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NIGERIA 4 ZAMBIA 0 THAT IS THE PROPHECY

MAY GOD GRANT THEM WISDOM TO DO THERE JOB WITH OUT HUTING INOCENCE ONE AND THEY MAY WORK BRAVELY MAY THE LORD STRAINTING THEM AND THEY SHOULD RETURN HOME SAFLY WITH OUT ANY OF THEM LOST IN JESUS NAME AMEN

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NIGERIAN PRESS ARE PREMASURE, HOW CAN A PRESS MEDIA KEEPING WRITING WHAT IS SCRETE FOR SECURITY. HOW ARE THEY DOING LIKE THIS EVERY SCRETE ABOUT SECURITY OF THIS COUNTRY THE GO STRAIT PUBLISH IT IT'S SO BAD THAT'S WHY THERE STILL A LOT OF CRIMINALS IN NIGERIA TODAY

asked obasonjo

na today this don dey happen? army is full of housa fulani ,yoruba and tiv, police same,custom same navy same with few south south so this small job this woman dem asked him to do na him all there eyes yoruba do de cry ;;;abeg make we hear some thin jari

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By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press – Sat Oct 1, 1:25 pm ET
WASHINGTON – After years of trying, Congress is taking another stab at retaliating against what many see as Chinese manipulation of its currency to make its exports to the United States cheaper and U.S. goods more expensive in China.
The Senate is expected to take up legislation Monday that would impose higher U.S. duties on Chinese products to offset the perceived advantage that critics say China gets by undervaluing its currency.
It's a political given here that China's economic policy has damaged American manufacturers and taken away American jobs.
Beijing denies that its exchange rate is responsible for the huge trade deficit that the United States has with China, and it's not clear that U.S. lawmakers have the political will to follow through.
The Senate bill has bipartisan support and is expected to clear a procedural hurdle Monday evening. But intense lobbying against it by American-based multinational corporations and their trade associations could spell trouble for the legislation.
In addition, the Obama administration, like the Bush administration before it, doesn't like the bill, saying quiet diplomacy is a better way to influence Chinese policy and warning that overt penalties could lead to a destructive trade fight.
Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., along with others, have tried for at least six years to pass legislation making it easier to impose higher tariffs on Chinese goods. That would help compensate for what they say is Beijing's effort to keep its currency, the yuan, undervalued against the dollar.
Under U.S. pressure, China did take steps last year that allowed for some flexibility in the exchange rate. But the yuan has risen only a few percentage points since then, and economists say it is still undervalued against the dollar by as much as 40 percent.
Schumer and others say that's a major reason that some 2 million U.S. jobs have been lost to Chinese competitors in the past decade and that the U.S. trade deficit with China last year hit a record $273 billion, accounting for 43 percent of the entire U.S. trade gap.
"They get away with economic murder and thus far our country has just said, `Oh, we don't care,'" Schumer said. "This legislation will send a huge shot across China's bow."
Among Republicans, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has said he would penalize China for keeping its currency artificially low.
The Senate bill, which does not specifically mention China, has two main components:
_Up to now, the Treasury Department has had to declare that a country was willfully manipulating its currency to trigger a response, which is something the Bush and Obama administrations have avoided doing. The legislation would require Treasury to determine only that another country's currency is misaligned, then give its government 90 days to make corrections before countervailing duties are imposed.
_The bill makes it easier for specific industries to petition the Commerce Department for redress under claims that the misaligned currency of China or another country amounts to an export subsidy. That more narrowly focused provision passed the House last September on a 348-79 vote. The last Congress, however, ended before the Senate could take it up.
Supporters point to studies by the Peterson Institute for International Economics that say a 20 percent appreciation of the yuan would reduce the U.S. trade deficit by up to $120 billion and create a half-million U.S. jobs. The more liberal Economic Policy Institute estimates that a 28.5 percent appreciation would create more than 2 million jobs.
Opponents of the bill, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, whose members do business overseas, paint a different picture.
A letter to Senate leaders from more than 50 such groups warned that unilateral action against China would likely result in retaliation against U.S. exports to China, possibly violate World Trade Organization rules and do little to create U.S. jobs because other low-cost manufacturing countries would take up the slack if Chinese goods became more expensive.
There's also concern that a trade war with China would remove incentives for China to improve its record on intellectual property rights or cooperate in easing tensions with North Korea. The conservative Club for Growth, which holds sway among many Republicans, opposes the Senate bill, saying it would raise prices for American consumers.
China denies that the exchange rate is the cause of the huge trade imbalance, saying that the United States could help itself by lifting a ban on sales of high technology goods.
White House press secretary Jay Carney would only say that the administration is reviewing the Senate bill. If the measure does make it through the Senate, it faces an uncertain future in the House

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How Chinese firm sabotages power supply – FG
News Monday, August 22, 2011


BY DANIEL IDONOR & YEMI ADEOYE

OLORUNSOGO- IT was a can of worms, weekend, as Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, and his Information counterpart, Mr Labaran Maku who were on inspection tour of power projects under the National Integrated Power Projects, NIPP, visited the N30 billion ($220 million) first phase of Olorunsogo power plant.



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Vanguard gathered they were informed that the 304mgw installed capacity eight turbines power plant, built and commissioned five years ago had packed up, as six of the turbines have broken down, leaving only to function at about 60mgw capacity.

The ministers who toured the projects on behalf of the Presidential Steering Committee, headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo, were told by the Acting Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the station, Engr. Mohammed Almu, that the project which was awarded to a Chinese firm, SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation in 2002, was commissioned in May 2007. It functioned for barely three years before six of the eight turbines went off due to lack of spare parts and operating manuals in English

Ministers shocked as Chinese firm frustrates power plant
By LOUIS IBA and JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja
Monday, August 22, 2011



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The workers at the multi-billion naira Olorunsogo Power Plant phase 1 have revealed that SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation, the Chinese firm that built it has been frustrating the smooth operations of the eight gas turbines of the power project.
This was the shocking revelation during a working visit of the Minister of Power, Barth Nnaji and Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, on behalf of the Presidential Steering Committee, headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo.

As a result, the plant, which was built to generate 335 megawatts presently generates about 80 megawatts.
The tour of power projects is to ensure anything hindering the Nigeria Independent Power Projects as well as the Federal Government Power Plants from the realisation of 5000 megawatts by the end of the year is fixed.
Aside not having operating manual in English to assist the Nigerian workers understand the operations of the machines at the power plant, they have also deliberately refused to build their capacity as they send out the workers during repairs or claim to be on break each time the workers insist on being put through.

The ministers were told that out of the eight gas turbines, only two were functioning since the plant was commissioned over five years ago due to poor maintenance, non availability of spare parts, lack of technical competence as well as the non availability of operating manuals in English. More shocking for the ministers was that the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the plant, Mr Mohammed Almu and his team were unable to provide answers to the queries concerning the problems bedeviling the plants, neither could they come up with agreed funds needed to fix the broken turbines.

Almu, however, admitted the frustrations they had been going through in the hands of the Chinese.
Almu said: “On the issue of spare parts, at the time of handing over of this project, they (Chinese) supposed to give us two years running spare parts but what they gave us were just small spare parts, that is why we are having serious problem. And anytime we contact tham, they will promise to bring the parts and up till now, they have not given us any. And any time we have a problem and we want to go with them, they will refuse to go with us and abandon the place.”

Though he said both Nigerians and the Chinese were still presently working on the power plant together, he noted that “at any time we want to meet minds together, they will refuse. And some of them don’t even understand English, so its difficult,” adding that “we don’t have operating manuals in English.”
Both Nnaji and Maku, who could not hide their shock and disappointment, however, said Federal Government would look into the terms of agreement of the project between the Chinese and Nigeria to know the true status before taking the necessary actions.

Nnaji expressed great displeasure over the level of incoºmpetent technical know how of the staff of the power plant, saying, “it is very disappointing that coming from Egbin Station, where we were well briefed, we got here , scratching for information, I don’t like it and we will do something about that because what we want is ability to ensure that things keep on going. It requires resourcefulness to get things done.

How can we be in a situation where if you total the amount of money needed here it’s nothing in comparison with just one project the people in Egbin solved . It is a lot more than all of this put together. So, for sure,we are going to do something to solve these problems but on the technical side, we have to do something. That is why visiting these plants is very important.

“For sure,we are going to do something about it to solve these problems . That is why visiting these plants is very important,” the power minister said. Explaining part of the terms of agreement, the minister said: “They (Chinese) actually built this plant on loans. They provided about 65 percent of the funds and Federal Government provided the balance to build this plant. So, you know what loan means, you’ll have to pay.

“So, the consideration is whether the company that built this plant should simply take over, since they have the documents and they haven’t handed the documents and the documents are not written in English. So, definitely we are going to resolve this problem in a way that it will be to the benefit of Nigerians.”

Also reacting said, “We are on a fact-finding tour to find out what the problems are, what are the prospects and what is the state of progress in all our power plants. You (Power Minister) have said it that this plant is ready and that there are small technical problems that shouldn’t obstruct production. You are on top of the situation and you are providing the leadership. And as we go back, I am sure we will find solutions, if they are technical or financial, we will apply them and if they are managerial, definitely that would be applied.”

Anambra, China to strengthen tiesPosted by News Updates on August 1, 2011 at 5:36am in Nigeria Politics Back to Nigeria Politics News Written by Beatrice Onuchukwu, Awka Monday, 01 August 2011 00:00

Anambra State and China will widen the scope of bilateral co-operation in various sectors. The Chinese Economic and Commercial Counsellor in Nigeria, Mr. Rong Yansong, has said.
He said this at the weekend during a courtesy call on Governor Peter Obi at the Government House.

Mr Yansong said more Chinese investors would be introduced to the state, while state officials would be part of the 300 nominees sent annually to China for training programmes by the Chinese government.

He added that more businessmen from the state would be given the opportunity to attain exhibition and trade fair in China while they would continue to provide capacity building programmes for Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.

via Daily Trust

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru, on Tuesday said Nigerian Missions abroad would henceforth undertake reciprocal treatment regarding the issuance of visas.



The minister said in maiden meeting with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Nigeria that Nigeria would longer not tolerate the shabby treatment of its citizens by foreign missions that appeared to have developed a habit of frustrating Nigerians with genuine reasons to travel.



Ashiru said it was no longer acceptable for missions in Nigeria to make Nigerians suffer just because they were seeking visas.



“I wish to assure you of the readiness of Nigeria’s diplomatic missions to undertake reciprocal treatment.



“Where visas are delivered promptly within three to five days, we shall reciprocate and where there is a delay, we shall apply the same measure.



“I wish however to appeal to you to please help to lessen the burden of such complaints and requests for assistance on mu office.



“Certainly, where unnecessary delays are caused, it would be a negation of the principle of good relations between two countries.”



The minister also cautioned foreign diplomats against making unguarded utterances on Nigeria’s internal affairs.



He expressed the hope that he would not be given any opportunity to summon any ambassador to his office for acts of “insensitivity” or lack of restraint.



The minister also frowned at the practice by some diplomats who bye-passed the Foreign Ministry to deal directly with Nigerian ministries and departments.



On Nigeria’s new foreign policy thrust, the minister said Nigeria under the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan would intensify her advocacy against illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, which he said had become a catalyst for conflict in the African continent.”



Accordingly, Nigerian diplomatic missions abroad have been re-directed to accord this new emphasis the highest priority.



He said “While upholding the democratic imperative and our leadership role in the continent, we would strive to re-define our foreign policy, and strengthen our diplomacy to support domestic programmes of government.”



Ashiru pointed out that poverty remained the single greatest enemy of democracy and must be tackled seriously.

who are the illitrates ,why abiola could not fight for his right he run away, what about alaye beggers in your .tell me between igbos and Yoruba who are the most respected in thw world, where would i start you people are just fooling your self thinking you are educated igbos has been in usa as far back as go and check the history.you are just making noise. tell me any Yoruba men that te list of who is who inthe world

I DON'T KNOW WHY OTHER TRIBES IN NIGERIA ARE SO ANGRY TO SEE ANY GOOD THING COME OUT OF IGBO LAND WHY WHY WHY. THEY AS SOON AS THEY HEAR THEY WANT TO BUILD AIRPORT IN ANAMBRA STATE SOME QUICKLY BUILD BUNGALO CALLED IT AIRPORT.JUST BECOUSE THEY SEE THE MASTER PLAN OF ANAMBRA STATE THEY QUICKLY DOING EVERY THING TO STOP A PLAN OF GOOD MAN HAS MAP OUT FOR HIS STATE TO SABOTAGE IT,THEY JUST WANT IGBOS TO BE SLAVE BUT IT CAN NEVER WORK GO ALL ROUND THE WORLD ANY CITY YOU COME NOT SEE IGBO MAN PACK OUT OF THAT PLACE BECOUSE IT MIGHT NOT BE GOOD FOR YOU TO LEAVE, PETER OBI IS A GREAT MAN PEOPLE WILL NOT SEE WHAT HE IS DOING NOW UNTILL WHEN HE STEP DOWN THEN PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THE MAN REALY DO A GREAT JOB IN ALA IGBO

please just let nigerian goverment build skycrapers, good roads, subway stations or metro station, mono rails. power grid, goods houses men will will pay any amount but let them do it first stop condeming a country that work tirdless to make there place to be like a place where humanbeing surpose to be tell your goverment to do what american goverment do for there masses.

it's a very big shame for a country like nigeria i know as 78 80s naira is higher that dollar where we send money from niger to people studies in usa even contribute money to chinese gorverment when fimine and hunger wanted to finished them now this coountries are where nigerian gov seeking aid, is very big shame oil reach country indeed shame to gowon, obasanjo,shagari,buhari,babangida,abudsalami,and obasajo they are disgrace to humanity

you have all spoking well and i also thank the poster for doing so. but some thing is missing here, i think by now we should have discouse important things about nigeria status whether to state as one or to sepret. all nigeris past and present ,head of states and presidents, gorvernos, senators, house of reps,local goverment chairman and all the ministers .now this people ever since they are traveling round all the whole world enjoying  our money they stole ,none of them have asked those there forein countapact how does they manage to make there power grid to work 24 hours a day and 7 days a weak with out stop, and how they manage to build houses for a comon man on the street equipts it with all house apllance, and  how do they manage to build there roads with out erossion on the center. why are they saling fuel they bought from nigeria crude lower price than nigeria the producer.what legacy would they left behind .

all igbo traders across the country should have a warning protest against this stupid custom intimidation , in china custom are alowed only in seeport airport and nation boerders ,i have never see any custom on the road block looking for traders fo checking.i have been carring goods from one province to another i never see any custom or police stoped me for searching, good luck should immediatly other the instulation of cctv camera in the all places police ,customs, immigration, embassies and where ever task force are working to monitor what they are doing. so that this corroption will stop. custom and police officers wife are the business tycone of nowdays they have no factory but they are the whole salers of all goods now own shops and plaza every where in the country.

greath i will keep this pictures for my children not yet born to see

nigeria will be happy if usa and rest of the world who want to assist democrasy in nigeria ,handle any contract they want to put in place by themself not giving cash to so call goverment agency i think that will be more btter if they want nigerian to progres

I WANT CHIEF RALPH UWAZURIKE TO QUIKCLY CHANGE FROM NONE VOILENT TO VOILENT .I WANT TO TELL YOU THE IGBOS BLOOD ARE TOO EXPENCIVE TO WAIST. SEE HOW THE SO CALL NIGERIAN POLICE ARE KILLING AND DETAINING THE MASSOBIAN AND NONE OF THIS EASTHEN GOVERNOS HAS ONE DAY CHALANGE THE POLICE OR MAKE COMENT ABOUT THAT SIMPLE BECOUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF THERE NORTHERN MASTERS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY IGBOS HAS BEEN KILL SO FAR AND STILL THEY NEVER SHOW THIS IN THE NEWS . I WANT THE MASSOB AND THE MEND AND ALL THE GROUP IN THE SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST .COUGHT THE PIPE LINE THAT HAS BEEN SUPPLYING ALL THIS OIL TO THE NORTH IT IS TIME FOR DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY WHAT ARE THE MASSOBIAN WAITING THE TIME IS NOW LET EVERY BODY GO AND MANAGE THERE RESUCCES. THE OUR HAVE COME. THE ANOITED PROPHET OF GOD HAS FOR PAST ONE YEAR PROPHESY THIS I MEAN REV.FATHER EJIKE MBAKA THE MAN WHO ALWAYS STAND ON THE TRUTH HAS SAID THIS A LONG TIME EGO WHAT ARE THE SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST STILL WAITING.THE NOTHERNERS SHOULD GO LET THEM GO GO GO GO GO AND PRATICE WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT TO SUIT YOUR RLIGIUN AND LET BIAFRA BE, THE YOUTH OF THE NOTHERN LEATHERS SURPOSE TO GO AND GET THE LIST OF ALL THERE NOTHERN LEADERS WHOM CONTROL THIS GOVERMENT FOR MORE THAT 40 YEARS WITH OUT DOING ANY FOR THEM AND KILLED THEM AND NOT KILLING INNOCENCE POEPLE.LET THEM START FROM GOWON TO BABANGIDA AND OTHERS AND FINISHED THEM .THEY ARE CLAIM TO BE MOSELEM LEADERS .IS KUWAIT,SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN,QOTAR. JORDAN ,ETC ARE THEY NOT MOSLEM COUNTRY WITH OIL,WHY DO THEY USE THERE OIL MONEY TO DEVELOPED THERE COUNTRIES AND SO CALL NOTHERN LEADERS RULL THIS COUNTRY 40 YEARS WITH OUT COMMON POWER SUPLY TO BOOST AND THE FOOLISH NOTHERN YOU HAVE THE GOTS TO ATACK THE INNOCENCE ONE WHILE THOSE WHO SHOULD HELD RESPOSIBLE ARE THERE WITH THEM EATING AND DRINKING WITH THEM FOOLISH BOKO HARAM LET THEM GO TO HAIL

about i million or more enter china every year in search of cheap product, and if then the 1 million or more enter there with 10 to 100,000 dollars, you know what will happen. the factory will, sheat you 30% the taxi driver will sheat you 1% the truck pucher will sheat 2% you will pay additional 2 yuan for the taxi for there you supose to know.then every thing you do as a foreiner you must pay additional 1 to 15% which you don't know now tell . if you have shop whether you are gaining or losing you must employ there own citizeen to be incharge as to give report what is going on wthin the business if the business is booming thats the end of you that start and invest in that business infact your own is finished. so all this stealing from foreners tell me why there economy should not be booming, in nigeria when a our immigration ,officer or custom oe police even army see foreiner that beilive they have see THERE GOD they will star washiping them immediatly, if nigeria can aply the method which china is using to intimidate foreiners i tell you in the next one year our economy will rise more that china .you can imagine a country where cheating is welcome by the gmt so tell me china will load all kinds of there food come into nigeria for there own use but try and take one tuba of yam enter china you will see hoe the custom and imigration will cut it into pieces. and you are there claping and dancing for them,

ye china can do that , becouse they are guided by there law  which even AMERICAN, UK, OR ANY WESTER WORLD could not penetreat .every they we read in a paper billions has been stolen ,who stoled it ,i think that person must be in our back yard police knows where they are ,efcc knows where they are icpc knows them but yet noting happen. i want PRESIDENT JONATTHAN TO REMOVE THAT EFCC CHAIRMAN because she don't know what she is doing. it's only when nigeria gorvment aply death panalties for does who take away our money .then nigeria will be geting better