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RomanceRe: What Is The Worst Relationship Advice You've Ever Gotten? by phlame(m): 12:25pm On Apr 02, 2012
blackboi: u don baff 2day so huh
Go wash face @ least cool
huh
RomanceRe: What Is The Worst Relationship Advice You've Ever Gotten? by phlame(m): 5:26pm On Mar 31, 2012
Wislet: Some people DO NOT read or comprehend.. Yet they are quick to talk.
Read her other post before you start to dey comment like mumu

https://www.nairaland.com/900274/you-faithful-current-relationship
RomanceRe: What Is The Worst Relationship Advice You've Ever Gotten? by phlame(m): 4:40pm On Mar 31, 2012
Coldfeet: angry The WORST advice I've ever taken from someone was from my now ex friend Nike! She told me that she knows someone who will make my PAPILO(sugar dad) at the time love me exclusively and give me whatever I demand! I followed her and was giving some unknown substance to lick and to speak my desires to a horn!!! after I'd written down the guys name and mothers name alongside mine. I was giving three little cuts on my chest and back! And that was it! My man became my mugu! He bought me a murano! Rented and stocked up a shop at a shopping complex in lekki! My bank account was at the greenest it has ever been! I lived the 'good' life! And funny enough I started refusing this guy sex and he never complained! One day my ex friend told me baba wants to see you o! And I thought what for? He has done his job and I've payed him! So I refused to see the baba. To cut a long story short AM THANKFUL TO GOD that i am still alive today to tell this story to whoever cares to read, all of a sudden I became dispensable! The guy doesn't have my time anymore! I crashed my suv hitting someone in the process, spent a lot on that! My business took a dive! I developed rashes over my body! The house I built in lekki had to be sold so I can offset my mounting bills! I became worst than who I was when I decided to manipulate my papilo. Today am happily married to a wonderful man and a mother of two belles and two princes! I had to give up all i acquired from that demonic union in order to survive and start afresh! The 3 little marks are still there to remind me of that time but I know that with time it will all fade away!! I gained the world and almost lost my soul! Ladies and Gents beware of use council you keep.
You are happily married and you still dey Bleep outside
PoliticsRe: Bianca Hires Private Guards For Ojukwu’s House by phlame(m): 9:01am On Mar 29, 2012
dayokanu: Na wa ooo

Abi na private guards dey shine Biancars Kongo nowadays?

From ojuku to Uju Okonkwo to Reetardeen now to randon private guards

When would she do the regional pussy promo. Agro dey catch my dog oo
Did you think before posting? undecided
RomanceRe: Ladies Can U Get Married To A Guy With Dreadlocks by phlame(m): 10:35am On Mar 19, 2012
Deolaw: And how many of their relationships last?
What has Locks got to do with their relationships...
Nairaland GeneralRe: "Nairaland 2.0" Is Live! Any Questions Or Feedback? by phlame(m): 11:39am On Mar 11, 2012
IT SUCKS!!!
PoliticsRe: We're Planning A 'war' On Christians - Boko Haram by phlame(m): 11:17am On Mar 05, 2012
@Gambrosia, U ARE SICK, I HOPE U OR A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE A VICTIM OF THE ATTACKS SOON, IDIOT
IslamRe: 10 Years After Burial, Imam Sheez Adeyemi's Body Remains Fresh by phlame(m): 10:02pm On Feb 26, 2012
Pictures pliz
CrimeRe: Girl Turned To Snake In Warri: Is This True? by phlame(m): 9:00pm On Feb 16, 2012
PoliticsRe: Video Of How A Bomb Killed Sgt Badang In Ungwar Sarki Kaduna by phlame(m): 8:03am On Feb 16, 2012
Winnerslfc:
U guys shud stop blamin the innocent hero pls. Why are u people sayin all diz about our poor here eh? He just thought it was a parcel loaded with 20 naira so he went to chek it out. Hahahahahahahaha
:icon_lol:


LOL  I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING,
PoliticsRe: Video Of How A Bomb Killed Sgt Badang In Ungwar Sarki Kaduna by phlame(m): 8:42pm On Feb 15, 2012
markovnikoff001:
This is exactly how much a life is worth in Nigeria now.
One down, 149 999 999 to go. Sad, sad country.

That policeman should be sued. He should be sued for making us look so bad. He should be sued for insulting our pride as a nation in the international community.
Absolute dementia is what comes to mind when you see the video of a man walk up to a live, undefused explosive with nothing but his "hero that will save the day" swagger.

I can imagine the following conversation ensuing between him and one of his colleagues.

Demented Policeman: Na bomb? wetin una dey wait for since na? Corporal give me that metal detector make I go disconnect am.
Corporal: Oya take. Na so you go go? You no go wear the bomb jacket?
Demented Policeman: Which jacket? Na today I don dey do this job?
Corporal: ah ha. So you wan go like this?
Dememted Policeman: Na you go teach me my job again? Abeg forget, something wey I go disconnect now now.

And BOOOOOOM!!! muth.fuk. ends up in hell.
U wan use laff take kill me, U too funny,
PoliticsRe: Video Of How A Bomb Killed Sgt Badang In Ungwar Sarki Kaduna by phlame(m): 6:05pm On Feb 15, 2012
shocked shocked shocked
PoliticsRe: How N41m Tore Boko Haram Apart -qaqa by phlame(m): 8:29am On Feb 15, 2012
Qaqa also reportedly told his interrogators that “Normally, the money is supposed to be shared to five groups: the less privileged, widows of those that died in the Jihad, Zakat, those that brought in the money, and the last to the leadership to be used in prosecuting the Jihad.

We don’t know how this money was spent and nobody dare asked questions for fear of death. Even those that took part in the operation to raise the money were also always compelled to pay Zakat on their share to the leadership. The leader, Imam Shekau appropriates what goes to the widows, less privileged, Zakat and leadership.

“The leadership also gives out wives of those killed the way he wants and marry some in the name of giving them protection.”

“Everyone lived in fear more of leadership of the group even than security agencies. For instance, I never for once believed I could be arrested. I thought I was invincible. But now I’ve realised that if I could be arrested, if Abdullahi Damasak, the spiritual adviser, could disappear (arrested), then it’s a matter of time before everyone is caught”.

It will be recalled that Vanguard had exclusively published snippets of the very early confessional statements credited to Qaqa penultimate week.



So dem dey fear Death grin
Christianity EtcRe: Have You Ever Seen An Angel Before? by phlame(m): 8:00pm On Feb 02, 2012
@op you need to get your self checked ASAP, Also read on the signs of Madness cry
Christianity EtcRe: Have You Ever Seen An Angel Before? by phlame(m): 2:28pm On Feb 02, 2012
TisaBone:
Not too long ago, I was sleeping. Then suddenly out of nowhere, I woke up. My room was filled with the most beautiful, brightest light I have ever seen in my life. There is no word in the english language to describe this light excepy "unexplainable". The light literally took my breath away. As I gasped for breath, the light got brighter and brighter. Then as quickly as I had awakend, I went back to sleep. I had no idea what it was that I had seen. I asked my church brother what it was. (he has also seen these types of things) and he told me it was an angel, that god had sent to me.

So my question to you is, have you ever seen an angel, or something divine, that could come from no one else but God?
I guess only people in your church sees these things, undecided undecided undecided
PoliticsMuch Ado About Fuel Subsidy By Tunde Bakare – by phlame(op): 9:13pm On Jan 17, 2012
DEFINITION: To subsidise is to sell a product below the cost of production. Since the Federal Government has been secretive about the state of our refineries and their production capacity, we will focus on importation rather than production. So, in essence, within the Nigerian Fuel Subsidy context, to subsidise is to sell petrol below the cost of importation.

The unsubstantiated claims of the Federal Government: The government claims that Nigerians consume 34 million litres of petrol per day. The government has also said publicly that N141 per litre is the unsubsidised pump price of petrol imported into Nigeria. (N131.70 kobo being the landing price and N9.30 kobo being profit.)

Annual cost of importation

Daily Fuel Consumption: 34 million litres

Cost at Pump: N141.00

No. of days in a regular year: 365 days

Total cost of all petrol imported yearly into Nigeria:

Litres Naira Days

34m x 141 x 365

= N1.75 trillion

Cost borne by the consumers

Nigerians have been paying N65 per litre for fuel, haven’t we? Therefore, cost borne by the consumers = Litres Naira Days

34m x 65 x 365 = N807 billion

Cost of subsidy borne by the government: In 2011 alone, government claimed to have spent N1.3 trillion by October – the bill for the full year, assuming a constant rate of consumption is N1.56 trillion. Consequently, the true cost of subsidy borne by the government is: Total cost of importation minus total borne by consumers, i.e. N1.75 trillion minus N807 billion = N943 billion.

Pastor Tunde Bakare

Unexplainable difference: N617 billion. The Federal Government of Nigeria cannot explain the difference between the amount actually disbursed for subsidy and the cost borne by Nigerians (N1.56 trillion minus N943 billion = N617 billion).

Bogus claim by the government: A government official has claimed that the shortfall of N617 billion is what goes to subsidising our neighbours through smuggling. This is pathetic. But let us assume (assumption being the lowest level of knowledge) that the government is unable to protect our borders and checkmate the brisk smuggling going on. Even then, the figures still don’t add up. This is because even if 50 per cent of the petrol consumed in each of our neighbouring countries is illegally exported from Nigeria, the figures are still inaccurate. Why?

World Bank’s figures: populations of West African countries

NIGERIA: 158.4 million

BENIN: 8.8 million

TOGO: 6 million

CAMEROUN: 19.2 million

NIGER: 15.5 million

CHAD: 11.2 million

GHANA: 24.4 million

The total population of all our six neighbours is 85.5 million.

Let’s do some more arithmetic:

a) Rate of Petrol Consumption in Nigeria: Total consumed divided by total population:

34 million litres divided by 158.8 million people = 0.21 litres per person per day.

b) Rate of Petrol Consumption in all our six neighbouring countries, assumed to be the same as Nigeria:

0.2 litres x 85.5 million people = 18.35 million litres per day

Now, if we assume that 50 per cent of the petrol consumed in all the six neighbouring countries comes from Nigeria, this value comes to 9.18 million litres per day.

Pathetic absurdity: There are two illogicalities flowing from this smuggling saga.

*If 9.18 million litres of petrol is truly smuggled out of our borders per day, then ours is the most porous nation in the word. This is why: The biggest fuel tankers in Nigeria have a capacity of about 36,000 litres. To smuggle 9.18 million litres of fuel, you need 254 trucks. What our government is telling us is that 254 huge tankers pass through our borders every day and they cannot do anything about it. This is not just acute incompetence, but also a serious security challenge. For if the government cannot stop 254 tanker trailers from crossing the border daily, how can they stop importation of weapons or even invasion by a foreign country?

*Second illogicality: Even if we believe the government and assume that about 9.18 million litres is actually taken to our neighbours by way of smuggling every day, and all this is subsidised by the Nigerian government, the figures being touted as subsidy still don’t add up. This is why: Difference between pump price before and after subsidy removal = N141.00 – N65.00 = N76.00. Total spent on subsidizing petrol to our neighbours annually = N76.00 x 9.18 million litres x 365 days = N255 billion.

If you take the N255 billion away from the N617 billion shortfall that the government cannot explain, there is still a shortfall of N362 billion. The government still needs to tell us what/who is eating up this N362 billion ($2.26 billion USD).

Illogical assumptions

*We have assumed that there are no working refineries in Nigeria and so no local petrol production whatsoever – yet, there is, even if the refineries are working below capacity. ii) Nigeria actually consumes 34 million litres of petrol per day. Most experts disagree and give a figure of between 20 and 25 million litres per day. Yet there is still an unexplainable shortfall even if we use the exaggerated figure of the government.

*Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroun, Niger, and Chad all consume the same rate as Nigeria and get 50 per cent of their petrol illegally from Nigeria through smuggling. These figures simply show the incompetence and insincerity of our government officials. This is pure banditry.

Fact: The simplest part of the fuel subsidy arithmetic will reveal one startling fact: That the government does not need to subsidise our petrol at all if we reject corruption and sleaze as a way of life. Check this out:

*NNPC crude oil allocation for local consumption = 400,000 barrels per day (from a total of 2.450 million barrels per day).

*If our refineries work at just 30 per cent, 280,000 barrels can be sold on the international market, leaving the rest for local production.

*Money accruing to the Federal Government through NNPC on the sale, using $80/bbl – a conservative figure as against the current price of $100/bbl – would be $22.4m per day. Annually this translates to $8.176bn or N1.3 trillion.

*The government does not need to subsidise our petrol imports – at least not from the Federation Account. The same crude that should have been refined by NNPC is simply sold on the international market (since our refineries barely work) and the money is used to buy petrol. The 400,000 barrels per day given to NNPC for local consumption can either be refined by NNPC or sold to pay for imports. This absurdity called subsidy should be funded with this money, not the regular FGN budget. If the FGN uses it regular budget for subsidising petrol, then what happens to the crude oil given to NNPC for local refining that gets sold on the international market?

Tactical blunder

The Federal Government is making the deregulation issue a revenue problem. Nigerians are not against deregulation. We have seen deregulation in the telecom sector and Nigerians are better for it, as even the poor have access to telephones now right before the eyes of those who think it is not for them. What is happening presently is not deregulation but an all-time high fuel pump increase, unprecedented in the history of our nation by a government that has gone broke due to excessive and reckless spending largely on themselves. If the excesses of all the three tiers of government are seriously curbed, that would free enough money for infrastructural development without unduly punishing the poor citizens of this country. Let me just cite, in closing, the example of National Assembly excesses and misplaced spending as contained in the 2012 budget proposal:

Number of Senators 109

Number of Members of the House of Representatives 360

Total Number of Legislators 469

2012 Budget Proposal for the National Assembly N150 billion

Average Cost of Maintaining Each Member N320 million

Average Cost of Maintaining Each Member in USD $2.1 million/year

Time has come for the citizens of this country to hold the government accountable and demand the prosecution of those bleeding our nation to death. Until this government downsizes, cuts down its profligacy and leads by example in modesty and moderation, the poor people of this country will not and must not subsidise the excesses of the oil sector fat cats and the immorality cum fiscal scandal of the self-centred and indulgent lifestyles of those in government.

Here is a hidden treasure of wisdom for those in power while there is still time to make amends:

PROVERBS 21:6&and7

“Getting treasures by a lying tongue is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death. The violence of the wicked will destroy them because they refuse to do just.”

A word of counsel for those who voted for such soulishly indulgent leadership: “Never trust a man who once had no shoes, or you may end up losing your legs.”

This is the conclusion of the matter on subsidy removal: i) “If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his servants become wicked.” (Proverbs 29:12)

ii) “The Righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness. Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and will not be heard.” (Proverbs 21:12&13)

Thanks for your attention. God bless you all.

Pastor Bakare was CPC’s vice presidential candidate in 2011

Annual cost of importation

Daily Fuel Consumption: 34 million litres
Cost at Pump: N141.00
No. of days in a regular year: 365 days
Total cost of all petrol imported yearly into Nigeria:
Litres Naira Days
34m x 141 x 365
= N1.75 trillion
Cost borne by the consumers
Nigerians have been paying N65 per litre for fuel, haven’t we? Therefore, cost borne by the consumers = Litres Naira Days
34m x 65 x 365
= N807 billion

Misplaced spending in the budget

Let me just cite, in closing, the example of National Assembly excesses and misplaced spending as contained in the 2012 budget proposal:
Number of Senators 109
Number of Members of the House of Representatives 360
Total Number of Legislators 469
2012 Budget Proposal for the National Assembly N150 billion
Average Cost of Maintaining Each Member N320 million
Average Cost of Maintaining Each Member in USD $2.1 million/year


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/much-ado-about-fuel-subsidy/
PoliticsRe: Jonathan, Labour Leaders To Meet At 5pm Today by phlame(m): 9:23pm On Jan 12, 2012
What are they really discussing huh Dem don plan how e go b like 6 months ago if not more than,
PoliticsRe: I Didn't Say "The Poor Don't Get It" - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala by phlame(m): 5:22pm On Jan 09, 2012
tellwisdom:
Sorry, who is oko-ndo iwuara?
LOL, I can't stop Laughing,
CelebritiesAkon Pronounced Dead! (PLEASE CONFIRM) by phlame(op): 12:53pm On Dec 04, 2011
Atlanta– Fans mourn the loss of Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, the artist better known by the name ‘Akon,’ who died early Sunday morning at his home in Atlanta.

Akon was pronounced dead at 3:48 a.m. EST. Cause of death was listed as “Complications associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome,” or AIDS. He was 38.

Akon is survived by three ex-wives and six children.

Because no will was entered into the public record, Akon’s charity for underprivileged children in Africa, the Konfidence Foundation, will dissolve.

Remaining assets are to be turned over to DR (Congo) for disbursement.

Akon suffered in the wake of an incident at a 2007 concert in Trinidad and Tobago during which he simulated a intimate act onstage with a 15-year-old girl. When Akon realized what was happening, he instinctively “finished,” and left the girl onstage to deal with their imaginary pregnancy alone, in a puddle of shame and booming bass rhythms.


http://www.chronicle.su/obituaries/akon-dead-at-38/


Please confirm the news!!!
Christianity EtcFirst People On Earth by phlame(op): 1:39pm On Dec 02, 2011
Who were the first people on EARTH huh
RomanceRe: She Have Finish Me,please Help. by phlame(m): 1:54am On Dec 01, 2011
@op please wake up, She is Educated and you are not,
RomanceRe: Ladies, How Often Do You Ask Your Boyfriend for Money by phlame(m): 1:51am On Dec 01, 2011
Eiregirl:
I'm married & I HATE asking my husband for money. I work but we have kids & I'd rather spend all of my money on the kids if i have to rather than ask him. Obviously there are times when I just have to swallow my pride & ask him to help out but he knows I would rather borrow money from somewhere else than ask him!!!
You are sick!!! undecided
PoliticsRe: GEJ Travels To France To Meet With Investors by phlame(m): 11:01pm On Nov 24, 2011
Is he supposed to travel out to meet Investorshuh I'm not surprised though, He has always been a dumb f*u*cK, No. 1 Citizen indeed, angry
RomanceRe: Help - Shes Killing Me by phlame(m): 10:00pm On Nov 20, 2011
@sexkillz, True talk, U B Man,

@op, Which school she dey? no be Edo state sha undecided

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