₦airaland Forum

abes: Is it possible for someone to remove assembly members that were elected by the people?

I don't believe this story jor.

Dracula27%:
Everyday them dey kill top commander......the top commanders no dey finish?

kopite: this sheik gumi is suicide bomber. he has succeeded in brainwashing lots of young muslims, radicalising and turning them against the government. lets see how his script turns out.

teniyi: Oh my God, you read and still understand excertly opposite of what the man preached. Get a brain please.

9jauk: Sounds too good to be true, I'm suspecting maybe Shara reporters web has been hack into, this Sheik can't be trusted, have read volume s of articles and videos of his sermons ain't confused enough if is up to any good, I hope Nigeria will split I my generation enough is enough, na by force, kilode******

saintneo: Why reject state creation, LG & State Assembly autonomy?

berem: Expect More Power Cuts, Minister Tells Nigerians

The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, on Wednesday said there would be more power cuts in the days ahead due to ongoing maintenance works on installations across the country.


Nebo, while explaining why there was a sharp drop in power supply at a briefing in Abuja, said the country lost 1,112 megawatts of generated electricity in two days due to the shutdown of the Chevron gas plant.

He said, "A few days ago, precisely last week Friday, Chevron shut down its gas plant for maintenance purposes, which was to take place between Friday and Saturday. And the technical crew in the power sector knew about the shutdown and this was in order to make sure that damages are not done before losing the gas entirely.

"From time to time, there is going to be shutdown and it happened two times recently between Benin and Osogbo. If you don't shut down these plants in order to have a safe restarting process, you are going to lose the equipment. Once routine maintenance is done, the process of restarting the machines that were shut down takes some time."

He said two power stations were affected by the recent shutdown, stressing that the oil company and the ministry's technicians had to maintain the plants.

The minister added, "That is why between two and three days, we lost some 1,112MW. That means Omotoso and Olorunsogo plants were forced to shut down because there was no gas supply. By design, Chevron has to maintain the gas pipelines and it was so.

"You will notice that from Monday, we started seeing some increase that has stabilised. Right now, we have over 3,300MW."

Nebo gave an assurance that occasional system failures would be addressed.

He said, "With regards to occasional system failures, we are in the process of reviving the huge section of the transmission machinery, especially the lines that are aged, failing, dilapidated and in need of replacement. We are working on that.

"And for that reason, whenever a significant part of the transmission network encounters serious technical problems, you will experience system shutdown. And whenever you have a serious problem, you must shut down in order to make sure that the system is not overloaded at one end and create problems throughout the entire country."

The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Wednesday that the nation had witnessed a significant drop in power generation from a peak of 4,517MW attained on December 21, 2012 to 3,443MW on Tuesday.

The 1,074MW drop is, however, a slight improvement on the 2,987.6MW peak generation recorded on April 6, 2013, when a whopping 1,529.4MW was lost.

The minister also said that the meeting with labour unions in the power sector over workers' final entitlements had been cordial and that very soon, private investors would take over the power companies they bid for.

He also said the issue with Manitoba Hydro International over the management contract for the Transmission Company of Nigeria had been resolved, stressing that the transmission infrastructure had received a boost.

"Manitoba has received the schedule of delegated authority and most issues in the sector have been resolved," Nebo added.

http://m.naij.com/news/30642.html

maryjames9: Now the paid pro-Gej(Abati and company including the remaining people among 40-man laptop crew) and paid Anti-Gej(Lai Muhamhed and company) have dominated this thread. Let me excuse myself. But please try to do visible projects that will make life easier for people Mr president. We aint seeing anything significant besides the usual empty government propadanda;corruption,insecurity,perpetual power outage and the list go on.

Abujafood: Does the Leadership Newspaper have any real defense other than press freedom? Question remains provide proof that the document you published isn't falsified, they're yet to comply!

gregg2: This whole thing was fabricated by Tinubu and his gang to forestall posible probe of his loot. The strategy was to raise an alarm using an Abuja-based newspaper (not Lagos) so Nigerians don't suspect they were behind it. There was no presidential directive anywhere. No bromide exist anywhere. The so-called bromide publish by leadership newspaper was a mere graphic work that was poorly done by an amateur.

Okija_juju: Amodu no get self-respect at all o. The same NFF wey rubbish you two times in the past..

This guy has been used and dumped more times than a street w`hore..

He qualified the team for 2002 World Cup - Was dumped before the world Cup despite winning a Bronze at the 2002 AFCON.

2010 again, he qualified Nigeria for the World Cup. - Was again Dumped before the world Cup despite winning a bronze at the 2010 Nations Cup. Infact, he was rather demoted from Senior coach to Team-B coach.

Even if na swear them swear for am..

1forall: ... Nigeria is finished but being kept alive by greed, avarice and self aggrandisement.

Ikanium: Years past various Nigerian pastors have been connected with one scandal or the other ranging from money fraud, diversion of church money, acquiring of properties worth billions of naira and rituals among others.

But never have I heard or seen any of such with the Pastor/overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church.

With this one could jump into the conclusion that Pastor W.F Kumuyi is the truest and the most trust worthy among his mates?

spywareczar: What rubish??

THE ELEVENTH PLAGUE

Global Jihad And Nigeria.

"Allah ka taimaki musulunci da musulmai a duk inda suke a duniya, ka rusa kafirci da kafirai a duk inda suke a duniya"

-A Nigerian Muslim Prayers

Intro
From the above, Nigeria is in trouble. These are the people who are supposed to remain the leaders of Nigeria. We vote blindly for people who want us destroyed? And when we are not destroyed by Allah, they do so emselves? Wake up people,
this the major quote they are reciting everyday in islamic/almajiri schools here the north and do you guys know what it means??

hopelink1: It's madness. If FG can be training boko harams just like dat, then i agree that FG is a part of boko haram

Ayorh4you: This is absolute madness! I can see BokoHaram is winning the battle to islamize Naija. The federal government wants to join in bringing/training up future bokoharamist abi I had better packed ma belongings and relocate to Benin Republic.

Watzhup: If i may ask, what is the real meaning of Almajiri

omaigala: What baffles me most is the CIA's report of the erosion menace in Nigeria, the probable conclusion is that, the CIA have being spying on us for God knows when.

Ifetex: A BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE IT

Litmus: What message does this send to the north?

musKeeto: Click here for link


Amazing story.. hope the procedure is successful...

the man's nose has been designed to look exactly like the original – slightly crooked.
"His nose was a little bit bent to the left and we asked if he wanted it straight but he said no, he wanted it exactly the same."

manmade: Hmmmm if the people dat ave bin commenting on this post except for four or five poster[s] are d same set of people this country relied on as future's leaders then we are doomed for sure.

jumobi1: Tom Ikimi
ACN ANPP & CPC are not the answers we need. They are full of corrupt members

naptu2: I keep telling people, but they won't listen. If given the opportunity, Boko Haram will kill the Sultan, the Emirs, Buhari, Jonathan, Oritsejafor, Babangida, Atiku and anybody that does not agree with their own brand of Islam.

It seems people will soon start realising the truth and understand why we are in Mali.

Decryptor: I see this as an feigned attack to incite the anger of muslims against christians in Kano state. THE GUN-MEN WHO DID THIS ARE NOT CHRISTIANS! CHRISTIANITY DOES NOT ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE!!

babyosisi: Listen for the next news
People should know these folks by now
It has been a little quiet,this is the cue they need to attack a church

babyosisi: Listen for the next news
People should know these folks by now
It has been a little quiet,this is the cue they need to attack a churches

Jarus: Yeah, there are sentiments. For example, I see Algerian captain voting for Karim Benzema as no 1. That's clearly sentiment-driven. No sane football watcher would say Benzema was best player in the world in 2012. Messi, Ronaldo, Falcao, Iniesta, Xavi, all debatable, but Benzema, clearly nah. But I can see teh connection - Benzema has Algerian origin like the voter.

Also, I think contrary to his vote, Messi himself believes Ronaldo is one of the top 3 players in the world. Same for the guy that voted for Portugal. He can't tell me he sincerely believed Messi wasnt among top 3 players in the world, but he left him out to reduce his chance.

But overall, I think the voting is diverse enough to reflect true best player. The few sentiments-driven couldn't have made much difference, especially since teh difference between winner and 1st runner up is so wide.

denitro: PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FINAL VOTE
1. LIONEL MESSI 41.6%
2. CRISTIANO RONALDO 23.68%
3. ANDRES INIESTA 10.91%
4. XAVI 4.08%
5. RADAMEL FALCAO 3.67%
6. IKER CASILLAS 3.18%
7. ANDREA PIRLO 2.66%
8. DIDIER DROGBA 2.6%
9. ROBIN VAN PERSIE 1.45%
10. ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC 1.24%

FXKing2012: The voting process is extremely flawed, little wonder Messi won.

KnowAll: [size=16pt]But at times we might be over exergerating IBB's, Abacha's and any other head of state's wealth. If Nigeria as a country only makes $30 billion dollars a year, how could it be possible for someone like Abacha to be Richer than Dangote. Abacha would have to steal the whole $30 billion year in year out which is not possible[/size]?

truelove.com:
^^ Dangote is not the richest in Nigeria

Built2last: Officially, Dangote is..but in reality, he is far from being the richest.We all know the truth...if the richest men pull out their resources and investments from Dangote.He will become poor..he is simply a poor dude being used by the bourgeousie

Built2last: Officially, Dangote is..but in reality, he is far from being the richest.We all know the truth...if the richest men pull out their resources and investments from Dangote.He will become poor..he is simply a poor dude being used by the bourgeousie

KnowAll: [quote author=Had_one]SURELY HE IS. ARE YOU JELOUS?

obailala: Dangote is officially the richest since he can defend the source of his wealth.

Are there other Nigerians out there richer than Dangote?? Hell Yeah!.. and they are too numerous to mention.

I remember a statement credited to Mariam Abacha that "No matter the amount of money the Govt seizes from their family, the Abachas will never be as wretched as Dangote" That was not an empty boast.

Yomieluv: Officially yes,cos he has a legitimate business that generate income for him,but there so many rich people that are richer than him,but can't come out to declare it,cos their money is illegitimately gotten.-ie-drug barons,politicians,etc.

abdulkayus: Dangote is d legally richest man in Nigeria. Others lyk IBB, OBJ, GEJ and politicians got their thru corruption, so dey will nt be counted as legally rich, dat is y dey hide their ill gotten wealth which dey will leave in dis world wen dey die and God will question dem on d day of judgement.
Hmmmm, are dis politicians goin to make Heaven at all? Only Almighty God knows. Cos d atrocities dis politicians do can make devil to look lyk a saint.
CIAO

KnowAll: But Forbes recognises Adenuga as a billionaire in his own right. Although not as rich as Dangote becos he has not got many stock exchange quoted companies unlike Dangote. Dangote has a transparent wealth that can easily be determined.

ogb5: do we have a mathmatician in the house?

if 13% equals 7trillion, what is 87%.

At least I like to know what amount the federal govt has blown away during thesame period after recieving the remaining 87%.

many states have passed legislatures that automatically transfers large % of derivation funds to some commission that is supposed to coordinate the use of the fund in the development of the communities.

corruption has not allowed these bodies to do what they are supposed to do.

paying derivation to communities is recipe for disaster. we dont want wars among brothers at the community level.
and what will happen to commmunities without oil but host oil production support facilities like link roads to oilfields, oil pipelines, jetties and offices. if you cut off these types of communities from oil derivation fund because they dont have oilwells they may as well tell you to come and remove your pipelines from their land.

don33310: Somalia is better than nigeria.

chino24: The Federal Government has announced plans to construct 10 new rail lines to cover other parts of the country currently not linked by rail.

The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, said on Friday that already feasibility studies had commenced on seven of the proposed railway lines.

Umar, who spoke in Lagos at the inauguration of the Lagos-Kano train service and resumption of fuel haulage by train from Lagos to Offa, said that the feasibility studies on three other planned rail lines would be done in 2013.

The minister inaugurated the Lagos-Kano train, while the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, represented by the Managing Director, LAMATA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, unveiled the fuel train.

He gave the total distance of the areas to be covered by the seven rail lines as 3,421 kilometres.

The minister said that at the completion of the feasibility studies, the railway development project would be undertaken through public private partnership arrangement.

“Upon final construction of these lines, it will improve mass movement of Nigerians and open windows for rapid economic development and regional integration,” he said.

Umar stressed that all the new rail lines would be constructed as standard gauge track for the movement of fast trains.

According to him, the new lines will cover Lagos-Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Ore-Benin (300km); Benin-Agbor-Onitsha-Nnewi-Owerri-Aba, with additional line from Onitsha-Enugu-Abakaliki (500km).

It also included a 615km-high-speed rail track from Lagos to Abuja, passing through Lagos, Oshogbo and Baro.

The minister listed Ajaokuta (Eganyi) – Obajana – Jakura – Baro – Abuja, with additional line from Ajaokuta to Otukpo (533km); Zaria – Kaura Namoda – Sokoto –Illela- Birnin Koni (520km) as other areas to be covered.

Others are costal rail line linking Benin- Sapele-Warri-Yenogoa-Port Harcourt – Aba –Uyo-Akampa-Ikom-Obudu Cattle Ranch (673km); and Ajaokuta –Eganyi- Lokoja- Abaji –Abuja line (280km).

The other three lines, whose feasibility contracts would be awarded next year, are Port Harcourt-Umuahia-Enugu-Makurdi-Lafia-Kaduna-Bauchi-Gombe-Biu-Maiduguri; Ikom-Ogoja-Katsina Ala-Wukari-Jalingo-Yola-Maiduguri and Kani-Nguru-Gashua-Damaturu-Maiduguri-Gamborun-Ngala.

The minister also commented on the inaugurated Lagos-Kano line, saying the segment, which he described as the key to the development of the nation’s economy, “is vital to the start-off of the transformation of the Nigerian economy.”

He said the rehabilitation of the rail line, stretching 1,126km, was executed by two contractors, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (km 0-km 488) and Costain West Africa Plc (km 488).

Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, said the rehabilitation project of the track and signalling system was awarded in 2009.

He said, “The opening of Lagos-Kano rail route will no doubt bring a lot of socio-economic benefits to the development of our nation, such as providing employment, enhancing trade and commerce within and outside our communities, as well as taking pressure off our overstressed roads thus reducing frequency of road accidents; it will also strengthen social integration and inter-cultural relationships.”

The NRC chief executive officer said the fuel train from Lagos to Offa had lifted 450,000 litres of diesel.

He said, “The return of freight service on the Lagos-Kano route will give ample opportunities to our numerous clients, such as Flour Mills, Lafarge Wapco Cement, Dangote Cement, Oando, Total, Sahara Energy, A-Z Oil and Inland Container Limited.”


www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/fg-begins-work-on-10-new-rail-lines/

adeshina86: All nigerian leaders are corrupt........

Callotti: Some are robbing the piggy-bank, others are driving the getaway cars!

YES! NO EXCEPTIONS!

hardbody: YES, There are all CORRUPT. Well let's say they are all epitome of corruption or better still, corruption personified.

karl max: it is only a hypocrite that would expect it to end with a wave of magic wand. And only a small mind would expect an age long problem to be solved in 2years.and if I may ask where u present when he parmmited the use of the military aircraft for such pupose.I guess he also permitted the use of policemen as houseboys and house girl to private citizen and also permited military men we see everyday who escort smuggled vehicle and other contraband from cotonu!