DeepSight:


Oh fair enough, and to be frank I didn't even read it, unusual for me, but only because I really don't expect it to last.

Meanwhile I dropped something on the 97 per cent thing which I didn't hear back from you on.

Yeah, I saw that on a busy day. I'll look for it and reply there.

DeepSight:
@Smartypants

Were you the one I warned not to celebrate yet? And to watch this facility for at least six months?

National Grid genes loading.

I mean didn't I agree with you on that? There is no issue of premature celebration here.

However, I will point out that there is nothing in this story to warrant gloating at this point. The report lacks depth and itself indicates that loading is scheduled to resume on Monday.

BluntCrazeMan:
December 2023 is still just a year ago..

Which of the transport companies were reimbursed for this same sham they did last year.??

(Whenever people are talking out of experience,, please guide your vituperations.)

Oh, you never pointed out that you were talking out of experience. So now that you are claiming to be talking out of experience, that's very good. Please tell us your experience. You mean the same companies that just signed up to do it again were not paid last year? Seems they don't know how to run their businesses. Please te us more from your experience.

AntiChristian:


The guy was a armed robber! He steals with cutlass!

No dey support nonsense!

He should have been killed!

Which means he was ready to kill someone for chicken and eggs.

Now I understand that ordinary Nairalanders may not have the full facts of the case.

But this attention seeking Oga called Mr Peter does. And he is the same one who ordered SARS to shoot suspected armed robbers on sight when he was governor.

Laughable.

BluntCrazeMan:
Losses to the transport-vehicle operators and owners.

Which losses? Why do you people refuse to behave like normal human beings? Obviously, the FG will pay the balance. What is so difficult to understand about how this works?

bestman09:

Funny people. How about those of us in Ibadan, Kano, Jos, Kaduna etc? How many passengers can the Oshodi park process? How about hundreds of other bus owners apart from God is good and how will this thing work out?

Pls, anyone that has benefited from this 50% discount should tell us how it works

Who is funny here, the person giving you half a loaf of broad, or you that are still asking him to help you put the bread in your mouth?

If you are in Jos or Kadun or Kano, can you at least get yourself to Abuja and benefit from there? Doesn't that help some?? If you're in Ibadan, you can't make the short trip to Lagos? You are just determined not to have sense unfortunately so of course you won't see this.

And I know you definitely didn't read that God is Good motors is the only bus company involved. Did you?

MadPolitician:
Hope all these don't brew some tension between a cool headed Lookman and a volatile Osihmen. That super Eagles team has a great team spirit at the moment and could do with some lobg term peace, just that the ijiots at the NFA keep blundering non stop.

Looks like Osihmen looses only to Lookman. Lookman took over from him as the African footballer of the year. Last year PSG was haunting for Osihmen only to divert to Lookman at the later stages. Stuffs like this can breed negative competitions in a team full of young heads.

If anything of that sort should have happened, it would have happened when they were both in Serie A, and Lookman openly said he was aiming to to outscore Osimhen.

https://punchng.com/serie-a-lookman-vows-to-outshine-osimhen-in-goal-race/

Osimhen is clearly not that type of person. Boniface said when Osimhen won, he (Osimhen) told him that it would be his turn next. Well, it just happened to be a different Super Eagles player, but clearly, Osimhen is not the type to take such to heart.

You can also see from the way that he plays that he is not the self centered type.

Acidosis:



Is the blue collar worker registered for personal income tax? According to the Joint Tax Board, there are only 10 million people registered for personal income tax purposes in all the states of the federation including the FCT (40% of this population are based in Lagos). So much noise about nothing. Compare that figure to about 39 million micro business owners in Nigeria.

I don't want to go into that VAT conversation because it is a complete waste of time. The VAT nonsense has little or almost no effect on what the poor typically buys from the market. If you care about them, address the cost of fuel. This is one of the real issues affecting cost of goods/services, and not the VAT nonsense.

Every gain the government want to see via VAT removal has already vanished even before the policy document was released. It only takes an angry vendor or business owner to erode that gain.

If you care to follow my argument, you'll see why many policies don't work in Nigeria. We have mastered the act of ignoring our own realities only to run after shadows.

Okay. So is it Taiwo Oyedele's job to address the cost of fuel? Please remind me why you said he is a hypocrite again.

And since the context is tax, do share the tax reforms you feel would be non hypocritical.

Acidosis:


Do you know any kiosk owner, shop owner, market woman, etc. in your neighborhood that pays "income tax"? Shake your head very well. These are the actual "poor people" and they pay more tax (indirect/multiple) than the so called "income tax." I do not understand how your tax bill affects the woman who has to pay money to at least 3 unions from local and state government, one baale (king/chief), touts, POS vendors, etc.

Any time you people want to talk nonsense you start with meaningless phrases. So there is a real poor and a fake poor?

So the blue collar worker earning 50k which is probably much lower than what the market woman earns, is not poor? And the so called market woman, does she buy basic good that have VAT?? When she buys medicine does she pay VAT on that? Can removing VAT on such make her less multi-dimensionally poor?

Acidosis:
...because you're a big hypocrite. The sensible poor also know that the bill have very little or no effect on them. Yet, you and your folks consistently use them to sell your narratives. What's the effect of the bill on market women, kiosk and small business owners with non-salary Opay and Moniepoint accounts?

You clearly don't have a clue. It is not one bill but a pack of 4 bills collectively pushing tax reforms that touch on different areas including the removal of income tax for the poor. Smh.

Nackzy:
The reforms isn't beneficial to poor Nigerians

You don't know what you are saying. I am 100% certain that you have never researched these reforms and your sole source of information is second hand info from places like Nairaland and Twitter.

These tax reforms propose to remove income tax entirely for people who earn under 1mn naira annually. That isn't beneficial to poor Nigerians??

It also proposes to remove VAT from essential items and place it on luxury items only. That doesn't benefit poor Nigerians??

You have a deep rooted type of mental laziness. So shameful.

Topman7:
This is all about state police coming up soon.

Other states will follow suit.

Good stuff.

They've been doing this since the 90s. Nothing to do with State policing.

MadPolitician:
Tinubu is heavily engrossed in anti igbo politics and someone close to him should tell him that such taunting tactics do not rattle the igbos anymore. No one worries about his tribal approach to national issues as everyone knows he can't do better. Going all out to celebrate a man who was responsible for the killing of millions of igbos at this juncture in Nigerias history is just pure petty politics. It is like Nwesom Wike renaming the PH stadium over the same Gowon at the height of his anti igbo outbursts while he was the governor of RiversState. .. You win nobody over with such moves. You only stiffen resolves elsewhere.

Wike committed a genocide at Obigbo, and suddenly he became tinubus favourite politician. Bayo Onanuga went on his infamous anti igbo rant and said some of the most unspeakable things about the igbo, Tinubu rewarded him with a top position in his government. Buhari was endlessly lambasting and lampooniing the igbos..., the more he did, the more support he got from Tinubu, Obidients had their minor roforofo with Wole Soyinka and all of a sudden, Tinubu started naming streets and highways after Wole. Reno Omokiri them...
Now this..

This is a very odious pattern from a man who formed a political party whose integral political outlook revolves around petty ethnic baits and primutive taunts.

If not for having a terribly small mind you ought to have realized that Gowon achieved a milestone of 90 years and while you may see him as an enemy of your people, in the larger context of Nigerian history, he is the president who kept this country together.

Soyinka equally achieved a major milestone in age and was celebrated all over the country. In any case, how exactly can Soyinka be said to have offended Igbos in particular by his conflict with Obidients? Are you admitting something we don't know about the nature and thrust of the Obidient movement?

As for Wike, it is obvious the role he plays as a 5th columnist within the PDP. This deserves no comment.

lucianohase:
Bro, i don support military junta cos it is Draconian....But those countries that left are our neighbors and could aid the infiltration of jihad terrorists into this country. Especially the ones that are yet to be activated Just like lakurawa who are already activated........These countries will not like to cooperate with Nigeria on issues that concern security and they can easily give easy passage of these terrorists to their countries to hide when they are in conflict with Nigeria and from there launch attacks on the country.. So they are useful oh

First of all, only Niger is our neighbor among the departees. Secondly, that they have left ECOWAS does not then mean they are at war with Nigeria. We can continue to have normal diplomatic relations. But in the event that they do, they will only harm themselves more because the terrorists are after the seat of government in every country including Niger.

Jokerman:
Who come remain for ECOWAS?

Dey play. These countries that left are all of little to no value to ECOWAS. They are of little to no value to themselves either.

Sapiosexuality:
Have you been to the east? For example, what do you think is responsible for having checkpoints pole-to-pole not kilometres? What logic could that be?

Yes, I lived in the east for a year and in that time I travelled by road to nearby states frequently. There are no checkpoints from pole to pole. At least, I can confidently say, not in Enugu. Not in Abia. On certain major highways, there are indeed numerous checkpoints, especially around the areas where two State borders meet, but the only thing that happened was that civilians had to get down and walk a short distance and then continue.

What you people conveniently ignore is the fact that States like Benue and Kogi have just as many checkpoints.

BluntCrazeMan:
This is just not a FAIR EXCUSE..
It's even a very big lie.



There are terrains we really need them to have up to 100 checkpoints..
But you won't see them there.
NOT EVEN ONE CHECKPOINT..

..

THEY WOULD CLUSTER THEMSELVES ON THE EXPRESSWAYS CLOSE TO CITIES AND TOWNS WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES.

So you presume you know which terrain needs 100 checkpoints better than the CDS? It's almost as if you lack basic comprehension too. He literally said open terrain - such as on the highways, does not require as many checkpoints. The obvious logic is simple. Villains who operate in vehicles can only disappear into urban or semi urban environments where there are roads for their vehicles. Thus, more checkpoints are needed around such areas.

Emeskhalifa:
Whenever I tell them that their Lagos is overrated, they'd start screaming this Igbo boy, come Onitcha come chi chomting

Imagine if we have the full presence and attention of Federal Government in Onitcha like they do give Lagos every now and then

Like what?

Amuluonyenaego:
All those buildings they built in the past I never hear say they allocated them to vulnerable people. Wasting money for the rich that will buy and rent out to the poor.

Even if you dash them to the poor they will do the same thing. That is why free gifts dont make for sound economics.

Meti99:
But normal normal those places aren't serene in reality...
Go there and see how littered, dirty, unkept they are

Lies. All the areas pictured are decent except maybe Oshodi.

abc115:
#3,200 is too costly . From Ojodu Berger, it is #1,500.

God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless former President M. Buhari
God Bless APC who gave us brand new Lagos Ibadan Expressway and Lagos Ibadan Railway


God Punish PDP.

Why not copy Lagos to introduce light rail for Oyo People commuting from Ogun to Ibadan City. May we not experience visionless PDP in our lives

From ojodu it is 1500 with AC and wifi?? Why can't you just appreciate decent things? From the same ojodu it is 7k for a sedan and 6k for a sienna. This bus is more comfortable (based on the description) then all of these options.

chatinent:
Six per seat should not be allowed! Anything above three by seat is evil! I cannot bear inhaling and stomaching differing smell, absorbing heat, and squeezed like Aba-made sardines.

If I am sardined in a row, there's no comfort for me to even pull out my smartphone for the WiFi from the already strangled laps.

So, rather than give free WiFi and plan to recover the sums by carry more than three per seats, kindly take back the WiFi and give comfort. Everyone can afford to surf the internet.

This is my humble suggestion, Mr Speaker.

Where is 6 per seat in the write up?

immortalcrown:
1.
How exactly does my question offend you?

2.
How does your response answer my question?

The way it offends me is in its hypocrisy. People like you go around deliberately looking for ways to stir up issues and foster discord. Shame on you!

And after identifying your question as hollow, you still expect me to indulge you?

If you don't see the answer to the question in what I wrote then good. Continue your hypocrisy. I will only call you out so that less discerning ones won't be swayed by the likes of you.

immortalcrown:
Is it only the government that can get something right?

You are just a hypocrite. So you mean it is right and lawful for non State actors to form armed groups and arrogate extra judicial powers to themselves? You are the comparing them with lawfully created security groups and you are asking why they should be condemned?

But you never asked why South Eastern Security Network (Ebube Agu) was not condemned?!

What a tragic thought process. Heal!

jaxxy:
How does the UK hive enabling environment? Do they tell ur leaders to loot or do they know how they loot?

Before u can catch a yahoo boy or a looting politician u have to study and know how they steal then track to the source.

UK is not the cayman island they have some regulations.

You know little. Google the City of London.

kettykin:
She has moved on for more than 20 years . It's the deep state of Nigeria that is dragging her

So why did she need to mention Nigeria in her response?

Mugu44:


The Aradu is a frigate
Centenary is a Corvette
Lana is a fucking patrol ship of 60m


What exactly are you saying?
Even a pirate ship captained by Jack Sparrow will destroy these toys.

Frigates and Corvettes are major naval vehicles... What do you mean by "toys"

A patrol boat is not a toy either.

DenreleDave:


You shud shut up and take corrections.. You made a stupid comment and how can u even correct somebody when Ur comment is the most stupid ever.

If you think b4 u talk, u have no right to call a dance demonic and another holy..

Who made u judge of dances? Stop being an embarrassment to Ur family please

Where did I call a dance demonic? Did I comment on the dance at all?

You're an even bigger moro.n than that guy tbh.

femi4:
Dullard, take your L and run along. Sharing this space with a folly is disgusting

Okay, so what is "a folly"? You're just a moro.n in every way clearly. Continue.

femi4:
What a senseless way to reason. You are empty upstairs

Shut up and take correction. You made a stupid comment and I've corrected you. Next time think before you talk so that you won't get embarrassed again.

femi4:
Nothing is wrong with the dance

You are stereotyped to declare her dance demonic. It takes a demon to recognise a demonic dance

What a stupid thing to say.

BreconHills:


Forward contracts are insurable.

On the same principle...who would insure forward contracts for such a volatile industry? Sounds like terrible business for any taker whichever way you look at it.