adanny01:


How many INEC or adhoc staff were kidnapped in Kano or Kaduna? How many gunshots were heard that every body had to run for cover? How many creeks are there in Kano or Kaduna that boats must be used for access? We know boats are slower than cars.

There is no comparison here. I am from Kaduna, on election day gun carrying police men and soldiers were only seen on the high way patrol and enforcing no movement at check points that were as far as 100km apart. It was entirely peaceful. The cop at the polling unit had no gun. INEC or adhoc staff did not go about with APC and a platoon of soldiers for protection like its the case in Bayelsa. For you info, i did my accreditation at 8.30am and voted around 2.30pm. It was not magic but because no one was kidnapped, no gun was shot there were no rivers or creeks to cross and definately no militants or violent PDP or APC supporters.

Dont blame INEC for not replicating northern elections, blame Bayelsans for making it difficult.

Then there was no point releasing the 140000 policemen/soldiers. Did the 100,000 voters comes with guns?

sheunsheun:
I can nw conclude that most pple dat comment on this thread ar jst ignorant!!! U knw ntin. Sm peps ar already celebrting pdp victory. Do u knw that southern Ijaw votes surpass the whole of the other 7 Lg? Those set of protester ar Pdp supporters and they knw dat deres is danger!!! Well finger crossed. #Peace

That's not their reason for the protest. Pple are agitated as to why inec who conduct election in the night, refuse to announce election results by the stipulated time and have stopped the collation for over three times today. Is Southern Ijaw bigger than Kano or Kaduna?

Babacele:
because d death knell of PDP wd b sounded there .Sylva parades a large base of followers there n its giving PDP serious nightmare. just imagine if PDP is struggling this hard with all d years of being in 'charge' . mtcheeew.

Don't be deceived. Who does elections in the night? Why would INEC take forever to give election results of a state with only 8 local government with population of less than a million but in Kano and Kaduna of over 2 million votes gave their results in one day.

ayo527:



On ur 3rd point sir, I agree that once u become born again, u must leave ur old life behind but I do not agree with the fact that we must also leave our traditions behind. Jesus was a Jew and He observed Jewish traditions like the passover etc. He would only disregard a Jewish tradition if it was against his belief or if such tradition would interfere with the work he was sent to do. For instance, not working on the sabbath day is a Jewish tradition but Jesus disregarded this tradition several times because it would interfere with his work. Another Jewish tradition is that people should not associate themselves with the unclean i.e people with diseases like leprosy etc. Jesus also disregarded this tradition.
Sir, I believe the proper way to put that statement is that once we become born again, we should only leave behind part of our traditions that is not in line with our religion and not all of it.

Nice one...

I have no come to destroy the law but to fulfil it. Paul also made reference to culture when he spoke abt the woman's hair.

Pls people shd stop this nonsense of imbibing the cultures of others rather than serving God in truth and in spirit. Customs and traditions were designed for moral values. If your tradition doesn't serve or glorify God then change it to the way that does. Abandon the devil and his ways and serve the lord.

Paul didn't travel up and down destroying poles cultures but telling them to change mode of worship to a true God.

If you insist on changing the culture then stop being Yoruba, Hausa or Igbo and be yourself.

TruthHurts1:

Apart from opening yourself to criticism, you've shown yourself up to be very stupid too. There are so many references to marriage in the Bible:

Mark 10 VS 8 to 9; 1 Corinthians 7:1 - 7:40 - Ephesians 5:22 -
5:33 - Ephesians 5:25 - 5:33

Just to mention a few.

Secondly, you're confusing "wedding" with "marriage". Wedding is a ceremony, marriage is an institution.
The Bible laid down the template of a Christian marriage as the voluntary union of a man and woman for the rest of their lives. What manner of ceremony they choose in solemnising their union does not matter as long as the SUBSTANCE of the union complies with Biblical standards.
I sense you are not a Christian and that may account for your ignorance. And if indeed you call yourself a Christian, it is possible you may be living a lie. Read the Bible well before disparaging it, or God's wrath will abide on you.

Dude sorry to say but you a nuisance to this page. They is nothing in your quotes relating to church weddings. The bible only made mention of the traditional marriage of the Israelites in honor of God. In which the priest blesses the marriage.
I say we shd adopt this culture into ours not the churchly tins.

Totally agreeable.... Church weddings are not from the bible. The bible spoke abt the customs of dowry payment which is followed by blessing from the priest and then the party begins.

nnahernest:
my brother,don't encourage fornication,before I say anything read Hebrew 13:4 the bible said,marriage must be holy,with the marital bed undefiled,whoremongers and adulteries God will judge,
secondly saying they only look after those who are pregnant so as to punish them and leave those who commit premarital sex you are wrong,in my church,if you have had sex with your wife to be no wedding,that is the correct standard of Christ,the bible said,if the foundation is faulty what those the righteous do,and the bible still said,the righteous has nothing to do,so therefore you can't start your marriage on a faulty foundation of fornication
3rdly,marriage in the scripture happened then before the establishment of church,and no church will tell you not to do traditional marriage, but what they avoid is pouring libation to the ancestors,which happens in almost every traditional marriage,and by the time you do that,you are connect the couples to the spirit of there forefathers,that is why most marriages experience what they don't know about,which is against the scripture in exodus 20:1_10,for more clarification add me on whatsapp, 07039476669

Agreeable, I still believe that church weddings are overrated. Marriages in the bible where all based on the belief and culture of the people towards God which could be said as traditional. God honors traditional marriages in the act of paying the bride price however every act that would seem to be idolatry is contrary to God.

richidinho:


Amaechi stole - go to court

Fashola stole - go to court

Fayemi stole - go to court

Dasuki stole - arrest him - Buhari
Kill him - Omenka
he should be prosecuted - Nairalanders

Don't mind the 419 pple in naija.

Patiently waiting...... Commencing 2016 countdown..

I'm so loving this confusion. It's obvious that the pole voted for the candidates and not the party. I wonder if the pples choice matters in who their governor shd be or the parties are left to decide the future of the pple of Kogi state.

In my opinion, a rerun of the election who be the best option for the state rather than stealing a dead man's vote.

The EFCC shd be investigated on the death of the man. It's unfair and unlawful for pple to die in custody without being proven guilty of slant charges.

The funniest tin abt these APC freaks is that before they got to power even the Nigerian pple knew her economy was drowning under the past administration but promised heaven and earth during the APC campaign. But for over 5 months in power all we hear are blames upon blames of the past administration like Nigerian never knew.
Pls stop the blaming games and start doing something tangible for the country to see.

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Finish your homework first otherwise no video games....[color=#006600][/color].

If banning the use of such generator is because of the CO being released into the environment, I wonder what kind of gas the other so called big generators in Nigeria do release? Any machine that runs on carbon source fuel will definitely release the same gas. Our vehicles, refineries and big machinery. If you think that's the best idea, then you must be joking. Rather, I believe the govt is stirring troubled waters because if the lower class can't make use of power supply for his day to day activities, amusement or distractions, I wonder what he would be doing when he's idle in the midst of no electricity or darkest.

Provide an alternative first.

midolian:
@ the emboldened..SMH

Dasuki doesn't want to put some salient issues and contract in public domain but he wants a public trial.

I just don't trust this man..even though he sounds so confident (Which is typical of real criminals)

I remember few months ago when he released some "downloaded" images of 'sophisticated weapons' he claimed to have bought during his time in office. These weapons no one could feel or touch.

Na you wan feel or touch the weapons? He demands a public trial after all his reputation is bring tarnished publicly.

I don't get what's going on. What was paid to the marketers few months ago and whats is being paid now?

SOURCE - http://www.firs.gov.ng/Tax-Management/Pages/Q2-2014-Statistics.aspx

GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT - FIRS generated N4.69tr in 2014 – Report


The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Thursday said it surpassed its 2014 target by N400 billion or 9.32 per cent, generating about N4.69 trillion in Federal Government taxes.
According to its quarterly revenue report released in Abuja, the revenue derived from a combination of petroleum profit and non-oil taxes, including income tax, gas income, capital gain tax, stamp duty and Value Added Tax (VAT), was, however, N106 billion less than previous year’s N4.80 trillion.
Federal Inland Revenue Service
Federal Inland Revenue Service
A breakdown of the figure revealed that petroleum profit tax was the cash cow, contributing N2.45 trillion, or 52.96 per cent of total revenue, while the remaining N2.24 trillion, or 47.04 per cent, was collected from non-oil taxes.
Of the non-oil taxes, N1.18 trillion was collected from company income tax, followed by N802.95 billion in VAT collections, comprising Nigeria Customs Service Import VAT and Non-Import VAT, during the period. Another N10.83 billion came from gas income, N2.59 billion from capital gain tax and N10.94 billion from stamp duty during the review period.
Other non-oil taxes collected within the year, the report continued, included Education Tax, N189.61 billion; N53.28 billion from Consolidated Account and N9.91 billion from National Information Technology Development Fund (NITDEF) levy.
A further breakdown showed that the 2014 second quarter collections were the highest at N1.45 trillion, followed by N1.19 trillion the following quarter, while the first quarter yielded N1.05 trillion and N1.0 trillion between October and December.
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market, rose from a one-day dialogue on “Capital Market and the 2015 Federal Budget” with a challenge to government to further see the market as a veritable source of financing the infrastructure component of the budget and the entire economy in the most cost effective manner.
This, they noted, had become even more necessary today when the global economic dynamics require innovative thinking at a time of reduced government revenue and a drastic drop in the cost of crude oil, the nation’s mainstay.
Speaking at the event organised by trade groups such as the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) and the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN) in Lagos, Acting Director-General of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwazo, challenged market operators formulate “clear, actionable ways in which the capital market could be better leveraged by our governments (at both Federal and State levels) to finance infrastructure.”
He said there was more that can be extract from domestic bond market, for example, where in the nine years between 2005 and last year, the Federal Government raised about N6.85 trillion.
This is possible, he continued, particularly in the current budgetary constraints facing the nation, if stakeholders “brainstorm on innovative ways the capital market can be leveraged to fund development within the budgetary framework.
He urged participants at the dialogue to “structure more innovative products including infrastructure bonds and securitisation.” “To boost housing we must hasten the take-off of mortgage-backed securities after the activities of the Mortgage Refinancing Company of Nigeria have led to a higher housing stock,” he said.
Nigeria, Gwarzo continued, is not spared the downbeat of the situation where the global economy is expected to grow at 3.8 per cent in 2015 as against the earlier forecast of 3.9 per cent, amidst palpable fear of “deflation” within the Eurozone where growth remains just above 1 per cent.
“Although our economy is still expected to grow at a healthy 7 per cent in 2015, weakening global demand and increased oil supply are combining to force a sharp decline in global crude oil prices – a product on which our entire economy depends.

Source: http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/01/firs-generated-n4-69tr-2014-report/