₦airaland Forum

bashr8:
. . .the southeastern igala who share similarieties,names and cultures with the igbo and a few others that are similar to the edos.

God2man:
Let us learn from this true life story. One of our political leader in this country gave his chauffeur a directive to take him to a particular place, this politcian went to the bush, while the chauffeur was waiting, this chauffeur waited and waited for a long time, this our so call leader refused to come back, so, this chauffeur took it as responsibilty to look for his boss, when he got there, Alas! This particular politician was bathing with blood. This politician asked him; what did you see? The politician warned his chauffeur not to reveal the secret to anybody. This chauffeur died after sometime.
Let us be frank now, majority of our leaders are deep into the occult, some of them have gone too far with the devil. Why? They want to be in that position by all means. They will sacrifice anything just to get to that position. There are chronic herbalists that will do JUJU for them, so that they can acheive their heart desire.
You see, it will be difficult to understand all these mysteries, it will take, a great spiritual insight to understand what some politicians have done to get to their present position. The truth is that there is no way such a leader will think straight, it is not possible for such a leader to be creative. It will take the grace of God and the mercy of God for such leader to affect his generation for good. God bless you. God2man.

musKeeto:
. . .MLK was not a good Christian.

Pastor AIO:
However Jesus did heal sick people and feed people and take care of their physical needs as much as their spiritual needs. . .

A source in the family told the Nigerian Tribune that, “[size=14pt]we are Christians and their children have been telling our wards that some day, they are going to slaughter all of us.[/size] We never took them seriously because we never thought they could be so mean as to perpetrate such evil.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/33957-boko-haram-bombs-maiduguri-damaturu-again-kills-2-jtf-kills-2-sect-members

MEMBERS of the Boko Haram sect, on Wednesday evening, killed two members of a family; an 80-year-old man, Usman Durkwa and his 40-year-old son, Musa Durkwa


A source in the family told the Nigerian Tribune that, “we are Christians and their children have been telling our wards that some day, they are going to slaughter all of us.
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According to Christians who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune, they heard that Boko Haram was planning massive destruction of lives and properties in places of worship, as well as security offices across some states, but that no amount of threat by any group in whatever name would make them abandon their faith or flee.
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“It is God that gives life and it is only God that can take life; even the Muslims know this. This is not the first time Christians are being persecuted. In fact, persecution is part of Christian living, because even Christ was persecuted, as such let it be clear to the Boko Haram that we are not deterred, when they raise the arms of men to fight us because of our belief.

“The plan to destroy Christianity did not begin in Borno, Damaturu or anywhere they are thinking. Yet Christianity has flourished many years before Islam when much persecution was done to the Christians of the old time; we are confident in our belief and God will fight our battles,” Yonnana Manzo told the Nigerian Tribune.

Kay1kay1:
The minimum monthly wage is 20,000 nai.ra (US$123). Rate 163 nai.ra to US$1.

netotse:
I got this mail from HR a couple of minutes ago:

aletheia:
. . .now that the subsidy has been removed and the market deregulated

diluminati:
@aletheia
there is no savings from subsidy removal because govt 'supposedly' borrowed to pay for the 'supposed' fuel subsidy. which savings is kept for education now? stop talking trash, coz even the govt does not have any road plan to divest the 'supposed' savings. so where is yours coming from? talking off an empty head?

aletheia:
In future, now that the subsidy has been removed and the market deregulated, feel free to revisit this post and add that "Nigeria reduces price of petrol". By then it is hoped that funds freed up by the deregulation will have subsidized your education so that you will be able to read and understand a simple press release!

deking:
During the period under review, the average international product prices of Petrol, Diesel and Illuminating Paraffin decreased.

The average Rand/US Dollar exchange rate weakened when compared to the previous period. The average Rand/US Dollar exchange rate for the period 2 December 2011 to 28 December 2011 was 8.2122 compared to 8.1398 during the previous period. The deterioration of the Rand against the US Dollar increased the contribution to the Basic Fuels Price on petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 5.31 c/l, 5.95 c/l and 5.84 c/l respectively.

deking:
The Single Maximum National Retail Price for Illuminating Paraffin for the period 4 January 2012 to 31 January 2012 will be 1 033.0c/l compared to 1 064.0 c/l for the period 7 December 2011 to 3 January 2012, that is a decrease of 33.00 c/l.

The maximum refinery gate price for LPgas will be R 7 857.60 per metric ton (436.09 c/l), excluding VAT, for the period 4 January 2012 to 31 January 2012.

http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9323:another-view-removal-of-subsidy-is-good-for-nigeria&catid=25:politics&Itemid=92

Another View: Removal of Subsidy is good for Nigeria

Written by Ben Oguntuase  
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 14:47
There are three levels of high fraud that the removal of subsidy will tackle. The first is fraudulent payment on phoney import of PMS. The product is fraudulently certified as imported into Nigeria but is actually diverted to other countries in West Africa. Meanwhile, the documentation is perfected by criminal elements in Customs, Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC)
and Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). They not only collect the subsidy (which actually is outright theft), they also connive to collect demurrage on product that really never entered the Nigerian market. The reality is that what we actually consume in Nigeria may not be up to half of what the records or statistics say we consume.

The second fraud is the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF). PPMC used to have a network of pipelines and depots across the country. Supply envelopes were created around each depot in a way that ensured all parts of the country are covered. Each supply envelope is divided into zones. Actual transportation cost was calibrated according to zones within each supply envelope. The objective here was to ensure that products sell at the same price throughout each depot's supply envelope regardless of the distance of consumption from supply.

There was also Bridging, the system whereby products are moved by road across depots as may be permitted in what was meant to be exceptional cases such as when repair is being carried out on the pipeline or at a depot. Over time and driven by fraudulent intent, what was designed to augment became the routine practice. Products would be released from Atlas Cove in Lagos ostensibly for bridging to say Kano or Sokoto but would actulally be sold at nearby stations while the documentation is “perfected†and bridging allowance is paid.

The products were also meant to be sold at equal prices at all locations nationwide. When the refineries were working and the pipeline/depots were also functional, the products were pumped through pipelines from the refineries to the various depots from where they were picked for distribution within the supply envelope covered by each depot. In principle, the Eastern axis was meant to be supplied by the now obsolete Port Harcourt Refinery 1. The Northern axis was meant to be supplied by the now thoroughly cannibalized Kaduna Refinery. The Midwest and Middle Belt were meant to be supplied by the also obsolete Warri Refinery while the Western axis was meant to be supplied by products shipped to Atlas Cove from Port Harcourt Refinery 2. This refinery was also meant to export products to West African countries.

All marketers were given a price structure by PPMC which routinely (and frankly unprofessionally) decided the marketers' margin and overhead allowance, the transportation allowance and the dealers' margin. Such a terrible system it was! The standard Transportation allowance was decided based on what was required to move products from the depot to Zone 3 within the depot's supply envelope. Transporters moving products to Zones 1 and 2 are paid less than the standard allowance while the balance was meant to be paid into PEF by the marketer. Transporters moving products to Zones 4 to 9 are paid the additional cost of transportation from PEF. Most of the consumption in around each depot occurs in Zones 1 to 3, usually up to 70%. The fraud: sell all products within Zones 1, 2 and 3 but collect PEF allowance as if almost all products were sold in the outer zones. This has been on for a very long time.

We can imagine why all the various adjustments and maladjustments occurred over the years especially during the military era when the fraud was mostly perpetraded, actively promoted and culturally institutionalized by high ranking Generals and Administrators. We can also see why all refineries eventually had to be crippled and pipeline network/depots of PPMC had to be paralysed.

Two things would immediately result from the removal of subsidy. The first is that Nigeria would actually pay only for what is consumed in Nigeria. If PEF and Bridging are removed completely from the equation and this must be the case, prices nationwide can no longer be the same. Another derived benefit would be that refineries can actually be located in Nigeria now based more on economics than political consideration. High price high volume would attract investment and eventually lead to low price high volume. This is simple supply economics.

Efficiency within the marketing companies would improve, so would competitiveness. Of course, there may intially be some retrenchment within the industry and safety may be compromised as marketeres would try to improve on their profitability. Ultimately, the system would stabilise and Nigerians would be the better for it. Professionalism should result in higher profitability. All these is conditioned on total withdrawal of subsidy, complete elimination of bridging allowances and dissolution of PEF. If any of those mechanisms are retained in the system, then removal of subsidy would be a meaningless exercise, one in futility.

The most compelling moral imperative is for the administration of Dr. Jonathan to arrest and prosecute the fraudsters. If this happens, hostility to the subsidy removal would diminish significantly. Meanwhile, the cartel will fight back, and viciously too. They have the money and other resources to sponsor social unrest. We are already seeing their hands. How much moral courage would a perhaps repentant (very doubtful!) IBB have to criticise subsidy removal when it was under his regime that fraud in the industry actually became institutionalized?

by Ben Oguntuase
Former Customer Services Manager
National Oil (now Conoil)

Rad1cal:
I don't support the harsh implementation of this subsidy removal, but it's amusing that the same person who had a mean stance when the Lekki inhabitants where crying foul about the irresponsible Lekki toll, is here trying to play the blame card . . .

Gbawe:
Sorry, but you are the "hopelessly naive" one here if you see rhetoric and are uninformed by the history we are seeing playing out before our very eyes.

Asked about the threat by labour to shut down the country following government’s announcement of ending petrol subsidies, Abati said, “I hold that Labour will hold on to its promise that it will support whatever government does in the interest of the Nigerian people because labour was consulted.

“I attended those meetings with labour and I know that at that meeting there were clearly some understandings reached.”

Gbawe:
Sorry, but you are the "hopelessly naive" one here if you see rhetoric and are uninformed by the history we are seeing playing out before our very eyes.

aletheia:
In situations such as this, Nigerians have traditionally looked up to NLC to provide leadership and direction. Of course NLC (which leaders are part of the elite consensus that subsidy should go) will as usual talk tough and threaten. . .will call a general strike.

The strike will last about three or so days. . .maybe a week and a half maximum while "negotiations" with the FG go on, then Labor will announce that they are "suspending" the strike for a period of maybe "six" months or so. . .while they watch if Government will make good on its palliative measures. Labor will agree to be part of the committee to monitor implementation of "subsidy savings".

. . .and so will end the "great Nigerian revolution" of 2012. A "revolution" that was spawned and died on Internet forums and social networks.[/i]

koruji:
^^^^^^^^
Page 7 item 16 - it is BS anyway.

Gbawe:
No one, after circa three months of suffering, for example will hate those who depose GEJ and immediately reinstate subsidy of N240 billion (the original approved NASS figure) limited to the original major marketers while the fraudulent "independent" marketers who swelled subsidy to N1.4 trillions are paraded in public with a clear establishment of how they actually scammed Nigeria, through round tripping, over-invoicing, redirecting locally refined oil back to Nigeria as "imported" fuel. All this done in collaboration with the NNPC  controlled by the Petroleum Minister and the Government of the day. There is far too much slackness , the sort to justify all kinds of "desperate actions for desperate times", going on under GEJ. There will be grave reperrcussions.

kettykin:
i laugh at the mistakes people make assuming they can use sit tight protest to unsit a president in Nigeria without a tacit backing of the world powers.

koruji:
Take for example the one about pregnant women:

Nigerian man: I can't get to work at a reasonable transport cost
FG: If you have a pregnant wife, we will make a cash payment to her when she delivers

koruji:
Obviously, you people do not understand the resolve of Nigerians when they are pushed too far.

This is just the beginning.

LagosShia:
does the verse you quoted say we will enter hell?

movicy:
. . .i have beign loosing faith in bible,i usually read both quran,hadith and bible

movicy:
since then,i read most verse contradicting orders in bible,i saw verses dat dat back islamic activities inside the bible eg(nehemiah 8:4 salat in bible,),(isaih 2:2 hajj in bible),(isaih 29:12 prophecy of muhammed)e.t.c

movicy:
(nehemiah 8:4 salat in bible,)

movicy:
(isaih 2:2 hajj in bible)

movicy:
(isaih 29:12 prophecy of muhammed)

movicy:
,but i felt surprise that my pastor cant withstand my muslim friend when i introduce both,all wat my frnd is sayin is islam is d key 2 salvation and paradise,but my pastor cant claim dat when both r stil debating

movicy:
,i even read some documentory about miracles in islam e.g(rock in sujud position,tree in ruku found in australia,leaf form lailaila allah in berlin,germany,)e.t.c,

movicy:
biblical verse even said best way 2 worship our god is 2 bow down b4 thee,only muslim did dis,

movicy:
we xristian go church 2 sing dance and pray i av never read biblical verse dat support dis,am totally confused

movicy:
cn sm1 help me,i dont want 2 go hell 
am totally