₦airaland Forum

imhotep:
Because she is Igbo abi

Lol
It has nothing to do with tribe. Airports all over the world allow vehicles to be parked right beside the terminal for quick drop-offs and/or pick-ups of passengers.

As others have said, parking structures are only for long term parking i.e. parking for like an hour or more. In that case, the airport authorities will be justified in diverting vehicles to the parking structure.

There is disorder at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, as passengers are being compelled by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to use a new multi-story parking garage commissioned by Seymour Aviation Limited, a company believed to be owned by former aviation minister Stella Oduah.

SaharaReporters observed that motorists are now barred from picking up their family members close to the terminal and are compulsorily diverted to the new car park once they drive close to the terminal. The motorists are then forced to pay for parking their vehicles at the park even if they were to spend just a minute within the airport premises.

Drivers are charged N400 for the first hour and N100 for each additional hour spent at the parking garage.

The sum is apart from the N200 and N300 tollgate fee for cars and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), respectively, that motorists must pay once they access the airport through the tollgate.

In a bid to ensure total compliance with the draconian order, the FAAN has detailed policemen and towing vehicles in strategic locations to arrest anyone who violates the new policy.

The FAAN has also barricaded the road leading to the terminal from the arrival areas, which has made vehicular assessment to the terminal impossible.

The car park, which is controlled by Seymour Aviation as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) scheme, is under concession for 30 years before being handed over to the FAAN by the company.

A source close to the company confided in our correspondent that the operators, who are believed to be cronies of Mrs. Oduah, claimed to spend about N8 billion for the construction of the facility.

Our correspondent observed that some passengers with health challenges, aging travelers and those with children walked the distance to the car park before they could board any cab of their choice.

A source close to the FAAN told our correspondent that the policy was already affecting the financial status of the FAAN, as all other car parks within the international airport area were shut for the new car park to continue to reap huge profits at the expense of the authority.

Before the closure, there were no fewer than five other car parks in different locations within the airport premises.

The FAAN is believed to be earning at least N2 billion from car parks alone monthly, but with the new order, such funds will now go to Mrs. Oduah’s company.

One of the passengers with a baby strapped to her chest, who identified herself simply as Florence, decried the sordid situation in an interaction with our correspondent.

Florence lamented that every passenger is now forced to use the car park ostensibly in order to rake in funds for Mrs. Oduah’s company, stressing that at every airport across the world, motorists are given a few minutes to pick up their passengers and leave immediately.

She cited the example of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, where the authority allows motorists to either pick up or drop off their passengers within a few minutes without charge. Florence wondered why the reverse was the case with the FAAN at the international terminal.

“Since we all know that aviation is internationally regulated, I think the same standards should apply to all. Why will FAAN compulsorily divert every vehicle to the new terminal when they can easily pick up their family members or passengers within a few seconds at the arrival lounge? That’s the practice everywhere, even in high-security prone countries,” Florence said.

“Even in America, which prides security as its number one priority, and Heathrow Airport in London, passengers whose family members have come to pick them up are allowed. I don’t know why FAAN is insisting on this backward policy for everyone.”

Mrs. Oduah, as the former minister in the sector, had been sacked under controversial circumstances when it was discovered that she acquired two BMW cars at hyper-inflated rates of N355 million, among several other financial diversions within her 31-month tenure.

It would be recalled that the multi-story parking garage was commissioned on October 4, 2017.

Both the FAAN and Seymour Aviation Limited have had said that the opening of the car park would further ease traffic congestion at the airport. The two organizations said that the facility, a six-story building, has the capacity to accommodate 1,300 cars making it the biggest in the industry.

Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of FAAN, who was represented at the occasion by Salisu Daura, Director of Engineering Services, said that pick ups and drop offs of all passengers within the area would be moved to the new facility.

“FAAN has put in place measures to maintain the facility. Everyone, including passengers, must cooperate with us to make things work,” he said.

Francis Ikenga, the Managing Director, Seymour Aviation Limited, said that the facility was built to international standards with a waiting lounge, bomb detectors, a public address system and conveniences on each of the six floors.

http://saharareporters.com/2017/10/30/lagos-airport-passengers-compelled-use-stella-oduah%E2%80%99s-multi-story-parking-garage

La Liga plans to introduce video assistant referees (VAR) next season, the league's president Javier Tebas said on Tuesday.

Spain's top flight is the only one of Europe's top five leagues which has so far shunned the use of goal-line technology, much to the frustration of the teams.

While the only use of goalline technology is to determine whether the ball has completely crossed the goalline, VAR can be used to determine goals, red cards, penalties as well as cases of mistaken identity.

Last season Barcelona were not awarded a goal despite television replays showing the ball had crossed the line during a 1-1 draw with Real Betis. "Next season there will be VAR in La Liga, without a doubt," Tebas said at a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday. "We are making lots of progress in meetings about it right now and it will be ready very soon."
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/soccer-la-liga-to-introduce-var-next-season-tebas/articleshow/61648023.cms

cococandy:
Fine fine. Glad to see you had a good holiday

Yea

It was a fun day. I left my aunt's place around 1am cos I was so tired from eating all that food

My dream draw would be: Russia, Peru, Iran, Nigeria. In this group, the Super Eagles will have a 50-50 chance of even winning the group.

BTW, the draw ceremony starts at 4pm Nigeria time.

cococandy:
hi nwanne m nwoke

Hi nne. Kedu?

Humility017:
Dear....they're everywhere though not only on nairaland currenrly have two on my neck now....
to think one of them is a medical doctor baffles me.....all because they knew I work in a telecom company...she won't let me rest...airtime, data and money demand.

and i swiftly loose respect for women of such kind who shamelessly demand from guys....
me of before will give swiftly but now...I have grow sense rather than give one random girl a penny I will give my mom, sisters and friends who have been there for me all this while.....
instead.

so I don't think he lied....

It’s what you get in a society that largely discourages women from having big ambitions. A society that constantly lets women know that they will always be regarded as inferior to men.

I mean, why would a so-called medical doctor be asking for recharge card? Isn’t that foolishness?

For me, I have too much dignity to engage in open, shameless begging. I’d rather ask family for help than contact random people for that purpose.

pocohantas:
This is pleasing to the sight...but is the girl up to 18?

Heck no. The maid looks 12 or 13.

I completely agree with Joro’s list.

Ogbuefi20:
Raining season will disrupt the solar system in the south and energize it in north, this is another plan to denial the southerners their vote in 2019

FYI, solar panels also work when it’s raining. And the elections have been scheduled for February 2019, outside the rainy season.

seunmsg:
Good riddance! I wish him the best as he seeks to contest the 2019 presidential election on the PDP platform though.

However, Atiku's unelectability is still very much around to plague him. The baggage of corruption on his neck is too heavy to be ignored. 2019 will be a walk over for Buhari if PDP presents Atiku.

Which Buhari will walk over Atiku? Is it the Buhari who has plunged the economy into hyper inflation, resulting in mass penury amongst the populace?

This must be a big joke. Yes, Atiku is shady; so also is Buhari. But Atiku is miles ahead of Buhari when it comes to temperament and governing ideas.

Happy Thanksgiving from my side to yours

CrescentMoon:
You may still be in contact with that FortuneTeller that deactivated. Tell her that she can only run. She will never have rest.

Happy birthday to Thegoodjoe! Wishing you all the best in life.

tbaba1234:
In other news, my wife and i gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday evening. (About Midnight 9ja time) Mum and baby are good. Alhamdulillah.

Congrats man!

I smell blackmail charges on the lady. It may be “aggravated” blackmail cos the victim in this situation is a sitting US Congressman.

That’s the reason why I can’t send nudes. You never when someone would blackmail you.

AlfaSeltzer:
But she was happy when she woke up with me inside her and started moaning with pleasure and gyrating her hips and kissing me. Is is still rape?

I wouldn’t think that is rape. Even if she, say, 4 or 5 weeks or even 8 years after the fact, later claims that you raped her, it’s goung to be hard to prove the case without credible witness testimony i.e. the lady telling her friends about her ‘ordeal’.

That’s the basic reason why there is a statute of limitations on cases of sexual assault and/or rape.

Jupxter:
You be real PDP guy, nice work creating a scenery for your presentation, but i'm sure you know what i meant when i made that comment. If a lady is in a defined relationship with a guy, fine she can go all lose and remain safe, but outside the boundaries of a relationship, a well defined one, she's on her own

If the woman in question is the girlfriend or wife of the man, and she laid totally naked on the bed while she is asleep, then it will be difficult for a prosecutor to show that rape occurred if the man penetrated the woman.

Jupxter:
Was it her father's house? Or did she go there to test his restraint? Or didnt she envisaged the chances of getting raped sleeping alone on a bed in an undefined relationship?

It generally depends on the specific jurisdiction.
In some jurisdictions, if a woman is stark naked on another man’s bed, the man still doesn’t have the right to penetrate her, or perform some other sexual act on her without her implied or explicit consent.

Moreover, a married man cannot forcefully have sex with his wife without her consent. If he does so, he may be liable for marital rape.

AlfaSeltzer:
So I spent the night with my gf and we made sweet love. Then in the middle of the night I woke up and saw her sexy body by my side and the urge came and I penetrated her while she was still sleeping naked by my side. She woke up while I was inside her. Did I rape her?

I would say you raped her, even though she was naked. The fact that she was asleep can not imply that she consented to being penetrated

alexialin:
Poco, u are funny

I see fat girls posing with lingeries on mags.
Immediately I see them, I flip page..

Even though am not slim lol.


But curvy in the right places, fat girls posing does not appeal to my eyes at all.

The companies will keep using the slim or sexy girls..
Cos that's what attracts and sells.

When sales run down, person no go tell them

They go switch back to slim and sexy

For me, if I were running a lingerie line, I would hire models are between size 0 and 10. There should be greater diversity, in terms of body size, in the modeling industry.

Most Black men (or non-White guys) in general prefer a curvier figure to the stick-thin figure.

Chai. This woman needs a job fast!

Why drinking panadol for another person’s headache? Are Adesua’s family members complaining about anything?

The Falconets defeated Morocco 5-1 at the Sam Ogbemudia stadium today. The ladies won 6-2 on aggregate.

The Falconets will now face the winner between Burundi and South Africa in the last qualifying round. The winners will then qualify for the U-20 World Cup next year.

Has any other team won all it’s UCL and league games at this point in a season before?

This Man City side are turning into the new invincibles!

Senator Al Franken is now being accused of sexual harassment. He has issued a lengthy apology though.

MetalJigsaw:
I know but as far as FIfA is concerned, there is nothing like Central America because there are only two WC qualifying outlet in America: CONCACAF and CONMEBOL so both Peru and Costarica probably qualified from the same outlet so they can't be in the same group unless one from CONCACAF and the other from CONMEBOL, that North and South America. understand

Yes, Peru is from CONMEBOL, Costa Rica is from CONCACAF.

MetalJigsaw:
Two South American teams cannot be in the same group except Europeans.

Peru is in South America, whilst Costa Rica is in Central America

edi287:
I'm scared we'll get a tough group. Look at Pot 2

Best case scenario for the SE would be a group comprising Russia, Peru, Costa Rica, Nigeria. I’ll give our team an 85% chance of advancing from such a group.

On the other hand, the “group of death” would comprise Germany, Spain, Iran, Nigeria. I would put the SE’s chances of advancing at 3%.

aodis:
How abt shehu and Joel Noah Sareren Bazee Rohr is taking that guy to the W/C!

Sareren? How good is he?

tbaba1234:
No Shehu??

Shehu is in my team.

My ridiculously early prediction of Rohr’s 23-man World Cup squad...

GKs - Uzoho, Ezenwa, Alampasu (if Enyeama doesn’t return)

Defenders - Idowu, Echiejile, Ebuehi, Aina, Ekong, Balogun, Omeruo, Awaziem.

Midfielders - Mikel Obi, Shehu Abdullahi, Onazi, John Ogu, Ndidi, Joel Obi/Mikel Agu.

Forwards - Iwobi, Iheanacho, Kayode, V. Moses, Onyekuru, Ighalo.

Having a 6ft 5in player, in Uzoho, as our goalkeeper is massive. He will gobble up most of our opponents’ crosses, for sure. And if he plays at the WC, he will become the tallest Nigerian player ever at a World Cup.