₦airaland Forum

CilicMarin:
Ok

this one go pain cilicMarin o

flexyrule:
Imagine, division! even among themselves. How are you guys going to survive if Biafra eventually comes to reality? Northern and Southern Igbo indeed.
Yeye dey smell abeg.

lol...the guy u quoted is from ur place...he is not igbo...and if u are sincere to urself u will realise u knew this all along

potoX:
You Biafrans think too highly of yourselves, as far as Buhari is concerned the Biafran issue was settled last September

but as far as u are concerned the biafra issue still lives in ur mind

potoX:
This is most certainly not true. How can you even believe that liar called Nnamdi Kanu?

dont quote me again if u are stupid

FarahAideed:
Both designs seem to justify why the govt opted for a foreign firm ..One couldn't even tell the difference between Nigeria and Nigerian

thats not true...there is nothing wrong in any of the designs and fg goofed big time by paying $1million to import common logo

Abacha's regim was many things to many people.
To some people it was a time of strenght and internal order..while to someother people it was nigeria's worst era...

Well some facts are here..
1. Under Abacha the city of Abuja started taking shape
2. Under Abacha Nigeria for the 1st time became Africa's largest economy in 1995
3. Under Abacha, top govt officials used simple peugeot cars
4. Under Abacha PTF was everywhere
5. Under Abacha nigeria led ECOMOG in liberia and sierra leone
6. Under Abacha nigeria airways died.
7 under abacha there was stability in the niger delta
8. Under abacha there was massive poverty in nigeria and almost no middle class
9. Under abacha there was brutal dictatorship

FriendNG:
They have lake Chad northeast.

no lake chad doesnt count...its a lake...it doesnt flow into atlantic ocean...but even...i think river benue passes adamawa

PeterUdeme:
southeast is landlocked.

lol...there is no region that is land locked in nigeria...except maybe north east...river niger and river benue made sure of that

This one go pain cilicmarin o

RevenGeMission:
Reverend , I am not against your preachings, You used to be the Igbo i respected among the popular ones , but if you really said these things , well then it's between you and God to judge


You expect the president to be at the Burial , even when he had international delegates visiting him

Oh wait Buhari went to an African country around that time, this is not impromptu visit, it has been scheduled ahead of time , he should cancel


But then he sent Osinbanjo and the Leipods started calling Osinbajo the minister of death and mourning


What else do you want from a mere human ?

yoro folks are the worst kind of human beings in africa....he used to be the igbo u respect so much because he campained against gej...

The truth is that u guys are creating enemies for urself the way u have been insulting SE and Ss because u suuport a northerner who doesnt even give a damn...one day the chicken will come home to roost

GodIsBiafran:
When did GEJ become Igbo?

he is from the east. Read that post again

I keep telling my people this...with more awarness in the middle belt and with longer democracy, the north will keep getting weaker and weaker.

One day...if we play our cards right, we would get our Biafra

RevenGeMission:
Omowe, Nigeria is just starting up it's independent airline, it costs a lot and the risks are hgreat

and after supposedly investing a huge some of money and taking all the risks to start it, the fg will now own only 5% of it.

The people that will own the remaining 95% wat exactly will they be bringing?

U be olodo bro...fact

DeBrain045:
Says a Biafranic scornful Buhari don't debate with criminals

Nigeria will not progress with this type of aboki reasoning u have

aribisala0:
It is rude to say I am lying. That may be easy for one who does not respect himself but let us act like adults in a civilized discussion. Try

If you believe I am lying provide evidence. Do you have any companes? Have you ever registered any?
In Nigeria corporate tax goes to the FG.
The state collects tax on workerss salaries. How many of the oil workers are in Lagos?


So it is now Tenement rates? Hahaha.
Jittery? No one is jittery what we do not want is a law that forces companies to locate their business anywhere. Not just oil companies. The consequences will be unpleasant. Such a law could be misused. Let the companies decide for themselves where they want to be. Dangote is in Lagos does he make cement in Lagos?

The reason companes are in Lagos is because that is where the money is .That is where the capital market and stock exchange is. If a company needs money Lagos is where to get it

Lagos has the only viable seaport because it was the first and the FG has not had any money to invest for a VERY LONG time if you are old enough you will know that Nigeria lived in the 80s and 90s under austerity.

There was no investment in power, refineries roads or anything.


The only significant infrastructure investment was in Abuja when there was a brief spike in the price of oil following the Kuait war. Oil prices otherwise were under $30 for a long time.

To put it simply we did not invest in ports because we were broke and even the one we had in Lagos was not looked after.
You might not know but when Shagari was in power University students got free meals and their rooms cleaned and then suddenly the economy collapsed and did not recover for a very long time

u still dont get the point...by making delibrate laws to cause unrest in the Niger Delta region such as giving them 13% derivation only(which was even giving not so long ago), by making delibrate laws to increase the cost of importing thru the Niger Delta region, nigeria ensure lagos keep getting crowded

aribisala0:
Can you summarize the point you are trying to make?

ok u saw nothing wrong with obj hiking the cost of importing through the east?

Wat else do i need to summarise? Do u need the full link to that vanguard article, so u can read and make ur own summary

aribisala0:
At the core of your outburst is emotionality and an unwillingness to face facts or even educate yourself,

You repeat this all the time aabout oil companies headquarters.


IT IS NONSENSE.

Oil companies or any other company in Nigeria by CONSTITUTION pay corporate tax to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
This is repeated so many times and you do not bother to check yet you claaim you went to school

It does not matter where the headquarters of a company is the corporate tax is paid to the FG


How is Lagos sitting on other states? That sounds like a Nollywood theme. A successful Nigeria footballer is sitttting on the progress of his brothers by stealing their luck.
I really would like to know how Lagoos state is sitting on the Progress of others? Did Davido stop you releasing album

Is it Lagosians that lined the streets to celebrate the return of Ibori.

If you are old enough to remember Nigeria from 1984-1999 when Buhari Took over until Abdusalam handed over you will appreciate what Tinubu has done

Lagos is not holding anyone back please stop that sentiment

In fact, the traffic jam along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, has been directly linked to the congestion in both the Apapa and Tin-Can ports. Vanguard learnt that the congestion is a fallout of the snail-speed offloading of containers by the port terminal operators and acute shortage of space for the trucks to park while waiting to discharge their consignments.

The irony is that while the Lagos ports are heavily congested with ships queuing to get port calls to berth, the eastern ports are lying fallow due to little or no patronage.

Apart from the Port at Onne in RiversState, the other seaports located at Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri and Koko are, mildly put, existing only in name. Another irony is that most importers who make use of the Lagos Ports have their businesses in the South South and South East geo-political zones.

Stakeholders in the maritime industry who spoke to Vanguard laid most of the blame for the under-utilization of the eastern ports on the corridors of the Federal Government and the foreign shipping lines. The government is said to have rolled out policies that have directly and indirectly stiffled the operations of eastern ports.

Concessioning of ports

Prior to the concessioning of ports to private operators in 2006, the Federal Government gave up to 30 percent discount as incentives to shipping companies willing to use the eastern ports. Most of these shipping companies jumped at the bait and the result was a boom in the operations at the eastern ports. But this incentive was withdrawn after the concession.

To make things worse, the freight charged for using the eastern ports was hiked. Stakeholders who spoke to Vanguard in Port Harcourt recently alleged that these measures were deliberate because the Government wanted to give undue advantage to the western ports.

Alariiwo:
Landlocked means no access to Atlantic ocean that connects Africa with the rest of the World.

Noone is talking about river here. Even Borno has river and is classified as landlocked.

does london and paris have access to the ocean? Yet they have some of the busiest ports in the world... in ur dreams is where se is landlocked...not in real life

Alariiwo:
You're right.. Lagos is giving so much, yet getting nothing in return.

If you can recall, a bill was moved to grant Lagos a special status with similar privileges Rivers and the likes get.. But as expected, the SE. leaders and their senators kicked against it.

Their vague arguement then was that a landlocked Abia or Anambra without ports or pressure must get Special status grant too should Lagos that suffer all the burden get.

They were less bothered about the pressure but concerned about sharing formula.

Anambra is not landlocked...it has onitsha river port.

2ndly lagos is a state sitting on the progress of other states and u want us to add insult to the injury by further granting it special priviledges.

Why would a company like shell drill oil from ND but have its head office in lagos where it pays corporate tax?

Why would a trader in upper iweka have to go all the way to lagos to clear his container when onitsha has a river port? Paris and london are 2 biggest cities in the world...yet they are not close to the sea. They rely on rivers that run through it.

Why would i have to go to lagos or abuja to travel abroad when enugu has an international airport...all govt needs to do is complete it and attract air lines to it.

If lagos ever gets special status, then we are doomed in this country.

P.s we lost our cities to the war yet awolowo who was vp after the war never saw the need to start a south east development project

Alariiwo:
God bless you for this.. selemempe or whatever the moniker is should read this.

The SE leaders connive with their masters up North to hold their region and all others back cos of the crumbs they enjoy. 95% of them are richer than Dangote with choice properties all over the world.. Yet some morons come online to cry biafra.
Rubbish!

the sick things they teach Yorubas is shameful

aribisala0:
People manufacture all kinds of stupid reasons to play the victim card.

Switzerland has no sea access .It is landlocked as is Ethiopia. Both are doing very well.



You continue parroting the nonsense about policies to hold the East down conveniently forgetting that Eboes are the ones that have awlays ruled this country with their Fulani masters.
In 1960 and 1965 Zik went into alliance with the Fulani.


He did the same n 1979 and 1983 only in 1983 Ojukwu joined them.

On each occasion the Yoruba were in opposition.

The Eboes and the Fulanis ruled this countrry for many years so if there was a deliberate policy to hold anywhere back it was a Fulai/Eboe policy
People just come here talking all kinds of sentimental rubbish with no idea of reality

Why did Goodluck Jonathan not revive the ports in the East or build the Niger bridge..

You folk talk as if importation is more important than anything wthout thinking about HOW to pay for imports/

of course i know u and i know the little brain u own.

In the 60 wen the zik and balewa held sway was the best of times for nigeria and the east. Nigeria was richer than most countries in the world (number 17 in gdp). The east was the fastest growing economy in Africa with oil discovery. Immediately the igbos lost out after the war, the north and west (thru military regimes) came together and killed the country just because they wanted to cut the east to size.

Well it worked and the country is now a shithole.
For the record, apart from ironsi who ruled for 6 months, no igboman has ever been this country's chief executive. And the east as a whole has been in the presidency mostly as vp for a total of 18 years.
Zik- president 6 years
Ironsi- head of state 6 months.
Ekwueme- vp for 4 years
Ebitu ukiwe- vp for 1 year
Goodluck jonathan- vp for 3 yrs and president for 5 years
While the north and the west has been in presidency together for a total of 40 years

Alariiwo:
To make it short, they are less concerned about progress of any region in Nigeria. Not even SE.

Maybe they are all closet Nnamdi Kanu followers.. who knows

if u are a kid pls leave this thread bro.

gidgiddy:
If I have goods I want to sell in Enugu and Onitsha, why would I import through Lagos? Makes more sense to import it through Portharcourt or Onne port which is at least 3 times nearer to Enugu than Lagos

not to mention importing directly thru onitsha port with smaller vessels

Alariiwo:
You need to visit National Assembly and see what SE lawmakers especially are doing.

tell me here

Alariiwo:
Attimes I wonder if other regions eg. South East would what Yorubas allow in Lagos if they had the ports instead..

Yorubas are asleep seriously.

Decongest Lagos port, a man from SE or SS will say No. I hope one day we'll wake up from our slumber.

are u for real? Se and Ss already have the ports...the govt of eastern region built 3 ports in the east...but govt is killing them delibrately. We are asking that u guys do the right thing and decongest lagos...by allowing other cities with potential to grow.

Will the yoro folks bear wat niger delta minorities have borne if u guys have all that oil?

Why will a man from SE or Ss say no about decongesting lagos when thats wat we have been praying for

Kingoftheeast come and destroy this one ok

Xander85:
Nigeria as presently constituted is a fraud, this is why you see a lot of crazy things happening that defies normal convention in saner climes!

You look at the likes of Singapore, Dubai, China, etc....countries we were either equal with or better than on the eve of 'independence' in 1960, and the enormity of the mess we're in suddenly hits you like a 10 ton truck!

i must say that kaduna nzeogwu derailed the country with his thoughtless coup...but gowon, obj, buhari, ibb and abacha came together and buried the country. A country with nigeria's population and oil should have at least 2 beautiful cities with high standards of living...but no....the whole nation from sokoto to yenagua...from lagos to calabar...all na shìthole

Guestlander:
A good rail system will solve all the problems. Lagos port is definitely not as busy as the Hongkong port( one of the busiest in the world) we never heard of Hong Kong's streets being clogged with trailers.

there are many ways to solve it. One can be to distribute the load in lagos among other already built ports in the country...and that is the cheapest way to solve it.

EternalTruths:
They thought they are doing the East not knowing they are doing themselves.


Every State sharing boundary with the Ocean, should have a deep seaport if Nigeria is a country filled with reasonable human beings.

i tell u. We have ports in rivers, delta, calabar, onitsha and soon uyo....yet govt cant make laws to drive traffic to those ports...it even gets bad to the extent that for many years, govt was driving traffic to cotonou ports instead, tru stupid policies

gaetano:
We celebrate politicians for doing the job they were voted in to do

I need to leave this country aswear,im losing my sanity

are workers not celebrated for doing their jobs by companies?

A failed City...

Lagos is a crisis on the nation's morality. A typical example of how greed and gluttony can lead to the constipation of a city. A nation with over fifteen thousand miles of coastal land and yet must endure the congestion of containers and tankers queued up to pick up their consignments from an overwhelmed wharf in Apapa.

Clogging the city, they besiege the bridges, streets, highways, in dozens of kilometers of logjam. From Lagos-Ibadan express, to Ijora-Seme axis, to costain-Western Avenue, to Eko Bridge heading towards Epe. The queues stretch all the way to Shagamu, through Berger and through Ibafo. They cause untold human carnage in their wake. And all this because a certain class of humans must "eat" all the taxes and revenues "alone".

Dear Lagosians, you are running a hectic and abnormal schedule that puts the question mark on your life expectancy. You have to understand this, the government has to understand as well, that this is not how to run a city. Therefore they should revert this current template and proceed towards development with a human face... - Sailor 20/7/18

We have to come together as a Nation and see how we have been killing ourselves by ourselves just because we want to ensure some people do not rise to their potential.

^^^^^ The stupidity of the aboki (who even give am phone )above me aside, Enugu is never in the news because the gov is commissioning big drums or weighing scales or cutting kpomo in the market or owing workers 10 months salary ....like some people from the other side of the divide