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This is not Moet Abebe.

£1500 salary isn't much to live by in the UK especially in major cities like London, Manchester, etc. Is the £1500 before or after tax, cos if its before tax, then, it becomes even more paltry given the heavy taxes over there. You said he came to buy the cars here for his people, exactly my point, that you toil over there, live below or at most average standard for your folks down here to enjoy.

Curious345:
he works wit the United nations children fund..

Menial jobs kor abi ni..

Stop living by the statutes of the Hollywood movies you watch..

With £1500 as salary you can still save £500 monthly.

He comes back often, I was with him 3 months ago, he just bought 2 corrola for his dad and mom..

I took him to. Ojodu berger to buy the cars..

He said 9ja money is like toilet paper now

Your guy stays abroad, probably does menial jobs like this lady in this story. He is excited cos of the differencein exchange rates. Okay. But will he come to Nigeria to spend the money? No. Will he work for a little while, then come back here? No. Cos most times,
when people japa it's for life. Coming back is deemed village people. So who then is the beneficiary of the difference in exchange rate? Family?, friends? Etc. Cos He LIVES ABROAD! So he will live all his days toiling and calculating exchange rates. So when does he actually 'live'?

Curious345:
don't be saying this..

I know a guy abroad. He said anytime he wakes up he prays that our currency keeps depreciating..
. He works with the UN, and he said if he did 'A' with his salary in Nigeria in 2019, but NOW HE Can DO '5A's' with that same salary in Nigeria anytime he comes back..

See pounds na pounds and Usd na usd

You don't get it: the lady in this story is working and living in the UK. She didn't go there to hustle for a specific period to come back to Nigeria. Even the guy you're saying has properties here and works like a pauper there, the question then becomes at what point will he stop living like a pauper there and finally come home to live like a human being? Or is it just people here that will enjoy his toil? Cos most times Nigerians don't ever want to return. So how do they now enjoy the toil?

smallsmall:
What if she is investing majority of her income, in Assets like Properties in Nigeria?
Do you know how many properties her Annual income can buy in Nigeria, @#700+ in the black market?
Some people, apart from Accommodation, spend virtually less than 10% of their income overseas.
Everything na Western Union and Straight on properties.

I know a young man of about 35yrs who does Security Details in the UK and already has three Medium sized Hotels in Lagos.
But he lives like a pauper in the UK, bare bones life style.

She is not. She lives in UK and spends the money in the UK and not in Nigeria, so the exchange rate means nothing.

Baawaa:
She is better than some bank managers here

I have a somewhat divergent view...These are the formative years and this child is being encourged to talk glibly and promise things beyond his capacity to deliver. The audience and you at home are both carried away by the flowry phrases especially as they are coming from a mere child.
This is a teachable moment: yes, we should prep them to be confident, but more importantly, we should accompany it with the real-life lessons of promising what you can deliver, saying only what you mean, sincereity and the sacredness of service as it relates to public office beyond the razzmatazz and glamour.

Yes true. But there are also genuine ones. And they are worth it

ednut1:
alot of people are denied too after using agent. Many of them are scammers and not knowledgable as they seem.

Bro, the "lots of money" you are aiming to save is far less compared to what you stand to lose when you get denied, that is not even mentioning the time wasted and morale deflated. It is not about it being complicated or them saying what they want on their websites and you getting information on nairaland and similar fora. Have you asked yourself why intelligent folks who do everything the way they said they wanted it keep getting denied, yet less cerebral people get visas effortlessly? It is simply because of certain nuances which aren't explicitly stated. It is where a seasoned travel agent earns his keep. I know what I'm telling you

GeneralDae:
It's not as complicated as you think, really. Everything (including the way they want it) is usually on the Internet. Forums like Nairaland Travel section even have more details if you search the threads for key words or ask specific questions. You'll save yourself lots of money given to agents.

Use an agent.
You may be genuine, but the visa system doesn't care about that. It is an impersonal automated process that needs to see certain requirements met for approval to be granted. These agents know exactly what those requirements are and have the templates that meet those requirements perfectly. It has little to do with you researching and adhering to what is on those countries visa websites. It is about meeting it the way they want you to meet it which isn't stated on their websites.

Deadly or nah?

Grandmeister:
It's a west African forest cobra. The markings 7282 is a giveaway.

It is not a Yoruba vs Ibo thing. Ebun Adegboruwa is Yoruba, while many of the people tackling him are ibo. Femi Falana is Yoruba. Go on facebook and see diverse opinions. It is not even a PDP vs APC thing. It is simply an issue of individul discernment. Most people especially the youths and older folks who want to be in the good books of the youths simply follow the bandwagon and don't think for themselves. From day one, I have maintained that there was no massacre, and I'm not Yoruba, infact most of my friends who blocked me cos of my stance are mostly yorubas. Making this a tribal issue and rehashing those puerile phrases like "children of hate" bla bla only makes you as vacuous as those who sheepishly believe that there was a massacre

SlyDev:
PDP tactics, so it is now they remember their children? Where is the pictures on the placard?

The people behind this fake lekki agenda made two mistakes

1. They put their plans into the hand of children of hate when they know they are more dumb than a rock and not organised

2. They underestimated the thinking prowess of Yoruba

The Yoruba are now waking up to reality

This comment here hits the nail on the head. I mean,
it makes no sense that you didn't harm anybody but suffer so tremendously. It is things like this that makes me sometimes think there may actually be no God and that this whole life is just random.

Dangrace01:
You'll pray from morning to night no result you'll go to church no result

But one yahoo boy would use juju on someone it would be as effective till eternity.

Why is juju powerful

Silencing ko silencer ni. That's what they've told all of you bandwagoners to be saying. Millions of youths protested at the tollgate, we can't even see one person's facebook, Instagram or twitter page to write RIP on that the person died at the tollgate on Oct 20, 2020. Make una gettat with this stale silencing bullsh**t .

Omooba77:
So that when their families show up, you can silence them...

Which Nigeria media vacated the scene? Even if you somehow think all Nigeria media like AIT, Arise news, etc that are not pro-govt suddenly decided to collude with the govt on that day by not going there. How about the foreign ones like CNN and BBC who report even in war situations, your influencers invited them well in advance to come and cover the tollgate right from the onset of the protests. Go on youtube and see their live and correspondents' reports.
Osino " why did they disconnected"? Illiterate, "disconnect" is the appropriate word to use there. Read, they won't read. Thinking smart sounding clapbacks equate intelligence.

Ayomi90:
See how u ar showing ur ass up nd down, showing how senseless u are, did u have a clear confirmation that there was no massacre? You are just a bandwagon of the mumu government, u ar backing the government ND telling me what concerns you with Tinubu ND co. Saying I can't defend anyone was killed yet the governor said someone died, are u even listening to urself? Same government that denies everything, force the media not to broadcast anything that will implicate them, what are they trying to cover up? Now u see u ain't thinking logically, you need nobody to show u dead bodies if u are thinking rightly u know there was a massacre. Why did the Nigeria media vacate the toll gate the night they did their evil? [b]Why did they disconnected the CCTVs? [/b]Think, stop being a zombie.

You see how you've finally exposed your ignorance? What is my business with what the governor says and didn't say? I don't give a f**k about the governor, Lie mohammed, buhari and tinubu. I think for myself. I'm challenging you to do same for yourself. Stop sheepishly following twitter influencers, celebrities and bandwagon. You heard everyone shouting tollgate massacre, you sef joined. One on one, you can't defend point of view.

Ayomi90:
You claim to be smart but ignored when the governor said there was one dead person. But u av erection now that he denies it, what evidence do u need again or u just intentionally decided to be stupid.

Ineffective curses. See how shallow you've exposed yourself? As an educated youth, are you not supposed to be replying with facts and evidence? It is not by hanging out like mobsters on twitter and mass dragging and bullying to sound vocal. One on one,
you can't sustain your viewpoint with evidence and facts. Resorting to puerile curses like a stark illiterate. Run along little child, go and wash plate for your mummy

Ayomi90:
Since u ar sure no massacre happened peace be into u if it truly didn't happen, it if it does then this year will be your best year ever on earth, you won't die but leave to suffer the rest of ur life. No be curse o.

Yes, thats why I need your help in identifying at least their family, friends, social media account, anything at all

989900:
Have you been living under a rock?

Typical shallow youth trying to bully instead of reason. If you have a different opinion from the mob, you are automatically a paid agent. The internet never forgets,
go and check my comments on this govt, I have always maintained buhari and tinubu are the worst things to happen to this country. On the issue of massacre, I don't need to follow the crowd to prove anything. I say it the way I see it.

Ayomi90:
Ask ur governor, since u want to see the dead bodies still being kept by the soldiers, the man killed at Sunday Igbohos house where is his dead body? Continue supporting eveil because of small change Dem dey dash u monthly, u will av a taste of it soon.

Not in this era of social media and smartphones. Even a governor got caught stuffing dollars, a senator got caught having a 3-some in a dinghy hotel, a judge was caught slapping someone, an A-list artiste sex tape leaked, even policemen were filmed being executed by a mob during that same end sars protest. How come the almighty massacre had nothing? Even with all the anticipation that night. This exuse is stale abeg.

Ayomi90:
Come out to provide it and get silenced, shebi the governor himself claimed only one person died.

Show me a family member, a social media account,
a person who knew a person...show me something! Anything! It is not by emotion. Lets be factual

Treasure17:
In as much as there are discrepancies in that report I can not jettison the fact that people were killed that night. They should continue with their deceit.

Well said... With the social media presence of millions of youths who took part in the protest, how come, not even one person's facebook, IG or twitter page has been identified as a victim of the tollgate massacre? The argument that not everyone is on social media does not hold water, did they single out only those without social media to massacre?

HappyPagan:
All the anger, all the threat, yet none of the lovers of the 'dead' could provide evidence of their 'dead'.

So much passion, anger, energy on hounding us Thomases, but even Jesus knew to show the holes in his hands. These ones wan use guilt and threat convince us.. all they saw, they saw through a DJs camera....

Theres been fuckups from the government, both at the state and federal level... That can not be denied.. but to accuse an institution of massacre is a grave accusation.. Evidence, not passion...

Of all the youths that protested at the tollgate, and their millions of social media updates on facebook,
IG, twitter, etc. Not one have we been able to identify as having died in the tollgate massacre? Almost everyone that protested had social media account, but when it came to dying at the tollgate, we now start hearing not everyone is on social media??

Charmingrascal:
Even Sanwo Olu knows that truly people were killed at Lekki toll gate.
He has admitted this on several occasions.
His second term will be threatened but it pays to stand by the truth all the time.


History will never forget Lie Mohammed and all other murderers who murdered young Nigerian whose only offence was asking for a better Nigeria.


You can't silent us we will always speak up!!
We will always SORO SOKE!!!

They should wait till next year when Buhari will increase fuel price they will know that ENDSARS protests was not serious.
They will kill and arrest many since that's what they know how to do best.

Which "council"?... Council of elders?

Danjikanbauchi:
But IPOB have council sit at home, those enforcing it now are the DSS and miyetti Allah sponsored criminal who are happy with the economy destruction of iboland.

Let Yoruba and other Nigeria Christians join the Muslims in hating the ibos, of this jihadist war waging against the ibos by the Hausa Fulani government is successful the light of Christianity will be off in Africa.

Just like most Christians that voted Buhari which means giving approval for Christians to be killed.

The jihad Usman Danfodio failed to carried out in Igbo land, Murtala Mohammed also failed during BIAFRA war, Buhari want to try his luck,

But the truth is that darkness can never overcome light.

What are they "trading"... Spare parts?

TUTU147:
We don't need this, sit at home should be voluntery.Army and the gun men should trade with caution,we don't want civilian casualties.

I'm glad you mentioned establishment acts viz-a-viz the constitution: The constitution spells out what laws can be made, who can make what laws, what processes the law making process must follow and what extents such laws can cover. Maybe you don't fully understand the concept of SUPREMACY of the constitution. For the matter at hand, the constitution had already clearly spelt out the various provisions with respect to tribunals for both the federal govt and states. These provisions are not delegatable. The NEC is not vested with the powers to delegate constitutionality.

venabili:
The constitution recognises the Acts of the assemblies as legal except where it contradicts the constitution. To say the other sources are not valid will be going against the constitution itself. Funny enough, you said the same thing i said.

So, is there anywhere the Tribunals inquiry Act contravened the constitution?

By the way, being the ultimate is not the same as the sole source of the law. Else, establishment acts such as those of ICPC, EFCC, Power sector reform act, will be illegal as they are not found in the constitution.

.. not just the constitution The bolded is a legal blasphemy! The constitution is the ULTIMATE source of law. Other sources derive legitimacy from it. The constitution is not at par with the other sources, it is ABOVE them. Even if the government as chief custodian of the constitution makes any pronouncement or sets up any arrangement in contravention to the constitution, it will be illegal, null and void and of no effect.

venabili:
Hmm.

The source of law in nigeria are quite numerous. Its not just the constitution. The part tou quoted simply say that if such sources are in contradiction with the constitution, then the constitution will prevail. Sources of law in nigeria according to hierarchy can be identified as:

1. The Nigerian Constitution.
2. Legislation (Ordinances, Acts, laws, decrees, edicts and bye-laws).
3. Judicial precedents.
4. Customary law.
5. Islamic law.

Others might exist.

The Tribunal of inquiry Act LFN 1990 empowers the President to set up such panels as that set up by the states. Nothing in the Act precludes him from delegating his powers in the act to the NEC. Additionally, the act specifies that nothing in it precludes a state governor from setting up such panels for matters pertaining to his/her domain.

So unless you are able to prove that the Act itself is unconstitutional or has been repealed, then there is a legal basis for the panels.

The NEC is inferior to the constitution. Any law, pronouncement or act initiated by anyone either public or private which contradicts or is in conflict or controverts the constitution shall be null and void, illegal and of no effect.

tolue42:
"The #EndSARS Panels were set up at the behest of the Federal Government, through the National Economic Council"

What you're looking for.

A Nigerian meets another Nigerian in Nigeria, the first and most important question he asks is "where are you from"? The answer to that question determines so many things. But the nigerian is too much of a hypocrite to admit that, he would rather lie to himself and others that its just for curiosity.
If another Nigerian refuses to tell his fellow Nigerian " where he is from", the inquirer feels so offended and cuts off the person. Ask him why he is so offended since he says it was just out of curiosity, he starts giving you all sorts of reasons other than the real reason.
Same Nigerian would later be vigorously pursuing immigration. Ask him why? He will say he wants to go to a country "where no one cares where you are from"! What an irony.
Nigerians are very funny people, everyone thinks they are smart. Everyone is doing Canadian and UK immigration to leave, there is always a logical reason why.
The immigration cycle will soon come full cycle, there will be no where to go. You will be forced to stay in your country and fix it, like those people did theirs that you're running to.

Can we just leave sentiments and bandwagon effect aside and be factual for once?
Personally, I think Buhari and Tinubu are among the worst things to happen to this country.
But does that make it true that there was a massacre at lekkitollgate on Oct 20 2020? NO!
The only massacre that happened that day was the killing of policemen in their barracks that afternoon which no youth wants to acknowledge.

This is all Nigerians want, to just have fun. A nation of delusional fun seekers

All of a sudden you have memory failure abi? The destruction of govt properties, KILLING OF POLICEMEN IN THEIR STATIONS, looting of shops,
banks, malls and free for all robberies by hoodlums happened BEFORE the night of 20th, in fact, that why the govt imposed the curfew in the first place part of whose implementation was the clearing of the toll gate. After the 20th there was no iota of protest or carnage anywhere again. Now, you guys want to fabricate history? You want to rearrange the sequence of events to suit your narrative? Shame on you!

Alivater:
It was actually after the Lekki shooting that the otherwise peaceful protest took a turn for the bad and the angry youth started destroying government properties.