No safe harness worn by inspection team on a construction site..Nothing!

Nigerian leaders need to learn the basics and this shows the class of the construction company being used.

They should have insisted everyone wears the safety harness (boots, helmets , googles and ear ear plugs if applicable)

The guy lead her on in my opinion. She really did not ask him for a phone. He is the one that kept asking unnecessary question in that direction.

Reference:


Will you shut this brazen stupidity. People who have what you need are telling you what they want and you are talking trash. You cannot pay your workers. You borrow to build your roads thus mortgaging your childrens future and here are people willing to partner and you are insulting.

You think investors don't have conditions and will just throw their money into any hole they find. If you go to a bank to borrow won't the bank give you conditions. If you borrow dollar will you repay naira. If I told you to bring money to invest in my business and I told you that you cannot get it back, what will you say. Did MTN bring naira into this country in 2001.

If this silly government cannot sit up and clean its investment house then it should hang up a sign that clearly reads "closed for business" and we should go a borrowing. Thr same conditions these multinationals give us is the same they give to every country they invest in. Nigeria cannot expect to be treated differently.

If this government is concerned about capital flight they should turn their attention to multinational contrators who come briefcase in hand and are awarded multibilkion dollar contracts to offer services we have not been able to localise in sixty years of independence. Some of these contrators came into Nigeria in the seventies and eighties and have laid down to skewer the economy being a constant feature on our annual budgets while ferrying scarce forex back home. The government has no problems withthese since their slices of the pie are guaranteed but because investors don't 'shake body' they are subjected to frustrating, vindictive practices and policies.

Continue down to the path of destruction with jaudiced thinking . Shey strike is coming. You will beg for investment at any condition. Just wait..... broke ass folks deceiving themselves.... nonsense.

God bless you.

They lack the intellectual capacity to understand investor want ROI and a government cannot wake up and ask an investor to bring 8 billion dollars back. In fact, the same company must have invested more than 20 billion dollars into the Nigerian economy but our govt still wants their profits kept here even after collecting all sorts of tax. Is this the initial agreement? If I have money to invest, will I bring it into a country which flip flops her polices based on who is in power?

I wrote it here that the MTN issue will back fire, now the CBN is trying so hard to bring back investors confidence by saying they are carefully looking at the issue. Isn't that what they should have done in the first place before rushing to the media?

Mrval20:

I know him, he's quite famous here. However, we need to understand that this forum is very popular, more popular than we think. We have lots of non Nigerians who visit this forum on a daily basis (I know this from my personal experience)

It might also interest you to know that data is collated from this forum for different analysis.

We need to counter some of these negative comments on important topics like this one. Everything no suppose be joke for this country. When data is pulled from this topic, it's either positive, negative or neutral (nothing like sarcastic) and you already know where his comment belongs. Plus, you know there'll be a high number of likes on his comment... It goes a long way to present our collective opinion on any given topic.

This is my opinion anyway. What do I even know.

God bless you!

Xaos:
I've been blessed!

Chei! What perfect set of beautiful soft melons...

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Yet someone will claim there's no God!! That's folly.

Nuzo1:
First, just like Atiku; Nnamdi Kanu is a monumental fraud. Most of us Igbos and other Nigerians are very much aware of this.

While Atiku is getting popular for the seat of presidency because Buhari has failed woefully. Nnamdi Kanu is also getting popular because there has been an obvious and crass discrimination against a section of Nigeria since the sixties.

I will never vote for Atiku neither will I ever take Nnamdi Kanu serious. But where there's intentional INJUSTICE, any fraudster and rifraff from anywhere with a message of hope and redemption will always attract the sympathy of the people being unjustly treated.

No country has ever developed with INJUSTICE. A sitting president who is always verbal about "one Nigeria" has the guts to publicly divide Nigeria into 97% 5% just because of common choice of vote!

I am for one Nigeria, but Nigerians are not ready. And so far they are not ready, fraudsters like Atiku and Kanu will always get more popular.

Brilliant!!!

AfroMighty:
Trying to picture the fate of Nigeria the day gun will become something we can all get easily...

The number of illegal guns in Nigeria already so high that you will be shocked it is illegal to carry weapons. It as high as if it is legal

What I observed, especially those that I think their reasons are genuine, with just 10 million Naira, one can fulfill almost 90% of the request on this thread.

Now, imagine when a politician steals 500 million NAIRA for example, he has so much power and control.

Our leaders are wicked, with very little thay can do a lot but the gap between the haves and "have not's" must be maintained for them to remain relevant.

It is well.

So what is your own version of the truth?

Iwobi should be man of the match..Awesome passes

OdikwaRisky:
bxches aint shiit but hoes and tricks...

Dr Dre!!!

If true. APC is in For the toughest contest yet for Lagos state.

APC might not win Lagos governorship in 2019.

Jimi did well against Ambode and this is quite strategic from PDP

obailala:
It might hurt you to know this, but the lady in question is already tired of the relationship but isn't bold enough to say it for fear of hurting you; the church thing is just a suitable excuse she's used to keep you at bay. If she's still into you, while being born again may stop her from getting intimate or physically close, it wouldn't prevent her from talking to you; infact the lack of physical touch would even push her to want to talk more out of fear of losing you over the 'lack of intimacy' thing.

It's very likely she's being distracted by another guy right now; she's not dating the other guy (yet) and may never do, but there's likely someone out there who's singing the very kind of songs she really wants to hear in her ears every day. That explains why she no longer has your time or has reduced communication with you. It's likely this new dude may also be chipping in the religious card which she wants to hear, so her inner mind is currently battling with the silly idea that the new guy is the one she divinely needs and not you who is 'carnal' and a 'bad influence'.

Once again, this might hurt, but it seems her mind is already messed up and stolen for good; you lost her already and by sticking around, you would just complicate matters for yourself. To save yourself further trauma, organise a meet up with her and thoroughly drill her till she confesses the truth about whether she's still interested in your relationship or not. Goodluck!

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Well said.

The moment a lady stopped talking to you, the relationship is over. They may withdraw sex but communication is important to them.

100% of the time, when someone is too busy to talk to their partner, that person is no longer their partner. Fact!

BlaqCoffee109:
Is that why their 4G is as slow as 2G? In any case the Nigerian Authorities are right on this. As for the Rewane guy, shame on him, his statement reeks of someone who has just been bought over...does he understand the effect of the MTN tax evasion on the Nigerian economy and the unhealthy precedence it sets for other so called investors? What investors need are tax break not tax evasion...MTN can not try this same rubbish in the US or UAE for that matter.Worse still is MTN doing business in Nigeria all these years and not being listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange...that has been undermining the Nation and trust me, the Nigerian Authorities have been lenient with the penalty. Solid economies defines Nations Politically on the global stage, we are not yet on the part to industrialization self.

MTN did not evade tax. It is the government that came back years later to claim they made in mistake in calculations. MTN provided 82 boxes of evidence to the government for review, they did not even bother to look at it.

Are you aware it was not the FIRS that cried foul but the office of the attroney general. Now the CBN is saying the banks and MTN may not really have nay case to answer. They are now doing what they should have done first, listen to the banks and MTN. Instead they rushed to the press, because under Buhari, this kind of news seems to be an achievement.

The overall negative impact it could have on the stock exchange was not properly thought through.

Even the fine due to unregistered SIMS was outrageous in my opinion. Are digitalcrimes not still being committed now that SIMS are registered?

The smart way to go.

If they go to the stock exchange now, they will not be getting the true value for the listed shares. The announcement plunged the share value by more than 35% , ant right thinking business, especially a very strong brand like MTN will not rush to list under such circumstance.

She wants to drink soft drink like boys do sometimes, all the time , when they are thristy and her choice is SPRITE.

The army general and people on that bus were killed on that highway and their vehicle pushed into the pond.

Nogodye:
That's good.Federal Government should encourage companies in all geo political zones to fix all the bad federal roads that leads to their companies or the ones close to them. and let there be a tax holiday for them...

That will be a distraction to serious businesses.

You better stay back. There are several Nigerian hustlers in London that will gladly come back to take that 80k job.

Unless you have some very special skills in some certain fields which you feel pays well over there.

There is always room for growth here.

ifymadu:
Nice one, I can bet most of those girls have never been to Nigeria before. They are all US based just showing patriotism to a country being ruled by a lifeless individual.

That’s how they went to th UN General Assembly to sleep. Of all places, the lifeless APC leaders chose to sleep at the UN meeting where serious world issues were been deliberated. Useless lifeless thieves.

Nkechi Akasili is home based , plays for first bank.

Aisha Mohammed played for Customs before going to USA

They all camped in Lagos for more than 2 weeks before departure ...

AY!

AY!!

AY!!!

Nairalanders do not read.

A top govt official in aviation sector is trying to manipulate the laws so they can take the two planes off the rightful owmers, Topbrass.

The owners called the unlawful relocation of their assets (planes) theft..

That is the summary

Age is a bastard!

FG imposed billion dollar fines on one of the biggest investors in Nigeria without fair hearing on an issue FG could be wrong and we all wonder why investors lost confidence a week later in businesses here.

When was the last time GTB stock fell?

If MTN were to be quoted on our stock exchange, it will worse than 155 billion.

FGs action in recent times to succesful businesses is responsible for this.

If I am an investor, I will also take my money out.

Our policies does not encourage investors.

We only say it, our actions says otherwise.

The guy boarding the bike needs attention too. It is adrenalin that kept him standing. He needs first aid fast or he might go into shock and die too later. Riding a bike will increase air pressure on the exposed skin and chances of infection. He should be covered in clean cloth and immobilized..

Sad!

SIRTee15:


Honestly I'm beginning to feel nairaland is filled with bitter n frustrated people with extremely low IQ. ....
Just look at the cynical remarks on this thread...
Unlike Nigerians in quora....
Very intelligent folks with smart n relevant contribution to challenging topics.....
If not for Nigerians I meet on quora....
I'll have written off nigeria as a hopeless case...

Any rubbish comment gets liked on nairaland. So, they all rush to type nonsense just to get likes.

On Quora, if your answer is rubbish, no likes and it will be pushed down no one will see it.

Nairaland should find away to rank comments. Relevant comments stay on top and invariably on the first pages. However, that might create another issue as the mods seems to act like the posters too sometimes

LaudableXX:

Don't mind them. Majority of those jumping up and down on this thread, do not know the first thing about telecoms firms, or the way they operate. When it comes to Mobile Switching Centres (MSC) for example, it is the big telco infrastructure companies like Motorola, Ericsson and Siemens that play in this field. They are the OEMs. MTN does not manufacture one single pole, modem, RF radio or antennae for its operations.

These telco infrastructure firms bring in the equipment, sell it to MTN, Airtel, Glo and co, and then maintain it for a stipulated number of years. And they all have offices and warehouses in Lagos. So how can govt tell us that their Federal Ministry of Finance officials all over the federation, as well as tax authorities at federal and state level, including Nigerian Customs Services turned a blind eye to the fact that MTN was not paying taxes and import duties, for 10 whole years?!! Haba! Make dem dey lie, small-small nah!

If what govt is saying is actually true, then every senior staff of the Ministry of Communications, as well as Ministry of Finance, including FIRS and Customs, from the level of director upwards, should be sacked with immediate effect! They have failed woefully in this regard!

You know your onions.

I know Nigerian telecoms industry very well and I am still actively participating in it.

It is the typical Nigerian, take over anything successful for frivolous reasons. The politicians are behind this. The see MTNs numbers and want a piece of the pie. Unfortunately, they are going about it the wrong way.

LaudableXX:

Oga, please read my initial post with understanding, before you jump to vague conclusions. Govt claims MTN did not pay taxes for 10 years, which is highly improbable. MTN cannot be held liable for not paying import duty, as their telecoms equipment were imported by their sub-contractors, and NOT directly by MTN! You need to look at their sub-contractors like Siemens, Ericsson, Vodacom, Reime, Harris Communications, etc who imported, installed and maintained telecoms equipment such as masts, switching centres, Base Transceiver Sites (BTS), antennae etc., at MTN sites.

If MTN did not pay WHT for 10 years, how did it escape the notice of the tax authorities all through those 10 years??! People need to ask relevant questions, please! Their annual reports have always been published both locally and internationally, so why wasn't it challenged since by govt? Where did MTN get the figures they have been posting under payment of taxes, and how come no govt agency ever challenged it all this while?

You are the one of the reasonable fellow on this thread, if not this site.

Most Nigerians lack the capability to see the bigger picture.

What this govt is trying to do is take over that company. It is quite clear right from the first year.

It is no coincedence that they are being attacked by different govt agencies including NLC.

Is the govt saying MTN cooporate governance and ethics worst than GLOs?

This turned into a lamentation thread.

If true, the girl is not proud of their relationship. She is not so into him and still willing to test the waters

omoelerin1:
Yeye Foundation and some hypocritical donors.

Haven't you guys seen him or any other people like him Hawking goods on the high ways, which is very risky to their lives and health before? You never new he ought to be supported with money until he gave gala to some criminals who are probably charged with murder and robbery.

Good bless you. Attention seeking people

I hate notice me givers.

The gala seller did his without knowing anyone is watching. He is really not interested if people find out.

Now these ones jumped on the bandwagon and are giving him money and taking pictures and we are applauding them?

They are just seeking attention. Why not give him the money codedly without the pictures meant for social media.