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fayahsoul:
Are nigerians cowards?

The answer lies in the very framing of the question itself.

The predicate(cowards) is contained in the subject(nigerians). That is, the only reason nigeria exists is because nigerians are cowards. To identify oneself as a nigerian is an explicit display of cowardice. How was nigeria formed? by whom? for whom? for what purpose? who is a nigerian and what does it mean to be a nigerian?

Nigeria is a foreign self-seeking entity that has occupied the sovereign space of the indigenes without their mass consent. So if an indigene, of normal mind and body, is fully aware of the activities and historical founding of this criminal corporation but yet chooses to identify and participate in the game out of fear for change or the brutal repression of oppositon, then that is plain cowardice.

And contrary to what some may think, being complacent to the inadequacies of a supposed "government" that kicks the asses of the masses from sun up to sun up and keeping a smile on the face amidst of it all is not bravery but cowardice. Due to cowardice, the ordinary complacent anti-revolutionary nigerian dies a thousand deaths in one life time yet loses their life but the revolutionary confronts his prime adversaries with deadly accuracy and if comrades die in battle, they die only once yet preserve thier life.(luke 17:33)

Remember, courage is not the absence of fear rather it's the will to act in the presence of fear. A bloodless revolution is a conceptual fallacy and cowards aren't prepared to bleed for change; they only fuss for all the wrong reasons.

You guyz don't get it. Nigeria cannot be reformed!

It was founded on corruption, it's sustained by corruption and will remain corrupt until it's completely dismantled and a grassroots alternative put in place.

So you either join the movement towards confederacy or you just shut the F**k up and be a bloody nigerian that you choose to be. QED!

Abagworo:
i support ijaws.i've long been wondering why the fg has not improved the seaports in port harcourt to lagos standard.if this is done,congestion will cease and onitsha,aba,uyo,nnewi will now import through ph.if that is done,then niger dredging is next.

SapeleGuy:
Ibime, we support the ijaw and the riverine communities that will suffer from the greed of a few.

First of all, the ibos are being decieved this not a port but a dock. It will need significant investment to make it a port. Check it out:
http://wikimapia.org/1472715/Onitsha-River-Port

The big question is who will pay, the federal government through the private development of the lagos domestic airport have shown they no longer have the stomach for such capital projects.
You can't make a viable business case for the port apart from a tribalistic one.

To build this port some one has to answer these question:

What is wrong with the ports in Calabar and PH?
Why haven't successive governments in Anambra built it since 1983?
Why is it not even on the Nigerian Ports Authority List of assets?

Remember, the same noise was made about an airport in Anambra. Today, the site is still bush.

If you want this port perhaps you need to build it yourself, funded privately, instead of relying on oil money.

ezeagu:
You guys should read this:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Vf-_V8DtPFIC&pg=RA1-PA82

redsun:
I wonder why any body will like to buy a slick car in nigeria with this kind of roads,land rovers,jeeps and motor bikes will fair better on this kind of roads.

Secondly,when was this video made?Don't tell me it is this year and that it is a current issue.

jamace:

gem87:
I think the Golden Guinea breweries in umuahia should be resuscitated instead
even if under a different name, seems such a wast with that building still
standing there non-functional (last time i checked anyway)
the state capital needs something that enterprising, Aba is fine if you ask me
what with the abundance of private traders and entrepreneurs ,

Warfy Boy:
mem, kno be for mouth, we need to do sumtin fast fast, i kno dey like wash hand when i kno say i kno go chop, action dem say speaks louder than words, we need fresh blood, if na to kidnap Yar'Adua now now make we find better blood put for there no probs

if una ready make una call me for this number +2348033921821, i full grand remain,

we need to wipe those hoodlums out, National Assembly, House of Rep, govnors, local gvt chairman, INEC chairman [if i catch this guy sha] anybody ewy dey govnt office, all of dem go collect

halla me

Fuel: Presidential Panel Proposes N77 per Litre
•FG grants NNPC directors more powers
From Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja, 05.11.2009

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Moves to address the lingering fuel crisis continued at the weekend with the Federal Government considering the recommendation of the Presidential Committee on Deregulation on the appropriate pricing of petrol.
The current template of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) puts the cost of imported petrol at N85 per litre while the pump price is N65, respresenting N20 subsidy per litre.
The committee, headed by Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda, is seeking to knock off N8 per litre from the template price because of “identified leakages”.
It also emerged that the government has taken measures to address identified hiccups in the operations of the downstream sector by raising the approval limits of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corpo-ration (NNPC) to $20 million.
Currently, the marketers, who import more than half of the petroleum products into the country, have stopped importation because of issues relating to subsidy payment and “unstable policy environment”.
The PPPRA template consists of landing cost, margins for marketers, dealers, transporters, jetty depot through-put, taxes and demurrage.
But marketers are understood to be pushing for N100 per litre to cover their costs and stop further reliance on subsidy in line with government’s deregulation policy.
However, the presidential panel has recommended that the PPPRA N85 template pricing is “bloated” and should not be more than N77 per litre – which is still N12 above the current official price.
If this recommendation is accepted, the price of petrol will go up, but it may still not please the marketers who argue that it does not cover their costs.
Indeed, indications are that the end of the fuel crisis is not yet in sight following difficulties in getting oil marketers to make products available to consumers.
THISDAY gathered that the recommendation by the Presidential Committee for the reduction of price by N8 may further aggravate the problem as the marketers are opposed to the idea.
The thorny relationship between the marketers and the government was aggravated last year by the declaration by the government that Nigeria had been subsiding corruption with the official policy of fuel subsidy because of untoward activities between the PPPRA and marketers.
The stoppage of the payment of the subsidy has contributed to the current fuel crisis, with a national officer of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accusing some marketers of trying to blackmail the government over the issue.
Meanwhile, following the granting of the new approval limits to the GMD of NNPC, the Federal Government has directed the corporation to immediately commence action to reactivate the refineries and to do everything necessary to restore normalcy in petroleum product supply.
The move to ease up the hold on the NNPC is said to have come as a response to complaints, reported by THISDAY last Friday, that the long process in obtaining approvals for minor expenditures is stifling the operations of the company.
The source said government decided to accede to requests for upwards review of contract approval limits from $50,000 (N5 million) to $20 million because of its determination to address the inadequacies of the domestic petroleum sector, especially the issues that led to the near-grounding of our four refineries.
The four refineries together are said to be performing at less than 20 per cent at present with most of the facilities in dilapidated conditions.
Part of the reasons given by the management of NNPC to explain its predicament over the lingering misfortune trailing the refineries are that the chief executives of the refineries are most times incapacitated by lack of funds to effect needed repairs on the facilities.
Approvals for funds to carry out routine operational maintenance at the refineries most often lasts as long as five years, in which case the MDs are forced to go through a financial vendor to enable them obtain supplies of materials for the repair pending the release of funds.
“Bureaucratic bottlenecks in sourcing of funds for the running of the refineries have been largely responsible for the inability to keep the refineries in good functional state and to reduce the country's dependence on imports," it said.
THISDAY gathered that the Presidency was moved by the desire to support efforts that would speedily restore stability in the downstream sector.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=143100

Ekiti Election: Yar'adua shuts down Radio Station
Monday, 11 May 2009 07:28 Sahara Reporters, New York E-mail | Print | PDF
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The Nigerian government today shut down a radio station based in Akure, Ondo State over the recent electoral crisis in Ekiti State.

Adaba 88.5 FM was shut down by security operatives that stormed the radio station over what they described as the station's "political interference and threat to national security".

In a heavy-handed move, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) also slammed the station with a N500,000 fine. Adaba 88.5 FM is noted for its fearless political reporting. It provides a platform for all shades of opinion within its area of operation in south-western Nigeria.


Analysts describe the government's action as an indication of what awaits reporters and critics of its manipulative tactics and failures, and the radio station is said to be considering a lawsuit against the government. Observers have said that last week's re-run elections in some wards in Ekiti State were brazenly rigged.
http://saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2726:ekiti-election-yaradua-shust-down-radio-station&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18