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Car TalkRe: BEST ATF For Camry 98/99 Tinylight by arcis: 10:46pm On Oct 10, 2014
llade:
My wife uses a 99 camry and d atf used is Dextron 2 as is written on d dip stick. For my 2006 avensis I use type T-IV Cos dats wat I c on d dip stick.
You are right!
Car TalkRe: BEST ATF For Camry 98/99 Tinylight by arcis: 6:52am On Oct 09, 2014
Where can I get ATF T-IV in Ibadan?
Car TalkRe: BEST ATF For Camry 98/99 Tinylight by arcis: 9:26am On Oct 08, 2014
mayor2013:
@ Arcis Am asking about yours since you said yours had dextron 11 written on its dipstick
1998 tinylight
Car TalkRe: BEST ATF For Camry 98/99 Tinylight by arcis: 8:08am On Oct 08, 2014
mayor2013:
To start with what year is your toyota camry?
Op said 1998 or 1999. Check the heading of the topic?
Car TalkRe: BEST ATF For Camry 98/99 Tinylight by arcis: 11:15pm On Oct 07, 2014
mayor2013:
Go for Type IV. That should fall between dextron 4-6. If you do other wise you are on your own
I owned a Toyota camry and on the atf gauge what was written was dextron II. are you sure using dextron 4 or 5 can't cause any problems?

Just asking anyway. ........
PoliticsRe: South Africa Seizes Another $5.7m Nigeria’s Arms Deal by arcis: 7:23pm On Oct 06, 2014
It baffles me, with so much poverty, millions of dollars are stolen by few individuals. We lack healthcare, infrastructure and food is scarce for millions of people. This government is wicked and reckless

Just my opinion though!
Car TalkRe: Most Number Plates In Ibadan Are Lagos Number,why? by arcis: 9:09am On Oct 05, 2014
U guys should wait on this topic. I am currently carrying out a research on this. Just watch out guys.......
Car TalkRe: Tire Inflation Discussion - What's Appropriate And What Is Not by arcis: 8:26am On Oct 05, 2014
Nice one op, do you know that some people used oversized tyres? For instance, a Toyota camry say 1999 model manufacturer recommend 195/65/15 size. You noticed Nigerian ignore the manufacturer specifications and used different sizes. I have seen someone using 205/65/15 for a camry. I think this another problem we should start with. .....
CelebritiesRe: Breaking News: Taiwo Of Popular Singing Twins, 'oshadipe Twins' Is Dead! by arcis: 8:59pm On Oct 03, 2014
ichommy: check the link below to see the details of her death.


http://www.emmanuelbabatunde.com/2014/10/taiwo-of-singing-duo-oshadipe-twins-is.html
What is details about the link......
Car TalkRe: What You Should Know Concerning Tyre Gauge/pressure Of Vehicles: by arcis: 10:04pm On Oct 01, 2014
Thanks for this information.
PoliticsWho Is Afraid Of Buhari? by arcis(op): 11:38pm On Sep 29, 2014
I write this because of millions of Nigerians who are below 30 and who constitute a significant chunk of our
voting population.

This is the ICT generation that is largely ignorant about the events of the Buhari era (1983-85) and so can be
misinformed and misled by needless propaganda. I have sat with many in the under-30 bracket and those slightly above who only have faint recollections
of the Buhari era and the level of ignorance about that era is amazing.

Before being MILITARY Head of State, Buhari had been Governor of one of the Northern States (under Obasanjo’s Military government) as well as Minister for Petroleum. He later served as Chairman of PTF under Abacha.Please consider the following unassailable facts:

·He birthed and supervised the establishment of our existing refineries.
·There was no religious crisis while he was Head of State. It started under his successor IBB!
·In his time as Head of State he reduced inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal discipline and a homegrown economic team (not achieved under any other
era, even military).

·JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over 2yrs before him, and killed all the corrupt leaders, while Buhari only sentenced the corrupt leaders here to prison.
·Under his watch as PTF Chairman, what he did in road construction in that short period hasn't been matched by 12yrs of the PDP.

·Hospitals and universities around the country never witnessed as much benefits as they got from the PTF from any government after or before his time.

·Despite serving in senior capacity in the oil sector, first as Minister for Petroleum and then Petroleum Trust
Fund, Buhari has no petrol station, much less a rig, refinery or an oil block like so many of our leaders.

·He could have retired into nauseating opulence like an IBB or Danjuma or even OBJ but didn't.

·Instead of hobnobbing with the high and mighty, he has cast his lot with the ordinary man most of who follow him out of hope and belief in his values.
People who know him have said of him... "All I need from Buhari is his word, I can take it to the bank".

·He is the only politician in the North today who fills rallies without renting a crowd. The Kaduna rally of 2nd March is eloquent proof!

·He refused to collect an allowance while serving as Chairman of the PTF because he said since he was already drawing a pension from government, his conscience would not allow him to draw another salary from the purse of the same government.

·He is the only former head of state that does not own property or land in Abuja .

·Every attempt to rubbish him through probes in time past eneded up vindicating him! The man who was
asked by OBJ to take over the running of PTF before it was scrapped with the aim of probing and indicting Buhari, was the one who ended up being prosecuted
for misappropriating $100m of PTF funds!
Buhari again, was vindicated

·He has OPENLY challenged those who accuse him of religious fundamentalism to come out and show proof. No one has till today, taken up the challenge.
His personal driver of many years is a
Christian from Plateau State !

·His government initiated the War Against Indiscipline that has made environmental cleanliness, queuing up,
not urinating by the roadside etc features of our national life even till today Does it then surprise you why
corrupt people would be spreading such heinous rumours about Buhari? He
is a threat to them and they know what he is capable of doing to corruption and corrupt people when he comes into office!

So shine your eyes and make
the right decision. If honesty and
probity are the things you want for
Nigeria ,now is the time to choose
right. When you cast your vote for the
BUHARI, you would have cast one vote
for a honest men.
PoliticsRe: We’ve Reduced Poverty By 50% – Jonathan by arcis: 11:36pm On Sep 27, 2014
Which poverty has been reduced by 50%? It shows how clearly the one who was once shoeless has lost touch with reality. For most nigerians especially the urban slum dwellers and rural dwellers poverty rate is as high as 80% by conservative estimates. The middle class has all but been wiped out while there is a high percentage of skilled and educated poor, most of who have been forced to pretend to belong to PDP or die from starvation. Let the president cause to be published, the names and states of those who have been employed by his government since 2009. All in all let our votes count in 2015. He will then see the wrath of nigerians and he will rue the day he took poor nigerians for granted.
PoliticsRe: We’ve Reduced Poverty By 50% – Jonathan by arcis: 10:10pm On Sep 27, 2014
The acquisition of private planes in Nigeria since civil rule began
with General Olusegun Obasanjo as President in 1999 has been unprecedented.

Over 130 new private planes were acquired since 2007

at an average cost of $50 million per plane”.

“Between March 2010 and March 2011, in just one year,

Nigerians privately spent $225 million on private jets.
But while a few dozen Nigerians are spending millions of dollars apiece
for private jets, the poverty level in Nigeria is on the rise; with almost 100 million Nigerians,

out of a total population of 170 million, living on less than one dollar a day.”

…….…..Forbes Magazine
PoliticsRe: Ayo Fayose's Supporter And Ex-ekiti NURTW Chairman Has Just Been SHOT Dead. by arcis: 7:02am On Sep 26, 2014
aljharem: Please call him ignorant but clearly he is ignorant or PAID !!!
Only God can judge you Mr. Stop deceiving people here on NL. Today u ar Yoruba, tomorrow you will be Igbo, next you will be Hausa. I pity you. Repent now!!!!
Car TalkRe: Help!!! Odometer and Speedometer Stop Working by arcis(op): 9:45pm On Sep 20, 2014
Thanks all,
I got the sensor changed today and both the speedometer and the odometer are now working fine. I spent only 3k to fix this 1999 camry. 2.5K for the sensor n 500 for rewirer that fix it.
PoliticsRe: 2015: Alao-akala Picks PDP N3m Nomination Form For Oyo State Guber Race. by arcis: 11:07pm On Sep 19, 2014
Wasting of time n money. People should tell this man not to waste his money.
PoliticsSeized $9.3million, FG Flouts Own Anti-money Laundering Law by arcis(op): 7:45pm On Sep 19, 2014
Apart from breaching South African laws, the Nigerian government violated a number of key anti-money laundering laws in its botched attempt to buy arms and military equipment from South Africa with $9.3 million cash stacked in suitcases.
Two Nigerians and an Israeli were arrested at the Lanseria Airport in South Africa on September 5, 2014 as they tried to enter the country with the cash conveyed in a private jet owned by the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor.
Nigerian officials said the suspects were carrying out a “legitimate” transaction to procure arms for the country’s military, and that South Africa had been given receipts and documents to prove the authenticity of the deal.
South African investigators have faulted the claims, and last week, obtained a court order freezing the money. The Nigerian government’s explanation was “flawed and riddled with discrepancies”, they said.
An analysis of the deal shows how the Nigerian authorities, in choosing to procure arms with a huge sum in cash, blatantly flouted two important laws enacted to combat money laundering.
Section 2 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 clearly pegged the cash transfer allowed into a foreign country at $10,000 or its equivalent. The law stipulates that any cash transfer exceeding that limit must be reported to the central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Security and Exchange Commission, or the Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC within 7 days from the date of the transaction.
The law also requires transportation of cash exceeding the limit be declared to the Nigerian Customs Service.
Section 2 (5) of the act states that anyone caught flouting the law by failing to declare such transfer or making a false declaration could risk being jailed for up to two years as well paying a fine of up to 25 percent of the undeclared or falsely declared fund upon conviction.
Similarly, Section 12 (b) of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring Miscellaneous Provision) Act stipulates that “foreign currency in excess of US $5,000 or its equivalent, whether being imported into or exported out of Nigeria, shall be declared on the prescribed form for reasons of statistics only.”
Further, Section 25 of the same law requires any international cash transfer exceeding $10,000 or its equivalent to be reported to the Central Bank.
Lawyers and civil society activists have come hard on the government for claiming ownership of the money which they say was taken out of the country in a manner that suggests reasons other than the purchase of arms.
They say shipping the money out of the country is in wanton violation of its own laws and that the government is making a mockery of its anti-money laundering policy.
“This is clearly a very bad example of how to make policy and break them at the end,” said Monday Ubani, the Chairman of Ikeja branch of Nigeria Bar Association.
Mr. Ubani says the fact that related government agencies are avoiding claiming responsibility for the money is sign that the money could not have been meant for something legitimate contrary to the government’s claim.
“Even if you want to buy arms and ammunition there are still procedures and processes. This was shrouded in secrecy. As I speak to you, no agency has claimed responsibility of knowing how this amount of money was sent abroad for purchase of arm and ammunition,” he said.
Mr. Ubani said the ease at which the money was taken out of the country suggests that the process had been tried before and could well be the method stolen money is taken out of the country.
“This is an example of how the money that should be used to better the lives of Nigerians is being stolen and shipped away. What other example can you ask for? This is a clear indication of how our money is being stolen by those in authorities.”
In a similar vein, a rights activist, Shehu Sani, said the matter should not be treated with kid gloves. He added that the explanation proffered by the government lacks credibility and called on the National Assembly to immediately commence an investigation as to how the money was taken out of country and what it was really meant for.
“This is very serious issue that needs to be investigated. The explanation given by the government doesn’t hold water. It doesn’t make any sense. There is nowhere in the world where such huge sum of money is moved in an airplane for the purpose of a legitimate business,” he said.
“There are three issues: The first being that whose money is it and who made the payment? Is it the Ministry of Defence, the Police or it is the Presidency? Secondly is that it was the money appropriated by the National assembly? And thirdly, the manner the money is being shipped out is a clear violation of the money laundering act. I think these are issues that need to be investigated by the National assembly,” he added.
Also Lagos-based lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, said the government’s account is a slap in the face of the country’s anti-money laundering laws. He said the government’s explanation is faulty. According to him if the government was carrying out a legitimate business it need not do it in a clandestine manner. He added that that the botched South African deal has all the markings of money laundering.
“This act has happen in clear violation of all our laws governing international business transactions.
“If you are going to buy arms for the fight against Boko Haram, the fight against Boko haram is not a hidden thing. It is something that the AU is supporting. It is something that ECOWAS is supporting; it is a fight that the international committee is supporting so why would you do it in a clandestine manner. Why can’t you wire the money through government channels? The fact that they are offering this jejune and absurd explanation in support of the gross violation of our laws is despicable.
“This is a clear case of money laundering perpetrated by people inside the Federal government of Nigeria and so people have to be held accountable.”
He said the national Assembly should prevail on the President Goodluck Jonathan to hand over those responsible for the transaction. He said if the president fails to do this, he should be held responsible and impeachment proceeding should be initiated against him.
On Thursday, the Senate said it has summoned military chiefs and the National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, to explain the transfer of the huge amount in cash.
PoliticsRe: South Africa Government Flawed FG Explanations Over $9.3 Million by arcis(op): 10:51pm On Sep 18, 2014
jayonpoint: When d news favors ur otueke retarden its a gud news bt wen it doesn't its saharareporter n we can only knw where ppple like came frm no less so Dan SS/SE. Its revealin by d day bt u wil soon see d larger revelation in a matter of tym dnt worry.
Nah so oo
PropertiesRe: Future Architectural Designs (check it out what do u think nairalander ) by arcis: 6:44pm On Sep 18, 2014
reajen: 4 BEDROOM FLATS

A. Living Room
B. Dining Room
C. 3 bedroom All Ensuite
D. Kitchen
Can u send more details about this design to my email? I mean sides view, front n back view, floor plan etc. It's urgent since I called ur line but it wasn't going.
asadeazeez@yahoomail.com
PoliticsRe: South Africa Government Flawed FG Explanations Over $9.3 Million by arcis(op): 4:11pm On Sep 18, 2014
Kudos to the South African government for standing firm on rule of law on this matter.
The South African government is urged to press the case until the money is forfeited.
Criminals inside Nigerian government circles must not benefit from financial wrongdoing.

I cry for my country!!!!
PoliticsRe: TAN Challenges Lai Mohammed, APC To A Public Debate by arcis: 11:00am On Sep 18, 2014
Oklander: TAN is PDyP simple! Idiôts trying to deny the obvious.....
B4 nko?
PoliticsRe: South Africa Government Flawed FG Explanations Over $9.3 Million by arcis(op): 10:35am On Sep 18, 2014
PoliticsSouth Africa Government Flawed FG Explanations Over $9.3 Million by arcis(op): 10:30am On Sep 18, 2014
Investigators in South Africa have dismissed Nigerian government’s explanations of the purpose of the $9.3 million cash seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli as “flawed and riddled with discrepancies”.
The suspects told South African authorities that the money was meant for the procurement of arms for Nigerian intelligence agencies.
The jet used to ferry the money is owned by Ayo Oritsejafor, who heads the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.
Mr. Oritsejafor, a cleric, said he is not aware of the arms deal. He said although he owns the aircraft, it was managed by another company, Eagle Air Company, which in turn, leased the jet to a third party, Green Coast Produce Limited.
The Nigerian government in an unsigned statement, Tuesday, said it has provided South African authorities with documents and receipts to prove that the transaction was “legitimate.”
Nigerian security officials also said that it was normal practice to procure arms with cash.
“The Federal Government has submitted relevant data and documents on the transaction to South Africa and insisted that the transaction was legitimate. It also clarified that the funds were not laundered or smuggled for any covert manoeuvres. No launderer will be audacious to fly into a country in a chartered jet with such a huge cash,” a
statement by PRNigeria, an agency that regularly disseminates media statements for the military, police and other security agencies in Nigeria explained.
The statement tallies with what top security officials told PREMIUM TIMES in confidence that the money was legit as the government decided to buy the arms secretly; because the U.S. government had allegedly blocked its efforts to buy arms openly.
However, the government’s explanation does not seem to be gaining traction with South African investigators as the Asset Forfeiture Unit, AFU, of the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa, NPA, has obtained a court order to freeze the money.
The NPA, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday said that the manner which the money was brought into the
country breached the country’s laws that deal with the transfer of foreign exchange of such proportion.
“The money was initially detained by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) as it was not disclosed or declared at customs, and was above the prescribed legal limit for the amount of cash that may be brought into the country,” it said in a statement.
Investigators also cast serious doubt on the Nigerian government’s explanation that the money was meant for the procurement of arms and that it has provided documents and receipt to back its legitimacy, raising serious concern that suspects might have been in the process of laundering the money before it was intercepted.
The NPA said its investigation shows that Tier One Services Group, the firm Nigerian government claimed it wanted to procure the arms from, is not authorised to sell or rent military hardware.
“In court papers, the NPA submitted evidence that Tier One is not registered with the National Conventional Arms Control Committee and is thus not authorised to enter into any agreements regarding the sale and/or rental of military equipment,” the statement read.
Tier One has apparently issued an invoice to a Cyprus based company, ESD International Group Ltd, ESD, in respect of the procurement of armaments and helicopters to be delivered to Nigeria. However, South African investigators said the time when the invoice was prepared and the time the money was brought in threw up some serious issues of its true intent.
The money was ferried to South Africa less than a week from the date the invoice was prepared (September 8, 2014).
The involvement of a Cyprus based company also heightens the suspicion that this may be a case of classical money laundering. Cyprus is notorious for its secretive banking system, which attracts shady characters and corrupt politicians looking to dry-clean ill-gotten funds.
The NPA added that the transaction did not follow normal procedure in the procurement of the kind of equipment it was alleged to have been meant for.
Car TalkRe: Help!!! Odometer and Speedometer Stop Working by arcis(op): 9:22pm On Sep 16, 2014
abolore80: Mine is honda, I don't know the price for toyota speed sensor. You can get it for 5k or less.
Ok thanks
Car TalkRe: Help!!! Odometer and Speedometer Stop Working by arcis(op): 6:11pm On Sep 16, 2014
abolore80: I've replaced the speedometer sensor with another. Just got back from testing. Its fine, the speedometer is now working and the D4 light that was previously blinking has stopped.
LESSON: if the speedometer sensor is bad, it could cause the D4 light to blink on the cluster. My rewire said its the gear switch but, its not the gear switch but the speedometer sensor.
Please how much did u get the speedometer sensor?
Car TalkRe: Help!!! Odometer and Speedometer Stop Working by arcis(op): 7:18am On Sep 16, 2014
Thanks for your contributions.

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