B69U:


The only way forward is a referendum, so this people can choose wat they want. u cannot force them to be Nigerians.

No one needs to force anyone, they are Nigerians by birth. They were born Nigerians so naturally they are Nigerians.

Gombe State University is quite beautiful.

Is it confirmed or just rumour?

francizy:



What is the level of infrastructural development and standard of living in these three. Also, does Angola enjoy steady/uninterrupted power supply (no need to ask about Canada because I know they do)? Does Angola have good roads and enabling environment for investment?

I'm only trying to compare countries because you make it sound like Nigerians shouldn't get PMS as cheap as it is. If we did have most of what we clamour for, I don't see any reason in keeping the subsidy. By then, the government can even decide to sell at $1/litre with little or no complain from the masses...

My point here is that Nigerians are presently buying PMS at a very cheap rate. It will be stupid for any country like Nigeria which currently imports about 90% of the PMS she consumption to pay for subsidy in other to further reduce the price of PMS when her incomes is exponentially dwindling to the point she can no longer afford to pay salaries. Why won't such fund be channelled to provide potable water, electricity, health care, roads and other infrastructures for her citizens which is in reality non-existence instead of paying for PMS subsidy that they currently buy at one of the lowest rates in the world.

francizy:


What's the minimum wage for Angola and Canada?

Nigeria - $1,362/year (PMS $0.42/litre)

Angola - $1,984/year (PMS $0.82/litre)

Canada - $19,181/year (PMS $0.82/litre)

So what are you driving at?

francizy:



Do they produce oil as much as Nigeria does?

In the whole of sub-sahara Africa, Nigeria has by far the lowest price for PMS of about $0.42/litre at the moment, less than half of the average global price of PMS with Namibia coming close at $0.70/litre. This is without any subsidy, i.e buy it at cost price and sell. Angola at the present export more crude oil than Nigeria and her citizen are paying $0.82 same as Canada with far more oil reserve than Nigeria and functioning refineries. The top 10 oil producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa are Eq. Guinea, Sudan, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Angola and Gabon. In all these countries price of PMS goes between $0.70 to above a dollar.

$0.42/litre without subsidy for a country that has no functioning refinery and have virtually no infrastructure whatsoever is a good one. Cherish it.

francizy:



What is the minimum wage in countries where PMS sells that high? Can it be compared to the paltry 19k (which they are even threatening to reduce) Nigerians are receiving as minimum wage?

Who is talking about countries where minimum wage is high? Is minimum wage high in Mali, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Uganda, Cameroon, etc? PMS goes above $1/litre in those places.

Naijaepic:


did you mean One US dollars per litre? or One US dollars per gallon. if it is One US dollars per litre, then that should be around N270/litre and if it is one dollars per gallon, then it should average around N71.32 (One US Gallon is equivalent to 3.785411784 liters)

I mean per litre.

I understand the Nigerian prison is a hell hole. You cannot go there and not be sober.

tomakint:

Nothing like global price of PMS but Crude oil

The average price of PMS around the world is 1.00 U.S dollars.

tomakint:

$37.87!

I mean PMS- Premium Motor Spirit aka Petrol.

tomakint:
This is madness.......what is this when the oil price at the International Market had been projected by the IMF to hit a bottom $20 per barrel in the coming year. By now this administration should be talking about crashing the PMS to N50 and do likewise to other fuel like kerosene and diesel and not this killing and robbing N86.50k in a country where prices of other commodities had skyrocketted against the buying power of the Naira, that is inching close to N300 to a dollar

What is the current global price of PMS as of today?

What a lawless country. Where in any sane world will their citizens be doing that?

agabaI23:
You just realised that free market is the way to go? Did you occupy in 2012? What was your position?

Why are you worried about 2012? This 2015/2016.

Akure is a nice place. I think the city is underrated.

This is serious . This can only happen in India

BlackrulesDworld:


A developed country.

Nigeria is a third world nation.

The term “third world country” was coined shortly after World War II in the face of the Cold War. Contrary to popular belief, “third” doesn’t refer to the lowest economic third or economic status at all. “First world” refers to the US and its allies, the “second world” to the Soviet Union and its allies, and “third world” to all non-aligned countries.

http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/11/01/the-real-meaning-of-first-world-and-third-world/

Japan is a developed economy but not a First world Nation.

BlackrulesDworld:


South wetin??

For there dreams.

Southy the xenophobia masters!!!

What is a First world Nation?

Ugomba:
South Africa is a second world nation but have the potential to be a First world country soon.

South Africa is a First world country. I don't understand what you mean when you say "have the potential to be a first world country". It is just like saying France is in Europe but has the potential to be in America. You are either a First world Nation or you are not.

What is the meaning of First world country?
Nigeria is not a First world Country and can never be a First world country unless you invent a time machine to take us back to the pre-World War II.

BTW South Africa is a First world country.

I hope Kanu will not crucify him for this.

The erosion problem in Aligbo no be today. It has been reported since the time of Adam and Eve.


Soil Erosion and Population Problems in South-East Nigeria

A. T. Grove

The Geographical Journal

Vol. 117, No. 3 (Sep., 1951), pp. 291-304

Published by: The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1791853?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents


Gully Erosion in Southeastern Nigeria: Role of Soil Properties and Environmental Factors

C.A. Igwe

Department of Soil Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
http://www.intechopen.com/books/research-on-soil-erosion/gully-erosion-in-southeastern-nigeria-role-of-soil-properties-and-environmental-factors.


Gully Erosions: the silent killer in Southeastern Nigeria
by Obidimma Ezezika
http://nigerianstalk.org/2010/03/22/gully-erosions-the-silent-killer-in-southeastern-nigeria/



Erosion Menace in South Eastern Nigeria: Beyond The Rhetoric

By Churchill Okonkwo
http://www.focusnigeria.com/erosion-in-anambra-state.htm


ENVIRONMENT-NIGERIA: Villagers Flee Landslides
”Several years ago, this community was more than half a kilometre from the excavation site. Today the excavation activity has reached the backyard of the community and almost half the buildings there have been pulled down by the gully erosion or landslides. Some communities have been deserted because of the erosion,” says Mike Mboye, an environmental analyst in Akwa, capital of Anambra State, eastern Nigeria.

In December 2005, the inhabitants of Umuchiani, one of the villages that make up Ikwulobia community in Anambra state, were woken up at night by a noise only to find some houses at the edge of the village giving way to landslide. They deserted their homes, taking refuge in nearby forest and villages.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2006/03/environment-nigeria-villagers-flee-landslides/

Soil erosion and deterioration in Eastern Nigeria: a geographic appraisal
Author: Floyd, B.
Year: 1965
http://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=185926770

Title: Factors of soil erosion in the Enugu area of Nigeria
Author: Ofomata, G.E.K.
Year: 1965
http://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=18592669X

Some observations on relief and erosion in Eastern Nigeria
GEK Ofomata - Revue Geomorph. Dynamique, 1967

Geotechnical characteristics of soils susceptible to severe gullying in eastern Nigeria
Okagbue C. O. , Ezechi J. I.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02590454

Remanded in prison till October 23? Too bad for them.

VOA didn't say anything. This news is vague.

On ABURI we stand!

Our embassy is a mess. Nigeria itself is a mess.

More than 90% of people in those regions are not Hausa. They belong to other minority groups like Kanuris and the Baburs

You can see what joblessness can cause. People are really hungry in Nigeria, government need to do something.

Yea, that's our man! Buhari!!