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@misi_lawrence @taiwoyedele Not true. Food items in stores that have been processed to add value are VATable.

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@dakingmaker @DeeOneAyekooto Did you read the post? It is true that if you want to hide things from Nigerians, just write it down.

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@SeyiAkinde7 @renoomokri Obviously, our supposed prof has not even read the document. Prof, prof, what do you teach? Are you really a prof?

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@SeyiAkinde7 @renoomokri Are you really a professor? Then I guess that you must have read the whole document that you are referring to. Please, so as not to make a f00l of yourself, can you please cut and paste the section that you are referring to here? I await your prompt response. Thank you.

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@Manlike_ED But the state will not fall in southeast if it is created, it will still be in the Niger Delta, south-south.

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@greatchemical @renoomokri How do we think? So because they have billionaires, the State should be able to pay? What has the billionaires money got to do with the States' IGR or monthly allocation?

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@SexySlayKING @AreaFada1 As usual, spreading fake news. Your intelligence is so low that the only thing you do is to spread fake news as long as it fits the narrative you want. https://t.co/27GcItR7Ij

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@woye1 A region can have embassies outside like the old Western Region had before independence and after.

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@betacuntri @pontrol_777 @betacuntri , you've shown with your response that you are bigoted too. This is because you did'nt castigate the supposed Igbo guy who made the post about sabinus not winning. We can also suggest that @pontrol_777 is not representing all Yorùbás too. You are a worse bigot.

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@taiwoyedele @thecableng you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You people are not practicing true journalism and it's not wise to keep reading your trash.

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@ngmayor55 @woye1 LOL, don't you know that it's because of all these opportunities that they are willing to come and invest in Nigeria? Your tweet is lame.

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@Manlike_ED @Chuksoul I read sometime ago that Ikwerres migrated from Benin. Is this true?

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@Obinna_88 @renoomokri @Obinna_88, you and Obi are just the same. Can't you comprehend that article?

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@AishaYesufu I am not surprised. This shows that you are very low on intellect. Peddling beer parlor gist. Just to get high on your evil imaginations for Nigeria you make people believe unintelligible ideas when the truth is out there to see. I wonder how people can take you seriously.

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

To those Nigerian citizens currently attacking the Nigerian government, and especially our immigration authorities, due to Mr. Larry Madowo's post complaining about his $215 alleged Nigerian visa payment, do note the following:

The Nigerian visa can be obtained at $25 on arrival for Kenyan citizens, of which Mr. Madowo is one. The $170 is for the biometric fee.

Also, Nigeria has reciprocal visa policies with Mr. Madowo's home country, Kenya. I have been to Kenya multiple times. For many years, Nigerian citizens enjoyed visa-free or visa-on-arrival privileges at Kenyan airports. This was recently revoked. And you do not expect Nigeria to be pleased about this, especially as more Nigerians visit Kenya than vice versa. If Mr. Madowo wants to take a dig at African nations frustrating a "borderless Africa", he should look closer to home.

Moreover, Larry Madowo, who is a CNN correspondent, and who should have known that he is very likely to visit Nigeria, which is Africa's biggest economy, more than once a year, should have applied for a multiple-entry Nigerian visa, which is available to him for five years at a more affordable cost of just $100, which is far cheaper than the Kenyan visa for Nigerians for the same period, and which would have eliminated the need for multiple biometric charges. He would have just needed to do ONE biometric payment.

Larry Madowo did not do his homework correctly. It is entirely the responsibility of a traveller to research the immigration requirements of the country he intends to visit. He was negligent in his responsibilities and is trying to blame Nigeria. For a journalist on a platform like CNN, he has demonstrated a surprising ignorance of non-proprietary information, which can be publicly sourced with a cursory Google search.

What he is complaining of is not even unique to Nigeria, as those Nigerians who are supporting him, due to their disappointment at the results of the last elections, seem not to be aware.

For example, whenever a Nigerian or Kenyan reapplies for a British visa, they MUST still pay for their biometrics and take them, even if they just had them recently. It is a standard practice. It is precisely the same process in Nigeria for which Mr. Madowo is complaining about.

Therefore, prudent individuals choose to apply for a long-term multiple visa, of which the British five-year multiple entry visa costs £771, which is almost ten times the five-year Nigerian visa. That £771 does not include the cost of Biometrics.

And I saw supposedly enlightened Nigerians, like Dr. Victor Oladokun, of the African Development Bank, commenting on Mr. Madowo's post as though Nigeria had erred and was not acting in line with international best practices.

Can Larry Madowo try the stunt he pulled with Nigeria against the United Kingdom or the United States?

I am proud of my country. I salute the reforms in our immigration system. And I, for one, will not sit idly while Mr. Madowo undermines Nigeria for an oversight he is entirely responsible for.

I visited Kenya with twenty of my friends and family, and I was asked to pay a bribe at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in the early hours of January 17, 2024. I have documentary and eyewitness evidence and can prove it in court. I am not known as a meticulous record keeper for nothing! However, for the sake of African brotherhood, I kept a lid on this, because "love covers over a multitude of sins."

Mr. Madowo, like a typical African dictator, is only abusing his privileged position in the media industry to bully the Nigerian Immigration Service unnecessarily, and again, I, for one, will not have it!

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022.

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@DeeOneAyekooto Management is key. That's why power is cheaper at night than in the day in the UK. The honorable minister is very right.

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@Jennstar155 @toluogunlesi @FinPlanKaluAja1 @9grrepublican Only band A is affected

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@MichealEgwuonwu @lazzdizz @woye1 @flyairpeace He is a shareholder in Black Rock and he is still involved in the running of the company. Learn this please, his selling does not mean he is just given cash, he gets to be a part owner in a bigger pie, Black Rock.

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@Omojuwa The problem is that Nigerians do not report the misconduct of some erring officials. They say things like, "I don't want to terminate someone's job" thereby aiding and abetting corruption. There are channels through which complaints can be made to the authorities. Use them.

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@nigerianpollz @bosuntijani @officialABAT How did you arrive at the conclusion that it was public funds that he used? When people are in pain, they have a disjointed mindset, thinking everyone is a thief like them. Change your mindset, please.