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Politics / Re: Buhari May Sack Emefiele ‘Any Moment From Now’ - Ripples by agora4now: 5:10pm On Feb 17, 2016
nakamora:
It is long overdue,he doesn't fit into the change agenda.We need another CBN governor. He can't serve two masters. Emefuele is Gej/Okonjo boy.
What is the change agenda?

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Religion / Re: Dealing With Misconceptions : Do We Receive Mansions In Heaven? Errmmm by agora4now: 9:55am On Feb 14, 2016
If we as Christians believe we will be given mansions and precious stones in heaven then we are no different from the Muslim extremists who believe they will receive 72 virgins in heaven.

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Politics / Re: Budget:presidency 2 Spend Mor On State House Clinic Than All Teaching Hospitals by agora4now: 7:24pm On Feb 02, 2016
Keep calm buhari is fighting kworuption!

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Politics / Re: Obiano's Wife Gives Bungalow Houses To Widows In Anambra - Photos by agora4now: 11:06pm On Jan 28, 2016
asadike:
Na wah o, wonderful news. Anambra is so rich, are u sure anambra state is in dis country? dis economic recession no dey touch am at all. God bless Ebere Obiano, God bless willie Obiano, God bless Anambra state and God bless umu igbo all over d world.
We have peter obi to thank for that.

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Politics / Re: Fuel Queues Back In The FCT by agora4now: 7:33am On Dec 19, 2015
oloriooko:
The ugly scene of the disturbing fuel queues has reared its ugly head all over the FCT again angry
When will this country for once be habitable angry angry angry
Are you just noticing the fuel queue? Been there for more than 2 months.
Politics / Re: Amaechi: I Never Knew Railway Transport Existed In Nigeria by agora4now: 5:27pm On Dec 16, 2015
Kai! Amaechi, Amaechi, you can lie o! First you have never collected bribe in your life now this. Hmmm, take it easy bro and don't outdo the devil.
Politics / Re: Osun Airport ’ll Have Longest Runway In Nigeria’ by agora4now: 9:24pm On Dec 10, 2015
Feraz:
Someone update us on what is happening with the airport.
Which airport?

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Politics / Re: Nairaland Says No To Secessionists by agora4now: 2:13pm On Dec 10, 2015
The Igbo people have a right to self determination as long as its done peacefully. Seun you are wrong on this one.

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Politics / Re: Why The Talk Of A Second Civil War Whenever The Biafra Agitation Comes Up by agora4now: 7:15pm On Dec 05, 2015
The Igbo people have every right to self determination. Those who always talk about war and loss of properties are those filled with evil intentions.
Great Britain did not threaten Scotland with war, they all held discussions on the pros and cons of leaving Britain and held a referendum.
This was what I wrote and it was blocked, please tell me what is wrong with this statement?

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Politics / Re: President Muhammadu Buhari Returns From His Trip To Iran by agora4now: 7:59am On Nov 25, 2015
Beremx:
Mr. President, while you where away, Nigerians have been suffering from scarcity of petrol and NNPC lied to us that we should not panic that there are enough fuel to go round.

Who's fooling who please?

My dear president, please do something fast!
Even you bremx shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked
Politics / Re: See Wat Fashola Told GEJ When There Was Oil Slump+Hike In Fuel Price In 2014(Pic by agora4now: 7:51am On Nov 25, 2015
Government of "the more you look the less you see. "

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Politics / Re: Breaking News : Apc Audu Abubakar Is Dead by agora4now: 6:41pm On Nov 22, 2015
Noooooo! This man must not die o! Kogi state N11Billion must not go just like that.
Politics / Re: Treasury Single Account Contract Signed Under President Goodluck Jonathan by agora4now: 2:50pm On Nov 13, 2015
Hahahahah! So now everybody is in agreement that TSA was not Buhari's idea. Hypocrisy runs deep in our blood in naija.
Politics / Re: Anxiety As Buhari Swears In Cabinet Wednesday by agora4now: 12:32pm On Nov 09, 2015
free2ryhme:
there is no anxiety anywhere


stop creating unnecessary conclusion
Are you minding them? Anxiety for wasting 6 months.
Politics / Re: Buhari Attempt To Kidnap Diezani by agora4now: 12:41am On Nov 09, 2015
Fear the man who gives false reports. Op I fear you for you are evil.

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Politics / Re: FG Plans N8tn Budget For 2016 by agora4now: 7:42am On Nov 06, 2015
mrvitalis:
I don't get..... this confusing.... first 8trn budget
.. Only 2trn as capital expenditure?. ... And u say u want 40% capital expenditure?
Or am I missing something?
We don't have to wait for long na, 2016 is around the corner. I just hope they won't deny making these statements.

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Politics / Re: 'hate Him Or Love Him, Jonathan Has Left Giant Footprints - Sen Ben Murray-bruce by agora4now: 10:52am On Nov 04, 2015
Hate him or love him, Goodluck Jonathan is far ahead of Buhari.

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Foreign Affairs / Re: US Sent Toyotas Not To Syrian Moderates, But To Nusra Front - German Media by agora4now: 7:52pm On Oct 19, 2015
Please for goodness sake what is wrong with the leaders of America? What kind of confused foreign policy are they running?
Politics / Re: Jonathan, Guebuza To Lead Election Observers by agora4now: 10:03am On Oct 09, 2015
luvinhubby:
OBJ will die of envy.
I dey tell you, obj skin color will be green now. grin grin grin

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Politics / Less Talk, More Action: Russian Jets Destroy ISIS Hqs, Tanks, Munition Depots – by agora4now: 6:48am On Oct 09, 2015
It’s been a tough week for terrorists in Syria. Over seven days Russia delivered over a hundred airstrikes at various jihadist facilities across the country, reportedly igniting panic among some groups.
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Russian anti-terror op in Syria
Russia launched its air campaign in Syria on September 30, making 120 combat sorties that hit 110 targets in just over a week, according to the Defense Ministry. Among the objects destroyed are:

71 armored vehicles
30 other vehicles
19 command facilities
2 communication centers
23 depots with fuel and ammunition
6 plants used to make IEDs, including car bombs
several artillery pieces
several training camps
At least 112 #ISIS objects destroyed by Russian military since start of operation week ago http:///ZbDWJW1hnNpic.twitter.com/UWNRDOwCds

'Terrorists on the run'
The apparent goal of this phase of the operation is to undermine the militants’ capability to keep the pressure on government forces through constant raids and terrorist attacks, and to give the Syrian Army a breathing space to regroup and launch an offensive.


The targets of the Russian airstrikes were spread across Syria, from ISIS stronghold Raqqa in the northeast to the vicinity of the ancient city of Palmyra west of the Damascus-controlled western part of the country to the outskirts of Damascus in the south.

According to the Russian military, the bombing campaign has hurt the morale of the militant troops, sending thousands on the run.

3,000 terrorists leave Syria following Russian airstrikes – military source http:///TCZIZ4pzVJpic.twitter.com/HVol6Skjl5


Top Guns
Russia’s fleet of jets is varied as well. The core of it consists of well-tried workhorses like the Su-24 frontline bomber and the armored Su-25 ground-support fighter jet. Both planes were designed decades ago, although the Air Force brought the latest upgraded versions for the Syrian campaign.

Newer planes are also there, like the Su-34, which entered service in Russia last year. The Syrian theater offers Russian engineers a test-field to try the plane, which can hit targets from an altitude of 5,000 feet, far from the range of anti-aircraft weapons in the possession of the militants.


The Air Force is employing a number of bombs in the missions, from sophisticated and expensive laser-guided Kh-25Ls and steerable KAB-250s to the bunker-busting BETAB-500s free-falling and affordable FAB-500s. The variety means Russia can strike with pinpoint precision where necessary and bombard with devastating force where no collateral damage would be done.

Mission control
Russia’s Syrian mission flies from a hastily reconstructed airbase south of Latakia. Just a couple of months ago it was an abandoned airfield, but now it sends dozens of sorties daily and hosts not only some of the most high-tech fighter jets on the planet, but also serves as a home for Russian combat pilots, technicians and support troops. Syrian soldiers and officers are at the base to help coordinate the war effort.


In addition to the aircraft used for reconnaissance and bombing, the base has plenty of capabilities to defend itself. Mil Mi-24s patrol the vicinity ready to hit any militants intent on firing portable surface-to-air missiles at the Russian planes. Tanks and other armor complete with commando troops are prepared to repel a massive raid.

Advanced Pantsir-S1 air defense vehicles and Krasukha-4 electronic warfare systems are covering the airspace – a contingency for third parties attempting to interfere with the Russian operation.

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Blunders and fakes
The air campaign so far has had the odd glitch. Ankara said Russia invaded its airspace twice over the week. Moscow said it would make corrections to the combat missions to avoid such incidents. NATO officials blasted Russia for “unacceptable violations,” to cite Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, but Turkey appears to have allowed such mistakes so far.

Of more serious concern are complaints by some western officials that Russia is targeting west-backed rebel troops in Syria and may even end up killing CIA agents in the field. Russia insists that it only targets terrorist troops and demonstrated how the militants use mosques and other civilian objects to protect their weapons from Russian attacks. Such tactics cannot be employed by truly moderate forces, the Russian Defense Ministry noted.

Numerous reports of civilian casualties caused by Russia have so far not been corroborated by any trustworthy sources. Footage and photos allegedly proving such allegations were disproven on many occasions as taken even before the campaign was launched.


The Defense Ministry meanwhile was unexpectedly forthcoming by providing footage of the strikes and access to the Russian troops stationed in Syria. The military is dropping its old over-cautious stance on secrecy, and is trying to make the campaign as transparent as possible.

What’s next
After a week of fighting ISIS in Syria, Russia is escalating its effort. On Wednesday, the Russian Navy lent a hand to the campaign by firing dozens of cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea at terrorist targets in Syria.

And Iraq may soon invite Russia to start attacking ISIS troops on Iraqi soil, stepping up the level of cooperation Baghdad has with Moscow, Damascus and Tehran.

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Politics / Re: Nigeria Rice Millers Criticise Custom’s Decision To Allow Rice Importation by agora4now: 10:54pm On Oct 08, 2015
MizMyColi:
This news would be retracted in 48 hours.

This is what you get when you make appointments based on nepotism. Bringing in a clueless individual in the person of a retired colonel of the NA.

Sai Buhari!
these are the type of decisions that should prompt us to protest on the streets, Nigerians do not know what they are about to enter, very soon buhari will sign the EPA deal to open our market to Europe , that will wipe out our industries.

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Business / Re: Custom Boss Lifts Ban On Rice Import by agora4now: 2:27pm On Oct 08, 2015
Business / Re: Custom Boss Lifts Ban On Rice Import by agora4now: 2:26pm On Oct 08, 2015

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Business / Custom Boss Lifts Ban On Rice Import by agora4now: 2:23pm On Oct 08, 2015
The comptroller-general of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at land borders.

The public relations officer of Customs, Mr Wale Adeniyi, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said that the restriction was only applied at land border stations before now, adding that the customs boss had lifted restriction on rice at border stations.

He said that all rice imports through land borders by rice traders would attract the prevailing import duty of 10 percent, with 60 percent levy. Rice millers (preferential levy) with valid quota allocation would also attract duty rate of 10 percent with 20 percent levy on rice importation.

“Over the years, importation has been restricted to the seaports because border authorities have found it difficult to effectively monitor and control importation of rice.

“When the decision to ban it (rice) was taken, it was not an effective measure because the smuggling of the product thrives with people using different means of conveyance, including small trucks, bicycles and even animals – putting them on donkeys and some actually carry it on their heads.

“These new measures will be for Customs to recognise their anti-smuggling operations in the border areas and ensure that all those importers through the borders bring their rice through approved routes and pay their extant duty

“Before the ban on rice importation, Customs had placed different rates of levy on rice imports – 30 percent levy was placed on rice millers (preferential levy) and 70 per cent for rice importers. The purpose was to encourage local production.



http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/customs-removes-rice-from-import-restriction-list-at-land-borders/114013.html

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Politics / Re: Amaechi Spent N53bn From N55bn Reserve Fund – Panel by agora4now: 7:23pm On Oct 07, 2015
Jorussia:
.who created the reserve Fund?was it not Amaechi that created it?All this media propaganda is waste of time.It is only the EFCC and ICPC that can prosecute financial crimes/fraud the state govt can't prosecute Amaechi.
Even if he created it did he do it with his money or the rivers state people's money.

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Politics / Re: THE SUN UK Says Diezani Was Nabbed While Trying To Hide £13bn In London by agora4now: 5:58pm On Oct 05, 2015
Nigerians can believe anything, just like zombies they reason in one direction.

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Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: If Ur 30 Plus And Single, Let's Talk... by agora4now: 9:55pm On Oct 04, 2015
uchezzz:

Thanks a lot
your smile is out of this world, not forced but from the heart.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester United (3 - 0) On 4th October 2015 by agora4now: 4:50pm On Oct 04, 2015
femi4:
fake result
Orubebe
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester United (3 - 0) On 4th October 2015 by agora4now: 4:46pm On Oct 04, 2015
14teenK:
[color=#990000][/color]shey MATCH DON START NI??
no dem still dey dressing room grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester United (3 - 0) On 4th October 2015 by agora4now: 4:44pm On Oct 04, 2015
Is this love, is this love, is this love that I am feeling?* in Bob Marley's voice*

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Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: If Ur 30 Plus And Single, Let's Talk... by agora4now: 8:54am On Oct 04, 2015
Toks2008:


Vested interest in a 20year old..ok o

These days sef i have recieved several friendship proposals from 20yr old ladies and i kept asking myself if anything good can come out from it but if you are 30 and she is 20 then it just might work out. At lst if you decide to marry at 35 she will be 25 and ripe enough for marriage...
toks2008, really like the way you take out time to respond, you must really be a good teacher. Read your sermon, agreed with some disagree with some.

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