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oduastates:
I'm with Fashola on this one. My only grouse is the THE SW will pick up the largest tab.The refusal to pay taxes elsewhere is the reason why almost every other aspect of Nigerian life is taxes.
Stop voting for idiitts

Imagine a 55 years old independent nation with almost zero infrastructure in the time and age? Is a little bit indisposed, at home now with no power. What a nation!

oduastates:
I'm with Fashola on this one. My only grouse is the THE SW will pick up the largest tab.The refusal to pay taxes elsewhere is the reason why almost every other aspect of Nigerian life is taxes.
Stop voting for idiitts

With the exception of a minute few, are they not all id!ots?

Sir, Abeg no vex. I promise to sent 100 text messages before, during and after your next birthday and I hope you reward the gesture too

Validated:
What happens to the N1.50 per litre Petroleum tax government collects? Would it not amount to double taxation. Give me a better arguement.
Not even sure you read the post!

Bro, leave that thing. If that will bring the highly needed succor especially at this end time, I'm in for it

Ok na, two can play the game. Abeg ladies make una no vex if I also improvise and rock my wife's g-string . And it will be so romantic

What is fraudulent about tolling major highways to generate funds for its maintenance? Are you not tired of all these potholes and gullies called roads in this 21st century in Nigeria. If tolling will make the highways to be properly maintained then so be it. The money spent of shock absorbers, arms, bushings et al will minimize talkless of the precious man hours that will be saved.

Next should be the removal of subsidy.

In Nigerian punishment is only reserved for the poor. 200 grammes of dope and life in prison? Only in Nigeria and that's why I don't blame Nnamdi Kanu when he made the famous statement that Nigeria is a z...

theV0ice:
Ok, pls learn well. The house is a 26-member house. With the appeal court ruling, PDP now has 12 while APC has 14. I hope that should settle that for you.

You know what i find funny about the Oba Akiolu and the Lagoon fame? why supposed Igbo leaders were laughing with him and pledging loyalty when he supposedly issued the 'threat'? see some of your leaders explaining why they laughed

http://theeagleonline.com.ng/kiolu-why-we-laughed-clapped-igbo-lawyer/

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/180738-igbo-leaders-applauded-oba-of-lagos-as-he-delivered-anti-igbo-speech.html

Were they clapping, applauding and celebrating the impending genocide of their folks?? or were they simply dunces bereft of understanding??

whether they laughed or cried is inconsequential. What matters here is the mindset and intolerance of the monarch who is supposed to be apolitical. History is there for you to learn my dear. It didn't start today

Somebody should call Buhari's attention to this. This is the kind of things he does

Mtcheeeew. Thought it's a sensible thread. Next!

BarryX:
I said from the onset! Ambode and Aregbe have something in common!.

What exactly I can't fathom yet

They are the conduit pipes used in milking and impoverishing the good peoples of lagos and Osun states by the man in Ikoyi

BarryX:
I said from the onset! Ambode and Aregbe have something in common!.

What exactly I can't fathom yet

They are the conduit pipes used in milking and impoverishing the good peoples of lagos and Osun states

theV0ice:
In order words, you've rolled out your calabashes, white chalk and native fowl to invoke the spirit of fighting in Ogun state assembly right??

How many years does wishing evil on others add to your life my dear friend??

God forbid me wish anyone evil. We only learn and talk from experience. Remember Oba Akiolu and the lagoon fame. Right?

The headline should have read " Ambode Commiserates With Onigbese Rauf Aregberascal 1 is Oshogbo. I hope they come to his aid before hunger finishes the people of Osun.

theV0ice:
No travails anywhere my dear...in Plateau state for instance, the ratio is 12:12 and we've not heard that they've set fire to each others cars or burnt down the assembly complex.

Some things transcend politics. They all know the development of the state is at stake so they all must put on their best behaviour for their own good and the good of the state.

Ever since the independence of Nigeria, we have only had "Wild Wild West" and nothing of sort from the middle belt. Abi na lie?

She only wanted to impress the so called landlord after collecting money from to the so called landlord. Imagine in this age and time arresting a husband in lieu of the wife just because of the bribe taken. Remembered the first time I went to that particular station to lodge a complaint, was told to first pay the sum of 2000 for them to take the statement, bla bla bla.... Very useless people

meforyou1:
she went to arrest a woman.

Then what happened afterwards?

Am with Ocha on this one. He should have left her with one blinded eye. Foolish policewoman

theV0ice:
Finally You have no reason to accuse PMB and Tinubu of influencing the judiciary i guess??

Or you think they did to assist PDP?

I believe you'll love to pee again when next an APC success from any tribunal is announced??

Sorry bro. Was just thinking of the travails of Ibikunle Amosun; for APC to have lost seven parliamentary members at a go no be moi moi. You gat that?

Ha! Lobatan. The return of the PDP and the APC finally confirmed as a Northern party.

sandraokosun1:
u had to write a whole epitsle longer than the op's, wow soon u would knw ths is nigeria, scripts are obvious to dissening minds. Hope u arent his relative

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Yeah. This is Nigeria where the
Aw enforcement events file frivolous charges without substantive evidence against suspects and seeks for amendments in the course of trial thereby making a mockery of the case. Even the conviction of Bode George was later overturned by the superior court.

sandraokosun1:
u dont get it do u? Ths case is a lost one, u shld knw the story by now.

How is it a lost one when it has not even started? Nigerians and sentiments. The guy is still innocent until proven guilty. I don't know how old you're or your experience in law to know that the law enforcement agents in Nigeria are a real bunch of clowns who rather than finish their investigations with water tight facts beyond heading to the courts always choose to play on public/media sentiments which is unknown to the law. Take a chilled pill the till the legal fireworks start, you have a lot to learn.

sandraokosun1:
then go bail him since ur decision is superior to court

That's the discretion of the judge and can be appealed.

Reserved. Please check the next available space. Thanks

There was a time I went to Nkwo Nnewi and saw an evening school for these boys and was really moved. They were having the best of both worlds. No wonder the Igbos are very good at commerce and industry. Kudos my people

sandraokosun1:
which media trial, commonsense is what is at play and the judges arent disappointing, what the world expects is what is playing.

Sorry. Am not moved a bit until it is proven beyond every reasonable doubt that he did commit the crimes he is accused of, till then he is innocent and the charges are bailable.

Am not for all these media trials. I need a conviction

Na this kain overzealous acts from the DSS fit thro this country into another civil war. Why not simply ignore the guy like others did? Time for all to sheath their swords and let peace and diplomacy prevail. Everything no be gra gra.

Thank God he is not from the East, This thread would have reached 7 pages by now. Some people are so disappointed right now.

iFollowing the alleged invasion of their stores by about 30 officials of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A, Ikeja, accompanied by soldiers, market women, who deal in parboiled rice at Mile 2 Oke/Under-bridge Market, in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, staged a peaceful protest to the head office of Vanguard Media Limited, yesterday.

ricepix-newThe women, who wept uncontrollably, complained that the armed Customs men and soldiers, who drove in two trucks, invaded their stores at about 1.00am yesterday, carting away about 1,200 bags of rice.

Speaking through Mrs Suwebatu Akorede, the women, who arrived the Vanguard’s office at about 1.00pm, lamented that the Customs men and soldiers broke into their stores without indicating what their offences were.

Akorede said, “The armed security operatives met our workers who slept in the market, when they drove in at about 1.00am. During their operation, they beat our workers up and even injuring two of them with gun butts. They drove away with two-trailer load of bags of parboiled rice, as well as cartons of juice drinks, that we had in our stores.”

When Sunday Vanguard visited the market around 3.00pm yesterday, the market women, numbering over 100 wore forlorn faces, even as others were seen discussing in hushed tones.

Semiu Akeem, one of the workers who alleged that he was beaten by the armed security operatives, said: “I was sleeping when the Customs officials and soldiers woke me at about 1.00am. After identifying myself as a worker in the market, one of the soldiers started ransacking my pockets. When I asked what the problem was, what I saw was that he used his gun’s butt to hit me on my knee. At that moment, the soldier took from me the N150, 000 that I had on me, as well as my two phones.”

Semiu added that “after the armed security operatives finished loading their two trucks with the bags of parboiled rice, they drove me and three of my co-workers to the Customs office at Ikeja.”

Also speaking, another trader, Mrs Chi Okeke said: “We pay Customs duty to bring in our rice through the Seme border. So, we are surprised that the same Customs officials who had collected duty from us will still come to invade our stores and carting away our products.”

Chairman of the market, Mr. Idowu Akanbi, said: “We have gone to Customs office at Ikeja to bail our workers that were arrested, and they asked us to come back on Monday, to secure their release, stating that it was already weekend.”

When contacted, the spokesperson, NCS, FOU, Zone A, Ikeja, Uche Ejesieme said: “Sequel to an intelligence information, that large quantity of smuggled goods were kept in an open location at Mile 2, the headquarters monitoring team led by Assistant Comptroller Jatau Micah swooped on the location in an operation that lasted between 01.30am to 03.30am of Saturday.

“The team evacuated 580 bags of suspected smuggled 50kg parboiled rice and 151 pieces of used tyres. The seized items and the suspects have been brought down to our facility in Ikeja for further investigation. On the joint operation with the Army, it is in line the policy of inter agency synergy and there is nothing untoward about that.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/customs-officials-soldiers-raid-lagos-rice-stores/

Is history about to repeat itself? Going to bust people's shops in the middle of the night without notice should be condemned by all right thinking Nigerians. These seized goods will soon grow wings and hapless traders wrecked, some for life.