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I just saw this on LinkedIn by a Muhammad Jamal stating that his 32 years old wife was appointed by the president of Columbia as the Honorary consul to Nigeria.

I hope our youths get here one day but the youths also need to up their game.

I would like to hear from those from the North especially. For me I live in the North central region and from my little knowledge SARS is not as notorious or menacing as it is in the south, so I assume that's why there isn't much clamour up hear.

Those in the Northeastern and Northwestern what is your experience, is SARS/community relationship a problem there?

Beautiful, ain't it?

this interesting

ok let me try

I have over my previous posts criticize the lack of depth, analysis and quite frankly knowledge of our media houses.
The news today about fuel price increase is true although that's not the whole truth. You would expect our media house to have various units/experts in the editorial section to dissect news before they are rushed to publishing.

The truth is that the price communicated by government is the Depot price AND NOT THE PUMP PRICE. The pump price is composed of various components such as TRANSPORTATION, DEALERS MARGIN etc. (marketers won't just buy from NNPC Depots - NNPC is currently the sole importer - and sell at depot price.
The implication is that pump price will definitely be more than 151.56 after all these costs above are factored in.

Dont be surprised if tomorrow you see misleading headlines like: "MARKETERS SELLING ABOVE GOVERNMENT PUMP PRICE OF 151.56"

Let's demand more from those who hold responsibilities- Leaders and media alike

I think the US Stock market cap is more than that.

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I see you've updated it

The tickets are for my family and I dont have any future plan of bringing them down to lagos again.

what if I started the refund process before the lock down or "act of God". But could not be concluded because of the lockdown

I know there are many in my shoes; I booked five tickets from from Abuja to lagos for my family members before lockdown. I am now requesting a refund and the airline is telling me the lockdown was "an act of God" and cannot refund me.
The problem is my family will not be visiting lagos now or in future so they cant use the ticket again.

Any one in my shoes

I know there are many in my shoes; I booked five tickets from from Abuja to lagos for my family members before lockdown. I am now requesting a refund and the airline is telling me the lockdown was "an act of God" and cannot refund me.
The problem is my family will not be visiting lagos now or in future so they cant use the ticket again.

Any one in my shoes

hmmm, How I wish journalists will do a thorough job and get us the "story behind the story".
Is this some kind of exorcism, does the child have ASD and the parents are ashamed of him, how wide spread is this act of locking up these kind of people...
what do the neighbours, relatives have to say...
(But I might be asking too much of our journalists)

I know it was a mistake, but the pics with the eclectic trains (with power lines) aren't Nigerian

Revolva:
Truth to be told when I was in Ghana they were asking me if I was Igbo or other tribe from Nigeria

They don't like igbos I swear .
, My advise to you guys if you know you want to do business in Ghana don't speak Igbo to their hearing ..speak pidgin to your fellow Naija brother o..the day they know you are Igbo ..the day they hate you passionately..u less you prove to them that you are not but explanation of the various minority tribes surrounding majority tribes

If this is true, then there is a serious problem. Igbos need to get their act and attitudes together both home and abroad. And Nigerians need to react to this as a Nigerian problem not treat it as just a problem for the igbos

Samunique:
The South West APC has commended Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for his advocacy for the shift of the Presidential Power to the Southern Nigeria after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. This commendation became necessary


My people will never learn !!!

Up till now, they are yet to understand what taqiyyah is all about and how these northern political demons use it again and again to manipulate them politically .

Let them continue to praise and hail, until "water gushes out from behind the snail shell"( ti omi ba ti eyin igbin jade ) and then it will be too late .

This is nothing but a pure deceptive political statement from the Kaduna terrorist

What? must you display islamophobic tendencies even in politics. Do our politicians really know God let alone religion in it's real sense.

Nigerian journalists will no kill us. The article mentioned 3 main challenges that triggered this industrial action by NUPENG, what are the details of these 3 challenges, Nigerian journalists didn't deem it necessary to tell us.

I know Nigeria is rotten, and there are likely shreds of truth in this allegation

hmmm

Our media houses have a long way to go

I am not a journalist but years of reading reputable articles from world renowned magazines has made me expect some level of structure in an article.

For example the title of the article chosen by the author himself begs for answers, yet nowhere in the article did he answer it (Title: JB promise to deliver as contracted), any sophisticated reader will expect to find the details of the contract delivery date mentioned.

The article rather gives the impression it is more interested in painting the picture of how the "comported" MD of JB gave a "respectfully but emphatic" response.

#SMH

Goodness me I was hoping to see discussions on the contents of the clips only to see people booking space. Gosh.

Most important find out what she's allergic (triggers) to and let her avoid it like a plague.

cjrane:
It's not a new thing. Even Prophet Mohammed had carnal knowledge of a minor

unfortunately bigoted islamaphobes like you have little concern for the victim nor the crime itself but just to promote the self consuming hatred and bigotry burning in you. For your information the young girl was raped and body hidden in the mosque (which had been closed to the public due to the lock down) so most likely the criminals were hiding the body where thought no one will find her - for a while, or so they thought.
May the perpetrators be exposed

4 previous years and another additional 1 so far and this is all Niger state government can offer.

Besides I travelled the so mentioned 21 km suleja project 3 days ago, How does a state government build roads without drainage or pedestrian path in a dense place like suleja? And I thought the FG is already working on izom - maje - dikko road? (dualization) why is the state government claiming it.

perhaps you should tell us how much the project cost, after spending over 700million on covid with less than 10 cases, no material isolation centre and no significant palliative given out.

abeg no vex me o

SpatialKing:
If Adesina was from SS/SE region.. The story and tones from the SW region would have been different..

You would hear statements like

"Allow him to defend himself"
"SS/SE like defending their sons unlike we in the SW"
"Anyone that has worked with GEJ we aren't supprised"
"Nobody should interfere with US probe"


Now because their son is involved...

I agree with you. Some Nigerians have a way of trivializing issues. But this is nor one of those and should not be one of those. Besides I am not from the SW.

@joyandfaith I dont think I agree with you on aligning with the Anglo-American power block, and I am for using this opportunity to recalibrating our Sino-Africa trade relationship. Most of the bright development spots on the continent are countries that have gotten their China partnership right - Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa etc. and China is their biggest trade partner.

Beside I find it hard to identify any concrete socially impactful FDI from the west.

joyandfaith:
what should we do? to align with China?

No. but let's engage everyone based on the merits of our own interests.

what do you mean

AfDB's 10 biggest shareholders:

Nigeria: 9.1%; US: 6.5%; Egypt: 5.5%; Japan:5.4%;

South Africa: 4.9% Algeria: 4.1%; Germany: 4%;

Canada: 3.8%; Ivory Coast: 3.7%; France: 3.6% (Source BBC)

In the age of politics, national interests and selfish foreign policy Nigeria needs to stand her grounds and protect her national interest (not necessarily at the expense of the continent but against foreign meddling).

I am pretty sure this sudden interest of the Americans with who heads the bank is not unconnected with her "cold war" with China, China is doing more business in Africa while America is busy setting up military bases across the continent - they have suddenly realized the fallacy of their approach. And if trump's foreign policy antecedents are anything to go by then America first is his slogan. Beside Africa has no business taking sides in this conflict all we need to do is look at which partnership has benefited the continent in terms of developing the continent's critical infrastructure the Americans or the Chinese? Then let's also pursue our selfish national interests and foreign policy and stay away from taking sides.

It is important to note two things here

1 upfront salary
2. Industry

Upfront salary is some percentage of your annual salary paid to you upfront in January. This is normally 45 to 55% depending on the CBA. Say for instance you earn 400k monthly, your annual salary is 4.8 million. Hence a 55% upfront payment will mean you will get a January salary of 2.6 million (from the 4.8 annual salary) and just 180k for the remainder of the 11 months.

As someone mentioned the energy industry pays high salary on average. If the DPR as a regulator decides to pay less it risk attracting unskilled workforce and losing it's best hands to the oil companies it seeks to regulate. Another thing is poor salaries make them prone to bribery in an industry like oil and energy.

Why is our past always brighter than the future? I fear curse is yet to be lifted.

My question is,

Almajiri, is a corrupted Arabic word (Al-Muhajir) loosely meaning emigrants. it was an ancient form of scholarly apprenticeship where students travel out to seek knowledge from renowned scholars. These almajiris used to be noble custodians of learning and the ways of learning and thus were held in high esteem in the society to the extent that where ever they migrated to they were fed and accommodated by their host scholar/community while they focused on learning.
it also meant they were one of the most exposed set of people travelling from Timbuktu to Tripoli in pursuit of knowledge.
Unfortunately we live in a new world, and old ways don't fare well in a new world. It is a relic that needs to be modernized or changed all together. But prejudice they say die hard.

I hope the current realities open the eyes of its proponents to the monstrosity it has morphed into