₦airaland Forum

ogogo24: GEJ is doing his best to answer d questions, to d best of his abilities. His presentation might not be that coherent, but he's trully passionate about Nigeria.

And that is all we need. For the first time, we have a President who is talking about unleashing productivity through deregulation and empowering the private sector. These are very powerful messages for any developing country and ones that our loudly biased crew wish to ignore while they natter about innanities.
Anyone with a serious thought toward Nigeria could not have missed Jonathans central thread and its potentially tectonic impact on our way forward. But its the new fad for empty people to be loud and brash, while the world goes by.

GEJ might not be the most eloquent, but he sure is on the right track.

bandely:
Uncle Beaf finally appears!

I noticed that the usual haters were having their usual braindead party, so I turned out their lights.

debum:
the president is on the rigth track. he is talking of sustainable development .lets support him

Thank you. We just have some haters here that only wish the President to say the things they want to hear.
Unfortunately, Nigeria is not a communist country and we must deregulate to move forward as GEJ has said. GEJ is setting the ball rolling for true federalism and I'll advise every youth to learn what that is.

greateros:
Oh ma Gad!!!

Nigeria making the same mistake over and over and over and over again!!!

boko haram introduced suicide bombing because yusuf[their leader] was extra-judiciously killed by our security agents! Now Nigerian army feels the best way to fight boko is by outright extermination of anything that moves in the suspected vicinity of the terrorists!

Can somebody pls tell the federal government and its agent that you don't fight terror with brute force! Terrorism is fought with infiltration and intelligence for heavens sakes!

This guys are all very ready to die! you just played into their hands!

Ihejirika, we shall see if you have made the best move! i pity you on the kind of repercussion your action will pull down! What you did can only be overlooked in Niger delta and in the east where you guys kill us with impunity! The north will not take it mark my word!

Nairalanders that are rejoicing over this act [inimical to genocide] should wait for the bokoharm return march! We all know what they can do!

For the bolded, are you a member of boko haram. I have never heard so much crap and bullshiit; If any phucker thinks they can bomb the country at will, then let them learn that the country has an army that mows down murdering bastar'ds.
Swallow that crap about the "North" not taking it. Not everyone is a boko haram supporter or an ethnic bigot.

Haters will always hate. And vultures will always look for corpses.
I am quite impressed with GEJ's replies.

Akwasi:
This is barbarism. These terrorists forced the army to play to their tune. The law should be tried in Nigeria for once. How will you know if there was an innocent person who happened to be at the wrong place?

Anybody with the smallest iota of commonsense knows not to hang out with terrorists. When Osama Bin Laden was killed, kids were shot too.

jookco: please wipe the entire Hausa people in the north, they are animals in human formula, please wipe them out brother Ihejirika

You are evil.

@kingoflag

My guy, you are exceeding all known measures of id!ocy. Choi! Na pesin pikin be dis?
Dude, we have an NGO that is looking to help your fellow akara sellers and sundry agbero's to store their goods free of charge. We are wondering if we can rent the vast empty space in your thick skull? Na free money for you be dat o! At least, you will be "using" your head for something positive!
We want to store goods such as the oil drums below, yams, beans, maybe sand, stones and even nails and iron rods!!!

https://img.timeinc.net/time/2007/top_10_photos/photos_03.jpg

You see now! These people have nowhere to store their goods, if you look behind you will see the drums just left by the roadside, yet your head is empty and the space is wasting.

Odunnu:
Make out time to check your BP today. I prescribe moduretic and nifedipine for you, it'l help.

LOLZZZZZ!!!!!

After which he might wish to garnish a pleasant meal with otapiapia, followed by a few wikid blows to choice parts of the skull with a proper hammer, "to drive the point home," should otapiapia fail to claim the victory.

[img]http://jeffpeachey.files./2010/08/hickock-beating-hammer.jpg[/img]

PointB:
[size=33pt]Is Bakera planning to set himself ablaze as part of the protest?[/size] That is the only thing that will make me take that bitter hypocritical pastor serious.

Choi! One day is one day, pesin go take laf wound for dis NL!

You slammed it right between the eyes, bruv! Lets see that hypocrite, false prophet and snake oil merchant self immolate first. He is always pushing fools and the weak forward to reap the glory and to lap up his false prophesies; stealing from the poorest in the name of tithing and urging them to their destruction.

I prefer to listen to the likes of Owei Lakemfa with his untrained tongue, the likes of Oshiomole etc than to hear the words of a belly crawling hypocrite who plays dice with the Name of God.

[size=14pt]Pakistan plot to overthrow government, says PM Gilani[/size]

https://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57525000/jpg/_57525335_0nce1343.jpg
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani: 'There can be no state within a state'

Conspirators are plotting to bring down Pakistan's civilian government, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.

Without specifically blaming the military, he said it was accountable to parliament and no institution could be a state within a state.

His government is struggling with a memo scandal that has forced the resignation of the Pakistani ambassador to the US and threatens the president.

[size=14pt]The leaked memo allegedly asked for US help to prevent a military takeover.[/size]

Correspondents are describing Mr Gilani's tirade as an unprecedented attack by a civilian leader on Pakistan's powerful military.

"I want to make it clear today that conspiracies are being hatched here to pack up the elected government," the prime minister said in a speech at the National Arts Gallery in Islamabad.

Continue reading the main story “Nobody is above the law, all the institutions are subservient to the parliament”
End Quote Yousuf Raza Gilani Pakistan Prime Minister 'Memogate' bodes ill for ZardariNew envoy has 'toughest job'
"But we will continue to fight for the rights of people of Pakistan whether or not we remain in the government."

Later, in parliament, he said: "There can't be a state within the state. They have to be answerable to this parliament."

The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says there has always been an impression in Pakistan that the powerful military and its intelligence services are a state within the state.

But successive military and civilian rulers have kept up the appearance that the military is a subordinate institution of the state. Mr Gilani's defiant comments and tough language throw the issue open to debate, our correspondent says.

Bin Laden raid

Pakistan's President, Asif Ali Zardari, has recently returned to the country after seeking medical treatment in Dubai. The 56-year-old denies any role in the memo.

His illness and the scandal surrounding the memo have led to speculation that he might be forced out of office.

Continue reading the main story Analysis M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad
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Prime Minister Gilani made his unprecedented remarks - perhaps his most direct attack on the military - in the context of Osama Bin Laden's killing. He said the commission he set up to investigate how Bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for six years, had, under military influence, now come around to investigating his own government for issuing visas to alleged US agents who tracked down Bin Laden.
Mr Gilani said the civilian government provided a defence to the military against international pressure after Bin Laden's killing.
Also, his government doubled the salaries of the soldiers despite financial constraints to acknowledge their sacrifices. But, he said: "they cannot be a state within the state. They have to be answerable to this parliament".
Mr Gilani's outburst is indicative of the pressure the military is reportedly exerting on his government over the memo scandal.
It also indicates that the government has decided to confront the military on this issue, a move which no civilian government has made in Pakistan before.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has opened a hearing into the memo and demanded a reply from the president.

Tensions are high between the civilian government, which has ruled since elections in February 2008, and Pakistan's powerful military and intelligence services, after US forces killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad in May. The army was not told about the raid in advance.

Mr Gilani also referred to the controversy over the late al-Qaeda leader, querying how he had managed to get into Pakistan and live there for six years apparently undetected.

He reminded parliament that his government had given "solid support" to the army and its intelligence agency, the ISI, following the raid, which deeply embarrassed the military.

A strike by Nato forces on a Pakistani border post in November killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. This has caused outrage in Pakistan and made it more difficult for the civilian government to defend its policy of co-operation with the United States.

The army has ruled Pakistan for much of its history and has carried out four coups.

Some analysts have speculated that the "memogate" affair is a conspiracy by the army to embarrass the government.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16303012

kingoflag:
And the same Kerosene that your Grandmother uses to cook in the village is the same one Delta Airlines Jets supposedly uses to transport people from Atlanta to Cali, right?

Akara friers and their wonders!

Dude, anytime I peep into your hard skull, I only see guguru and epa. . . even when I search with stadium light, still no brain!!
Laf go broke small pikin waist o!!!

Aviation fuel is kerosene.

[size=14pt]North Korea: "Natural wonders" observed when Kim Jong Il died[/size]
When Kim Jong Il died, the holiest mountain glowed red, according to state media.
Erin Conway-SmithDecember 22, 2011 09:43

The day that Kim Jong Il died, the peak of North Korea's holiest mountain glowed red and a sheet of ice cracked on Heaven Lake, shaking the area with an unusually loud noise.

These were among the "peculiar natural wonders" observed around Kim's death, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The personality cult built around the Kim dynasty often leans on tales of natural phenomena. The stories usually center on Mount Paektu (also called Mount Baektu, and known as Changbai Mountain in China), a 9,000-foot peak described in an official Kim Jong Il biography as "the soul and spirit of the nation." Another sacred site is Lake Chon (Heaven Lake), which is a crater lake on the mountain.

Kim Jong Il was born on holy Mount Paektu, according to the official story that serves to legitimize Kim and his divine rule. Propaganda paintings in North Korea show a star glowing over the mountain, similar to the Star of Bethlehem in the birth of Jesus Christ.

In reality, Kim Jong Il was born in Russia, likely in a village near the Siberian city of Khabarovsk, but that doesn't fit with the story of a divine birth.

GlobalPost's in-depth series: After Kim Jong Il

In another "natural wonder" associated with Kim Jong Il's death, a Manchurian crane flew around a statue of Kim Il Sung three times before eventually flying off, "with its head drooped," in the direction of Pyongyang.

According to the KCNA:


Observing this, the director of the Management Office for the Hamhung Revolutionary Site and others said in union that even the crane seemed to mourn the demise of Kim Jong Il born of Heaven after flying down there at dead of cold night, unable to forget him.

Another KCNA story highlighted the cold winter weather braved by Kim Jong Il on the last days of his life, and how this is "moving the hearts of all the Korean people."

December 16, the day before Kim died, he "set out on the continuous forced march" after giving on-the-spot guidance to the Hana Music Information Center and the Kwangbok Area Supermarket.

The KCNA described Kim's heroism:

That day the weather was very cold with fishtail and strong wind,  Those weather data make one more keenly feel the painful labors of Kim Jong Il who continued in common attire his journey of field guidance with patriotic devotion despite the biting cold weather.

The departed leader's life was "bright as snow," and "no one has ever made such total dedication with a pure and true mind like snow," said yet another KCNA story.

"He worked hard day and night, having uncomfortable sleep and taking rice-balls," the story said.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/north-korea-news-natural-wonders-kim-jong-il-personality-cult

Entertaining shiit!

Such is the comedic megalomania tyrants are made of.

[size=14pt]Kim Jong Il: Top 10 weird facts about N Korea's late leader[/size]
From his breeding giant rabbits to a fear of flying, the "Dear Leader" was a bit strange.
Amanda MorrowDecember 19, 2011 08:04

[size=14pt]1. Divine birth

Legend has it that a double rainbow and a glowing new star appeared in the heavens to herald the birth of Kim Jong Il, in 1942, on North Korea's cherished Baekdu Mountain. Soviet records, however, indicate he was born in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye, in 1941. The people of North Korea, many of whom are reportedly battling famine, are apparently told that Kim's birthday is celebrated throughout the world.[/size]

2. Fear of flying

Perhaps one of the reasons the North Korean leader was so reclusive was his fear of flying, which he inherited from his father, Kim Il Sung. Kim rarely traveled abroad, and when he did it was by train – once taking a luxury rail car all the way to Moscow. In August GlobalPost reported that Kim visited Russia for talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, in an effort to shore up support for a transfer of power to his third son Kim Jong Un. Kim's preference for rail travel is poignant because his death reportedly occurred during a train journey to a region outside of the capital, Pyongyang.

3. Wanted to breed giant rabbits

German media reported in 2007 that Kim hoped to solve the famine in his country by breeding giant rabbits. An east German farmer who bred rabbits the size of dogs was apparently asked by North Korea to help set up a big bunny farm to alleviate food shortages. To get things going, he sent a batch of 12 giant rabbits to North Korea, but was shocked to hear they were eaten at Kim's birthday banquet that year.

4. Liked to eat roast donkey

While Kim was on his famous 2001 train trip to Moscow, a Russian envoy who traveled with him said roast donkey and fresh lobsters were flown to the train every day. Kim also reportedly ate the food with silver chopsticks, and washed it down with French wine and Champagne. Kim was also said to be one of the world's biggest buyers of Hennessey cognac.

[size=14pt]5. High achiever

Official records reportedly show that Kim learned to walk at the age of three weeks, and was talking at eight weeks. While at Kim Il Sung University, he apparently wrote 1,500 books over a period of three years, along with six full operas. According to his official biography, all of his operas are “better than any in the history of music." Then there's his sporting prowess. In 1994, Pyongyang media reported that the first time Kim picked up a golf club, he shot a 38-under par round on North Korea's only golf course, including 11 holes-in-one. Reports say each of his 17 bodyguards verified the record-breaking feat. He then decided to retire from the sport forever.[/size]

6. Built a city for propaganda

In the 1950s Kim built an entire city called Kijong-Dong, also known in North Korea as the Peace Village, which was designed only for propaganda. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and to this day it has no residents. Western media, particularly in South Korea, refer to it as Propaganda Village.

7. Fashion icon

Standing at at 5-foot-3, Kim was a curious figure with his bouffant hairdo, platform shoes and collection of jumpsuits. And let's not forget those sunglasses. But nevertheless, Rodong Sinmun, a communist party newspaper, reported that Kim Jong Il's suits had become a global fashion phenomenon. His “fashion icon” status has also reportedly been transferred to son and successor, Kim Jong Un. Word is that the slick, trimmed haircut of Kim the younger, who may have had plastic surgery to look more like his father, is being mimicked by countless youths on the streets of Pyongyang.

8. Film buff

Kim was said to be an avid film collector, amassing more than 20,000 video tapes and DVDs. His favourite flicks reportedly included Friday the 13th, Rambo, Godzilla, Hong Kong action fims, and anything starring Elizabeth Taylor. In 1978, he ordered the kidnapping of South Korean film director Shin Sang-ok and his actress wife Choi Eun-hee so they could build a North Korean film industry. A decade later, they reportedly escaped while on a trip to Austria, and have since been granted refuge in the United States.

9. Child killer?

When Kim was aged five or six, his younger brother Shura Kim drowned in the family's swimming pool. Unconfirmed Soviet reports said that Kim was responsible for the accident. His mother died in childbirth the following year.

[size=14pt]10. Didn't defecate

It is reported that Kim's official biography on the North Korean state web site, which has since been taken down, claimed that Kim did not defecate. Enough said.[/size]

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/news/regions/asia-pacific/kim-jong-il-top-10-weird-facts-about-north-koreas-late-leader

kingoflag:
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Commercial jet fuel, known as Jet-A, is pure kerosene and has a flashpoint of 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius). It is a high-quality fuel, however, and if it fails the purity and other quality tests for use on jet aircraft, it is sold to other ground-based users with less demanding requirements, like railroad engines. Commercial jet fuel as well as military jet fuel often includes anti-freeze to prevent ice buildup inside the fuel tanks.

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/fuel/Tech21.htm



WHAT A BLATHERING FOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL!!!! SOMEHOW, THIS FREAKING GENIUS FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THIS KIND OF KEROSENE IS NOT FOR USE IN PERSONAL HOUSEHOLDS.

Fuel for Battle Tanks, Fighter Jets, and Trains is what this irredeemable beast now tells us is okay to use in the homes where children, women and old folks reside. smh

Why did I even waste my time reply this nincompoop?

p.s: I got the above from the monkey himself.

--Beaf looks into kingoflags head, stirs the akanmu between his ear's and hits a stone! Gaddem!--


Aviation fuel is kerosene. Even lil secondary school students learn that in elementary chemistry. Mud munching creatures and akara friers sha!

[quote author=kayci_d77 link=topic=830657.msg9817812#msg9817812 date=1324568643]To an extent I agree with you but what of the Yoruba Tank owners who are gaining more of this subsidy. And i dont think Oil majors can form cabals but they can help Nigerians form cabals esp the Northerners whom they can easily use their heads[/quote]The oil majors are the biggest cabal. Do you remember Shell boasting in wikileaks that they have people in the senate, ministries and know when anything moves in Nigeria?
They hate the PIB and are allied with marketers who will do their bidding for little "favours."

toba:
Beaf

AGO is what i used as a case study.

this pple still import despite the fact that the product has been deregulated.

a small refinery to cater for the small demand of diesel should have been built in the last 8 years.

If this was done, i may have supported deregulation.

Im skeptical cos same thing may happen judging by the fact that Nigerians are greedy and selfish

I believe people import AGO and wrongly label it as petrol in order to get the subsidy. They've got it all sewn up.
You are right that more refineries should have been built long ago, it is that wicked act of ommission that see's us where we are today, importing fuel as an oil producer and stripping the country na'ked to pay the price.

--Beaf sits in a corner, pitying the damged low-self-esteemed waste of humanity that is mobinga. Beaf bursts into mourning for the heap of shiit--

vicade:
@beaf In naija, when costs go up, they rarely come down unless its seasonal like christmas. Secondly, when will these benefits start to be felt or seen ? 2020 perhaps ?

There is a lot that isn't functioning right in Nigeria. Ok, lets be honest, nothing functions. Lol!
But every cloud has a silver lining, the fact that nothing functions and we have to start building our country from below ground level means that practically every Nigerian is aware that the current structure of the country is faulty. We must continue our oblique journey toward true federalism by slowly removing Abuja's strings of control (NNPC is the biggest) and privatising them.

It doesn't take a magician to realise that we must edge toward structural reconstruction in such a way that we will eventually get to a tipping point where good begins to multiply good. On that day, the cost of living would not matter, because with a good system that is equitable to all, the cost of living will come crashing down.

@toba

Why would fuel importers continue to import when there is no father christmas to pay them anymore. The whole dynamic will change with the lifting of the subsidy, such that it would pay better to refine here as NDPR (Nigeria's first private refinery) has been claiming. It took about a year to build their refinery (bigger ones will take longer), here's their website: http://www.ngdelta.com/operations.php

--Beaf flicks the low-self-esteemed, clinging, jealous, foul-mouthed mobinga off his little toe into the pile of shiit thats his real home--

vicade:
@beaf

I feel your comments. I also believe the impact on the masses the removal of subsidy will have is underestimated. A whole new grade of poverty will be created and to make it worse, Government won't and I say affirmative won't do anything tangible with d savings.

With 1000 naira today, I can drive my car to most parts of lagos. Remove subsidy and I need 2200 to move around per day plus d damn lekki toll gatee plus land use charge plus tax plus nepa bill plus d local security watch fee and so on. You think there is crime ? Remove subsidy and when d government use d savings for private jets you will see crime as u have never seen before. Man must chop.

Bring d cabals to book first or else its a waste of time

I won't lie to you, I fear the bolded too. But its like every step in the unknown; the figures say its all good, but we are all human and can do the most surprising things, positive or negative.
Costs will come down after a few months as the private sector takes the slack, they will further drop when the new refineries kick in (then we should be back to closer to N65 per litre fuel again). Productivity and employment prospects will increase as well, so that your cost of living could be positively impacted. The question is how we will react as members of the public, govt officials, observers etc in the intervening months.

The key to the future is divesting Abuja off power and investing in the private sector as the new driver of development. The more Abuja cedes power to either the LG's, states or private sector, the closer Nigeria will get to our dream of true federalism and regional autonomy. These things form the bigger picture and are worth any short term sacrifice.

kingoflag:
Only the good lord knows how slow your comp is. . . Probably slower than your brain.

But its Ok, as the saying goes: "When you argue with a foo*l. . . . ." , so, this should be my last reply.

It figures. Mr. "Know-it-all" but knows nothing at all. I  do not come on here pretending to know everything about everything. I read the same thing you read (and probably have more access to material that focus on[b] the specifics and different grades of petroleum products [/b]than your hypocritical self), yet, I did not come on here claiming that KEROSENE fuels Jet engines. I made my point: make yours without insults.

Typical Nigerian. Trying to teach English to those that English is their first language. Its cool though. . . . Just stay away from me.

Errr. . . You said aviation fuel is not kerosene and I replied that mud munching akara friers would make such an argument. Na im you come begin vex like tokyo and Eleweomo!
Na wa o! Never make a fool of yourself on the internet. Aviation fuel is kerosene.

Now, run along and fry me some akara. Abi you be hunter?

Commercial jet fuel, known as Jet-A, is pure kerosene and has a flashpoint of 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius). It is a high-quality fuel, however, and if it fails the purity and other quality tests for use on jet aircraft, it is sold to other ground-based users with less demanding requirements, like railroad engines. Commercial jet fuel as well as military jet fuel often includes anti-freeze to prevent ice buildup inside the fuel tanks.

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/fuel/Tech21.htm


No! Gaddem!!!! Akara frier said its a lie, because he has been mixing jet fuel with ogogoro to "shine" his eye! Ogbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Poor low-self-esteemed mobinga. Poor lil wretch! At his best insulting those he is jealous of and contributing zero to the thread as always.
It must be a sad life. Here I am crying loads for you.

vicade:
Subsidy must stay for petrol. If it is to cut cost, we don't need 36 states,we don't need 109 senators and 300+ house of rep members. We don't need to spend 1billion on food. Who monitors NNPC. They should plug all these holes and cut down cost of governance.

A barber who fuels his I pass my neighbour gen for 260 naira for 4 litres can will now get it for about 560 naira for d same 4 litres. If he was barbing hair 100 naira na to become 150 or 200. Its either we pay or go to blade and comb.

The economics makes sense. You don't subsidize consumption rather u subsidize production.the thieves that are raking billions from takin our petrol to togo and d useless naija auditing firms were all present in the town hall meeting. Had Fela been alive he would have named names.

All the bolded items require constitutional amendments to be realised, therefore they are more idealistic than practical. Changing the constitution with the stated aim of bettering the world of the common will never go down well with the "owners" of Nigeria, their agents form the majority in the House of Rep, so you can imagine that such a process will be a nonstarter. Instead, progress must be made with tact and cunning.

As for naming the fuel importers, they are doing nothing unlawful. What they have done is write the loopholes to suck the nation dry into the law; they have control of the oil unions through bribes given away from scrutiny; the same goes for the army, police, customs, port handlers etc. It is for that reason above all else that the entire system must be swept away.

Aside from dealing with the importers, there is also the fact the FG has never been good at doing business. There is a littany of sorrow from NITEL to PHCN, from the refineries to PAN; it always becomes a free for all feast of filthy lucre that further comprimises our prospects of ever developing. Big government = corruption.
When you add in the fact that 18 private sector refinery licenses have been gathering cobwebs, because the operators are scared of the subsidy, then the case against it becomes watertight. We can only move forward by changing direction from the ugly past.

^
Not a "munching creature," but a mud munching creature who probably fries akara day and night, yet wants to argue that aviation fuel is not kerosene.
You really disgraced yourself with that show of shame, now you are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo angry! Why na?

Small pikin go wound wit laf o!!

Mobinga:
No one. Everyone knows he's a PDP-funded, low intellect propagandist.

Here's proof :

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-586305.0.html

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-624604.0.html

And you are something of a fool, a poster who never has an intelligent thing to say, only insults on other NLer's you are jealous of.
Please check Mobinga's profile for proof, 90% of his posts are insults!
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=profile;u=248947;sa=showPosts

Really sad shiit flowing down.
Nobody cares what your political persuasion is, so long as you can make an intelligent contribution, which sadly your profile proves you've never done. You cannot be a happy person with a healthy self-esteem.

kingoflag:
LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

WOW!!!!! So, according to these geniuses: Planes fly on Kerosene?! The same Kerosene that is use as fuel when camping in the woods? Nigerians and their "Know-it-all" Mentality. No wonder most of you'd rather hide behind the walls of anonymity  just to spew worthless bile.

You are the sort of mud munching creature that makes some folk think that the average Nigerian is dim:

Today, kerosene is mainly used in fuel for jet engines (more technically Avtur, Jet A and Jet A-1, Jet B, JP-4, JP-5, JP-7 or JP-. One form of the fuel known as RP-1 is burned with liquid oxygen as rocket fuel. These fuel grade kerosenes meet specifications for smoke points and freeze points. The combustion reaction can be approximated as follows, with the molecular formula C12H26 (dodecane):

C12H26(l) + 37/2 O2(g) → 12 CO2(g) + 13 H2O(g); ∆H˚ = -7513 kJ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene#Transportation

If frying akara is your trade, stick to it and stop making a fool of yourself on the internet.

texazzpete:
There were TWO issues raised by Sahara Reporters

1) Potential hazard of using Kerosene as aviation fuel
2) Massive scam in reselling subsidized Kerosene to the likes of Arik et al for N140.

The first point has been proven to be not the doomsday scenario Sahara Reporters envisioned, but the second one is also an extremely serious allegation that you should not be in a hurry to dismiss out of hand.

Aviation fuel is kerosene.
Dual purpose aviation fuel DPK is suited to fuelling aircraft with, so I do not see the reason why anyone would get on NL to scream themselves hoarse about that.

If there is a scam, then let the proper agencies investigate. It is also definite that the place for MOMAN to report any wrongdoing is NOT the pages press; doing so only makes the hoopla seem like an internal struggle for business turf that is growing ugly.

All of the above only goes to buttress the feeling of shame at the way people react sentimentally, rather than give a little thought and employ some research. There was a racist report against Africa by Richard Lynn, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Ulster that puts the average African IQ at 67. It is noteworthy that Richard Lynn's work has been cited in at least, 20 scientific papers. For reference, mental retardation is defined as an IQ below 70: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation

If those phucking racists tell such dangerous porkies about the African, does it not behove the educated ones amongst us to prove them wrong by displaying a grasp of critical thinking and a willingness to learn? Why should a normal adult scream hysterically about things they know nothing about? And not stopping there, be reluctant to gain the necessary knowledge that would free them from such instincts. Why should we give racists like Richard Lynn fodder to chew on?

I find a lot of what goes on on NL to be terribly embarrassing, I am sure many others feel that way too.

In the past when there was constant fuel scarcity, the subsidy was sustainable (even though ill-adviced, because it is unproductive and an aid to virulent corruption). In current times when fuel is abundant, it has become unsustainable and must be done away with; this is especially so as it has become the vehicle for "ownership" of Nigeria. In every sense, the man on the street is a slave, bought for cheap with N65 per litre, while our "owners" pee freely on us. Not good.

The subsidy must go now. But a lot must be done for the common man to make it acceptable; that said, I can understand if the govt has left its last carrots for last as "concessions", rather than show its whole hand in a time of intense negotiations with labour unions and various stakeholders.

aletheia:
The politics section of Nairaland is always good for laughs. Quite a lot of people do rush to comment without thinking through the facts. We Nigerians are too often lead by our emotions and don't want to be confused by the facts.

Aviation fuel is more or less kerosene. Planes fly on kerosene.
^This is the most sensible post so far. The portion highlighted above is the real problem but trust we Nigerians to major in minors, to leave the substance and chase the shadow. . .because we are largely devoid of facts and don't read.
^I agree 100% with this statement.

Precisely!

I wonder why people rush to scream so loudly? Especially when they have little knowledge and are not bothered to do a little research? It is quite embarrassing considering that a forum like NL is frequented by foreigners from areas across the Globe.
There needs to be some sort of check on this sort of behaviour that is almost like an animal instinct.

Aviation fuel is basically kerosene and as stagger pointed out earlier, DPK can be used as aviation fuel.

The cabals can be grouped into 4:

[list]
[li]The NASS[/li]
[li]The Tinubu, IBB, Tambuwal, Atiku axis[/li]
[li]Core-Northern elite[/li]
[li]Oil majors (Shell etc)[/li]
[/list]

The above provides a rough sketch, then you can add the tentacles they have in the customs, police, judiciary, petroleum unions, petroleum companies (local and foreign); that is aside from owning almost everything that moves outside of govt.
These people can pose a serious fightback that will ground the country and raise severe security threats; so they have to be tackled in isolation in a slow, grinding and painful battle. It is the only way to go without breaking the law or desecrating human rights and democracy.

Of the 4, the NASS is not really a cabal. It is just that they are ready tools to be bought and sold by questionable forces, foreign and local, for questionable motives.

9ja go survive. The removal of the oil subsidy will go a long way to neutralising the above crew. I must stress that whatever fault you think Obj has, he is not one of them; in fact he is an arrowhead against them.

Mobinga:
This Beaf dude is an amazing personification of an utter fool. Damn.

You must be a very unhappy person indeed, lumbered with a low self esteem. That is why you never contribute anything intelligent to any topic, its always the one liner insult.
You are what you think others are, and observers can easily spot your deficiencies.

^
Believe me, I am more sorry for you. All you do is bounce around the place making personal attacks, making no sense whatsoever, blowing with the wind and standing for nothing. I recall you even lying about the "free farmland" your hero, Aregbesola gave farmers on an elephant reserve (only to get thugs to beat them off it).
Please further increase your font size to 1000pt bro, it tells something about you.

Your type is called, hypocrite. You pretend to be for the people, but you stand for corruption and ethnic bigotry.