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Sectarian clashes in Nigeria sparked by a dispute over a game of billiards have left four people dead and dozens of buildings on fire, police say.

The trouble broke out in Tafawa Balewa in central Nigeria, a region that has seen an upsurge in violence between Christians and Muslims
Five mosques and about 50 homes were set alight as Christian and Muslim youths fought each other.

Police eventually restored order, using roadblocks to contain the violence.

Police commissioner Abdulkadir Mohammed Indabawa said the dispute began on Wednesday night with a disagreement over money between the Christian owner of the billiards table and a Muslim player.

Although the row was settled through mediation by local elders, the table was later burned.

"The Christian youths accused Muslims of the act, which prompted them to go about burning houses and mosques," said Mr Indabawa.

"Clashes followed between Muslim and Christian groups and four people were killed as a result."

Volatile region

Paramilitary police were patrolling the city's streets on Thursday and Mr Indabawa said troops could also join the crackdown.

"We have mounted roadblocks at areas leading to the town to avoid a spillover of the crisis to other areas," he said.

Tafawa Balewa is close to the city of Jos in Nigeria's volatile Middle Belt, which sits between the mainly Muslim north and largely Christian south.

The region has been a flashpoint of tension between Hausa Muslims and Berom Christians.

It has suffered repeated outbreaks of ethnic violence over the past decade, with deadly riots in 2001, 2008 and last year.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12302635

SO ALL ARE FEDERAL ROADS

FORGET ABOUT KANO STATE  AND JUST FOCUSE ON KANO CITY AND COMPARE IT WITH IBADAN

TO FAN AND USERS OF GOOGLE EARTH . FOCUS BOTH KANO CITY  AND IBADAN  CITY AT EYE ALTITUDE 20.04 KM
WHERE BOTH THE CITIES FILL THE SCREEN AND ARE OF  SAME SIZE

AND NOW COMPARE THE POPULATION   OF IBADAN    -1338659  
                                                                    KANO CITY 2163225  (EXCLUDING KANO METRO POPULATION 2828861)

YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY CENSUS 2006 IS SUCH A MASSIVE FRAUD

@OP

Feel sad at your trouble    . .This must be lesson for people who believe all is well and nigeria is alright and quote imaginary gdp figure just to make a point.

There has to be a complete overhaul of the country. True every country has a problem with corruption or human rights abuse with police but none like nigeria.

Crime in nigeria is reaching endemic proportions.

ARE YOU GAY ?

Nigeria will never have any peace unless there is truth and reconcilation among southern tribes.

this article is written by an yoruba apologist

Kalu Akanu:
You cannot actually compare Nigeria with India. Even though India is ethnically diverse as Nigeria, many of India's ethnic groups have a shared history. And not only that, they have a shared religion through Hinduism. Even though some Indians are Muslims and Buddhist. This shared history and religion has allowed the Indian people to have a pluralistic democracy, that still has a corruption, but their democracy is very free.

Nigeria is very different. We do not have a shared history. Our shared history is only through colonialism and the 50 years after colonialism. In addition, we do not have a shared religion either, which is also the bane of our problems as well. Tribalism is rampant in Nigeria, and people only care about their own ethnic groups. I would go even farther to say that a lot of people only care about themselves. This is the sad truth.

Our founding fathers failed to establish a nationalistic Nigerian identity. Herbert Macaulay tried, God rest his soul, followed by, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, but other leaders failed to listen to them. The failures of this generation has set Nigeria up to fail.

You are spot on we have no shared culture,religion,history .We exist as one country because some british lords decided it and same goes for many african countries.
Regarding India you are right, Eventhough there are ethnically diverse they have a shared culture,religion from atleast 3000 years.All religions in india hindus ,muslim,christian practice caste system

Beaf:
Cos you are a dunce. They are a nuclear power and we can't manufacture a pin, yet you ask daft questions? They build missiles, yet we can't make a calculator and you are pointing fingers?

Is this why you made the rude rquest on the other thread that I come here?

With due respect, the question you asked is quite dim.

Mr Beef
   kindly answer this?


can u tell me what advantage u will get by corporation with pakistan in education field from your own prespective



u love GEJ  right  kindly answer  above quote

BEAF
whats abvout your   messaiah

Do you want to have  education from pakistan

http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/nigeria-education:-nation,-pakistan-to-partner-on-education-2011012168179.html

philip0906:
u've been licking d backside of d present administration in all d threads i've seen u. . .sometimes I wonder i u r not even beaf himself

If Gen Buhari would have done this all the supporters of the messiah AKA GOOD LUCK would cried he is a supporter of islamic agenda . Now the messiah has shown he himself is not averse to take support of rogue nations for his victory

good long live BIAFRA

If the will is there it can be cut . But it is highly impossible in nigeria case just because ruling party is so sure to came back to power

wesley80:
Hmmm, quite interesting to hear what twelve year olds make of international politics. Very eye opening conversation, i think our minister of education ought to be reading this so she knows where to make the necessary adjustments in your curricular. Thank God u're on break, who would av known it was this bad.

I repeat the question

sir can u tell me what advantage u will get by corporation with pakistan in education field from your own prespective

Remii:
what makes cooeprating with Pakistan  or Iran or whoever a bad idea as long as areas of cooreration are well defined and are of benefit. what makes them bad or is it because America and UK say so. What about Venezuela, Cuba etc. Very soon America would be singing praises of Iraq and Sudan. Nigerians should learn to be objective and see things from thier own perspective.

sir can u tell me what advantage u will get by corporation with pakistan in education field from ur own prespective.

msaalli:
That is being modest in my opinion, when Isa Yuguda of Bauchi once had (maybe still has) 911 http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/4989/1/Yuguda-sacks-commissioner-911-others/Page1.html, and Dakingari once had (maybe still has) 478 http://www.thisdayonline.info/nview.php?id=146553

god this is shocking

so now even pakistanis are afraid of nigeria and are returning to pakistan see the irony

TO all people complaining about lack of proper quality technical education to nigerians and more especially to corpers who are facing blame regarding election process.
   
       NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS HEARD your SUGGESTION AND AGREED TO PATNER PAKISTAN TO GIVE YOU QUALITY EDUCATION IN HITECH CAR BOMBING ,SUCIDE BOMBING AND ACTS OF HITECH DESTRUCTION 

for boko haram there is added discount and we will send our finest teachers in the field 



Nigeria-Education: Nation, Pakistan to partner on education
News - Africa news .Education-Nigeria-Pakistan - Members of the group of eight developing nations (D8), Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are on the verge of signing a memorandum of understanding to improve the education sector of Nigeria. The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Nigeria, Rtd Major General Asif Duraiz Akhtar disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during an interview with journalists in his office.

He said plans for the signing of the agreement are under way as well as other bilateral agreements for productive collaboration between both countries. He said already, there is an agreement between the two countries in the area of defence, adding that Nigeria's minister of defence was in Pakistan to conclude the pact.

'The process of signing a memorandum of understanding on education is ongoing as both countries are ready to support each other politically and internationally to have a well developed and stable society,' he added.

The education pact, according to him, will depend on areas of interest to Nigeria saying that Pakistan has a standard education sector having trained students from all over the world.

He said the instability in the country has made some Pakistani lecturers return to their country but promised to assist Nigeria once the agreement is signed.

While condemning the new trend of bomb blasts in the country, the commissioner pointed out that terrorism is now everywhere but only with new faces and names. He said Pakistan is ready to help curb it with their wealth of knowledge and experience.


[url]http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/nigeria-education:-nation,-pakistan-to-partner-on-education-2011012168179.html[/url]


This country is truly FCKed there is no two ways about it.

why do nigerian government want to sleep with devil?why cannot they sign agreement with germany or japan for  technical education or if it costly why cannot they sign  with India or phillippines the cheaper option.If u want muslim option there is indonesia and turkey two fastest growing economies.

why do nigeria wants to be friends with rogue natoins like iran and pakistan,

philip0906:
Trim which spendings?where did u c dat?or r u representing Beaf?
@op
They are planing 2 spend 75% of d budget on govt and its agencies,and 25% on infrastructure?6.5billion on already dilapidated infrastructure?We all know what dat means. . .no hope 4 us(nigeria) this year.4uck all of 'em

If the government is unable to spend money atleast it has to create a suitable environment for private players to develop infrastructure . That what fashiola is doing and and it is sadly lacking in case of federal government.

Now compare nigerian government spending with indian government spending

Infra spending to reach Rs 41,00,000 cr in 12th Plan

Press Trust of India / New Delhi March 23, 2010, 10:34 IST



India will need an investment of over one trillion dollars (about Rs 40.99 lakh crore) for infrastructure development in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), twice the amount that is likely to be achieved in the current plan.

"A preliminary assessment suggests that investment in infrastructure during the 12th Plan would need to be of the order of about Rs 40.99 lakh crore ($1,025 billion) to achieve a share of 9.95 per cent as a proportion of GDP," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said in a report on Investment in Infrastructure.

Yesterday, the Planning Commission had said investment in the infrastructure sector in the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) will be close to the target of $500 billion, thanks to a better-than-expected show by the telecom sector.

The Commission had set a $500 billion target of investment in the infrastructure sector during the Eleventh Plan Period.

Following the global crisis, the growth rate during 2008-09 slipped to 6.7 per cent from over nine per cent in the preceding three years. It is estimated to be 8.2 this year

i will add infrastructure spending of other countries in a while, if others are having data please add it then we will know how far back we have fallen in world

How can we progress when only 6.5 $ billion is alloted to development of infratructure per year.
when economies like china and india are planning to spend 400 billion dollars  in 4 year span on infratructure not to talk about private sector which will contribute another 500 billion in the same period in these countries

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has been told by a key advisory panel to cut government's running costs.

The chair of the Presidential Advisory Council, Theophilus Danjuma, said ministries should be cut or merged to free money for development schemes
The budget proposed for 2011 shows Nigeria would spend far more on the government than on infrastructure.

Nigeria is Africa's leading oil producer, but the majority of its 150 million people still live in poverty.

Parliamentarians' salaries are not made public in Nigeria, but diplomats say the country's politicians are among the best paid in the world.

The BBC's Bashir Abdullahi in the capital, Abuja, says Mr Danjuma, a retired general and former defence minister, was appointed by Mr Jonathan and is a highly respected figure.

Mr Danjuma said that he realised the "far-reaching recommendations" made by the panel came on the eve of April's elections.

"However we think also this is the right time we raise these issues," Nigeria's Daily Trust paper quotes him as saying.

He said the president had promised feedback on the suggestions.

Continue reading the main story
2011 Budget Proposal: $27.6bn
Ministries: $12bn
Other government bodies: $350m
Parliament: $707m
Pensions and gratuities: $1bn
Transfers to statuary bodies: $1.3bn
Debt payments: $3.5bn
Other expenses: $2.6bn
TOTAL RUNNING COSTS: $21bn
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE: $6.5bn
"If necessary, we shall be involved in finding remedies to all the issues that we have raised," he said, the Nation newspaper reports.

Mr Jonathan, who last week won the ruling party's ticket to run for president, thanked the panel for its report and said its recommendations would be taken seriously.

"You can't provide education, health or security without resources generated from a robust economy," he said.

The finance minister has set up a committee to review the government's running costs, and has said cuts have already by made, Reuters news agency reports.

The president's proposal for this year's national budget, which is currently before parliament, shows that nearly 75%    of the $27.6bn (£17bn) would be spent on running government and its agencies.

Only $6.5bn is proposed for spending on capital projects, such as investment in vital infrastructure.

Mr Jonathan's main opponents for the presidency in April will be former anti-corruption campaigner Nuhu Ribadu and Gen Muhammadu Buhari.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12251208

[quote author=Ma_J_Blige link=topic=590109.msg7575605#msg7575605 date=1295612884]J. P. Morgan says it will yield more than Ghana.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-19/nigeria-s-500-million-eurobond-to-yield-more-than-ghana-s-jpmorgan-says.html[/quote]BECAUSE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS PAYING 7% interest on bonds which is higher than ghana .
why pay 7% interest on bond over many number of years when saving 500 million of rainy day fund will suffice?  and with global oil prices at 90 $ why go for bond issue when  after a few weeks the excess crude oil fund will get inflow due price difference?

blacksta:
Nice post Kasumuto

Even somebody like my self who has no finance background would be wary of this bond thing.


Before obj left we had the following

Reserves - 50billion

Excess crude account - 20 or 30 billion


In the aftermath of yAR/geJ adminstration

We now have -

R - 30bill

eca - 400million


THe question is where did all this money one go in four years - and how can we justify borrowing a measly $500 million

when we can take the 500 Million from the reserve.


I repeat a government of GEJ according to the above mismanagement will surely bankrupt Nigeria.

Thats the cost of PDP presidential ticket . Our messiah has to please all cheats right from LGA's to national house to get the ticket

Its so tragic to hear a sad story in world's most happiest nation .

nigeria good people great nation

Religion and lack of patriotism are the main problems in case of nigeria.
our living standards are next to abysmal level. Our economy is going nowhere inspite of phony data showing strong growth ,thereby creating an artificial illusion among people that one day we will get of this mess and this is aided by pastors promising better life and prosperity by praying .

For a nation which cannot conduct a proper census which is the most fundamental thing in any sane country .How do u expect the world to take us seriously?
Everything about this country is wrong and need to be radically overhauled.

fstranger1:
Why speak for them?

let them speak for themselves!

Ibibio/Efik/Annang will leave along with Igbos once the nation splits .
Its not the opinion of a 16 year old as u mentioned but the will of 90% of the people

Ola edo:
I love Efik. I'm even trying to capture this efik girl but she dey do shakara for me.with time i go get'am . Anyways my question is are what country,when nigeria splits,looking to join? Are you all still with the Biafra thing?

yes we r still with Biafra .There might have been minor misgivings with Igbos in past but we do like them so it no problem to live in the same country 

EFIK

The current violence in Nigeria is only going to escalate further and lead into full blown civil war unless Sovereign National Conference is constituted
For people who believe the current violence is linked to 2011 elections and are stoked by politicians and will come down after elections I have bad news to you   .politicians are adding fuel to fire but fire is still there with or without politicians and fire will consume the nation.
There are 4 important reasons for this
1, Huge increase in population are putting pressure on scare land resources leading to conflict this problem is only likely to grow in coming years as Sahara desert is advancing towards nigeria and fulani herdsmen will move south for grazing land bringing them in conflict with farmers
2,Uncontrolled migration from chand, niger,etc into the country leading to competition for jobs and scares resources
3,you cannot have one part which is focussed on development and another foccused on quranic education and begging to survive
4,There is no sane country in world which have two different legal system in a same country and then still expect people to live in unity