₦airaland Forum

idris93:
A video depicting the Katsina Governor, Ibrahim Shema, prodding his party members to physically assault and possibly “kill” opposition politicians in the state, has gone viral on the internet.

The amateur video was first posted on the internet on November 12.

It shows the governor, dressed in white agbada and brown sandals, standing on a red carpet, and addressing a crowd in what seemed like a political rally. He spoke in Hausa.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/171411-katsina-governor-shema-caught-video-urging-supporters-crush-kill-political-opponents.html

Nothing new.
Northern politicians would rather kill their opponents than defeat them at the polls.

After Buhari has lost, Janja-weeds will kill Christians in the north and Buhari will as usual tell them it is very good to murder Christians.

Good, let Nigeria DIE! After all, that is what the Janja-weed party wants. The USA is helping them see to that.
In the end, those that killed Nigeria are the biggest benefactors of Nigeria.

Shinor:
Culled from www.gaskiya.net

Background
From the very 'first' wars fought in Congo Kinshasa (later Zaire) and Nigeria (the so-called Biafran war), Africa has experienced several incidences of armed conflict over the years.The1970's witnessed the 'wars of liberation' in places like Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, while similar actions firmed up in South Africa.
The international community prefers the phrase 'armed conflict' to 'war.' Nonetheless, according to Carl von Clausewitz, the foremost theorist (and one of the greatest military strategists of all time), this phenomenon is intricate and is made up of rational and non-rational forces. Although he defined it as relating to policy and should therefore be a tool of that function, in Africa, it was not exactly controlled and was therefore not a tool of its political masters. At best even when it was 'controlled,' it often went awry and was more of a loose cannon that landed on unintended targets. This could be seen in the large civilian population (non-combatants) who ultimately paid with their lives even if they were never involved in combat, in the large population of the maimed and psychologically traumatised populace and in the huge destruction visited on non-military infrastructure and items indispensable to the survival of the civilian population by the belligerents. In effect, war took a great toll on the African people, their environment and infrastructure, their livestock and their wildlife.

Armed Conflict and its impact on Africa's economies

As a 'developing' continent, Africa has had its growth stunted by these wars, even if some of them were, in the view of several scholars, defensible (those fought to liberate the continent from colonial, especially Portuguese rule). The cost of those liberation wars were underwritten by many generous supporters, ranging from the early independent African regimes (Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea etc), Diaspora elements and with material support coming from the then 'eastern' bloc (he defunct USSR and Cuba). Those opposed to these wars also provided support to the establishment that was challenged by the liberation movements. In effect, states like the United States, Portugal, Israel and the United Kingdom in particular provided support to the regimes being opposed by nationalist movements and this scenario continued until the end of the cold war when the atmosphere became more pliable to ending what was left of the wars that had continued to rage. It is doubtful however, if the actual cost in financial terms has been precisely denominated in Naira, Rand, Franc, Shilling, Dollar, Leone, Dinar or Pound.

The civil wars of the 1990s that were fought ostensibly with a view to changing regimes the armed opposition considered as 'recalcitrant' (in Chad, Liberia, DRC etc) were financed by illegally mined mineral resources within the territories where the wars were being fought, including the war launched in Sierra-Leone to 'wipe out corruption.' These minerals included uranium, diamond, gold and the unquantifiable wealth of the Congo, ranging from timber to an assortment of precious stones. Perhaps the cost of purchasing weapons, platforms and devices used to prosecute these military campaigns remain a good index of providing an insight to the overall cost of armed conflict. In 2007, a report by the British Charity, Oxfam, put the cost of weapons used to prosecute campaigns on the continent between 1990 and 2005 at USD18 billion a year—an aggregate of USD 300 billion—over the period. Perhaps this was the very first graphic illustration of the financial implication that armed conflict has on development in Africa.

Examining the problem in detail, the report, which focused on twenty-three African states (with the exception of Somalia), argues inter alia that:

Compared to peaceful countries, war-battered African nations have "50 per cent more infant deaths, 15 per cent more undernourished people, life expectancy reduced by five years, 20 per cent more adult illiteracy, 2.5 times fewer doctors per patient and 12.4 per cent less food per person," the report estimates.
On average, the economies of African countries affected by armed conflict contracted by 15 per cent and the impact generally worsened the longer a war lasted, the report further said.
The report based its figures on the ill effects on economic growth by estimating what growth might have been in countries if they had not suffered conflicts. During Guinea-Bissau's 1989-99 war, for example, projected growth was five per cent, but the economy decreased 10 per cent, it said.

"This methodology almost certainly gives an underestimate...It does not include the economic impact on neighbouring countries, which could suffer from political insecurity or a sudden influx of refugees. The study only covers periods of actual combat, but some costs of war, such as increased military spending and a struggling economy, continue long after the fighting has stopped."

Corroborating the above thesis, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, during a special security council debate on preventive diplomacy initiated during the Nigerian presidency of the council in 2010, informed the gathering that:

''According to recent studies, 15 years’ worth of development aid to Africa has been effectively cancelled out by the cost of war on the continent..''

Conclusion

While the exact cost of armed conflict on the economy of African states is debatable and still rising (Nigeria is reportedly spending USD1 billion in 2014 to completely upgrade its military in response to the on-going insurgency in her north-eastern region), reports such as the one quoted above, gives us a reasonable idea of what the continent has lost over the years following incessant conflicts. It is worrisome that several insurgencies have either persisted, expanded or began anew in such theatres as Mali, Libya, Algeria, Central African Republic, DRC, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria etc. In view of this seemingly unending phenomenon, the challenge before Africa's leaders today is to intensify preventive diplomacy as this has the potential for significantly minimising the recourse to armed conflict.

It is gratifying to note that with growth rates in Africa averaging 5% of GDP, many states on the continent appear set for a golden future—provided armed conflict is vehemently discouraged as a means for settling disagreements and judicious use is made of this favourable economic condition.

Gaskiya.net is grateful to the International Network of African Researchers (INAR) as well as the author, Adebayo Olowo-Ake, for permission to publish this article and the views expressed therein are the personal opinion of the author. They do not represent those of his employers.

Good, they should spend more on arms killing themselves than building infrastructure to better their lives.

ak47mann:
Those rail tracks need upgrading with new ones that tracks will be a disaster is too old

I wonder if concessioning the railway on regional basis as they did with the power DISCOs of defunct NEPA would attract the required upgrade of our railways. The FG clearly has no capability to improve railways nationwide, not to mention the malignant tribalistic mindset of some people to any project outside their geopolitical zone.

OkijaAmaka:
I will be the happiest man on earth if Ebonyi is actually progressing like your saying, nobody is more Igbo than others and its stupidity for anybody to feel such but some people like to feel inferior and blame others for their woes.

Premier Eastern Nigeria-Umuahia.
Governor East Central State-Afikpo.
Governor Anambra State-Akpugo.
Governor Anambra State-Udi

Tell me how Anambra is feeling inferior when all the people that have been governing Igboland are coming from other parts while Anambra holds the wrong end of the stick?
The only Anambra that governed Igboland were not elected but appointed, Emeka Ojukwu and Ukpabi Asika.

Tell me how they are feeling superior without conering those positions yet they had the political and intellectual heavyweights at their disposal?

Let me tell you guys, onye Anambra is too busy to be clannish, the local govt chairperson in Ogbaru LG was Mrs Callister Nwachukwu from Mbaise, go to Onitsha and see how Ideato people are running the offices.
Anambra is feeling superior and Jim Nwaobodo went to PDP convention and started speaking Hausa so that he will get back at Ekwueme, this is how Mbaise people refused Rev Okpalaeke from being the Bishop of Ahiara bc he is from Awka but now an Mbaise man is the VC of UNIZIK and Awka people are going their normal businesses, have your heard Awka people conspiring and backstabbing?
All these things that are going on we knew them but chose not to give any damn.
Orange Drug from Imo State built coy in Anambra, Tonimas from Anambra built coy in Abia, nobody has being caged, recolonized or sent to somalia except you insecure people feeling inferior and blaming others for your woes.

Abegii

I don't know why this arguement is useful to the discourse.

@ the bolded, I can personally attest to the truth that Ebonyi has been making enormous progress. Most of the dusty roads i used to know in Abakaliki are now dual carriage roads with flowers planted in the median. Even far flung areas as Kpiri-Kpiri/mile 50 area have been transformed today from what it used to be. The new Ochendo city at the army barracks end of town is truly a wonder to behold. It is undeniable that Abakaliki has indeed made giant progress.

I have been wondering when they would attack Sambisa and reclaim it as part of Nigeria. With the close air support now becoming available, the troops on the ground can take that reserve easily.

Almost as if we ceded sambisa permanently to Boko haram.

ROSSIKE:
Lekki Oriental Hotel

https://www.ogheneworoakara.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Oriental-hotel-Lekki-001.jpg

The FG needs to probe Tinubu and Fashola. Those two have made silly money. Tinubu is not even at the national level yet, but he already owns a world class hotel in Lekki (The Oriental).

What will then happen when he gets to federal level?

Would he not buy up the whole Abuja?

Does Jonathan own any world class hotels?

By the way, whatever happened to all those fraud allegations against Fashola, in the various contract dealings in the state? That seems to have been quietened down dramatically. I wonder how much Egunje was involved for that to happen.

Tinubu get taste shaa.

Let them continue to rob Nigeria and shout APC jargons to deceive those that have plastic brain.

ujoinme:
Projects to be commissioned before match 29,2015 before Super eagles Vs Brazillian National team. Four points by sheraton ikot Ekpene and the ikot ekpene stadium under construction beside the sheraton hotel

And The Hilton Garden inn hotel Uyo. note this are old pictures from skyscrapercity.com i know the projects have progressed beyond whats dipicted on this photos

https://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt324/dnaijaguy/10404326_10203995317220757_3865681172466932114_n_zps7a0ef4b1.jpg

https://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt324/dnaijaguy/10404326_10203995317180756_4153216148157141017_n_zpsfc3da30a.jpg

https://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/113892474.jpg

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Walahi!
Akwa Ibom is positioning as the next big thing in tourism, sports and international business.

Akpabio should immediately push for Uyo airport to have direct air connection with international flights.If direct international flights are not possible now, then liase with Arik air so that passengers going to Uyo are not unduly delayed at other airports once they land in Nigeria. This will make it easy to come to Akwa Ibom from other parts of the world.

Akwa Ibom ayaya !!!

spyder880:
To while away time yesterday afternoon I decided to take a walk on the railway bridge at Emene Enugu.
Trust Nigerians to litter every government property, people are already dumping waste around here.

The rail is still the colonial narrow gauge!
I thought GEJ was going to build the modern gauge?
South Africa still use their coal powered steam engine train to transport people and goods across that great country. The cross country train ride is also one great tourist attraction in South Africa.

The abandoning of the railway has stunted Nigeria's development. All those lorries moving tomato,fuel and livestock to the north could have been taken off the road and smoothly transported via the rail if Nigeria had invested in this sector.

Just imagine if we had a cargo train with this number of coaches carrying all the agricultural produce, yams, livestock,tomatoes etc from the north to the south and when its going back, it hauls all the petrol, imported goods etc back to the north. Each of these coaches in the size of one 18 wheeler trailer truck. Imagine how many 18 wheelers were taken off the South African roads just by this singular trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duOWTl7el0g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC5fEYuazoc

The second use of the SA rail system is tourism and basic transportation of people around the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmjJ4Lzb4oU

spyder880:
This is a layout plan of this large piece of land.

This is truly a modern layout plan!

Spyder did you say the amounts is from N300-800K?

What about those circular plots blocking the streets? Or Are those roundabout?

Thanks Bro. I want to pass on this info now.

[size=18pt]Who cares what they think??

In such racist world, it is never something good when blacks or Africans are thought about. Ask Eric Thomas Duncan

Americans also don't worry about what the International community "thinks" about them.[/size]

biafrandream:
And to think that an Igboman Emeka Offor is also behind frustration of Geometric Power Plant Aba owned by Prof Bath Nnaji, a fellow Igboman, tells a lot about us. I heard from the grapevine that the Emeka is riding on the back of the vice president, Namadi Sambo, an hausa man to prevent the successful take off of the power plant. Something is not right with us.

You guys will now understand why Sullivan is one of the most detribalized Igboman. Sullivan started patronizing Innoson motors when no one could, not even the Anambra Sate governor.

Paradoxically, the incessant killing of Igbos across Nigeria and their marginalization in the governance of Nigeria has helped to bring strategic reasoning, peace and development in SE.
A friend had always said that the biggest deficiency of the Igboman is how to handle success.Two brothers will toil in poverty and deprivation for many years to build a business. As soon as the business is built, they become sworn enemies of each other and instantly forget their days drinking garri together! Almost like poverty makes us our brothers keeper than wealth !

The point here being that we are more sensible as human being is adversity than prosperity. For example, during the civil war and its immediate aftermath, we closed ranks because of the oppression and we recovered so quickly. As soon as the recovery was over, we forgot where we were coming from and started deliberating hurting Igbo businesses and promoting the business of foreigners.

Another example where our myopic attitude has continued to hurt us is the issue of 6th state for the SE. Adada state should have been created long ago if Igbo were united in asking just for it, instead of the myriad of states being asked for by the SE. The Adada state movement has not received the general support in the SE as the Ebonyi state movement did principally because many prominent Igbo that i have spoken to always cite the treatment of Non-Ebonyi indigenes who are Igbo. The vexed treatment Igbo people in northern Nigeria states such as discriminatory school fees and facilities for children in elementary school had been adopted and practiced right here in Igboland, in Ebonyi state! Just imagine where we would be if other SE states reciprocate by targeting Ebonyi children in their own schools with a higher school fees etc? Couldn't Ebonyi simply award bursary to it's people to help out with education of their citizens instead implementing a discriminatory school fees regime against children of non-Ebonyians?
Although i deplore the non-uniform support for the Adada state movement across the SE, one understands why people are so skeptical to add their voice in agitating for another state outside their own LGA which may exactly turn out to discriminate against them sooner than later. It would be better to ask for states only in your own respective LGAs, at least they know their effort will benefit them. Even though the lack of uniform agitation for one state will mean that no state will be created in the SE. This type of myopic selfishness and self inflicted harm will continue to haunt us and help those that wish us dead, until we begin to see and treat ourselves as one people.

It is extremely disheartening that once again, USA is on the wrong side backing the bad guys again in Africa, because they don't like Nigeria.
USA and CIA should go ahead and arm Boko Haram with stinger missiles to shoot at Nigerian aircrafts. The truth is that the same people they are backing today will use the same weapons to attack USA interests down the line. Too many examples of this should have helped America learn, but it seems nothing has been learnt from history.

Just like in Afghanistan where they once backed the Taliban who later turned against them,in Iraq where they once backed Saddam who later turned against them, in SA where they once backed the apartheid regime and the country later turned against them, in Libya where they once backed the rebels who later turned against them. In Syrian where they almost bombed Assad to back the rebels who turned into ISIS and started killing Americans and so many examples.

Boko Haram will smuggle the same American weapons and use them to attack US aircrafts and interest somewhere else in Africa. It is only a question of time. Those that refuse to learn from history are bound to keep repeating it.

Billyonaire:
Journalist should learn to obey orders and follow security protocols. Let's not politicize this kind of issue here, Boko Haram could disguise as journalist to access VP's convoy if journalists are given free-pass to maneuver through these protocols.

I have severally observed Nigerian journalists insult police officers in public after such journalist was caught doing something wrong. Nigerian journalists always like to breech security cordons and when you arrest them they flash a cheap ID card shouting in your face that they are journalists!!!

Boko Haram can even make better ID cards to infiltrate and detonate a bomb. The Police officers should messilessly handle and arrest such journalists. The Police men and soldiers pay with their lives to keep this country relatively safe. The last thing we should tolerate is an unruly journalist that wants to breech security and endanger their lives because he is another hungry journalist

Ghanaians always feel cheated. Even when you dash them your own money.

Without Chinese and Nigerian investment Ghana's economy would be lying flat.

kostadinis:
With the renowned banker, Pascal Dozie in the think-tank, there could be hope of a successful SENDEF. With him, Ndigbo’s funds would be safe, I’m sure of that. In fact, this platform couldn’t have arrived at a better time. With the upcoming privatization of Airports in the country, the SENDEF will be in a strong moral position to grab the AIIA Enugu and make it a viable international aviation hub in the sub region. With a determined SENDEC/ SENDEF, a port at Azumini could equally be realized. Dredging that 40 KM stretch to the Opobo estuary wouldn’t be financially insurmountable for this commission This could be the much awaited vehicle to harness the gains of Ndigbo in the private sector and those of our respective state governments.

Man,
I always enjoy reading your post. A sound mind like yours is an asset to our people.

great1:
In 2011 some politicians swore to make this country ungovernable.... It is evident that these choppers have been tampered with....

The same people promoting insecurity as a way to make the country ungovernable will someday ask for help to put out this fire.
Mark these words !

feminancy:
i have a feeling that your supporting them, if not why are you hidden there face

What will happen if you show their faces? Will the Police declare them wanted or arrest them? NO!

We all know the man in the poster sent them. That is who to hold responsible.
Spyder did good by blacking out their faces. These thugs can hurt people for just no reason.

idris93:
The United States has faulted the claim by the Nigerian government that it is standing in the way of the Nigerian military’s quest to procure weapons to strengthen its war against the extremist Boko Haram sect.

Answering questions during a press briefing, the U.S. Department of State spokesperson, Jen Paski, said Wednesday the American government has been supporting the Nigerian military in the area of intelligence sharing, training of soldiers and other measures in combating the insurgency.
read more---------
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/171127-america-replies-nigeria-releases-details-aid-nigerian-military-war-boko-haram.html

All the countless yeye training they provided were covert espionage activities to verify the capability of Nigerian armed forces.

How else should you train someone to use a gun, then refuse to arm him with a gun but will now provide a kitchen knife instead?

Some people in the maintenance crew are seriously sabotaging these helicopters.
These helicopters are the only effective weapon so far against Boko haram. That is why their moles in the army and Air Force are doing everything to sabotage their continued use.

tabletman1:
Bros, your task is somehow difficult cos I live at Umuahia(I am student).
I normally find myself at onitsha to tackle some certain things before going back to school.
The second one be say, I am somehow shy to be snapping pix like say I be reporter. People go dey look me like say I carry dead body for head.
The third one be say, I can't be like spyder cos spyder has easy access to movement while I don't.

So Bros, manage the little I contribute.

Very funny but true.
I can imagine jumping down from Okada and taking pictures in Onitsha.
Thanks for your efforts so far.

Ilovenigeria:
Hahqhahhahaha dem go slap you collect your phone from you. I normally put mine on video mode then screen grab when I get home.

Thanks a lot for giving that idea. its acrually easier that way
Daalu!

It is getting closer to saying ' to your tents oh Isreal' and America knows it and supports a quick dissolution of the animal kingdom.

tabletman1:
sister mi, I dey fine oh

As for the piX. I took it when I went to watch the onitsha traders cup via final things.
I jumped to the uppermost part of it, to catch a better view of the match.

Nwanne, since you are the only one we have on the ground right now, endeavor to take pictures of things around you. Even if it a project built by Obi . Like Spyder who has been enriching the Enugu thread with pictures along his route to the airport. It makes a thread more interesting to get fresh pictures than the SE recycled Internet pictures over and over.
Daalu for all your sacrifice to help build up this thread.

NAIJASOM:
Now i know for a fact that there is an enugu government official or connected citizen in nairaland.

I wish other state governments in the East will occasionally look at social media to see what their people are complaining about and seriously address it.
Many states in the SE don't even have websites and the ones that do, you cannot reach the government officials or the governor on their website! Last year while in USA, someone asked me how he could establish a factory in Nigeria. I shamefully replied that he should write a letter to the government house, hopefully some will respond to his offer. He said, "Don't they have a state website that i could send my letter electronically?
Ofcourse they had, but you couldn't e-mail anyone in government from the state website!!! What a shame!

Therefore, I applaud whoever works in ENSG taking action to address social ills observed from any source.

Hurray! Looks like finally someone has listened and will stop the use of posters to deface the environment!!!
[size=15pt]God BLESS Bar. SULLIVAN CHIME!!![/size]

Cjrane: [size=18pt]Enugu moves to stop unauthorised billboards[/size]


The Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) has said that it would arrest and prosecute any person posting bills in unauthorised places in the state.

Managing Director of the agency, Mr Dominic Okonkwo, told newsmen in Enugu that it had deployed enforcement teams to arrest offenders.

Okonkwo said that offenders would be punished in accordance with the Enugu State Sanitation Law. According to him, the authority’s goal is to make Enugu the cleanest state in the country.

“I do not know why people choose to paste posters on bus-stop shelters, dumpsters, and public and private signage.

“They deface our beautiful bus stops and dumpsters thereby defacing the aesthetics of the coal city.

“People should cooperate with us so that we can serve them better,’’ he said. The managing director warned residents of the state who were in the habit of contravening the law, especially politicians, to desist from such acts in the interest of peace. He decried the constant failure of the citizens to bag their refuse, adding that it was a challenge to effective service by ESWAMA.

Okonkwo said the authority was in the process of providing dumpsters on every street in the state.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/enugu-moves-stop-unauthorised-billboards/

lacosanostra:
Don't call me sir,I guesed its the way I approched u, and am sorry,still a teen. If the next Governor likes he will call for work to resume on the project,he also replicated same gesture in Asaba, abandoning the flyover and the mall, though they've resumed work on Effurun mall recently, and it was supposed to open 1st.

Don't worry, you are a big Sir in the making
You will even go much further than us because you will learn and understand the issues around Nigeria much better at an early age. Most of us made costly mistakes to learn the hidden tensions that periodically boil over into violent outbursts and riots.I live in Lagos today and not Kaduna where i stayed back after my NYSC because i learnt that bitter but critical lesson about Nigeria. I thank God that i made up my mind and left then, because it has steadily gotten worse in the north and I don't know how i would have been comfortable raising a family there now.Anyway, that is a story for another day

Yes,there is Igbo in Delta state. Some of us are referred to as Ika as you move further away from the River Niger. However, I can say it has become a matter of personal choice to choose Igbo or Benin affliation for some of us. Sometimes, it is more expedient to be called a non-Igbo in the presence of other ethnic groups, especially as some Igbo guys used to tell me that i wasn't really Igbo even when i speak better Igbo than they do. But i chose my Igbo identity because of my family's repeated stories that we are Igbo, and were able to trace our family lineage back, their experience during the war at Ozubulu where they stayed and were totally accepted, needless to say my Dad was also a Biafran army soldier and he had many stories of what caused the war or better how Igbo were forced to fight for their right to live, how it was ruthlessly used as an excuse to emasculate Igbo and a nearly perfect marginalization scheme to make Igbo " Odi ndu, onwu ka nma" a living dead in Nigeria. Only our elder sister is married at Onicha-Ugbo, the others are married in Anambra and the fact that most of my childhood was also spent in Enugu and other places in the SE.


By the way, I was aware of the Asaba flyover construction flagoff, but didn't know it had been abandoned already!
If this assertion is true, i really wonder what is going on in Delta state now?

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Bishop42:
Never knew Ethiopia is a landlock country. Maybe that's why they prioritized on Aviation, which is what we should do in South East

Yes, Ethiopia fought a bitter war in the 1990s to keep it's north-east province of Eritrea, that was Ethiopia's only access to the sea.
Eventually, they realised that they didn't need access to the sea in order to prosper,so they let Eritrea break away from Ethiopia. Today, Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing African economies and Eritrea that now owns the entire access to the sea is a failed state of sorts.

This lesson again buttresses that what develops a country is the peoples' ability to look inwards and plan their lives around what is their own, instead of fighting for what God had given other people. Talk of northern Nigeria's abundant mineral wealth and arable land blessings wasting away, while all focus is to cheat in order to control the oil wells in other peoples' land!

Conversely, Enugu state must disregard the deceitful calculated Nigerian calumny against coal power plants and iron/steel making factories , Cement making and other industrial uses of coal. We must focus on attracting investors into the coal industry and aggressively pursue & promote those investments that will revitalize the Enugu coal industry again.

South Africa, United States of America, China, Brazil, India, Poland and Germany are a few of the major world economies whose electricity power supply is based up to 50% from coal !!! Infact SA electricity is more than 90% from COAL! Is Nigeria cleaner or more environmentally friendly than USA, Germany or South Africa? The same Nigeria that has refused to stop gas flaring as part of oil extraction? You can see Nigeria deliberately refused to use coal energy so that they would not develop that industry primarily located in the SE region!
[size=17pt]SEE SOURCE: [/size]http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-of-coal/coal-electricity/

lacosanostra:
Oga Cjrane thought u were Ibo?,as for effurun rondabout Uduaghn has since destroyed it to build a flyover. The flyover it self has been abandoned

Complete Sir!
"Igbo" not ibo. Don't make me call you yoloba.

Ahh, I didn't know they demolished the roundabout o!

I hope he will finish the flyover o! Not another Odili-style Eleme junction flyover started and abandoned at the end of his tenure!

lilprinze:
The only thing APC does is to criticize all the effort GEJ, FG and PDP are putting together to move this country forward.
APC never tell us how they intend to solve the challenges we are facing in this country yet they want to rule this country.

If APC had not simply made their party anti-christian, anti-south, anti-GEJ, anti-PDP, they could have offered Nigerians a credible alternative to address some nagging issues about Nigeria.
But how do you join blood sucking terrorists and former roundly corrupt politicians, who are largely responsible for the mess in Nigeria today, who simply want your vote again in order to get there and continue the looting from where they stopped it in 2007?

APC has not offered any single idea how they will transform Nigeria or prevent an outbreak of a bloody civil war, for them APC is only a vehicle to ensure power returns and stays in the north while the rest of the country can go to blazes in the process. .. and they surely do carry out their threats to make the country ungovernable with terrorism and bomb blasts unless power is surrendered to them.
For such an abominable thing like surrendering power to terrorists and murderers to happen just because they are murdering people, everyone would rather return to their villages and rule only their own people and people of the same faith as them.