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Igbo here is generic....so it should Igbo, who do not...and not Igbo who does not!

Justiceleague1:
...who does not..

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

No and yes.

Yes because a 6 months notice was given...which is legal.


No because 1 month into the 6 months notice the demolition was carried through with which is illegal.


Y[quote author=helinues

post=136629633]Was there any early notifications before the demolishing?[/quote]

But Ghana was the first to send Nigerians out of their country in 1969....

Sonnobax15:

So this thing really happened?

Now I understand why an average Ghanaian has so much hatred for Nigerians..

Please guys I would like to know what happened for up to 11 Ebonyians to be slaughtered...who killed thed them and why were they killed? Have the millers been caught?

May the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace!

omooba05:
When you're done killing yourselves,i will see how many of you will remain to vote for peter obi in 2027.

Alaba Rago no get shop of concrete. Na zinc and wooden shops de there. U wan compare am to concrete structure with C. Of O.?

Softmirror:
"This is victimization! The are victimizing us! Why is it always us. They can't do dis to Northerners living in Lagos. "

Shey una dey see say, Lagos Government is a rational government not a petty government that gives in to sentiments.

Why a law on those not originally for m Lagos state? Are you aware they might get Lagos indigenous peoples and put them as heads of their negative businesses?

madridguy:
The Lagos State government is not doing enough. The Lagos State House of Assembly should pass a law, anyone from other region living in Lagos State, caught in drug trafficking must lose his/her house just like the kidnappers. Demolish their houses and take over their land and let the FG jail or release the suspect.

This evil people have turned many youths in Lagos State to Junkiee

I wonder oh! I am surprised people are trying to turn the unruly, disruptive and violent girl into some sort of a martyred or victim. Whereas she has an unruly and an uncontrolled temper. And she is violent and uncouth...and probably a criminal!

agog:
This is so sad for the man. Both her daughter and the air hostess are at fault here. However her daughter was the first aggressor here. Without her unruliness, there would not have been justifiable reason for the air hostess attack on her person.

How is Tinubu a one party man.

From AC to ACN and then APC?

NOETHNICITY:
1. Nyesom Wike — Stayed through thick and thin and has refused to port to the ruling party despite the many allure.

2. Olabode George— Still an old horse in the groove

3. Bola Ahmed Tinubu— old goon in the house.

4. Sule Lamido— I respect him

5. Goodluck Jonathan—Deserves a lot of respect

Add yours

You made no mention of advanced economy or improved road networks as a reason for him winning.

Does that mean there are no developmental reasons? If not he does not need a second term thereof

He did well. It's not a crime to honour the dead.
We should also note that he honoured the dead by providing Keke and other sundry items!

free2ryhme:
How did we end up with people who value the dead over the living? This is a clear sign of backwardness, both in mindset and reasoning. Renovating cemeteries while neglecting the pressing issues of the living just highlights the warped priorities.

This has no bearing on Arise TV...

GeneralPula:
This decision comes as a result of a lawsuit filed by First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBNQUEST Trustees Limited, which accused General Hydrocarbons Limited of owing them a staggering US$225,802,379.69 ($225.8 million) in outstanding debt from loan facilities granted as of September 30, 2024.

Haha..

Nah brokenness cause ham make FB no fess..

Arise TV no get levels. They’ve destroyed the Arise TV due to bigotry and hatred..

Channels still remain the best TV station in Nigeria..

200million naira loan with no collateral? How do Nigerian banks work? It baffles me sincerely. If there was a collateral the banks would just confiscate it...but now that there is non what can they do? That is why there is so many default!

If this was a medium businessman seeking for 5 million they will as for this and that asset as collateral!

Jostoman:
A government that always go after anybody that speak the truth to them.

Always playing dirty and politics of bitterness.

All these na wash. Record breaking revenues generated yet you just borrowed 2 billion dollars recently? Why go and borrow when you are generating so much revenues internally? So the revenue will be used up to repay the borrowed debts? Make that make sense please...

Secondly the vally of the 'record breaking revenues does not add up. 3 trillion today is less than 1 trillion during Jonathan's time! So inflation has devalued the value of such revenue. After all the highest revenue in the World 10 years ago was the 2 trillion Zimbabean dollars generated under Mugabe which was worthlessdo was the 1




[quote author=yoruboid post=133293065]https://x.com/bwaladaniel/status/1867916065230963174?s=46&t=YoF4K0q-dNG9S6AXfcrqSg[/quote]

You can comment on the fact that the sign post on mum's photo to cleaner than her's and there is no rust on the sign post....to me this signifies that the Nigeria of then was cleaner and healthier and less dirty compared to today...

It seems to be same sogn board. It shows we lack maintenance culture!



[quote author=helinues post=132888307]Toh

Let me reserve my comments [/qu'ote]

How comes you are on every thread here?
You black male south africans, i wonder how your brains function. Why don'tyou guys thinkblike the whites of coloureds?

zhike:
Dangote Sephako cement is one of the well known Nigerian brand in South Africa.
Sephako cement business is doing well in South Africa.
Pls note that as South Africans we are happy to see Nigerians businesses doing well in our country.

Na wa oh!

Fareke:
https://dailytrust.com/gov-radda-how-community-leader-collected-n700k-from-bandits-allowed-them-kill-30-villagers/

T[b]o be honest guys I do not understand the shenanigans going on with the NNPC LTD Organization .....I don't know if the are trying to sabotage the Dangote Industries. Fighting someone trying to alleviate the suffering of the masses through cheaper fuel and gas which heinously affect transport cost and living standard cost! It's incredible[/b] 😲 😮 😯



The Dangote refinery may resort to exporting its Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) following the refusal of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to be the sole buyer of its product.

The NNPC, in a statement by its spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, said on Saturday that it would not buy Dangote fuel unless it was cheaper than that of the international market.

This is contrary to claims by the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, that the refinery was waiting for the NNPC to roll out its product.

On Saturday, the NNPC stated that it would only fully offtake petrol from the refinery if the market prices of PMS were higher than the pump prices in Nigeria.



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The NNPC also declared that Dangote and other domestic refineries were free to sell directly to any marketer on a willing buyer, willing seller basis, adding that it had no desire or intention to become the distributor for any entity in a free market environment.

The company was reacting to a press release by the Muslim Rights Concern, which claimed that the Dangote refinery was being undermined by the NNPC.

MURIC stated that recent changes to the pump price of petrol by the NNPC would prevent the refinery from offering lower prices, and that the corporation had become the sole offtaker of all products from the refinery.


Responding, the NNPC said, “The pricing of petroleum products from any refinery, including Dangote Refinery Limited, is determined by global market forces.

“The recent changes in PMS prices have no impact on DRL or any other domestic refinery’s access to the Nigerian market. In fact, if current prices are perceived as high, it presents an ideal opportunity for the refinery to sell its products at lower prices in the Nigerian market.

“Furthermore, we emphasise that there is no guarantee of lower prices associated with domestic refining compared to any global parity pricing framework, as confirmed by the DRL. The NNPC Ltd will only fully offtake PMS from the DRL if the market prices of PMS are higher than the pump prices in Nigeria. The DRL and any other domestic refinery are free to sell directly to any marketer on a willing buyer, willing seller basis, which is the current practice for all fully deregulated products. NNPC Ltd has no desire or intention to become the distributor for any entity in a free market environment, and therefore, the notion of becoming a sole off-taker does not arise.”

Soneye added that the NNPC could not undermine a business in which it held a billion-dollar investment.

Dangote’s wait

While unveiling the 650,000-capacity refinery on Tuesday, Dangote had stated that the facility would roll out petrol whenever the NNPC was ready.

Dangote disclosed that petrol would get to the filling stations in the next 48 hours (from Tuesday) after all arrangements with the NNPC were concluded, adding that the queues would soon be over.


“Our PMS can be in filling stations within the next 48 hours, depending on NNPCL,” he said.

He spoke further, “We are ready. I pray that within the next few days, you won’t see any petroleum queues as soon as we finalise with NNPC. We are ready, we are waiting for them (NNPC) and I hope they will be ready like yesterday.”

Dangote told newsmen that he could not disclose the price of the petrol because the NNPC was in a position to control it.

“On the pricing, I can’t say anything because we don’t control the pricing. At the moment, it is controlled by NNPC, not Dangote. We will wait for them. But, our own for now is to make sure that the product is available and round-tripping is stopped,” he noted.

The businessman emphasised that the NNPC was the company that would sell and distribute the product under the current naira crude sale arrangement.

“Once the NNPC is ready, we roll. We are even ready to load a ship this week,” he added.

Product export


But it seems the talk between the two companies have collapsed, which may result in the company selling its petrol abroad.

The NNPC has issued several statements denying that it will fix the price for Dangote or be its sole off-taker, even as the refinery has yet to roll out its product.

Nigerians have wondered why the NNPC decided to hike the pump price of petrol the same day Dangote refinery unveiled its petrol, after several months of implicit subsidy payment.

The masses, who were hopeful that the Dangote fuel would crash the price of petrol, may be losing hope.

Speaking on the Brekete Family live show on Monday, the Vice President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, said Dangote petrol would be exported if the NNPC and other petroleum dealers in the country refused to patronise it.

Asked if the petrol would be sold locally, Edwin replied, “There has been a kind of a blockade from lifting our products within the country. The traders have been trying to blockade, and so now, we have been exporting our petroleum products. We are ready to pump in PMS as much as possible to the country.

“But if the traders or NNPC are not buying the product, obviously we will end up exporting the PMS as we are doing with the aviation jet and diesel,” he declared.


Edwin expressed surprise that the company started facing challenges it never expected when the refinery was set to commence operations.

He recalled that the philosophy initially was to add value to the raw materials available in the country, regretting that Nigeria was still exporting crude and importing refined petroleum products after over three decades.

Despite having a gantry that can load 2,900 tankers per day, Edwin disclosed that the refinery had not loaded up to five per cent of the gantry’s capacity owing to low local patronage.

In an interview with our correspondent, a professor of Economics at the University of Ibadan and President of the Nigerian Economics Society, Adeola Adenikinju, advised that the government and the NNPC should buy PMS from the Dangote refinery instead of importing from another country.

“Dangote refinery is a private business; he will export to where he can make money. He cannot be subsidising our economy. It is still going to be cheaper for the NNPC to buy from Dangote than to import from Europe. Dangote has to run the business and pay his debts, he can’t subsidise us,” Adenikinju noted.

IPMAN ready to buy fuel

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria on Saturday said it would buy PMS from Dangote at any price, even if the NNPC refused to buy.

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The National President of the association, Abubakar Maigandi, told our correspondent that the independent marketers were ready to patronise Dangote.

“Whatever the case, if Dangote starts selling his product, we are going to patronise him; if at all he wants to do business with us.

“We are ready to buy at any price because the NNPC is saying that they don’t want to involve themselves in fixing prices. So, at any price that he wants to sell, we are ready to buy and discharge and sell at a good price,” Maigandi stated.

Members of IPMAN own about 80 per cent of the filling stations in Nigeria, especially in rural communities.

On Thursday, the NNPC also said it was waiting for a September 15 timeline given to it by the refinery.

However, the latest comments from the NNPC indicate all is not well with the negotiations between the two companies.

The spokesman for the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, did not answer calls or reply messages sent to him by our correspondent on Saturday.


Black marketers sell fuel N1,400 in Benue

Meanwhile, black marketers are making brisk business as most filling stations in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, closed for business.

Since the hike in the price of the petroleum product, many filling stations have been shut down while the black market has resurfaced.

Our correspondent, who monitored the situation in Makurdi on Saturday, observed that several filling stations were not operating while black marketers were using their frontage to sell the product to motorists.

The product was sold between N1,300 and N1,400 per litre.

This development resulted in few vehicles plying the roads, while transport fares skyrocketed and people resorted to trekking.

Motorists crowd NNPC stations for fuel

Despite the promise made by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, that fuel would be available in filling stations by the weekend, the situation in Ondo State has not improved.

A visit to some filling stations in Akure, the state capital, showed that many petrol stations were still under lock and key following unavailability of the product, while NNPC stations with the product had long queues.

Also, some stations of the independent marketers were selling for between N950 and N1,100 per litre.

In Ekiti State, many petrol stations dispensed petrol to customers, while a few did not have the product.

But the price was between N950 and N1,200 per litre at the stations dispensing petrol.

Long queues of vehicles were at the few stations selling the product at between N950 and N960 per litre.

A self-employed man, Mr Abel Olode, who said he bought some litres of petrol for N960 per litre on Friday, said, “I parked the car at home and boarded a motorcycle to my place of work today. Using it daily will drain my finances.”


Filling stations belonging to major marketers in Ogun State sold fuel for between N868 and N890 per litre, while independent marketers sold for between N950 and N1,200 per litre.

The NNPC outlets, however, sold at N865 per litre.

A motorist, Adeolu Bashir, said, “Nothing has changed with the fuel situation. The independent marketers are selling the fuel for N1,200; meanwhile, not many of the filling stations are selling the product.”

As of September 7, 2024, independent marketers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, were dispensing fuel at N1,100 and N1,200 per litre. There were no long queues in most of the filling stations in the city

Long queues still persisted in most of the filling stations in Zamfara State, despite the hike in fuel price.

Most of the filling stations, controlled by IPMAN in Gusau town and other parts of the state, were selling a litre of fuel between N1,100 and N1,150.

There was no fuel in all the mega stations visited by Sunday PUNCH as of the time of filing this report.


Despite the scarcity of PMS in some states, the product seemed to be available in most filling stations across the 13 LGAs of Nasarawa State.

When our correspondent visited some of the stations in Lafia, the state capital, on Saturday, it was observed that there were no queues.

The prices of PMS in Obi, Awe, Keana, Doma, Toto and Nassarawa Eggon LGAs had skyrocketed to N1,100 per litre.

Filling stations such as Sandaji, Hayattu, Alh Dauda Muhammadu, Nagoda, Rainoil among others, all sold at N990 per litre.

Meanwhile, the product is currently being sold between N1,200 and 1,400 by the black market dealers in several locations across the state.

In an interview with our correspondent, one of the black marketers, Musa Inusa, said getting the product had become “extremely difficult” for him because of the strict restrictions and increase in price.

Contributors: Abiodun Nejo, Peter Dada, John Charles, Bankole Taiwo and Collins Agwam
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[Even Evans the billionaire kidnapper said he ran away from Anambara because of Peter Obi!


hquote author=Noblechykk post=131886235]
He was once a governor. Before he took over, Anambra was among the most unsecured state in the country. He tackled insecurity head on. Whatever model he used them, he will use now[/quote]

Where you in Anambra? I remember i was once in Onitsha and saw a huge crowd gathering. Out of curiosityi went to look and behold they were crowding PeterObi....he was there pointing fingers North..South...East and West...

Within 3 weeks all the roads in that area were tarred!

That wad where i was just passing through...all the roads behind peopls' club Nkpor...amazing

flokii:
Go and sleep jor..

E easy yet poverty index in Anambra increased from 25% to over 55% under the 'gbaju e' master.
Empty barrels always doing cho cho cho upandan.

See a very fine, beautifuland promissing lass killed for no good reason at all! What a World.....

Glimpsetv:
A user with the username Jezz XCIX, shared a video of them together, accompanied by a heartfelt message that left social media users emotional.

Christiana, also known as Idowu, was in Lagos for her mandatory industrial training when she went missing. The 21-year-old was tragically killed in captivity by her suspected abductor, Ayomide Adeleye, despite her parents paying a ransom.

The Nigerian Army has since arrested Adeleye Ayomide, 23, an undergraduate 200-level philosophy student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ogun State, as the suspected killer of Idowu Christiana, a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State.

In the emotional post, Jezz XCIX wrote:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmeCfuf5f_U?si=oks7U-upZfr8rVHQ

epco(m): 8:48am
This was after a flood and inundation deluge...these are roads that were overwhelmed by flood water. He went to the communities to sympathize and to see how he could alleviate the misery of the people in that vicinity

Thiefobi1:
We should vote for ur Igbo brother who could not upgrade Anambra water transportation.

This was after a flood and inundation deluge...these are roads that were overwhelmed by flood water. He went to the communities to sympathize and to see how he could alleviate the misery of the people in that vicinity

Thiefobi1:
We should vote for ur Igbo brother who could not upgrade Anambra water transportation.

He is ignorant as Dangote is not the owner of MRS! Allow the FOOL to breathe....lol

greenermodels:
you are been uncouth for no good reason, you could made your input without sounding so sour.

You are the ignoramus, as MRS is in no way owned by Dangote. If I am not mistaken it is owned by Dantata! So try to get your facts right before insulting others....

Dangote cannot own and run an enterprise in such a very very bad way. Dangote runs his enterprise very professionally.

dealslip:
I used to worry about the rate at which people comment in complete ignorance. You are asking Dangote to do what he has been doing for over 7 years. What is MRS? a fast food joint?.
No wonder the SMs platforms are so tensed with people driving ignorant comments and opinions.

Forget that bro. The Arewa youth have been bought over by the oil cabal to tarnish Dangote's image. Remember that the NNPCL guys were the first to run to the press. Dangote is disturbing their shenanigans in the oil sector so they now sponsor these youths to give him a baf name!

Zwooks:
Good. Arewa have caught up to the shenanigans of crook, Dangote

So you think Fubara took Fayose's advise? Did u watch before commenting at all?

Chinkoalhaji34:
Typical of Fubara, always taking advice from corrupt individuals like Fayose instead of focusing on the development of Rivers state

What do you mean. They sabotaged them for 30 years?

hodari:
Ramaphosa is a traitor. How does he get into bed with the racist DA? These people will connive and sabotage the government from within on behalf of their Western masters.

There is no country like North Sudan.....

Ilamina:
I thought all the Sudanese in the north look arab

Light brown

You have not seen the video and you are commenting. If so you would have seen that he was trying to get away from the court. He was warned severaltimes to stand still and get cuffed but he resisted....

doggedfighter:
Why grab him from back ? Is he resisting arrest ?



Why's it that our officers here always arrest with kicks, slaps and all manner of physical abuse ?


Just arrest him for impersonation. Let him kindly explain who called him to bar.😊

So governors cannot pay a mere $40?

ForValour:
Rubbish