₦airaland Forum

yorke:
Who cares? So long they have Qeda, Sokoto should be executed immediately for all i care.

u too harsh jor! I wish same too,but we need to get to the roots,killing him immediately will be tantamount to treating a symptom.

yorke:
this is indeed good a news. They should kill him immediately before he escape again.

Useful info will be killed with him going by ur position.

who says Nissan cars are cheap? have u priced the latest models of Nissan Pathfinder? Just give it a try and see if you will still say the same thing.

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Very dirty brainwashed,72 virgins expectant eediot.

I don't think he forgot how to detonate the bomb,he was stopped before he could hit his target/destination.

How come the bullets didn't detonate the bomb/fuels.Who ever fired those bullets must be a professional.

ARES:
untill GEJ realizes that secret assasination is an integral part of governance in a country like ours, then our problem will still be on the rise, we are here calling for investigation and increased military presence, what will happen if your investigation finds out that borno state gvt is the problem we have or some emir is responsible, wht will you do, try him in a court or warn him to stop what he is doing, assasinations are vital ingredient for governance no matter how much it goes against your morals as a president, that is part of your job description

Hard talk, but your right on point.

Nashville:
Stop saying rubbish, part of the job of a president is to protect lives and property. I lost all hope wheN GEJ said "we now know the people that are the sponsors of Boko Haram. They are part of the government , in the FEC and National Assembly". How can a president come out and say that. The only person they captured was set free without any resistance.

GEJ clearly has no clue what the job of a president is. I am not saying this blast was caused by Boko Haram, all I am saying is that GEJ has not been firm enough with ensuring security.

Talk is cheap my dear,it is easy for u  to type from the comfort of ur room and beside,the fact that i differ in opinion from yours doesnt make my talk  rubbish.

BIGER BOY:
Why is all this happening in this administration, is he the first southerner to rule the country? And the matter is even compounded by the non chalant attitude of the GEJ government. I dont mean to be sarcastic but it seems our president is a LITERAL BADLUCK to this country.
Haba this is annoying all the govt can do is make excuses and serially display it's incompetence in all national issues.
Unemployment zero, power zero, security zero, poverty alleviation zero, capital project zero CURRUPTION 100%
the earlier we start demanding accountability from govt the better, instead some goons are busy calling pple from one part of the country to the other or blaming one tribe or the other.
BH IS LIKE A CANCER AND LIKE ALL CANCER IT SPREADS. Nowhere is safe unless we demand our govt put an end to this rubbish. Except if the govt is also involved in this mess.

If u were the president what would u have done differently that u know he hasnt done.It is not the best to throw blames in this circumstance.

ceah:
Where was she? Are u The pa tha refused to help her out cos u want take over uncle Jonathan,

YOU ARE AN ATTENTION SEEKING FOOL.I WONT REPLY U AGAIN.

You are a beast of burden.Was she in Nigeria during the arm forces rememberance day? jobless street urchin.

pDude:
http://www.gbooza.com/group/crime/forum/topics/gunmen-attack-daddy-showkey#axzz1iGD1J1RX

Showkey was attacked on Tuesday by suspected hired assassins near a petrol station on Agidinbgbi, Road, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
Narrating his ordeal to P.M.NEWS, the Ajegunle Soldier said he was on his way to the petrol station when he noticed that two men on a motorcycle were riding behind him
“On getting to the petrol station, I joined the queue to buy some fuel, and suddenly a young man appeared beside me and informed me that my vehicle (a Toyota Landrover LR3), had a flat tyre. Though I suspected foul play , I decided to come down and fulfill all righteousness.
“But immediately I got down from the vehicle one of the men said, sewo niyen, meaning: ‘you are the one’, and shot at me twice.
Showkey added: “When the shots missed me, I engaged him in a fight and his partner came to his aid and opened fire on me again, which also did not hit me.
“They later managed to escape. While I was being attacked, motorists who were at the station to buy fuel all fled when they heard the gunshots,” the musician stated.
He later reported the incident at Alausa Police Station. He suspected that the two men who had trailed him on the motorcycle actually carried out the attack.
The Ajegunle Soldier told P.M.NEWS that he was surprised that some people would want him dead.
“I’m not involved in any shady business, I am a musician and I do other businesses outside Nigeria. I know say God dey,” he said.

I havent seen that model of toyota car anywhere

Is here a junk yard? What makes this news? Every piece of shiit found anywhere makes it to nairaland for discussion/bashing/comments.

Olodostein:
Why did you exclude the last 'o'. It says Okoro- East.

of course that was an error.

Afren Plc operates in Akwa Ibom state and the said Okor-East is in Akwa Ibom.

Subsidy strike: When opposition parties take over
By Daminabo George
Tuesday, January 17, 2012


History often emerges in retrospect. And in politics, there is always a place in history for any elected president to make tough decisions. Since politics is often not a popularity contest, such tough choices may not go down well with the electorate. And the power to achieve result almost always come like a painful pill, hard to swallow. But how to apply it and the time to administer such pill is what every president does at a certain point in his tenure.

That’s why events become events are considered significant when looked back on. When he was British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan was asked what in his opinion tests a politician most. He replied, “events, dear boy, events.” Events, history has proved, do define every president’s place in history, even when historians don’t, because historians are often in a hurry to reach a conclusion.

Events in the last one week no doubt have been a painful one for most Nigerians. This is as a result of the withdrawal of fuel subsidy and the strike called by organised labour. The deaths, the scenes of horror and the ugly spectacles that were witnessed in many states were mainly because some people under the guise of subsidy removal spearheaded the protests.

The dizzying consequences of the removal of subsidy can be gauged from the high expectations many have, of president Jonathan. Of course, many had thought that the transformation of the country as promised by the president would come easy. As a result many of such people are asking is: this the same man who told us the inspiring, lifting story of “I had no shoes, I know where the shoe pinches.” This is the kind of question that the President’s political foes have been trying hard in the past one week to misinform.

A much harder question is, whether the President has what it takes to tackle Nigeria’s intractable problems. The facts remain that although all politicians the world over are known to contradict themselves sometimes, and it’s almost impossible to remain perfectly consistent and ideologically pure, the exigencies of the times can make a president stake his image and reputation for what he believes will be the long term benefits for the country and its citizens. Which is why in the short-term, economic arguments alone are not sufficient to persuade a disillusioned citizenry to swallow a tough pill.

While the strike lasted, it was clear that some persons or groups used as a guise to perpetrate other criminal acts or avenge a grudge against the Jonathan government. Such was the case in Niger, Lagos and Oyo states, among other states. In such states, the strikes was a tipping point to vent other frustrations. Most of the protesters ignore the fact that only recently, the president inaugurated a youth employment scheme, aimed to create gainful employment for one 10,000 youths in the country. There is also no doubt that the cost of governance has become too high, especially with the hefty votes on overheads in the past few years, whereby so much has been voted to sustain the profligate National Assembly members to remain in their comfort zone.

But, in a shared sacrifice, President Jonathan, during his nationwide broadcast, penultimate Sunday, announced measures to curb government expenditure in line with a belt-tightening regime arising from the removal of subsidy. These measures include 25 percent cut on basic salaries of political office holders, overseas travels for government officials, including those in the presidency, review of committees, commissions and parastatals that have overlapping responsibilities, as well as a drastic reduction of overhead costs in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). All of these are in addition to the recent launch of mass transit buses with a zero rate of interest.

However, the violent response to the strike in states like Lagos and Oyo states were motivated beyond the subsidy removal. That of Lagos was surreal and with an ironic twist to it. It was taken over by opposition parties comprising mainly the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). In many of the rallies in Lagos, the CPC vice presidential candidate in last year’s election, and pastor of Latter Rain, Tunder Bakare, used the platform to excoriate president Jonathan. He was short of calling for an overthrow of his government. Other speakers at the protest rallies in Lagos are well-known opposition chieftains such as Femi Falana Prof. Pat Utomi, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, etc whose parties lost to the president in the last election. It has also been revealed that most of the crowds at the Lagos rallies were “rented” as well as the musicians that featured.

It was all politics and little to do with the subsidy matter. Their intentions were clear: portray Mr. President as a wimp, incapable of piloting the affairs of the country. That’s why such a sticky issue as the removal of subsidy should not be allowed to be used as a platform for self-serving interests. There’s no doubt that the protests of the past week were substantially sponsored to created divisions in an already chaotic political atmosphere. The fact remains that this is the time to make that needed tough choice and deregulate the downstream oil sector. The insistence of government that subsidy has to go is the reality of the times. Nigeria remains the cheapest country in the West African sub-region where the pump price of fuel is less than N150 per litre. In Ghana, a litre of fuel goes for N190, in Niger Republic and Togo, a litre of fuel goes for between N197 and N200.

Clearly, the benefits that will come with the deregulation of the downstream oil sector which the removal of subsidy entails cannot be sacrificed on the altar of protests or strike. Simple economics shows that deregulation will ensure free and fair competition, and give the consumers a variety of choices to choose from the competing outlets like what is currently obtainable in the telecom sector. Besides, government has always said that the current subsidy regime has benefited a few who have become stinking rich at the detriment of the majority. This position has been validated by the statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi has repeatedly said that, to continue subsidizing the product will collapse the economy.

At present, the huge domestic debt has hit an all-time high of N6 trillion. What this means is that Nigeria might go the way of Greece if nothing is done urgently to shore up government’s dwindling revenue. Under the present subsidy regime, smuggling of petroleum products to neighbouring countries has become a brisk, easy-profit-making business at the detriment of the economy. This is not helped by the deliberate sabotage of our refineries by private investors who had been given licence to build new ones. Therefore, deregulation is the best policy for the oil sector, will stem corruption and waste in government and ginger reinvestment for national development, while many industries will source their materials locally, less dependent on imports. So much has already been lost to the strike.

Though it is hard to quantify the losses in revenue as a result of the strike and protests, a conservative estimate puts it at N1.5 trillion. This is huge for an economy already in dire straits. The Minister of finance and Coordinating minister for the economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stated that with the Federal government’s expected share of the subsidy savings of N478 billion, government will tackle the supply side of the equation which will entail curbing the revolving doors of corruption in the oil sector, as well as channel the funds to fix social infrastructure, such as construction, completion and rehabilitation of the refineries, rails, key federal highways, hydro stations, water schemes, information technology, health care, among other key projects. It is for this reason that government has set up the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE). The Board is headed by a tested and proven technocrat, Dr. Christopher Kolade. The Finance minister who has come under a fusillade of attacks since the subsidy controversy began, has also assured that government is prioritizing resources into areas that will have the most impact on Nigerians and the economy.

No doubt, President Jonathan’s remaining years in office will not be fun. But to get the job done, he must be focused on his transformation agenda, be firm and diligent, create a mood of strong national unity and a strong desire for renewal of hope. How he goes about getting all of these done, will define the breadth of rebuilding his image and reputation that have been battered by his policy on subsidy removal.

He needs practical wisdom, experiential knowledge, common sense in an uncommon degree, in the pursuit of collective good of Nigeria. The pressures and demandingness of the office he occupies come with a huge prize. It is the prize of high expectations from both those who voted for him and those who did not. But trust is central. At present, there is a deficit of trust in all tiers of governments in Nigeria today. In the absence of trust, governance does not work. In that maelstrom, a president is caught between change and calamity.

George, a public affairs analyst writes from Abuja

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/2012/jan/17/opinion-17-01-2012-001.html

samguru:
The cry of the powerless masses has got to the throne of Almighty God,this ȋ̝̊̅§ the begining,expect more bad things to happen to the cabals who A̶̲̥̅̊я̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥ subjecting us to suffering of this magnitude

Your inability to read and understand is even seeping through the internet.It is better to shut up than to foolish.

intimidating!

Beaf:
Imagine carrying out a "revolution" over the cost of fuel when there are far more weighty issues concerning our national structure?
It was always going to hit the rocks at some point, and its hit the rocks very badly indeed.

Any movement that is not backed by an enduring philosophy is bound to fail. [size=8pt]Nigeria cannot be directed by those who have only just gleefully welcomed the presence of their first couple of pubic hairs[/size]; you do not have all power and understanding, cos you have twitter and facebook accounts. You've got to have a grounding in how the World meshes together first; all #Occupy achieved with their infuriating ignorance/dishonesty was moving the nation to the brink of fullscale ethnic warfare.

The bolded got me cracking

philips70:
You do not deserve attention. Your low life is obvious. You should be in a rehab. That is where you belong. Traitors!!!

I doubt if you know the meaning of low life.Piss Off!

philips70:
History will not be a good friend to people like you when the time comes. You will have your children to contend with because they will hold you responsible for their wasted generation.

You are a bloody noise maker.My question was straight and simple.