Could Boko Harams also be poaching these and other animals to finance their senseless killings of their fellow humans? This should be looked into by the Nigerian intelligence.
I'll advice this young man to go seek political asylum if he is able to make it outside Nigeria. I'm sure the U.S. , Canada and the U.K. will grant him one. Himself and others can start a NADECO style of political activism from exile.
djdutch: The Nigeria Customs Service has reemphasized that passengers passing through any Nigeria international airports can only be allowed to go through with goods or items with only N50,000 or less current market value. Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hamid Ali (retd) This clarification was made by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, DC Joseph Attah on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs.
According to Attah, the clarification became necessary following a “misleading narrative on the social media by a woman who claimed that she was ill treated at the Abuja Airport by Customs on the bases of her gender and tribe because she was asked to pay duty on a personal item she brought into the country.
Attah said : “The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a misleading narrative by a woman(name withheld) whose claim of being ill treated at the airport on the bases of her gender, tribe or where she comes from is going viral on the social media”. “The woman arrived the country aboard BA083 at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja had claimed that she was singled out and slammed with Customs Duty payment for one pair of shoes and “a mini boy bag” that should have been allowed to pass freely as personal effects”. “There is therefore the need to make public what actually transpired to put the record straight, especially as she maliciously introduced gender, tribal and other unnecessary sentiments into what was simply a case of being told to pay duty as what was in her possession was far above the allowable value of N50,000.00 and certainly beyond what normal discretion would allow”. “Upon routine search of this passenger’s luggage, operatives discovered a Loius Vuitton bag and shoe. Obviously knowing the luxury brand (Loius Vuitton), she was asked to produce the receipt which will be the basis for duty calculation or not. She could not produce the receipt of what she claimed she bought at the duty free shop at the point of departure, saying the receipt was with her husband who did not travel with her”. “The officers had to take the long route of ascertaining the current worth of her items through the internet. The luxury items were found to be worth N570,467.40k.
Consequently, appropriate duty assessment of N165, 692.25k was made and given to her to pay into Federal Government coffer. Since she could not immediately pay, a detention notice was given to her showing that the items would remain with the Nigeria Customs Service until she pays and brings evidence of payment before they will be released to her”. “Instead of paying the assessed duty and pick up her items or request to see any superior officer should she have any reservation on the assessed value, she took to use of the social media drawing all sorts of conjectures, gender (even when the officer, Ms Essien who attended to her is a lady), tribe etc and even inciting the public against the Service…”. “For the avoidance of doubt, we are aware that many Nigerians complain about the allowable amount of N50,000.00, but until the law is changed, Nigeria Customs Service will continue to enforce the extant law that says personal effects shall not exceed the value of N50,000.00. Anything more than the approved value is considered Merchandise in Baggage and therefore liable for duty payment. We therefore call on members of the public to disregard these conjectures and give assurances of our resolve to treat all Nigerians with deserved courtesy and respect in the discharge of our statutory functions,” he added
Them wan just recover all the money wey dem use do election, una neva see anything. This na the beginning of the end of the one chance change abi next level of chain wey una enter.
Our pikin dey abroad, our brother dey overseas, my uncle dey obodo oyinbo, na em family go dey think but see as a human being dey struggle to survive. Nigerians back home make una self dey see wetin una family members dey experience, make uma no dey get high expectations of them.
lemon10: It's not all bed of roses studying overseas for Africans, especially Nigerians. We face different forms of racism in one way or the other. Nigerian students studying overseas lets please feel free to share the various forms of racism we have faced.
I am based in China and on so many occasions, some Chinese would rather prefer to stand than to sit next to an African on a public bus. The most annoying thing is that they worship Europeans and Americans.
Here, for Yankee, anytime I waka enter restaurants, Parking lot, stores, Gas Station, etc , una go just dey wonder wetin dey pursue light skin people - by light skin I mean people wey no be black or wey no get black blood flowing in them. The thing wey come funny pass na their men dey run pass their women, either drive quickly or hold their women and kids and waka paapaa like sey dem see demon. Una go just dey amaze at their Paranoia. As a black man I don learn to accept my lot in life for this obodo America. Una better understand why e be sey na black people dey die pass for their police hand. The thing wey black people dey experience here mouth no fit relate am finish.
LZAA: A pertinent question has been on my mind of late so i decided to ask NLnders if they can provide answer(s) to the question Please why is there no oba of ilorin like in other yoruba states Responses would be appreciated Cc immhotep Adaibeku Afonjaconehead bastardmod sarrki GMBuharii deomelo
It continues to bewilder me why and how a Nation as Nigeria got to where we are with regard to education. I weep for your generation and the ones unborn. How come History is no longer taught in schools? The reason and results are apparent .
You better go self-educate yourself. Go read the Afonja Alimi Saga to know and understand why and how Ilorin does not have an Oba but an Emir.
OlujobaSamuel: If disqualified, the party pry runner-up takes over or the v.p. The pdp or any other party can't get the mandate. Buhari was disqualified, not the party. Party owns the ticket, no one voted for Buhari but APC in the eyes of the law. Except we have an unusual case like that of Zamfara and Rivers where the party was disqualified which is very unlikely as it was an in-house work(APC members challenging themselves)
The ruling or whatever constitutionality behind the idea that people vote for party and not candidates is flawed.If electorates vote for party and not candidates then no campaign for individual candidates of political parties should be allowed, parties should just campaign for themselves and appoint or apportion positions to their members or candidates. You see why the Nigerian Constitution and the whole judicial system in Nigeria need a total clinical overhaul.
The present system by which Nigeria operates is a total mess.
The constitution is clear and this has been tested in court as well. We vote parties in Nigeria and not individuals
That’s why Amaechi was able to replace Omehia in River State
If the tribunal disqualify Buhari because of certificate then Osibanjo as the next in line in APC takes over and then nominates a new VP
That if the court determines that Buhari lied on his INEC form but upholds INEC declaration of the election that APC won.
There is however overwhelming evidence and if the court go by the evidence they will disqualify Buhari but also declare PDP winner of the election based on the contents of the real result sheets
Sorry you wey no speak grammar but dey compose syntax.
Nigeria with her fraudulent Constitution that has accelerated her decline in the last two decades. If you people no fix that fraud of a Constitution una no go ever progress. Also Nigeria's Supreme Court need a revamping, a nonpartisan supreme court is what the country requires to deliver real justice.
That’s if it is decided that APC won the election nonetheless
However I think there is enough evidence to show INEC falsified the results and denied Atiku victory
Atiku should be declared winner for the sake of our sanity as a Nation and our democracy
If Osinbanjo becomes the President when Buhari gets disqualified over certificate issues, I'm sure Osinbanjo's eligibility will be challenged up to the Supreme Court. By all rationality, if Buhari is disqualified, Osinbanjo is ineligible considering the joint ticket that brought them both on board as President/Vice-president,. The next in Line would be the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. If it were to be the United States of America, the House Leader, Nancy Pelosi and not Senate President, Mitch McConnell will be next in line after Trump and Pence is removed.
But hey, in the words of Falz " This is Nigeria.....everybody be criminal...
whoYouEpp: Good day and happy Eid Mubarak to our Muslim brothers and sisters all over. I have a friend who wants to further her study in Turkey, she wants to know if the economy is good and if there are job opportunities after schooling. Please help me out. Thanks. .
Turkey at the moment is deporting foreigners especially Syrians and Iraqis living without the legal papers. You may want to do your research well before you decide to move there.
I'll be travelling to Colorado for work in the next 2 weeks and I would like suggestions on good Nigerian restaurants/bars around Denver or Colorado Springs.....would be nice to know of any interesting events happening in the month of August.
I doubt if there is any within Denver Colorado, you may only find African stores or shops selling food stuff from Africa which you can cook.
MobileGees: What does the name Nigeria mean to you?
Nigeria is simply a geographical expression of the imperialists’ greed and spite.
Recently, I was on a flight from Dallas to London when I struck an interesting conversation with an American professor of African history. We talked...
about the human race and countries.
America, he said was named after an Italian explorer called Amerigo Vespucci. Amerigo was known to denote his discovered land a “New World”. So long after her independence, the New World appropriated quite well with the dream of all Americans
“What about Nigeria”? He asked me.
“Flora Shaw Lugard coined Nigeria and her inspiration was the river Niger”. I replied.
“Wrong”. The historian responded. “Republic of Niger was named after River Niger not Nigeria”. That’s what white historians want you to believe.
I don’t understand the gullibility of blacks. With resources but won't research but dwell and believe all the white man says” He added.
Nigeria simply means “The Nigger Area” or “Land of the Black slaves”. Nigger was a common derogatory slang used for slaves” He bluntly said.
His words hit my heart sharply and I was grateful the cabin lights were dim so he couldn’t see the expression on my face. It was a night flight; we had 9 more hours to our destination so I had all the time to listen. Sipping slowly on my orange juice I beckoned on him to continue
The West African Region identified as Nigeria today was known to have supplied more slaves than any other country. The quality of human “cargo” was supreme and priced much more than slaves from other West African countries. The men were strongly built and expert cotton farmers.
Only wealthy plantation owners could afford slaves from “Nigeria”. Little wonder, slaves from your country were nicknamed “black gold” and the British slave ship named “White Lion” brought them into Virginia.
“I am still not convinced” I shot at the grey bearded historian.
“Very well, lets start this way” he continued...
What gave River Niger its name?
I looked blankly at him…
It’s the European Slave traders and done for easy mappings. That river was the longest cutting across many black lands.
River Niger simply means the River of Niggers or Negroes as you wish to say.
Listen dear Natasha, you must have an open mind to first agree that most of what you were taught in Nigerian history is distorted and made to confuse the people.
I said nothing and he kept on talking
The imperialists were very brutal with no humane sentiments to Africa. Their business was simply to exploit and trade for their advantage. The Berlin Conference of 1885 legalized Africa as distant colonies to the imperialists.
Most African countries were named by what suited the “masters”
Ghana was named Gold Coast because the abundance of gold Britain exploited.
Zimbabwe was named Rhodesia by Mr. Cecil Rhodes who treated the country like his company.
Oh, lastly he added, the oil colony of the Niger Delta part of Nigeria was called the Slave Coast.
It was so when Asaba was the capital of the Southern Protectorate under the ownership of Sir. George Goldie the founder of the Royal Niger Company which had headquarters in Lokoja
Natasha, I hope you know that Sir. Goldie sold the Southern Nigeria protectorate (land and people) to the British Government for £865,000 (eight hundred and sixty five thousand pounds) in the year 1899.
“Finally, finally” he added. “there was a debate on whether to name your country Negroland or Nigritia as you were the most populated black nation. However, those on Nigritia won and the word was added in the Century Dictionary in 1904 to mean a large territory of niggers/negros”
Thanks for your “lecture” I said
Listen, I am sorry if I upset you but your country is greatly admired world wide for its great resources especially its people. What happened to them is distortion of facts to enable indirect rule function at the detrimental discord of its people
All Nigerian people need do is reach out to their core and harness a common vision which can bring forth the missing patriotism. You guys will be a world power in no time with your fire and potentials. But first…
- reach your core
- find your truth
- build your nation
Hint: Ask for the Southern and Northern amalgamation contracts. These should be made public for Nigerians to know. Get to know what terms Nigeria was married upon.
I know the Royal Niger Company was given some dubious rights to half of all mining revenue for 99 years from 1900.
These documents should be with the British government, United African Company and Leventis companies as there were parented from the Royal Nigeria Company. That’s if they are missing at your government’s administration.
That’s right… UAC and Leventis are owned by ex slave traders and still grow their empires in Britain.
“Thanks once again dear sir. I need to get to my seat for some sleep”. I appreciated.
Just as I got to my seat, we hit turbulence and the seatbelt sign came on.
The plane shook violently, my mind went to late Pius Adesanmi and I made a silent prayer for him.
I took a look at the live travel map that showed we were flying above the “Natashquan River” in Canada.
What? A river bearing a similarity with my name sounding like “Natasha Can”
Maybe this is a sign that I should not let this experience go but research more and share with you.
So I arrived Nigeria and began to research deeply; bearing in mind the professor warned that not all books are published as some information are preserved for the “discerning"
I searched up the Century Dictionary, the Slave ship named “White Lion”, Flora Shaw and the naming of Nigeria (what a story), the naming of the Republic of Niger; the Slave Coast of Niger Delta, Sir Goldie, Royal Niger Company, History of UAC & Leventis. the amalgamation contract
Wait a second… I searched for the 1914 Nigeria Amalgamation contract and found no answer. We know the English men to be high on documentations and record keeping so where are the amalgamation papers?
If you still don't believe let me ask you some quick questions Who signed on behalf of Nigeria?
- Awolowo was born in 1909 and was 5 years at 1914
- Azikiwe was born in 1904 and was 10 at 1914
- Balewa was born in 1912 and was 2 years old at 1914
- Ahmadu Bello was born in 1910 and was 4 at 1914.
It’s clear that the formation and naming of our beloved country is shrewd.
We are lost… but we can find our bearing if we begin not only to have discussions about our existence but take proactive remedial steps.
Some would shove this off as “mere history”. However, remember the proverb “a river that forgets its source runs dry”.
2019 elections may have come and gone. A lot of cases hope for redemption at the tribunal. But I say this, its not over yet. We all can put voices demanding for disclosures of amalgamation/naming docs. However, legislative and executive power matters in quickening the processes.
The Kogi governorship election comes up later in the year. Going through history, you shall see the possibilities of a New World being born from Kogi state.
Its possible to get a governor who would begin discussions towards a willing coalition of regions.
Until then, Nigeria is just a name given to a lucrative land of strong negro... The poverty capital of the world… a land afraid to be great. A land which feels it doesn’t deserve to be industrialized, educated, healthy and wealthy.
What’s in a name they say?
EVERYTHING!!!
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I love this intellectual conversation you had but I'm very sad and disappointed in the quality of responses and replies to this conversation on here. If I'm to borrow the statements attributed to the Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, He said, “Nigerian youths are full of spunk outside but when they are inside Nigeria, they are full of gas. We are building a generation of illiterates. They are the first to comment on the internet on issues they are ignorant about. When you talk about education, I get texts from the New Generation and can’t believe these texts are from the youth.’' It amazes me how a generation is wasted and allow themselves to be rendered useless to the generations to come.
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Politics › Re: 250 Elephants Sighted In Boko Haram’s Battlefield In Borno (Photo) by printemps: 4:01pm On Dec 27, 2019
Una go just dey amaze at their Paranoia.
