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SportsRe: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Warripikine: 10:15pm On Mar 16, 2021
Subzero047:
I don't know what you are talking about, whether Osimhen plays or not depends on the next coach not you
That guy dey reason like cumkin grin
SportsRe: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Warripikine: 6:19pm On Mar 14, 2021
Subzero047:
Nonsense so you think Rodgers won't be happy to get 50 million for Iheanacho grin
If he keeps up this performance till the end of the season, we'll see
SportsRe: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Warripikine: 5:58pm On Mar 14, 2021
Kelechi Iheanacho dedicates his hat-trick to all the mothers in the world, what a guy �

SportsRe: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Warripikine: 5:54pm On Mar 14, 2021
PoliticsRe: A vote for Tinubu is a vote for RUGA.. by Warripikine: 6:30pm On Mar 13, 2021
OBALOLA55:
MAKE UNA NOR CARRY UNA RUGA COME SOUTH EAST O, A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE
grin
PoliticsRe: Kidnappers Of Kaduna Students Release Video, Demand ₦500 Million by Warripikine: 4:49pm On Mar 13, 2021
Minus another 500 million of southern Nigeria oil money to the purse of terrorists

PoliticsRe: A vote for Tinubu is a vote for RUGA.. by Warripikine: 4:26pm On Mar 13, 2021
Letthrmsay:
Which Nigerians? Neither here nor there,are u no more Biafra? Eleribu u better don't send yourself to early grave over Tinubu,he is not the architect of your wretched life,face OUK,TAO and Ikpeazu kerosene distributor.
Thanks to the dullard buhari whom Tinubu hoodwinked Nigerians into voting for with the help of his media team, Majority of Nigerians are now on less than 0.5$ per day..
A Tinubu presidency will definitely make their conditions worse...that's y it must not happen
PoliticsRe: A vote for Tinubu is a vote for RUGA.. by Warripikine: 3:41pm On Mar 13, 2021
uptimum123:
When he's already there laughing at you
The masses, those @idp camps, the dead, even my yoruba brothers who have become refugees in another country are not exempted from his laughter.. That's y he won't be president..
PoliticsRe: A vote for Tinubu is a vote for RUGA.. by Warripikine: 3:34pm On Mar 13, 2021
[s]Coming from a disgruntled Albino worshiper[[/s]
Lols..e be like say the drugstar promised you some slot..anyways, cry all you want..Tinubu no go near that seat.. grin
PoliticsRe: A vote for Tinubu is a vote for RUGA.. by Warripikine:
Simplyleo:
[s][/s]
Tinubu is a billion times more useful than lamidi cownu and the bearded coward ojukwu.
Tinubu is only useful to you and the cabals..
So You can Take him and give him all your family land to use for your useless Ruga..
Nigerians will be better off without him..
PoliticsRe: Sunday Igboho: Time Has Come To Realise Yoruba Nation, by Warripikine(op): 3:22pm On Mar 13, 2021
Idiko1:
I honestly say Good Morning to Yoruba Nation AKA Republic of Oduduwastan. The Muslim population of Yoruba peeps had to be represented that is the reason behind Oduduwastan.
Lols.. Anytime person wake, nah dat time be im morning.
PoliticsRe: Governor Hope Uzodimma Flags Off COVID-19 Vaccination Exercise In Imo State by Warripikine: 10:24am On Mar 13, 2021
Lols...so quick to administer vaccine so slow to administer palliative..
Who is he even waving at? His Fulani masters I guess
PoliticsRe: Sunday Igboho: Time Has Come To Realise Yoruba Nation, by Warripikine(op): 10:20am On Mar 13, 2021
DuBLINGreenb:
Na me go be South south freedom fighter we will make Niger Delta Republic and annex Biafra as well as all of the Middle belt grin

How Una see am?
awon south south freedom fighter.. mumu

PoliticsSunday Igboho: Time Has Come To Realise Yoruba Nation, by Warripikine(op): 9:41am On Mar 13, 2021
We know what we want and are not going back. Every other side talk is nothing but a distraction. We are fully focused; the Yoruba nation is the goal.


Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, has said the time has come for the much-desired Yoruba nation's realisation.


He added that anyone willing to join the agitation for the Yoruba Nation is welcomed.


Igboho, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki, stated that the Yoruba knew what they wanted and that there was no going back on the agitation for the Yoruba nation.

The statement partly read: "Anyone willing to support the agitation for the Yoruba nation is highly welcomed; the goal is the Yoruba nation Now.

"We know what we want and are not going back. Every other side talk is nothing but a distraction. We are fully focused; the Yoruba nation is the goal.

"Let me reiterate, anything you did not hear from me, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) or my spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki of Koiki Media, is not a fact.

"Chief Femi Fani Kayode is one of the stakeholders that identify with us on the struggle of Yoruba nation agitation.

"He can give his advice at any time as regards the agitation and there's no reason to doubt him. We have 100 per cent confidence in him. Let's not talk with envy. We must unite and stay strong in one voice. Therefore, we want to identify with Chief Femi Fani Kayode and any other person that stands for the Yoruba race irrespective of their religion or political party affiliation."

http://saharareporters.com/2021/03/13/time-has-come-realise-yoruba-nation-sunday-igboho-says

PoliticsRe: Oil Spill Shuts Down Fishing In 10 Delta Communities by Warripikine(op): 9:31am On Mar 13, 2021
Karlovych:
embarassed embarassed Jubrin is a failure, he is the federal minister of petroleum resources and this is what is happening under his tenure. In fact he is a disgrace to human cloning.
I've even forgot that
PoliticsRe: Oil Spill Shuts Down Fishing In 10 Delta Communities by Warripikine(op):
People's means of livelihood..shut down
PoliticsOil Spill Shuts Down Fishing In 10 Delta Communities by Warripikine(op):
March 13 2021
A devastating oil blowout has grounded fishing occupation at over 10 oil communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area in Delta State.

Some of the affected communities were Benikrukru, Kokodiagbene, Oporoza, Azama, Inikorogha and Kurutie and the leak was reportedly, at the weekend, spreading to more communities in the area.

Thousands of fishermen in the communities, their families and buyers from different from different parts of the state and beyond have been stranded as a result of the spill.

Villagers, who spoke to newsmen, complained that there was palpable fear in the affected communities, as some people have falling sick due to pollution of bodies of rivers which are major sources of water supply to the people.

President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, Worldwide, Shadrach Onitsha Ebikeme, who corroborated the claim, told newsmen:

American oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, which owns the facility has not admitted responsibility for the oil spill.”

He asserted: “We are, therefore, calling on CNL to rise up to its responsibility in the aftermath of an oil spill alleged to have resulted from its pipeline in Abiteye flow station.”

the company has been denying the occurrence of the spill.

“Presently, the whole of the kingdom is impacted. Benikrukru, Kokodiagbene, Oporoza, Azama, Inikorogha, Kurutie and a host of other communities within the shoreline and inside the creeks of Gbaramatu have all been severely impacted, as the spill continues to spread with the occupation of fishing and other water related trade seriously hampered.

“We, the youths of Gbaramatu Kingdom are calling on Chevron to rise up to the task and live up to its responsibilities, instead of denying that they are not the cause of the spill.

“They should as a matter of fact do the needful required of them by the host communities and other relevant communities that are affected, as what is currently happening is not funny and is not something to be joked with.

“The people’s means of livelihoods have been severely impacted and many are even reported to be falling sick due to the contamination of the ecosystem they rely on for sustenance,” he added.

Ebikeme, therefore, called on Chevron Nigeria Limited to live up to expectations by engaging the affected communities, rather than staying mute and denying its involvement in the spill.

https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/oil-spill-shuts-fishing-10-delta-communities-349699

HealthEurope Suspends Use Of Astrazeneca Covid 19 Vaccine After Reports Of Blood Clots by Warripikine(op): 7:52pm On Mar 11, 2021
Denmark, and six others have temporarily suspended AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one in Denmark, Danish authorities said on Thursday.

They did not say how many reports of blood clots there had been, but Austria has stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism.

They said six other European countries had halted the use of a vaccine batch from AstraZeneca.

“Both we and the Danish Medicines Agency have to respond to reports of possible serious side-effects, both from Denmark and other European countries,” the director of the Danish Health Authority, Soren Brostrom, said in a statement.

The vaccine would be suspended for 14 days, the health agency said. It did not give details of the Danish blood clot patient.


AstraZeneca has said its shots are subject to strict and rigorous quality controls and that there have been “no confirmed serious adverse events associated with the vaccine”. It said it was in contact with Austrian authorities and would fully support their investigation.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday there was no evidence so far linking AstraZeneca to the two cases in Austria.

It said the number of thromboembolic events - marked by the formation of blood clots - in people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine is no higher than that seen in the general population, with 22 cases of such events being reported among the 3 million people who have received it as of March 9.

The Danish Medicines Agency said it had launched an investigation into the vaccine together with corresponding agencies in other EU-countries as well as EMA.

“It is important to emphasise that we have not opted out of using the AstraZeneca vaccine, but that we are putting it on hold,” Brostrom said.

The agency said it had pushed back the final date for when it expects all Danes to have been fully vaccinated by four weeks to Aug. 15 as a result of the vaccine suspension.


https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/denmark-suspends-oxford-vaccine-shots-after-reports-of-blood-clots-b923516.html

PoliticsRe: Type Dullardinh(o) and see the magic by Warripikine: 4:54pm On Mar 11, 2021
Yoruba..kikikikiki
PoliticsRepentant Bandits Buy More Weapons After Collecting Cash From Govt – Gov Bello by Warripikine(op): 12:12pm On Mar 11, 2021
Repentant bandits buy more weapons after collecting cash from govt – Gov Bello
Seun Opejobi

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello has disclosed how repentant bandits deceived the government into collecting money to buy more weapons for their operations.

He made the disclosure at a parley with a vigilante group at Mariga Local Government Area of the State, yesterday.

The Governor, however, assured that bandits who give up their old ways, would be offered a means of livelihood..

According to Bello: “I am here to thank the vigilantes, boost their morale and to offer more support from the state government so that they can continue to support the police and other security agencies in the fight against bandits and other criminal elements.

“Any bandit that surrenders his weapons and repents from his heinous way of living would be forgiven, and provided with a means of livelihood

it has been discovered that the repentant bandits, after collecting cash from the dialogue option, they will purchase more weapons and return to their old ways of banditry.”

Niger State is one of the Northern states being terrorized by bandits.

Just three days ago, armed bandits had abducted about 49 people in Rafi and Wushishi Local Governments Areas of the state.


The bandits were said to have invaded the area on motorcycles and parked far away from the village, while they walked to the village to attack residents who were fast asleep.


https://dailypost.ng/2021/03/11/repentant-bandits-buy-more-weapons-after-collecting-cash-from-govt-gov-bello/

CrimeBlood On Uniforms: Policeman Kills Policewoman; Soldier Shoots Man Dead. by Warripikine(op): 9:49am On Mar 11, 2021
Blood On Uniforms : Policewoman killed by policeman; soldier shoots man dead

Families of victims call for justice for the extra-judicial killings


Before she met her untimely death Lovender Elekwachi had served the Nigeria Police Force for 13 years.

Her journey to the police started on July 1, 2007, when she was recruited. She had risen to the rank of a sergeant and was due for a promotion in 2020 but a fellow officer terminated her life.

Lovender was on duty as a traffic warden at the Eneka Roundabout in Port-Harcourt, South-south Nigeria, when she was shot dead by a fellow officer identified as Bitrus Osaiah, also a sergeant.

The 35-year-old mother of one was on duty around 2 p.m. when members of the Rivers State Taskforce on Road Decongestion, Illegal Street Trading and Motor Parks arrived to disperse traders around the roundabout.

Many witnesses who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES said Lovender left her post and attempted to pacify police officers, who accompanied the task force members, to stop carting away the traders’ goods. This move was rebuffed irritably by Osaiah. He reportedly opened fire. Moments later, Lovender dropped dead.

She died about ten metres away from a shop belonging to Udoka Luke, a generator repairer. Luke had abandoned his work to watch the whole episode unfold that afternoon.

“That day, there was task force packing people’s load over here,” he said. “Everybody was on the run, all the people that sell at the roadside, all of them ran away. Later, those boys that stand (stood) at the side of the road, those agberos (illegal traffic managers), were the ones that start(ed) using coke bottles to throw at the police and the task force.


“As the packing (of goods by Task Force officials) was going on, the policewoman (Lovender) was sitting somewhere there (around the roundabout), she now stands (stood) up to come and help because sometimes, if the task force people come, the police here use to come and defend the owners, they will now leave the goods for them. Immediately she stands (stood) up to go and defend that one that particular day, I saw her, she fell immediately. I was even the one that later rushed and saw that the woman was already dead.”

Once Osaiah and his colleagues saw that Lovender was dead, they zoomed off. The traders were quick to alert Lovender’s colleagues at the Eneka Police Station some 500 metres away. The officers chased and soon caught up with the fleeing assailant.

While the task force raid was ongoing, some traders who sell goods at the roadside were arrested and held behind Hilux vans. Joseph Francis, who repairs phones and sells accessories, was one of those arrested.

Francis said the fruit seller, whom the team was harassing at one moment of their operation, was a friend to Lovender and her attempt to rescue this friend led to her death.

Breadwinner gone

Lovender’s parent, Matthew Elekwachi and Mary Elekwachi couldn’t hide their emotions when PREMIUM TIMES visited the family home.

Both parents were in their Izu residence in Etche Local Government Area when the call announcing the death came in. Rattled, Mr Elekwachi dashed to the roundabout where he met the lifeless body of his daughter.


Mr Elekwachi, a chief, said he is proud of his daughter’s last act – compassion towards the traders; at the same time, he is sad the family support is gone.


Before her death, Lovender lived around Eneka with her husband and their two-year-old son, Great Chimezie. Her sibling, Goddey Elekwachi, was also living with the family.

Goddey, 25, was nursing the prospect of studying Electrical Electronics at the University of Port-Harcourt and his sister had promised to handle the financial responsibility. The dream is now an impossibility as Goddey had to return to the village.

A visibly sad Mary Elekwachi, Lovender’s mum, said her livelihood depends entirely on unfailing aid from Lovender. She fought back tears while the interview lasted.

“Lovender is (was) very good to me oooo…my son has stopped school because there is no one to train him, there is a house Lovender is building for me. Many things Lovender is doing for me, now nobody to do it again,” she said.


Apart from the assistance to her siblings, Lovender had placed her mum on a monthly stipend; she bought farmland for the mum; she employed labourers to work on her farm at every farming season; she was also building a six-bedroom structure inside their compound for the family to have more comfort. She also enrolled her mum in medical care.

All these are now gone, taken away by a single bullet by a colleague.



The family said that Lovender’s salary was only paid for three months after her death and that despite perfecting documentation months ago, her entitlements have not been paid.



While bureaucracy continues to stall the case, the Elekwachi’s continue to live in double agony; one, that Lovender has not been buried yet due to the lingering case and that justice has not been served.

The whole justice has been denied…how do I expect justice again? It is assumed that justice has been denied,” a frustrated Matthew said.

“I want justice. The person that killed her, if you know what to do (to him) do it,” a more frustrated Mary, addressing the authorities, added.


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The day a trigger-happy soldier went on rampage in Warri

A gunshot was heard on Bridgeview Road in the Ugbuwague area of the city. Unfamiliar with such a distraction, residents came out. They were met by the sight of a dead body – the body of 28-year-old Joseph Pessu with blood still gushing out.


A few minutes before the gunshot, Joseph, driving in a car, had been reportedly stopped by soldiers at the Ubeji checkpoint, not very far from his house. One of the soldiers at the checkpoint, identified as Ilekura Ajayi, was reportedly unsatisfied with Joseph’s ‘conduct’.

He was said to have asked Joseph why he wanted to hit him with the car. A mild argument ensued and Joseph drove off.

A while later, the father of two is believed to have noticed that the soldier was chasing him, first on foot and later in a vehicle. Two gunshots followed, one hitting the tire. Joseph kept driving.

His destination was his father’s house in Ugbuwangue. He was about 700 metres away, when he stopped driving. The exit from Bridgeview Road had been closed by residents, probably due to the lockdown.

Perhaps sensing he might be caught by a hail of bullets from the angry soldier, Joseph hopped down from the vehicle and dashed to the adjoining Mene-Akpata Street. Ajayi pursued with his gun.

The frantic strides were not enough to save this victim. A bullet hit him and then another when he attempted to crawl to safety.

He died on the spot.

Ani Iyonsi, a resident who lives close to the scene witnessed the shooting. “I was at home when I heard the gunshots. They shot him through the back of the car which hit him by the side,” he said.

About three streets away, Joseph’s father, Monday Pessu, was waiting for his son. He had called him earlier to come and assist him to the hospital to check his failing health. It was a journey Joseph never made.

Back to the scene of the shooting, residents had started to gather and a call was put through to Monday who arrived at the scene in no time, despite his health. His first instinct was to attack Ajayi but he was soon calmed by residents now preparing for protest.

Monday hauled the dead body of his son to the back of his Hilux van and then followed some soldiers to the A Division Police Area Command. The body was later deposited at the mortuary. Nothing has been heard from the authorities since then.

There is no known investigation or retribution for the erring officer further aggravating discontent within the victim’s family.

Section 106 of Nigeria’s Armed Forces Act states that “ a person subject to service law under this act who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills another person… is guilty of murder and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to suffer death.”


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/448113-blood-on-uniforms-4-policewoman-killed-by-policeman-soldier-shoots-man-dead.html

PoliticsBandits Abduct Over 100 Miners, Kill 10 In Zamfara – Emir Of Anka by Warripikine(op): 11:38pm On Mar 10, 2021
Bandits abduct 100 miners, kill 10 in Zamfara – EmirPublished on March 10, 2021
By Wale Odunsi

The Emir of Anka, Attahiru Ahmad, has said that more than 100 miners in Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara State have been abducted by bandits.

NAN reports that he spoke in Gusau when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor visited Governor Bello Matawalle.

The Chairman of Zamfara Council of Chiefs disclosed that bandits also killed 10 persons during an invasion of a mining site.

He said the incident was overshadowed by the abduction of Jangebe schoolgirls.

Ahmad lamented how bandits regularly attack miners and steal their money and property.

The monarch added that miners have greatly contributed to the state’s economic growth.

The traditional ruler expressed surprise about the declaration of ‘no fly zone’. The presidency had cited arms supply and illegal mining as the reasons.

“The state does not even have an airport. We know there are states with more security challenges than Zamfara.

“We expected that if such an order would be issued, it should also cover such states”, Ahmad complained.

The federal government has approved the deployment of additional 6,000 soldiers to Zamfara.
https://dailypost.ng/2021/03/10/bandits-abduct-100-miners-kill-10-in-zamfara-emir/

PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Of ESN Exposed.photo by Warripikine: 9:24pm On Mar 10, 2021
ablejesus26:
Freedom hmm Freedom

it seems eminently clear,that if Ala Igbo finally gets freedom we will have to deal with

A group who is ready to have the heads of every other Igbo man who do not supports their ways of operations

A group who organized themselves to beat an elder of the Igbo soil and Ichie for dat matter and still had the pomposity the yardstick to publish it on social media

A group who rages and reviles the fact dat we might all be Igbo but we can never never all be ipob

A group who do not dare to question the faults of their leader and any other nwafor who questions their modus operandi will be in soup

my Alliegiance as an Igbo man is to Ala Igbo and not to any group or persons

Ipob is fighting a good course as a sect just like massob and many other groups we have in Ala Igbo

but ipob must not impose themselves on us we are Igbo we are Republicans and socialites by Nature

we will choose our destinies we will draw a paths but in doing that we will not be lead by ipob and it's leader

nothing more nothing less
Your opinion is yours but,
That name Jesus..should not be associated with anything that's not pure and truth..
Hope you're conscious of that
PoliticsBayelsa Bans Open Grazing, Rejects Ranching for Herdsmen by Warripikine(op): 9:02pm On Mar 10, 2021
Bayelsa has enacted a law prohibiting the open grazing of livestock in the state and establishment of ranching

Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Yenagoa.

His words: “Bayelsa State welcomes all and sundry to eke out a living legitimately. The people of Bayelsa want to have a mutual and harmonious relationship with non-natives and natives.

“The essence of the law is to avert and forestall any clash between herdsmen, farmers, natives and non-natives as experienced in some states.”

The law, according to him, stipulates that any herdsman found with arms, whether licenced or not, should be arrested.

The law prohibits the movement of cattle on foot from other parts of the country into the state, inspection of livestock and certification by veterinary doctors at entry points into the state among others.

Diri said by assenting to the law any person found engaging in open grazing of livestock on foot commits an offence and would be arrested and prosecuted with the livestock impounded.

The Governor also signed into law the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law 2021.

He explained that the law was to prevent certain harmful practices against women and children.

He said with its enactment, Bayelsa has domesticated the federal law, which had been in existence.
https://thenationonlineng.net/herdsmen-bayelsa-bans-open-grazing/

PoliticsRe: Nigeria Remains The Largest Economy In Africa – UAE by Warripikine: 5:14pm On Mar 10, 2021
theBLOODofJESUS:
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday, said Nigeria remained the largest economy in Africa.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Embassy of UAE in Abuja and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

It stated that the Embassy had commenced a series of trade and investment promotion activities aimed at bolstering the bilateral trade and investment volume between Nigeria and the UAE.

NAN reports that the trade promotion initiative, was coordinated in collaboration with the UAE International Investment Council (UAEIIC), the UAE Ministry of Economy and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in Nigeria.

According to the embassy, the initiative focuses on attracting key industry stakeholders and investors across all sectors in Nigeria and the UAE in a bid to develop and explore future trade opportunities.

“Nigeria has been chosen among the 34 selected countries globally participating in the initiative because of its pivotal position as a top investment market in the West African region and its overall economic influence in Africa,” said the statement.

The UAE Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC), Sheikh Shakhboot Al Nahyan, expressed satisfaction with the level of trade, political and cultural partnership that existedbetween both countries.

“UAE is the ninth largest exporter to Nigeria globally, the UAE continues to see Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa and also an important, trusted partner.

“For decades, both countries have continued to nurture strong bilateral relations, particularly in the areas of trade and investment.

“To date, we remain Nigeria’s largest trade partner in the Middle East region, accounting for 35 per cent of Nigeria’s total trade with the region,” he said.

He added that over the past few years, there had been high-level political exchanges amid continuing mutual trust between both countries, which led to the signing of several key agreements aimed at solidifying overall bilateral relations.

“It is my desire that the existing relationship continues to grow as the global economy gradually recovers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Valued at 1.4 billion dollars in 2019, I willlike to see this increase and look forward to working toward this in a mutual beneficial manner, ” he said.

In his remarks, The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, was confident that the UAE/Nigeria ties would continue to grow in areas of trade and investment.

“UAE and Nigeria relationship is witnessing a positive development dominated by cooperation, respect and mutual interests.

“The two countries are enjoying growth rates of bilateral trade, while the volume of non-oil trade exchange reached 1.45 billion dollars by the end of 2019.

“Our goal is to increase non-oil bilateral trade based on huge trade and investment potential and promising opportunities in the two countries’ markets and vital sectors,” he said.

He also added that the Embassy actively partnered with several Nigerian government ministries, parastatals and the private sector in the UAE and Nigeria in the execution of media campaign of the trade and Investment promotion.

The Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, reaffirmed Nigeria’s readiness to make UAE a top destination for exports because of its strategic position in the middle east region.

He said: “Moving forward, we hope to further strengthen our economic ties for economic development with common interest for both countries.

“We reaffirm Nigeria’s readiness to make UAE our preferred leading export markets because of her positioning as a strategic global and regional trade and investment hub.”

The Nigerian Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arch Olamilekan Adegbite, said, “Trade between Nigeria and UAE had been on for a long time, albeit informally.

“I look forward to this collaboration to enhance what has been and to open up new vistas.”

The UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Fahad Altaffaq, underscored the need for both countries to jointly expand the spectrum of trade activities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“While approaching the 40th anniversary of UAE-Nigeria relations, which began in 1982, we plan to continue providing platforms where UAE and Nigerian businesses can connect to identify ventures and opportunities particularly in emerging sectors.

“This includes, Artificial Intelligence (AI) FinTech and Space Exploration. The UAE is a top global investment hub and I encourage Nigerian investors to take advantage of the wide trade and investment opportunities,” he said. (NAN)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/nigeria-largest-economy-in-africa-uae/
No wonder the first lady of the self acclaimed largest economy called Nigeria packed her bags and ran away to Dubai...
Keep deceiving yourselves all of you...but you can't deceive us no more..
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Had Progressed Greatly by Warripikine: 5:11pm On Mar 10, 2021
AlexBells:
Is that your head ache why drill oil in one Zone then hand it to billionaires in the other zone in the disguise of some Refinery
huhwetin u dey talk grin
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Had Progressed Greatly by Warripikine: 5:06pm On Mar 10, 2021
AlexBells:
Lol, who Pampers terrorists in the Night then Pray for Peace in the Morning Nigeria
Did gumi go to the forest @night? Nope..
He went in broad day light.. shocked
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Had Progressed Greatly by Warripikine:
Who sponsors bandits and grants amnesty to terrorists- ]Nigeria
PoliticsRe: Datti-Babawo: I Sponsored The Bill To Reduce Minimum Wage Because Govt Is Broke by Warripikine(op): 4:30pm On Mar 10, 2021
johnmartus:
No wonder [b]their region [/b]happen to be capital of poverty in the world. Those southern reps have no shame ...They always support silly bills like this.
And they are in the majority..that's the worst part..their huge number swallows everything.
Everything is just fraud
PoliticsRe: Datti-Babawo: I Sponsored The Bill To Reduce Minimum Wage Because Govt Is Broke by Warripikine(op): 4:09pm On Mar 10, 2021
Vickym1:
Thunder faya u there undecided
Abeg give the thunder direction..so it doesn't hit the poor masses
You get the point now!
PoliticsDatti-Babawo: I Sponsored The Bill To Reduce Minimum Wage Because Govt Is Broke by Warripikine(op): 3:26pm On Mar 10, 2021
Why I sponsored bill to change national minimum wage – Reps member, Datti-Babawo

FOLLOWING the protest by the National Labour Congress (NLC), Garba Datti-Babawo, a member of the House of Representatives representing Sabon Gari federal constituency, who sponsored a bill to move the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to concurrent list, has given reasons for presenting the bill before the National Assembly.

According to Datti-Babawo, many state governments could not afford to pay the new 30,000 naira minimum wage to their workers which may lead to of retrenching workers if they were to pay.

“Since it has been changed to 30,000 naira, you will find out that most of the states could not pay until the federal government intervened by giving them bailouts to pay. Now that there is no bailout, they cannot pay and most of the states are threatening to retrench most of their workers if they have to pay the 30,000 naira,” Datti-Babawo said.

He noted that the aim of the bill was to allow state governments to negotiate with the NLC on how much they could afford to pay their workers in consideration of the their revenue.

What we are saying is that we should allow them to negotiate what they can pay based on their own resources because the money that goes to the federal government is not the same that goes to the state governments. Even among states, their resources are not the same.


When asked if the bill would create an environment for enslaving workers as said by the NLC, Datti-Babawo said even without the bill, state governments were not paying. “Of what good is a law that is not implementable and has no punishment when broken?” he asked.

The lawmaker advised the NLC to change its method of abuses and intimidation, and come out for constructive engagement.

I am looking at their protests now. The chairman is talking about me, which is a very wrong approach, and he should not talk about me because it is an issue of National Assembly. If it is not a popular bill, it would not be voted for.
https://www.icirnigeria.org/why-i-sponsored-bill-to-change-national-minimum-wage-reps-member-datti-babawo/

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