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Business › Re: Why Onyema Was Flagged By The US - Advice From A US Based Business Man. by teepain: 9:53am On Nov 24, 2019

SalamRushdie:
Nonsense !!! The US govt is not after Onyema because he made large purchases , infact they were aware from the onset that he had brought 20 million dollars into an American bank to buy an aircraft because he submitted a copy of his LC to them, the problem is that instead of using the money to buy the plane he now disbursed it it to various other account and that was were he breached their anti money laundering laws ...

Thanks for this post. While I am always on the side of the legal Maxim that "all men are innocent until proven guilty", I am nonetheless disturbed by the attempts to rewrite the charge sheet by Allen Onyeama's camp.

This original poster's attempt to mislead the readers as to why CEO Onyeama was flagged is pedestrian and is damaging to the man's situation. The U.S authorities disclosed why he was charged ( and this was for forged documents).

Between yesterday and today, I have read 2 accounts from Onyeama's camp or people sympathetic towards his cause - one from his lawyers and this other one right here, and disturbingly both accounts have not addressed the vexatious issue of forged documents with intent of laundering money through the U.S financial systems.

I do hope that the CEO Air Peace comes out of this unscathed, but I implore his PR handlers, lawyers and all those who sincerely love him to desist from steering the arguments towards non-issues and find a way to convince the American authorities that there was no forgery as alleged.

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Crime › Re: Cameroonian Soldiers Kill A Nigerian Businessman For Selling Tramadol (Graphic) by teepain: 11:56pm On Nov 22, 2019*

stanliwiser:
in other words drug peddlers should be massacred right?

This is wrong because the killing is extrajudicial. However, people who peddle mind altering drugs are themselves not different from killers; because the drugs they sell usually lead to loss of lives either directly or indirectly. A lot of violent crimes are committed under the influence of these drugs.

When there is hue and cry about the side effects of a type of drug, drug dispensers and peddlers have a social responsibility to try and sanitize the supply of such without being goaded. Everything shouldn't be about profit making all the times.

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Politics › Re: David Lyon's Speech And English Got People Talking (Video) by teepain: 12:39pm On Nov 22, 2019

Sirjamo:
I just hope that he would eventually make up for his intellectual shortfalls with good performance as the governor of Bayelsa, that is the only thing that matters to the people.

I equally pray that his performance in governing Bayelsa would justify the support he enjoyed across party lines from bayelsans. That said, I don't think that his inability to speak flawless English is a sign of intellectual shortfall or deficit. He may be strong with numbers or he may possess some other magnificent cognitive ability; I have seen quite a number of intelligent people who couldn't speak or write flawless English and I have seen some people adept at speaking English language while they score low in other areas.

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Education › Re: Babcock University Reacts To Sex Video Of Expelled Students That Leaked Online by teepain: 4:22am On Nov 21, 2019

Johans1991:
Good one there. Sex before marriage is a sin, am surprise that some people saw nothing wrong with that.
Thank you Babcock for maintaining your moral standard.

I completely agree that premarital sex is a sin and not a crime. Hence, God reserves the right to punish sins while men punish crimes.

While premarital sex is condemnable, it is not the only sin; can members of management of Babcock University stand tall and claim that they don't commit sins in their day to day activities?!

If they commit sins, even once in a while in their daily activities; which human being punishes them for their sins and not crimes?

Remember the parable of the prostitute that was to be mobbed but Jesus rescued with the following words: "let him that hath no sin cast the first stone"!

Crime › Re: Fbi-wanted Scammer Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin Forfeits House, Cars, Jailed by teepain: 7:36pm On Nov 20, 2019

olisaEze:
Yep, he can’t be tried twice for the same crime. Law of double jeopardy.

I do not believe that this law of double jeopardy would apply in the instance if the FEDs truly want him.

And I say this advisedly because of the case of James Ibori who was discharged and acquitted in Nigeria, for some allegations only for him to be tried and found guilty for same offences in the UK.

CC RichDad1

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Romance › Re: I Caught Her RedHanded Stealing, Deleting Her Chat From Phone, What Should I Do? by teepain: 11:09am On Nov 16, 2019

EFULEFU1:
I am planning to marry her. We Have courted for one year.

I have caught her stealing my money twice but in all cases, she wept, knelt and begged me, saying it is the spirit of succubus and incubus that makes her do that.

I forgave her because I am mad over this girl. I so love her.

Now I caught her via her phone chats, that she has been deleting her chats with a guy she claims is her classmate. After not talking to her for two days, she wept and knelt to beg me, confessing that, the guy has proposed to her and that the spirits of succubus and incubus made her delete the chats.

She says I should take her to a prophet for deliverance.

I so love her

Please what do you advise?

Thanks

Wait until the spirit of incubus and succubus direct her to be sharing her Honeypot to your friends and family after marrying her. Then come back for our pieces of advice.

Crime › Re: Ikechukwu “Ike” Amadi Jailed In US For $10M Wired Fraud by teepain: 8:09pm On Nov 12, 2019*

munchi:
He has a good heart but a bad character

What good heart does he have? Is it because of his story of sending money to needy people? That story line is meant to get him off with a lighter sentence.

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Agriculture › Re: Poultry Farmers Beg President Buhari Not To Re-Open Borders by teepain: 10:59am On Nov 12, 2019

ikorodureporta:
They cannot meet up. Do we have the tech for that. Wait till after Christmas when they all run out of stock weda na fowl pikin una go dey chop

By then a whole chicken wld be abt N5k

It takes about 6-8 weeks to raise a broiler chicken to table size, so there is really no fear about running out of stock for the farmers.

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Agriculture › Re: Broiler Farmer Needed by teepain(op): 10:29am On Nov 12, 2019

Willie2015:
how much is he willin to pay per kg for above 3.5kg weight

He said #600 per kg is his target cost. Thanks for the mention.

Agriculture › Broiler Farmer Needed by teepain(op): 9:56am On Nov 12, 2019*

Good morning fellow nairalanders.

A friend who is into broiler processing needs a farmer that can supply him the following specifications of broiler:

1. Broilers' liveweight must be from 3.5kg and above.

2. Broilers must not be more than 10 weeks

3. Farmer must have the capacity to supply 1000 birds of the specifications every month.

If you can meet this expectation kindly mention this post.

Additional information:
He is located in Lagos therefore he would prefer farms that are either in Lagos or close to Lagos. For farmers outside Lagos the price per kg on offer would determine the workability.

Crime › Re: Taxify Driver Awaiting Youth Service Loses Sight To Robbers by teepain: 5:31pm On Nov 11, 2019

nikkybrownme:
A graduate of Physics from the Kogi State University, Tomi Waziri, 27, has lost his eyesight to an armed robbery attack while in traffic in the Apongbon area of Lagos.

According to Punch, Waziri, who was waiting for his call up letter from the National Youth Service Corps for the mandatory one year service, was said to have approached his sister’s husband to engage him as a Taxify ride hailing service driver until he would be mobilised for the scheme.

It was learnt that on September 12, two armed robbers attacked him while in traffic and shot him in the face.

Waziri was said to be conveying a female passenger to the Papa Ajao area of Mushin around 8.00 p.m., when the robbers attacked him.

They were said to have left immediately they shot him.

The victim narrated his experience, “I live at No. 35 Daudu Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi. I was robbed in traffic on the Apongbon Bridge, Lagos, on September 12, 2019, by two young men around 8pm. I was a Taxify (now Bolt) driver and I had a female passenger in the car. We were going to Papa Ajao, Mushin.

“One of the robbers pointed a gun at me; I was about giving him my phone, when he shot me in the face and collected the phone. The pellets shattered the window and hit me in my two eyes.

“The robbers ran away immediately I was shot. My passenger became scared and panicky. The next thing I noticed was that she disembarked from the vehicle and began calling for help as she was running away.

“I was bleeding profusely without help. I came down from the vehicle and shouted for help; nobody answered. After about five minutes, two policemen showed up.

“They were the ones who took me to the Military Hospital, Yaba, in my vehicle. One of the policemen drove us to the hospital. While driving, the other was busy holding me and saying kind words to me so that I wouldn’t give up.

“When we got there, I was given first aid to stabilise my condition.

“I lost vision immediately I was shot. After treatment, it is still the same, we are only hoping for God’s intervention. The vehicle belongs to my sister’s husband. I used to remit money to him pending when I would get the NYSC call-up letter.”

According to him, his brother-in-law has been supportive, and is always around for him.

Waziri noted that the doctors at the Eye Foundation, Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA, told him that if he had been treated earlier, he would have regained sight in his right eye.

He added, “I went for surgery at the Eye Foundation. Before then, I was being treated at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, and I was about to do the surgery at LASUTH, but there were delays there.

“It was through God’s help that we were able to do it at the Eye Foundation. And when we got there, we were told that if we had come for the surgery earlier, I would have been seeing with at least my right eye. LASUTH was just negligent and wasting time.

“What the doctors are saying now is that we can only hope for the best; what I know is that there is no vision now.”

Waziri noted that his nose was treated at LASUTH, adding that there were still pellets in his face and two teeth, as there were pellets logged in the gum.

He said the doctors told him that if he wanted to get permanent treatment for his damaged teeth, he would have to pay N350,000 for each.

Concerning the pellets in his face, he said the doctors advised him that any attempt to remove them would result in more damage, adding that his body would expel them naturally.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/taxify-driver-awaiting-youth-service-loses-sight-to-robbers/amp/

The Nigerian masses are the enemies of their fellow masses.

A struggling young man waiting for NYSC call up who chose to live responsibly by engaging in legitimate hustle and some idiotic elements felt the appropriate thing to do was to rob him at gun point to the extent of shooting him after he had released his phone to them. I do not worry about the leaders anymore but the followers who will always harm their fellows. No sense of comradeship among the masses!

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Politics › Re: “Grow, Don’t Blow”- Ibrahim Magu Admonishes Youths by teepain: 12:39pm On Nov 10, 2019

heartofcity12:
The politicians are not dead yet. They can still be brought into justice. Age and nature has nothing to do with crime.

Criminals don't bring criminals to justice! And not all criminals on Earth will do time before their demise even though they have done the crimes.

What is more important is to have a new and upcoming generation that would eschew those vices of the older generation and forge a better future for themselves and the generations coming after them.

At a time in America, there was a generation of white Americans who couldn't condone sitting on the same seat with a colored person; but as times went by, a new generation developed who didn't see anything wrong in a black man becoming the President of America.

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Politics › Re: “Grow, Don’t Blow”- Ibrahim Magu Admonishes Youths by teepain: 9:46am On Nov 10, 2019

Notatribalist:
You have a very valid point, thank you.This are the reasons we must also fight cultism, I believe that will be more detrimental to the future of our Nation. Imagine a police as cultist.

I completely agree with you that cultism and all vices amongst the youth should be fought so that the country can move forward. Your thoughts are appreciated too.

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Politics › Re: “Grow, Don’t Blow”- Ibrahim Magu Admonishes Youths by teepain: 9:36am On Nov 10, 2019

Notatribalist:
You dey mind the idiot. Nan yahoo boys body then get power. Before anyone misunderstand me I also hate yahoo boys with passion, I just want EFCC to be just in their fight against crime.

Worry not so much about the ageing corrupt politicians. Nature has a way of taking care of them for death is a debt that everyone must pay.

But when these terrible, corrupt politicians die off as a result of old age, who are we going to replace them with?

Worry more about the young cyber criminals (aka Yahoo boys) and other criminally minded youths because there is no limit to the damage they can do with their I'll gotten wealth; some of them would become politicians and get into elective offices and other key positions. Some of them will set up public quoted companies with the intention of swindling their shareholders. Some of them will get themselves into the country's police force, army or dss.

The consequences of not taming 419s in the 90s are what we are living with today.

An adage says that "It is easier to tame an iroko tree at its infancy becuase when it is old, we would be compelled to offer it regular sacrifices".

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Agriculture › Re: Nairaland Farmers Contact Details by teepain: 4:38pm On Nov 08, 2019

Hello all,

A brother needs 1000 broilers with the following specification:

Not more than 8 weeks
4kg or higher liveweight

This order is not one off. It is likely to be on a monthly basis.

If you can meet this need, kindly drop your contact and he would get in touch.

Politics › Re: FFK: After Wetting His Bed, Short Man Devil Shed Tears by teepain: 3:58pm On Nov 07, 2019

Adadio:
The issue here is whether or not the fellow under reference is being humiliated in office.Do you think if a Northerner was the VP that he would take it. The whole North would have risen in support of their own.What do we get in the South?Slaves who have been cowed because of religion and ethnicity will continue supporting the evil cabal from the North.I don't have any sympathy whatsoever for the man because he was warned earlier.Afonja treatment.As with Akintola,so with Abiola.The music continues.Did Nnamdi Kanu not say this was going to happen.Fooks will continue to argue blindly.

In reference to the part of your post in emphasis, permit me to remind you that Atiku (a northern VP) suffered humiliation under OBJ during the 2nd term of OBJ (a southern President) and heavens did not fall. Now, that does not justify the practice of subjugating VPs and Deputy Governors in the country and neither do I support such.

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Business › Re: Tiamin Rice Invests $13.4m To Produce 1,520 Tonnes Daily by teepain: 10:47am On Nov 06, 2019

geosuzzy:
1,5toones is just 30bags per day of 50kg

You aren't correct. 1500 tons is actually 1,500,000 (1.5m) kg and that should give you about 30,000 bags per day (at 50kg per bag).

Education › Re: Lauretta Onochie: IPPIS Will Expose Lecturers With Multiple Full Time Jobs by teepain: 4:14pm On Oct 28, 2019

na2016:
They have not told you how much those lecturers earn. They have not told you that adjunct staff is not a full time job. They have not told u that to be adjunct u must be a PhD holder at senior lecturer level before another Uni can accept you. They only told u lecturers have many full time jobs. I hope they wont cripple that sector forever just to favour the private unis set up by them.

It is shameful that our universities do not engage in enough researches that can generate revenues to make them financially self sufficient.

Any University that relies on funding from the FG cannot truly champion the struggle of Independence.

You are not financially independent but you want administrative Independence; where is that going to happen?

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Politics › Re: Border Closure: Rotten Tomatoes Line Roads In Benin Republic (Photos) by teepain: 3:47pm On Oct 14, 2019

majamajic:
at the expense of we non farmers ?

anyway I just hope when the price Start to stabilize , they don't reopen the borders

It is not at the expense of non-farmers really. The advantages of the border closure are listed below:

1. More money that would have exited our economy would stay in Nigeria hence we have more liquidity; it is akin to your blood staying in your body instead of leaking out

2. Since the money you are paying farmers now goes to Nigerians, there will be a positive improvement in the GDP and Per Capita Income

3. The good prices that farmers earn on their produce in Nigeria would attract more people into farming and other spin off jobs, thereby increasing employment opportunities.

4. As the farmers and other people employed in the agric value chain earn more money they become less dependent on others for handouts

5. As the prices attract more people into farming and other agric value chain jobs, the supply will increase and the prices will keep falling until equilibrium between demand and supply is reached.

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Travel › Re: Trucks Stuck At The End Of Seme Border (Photos) by teepain: 8:34am On Oct 14, 2019*

AbuMaryam1:
I prefer to buy a bag of a local rice at any price. Wisdom is, I'm enriching my fellow countrymen. Take it or leave it Nigeria must strive.

God bless you! You have a better understanding of the economic dynamics of this border closure than people who are fixated on pricing alone.

At least, when we patronize our local farmers and manufacturers, we will end up growing our economy.

Conversely, when we buy the smuggled products we shrink the economy; we cannot continue to haemorrage the economy of the country and expect any meaningful growth and development.

I learnt that one of the smuggling groups who specializes in rice buys about N500m worth of rice every week before the border closure and I was told that this is one of several groups (from the same source there are more than 20 groups - meaning that our economy loses at least N10billion weekly to smuggling of rice and it could be more if there are more than 20 smuggling groups even if we leave out individual smugglers).

Modified:
And I am thinking, how beneficial it would be if we could lock in the money expended on smuggling rice in Nigeria - at least we would be growing our economy by N10billion per week for preventing rice smuggling alone.

Ultimately farmers would smile to the bank, more people would be attracted to produce rice, our gdp and per capita income will witness positive changes, supply will grow and then prices will fall.

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Politics › Re: Dickson appoints 60 new aides — five weeks to guber poll by teepain: 10:01am On Oct 11, 2019*

Urchman200:
I agree with you to an extent, the president supposed to lead by example others will follow, but what do we have a president who set more confusion than those following.

In a Federal system, the President does not have to set examples.

In the U.S, there are quite a number of states that are more forward-looking on a number of issues than the U.S Federal government.

These governors need more scrutiny in their activities but sadly tribal bigotry often prevents us from scrutinizing them as well as we should; as the governors of the respective states are almost always of the same tribe with the people they govern.

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Travel › Re: My Class This Morning In Canada by teepain: 9:13am On Oct 01, 2019*

sassysure:
Are the politicians not Nigerians?
The Apple does not fall far from the tree na.
See those shouting and screaming online everyday, just give them small political assignment and they will be worst than the old recycled politicians we have.

The kind of lawlessness an average Nigerian display every minute is mind blowing.
We virtually don't have laws and nobody obeys any.

All traders lie. Workers steal with pen. Construction workers use fake materials when u pay them for genuine ones.
Or is it our pastors and imams?

Crazy country.

Morning brother. You have captured the scenario in Nigeria aptly and I'm happy that some Nigerians know where our problems lie.

In traveling to other countries, I have formed the habit of judging the state of lawlessness in any country by the level of chaos on their roads! There is a correlation! How do we behave while driving on Nigerian roads? Unnecessary aggression, Cheating, wanting to get ahead of the next vehicle at all cost - even in hold ups.

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Business › Re: Four Nigerian Firms Begin Local Production Of Milk by teepain: 1:36pm On Sep 22, 2019

solmusdesigns:

i know of WAMCO at iseyin oyo state...

What breaks my heart most is that all CBN's effort to give Nigerians upper hand and make us control our economy by discouraging forex for import and encouraging loans and forex to manufacturers, isnt being utilize , it is still Chinese, Europeans, Indians and lebanese that would setup this local factory and still benefit from all this, while our Politicians take money abroad, while our youths are worked like donkeys and paid peanut by this indians and the rest of the youths simply do nothing but wail online

CBN already made it known that $1.5bn dollars is spent annually that is N540,750,000,000 billion up for grab annually., Smart Graduates would already group them self into clusters of small professionals and understudy the local fulani method of rearing cattles and modernise it to give more yeild, and make a perfect bankable Business Plan and aggressively begin looking for AFDB loan, Bank Of Agriculture Loan, CBN Anchor borrowers Loan , that of Bank of Industries or Partnership and Investors even if its to partner Yahooboys who are trying to go legit, Afterall all graduate were given a project topic and we all wrote it spending money on research just to earn a mere certificate

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Very sensible post. Kudos.

Politics › Re: Border Closure: Benin, Niger Economies Under Pressure by teepain: 12:33pm On Sep 15, 2019

osazsky:
but y does your master run to London to treat malaria when we have leaves here that can cure him

The President's medical pilgrimages to foreign countries are condemnable and if this were to be the topic I would have condemned it unequivocally.

But, may I advise that you learn how to address people seeing that you are promoting your business on your signature; you don't know who your next biggest customer could be. How you arrived at the phrase of "your master" baffles me.

Good luck.

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Politics › Re: Border Closure: Benin, Niger Economies Under Pressure by teepain: 12:09pm On Sep 15, 2019*

pawesome:
oga..it will [b]make things more expensive[b] like it is already.. Rice is almost 21k for a bag hia in the north from the supposed 16k... Noatter what they do, there will be smuggling because the system is corrupt

The government should be encouraged to even tighten the importation noose more.

Even if it will be more expensive in short term, Nigerians will gain more in the long run.

When Nigerians wear foreign clothes, drink foreign wines, eat imported food, it baffles me when they complain about unemployment.

For every grain of imported rice Nigerians actually provide employment for input sellers, agric engineers, extension works, marketers, supply chain experts, warehouse owners, transportation companies of the exporting countries.

China closed their border for more than 10 years and within that period they learn to produce whatever they needed, it was tough for them but then they are reaping the fruits of their sacrifices today.

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Education › Re: Nigerian Universities Break Into Top 500 World University Ranking by teepain: 2:12pm On Sep 12, 2019

HigherEd:
Four Nigerian University have now featured in the Times Higher Education University Rankings. This follows 5 pillars in which the Universities where rigorously measured on; Teaching, Research, Citations, Industry Income and Internationalisation.

Covenant emerged no 1 in Nigeria and joint no 4th in Africa.

UI emerged no 2 in Nigeria and joint 8th in Africa.

Unilag broke into the ranking for the first time, surpassing UNN in 3rd place in Nigeria and 18th in Africa.

UNN sits at fourth place in Nigeria with 26th in Africa.

OAU fails in it's bid to get included this year.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/where-to-study/study-in-nigeria

Laudable achievement by Covenant University, more wisdom to the school's management, the alumni association and the current students.

By way of digression, I understand that American University owned by Atiku is one of the most expensive universities in Nigeria right now. Would you know if they were ranked at all. Same thing for the Bells University.

Thanks.

Politics › Re: Buhari Supporters In Bauchi Celebrate His Tribunal Victory by teepain: 6:25am On Sep 12, 2019

MrColdsweat:
That is why democracy in a multicultural state is evil and devilish.

In a multicultural state, democracy is tyranny of the majority.

The illiterate majority decides the direction of the nation using their numbers.

Nigeria must break.

Politics › Re: Dele Momodu Reacts To President Buhari’s Victory At The Election Tribunal by teepain: 6:10am On Sep 12, 2019

jaxxy:
Atiku has a good chance bt it was sabotaged. He spoke many truths on inec lapses and incompetence enough to nullify that election bt this is Nigeria.

In the court of law it is not the business of an election petitioner to "speak many truths".

His business is to prove with evidences the electoral lapses and underhand dealings that robbed him of victory.

Atiku's legal team did a very shoddy job. And against the respondent's team that had an election petition specialist like Olanipekun Wole they did not do well.

How did Atiku's lawyers believe that inec server was a legal ground to upturn the declared results:

1. The electoral act does not recognize the collation of result by electronic means
2. They could not state the MAC ADDRESS of the purported server nor it's serial number
3. Atiku's team claimed that they were told about the server by a whistleblower who wanted to remain anonymous. And you want the court to give Atiku a favourable judgement. No, it does not work that way.

If I go to court and say that I saw Mr A stealing something I might succeed in prosecution but if I say that Mr B (who is anonymous to the court and who is not ready to serve as a witness) then my case would most likely be thrown out.

Even FG's prosecutors lose cases from time to time because of their inabilities to prove their case.

Crime › Re: EFCC Arrests 13 Yahoo Boys In Another Clamp Down In Enugu (Photos) by teepain: 9:13pm On Sep 10, 2019

GavelSlam:
They would claim it's because there's no work.

But ask yourself, how many of them go into manufacturing when they make their millions?

How many of them set up a laboratory?

Are many of them not university graduates?

Nigerians have to tell themselves the truth, Nigerians love corrupt practices.

Bro why do you speak my mind most times

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Politics › Re: Presidential Tribunal: We Have Enough Evidence For Buhari’s Sack – Atiku by teepain: 8:28am On Sep 10, 2019

Gracealone:
Although Nigeria deserves a change NOW, but I think Atiku did not make a good case at the tribunal.

Atiku's legal representation was disappointing at the tribunal, I expected more from him and his team.

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Politics › Re: Nigeria escapes another $1.8bn arbitration award by teepain: 11:22am On Sep 06, 2019

anonimi:
Must you tell lies or you are just ignorant

Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) is an engineering and project management company founded and led by Michael Quinn and Brendan Cahill who had over 30 years’ experience of project management and execution in Nigeria.

P&ID conceived and planned a project that would deliver much-needed power generation to millions of Nigerians, and create profitable by-products for sale on the international market. Under an agreement with Nigeria, P&ID would build a state-of-the-art gas processing plant to refine natural gas (“wet gas”) into “lean gas” that Nigeria would receive free of charge to power its national electric grid. The lucrative natural gas liquid by-products (propane, ethane, butane) of this processing would be sold by P&ID on the international market, with expected profits in the billions of dollars.

In 2010, P&ID entered into a 20-year agreement with the federal government of Nigeria to execute this project.

Under the agreement, the Nigerian government was to ensure that all necessary pipelines and related infrastructure were installed and that arrangements were made with agencies and third parties to deliver gas for P&ID to process. However, the Nigerian government failed to meet its commitments, causing the project to flounder. This meant Nigeria would lose the opportunity of a new power supply, and P&ID would lose 20 years’ worth of profits.

P&ID attempted on multiple occasions to find a solution, and yet Nigeria refused to come to the table. Arbitration commenced in 2012 before a tribunal in London. Although during the arbitration Nigeria claimed to be interested in reaching an amicable settlement with P&ID, in fact Nigeria never made a serious offer and it became clear that Nigeria was attending settlement discussions only to delay the proceedings.

In July 2015, the tribunal in London unanimously concluded that Nigeria was liable for the government having repudiated the agreement with P&ID. In January 2017, the tribunal ordered the Nigerian government to pay P&ID $6.6 billion in damages, plus interest that is accruing daily at a rate of over $1.2 million

Source: www.pandidfacts.com

Please read through the submissions of P&ID carefully especially the parts in emphasis.

When you are done reading and reconciling their submissions with my earlier post, kindly point out the lies I told.

Then we can continue to have a civil conversation.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Xenophobic Attacks: Enough Is Enough - President Ramaphosa Of South Africa by teepain: 2:34pm On Sep 05, 2019*

GavelSlam:
I disagree.

A half-educated Nigeian with no skillset is the problem of Nigeria.

I can think back to some of my classmates during my undergraduate years in the 90s. Some were already involved in 419. Realise this was a period of fax machines and snail mail.

Many were from homes that were relatively well off.

Without developing a skill, the society is in danger of extinction.

Crime becomes rife, morals become lost and industry is stifled.

The homefront has lost all morality and development of the child with various skill sets has become archaic.

You and omenka are both correct. The Nigerian societal problem is a multivariable problem situation.

Addressing one of the variables without the others may not yield a desirable outcome of building a nation of our dream.

While we address, the problem of Nigerian graduates' ill education and skill gaps, we need to also recognize the treacherous capacity of the ruling elites to exploit our fault lines of language, tribe, ethnicity and religion and therefore guard ourselves against such inhumane exploitation.

And more importantly, we need to reappraise our value systems. While growing up, one of the worst verbal abuses anyone could suffer was to be called a "dullard" or olodo. Once you were tagged an "olodo", no one wanted to associate with you hence you would have to double your efforts, academically.

Little emphasis was placed on how wealthy your family was.

I recall with nostalgia that invigilators had little or nothing to do back then because even without the invigilators' we wouldn't cheat. If you dared to "giraffe" or cheat, the verbal excoriation you would suffer from your peers would discourage you from that ignoble path.

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