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FACE: Quite commendable and I hope they place very high duties on non energy bulbs. I already use energy saving bulbs in my house, yet I receive free energy bulbs from british gas from time time despite the fact that less consumption from me means less revenue for them but they still feel the need to conserve energy. Since we are unable to produce enough electricity for all, it makes sense to maximise the use of the amount we are able to produce.

If you live in the UK, have you ever wondered why all tv stations go on commercial break at about the same time ? Well energy conservation and utilisation is part of the reason. I watched a program about energy distribution and was amazed. There is what they call the tea time surge and the technology that they employ to ensure adequate supply in something else.

UK is a civilized society with accountable leaders while Nigeria is a Banana Republic even worse than wartime in the CONGO!

Princek12: I bet you that the money that would be spent to finance this project would probably be more than double amount that is needed to fix the electricity crisis in Nigeria.

This leaders have now taken Nigerians as fools.

You hit the HEAD on the nail, sorry you HIT the NAIL on the HEAD.
GEJ to all Ministers: Prepare for 2015, bring up ideas to ensure we have money for reelection because i don't think the masses will take it easy with me if i bring subsidy up again!
This is Barth Nnaji's contribution to the reelection till for 2015 election prosecution. Wait for others.....E ti ri nkan kan

mybad: Thanks a bunch Novice1.
Please where can i get a good mechanic to do a scan for me?

There are scanner being sold on NL, scanning at workshops can be very expensive in the long run but a small investment of +/- N20,000: 00 on something considered valuable should be taken seriously by every car owner especially from 1996 up in order to avoid the headache that might come with trial and error system of diagnostic and resolution practiced in Lagos nay Nigeria! One question is are you serious about this 100liters for a hundred kilometer, because my own vehicle; a SUV-V6 consumes 68liters for about 563.15km (350miles)? If true, the vehicle may be long gone from return to the normal consumption.I seriously feel your pain.

crusifis: pay back is a bitc.h . wat a man does lives with him, only God know hw many innocent civilian that policeman for don extort

This LIFE ala Wale Adenuga!

This link is another confirmation of this irresponsible government https://www.nairaland.com/894394/ex-militants-get-more-money-than

Was this story ever verified independently? Has Helen made a public statement on this..............Until then, I reserve my comments.

send pix to hullhubs304@yaho.co.uk

rose198201: HELLO,I HAVE A TOKUNBO MITSUBISHI CHARISMA.IT HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:

Colour white
Auto transmission.
Factory fitted Ac{Very Cold}
Cd Player.
4 plug engine.
Power steering.
2 Airbags.
Fabric seats.

Asking Price 550K A bit Negotiable.Call 08092279847 or email roseline_david24@yahoo.com

Paulego: it is not up to that amount, its about N45,000 to N50,000 and not the N150,000 to N300,000

That is still more than minimum wage and more than what a government parastatal entry level graduate will get! if 60k, 150k or 300k; people deserve a better deal. IMO, i think these potricksians will rather create many issue out of a non-issue.

stolen stone: @OP, get ur facts straight! Militants dont get close to that joor! Its 60k a month

That is still more than minimum wage and more than what a government parastatal entry level graduate will get! if 60k, 150k or 300k; people deserve a better deal. IMO, i think these potricksians will rather create many issue out of a non-issue.

justauto: Formular Shell 111 is ok

So no chance of getting the OEM fluid or even Dia queen? What is the assurance that the Shell 111 is fit for my SUV?

Toaskarity: No doubt abokis wan join the 150k-300k class via boko,tomorrow
you will think they ain't smart! Don't worry when fed govt start dialogue
even alh jarem of Nl go submit his papa gun as a boko militant to get his
pay too

Nigeria is a JOKE !!!!

[quote author=28octo ][b][/b]Militants are paid as much as 150k to 300k monthly by Nigeria government. Flown to different parts of the world. Highly respected and feared by our political leaders. Simply beacus they pick up arms against the state. What about the very law abiding citizens? Left aloneeee!!!!! ;DMilitants are paid as much as 150k to 300k monthly by Nigeria government. Flown to different parts of the world. Highly respected and feared by our political leaders. Simply beacus they pick up arms against the state. What about the very law abiding citizens? Left aloneeee!!!!![/quote]Right on the money and sometime down the line, the GUN-wielding agberos in South-West and the South East kidnappers will demand for their share!

Almaiga: A nigerian police inspector with 2m cash? Am sure that, the way and manner he got that kind of money, was the same manner the money was taken away from him.

I would say "what is good for the Geese is good for the Gander", this inspector needs to explain how he came about so much LIQUID CASH? Was he on duty or NOT on the date in question?

Beaf: How did the policeman aqcuire 2m?

That is the worry and question? They should treat him exactly like the guy arrested with N4million at an accident scene on Badagry Expressway. His explanations of helping to buy stuff (car) and holding some for the wife are unacceptable; to me that is another offence, in short he needs to go in for economic sabotage, using official title to break the law etc, etc.

What would have turned into a deadly confrontation between operatives of the Nigeria Custom Service at Idi-Iroko border in Ogun State and men of the Nigeria Police Force was averted by shear providence.

The experience of a police officer, Inspector Frances Ononiwu, attached to the Border Patrol Unit of the force in the hands of Custom officers manning check points at Ilase axis of Idiroko Road, Ogun State, may have been the triggering force, after the Police officer was accosted at Ilase by Custom officers and it almost degenerated into a deadly war.

At the end of the confrontation, the Police officer was severely injured and he alleged that a large sum of money, both in local and foreign currencies were stolen from him by the Custom Officers.

Narrating the circumstances that led to the ugly incident, the Police Officer stated, “I was on my way to Atan area of Ogun state when I ran into a Custom checking point at Ilase axis of Idiroko Road. They signaled at me to stop and I did obediently. They checked my vehicle after which I was allowed to continue my journey.

“But after driving a few distance, I saw one of the Customs patrol vehicles driving dangerously towards me and when it double crossed me, I parked my vehicle into a nearby bush. As soon as I stopped, six men putting on Nigeria Customs uniform jumped out of the vehicle and pounced on me. The oldest man among them slapped me first, while others started hitting me with their riffle. And one of them hit his rifle on my head and it broke my skull.

...The victim, Inspt. Francse Ononiwu

“Later, one of them went into their vehicle and brought a rope which he used in tying my neck while the rest entered into my car and ransacked it. They took the 1.9m Cefars I kept inside my pigeon hole. The money belongs to my wife who deals on oil and gas at Owode. They also took N720,000; I kept under my car seat. That money was given to me by a woman called Adora to buy a car for her in Cotonou.

“But while these customs officers were beating me in this manner, I was shouting that I am a police officer attached to border patrol but they said I should keep my mouth shut, that I was a smuggler and I was trying to smuggle my car - a car which I bought from Seme last year and paid all customs duties as required into the country. When they were through, they towed my vehicle to their point and left me in a pool of my blood at the scene.

“After a while, they drove back to the scene and picked me. I don’t know how they came about it but one of them said that they should take me to the hospital but a policeman who was also serving at the border patrol came to the point and insisted that I should be taken to Idi-Iroko General Hospital where I was given some treatment before I was transferred to Badagary General Hospital. I was later referred to see a Neuro Surgeon over the injuries inflicted on my skull.

“The custom officials also impounded my car and parked it at their Sentry office for close to one month claiming that it was smuggled and no duty was paid. But I paid my customs duty in my name and I have all the receipt to show for it. It took the intervention of my Commander at the Border Patrol to get my car released.

“I have reported the case at the State Criminal Investigations Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and the police officers investigating the matter have sent several invitations to the custom to produce the officers involved in the matter to appear before them but the customs are yet to reply or show up. All I need from them is to refund all the money they took from me and provide money for me to travel abroad to see a Neuro Surgeon.”

However, in their reaction, a spokesman for the Ogun State Custom Command, Chike Nigege, described Inspector Ononiwu’s action as ‘disappointing and unprofessional’, stressing that he conducted himself in a manner that was unethical of a police officer.

According to him, “he was lucky he wasn’t shot by the Custom officers who chased him. I am sure they may have cautioned themselves, that was why he wasn’t shot. If you are familiar with Idi-Iroko road and the spate of smuggling activities that goes on there, you will understand what I mean. I have spoken with the officers involved and they have narrated the incident to me.

“I am aware you know these officers are not crazy for them to have seen a vehicle and without talking to the driver, pounced on him and start beating him. It will interest you to know that this police officer was driving a fairly new Camry car and I am sure that the registration wasn’t complete yet and he approached the custom checking point at Alase which happens to be a hot bed for smugglers.

“There are several routes smugglers take but Alase is the major point where all the smugglers take and the custom resolved to intensify its checks at that point. But when this car approached the point, the driver drove dangerously and he almost ran over an officer who was flagging him down on the road.

“The officers thought he was a smuggler and they went after him with their patrol vehicle. The road was very free and it was just the two of them on the road, this car refused to stop until the officers managed to double- cross and stopped him. There were three occupants in the car and they asked the driver to provide the vehicle particulars and he said he had none.

“They suspected he was either a police or a military officer and they asked him to identify himself. He told them bluntly that he had no identity card. Then one of the officers went to him and asked him to come out of his car since he has refused to provide his vehicle papers or show an identity card. All efforts to make him alight from the car failed until he succeeded in tearing the shirt of one of the officers when they wanted to force him out.

“It was during the process that the nuzzle of one of the guns an officer was carrying struck him on his head and he started bleeding. The instant he saw blood, he jumped up and said now he would teach the officers some lesson. He opened his pigeon hole and brought out vehicle papers and his identity card and handed them over to the officers and they towed the vehicle to their point.

“Then they drove back to pick him so that they can take him to the hospital. Though he followed them but when he got to the checking point, he called his colleagues on the phone and they came to the point. They refused he should be taken to Custom hospital for treatment and insisted that they would take him to their hospital. The officers took him back to his car where he checked and discovered every thing was intact, but at the evening of that day, he called a custom officer requesting they should open his car in the presence of two policemen he sent to retrieve his wallet and keys he left in the car.

“This man was conscious when his car was impounded for verification and he didn’t tell anyone that he had money in his car and even when he sent two police officers to retrieve his wallet and keys, he didn’t mention that there was money in it hence, he would have asked them to get it for him. The customs would not condone any act of indiscipline from anyone. It is disheartening that a police officer would conduct him self in such a shameful and unethical manner,”he stated.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/how-custom-officers-stole-my-n2m-police-inspector/ I say "what is good for the Geese is good for the Gander", this inspector needs to explain how he came about so LIQUID CASH. Was he on duty or NOT on the date in question.

Yesterday (Sunday-13th May, Man-City became the club with the biggest fan base in Nigeria; what with all the Arsenal and Chelsea supporters all teeming against MAN U. Next season will surely be a crazy one!

Whats your reccomendation on a montero sport tranny fluid. Manual reccomends DIAMOND ATF SP III

Just don't be late to service.

calebesq: i have a 2002 nissan pathfinder if u are interested. wnt to swap cos its causing so much rancour in my place of work. interested call 08038724002

what rancor or you mean envy?

Beaf: The road quality is excellent.

Is this Beaf or the clone?

alaper: A friend of mine saw helll from PHCN workers recently. His prepaid meter developed a fault and he could not load credit. He reported to PHCN and he was told to bring N30,000 to get it repaired privately. Obviously no reciept. He refused and insisted he is not supposed to pay anything since he is being charged for meter maintainance. He insisted everything must be official. The officials did not argue, they just removed the meter and "sent it to the maintainance department". Meanwhile he was put on "estimated billing" of N35,000 a month! despite his average use is less than N15,000. The arguement of the officials was that people tend to use more electricity when they are on a fixed tarrif. What about the meter? They have ordered for "spare parts" from the headquarters After 3 months of waiting for the "spare parts" which never came, he had climb down from his high horse, pay N25,000 under the table, and the meter was fixed in less than 24 hours!!!!!!

Ih?s your friend having a SME that makes him consume so much in a month?

musKeeto: So how much would this new 'gate' cost?

This should be in billions na.......

Just now remembered my experience with stolen idea/design, the current EFCC logo is my point of reference. There was an advert in the papers in the year (2002 0r 2003-can't remember precisely) to design a suitable logo for the establishment and I committed all effort (being unemployed then, fresh out of NYSC) into coming up with the Corel-Draw design having all the elements you see on the current EFCC logo. We were told to submit both hard and soft copies (in a diskette), which I did; needless to say I never got called or notified after my submission. I am 80% certain that the elements on the current logo were from my idea/design. I moved on and later got a job but the sad experience derailed my going full time into graphics and animation; however one advice for you is that do not quit your love (programming) because of the sad experience you are going through.

P.S:
One of these days, I'll sift through my old papers and diskettes to see if I can get the design and pate on NL.

[quote author=st. Engima]Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs has slashed the price for new number plates from N15, 000 to N8, 400.
Daily Sun exclusively reported on Tuesday that the Senate would reduce the new price regime for motorists.

New drivers’ licence has also been reduced from N6, 000 being charged by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to N4, 000. Early in the year, the National Assembly ordered the FRSC to stop issuance of the new drivers’ licence and plate numbers. In the committee’s report presented to the Senate yesterday, the Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta-led committee recommended that N8, 400 should be paid for standard motor vehicles plate number to the end user.


This is a bit considerable IMHO...but what actually is the purpose of the new plate number?

source: http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/may/11/national-11-05-2012-010.html[/quote]My question is, 'Are we still going to replace the current plate numbers on our vehicles as i cannot see this in the write up? Also,what about the supposed security feature issue or was it all a ruse?

Tried changing to Etisalat but got my fingers burnt. They deducted the BIS plan credit and later said that my BB storm (Verizon) is not compatible with their software. To refund back my credit has been one long wait (since 27th April) and i am now back with MTN. Will go over to GLO on my next subscription.

toideve: Do they own the internet

[quote author=~Bluetooth]no,philip emeagwali does. [/quote]Gbam!!

donigspain: same prob here... Have been outta service for a while (seems like DONKEY YEARS).

Abi you no pay your subscription, mine lasted for about 30hours and is back now.

Expect toll gates on the road.

Why did they say MAY?[/b]The statement should be not be ambiguous but should be clear and concise; we are sick and tired of the [b]double standards.

Mine's been on and off for two days, the 3G service signal fails a-lot and is mostly only available on the Island. Also, whatever i do (browsing) on the Mainland is deducted from my credit; and i have called the customer care about this but it continues.

gulfer: Where's Beaf and the others on GEJ's payroll? Surely, they need to say something!!!!

Now they have started saying something Nothing!