PointB:

How can you simply conclude it's not economically viable? Is there any study done to determine it's not economically viable? Beside, who interest are you protecting? The Nigerian people or the airlines?

If you any iota of knowledge about biz you wouldn't make the post you make above. How can you conduct a study for airlines on how to run their own biz? I guess I can come to your office to tell you how to do your job or biz?

afam4eva:
Stop being mischievous, what about Onitsha, Nnewi, Aba and Enugu? And do you know that some businesses had to move to Lagos from the south-east due to international access. Let's put tribalism once in our lives and look at issues objectively.

Dude there is nothing tribalistic there, let the minister and other members if the Nigerian govt work hard to improve the infrastructure and facilities available in this country very soon many of these international flights will even apply to provide local flights services within Nigeria.
I for one will be more than happy to see many if these airlines plying several airports rather than Abuja and Lagos alone but at the moment it is not economically viable.
The ministers action is sending the wrong signals to investors and she need to retrace her steps fast.

This is extremely barbaric! How are they sure that these ones are terrorists?

kmariko: Australia : Population : 23 million; interantional Airports: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Cairns, Darwin, Gold Coast

Canada : Population; 34 million; international Airports; Vancouver, Calgary, St. Johns, Toronto, Montreal, St. Johns, Winnepeg, Ottawa.

Japan : Population 127 million : Major International Airports : 5

UAE: Population 7 million ; international Airports 6


Texas; 26 million; major International Airports; 5

All these 'major' airports you stated here may be international airports but does not have any INTERCONTINENTAL flights but CONTINENTAL flights. Most flights plying these routes are flights within their continents, for instance there are direct flights from most European cities to Manchester or Birmingham but you cannot fly directly to these cities without stopping over at a major European airports.
Enugu airport can start taking flights from Ghana, Ethiopia or even south Africa but a direct flight from Doha or even Istanbul is not feasible except you want the airlines to run at loss.

dasparrow: @Post

Ok, so let's look at things objectively here; something that most forumites here are refusing to do because they have been blinded by their own bigotry. If there is no more room/landing space at the international airports in Abuja and Lagos, then some international airlines must be redirected to other international airports within the country. I mean, it does not go any other way. All airports around the world including Nigeria have a maximum landing capacity. Once that capacity has been reached, other airports must be utilized.

Can you imagine if all foreign airlines flying into america all wanted to land at JFK international airport in New York and Dulles international airport in washington DC only? Don't you think that after a while, some requests for landing space will have to be denied if there is too much congestion at these airports while other airports around the USA barely have any traffic?

I mean sometimes, Nigerians must learn to put aside tribal sentiments and see things from an unbiased point of view. Are you aware that planes can crash into each other and cause fatalities if an international airport is too congested and landing spaces are not sufficient? When that happens, the same Nigerians will come on nairaland shouting and blaming the government and corruption.

It seems most Nigerians don't know what they truly want. As a people you complain when your leaders are not working and you complain when they are working. Isn't that pathetic? Lastly, am I the only one noticing that northern leaders never have anything good to say about this current administration and her leaders all because they (northerners) are currently not in aso rock? I didn't see northern leaders complaining bitterly over every little thing when Yaradua was president and went missing in action leaving Turai his wife at the helm of Nigeria's affairs. Nigerian leaders and her followers cannot seem to agree on anything nowadays but then wonder why you have sections of the country that are looking to secede from Nigeria. Sigh!

Your anaylsis is seriously flawed, you cannot compare USA with Nigeria because USA is an extremely big country it contains countries within a country.
take UK for instance, there are at least 2 big airports;Heathrow and gatwick in London alone. At the moment the govt is even planning to extend heathrow airports despite several objections, I live in Manchester and I can tell you categorically that except few airlines from Pakistan, India, canada and USA there are no other airlines offering direct INTERCONTINENTAL flights to Manchester (or Birmingham which is another big city). These few airlines operating directly to Manchester must have had a large number of customers from there otherwise it will not be worthwhile.
Nigeria or perharps Stella Oduah cannot force airline to ply Enugu, once there are enough facilities in Enugu and enough airlines passengers the airlines themselves will be more than happy to ply that route.

Stella Oduah's refusal to grant permission to these airlines does not make sense, her reason is not genuine and I cannot but agree that she's is pursuing a sectional agenda and she possibly be a tribalists.

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If it is not economically viable for these airlines to fly to Enugu you can't simply force them. It is ridiculous to think that forcing these airlines to fly to Enugu will make the city more attractive to airlines. Unless you can proof that a large percentage of these airlines customer will prefers Enugu to Abuja, I'm afraid I'll agree with Rep that the minister is pursuing a sectional agenda.
Is this not the same woman that gave ultimatum to some airlines to reduce their fees or leave? Nothing came out of her threat. I see her as a fucckking empty barrel, yeye woman.

The OP is high on cow dung, did Buhari served under Shagari a civillian? When was this OP born and where is the source of this rubbish?

Demdem: besides, its not a must that the police will have to be under the authority of the executives. They could be independent, under the supervision of the judiciary or whatever. We could even elect police chiefs in states or even communities that will be answereable to the people that elected them etc. A lot of restructuring that will eventually lead to a well-fortified police force better than what we have now can be initiated.
What we have presently is simply not working and thats a fact. Only the foolish will advocate that we stick to status quo hoping to get a different result. It doesnt work that way.
The Retardeen is just being myopic as usual.

You're 100% on point! State police doesnt have to be under the control of the governor, a proper restructuring will make it more efficient.

Ridiculous thread

CHIDI EJIOGU:

IS BIMBO AYELABOLA AN IMO NAME? STUPID OFE MANU.

You're a lobotomised ape! And so what? did she carry drugs or kill anybody? What she did is not a CRIME so get that into your thick skull, it's just an abuse of the system and she can make amends by paying back.

No matter how one try to be civil on this forum cretins like you will always make it impossible. Stupeed fucckking baboon.

tpia@:
@ topic

without a name, the woman could be from anywhere, imo.

exactly!

I could see some tribal bigots hovering over this thread like vultures seriously what this woman did is NOT A CRIME but an abuse of the system. She will be served the bill for her delivery and if she pay it then no biggie I believe she may even be able to pay the bill and should be compelled to do so ( i don't believe she's poor as she's is a havard graduate) otherwise she will be banned from UK simples.

Katsumoto:

My intention is not to educate bitter and ignorant dolts; it is to ensure that bystanders are not corrupted. I could care less if a monkey doesn't understand the significance of ancient cultures and traditions. One idiot is making fun of another culture, the same culture that is being taught in US universities and practiced in far away places like central & South America.

A good percentage of what I know of Yoruba culture and history came through books and experiences outside Nigeria. The internet provides immense opportunities to either educate or mis-inform.

Good points

@Aigbofa & Katsumoto
You guys are too intelligent than to allow this nonentity OP to drag you in the mud for 18 pages doing nothing other than repeating himself over and over again! He's nothing but an annoying mosquito buzzing over and over again.
I have put it to him over and over again on this thread and many others and he couldn't deny the fact that:

1.He is one of those Igbos who are hovering around countries like Malawi, Zambia and even Mozambique deceiving their guillible women into marriage to get their passports. Believe it or not his user ID gives him away as I don't know any sensible Igbo person that will be proud to use a country like Malawi as a monicker without being associated with the country one way or the other.

2.He has not deny the fact the he never lived in Yorubaland before but only a mere passerby

3. That he is not a civil engineer has claimed - I don't know of any civil engineer that can be so daft to be arguing blindlly, repeating himself over and over again like a mad person on what he knows nothing about. Civil engineering is not for lazy layabouts like the OP definitely not!
4. He is a jobless attention seeker looking for relevance.

I'll advise you ignore him as it is not wise to argue with a mad man at a market square otherwise you'll be mistaken for a mad man too.

I'm not surprised these low life, jobless, ret..ar..ded malawian wannabe stays on this useless thread for the whole weekend as promised
Seriously, looking back at all his posts they make absolutely no sense! Unfortunately these fake civil engineer has a lot if re..tar..ded followers who keep liking these stupeed posts purely out of their tribal bigotry.
A well educated civil engineer will know better that you don't argue about what you know nothing about. The slowpoke OP and his fellow spare parts seller have never lived elsewhere apart from their remoter eastern villages and are really surprised that some people don't think like them. They are surprised that the world does not revolve round Igboland, if the OP is ready for intelligent argument rather than an inane thread like this he can start a thread backed up with facts rather than his deluded imaginations.
I'm still enjoying my bank holiday weekend and have no time for frivolities like this.

Presidentcarter: this convict has a great chance of making heaven, that should be his focus now(blessing in disguise).

WTF

Malawian: so what are you doing in the UK? Are you an airforce officer or are you the one giving the air force officers bl.ow jobs? Is giving bl.ow jobs the reputable job you are doing over there?

You're the one drooling over pictures of grown up men not me, so talking about who specialise in bl.ow jobs its obvious that's your area of specialisation so carrying on.

Malawian: did you go looking for malawians in the UK to ask them about their country or did they seek you out? Why the lies nah? What if my moniker isnt malawian? Pls i will not allow you guys turn the subject matter of this thread to nigerians in malawi or what not. Nice try. Now answer my questions, what was tinubu doing in that picture?

I am not jobless like you (at least if you have the whole weekend to argue on NL you must be fccking jobless), these are people I met at reputable work places, some of these Malawians even served in the Royal air force, they are not just any rif raff so I believed them.

Malawian: if we are talkind about where i have passed by, then feel free to name all the south western states and illorin as well. I dont see how you can get to the east without passing through ogun and ondo. Neither do you get to the north without passing through ekiti and illorin. How do you get to OAU ife without going through ibadan? Where else remain for southwest. No i only listed where i have lived and stepped foot on. Look, i am a civil engineer so stop this your generic road side spare parts seller rubbish okay. I showed you a picture and rather than attack the picture for validity, you are here attacking the benevolent photographer. Haba.

This confirm you're only a passer by so stop displying your ignorance. I have been to Umidike in Abia state twice as my brother's wife is from there, I have also been to Enugu once as our in law works there despite all these trips I cannot come here to say boldly that I know much about east.

Aigbofa:

He is a gay arse mofo, his wife is probably spending the weekend with a nice Yoruba chap.

I'm not surprised! the fact that he adopt the name Malawian arouse my suspicion because I have met some Malawians here in the UK with several stories of how Nigerians flood to their countries to deceive their women, get their passport to travel to other countries to commit terrible crimes like armed robbery, drugs dealing etc

Malawian: see this exposed chimp sha. Where else do you know other than lagos? I have been to almost all the nooks of this country and i have stayed there as well. Lagos, osun, benin, ekpoma, auchi, abuja, nasarawa, markurdi, kaduna, and this is even leaving out all the eastern states and delta. The only place i havent been to is the deep south south. Answer the questions your supreme leader was posing for the world. Is that a merger or a slave - master arrangement your supreme leader is leading you guys into?

Stupeed ordinary road side fake spare part seller claiming to have been to Osun, have you lived in Yoruba state before or you just merely passed by? because its is obvious that you know nothing about Yoruba culture that is why you can't just stop displaying your ignorance on this thread.

No wonder you adopt the name Malawian, I'm sure you're one of those people deceieving guillible Malawian women to get Malawian passport. Eranko

Malawian: When i am through with you yoruba on this thread, you will leave igbo threads alone. Enough is enough already. Where are all those e-warriors that always swarm igbo threads to derail it? Your people need you now. Dont let me name names o. Come out from behind the closeth and engage me here. This is the weekend an i have got all the time in the world today. Lets attack guys, no retreat no surrender, come closer

you're just a jobless and attention seeking mofo, so you have all the weekend to waste on NL? your malawian wife maga must be on all weekend shift.

The OP is a mischievious MOFO, this is what happen when ethnic bigots who have never have the opportunity to leave their region or mix with people from other culture thinks the world revolve round them and their tribe alone.

Very beautiful pictures

GEJ is the first president to bring Facebook to Nigeria, Jona we hail you o

Very greedy woman, these African leaders never learn! How can you possibly explain having 3 of your sobs in strategic posts if not for greediness, if she's not careful she'll end up like Samuel Doe, ole!

They'll train them on how to mount illegal road blocks, collect egunje, substitute criminals, kill suspects without trial, use state resources to guard rich men, rope citizens into crime they know nothing about and many more. You can't give what you don't have, the Nigerian police are bunch of criminals parading themselves as law enforcements officers, it's not fit for purpose, outdated and ill equipped, I pity the people of South Sudan for the calamity they are inviting on themselves!

I wonder when Nigerians will stop these senseless killing, in this day and age some people still believe in rituals to make them rich!

The OP thinks Darfur is South Sudan what a clown

ogugua88:

I didn't know a true MOG has time to deliver a Nigerian resident of Germany from drinking his own urine and eating his own feces and predict football matches, meanwhile most of the nation is suffering.

Perhaps predicting football matches is another brand of gospel yeye people...,