₦airaland Forum

@okija_juju, there's no need to attack/insult people because of their views. When it come's to religion, let each say his/her belief.

"FAITH IS BELIEVING IN SOMETHING YOU KNOW CAN'T BE SO" - Huckleberry Finn. So for those of us who believe in and have faith in God, it doesn't matter what science proves or disproves, we stand by our faith. However I welcome the discussion as an open-minded person, everyone is free to have their opinion

[quote author=Kilode?!]Danjuma sef dey give self- righteous advice.

How about you return back all the proceeds from the oil block Abacha illegally dashed you without any due process whatsoever??

How about you stand with those calling for Subsidy Probe Prosecutions and sponsor civil society groups to fight this rot. As in put your stolen wealth where your mouth is, sir.[/quote]Danjuma received the oil block legally as the laws of the land as at then stated that oil blocks are to be awarded at the discretion of the Head of State. We must be fair to him, after all can you compare Danjuma to OBJ or Saraki or Diezani or ....... (fill in the blank)

In fairness to Danjuma, he was an Officer in the army following orders during the Ironsi killing. If he had not, he would have been killed himself. Ironsi became Head of State after civilians had been killed in the coup that brought him to power, he didn't condemn those that carried out those killings.

Danjuma also did not "steal" any oil well. He was awarded the oil blocks by Abacha during a time that oil blocks were awarded at the discretion of the Head of State.

I believe that Danjuma is coming out to say something now because of the recent bombing in his state, Taraba. As a leader/elder and someone who is very close to GEJ, he should have spoken much earlier and should let us know what the solution is, or what he proposes.

With BH getting completely out of control now, maybe the solution is a sovereign national conference whereby everyone can decide what they want (split or stay together). But lets do it before BH spread their wave of destruction to the South, because if that happens we will have another civil war on our hands, as OPC, MEND, MASSOB etc retaliate

Dear NLers, what is the ranking system of the Armed Forces and what insignia does each rank have? Just interested and its good to know. Mods please move this if its in the wrong place.

Nigeria Police Force

Constable - no insignia
Corporal - two red "V"'s
Sergeant - three red "V"'s

From Inspector up, you wear the navy blue and yellow talon (rope)

Inspector - silver lines on the top of the shoulder

ASP to CSP have a different insignia on their berets (difficult to describe)

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) - one diamond/star on the top of the shoulder for unconfirmed, two for confirmed.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) - three diamonds/stars
Superintendent of Police (SP) - Coat of arms on the top of the shoulder
Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) - Coat of arms and one diamond/star

ACP to CP have a different insignia on their berets (difficult to describe)

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) - round reef insignia on top of shoulder
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) - same as above + diamond/star
Commissioner of Police (CP) - round reef insignia + coat of arms on top of shoulder

AIG and DIG have a different insignia on their berets (difficult to describe)

Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) - coat of arms + inspector "line" + round reef insignia
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) - coat of arms + diamond/Star + round reef insignia

IG wears beret with unique insignia

Inspector General of Police (IG) - coat of arms + two diamonds/star + round reef insignia

Customs, prisons and other paramilitary (outside of the armed forces) follow the same system, with slight variation.

Lets know about the armed forces, please informed and correct info only, no guessing!

This is not fair, how come they're all either SS or ibo I can understand the Northern states being repped by southerners due to boko haram, but at least let the south west states be repped by yoruba babes!

Mr Murray-Bruce please take note!!

OmawumiMegbele: [size=20pt]did she pay the IPAIDABRIBE people, oh they received a bribe. irony.
I paid a bribe got bribed[/size]

Maybe they should change their name to "I received a bribe" Or did DAM hack their site??

Anyway, the above are simply allegations and DAM is innocent until proven guilty. But let them hurry up and begin the overhauling and prosecution!!

1) 19?? Mitsubishi Galant (the stereo was worth more than the ride - sold it)
2) 1997 E-class benz (changed rims, mirrors, all lights, overhauled the stereo - sold it)
3) 19?? Peugeot 504 (the old soldier broke down all the time, there were holes in the floor Was desperate n couldnt afford anything else - sold it)
4) 2000 ML430 (sweet ride but spent ridiculous money maintaining. Every month I was changing pump or sensor etc - sold it for next to nothing)
5) 2003 Infiniti G35 (amazing to drive, low mileage and reliable - current ride

Demdem: Check tribune online today. the full list is tabulated there. Good to know that the Big players like oando and even MRS arent asked to refund anything. Multinationals like Mobil and Total are however included.

Can u please give us the link or post the list.

Thanks!

@ ~bluetooth, never mind!! I'm so used to fed govt panels I actually took u serious

In my area in Lagos we had light for almost 20 hrs a day, but the past couple of weeks, its been really bad. Add the higher than normal temperature and the suffering increases hundredfold.

@~bluetooth, can u shed some more light (no pun intended) on the situation? What is the problem that govt r working on?

@OP, change the title to: "Porsche to target Nigerian Politicians"

Who else can afford to spend N25m plus on a ride??

4.8 billion litres for the quarter = 53.3 million litres per day!

I thought we only used 35 million litres per day?? The saga continues.........

Hi boss,

I drive an '03 infiniti G35 and I have two questions:

1- How much for a set of front shock absorbers?

2- The car seems to consume fuel t a high rate, any idea what could be causing this?

Thanks!

The scarcity is as a result of the fact that NNPC is the sole importer of PMS now. Before the subsidy problems they imported only 50% of the daily requirement, now they are expected to import double that. Many of the marketers are waiting for the outcome of the House Probe before they continue importing PMS.

Remember that DAM controls who gets the licences to import, so obviously the cabal are known to her and by extension GEJ. Subsidy can be done reasonably, we don't have to throw the baby out with the bathwater!

If u r a criminal smuggling arms, contraband etc. Or if ur an armed robber, u know how to get through checkpoints. We all know how to get through checkpoints without being hassled: pay ur egunge!

At every checkpoint there is a patrol vehicle parked at the side of the road wasted! Let them start patrolling so that they can reach emergency points in time.

Hi fellow bankers,

Our bank is about to begin implementation of the new ERM framework. I've read up on the theory, however can anyone give me any insight into the practical side (don't go into details that can be considered sensitive as I don't want anyone losing their job over this).

I would like to know things like:

1- Is it a software or a set of guidelines.
2- The main benefits.
3- Anything else that can help ERM novices like me

Thanks in advance!!

WHY DOES GOVERNMENT HAVE TO SEND THEM ABROAD FOR TRAINING??

How many Nigerians (both white collar and blue collar) have been trained abroad?? Think about the cost of all the flight tickets, hotel accommodation etc of not only the thousands of militants but the inspection team too (1st class travel and 5-star hotels).

What a way to reward criminals! The rest of us (foolish) law-abiding citizens continue to watch as criminals (politicians and militants) prosper!

SMH

Thanks! I'll give u a call when i'm ready

Hi Boss!

Just bought a 2003 Infiniti G35 and I'm lovin it. I have a couple of questions though:

1- How much for a simple service (oil filter, change oil etc)?
2- Do u have halo light kits + HID (or any other light kits for this model), if so how much? Even if it has to be pre-ordered.
3- Do u do tints (not the cheap tint film that u can't see out of from the inside)?
4- Do u do any other "pimping" for '03 G35's (smoked rear lights, rims etc)?

Thanks!

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1- The major beneficiaries of fuel subsidy ARE average Nigerians (most especially the poor). Government keeps saying that the poor and average Nigerians do not benefit from subsidy, its a lie: N65 per litre of petrol or N120 - N150 per litre of petrol (PMS), do the math and tell us we are not benefiting!

2- INFLATION! Our major method of transporting ourselves and many products is by road, (think about how many goods including food are moved around the country in danfo's). If the cost of petrol doubles, there will be major inflation. Everyone will see it as an opportunity to increase the cost of their goods and services. Think about it: "your price is now N200, but just last week it was N100?" "Eh, na dem don increase fuel, my cost don shoot up". Imagine if u spend N10k on transport and your salary is N50k a month, what will u do when u have to spend N20k or N25k on transport? Will employers increase salaries and wages nationwide?

3- INFLATION again! If the Naira continues to devalue next year we will face higher inflation anyway (we are an import dependent nation), subsidy removal will greatly compound this.

4- The Federal Government (Presidency, Police, SSS, Military Intelligence, Navy, Customs etc etc) and its friends abroad (CIA, MI6, Mossad etc) are much more powerful and have much greater resources than the so called "Subsidy Mafia". If FG want to catch/expose/prosecute the Subsidy Mafia, they can. Don't say you have to remove subsidy because of the Mafia's fraud. Go after the Mafia, remove the fraud. This fraud includes inflation (saying u imported 20 million litres, when u only brought in 10 million), round tripping, smuggling products to bordering countries, importing 10 million litres and then exporting 9 million of it etc etc

5- We can drastically reduce the cost of subsidy. We spent approximately N600 billion on subsidy last year, this year we will spend around N1.5 trillion (please correct me if these figures are wrong). Oil prices have not risen significantly between '10 and '11, and level of consumption has not increased astronomically between '10 and '11, so why the huge increase? FG budgeted N220 billion for subsidy for 2011, I believe this is the true figure we should be spending. Remember that we are giving importers of PMS a N15 per litre margin for what is essentially a no risk business. If you offered me a N2 per litre margin for importing PMS, I (and plenty of other people) would jump at it. On a 20 million litre cargo of PMS, that's N40m!!

Please note that if you cut the importers margin from N15 to N2, we save N13 per litre. Daily consumption of PMS is put at 30 million litres, so that would be a N390 million saving per day X 365 days = N142 billion per annum. OR we could remove N13 from the N65 pump price and pay N52 per litre for fuel

6- National Security. If you implement a policy that will inflict serious hardship on the majority of Nigerians (the poor are the majority, and it is the poor that will find it the most difficult to accommodate a higher fuel price and related inflation), there is the risk of popular uprising, higher unemployment and rising levels of crime.

7- Lack of trust for Government. "The money we save will be used for development of the nation, so Nigerians will benefit in the end". Has GEJ come up with a plan for what he will do with the subsidy saving? Do you really trust that Government will spend the subsidy savings on meaningfully developing our country by providing roads, electricity, security etc? Remember that the FG is PDP. What have they done in the past, i.e. 1999 - 2011? All the trillions they have spent so far, where are the results?? Is it that for the past 12 years, the nation has not moved forward solely because the FG has been paying fuel subsidy. Also remember that the subsidy saving will be shared between the three tiers of government. Think about what your Governors and Local Government Chairmen will do with more money (more private jets, Special Advisers, bullet-proof jeeps, foreign trips etc).

8- Refineries are not the issue. Even if we refine all the crude that we extract from the Niger Delta, refinery owners will buy crude at the international price, add cost of production, add their margin and then sell at the international price. So there will be savings compared to imported PMS (freight costs, clearing costs, NPA duties etc), however prices will likely be much higher than N65 per litre (again, correct me if I'm wrong). So if we want cheap fuel, FG would have to sell Nigerian refineries subsidised crude oil.

9- The economy will not collapse if we continue to pay fuel subsidy. If you reduce the cost of subsidy (see 4 and 5), reduce Governments recurrent expenditure, we could even increase capital expenditure.

10- The real reason GEJ wants to remove subsidy is because his political opponents are making money from it! Its a form of Government patronage that he has lost control of (if he ever had control over it in the first place). This reason is purely subjective so bring on the backlash!!

Hi,

What's the mileage? Any fixes to be made? How long has it been used in Nigeria? Please email with more pics to a_aiyela@yahoo.com.

Thanks

Hi,

What's the mileage and any fixes to be made?

$2.5 million? A bit expensive don't u think?

Call 0805 244 0779 for viewing, car is in Lagos.

Still available and price negotiable

Still Available

Still available email for more pics and info!!

Still available

More pictures available on request

Mercedes-Benz ML430 for sale

Price:         N1.2m
Year:         2000 (brought in from the US in 2007, so Nigerian used for 4 years)
Mileage:    104,000 miles
Engine:     4.3 litre V8
Colour:      Black (exterior) / beige (interior)

Features:  Automatic transmission, Ice cold AC, Bose surround sound system (with sub woofer) with 6 disc CD changer, remote central locking, power mirrors, power leather seats, sunroof, 17" rims, etc. This car is fully loaded.

For serious inquiries, please call: 0805 244 0779 or email: a_aiyela@yahoo.com