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Romance / Re: My Girlfriend Fights Every Lady That Talks To Me by Gerrard59(m): 12:14pm
superCleanworks:


seems nairaland is paying people to fabricate useless fables and keep people commenting.

if this story is actually true (which I doubt), then I suggest you marry that girl immediately.

I don talk this thing before but Seun denied it, but the kind of topics I read calls for its questioning.
Celebrities / Re: Wofai Fada’s In-laws Reject Marriage To Their Son, Release Public Statement (Pic by Villa12(m): 12:11pm
Zonefree:
She's 38, he's barely 30.


Whopping 8 years difference. shocked


I got nothing to say, let God's will be done.


Happy married life to Wofai. Every woman deserves a Man in her life.
wetin you dey talk guy? This man wey i dey see 30 grin

You really funny

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Celebrities / Re: Wofai Fada’s In-laws Reject Marriage To Their Son, Release Public Statement (Pic by PepeXKermit: 12:11pm
dominique:
So na dem get Aboyade Cole Street. Make dem rest jare. They're in no position to make decisions for their ADULT son

na poor man talk be this. rich families are always involved in the marriage decision of their children. mind you, in Africa, you are not marrying just the man but his family. it has always been like that and it wont change. In Asia, they do the same too.

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Celebrities / Re: Wofai Fada’s In-laws Reject Marriage To Their Son, Release Public Statement (Pic by Odin13: 12:08pm
I support this family..

They know wetin dem talk

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Family / Re: I Cheated-my Marriage Is Falling Apart by adecz: 12:07pm
Maysdevices:



I feel very pained, your teenage rant has finished me 😢🤡



You being finished is better 👍 for you,
me and the entire NL family❗️❗️❗️😉


Pls remain " finished" as you take your
mouth talk...
Family / Let's Talk About Fish by Mustapha102(m): 12:06pm
What do you know about Maiduguri dried fish?
First, we get our fish directly from Baga fish market, located in Baga village in Kukawa local government in Borno state.
The Baga fish market is one of the biggest fish markets in West Africa.
Maiduguri fish is well known to taste better than other fishes in Nigeria and also cheaper than other fishes in Nigeria. I don't sell per piece.
Wholesale sales are per carton not per piece, but we can come to a consensus when you make payment and I buy your fish, if you are satisfied with the pieces they will be sent to you if you are not within 48 hours refund will be made...Oyah patronize your guy ooooo
They are available in Gino, Maggie medium and Aspen cartons
✅Dry smoked catfish price ranges of carton # 8k,15k, 25k, 45k 65k
✅ Mangala fish price ranges from of cartons # 10k, 20k, 35k, 55k 75k
All readily available
No miss this opportunity oo😊😊
I mustapha deliver like the Hebrew women😂😂
My location is Borno state but i deliver Nationwide
Call/chat 08063592594 to place order
Politics / Re: 450 Sent Deported , 79 Being Rehabilitated. Nice One Lagos State. by dealslip(f): 12:04pm
Odin13:


Madam I no be igbo

Arewa with igbo blood

.. and so proud of them

Also ijaw igala and nupe blood runs in me..

Are you a lagosian? Or just Yoruba ..be proud

And I am telling you today here and now.. no tribe can be tribally deported on a flimsy reason..

If you deport Arewa .. Arewa will deport all mechanic and Yoruba drivers in the north

Even you deport igbos they will do same to your yoruba people in their land

Nobody get monopoly

So go and sleep and stop foaming dust

This is Nigeria not Yoruba republic

Am done with you

Till then make Yoruba do their worst to any Nigeria tribe and get it 20 times over

Simple
Suddenly you are WAZOBIA having heritage every where. You are not any Arewa. Arewa people don't talk or mock anyone. You are Igbo. The typical comments can't be mistaken.

I don't know how many times I have to reiterate my Lagos heritage. But that poison you have been fed, that Lagos is a no man's land will make you doubt everyone who is says they are Lagosians.

I don tell you, pregnancy is not hidden forever. Na we get land, na we sabi wetin we go do. The name Dog go name him pikin dey inside in mind. For now continue to make yourself happy over Lagos and Yoruba matter because that's the only kind of joy you have, if you focus on your self, the reality of your sad life will be starring you in the face and you can't bear the pain - that Odin13 is the reality of your Narcissistic life

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Celebrities / Re: Genevieve Nnaji's 45th Birthday Photos by Austineva(m): 12:04pm
JoeEeL:
Fine classy and very mature woman wey no dey fight for spotlight or attention. I no talk say she perfect or she holy pass o, but she's very mature.

It's very rare to have such a brilliant and well-achieved nigerian lady, who come beautiful ontop, wey no come dey fight for attention or popularity.

But the remaining women, chai... they can even sponsor propaganda or pay bloggers just to fight for attention. Many of these are just confirmed oloshos, fake actresses, others na from useless shows like bbnaija or useless beauty pageantry... and the rest, all they know is to dress half-nude to stir controversies etc.

Names like tiwa, ayra starr, regina daniels, tonto dike, nkechi blessing, toke makinwa, blessing ceo, mercy, anita joseph, destiny etiko (the papa of this werey die, the girl go funeral, set yansh low, pose for camera, con dey cry), niniola, phyna, tolanibaj, angel, hilda baci, ilebaye etc.
my mannnn grin grin grin. You carry vawulence come this morning o🤣🤣🤣
Happy Sunday Sir!🙏

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Religion / Re: When Your Dating Partner Is Disturbing You For Marriage by MichaelSokoto(m): 12:02pm
LadyRosa:
tongue

If you rush in, you will be rushed or dragged out.
Marriage should no be a parlour party.

When I was under pressure to marry, I almost made a terrible mistake of marrying someone. Thanks to my Godmother, who stood her ground and vowed the marriage will not happen.

if u are married now then dat godmother is an angel from above...

but if u are not yet married, sorry to say

dat godmother is an ekwensu!

na me talk am I no fear anybody!
cool

Romance / Let's Talk About Fish by Mustapha102(m): 11:57am
What do you know about Maiduguri dried fish?
First, we get our fish directly from Baga fish market, located in Baga village in Kukawa local government in Borno state.
The Baga fish market is one of the biggest fish markets in West Africa.
Maiduguri fish is well known to taste better than other fishes in Nigeria and also cheaper than other fishes in Nigeria. I don't sell per piece.
Wholesale sales are per carton not per piece, but we can come to a consensus when you make payment and I buy your fish, if you are satisfied with the pieces they will be sent to you if you are not within 48 hours refund will be made...Oyah patronize your guy ooooo
They are available in Gino, Maggie medium and Aspen cartons
✅Dry smoked catfish price ranges of carton # 8k,15k, 25k, 45k 65k
✅ Mangala fish price ranges from of cartons # 10k, 20k, 35k, 55k 75k
All readily available
No miss this opportunity oo😊😊
I mustapha deliver like the Hebrew women😂😂
My location is Borno state but i deliver Nationwide
Call/chat 08063592594 to place order
Autos / Re: Toyota Camry 2013 Foreign Used by Amdat: 11:54am
If I say I should answer you the way you talk they will say am rude but let me just get something clear to you if you are a car importer or a car dealership you will no how much we spend in just custom clearance shipping and other. assume you bought a car of 7m and using 4m+ in process of custom clearance and repair shipping how much do u want us to sell 10m can you pray for ur self to do business without gain aba u such a person that doesn't look well before talking you are only looking at ur own side

And whereas this is the market price in Nigeria here I'm not sure you're in Nigeria.We even still have some people that sell more than that 14 and they still see buyer

Please next time don't say what you are less knowledge at okay
Sports / Re: Inter Miami's Lionel Messi Sets Two Records, In 5-Assist Game by blowjohn(m): 11:51am
Them dey talk goals this one dey talk assists.
Nawa O.
Politics / Re: 14 Years After Yar’adua’s Death: Nigeria Would’ve Been Much Better, Says Aide by abibun: 11:44am
How is he not better to Tinubu.

Even the amnesty alone, Tinubu can never match that for 100 years not to talk of fuel price reduction
CluelessMODS:

Wetin he do for the masses? He belongs to the same political class that milk Nigeria dry
Food / Let's Talk About Fish by Mustapha102(m): 11:39am
What do you know about Maiduguri dried fish?

First, we get our fish directly from Baga fish market, located in Baga village in Kukawa local government in Borno state.

The Baga fish market is one of the biggest fish markets in West Africa.

Maiduguri fish is well known to taste better than other fishes in Nigeria and also cheaper than other fishes in Nigeria. I don't sell per piece.

Wholesale sales are per carton not per piece, but we can come to a consensus when you make payment and I buy your fish, if you are satisfied with the pieces they will be sent to you if you are not within 48 hours refund will be made...Oyah patronize your guy ooooo

They are available in Gino, Maggie medium and Aspen cartons

✅Dry smoked catfish price ranges of carton # 8k,15k, 25k, 45k 65k

✅ Mangala fish price ranges from of cartons # 10k, 20k, 35k, 55k 75k

All readily available

No miss this opportunity oo😊😊

I mustapha deliver like the Hebrew women😂😂

My location is Borno state but i deliver Nationwide
Call/chat 08063592594 to place order
Religion / Re: A Christian That Commits Suicide, Will He Go To Hellfire? by tunjijones(m): 11:39am
Nazgul:
Why would you even want to take your own life. If you're feeling depressed, talk to someone.

It's not only depression that makes people kill themselves. Some kill themselves cos of shame, they can't face the shameful consequence of what they did. Someone kill themselves cos they are running from the law. Some kill themselves cos they are running from paying debts. Some even mistakenly kill themselves.

You gerrit?
Travel / Re: Yearly Salary & Monthly Income After Tax Deductions In UK by Fearyourcreator: 11:34am
achorladey:


chai, this your point about luxury life sweet me well well
Bros see ehn ... This same country no let anybody lie you ooo... I dey sell online too ... Enter trade fair Alaba , business people kept on expanding, all this Nigeria government complaints though might reduce their profit .. enter new sites , people dey build houses Everytime ... Money dey here if person open hin eye use hin brain... Nigerians dey buy anything cus we like show offs like crazy ... Person. Fit dey enter that side go vacations... Most of our celebrities na here them blow first ooo ... E good make person travel though to see how other places be but make person come runaway na that one dey funny me ... Now see Nigeria no good but people go still travel go steal or so scam ... We sha dey see am ... As per this country .matter everybody na thief to me ... All those abusing politicians if you know Wetin Dem dey offline you go fear ... Some killed their brothers and sisters on top this material things , some betrayed their friends and so on but can point fingers ... A lot of talk ooo

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Business / Operation Rescue Naira: FG Plans Strict Rules For $57bn Crypto Businesses by Elliotwaveforec: 11:33am
https://punchng.com/operation-rescue-naira-fg-plans-strict-rules-for-57bn-crypto-business/

By Justice Okamgba, Oluwakemi Abimbola

The Federal Government may consider the suspension of the $56.7bn peer-to-peer cryptocurrency market after a crucial meeting between the Securities and Exchange Commission, and digital asset operators scheduled for Monday.

Nigeria’s volume of crypto transactions grew by nine per cent year-over-year to $56.7bn between July 2022 and June 2023, according to the 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report by Chainalysis, a United States of America-based international blockchain analysis firm.

The latest move by the SEC signals a broader effort by the Federal Government to tighten regulatory oversight within the cryptocurrency space amidst growing concerns over illicit activities and the manipulation of the naira exchange rate.

Earlier this week, the Central Bank of Nigeria had stopped major fintech firms from onboarding new customers in an ongoing audit of their Know-Your-Customer process. Following the regulatory action, major fintech firms, including Opay and PalmPay, sent emails to their customers on Friday, warning them against trading in cryptocurrency or any virtual currency on their apps, and threatened to block any accounts found engaging in such activities.


The threat to block accounts has faced heavy criticism, particularly from the 33.4 million individuals actively trading cryptocurrencies; many of whom rely on cryptocurrency trading as their primary source of income.

However, Sunday PUNCH learnt that during the proposed Monday meeting, the government may choose to announce a temporary halt in the P2P crypto trading to enable it come up with a comprehensive set of rules for effective regulation of the space.

Other sources privy to the meeting said the government might choose to engage the crypto stakeholders on a new set of rules that could be deployed to better regulate the space.


They ruled out the possibility of imposing a temporary halt on P2P crypto trading. As of Sunday, details of the exact decision the government might take during or after the meeting with the crypto operators remained sketchy.

However, operators in the crypto market confirmed the meeting, saying the meeting would bother on the current development in the space. The Blockchain Industry Coordinating Committee of Nigeria, in a notice posted on its X handle on Saturday, noted that the meeting had been at the instance of the new Director General of the SEC, Dr Emotimi Agama.

BICCoN said, “The newly appointed Director General of the Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed an industry-wide meeting with the Nigeria blockchain community. The meeting will be facilitated by the Blockchain Industry Coordinating Committee of Nigeria.”

Officially, the SEC has yet to confirm the Monday meeting, but sources close to the commission confirmed the meeting on Saturday. They, however, said that ‘nothing was cast in stone yet’.

In 2021, the CBN had restricted banks and other financial institutions from operating accounts for cryptocurrency service providers. However, in December 2023, the financial regulator lifted the ban and announced a reversal of the policy.

Fresh concerns emerged in February over the activities of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance, on its peer-to-peer platform, such as implementing a price cap on USDT trading.

Authorities said those activities contributed to the devaluation of the naira and destabilised Nigeria’s economy.


Worried over the significant volume of transactions through Binance Nigeria, the CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso, stated that $26bn had passed through the platform over the past year from ‘unidentified sources’.

Amid the crackdown, the crypto exchange ceased all naira services, including deposits, withdrawals, and trading pairs, starting in early March 2024.

In an interview with Sunday PUNCH, the Chairman of BICCoN, Lucky Uwakwe, said that the group would be seeking to reach a middle ground with the regulator, which had so far this year introduced stiffer guidelines for digital asset operators, as well as a proposed increase in the registration fees.

Ukakwe said the meeting “is for us to try and bring the industry to be compliant and remove bad actors who abuse technology, especially the concern raised by the government on those that use the technology for market manipulation of naira.

“We also hope that innovation in the industry is encouraged to enable the industry to gain more foreign inflow that will aid the current administration’s drive for foreign investment into the nation as seen in other countries such as China and the UAE, and not to stifle the industry.”

On his part, the President of Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria, Obinna Iwuno, told one of our correspondents that there was no official communication on the ban of cryptocurrency transactions from regulators. He said, “There is a whole lot going on. It is not just clear the direction as we speak, but hopefully, on Monday, we will get to have a position, “What we have done to solidify our position with the Nigerian government is that local exchanges stopped their naira services. The government raised an alarm that cryptocurrency was responsible for naira depreciation; operators stopped,” Iwuno explained.

The ‘Know Your Customer’ compliance level of fintechs has also been a source of worry for regulators. This involves verifying a customer’s identity and understanding their financial activity to prevent financial crimes, such as money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud. According to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System’s fraud watch report, fraud losses increased by 496.96 per cent over the past five years, and financial institution customers had lost N59.33bn between 2019 and 2023.


The report read in part, “The amount lost to fraud has increased over the past five years, along with the growth of financial transactions in the digital payments sector.”

A source from one of the major fintechs in the country, who preferred anonymity, disclosed to Sunday PUNCH that the CBN was not declaring cryptocurrency illegal, but was rather focusing on addressing regulatory and identity management issues.

“Some of the expectations from the meeting would be to have a more robust and safer ecosystem that will prevent fraud, and protect the funds of customers.

“The CBN is not saying that cryptocurrency is illegal, but there have been issues surrounding regulations and identity management. Those are the grey areas that the CBN is trying to address. They don’t want a situation where people are getting into Nigerian systems to defraud others, or engage in any negative activity that could harm innocent Nigerians.

“It is more or less about finding a way to make this thing work better. Sometimes, people can simply create a virtual account, and one won’t even know who is behind the account. So, it’s really about ensuring end-to-end verification, from the first line of payment to the very end, with the account holders’ identities attached to it. I think it is necessary at this time,” the source explained.

Nigeria’s volume of crypto transactions grew by nine per cent year-over-year to $56.7bn between July 2022 and June 2023, according to the 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report by Chainalysis. Despite Nigeria now leading in peer-to-peer exchange volume, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for only 2.3 per cent of the global cryptocurrency transaction volume between July 2022 and June 2023, making it the smallest crypto economy in the world.

In an interview with Techpoint Africa, Youssef said most of the P2P transactions did not happen on Binance or any other platform, but on social platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and ‘everywhere on the streets’.

“Most peer-to-peer (transactions) don’t happen on Binance P2P, NoOnes, or any of those other platforms. They happen on WhatsApp, Telegram, coffee shops, and everywhere on the streets. That is where most peer-to-peer is happening. I think most of that is peer-to-peer volume. They are trying to cover up too, because Nigerians are very crafty and have ways of using things for reasons other than what they were created for,” he maintained.

In March, the SEC, under the former DG, Lamido Yuguda, revealed plans to issue updated guidelines for the operations of digital assets and virtual asset service providers in the country, saying the new guidelines would ensure criminals did not gain entry into the country’s capital market.

The SEC notice, dated March 4, 2024, partly read, “The SEC has also developed a new AML/CFT/CPF onboarding manual for licensing, registration, and ongoing screening of digital and VASP beneficial owners to ensure that criminals are not registered as operators in the capital market. The SEC is ready to interface with genuine VASPs based on these clear rules and regulations.”

The SEC also proposed that for virtual (crypto) asset service providers, ‘no person or entity shall provide any virtual asset service unless registered with the Commission; a company seeking to operate as a VASP shall be incorporated and have an office in Nigeria. Its Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director or its equivalent shall be resident in Nigeria.”

When questioned about the SEC’s proposed guidelines in the crypto sector at the last Capital Market Committee meeting that he chaired, the former SEC DG said investor protection was a driving motive.

“We want to ensure that investors who decide to get involved in digital asset products are well protected. We want a platform where certain capital market functions are duly segregated. If you are an exchange, we don’t want you to also be a custodian, and such.

“Also, we are very mindful that AML/CFT considerations are very important when one is dealing with crypto assets. We want to make sure it is not money laundering or funds used to promote terrorist financing,” the former SEC DG said.

The Chief Operating Officer of Fintech Association of Nigeria, Babatunde Obrimah, told Sunday PUNCH, “I am not privy to the circulars sent to the Fintechs, and I am not aware that crypto is illegal. The meeting will put things into perspective.”

“I think the issue is that to trade, one must be licensed by the SEC. So, if one is trading without a license, then one is technically illegal. But, we should talk after the Monday meeting, instead of speculating,” he added.

In March, the SEC proposed a 400 per cent increase in crypto firm registration fees. However, checks by Sunday PUNCH, on Saturday, showed that the proposed guidelines had been deleted from the SEC’s website. It is unclear when the PDF was removed from the regulator’s website.

The proposed amendments to the rules for crypto issuers, exchanges, and custody platforms include hikes to all supervision fees. Instead of a N100,000 application fee and a N30m registration fee, the SEC proposed N300,000 with every application, N1m as a processing fee, and N150m as registration fee, with the sponsored individual fees raised to N300,000 from N100,000.

An economist, Aliyu Ilias, emphasised the need for urgency in addressing the deficiencies within the fintech ecosystem, citing the ongoing struggle of the apex bank to effectively regulate them, as illustrated by the recent case involving Binance.

Ilias argued that in the dynamic tech industry, regulatory clampdowns often led companies to exploit loopholes, stating, “Even the Know Your Customer requirement proves insufficient.”

Another industry stakeholder, who is also the founder and coordinator of Blockchain Nigeria User Group, Chuta Chimezie, expressed hope that the Monday meeting would ‘help the industry significantly, and improve the relationship between regulators and policymakers’.

“The last few months have been nothing short of wars. as the CBN keeps clamping down on P2P platforms,” he lamented.

Religion / Re: ATHEISTS!!! Tell Me Why You're Atheist And I'll (try To) Debate You. by HellVictorinho6(m): 11:32am
CMdunk35:
Just want to have a meaningful conversation about why you are atheist. Tell me, and we'll talk.




Can u help me with 3k?
Investment / Re: Crypto Currency Investors Thread by iLegendd(m): 11:29am
Hotice085:


Confirm Mugu nia him you be, na so the former Attorney General disgrace himself with his own account Even the CBN governor wey de Bobo your type even get Binance account not to talk of Don Tinubu
Crypto no be just government of it's own, crypto nia be the future and nothing I say nothing go stop am especially for dis 9ja
You be really small village boy
Guy, it's time to ignore him. It's the attention he's getting that's making him rant and abuse people's parents.

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Crime / Re: "20 Girls Raped At Flavour's Concert In Enugu" - Twitter User Claims by UNNGRADUATEEE: 11:28am
STORM2:

Somewhere in your mind u truly believe that u are a wise girl and so you cannot be raped. That's the source of most of our problems. You won't believe it but you are part of the problem. Men talk crap about dressing. Women talk about avoiding situations. Lemme tell u...even if they paid money for the concert it could still have happened. You can be raped inside your house in the afternoon with all your wisdom and good dressing. Do not make the mistake of thinking that you cannot be raped because you are wise and won't be outside at past 7pm in the evening. Don't assume that these girls put themselves in a dangerous situation. It could have happened to any of us. Sorry for being confrontational. It just pains me when girls turn on girls.
STORM2, I'm in love with you baby.
Travel / Re: Yearly Salary & Monthly Income After Tax Deductions In UK by achorladey: 11:24am
Fearyourcreator:

100 naira fufu there na like 1k plus in naira ooo... Most of them na slavery mentality dey there head ... Oyinbo get problem na we them still dey use patch ... Na our ancestors build the foundation they are enjoying today ... Now children too dey rush there to help them bal. Am ... It is well ... Go check their research centers there it's mostly their wealthy people that donate most ... Nigerian youth needs wise up ooo... Life is beyond driving Benz and living in expensive mansions... Like living a luxury life no really matter like that , just live fine ... Most times rush there make money there and spend most of it there ... Their economy dey chop most of it there ... Na almost the same , them go come dey console theirselves with environment taking pictures and videos ... Na them know Wetin dey do them internally... talk plenty ooo

chai, this your point about luxury life sweet me well well
Investment / Re: Crypto Currency Investors Thread by Hotice085: 11:23am
Elliotwaveforec:

You be mumu sha! Government bow to what? You no know wetin be government!


Confirm Mugu nia him you be, na so the former Attorney General disgrace himself with his own account Even the CBN governor wey de Bobo your type even get Binance account not to talk of Don Tinubu
Crypto no be just government of it's own, crypto nia be the future and nothing I say nothing go stop am especially for dis 9ja
You be really small village boy

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Politics / Re: FCT Minister Must Compensate Ukachukwu Brothers For Destroying Their Properties by AuschwitzPrefec: 11:18am
Odin13:


You no talk

Why going back and front.. will ignore you
Stay on thread and do t derail.. I hate fools

Can’t you read the thread or are you daft?

Wike demolish ukachukwu’s property and left it in allocated because he can’t take over it after his noise

They people has taken back their property and asking for compensation

Wike abandons it and ran .. like a fool..

Tinubu no fit cough

Wike no fit cough

They out of envy spoil person thing

If dem no compensate .. no wahala

The igboman will count his lost and move ahead

The land still belongs to him as long as Abuja and Nigeria is concern

They’ve done their worst which is foolishness

Who loses ?

Wike and Tinubu

That’s all

If you drag me back on this matter you will be ignore as fools are ignored

Tell your blodas to plant even Ugwu leaf and see if Wike no go uproot am.

Noisy idiots .


Who send you and your ever useless Ohaneze

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Politics / Re: Can Gov Eno Reconcile This? by BabaTony: 11:08am
Please if your close to the governor or his people, please inform him that in addition to his tourism agenda he should focus on the following:

CITY AESTHETICS
Get rid of street trading and illegal parks on our major roads and around Ibom Plaza , Ibom Plaza has to be rebranded to give the city centre the shine it requires, it is directly facing the road going into government house. Provide tight security in and and around the area for people to visit with their families. As it is now, it is a den for lunatics, drug peddlers, pick pockets and thieves so people can't visit, its an eyesore!!!. It was supposed to be a relaxation spot with ornamental trees and flowers with fountains and lightings with a controlled apportioned space for light shopping and not a full blown market!!! I don't know what his plans are but he should hurry up. The area also requires an multi-story car park for cars which will also generating money for government through parking fees.

UCCDA should please wake up from slumber and get to work by eradicating shanties, street trading and illegal motor parks along our major roads and areas around Itam Market and flyover Area, Akpan Andem Market, Ikot Oku Ikono flyover (this one is really bad), ring road roundabouts. All the trees, grass and fountains at Itam flyover and other roundabouts done by previous administration should be restored and got functioning. People should not be allowed to place their wares and signposts on pedestrian walkways, forcing pedestrians to walk on the roads with cars, It is very wrong. We need to work the talk for tourists and other investors to take us serious. Stadium road is an eyesore today because kiosks have taken over the road especially around Mbierebe junction. Government should consider building new big markets around different parts of the city to relocate people to. Please the govt should act quick and save our city. As the governor is working , his appointees too should do their jobs and stop faffing around, very few are working. It is sad that some local government chairmen cannot even organise for major streets in their domains be swept and lawns, grean areas maintained, even if its twice a week. Accumulation of sand on the road is a major reason most of our roads develop potholes because sand traps water which weakens the roads. New road contracts should incorporate planting of trees and grasses and flowers improve the aesthetics of the road (this is lacking of late). I'm not seeing much of this from HENSEK (I mentioned him because he is handling most roads in the state), his roads lack proper finishing, he should improve in this aspect. Proper sensitization on the menace of littering the environment, dumping waste into gutters and prosecution of defaulters will also help improve the aesthetics of our cities and attract visitors and investors alike.

TRANSPORTATION
Intra-city and Intercity routes with bus stops within the state should be mapped out with large buses run on a PPP arrangement to ply them on a schedule (purely time based, the bus does not have to be full before it moves, immediately its time, it moves powered by IT. A department of AKTC can be created and used as a pilot. The number of buses per route will depend on the demand just as it is done in developed climes. It will become the transportation of choice especially for tourists and other visitors who want to have a sense of security while moving from one location to another in the state. The buses can even even have maybe two Ibom security watch personnel in them to strengthen the security- this is another source of employment for our youths. More traffic lights should be installed and the ones that that have been installed made functional, Stadium road by Mbierebe junction, needs a traffic light. Keke should be taken of our major roads, let them ply internal roads. There are other areas to be improved but let me stop here. Akwa Ibom is a great State and we can do better. God bless our leaders and God bless Akwa Ibom residents, well wishes and the state.
Food / Re: Opinion: Okpa Is Better Than Moi Moi by brain54(m): 11:05am
Zonefree:

He said we can get akara, beans porridge and agoyi from moi moi grin
No mind am...

I still dey try correct am and he still dey talk him own dey go.

Maybe him keep him own preparation for reverse.

And 6 people like that post o!
shocked

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Politics / Re: FCT Minister Must Compensate Ukachukwu Brothers For Destroying Their Properties by Odin13: 10:45am
AuschwitzPrefec:



Till then , Wike will demolish all and every illegally gotten property .


You never start to cry.

Your blodas who no get levels nah only Ohaneze dem fit call.

Abuja no be Anambra .



You no talk

Why going back and front.. will ignore you
Stay on thread and do t derail.. I hate fools

Can’t you read the thread or are you daft?

Wike demolish ukachukwu’s property and left it in allocated because he can’t take over it after his noise

They people has taken back their property and asking for compensation

Wike abandons it and ran .. like a fool..

Tinubu no fit cough

Wike no fit cough

They out of envy spoil person thing

If dem no compensate .. no wahala

The igboman will count his lost and move ahead

The land still belongs to him as long as Abuja and Nigeria is concern

They’ve done their worst which is foolishness

Who loses ?

Wike and Tinubu

That’s all

If you drag me back on this matter you will be ignore as fools are ignored
Politics / Re: FULL LIST: Nigerian States By GDP by Pocca: 10:45am
Rubbish talk. Average Yoruba person is so myopic. Go and check history. Eastern region was the fastest growing economy in those days. You know that you people are liars and propagandists.


Putinofrussia:


lol
Lazy people will always have excuses for their shortcomings.
Even during regionalism when Igbos were left alone to perform,they performed woefully.
They were still backward.
They were fleeing to Ibadan (also built by the Yorubas ) which was the richest and the most developed (even than Lagos) region n Nigeria then.
Ibadan is still more developed than the entire Igboland.
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