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All the lions couldn't give the people electricity. They simply "lionised" the money. Look what GEJ is achieving in a few short months.
Yes, we must also give credit to Barth Nnaji too.

Desola:
Okay sha, let me put it simplistically without my tribal goggle on.

Whether Biafra likes o, make e move to kutuwenji, all I know is that other ethnic groups from the old Nigeria would not venture into ibo land. That land is forbidden and cursed!

They are currently doing well in their neighbouring African countries and that is where they should focus and expand. To say because Biafraland is thriving, a Yoruba man would commence negotiation is a big farce. There is absolutely nothing in that place jo! Okay, after I buy my spare parts and okrika shoes, what else? That place is like a cocoon ojare, nothing dey happen.

Except of course evil genius like Beaf, yes, he would visit his brothers who helped rig Odenson Jonasatan into power.

Call me any name you like. Na so love tek de start!
I will soon marry you. lol!

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Please banish the thought of Urhobo's or any other old Bendel ethnic group ever joining the SW. Nobody wants to run from one slavery to another; read the history of why the old Midwest freed itself from the SW. These aint times for naivety my brother, at worst we will all form a new country based on the the borders of the old Bendel state.

Don't be in the least decieved by Edo being ACN, its just the party in power; they are heart and soul SS people. In fact, at the time GEJ was struggling, the PDP states in the SS held a meeting to strategise on how to support their man and actualise the Presidency. Edo state was extremely bitter at being shut out of the struggle and forced themselves on the meeting (I'll post a link if I can find it). Also, Adams Oshiomole very openly campaigned for GEJ against Ribadu. All the nonsense about Edo and the SW exists only in NL fairy tales.

As for Ijaws, they will gain the most from a split in the country, whether the Delta state ethnic groups or the Ibibio's etc join them or not. They will have an incredibly viable country; the next most viable will be Edo/Delta.

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You will only die of jealousy while the country continues to progress. It is commendable that GEJ could continue the good work that Yar Adua started, that is something Nigerian leaders are not known for. But GEJ is a man who has the country at heart.

Great job GEJ! Na you biko!

Fresh Air makes the impossible possible.
Welldone GEJ.

[size=14pt]Power supply improves on 4300mw generation[/size] .
Friday, 30 September 2011 00:00 BusinessDay Staff

The sudden improvement in public power supply to Lagos on the back of unmatched gas supply to the thermal stations, could be one of the green shoots of the aggressive push by the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to address the perennial rot in the power sector, according to a BusinessDay investigation.

Those knowledgeable, trace the improvement to the rise in nationally generated power to 4,300MW.

The improvement in power generation at some of the power plants, has translated into significant relief for consumers across the country.

Some of the government’s power plants have been undergoing rehabilitation and this has significantly improved their generating capacity and it is expected that by the time these rehabilitation projects are completed, the country would witness further improvement in power supply.

The generation at Egbin power station has now stabilised and is consistently hovering between 987megawatts and 1,100megawatts (mw) as against between 500mw and 600mw, some months back .

Generation at Kainji hydro power plant, has also improved from 70 mw to 268 mw, while the plant at Jebba is running at full blast, supplying about 433 mw to the national grid.
Shiroro produces about 413 mw, AES 101 mw and Sapele 78 mw.

The others are Agip’s Okpai 400 mw, Afam6 270 mw, Delta 218 mw, Geregu 210 mw, Omotosho 46 mw, Olorunsogo phase one 38 mw, Olorunsogo phase two 120mw and Trans Amadi 22.5mw.

In addition to these, another 260 mw spinning reserve has been put in place. This is used for system stability.

Again, the stability in the system has improved considerably, said engineers at several of the power installation in the country, cutting the number of annual incidents of system collapse from the old level of 52.

The injection of funds into the distribution network has led to the replacement of old transformers, and cables are helping to ensure smooth supply of electricity.

C-don Adinuba, special adviser on media to the Minister of Power, says the current achievement as regards the stepping up of power supply supply, is the result of improvement in generation, transmission and distribution, through doing a quick fix on transmission infrastructure. He said: “The transmission infrastructures that have been problematic are currently being upgraded and modernised. We have also moved into distribution network and created a department of fuel -to –power that ensures prompt payment for gas supplied, which serves as feedstock to power plants.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/typography/the-news/27985-power-supply-improves-on-4300mw-generation

igbo2011:
Look at our names too. Many Nigerians have English names, do any English people have Nigerian names?? We always try to be other people instead of ourselves.

I wish it was just names only. What about our musicians pretending to have Jamaican accents? The Jamaican population is a under 3million, but Nigeria is a country of 160million, representing 20% of the entire African population. How can a country of 160million mimic the people of a country of under 3million? Na swear?
Its a really disgraceful display of lack of self-esteem.

I feel so much pain discussing Nigeria sometimes. We need to buckle our boots and start matching forward.

jason123:
Desola,
My POV is quite different from yours . What I'm saying is, I want to see a pre-mature Biafra. I want to know what it will look like since most Igbos will return to the SE. There will be no need for Lagos, Abuja and possibly PH and Warri. I also want to know how this will affect the economy of Lagos (they say, "you do not know the value of what you have until you lose it". So much talk on NL about Lagos economy (no hate ), so I want to know if Lagos will continue to grow or if it will be defranchised by this development.

As for "selling of goods". It does not stop SEasterners from selling goods to all Nigerians. It helps the economy and evens out development unlike what we have now, that is, the economic concentration in Lag, Abj, Rivers etc
"Aba-mades" are not as bad as you think . I once bought and wore some "aba-mades" while I was in Nigeria and I rocked it wella. Its just the fake drugs I don't like. Most of the other things that are made in "Aba" have similar, if not better, quality than the goods from China!

It won't affect Lagos.
Lagos will only crash if Nigeria splits, because there is absolutely nothing to generate wealth there outside of trading. The financial sector, banks, insurance coys are all focused on oil, so those will melt away in a split (as will several headquarters).

What will affect Lagos in the long run is developments that are going on in Delta state (some will laugh, but wait two-three years ). If these developments find synergies with the ports from Warri, Koko, through Bayelsa, Onitsha and with steel and iron ore moving between Lokoja and Warri, then we would begin to see the gradual dilution of Lagos as the premier economic hub.

It would be worse if the ports at Onne and the deep sea port in Akwa Ibom have new life breathed into them as seems to be happening. The Nigerian economy is diversifying and we should be ready for it.

This info can only be from someone who is deeply involved in the innermost intricacies of Lagos state politics. It is highly detailed and merits investigation by EFCC.
What a bunch of thieves and scum!

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Thanks. Corrected.

Is the judge crazy?
She might be technically right, but this is a freaging emergency! Nobody really gives a damn about how charges are served on boko haram people; the case shouls simply have been arjouned for a couple of days to give the murdering blighters whatever chance they require to study the charges against them.

[size=14pt]Court blocks arraignment of Boko Haram suspects[/size]
By Gbade Ogunwale50 minutes ago

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday blocked a move by the State Security Services (SSS) to arraign six suspected members of the Boko Haram sect before it.

Justice Bilikisu Aliyu turned down the request because the prosecution failed to serve the suspects with the charges before bringing them to court.

Justice Aliyu maintained that the suspects were constitutionally entitled to see the charges to enable them study them before taking a plea.

Justice Aliyu rebuffed persuasion by the prosecution team, led by Mr. Thompson Olatigbe, to entertain the case and directed that the suspects be properly served before they could be arraigned in court.

She, however, ordered that the suspects be remanded in the custody of the SSS, pending their arraignment today, after they must have been properly served.

The SSS, on September 13, took the eight suspects before an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with criminal conspiracy to commit felony to wit-criminal intimidation and threat to life and voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means, contrary to Section 97 248(1) and Section 397 of the Penal Code, punishable under the same code.

The suspects who appeared before the Chief Magistrate’s Court were Ahmed Hassan Ezimakor, Shuaibu Abubakar, Mohammed Danlami, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana, Mohammed Ali, Musa Adam and Umar Ibrahim.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/21390-court-blocks-arraignment-of-boko-haram-suspects.html

[size=14pt]Onitsha river port – at last![/size]
On September 30, 2011 · In Editorial

From all indications, there is every reason to hope that at last the river port facility at Onitsha will soon be completed and put to use. The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, while inspecting the level of work at the site recently, disclosed to newsmen that President Goodluck Jonathan is likely to cut the tape to activate the port in October this year.

Work on this port was resumed in earnest on December 12, 2009 under the President Umaru Yar’ Adua regime with an award of contract valued at N4.182 billion to Inter-Bau Construction Ltd to ensure the installation of all facilities and equipment necessary for harbour operations. According to the minister, “with the speed with which the contractor is working on the project, it is expected that (it) will be completed in a few weeks. The completion of this project was one of the campaign promises made to Nigerians by Mr. President during his presidential campaign. We will invite him to come and see things for himself.”

This comes as cheering news given the sad history of this project. It was established over 30 years ago under the regime of President Shehu Shagari. But when the military intervened, the project was one of those abandoned nationwide. However, some commentators have voiced the view that ethnic and sectional politics was the major bedevilling factor behind the abandonment of the project. There seemed a conspiracy in some quarters to frustrate the development of new ports and rehabilitation of old ones, in spite of the fact that the Lagos ports had become perennially congested with attendant hardship to the economy and port users.

Several attempts made to dredge the River Niger became enmeshed in ethnic politics as some groups vowed to frustrate the dredging. However, the government of the late President Yar’ Adua rose above 30 years of ethnic and sectional bias and preceded full steam with the dredging of the Niger through to Onitsha, Lokoja and Baro. The government of President Goodluck Jonathan has kept faith with his predecessor’s determination by firmly taking this project to its logical conclusion. Hope has risen on the establishment of similar ports at Lokoja in Kogi State and Baro in Niger State.

With the completion of this waterway project, the years of waste to which the River Niger had been subjected would come to an end. A great natural resource would begin to play its role in the economic transformation of Nigeria, as boats and barges would be floating up and down the great river, bringing goods and people from the coast to the hinterland and back again.

New job opportunities would be created and a lot of pressure would be off the road network, thus contributing to their longer years. Most importantly, the heavy burden imposed on Lagos ports would be eased off and the commercial environment in the South-East, South-South and North-Central will be enhanced.

We commend the Federal Government, especially the regimes of the late President Yar’ Adua and the incumbent President Jonathan, for their patriotism and commitment to justice and even development of the country. We also commend the Minister of Transport, Senator Umar, for his obvious resourcefulness towards the expansion of the port network in Nigeria. We have since taken note of his doggedness to ensure the actualisation of the deep seaport project at Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State.

We urge both the federal and state governments to continue to cooperate to ensure that all our sea and river ports in Lagos, Olokola, Koko, Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne, Calabar and along the River Niger are constructed and maintained in readiness for the envisaged economic boom which many have prognosticated for Nigeria within a few years.

The roads, waterways, airports, Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and railways are great instruments not only for economic prosperity of nations but strong means of national integratino. We are glad that the Federal Government has decided to invest heavily in this direction, and urge them not to relent.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/onitsha-river-port-at-last/

I want to marry four wives.

Paul Biya has been president of Cameroon for 29 years and the phucker is 78 years old. Enough is enough with this type of ruler in Africa.

wesley80:
Funny I didnt read any silly comment from clowns when Gej used his platform to advertise the works of Reno Omokri. Now he's doing same for Douglas and there's got to be something fishy? Oronto Douglas is a respected member of the Gej team and there's nothing wrong with helping him out with some publicity, esp when it is hoped that his page wld draw some of you away, we all know he's pretty good in unmasking morons and doesnt suffer foools kindly!

Do you mind them? Ignorant people will always behave like what they are. Oronto Douglas was rated as one of Africa's most powerful movers and intellectuals, even before he got into govt.
On the other hand, some might know how smart Oronto Douglas is and are shivering and shaking at the prospect of such an intellectual colosus wiping out their hairy butts very publicly on facebook.

I can't understand why Fashola is being such a coward when it comes to giving Tinubu a real punch in the eye.
Few govs are as popular as Fashola and he has the people fully backing him.

Fashola, sir! Give Tinubu a wicked straight jab, left hook and uppercut combination! Mesmerize the frog-like thief with deft footwork and brain rattling punch flurries! We de ya back, no shaking!

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Fool.

[quote author=Rhino.4dm link=topic=770634.msg9242104#msg9242104 date=1317287557]In places like Angola, you cant stay more than three years as experterates while in Naija
i know alot of white guys that have been here since the era of military. Funny, when i travel with one french dude to paris last year, the ediot was speaking pure "waffi" and was bragging on the number of years he is working here. Another very sad aspect is, majority of them are working with visiting visa. . .and paying tax back home

Imagine a fulkernize paid 5000 euros/month in a comminuty with thousands of qualified fulkerzers Very sad! You as, a technical guy is not seeing what a "common" fulkernizer is recieving in a month.

What more? Even the so-called experterate still employ the services of local guys to do the jobs for them at very meager amount.[/quote]Very true. But we need to keep standing up for ourselves and strengthening initiatives like the local content law; thats the way we can empower ourselves, stop foreigners who are mere technicians from phucking Nigerian experts through the ear. We must sieze hold of the jobs in our own country.
In the petroleum sector, local content has taken off quite well. There are a few fits and hiccups still, but the direction is generally positive; Nigerians need to arm themselves with detailed knowledge of how it operates on the one hand and pick up the necessary weapons from the FOI with the other.

We should all have our tools loaded, cocked and ready; both to fight for our rights and make dosh.

This news is terrible! Every last allegation needs to be thoroughly investigated, brazen theft must not go scott-free. Ikuforiji's 7billion theft is beginning to look like peanuts.

mustspin:
STOP CONCLUDING, IF ITS NOT THE MEND, THEN THEY SHOULD COME OUT AND DENY IT

Who will come out to deny it when there is nothing like MEND? Will Henry Okah who is the real Jomo Gbomo do it? Every single bomb that has gone off from the time Charles Okah was arrested, has been an aboki bomb.

AregbeRASCAL! Last time I looked, the clown was planning to build roads in Lagos and Ogun. . . Not stopping there, he was using Osun states money to bankrole Lagos politics.

That guy is the most useless governor Nigeria has ever had. The king of kings, lord of lords, negus negast and "omni-impotent" master of Osun.
That dude should be in the village square as the kings clown, performing tricks with hyena's and other stup!d, brain-dead stuff.

ace1:
Anything is possible and let me add, there's nobody like Jomo Gbomo. From what i've gathered, its just the name attached 2 d Email address used by MEND. Anybody/party can hack and send messages from that email just to create confusion.

Dude, that mail box was even closed down after Charles Okah was arrested. Every so-called Jomo Gbomo since that time has been fake, because the real Jomo Gboma (Charles Okah) has been as far as a man can be from email access. The fool is wasting away under SSS detention.

The sort of abomination I'm hearing on this thread is leaving me stunned beyond words.
So because people are scared to defend their end and fight for their emancipacition, boko haram has become a matter between PDP factions! Na wa o!
What faction of PDP is the UN in? What about the innocent soldiers, policemen, women, children and babies mowed down by boko haram? What faction of PDP are they in?

I'm very sure the very same people saying boko haram isn't their business (maybe they are Ghanaian or Togolese) will be the first (with a spring in their step) to line up for money from Abuja. They will also be the first to critisice and subvert the govt. What I've heard today makes me feel very deep shame.

Boko haram affects the whole country.

Lets not cloth cowardice in weird and elastic excuses. Some cowards even attempted to turn it into a cultural thing (maybe to hide behind the comfort of numbers), IT IS NOT. I really thank God that there are real men like ShangoThor who know when to pick up an axe and split skulls that dare their turf, people with real balls between their legs; or what would I be thinking now?

[quote author=Mai-suya link=topic=770882.msg9244752#msg9244752 date=1317309428]Kai this is slowly turning to a recruitment ground for extremists. Now I don compuse who is the extremist again BH or Beef and co,

Anyway good luck to all of u as u try to bring d roof down upon ourselves,

@alh_ I dey one side o, U know suya bizness is booming so sell my blackberry to buy black goat. Anyway I don buy iPad now so una go dey see me,[/quote]Lol! Welcome back. Abeg, send me some tozo and kidney jare! Nutin do you!

islamrules:
That is why it is not an issue when we change the president. Do you think incompetency of a president can break up Nigeria ?

No, they dear not try it with Obasanjo - Our best president ever compared to Yaradua/GEJ.

Once the FG has gotten to the root of the matter, I dont see anything delaying them from making arrest.

This is still a small issue!

Really?
What did Obasanjo do about sharia? Sharia started in Obj's time as a challenge to his power and he told us it would fizzle out, has it? Baba Fugu clearly said that boko haram started with sharia during Obj's time.
Stop making impossible scenario's up. Mek I hear word jare!

islamrules:
We like our position now.

Its not that we wont fight!

But fight at the right time. There is no war now except some criminals being sponsored by Northerners.

This can be handled by Nigerian governemnt and police. Its only that the governement is the problem. They see the sponsors of boko-haram as touch-not.

GEJ announced last month that those people behind boko-aram are ex-military head of state. Since then, I have realized that Boko-Haram is not a problem.
Its only we dont have a good president.

Like I told you, Yorubas analyzes situations well!

Boko haram is not any problem.

Ex-military head of state, foreign support, al qaeda, plus generals in the army have been arrested for involvement with boko haram. . . And you think the problem is minor or it cannot lead to war?! You've analyzed that? Lol! Please wake up, danger is at the door.

This is damn funny!
The spambot knoweth no friend.

Whitehorse:
^^^Knock knock, wake up sleepwalker,

Lol!

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=770882.msg9243967#msg9243967 date=1317303432]This is where the yorubas are awaiting.Lie I told you earlier,any war in Nigeria will be to protect yoruba territory and nothing else.that was why ojuku failed when he ventured into yorubaland but I still don't know who will emancipate yorubas this time around if we continue with our careful assessment of events in nigeria ?[/quote]Nobody will take chances leaving their flanks open to boko haram, because it is their neighbours territory and the neighbour is sitting on the fence, counting their toes and enjoying sepe while bullets are flying.

Forget about Ojukwu, this is a whole different ball game. The President is from the SS, the COAS is from the SE. On top of that, JTF by far the country's most sophisticated and equipped force is under SS command. If Lagos sits on the fence, they will simply come in and get it before aboki does.

islamrules:
Lagos is far from the North. If hausas will claim any yoruba land.

It will be Jebba or Kwara state.


Habba do you have map?

How is it possible for hausas militants to travel on sea to Lagos ?

Do they have sea in Kano.

Abeg leave Lagos out. Talk about another topic. This doesnt make any sense.

Yes I admit, they will fight in Lagos, as normal but cant take Lagos from the owner.

Lai lai. They are many in Lagos just as Yorubas are many in Kano and Kaduna. Does it means Yoruba can take Kano from Hausa.

Yorubas will only fight in Kano, but not take Kano from Hausa. That is the reality!

Guy, read what I said again.

If there is war, the North might not be the one to attempt to sieze Lagos if the people are sitting on the fence. The SW is one of the flanks of the South and Lagos is very strategic for its ports and borders. You can't afford to sit on the fence, bruv.

I'm saying its best not to sit on the fence or comment like you are not part of the country (not you as a person, but most of your brothers).

Of course, the Presidency going to the east is politics. If the core-North can play politics with religion, why can't others do the same?
Boko haram is the Hausa-Fulani mans way of exerting pressure so that govt can negotiate with boko haram, and guess what would top their demands? 2015 Presidency! Lol!
GEJ is just playing mugu with them, I'm quite sure that if it wasn't for the US and our other allies that tremble at the thought of a brand new and phucking poverty stricken sharia state, hostilities would have since broken out in no uncertain terms. Who has time for people who chop babies up and burn their corpses? Or people who resort to bombing when they lose elections?

Anyways, our next President is gonna be from the east, let boko haram kill themselves if they don't like it.

islamrules:
The point you are missing out is "they cannot attack Lagos" except they are ready to sacrifice their brothers in Lagos to death.

Last month in Agege, a slight misunderstanding between an aboki guy and area/agbero boy, area boys killed four people, burnt Hausa markets.

They were in the process of burning "Mosalashi Alaja" owned by Hausas before Policy came to disperse them.

Forget about (Boko )their threat on Lagos, they too know they cant do it.

People are prepared for Lagos. any slight mistake, them go hear am!

If there is war, the North might not be the one to attempt to sieze Lagos if the people are sitting on the fence. The SW is one of the flanks of the South and Lagos is very strategic for its ports and borders. You can't afford to sit on the fence, bruv.