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anonymousw:
Yes It was DOS Attack,  U must be a newbie,  http://anonymousnigeria..com/

OmoPastor:
I think these protests have political undertone. what is the occupy rubbish about? jobless entities. on the other hand, GEJ should talk with facts n figures not a blanket talk. also the north have a good reason to now make governance hard for GEJ. i think dialogue will work instead of protests.

Andre Uweh:
@WHOEVER is posting those videos. Stop wasting your time posting those videos. It doesn't win you this arguement. A couple of years ago, I attended a Church in Tottenham London. The choir group in that church sang mostly in Efik as the founder is Efik. This choir group consists of Sierra leoneans, Liberians, Ndigbo, etc.
Would I at this instance say Efik is the mostly influential language outside Nigeria?.

2015 election caused hurried subsidy removal –Investigation

Indications have emerged in Abuja on why President Goodluck Jonathan hurriedly removed subsidy from petroleum products on January 1, 2012.

An investigation by our correspondent showed that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and some politicians insisted that the subsidy must be removed early in his regime.

The leadership of the party, led by its acting National Chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, was said to have mounted pressure on Jonathan to remove the subsidy on time before another general election.

The party’s fear, according to sources within its hierarchy, was that if the subsidy was not removed on time, and with the expected protests that would follow it, it was capable of affecting the fortune of the party at the next general elections.

Nigerians were surprised to wake up on January 1 to the news that the Federal Government had removed the subsidy, which the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, had said a few days earlier that no date had been fixed for.

Maku had said after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on December 22, 2011,  “No take-off date has been announced for subsidy removal.”

It was learnt that it was based on the assurances of the government that made the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Austin Oniwon, to announce that the take-off for the subsidy removal would be April 1, 2012.

Oniwon, at an event of the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company, said the removal would take effect on that date when the life span of the current budget would come to an end.

His words, “I think what people should really look out for is that in the 2012 budgetary proposal, there is no provision for subsidy. And if there is no provision for subsidy, it will be illegal for the government to implement subsidy. We believe that when the implementation of the budget takes off, deregulation would then take off with it.”

However, the PDP bigwigs were said to have mounted pressure on Jonathan to start the implementation of the policy on time.

A member of the National Working Committee of the party said, “Do you want us to start the implementation when the election is coming? Yes, people would say that if we have just finished election, but it is better we do what we want to do now to enable us to settle down on time.

“There is no way such a policy would not have a ripple effect, and we expect opposition political parties to capitalise on it and make the policy a political tool.

“So, we asked the President to do what he wants to do now so that whatever the opposition political parties and the civil societies want to do could be done on time.

“We know that before we start talking about election now, Nigerians would have forgotten about the issue and we pray that the policy would turn out to be beneficial to the country.”

Efforts made to speak with the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prof. Rufai Alkali, on the matter were unsuccessful as calls made to his cell phones indicated that they were switched off.

However, an official of the party, who  spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak for the party, said the PDP was right to decide when to remove the subsidy.

He said since subsidy removal was part of the party’s manifesto, even though it was not used during the campaign, the party, in conjunction with the Presidency, was at liberty to implement it. 

The Chairman of the Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, however, said the position of Jonathan on the oil subsidy was quite different from his campaign message and the party considered it deceptive.

Asked to reconcile the support the party gave to Jonathan during the campaign and election and the present position of the party on the fuel policy, Nwanyanwu stated that the party had no regret in supporting the President as he appeared the best at the time the party supported him.   

He said, “Our party finds it difficult to believe that the same President, who went round the country during presidential campaign, promising Nigerians   better life ahead, is now busy imposing  draconian   economic policies, whose socio-economic consequences on the nation would be patently unbearable.

“Mr. President hardly needs any reminder that in the present circumstance of our beloved country, petroleum subsidy removal is a banana peel that his government should not make the mistake of stepping on.

“Nigerians refuse to accept the lame excuses being given by the government as an explanation for the failure of our four refineries to operate optimally, efficiently and deliver on their mandate, despite the huge resources expended to build and maintain them over the years.

“It is even more incomprehensible how the country failed to build new refineries in the light of enormous resources accruing to the government from various sources in many decades.

“This is why the Labour Party joins our dear compatriots throughout the nation in calling on the FG to consider  the  more progressive option of embarking on renewal and modernisation of our crippling and dilapidated infrastructure, such as railways, roads, electricity, water, housing, educational and health institutions, in order to rekindle the lost confidence and trust of Nigerians in their government.

“Nigerians have been robbed so many times through unfulfilled promises and dashing of their hopes by governments.”

oxford:
You and your illiterate folks can protest for the rest of your life, corruption/consumption/stupidity/fuel subsidy is gone for good. This is the kind of change we proudly voted for. Warm up for another protest when we start the deregulation of the power sector. Its a new Nigeria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goddex:
@Poster
Your report is bias and misleading.

The populations of Libya, Kuwait, Qatar and UAE put together
is not upto the population of Lagos alone.

Below is the population of those countries:

Qatar         (1.5m)

Kuwait       (2.5m)

Libya         (6m)

U.A.E         (8m)

Venezuela  (26m)

S/Arabia     (27m)

Iraq           (32m)

Algeria       (37m)

Nigeria      ( 168m )


Besides, all these countries except Algeria produce more oil than Nigeria.

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State Thursday said only enemies of Nigeria and its economy would oppose the removal of fuels subsidy as it only put the collective wealth of the country in few hands which the government wants to liberate through deregulation.

Jang spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he came to see the President, and said that even if the decision will be unpopular before Nigerians, it would be better for him to take unpopular decisions today for the restoration of the bright future of the county.

He insisted that his support for the removal of fuel subsidy was total; pointing out that comparatively the cost of fuel was still cheaper in Nigeria than in America and Britain where taxes are paid on every item including bread.

To him, what the concern of Nigerians should be is how the government would apply the proceeds of the subsidy removal which they ought to monitor to ensure it is applied to the greater need of the people instead of allowing the cabal to be the beneficiaries.

“If you are in the US you buy bread and pay tax. And even with the removal of subsidy, petrol is still not up to $1 a litre. Go to the US it is $1 plus, go to the UK it is £1 plus even Ghana with the removal of fuel subsidy there petrol is still more expensive than Nigeria. I believe that this subsidy is for the good of the common man in Nigeria. Anybody that is saying he doesn't want subsidy removed is not being fair is not being sincere. This money that has been cornered by very few individuals can now be spread, more money can now go to state, more money can now go for development.

“I think what the NLC and others should now watch is to ensure that both the state and the federal government put whatever is coming from subsidy into good use for the benefit of the people of Nigeria not just allowing this money to just circulate within a small cabal. These people imported fuel and collected money from Nigeria and they go across the border and sell in foreign exchange and the money is not even brought back to banks in Nigeria, it is taken to overseas banks. Is that for the benefit of Nigerians?

“So, I want to plead with the press honestly speaking, this President was popularly elected and why do you think he will want to take decision that will make him unpopular? But if being unpopular will be for the best interest of Nigeria, he has decided to take it and honestly we back him up. Honestly, the NLC has no interest of this nation at heart,” he said.

On the security situation in the Plateau, Jang said that there has been peace in his domain though there were occasion cross border attacks as residents were at peace with each other and would not indulge in attacking each other.

According to him, but for the attempted bombing on New Year’s eve which was foiled and a policeman lost his life in the process, all had been quiet in the state and the security measures in the state has been working perfectly.

“But let me quickly add, if you hear of any attack on the Plateau it is not within the people of Plateau state, it is cross boarder thing that people came into the state and run away. Everything is being done to make sure we don't get these cross-border attacks again. I believe with the state of emergency in four local governments that are already quite peaceful, it will just mean that the military personnel will just concentrate on the border where these people cross into Plateau state,” Jang said.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jang-only-haters-of-nigeria-economic-recovery-oppose-subsidy-removal/106511/

Demdem:
i can say confidently that the vast majority of people from the south-south region arent in support of this draconian policy. what i dont understand is apart from edo, they are not coming out in numbers in protest. some have been scheduled though.

iiiyyyk:
see somebody protesting with gross ignorant, u don't even have simple national data, how am i sure u even know what subsidy removal is all about. Remember SE dose not need oil to survive, great nations of this world are not great through crude oil. an Igbo son does not beg any were in the world, it is a God given potential.so there is nothing man can do about that.

SE and SS has been one historically, culturally and geographically even before the discovery of Crude oil. There are Igbos in Rivers,Delta and even part of c river. Rather i think is people like you that is trying to create divisions in the eastern region because you cannot resist crude oil.
Your almajery begging mentality will not allow you to leave eastern Nigeria alone.

we are not protesting in SS/SE.

@ nnena1 you right, but they are not constructive in their protest. no body is even talking about the wicked importers who have been sharing this money with our devilish politicians all these yrs. All they are shouting is Gej b/cos they think he is a gentle president nd some feel he is weak.

@ GAR3TH. Also in America, a particular region will not be sponsoring the bombing of innocent citizens simple because they want to undermine the regime of a president or to make him appear incapable.

Beaf:
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Dude, you are misfiring. Nobody is trying to undo any reap off.

We are simply reacting to hypocrisy and the lies behind the attempted braindead civilian putsh.
before that putsh, there were all sorts of threats driven by open bigotry from farcist and feudal political parties and politicians; it took various forms, from boko haram to all sorts of insults. The good thing is, its all in your face now, from a state of emergency to the removal of the subsidy; carry out your "revolution." In the end, there will be unmistakable winners and clear losers.

Nobody can say with a straight face that the intellectuals from all corners of the country do not know that the removal of the subsidy will be of immense benefit to Nigeria. Instead, they are being hypocritical and pretending to fight for the common man they have spent their whole lives burying.

Anybody that argues that the removal of the subsidy is bad to the extent that they want to overthrow a legitimate govt, is a bloody hypocrite.

jude33084:
Manu can still win 3-2

On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil filling station on Old Aba Road in Port Harcourt , you would be able to buy a litre of petrol for 65 naira or $1.66 per gallon at an exchange rate of $1/N157 and 4 litres per gallon. This is the official price. The government claims that this price would have been subsidized at N73/litre and that the true price of a litre of petrol in Port Harcourt is N138/litre or $3.52 per gallon.

They are therefore determined to remove their subsidy and sell the gallon at $3.52. But, On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil Gas station on E83rd St and Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, USA, you would be a able to buy a gallon of petrol for $3.52/gallon. Both gallons of petrol would have been refined from Nigerian crude oil. The only difference would be that the gallon in New York was refined in a US North East refinery from Nigerian crude exported from the Qua Iboe Crude Terminal in Nigeria while the Port Harcourt gallon was either refined in Port Harcourt or imported. The idea that a gallon of petrol from Nigerian crude oil cost the same in New York as in Port Harcourt runs against basic economic logic. Hence, Nigerians suspect that there is something irrational and fishy about such pricing. What they would like to know is the exact cost of 1 litre of petrol in Nigeria .

We will answer this question in the simplest economic terms despite the attempts of the Nigerian government to muddle up the issue. What is the true cost of a litre of petrol in Nigeria ? The Nigerian government has earmarked 445000 barrel per day throughput for meeting domestic refinery products demands. These volumes are not for export. They are public goods reserved for internal consumption. We will limit our analysis to this volume of crude oil. At the refinery gate in Port Harcourt, the cost of a barrel of Qua Iboe crude oil is made up of the finding /development cost ($3.5/bbl) and a production/storage /transportation cost of $1.50 per barrel.

Thus, at $5 per barrel, we can get Nigerian Qua Iboe crude to the refining gates at Port Harcourt and Warri. One barrel is 42 gallons or 168 litres. The price of 1 barrel of petrol at the Depot gate is the sum of the cost of crude oil, the refining cost and the pipeline transportation cost. Refining costs are at $12.6 per barrel and pipeline distribution cost are $1.50 per barrel. The Distribution Margins (Retailers, Transporters, Dealers, Bridging Funds, Administrative charges etc) are N15.49/litre or $16.58 per barrel. The true cost of 1 litre of petrol at the Mobil filling station in Port Harcourt or anywhere else in Nigeria is therefore ($5 +$12.6+$1.5+$16.6) or $35.7 per barrel . This is equal to N33.36 per litre compared to the official price of N65 per litre. Prof. Tam David West is right. There is no petrol subsidy in Nigeria . Rather the current official prices are too high. Let us continue with some basic energy economics.

The government claims we are currently operating our refineries at 38.2% efficiency. When we refine a barrel of crude oil, we get more than just petrol. If we refine 1 barrel (42 gallons) of crude oil, we will get 45 gallons of petroleum products. The 45 gallons of petroleum products consist of 4 gallons of LPG, 19.5 gallons of Gasoline, 10 gallons of Diesel, 4 gallons of Jet Fuel/Kerosene, 2.5 gallons of Fuel Oil and 5 gallons of Bottoms. Thus, at 38.2% of refining capacity, we have about 170000 bbls of throughput refined for about 13.26 million litres of petrol, 6.8 million litres of diesel and 2.72 million litres of kerosene/jet fuel.

This is not enough to meet internal national demand. So, we send the remaining of our non-export crude oil volume (275000 barrels per day) to be refined abroad and import the petroleum product back into the country. We will just pay for shipping and refining. The Nigerian government exchanges the 275000 barrels per day with commodity traders (90000 barrels per day to Duke Oil, 60000 barrels per day to Trafigura (Puma Energy), 60000 barrels per day to Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and 65000 barrels per days to unknown sources) in a swap deal. The landing cost of a litre of petrol is N123.32 and the distribution margins are N15.49 according to the government. The cost of a litre is therefore (N123.32+N15.49) or N138.81 . This is equivalent to $3.54 per gallon or $148.54 per barrel. In technical terms, one barrel of Nigerian crude oil has a volume yield of 6.6% of AGO, 20.7% of Gasoline, 9.5% of Kerosene/Jet fuel, 30.6% of Diesel, 32.6% of Fuel oil / Bottoms when it is refined.

Using a netback calculation method, we can easily calculate the true cost of a litre of imported petrol from swapped oil. The gross product revenue of a refined barrel of crude oil is the sum of the volume of each refined product multiplied by its price. Domestic prices are $174.48/barrel for AGO, $69.55/barrel for Gasoline (PMS or petrol), $172.22/barrel for Diesel Oil, $53.5/barrel for Kerosene and $129.68/barrel for Fuel Oil. Let us substitute the government imported PMS price of $148.54 per barrel for the domestic price of petrol/gasoline. Our gross product revenue per swapped barrel would be (174.48*0.066 +148.54*0.207+172.22*0.306+ 53.5*0.095+129.68*0.326) or $142.32 per barrel. We have to remove the international cost of a barrel of Nigerian crude oil ($107 per barrel) from this to get the net cost of imported swapped petroleum products to Nigerian consumers. The net cost of swapped petroleum products would therefore be $142.32 -$107 or $35.32 per barrel of swapped crude oil. This comes out to be a net of $36.86 per barrel of petrol or N34.45 per litre.

This is the true cost of a litre of imported swapped petrol and not the landing cost of N138 per litre claimed by the government. The pro-subsidy Nigerian government pretends the price of swapped crude oil is $0 per barrel (N0 per litre) while the resulting petroleum products is $148.54 per barrel (N138 per litre). The government therefore argues that the “subsidy” is N138.81-N65 or N73.81 per litre. But, if landing cost of the petroleum products is at international price ($148.54 per barrel), then the take-off price of the swapped crude oil should be at international price ($107 per barrel). This is basic economic logic outside the ideological prisms of the World Bank. The traders/petroleum products importers and the Nigerian government are charging Nigerians for the crude oil while they are getting it free.

So let us conclude this basic economic exercise. If the true price of 38.2% of our petrol supply from our local refinery is N33.36/litre and the remaining 61.8% has a true price of N34.45 per litre, then the average true price is (0.382*33.36+0.618*34.45) or N34.03 per litre. The official price is N65 per litre and the true price with government figures is about N34 per litre (even with our moribund refineries).

There is therefore no petrol subsidy. Rather, there is a high sales tax of 91.2% at current prices of N65 per litre. The labor leaders meeting the President should go with their economists. They should send economists and political scientists as representatives to the Senate Committee investigating the petroleum subsidy issue. There are many expert economists and political scientists in ASUU who will gladly represent the view of the majority. The labor leaders should not let anyone get away with the economic fallacy that the swapped oil is free while its refined products must be sold at international prices in the Nigerian domestic market.

The government should explain at what price the swapped crude oil was sold and where the money accruing from these sales have been kept. We have done this simple economic analysis of the Nigerian petroleum products market to show that there is no petrol subsidy what so ever. In the end, this debate on petrol subsidy and the attempt of the government to transfer wealth from the Nigerian masses to a petrol cabal will be decided in the streets. Nigerian workers, farmers, students, market women, youths, unemployed, NGO and civil society as a whole should prepare for a long harmattan season of protracted struggle. They should not just embark on 3 days strike/protests after which the government reduces the hiked petroleum prices by a few Nairas. They must embark upon in a sustainable struggle that will lead to fundamental changes. Let us remove our entire political subsidy from the government and end this petroleum products subsidy debate once and for all. It is time to bring the Arab Spring south.

Izielen Agbon Izielen Agbon writes from Dallas, Texas. izielenagbon@yahoo.com

jmaine:
So all your ramblings was about whining for Buhari stealthily . . . .  No wonder you were just blind to simple factual posts . . .  . .Now take walk abeg

deagleng:
Poster,

Learn from my own mistake. That woman can never change. She has not changed at all.

That was how my own wife left me for a year plus without any genuine cause. She came back begging after one year and some months.

I accepted her back after many people came to begged me.

Three weeks afterwards, she was back at her old habbits. Just yesterday I called and told her that I am throwing her out if she make any slightest mistake.

To tell you the fact, women never changes. Eja to ti gbe ko se ka. Beware!!!

cap28:
onlytruth - notice how the americans only talked about providing Biafrans with FOOD RELEIF (which never materialised) - NEVER ARMS OR MILITARY TRAINING - Contrast that with how they gave arms and military training to the NTC/AL QAEDA REBELS in Libya in order to overthrow Qadaffi.

phreakabit:
God save Christian Nigeria. . . . . After reading that article all I can say is God help us!

POTUT:
@emmatok,
I did not understand a line from that tonne of rubbish. Does the writer speak english at all. Why is he deliberately obfuscating his points.
If you understood anything, please explain to me.

Daffydoc:
THIS AN ARTICLE I FOUND , I couldn't find d link when I  checked back. So I just pasted d wholething but trust me d source is genuine. It's kinda long,pls just be patient and read on. Monday, November 14th, 2011 | Posted by Gordon Duff NIGERIA: TARGETED FOR DESTRUCTION. Those Who Have Ears to Hear By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor I won’t write about Nigeria as a journalist. I am known in Nigeria as a national security specialist with decades of experience there. I have close personal friends at the highest levels of government and only write these few words out of deep concern. For those reading the news about Africa, both of you, Nigeria is under terrorist attack and preparing military operations against a group called Boko Haram, an Islamic group from the North, more accurately centered in Niger, a nation to the north, a cesspool of international intrigue. From Veterans Today’s London correspondent, a specialist on African affairs: The article was well written and thoroughly researched although it didn’t go far enough in identifying dealing with the greed of certain establishment figures that may directly or indirectly be involved in some of the atrocities committed by Boko Haram. 1. The security of the presidency and the entire nation has been greatly compromised by the activities of certain individuals very close to the presidency. 2. It is common knowledge that the president of Nigeria is not protected at all and you can get at him at any time in or out of his residence. 3. The security around him is a joke to say the least, contrary to the views of certain individuals around the president. 4. The issues of government by settlement which had long plagued Nigeria are the orders of the day now where certain individuals are asking for colossal sums of money from certain security consultants to provide training and security equipment to the government. 5. One individual in particular has been known to collect huge sums of money from these outfits currently parading themselves as security consultants in Abuja 6. The level of cover and protection given the president and his family is simply laughable and nonexistent Why has the country been compromised It is widely known that certain foreign elements are providing security to the president and providing his current security details. What a joke, you might say. These same foreign elements are the same who have sold outdated equipment to the government and are going around Abuja installing CCTV and bomb detection equipment around the capitol, technology decades old. Huge sums of money have changed hands for second rate equipment The government pays for a Rolls Royce car but gets a VW Beetle instead!! Why is there so much fear and apprehension among Nigerians that the government can no longer protect its citizens? Two Nigerian Policemen Caught Bringing In Truckload of Bombs What are the costs expended so far on security equipment and the so called security consultants? Why have certain individuals collected bribe money to award these security contracts at over inflated figures? Now, this is one example of several of how corruption is endemic and goes to the heart of government. You may wonder who stands to benefit from these contracts at the expense of the security of the president, the presidency and the nation. The answers to these questions lies within the presidency itself because of the acts of these individuals in the last few weeks. There are no real interests to control the activities of Boko Haram because of the vested interests of certain foreign governments in collusion with their agents in the present administration and the country. To some in government, this is another tool to control certain individuals. Most Nigerians are cowards, anyway. Kill a few “Nigerians,” “Christians” and make it look like christ6ianity against Islam to provoke a reaction from Nigerians. If you get no reaction, kill a few more or go after prime targets to grab headlines. Again, you may ask yourself, who stands to gain when there are terror scares in the country? Nigerians are highly intelligent and resourceful people and can put an immediate end to all of these happenings when their own status is on the line and their livelihood is at stake or threatened. Boko Haram - No Shortage of Unemployed Young Men Nigeria has not gotten to that point yet but may soon reach the point of no return. Sources within the Intel community have confirmed that Boko Haram is getting Intel assistance from senior Nigerian intelligence officials. To these officials, this is a means to an end. The danger here is that a monster has been created which sooner or later may go out of control of their political masters. Certain people are benefiting financially from the current security situation in the country, from inflated security contracts. One such individual from within the presidency recently placed orders from a North American and Middle East country located near Tel Aviv. What is the cost of a Nigerian life (Mr.) and how much is it worth to you sir? This is the public version of things anyway. However, outside forces are at play, concerns “from afar” best described in a fictional context. H. G. Wells described it best in his science fiction novel, War of the Worlds. “No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter… It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days…Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.” Thus, fiction again becomes reality, not an enemy from space but one of terrestrial origin, unnamed but recognized by all who see the lands laid waste. In Nigeria, Terrorism is the Rough Version This organization, call it “globalist” if you want, began orchestrating war in Yemen a bit ago after failing to set war against Iran into motion through incidents in Bahrain and the Persian Gulf. The “Al Qaeda franchise” in Yemen represents an “understanding” between the current government, the CIA and Mossad to create a simulated terrorist environment as “deception and cover” for a series of other activities in the region. There is now, nor has there ever been an organized “pan-Islamic” terrorist presence in Yemen though one has been “simulated” through misleading reports, “false flag” terror and a theatre of “counter-terrorist” activities, drone attacks and such, for no purpose other than to provide a base of operations for a global criminal enterprise. What we are seeing now in Nigeria is part of the same strategy, one that has included attacks on a physical scale, currency manipulation and now a staged move against Africa, which will be combined with attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities of the Arab Spring, new players, new governments and new greed. Key Nigerians ripe for bribery are making this possible. They are aware they are bringing about the destruction of their own nation, they simply don’t care. The attitude there is “every man for himself.” Another way of describing those currently in power, including and especially officials in counter-terrorism and security is “rats abandoning a sinking ship.” In all fairness, the U.S. has a similar elitist clique of politicians, special interest multi- nationals, some of whom have their own intelligence resources that rival most countries. The terror group, Boko Haram, is real but in its current formation, it is a proxy of outside powers who plan to Balkanize Nigeria, simply another domino to fall as have so many others. As with any group seeking redress, Boko Haram has been hijacked and is now being directed from within, from without as is the Nigerian government that will be fighting it. What is playing out, though all are ready to “go through the motions” otherwise, is far more about drugs than anything else. The Nigerians don’t yet know this or those hands that are out would be more aggressive. Nigeria, a great playing field, largest in Africa, is the southern flank of an operation that is much more than simply stolen oil revenue and inscrutable games about gas pipelines that never come online. Drugs are perfection. If you produce narcotics, you control the land, if you transit narcotics, you control the authorities, if you sell narcotics, you control the courts, the police and, of course, the government itself. Arms and oil count, money is still worth counterfeiting, oil worth stealing but all this is so “yesterday.” The real world struggle today is narco-driven, fought from the Kyber Pass to the Mexico- Arizona border and all lands in between. Nigerians who think “tribal” or “ethnic” will die “regional” and “global,” perhaps by the millions. This is all little but theatre. The US bought a ticket to a play staged in Afghanistan and has found themselves unable to find the exit. This one will be quieter as this is Africa, it will be black people killing black people. Few will notice, fewer will care. Those with a stake notice, they care, but their agenda has no room for human life. Nigeria is a tinderbox beyond imagination. Decades old hatreds and fears are closer to the surface here than even in the Balkans. This is a very dangerous game some have chosen to begin. Were they available, and who is to say they aren’t, Nigerians would gleefully use nuclear weapons to settle domestic differences. Nigeria, is, in itself, a construct that never should have existed. The North is Muslim, the South is Christian, each side having nearly 100 million people and neither half is united in any way. Nigeria is a ripe plum for those who recognize such things and recognizing such things is how predators have come to dominate world affairs.[b] The history after colonial occupation is one of military dictatorship and corruption at levels unimaginable. Nigeria is Africa, the most populace country, the most oil and gas wealth, the greatest economic potential, the biggest potential market. Thus, Nigeria is a target. A note from a friend in the region choosing to weigh in with information generally not for public consumption: “We can take down French AQIM without any problem to be honest but Boko Haram are tribes and clans, they are offered drugs, money etc… far far from Islam but at the origin it was an Islamic party infiltrated by the English, French and financed by the “narcos” linked to the CIA, DEA etc… … who are landing their planes full of drugs in Niger, Mali, Mauritania, north of Nigeria, Chad in the desert… around 4 billions a year transit in this region… …then up through Morocco, Polisario, Spain and then Europe and through Tunisia, Libya- Algeria border through Italy, or Greece depending which recipient networks… Ben Ali , king of Morocco, Polisario Front, Algerian zionists are deeply involved in this dirty business, same for migrants, exactly the same people… Boko Haram in charge of Nigeria up to Libya and south of Tunisia, with Touaregs…” For those unaware, and those who wonder why Saif Gaddafi is where he is, those who choose to be fed the superficial view of a region maps show as only empty desert, I hope this is found to be “enriching.” For[/b] others, it is exposure I hope they find disturbing. Those in power know I laid out their fate. I told them when the bombings would start, what type, I was even right about the first target, exactly right. I figured what I would do and it happened. I figured what I would do if I were the head of a foreign intelligence agency planning to take over security operations for the government by making the new president appear vulnerable, powerless and then exploiting divisions in the country in order to start two decades of extremely profitable war. In the process, side can be played against side, crooked politicians can keep the decision making apparatus paralyzed and the country can be turned into a terrorist battleground, leading to the long awaited civil war while being bled dry. I laid the whole thing out. Two foreign governments are involved, I named them. I told my friends that Abuja would soon look like Islamabad, cameras, check points, troops, that was the first part of the destabilization plan. This is being done as we speak. Real nation building is not in the cards, only violation and destruction, debt and more debt. I saw it done, more carefully, to the United States. It isn’t the same crew, not entirely, but many of the same actors are involved. First they began by blocking the new president from assuming real power, buying off key political and military leaders. Then a phony terror campaign was begun, like the one the US saw with 9/11. Then “they” arrived with solutions. At the same time, “they,” who have been working with the terror groups for years, are building an “Al Qaeda” type organization that will be able to dart across borders and carefully orchestrate a pattern of destabilization using the same contractors that are going to be paid millions to help put in place security apparatus to protect the country. This happened in America, in a way at least. It is a plan long in motion. Nigerians are ripe for civil war, angry, divided, fed up with abuse. One minor offshoot of the decision making and policy formulation we are seeing is the utter and total destruction of Nigeria’s economic and commercial viability. It is being erased from the maps of boardrooms across the world as a potential place of business, of development, of wealth creation, from Beijing to Zurich and places beyond. Christian Nigeria is being set up, not just to fight a “terror group” in the North but to take on all of Islamic Africa, to draw them into a war that will bring more players, America, for one, into another endless cesspool. Yemen was the model. Simple tribal misunderstandings became tribal conflict and then, through careful orchestration, bushels of bribe money and false flag terrorism, which Nigeria has already been dosed with, Yemen became the stronghold of an imaginary Al Qaeda cell. [b]Soon Nigeria will enjoy the sight of armed UAVs, piloted from, just perhaps, Tel Aviv, theoretically there to punish terrorists. Pakistan will explain it to you if you care to listen. UAV attacks are how terrorists are recruited, how wars are instigated and how the disjointed and unsettled are turned into an enemy camp. The presentations have been made and the purchase orders await only the promised “backhanders” or as we call it here, “kickbacks” to be executed. Nigeria, I love the damned country, my friends there which include those who theoretically rule the country, if such a thing were possible. [/b]It is not. What I did do is lay out a plan for the first hundred days that would have prevented this. In order to accomplish this, one would have to overcome a corrupt government, meaning that one would have to assume near dictatorial powers and turn to the people, all the people, for support. One would have to deliver on promises of electrical power, police reform, refinancing debt, so many things. There were two choices, one was to build a nation and the other was to react and become the victim of a plot long stewing in two capitols far away. The desire for a civil war, something so many want in Nigeria, have waited for, has allowed them, the government, the people, to become what they fear most, slaves in their own nation. Nigeria isn’t Libya. It has a population 15 times that of Libya. Nigeria is Africa. Saving Nigeria was vital to world stability, something only a select few know. Destroying Nigeria was vital to world entropy, something only a select few know also. Even fewer know that Nigerian security is considered an area of “clear and present danger” to the United States, or to term it differently for others, an area of “vital national interest.” Our armies enjoy joint exercises yearly, Nigeria is the lynchpin of America’s African policy for the next 25 years. The destabilzation of Nigeria is part and parcel to the destabilization of America’s position in the world, one more thing making Nigeria attractive. America has spent decades making enemies and Nigeria is a way of helping bury America as is Afghanistan. Who would wish such a thing? Get a map and figure it out. As we speak, planeloads of bomb detection equipment is coming in from the same people who built the car bombs in the first place. War is being planned with the help of those who organized and armed the enemy. Enough people were there who remember it all being laid out, how it would be done. Predicting this didn’t take genius, not hardly. I had seen it all before, so many times. The plots spoken of as against Libya are very real but Egypt and Nigeria are the primary targets, taking the place of Iran, a nation that has been more resourceful than expected. Were it taught, which it is not, we would call it history

chima12:
Very soon the SS/SE will leave nigeria then the hausa/fulani/kanuri nigerian army/boko haram will occupy and consolidate their hold on SW.They need lagos port for the export of their groundnuts.

Onlytruth:
What I find laughable is this attempt to make Israel seem like an internationally ambitious rogue state.
I reject that in the strongest possible terms because history is there to guide us.

What is Israel's ONLY goal? Answer: To be allowed to exist. Simple.

I (as a child of Biafra), can FULLY understand that.

Throughout Israel's history, so far, she has battled enemies who swear that she must not exist.

How can somebody come here to tell us that Israel has some sinister agenda in Africa?

Let me remind you guys that Israel supported Biafra, when majority of nations of the world turned their backs on us.
What could they have wanted to gain then by supporting  a losing side of the war?
Wasn't Biafra's tenuous situation during the war clearly evident to all, which made some countries jump ship on Biafra, yet Israel stuck with us till the bitter end?

The only rational explanation for that is PRINCIPLE: they shared our dreams, hopes and values.

All I know is that when Biafra was forced back into Nigeria, Israel followed us back in.
Today Israel is a friend of Nigeria.
But if there should arise again a situation leading to a war, there is a STRONG chance that Israel would support Biafra again. QED.