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Violence or war has never solved any problem. As much as I mourn the underdevelopment of the Niger delta, this militia madness has to stop. The NDA are not getting weapons for free some individuals are sponsoring them much more we need to question the source of the sponsor's wealth, who knows perhaps it could be the collective wealth of the Niger delta. Secondly ever militia group head overnight became millionaires while the people they were fighting for are still living in penury, could it be they are fighting for their pockets and no matter what we do there is always going to be a militia group in the Niger delta at every point in time?

FG need to make sure that there is sustainable development in this region by investing in infrastructure that will be the only justification of counterattack. People in the Niger delta dey suffer lets think of a better route of providing them prosperity.

Sherif refuses to be used and dumped by children born yesterday, candid advice is that they play ball with him, the longer the crisis lingers the worse the damage.

I think the general perception of people is that we learn from wisdom 90℅ of the time a man with 3kids from 3 different women is bad news but if you are sure that your man falls in d Other 10% we wish u well, people express concern not because they hate, most times it's out of concern.

Mr Reno should have as well posted the infrastructure allocation for the previous administration so that we can compare n contrast, cos I believe this allocation formula has been the trend for a long time now. And by the way if the south is given the highest allocation it won't still transcend to development cos her leadership will only siphon the money a clear example is the 6year old nddc with trillions of naira budget with no infrastructure to show.

Nigeria n our govonors signing bills that don't put money in the average citizens pocket since 1960. Why not sign an agricultural bill to be the food hub of Nigeria in 5 years? Insecurity is important but prosperity is more important cos it reduces insecurity.

Our diversity has created just too many interest to satisfy everyone we would need to secced approximately to nearest family. I won't be surprised if tomorrow another group springs up with another ideology. What we need is a system that is all inclusive.

The only glue that binds members of PDP is money the moment there is shotage of money things start to fall apart. People from rivers state watch out, your money is the hottest glue holding pdp at the moment.

IstandWitBuhari:
Believe it or not that APC man is Atiku, Atiku is a shameless man,for how long is he going to run around in circus bcuz of his selfish presidential ambition?
If apc wants to deal pdp a fatal blow come 2019 they should hand their presidential ticket to an Igbo man (not Rochas) but a competent Igbo man.

Politics is a game of numbers and the north rule in the game, the south east can't boast of 6 million votes, even if they had it how do u compete with an alliance of the north and west. I think the south east should be asking for VP and leverage on that to build a national image then can they ask for the President.

These guys are funny, who relocates the hub of his business to an unstable region? The threats will only further estrange these companies. The best way to go about this is for the govonors to make the place conducive to do business this will include crushing militia groups. Most of these companies won't mind moving out of Lagos to an economical and security stable place until states can provide this I'm afraid no hope for investment.

The mistake PDP is making is that it has empowered it's govonors a little too much, bamanga tukur tried to clip their wings but GEJ didn't see reason with him, GEJ would have stood a better chance with tukur as chairman. The truth is that these new school politicians don't know how to run the show and they were unwilling to learn from the old folks, no certain group can command absolute power, power has to be shared.

PDP crisis we continue till 2018 cos the damage is deep and the party is run by southerners with the north watching the display. Making Agbaje the chairman will only add to the woes of the party, Nigerian politics is very dirty and Jimi is wearing a white coat that he intends to keep clean, FFK would have been a better option but he can't be controlled by the govonors so he is out of the picture. PDP is on life support and only strategic moves can revive her.

These are the same soldiers we are to support in their war against terrorism. Who supports an oppressor? The problem is not the soldiers it's the authority that doesn't hold them accountable. A soldiers once made bold to say there was nothing that could be done to him that the law was powerless over them. It's sad that the injured man might lose his job because of his present handicap.

The Nigerian state, during the five-year Presidency of Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan, earned a total of N51 trillion from petroleum resources. The money is part of the N96.212trillion the country earned in 58years of crude oil sales. Of this princely sum, which accounts for about 80 per cent of the country’s revenue, only N12.258 trillion (just about 14% of total) has been paid to the oil producing areas as derivation.

The figure is N35.848 trillion less than the N48.106 trillion the oil-bearing regions should have received as derivation if 50 per cent derivation had not been jettisoned few years after crude oil became the chief revenue earner for Nigeria.

The figures are the outcome of research by Sunday Vanguard, relying on documents from the Petroleum Inspectorate, NNPC, CBN Annual Report and Statement of Account, Nigeria Bureau of Statistics and the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI.

In the face of biting contemporary economic realities Nigerians are contending with, there is a consensus that the different tiers of government – federal, state and local government councils – have indeed squandered the nation’s earnings. Even the modest attempts at saving for the rainy day with the creation of, first, the Excess Crude Account, ECA -which suffered mismanagement occasioned by under-hand spending by the Federal Government that was supposed to hold the funds in trust – and, thereafter, the controversial and ineffectual Sovereign Wealth Fund, SWF – which became a subject of litigation and high-wire politicking between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF – suffered from the typically Nigerian insincere approach to economic management.

A breakdown of the earnings shows that between 1958 and 2007 (CBN Annual Report and Statement of Account, 2008), Nigeria earned N29.8 trillion from petroleum resources. And between 2008 and June 2016, the country generated N66.412 trillion.

Between 1958 and 1966, Nigeria earned N140 million from crude oil; 1967 to 1975, the General Yakubu Gowon got about N11.03 billion; while the late General Murtala Mohammed/ Olusegun Obasanjo military regime scooped about N25 billion from 1975-1979.

In like manner, the civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari earned N36 billion oil money; Buhari, in his first coming as military head of state (1984-85), earned about N25 billion; General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, 1985 to 1993, N420 billion; the Ernest Shonekan/Abacha regime (1993-1998), N1.6 trillion; and General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime (1998-1999), N350 billion.

With the return to civil rule, Nigeria, under President Obasanjo realised about N27 trillion from crude oil between May 1999 and May 2007. His successor, Umaru Yar’ Adua, reaped about N9 trillion in his almost three-year rule before he passed on.

The luckiest of the leaders is former President Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration in five years, between 2010 and 2015, earned about N51 trillion from petroleum resources. Since he came to power on May 29, 2015, the President Buhari administration has been able to earn just about N6 trillion from crude.

However, the huge earnings, since 1958, arguably, have translated to little or no improvement on the welfare of the citizenry, especially the people of the oil-producing areas, whose environment – land, water and air, has been adversely contaminated and, in many cases, devastated and polluted.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/jonathan-nigeria-earned-n51trillion-crude-oil/

If we don't patronise our Nigerian companies, how do we expect them to grow? The overseas hosting companies started with hiccups too but as they grew their services got a lot better. I advise the Nigerian hosting companies compensate their customers for bad services and fast track improvement.

greatgod2012:
This hypocrite who calls himself a pastor should just shut up.


Isn't he ashamed of himself


Abegi!

I think it's uncharitable to call pastor an hypocrite, he has been fighting all his adult life for a better Nigeria like the late Gani.they were locked up n harassed by the military just to make sure that we could speak our minds , thats no hypocrite my good lad, it takes courage to stand up to tyrants.

Correlating and interpolating his statement with current events you will understand that he is talking about the statement of the speaker of the house who iterated that budget padding is not corruption.

drss2:
nigeria's duara first lady go america, yet no picture of her with mitchele obama not even one selfie infront of white house gate individuals wey travel to washington dc, d first tin dem dey do na to snap pics for front of white house. yet a whole wife of president no even near d place which kind visit be dat abi she dey fear FBI or US govt no sen am

You think the Americans are jobless like us to accept every first lady that lands on their soil? Or better still you think you can just stroll into the white house and declare I've arrived? the pictures of Mrs Obama n Mrs saraki wasn't it in an educative event ? It's time we change our perspective on work ethics irrespective of who is involved, by the way Mrs Obama is busy working on convincing electorates to vote Mrs Clinton. APC might be a terrible party but PDP I'd sure a disaster.

We need to be careful of how we administer reward. What the teenage girl did was wrong not just morally but she also exposed herself to unwanted pregnancy and STI's which could have been detrimental to her living a normal life and achieving her dreams. Beating and striping her in public is also against her fundamental human rights and barbaric. I sure wish the scholarship news was kept secret just to prevent young girls from towing the same part cos as it is the scholarship looks more like a reward than an enlightener to helping her make better decisions.

yolandy:
I have been around here for a while. I just created this new id to relate my problems here.

My husband of over 6 years has now become an outspoken atheist. He has been one all along but he has been keeping it on the low. He opened up to me and told me 3 years after we got married. I was shocked but there was nothing I could do. He wasn't really a religious person before we got married and I wasn't as well(I was much more religious than him even at that time). I began to take my religion very seriously after we got married. Now I have an amazing relatioship with God. I take it very seriously, and I put God first in my life. My husband does not. He doesn't rub his atheism on my face, we don't talk about religion, even when we do, it is always me that brings it up but, he sometimes listens and sometimes dismiss what I am saying with a wave of hand or with a laugh. He is a very good man and an excellent husband, he takes very good care of me and my 2 kids, he loves us to death, and does his duty as a father and a husband excellently. I can't wish for a better man.

He is not the type to engage in and argument over religion because he is very smart and always wins. I have seen 3 people engage him and they ended up losing the argument to him. He is widely read and cleaver so I can't even go into an argument with him. His mind is already made up. The problem I have right now is that he is becoming outspoken about his unbelief, back in the days he just keeps it to himself, these days I see him openly mocking and deriding pastors, believers, and anything that has to do with religion and I am not comfortable with that. Last week his elder brother had a heart attack(we live in the same estate), while his brother's wife and family were praying for him, my husband who is a doctor came and told them to shut up and allow him do what he can, he said instead of wasting their time praying to an imaginary God they should go and get the car ready to take him to the hospital because taking him to the hospital is what will save his life not some empty prayers to an imaginary God. Every body was shocked. His actions like these get me very worried. He is now very open about his unbelief and uses it to mock people that come to talk to him about God or religion. Most people I know now dislike him greatly for his unbelief. Rumors are circulating that he is in a secret cult. My pastor and friends in church don't like him. His family dislike him as well but they can't confront him. People now see me as "the wife of that devil" and I am not comfortable with it at all.

Some days ago I over heard him suggesting to my 6 years old son that the stories in the Bible are mere stories. It started when my son asked him why he doesn't pray together with us. I confronted him and he said he just wanted the boy to know how he feels about the Bible. He then said he will wait for our kids to grow up some more before letting them know his position. But I fear with his present outspoken attitude, he will try to poison their young minds and tell them that all the stories inside the Bible are all lies the way he tells any body that comes his way to either preach to him or engage him in any discussion about religion. We aren't having any problems now but I fear that his increasing outspokenness about his atheism will bring problems in our marriage sooner or later. I just hope he will keep quite and keep everything to himself they way he used to before but he won't. I have talked to him but he won't listen. He doesn't go about telling people that they should become atheist like him, but the way he goes about mocking religion and believers when ever the topic comes up is driving me mad. I really fear for our kids. What if something happens to me? I know my kids will become atheist like him, because he will poison their minds. What do I do now? I am really confused. I need advice from matured minds here. Please this should not be taken to the front page. I just want to read the contributions of the matured minds in here. Thank you

When we as Christians start disliking unbelievers simply because they don't agree with us then we have ultimately lost them already, it is sad that even pastors are disliking people too, but let's not forget that Jesus never disliked the Pharisees thought he told them the truth. I believe that if we Christians surround atheist with love and prayers instead of hate and arguments we will win them over cos we can't win who we don't like.

My advice to you madam is to surround your husband with love and prayers, pray the Ephesians 1 and 3 prayers of Paul for him every day that God give him the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him that the eyes of his understanding will be enlightened etc. Love and respect him because you can't win over someone you despise this is what I feel Jesus will do. Pray for your children also.

We praise people who give us peanuts when we ought to be dinning a 5 course cuisine. Then we drift to the popular divide he belongs to x party or y party, same parties that are structured to keep us in poverty. when will we begin to occupy our country till we get our rights?

Creating a position specially for the youth signifies that the youths are only tolerated in the political sphere, 19 positions for the elders and ancestors and 2 for the youth. We can't achieve a youth center political class if we keep allowing the elders choose what we are worth the so called elders are voted in by the youths, the question that begs answer is are the youths ready and prepared to take over?

Option 1 continue with your studies and work harder I don't believe there is a thing like wrong course, put your mind to this thing and you can still get a 2.2 while doing that get the skills you require to do what you want to do so that when you are graduating you already have an edge in the market.

Option 2 start over in a course of your choice i won't recommend this because I feel you will still find an excuse for not finishing tops you can use this option if my perception of your attitude is wrong, I know of people who left final year to a new course and made first class. It all about the attitude.

Option 3 chart a roadmap of your professional life, and commit yourself to following it. Most top people in their careers didn't graduate with a degree in that field. the edge grades gives is the opportunity to be heard first skills gives you the opportunity to negotiate at the table.

Your decision should be based on your perception of your future, what do you want to do with your life? Plan around your answers and focus is key to attainability. Look with an entrepreneurial lens also.

I grew up around oil n gas workers, the wise onces didn't live above their means and made good investments. The foolish once went on vacation every summer, bought a new car every three years and retired without a house or business to call their own, refer to them as having worked for a multinational but not for themselves. The good thing is that the wise out numbered the foolish.

what kind of fake militants are these one? The militants we know don't show off weapons or give warnings or divulge their target they just strike. if you have so much ammo as you claim why not go and free your comrades from prison? something is not adding up here

I think this development is a bad economic policy my reasons are, the average teacher in Nigeria is poor, why do we want to add 500000 to the ranks? Secondly we have been talking about reducing our recurrent expenditure, how do we achieve that with an additional 500k in the governments work force?

A better policy would have been bring in the likes of Samsung, Ericsson, marsek etc and train same 500k people for same duration and then provide loans for them to start a business or better still in the training time negotiate foreign investment with the card that we have qualified manpower.

GEJ's uwin policy was a good idea that was not widely executed.

Areas we need to train people are the agriculture and solid minerals sectors as they have the capacity for growth and improvement.

when we have institutions being run on the pillar of corruption the present predicament is its result. PMB has reduced the rate at which politicians steal money, the banks have been dependent for long on these illegal monies, once they don't come difficulty begins, all men are guarding their bounty jealousy, sexy marketer not working again . this is a classic case of systematic corruption fighting back, our banks need to go back to professionalism. PMB needs to step up his game by initiating a sound economic revival policy, I pray God gives him wisdom.

The driver must have been on high speed.

This is what we get when we allow tugs and terrorist plunder our treasury.the question is not why they are bombing but who is sponsoring them.

For those supporting NDA, it's important to note that every Geo political zone is an extension of our collective nationhood, if you are getting peanut from your state same will translate in a secession state. The problem of the Niger delta is not the north, it's her leadership. The same spillage we accused the gov n IOC's of is same parts our liberator are towing.

The problem in the Niger delta is leadership, as much as I want resource control, the question begging to be answered is who controls the resources. The militant, the people, opportunist, or criminals? The people are first of all off the table and no development can occur without a translation of the people from poverty to prosperity.

princey83:
I would try my best to answer some of your questions being that I am a married person as well, and we have our own worries and concerns.

I find it hard to understand what you mean by juicy job posting. The kind of jobs you would find vary from province to province. e.g Toronto in Ontario is the financial hub of Canada while Calgary, Alberta is the engineering room of Canada for (O&G) atleast before the crash in price of crude.

Canada is not a country known for many jobs. it's a country with a large number of educated citizens, and the population is just around 35million. It's a small country with large mass land, most of which are inhabitable. Hence jobs are competitive and man know man is quite common. Alot of people volunteer unpaid to get Canadian work experience and to build professional network, something employers here value a lot. i.e Canadian work experience.


It's not easy to school and support family in any developed country in the world irrespective of whether you are pr, citizen or Nigerian.. It's only easy back home in Nigeria because there are families, neighbors, and school that accepts kids even from less than 6 months of age. In Canada like most developed countries, your child has to be a certain age before any daycare would accept him/her(differs by province), daycares are expensive $850-1000 per month per child), your kid has to be age 4-5 to start half day at school(usually like 3-4hours of school in a day). If you can afford to bring one of your grandma from Nigeria, then you would find it easy or you are rich enough to afford daycare fees or one of the parent stays at home to babysit.

Jobs in high demand would always be healthcare careers. All other jobs fluctuates when the economy sneezes. Note that health professions can still also still affected by the economy. e.g Saskatchewan is reducing the budget for health care and education, hence there might be an hiring freeze. There is an abundance of nurses in Alberta, hence supply of nurses is becoming higher than demand. So really, no condition is permanent.


if you can both afford studying for MSc at once, then go for it.

thanks for a detailed reply i'm educated.

hello guys

My wife and I are thinking of relocating to Canada thru applying for an msc. I would like to know what states have the most juicy job postings?

I tend to see more of volunteer jobs as recent jobs on most peeps, is it that there are not so many jobs again?

Is it easy schooling and supporting a family in Canada?

What profession are in high demand?

Is it advisable we both get an msc at the same time?

My wife and I are thinking of relocating to Canada thru applying for an msc. I would like to know what states have the most juicy job postings?

I tend to see more of volunteer jobs as recent jobs on most peeps, is it that there are not so many jobs again?

Is it easy schooling and supporting a family in Canada?

What profession are in high demand?

Economies are like investments they take time to mature, the more you invest the more the growth the less you invest the closer to death. Yar adua n GEJ enjoyed the economic investments of OBJ but failed to build on it and now the OBJ investments have been spent and are tired n dey need rest and more investments to survive.T he only reason GEJ looked good was oil price, $100 if the oil market had crashed 18 months b4 he left office he would have been crucified like PMB. PMB knew the state of the economy and should have jumpstart it pending when investment reinforcement will arrive. To be frank there were a lot of things expected like the continuation of the adeshinas agriculture revolution. Secondly I'm disposed to the wisdom of the old folks but I would prefer the energy and idea of the youths, Adeshina proved that in GEJ admin, fresh ideas.
Well let's buckle up it going to get tougher, if you don't know God as ur provider I suggest you do as this whole episode continue till next year the good news is things will start eaiseing out this time next year.

Mr Reno I comment my reserve.

Scholes007:
They should include similar IVM product into this too. ITC did it,ebotrans did, abia line is doing it, Nigeria army did it and I believe lagos transport will do.

We can't afford to patronise IVM simply because it's naija assembled ivm needs to do aggressive marketing. drive from ojota to VI how many adverts or sales point of ivm do you see? How many of kia or Nissan, or Toyota do you see? People buy what they see that's why companies run adverts on TV n bill boards. As we speak I don't know a location to purchase an ivm vehicle but I know of kia Peugeot Nissan n ford Benz. If ivm doesn't give the public a taste of what they have to offer no one will take them serious.