:
One can not but investigate the reason why Nigerians registered their aircraft in South Africa. There could be some other personal reason. Perhaps, to shield corruption.

Aero is trying to lay a foundation in Nigeria. If this new strategy works, all other airlines will adopt it, but if it does not, it will discarded. As for registering of Aircrafts, it boils down to the local authority. I feel it is another way of not being investigated, if registered outside.

phuck_NL:
Thank you for clearing the air on the snacks sell.
@Bluetooth - ^^^^Hope you have your answer.

Yes, even when snacks are served in our local flights, people do not tend to enjoy it, and it is even worse for anybody to compare foreign one hour's flight to that of Nigeria. Soon, people will compare Obama with YarÁdua.

shollyaj:

Why are you crying? The guy needs a spouse, and the other one says, even guys like babes can be desperate. So why the tears?

tennis:
Yes Yes Yes

Ban the mad Okada men, even in Lagos.

Replace their bikes with tricycles/Keke Mawa/keke napep.

Extend the routes of trycycles into estates and other places.

I know alot of you love okada, but it is a question of managed risk. Go check out Igbobi to see what I'm saying. Everyday, you see a young man or young lady that wants to get somewhere quickly but never got there at all, instead he is about to be amputated.

how many of you never get accident/scratch or anything at all before.

Replace them with trycycles, and make sure even those ones drive or ride right.

BAN THE OKADA

What is the difference between Okada and Tricycle?.

Kay 17:
that fashola guy is just a thief! he has shown that he lacks foresight nor had he had any plan. 400 m for development levy! thats criminal!

I dont think Fashola is a thief, though not a Saint as a typical Nigerian leader. His policies are just too harsh. I am not against taxation, but Fashola's taxation is not employee-friendly. Some does not have human face.

selingel:
Where is the sense in buying a land for N1.6billion, and now being asked to pay N428m as development levy, even after paying N16million for land approval. It is obviously outrageous. These levies are becoming too much. I have not mentioned double-taxation being experienced in Lagos. I hope Fasola knows what he is doing. I am beginning to rethink on his policies.

There is no where that one will buy land and there are no charges. Lagos, your own policies are too harsh!.

I can see a post that looks like this, is it true?

obiksam:
Ok, Are you sure that you are not Osama dependant
this one way you dey snap niaja air ways like this
abegi take'am easy'ooh

Haba!. The guy just helped in educating us "aviationally"in Nigeria.

Okay, I am here fire the first shot!

Why this scam method? Why?

Nairalanders, please help this lady. If you have any other motive, never mind please.

eesaah:
Lol. pls dont mind them with their usual anti-north tirades.

I do not think people are against the north, but their power dominance.