KANO – Nigerian Police in concert with memebers of Vigillante Group last night apply maximum force to disperse thousands of protesters occupying Kano city centre.

The incident occured around 1.30am , Thursday morning , as substantial part of the multitude were asleep at the centre after a convenant was signed between the Muslims and their Christian brothers on right to worship.

Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the police fired several cannister of teargas at the sleeping crowd before unleashing violence on the protesters.

Godman_n:

Come rain come sunshine, the time for the people to take over our government for the good of our people have come.

Who is not on the street yet?

Kinikini:

Honestly, does this govt need to even mention this to us or send the greedy marketers to jail with military dispatch.

JONNA, please fight this corruption with your soul. Spare nobody.

Kinikini:

This demonstrations should include demand to review cost of governance in Nigeria. It is absolute shame that there are too many political office holders contributing nothing to Nigeria and yet on high remunerations. Despite they still steal heavily from the govt coffers.
This democrazy is laughable. I have never seen where a political elite is so fabulously rewarded for so much incompetency. From Aso Rock to common councellors, it is same high remuneration for unpardonable incompetency.

So terrible.

Kinikini:

anomimi,

I do not canvass for military style dispensation of justice but at the same time I expect the govt to become serious with stopping corruption.
The govt is def insincere with deregulation. It is a case of political office holders trying to wrestle slush funds from greedy business men i.e markerters so to provide more funds for looting by politicians. Both sides do not have genuine concern for the common man.

Kinikini:

anomimi,

I do not canvass for military style dispensation of justice but at the same time I expect the govt to become serious with stopping corruption.
The govt is def insincere with deregulation. It is a case of political office holders trying to wrestle slush funds from greedy business men i.e markerters so to provide more funds for looting by politicians. Both sides do not have genuine concern for the common man.

ehie:

the nigerian police are bullies
and bullies are also cowards
and what do bullies do?
they pick up fights with people half of their strength,
and what do cowards do when fighting?they fight in packs and mostly not fair fights
Guns they say are for cowards

the Nigerian police can only fight the unarmed and cannot fight the armed, eg ND militants and Boko Haram
But they can kill and maim innocent people , what a shame,

what we have in not the Nigerian police but Elites Police, stop calling them the Nigerian police if they are so quick to kill and destroy you, what are they policing

anonimi:

Did you post your reply from the street?
Which street?? In which town
Btw, how many Nigerians abroad are in countries where fuel is partly paid for by the government
Fuel is deregulated in the UK, USA, Europe etc where most Nigerians pray and fast just to get their visa and stay put.
Jonathan has made a bold, courageous yet unpopular move in the best niterest of the general masses who should rather ensure that political office holders do not SOLELY enjoy the benefits. Prices will go up now but once genuine fuel importers start bringing in products pending when refineries will work MORE the pump price will start going down. This can be done by re-examining the pay disparity/gap/differentials between ordinary civil servants in Nigeria on one hand and  political office holders- legislators, president, governors, LG Chairmen and their Aides, Special Assts, etc on the other.

jedisco:

I pity the Christians among them. These blood-thirsty eediots will soon turn on them when the Government refuses to listen to them

denony:

those countries u mentioned above have steady light year in year out.
In your country people use fuel to get light and other things.

anonimi:

Did you post your reply from the street?
Which street?? In which town
Btw, how many Nigerians abroad are in countries where fuel is partly paid for by the government
Fuel is deregulated in the UK, USA, Europe etc where most Nigerians pray and fast just to get their visa and stay put.
Jonathan has made a bold, courageous yet unpopular move in the best niterest of the general masses who should rather ensure that political office holders do not SOLELY enjoy the benefits. Prices will go up now but once genuine fuel importers start bringing in products pending when refineries will work MORE the pump price will start going down. This can be done by re-examining the pay disparity/gap/differentials between ordinary civil servants in Nigeria on one hand and  political office holders- legislators, president, governors, LG Chairmen and their Aides, Special Assts, etc on the other.

anonimi:

Thank you. I am sure the steady light is not also paid for partly by the government to the [size=14pt]marketers[/size]- or is it
Government has no business of doing business. Its role should stop at monitoring quality and other criteria to ensure fair [size=14pt]competition[/size] and then tax the profits adequately. Anything else is an invitation to corruption as is evident in economies that are government-led.
Btw, this [size=14pt]deregulation[/size] of the petroleum downstream sector coupled with active deregulation of the power sector SHOULD allow real investors come in for efficient production, distribution and pricing for the people's benefit leading to IMPROVED supply rather than the RENT SEEKERS who are milking us dry in the pretext of non-existent subsidy.

Government has no business of doing business. Its role should stop at monitoring quality and other criteria to ensure fair competition and then tax the profits adequately. Anything else is an invitation to corruption as is evident in economies that are government-led.