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iswallker:[color=#006600][/color] Thanks for this insight. Let's wait for Dangote. I am sure when Dangote refinery starts operation, we shall experience another challenge that may either keep us where we are or solve the problem and make Dangote stupendously rich which will throw up the issue of political economy. |
iswallker:[color=#006600][/color] This is still very unclear. NNPC claimed they have stock that can last for 90 days when this scarcity started tthree weeks ago and blame it dealers. PENGASSAN and NUPENG came out and said they are not the cause since they were not on strike. If NNPC is importing fuel and claim to subsidize it and also have enough in stock, why scarcity. Is the margin given to dealers at the depots not enough to defray the operational cost? PMB, APC, NNPC are scams and they have turned Nigeria into a huge scam. |
They called it Under Recovery before to hide their deceit.....now they have come to call it Subsidy. ![]() |
Drama.......trying to create news item for the week ![]() |
Before 2019 an older family member will tell him his ripght age....if only he will agree. |
hmmmm............see wetin Calabar Carnival cause...... international.....issorait |
The Federal Government paid €3m for the release of some Chibok schoolgirls who were in Boko Haram custody, according to Wall Street Journal. In 2014, Boko Haram insurgents had kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state. Of the 276, 163 are now free: 57 fled in the early days after their abduction, three escaped later, and a Swiss-coached mediation secured 103. Twenty-one of the 103 were freed on October 13, 2016, while the remaining 82 were freed on May 6 this year. In a detailed report on the incident, WSJ said while €1m was paid for the 21 first freed, additional €2m accompanied the five Boko Haram commanders that were exchanged with the next batch: the 82 girls. TheCable had earlier reported how the €2m were reportedly paid. Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have links with the sect, and Zannah Mustapha, a lawyer, were said to be key mediators involved in both deals. After months of talks involving Salkida and Mustapha, a breakthrough was finally reached when in late 2016, both parties agreed on a plan concerning the girls’ freedom. WSJ said: “The plan called for two exchanges. In the first one, Boko Haram would free 20 Chibok hostages in exchange for €1m. “If both sides were satisfied with the outcome, the rest of the girls who wanted to come home would be swapped in a second exchange in return for €2 and five imprisoned Boko Haram commanders.” “As Mustapha worked through the details and tried to maintain the confidence of both sides, the Nigerian government began the delicate process of finding prisoners Shekau would deem acceptable. “Salkida was the man picked for the task. He began to crisscross Nigeria combing jails and interviewing inmates, looking for militants who fit the profile.” The report added that while the deal began coming together, there were fears that President Muhammdu Buhari might not approve of it. “The President was eager for a victory. He also loathed the idea of paying Boko Haram. No one knew if he would sign off,” it said. “In the end, he approved the deal, with a condition: He insisted that any money that reached Boko Haram would be a step toward a comprehensive peace agreement. “Since the insurgents collected their €3m, some Nigerian officials say an army that had struggled to feed itself seems replenished,” it stated. TheCable stated that it was not able to independently verify the claims concerning the payment. When contacted, Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesman, neither confirmed nor denied the claims. “Ask them to show the evidence,” Adesina told TheCable via a text message. http://punchng.com/buhari-paid-boko-haram-e3m-for-release-of-chibok-girls-report/ punchng.com © 1971-2017 The Punch newspaper |
There's covenant blessing connecting nations with Israel and America seems to enjoy that blessing despite her moral deficit. Numbers 24:9 says, "whoever blesses Israel will be blessed and whoever curses Israel will be cursed". It's not by what is listed above. Show me a nation that is not doing all this. Righteousness is not measured in magnitude or quantum of sin. Sin is sin and our righteousness is a function of our Redeemer. America is blessed today because of her relationship with Israel. Recent event can testify to this. |
Kudos to the people that develop Nigeria.........remember to produce more codeine elixir for those that need it ![]() |
Must not intimidate, frame and collect bribe is conspicuously missing......... ![]() |
I remember when I trekked from Bama to Mushin to celebrate Buhari victory.......now legs dey pain me.......no Panadol ![]() |
Aniwhyte:[/color][color=#006600] This application is wicked, I wanted to give you 50 LIKES but can only like once. ![]() |
Gal, only u know the cross n pain u carry......much load......no envy |
These are young men pushing truck carrying load to earn a living quarrelling over cash made for the day and you called them pastors. Take ur time oo...... |
Na mouth......make I hear word......u fit?? ![]() |
Op your English has given you out......... |
Take away the imperfections of OBJ.....he's a great guy. He comes first among equal |
Indian medical feat in handling conjoin twice is amazing. Congratulations to James and John. Life is about freedom to live. |
Black marketers in Kaduna are having a field day as a result of fuel scarcity in the state. Many filling stations are closed, a situation which has forced motorists to patronise the black market, where the product is sold for between N300 and N350 per litre. Long queues of vehicles were seen at different black market spots on the outskirts of the city. Fuel scarcity has affected the price of transport fare , with passengers paying between N1,700 and N2000 to Abuja, a journey that cost N1,500 before scarcity. Residents have been lamenting over the current hardship, with many calling on the government to find a solution. But, National President of the Association of Mega Filling Station Owners of Nigeria (AMFSON), Anthony Amitaye, said unless his members are “adequately engaged” in the distribution system of petroleum products, the current crisis would continue. Abakaliki residents decry unofficial price hike Residents of Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, have decried an unofficial hike in the price of a litre of petrol, which now sells between N165 to N180 at filling stations. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) appealed to relevant authorities to compel oil marketers to sell at the official pump price of N145 per litre, as transporters have capitalised on the increase to hike their fares. A lawyer and civil rights activist, Clement Mbam, urged the Federal Government to direct relevant agencies charged with fixing, regulating and monitoring petroleum prices as well as the distribution of the commodity to ensure its availability. “Government should compel petroleum marketers to sell the products at the approved price, through strict monitoring and supervision of sales at various filling stations.’’ Mr. Chris Elom, lecturer at the Department of Cooperative Economics, Ebonyi State University (EBSU), said people are going through difficult times as a result of the current economic hardship and urged government to address the crisis in the petroleum sector. Meanwhile, 28 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods have arrived Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos from yesterday to January 4, 2018. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication, “Shipping Position’,’ a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Lagos, yesterday. NPA said the ships contained buck wheat, steel products, empty containers, frozen fish, bulk gas and bulk gypsum. Other items in the consignment, according to the NPA, are bulk gas, bulk fertiliser, aviation fuel, ethanol, diesel, petrol and containers laden with goods. NAN reported that six ships with bulk fertiliser, aviation fuel and petrol consignment are currently at Lagos ports, waiting to berth. http://sunnewsonline.com/litre-of-fuel-hits-n350-in-kaduna/
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By Rotimi Fasan IT’S important to enter a caveat from the beginning in the light of the title of this week’s piece. Nigeria’s greatness lies in its remaining one country that is made up of diverse ethnicities. That is one lesson to be learned from the present arrangement of the world. In spite of the tension of division and tribalism that has been created in Donald Trump’s America, the fact remains that America’s greatness lies in its diversity. It’s the reason for the existence of many of the regional economic and political groupings around the world. It’s the logic behind the decision of those European countries that have elected to remain part of the European Union despite differences. It’s the reason they are unhappy with Britain and would quickly want to close the chapter on its breaking rank and choosing to exit the EU. Nigeria’s situation cannot be different from the rest of the world. We can’t be thinking of breaking up while others are finding ways to resolve their differences in a bid to remain or come together. It’s not too likely that any of the component parts that make up Nigeria will do better alone than they would collectively as one country. This is the reason we must be clear-eyed about the way we relate with one another and be determined to correct the injustices of the past rather than insisting on keeping them. Yet, it would appear that some self-deceived Nigerians cannot separate their self-interest from the interest of the whole. They fail to see the wisdom in relating to others on the basis of fairness and equity. This is where we have found ourselves as a country with the debate over the skewed nature of our federalism and how to correct it. The Yoruba have a saying that there are boundaries even in farmlands jointly owned by a father and his children. No matter how close we are, we still need some personal space for self-actualization, some room within which to operate and be able to function as individuals. It does not mean we are no longer one or have become enemies by such recognition. While it’s great to keep Nigeria one, we must do so on the basis of fairness not at the expense of others. The struggle to make Nigeria a truly federal state has taken different forms under different names which some claim now makes the whole issue confusing to them. But really there is nothing confusing or mystifying about the matter except we want to be deceptive. The whole issue boils down to the same old debate about whether Nigeria is truly being managed according to the tenets of the federalised state it claims to be. Otherwise, why is everything run in the fashion of a unitary state? Why should the centre interfere in the life of the states that are the basis of its existence? Why should politicians from the north, actually the Hausa-Fulani elite that controls the region, insist Nigeria must remain the way it is as a twisted federation that is managed along unitary lines? In identifying opponents of federalism one has to be sure not to lump every section of the country above the River Niger and River Benue together as one and the same even when some people from the said parts for personal gains pretend there are no differences. Not even all the peoples to the east of the far north can be lumped together as one with the Fulani any more. Thus, when senators from the north under the aegis of the Northern Senators Forum rose from a recent retreat with the advice to President Muhammadu Buhari not to accept reports of the 2014 conference commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan, they were in effect saying they reject any talks about addressing the grievances of the other units in the country. Those grievances addressed by the confab border mostly on the nature of our federalism. The various demands by the delegates from the south are about ensuring fairness in the sharing of resources which is best done under a properly run federal structure. This is at the core of the ongoing debate about ‘restructuring’ the country. That some people will arrogantly dismiss the outcome of such an initiative is unacceptable. And what are their grounds for this? Simply because President Buhari did not initiate the conference! Indeed the reason proffered by the senators shows not just the emptiness in the thought processes of our so-called leaders but also why this country has failed to move beyond a certain level of development-why we continue to move without making progress- ‘perambulating’ as Fela would say. What the northern senators are saying in effect is that every leader that comes into office must set about re-inventing the wheel, doing all over again what others before them have done and concluded. By this thinking whatever policy or decision Buhari initiates today can be flung into the waste bin of history as soon as the next occupant gets into Aso Rock without thoughts for the merits or lack of merit of such policy/initiative. The matter is that simple for our distinguished honourables in the NSF. We can see how such simple-minded take on grave issues are operationalised in the different policy somersaults perpetrated by various regimes in Nigeria, past and present. We see it in the management of our education policies where the country has shuffled forwards and backwards with the so-called ‘6-3-3-4’ and ‘6-5-4’ systems and where one administration reaches an agreement with academic and non-academic unions of tertiary institutions and another administration takes over and says it knows nothing about it. One state governor leaves office owing workers many months of salaries and another is elected who washes their hands off any talk of backlog of unpaid salaries or pension- as if government is not a continuum. We see it in the management of toll gates across the country: one moment the gates are removed and the next they are being returned with the fervor with which they were removed only to be returned again. How can a country move forward in this situation? Those who, like these northern senators, reject talks about running this country along truly federal lines are beneficiaries of an unfair and unjust system. Let the north remember that what it enjoys today by way of majority of states and decision makers were made possible by years of northern domination of the military. Nigeria like the rest of the world has moved beyond that era of domination by might and those who insist on keeping an unjust system in place are being foolish. They cannot see where their interest lies: they are making the break-up of this great country a matter of time. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/hausafulanis-rejection-federalism-demand-dismemberment/ |
History was made this week when Jamila Malafa, first female military officer of the northern extraction, was decorated in Abuja. Malafa was decorated with the rank of commodore, which is equivalent to the rank of a brigadier-general in the Nigeria Army. Henry Babalola, chief of policy and plans (COPP) at the naval headquarters in Abuja, said the attainment was a thing of joy. He said there were a few women who had achieved such height in the nation’s armed forces, adding that her success was as a result of training exposures afforded her by the Nigerian Navy. He expressed hope that her historical elevation will serve as an inspiration to women in the folk of the armed forces and ensure that there is no limit to the heights they can achieve in their chosen careers. “I am the first female of northern extraction to be promoted to the rank of a General in the Nigerian Navy,” Malafa said “The promotion will inspire me to be more loyal and dedicated in my duties to the Navy and Nigeria.” The native of Gombi local government in Adamawa state was commissioned in 1990. https://www.thecable.ng/northern-nigeria-gets-first-female-general
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My pastor is now living in the shadow of Lie Mohammed....... Damage control ![]() |
It looks like Ankara before come turn to fire proof jacket...... ![]() |
I have just ran a check at Afghan embassy to confirm how many of this so called Nigerian Muslim send their children to Afghanistan to school and learn a perfect Islamic lifestyle and discovered none. Rather they travel in droves to western countries where life is good and there's freedom to live and attempt to upturn the very good life by creating chaos. I will never blame any Muslim for his violent nature because it's not his making. If God has chosen to bless one nation above all and then make a pronouncement that another will be a wild ass and today we see all these, isn't it enough to place the issue at the right quarters. I worry less about world events and situations because every second we live and the world moves, it's according to God's plan and project. Hijab issue is not peculair to Nigeria, the entire western world is facing same problem. Muslim will continue to make demands rightly or wrongly as they continue to grow in population. As they make gains in their demands through violence and chaos and establish an Islamic jurisprudence (Sharia) society all over the world, an Afghanistan like society which many liberal Muslim fear will emerge. There's no stopping Islam. When next they make their untoward demand, ask God why He chose to make Ishmael a wild ass. Only God can grant peace to the world, not religion or political system. ![]() |
When our military and police watched over illegality. Nigeria is a failed country.... ![]() |
They will be thanking God after escape from EFCC arrest, they escaped cardiac arrest. |
Unless there is urgent intervention, experts have warned that Nigeria may be building a nation of drug addicts. This is not unconnected with latest reports which show that 3 million bottles of codeine are consumed daily in Kano and Jigawa States. Even the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration of Nigeria, NAFDAC, has expressed worry over uncontrolled use of codeine containing cough syrups across the country. Also just last week, the Medical Director, Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Oluyemisi Ogun, had confirmed a sharp increase in the number of patients with drug-related cases seen at the hospital in recent times. Ogun who spoke at a symposium put together by the Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, with the theme: “Emergency Response to Disease Outbreaks: The Way Forward in Nigeria”, said although the threat of communicable disorders was evident, the nation ought to be more worried about non-communicable disorders like drug abuse. “We are talking about communicable diseases, but we have another epidemic on hand, which is the issue of drug abuse. We are seeing more and more of this and it is a menace. I would urge that attention be drawn to it urgently. “There is no family now that is not affected. Our children are at risk as much as our husbands, wives and other relatives. It is actually more than an epidemic. In all the nooks and crannies around us there are people selling drugs and we needed to bring this threat to the realm of the public and the government for us to be able to do something about it.” Noting that the issue of drug abuse should at the forefront of the public domain, Ogun noted that all the security agencies, particularly the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA that have a role to play should be able to do so much. In her submission, a Deputy Director of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration of Nigeria, NAFDAC, Mrs Abayomi Bolaji who spoke on behalf of the Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye raised alarm over the spate of abuse of codeine containing cough syrups. Bolaji lamented that the Agency was worried about the incessant abuse of codeine in recent times. “We have codeine which is currently being abused. I want to let you know that in the course of our regulatory activities, if we find codeine in a Patent Medicine Store, the person will be heavily sanctioned. Codeine has medicinal use and what the Agency does is that we give permit for it to be imported and sold.” Bolaji said NAFDAC goes as far as collating the stock from the warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and takes stock of what the importer has used and imported to produce and follow up distribution. “But unfortunately, we know people cut corners. Codeine containing syrups are not supposed to be freely sold, they are not Over-the-Counter drugs but somehow they get into the hands of people through the pharmacies or Patent medicine dealers, but it is part of our regulatory functions to control the circulation and importation of these drugs. “If peradventure a manufacturer cannot give account of the quantity that he was given permit to import, he is heavily sanctioned and may not be given permission to import next time. Because of the education of the pharmacists they cooperate but the patent medicine dealers y are the ones selling at night, and we cannot get them when we go during the day time. But it has been discovered that they go as far as hiding these drugs with persons in the next shop, maybe with a tailor or barber. People need to be told the consequences of their action. It is not only just about money. The demand for codeine containing cough syrups is so high.” Findings by Vanguard showed that following the alarm raised three months ago of rising incidences and reports of drug abuse, particularly codeine-containing cough syrups in the 19 Northern states of the Federation, the Senate and other relevant stakeholders are converging in Kano today for a two- day roundtable on drug abuse. It was reported that in 2015 alone, over 2,205 people were arrested in North-West geo-political zone by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over drug-related abuses. Vanguard gathered that the roundtable will enable the Senate effectively analyze Nigeria’s response to the menace and come up with appropriate strategies on the way forward. During the roundtable, the drivers of drug abuse in Nigeria are to be isolated, with the aim of identifying the psychosocial and medical impact of the phenomenon, assessing current responses, legislative gaps and opportunities for action. Among expected outcomes include: gaining a better understanding of drug use, prevalence, trends and patterns in Nigeria; understanding the current government and Civil Society capacity and efforts towards addressing drug abuse and related issues; gain insight into legislative, policy gaps and develop an Action Plan for interventions by the National Assembly and other stakeholders. It would be recalled that Senate, had in October, this year, raised the alarm about the drug abuse threat in the 19 states, where women, young girls in tertiary institutions, working class ladies, married, unemployed women displaced by Boko Haram insurgency, among others, were involved in drug abuse. The Senate had mandated its Joint Committee on Drugs and Narcotics and Health to investigate the growing menace of cough and other prescriptive drugs abuse and report back to the Senate on the needed legislative interventions to combat the trend. The senators stressed that secondary school students consumed cough syrups regularly. The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said that the Senate will take necessary actions to reduce the growing menace. According to NAFDAC, Codeine is an opiate used for its analgesic (pain reliever) and more commonly antitussive effect (cough suppressant) in cough syrups. “Codeine containing cough syrups are effective in the management of certain coughs. However, it has a high potential for abuse and may present some serious adverse reactions to the user. For these reasons, access to codeine containing cough syrups has been restricted in several countries. Some of the known adverse effects of codeine include: respiratory depression; hallucination and physical dependence as a result of continued use. NAFDAC is currently working with the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) to arrest the increasing abuse of these cough syrups in Nigeria. NAFDAC is embarking on massive public enlightenment campaign on the dangers of abuse of codeine containing medicines in Nigeria. The Agency has put in place strategy to limit the supply and distribution of codeine containing cough syrups in Nigeria. Prescribers and dispensers are encouraged to prescribe and dispense these cough syrups rationally. Consumers are advised to take codeine containing cough syrups only on prescription by health care professionals. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/experts-worry-high-demand-codeine-nationwide/
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Aseneshii:[color=#006600][/color] Small scarf? ![]() You don't understand steathiness in Islam. It starts with "small scarf" and then grow to that gown that you won't even see the eyes again....better nip it at the bud now to avoid greater problem of insecurity tomorrow. ![]() |
In Lagos state there is law regulating public noise and there is an agency that handles such complaints. Check if you have such law in your state and there's an agency handling that. If there is one, report to agency for action. If there's none, form an advocacy group. Get a copy of what Lagos State has and present it to your state House of Assembly for them to adopt and enact it into law. By your inconvenience, God might use you to solve the common problem of the people. Caveat: if you have a road side recording studio as business and you position your speaker outside to attract customers, don't try it because the law will make you a victim ![]() |
Great thought.......... |
Several questions are being asked about the emergent of slavery in Africa. It is a common belief that the Europeans forcefully took away Africans to America as slaves for cheap labour. However, that narrative may change in view of recent events where Africans are fleeing their countries to Europe for good living thereby ending up in slave camps and being sold as slaves in Libya. The question is who is to blame? 1. THE INDIVIDUAL: who is frustrated in his home country, is promised a better life in Europe, deceived about available job and dream of making it big in Europe. Sometimes she might be underage who cannot take useful decision as yet and decide to embark on a journey to slavery. Some are ill-informed; others have clear information and wish to try their luck. 2. PARENTS: who encourage their children to join the bandwagon in search of greener pasture in Europe. They dispose of their properties to fund the trip to slavery and see it as a game of chance. 3. GOVERNMENT: who has failed to provide needed infrastructure and create enabling society to live in and environment for young people to deploy their talent and skills and believe in the country. 4. TRAFFICKERS: who see the gaps, lure the vulnerable and try to make quick money from it. He or she could have been a victim, work to regain his/her freedom and turns trafficker. 5. LIBYANS: who play hosts and slave masters, taking advantage of the ready market for the dastardly and inhuman business 6. [b]EU:[/b]who has not done enough to end it (is this position really true?)
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By Ayo Onikoyi Whenever the name Maheeda is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is controversy, sex and nudity. Maheeda The goddess of X and Naija Bad Girl as she is usually called isn’t afraid to go unclad constantly releasing nude photos of herself online and sexually explicit videos but at the beginning of year 2017 the mother of one promised to sheath her wantonness and be more of a mother figure to her daughter. Whether the Lasgidi Girl has wholesomely kept to her promise is a matter for another day, but her recent post on her Instagram page gives enough hint of her fidelity to her promise as she made public her preference when it comes to pornographic films. In the post, Maheeda, born Caroline Sam, owned up she loves watching pornographic films and explains the type that really suits her taste “ I love to watch porns,” she says. “ And when I do, I find myself watching two ladies, or two ladies and a guy, it turns me on,” she added. This declaration, as flimsy as it may sound may have confirmed the early suggestion by the singer that her sexuality is not all straight. “If I say I’m a bisexual, what would you say or think of me,” she had early posted. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/love-party-porn-maheeda/
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